The Sun. — London, England, 1846-08-29 00:00:00

f t he ,t the ie d to rOO state feel' Df hi s s re' for un der ed t ° sever• ;uII9 I ~ . f th e „ s o, bur trac t ' chic o iled .10 05 old" 0 06 lOr s~¢i' , o riel ier fret: 0131, Wi ille t e r or r. P 5l f or ip o f to of jeK coal. tg l P 0 0 4- Od e case $ c l ' i t h : ; 141- P re ' lader Lice., it cert a i n l y i s no worse, and these accounts have nuluently had no influen c e on our market, and it has •tultied throughout the week just brought to a' close, :!erthat of the preceding one, in a very inactive state. The sales f or t h e week ending the Bth inst. were 5 , 000 2 4 e 8 ; since, to this date, 4,000 bales, with a firmer Ttrosket yesterday at my quotations, which are similar to those in my last circular. ~.at is i , of course, too early to indulge in any but general i -v it teams with regard to the prospect of the crop now 1 m arks to maturity. It is certainly in a precarious tlLveLill 75013, and it is barely po able that it can equal that I ?, the last season, while the piobabilities now are, that alater be considerably less, even with frost than ~ —.:litte v e had for ten years. rittesz hat'ge has been in rather better request, and the 1 .. - 4 ,, have slightly improved. Freights are also firmer , , " 4 ° quotations. THOS. J. STEWART, Cotton Broker. TRIA L of the FRENCH REGICIDE. CO URT OF PEERS.—PARIS, WEDNESDAY. On 4Coutinued from The Sun of yesterday.) pli ed e Court resuming, tho Procureur-General re -1.1; and was ag a i n followed by M. Baroche. - e Pre s id ent then asked the prisoner whether he had MThbag furth er to a d d to his defence? d o . ~e prisoner, slowly rising, said:—" I only wish to t o en u Myself against the reproaches of misconduct, and de,remark on the circumstances which drove me to o s il i i , i r• With regard to my having a mistress, I can dr e l, 84 1 that I had no other mother to give my chil -1 --a ue was a mother to them, and a support to me. tola_lled witnesses to this point, but not being accus- lira to a court of justice, they did not say a word. l e u i t I said about the slugs was imaginary. —(Genera t"'eat and murmurs of astonishment.) I occupied aYrsrielf,with that before the Procureur-General. That e t h e u gentleman told me, when in prison, I have seen for - „ Mal s , who pretended to dare death, in the end ask theerdon—l shall see you do the same.' You wish me, p r. to dote like. Never! You said (addressing the °enreur-General) that you might be useful to me, mi g h t Protect me. I told you that I believed you, that hee3P e cted you. Did you believe me?" (The prisoner Q`e Paused, as if t o wa it for the reply of the Procureur - T he p rocureur- General—Prisoner, what you have just top °l3ll ges me to make an observation. It is true that t h e •4 you th at, beyond the rigorous forms o f j ust i ce , yottrejaight be oth er means o f fi x i n g your fate. I told doti at, in spite of' my official duties, when once those suppo r t ere accomplished, you might one day have my i That is what I said. Prisoter—" Certainly, and I replied that I be aals • ~,I°u• You see that Ido not act like those crimi rasic°, in the end, ask for pardon. It was wished to 1) 411 me out a madman, and to make me take shower o°l, I told y ou t h at I did no t think that new laws to „, 4 Oe mad e f or me, b ut t h a t one d a y perhaps, thanks T h `. 4 Y act, th e pun i shment of d eat h wou ld b e a b o li s hed. 4041,4 e °ura W hy I considered that what I had done was an self ge and h ero i sm . —(M u rmurs.) I said to my -1 ,JiTThat w ill make them reflect. I d es i re d t o di e , and se ta ' Wish to di e. " (T he pr i soner , i n u tt e ring the last n ee, raised his voice to a very loud tone.) eer Pris on suggested that it would be useful to press the . er for anlug explanation of his declaration that he had Aguied the ss. thi va this b e i ng put as a question, Henr i sa id , " Th ese ro y g B ; 4Were imagined by me to save the consciences of reie l ."ges, and induce them to find me guilty.—(Diffe- Of •' 4c lanaations.) I told you that there were slugs ite. ,!rou , imagined that is to say, invented by soue"-kNutnerous voices, "Ah ! ah !") The pill ', l 1 1 , who h a d seated himself, got up aga i n an d sai d, ha ve eve explained t o y ou al s o that for six years I thorit bee n a prisoner in my own house, without au throe, Without a w ill. It i s C aro li n e Bacquet who has a me into th ese revo l u ti ons , w hi c h make me con 42t5rltnitY1 t remble. She is the cause of all. I wanted i i4d lW- to Save m e , b u t s h e p reven t e d their being given, had s " 1 3' received the money by small portions. I nevcr ,r,ufficient money to work with profit." of bed Pr esident--Do you persist in saying that you have . tot tt t l ed the slugs? (Several Peers—No! no! That is e question.) 1 41% • en nsin—Vire understood him to say that he had 'ri. n _ed the s l ugs. fa4:erresident—Do you mean to say that you menu had red . the slugs, or that you imagined to say that you tet,4l. to lugs into the pistols? The Prisoner — l in - Shoul d a.s say, in order that the consciences of my judges be out of doubt, that there was danger. dab l 'aroehe—Th at i t was b e li e ved that there was Jer. Panti e Prisoner—Th at is it; now apply the capital kep t )meat if y ou w ill ; I s h a ll no t b e guilty.—(Move si,hethp wish the prisoner to he asked to say o d e prisoner Yes or no, there were slugs in the pistolsao . oti ; er Prisoner ( a ft er a li tt l e h es it a ti on )—l can give you then answer than what I have already given. (He A Bat tie n, and let his head fall on his hand.) its .r o ag - degree of agitation was manifest throughout 'llsenably. Wi l ll h d e ee l i : ib r: r s a id te e . nt—Th e sitting is now closed. The Court It ~,;-,otirt then adjourned at six o'clock. 41 s/e,,,,kraeet again to-morrow (Thursday) to consider 4e v ir„. 4 nderstand that an M.P. lately elected for one of th e ,;."ntions of this county, has been making a tour through th-mivision. The professed object of his visit was to thank rest, electors who favoured him with their votes and inte hiaiullb3ute= ex. tnat the motive which really prompted . I , 3l iPport p at a an general eTctoifo:ratitude was kindly c s il c ln e t= which he , I narn would probably take plac e very shortly y ." Before have leave of those whom he favoured with a call, he ,„°"'," them (out of the deep well-spring of knowledge of 1 .,,"b1 e % 11 h i e is . the possessor) a little wise counsel. One thing 7 , eomm h e ded, was to have "no dealings with iree ;tLad s e e _rs, . to w i n ch a friend who accompanied him added, vi t LY stimulant, " and we'll let 'em know they can't do boat ae.e So we must expect to hear the protectionist -"aer, not only when he visits the tradesmen's shops to Proe ur t.• o f • but also in th e " 1 3 necessary supplies groceries, t nhornarke ere he offers his corn for sale, asking those with harts about to deal, the momentous question, " Are sister ~.uee-trader ?" or "Are you a protectionist ?" To be con thp however he must go still further. He must see that vii l l'ersons to Whom he sells his produce have no dealings hand fr ee traders, so th a t hi s corn ma y no t ge t into the % in ! of any of thi s d angerous class of men ; an d if t hi s te rnii ll be acted upon, w h ere w ill th e f armer find his cus thaCr° The gentleman who gave such advice will find tr ader the protectionist also cannot live without the free -1,4; --Nottingham Review. wh o h a "TE SIR C. WETHERELL.—A friend of ours, Bolici Ppened t o b e serving his articles with an eminent voi ciaarlr in London, was instructed by his principal to call i on. _s with a document, setting forth a case which n questeneda vast sum of money. Sir Charles's opinion was !T -ellatin: Our friend, then quite a youth, called. Sir he n was busy. He informed the officials to request the cei ve g gentleman to call to-morrow. He did so ; and re ,oa th„ t , h e same notice. The case was one of great urgency ; qlarr." ° c doc ument was marked a notice to that effect. Si and oawever, was, or appeared to be, always engaged dally regular visit of our young friend was repeated lbe the same no-result during six weeks. At length slot "k aclvised him to step in and take Sir Charles by ! Part . 