The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-27 00:00:00

NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION. Now ready, complete in I vol., with Portrait of the Authoress, 1 price 63. bound. THE WILD IRISH GIRL. BY LADY MORGAN. WITH A NEW PREFACE AND NOTES. Forming the New Volume of COLBURN'3 STANDARD NOVELS. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in three vols., post Svo., SE COND LOVE; A NOVEL. FROM TUE NOTE-BOOK OF A TRAVELLER. " A charming story, fraught with very considerable dramatic inte rest, and luring the reader on, chapter after chapter, by its fascina tion."—Sun. Richard Bentley, ;New Burlington-street. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. S S AND m R ON S MD. RailwayLA Phar N e ALtlon S ee i rs, A be i g 5 thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TUESDAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfhlly requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must be deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, gull the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Offices, Hall of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, London. THEATRE r OYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Farce, entitled SISTER AND I. After which, a New Grand Operatic, Melodramatic, Romantic, Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, founded on the Opera of " Oberon," entitled THE MAGIC ,HORN. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Kinloch, Collier, Yarnold, Bender, Silver, Richards, and Keeley; Miss Keeley, Miss Vlliars, Miss Fairbrother, Mrs. Wooßidge, Miss Arden, Miss Forster, Miss Laidlaw, Miss Bromley, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled LOAN OF A WIFE. Principal characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, A. Wigan, Meadows, Kinloch, and Yarnold ; Mrs. Woollidge and Miss Howard. TiIEATIIE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF ".MADAME CELESTE. THIS EYEING _ Will he performed the Comedy of PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy, Mr. Lambert ; Paul Pry, Mr. Wright ; Grasp, Mr. 0. Smith ; Somers, Mr. Worrell; Mr. Stanley, Mr. Thomas; Harry Stanley, Mr. Boyce, Frank Hardy, Mr. Braid ; Witherton, Mr. Selby ; Mrs. Subtle, Mrs Laws ; Marian, Miss E. Harding ; Phcebe, Miss Ellen Chaplin. After which, a Grand Nlythological Burlesque Extravaganza, de nominated THE JUDGM i• NT OF PARIS; or, The Pas de Pip pins. The characters personated by Messrs. Selby, 0. Smith, Glen naire, Lindon, Waye, Butler, Williamson, _Aldridge, Mitchenson, Alderson, Ryan, Wright, l'aul Bedford ; Miss Ellen Chaplin, Miss Taylor, Miss Harrison, Al iss Simpson, Mrs. F. Matthews, &c. To be followed by an original Comic Sketch, called ABRAHAM PARKER. Abraham Parker, Mr. Wright. PRINCESS'S THEA.TRE. OXFORD-STREET. THIS EVENING . . - _ Will be performed Shakespere's Comedy (with Music) of THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Sir John Falstaff, Mr. Granby; Mr. Ford, Mr. J. Vining; Mr. Page. Mr. Ryder; Sir Hugh Evans, Mr. Charles Mathews; Master Slender, Mr. Compton; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris ; Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Stirling ; Anne Page, Miss GeoNiana Smithson. To be followed by an entirely new Serro-Comic Drama, entitled A CURIOUS CASE. Mr. Aubrey, Mr. Vining; Twiggleton, Mr. Charles Mathews; Charles Stanton, Mr. Fisher; Edward, Mr. Manner ; Mrs. Aubrey, Mrs. Stirling. To conclude with an entirely New Comic Drama, entitled THE BARBER BRAVO ; or, he Inventor of Powder. In which Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Granby, Mr. Wynn, Miss E. Stanley, and Miss Marshall will perform. ASTLEY'g ROYAL AMPILITELEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal. Immense novelty and entire change. Fresh addition to the Company, and first Week of the highly interesting Spectacle of " The Merchant Steed " THIS EVENING Will be performed the popular Drama, called THE 3fERCHANT STEEL) ; or, The Flight of Damon. Calanthe, Mrs. Morton Brooks ; Damon, Mr. J. Harwood ; assisted by the whole of the Company. Double Stud, rare Quadrupeds, &c. After which, magnificent SCENES of the HIPPODROME, by the French, German, and British Professors. The whole concluding with the pleasing Drama, entitled TIIE NAMELESS. Box-oilice open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at seven o'clock. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Unrivalled talent for Six Nights only. The distinguished Artistes, Miss Cushman, and her sister, Miss Susan Cushman, will sustain some of their favourite characters durbig this Week. being their last performances previous to their departure for the United States. Engagement of Mr. Macarthy, the popular Irish Comedian, for Six Nights. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shatcespere s Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Miss Cushman; Juliet, Miss Susan Cushman ; Nurec, Mrs. Daly ; Mercutis, Mr. E. F. Saville ; Capulet, Mr. Ileslop ; Benvolio, Mr. Johnson; Tyhalt, Mr. Fredericks; Friar Lawrence, Mr. ; Apothecary, Mr. W. Smith. After which, the Farce of TEDDY THE TILER. Teddy ➢ful lowney, Mr. Macarthy, supported by the principal talent of the Company. To conclude with the favourite Drama of THE ROVER'S SECRET. Principal characters by Messrs. Saville, Johnson, Fre dericks, Lewis, Ilesl)p; Mrs. Lewis, Miss Terry, &c. Box Office open from eleven till four o'clock. Under the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. EVERY MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY. VIEW of NAPLES, ERUPTION of VESUVIUS, DESTRUC TION of lIERCULANEUM and POMPEII, in the year 79. A richly ornamented GOTHIC BRIDGE of STATUES has been constructed, which will he brilliantly Illuminated at Night. The PROMENADE CONCERTS, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. CALYPSO'S FAIRY GROTTO, representing in the Interior Telemachus -elating his adventures to Calypso. The PYROTECHNIC DISPLAYS, by Mr. Southby, are on the most complete and effective scale. Preceding the Volcanic Display, Mons. FARINET.LI will descend from a Chinese Pagoda, seventy feet In ieight, to the surface of the lake, where a Naiad's Car will rise to receive Lim, and bear him to his chrystal home. The Glass Conservatory is splendkly ornamented with festoons of lamps, enabling the visitors to view the matchless collection of Carnivore by gas-light. Feeding of the Carnivore at half-past five; the Pelicans, &c., at Mx ; COncert at half-past six ; and the Eruption at dusk. Admission. One Shilling. THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, AUGUST 27. rr...QarmrExEn, Lowest, 58; Highest. 69_; Noon, 72. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning . .. 45 minutes after 4. I Evening .. 5 minutes after 3. t' t 14x , , ~__~ nx~~:- SECOND EDITION. ` itening Ant LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1846. PRIVY COUNCIL AT OSBORNE HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) This morning, at nine o'clock, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Lord GREY, Lord LANSDOWNE, Sir GEORGE GREY, and other Cabinet Ministers, left town from the Nine Elms station for Gosport by a special traiti, in order to proceed to Osborne House, where her MAJESTY holds a Privy Council this day, for the arrangement of the Queen's Speech on closing the session of Par liament to-morrow. The Ministerial party will be conveyed from Gos port by the Fairy, and, after attending the Council, are expected to return to town this evening by an other special train on the South-Western Railway. The proceedings before the Court-martial assem bled at Portsmouth, for the trial of the Ilon. Captain GORDON, will be perused with the deepest interest by every one interested in the British navy. The charge was a serious one, imputing to the prisoner a disobedience of the orders of his commanding officer in sailing from Valparaiso, in Chili, for England, with her MAJESTY'S ship America, of which he was then in com mand. The Court found the charge fully proved, but added their opinion, that the prisoner was not actu ated by his private pecuniary advantages, thus practi cally acquitting him of any improper motive, and pro nounced a sentence the most lenient possible, viz., that the prisoner should be severely reprimanded. It will be in the recollection of our readers, that the sentence of a naval court-martial is perfect the mo ment it is pronounced, and may be forthwith car ried into execution, and that, unlike that of the similar military tribunal, it is not submitted to any person or persons whatever for approval or revision. We are, therefore, already acquainted with the final result of the trial, although it only took place yesterday. Although the letter of the law was against the Gallant Officer, the decision of the Court was tantamount to a full and honourable ac quittal. A certain degree of discretion must be vested in an officer commanding any of her MA JESTY'S vessels when absent from his superior officer. It would be utterly impossible for any man, or body of men, to foresee all the circumstances that might possibly arise at a future period, when a literal obedience of the orders given might prove in the highest degree injurious to the British interests, which it should be the first and paramount duty of a British officer to maintain and support. Had Lord • NELSON at all times acted in obedience to orders, some of his most brilliant exploits would never have been performed, and the nation might have remained in ignorance of the brilliant qualities of the hero in her service. His axiom was that an officer should dare all is order to benefit his country; that he should encounter not only the bullets and missiles of his an tagonists, but that he should also risk the displeasure of his superiors ; nay, the possibility of meeting death as a criminal by the hands of his English brethren, in furtherance of that great