The Sun. — London, England, 1837-10-17 00:00:00

THE QUEEN. NIG H from _ her in TON, OCT. 16 .—Her Maj es ty i s qu i te recovere d disposition, an d h as resumed her usual out-door ex ercise. At half a earl., past two o'clock thi s a f ternoon h er M a j esty too k age j riv e l Poni es , a an op en b arouc h e d rawn b y f our w hi te Kent • He r M a j esty was accompanied by the Duchess of ; jth e _ in a s econ d carr i age were the Baroness Lehzen, est. o .untes s of Charlemont, and Miss Dillon. Her Ma r w as attended by Col one l C aven di s h, L or d Lilf or d, • 13rand, Si r G . Q uentin, and suite, on horseback. The royal d, took the direction of the London-road. Her cursiontY look e d as well as usual, but took but a short ex s: royal di nner party for this evening comprises the fol io d istinguish e d persons :—The Duchess of Kent, the s t. ,:en Lelizen, the C ountess o f Ch ar l emont, L a d y M ary c o d, Miss Dillon, Miss Paget, Mrs. Brand, the Hon. h "el Cavendish Lord Lilford, Sir A. Dalrymple, M.P., L t h e e lA bl.rqui s and Marchioness of homond, Colonel Jackson, Ladßish°P of Chichester, Lady Georgiana Fane, Mr. and y Caroline Townley, Mr. Brand, and Baron Stockmar. tv The l ines addressed to her Majesty on her arrival, which ere from the pen of G. F. Richardson, Esq., Curator of the 4ll , I‘.lantellian Museum, have been printed on white satin, vf .' ;rt . ° copies have been forwarded, through the medium f xea lady of the Cuurt to the Queen and the Duchess o fit who were graciously pleased to accept of them. The follot.s. Tb —mg are amongst the most recent arrivals . _;e Marquis and Marchioness of Thomond, Major nuh are, Colonel and Mrs. Elwood, General Sir G. An- WMrs, Captain Townsend, of her Majesty's ship Tyne, Mr., A s. ' and Miss Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Martin, Mr. l Liododntrtotalrlyrs,.Captain Ayler, Colonel Harcourt, Colonel L Captain Hastings, Sir Walter and C adY Ri ulaY, Count Bathyany, Captain and Mrs. Brewle, Fit el Baillie, M. 13 , Mrs. Baillie, and Mr. and Miss z patrick. totOdY Caroline Bertie had received a card of invitation vge 11°3'4 dine party this evening, but has left Brighton. THEATRES. HA YMARKET. Last night The Romantic Widow, a new comedy in two acts, was produced at this theatre, and crowned with de served success. Notwithstanding the absurdity of intro ducing a ruined gambler as a man of honour, we must do the author the justice to declare that the character of his hero, St. Croix, is very interesting, and likely to become a favourite. A French emigrant adventurer, reduced to live by his wits;with ingennity sufficient to succeed as a knave, yet preferring the paths of humble, honest industry, under the strongest temptations that love and wealth can offer to the contrary, and who is, after all, not ashamed of his ho nest exertions (although every one around him certainly is)—affords something dramatically refreshing to the con templation, and very far superior in conception, (and what may perhaps with justice be termed originality), to some scores of petite comedies of which we have witnessed the seasonable birth and death for many a year. The perform ance of Mr. Ranger in his half-dozen characters was ad mirable throughout, but we think a portion of the kitchen and the opening dialogues might without injury be re trenched. His characteristic broken-French-announcement of the piece for continuous representation was the most finished touch of the whole. One young lady near us ex claimed in her admiration, " Well, considering he is a Frenchman, he is uncommonly clever ! " COURT CIRCULAR. e Duke of Cambridge went yesterday to Kew. His in he Highness ret urne d t o C am b r id ge H ou e , Pi cca dill y , the evening t r . T he Bishop' of London and the Bishop of Nova Scotia ransacted business yesterday at the Colonial-office. 2 1 4 . Van d e W eyer, t h e B e l g i an Mi n i ster , M . d e Hum ure auer Austria n Ch arge d'Aff a i res , an d M. Li c ht en b erg , 4 . l , ls ,aeted business yesterday, at the Foreign-office. to Th e Ea r l o f Lichfield, Postmaster-General, is detained I . ,°' 4 'n by an attack of gout. 1 ..• t r. Backhouse, Under Secretary of State for theFo- Nvlign Department, has returned to town from Germany, l e i. r e, he had been for the benefit of the mineral baths. Mr. - Tr "se has left town again for Sussex. esPatches were sent off last evening, from the Colonial le, for the G overnors o f a ll t h e W es t I n di a co l on i es . De spatches from Earl Granville, Ambassador at Paris' s," received yester d ay at t h e o ffi ce o f t h e S ecretary o f ` 4 te for Foreign Affairs. , Right Hon. C. Poulett Thomson is staying at Hall, Northumberland, the seat of Earl Grey. `'aptain Back transacted business yesterday at the Ad ty. An l 'he Bish o p o f Q ue b e c an d t h e A gen t s f or T r i n id a d, A ti gua, and S t . L uc i a , transacte d b us i ness yes t er d a y a t e Colonial Department. Lord Gl ene l g transacted b us i ness yesterday at t h e Chan "l,,kr of the E xc h equer ' s Offi ce , D own i ng - stree t. A Ljes Pat ch es, d a t e d th e Bth o f Ap r il, were rece ived yester ;”' at the India Board from Lord Auckland, the Governor v eneral of India. t D espat c h es , d ate d t h e 2 6t h o f J u ly , were rece i ve d yes ird,aY at the Colonial Department, from Lieut.-Gen. Sir cl'Urban KC B the Governor of the Cape of Good rtop e. • • Despatches were forwarded yesterday from the Foreign Department for Lisbon. Fillt is rumoured in the military circles that Lord Hill shortly retire from the duties of Commander of the e e e es, and that hi s L or d s hip w ill b e succee d e d by hi s th Y,a l High ness t h e D u k e o f C am b r id ge , w h o w ill assume e nigh office of Commander-in-Chief. The D u k e o f S t. Alb ans h as recent l y pa i d a v i s i t /_ o . Bi r F rancis Burdett and his family, who are at present 6 alournin g at Foremark, Leicestershire. A marria ge i s s t ate d to b e on t h e t ap i s b etween Vi scount Castlereagh, eldest son of the Marquis of Lon `Lionderry, an d L a d y C aro li ne L ennox , e ld est daughter of believe' Duke an d D uc h ess o f Ri c h mon d. H er L a d ys hi p, we is in the 18th year of her age. Captain Brandreth, of the Royal Engineers, will be baited in the course of the present week, to the fair and ac voinplished daughter of Lady Mary Shepherd. The christ en i ng o f t h e i n f ant d aughter of Lord and Lady Lady Emily Ashley w ill t a k e p l ace a t t h e mans i on o f hi s the ushiP in Upp er B roo k- street . S oon a f ter t h e arr i va l o f stanourt from Brighton her Majesty, it is expected, will s Pcmsor i n person to the noble infant. ili nes Paragraph has appeared reporting the serious °F Lord A uc kl an d, t h e G overnor -G enera l o f I n di a , bus Prob a bl e prob a bl e return to England in consequence. Inqu i ry ee n . made relative to this intelligence, and it receives no oon6rmation Of Jane. • His Lordship was in g ood health on the sth , T he Prin cess A me li a o f S axony h as j us t fi n i s h e d n ,2ther comedy, entitled Cousin Henri, which has obtained '''"at succe ss at Dresden. r 1 : 11 e Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn have ived at Woburn Abbey, o n a v i s it to the Duke and a •hess of Bedford, from Haddo Castle. 13_1:1'he Earl of Verulam and Viscount Grunstow, M.P., 01.0(l)eft town for Dover. t rd Viscount Templeton left Whitehall-place yes eru,paY morning, on a visit to her Majesty at Brighton. t r : he Dowager Duchess of Leeds, who died at t erp e ',Pton on Sunday night, the Bth inst., was yesterday in- G; e ' in a vault ivhieli has.been built for the family at the tif t Z r al. Cemetery, in the Harrow-road. The vault is beau eh, Situated in the open ground in front of the splendid stri p recently erected at, the Cemetery. The funeral was ni i h e tlY Private, and the attendance limited to the members Grace's family. DETENTION OF PASSENGERS BAGGAGE AT HOUSE.