The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

THE EARL OF TH CARLISLE AT BIOR PE . MORPETEI, SATUB.DAY. — Yesterday evening the F.arl of Carlisle delivered a lecture in the Town. hall of this ancient borough, under circumstances of con siderable interest. A few days ago, it being known here that the Noble Earl was shortly about to visit his relatives, the Hon. and Rev. F. R. Grey and L a dy Elizabeth Grey, at the rectory in this town, the committee of the Mechanics' Institute, of which his Lordship is the patron, assembled and passed a resolution inviting him to avail himself of the occa sion of his visit to give a lecture on whatever subject be might choose to the members of the institute at large. The resolution was duly communicated to the Noble Earl by the secretaries, and in the course of a day or two elicited from his Lordship a courteous reply to the effect that he had not had time to prepare an original lecture, but offering to read his lecture on the " Poetry of Pope." The committee gladly em braced this proposal, and the necessary arrangements were made for the occasion. The Noble Earl arrived here by the mail train on Wednesday night, after attending the banquet given that day at Newcastle upon- Ty ne to Mr. Ord, and immediately proceeded to the rectory, where he joined the Countess of Carli,le and the Dowager Countess Granville, who are also at present on a visit there. On the following day his Lordship, ac companied by his agent, Mr. Fenwick, of Nether ton, visited the magnificent new church of St. James, the foundation stone of which was laid by him a few years ago, and which has been erected by voluntary subscriptions collected under the auspices of the pious zeal of his brother-in-law, the Hon. and Rev. F. R. Grey, the rector of this town. They also inspected, under the guidance of the Rev. Mr. Lowe, the new Roman Catholic chapel built re cently in Aldgate, on a beautiful site which was for merly part of the garden belonging to the residence of Lord Collingwood, one of our naval worthies. Yesterday evening, preparatory to the lecture, the fine old Town Hall, erected under the superintendence of Sir John Vambrugh, was brilliantly lighted up for the occasion, and by eight o'clock, the hour appointed for his Lordship's arrival, was completely filled by an audience of nearly 300 persons, consisting of the mem bers of the Mechanics' Institute and their families and friends, including the wealthier classes and a great number of the trading and operative inhabitants of the town, all of whom were admitted by ticket. The raised bench from which his Lordship spoke was adorned with several choice bouquets o f flowers, the votive offerings of l a di es i n t h e t ow n. Shortly after. eight o'clock the Earl o f C a rli s le, accompaniedb y h sister, Lady Eliz a b e th Gr e y, entered the hall,_ and their appearance was the signal for a round of en thusiastic cheers. The principal members of the committee occupied seats in the immediate vicinity of the chair. On the motion of Mr. N,libr i a a ria oai n r iM c r o . u A rt . Oltarlton, the deputy-judge Wmsoof the 3 , n Leet and Court Baro n in this town, was called t o th e chair, and briefly introduced the Earl of Carlisle to the meeting. His LORDSIIIP then proceeded at once to read the lecture on the poetry of Pope, which he delivered in the winter of 1850 to the members of the Mechanics' Institute at Leeds, as will be still in the recollection of our readers. To numbers, however, of the present audience the subject had all the freshness of novelty, to others, who had previously p erused i t in print at the time of its first delivery, the interval that had since elapsed was sufficiently long to reinvest its se cond reading with considerable interest ; but the pleasure and the charm of listening to it from the lips of its amiable and accomplished author were on this occasion new alike to all. The thorough ac quaintance with his theme which the Noble Lord ex hibited throughout, his nice and delicate criticism, his profuse but still judicious selections from the writings of the great author whose merits he was expounding, and the unaffected warmth and feeling of his elocu tit; kept the interest and attention of his auditory on the stretch for nearly a couple of hours, while the in teresting quotations which he gave in illustration of his subject moved them ostensibly to admiration, to laughter, and to tears. The lecture was frequently interrupted by the plaudits of the company, and on its conclusion, which was loudly cheered, The Rev. W. AntE rose on behalf of the com mittee, and, addressing the meeting, said he had been requested to propose a vote of thanks to the Noble Lord for his kindness in reading to them the lecture to which they had listened with such delight and sa tisfaction.—(Cheers.) Mr. CLEMITSON having seconded the motion, it was carried by acclamation. The Earl of CARLISLE then rose and said—Ladies and Gentlemen, you must allow me, in a few words, to express my very d ee p s ense o f the honour I have just received at your hand.), in the first place to the mover and seconder of the late rEs&ution which they have so considerately brought forward and so very kindly as regards myself, and to yourselves for the prompt and cordial manner in which you have re ceived what they proposed. I assure you, when I found that it would he acceptable to the members of the Morpeth Mechanics' Institute and their friends to hear me read a lecture, I felt quite justified in em bracing the opportunity which a short visit to this town put is my power to comply with a request so obligingly made.—(Cheers.) I felt also there was something not wholly inappropriate in a lecture which had been read for the first time among those who witnessed the close of my political life —my old constituents of the West Riding of Yorkshire—being repeated among those who witnessed the commence ment of my political life, my first constituents in the ancient borough of Morpeth.—(Loud cheers.) With reference to the lecture itself v, hick I have had the honour of reading to yen, it bas been once or twice said to me," D o you tink that the audiences you assemble to bear your lectures would be likely to relish a lecture on the po e t ry o f P ope ; an d m i ght it not be better to compote a lecture which more directly tended to pro mote the cause of moral improvement ?" Now, with respect to this matter I have only with reg ar d • to to say—first, want of sympathy in my audiencetscielf a ha - ay a s n f y eel inclined to believe that where there is hi 4 l . c l e phesence of beauty or delicacy, or fine and responsive chord in it is always sure to strike a ran human bosoms—(Cheers) — and if I wanted assurance corroborated on this point, I am certainylbeariunld find it in the very atten tive and intelligent my lecture this eveni ng , . 1 g `".;e il ich ~ you have given to point, as to the absence of r.eference to the other toy dei,rT purpose of mo• ral utility in the topic I heve n to works 0? fa n: e -en, I certainly do not wish to twig tions of poetry any higher place eti(l)artlthe composi occupy. But as we see is the phyeieal tbey really which we tread, among all its abundant e s a t rth on useful and substantial products—its atone, its ores of its iron, and its lead--there are also veins of mcoal, precious, shining metal, its gold and silver, and ' e as even in its darkest recesses and its deepest fissures you will find sparkling gems and precious stones, its diamond s , its rubies, and its garnets, so I beli eve that among those matters which more directly minister both to our temporal advancement and our spiritual progrese, while we give them their just and lawful supremacy, the Sepreme Architect of nature, the Founder both of the material and the moral world around us, has wished that we should enjoy and approprive to ourselves the sparkle and the play of life—all that is contributed by the rich stores of fancy, and by the gorgeous dreams of poetry —not in preference to, hut in conjunction with the more grave and essential matters whi h minister to our ma terial, intellectual, and spiritual growth.—(Loud c heers.) I: is with th ese f ee li ngs th a t I h ave felt no reluctanc e to ask you for little • a while to indulge in those more light and graceful objects of pursuit, not wishing to place them above those of real import ance, but thinking it p a i ate to gwould be not wholly inappro daily diversity the humdrum occupations of our es with a little fancy and a little (Renewedpoetry.— cheers.) The audiences which I have wishedwithJ;oohtnic,t,(,).draw around me are those connected ous portion of th ?stitutions, the working and labori ous express m y seo e 4 ommunity, because:l really wished (Cheers)—and efs'of the real dignity of labour.— both in advancing the important part which it plays general amelioratsour national greatness, and the io of I wished to evince s sny mankind. Loud cheers.) tribute either by tha respect for those who con by their ingenuity and n gth of their sinews, or fort and well-being of the co resource to the coma among them, to show how ranch i l ht „, Y, and by coming members of the same commu n it y, I t e n t - that we are all all the same great end before us, that o d_t e hat we have prose as we can, in our day and gteuefraotinotributing, pperity of our common country, and ten,adto the the great work of human progres 3 . — (Cheer s .) am sure among the institutions which in our day are distinguishing themselves in this onward coarse, it will always be a great gratification to me to hear of the prosperity of the mechanic? institute of this; town. For reasons dating through some centuries no::, a have a right to feel strongly iaterested in this town ; that interest has been confirmed by the uniform kindness I have always experienced among you, and I wish th a t b ot h in your cardivaey occupetions and in the rational amusements with which you diversify your daily life, you rosy always pursue that which is " honest, pure, lovely, and cf good report," sod that all such liberal institutions may flourish among you to the very utmost.