object. We have never heard the memory of that illustrious officer stigma tised for these opinions ; on the contrary, every one has admired the devotion, the deep resolution that prompted such a determination. We admit that the first duty of an officer is obedience to his superiors ; that he must act on the orders delivered to him, without questioning or hesitating; nay, although he himself may be satisfied of their itn. policy, to the best of his power he must carry them into execution. But if a new state of circumstances should arise during the absence of the person by whom the orders were given, which he might fairly presume would have induced the command ing officer to countermand the orders he had given, and if he acts, to the best of his judg ment, on the advice of such prudent and com petent persons as he may be enabled to consult, if he is uninfluenced by improper or sinister motives in the course he finally resolves on—we say, that so far from being brought to a trial, exposed to the annoyance and expense of pre paring a defence, and to the mental uneasiness and trouble which must be felt by a highminded and chivalrous officer placed in such a situation, and, finally, severely or at all reprimanded, he ought to receive the approbation and thanks of those to whose hands the administration of the naval affairs of the country is entrusted. We have stated that the sentence of the Court-martial was the most lenient that could be pronounced on conviction, but let it not be sup posed that it is by any means a trivial one to an officer who has devoted his life to the service of his country, who has for many years borne an un-, blemished reputation, and sustained the honour of the service to which he belongs, it must occasion the most bitter regret, the most painful emotions, to think that any act of his, although admitted to be honest and well-meaning, should have exposed him to the censure of a tribunal composed of his brother officers. The sentence, which might appear insignificant to an ordinary person might be of the weightiest import to such a man ; and it is because we feel deeply that Captain GORDON was justified in the course he adopted, that he exercised a wise and proper discretion, which was accorded to him, not only by the imperative neces sity that must ever exist therefore, but also by the very orders of his commanding officer—feeling assured that the Gallant Admiral himself would ap prove of the conduct of his subordinate in every particular, and believing that such a court martial was premature until a complaint was preferred by the person whose orders were alleged to be violated, and that, as a precedent, it may be productive of the most injurious con sequences, deterring other officers from acting on their honest convictions—we have thought it our duty to vindicate the character of a British officer, the descendant of our ancient nobility, the worthy bearer of a time-honoured name. We may not agree with Captain GORDON in the political principles he has no doubt conscientiously entertained ; but GOD forbid that we should be influ enced by any such motive in witholding the expres sion of our feeling as to the manner in which he has been treated. Our want of space forbids us from examining the entire evidence, but any person calmly reading the orders of Sir GEORGE Sevmoun, must be satisfied that the discretion was given to Captain GORDON. He is told to afford every assistance to the merchants in embarking treasure, either in the America or in one of the sloops under his orders ; that he is to be guided by his own discretion, founded on the informa tion he shall have received relative to Mexico, whether and when he shall proceed there ; he finds a freight much larger than was anticipated by the Ad:niral ; he receives a document, signed by the British merchants, urging on him, in the strongest manner, the injurious, the ruinous consequences which might ensue should he tranship the specie from the America, and not proceed with it to England ; he is fortified in his decision by the advice of the British Consul and of the officer next in command to himself ; and, having arrived at the only correct conclusion under the circumstances, he sacrifices his own pecuniary interests, to a certain extent (for he was the officer whose duty it would have been in a few months, according to the routine of the service, to have taken a freight home to England), to what he considered to be his duty, and for the benefit of the interests committed to his charge, and having so acted, it is hard, indeed, that he should be subjected therefore to what we conceive to be most undeserved censure. The manner in which he acted respecting the moneys to which he became entitled is also most creditable to Captain GORDON. Before he left Mexico he distributed over 1,0001. amongst his ship's crew, and expended the remainder in the deco ration of the vessel placed under his command; and, immpd;of.i., !,,;. arrivn 1 in England, he took mea sures for reserving the amount to will,. ~__ , enaded for the conveyance of this specie to England, in order that the same might be transferred to the agent of Captain ONsLow, or any other officer who might have suffered pecuniary loss by any supposed error in judgment on his part. Such conduct speaks for itself, and renders it impossible to be supposed that the honourable and highminded officer could have been influenced by base or mercenary motives. Knowing the just and generous sentiments now entertained by the Legislature towards Ireland, and observing the salutary measures in her regard which have already received the patronage of the Ministry and the acquiescence of the Imperial Parliament, we turn with remarkable interest to the proceedings of that great Association in which the opinions of the Irish people are embodied. After all that has been accom plished, and considering all that is intended to be realised in respect to the prosperity and happiness of that popu lation, the views of that population as to the deeds and the promises of the new Administration cannot but be matter of intense curiosity to every individual at all interested in the welfare of this magnificent empire. The expressions, whether of satisfaction or of discon tent, uttered by that community form the true gauge of the prospects of Ireland ; and those expres sions can most readily be collected and collated by referring to the sentiments expressed in the periodical meetings at Conciliation Hall. That the disaffection of the Irish people has long found vent and still con tinues to find vent through the orators of the Repeal Association, is a fact requiring no logical exposition-- it is one of the truths already recorded in the history of Great Britain. It is for this reason, therefore, that we turn with the utmost inquisitiveness to the comments upon Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his colleagues, uttered in the Corn Exchange, Dublin. On Monday last the weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was characterised by many grati fying declarations from the lips of Mr. O'CoNNELL, and by the most satisfactory moderation amongst the individuals there assembled together. Everything evinced the cordiality with which the repealers wel come the propositions, and the pleasure with which they witness the enactments, recently made by Go vernment. Everything assures us that there is at present a most propitious opportunity for assuaging all the miseries of Ireland, for obliterating the odious memory of our injustice towards her, and for fulfill ing the project which was so beautifully and chivalrously advocated by the late Premier on his memorable withdrawal from office—the elevation of Ireland to a perfect equality with Eng land both socially and politically. The quashing of the Coercion Bill, the suppression of the Arm s Bill, the restoration of the repeal magistrates, the avowed sentiments of Parliament, and the policy of the Russell Administration—all assure us that the disposition of our Legislators is well 'calculated for the seizure of this opportunity. Nor is the population of Ireland blind to this metamorphosis in their rulers. During his address to the meeting, on Monday last, Mr. O'CONNELL avowed his satisfaction with the course already adopted by the Ministry, and in doing so he particularised two of the latest efforts made by Government in behalf of his fellow-coun trymen.—namely, the modification of the law of ejectment and the improvement of the old system in ' distraining for rent. For both these endeavours to ameliorate the condition of the peasantry the Hon. and Learned Gentleman expressed himself grateful, and he emphatically designated the former as " the first instalment of justice to Ireland !"