—Yesterday a Deputation of City C ent' k•:emen waited upon Mr. Hume, representing the an •-'4.nee suffered by passengers on their arrival by the fo 4go stea m vesse l s from the detention that takes place in tw r li "ing their luggage, and urging him to institute an in 41t,rY into this department of the Customs establishment by of a C omm i ttee o f t h e H ouse o f C ommons . Th e %cv n • Gentleman informed the Deputation that he had had crap complaints made to him on the same subject, and as iure t than of h is rea d iness to com ply w ith th e i r w i s h es , if the a mean ti me th e B oar d o f C us t oms did no t t a k e th e in —R ` er in hand, and remedy the abuse before the meet ,MParliament. r. Barker, a printseller of Derry, was summoned , eY o aturd a y t o the Mayor's Court of that city by the Sur t;ewer of the P ost off i ce for 21. 18 s . 3d., pos t age d ue on th e !Papers sent by hi m t o hi s brother in Leamington, on 'Si o f t h e covers o f wh i c h h e h a d wr i tten w i t h invi the ink. Th e case was fully proved aga i nst hi m. H e pa id eon "' ° unt, 21. 18s. 3d., and the amount of proceedings in A r t.--13 riblin Pap er . of 41 1_ Inollinfient is about to be erected to the memory i t tu e late venerable Bishop of Norwich. A public meet- Ob be held on Thursday, in Norwich, to forward this Pi . a "t ; Lord Melbourne has already given 50 1 ., and Sir I ''s Burdett 201., towards the subscription. Sigt I sa Clara Novello, with her father, mother, and 11. 0 -r ' left London on the 15th inst., in the Batavier, for %I..tterda „ to, on her way to Leipsic. After concluding her ti n Vl e ,,Ment at the concerts in that town, under the direc kun?' Mendelsohn, she will also visit Berlin, Dresden, of R ch ' &C., and afterwards proceed to Italy. ttbit ' has paid a visit to B ergaino, in the environs thu s i le !' he wa s b orn . His reception has been quite en rateastle• It i s rat h er a cur i ous f ac t th a t th e mos t cele teen d Italian t enor s i ngers f or th e l ast fif ty y ears h av e sleac n ,"ves of that province ; among whom were Viganoni, Rub Nozzari, B or d egn i, th e t wo D av id s , an d the three • rh ."---Musical W or ld. Earl d e Yorkshir e H uzzars , un d er th e command of t heir n ' h e G rey assembled in York on Saturday last, for Napr n ual peri o d o f t ra i n i ng . Of fi ve h un d re d m en, the raNteeroent of th e reg i ment, f our h un d re d an d n i nety h ave di vin e red ' On Sunday morning the whole body attended Iver e s ervice a t t h e C athedra l . I n t h e even i ng t h e men of all tn!.istered on parade in the New Market ; the oath t roo r ,„ el4 nee to the Queen was administered to all the G o ', l " and a general salute was given, the band playing Z . r s _ 'orS4thvee regiment Queen:, On Thursday evening the offi " 'esament gave a grand ball ' to the families of l iter - Y and city, i for which upwards of a thousand in- Ioes had been onFriday evening they gave g en ti - 0 the e g ffi v eers ; of the 7th Dragoons and other A/ en . f i r. c°rof bed eur, ge Doo is a bout to produce a highly - Stu, °raving in line from Newton's interesting picture pally w mS and the G r i sset ; an d w ill i n .. a few:weeksKnox be fo"aehi, his lab or i ous wor k f rom Wilkie 's John r n e w ; which latter has been in unceasing progress tsh'eeardsa.yslntfiss Sharpe. grist line print that has 4 e P h Pl : ta s lree o l is iP e n n tleer PtLt r 111er:cc of the refusal of the parishioners of „ `-nur c h s u rrey, to grant a church rate, the pe.w asoenirvise: n( 1 obtilers have been discharged, and the evening "ik e at "n discontinued. The clock has been for a staad-still. ST. JAMES'S. The first appearance this season of Mr. Braham, and the revival of Dr. Arne's Artaxerxes, one of the best operas which the English stage ever produced, attracted a fashion able audience to this theatre last night. Mr. Braham, as Arbaces, was, as he always has been, perfect. The spirit which he infused into the famous scena, " His father he lost when he murder'd his King," was worthy of his best days. Miss Rainforth was Mandane. She made her debut in that character at the commencement of last season, and was then eminently successful. Since that period she has been constantly improving, and her performance of last night showed the good effect of twelve months' industry and perseverance. The Artaxerxes of Miss Julia Smith, and the Artabanes of her sister, were highly creditable. A new piece was also produced, under the title of King John (with the benefit of the Act). It is, as the name implies, a burlesque on Shakespeare's tragedy, and is, like most of its brethren of the same school, a sorry affair. Mr. H. Hall, who made his first appearance, was the King, and imitated the rather peculiar faults of Macready with great accuracy. He was much applauded. Several parodies of favourite songs were introduced, which tended partially to enliven the piece. ADELPHI. A farce in one act was produced at this theatre last night, under the savoury title of The Man with the Nose. The whole humour of the piece turns on the awful dimen sions of the nasal organ of a Flemish artist, and the con stant allusions made to his deformity by all with whom he comes in contact. A great part of the audience left the theatre before the piece was over. As the curtain fell there was some faint applause mingled with hisses, but it was difficult so say whether the ayes or the noes bad it. It is but fair to add that the actors had not committed the author's words to memory ; the prompter was once or twice obliged to speak for Mr. 0. Smith, and, under these cir cumstances, it is possible that the unfortunate playwright may be very innocent of much of the nonsense spoken on the stage. TIIE QUEEN'S. This theatre opened last night for the season, under the management of Miss Desborough, announced in the bibs as the " Lessee of the Theatre Royal, Richmond," assisted by a dramatic corps, strong in numbers and good intentions. The fair lessee delivered an opening address, after which the National Anthem was sung by the strength of the company. The popular farce of Bachelor's Buttons, a new comic interlude called The Miniature Painter, and Esme. ralda, or the Deformed of Notre Dame, followed in suc cession, and were favourably received by a well-filled house. It would be harsh—perhaps not altogether fair—to judge of the histrionic abilities of a company by a first night's performance, especially where several members of it find themselves for the first time in the presence of a London audience. Miss Desborough appeared quite at home on the stage, and in her varied performances dis played abilities ,if not of a high, yet of a respectable order. Mr. R. B. Perry, as Frank Richards in the Miniature Painter," delighted every body. His performance was equal to his conception of the character—perfect of its kind. There was some good dancing. The new comp an y i s sadly deficient in vocal ability, but we understand this de ficiency will be immediately remedied. We wish the fair manager a successful season. IMPROMPTU ACROSTIC, BY MR. OTWAY, UPON WITNESSING MR. SHERIDAN KNOWLES'S NEW PLAY OF " THE LOVE CHASE." S pontaneous poet 1 Nature's favour'd child ! H onest and ardent, chaste, romantic, wild ; E ach effort of thy Muse but serves to show R ich budding blossoms that in turn would blow : I n sterner mood, Virginias marks thy power, D iverting now, fair Constance quits thy bower; A m'rous and vain, the Widow rules the storm, N or aught more lovely kept than Lydia's form. K ind Goddess, Nature I urge the struggling heart N e'r to exchange for Lust, bright Honour's part I O h, well-skill'd bard 1 at this, our veriest need, W ith touching art promulgating this creed: L ore's Chase is short, apart from Honour led E mbitter'd scorn attends frail moments sped S urpassing joy, a worthy fame, e'en dead. October 12, 1837. EDWARD OTWAY. ME SAFETY PRlNClPLE.