—(Cheers.) I shall not forget the kindness with which you have received me, and I beg permission to take my leave of you with every good wish for your happiness and wel lb ein g , and more especially for the prosperity of your valuable institution.—(Loud cheers.) The proceedings, which were of the most interest ing and harmonious character throughout, then ter minated, and the company then left the hall. Lady Peel and family bave arrived at Galway upon a tour of the west count? 7 THE SUN, ,_ FRANCE. The General of Division Letang, President of the Committee of Cavalry at the War-office, has left Paris on a mission to Hungary, where be is to assist at the grand military manoeuvres which are to be executed in the neighbourhood of Comorn by a por tion of the Austrian army, commanded, it is said, by the Emperor in person. The Imperial review, which is to inaugurate the military operations, is to take place on the 14th inst. Colonel Caillier, of the Staff, and another staff-officer, aide-de-camp of the Minister of War, are also to be present at these manoeuvres. The French merchantman Uruguay entered Etavre on Thursday night, bringing accounts from Monte Video of the 21st July. The British steamer Vixen had arrived there, having on board Sir Charles Hotham, Envoy Extraordinary of Great Britain, sent on a special mission to the River Plate. The Cheva lier de St. George, the French Envoy, who had reached Rio Janeiro, was hourly expected. DENMARK. Our Hamburgh correspondence contains accounts from Copenhagen of the Bth inst. The Danish Induitrial Exhibition has been closed. Messrs. Peto, Ricardo, Altbrop, and Andrews, who are travelling in Denmark on business con nected with the railways of that State, have had the honour of an audience from the King. The Royal Family of Sweden have arrived at Hamburgh. The Copenhagen papers state that the work of razing the fortifications of Rendsburg will be begun on the 17th. The War Department has ordered 500 men to be employed for the purpose. The expense of the work will, it is supposed, be covered by th e sa l e of the materials. BELGIUM. The Debats has the following on the commerce of Belgium ,6 W e c onsider it important t o f requently examine the state of commerce in Belgium, to which the negotia tions which France has entered into with that country give a particular interest. Belgian commerce appears to have hitherto profited largely by the marked commercial revival which almost everywhere has characterised 1852. The monthly tables published by the Belgian Govern ment show that the exports of coals, machinery, linen threads and cloth; plate and window glass, and cotton stuffs had much increased up to the Ist of August last. In coals the augmentation has been 125,000 tons, and that altogether in imports into France; in linen , threads the difference is upwards of 238 kliegs., the , greater part of which has also been sent to France; in linen-cloths the increase is upwards of 60 per cent., and also bears mostly on our purchases. Pig-iron has in creased but little, and wrought iron and small castings, particularly nails, show a diminution, which seems to prove that the competition of Germany is increasing. The exportation of zinc in masses has also fallen off, but sheet-zinc has considerably increased, England, where building is going on at present to a great ex tent, taking a large quantity. The exportation of books has not much varied. Belgian imports have na turally felt the effect of this acceleration of sales. In place, for instance, of 6,548,000 kilogs. of raw cotton, Belgian manufactures had consumed up to the Ist of August, 13,189,000, or nearly double; in raw hides the increase had been from 639,000 to 985,000. The amount of corn gives a fair i dea of the extraordinary wants of Belgium; the quantity of wheat has risen from 269,000 to 600,000. The same is the case for all articles of consumption, such as coffee, coarse sugar, tobacco, salt, all of which show a large increase; but it is English salt which this year has had the advantage over ours, the imports of which has notably decreased. Salt is one of the articles mentioned in the treaty, the renewal of which is now proposed, anent is annoying to remark that our wines, woollen-threads, silk-tissues, and woollen and cotton cloths, which are in the same case, have not gained, but have even lost. Such is the case with the com merce, properly so called, of Belgium. Now, if we examine the state of her transit, which her position, her railway from the Rhine to the sea, and her canals tend to render so important for France, we shall find that it has also considerably increased. By the Belgian-Rhenan Railway alone the transport from the east to the west, that is, from Antwerp to the Rhine, was during the last three months 15,992 tons, in the place of 9,229, or an augmentation of 73 per cent. The movement of corn towards Northern Germany, the wants of which have been exceptional, counts no doubt for much in this increase; but the greatest part of the prin cipal manufacturing matters have participated in this improvement. The same has not been exactly the case for the transit from the west to the east, that is from Cologne towards Antwerp, which has slightly fallen off. But that is one of the consequences of the extraordinary amount of corn which Germany has on this occasion caused to be brought to herself in place of sending it, as usual, to England. The boats on the Rhine are also mak ing, and not without some success, grand efforts to turn aside to the profit of the passage down the Rhine a part of the Belgian transit. However that may be, that of Prussia by Belgium in manufactured produce appears as yet not to have lost anything of its habitual importance. From all that precedes, it may be concluded that the commercial affairs of Belgium are at present in an excel lent position, and in what regards our relations, that country has sensibly increased the opening which it finds in our cousucepti,n." SOME RSE TS HIRE CENTRAL RAILWAY. A public meeting of landowners and others, resi dent in the neighbourhood of Wells, was held on Friday afternoon, at the Town Hail, is that city, for the purpose of taking steps to promote the formation of a railway for central Somersetshire, for the making of which an Act of Parliament has already been ob tcined, and for which the support of many influential parties is fully expected. Among the gentlemen who attended on the occasion were M. Castle and W. Watson Dors., direct ors o f the Bristol and Exeter Railway, F. Gregory, Esq., C.E., Capt. Seymour, Mayor of Wells, Capt. (-stiles, G. Baron Northcote, Esq , E. Sanders, E sq ., G . Warry, Esq , Thomas Porchporch, Esq., T. H . Roach, Toogood, Esq., Robert Davies, Esq., the town clerk of Wells, &C. G. B. NORTHCOTE, Esq., having been called upon to preside, said the present was a bona fide attempt to supply the city of Wells with railway accommoda tion, and looking at it as sensible and practical men, the question with them should be not so much, wa s it the best possible line which could he constructed ? but, was it not the only line which there was any chance of their getting? Having secured by pur chase the canal between Highbridge and Glaston bury, having obtained an Act of Parliament, and having fulfill e d a ll t h e pre liminary re qu i rements, the directors of the S omerse t e hire Central Railway were of opinion that they were only paying the inhabi tants of Wells a proper compliment, and, at the same time were not asking more than might be fairly ex pected of them, when they came among them to ask them for assistance in carrying out the under taking successfully to completion. The sum of 10,0001. more was required for the paep oser en d surely the citizens of Wells would find no difficulty in subscribing for the whole, or at any rate for a con siderable portion of that amount.—(Hear.) About 500 shares only remained to be taken, and those 7ould be issued in such a manner that if the line was not c om pl e t e d th ere wou ld n o t b e any liabi lity_e; attaching to the h o lders. As soon as those s h ares thatw a subs cr ib e d for he might venture to promise them not a month, or even a f ortn i g h t, wou ld b e al lowed to elaps e befor e th e wor k s were commence d . enter at d nos t he It woul to the advantalnie presumed, be necessary for him to public generalyes o t f h upon any general observations as all, and he would ey the line to the county and to the must be sufficiently obvious to therefore content himself by asking their attention to someb addressed to them by Mr. observations upon matters of fact which would CIark.CY3US CLARK th en brought before the meet ing elaborate st a ti st i cal tables, Which had been prepared to show the probable traffic over the leted it which it appeared that when p line, o e n ce the withrrat the awnodulfdronlyield a return to the sharelaold::inhiep capital invested of 81. 