—that justice, for the acquisition of which DANIEL O'CONNELL has been'striving so long, so nobly, and so perseveringly ! The temperament of the Liberator is any thing but of an accommodating character ; he has always evinced a most excessive repugnance to concession ; his patriotism is essen tially an obstinate patriotism. The history of the Repeal Association is alone an emphatic testimony of this fact—O'CONNELL having persisted in advocating the re-formation of an Irish Parliament, notwith standing the most incessant derision, and in spite even of State prosecutions. From this very pertinacity, therefore, in the disposition of the Liberator, his ac.. eeptance of " the first instalment oC justice to Ire land" is a circumstance of peculiar significance. It is, we take it, an augury of better days for his native country. It is an important encouragement to the members of the present Administration. Our readers are, we presume, familiar with our views of Mr. O'CoNNuLL's agitation for repeal ; we need scarcely repeat that, to our thinking, it is a struggle after an impossibility, a pursuit of a mirage, —that it is, in short, altogether chimerical. We are thoroughly impressed with this conviction, and yet we are likewise thoroughly impressed with the con viction that this agitation for repeal, when conducted on the principles of moral force, may be productive, and has been productive, of eminent good to the people of Ireland. As a powerful means of obtaining political and social justice to the community, the Repeal Association may prove, and has proved, sin gularly useful. Having repudiated the doc trines of revolutionary fanaticism, it must show itself peculiarly serviceable. Conducted in that manner, we cannot but regard repeal as a beneficent delusion. We admire the explicit language in which Mr. O ' CONNELL has confessed his abhorrence of physical force. He cannot be a loser by the expul sion of the Young Irelanders from the Associa tion. At the last meeting in Conciliation Hall a remarkable testimony was given that, in spurning the assistance of these spurious patriots, the Liberator is exciting the admiration and eliciting the acquies cence of the more sensible among his countrymen. On that occasion no less then one hundred and thirty Roman Catholic clergymen were present, osten sibly for the purpose of sanctioning the course recently pursued by the Association. Mr.O'CormEnn's scornful allusion to the physical force advocates— " Faugh! Vindication by the sword talked of by men who zvoui'd be afraid to look at a poker !"—must have been peculiarly grateful to his hearers. The very quietude of the Repeal Association just now is infi nitely more impressive than its recent bluster. The German papers announce the arrival of the QUEEN-DOWAGER, of England at Frankfort, on the 22d. M. FLOTTWELL, who has resigned the office of Minister of Finance in Prussia, has been appointed President-in-Chief of the province of Westphalia, and AI. DUESBERG, a Privy Councillor, and the head of the Department of Justice at Berlin, has been ap pointed the new Minister of Finance. Madrid papers of the 20th have arrived. The Gazette contains a decree commanding the Political Chief of the Belearic Isles to cashier the members of the municipality of Palmas, who," under an apparent respect for the constitution, had neg lected their duty and exceeded their authority, by having refused to authorise the payment of the taxes, for the second half of the present year." According to the .Espanol the French Ambassador has formally communicated to the Spanish Govern ment that the French Cabinet has abandoned the choice of Count TRAPANI as candidate for the hand of the QUEEN of Srluil, and would support the claims of the Duke of CADIZ (Don FRANCIsCO D'Assls). The Heraldo asserts that the British Government will support no candidate but Prince LEOFOLD of Saxe Coburg. These papers contain news from Lisbon of the 14th confirming the intelligence already received of the discovery and suppression, by the Count DAS ANTAS, of a Cabralist conspiracy to excite a revolt among the troops of the garrison of Lisbon, and of the arrival of the British Squadron of Evolu tion in the waters of the Tagus. The arrival of the British fleet, it is said, greatly excited the choler of the worthy GONZALES BRAVO, nominally the repre sentative of the Queen of SPAIN, at the Court of her most faithful Majesty, but in reality the secret agent of COSTA CABRAL, the Conde DI TuoMAR. MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 20.—The Three per Cents. closed on the Madrid Stock-Exchange on the 20th inst. at 341 cash ; the Five per Cents., 223. cash; the Four per Cents., 219 cash ; Passives, ; and the Coupons, 201 cash. We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday. They are almost exclusively occupied with com ments on the various contested returns now in the course of trial by the Chamber of Deputies. The Epoque gives the following resume of the principal provisions of the commercial treaty recently between Holland rmii Belgium : " The concessions which have been respectively made by Belgium and Holland differ in their character; those of the former are principally maritime and commercial, whilst those of the latter are manufacturing. Holland, however, whilst stipulating for advantages for her flag, for her colonial produce, and for her fisheries, has not been forgetful of certain articles of her manufactures and her soil. Her carpets, coarse woollen goods, cattle, and corn, have obtained exceptional con ditions. Belgium, on the other hand, while she has secured a privileged market for the varied produce of her manufactories, has not lost sight of the interests of her mercantile marine, and her shipping may export from Java 8,000 tons of merchandise, on nearly the same conditions as Dutch subjects. This concession would have been; the more profitable to her could she have recovered in the Dutch Indies the national position which she enjoyed at the time of her union with the low coun tries; but at least she will procure back-freights for such of her vessels as visit the Chinese seas—a new field just opened to the commerce of Europe. The produce of Belgium comprised in the treaty is iron of all descrip tions, mercury, cutlery, furniture, cotton, worsted, and linen tissues, glass, and coal—in a word, nearly all the articles produced at Charleroi, Liege, Brussels, Ghent, Verviers, and Mons. For some of them Belgium obtains the terms granted to the most favoured nations, and for the greater part special advantages. The relative libe rality of the customs-laws of Maud appears to lessen the value of these exceptions ; but the short distance between the countries will enable Belgian commerce to derive great advantages from them, and they guarantee her during the continuance of the convention against certain protectionist tendencies which were contained in the Dutch tariff of 1843. The commercial and maritime concessions made to Holland are of several kinds. The Dutch flag is assimilated to that of Belgium in the most extended sense; various ehanges are made in the Belgian law of differential navigation dues in favour of the colonies and entrepots of Holland; the produce of the Dutch fisheries is favoured in Belgium ; some of it, such us fresh fish and cod, to the limit of a certain quantity, and others without any limitation. It will be seen that this treaty embraces a very great number of objects, and is of a nature to create a close commercial intimacy between the two countries. In Belgium the treaty has been favourably received, except by the fishermen of Ostend, by the rearers of cattle, and by the manufac turers of coarse woollen goods." The Count DE PARIS, the eldest son of the late Duke of ORLEANS, and the grandson and heir of his Majesty the KING of the FRENCH, entered his ninth year on Monday last. his Royal Highness, who will, according to the laws of France, attain his majority in 185 . 6, is described as enjoying excellent health, although he is of a delicate constitution. He is tall for his age, and his features strongly resemble those of his father. He has made much progress in his studies, and he expresses himself with facility in the German, Italian, and French languages." The Chamber of Peers met and proceeded to the trial of HENRY. The report of the proceedings will be found in another column. The Chamber of Deputies was still occupied with the verification of the powers of its members. Accounts have been received from Algiers of the 20th. AIID - EL-KADER was represented as being at Kasbah Kroum, near the route of Fez to Ouchda. He has been joined by some of the Arabs dispersed among the Beni-Snazzem, and is still endeavouring to gain over the emigrant tribes to his cause. The sums lodged in the Paris savings'-banlcs on Sunday, the 23d, and Monday, the 24th of August, amounted to 571,569 f., whilst the sums withdrawn, during the same period, amounted to 636,513 f. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Tuesday at 83f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 70c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,273 f. 75c.; Rouen, 960 f. ; Havre, 700 f.; Great Northern, 710 f. ; Avignon, 911 f. 25c.; Yierzor, 625 E ; Bordeaux, 566 f. 25c. ; Boulogne, 380 f; Troves and Mon tcreau, 362 f. 50e. ; Basle, 220 f.; Fampoux, 505 f; Dieppe, s9of. ; Paris and Strasburg, 496 f. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 505 f. Paris and Lyons, 525 f. ; Lvons and Avignon, 490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 482 f. 50c.; Belgian Two-and-a- Half per Cents., 56; Spanish Passives, 5:!4. The following are the quotations for new lines MARSEILLES, Arra. 21.—Marseilles and Avignon, so7f. 50c.; Northern, 700 f. ; Paris and Lyons, 520 f. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 26. Demerara, VA —Dutch Rhenish, 6—East Indian, % —Great Western Bengal, 34—Italian and Austrian, 1% —.Namur and Liege, 2S,—Orleans and Bordeaux, BIA —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 1% Rouen and Havre, 2754—Sambre and Meuse, 4 Ni . A singular fraud, committed upon Messrs. Coutts and Co., was the subject of conversation in the City yesterday. It appears that a person having a cheque for U., increased the amount to 5,0001., by an obvious alteration,"and succeeded in getting Bank -notes. This operation having been accom plished, he lost no time in going to the Bank of England, and changing a part at least of his newly acquired notes for gold. As yet, we believe, there is no trace of the culprit. Sir George Baker, dart., and suite, the Baron Mun chausen, and Colonel Fulton, arrived in London yester day afternoon by the General Stearn Navigation Cotupany'B steam-ail) Soho, after A delightful run from Qstoud. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, 1846. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were 7,000 bales, including . 