—Unlimited responsi bility on the part of a numerous proprietary (whAe names are always open to the public), and a paid capital, which the death or retirement of parties can never withdraw, are seen to be the chief foundations of the whole. In the case of the Northern and Central Bank, it enabled the Bank of England at once to do the needful without the 7 isk of a shilling. At the same time presenting a combination, by which the safety of the shareholders is fully secured. A. portion of their paid capital may be hazarded, but beyond this their responsibility is in reality nil.—Economist. The Leicestershire Mercury contains the report of an inquest held in Leicester on the both' of an infant whose death was occasioned by au overdose of Godfrey's cord . al. On Monday last the harbour at Falmouth, which was very tranquil, showed strong indications of containing large quantities of fish, and some fishei men were, in conse quence, induced to shoot a sean, expecting they should have a catch of herrings. On drawing i❑ the scan, however, it was found to contain a variety of specimens of the finny tribe, consisting of the anchovy, sprat, mackerel, pilchard, herring, bass, mullett, &c. The harbour continued to pre sent the same appearance for some time, and considerable numbers of fish were caught ; but the mackerel, which were the most numerous, rere so small as to be unfit for sale, being only about the size of small pilchards. LIFE OF A MAID OF HONOUR.—What can be the life of a maid of honour ? For the 12 hours of every mortal day she has not l 2 minutes' employment, except the very rational one of looking at herself in the glass, and at the officer of the guard out of her window. A levee comes once a fortnight to awaken her out of her dose. Once in three months, perhaps, she moves from Pimlico to Windsor, adds its melancholy notch, like Stern's captive, to her tally, and finds herself in Pimlico again. In the mean time, etiquette, the empress of headachs, commands that this unfortunate victim of loyalty, sinecurism, and a hundred a-year, shall sit as regularly at her post as if she wore the uniform of a dragoon, and sat daily on her charger at the Horse-guard's gate, or performed in the part of the Marbl• Governor in lion Giovanni.—Blackwood's Magazine. The town of Swansea is now receiving the benefit of a work, that from its magnitude and importance deserves, as it must eventually do, to confer the most important ad vantages on the town. We allude to the formation of a floating harbour or dock. At a meeting of the Commis sioners of the Harbour, lately held in that town, H. H. Price, Esq., was appointed engineer to carry out this work, and an unanimous determination was come to, to carry out the work at every risk, and with all possible expedition.-- Cardiff Chronicle. On Wednesday as two boys were playing, the teagle rope belonging to Caergwrle mill, drawing each other up and down, Jones, a boy of thirteen, who had the rope round his waist, was suddenly drawn up as he was throw ing it over his head, when the rope slipped round his throat, and broke his neck, of which he instantaneously died. —Chiller Courant. The demand continues steady in all useful articles, and rather more has been doing in fancy goods, gloves, &c. than usual. The prices of yarns, wools, &c. remain sta tionary. Letters received from New York this week in this market hold out a prospect of amendment, which we shall be glad to see realized.—Leicestershire Mercury. In the borough revision the Reformers mad• nine objections and sustained eight, and put in four claims, all of which they substantiated. The Tories made fifteen claims and established nine—out of these, unluckily, three are Liberals ! The Liberals have a majority of eleven beyond their numbers at the late election. In the revision for the county the Liberals bad a considerable majority.—Dover Chronicle. The Earl and Countess of Lonsdale, accompanied by the Hon. Colonel Lowther, Lady F. Bentinck, Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, and the Hon. Geo. O'Callaghan, have been sojourning at Whitehaven Castle during the week. The venerable Earl, after attending Divine Service at St. Nicholas Church, on Sunday last, was suddenly seized with indisposition, which prevented him seeing company for two o r three days, but we understand he is now recovered.— Whitehaven He, ald, THE FUN, LONDON, TURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, IHI7 PROFESSOR WILSON. (From the Standard.) We rejoice to be able to contradict the report of the in disposition of this great and amiable man, upon the best possible authority—his own. The following touching and beautiful extract from a letter received by one of the Pro• fessor's friends this morning has been handed to us, with permission to gratify all who honour worth and genius by its publication : " It pleased God, on the 29th of March, to visit me with the severest calamity that can befall one of his creatures, in the death of my wife, with whom I had lived in love for twenty-six years ; and since that event, till about a fort night ago, I lived with my family, two sons and three daughters, dutiful and affectionate, in a secluded house near Roslin. lam now in Edinburgh ; and early in November hope to resume my daily duties in the University. " I have many blessings for which I am humbly thankful to the Almighty ; and though I have not borne ray affli e _ tion ,so well, or better than I have done, yet I have borne it with submission and resignation ; and feel that, though this world is darkened to me, I may be able yet to exert such faculties, humble as they are, which God has given me. if not to the benefit, not to the detriment of my fellow mortals. # # # 0 * " I am, Sir, your's sincerely, "JOHN WILSON. " 6, Gloucester placo, Edinburgh, Oct. 12, 1237." AMERICAN DEBT. In the debate on the Sub-Treasury scheme in the Senate Mr. King, the senator for Georgia, stated as the result of his calculations, that instead of the 30,000,000, which, ac cording to the Message of the President to Congress, was the amount of debt to England, the debt actually owing was not less than 110,000,000 dols. There is, of course, considerable difficulty in ascertaining with anything like pre cision the real amount of this balance, but that it greatly exceeds that off cally assumed over the water, and currently circulated here previously by parties concerned in the Ame rican trade, has been stated on more than one occasion. The fact is—and in that way the error may be partly ac counted for—that the balance of trade between the United States and Great Britain has alone been consulted, and even that there is reason to believe has been construed in t mode to exhibit the most favourable aspect possible. To arrive at correct conclusions with reference to the total of that balance, it is necessary to take into con sideration the general balance of trade against America in her traffic with all parts of the world, a very large proportion of which has been or is yet to be liquidated through the means of credits opened in this country. There can be little question that in this way no small por t )n of the adverse balances with China, Brazil, Spain, Cuba, France, &c., have been paid. Nor is it the balances of one year only that constitute the whole of the debt, for it must he remembered that these balances have been ac cumulating year after year. From 1824 to 1830, both in clusive, the