'rged to desperation he did so. He rushed into the di 9 ,4 l ent, and there was Sir Charles enjoying otium sine of th te, seated at the fire, with a foot resting op each side dre,„ ..s grate, and in a state of grevions dilapidation and T- R what xhibiting altogether a most ridiculous specfac d e. Baia is the matter l°" said Sir Charles. "I hax , e , ca i le s ," You b a Young thenclek, " daily for six weeks." . I n . w difr e ,, n a ve," said lawyer, and with an expression so 'ti the ,7, 11 t and so comical that our young friend, overcome by laiTole scene burst fairly out into a shout of uncontrol aat,anghter. Sir C. Wetherell did the same. The effect Vh e ,7,l l tul, electrical, and irresistible. Our young friend, ie tyi " ue could command breath, apologised for his rudeness, fak i n g that really he could not help it. " Neither could I," .Sir Charles ; "but in the meantime I am really busy, Dar will call to-morrow I will examine the papers." atia friend had learned wisdom from experience. He a nw ilr ad Sir Charles that unless the papers were examined th,...i t beY would never be. " I believe you are right," said qu`night. H e then seized the document ; and in three arters of an hour he wrote down an opinion which after -I,:ds stood th e t es t o f a protracted suit in Chancery.— Cam .d9e Advertiser. cd /t i AMWAY ADVENTURE.—A romantic young lady, re i,T A not 100 miles from Bourn, contrived a few days sinhYce, theassistance of a little absence of mind, to make more of one these railway indulgencies, and enjoy a greater amount of locomotion on one day's fare, than commonly falls ,:; , our lot to narrate. With no luggage (ladies, hear this !) ;` 4 but little more of the irritainent amalornm than was 5tV the needful ". for " the day . ticket," our heroine left Pe terborough, and in due time arrived in London, where ices, 11 : 1 .. (1 Eomething quite new from Madame T—'s, in Regent et, contributed contributed to exhaust the small resources of the purse ; 1 ,4 the day ticket" is all right, "I shall get comfortably to ,e,tarborough to a late tea." The train leaves Euston-square,. , - "I" our heroine charmed with the day, compos a herself with le t 9vel and a first - class for Peterborough. On they go, and told arrives— train, too, arrives at tation. , "Is t oo P eterborough?"—" This is Rugby,ma'am 1" Alas ! twas ali t tr ue The virtuous hero of the novel was about to corn n,.." suicide when the train divided at Wolverton, and e r our heroine was at Rugby! Here, from the state Winer exchequer, she was obliged to repose on a sofa in es waiting-room - till morn. With promises from the I ncl that she shculd really be conveyed to Peterborough Dorthwith, and that " the day ticket" should still be the pass bott,,,,our heroine starts once more, and now in place of her t 411 a meets with a most agreeable gentleman fellcw lftvelier —a real hero, who soon becomes far more interesting even the martyr at Wolverton the preceding day. Palls'persation progresses , so does the train, till, during a t u n -I ca used perhaps by the introduction of some vulgar n -e r' , head into the carriage, the lady "pars they must ae,;ear P eterborough by this time." " Peterborough !. My eb r i.Th loada tu ., I am afraid you have made a mistake," said her d t A -in g companion, and in the fulness of his heart an , Oeb,raphical information, tells her that she is at Watford 1.14 1 so me eighteen or twenty miles from London again The , was verily the case, and serious misgivings . arese . to It st llla itling and oft-tried virtues of the " day tick et ." as but 4t. la h eld good, and with one more effort Peterborough is tel e• as ‘ f r eached in safety, and our heroine still lives to tell the Li ncolnshire Chronicle. toe. I". Wona.—Mr. Pollock, barrister, left the Crown t to Yesterday month; at a quarter-past ten o cloir, wen ferid" anc hester by railwa g y, attended the Salford sessions, dne the -4 . a prisoner and was again, at two o'clock, performing office for a prisoner in the Crown Court of 1 ,,c--Jave7lrelpool lifercurg• ue Gazette of last night announces that Adjutant . th e a h t i, , Whose name was so conspicuous in connexion with clutri''‘e unfortunate proceedings at Hounslow, has ex• I.4:!ed from the 7th Hussars into the 3d Light Dragoons. at th,..113, ME LnouaNE.—This distinguished nobleman is bas tu ne, and has been for the last ten days, residing at atte_efit, Lamb Close House, in Derbyshire. His Lordship gu4:ad Divine service at the parish church, Greasely, on reg re j• Ile looked extremely well in the face, but was, we Sa Y , varylarne. His Lordship has been on all occa tenautrysitlillight be expected, received by his numerous Ind r e that neighbourhood with a degree of attention grat efu ject which cannot fail of being in the highest degree Tux i to his feelings. --D oncas t er Gazette. EXCHANGE.—The tessellated and Ita tl l lsla hi Turk in the Royal Exchange are now removed, ileettnest s tone that formed the pavement of the Exchange 7 fire i n 183 8 having been substituted. COURT CIRCULAR. Viscount Falkland had an audience of the Queen, on Thursday, at Osborne House, on his return from his Government, at Nova Scotia. The Noble Viscount had also the honour to kiss hands on being appointed Captain of the Yeoman Guard, and received from her Majesty his Gold Stick of Office. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to the Queen, and the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, went on Thursday afternoon, in the char ci Lane, to St. ClaEr. The Hen. Captain (Gordon attended on horseback. The royal children walked and rode in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House in the afternoon. The royal dinner party at Osborne House in the evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and the Earl and Countess of Wilton. Ytsterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con sort took their early walk. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took airings yesterday forenoon. The Hon. Miss Napier, one of the Maids of Honour in Waiting to the Queen, loft Osborne House yesterday afternoon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, arrived at her residence, Marlborough House, Pall-mail, at ten minutes before one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from the Hague. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar accompanied his august relative. Her Majesty landed at Woolwich yesterday morning, from Rotterdam, attended by Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, Captain Taylor, Sir David Da vies, and the Rev. J. R. ood. The Princess of Prussia was attended by the Countess Haack and Count Puckler. Earl Howe (Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Dowager;, the Earl of Denbigh (Master of the Horse), Mr. Bed ford, his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister ; the Chevalier Reumont, Secretary of Lega tion ; and Baron Witzleben (of the household of the Princess of Prussia), received the Queen Dowager and the Princess of Prussia on their landing at Woolwich, and attended the illustrious party to town. His Excellency Prince Callimaki, Envoy Extraordi nary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Sublime Ottoman Porte to the Court of St. James's, arrived yesterday, at the Turkish Embassy, in Bryanstone square. His Excellency is accompanied by his Lady, Princess Callimaki and suite. The Hon. Mr. Bruce, from Hong-Kong, had an inter view with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Solicitor-General had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Mr. C. K. Murray had an interview with the Chan• cellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Colonel Cavendish had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Mr. Archibald Boyd had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey at the Colonial-office. Baron de Brunow, the Russian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Milbank Prison Commission had a meeting yes. terday at Gwydyr House, Whitehall. Mr. Pigot had an interview yesterday with Sir G. Grey at the Home-office. Dispatches from the Governor of New South Wales were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Earl and Countess Spencer have left town for the season. Lieutenant-General Sir Edward and Lady Kerrison, held their annual rural fête on Thursday, at Oakley Park, when the neighbouring gentry and the tenantry were invited to assemble to witness the prizes awarded by the visiting committee to their cottage gardeners and labourers for good conduct, cultivation, and industry. The happy party amounted to one thousand, and after partaking of a good dinner and enjoying the sports of the evening, returned to their homes iu order and thank fulness for the encouragement and .assistance shown to them. BRIGHTON. AUG. 27.