1,500 for export. The market was firm, and for American very full prices were obtained. Other sorts were wrehout change. Cotton was not so freely offered. American realised 4d. to sid. per lb. Shares were rather dull again. It has been of late a matter of too frequent remark, that the committees of management of new railways, either abandoned or lost by the decision of Parliament, are slow to come forward with a statement of accounts, and to wind up affairs. This charge cannot be laid to the managers of the Irish Great Western Railway (the Dublin and Galway), to the Bideford and Tavistock, and a few others. But still there are very many other committees who required working up, and a sug gestion having been made that a little publicity in this respect would not bo amiss, as occasion servos, it may be politic to give the names of a few of the most promi nent of the parties who hold back accounts and retain moneys belonging to scripholdcrs. What are the War wick, Worcester, and Rugby people doing, for in stance ? By the returns furnished to the Board of Trade the quantity of tea entered for home consumption, up to *he sth December, is stated at 40,956,4481b5, against 38,291,0731b5. in 1844, and 37,009,4381b5. in 1843, show ing an increase of more than two and a half millions, attributable principally to the general employment of labour. If, consistently with otle-r financial arrange ments it were possible to carry out the suggestion of a reduction of duty to Is. or even ls. 6d., it is probable no period would be more propitious. On the importance of a step, the policy of which is so generally admitted, it is not now necessary to dwell. Our relations with China, both commercial and poli tical, continue uninterrupted. The only one of the new ports that at present promises to rival Canton in the extent of trade is Shanghao, where the silk trade is already mainly conducted, and where, probably, before many years elapse, no insignificant pro portion of the tea trade will follow. The policy of the re-surrender of Chusan has been gravely questioned, but, involving as it does the good faith of our Government, there can be no doubt of the issue. Our efforts might be more reason ably directed to obtain the consent of the Chinese au thorities to declare it a free port. The stock in London at the present time may be estimated at 34,000,0001b5., and the deliveries from Lon don this year have been 22,780,0001b5., including the home consumption of " the great metropolis," the quantity sent coastwise, and the exports to foreign ports. The settlement of th.) Consol account has given a de cidedly favourable turn to the Stock Market, and prices are ups to 4 per cent., the quotations for Money being 95i A, and for October 14, 96 to There have been some large amounts carried over, and this indicates con • fidence. Exchequer-bills have been worth 10s. to 13s. premium, and East India Bonds under 1,0001. 19s. to 245. premium. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been quoted 97i to 98k, and the Three per Cents. 96 to 4. In the Foreign market there has been very little pass ing. Portuguese Four per Cents have been marked 42k, being steady ; Spanish Three per Cents have realised 361- ; and the Passive 4. Mexican Bonds have been worth 24, and Brazilian Five per Cents 891. Dutch Four per Cents have been quoted 934 For Railway Shares the market is very dull, and where sales are pressed, which, however, has not been in a dozen cases altogether perhaps, the quotations have been rather in favour of the buyer. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities • • 96% Three per Cent. Consuls Annuities • • • • 95%% New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Aims. 984, 97% 97% Long Annuities, Expire .Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 5-16 Ditto, 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 •• 10% India Bonds, 1,000/. • • .. • • Ditto, under 1,0001. South Sea Stock .. • • .. • • Ditto, Old Annuities Consols ter Oct. 14 Exchequer Bills. 1,0001. • . •• 5001. Ditto, Small .. .. 24 19 95% I%d. 134 th •• 10 13 pm. .... 10 13 pm. 10 13 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent • • • • 89% Mexican Old, 5 per Cent • • • • • • Ditto, for the Account • • 24 Portuguese Four per Cent • • 4234 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent. • • • • Ditto, Passive Bonds • • • • • • 5 % Ditto, Three per Cent .. • • 36% Ditto, for the Account .. • 3634 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 93% % Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 94 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER. SHARE, Amber., Notting., Boston, & Eastrn Jn. •2% .. to Birmingham and Gloucester .. ..100 127 .... to 128 Ditto New (issued at 734 ells.) • • 1734 •• • • 31%.. ••to Birmingham alai Oxford Jtuiction • • 2 •• • • 5% %.. to Bristol and Exeter .. • • .. .. 75 •• • • •• • • to Ditto, New .. .. 5 .. • • 10%.... to Buckinghamshire • . • .. 425. •• • • %34 dis. to Caledonian .. .. 20 lsy, ••.. to Ditto Half Shares .. • • .. 23Q •• • • 19;; • • to Cambr:dge and Oxford .. • • .. • • 1% • • 34 .. • • to Cornwall • • • • • • .. 5 •• • • %•• . • to 1 Direct Northern .. .. 234. •. • 134 %• • to Eastern Counties .. •. .. 14/. 16s. Od 2234 %.• to Ditto, New • • .. • • .. 10/. 16s. Od.•• • • 734 p•. to Do., Perpetual, 5 per Ct. No. 1, 61 13s. 4d Dllt, ditto • • .. N 0.2, 61. 135. 4d. • • Ditto, Yore v - •:teasion 10s. .• •• 2 34 • to East Lancashire ••• 14 .. • • 23 •• • • to 22% Edinburgh and Glasgow • • .. 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. • • • • *91,4 173¢ .... to Goole, Doncaster, and Sheffield, &c... 425. Grand Union (Nottingham and Lynn) 1% •• • • %••• - to Great North of England • . .. • .100 .. •• .. ••to Ditto, New .. .. • . .. • • 15 • • Great Western • • •• .• 85 14634 to Ditto, Half Shares .• .• • • .. 50 83 .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. .• 10 • • Hull and Selby .. • • .. 50 .. • • .. • . to Ditto, Half Shares .. • • .. .. 25 5034 .... to Ipswich and Bury St. Edmunds .. 9 Ditto, ditto, and Norwich• • • • .. 214 Liverpool, Manch, and Newc. Junet. s% •• • • 1% .... to Losdon and Brighton . • • .. 50 London and Croydon .. 131. 15s. 9d. •• •• 23 %• • • to London and North Western • • ..100 .. 205% •• .. to 20614 Ditto, Quarters .. • • .. • • • • 2 .. • • 24 .. • • to Ditto ditto New Shares • • .. . 16 p.... to 151 A p London and South-Western 411. 6a. 10d. • • 74 .... to Ditto, New Consolidated Eighths .. 40 London and York • • •• • • • • 2% 2IA .. to Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • .. 2% Manchester and Leeds • • • • • 82 • • Ditto, Half Shares • • • • • • •• 38 .• 53 .... to Ditto, Quarter Shares • • • • • . 2 Ditto, Fifths • • .. • • • • .. 3 11 ••.. to 103 4 Ditto, Extension .. • • • • • • 425. Manchester and Birmingham .. • • 40 •• • • to Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 5 .. • • 13% .... to Manchester and Southampton .. • . 2 ...• i..• • to % Midland • • • • • • • • • • 100 —13914 to Newcastle and Darlington J unction • . 25 Ditto, New .. • • • • • • • . 1 Newcastle and Berwick • • • • •• 15 .. • North British • • • • • • • • • • 25 .. • • 38 IA %.. to Ditto, Carlisle Extension • • . • 11 X • • 4% • • to 4 North Staffordshire • • • • • • • • 425. .. • • 3% p•• to Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 12 1 % 8 .... to Scottish Central .. • • • • • • • • 12% .. • . 19 1 A .... to -- Shrewsbury and Birmingham • • .. 2% 2%.... to Shropshire Union • • • • • • • • • 42s j4 dis. to South Eastern and Dover • • •• • • 33 1 ,4 Ditto, New, No. 4 • • • • • • • • 234 •• • • 31 8 .. • • to South Wales .. • • • • • • • • • • 5 . • • • 4 1 ,4 to 4 Vale of Neath .• • • • • • • • • 2 .. • . 1% .. • . to 1 West Riding Union .. .. •• •• 425.• 2% p• . to 3 p York and Carlisle • • • • • • •• • • 2% •• • • 34.... to York and North Midland • • • • •• 50 •• ••.. to Ditto. Extension • • • • .• .. 20 .• •• 39 .. •• to 3834 Ditto East and West Riding Extension 1 .. • • 12% •• .. to FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Bord., Toulouse, & Cette (Mackenzie) 2 Ditto, ditto (Esrelete) • • • • • • 2 .• • • 1 ••.. to Dutch Rhenish • • . • • • • • • • 6 •• • • 6 ••• • to 5% East Indif.n • • • . • • • • • • • • ss. •• • • % .... to Orleans and Bordeaux • • .. 6 .. • • 8% to— Paris and Lyons Constituted • • 5 •• • • 5%•• • • to JOINT-STOCK BANKS. London and Westminster • • •'• • • 20 .. • • 2834 to MINES Real del Monte. Unregistered • . • • 3)4 to ERAATU3I.—In yesterday's List, read Lancaster and Carlisle, 65 63%, instead of 65 65%. BANK OF ENGLAND.-(THIS DAY QUARTER-PAST THREE. The following notice has just been issued by the Bank of England:— "Bank of England, Aug. 27, 1846 " The minimum rate of interest on bills discounted by the Bank of England, not having more that 95 days to run, will for the future be 3 per cent." LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Am. 27.—Wind N.E., light pleasant breeze, and fine clear weather. DEAL, AUG. 26.—Wind N.E., strop g. —2l. Arrd. Tweed, Norelius, Bahia, and aid. for Gothecburg. 26. Acajou, Bahia, and ald. for the Baltic. OFF SANDOATE, AUG. 23.—Dr. Syntax, Laguna, Bremen. OFF BEACIIY HEAD, AUG. 26. —Emma, Packwood, Per nambuco, for Bn men. FALNIOUTII, AUG. 26.—Wind E.-24. Off port, Industri ous, Fraser, Sierra Leone, for Plymouth. LivEnrooL, AUG. 26.—`tiipd S.E.-25. Ski. Cordelia, Hughes, Calcutta; Camilla, Jackson, Demerara; Stirling shire, Rattray, Maranham ; Agnetnet, Mosher, New Orl eans ; Narraganset, and Emblem, Smith, Destiliccho ; Franktield, Mitchell, Miramichi ; Hvndford, llP.Alpine, St. Mars's, N.S. ; Naomi, Walsh, Dalhousie ; Ch r istiana, Magee, Quebe c Ceylon, M'Alley, ditto; Susan, Gray, ditto; Coeur de Leon, Kendall, Montreal; Magnet, Marton, ditto; Baron of Brain ber, Flinn, ditto; Harriet, Williams, Newfoundland. Oft port, Devonshir,e Champlain, Springfield. BRIDLINGTON, AUG. 25.—Arrd. Alert, Fisher, London for the Orkneys, to stop a leak. LANCASTER, AUG. 20.—Sld. Charlotte, Fance, Quebec ; Alcyone, Stricks, Quebec. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week ended Aug. 22, 1846, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In Esgland and Wales Per Imperial Quarter. _ - I WHEAT. IFIAItLEIC.I OATS. i BYE. i BEANS.I PEAS. PRICE —45 s 27s 5d 23s 3d 30s 10d 38s 8d 36s 9d DUTY... 10s Od 4s Od Is 6d 4s Od 4s Od 4s Od MARKET NE WS -(THIS DAY.) SAY IVIATZILETS. SsurmiEr.D.—Old Meadow Hay, 31 5s t 41; New ditto, 2l 58 to 31 15s; Old Clover, 4/ lOs to 5/ 16s ; New ditto, 31 8s to 4/ 18s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 1/ 14s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. CUMBERIAND.—OId Meadow Bay, 3/ 8s to 41 ; New ditto, 2/ 5s to 31 16s; Old Clover, 4/ 8s to 5/ 15s; New ditto, 315 s to 4/ 15s; Oat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/16s per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITECITAFIL.—OId Meadow Hay, 315 s to 41; New ditto, 21 5s to 3/ 15s ; Old Clover, 4/ 58 to 61 ; New ditto, 3/ lOs to 51; Oat Straw, 1112 s to 1/ 14s • Wh ea t Straw, 11 14s to 1/ 16s per lo a d. T ra d e d u ll, a t the Love quotations. MEAT MARK.ETS SOUTH A LL. AUG. 26.—We had a very steady demand for the primest Bea s t s an d Sh ee p, but other kinds of stock were somewhat neglected :--Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. 1103IFORD, AUG. 26.—0 n the whole, we had a very steady trade, on the following terms:—Beef, rom 2s 8d to 4s; Mut ton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 44 4d; and Pork, 3* 10d to 44 6d por 811 m. Suckling Calyes, 18s to 28s; quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 18s; and Miloh Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each. LEWES, AuG. 25—Beef, from 3s to 4s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6a to 4s sa ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 38 10d to 4s 6d per 81Os. Supply moderate, and trade firm. NMIXTGATE AND 1.M.P.1137.1Nn.C.M1CA. Full average supplies of Meat were on sale, yet the de mand was firm, at very full prices :—Beef, from 23 Cd to 3s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per Blbs. by the carcase. SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.) GRAHAM V. MYERS. This was an action to recover the sum of 20/, the balance of an I 0 U. The defendant pleaded pay ment. Mr. THOMAS, for the plaintiff, stated the case. In the year 1839 a person of the name of Edwards became bankrupt, and his property was seized by the assignees. The defendant, however, claimed property to a con siderable amount, and the plaintiff was employed to take an inventory and to give evidence on the trial, which he had done, and it was for that he now claimed. The de fendant had pleaded payment ; and no doubt it would be submitted that he must have satisfied the taxing master that he had done so before the costs would be allowed. An affidavit to that effect had, in fact, been made by Mr. Yates, his attorney, and a person named Edward Kelly, who was then a clerk to the de fendant. He (Mr. Thomas) would, however, be able distinctly to prove that not only had the plaintiff not been paid, but that other witnesses had also brought similar actions, but defendant had settled them. Under such circumstances, he apprehended the jury would give a verdict for the plaintifff. For the plaintiff several respectable witnesses were called to prove the value of the work, and a demand of the balance, and promise to pay. Evidence was also given that other actions had been brought. To rebut this, Kelly was called, and said he is now foreman to Mr. Cohen, a rag dealer in Clcrkenwell, and swore positively that he paid all the witnesses, and took receipts which he had handed over to the former attor ney of defendant. This the witnesses denied. He had previously given each witness an I 0 U, and did not ask fur them back. Lewis Nathan was called, and he deposed to an en. tirely different settlement, namely, by a payment of 51. by defendent himself. Mr. THomas was proceeding to address the jury, but the Under-Sheriff said he thought the case fell to the ground as the receipts were not produced. The jury said they were quite satisfied, and gave a vex diet for the amount claimed. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY. John Hoyle, a gentlemanly-dressed young man, was charged betore Mr. Hardwick with wantonly extinguish.. ing one of the street gas lamps, in Great Tichfiuld-street, about half past one o'clock this morning. The police-constable on the beat observed the prisoner putting out the lamp, and supposing, from his joyously excited manner, that he intended benighting the street, at once took him into custody. He then expressed his sorrow for what he had done, and walked quietly to the station-house. A gentleman, who attended from the gas company who contract to light the parish of St. Marylebone, pro duced the Act of Parliament incorporating the company, and pointed out to Mr. Hardwick the clause relating to wilfully extinguishing street lamps, and which is to the effect that any person extinguishing a street lamp shall be liable to a fine of not more than 51., nor less than 40s. He observed that the gas company were deter mined to press every case of this kind in the severest manner, as the offence was very much on the increase. The prisoner expressed his extreme sorrow for what he had done, which he attributed to the influence of liquor ; the moment he had turned the gas off his con• science smote him, and he saw his error. He hoped the worthy magistrate would be lenient, as, although he moved in a respectable sphere, he was not in a situation to pay a heavy fine. Mr. HARDWICK said that by these tricks streets were put in complete darkness, and robberies perpetrated; the most serious consequences frequently followed such mischievous, unthinking practices—practices which must be repressed. As the prisoner had felt and expressed his sense of his error, he would mitigate the penalty upon him to 405., or one month's imprisonment; but he wished it to be made publicly known, and he hoped the reporters would take notice of the case, that in all future instances he would inflict the full penalty of Si. THE ALLEGED POISONINGS IN ESSEX—ADJOURNED INQUEST.—CLAVERING, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. —This fore noon, at ten o'clock, Mr. C. C. Lewis, and the jury impan nelled to inquire into the cause of death of Joseph and James Cheesham, re-assembled at the Fox and Hounds Tavern, Clavering. Mr. Henry Brooke examined—l am a surgeon, and on Monday, the 17th of August, I opened the bodies of deceased. They were in an advanced stage of decomposition. I extracted the stomachs, with the assistance of Mr. Brown, another surgeon. As to the stomach of Joseph, it was nearly entire, but that of James was not so, being soft and pulpy. The stomach and parts of the intestines were taken by me to London, and on Tuesday, the 18th, I delivered them to Pro fessor Graham, of University College, for the purpose of analisation. Coroner—l think in the absence of the parties who performed the analysis the inquiry must be again ad. journed. From a letter I have received, it appears that Dr. Graham being compelled to visit Scotland, transferred the stomach to Dr. Taylor, of Guy's Hospital, who has transmitted to me a report of the analisation. That, how ever, ..snot be made evidence, and we must have his per sonal attend...re. I hold in my hand Dr. Taylor's report, and I may inform you, without prejudging the case, that a considerable quantity of poison has been found in them. From the report, it appears, that with respect to the stomach of James Cheesham, the professor states that he found a large quantity of yellow arsenic, amounting in the whole to between twenty and thirty grains, which was suffi cient to destroy six adult persons. The poison, judging from the coats of the stomach, being strongly impregnated with it, and particles adhering to it, must have been taken during life. With respect to the stomach of Joseph, a quan tity of opiment, or yellow arsenic, was found, amounting to between eight and ten grains, more than sufficient to destroy the life of an adult. This had been taken during life, and either as yellow or white arsenic. Mr. Brooke here produced some of the arsenic which had been extracted from the stomach, and sent to him by Dr. Taylor for the inspection of the coroner and jury. The inquiry was adjourned for the at tendance of Drs. Taylor and Graham. THE CHARGE OF FELONY AGAINST A SURGEON AND HIS ASSISTANT AT HAMMERSMITH...At Hammersmith police office yesterday, Mr. Gilbert Kennedy and Mr. Archibald M'Niell, the surgeon and his assistant, were again examined on a charge of stealing certain massive gold chains, and other costly articles of jewellery, to the value of nearly 1001., the property of Mrs. Relev, deceased, who, at the time of her demise, on the 12th of April last, was a lodger in Mr. Ken nedy's house. Several pawnbrokers, with whom the valua bles had been pledged, were examined, one of whom said that Kennedy had, in one transaction, given his real name and address without hesitation. From the witnesses who had been examined on the last occasion, nothing conclusive was now elicited, and the prisoners were remanded until Friday week, their bail, amounting to 1,2001., being enlarged accordingly. DEATH FROM GLUTTONY.