imports and exports of the United States pretty nearly adjusted each other, with but a slight difference upon the gross sum of a few millions of dollars on the side of the imports. But from the last-mentioned year imports took a decided start in excess, being in 1831 upwards of 20,000,000 dollars over the exports, and increasing until in 1836 they were upwards of 61,000,000 dollars above, on general balance. Even with respect to Great Britain and its colonial possessions, the East Indies included, one year's balance alone for 1836, according to the Washington offi cial accounts made up to the 30th of September, was, in round numbers, 21,500,000 dollars, from which may be in ferred the looseness of the data upon which the Pre sident's estimate must have been constructed. There are certain countries where, from the state of credit as well as traffic, it may be assumed that American transac tions where naaney balances resulted could only be carried on by open credits, or valuing for the differ ences upon England, such, for example, as China, where the last year exhibits a balance of 6,000,000 dollars, Brazil of 4,000,000 dollars, and Cuba of 6,000,000 dollars, against the United States. But, in fact, the question of the real amount of the debt to this country would seem to be, ex cepting for the gratification of curiosity, a matter of very little interest, so far as relates to its probable satisfaction now or hereafter. A New Y o rk p a p e r, lately received, and itis not the only one broaching the like sentiments, gruvely spunges off the whole score by the following sum mary process :—" Of the great foreign debt," it says, "due by our merchants to Europe on the 17th of March last, there are not 2,000,000 of it paid, and probably never will be. The failures of 500 merchants here, and 100 across the water, embracing some of the heaviest houses, will liquidate each other's debts without specie or produce. Bankruptcy is a capital remittance to pay bad debts with. Each day shows the probability that not ten cents will ever be paid in the average on the debts of 1836. Why so ? Because their assets were valued in prices, which have since declined not only 50, 60, and 70 per cent., but they have disappeared in a great many instances." H owever ques ti ona bl e ma y be the mo rality of some part of this reasoning, the facts, it is to be feared, are but too well founded ; for the stocks, shares, land and building lots, the scrip of which circulated from hand to band, and advanced to 500 or 1,000 premium, in the same manner, but in greater degree, as here during the mania of 1825 with South American mines and other schemes, " have di s spp eare d," and are no l onger f oun d quoted in a great many instances among current values even of first cost and prices. The same paper, reasoning from the Treasury Report, by which it would appear that the imports and exports of specie since May last nearly ba lanced each other, arrives at the conclusion that all the specie existing in the country then still remained there, and even a greater quantity. It was acknowledged in the Treasury Report that the returns must be considered as incomplete, since specie was both importe4 and ex ported without being entered. The writer asserts, that of the 3,700,000 dollars officially stated as the exports of specie since the 11th of May, 3,000,000 dollars were for account of the dividends due upon States and bank stocks and railroad loans due in Europe on the Ist of July, of which the amount is estimated to exceed 53,500,000 dols., hearing six per cent. interest, exclusive of the bonds ; the odd 700,000 dols. he supposes were sent on account of the Browns, and other " solvent " houses. " The only fund, therefore," he proceeds, " upon which our importers could draw was the export of produce, and this export is only equal to meet the imports for the present year." The same paper sums up, that " from these data it appears that the bankrupt portion of our foreign trade can never reconstruct itself. The healthy trade, begun on a new system, is gradually widening its circulation of action every day." The " healthy trade" is bottomed, of course, upon capital created by this robbery of the foreign cre ditor. It is occasionally attempted to justify this contempt of the obligations of common honesty by establishing what it is wished to be considered a fair set off in the im bmyentshee p ß ro r fi it t i s sb w m hi a ch nu a fa r e e tur a e s r s s um fr e e d m to thi h s a e v x e ees b s ee e n f m th a e d i e r imports into the United States. It is no secret, however, upon what a low scale of profit the operations of all the principal manufactures are conducted in this country, and that 15 or 20 per cent. are usually accounted fair an nual returns for capital sunk in them, although in the work ing, labour and ingenuity are required of a much superior order to that which the cultivation of raw materials de mands. To speak of cotton fabrics only, the export to the United States has not perhaps averaged for the last four years above 2,000,000 sterling per annum, upon which the profits could not have been very considerable. In view of those realized by the American cotton planter the as sumption, indeed, is absurd enough. It is asserted in Man chester, by persons well informed, that by the single import and consumption of American raw cotton here the United States are benefitted to a not less extent than 4,000,0001. annually in the profits upon production alone. It is gene rally understood that cotton can be grown with advantage at 5 cents., say 2d. per pound, in the States ; freight, shipping, charges, insurance, &c., are estimated at d. per p o und more, but say ld., and cotton would be" laid down," as the term is, in Liverpool, at 3d. per pound. The prices averaged for all descriptions will not probably have fallen short of 7d. per pound in that market for several years past, and if the import be taken at an average of 250,000,0001 b. yearly, it will be seen that the Manchester gross calculation of profit will not be far short of the mark. The rate of profit made by these people, therefore, w h o so modestly complain of the exorbitant gains of others, appears to average not less than 100 per cent. upon the cultivation of raw cotton.—Tines. Lord John Russell and his lady have left Endsleigh for Brighton, to pay their respects to her Majesty. They dined and slept on Monday night at Mount Boone, the re sidence of Colonel Seale, M.P., and passed over the Dart, in the floating bridge, the next day, under a salute of cannon from the town and a merry peal of bells, accompanied by the best wishes of the inhabitants of Dartmouth. On Tuesday they arrived at Mamhead, the seat of Sir Robert Newman, whence they departed for Bowood, the seat of Lord Lansdowne, near Bath. TORT TRUTH.—We have been much amused at a paragraph which has been trumpeted forth by the Tory Journals of the district, stating that the Hon. H. T. Lid dell voted, at the late North Durham election, for his op ponents, Mr. Lambton and Sir W. Chaytor, and lauding the Hon. Gentleman for great liberality in so doing. How far such conduct would have merited the praises bestowed upon it, it is not our present object to inquire, though we may observe in passing that we do not see why a candidate should be commended for voting contrary to his principles more than any other elector ; but it proves, as we ex pected, that the whole story is a fabrication. We have made inquiry respecting it, and we find that Mr. Liddell voted at Whickham, a plumper for himself I—Newcastle Journal. THE JUDGES' CHAMBERS.