—Arrived their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess de Gonzaga, the Rev. W. A. Willmott, Rev. Dr. Buckland, Mrs. Christie, Mr. Charles Young, Captain M. R. Grey, the Hon. Captain Southwel, Mr. J. Bishop, the Rev. Mr. St. Aubyn, Dr. and Mrs. Jeffery, and Dr. Stebbings. THE ROYAL PAVILION AT BRIGHTON. —The following official order was issued yesterday :—" Lord Chamber lain's Office, Aug. 28, 1846.—Notice is hereby given, that the Pavilion, at Brighton, will be closed to visitors, and that no orders to view the same can be available after Saturday, the sth of Sept. next." Mr. Peel, a son of Sir Robert Peel, who had been staying with Mr. Taylor on the Old Steyne, left on Tuesday for Dieppe in the Menai. Sami Pacha and suite took their departure from our Chain Pier yesterday afternoon for Dieppe, by the Menai packet, which had besides about forty passengers. A regatta is shortly to take place, on behalf of the fishermen, for which the High Constable is kindly col lecting subscriptions. The Coast Guard gives their assistance, and it is also said that the Revenue yachts and the Government vessels stationed on the coast for the protection of the fishery will add their presence to the scene. There has been a plentiful supply of trawl•fish during the week, which has sold at very reasonable rates—fine soles and brill from 4d. to 6d. a pound. A few mackarel are still brought in, and fetch sd. each. Rapid progress is making with the King's-road sea wall. It is level with the old road nearly the whole of the distance, and may be expected to be finished within a month. Some sensation was caused on Monday by a number of Chelsea Pensioners (belonging to the Brighton dis trict, entering the town ; each man bearing his musket, and handling it like an old friend. Many of the men were fine-looking old veterans, and some, despite a little stooping, stood full six feet high; others did not pass the military standard for infantry. They are assembled, under the command of Lieut. Hull, for six days' train ing, and have been daily exercised—early in the morning behind the battery house, and at ten o'clock in the Wick fields. Their uniform consists of a blue frock coat and epaulettes, black trowsers with scarlet stripe, blue cap and scarlet band. Their strength is 1 sergeant-major, 3 sergeants, 4 corporals, 60 privates, a drummer and fifer; and there is a band of seven selected from the pen sioners. Their period of service expires to-day.— Brighton Herald. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, Attn. 28. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. AUG. 24. Hawk schooner, William Moore, Esq., from Lon don • Amazon cutter, Sir John Walsb,Bart., M.P., from South ampton. • 27. Sea-Flower cutter, Right Hon. Thomas Gibson, M.P., from London. SAILINGS. AUG. 23. Albatross yawl, Sir Wm. Gallney, Bart., for Torquay and Plymouth ; Flirt schooner, Sir B. R. Graham, Bart., for Torquay and Plymouth ; Avenger cutter, James Saunderson, Esq., for Torquay and Plymouth ; Georgian schooner, William Lyon, Esq., for Brest; Fair Rosamond schooner, Marquis of Blandford, for Brest ; Dream cutter, George Bentinck, Esq., for Plymouth and other ports. 24. Charlotte cutter, Hon. Wm. White Hedges, for Ply mouth ; Frisk cutter, Richard Frankland, Esq., for Plymouth. 25. Brilliant schooner, G. H. Ackers, Esq., for Plymouth; Turquoise cutter, C. H. Coote, Esq., westward ; Osprey cutter, John Petre, Esq., for Portsmouth, to lay up. 27 Pearl cutter, Marquis of Anglesey, for Plymouth. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Schooners—Fairy Queen, Xarifa, Camilla, Maud, Magic ; Hawk. Cutters—Sparrowhawk, Emerald, Drift, Dryad, Forest-fly Medina, Amazon, Witch, Adelaide, Intrepid, Wave, Susan. LORD FITZHARDINGE'S CUP. The following members of his Lordship's squadron have entered their yachts for the silver cup which he has given to be sailed for to-morrow (Saturday) :—Lord W. Lennox, the Hon. A. Berkeley, A. Fonbianque, Esq., Captain Claxton, R.N., and the Right Hon. M. Gibson. With a good breeze, we hope to have one of the best matches of the season. His Lordship keeps up the spirit of yatching ; with him there is no flagging, and the public are much indebted to him for the treats his squadron daily present to those who have a taste for yacht sailing. Lord A. Paget also sails two of his yachts, the Albacore and the Belvidere. Her Majesty in the char-a-bane, and the Prince on horse back, crossed over in the fen-y boat, having taken a carriage airing through-Newport, going by the East Cowes road, and returning by the west. His Royal Highness Prince Albert celebrates his birthday to-morrow, by giving a dinner to all the workmen (about 300) employed at Osborne : they are to dine on the lawn fronting the Palace. The band of the 74th attends. The Earl and Countess of Wilton and the Duke of Meck lenburg were to have dined with G. H. Ward, Esq., yesterday, but received the command from her Majesty to join the royal dinner circle. The Duke of Beaufort had invited a large party to dine with him to-day, but received a similar notice to attend at the Palace. THE PEEL TESTIMONIAL.—The appeal made by The Sun to the people of England to subscribe their pence, has been cheerfully responded to by the visitors to " Newell's Com mercial Room.' We have no doubt the example will be fol lowed by the attendants to the other public rooms in the town. Our town has been thrown into a good deal of concern by the body of a child having been found under the quay at the lower end of the town. An inquest was held on it, but no evidence appearing to direct the jurors, they merely returned a verdict of " Found dead." A girl of the name of Chissell, servant to Mr. Toovey, surgeon, of this town, has since been taken up, and acknowledged to having been delivered of a still- born child by Mr. Toovey's assistant, about a fortnight since; that she kept it in the house till Sunday evening, when, there being an execution in the house, and fearing the room it was in would be entered by the officer, she threw it over the Fountain Quay. Bain, the assistant, gave evidence to the same effect, and added that Mr. Toovey was from home on the Sunday evening on which the girl was delivered, and did not return till the Wednesday, when he told him all the particulars, and also his father. He had not mentioned the circumstance to any one else. It was a six months' child. He considered, having told his master, it was in his master's hands. Another examination took place on the following day, and the girl was committed to take her trial at the assizes for concealing the birth. Mr. Toovey is said to be in London : his house is closed. The system upon which the present Government is acting in its colonial appointments is eminently satisfactory. Instead of being given, as has hitherto been almost uniformly the practice, to the partisans of the Minister, they have in ever y recent instance been made the rewards of efficient pu blic service, and in this respect partake rather the character of promotions t han appointments. Thus, Lord Elgin, after acting with much ability as Governor of Jamaica, has been a pp o inted to the more important post of Governor-General of Canada; Sir C. E. Grey, late Governor of Barbadoes, will succeed Lord Elgin in Jamaicai while Lieutenant-Governor Colonel Reid, from Bermuda, will replace Sir C. E. Grey; and be himself succeeded at Bermuda by Captain Elliott. The only fresh appointment is, therefore, to the least im portant post, and the principle is established that a colonial governor by an able and diligent discharge of his duty may rise through regular gradations to the highest honours and emoluments of the department.—Times. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1846. THE LATE REFORMATION IN GERMANY. A public meeting was lield last night, in the Hanover square Rooms, to receive the Rev. Johannes Czerski, and the Rev. A. Posse, late priests in the Roman Catho lic Church in Germany, from which they have:seceded, ar.d to hear addresses from them on the Reform move ment which exists in Germany. On the platform were Dr. Henderson, Dr. Conquest, Rev. R. Herschel], Dr. Tholuck, of Halle ' - Rev. W. Chave, J. D. Paul, Esq. , the Hon. and Rev. Orlando Forrester. The Right Hon. W. COWPER, in the unavoidable ab sence of Lord Ashley, took the chair. The Rev. RIDLEY HERSCHELL, a native of Germany, briefly referred to some charges which bad been made against Mr. Czerski—first that he had received money from England for the objects of the Reform movement and had given no account, whereas he said he had re ceived only 101. from one individual, and that had been given him for his own use ; and, second, that he had agreed on a confession, and signed it in the company of Rouge, whom he now repudiated. But the fact w as , that though a meeting had taken place between Rouge and Czerski, it was incidental, and no confession of faith was written or agreed to. The charges, he said, were unfounded. Mr. Herschell then said he would do his best to translate into English Mr. Czerski's address to the meeting, as neither that gentleman nor Mr. Posse coula express themselves in the English language. The Rev. J. CZERSILI here addressed the meeting. He said the sympathy which be had met with in this country, and at that meeting, as a weak instrument in this work of God, gave him great joy ; he prized this the more that hearty union among the friends of evange lical religion was especiully necessary at this day, in order to repel and overcome the efforts being made by the Roman Catholic Church to extend her do minion. He considered her to be the enemy of truth, notwithstanding that she vaunted herself to be the only true church, within the pale of which alone salvation could be found ; fur his part, he and the friends he saw around him, would not serve, the prince of this world who had set himself in the place of God, and said, "I am God!" The inventions of men had darkened the sun of heaven ; the words in which God had revealed himself had been forbidden by the Roman Catholic priesthood, who set themselves up as mediators, and said, the merits of Christ could be reached only through them. The effect was, that there existed much outside religion, without anything of the spiritof Christianity. While he was yet a priest he pitied the darkness and the ignorance of the people, and directed them to the Scriptures. In the cathedral of Posen he first began to, preach to the con gregation. He was reproved by the hierarchical autho rities for doing so, and when he would not consent to desist, he was sent away to a small village. He preached there also, and was, in consequence, subjected to another removal. This time they sent him to Schenan Muhl, the population of which is German, and as he (Mr. Czerski) was a Pole, they hoped they had effectually stopped his preaching. He however used what efforts he could, and in three months after he had the gratification to see the people searching the Bible and comparing it with the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. By-and-bye he left the Romish com munity, and ten went with him, and became the nucleus of the first reformed congregation. Four weeks after this secession came out the letters of Ronge against the Holy Coat of Treves. He saluted M. Ronge as a fellow warrior against Rome and her traditions, and a friend of truth. Subsequent to this the movement spread rapidly, and many congregations in the larger towns were formed of those who had seceded from the Roman Church. When the Roman Catholics saw the dangers they were likely to encounter they used every effort to get him back to their communion, they used both promises and threats ; and it was resolved by them to enter his house and carry him off to prison privately, on a night fixed for the purpose. Their intention, however, was frus trated, by the watchman communicating information of it to him. Six months after this the seceders held a general synod at Leipsic. He attended this, thinking that, by forming themselves into a church, combination would be a source of strength ; but what was his grief when he found that the greater number of them at that synod had turned their back upon Christ. They had not merely parted with the symbols of scriptural doctrines, but they even spoke of throwing away the Scriptures themselves. They framed a confession, also, but he could not sign it—he could not re cognise it as a Christian confession. He him self, therefore, a month later, published a confession of faith among the Christian Catholics (for the Rouge party are called the German Catholics), and the con sequence was that a split occurred. The German Catholics sacrificed to their reason on the altar, the others held the faith of Christ; there was yet a hope of change and union, but a Dr. liners incited them against allying themselves to the truth. He said since he had left the Roman Catholic Church he found that he was sinful and needed the grace of God ; before he was a forgiver of sins, but now, in his heart, he felt he needed forgiveness himself, and that could be obtained from God alone. M. Czerski apologised to the meeting for his address, and excused himself, on the ground oof ill ness, from proceeding. He handed over to the Chair man an English translation of some extracts from the ordination service in the Evangelical Church in Prussia, and said he adhered to the doctrines there avowed as his confession of faith. _ _ _ -- ----- The CHAIRMAN then read it to the meeting as follows: " DECLARATION, " To be inserted in the Form of Ordination of Candidates of the Evangelical Church of Prussia. Proposed and Voted by the General Synod at Berlin, August 1846. "He who is lawfully called to the office of teaching in the Evangelical Church, and is to be consecrated thereto by prayer and the imposition of hands, must publicly declare that he stands in the common faith of the church, and therefore, in the first place, " Tbat he will neither take his own opinions, nor any commandments of men whatsoever, but the word of God in the prophetical and apostolical writings, for the rule of his teaching. " Next, that under God's assistance he will continue faithfully and diligently in that interpretation of Holy Scripture, which is carried on according to the laws of language by the Holy Spirit, in unison with the Confes sions of the Universal Church, and with the Confessional Books of the Evangelical Church, as testimonies of the fundamental facts and fundamental truths of our salva tion, and as types of sound doctrine." (Here follows the answer of him who is to be ordered to the question fcr his assent.) "And since these fundamental facts and truths consist chiefly in the following, I ask you, Whether you, with the Universal Church upon earth, confess God the- Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost ? " Next, whether, with the whole Evangelical Church, you do, in the first place, confess Jesus Christ, the only begotton Son of God, who emptied himself and took upon him the form of a servant, as the only mediator, seeing that, as a prophet sent by God, mighty in words and works, he has proclaimed peace, and as our eternal high-priest has by his death reconciled us to God, being delivered for our offences, and raised again for our justification, whereupon he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on High, and reigns for ever as the head of the church, which he gathers and preserves by means of His word and sacraments through the Holy Ghostovho, being sent by Him into our hearts, teaches us to call Jesus our Lord, and to know the grace which is given to us in Him? " Secondly, Whether you, through faith in these glad tidings of the free grace of God in his Beloved Son, will acknowledge and confess that we are all sinners, but become children of God through faith in Christ, in whom we being justified before God through grace, without merit of works, have the pledge of an imperish able inheritance, which is laid up in heaven ; and that we, through the same faith, which worketh by love, and bringing forth the fruits of the spirit, are prepared by the daily renewing of our hearts for the day of Jesus Christ ? (Here follows the secondyes of him who is to be ordered.) The Rev. Dr. Tholuck and the Rev. A. Posse after wards addressed the meeting. The CHAIRMAN, at the close of the last speaker's ad dress, said they had witnessed that evening a most touch ing scene ; they had seen these two brethren, who had been wont to perform in the pompous ceremonies of Rome, coming forward to witness a good confession in this populous city. It was rare to hear such as M. Czerski declaring his adherence to the confession which had been read, a document which would appear more excellent the longer it was reflects Upon—excellent for what it contained and for what it omitted. He proposed that they should give these men the token of their sym pathy, and of the interest which they felt in their struggles against Romish persecution ; and called on the Rev. R. Herschel], who engaged in prayer. The meeting, which was very numerous, then separated. ACClDENTS.