183. 6d. per cent utmost care and . lations, Mr. Clark with a desirehad beennot in to ad o e ve believed that if gentlemen e thing, and he be difficulty would in vestigate them there could no exp er i enced the capital required in obtaining not only to complete the line to Highbridge, but sufficient also to carry it on to the city of Wells. the Mr. WILMOT inquired whether directors had_ informed themselves of the probable cost of carrying on the undertaking to Wells ? Mr. GREGORY, engineer, said the amount estimated was 35,0001. or 40,0001. Mr. DAVIES said he was not at all hostile to the undertaking, but he was desirous of securing the advantage of railway accommodation for Wells, and therefore he would recommend the citizens to make terms with the directors for the completion of the line to the city before they at all pledged themselves to its support. The citizens of Wells were not indis posed to exert themselves for the attainment of so desirable an object, but they had been promised so many lines, and had been so often disappointed, that they had become to so me ex t en t sup i ne. I t wou ld seem, from the statements which bad been made that 10,0001 . only was required to c om pl e t e the railway to I:140 bridge,4oooo/.and that a furth er sum o f 35,0001. or _ woul d i bring it on to W e ll s . N ow he be lieved that f the directors were pledged to come on to Wells there would be much less difficulty in raising the necessary amount than they would find in raising o even the 10, 000/, t finish the line to Highb r id ge only. L e t t h em at once go to Parliament and pro cure powers to continue theto line Wells, and he believed that the Citizens and owners of pr o p er t y would well se con d Ahern If, on the contrary ,• that with the requisite capit a l. that there would be little ere not done, disposition to assist.he feared Mr. EDMUND DAVIES concurred intheviews of the previous speaker, and said there ought to have been a meeting of the citizens of Wells convened by themselves a determine as to the degree of support they would give the undertaking. Mr. CAME, AS representing the Bristol and Exeter LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14 1852 Railway Company at the board of the Central Somer setshire Railway, said he could give a distinct assu rance that the strongest desire was felt by the board that the line should, as advocated by the gentleman who had just sat down, be continued to the city of Wells. The question was one of pounds, shillings, and pence, and as soon as the necessary amount was subscribed for completing the present undertaking, it would be for the interest of the undertaking as well as of the public to carry on the line of railway to the ancient and interesting city of Wells. If the line were carried out, there could be no doubt that a large harbour and docks would be constructed at High bridge, if which were dune immense advantages must necessarily accrue to both Glastonbury and Wells. He had himself, although a citizen of Bristol, declined to join in a proposition for making docks at Porter head because he believed that Highbridge presented more favourable features, and was more advanta geously situated for the accommodation of ocean going steamers, and was already possessed of a good line of railway. He did hope, therefore, that the gentlemen of W e ll s would regard their town interests and would put their shoulders to the wheel and assist in the formation of the, line to Glastonbury. Let them do this, and they might rest assured that the strong 3onci file desire of the directors to carry on the works to Wells would be carried into effect, and that city and district be supplied with railway ac commodation. In reply to a question it was stated that the company could not borrow money till all its capital was subscribed. Mr. R. DAVIS wished to know if the Bristol and Exeter Company would assist in carrying the line to Wells ?. Mr. CASTLE , bad no doubt that they would do so. It should be remembered too, that Captain Denham, who was engaged by Government to survey the Bristol Channel, had reported in favour of High bridge as a packet port. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting. The CHAIRMAN announced his attention of in creasing his interest in the undertaking. Various persons present then subscribed for shares, and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 13. GAROTTE RO BBERY. —Charles Coughlan, 25, a tall, man, was indicted for having stolen powerful a w eproperty of Charles Faul, from his person. tch, Mr. P a yne appe are d f or the prisoner. a lookingth It appeared that on the evening of Sunday, the 22d of August, the prosecutor, a steam-boat engineer, was drinking with some friends, amongst whom was the prisoner's father, at a public-house called the Sa lisbury Arms, at Limehouse. During the time they were together the prisoner joined them and asked his father for some money, which he refused to give, and the prosecutor treated the prisoner to some beer. Soon afterwards they went to another public-house called the Cape of Good Hope, and had some more drink ; but the prose cu t or was so i ntoxicated while at the Saisbury Arms that he recollected nothing that occurred after going into the second house until the following morning, when he found that be had been robbed, and that his limbs were stiff and sore. In addition to this his tongue felt as if it had been bit ten, and there was a considerable degree of soreness about his chin and throat. A carpenter named Ro naldson, living in Duff-street, Limehouse, was crosing Abbott's-fields, which are distant about a quarter of a mile from the Cape of Good Hope public-house, about 6 on the evening in question, when he saw the prosecu tor ly ing on the ground, apparently in a state of help less intoxication, and the prisoner kneeling by his side. On his corning up to them the prisoner moved awa y, and he then saw that the prosecutor was black in the face, his tongue protruded, and his head was resting on his right shoulder, and on stooping down to ascertain what really was the matter with him, he found that a handkerchief and a brace were twisted as tightly as possible round his neck, and that in fact the man was in a state of strangulation. Fearing that he would be suffocated, Ronaldson knelt down and endeavoured to loosen the handkerchief and brace; but he hal great difficulty in doing so, as one of his thumbs had been injured, so he managed as well as he could with one hand and using his teeth. Ob serving that the prisoner was about to go away Ro naldson asked him to stop a few minutes, so that they might see what was the matter with the man, and in quired whether he knew him? He answered that he did, and when asked if he knew whew he lived he said at " Blukwall." After a moment's consideration he said, "No, its Bow-common," and then went on to say that he was a foreigner, and having had a quarrel with his wife, he had come out to drown himself, but had instead been drinking. Ronaldson then expressed some doubt as to whether he knew him at all, and remarked that it was a strange place for a man to go to drown himself; and having by that time removed the handkerchief and brace from the prose cutor's throat, he asked the prisoner to lend him a hand in getting him np. To that the prisoner replied that he had already carried him far enough, and should carry him no further, and walked away to a fence for a particular purpose, as Ronaldson thought, but in reality to conceal the prosecutor's watch, for shortly afterwards it was found close to where he had stood by a labouring man, named Waters, who handed it to the police. He was seen to secrete the watch by that individual and a boy ; and on his person was found some money which appeared to have been in the prosecutor's possession, for it was covered with whiting —a quantity of which was contained in his pockets. A policeman having arrived at the spot, and heard from Ronaldson what he had observed, he went to the prisoner and took him into custody. On the way to the s t at i on, he sa i d, " Wh at have you got me for ?" The officer replied, " I'll tell you at the sta tion ;" and then the prisoner said, with an oath, " You are wrong, as wrong as ever you were right. I've not got it." " Got what ?" asked the officer; but the prisoner returned no answer. The prosecutor remained insensible and apparently lifeless for half an hour afterwards. Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury. Mr. WITHA M was about to sum up, when The Foreman said they were satisfied. They found the prisoner Guilty of robbery, with violence. A previous conviction was proved. Mr. %%Ham said the utmost severity would be resorted to in all cases where this horrible system of Thuggiem was practised. The sentence was that the prisoner be transported beyond the seas for the term of fifteen years. The prosecutor appealed for mercy, on account of the prisoner's aged parents. Mr. WITHAM said he could not listen to that ap peal, which was creditable to the prosecutor. A man who tried to strangle another, for the purpose of plunder, could not be mercifully dealt with. William Calder, 18, pleaded guilty to having stolen eleven pieces of calico, value 1/. 7s. 6c1., the property of Walter Rowsell. He was shown to be an old offender, and Mr. Witham sentenced him to be trans ported for seven years. SECOND COURT.