—The old-fashioned, ill-conditioned, and inconvenient apartments in Sergeant's Inn, Chancery-lane, where, time out of mind, those vene rable functionaries, the Judges of the land, have performed various. of their important duties, have now ceased to exist, and in their stead a handsome and spacious building has been erected on a part of the Rolls' Chapel garden looking towards Clifford's Idn. The approach is through an avenue from Clifford's Inn, which leads by a flight of stone steps to the raised terrace on which the building stands. The build ing consists of only two floors, with a basement range of rooms below the terrace. In the centre is a door leading to the ;several chambers appointed for the respective Lord Chief Justices of the King's Bench and the Common Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer ; to the right of the centre it the entrance to the chambers of the Barons of the Exchequer, and beyond that those for the puisne Judges of the Common Pleas. The Judges of the King's Bench have their chambers assigned at the left or western angle of the building. The building has only recently been completed, but has already been brought into occupa tion for the transaction of chamber business on the Queen's Bench and Common Pleas departments. Some minor ar rangements in the different chambers still remain to be made, but these there is ample time for perfecting before the commencement of next Term, when it is to be ex pected that the Judges of the land will find themselves ac commodated in a manner suitable to their high stations and .important duties. SPEECH OF JOHN JOHNSON, ESQ OF DERBY, AT THE TORY DINNER AT CHES TERFIELD, ON THE 10TH. (From the North Derbyshire Chronicle.) Mr. JOHNSON (of Derby), having been called upon by the Chairman, rose to give the next toast. (In consequence of the parenthetical style of Mr. Johnson, and the innu merable repetitions his speech contained, it would have been impossible for Mephistopheles himself to have reported it verbatim ; but we shall endeavour to connect the remarks we were enabled to note down as well as we can. It is due, however, to Mr. Johnson to state, that he can, when in a proper mood, forget parenthetical and superfluous re petitions.) As soon as the applause had subsided, he said— Mr. Chairman, and electors of North Derbyshire, and those who are not electors of Derbyshire, —I little thought in the early part of this festive evening, I should be called upon to give a toast ; but as the honour has been im posed upon me, I will attempt to do justice to a toast with which, from the bottom of my heart, I entertain a sympathetic affection.—(Cheers.) I am comparatively a stranger—known only to a few of those present—yet I do stand forward in a public capacity—in that capa city which my opponents arrogate to themselves. I ' stand forward here as the friend of the people—(loud cheers)—as the anxious and most determined supporter of our glorious Constitution, which has been banded down to us by our forefathers—that glorious Constitution not equalled in the world, but setting an example to the world.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I would not mention a man with anything like a bad feeliing : I would not pro claim a name with any hostile intent ; but perhaps I am more known among you by the mere fact, that William Evans has called me the Black Doctor from Derby.— (Loud laughter and cheers.) Mr. Chairman, I could never have thought that I had that cognomen—l could never for one moment have imagined that I should have been here as the person I am represented to be.—(Hear, and Laughter.) When I came here, I spoke not of William Evans—l came here a free and voluntary agent, to advocate the cause, not of a Tory—not of George Ark wright—but to advocate that cause which I believe from the bottom of my heart to be the safeguard and protection of our glorious Constitution.—(Vociferous cheers.) I came not here to advocate the cause of Toryism ; bat I came to advocate what 1 love—what I have been brought up to venerate and esteem—the cause of the people of England —(Continued cheers) —although humble as I am—although sneered at as I have been—and although condemned and called the Black Doctor from Derby.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I tell you I have not as much wealth—not per haps as much station ; yet I do think I have as much po litical consistency—as much of political conduct—as much feeling for my fellow-men, even as William Evans.— (Cheers) Gentlemen, who is the man that impugns me ? —(Cheers.) Who is the man that dares to cast upon John Johnson of Derby anything like calumny ?—(Cheers and laughter.) It is the man brought up and who glories in the name of corruption. He came out as a Tory, and bought the voters of East Retford.—(Vociferous cheers.) And, gentlemen, he is the man who has since repented of his sins.—(Laughter.) When he left East Retford as a Tory, he repented of his sins ; and William Evans, Esq. of Allestree-hall, under the common name of Whig, in Lei cester, after he had repented of his sins, spent more money than in East Retford ! Gentlemen, William Evans, Esq., of Allestree-hall—(Laughter)—is a man much to be respected ; I acknowledge him to be a man of high moral attainments. I abominate the idea that a man may be a good politician and a bad private character ; but a man may be a good private character who is a wretched and common place politician : and I would not call upon Wiliam Evans to sacrifice his moral character for that of a wretched politician.—(Loud and continued laughter.) But I will show you a man with as much moral character. I do not call upon you as lordlings, but as men who have understandings; and I tell you that the man who has li belled you—the man who has told you you are no more than prostitutes to power—(Cheers)—the man who has fame still not departed from him—who is nothing more than the hereditary descendant of Tom Paine and Voltaire, and that man is Thomas Gisborne.—(Vociferous cheering.) If I were disposed to indulge in Wirie doctrines, I could tell you in the name of history, that Whig doctrines and Whig principles never can serve this country : they are altogether incompatible with the spirit and character of our glorious Constitution.—(Cheers.) When you tell me that a candidate in the sixteenth century has done much in Africa—(Here we are at fault : we lost the conclusion of the sentence, and the reader must therefore take up the sense as well as he can.) That Whig candidate is no more than a stripling in the House of Devonshire—a man who has presumed, and thought proper to libel you—a man who receives his 8,0001. a year has told you you arc illiterate ; he has told you that you are fools—(Cheers and laughter) ; he has told you that you are not worthy of being invested with those characters which the Constitu tion requires.—(Cheers.) He says, I respect the squire, and I respect the clergyman ; but the one is a bigot, and the other a fool.—(Continued cheers and laughter.) Gen tlemen, who's George Cavendish;'—(Cheers.) I ask you again, who's George Cavendish ?—( A voice in the assem bly, " He's a muck-worm !" followed by a cry of " Order.") Is there anything in the name of Cavendish—is there any thing they have done which ought to secure for them any more than in acknowledgment to the right of 60,000/. in the county ? He ought to possess something like a fair mind in that connty. Does George Cavendish represent that ? Does he ?—(Loud cheers.) I can tell you, and so help me God I do no injustice to that young man, that when he was delivering his speech at Bakewell, I had a printed bill in my hand, every word of which he repeated ad literatim.—(Laughter.) Every word printed in his bills, so G. Cavendish rehearsed. Friends ! George Caven dish is a stripling—(Laughter)—he's a baby—(Laughter) —he's a child--(Laughter)—he's a perfect baby, I tell you, in political knowledge, and what proves it ? Why, that George C ivendish has thought proper to tell the squires of Derbyshire that they are illiterate—men who have done more for the people of England than any other. 