—Yesterday, between five and six o'clock, as a little girl, named Emily Sarjent, aged about three years, living at No. 4, Wood-street, Princes -road, Lambeth, was playing opposite her mother's door, a cart heavily laden, belonging to Messrs. Rogers, cheesemongers, Spitalfields, passed down the street, and before the child could get out of the way she was knocked down and the wheel went over her head, spattering her brains in the road. The driver was im mediately taken into custody, and the body was taken to Lambeth workhouse adjacent, there to await the result of a c t w o r e o e n n e r ' L s n i n d q o u n e - s b t r . d g T e h e a n R d a P i n u b t o n w e y s , t e o a n m a e r r , r , v w i n h o i c h at p C I e s h e l b s e e- a pier, was found to be sinking, to the consternation of the passengers. Citizen steam-boat B being present, took the passengers out and conveyed them to the various piers. It was then ascertained that an anchor, by which one of the pier barges at Wandsworth was moored, caught the bottom of the Rainbow and forced a very large hole in her. She was immediately run alongside the pier for repairs. On board the Edward, a brig, from Lynn, laden with slate, lying off Cotton's-wharf, a boy, named oseph Dowdy, was assisting to get the cargo out of the hold, when a piece of slate, of about a ton weight, fell from the crane, which, in its descent, knocked him down the hold and fell upon bim, crushing him frightfully. He was carried to the accident-ward of Guy's Hospital, and was alive, though dreadfully injured, at a late hour last night. EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.—On Saturday morning last, as a chimney-sweeper was engaged in cleaning the front parlour chimney of Mr. William Theakstone, pawnbroker, Ettrick-place, Grey-street, in this town, he discovered among the soot several pieces of hard substance, resembling in ap pearance the fragments of a cocoa-nut shell, which, upon inspection, were found to be part of an infant's skull, having hair attached to it. On further examination, there were found concealed in a hole in the lower part of the chimney, above the fire-place, the remains of an infant skeleton, but in a state of decay, all encrusted with soot and dirt, and so affected by the action of the heat, as to crumble to pieces by the least pressure. It was impossible to ascertain whether it was the skeleton of a male or female, and there was no clue to show how long it had lain, but it must have been con cealed for many years. Mr. Theakstone has occupied the house nearly two years, and as a fire was seldom kept on in the room, he had never had the chimney swept before. It was swept about four years ago by a former occupier. An inquest was held on view of the remains, and a verdict re turned of "Found concealed in a chimney, but under what circumstances deposited there is no evidence to show".—Sun derland Herald. The East India House Museum closes to the public this day, and will not be re-opened till the 3d of October next. THE SALT MONOPOLY. The salt monopoly of India haS been often 'noticed under this head as a subject of serious complaint in the local papers. The Serampore journal, the Friend of India, well known for the knowledge it displays of com merce and statistics, has particularly distinguished itself as an advocate for the admission of British salt, and the consequent abolition of the present monopoly, which con fines the population of India to the salt taken from the shores of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf. Hitherto we have mentioned the monopoly as a matter of local complaint only, arld the notice of the subject has been confined to occasions when the Indian papers have arrived. Now, however, the question has changed its character, and appears as one which is taken up with great warmth by the salt trade of this country. They are convinced of the fact that England can supply India with salt to an unlimited amount, to the great benefit of both countries, and they grow restless at the obstacle which the salt monopoly places in their way. The following resolutions, passed at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the white salt trade, held at Northwich on the lath inst., will clearly show the state of feeling on the subject : " It being higly desirable for the interests of the salt trade of this country that the Indian markets (whose annual consumption is at least 250,000 to 300,000 tons) should be fairly opened for the admission of British manufactured salt, which can be supplied of a far purer quality, and at much lower rates, than that produced under the East India Company system : " Resolved, that each salt manufacturer in Cheshire and Worcestershire be requested to use his personal interest, individually as well as collectively, to abolish a monopoly so injurious to the interests of the salt trade of England. " That, as the admission of British salt into India in- timately affects not only the price, but also the supply of Bengal sugars, and is likewise f the greatest import ance to the shipowners and manufacturers of this country, it is advisable that a letter be drawn up and forwarded by the Chairman of the Salt Chamber of Commerce to the Chairman of the Shipowners' Association in London and Liverpool—the East India and China Association—the Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, and Glasgow Chambers of Commerce—re questing their aid and assistance, separately and col lectively, as well as that of the individual members of the various chambers and associations over which they preside in order to abolish a monopoly so fraught with mischief to the manufacturing, shipping, and commercial interests of England, as well as so injurious to the moral, domestic, and political economy of the people of India ; and in order that an accurate knowledge may generally be diffused of the working and effects of the salt mono poly in India, 150 copies of Mr. D. C. Aylwin's Salt Pamphlet be forwarded to each of the above gentlemen, with a request that they will distribute them amongst such shipowners, manufacturers, sugar, refiners, and merchants, as they may deem most interested in the Indian trade, or most likely to take up and advocate this question. " That, as it is desirable the Board of Control should be petitioned prior to applying to Parliament for redress, a deputation from the salt proprietors of England shall as soon as possible be formed ; -and that this Chamber be requested to place itself in communication with the ctairman of thel Shipowners' Association in London and Liverpool—the East India and China Associations— the Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, and Glasgow Cham bers of Commerce, to request their active co-operation in submitting to their various chambers and associa tions the prcpriety of uniting in one common body, to petition the Board of Control to abolish a monopoly which is equally prejudicial to the interests of all. " That circular letters, with the above resolutions at tached, be forwarded to each member of the salt trade, with a request that, with as little delay as possible, a list may be furnished to the Chamber of Commerce of such individuals to whom each member may wish a copy of Mr. Aylwin's Salt Pamphlet to be forwarded. " That a general meeting of the salt trade of Eng land be called for Monday, August 31, at the Angel Inn, Northwich, at one o'clock; and " That Mr. Aylwin be respectfully requested to attend such meeting. " W. WORTHINGTON, Chairman." It will be perceived that a . paniphlet by Mr. Aylwin s mentioned as of peculiar importance. This is a quarto work, in which the information relative to the salt monopoly, and its effect on the most varied inte rests, has been collected with the greatest diligence, every fact which it contains being borne out by a reference to the most extensive tables. For the purpose of collecting this information, Mr. Aylwin went from England to Calcutta, and there from resi dent merchants obtained the great mass of material which he now lays before the commercial public. The pamphlet being of rather formidable dimensions, though excessively interesting to all who are prac tically concerned with the subject, Mr. Aylwin has added another, of smaller size, that exhibits at a glance the salient points of the case. As his object is to spread his views as widely as possible, this is a judicious proceed ing ; but, nevertheless, all who wish to make themselves acquainted with the question—and