—(Before Mr. TURNER.) William Murry, 21, and Frederick Poole, 21, were indicted for having stolen a gold watch, value 161., from the person of John Cottrell. The prosecutor stated that he is a brass-founder, residing in Banner-street, St . . Luke's, and on the evening of the 30th of August, about seven o'clock, he alighted from an omnibus at the corner of Bath-street, in the City-road, where a large crowd was assembled to witness the ascent of a balloon from the Eagle Tavern. He attempted to make his way through the crowd, but he was immediately surrounded by several persons, and near him he noticed the prisoner Murry. A minute had scarcely elapsed when he felt a pull at his guard chain, and on casting his eyes towards his waistcoat pocket, he saw his watch, which had been separated from the guard, in Murry's hand, with which he immediately escape& With some difficulty prosecutor at length got out of the crowd, and went to the station-house, for the purpose of giving infor mation of the robbery, where he found the prisoner Murry already in the custody of Evans, the officer. His watch was there produced, which he at once identified. His watch, which was worth 16/., he was sure was safe in his possession when he entered the crowd. Thomas Evans, police - constable, said, on the even ing in question he was on duty in the City-road, where a crowd was assembled for the purpose of watching t h e ascent of a balloon. He saw both the prisoners go into the crowd, and afterwaads they hurriedly ca me out of it together. Soon after he heard that a gentleman had been robbed of his watch, upon which he immediately followed the prisoners. At some distance from the place he stopped Murry, and asked him if he had got anything about him, and he replied that he ba d n ot, but not b e i ng satisfied he took hold of him, and found the watch produced in his waistcoat pocket. He was sure the other pri soner went into the crowd with Murry. He took Poole into custody two days afterwards, telling him that he was charged with another man with stealing a watch, when be at first said he knew nothing about it, but afterwards on his way to the station-house he said that he hoped witness would be as light with him as he could. Willi am Kinnerley gave corroborative evidence of the two prisoners and another person surrounding the prosecutor, and saw his watch snatched from him. Both prisoners denied the robbery. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Evidence was then given o f a f ormer conv i ct i on against Murry at the Old Bailey, and both the pri soners were recognised as well-known thieves. Mr. TURNER said they were evidently hardened thieves, and sentenced each of them to be transported for ten years. John Rogers, a lias Jeremiah MiG ra th, 40 , and .Eliza Williams, 21, were indicted for having stolen two sovereigns, the moneys-of Woolf Pleinser, from his person. There wasa second i n dictment against Rogers, for having stolen_Smith, a silver watch, v from his person.alue 5°39 the property of Samue l edlar, stated that he w as a Woolf Pleinser, a Je w P traveller about the country,.d and sold trinkets and other articles ; but his res.ieenroceetwtahse female Bristol. l O a the night of the sth inst. la atoeprisoner, accompanied herlodg ings and by her persuasion, lalfields. He event her at some court in Sp' with her into a room on the ground ofl or, when she immediately sh locked the door. Shortly afterwards nteerudnlohcked the door and called out, when two men Withoutethete room, one of them being the prisone slightest • lent blo w i n prosecutor a violent provocation he atruck the hinto • s pock e t female put her and ln the face, when the took out his purse, and gav cried out "Murderilt:: Wit ness, on discovering the robbery,e it to the prisoner. w as lustily as he could, _ when They the prisoner Ito subsequentlyn ge put his hand over his mou th took hold of him and threw him into the ya r d, and afterwards they carried him to a cellar, where they left him. After the lapse o f some considerable ti me - he got out, and made his way back to the room from which but rum which he had been so summarily ejected, f ound no person there. H e thereupon raised the cry of " Murder" and " P o li c e," when the prisoner s and the other man cam e i n t o the room, and, after beati ng him, they thru s t hi m i n t o the street. Ile then in formed a poli ceman o f t h e treatment behad recei ve d , and the woma n was t a k e n into custody the sam e night. On the day he appeared against her at the police-office he was taken to the cell where Roger s and five or six other persons were in custody, when he immedi a t e l y recognised him, and pointed him out to the gaolers. He would have known him again amongst five hundred, and he could safely say that he is the same man who received the purse from Wil liams, and the same man who assisted in putting him into the yard and cellar. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners. The male prisoner was then arraigned, charged with having stolen a silver watch, value 505., the pro perty of Samuel Smith, from his person. From the evidence of the prosecutor, a printer, residing at Kingsland, it appeared that on the night of the 21st ult. he was in Shoreditch on his way home, when he was surrounded by several men, and they pushed him up against the wall. The prisoner was one of the men by whom he was 611 d rroande ,who put his arm round prosecutor's waist, and took his watch out of his right hand pocket. Finding the attempt was robbery, he caught the prisoner's arm, he having at the time the watch in his hand, and held him by the neckcloth for a loni , time. Prisoner then struck the prosecutor a violent blow, which compelled him to loosen his hold, when he started " off like a race•horse;" but he was followed, and at length cap tured, and handed over to a police-constable, but nothing was found upon him. John Wilkinson proved that he was passing along Shoreditch on the night in question, and saw the prosecutor struggling together, and while this was going on he observed a silver watch fall from the dress of the prisoner. He followed is pursuit, and never lost sight of the prisoner until he was taken into custody. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery, and said that he had a tobacco-box in the form of a watch, which had led to the belief that the watch was in his possession. The jury found him Guilty. Mr. TURNER sentenced him to be transported for ten years, and ordered the other prisoner to be re mand,d until the next session for inquiries to be made. It appeared that Sergeant Money, 4 H division, wbo apprehended Williams, has since then been way laid by the companions of the prisoners, and so se verely bitten by one of them in the hand that he is still an inmate of S. Thormi's Hospital. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Sambo Embo and Josh Tooferrnan, a couple of Lascar seamen, were charged with obtaining money under false pretences. John James Roe, an alehouse keeper, of 47, Fetter lane, stated that the prisoners came to him on Thurs day last, and represented that they had left their ship at Liverpool, and came to London by rail, by which means they had missed the gentleman who held their papers, and they had therefore neither money nor luggage. He gave them is. each to get a lodging with, and Sambo then called him aside, and, kissing his hand in gratitude for the money, said he had a young Scotch wife and two piccaninies in Australia, where he had come from, and a large house and plenty of money. He said he had deposited a quantity of gold dust in the Bank of England, and tbat he should have plenty of money on the following day. He also said he had letters from gentlemen in Australia, authorising him to pay large sums of money, with which he had been entrusted, in Lyn don. To confirm the truth of this statement he showed prosecutor a slip of paper containing the words ."Bullion-office, Bank of England." Upon these representations he advanced them 285., and sup plied them with food—a fish dinner on Friday, be cause they were Catholics, and on Saturday they ordered a sucking pig. Oa making inquiries prose cutor found that they had not left any gold at the Bank, and so far from having arrived at Liverpool as passengers, they came from a ship in the London Docks, where Sambo was the ship's cook, and Josh one of the crew of another ship. Alderman SIDNEY—HOW came you to lend them money without knowing anything of them ? Prose cutor--I saw a person of the name of Sergeant in their company, and he told me that it was all right. In addition to which Samba turned up the whites of his eyes so imploringly that I could not doubt his sincerity. Alderman SIDNEY—Did you trust him, then, on the strength of the whites of his eyes only ?-- (Laughter.) Prosecutor—No, Sir, but he shed tears also. Alderman SIDNEY—I have frequently examined a man's face well before I trusted him, but I never placed much reliance upon the whites of any one's e yes.