11Ien who have descended from those teen who have wrested from Po pish tyrants their Protestant priei'eges—(Cheers)—who have descended from those ancestors who have done more, fought more, to maintain the liberties of this country, and at this moment are stepping between the proud demagogue of the city and the aristocrat of the palace.—(Continued cheers.) Who would be called upon if a crisis were to come, similar to the French Revolution ? Who would be called upon to defend the proud house of Cavendish and the aristocracy of this country, but those men who have been maligned in the name of squires ?—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I hate and detest the chicanery—l detest that humbug which young Cavendish has thought proper to bring forward.—(Cheers.) How anxious were our opponents that young men and maidens who sell an ounbe of worsted, or a pound of bacon, should have a vote ! Let them have their vote—they ought to have their vote ; yet the moment it is placed before them, the man who possesses 2,000/. in the county cries, " Oh Lord I don't give them a vote, but give it to them who has 20/: in balls of cotton."—(Laughter.) [Mr. John son made a few more remarks on the same subject, which we did not exactly understand. He then pro ceeded :--] They (the Reformers) call for the Bal lot—they call for the abolition of the Corn-laws. What is the Ballot ? They call for the Ballot to give secret votes ; and even the Editor of the North Derby shire Chronicle, would he not start with affright if the Members of the House of Commons were called upon to vote secretly ?—(Cheers.) Yet, Gentlemen, if the consti tuency have a right to call upon the Members of the House of Commons to know how they vote, has not a man who lives in a 60/. house a right to know how he who lives in a house of 10/. votes ?--(Cheers.) As long as the suffrage exists, ought not a man who has a great deal more to pay than his neighbour, know how that neighbour votes ? (Cheers.) If you were to tell the Editor of the North Derbyshire Chronicle that the Members of the House of Commons should vote secretly, he would say, " oh horrible! damnable 1" But if intelligence is to be the test, I say that the man who holds 15,000/. in Derby, is quite equal to the 15 men in Walker-lane.—(Cheers and laughter.) [Mr. Johnson then entered on the subject of the Corn-laws : here again we were quite " at sea," and must therefore pro ceed :]—Gentlemen, I have detained you long.—(" Go on.") I rose to give the health, not of a young man, but of one who is connected in name and character with the commercial greatness of this country, but without aristocratical wealth. Although one who is not con nected with cotton-spinning or calico-printing—not that I should think less of him if he were, because I love the people--I venerate the people. I look upon all society as a social pyramid, and consider the people as its base ; and I should say at once where that is the case, that that country is glorious—that country of all others and of all things in the world is the most valuable on God's earth.— (Cheers.) If there is one thing nearer to my heart than another, it is a love of the people. To whom could George Cavendish look, but to those men whom he has despised— derogated ?—(Cheers.) Is it to be expected that be could look to the manufacturing interests? If any man is more indebted than another to the 50/. tenantry, it is George Cavendish.—(Cheers.) I do assure you, however, 1 am not desirous to separate you from the Duke of Devonshire. I will now propose the health of a man who is the very key stone to the arch of the landed and agricultural interests. I will rive his health as connected with that class of men whom George Cavendish has insulted, and I hope you wil respond to me ; for I love you ! I know that the 30/. te nants are holding themselves to the very power, the very clutches of our glorious and holy Constitution in Church and State ; and I will give the health of the Marquis of Cbandos, and the 501. tenantry.—(Drunk with three times three.) The Rev. G. T. Spencer, of Boxton has been ap pointed Bishop of Madras. THE BANKS 0' CLYDE. BY W. ALEXANDER. Oh ! would ye wish to flee frae grief or care, To hearts that are kind, and to scenes that are fair, Gae don the Scottish plaid, Seek the glen and mountain side, Till ye reach the banks o' Clyde, then byde ye there. But it is na to muse amid woods or braes, Sleeping lonely and still 'neath the noontide rays, While a thousand barks career Over Clutha winding clear; Oh I 'tis life and joy where'er ye may turn to gaze. What boots it though sunlight should fade away, And each bright scene recede wi' the god o' day ; Though each bay and lovely isle Frae that landscape steal the while, Still there's love and friendship's smile when the moonbeams play. Now the bowl crowns the hoard, and a chosen few Are kindling in mirth which deceit ne'er knew ; Let the courtly slave delight, Amid joys but formed to blight, • What are these to ae blythe night mongst the fond and true. But beware ye forget not that time's but a jest, When in bumpers ye pledge wi' the " ways of the west," Oh I his grief must e'en be deep, And his " drought be ill to steep," wouldna soundly sleep when they " slip to rest." I hac quaff'd the cup when side by side, • 'Mid wit and wealth, sat England's pride, Over Scotland, kind as free, I've been cheered frae sea to sea; But of a' gie me the glee of the " Banks o' Clyde." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.—Mown.I Y. Handicap Ssseepstakes of 10 sons. each, for three-yrs-old and up wards. T. Y. C. 4 Subs. Captain Gardnor's Toothill, 4 yrs, 7st. 101 b Colonel Peel's Puppy, 3 yrs, ist 2 The Duke of RWland's Florestan, 5 yrs, Bst. 121 b Betting-7 to 4 agst Florestan, 7to 4 agst Puppy, and 3to 1 agst Tcothill. Won by a head. Match, 100, h. ft., T. Y. C.—Colonel Peel's Arsenic beat the Duke of Richmond's Mus, Bst. 71b. each. Betting-11 to 10 on Arsenic, who won by a length. Match, 100, h. ft., D.M.—Col. Peel's f. by Bedlamite, out of Garcia, Bst. 51b. (Pavia), beat Lord Suffield's Pocket Hercules, Bst. 61b., by a length. 5t02 on Garcia. The Garden Stakes of 100 soya. each. T.M. M. Lord Exeter's Velure,3 yrs, Est. 71b Pettit 1 Mr. Greville's Mango, 3 yrs, 7st. 71b Colonel Peel's Castaway, 5 yrs, Bst Betting-2 to lon Mango, 9to 2 agst Castaway, 4to 1 agst Velure. Won by three lengths. Match, 300, h. ft., T. Y. C.—Mr. Gre;rille's Mango, Bst. 91b., received forfeit from Mr. Greatrex's c. by The Colonel, out of Citron, Bst. Match, 200, h. ft. T. Y. C.—Colonel Peel's Vulture, 7st. 121 b. received forfeit from Lord Lichfield's Elis, Bst. 01b. Match, 200, h. ft., R.M.—Lord Suffield's Caravan, Bst. Mb., agst Lord Chesterfield's Critic, Bst. Ilb. Off by consent. Clearwell Stakes (To-morrow).-6 to 4 agst Grey Momus, 7 to 2 agst Saintfoin, 6 to 1 agst lon, 8 N 1 offered agst Lord Exeter's lot, and the same agst Lord Chesterfield's lot. NORTHALLERTON RACES.-FRIDAr. A Stake of 10 sovs. each, 'p.p., with 30 added by W. B. Wright son, Esq., for three years old; colts, Bst. 61b; and fillies, Bst. 31b ; a winner once, 311) ; twice, or more, Sib ; or of the Doncaster St. Leger, 71b. extra. One mile and a half. 3 Sub. Mr. Bell's Golden Drop A Gold Cup, value 100 gs., by subs. of 10 gs. each, the surplus, if any, to be paid to the winner in specie ; three years old, ist ; four, Bst ; five, Bst. 91b ; six and aged, 9st. Mares and geldings allowed 21b. The winner of the St. Leger at Doncaster this year blb extra. Two miles. 