—On Sunday evening ;:a man named James Holden, a weaver, residing at Thomp son's-buildings, Pinmill Brow, aged about 51, met his death under the circumstances detailed below. It appears that a person named Joseph Walton had lately opened a beer-house in Naylor-street, Oldham-road, and entertained several of his friends at the opening, on Saturday night last. Some who did not attend on Saturday went on Sunday evening, and amongst them the deceased. They had some beef, and the deceased was observed to eat very voraciously. He had dispatched the contents of one plate, and being served with another, containing three piece., he forced them suc cessively into his mouth, without allowing himself time even to swallow the first piece. He immediately rose and moved across the room, as if lie were going out, but instantly fell down, and was evidently choking, his face turning quite black. Mr. Storer, surgeon, was sent for, and rendered him every possible assistance, but he died in about a quarter of an hour. The deceased had just before the occurrence boasted of his having but a week before swallowed eleven raw eggs with the shells, as many bunches of radish tops and bottoms, &c. ; and he ate his meat as if lie could not eat fast enough. The quantity lie was then attempting to swallow was between five and six ounces. Mr. Chapman, the Borough Coroner, held an inquest on the body on Friday, at the Nottingham Castle, Oldham-road, Manches ter, and the above facts having been given in evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Died front accidental suffoca tion."—Manchester Guardian. THE BERWICK BANK ROBBERY.—RECOVERY OF THE STOLEN PitorsliTY.—The magistrates of Berwick-upon- Tweed, aided by the superintendent of police from New castle, continued their inquiry on Monday into the circum stances attendant upon the robbery of the North of England Joint-Stock Bank in the former town.. The house and premises had previously been searched by the Berwick police, with no other discovery than four parcels of silver in the yard. It was evident, however, from various circum stances, that the robbery had been effected by a party or parties well acquainted with the bank. On Monday, ac cordingly, the authorities procured the assistance of a black smith and joiner, in order thoroughly to gut the house. This fortunately was not necessary, as 300/. in gold, and the re maining portion of the silver were found in the kitchen, secreted under the stairs. Meanwhile other parties were examining the bed-rooms, and in that occupied by Mrs. Thompson, the wife of the manager of the bank, the whole of the notes were recovered. •There were 1,0001. Bank of England notes, 8301. in notes of Scotch banks of various de nominations above 11.; and 613/. in ditto of 11. each ' • and all these were discovered sewed up in the bolsters and bedding of Mrs. Thompson's bed. Every farthing therefore, amount ing to very nearly 3,0001., has thus been recovered in a surprisingly short period. Mrs. Thompson, on being ap prised of the discovery, was taken ill, she was however taken into custody, though allowed to remain in the house under the care of one of the matrons of the Berwick gaol. It is not considered probable that the proceedings will be carried fur ther, though on this point the intentions of the bank directors remain a secret. Gravesend Regatta came off yesterday. A sailing match amongst hatch-boats was won by the Eliza, of 18 tons (G. Martin), the second being the Essex, of 16 tons (T. Tutrnell); the prizes were 151. for the first boat, 61. for the second, and so on in proportion. A sailing match with peter-boats was won by the Mystery by two minutes, the Henry second by three minutes. Rowing-match for a new boat and eundry other prizes; distance—start with the tide and extending from Waite's Hotel to Rosherville, and finish. ing between the Town and Terrace Piers—was won, after three heats by Charles Brown (pink), W. Waters (dark blue) being second. When off Rosherville red was swamped, and was immediately taken into his cutter. CRICKET: TEE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND V. THE NORTHERN COUNTIES, WITH A. MTNN, Esq.—This match terminated by the Counties losing by 58 runs. In their second innings their score was 62. The total score was, Marylebone, first innings, 119 ; second innings, 71. Counties, first innings, 69 ; second innings, 63. MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—The total number of deaths registered in the Metropolitan district, in the week ending Saturday, AuguSt 22, 1846, was 902. Of these, 874 were deaths from other causes than violence, showing a decrease in the number of deaths from disease, as compared with the week preceding, of 51. During the past week, the deaths from cholera were 15 ; from dysentery, 9 ; from diar rime_ ,a 145. There were 1,278 births registered during the Wirk. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EGHAM RACES—WBDNESDAY. The list, as we intimated in our last, improved vastly on the first day, bringing out horses of a superior grade, and realising an amount of sport that gave an eclat to the meet ing, which, truth to speak, had but an indifferent commence ment. The weather was extremely favourable, and the at tendance, not so large, perhaps, as we were in the habit of meeting when Egham rejoiced in Royal patronage, but still numerous and fashionable. The course was well kept, and the general arrangements were creditable alike to the stew ards and their officers. The racing commenced shortly after one o'clock, and was brought to a conclusion before half-past five. We subjoin the results : Sweepsof 10 sovs. each, with 25 added; for 2 yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, 9st 41b; winners once 41b, and twice 71b extra. T.Y.C. (7 Subs.) Baron Rothschild's The Daughter of the Star...(H. Bell) 1 Sir G. Heathcote's br c by Liverpool, out of Carolina 2 Mr. John Day's The Tartar 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Death's La Danseuse, Duke of Richmond's Pell Mall, Count Bathyany's Teresina. Betting-7 to 4 agst Tartar, sto 2 agst Pell Mell, 3to 1 agst Carolina colt, and 4to 1 agst the winner. The Tartar took a lead of three or four lengths, and made strong play to the distance, where the Carolina colt and the Baron's filly joined him, and the trio raced home together, the filly winning by a neck; the same between second and third; Pell Mell a bad fourth. Run in 1 min. 17 sec. The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if declared, with 50 added. The winner of the Brighton Stakes 71b extra, of the Queen's Plate at Brighton or any other handicap amounting to NU 41bs extra. Two miles and a distance. (35 Subs., 21 of whom declared.) Mr. Ramsbottom's Pineapple, 6 yrs, Bst 71b ......... (Sly) 1 Mr. Worley's Example, 5 yrs, Bst 3lb Sir S. Spry's fby Sir Hercules—Taglioni, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b 3 Mr. S. Scott's Mosque, aged, Bst 31b Betting-7 to 4 agst Mosque, sto 2 agst Pineapple, 3to 1 agst Example, and sto 1 agst Taglioni filly. Mosque made the running, fullowed by Pineapple, the Taglioni filly third, and Example last. No change took place till they reached the distance, Mosque then gave way and Pineapple went on with the running and was never afterwards headed, and won by half a length. Run in four minutes and four seconds. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs, 7st 51b; four yrs, 9st llb ; five yrs, 9st 11lb; six yrs and aged, lOst 2lb ; Two miles and a distance. Mr. John Day's The Hero, 3 yrs (A. Day) 1 Mr. Moor's Wolfdog, 4 yrs .•• 2 Sir G. Heathcote's bc by Hetman Platoff—Nanuette 3 yrs 3 Count Bathyany's Tragical, 3 yrs Mr. Winch's Oliver Cromwell, 5 yrs ... 5 6 to 4 on The Hero, and 6 to 4 agst Wolfdog. Oliver Cromwell went away with the lead, and made the running for about three parts of a mile; it was then taken up by The Hero, who made the pace severe, had it all his own way, and won in a couple of lengths. Run in 3 min. 29 sec. The Hero and Wolfdog were entered on Monday instead of at the ordinary time of entering for the plates, and - were pro tested against on the ground that this plate, being paid out of the Queen's privy purse, instead of out of the fund allotted to the Master of the Horse, it must be subjected to the com mon regulations of the meeting, and that therefore entries on Monday were bad. Different opinions having been given by Lord George Bentinck and the Hon. Captain Rous, the horses ran under protest, and the point is reserved for the proper authorities, Mr. Winch also made an objection, on the ground that his was the only horse shown at the entry on Friday. The Amateur Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 25 added; for three yrs old, 9st 101 b; four, lOst 101 b; five, list 51b; six, and aged, 11st 121 b ; gentlemen riders; the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 1501. Heats, one mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. P. Rolt's Collingwood,3 yrs (Owner) 1 1 Count Bathyany's Master Stepney, 4 yrs ,... 3 2 Mr. A. Ricardo's The Widow, aged 2 dr First heat-5 to 2on Coningwood, who won by a head. Second heat-4 to lon Collingwood ; won by a neck. The Egham Stakes of 5 Edvs. each, and 10 added from the fund, And 20 by the South-Western Railway Company ; 3 yrs old, 7st; 4 yrs, Bst 41b; 5 yrs, Bst 101 b; 6 yrs and aged, get llb ; mares, &c. allowed Sibs, &c. Heats, one mile and a half. (4 Subs.) Mr. West's Rowland, 6 yrs, 7st 51b (Mann) 1 1 Mr. Death's Subduer, 6 yrs, Bst 31b Count Bathyany's Master Stepney, 4 yrs, 7st llb 3 3 Both heats won in a canter. THE ST. LEGER. 14 to 1 laid agst lago, and 20 to 1 agst Free Lance, whose backer would have gone on at the price. THE LATE BENTINCIC STUD.—It is now determined that the coming sale at Tattersall's shall be on Monday and Tuesday, the 7th and Bth instants. The first day will be confined to the three yrs old and upwards, in training, 10 lots • 3 yearlings, 10 mares, covered by Emelius, and 5 co vered by Slane. The second day will be confined to two yrs old, 17 lots; which being deeply engaged, must be seen at Goodwood. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) STOURBRIDGE RACES.-TUZSDAY. The Ladies' Purse of 301., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each. 'Heats, two miles. Mr. Raworth's Engineer, 3 yrs, 7st 41b...(Bradley) 1 2 1 Mr. Jones's Sailor, aged, 9st 31b . Mr. Price's Glideaway, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b Even on Engineer. Won by three lengths. The Gold Cup Handicap of 10 Boys. each, h ft, the second to save his stake. Two miles. Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Flintoff) 1 Mr. Hook's Buttress, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b 6t04 on Buttress. Won by half a length. The Himley Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Owner) 1 1 _ . Mr. Baker's Red. Skin, 5 ire, Bst . 3 2 Sir C. Cockerell's Amazon, 3 yrs, Est 101 b Mr. Robin's Sweetbrier, 3 yrs, Est 41b dis. Won by a neck. HEREFORD RACES.—VirEnxEstay. The Ileref;;Clitike — s -- 0T 15 sore. 10 ft, with 50 added, Twice round. Sir J. Gerard's. Morocco, 3 yrs Mr. J. Day na Regalia, 3 yrs Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs ... Not placed—Mr. Griffith's Fox-Whelp, 4 yrs—Sir V. Cornevall's Master Downes, 4 yrs—Mr. C. Lilay's nd Cha rity (h b) 6 yrs—Mr. Featherstonehaugh's Zela, 5 yrs, and Mr. Wall's Minus, 5 yrs. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, half ft, with 25 added, twice round and a dis., were won in 4 heats by Mr. Wall's Zela, beating Mr. Powell's Crackaman, Mr. Daven port's Thurgerton, Mr. Herbert's Shipmate, and Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Blind Hookey. WELSH MIDLAND RAILWAY. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) We understand that in consequence of some aspersions on the character of the Welsh Midland direction, pub lished in one of the railway papers, a deputation, con sisting of Mr. Maubert, Chairman of the Committee of the Railway Department of the Stock Exchange, and Mr. Mathey, attended by appointment on Tuesday last at the offices 17, Park-street, Westminster, officially to investigate the state of the accounts, and to inquire fully into the circumstances of the Company. These gentlemen were received by Mr. Pritchard and Mr. Baxter, the secretary and solicitor of the Company , and an elaborate statement of the receipts, expenditure, and liabilities, were unreservedly laid before them, and fully explained in every particular. The result of this interview was so entirely satisfac tory to the deputation, that they declared their continued confidence in the honour and integrity of the board, and assured the solicitor and secretary of the Company that they. should advise the Stock Exchange to fall in with the views of directori, and continue to confide in their management. VAUXHALL GARDENS.—The celebration of the birth day of his Royal Highness Prince Albert took place in the appropriate grounds of the " royal property" last evening. The /die was brilliantly got up; the illuminations were very splendid, the music was appropriate to the occasion, the fire works were mere than usually good, and the great host of visitors (upwards of 8,000), all tended to make the appear ance of the gardens gay and animated. Mr. Lewis acted as master of the ceremonies, and president of the commissariat as well as the company. In the rotunda the equestrian group of M. Tournialre exhibited their evolutions, and certainly performed some very extraordinary as wed as very elegant feats of horsemanship. The dancing was commenced after the conclusion of the fireworks, and kept up with spirit for several hours, whilst in the boxes and at the tables in the salon hundreds of persons were partaking of roast chickens, rack pucb, champagne, and other fluids furnished by the pro prietors. The whole went off well, and was satisfactory to all present. LIFE ASSURANCE.—A question of much importatkce to life assurance companies has lately been decided by the Judges in the Exchequer Chamber on a bill of exceptions in an action brought by the representatives of Schwabe against the Argus Life Assurance Company. The Judges have de termined that a party assured holding his policy in his own hands who may commit suicide, forfeits hi s p o li c y, an d t h at the office is not bound to pay the amount. This decision settles the law on a point upon which doubts had heretofore existed. The Argus Company, who, before trial, had of fered to return all premiums paid with interest, on the opi nion of the Judges in their favour being declared, immedi ately renewed their offer, and have now repaid to Schwabe's representatives the whole e,f the premiums received, with in terest at 4 per cent., amounting to 069/. Bs. 7d. The com pany.have at the same time resolved in future to return to the representatives of any party assured in their office who may commit suicide the gross amount of premiums paid on the assurance. ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—On the afternoon of Monday last, an accident, attended with the destruction of several luggage waggons, betel the luggage train passing Leigh, about tour r.st., just as the train had crossed the bridgeover the Leeds and Liver pool Canal, at Leigh. In connexion with the inanimate lug gage, upwards of 100 Irish reapers had booked themselves by the train, and were proceeding to Liverpool. It is supposed that the usual caution had not been exercised in using the break; but whether this be the case or not, the train was proceeding at great speed, and as there is a sudden descent at this spot, it is thought that the jerk broke an axletree, or some of the chains by which the waggons are attached. Eight or nine of them were thus thrown o ff th e ra il s, and some were precipitated down the high embankment, and literally smashed into fragments, whil s t th ose c l ose to the engine, with those containing the Irish reapers, were fortu nately preserved in their proper position. In a short time considerable numbers of people wer e on th e spot, an d ren dered every assistance in their power to remove the shattered waggons, which, after little m ore th an an h our ' s delay, were cleared off the line, so that the usual trains might pass. THE LATE CASE OF POISONING AT WHITECHAPEL.— ph . Wednesday Mr. W. Baker re:stuntd and concluded the inquiry at the London Hospital, on the body of Thomas Pa , rker, late the proprietor of the Veteran beer-shop, in \N , Intechapel, who, together with the child Samuel Jones, died in the hospital, from eating berries of the deadly night shade, vended by a man named John Hillard. The evidence adduced on the former inquiry, as well an that presented be fore the magistrates, has been already fully detailed in our columns. 111 r. Prophet, surge6n, cf Whitechapel, haff made a post mortem examination, and after elaborately detailing the appearances of the body, said death Imo been caused by the effects of a vegetable poison. The Coroner summed up the evidence at great length, and the jury, after about half an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of manslaughter against John Hillard, for gross neglect and want of caution; and the Coroner issued his warrant for his committal to New gate, and bound over the witnesses to prosecute at the next session of the Central Criminal Court. The jury were then inquiry into over to attend next Monday, to prosecute the into the case of the child Samuel Jones, when the same evi dence will have to be gone into, and probably the same ver dict will be returned. AN OLD HAT.—John Smith, of Heywood New-road, Heap, near Bury, is wearing a hat which he purchased for half-crown, in Rochdale, in 1799, and has had. it in regu lar wear ever tame, a period of 4 7 years. — Carandge Adver tiser. • rJ fl HAYDOCK-LODGE LUNATI ASYLUM. TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUN. Sin,—You will greatly oblige me by allowing me to correct an error which appears in tie newspapers, in the I.( ports of the speech which I addressed to the Ilouse of Commons yesterday. I attribute no blame to the gentlemen who wrote those reports. In addressing. e° few Members as were present on that occasion, during so long a period it is difficult to sustain the voice at pitch which will enable the , speaker to be heard in the galleries. In the absence of a large audience the neces sary stimulus for loud speaking is wanting. The error to which I allude refers to the relative positions of Mr. Coode and Mr. Mott, as they have been described is their own statements before the Poor-law Commission ers and the Lunacy Commissioners res p e ctively—stat e : meats quite distinct, and made at different times 01 places. My information on the subject was de rive° • from two official documents: first, thb minute of the Poor-law Commissioners, dated June 13th; secondlh the report df the Commissioners of Lunacy, dated July 23d. (Extract from the Minute of the Pcor-law Commission- ers, June 13, 1846.) "It appeared from 31r. Coode's explanation that his legal interest in the establishment is only th a t of a lan d " lord; but, inasmuch as he stated that the actual lesst (in whose name the license is taken out) i s a persoo nearly connected with him by blow?, the C o mmission ers . thought that the arrangement was, on the whole, not compatible with his office of assistant-secretary." (Extract from the Report of the Commissioners in Lunacy.) EXAMINATION OF MR. MOTT, ON THE 15111 Or JULY, 1846. as " Mr. Mott, the Superintendent of the asylum , also afterwards summoned to attend the Commissi on er° in London, with the view, chiefly, of their ascertaining what portion of his time and attention was devoted 0, objects unconnected with the asylum. Mr. Mott at tend before the Commissioners on the 15th of July instant and, in answer to their interrogatories, informed thetu that he had been appointed, in the month of Oetnb er d 1845, auditor of certain poor-law unions, and commence t his duties regularly at the end of March last, and Oa finding the labours involved in his appointment weree inconsistent with his duty as Superintendent of .. Haydock Lodge Asylum, he had resigned the latn office in favour of Mr. Whelan (formerly steward o.l the Hanwell Asylum), and that he should continue, t ° v o exercise the duties of Superintendent of Haydock only until the license of that house could be l e g a " _ _ transferred into Mr. Whelan's name." These papers must speak for themselves. I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient ser vant, THOMAS 35, Bedford-square, Aug. 27, 1846. TRIAL OF .JOSEPH HENRI FOltf, THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF Lai' PHILIPPE. A el PARIS, AUG. 25.