— (Laughter.) Several other witnesses were then called, and the the prisoners were remanded for further inquiry. WESTMINSTER. It having be en commu n ic a ted to the whole of the parties concerned that M r . A rno ld intended to give his decision y es t er d ay i n th e case o f ballooni ng with ponies, which was detailed at length in our im pression of Wednesday last, they attended to hear his judgment. Mr. ARN OLD sa id—Fi ve summonses came on for hearing on Tu e sd a y last against M. and Madame Poitevin, for having cruelly ill-treated, abused, and tortured two h orses , an d agai n st M r Simpson for causing them to be so ill-treated, abused, and tor tured. It was agreed that one case only should be heard—that against Mr. Simpson, for an offence al leged to have been committed on the 23d, and that the . result of one case should determine the whole. Is is not necessary to recapitulate the whole of the evidence; but it appeared that on that occasion a balloon ascent took place from Cremorne-gardens, when a pony having been attached by slings to the car of the balloon it ascended with M. Poitevin on its back, dancing during its ascent. Mr. Simp son was present at, and superintended the ascent. It was alleged that the manner in which the animal wes ettached on slings to the bal loon was such as necessarily to inflict great pain, and it was proved by a witness who leas present when the balloon descended at Wimbledon that the horse was very hot, and that perspiration was dripping down its shoulders; and he further stated that its eyes appeared very wild, like those of a horse who had run away, but that it stood perfectly quiet, and was afterwards ridden away by a gentleman. In reply to the charge, it was contended for the defence, that there was no cruelty, either positive or constructive, practised upon the animal, that there was no pain inflicted upon it, and that it suffered in no way from fear or terror ; that animals, and horses in particular, were constantly slung or suspended in a less scientific manner than on the present occasion for surgical purposes, or with the object of putting them on board ship. It was proved by M. Poitevin that before animals were taken up ex periments had been made in France before a cornanse sion of scientific gentlemen, when a horse had been suspended from 15 to 20 hours, and that be took his food during the time he was so suspended ; and he further stated that he had ascended with the identical horso 150 times, and that it never exhibited any agita tion, either while being attached to the balloon, during its ascent, or after its descent, but, on the contrary, that if the balloon happened to descend in a field the animal immediately began to graze, and that it never appeared to suffer on any occasion except once, when it bled slightly from the nose, owing to the balloon having attained an u nusua ll y grea t altitude. I may say in the outset th a t I must re ject all these argu ments drawn from th e f ac t o f s linging animals either for surgic a l purposes or for being put on b o a rd s hip. In the form er case t h e an i ma l i s s lung for the purpose o f relievi ng it f rom pa i n, or o f p re venting it from in juring itself; even if pain is inflicted, it is done with a view of preventing grea t e r pain. In the other case, when a h orse i s put - on board ship, whatever is done is done for what may fairly be termed the legitimate use of the animal, to transport it from one place to another, for the use of man. On such occasions no humane persons would inflict any unnecessary or su perfluous pain. But there is a wide and obvious dis tinction between inflicting pain on such occasions, where it may be necessary to do so, and doing it without necessity, and for the purpose only of an exhibition with the object of making money. All arguments, therefore, deduced from such facts are wholly beside the present question. It certainly appears from the evidence that the mode of sling ing adopted by M. Poitevin is superior to that ordi narily employed, and that every endeavour is made to avoid giving pain to the animal ; but the question is, was there in fact any pain inflicted on the horse, or was it placed under the influence of terror on the day mentioned in the summons, the 23d of August. No other act of cruelty committed, if at all, at other times, or connected with the training of the horse, would have been admissible upon this charge, nor were any in point of fact tendered in evidence. Upon the question of pain there were contradictory and con flicting opinions. One veterinary surgeon said that from the manner in which the horse was suspended it must have suffered greatly, and have been severely injured; two others gave it as their opinion that the animal could not have suffered the least; and as suredly the facts in the case bore out this latter opinion, as after 150 ascents the horse is in perfect health and condition. As to the influence of fear, the evidence is more doubtful. The sweat and the wildness of the horse, spoken to by one witness would seem to show that he was under the influence of great nervous excitement; but the wildness was not noticed by another witness who saw the descent, and the sweat see ms to be explained by the fact stated, that it was an unusually close evening, one of the witnesses, a veterinary surgeon, stating that on that evening several horses in his stable had broken into a sweat without any other cause that the sultri ness of the weather. lam bound to say, therefore, that it does not appear to me that the animal suffered from either fear or pain on this occasion. I suggested , indeed, at the close of the case, whether the placing an animal, without any paramount necessity, in a situation of rick , where, in case of accident, it could not assist itself; was not an act of cruelty. To this it was arswered—first, that it was analagous to the slinging of horses already mentioned, or placing them in box es on ra il wa y s , an argument I consider I have already disposed of; and secondly, that it could not be cruelty if no accident happened. But this is found e d upon a m i sa pprehension of the point sug gested ; for the question is, whether the putti ng an animal to the risk of an accident is not an act of cruelty ? I have no doubt myself but that such an act is one of the most wanton cruelty, but I must also say that I do not think it is such an act of cruelty as is within the intention of the Act of Parliament. The words of the Act are, " If any person shall cruelly beat, ill-treat, overd-rive, abuse, or torture any animal," he shall be liable to a certain penalty ; and these words, I think, contemplate acts of cruelty of a diff e rent character from the one I have just mentioned. I can- not, however, refrain from . expressin g my op i n i on , an °Aga that would be of little value if it were not, as I believe it to be, that of all refl , cting mer, that such exhibitions as the one under discussion are highly In • expedient, and any thing hut creditable either to those who for the sake of lucre make them public, or to those who find pleasure in witnessing them. Tnere cannot but be great risk attenling them without any corresponding good resulting from them, and it is not creditable to any party to seek either profit or pleasure from exhibitions attended with such risk. Numbers of persons would also feel alarm and dis tress of mind at hearing or reading of such perilous risks, even though they may not witness them ; and for that reason, also, they ought not to be counte nanced. But however reprehensible I may consider such proceedings, I am bound to deal with this ques tion upon other considerations. lam bound to deal with it according to law, and the evidence adduced before me, not to travel out of the facts that have been proved, to interpret the law strictly and impar tially as I am best able to understand it, and to decide whether in my opinion the defendants have committed the offence with which they are charged. I have come, not, I will own without reluctance, to the con clusion that they have not, and the summonses must therefora be dismissed. LAUNCH OF THE PRIMER() SPANISH WAR STEAMER. The Spanish Government having decided to employ two new steam-vessels of light draught water, and each to carry two 32-pounder guns for the purpose of adding to their squadron for the protection of Cuba and their possessions in the West Indies, the first of these vessels was launched on Saturday last from the building-yard of Mr. Thompson, at Rotherhithe, her constructor. At a quarter before twelve Miss Nonaria Marter performed the ceremony of christening by sprinkling the contents of a bottle of wine over the bows of the steamer, and in about one minute afterwards she slowly glided into her future element amidst the cheers of the assembled spec tators. The vessel was then taken in tow by a steam tug, and brought alongside of Messrs. John Penn and Sons' establishment at Greenwich, to be fitted with her engines of 120-horse power by that firm. The Primero is built exactly on the same lines as the Banshee, designed by Mr. 0. W. Lang, assistant to the master shipright at Chatham Dockyard, that vessel having given great satisfaction as to her speed and other sea-going qualities when employed as a mail packet on the Holyhead station. The Banshee was also built by Mr. Thompson, and the timbers of both her and the Primero have been put together on the diagonal principle, which combines great strength with safety in case of accident to the frame of the vessel, each of the three series of planking of which she is constructed being independent, although strongly attached to each other by copper bolts. The Primero is 870 feet in length, with a breadth of beam of 20 feet, and, with all her guns, ammunition, and stores on board, will only draw five feet of water, and on that account be admirably adapted for the pursuit of boat parties when attempting to land with hostile or privateering intentions on any of the shallow water coasts of the Spanish possessions