10 Subs. Captain Wyvill's Bee's Wing, 4 yrs... Walked over A Silver Cup, value 50 sovs., by Subs. of 5 soya. each, with 20 added by the Town, for horses, Bcc., that never won 100 gs. at any ono time before the day of naming; three years, 7st. ; four, Bst. 31b. ; five and upwards, Bst. 101 b ; mares and geldings al lowed 21b. Two mile heats. 10 Subs. Mr. Masterman's b. c. by Catton, 3 yrs ...W. Oates 2 0 1 1 Mr. Tuyton's Golden Drop, 3 yrs 1 0 2 2 Mr. Armitage's ch f. by Robin Hood, 3 yrs.:. 0 1 3 dr Mr. Healey's Pompey, 3 yrs Mr. Maywood's Bonny Jack, 3 yrs Won by half a neck. SATURDAY. The Selling Stakes of 7 sovs. each, with 15 added by the Town ; two years old, 6st. 101 b ; three, Bst. 101 b ; four, 9st. 51b ; five and upwards, 9st. 121 b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs. if demanded, &e. Mile and a distance. 4 Subs. Mr. Weather's Hackfall, 2 yrs Mr. Smith's ch f. by Actaeon, 2 yrs 2 Mr. Arrowsmith's Margrave, '2 yrs Dukeof Leeds's Orcus Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each, h. ft., for the produce of mares that never bred a winner, or stallions that never got a winner, before the day of naming, allowed 31bs; but only one allowance. Two Year Old Course. 5 Subs. Mr. Ilebden's ch. c. by Humphrey Clinker J Holmes 1 Duke of Leeds's b. c. by Winterfield (allowed 31bs.) 2 Won easy. HUNTING APPOINTMENT The York and Ainsty Hounds meet on Thursday at Copgrove ; Saturday, at Green Hamtnerton—at half-past 10. The Earl of Harewood's Hounds on Wednesday at Garforth Bridge ' • Friday, at Thorp Arch—at half-past 10. The Hurworth Hounds on Saturday at. Yorm Banks—at 10. The C. 11. Hounds on Friday at North Barrow. The Herefordshire Hounds on *iaturday at Brockhall Turnpike— at ten. The Cheltenham Stag Hounds on Wednesday at Hawley Gate ; Saturday at Pazedown Gate—at eleven. Mr. Farquharson's Hounds on Friday at Moreton House. AQUATICS.. ROWING MATCII. —The double-scull wager for two silver cups, given by tubseriptior, to be rowed for by landsmen, took place yesterday, and drew a very large attendance of the ad mirers of this sport. The weather was unusually fine, but rather too chilly for the as who had no labour to do in a boat ; but fur those who were working it was just " comme it fact." The contest was with 16 pairs of sculls, two pairs in each wherry, and in three heats. The following started at two o'clock for the first heat, to start from buoys moored off Tom Chandler's, up round a boat moored off the Spread Eagle, back down the Middlesex shore, round a boat moored off Tom Chandler's, up to the beacon, and back to the starting place. Messrs. Baker and Williams, black; Messrs. Viicarry and Stewart, white ; Powel and Husley, green ; and Vowels and Lane, blue. Green and blue were the winners of this heat. The following were immediately afterwards started for the second heat :—Purselow and Doughty, brown ; King and Green, pink ; Goddard and Tayleure, yellow ; Fitzgerald and Griffiths, red. Red was first, pink second. At starting for the grand heat, red took the lead, closely followed by green and blue ; the two latter, however, immediately began fouling, and the leading men went right away; they rowed beautifully, and green, the crack pair, succeeded in passing the second boat, but the others were too good for them. Red came in first, green second, blue third, and pink fourth. It was won by upnards of 100 yards. Gunton Park, Norfolk, the magnificent seat of Lord Suffield, has been the scene of great gaiety during the last fortnight. REMEDIES SUGGESTED BY M. EWART. — In the most extensive constituencies the suffrages have been most purely given, and the contests have been the least expensive. One principle, therefore, of renovated Reform ought to be an increase of the number of the voters. But it is not :41'ncient to increase their general number. The inequality of the numbers in the different constituencies is a main source of the evil. A redistribution of the repre sentation—so that 300 ignorant voters, or a few country squires and clergymen, or a single powerful lord, or one old lady, shall not return as many members as 10,000 enlight ened electors—a redistribution of the constituent bodies is indispensable. There ought to be a periodical revision and reproportionrnent of the constituencies. Shall we be scared by the presumed difficulty of such an undertaking ? The people of Norway, with appliances and means far in ferior to owe: have successfully carried this principle into execution for centuries. At all events, how easy it were every ten years, that the census of the population is taken, to make such a redistribution of the franchise as the al tered circumstances of the country testify, by figures and facts, to be required.—Pamphlet on Reform, LEITH AND EDINBURGH RAILWAY.—This un dertaking is now fairly begun, and some progress has been made in the cutting and embanking necessary for the work. The soil hitherto cut through is a fine soft sand, and has consequently presented no extraordinary difficulties to the operations of the engineer. —Edinburgh Courant. Sir W. Crighton was among the passengers to Ant werp oa Sunday in the General Steam Navigation Com pany's steam-ship, the City of Hamburgh. CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock an inquiry, which lasted several hours, and did not terminate until a late hcur at night, took place at the University Colege Hospital, Gower-street, Bedford-square, before Mr. Stir!ing mod a most respectable Jury, on the body of James Chaplin, ajed 37, whose death was occasioned by a bayonet wound xe ceived in a fracas at a public-house at Hampstead on Wed nesday evening last. The accused parties, two brothers of the name of Smith, have been in custody since the occur rence, and have undergone an examination before the Ma gistrates of Maryllebone-office, when they were remanded until the result of thC present proceedings. Stringer William exab z ,ined—l am a labouring man, and reside at No. 3, High-streei, Hampstead. I knew the de ceased, who was a shoemaker, and lived at Hampstead. Between eight and nine o'clock on Wednesday evening last I went to the Three Horse Shoes put:Jic-house, in Hemp stead, where I saw the deceased in tor t : any with six per sons dressed as soldiers. They were drinking together, and all appeared very jolly and comfortable. Shortly after I entered one of the soldiers jested a comrade, callizT him a " lobster." I considered it was said in a joke, but it Jed to blows, and during the scuffle the deceased jumped over the table, and commenced an attack upon one of the soldiers, named George Smith, with both his fists, lk hom he (de ceased) knocked down, and cut his lip. The landlord of the house came into the room and dragged the deceased out ; but he (deceased) afterwards returned, when Smith and another left the room to prevent further disturbance. The deceased attempted to follow them, exclaiming, " I will follow the—, and serve them out." He was, how ever, held by the coat for some time ; but, on getting loose he left the house, and I did not see him again. By the CORONER—The deceased did not receive any provocation from the soldiers. One of the soldiers had been discharged that day, and had no sidearms. This was the man who joked the other, and caused the fracas. George Smith was in soldier's uniform, and had his sidearms. John Walker, of N 0.2, Church-street, Hampstead, said, I was present when the quarrel took place between the de ceased and the soldier, George Smith, and saw the fight between them. I assisted to put the deceased out of the house, after which I went home. About twenty minutes after nine o'clock I saw the two Smiths pass my house. A few minutes afterwards I heard a noise, and at the distance of about thirty or forty yards heard a bayonet fall ; and at the same time I heard the deceased call out, " Why don't you pay