it is a very important one, with the most various bearings—should peruse the larger production in addition to the abridgment. In the first place, the question is treated as one of re venue, and here the principle is laid down that if the Government of India has not netted 3 rupees per inaund (the duty on imported salt), the salt moiopoly causes a loss to the Treasury. Now, it appears that the total amount of salt manufactured by the East India Company between the years 1793.4 and 1844-5 (including a com paratively small amount imported) was not less than .237,347,544 mounds, which, at 3 rupees per maund, would have yielded- the Government a revenue of 712,042,662 rupees, whereas the revenue actually realised does not exceed 606,268,280 rupees, thereby showing a loss by manufacturing of no less than 105,774,382 rupees, or upwards of 10,500,000/. sterling. By a comparison of the state of the population at two different periods a new result is obtained, which bears greatly upon the philanthropic view of the question. From the year 1813-14 to the to the year 1844-5, the population has increased 50 per cent., whereas in the same time the amount of salt manufactured by the East India Company has only advanced at the rate of 6 per cent., although the consumption of imported articles has kept pace with the increased number of the people. In case this fact should not be sufficiently valued, from a notion that salt is not so absolutely necessary to the In dian population, it is as well to quote the opinion on this matter of the late Rammohun Roy : " As salt has by long habit become an absolute neces sary of life, the poorest peasants are ready to sur render everything else in order to procure a small pro portion of this article, though the dearth of the salt is felt by the whole community ; and the people in general are therefore obliged to make use of a bad quality, and few, comparatively, are able to incur the expense of pro curing it in a purer form. "As the food of the people in Bengal consists chiefly of boiled rice, which is, by itself, a most insipid kind of food, salt, and the ingredients dressed with salt, are used to season the rice, and render it palatable. The rice is usually eaten with what the Hindoos call byunyun or turkaree, and the Mussulmans salun; that is, something such as a little fish, or d a l ( a ki n d f dressed pease), or vegetables, according to their abilities to procure these articles. But as they have been long accustomed to the use of salt, the high cost of this ingredient sometimes obliges the poor people to give up their byunyun or salun to procure it, and eat their rice with salt alone. " Salt being, as I already observed, an absolute neces sary of life, is now purchased, even by the poorest in dividuals, at the sacrifice of every other kind of ri season rendered cheaper and better, it must greatly promote the ing and eatable but common comforts of the people. Ido not know that it , the staff of life. If salt were would immediately cause a very considerable increase of consumption, but, to a certain extent it would undoubt edly; and, from its cheapness, its use may be again ex tended by the people in seasoning the food of cattle, for which purpose formerly large quantities were used. The poorer classes, at any rate, would not in this case be compelled to' sacrifice any other comfort in order to procure it. " As I understand, the price of salt is here about one-fourth of what it is in India ; therefore there is no doubt that the natives of India would be very glad to purchase English salt, if imported, excepting, perhaps, a very few professional Brahmins. The bulk of the people would make no distinction between the salt which is home made and that which is imported. One-fourth (if not one-third) of the soda-water manufactured in Calcutta by Europeans is, I think, used by the natives residing in Calcutta and its suburbs, and also a conside rable portion of the liquors imported from Europe, " The adulteration of the salt is carried to an enor mous extent, by mixing it with one-third, or even one half of earth, until, instead of being like salt, it more resembles the earth of which it is partly composed. Per sons in comfortable circumstances generally purify it, by manufacturing it over again before they use it, or purchase it already refined, often at double the common price ; but the poorer classes cannot afford the expense of either." The fact is, the deficiency of salt is in some measure supplied by smuggling, for which the extensive frontier affords the greatest facilities. Still, however, setting aside the consideration thkt smuggling is invariably at tended with the most immoral consequences, the Indians appear to be most scantily supplied with this very neces sary article, and the indirect effect of the high price of salt, and the indigence of the people, is considered by Mr. Aylwin to be a cause of the decline in the exporta tion of sugar : " To what is this remarkable decline to be attributed? Has the demand decreased? Is the profit on the pro duction lessened? Have fresh competitors arisen? Have new duties on exportation or importation been imposed in England or in India, to check the enterprise of the Bengal grower? Has the consuming population dimi nished? Or, in fact, has any rational cause ever been assigned to account for this mercantile phenomenon? I answer confidently and emphatically in the negative : none of the above-mentioned causes have arisen. India enjoys the same advantages that she did in 1840-41 ; but she iS unhappily not in a condition to avail herself of them. She is not enabled to put forth and show her capabilities of production, while the industry and energy of her vast labouring population are paralysed, as they now are, by the oppression and injustice of the salt mo nopoly. There are limits to the extent of human labour; and while that is strained to the uttermost to provide the means of obtaining the bare essentials of existence, no Margin is left for the application of time, labour, and capital in order to procure clothing, which by the poorer Hindoo, I grieve to sal, is now r egar d e d as mere l y one of the luxuries of lif e. The shipping interest are also concerned in the ques tion, as is shown by the following extract from the short pamphlet: — "Of the wonderful advantage that will accrue to British shipping from such an increase in the export trade to India, it is impossible to form an estimate. A complete revolution, in fact, will be effected in the condi tion of the India shipowner, now struggling with the serious and almost paralysing influence of steam. Owing to : - the balance of the export trade being at present in favour of India, the average freight of dead weight from Calcutta' to London, from 1840 to 1845- inclusive, has been 41.75. 7 d. , and of light goods, 31. 14s. 64d., while ship ments from this country to the East, of metals and otber goods, have been generally effected at from 15s. to 255., and sometimes even so low as Gs. per ton. Our ship owners, indeed, have been glad to take what they could get for an outward cargo, trusting for profit entirely to the homeward voyage." Altogether, a subject of very wide importance appears to be opening to the commercial, and indeed to the genera), public of this country.