in the West Indies. Mr. Zolueta (the agent for the Spanish Government.) and Captain Cassader ( w h o is to command the Primero), with several Spanish gentlemen, after being present at the launch, embarked in the Sylph Woolwich steam packet, tied went down with a large party on an excur sion to the Nore. The other vessel, building by Mr. Thompson for the same service, is in an advanced state, and is to be named the Secundo. OUR DINNERS. It is a vulgar notion that a dinner to be good must be expensive—a fatal mistake, preventive of much social enjoyment. To eay nothing of those " Who think less of good eating than the whisper, When seated near them of some pretty lisper," nine -tenths of the recipients of a grand state dinner, formal and costly, would infinitely prefer a fish, a joint, and a bird, with freedom and good talk. " Boys, 'tis little I care to dine Where the host is vain and the guests are fine, Where the wines are warm and the dishes cold, And the mutton is young and the spinters Some of the meat delighttul dinners in memory have been the simplest—all wit, fun, and good sense, with merely "flashes of silence." "Cheerful looks make every dish a feast," The very es,ence of a dinner is absence of ceremony. Half the dinners that one goes to, offer but dry leaves instead of flowers: they are but mockeries of enjoyments, waste of hours, through fear of tyrant Custom and desire to be thought " genteel." Mr. Walker, of " The Original," truly says, " Anybody can dine, but very few know how to dine so as to insure the greatest amount of health and enjoyment." Those who will help society to this knowledge, strangle foolish forms, and substitute for wasteful expenditure good taste, good sense, and good humour, should bo regarded as its benefactors.—Builder. SEABORNE MAILS. olgnifteh that the mails are sent front the General Post -Ole by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] When made up is ' From what pLAcra. General Post-office port dis- When London: I patched, due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N Sept. 24 .. Liverpool .. Sept. 18 America (by U. 3. pkt.) N,Sept. 10 .. .. Liverpool ..ISept. 14 America (by U.S. pbt.) M Sept. 17 .. Southampt. Sept. 22 Australia (via South ampton) M 20th of each mr onth r Sonthampt. 'Sept. 24 Ditto N, 24 th ore , : ch month 'Dover .. S ept. 9 Ditto, (v viaC.o, lal le l o a f rs G e . ils) Hope N;29 & 14th each mo Plymouth.. Sept. 29 Africa (West coast).- N :14th om the month Plymouth Uncertain Alexandria» ........ N 19th & 30th or mo.;Dover .. Sept. 18 Belgium .. N Daily .. ;Dover .. Daily Brazil .. .• hl,9th of the month , Sonthampt. Oct. 12 Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month ISonthampt. Oct. 12 California(viaChavem)M 2d& 17th of month Southampt. Oct. 16 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the month Plymouth.. Sept. 29 Cape de Verds N 2d of the month .. I Plymouth.. Sept. 29 Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th ot mo Dover .. Sept. 20 Central America .. M2d & 17th of inon. iSonthampt. lst ea. mo. Channel Islas •• N Mon., Wed., & Fri.iSouthampt. Tim. Th. bat Chili .• •• M 29 & 17th of mntb Sonthampt. Sept. 16 France .. tN; Twice daily .. Dover Twicedail3 Greece* • • N 7th 17th27th of mo 'Dover .. Sept. 19 Hambnrgh .• N, Tuesday & Friday London .. Tees. bat. Holland .. •• M Wednes. & Satnr.l London ~ Sus. Thu Honduras .. •• . N 17th of the month Southampt. Sept. 16 Ireland .. M& N, Twice daily .. Holyhead.. TwiceoallY India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southanapt. Sept. 24 India (via Marseilles) N Bthfz. 24th of monthlDover • . 'Sept. 19 India, via C. of G. Hope N 14th of month Plymouth .. 'Sept. 29 Mauritius .. N 14th of month Plymouth.. Sept. 29 Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. M 20th of the month Southampt. Aug. 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. N Bth& 24th of month Dover .. Sept. 19 Mexico .• .• M2d of the month.. Sonthampt. ;Ist ea. mo. Madeira • • • • .. kt 9th of the month Southampt.lSept. 22 7th,17th,19,27tb Malta* thl Dover Sept. 19 &30th of month Naples* .• N,stb 15th 25th ofmo Dover ..'Sept. 22 Papal States* .. N 'sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. 'Sept. 22 Peninsula 7th 17th 27th ef mol South ampt. Sept. 16 P eru •• M 2d & 17th of mntb S'outhampt. iSept. 16 Tuscany* .. . • N sth 15 th 25 th of= Dover • • 'Sept. 22 West Indies 17th of the moath Southampt.iSept. 16 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassan) M 2d of the month .. Sonthampt. I * The mails to those countries thus marked (*) are conveyed by French Dackot via Marseilles. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SEPT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was steady to• day, but the business done was very limited. Bristol and Exeter were done at 102% ex div. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened dull this morning, but towards the middle of the day more spirit was evinced, and a better business was dons than for some days past. The transactions were as follow .—Birmingham and Dudley, 30%—Caledonian, 21 h—Eastern Counties, 11 % East :Lancashire, 18%—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 88—Li verpool, Crosby, and Southport, 19—Midland, 78%—South- Eastern and Dover, 22 s—York and North Midland, 24%. MANCHESTER, Sim 13. STS EXCHANGE.—There has been no material altera tion in the railway share market to-day, and but a very limited amount of business has been transacted. The only sales retired were—Buckinghamshire. STOCX EXCH Sheer or 19 1 A —Lancashire ire, 88%—Ditto, Fifths, 3% dis.—Manchester, ld, and Lincolnshire, 101. Preference, 11 7 / 6 —Midland, 78 ifi— South-Eastern and Dover, 21 13-16. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 13. state the same s ANcs.—The share market remains much i n as yesterday. Midland Stock was done at 78. A Pa —BACHE R Rev. ev. Mr. a a P occurred am pei e. rather The Cu S ri tT e ltPßlSED.—Last Sabbath there scene in the parish church of pulpit to officiate for the Rev.ark, of Cadder, proceeded to the Thomas Monro, the minister of the parish. Mr. Park ha gone throu g g iv h e t a he ou u t su th a e l r t text tine x u t tine of singing, prayer, & c ., and had just and was commencing his discourse, e 7hen a woman got up, ( a a for S e li y g e h pause ) — gee hams, I We W ce e' n re re n a a d e and, at the top of her voice, exclaim here. a tcomp ` a l eu G t a e ; hame wi' you, say,sir, a n' an , : l . l e e a a r r n n your you r sermon, l e . s son— accustomed wi' a man readin' a sermon tae u ane at hame oursel's. Gae hame— ( louder than before, ac companied with a stamp of her foot)—ga e h ams an' learn your lesson, like a skuleboy—gae hame, sir." She went on in this strain for some time, and it is said Mr. Park looked un utterable thing3.—Dumbarton Herald. DEAD BODY FOUND BY A DOG.—On Saturday in formation was received, that on Friday, as a man, name d East, was proceeding from West Ham to Stratford, in passing over Forest-hill, his dog made its way into a geld, and com menced howling most piteously, refusing to follow its master. On East proceeding to ascertain what attracted the animal, he found the dead body of a man extended on and completely hid behind the high grass. Information was given at the k police- station, and the body was removed to the West Ham Union. It is that of a man about 60, clad in a light shoot ing coat, grey vest, and black trousers. From marks on the person it is strongly suspected that he has fallen the victim of foal treatment. Tab ARSENAL VOLUNTEERS.—It is pretty strongly rumoured that the men employed in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, som ew h ere about 1,500, will be enrolled into a tohe calledbe similar the R to otyhael Dock-yard B Volunteers'Brigade—au, d e Corps, ui . and hou the r co of drillr a p n s ev to ening after the working hours, and the same rate of, pay,..lCentiih aercwry, "THE GREAT UNP:III)" TYRANNY. IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS —EXTRAORDINARY PRO CEEDING —51,11. Ca4h. rule Hail, innkeeper, of In goldsoy, was summoned before the Spittlegate (Grant ham) Bench of Magistrates on Friday last, on the information of a servant of the Rev. Jas. Hildyard, Rector of that parish, to answer a charge of allowing disorderly conduct in her house at noon on the let inst. The latter gentleman declined to sit on th. , case, and appeared as witness in support of the infotmati.;n. The Rev. Gentleman stated that it had been usual on the occasion of lagoldsby feast to keep the festival on the Monday and Tuesday; that he had allowed all parties to do so this year, but finding on riding through the village on Wednesday morning that the dancing booths and stalls were not removed, he ordered them to pack up and quit the village forthwith. On proceed ing past defendant's house be heard singing, and noises as of persons stamping with their feet and beating with their hands on the table, &c. Entering the house he found fifteen or sixteen persons, who appeared to be drunk and very noisy and disorderly. It was then ten minutes past twelve at noon, and he directed defendant to clear her house, informing her that if she did so im mediately he would not issue a summons against her; but as it was two hours before the house was cleared, he caused a summons to be served upon her by William Palmer, the constable. The latter stated that he accompanied Mr. H. to the house ; that there were one or two persons tipsy, and that there were five or six persons —peroaps there might be six or seven—present. Mrs. Hall said she had been an innkeeper for more - than twenty years, anti that was the first time an information had been laid against her house; that the only person making a noise or singing was a fiddler whom Mr. H. bad driven from the dancing booth, and who had taken refuge there; that she was not aware her licence required h r to close her house in the middle of the day; that the reason she bad not obeyed in clearing it was because her company was respectable, no labouring men being among them and also because Mr. Houghton, a most respectable farmer, of lieisby, who seldom omitted calling on a Wednesday morning to read Bell's Weekly Messenger, had entered the house just previous to Mr. H. calling, and said he had come to spend a quiet half hour and would not be interrupted by Mr. Hild yard or any other person. Mrs. Hall added that Mr. Houghton was present in court to answer for himself, and also as to the character and respecta bility of hermit and her house. Their Worships said they did not deem it necessary to call Mr. Houghton: she had committed tan offence against the terms of her licence, but they would not this time convict. Defen dant was therefore reprimanded, and ordered to pay 103. 