your reckoning ?" Directly afterwards a man named Croft informed me that the deceased was lying at the end of the lane. I went to the spot, The deceased said, " Don't disturb me ; let me lie here and die." I as sisted the deceased to Mr. Lab's, a surgeon, in Hampstead. John Croft, gardener, of Church-lane, Hampstead, said _ _ —About ten o'clock on Wednesday night I heard a noise near my house. I went to the end of the lane and then heard blows, and heard a voice say, " Take that." Di rectly afterwards I saw the deceased on the ground. He cried out, " I am stabbed, lam stabbed." I saw at the time two soldiers running off at some distance. I followed them with others, and a man named Bowes overtook them, and wrested the bayonet from George Smith. By the CORONER—The deceased did not say who had stabbed him. Joseph Bowes, of Church-lane, examined—About a quarter before ten o'clock on Wednesday night, I heard a noise, and the voice of the deceased, with whom I was ac quainted. I went out, and, going towards the spot the noise came from, found the deceased lying on his back on the ground. A man named Charles Hayes was standing over him, and said that the deceased had been stabbed by a soldier. I went in pursuit of the soldiers, and at a short distance overtook them. One of them, who wore white trousers, had a bayonet in his hand, which he flourished over his head, and made several thrusts at me with it, but I avoided his intention by stepping back. I said to him and the other soldier, " A man has been stabbed, and you bad better go back and satisfy us that you hare not done it." The soldier who had the bayonet, and who was in toxicated, replied, " I will not be taken by any man, I have done nothing." I then called the police, when the two soldiers ran off. I again overtook them, when the same soldier flourished his bayonet, and thrust it at me. They ran away a second time, and I again came up with them, and tripped up the soldier who had possession of the bayo net, and after some difficulty I got the bayonet from him, and the police coining op both the soldiers were taken into custody. By the CORONER—The soldier who had the bayonet did not wear a belt. He was very much intoxicated. The other soldier had a belt and scabbard, but no bayonet. He was not so intoxicated as his comrade. The former wore white trousers, the latter dark. . . Inspector Aggs, of the T division examined—Between ten and eleven o'clock on the night of Wednesday last two soldiers of the 2d battalion of Coldstream Guards were brought to the station-house at Hampstead. They gave their names Richard and George Smith (brothers). They were both intoxicated, but George was much more so than Richard. The former had on a belt and scabbard, but no bayonet. George had neither. Shortly afterwards a man named Bowes brought to the station-house a bayonet which he said he had taken from George Smith at the time he captured him ; (the bayonet was here produced for the in spection of the Jury ; it was marked 2d battalion Cold stream Guards, No. 442 ; the scabbard was numbered 517). On Thursday morning, by desire of the Magistrates Of Marylebone-office, I conveyed the two Smiths in cus tody to this hospital, in order that the deceased might see them. On their entering the ward where he (deceased) laid he immediately pointed ont George Smith as the man that had wounded him. A Magistrate visited the deceased in order to take his deposition, but, as Chaplin expressed his opinion that he should recover, it was not done. Mr. Taylor, surgeon to the Hospital, sworn—l attended the deceased on his admission. He had received a deep wound on the left side near the groin. He was in a state of collapse. Everything was done for him, but he died about cloven o'clock on Friday night. On a post mortem examination the cavity of the abdomen was found filled with blood. The wound was the cause of death. The evidence being concluded, the Jury retired ; and, after the lapse of an hour, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against George Smith," and the Coroner issued his warrant for his commitment to Newgate. SUDDEN DEATH.—Samuel Wild, Esq., of Run corn, the principal agent for the Old Quay Co., arrived at the George Inn, Bridge-street, Warrington, in his gig, about 11 o'clock in the morning of Tuesday, apparently in good health. He soon after went to the stable, in order to have his horse fed ; he asked the ostler several ques tions, and told him that his business in town would not de tain him more than three hours, and requested that the horse might be in readiness in that time. He returned to the Commercial Room, and a traveller observed him put his head on his hand, as he sat at the side table ; heard a groan—ran to the bar for assistance, and when they came, Mr. Wvldc was dead! Surgical aid was immediately called; but in vain—the spark of life was extinct. It is supposed his death was from ossification of the heart : and was more awfully sudden, as he had been for some time in better health than usual; indeed, the morning he left Runcorn, he so expressed himself to his family ; as he had eaten a very hearty breakfast. The day following a Coroner's inquest was held upon the body, and a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God," returned by the Jury. On Saturday an inquest was held at the Castle Inn, Drayton, Middlesex, on the body of James Thompson, one of the foremen of the London and Birmingham Railway. The deceased had formed an attachment to a young woman who had promised to marry him, but she was suddenly missed from the village, and was discovered to have gone off with a young man who had been her first love. Thompson got very low spirited, and a fever came on, from which he was confined to his bed. On Wednesday he appeared better, and during the absence of his attendant he opened the window of bed-room on the second floor and preci pitated himself into a stone yard, a height of thirty feet. He was not dead when taken up, but expired shortly after wards. The Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary de rangement." A dealer in grapes, in his eagerness to vend his fruit on board the Emerald, on Monday morning, just before the boat left was deaf to the sound of the bell, whick announces the speedy departure of the packet ; and missed getting on shore, to the great amusement of lookers on. He had, much against his will, a trip to London and back, and there is no doubt that on a future occasion he will be careful to take time by the forelock.—Boulogne Journal.. - - - . We wish not to find fault unnecessarily with the French inhabitants who have transactions with the Eng lish ; but an occurrence took place a few days ago which we are compelled to notice. An English lady hired a donkey to take a short ride into the country : when she returned to the stables with it a dispute arose as to the time which she had it, and to enforce the payment of the sum claimed, the woman pushed the lady into a private room, and turned the key upon her, saying she should not leave the premises until the sum demanded was paid ; the husband also presenting himself to enforce the demand. The lady, somewhat alarmed, requested that her female servant, who was waiting outside, might be admitted ; but this was refuted, and to obtain her release she was under the necessity of submitting to the exaction. Now if con duct like this is to be tolerated, we must say that those English persons who visit Boulogne, and are to submit to such brutal treatment, with their wrongs unredressed, had better abandon a town where neither civility nor equity are to be found. —Boulogne Journal. By the Newcastle Chronicle, we see that the Re formers have o btained a majority of 44 over the Tories on the close of the registration for the borough.