-7 imes' City Article. THE LATE DEATHS FROM POI- SONOUS BERRIES. John Hilliard, the man charged with vending the poi sonous berries which caused the death of Thomas Parker, and the child Jones, "was again examined on the charge of manslaughter, at the Thames Police-court. Mrs. Parker repeated the testimony which she gave on her previous examinations, and proved that the pri soner pressed the fruit upon her by the strongest recom mendations as to its agreeable flavour, as well as its wholesome qualities. He said he brought the barits from a long distance, and that they were just then very scarce. In describing the effect which the poison pro duced, she said that soon after eating the berries her fingers tingled, and her knees gave way, so as that she felt as if she was dropping down. Her tongue swelled, her throat became dry, and she lost the power of utter ance. She then became insensible, and was, as she un derstood, removed to the London Hospital ; but she re collected nothing more until she found herself in bed there the next morning. Her husband was there also, and died whilst she was with him. Mr. William Prophet, surgeon, Church-lane, White chapel, repeated the evidence hich has already been published. describing the various effects which the action of the poison produced. George Birch, 105 B, apprehended the prisoner on the 20th instant at Stratton-ground, Westminster, He was selling blackberries at the time. Witness told him that he suspected him to the person who had sold poi sonous berries in Whitechapel. Witness took him to the station, where he denied all knowledge of the poi sonous berries, and said that he had not sold berries in White, chapel, adding that he had heard of Whitechapel, but did not know the way there. He further said that he had gathered and sold herbs and berries fur the last twenty years, and ought therefore to know what was fruit and what was not. At Whitechapel he showed witness the way to the station, and admitted that he knew every turning about the place. John 'Williams, gas fitter, 2, Wellington-street, Black friars-road, and John Lambert, 24, Pear- tree-street, Waterloo-road, proved having also bought some berries from the prisoner. When selling them he said they were beautiful fruit, and fit to make pies and puddings. They were both subsequently seriously affected after eating them. Elizabeth Tappin, 5, Upper Somerford street, stated that on Saturday week the man came up with his black berries and what he called dewberries. A young man who lodged in the house came to the door and told the prisoner that the berries were poison, cautioning the witness not to buy them. He said to the prisoner, "If you are a countryman at all, you ought to know that they are poison." He at the same time explained to the prisoner what they were, and in what places they grew. The prisoner said they are ripe and sweet and fit to eat, but the lodger again contradicted hith saying, " Yes, I know they are sweet, but they are rank poison." Wit ness declined purchasing them, and the prisoner went on still crying out " berries." - . Mr. Donegan, who had charge of the case, was pre pared with a host of supplementary evidence, but in the then stage of the case it was not deemed deirable to en cumber the inquiry with any extraneous matter. He was, however, directed to keep together all the substan tial evidence which he could collect, there being some doubt as to whether the prisoner should be committed on the charge of murder or manslaughter. The prisoner was ultimately remanded until next Saturday. The in quiry, which occupied five hours, excited the most in tense interest, and the court was crowded with persons anxious to hear the details of the evidence. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TEAFYIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week In the previous year : .b 4 W ee k Last . 0 ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. a Aug. 22 Arbroath and Forfar ••••••-• • • • • • • • 274 228 - Bristol and Birmingham .•••••• • • • • • • - 21 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••• • • • • • • 715 - 7711 10 Dublin and Drogheda. •••••••• • • • • • • • 975 1,006 25 Dublin and Kingstown ••••••• • • • • • • • 1,140 1,226 23 Dundee and Arbroath .••••••• • • • • • • • 335 346 22 Durham and Sunderland .••• • • • ••• •• • 541 467 22 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• • • • • • • 4,373 3,098 23 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 8,826 5,190 23 Eastern Union •••• • • • • • ... •••• • • • • 478 - 22 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 2,878 2,471 22 Glasgow and Greenock •.••••• • • • • • • 17,104 1, 1 30 22 Gravesend and Rochester. •.•••• • • • • • 304 - 23 Great Western .••••••••• • • • .. • 22 Hartlepool • • 22 London and North Western, &c ..... 47,656 44,657 23 London and Blackwa11. •. • • 22 London and Brighton .• . .••.• • • • • • 9,896 ' 7,662 - Londoa and Croydon .•••••• • • • • • • - 23 London and South Western. •••• • • • • 7,809 8,523 23 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury • • • . 1,262 981 - Manchester and Birmingham •.•• • • • • - 22 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. 7,974 7,777 22 Midland Counties ...••••••• . • • • • • • • • 20,941 17,944 22 Newcastle and Darlington • • •• • ... 3.290 2,855 22 Newcastle and Carlisle • • - Newcastle and North Shields •• • . - 516 23 Norfolk. -• . ........ ............... 1,719 1,331 22 North British .. •••••••• • • • • • • • .... • 2,249 - - North Union and Bolton and Preston - - Paris, Corbeil, and 0r1ean5..........- 6,646 24 Paris and Rouen. •• • • ............ 8,083 7,210 22 Preston and Wyre. •••• • • • • ... 1,320 1,212 - Richmond .••• • .. 22 Sheffield and Manchester ............ 2,404 1,641 22 South Eastern.. . 10,544 8,823 21 South Devon ........ . 1,066 22 Taff Vale • ..... .. 1,393 1,200 636 664 22 York and North Midland, .......... 8,351 6,578 FATAL ACCIDENT IN CHEAPSIDE —On Thursday night Mr. J. Payne, the deputy-coroner, held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of John Price, lately residing at No. 13, Lambeth-hill, Upper Thames street. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was a coffee-roaster, and on the night of Monday last, while in the act of crossing the carriage-way, Cheapside, he was knocked down by one of Messrs. Chaplin and Home's heavily laden waggons, and before the driver could stop the horses the near fore wheel passed over his body. He was raised up by the foot passengers, placed in a cab, and conveyed to the above hospital, where he died on Wednesday night from the effects of severe injury to the lower part of the abdomen, compound commuted fracture of the right hand, and rupture of the bladder and pelvis. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death."_ An inquest was held yesterday at the London Hos pital, by Mr. W. Baker, jun., touching the death of Thomas Silby, aged twenty-seven, a carman in the the employ of Mr. Sedger, cowkeeper, of Rotherhithe. On Wednesday evening deceased was driving a waggon, drawn by three horses, and laden with an iron tank, from his master's house in Rotherithe to Bow-common, in Devonshire-street, Mile end-road ; he attempted to get on the shafts, and in doing so, he fell under the wheels, his head being crushed in a frightful manner. Verdict—" Accidental death." THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.—Tuesday next will call our sporting friends to the field, and from all we learn there is a most satisfactory prospect for them—a promise of fair autumn weather, a clear country, and plenty of game. The spring being favourable, the birds were hatched early, and, consequently, they are forward, wild, we are told, and strong on the wing; but the coveys are large, and as the sportsman will this year be nowhere impeded by the whet ting of scythes and the rumbling of harvest waggons—in fact, having "the country all before him where to choose," except where some grim gamekeeper growls Cerberus-like round the winged ones, they will have little difficulty in fill ing their game bags ; and we hope the successful will not forget to discharge their obligations to their friends as well as their barrels.—Chelmsford Chronicle. THE LATE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA, AND PRINCE ALBERT'S Cur.—ln consequence of a protest having been entered by some of the competitors in the sailing match for this cup, against it being awarded to R. Carnac,l3aronet, the owner of the yacht Heroine (the alleged winner), on the grounds that the start was not an equal one, and that the Heroine nearly ran into the Drift when rounding the flag boat. The subject has caused a good deal of dispute, and the Duke of Beaufort will claim the cup, and hand it over to the committe to be sailed for in a future match. FATAL COLLlSlON.—Yesterday evening, between five and six o'clock, several gentlemen were sailing on the river in a smart yacht, of about nine tons burthen, and in tacking off Vauxhall she_came in violent collision with a small skiff, in which were three persons, named Gerard, Walker, and Nurse, who live together in the Belvidere-road, who were proceeding up the river to Mortlake, to spend the evening with a relation. The skiff almost instantly filled and went down, leaving the three unfortunate persons struggling in the water. An alarm was instantly given, and several per sons rowed to the spot, and succeeded in rescuing Walker and Nurse, after they had sunk several times. Unfortunately Mr. Gerard was never seen to rise again. The yacht was instantly put about, and rendered every assistance in their power. - go blame whatever could be attached to the persons in her. The drags were used as soon as possible, but the body could not be found. THE MENAI TUNNEL.