61 costs !—[We have received three communica tions relative to this strange proceeding against a woman who is said to bear a character of the highest respecta bility—one of them expressing a hope that the matter will not be allowed to drop without further inquiry, and another stating that the presiding magistrates (Messrs. Otley, Turner, and Brown) considered the case so paltry that they at once dismissed it; if the latter assertion be correct, on what ground was Mrs. Hall called upon to pay costs?] —Stamford Mercury, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Captain George W. D. O'Callaghan (1846), to com mand the Encounter, 14, screw corvette, to be re-com missioned at Portsmouth. This gallant officer has served afloat sixteen years. He entered the navy 28th May, 1825, as first-class volunteer, on board the Came lion, 10, Captains George Robert Lambert and Michael Seymour, stationed in the Channel. In July, 1826, he became midshipman of the Ramillies, 74, Captain Hugh Pigot, lying in the Downs for the purpose of the coast blockade; and he was next, from February, 1827, until July, 1831, employed in the West Indies in the Barham, 50, flag-ship of Hon. Cnsrles Elphinstone Fleeming, Druid, 46, Captain Williams Saudon, Grasshopper, 18, Captain Charles Deare, and Mersey, 26, Captain George W. Conway Courienay. Prior to his examination, which he passed September 8, 1831, he served for a short peri,;(l also in tile Isis, 50, Captrin George Rennie. In the early part of 1831 ho sailed for the Ealt Indies as mate of the Harrier, 18, Captain Spencer Lambert Hunter Vassal!, in command of one of the boats be• longing to which vessel we find him on two occasions engaged iu attacks upon the Malay pirates. Being advanced to the rank of lieutenant, June 6, 1834, and appointed, a few months afterwards, to the Andromache, 28, Captain Henry Ducie Caade, also on the East India station, he was slightly wounded while in that frigate, in endeavouring to effect the suppression of piracy in the Straits of Malacca, and for his services was pre sented, in common with the other officers employed, with a sword by the merchants, &c., of Bombay, be sides receiving the thanks of the Admiralty and of the Chambers of Commerce at Calcutta and Madras. He returned to England in September, 1837, and was after wards appointed on the Mediterranean station—April 24, 1838, to the Talbot, 28. tiaptain Henry John Cod rington; October 25 following, to the Asia, 84, Capt. William Fisher; January 29, 1839, as first, to the Rhad amanthus steamer, Captain Arthur Wakefield. which vessel ho left in July, 1840, and in June, 1841, in a similar capacity, to the Implacable, 74, Captain Edward Harvey. He obtained a second promotal commission, August 11, 1841, and from March 22, 1845, until Nu vember 30, 1846, had command of the Vesuvius steam sloop of 280-horse power on the North America and West India station. Ile has since been on half-pay. Lieutenant—T. C. Cholmeley (1848), late of the Persia, 12, to be first of the Electra, 14, at Portsmouth. Chief Engiueer—Jabez Barber, to the Valorous steam sloop. Mate—A. C. Cowper, to the Dauntless screw-frigate, Portsmouth. Assistant-Engineers—Charles Dickson, to tho Sharp shooter screw-schooner, Portsmouth; Charles Wright, to the Termagant screw-frigate, Portsmouth. Naval Cadet—C. B. Powell (first nomination). The Dee steam-transport, at Woolwich, it is r.•ported, will be commissioned in a day or two by Lieutenant G. M. Smith. The destination of the Electra, 14, fitting at Ports mouth, Commander Morris, is the Aut,tralia station. An opportunity will thus be afforded to the men:Jaw:its to send out specie and other valuable freight in a man of war. Commander Wilson, appointed to the Geyser steam sloo, vice Hand, promoted, has joined his ship at De vonporr, which will sail in a day or two for the North American and West Indian station. Oa the paying cff the Bound, Commander Robert Hall, at Devonport, the Admiralty were pleased to grant a pension of 251. per annum to John Potter, quarter master, together with a gratuity of 15/. and a silver medal; John Heywood, sergeant of marines, a good con duct gratuity of 61. 10s.; and Henry Couper, cap:ain 01 the foretop, 4/. lOs. Avon, steam-tender, returned to Devonport from Portsmouth, where she took supernumeraries on Friday evening. Cornwallis, 72, fitting as a store-ship for Hong-Kong, having been re-coppered, has been taken out of Dock at Devonport. Chatham, hulk, having undergone the necessary re pairs, was taken out of dock at the same time as the Cornwallis, and will be towed to her old station at the Break water, for the use of the workmen employed on works. Diligence, store-abip, from Deptford, with stove, ar rived at Devonport on Sunday afternoon, on her way to Gibraltar. ROYAL MARlNES.—Lieutenant Hutchinson has joined the head-quarters of the Ply mouth division, on his re storation to rank in the corps. Lieutenant Sutherland has also joined, from sick leave; and Lieutenant Blake, from the Royat Naval Hospital. First Lieutenant Dornville's two months' leave of absence expires on the 2d November, and that of Lieutenant-Colonel Head and Captain Adair on the sth of the same month. COAST GUARD STATION.—On Tuesday last a general inspection of the coast guard of this district took place, at two P.M. The crews mustered at Seasalter, and went through the musket exercise, firing blank cartridge, forming into squares, marching, and countermarching; they then commenced ball practice at a target, and on enemy would have stood but a miserable chance with them; so certain was their aim, that the target was al most instantly destroyed. Cutlass exercise followed, and then the great gun practice, which competent per sons pronounced beautiful, the target being struck nearly every fire. The men bore a very steady a ppearance on the field, and well merited the praise bestowed on them by the comptroller-general. The afternoon was de lightful, and a numerous and well-dressed company gave the field a gay appearance. Fortunately the whole passed off without say material accident. --Canterbury Journal. just been added to THE DUKE OF KENT, 170.—A perfect "Kohl-i-neer i t n h e the tre a s at Greenwich Hos t' an elegantly-mounted model of a Hos pital, in the shape o e c t i i e r n e e s e o t o f t the ship building n g l hall as four-decked 170 gun ship, of 3,700 tons burden, which planned forty-three years ago by the late Mr. was Jose pit Tucker, ono of the " o ld school " surveyors of not only in itself a beatifi e d r the navy. It is work art, both as to planning and execution, but also an ap propriate and much - to -be commende d example of monu mental architecture, from having been press-rated by the widow of the planner, and honoured - by its acc;pients— the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital —with a con spicuous standing in the noblest part of the most na tionally interesting establishment of Great Britain, the strength of which rests so forcibly upon the efficiency of her wooden wall , Till.; LONDON COAL TRADE. (From th© Newcastle Chronicle.) Tons. The importation into London, in August, amounted t 0235,374 ••• ••• ••• ..• Impprted from Jan. Ito Aug. 31, 1852 ... 2,195,381 1851 ... 2 032,301 163, 080 265, 381 Delivered Iron Jan. 1, to Aug. 31, 1852 ... 2,24 5,107 1851 ... 2,119,055 126,052 Showing an increase of ... Tae delivery in August r.mountcd to Showing an excess of Inland c )al by railway and canal from Jan. 1, to Aug. 31, 185 2 ..• 244, 082 ••• 107, 026 137, 056 1.. ..