--The trial of Henri having been ieit for Tuesday, 25th inst., the preparations were WM° the Chamber of Peers, which had constituted itself ie",, a court of justice. The excitement in Pads Was very trifling, and the tribunes in the Chamber were but 10°,1,-,,, rately filled with spectators. At a quarter past We're o'clock the Peers took their seats, and their names w e called over by one of the secretaries. The same arrenge te ments were made as during the trial of Pierre Lee° lll on the 4th and sth of June last. one The prisoner Henri is a pale, short man, MO' years of age. His forehead recedes considerably, his nose is large and projecting. He w and was dressed in black. His appearanceore srPeesce:cliiiel that of a respectable mechanic in his Sunday att ire. d, demeanour, on taking his seat, was perfectly con3Pler, and when questioned by the Chancelier Due roqiiilst he replied with calmnes s and i n a l ou d tone, and "'- the act of accusation was read he paid great attention:ch The act, after giving the details of the attempt (w.„11110i have already appeared in our columns) urged that P e ati a was in full possession of his faculties, and was a s 5 is as he had been during the thirty years he had beenwo business as a maker of fancy articles in steel. A e n tieti interrogated at length by the Chancellor, and "a t be without reservation to all the questions, stating t",",vis " he fired at the King in consequence of the gre,a"„,,,cli fortunes he had suffered. For six years he bad die d tated suicide; and unable to kill himself, he aZde nP, some means by which he should be killed. fie bu t did his mind to fire on some distinguished person, "to not mean to kill, only to touch (que je touche)' ucb Or and, when he fired he said to himself, Fire-' e ,v not touch, it will be all the same.' " No on e rbe intentions but himself. He premedital7, 4 . 0 ee e l shots. His pistols were charged with slub - fn i n g the powder being rammed down with S S t ,, ISt e` of white paper. Had intended to fire on t''.. t b) to July, when he mounted guard in the Legion k.l but which he belonged, and took his pistols with bl ai ' sts ie afterwards delayed it, being unwilling to throw boast on his company, and from respect for the 29, Guard ; then resolved to fire on the King on J u l y t h o u gh and did so. He stated, with much least wrong. he had worked hard and never done the d able ; an miser he was unsuccessful in business, in de bt ' s the best way to 0 and he thought of this atteinpt a rid of his lite, which was a burthen to him. And as ;11 could not kill himself, he resolved that men should ti 9 emphasis, that et him. He had foreseen all, and had not failed in ' B ' o , desire. He did not wish to live longer, but to be,. be stroyed (aneUnti). This portion of his statemen t made with excitement and g esticulation, and be C7 O O nued for nearly an hour to explain his motives. al l- he s he had suffered for six years. About two o'clock , "7.,", ho seemed exhausted, a basin of broth was breleg".4 him, which he drank eagerly, his hands shaking much. He then took apinch of snuff with much gus t° ' e ral, again replied to the questions of the Procureur-Ge°sfds Hebert, with the same readiness he had display ed t 0 Word the Chancellor ; but when the Procureur u sed the ,"0.), " kill," he said, " You always use the word kill, (or I meant only to fire at (tire,-sur) some great Pe'sooe age." The Procureur-General then read to lib°, and extracts from a manuscript found at his aboae..t_odecl which was entitled "Premeditation," and which 0 0 ' 0 0 11 to 220 closely-written pages, as well as other paPe of which formed a thick " blue book" when i n tyPe toe these works there were such passages as " When:ooo is determined to leave this life, the plan is to fire a pet great personage, end kill him, or be killed." 1 . , 1 10 er cureur pressed him closely on these words , en ". eel >a planation was by no means clear ; but he pers ls otbe r saying he meant to bit or wound, but not to kill. sa ying passages, quoted by M. Hebert, he combatted those he had changed his views since he wrote some '7' Theepassas. t the t Marquis de Boissy then remarking tb a " ro ree a „' cused seemed fatigued, proposed a short acli ° , ll , loe ls tP" which took place for half an hour. At three °' e % c i interrogatory was resumed, and at half-past thr ec oo tinn e lamination of the witnesses commenced, an d c when the express left Paris. LOO T " It is expected that the trial will conclude to -le • fins' The REGISTRATION OF THE CITY OF LONDOI4.-10,, Leag oy address and advice of the council of the Anti-CO . 2 1 : o prorn, the to attend to the forthcoming reistration has be of e a responded to in the City of London. the Is l) ;', een seeu r o League in this department and locality havin,,i)jotic f r ier: :5 and continued by a few of its local and m ere there was time to arrange any new assy,ce'ed, if A ve 1 . 1 74 purpose; and great seems to have been the ascertailLe judge from the results; since, in spite 0 the eNistll7, numerical inferiority of the Tory interestyotai ^r s ting to be ito register, which we have good authority t the I)° ,er, wards of 2,000, they seem determined to contes 0, macs P'aartrion for t° ,:f field in the Registration Court with more zeal 1 13 ,,, P e co . , inspirited perhaps by the dissolution of the League, the to° dition of parties being such that with vigilance ‘0 0 .1 17 Tory agency, and with abeyance of that of the lbel o vel!, the City might possibly be secured in their e Dev i Dulriberboothf nsoidtieese,s butof objections especially o v 'i i l i fic:l ha li s p c o t oces t considerably exceeds that of an y form er t s p : l l the Tories, posted lasts n tdays for serving such d on in the course of Mondaynotices) . tberalioe an d Tucsdsi posted by the Reformers close upon 1,800 objections, 4,0 - o , ‘ hold and livery, and on th e p ar t o f the Tories nee r lv e,. The disparity of these numbers shows most 5tV76;1 0 ,0 peremptory necessity of energy on the part of the A' e d t be., :s l not only if they wish to secure the vantage-groilooerr2e, present possess, but if they would save the great ,`? tie citadel of the world from being carried by assault. -itoloPer, ating character of the constituency of the city of i ict vo! st er seen by the present state of the lists of the house? 0 . re p there being 1,665 of the names on the existing entivef omitted from the new lists, being upwards of 1 3 r e ti e li ra s or, the whole. The total number of names on the 0400 household voters is 14,258, of which 3, 364 are 'bat ' 4 ' the being nearly 23% per cent. of the gross number' d en os number will, a course, be considerably redu cc e lik e hearing of the objections. The Reformers ha v 4 ,00 made upwards of 300 claims to be registered. ens ider' e f. sensation was occasioned at Clapham, EXTRAORDINARY SUlClDE.—YesterdaY c t or ° eor'' young man named Reynolds, assistant to Mr. P 4 ° "Vii r s e t of geon, committing suicide by taking prussic n c '" the cumstance excited more than usual interest, Emile circwih the deceased, who was the son of parents of Inin' a fr. 1112 5 stances, having been taken out of the streets by 0 3 0 5 and educated by that gentleman. The deceased, ' l 'inoo , e u his 19th year, and generally of a cheerful disl°„. e loci' h is left by his master in the surgery about threc_ w o, ou in consclog, co. i pi Tuesday afternoon to prepare some medicine, return, in a short time afterwards, Mr. Powis, s ' w e pr'' los lying on the floor dead, with a bottle containing , acid lying by his side. Several letters were T' eeo pa? t o g o pocket, one from a servant girl to whom lie had f her ; tr.'h et his addresses, requesting him to think no more 0 ' 0 cii ie ,tr letters to his father and mother, and which he speaks of taking poison. He had also to the young woman alluded to; all of them aSeer'rotio_ and exhibited a decided alienation of mind. 1 . the the circumstance has been forwarded to Mr. Higgs , ,4 , 4 0 roper for the district. . 40/ 00 14 THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE •L'i 1. „,....-Til e ier gr HASTINGS RAILWAY.—FURTHER PARTICVLAO."-,, is l a tleman who had his leg fractured turns out t ..t p ' re seq b eto man, the Rev. Mr. Brown, of Tonbridge, who ~ o tto Vl possession of 42, Marina, Hastings, with his; , 11 " A 00 ° master- sen t a di d. were in the train two medical gentlemen-tot:I. vow e o; of Fitzroy-square, London, and Dr. Berndt: 0,900 gentlemen's assistance the limb was set, ,jar, vexed to Hastings by a special train ine the te: 111° I° :3 doing well. The stoker is in a very bad scat attribgte driver, to whose negligence the accident is vie r° absconded, and has nut since been heard CI so Mee t ,-+ t ic about forty passengers in the train. beccil r i s ioc r los THE PRICE OF LUXURIES.--It has p olice ° . will-, of considerable complaint that the price of the all • amusement of knocking . down a Londoi!iich, c onsu l latterly being quoted as high as Si., a sum e "ace thought to be very exorbitant. The ex e, , the l o co' w _—e the ordinary quality of the article assautvlrtaeNt,l, is gelof he price is the more striking when corn Parsort av'esse more reasonable rate at which the same _ ro _ a po lic,.3_ oe va . may be had in the provinces. We find,. t ll ; fla y ic_te on e Devonport, that the sentries on duty tn . eio Mposed on ee,ri. Dor adown for Is. each—that being the fine. • Nv u e_ c i fo o who treated himself to a little pugilistic p o s_ . tr a ii ro a p,,e of no doubt that they might be kno %d re a d : d i e , o n et. be something less, as there is always holesale rice charging a single sentry at the ly s adopted by the magistrateB. — f uncti quantity." Perhaps, however, the liberal r ill .1-I"Ei'l ......... Tl - II 1) 111 for the t tion Fr ois re an Th( y. taken