• ... ... The trade ncrease during . the past month ha s presented bud t little worthy of special remark. Best coals have vane in a price from 15s. to 1 5 s. 6 d. S econd house dercrip coed tions hove been in only fair quantity , ntri have fully recov h their usual proportionate position — best Ty" aorta varying from 13s. 6d. to 146. The supply of sea-borne coals h as been on the Whale a moderate one, and the figure above would have tea, but fo ted the expectation of higher rates than those Toted, the increased quantity of inland sorts , and the circuar stance that throughout the month the market has been affected, not only by a great re g ularity in the oupPlY, hut by a large number of c . rg oes (varying them 8 ° t° 2 10) being always at sea, and p reventing any act ion 1 plc.'s which the fear of even temporary scarcity viol% produce. On the first appearance of any stopPege.t supply, we anticipate a rise, that with anything heis; dicious management may be rendered permannt, so a to give a f a irly remuerative return to the coslovrner, without his having to n resuscitate any of the nuraereh: schemes of regulation in London, the last of whic h bs completely broken down. e The great increase in the foreign demand for steam highmuch, a s th h a e t et th h e e b e e s s e t of those and ao r a t s a coals has reduced the quantity consigned to London 0 e fear inland kinds are suitable for steam purposes, w that the heir substitution present high rates w ill l e ad to to a considerable extent. The expectation which the visit of ISI: f marseelselliog n early as to London bad created, dt: epienrfsei;in_eyro that it was in the sertonsd contemplation of the Governments of Engish d s bas been France to negotiate a treaty of commerce, g o . n scmewhat dashed by the announcement Of nth e 4 ;s deur that no departure from the prillc i P les 3 s' prove ion to the home interests of France was co n• h t eemp hope l e s f t . e s d e . e i T e g h e the coal subject nei owners eet t taken the en u n p o rt h have in a prur r s P I -I,_ by the Government, and have, as WO stated lest Ive_7ol memorialised Lord Malmesbury, through the medium his colleague, the Duke of Northweberland, to enu s e ta i your l to mike terms with France, which dems licl9 ' 'Des vv . th good reason, a reduction of the duty on I ' l o and brandy. The most earnest and able assistan; which the English coal owners receive still 50 . 03 0 e t i s not fr ° their own Government, but from the French OS: vunaers themselves and the most enlightened porion _0(: the French press. The Chamber of Cooltherveh of Rouen has addressed a new memorial to the .‘l _,, fl if e .. Government demanding the suppression of the .. 0 ;_ ... r z ential duties on coals, and the Revue des Interets Se!_r,a ietn'emdethoefeleahs subject makes it the text for a clever 611 , 1 7 , w ustry t 0... taxipngoiliittsiorgawomutatethriealt.ataci beeef.ereitaway stone; and these continual efforts will St i° lest The John Bowes has made several trips sitice W e er • wrote, description e, and rarely occupying o e i f fs e tet: rd ro P r ; i if o u ti more than a week in the P forrnance of of her employed, 1_.... they meet with the immense facilities for rapid Spiritedlorfrai and discharging which it is in the power of her o n be h apsrodfietmaboinystrated that where owners to obtain for her. The question, boer.er!tig their profitable employment in the general trade is a problem. ci tifies We give below our usual statement of the qua - 0; sent to London from the various ports in th T i ne. On Ships. Ports. 89.016 300 ... Newcastle ••• ••• , z 127 ... Sunderland ... .. 36 3 2 v 113 ... Seatram 5 192 ... Hartlepool, So. •• • • . 28,778 46 ... Stockton ••• 4,4 90 26 ... Bly th ... ••• • 15,62 8 86 ••• Scotch, Welch, &c. ' ss ...----- 235,27 4 890 ____—...... ... 1 ° 0 7216 1851 , 9 plz S ETS. THE COUNTRY 14-14-'' antities of o f frthoewilttlhe P ots io The following is the o ffi cial statement, 1852, corn, &c., received in the port of Lona" Essex, from the 6th Sept., 1852, both inclusive to the 11th Sept., -- 5 0 4 I cd 0 1 12, 66 ; - 484 -- 15! - 1722 314 46 -10,5 45 47 -- ": 20 - 943 _ 123 0 " -- 0 19 60 1 Colchester Harwich Leigh Maldon 5, Wheat, white, ' . . 0 .51; 110 ‘ c... : CHELMSFORD, SEPT. 10.—Prices to-day were , 520 old 468 Od to 548 Od, rev/ 42 5 ` t ° ,.308; red, old 40s to 468, new 35s to 40s; barley, ,275 , to tide; chevalier 55s to 5Ss ; oats 19s to 25s ; Peas chevalier 28s to 33s ; grinding 22s to 28s ; malt= 5 :,_ 800 to 365; white, 308 to 32s ; boiling . 38s to 345 ; due , 13 0 Ai; to 355 ; beans, tick, 32s to 343; harrow ticks, 3 15 t mazagan, 29s to 325. c 9 ; red 3°l COLCHESTER, SEPT. IL—Wheat, white 425 to .....s . ... j aw to 45s ; oats, 18s to 248; beans, mazagan 318 to 325; i m p, and small 34s to 36s ; peas, white 36s to 385, greP 32s ; barley, 30s to 325 per qr. ,s, a Etit i°lll KIRKALDY, SEPT. 11.—The following are we - i e , prisiseeir, 29, for new drain:— a peak Wheat. Barley. i Oats. 1 Bea n g' d „....s "I„ First 39s 6d 26s Od 20s 6d —s '-' „....s '- Second 39s 05 25s 65 ( 19s Od .....s Od .....6 tad Third od to u rice , o f Oatmeal, per ha.? of 2801 bs imperial, 2Ss HADDINGTON, SEPT. 10.—The following are t he P grain at our market to-day:— Bel a % Old Wheat. I Barley. Oats., , A , 0 First d Second .. 433 Id 1255 7d 20i 11 O,l Third ......- .. 0 8 Total 455 05 l 2Ss Od 22s 6a F 32 41 quantity of Old Wheat in market 135 Va. , J o s oici Do. New do. 421 gm , 3:38 , 0 1d Do. Barley do. 3 35 qrs., 06 A la Do. Oats do. 317 qrs., 3 31 00 1 d 31 V., Do. Beans do. he close of the toarket 'Wellington Hartley... !l a ' - ‘ ,l Hawn ................. Lamhton .............. `1 !Pelsg 3d nsher • ................. 'Ca ................. Hartlepool .............. %us 6j Heugh ............ ; 63 ;South Hartlepool ... . 49 64 Thornley ........... i 3s 6 d Whitworth ......... .• oSoeurvithenntwurnhtaernriyar...t.ie.y. 1 5 ; 0 3 1 Si xo n's gerthyr nd a. Cardiff ......... . .... lb 225 64 stes:6dv3nni.7.°l:._.....rsl4noaarildrt.tie4Slo. COAL MARKE' Prices of Coal per ton at t Davison's West Hartley 15s 3d' Longridge's W.Hartley 15s 3d New Tanfield ..... 12s 6dl Now Pelton Main l2s Od Redheugh Main South Peareth l2s Od I'anfield Moor Butes l2s Od Wall's End, &c. Goßforth Hebburn ....... 13s 9d Riddell Wal}:er Leverson 12s Od Cookson'silariley 14s Od Ravensworth Pelaw .. 12s 6d Whitiredge's W. Hart; 14s 6d btups at marke --...----.----______ not life. To eat and drink:7ll'db LIFE AND EXISTENCE. to be expnoser dog darkness and the light—to pace round the mill of ha o iy we. turn thought into an impediment of trade —this is n t_ m ' o f In all this but a poor fraction of the c Asstill alueiber, humanity • is awakened, and the ean cti ' i-- tb, l ey e si tn e e e p r _e lapse of year! r: which make it worth while to be. Knowledge, tru .he no , beauty, goodness, faith. alone can give vitality to 'bra t° claanism of existence. The laugh of mirth that T o ws through the heart, the tears that freshen the ari o yer t w n i a th t eina,liaththe the future that boriengdesucnbtiwltocondinbatck. theliitate es Oa - the death. _An tbeee HainvEsr IN Wall AND LOW FURNESS. uo res ult districts harvest is rapidly drawing to a close, an d t s goca may be summed up as highly favourable. Wheat is e rcp; crop, well got, and quality fine. Oats are a h e avy t here i and n thougha doubt w it e w c i a l n i nportesvpeeaaknasno t d decidedly d: v d e l yraogfeb ar I eY , Y r f ar lisle Paper. A lialg AN rADVERTISEMENTI—THE EA.RL OF yiALPeht:v:calocil AND llor.Lowar's Pints.—An astounding cure by thi s 0 . trorn le medicine, aster every other means had failed. horns _ o ,_ 0, , trse. I s 4 . 7 . Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leg, Y 1,0001, Pm lessor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your 1,..„," EOO9l. fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach vrhicil,'" ` lo ,ci rio eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent% or 0- been able to effect ; nay, not even the waters of CarlS"",os Trill rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBOILOUGH." These wenderfaVilove cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (as ° .";,. ° o l,d Oi Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 24 4 , P''' ' by all medicine vendors throughout the civ il ised vioriii• BIRTHS. OF A On the 10 t h inst., at Bromley,sONwife 0f J am Kent, the e° W. Ilott, E s q . • f e 0 On the 9th inst., at Seajoy-house, Wiltshire, the wife Thomas F. Grove, Esq., of an heir. On the 9th inst., at Latton Vicarage, Wilts, the lad/ fo William F. Beadon , Esq. OF A mutat-ITER On the 7th inst,, at the Vicarage-house, F e lthanl, the Wife of the Rev. Edward Thrupp. - MARRIED. • btoil , On the 9th inst., at St. Nicholas' Church. Brig Uer Willi A m Hankey, Eq., of Middleton -hall, Linlithgoweardeit N. 8., to Cecile Charlotte Trelawny d'Estaulpes, daughter of the Vicomte d'Eatampes• Ontbegti i • nA. : a ged 2 5 ? 0, Robert, third and last surviving son of • at DI E B e Bedford-square, t Milverton, Somerset. On the 11th inst , in Piccadilly-terrace,.i‘lr Canierina Charlotte Denison, daughter of Lord Louder' borough, aged Bust., s. 1 est On the 10th at Weymouth Rectory, Charles, eldest son of the Rev. Chrles Bridges, M.A. On the 9th inst., at Swansea, aged 91, Mayzod, widov , ° f the late J Rowland, Esu ,of that town. tßhoebeiritovG.rsaneglien; Oa the 9th inst., at 'restock, Suffolk, aged 76, Thorns 9 Pid d°c Brown, Esq., M.D. Henry On the 9th inst ., at Cheltenham, aged 86, Whately, E s q.., formerly of llandsworth, Staffordshire- On the Bth inst., Edwarder Woburn-place, J. Furs*, VCI* t On the Ist inst., AL Livermore. aged 4 9, °°°,.° Mr. W. Livermore, late of the firm of Caslon and Live' more, of Chiswell-street, Fin5bury.*._m..._,..............„.„. London: Pririttiade p an rec cl ail'eutbloifahtehd6 byeUtil:00:001:40tr, fl: No. 1.0., Strand, Printer, at The S u n Office, No. 1 .1 Strand, M maws, Tuesclky, Septvalor 14) usia. •,, t%a , kt kl Si " t 4, )1, 4 ki e) , ` t it , 1.1 TII next , blvid Pnirlt( )1 4 1111 t , 44 4 4 vor t \ l / 4 . Al t .1 s l i E. 141'1' tt r,th;