—INTERESTING QUESTION.- Have any calculations been made as to the probable effect likely to be produced by a heavy gale of wind, either from the south-west, or north-east, on the proposed structure? We have had ample proof of its destructive character upon suspension bridges similarly exposed, presenting, compara tively speaking, a small surface to the action of that powerful and at times irresistible element, whereas this tubular bridge is to be 450 feet long, 30 feet high, and 15 feet wide, offering 13,500 square feet of rigid surface (exclusive of the width under the roading) to its resistance. With every confidence in the genius, capacity, and talent of the eminent man who designed the tubular bridge, further and more satisfactory information would be exceedingly interesting to the profes sion, and I have no doubt to the public at large.—Correspon dent of the Builder. A lamentable proof of how far the force of the ima gination will lead a person was given on Friday last at Sois sons. A pastry-cook of that place, named Dodment, while fishing on the banks of the river, suddenly fancied he heard a voice saying, " You will hang yourself, you will hang your self." Tormented by the sound which never ceased ringing in his ears, he returned home and communicated the cir cumstance to his wife, who endeavoured to convince him that the voice was only imaginary. Dodment, however, persisted in saying that he still heard it. His wife then becoming alarmed at the state of her husband's mind, ran to seek one of her sisters who resided near, and, on her return after only a few minutes absence, found her husband hanging in an outhouse. A MAD BULL IN LINCOLN'S INN-FlELDS.—Yester day afternoon, between the hours of three and four o'clock, the neighbourhood of Lincoln's Inn•fields was thrown into a state of considerable alarm and excitement in consequence of the sudden appearance of a mad bull, which ran round the fields several times in the most furious way. The infuriated animal had broken loose from some slaughter-house in Clare market, and upwards of half an hour elapsed before it could be secured. _ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STOCKTON RACES.—THURSDAY. The Tees Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 20 added; for 2 yrs old colt, Bst 41b; and fillies Bst llb ; winners of 1001., 31b extra. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.) Mr. Dawson's cby D'Egville dby H. Clinker (Lye) 1 Mr. Pedley's Pocket Venus 2 Mr. 11. Stebbiug's Brodie Mr. J. Scott's Melsr ta 4 Mr. Jaques's Miss Martin Even on D'Egville Junior. Won cleverly. The Member's Plate of 50/., added to a handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared ; the second to save his stake. Twice round. (16 Subs., 8 paid.) Mr. Standish's Little Hampton, 5 yrs 7st 21b ...(Francis) 1 Mr. Bowes's Ukraine, 3 yrs, sst 91b 31r. Bainbrigg's Lady Claremont, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 3 Mr. Johnstone's Sir Henry, 4 yrs, 7st sto 4 agst Little Hampton. \Von cleverly by a length. The Corporation Plate, of 25 sovs, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each. 3 yrs, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst ; 5 yrs, Bst 61b ; 6 yrs, Oat 2:b; and aged, Bst 121 b. Heats. Once round and a distance. (3 Subs.) Mr. Bowes' Forget-me-not, 3 yrs (Charlton) 1 1 Mr. Fox's Waxholme, 3 yrs `Von ear The Tibbersley Stakes, of 10 sovs each, h ft, and 15 added; for 3 yrs old, 9st 41b; 4 yrs, lOst 71b; 5 yrs, list 21b; 6 yre, llst 71b; and aged, llst 91b. One mile and a half. (2 Subs.) Gentlemen riders. Mr. S. L. Fox's Psahnsinger, 4 yrs (Mr. Robinson) 1 Mr. Dawson's Obscurity, 5 yrs A fitte race. HUNTINGDON RACES.—THURSDAY. The Hitchinbrook Plate of 50/., for three yrs old, &c. ; the winner to be sold for 1501. Heats, once round. Gen. Grosvenor's Scarlet Runner, 4 yrs (Edwards) 3 1 1 Mr. Hobsan's Chatham, 4 yrs, Bst 61b Mr. Stevenson's fby Montreal—Balance, 3 yrs The Huntingdonshire Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 ft only if declared, with 50 added. Two miles. (17 Subs., 9 of whom declared.) Lord Sandwich's Plantagenet, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Sly) 1 Lord Eglinton's Britannia, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Wigram's Kesheng, 4 yrs, Bst 51b ..... ....... Colonel Peel's I- am-not-aware, aged, 7st 101 b Mr. Ward nd Venus, 4 yrs, 7st Mr. Onslow's Ruff, 4 yrs, 7st 12Ib Won by a head, after a very fine race. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. The winner to be sold for 300/. Heats, one mile. (6 Subs.) Colonel Peel's Samphire, 3 yrs, Bst 21h.......(Nat) 1 3 1 Lord G. Bentinek's Binnacle, Bst 81b 3 1 2 Mr. Thornhill nd Sharpshooter, Bst 81b 2 2 3 Mr. Batten's Sir Harry Smith, Bst 41b 6 4 dr Mr. Baring nd Sis to Redcap, Bst 21b 4 dr Mr. Berefbrd's Nutleaf, Bst 51b 5 dr Two Years Old Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added ; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. Last half-mile. Second saves his stake. (7 Subs.) Colonel Peel's Vert-Vert, Bst 41b ......(Nat) 1 Mr. Stevenson's Doctrine, Bst 91b ECEIVED THIS DAY.) BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. LEAMINGTON STAKES.-9 to 2 agst Mongrel-5 to 1 agst Sister to Pergularia (t)-7 to 1 agst Telemachus (t)-10 to 1 agst Morocco (t). ST. LEGER.-6 to 1 agst The Traverser-6 to 1 agst Bro cardo-7 to 1 agst Sir Tatton Sykes (t)-12 to 1 agst Fancy Boy-13 to 1 agst lago-20 to 1 agst Poynton-20 to 1 agst Grimston-20 to 1 agst Free Lance-33 to 1 agst Erin-go bragh-33 to 1 agst Dolo-50 to 1 agst Sting-50 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First-5 to 2 agst Dawson's lot. THE GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES.-8 to 1 agst Morpeth— to 1 agst Quadruped. TIVERTON RACES.—TITURSDAY. The Ladies' Plate of 20/., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 SON'S. each. Heats, once round. (3 Subs.) Mr. King's Flash of Lightning, 3 yrs, lOst 31b 0 2 1 1 Mr. Parr's Felix, 3 yrs, 9st 121 b 0 1 3 dr Mr. Waring's Rosa, 4 yrs, list 81b 3 3 2 dr The first was a dead heat, the others were won cleverly. The Great North Devon Stakes of 10 soya. each. (8 Subs.) Mr. Hook's Buttress, 3 yrs The Borough Members' Plate of 50/., added to aSweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Heats, twice round. Mr. Parr's Dulcet, 4 yrs, 9st 71b (Owner) 1 1 Mr. Freen's Wild Roe, 4 yrs, 9st ... 2 2 Captain Crofton's Zuleika, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b Won easy. The Handicap Ilurdle Stakes of 3 Sovs. each and 10 added, were won in two heats by Mr. Lee's Polly Peachum, aged, 12st (owner), beating Mr. Marcon's Spendthrift, aged, 12st, and Mr. G. Tone's Black Bess, 6 yrs, 12st, after a line race. The Handicap Plate of 301. Heats, one mile. Mr. Treen's Wild Roe, 4 yrs, 9st 101 b (Owner) 2 1 1 Captain Crofton's Zuleika, 3 yrs, 9st Mr. Carr's Felix, 3 yrs, Bst The first and third heats were won easily, the second was won by a head. FRIDAY. The Tiverton Stakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared. Twice round. (20 Subs., of whom 14 declared.) Mr. Carr's Dulcet, 4 yrs, 9st 51b (Owner) 1 Mr. Hook's Buttress, 3 yrs, ist 51b Won cleverly by a length. The Borough Cup of 301., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. Heats, mile and a half. (3 Subs.) Mr. Parr's Dulcet, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b..... ...... (Owner) 2 1 1 Captain Crofton's Zuleika, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 1 2 dr Mr. Treen's Wild Roe, 4 yrs, Bst 41b First heat won by half a length ; second won easy. The Plate of 20/., added to a Sweepstakes of 1 soy. each. Heats, twice round. Mr. Waring's Rosa, 4 yrs, ilst 101 b (Mr. Luke) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Treen's Wild Roe, 4 yrs, list 101 b 1 0 2 dr Mr. King's Flash of Lightning, 3 yrs, lOst 51b 0 3 dis The first heat was won by a neck, Rosa and Flash of Lightning running a dead heat for second place. The second was a dead heat between Rosa and Wild Roe. The third heat Rosa won by two lengths; and for the fourth heat she walked over. The Forced Handicap was won by Felix. HUNTINGDON RACES—FRIDAY (coxcLuDED). The Cup Stakes, of 10 s.ys [each ; the winner to be sold for 4001., &c. Once round and the mile. (8 Subs.) Mr. Desborough's Ruff, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (Edwards) 1 Mr. Beresford'l: Nutleaf, 3 yrS, 7st Colonel Peel's I-am-not.aware, aged, 9st 21b The Huntingdcn Stakes, of 5 sous each, and 20 added; the winner to be sold for 1501. Heats, last mile. (7 Subs.) Colonel Peel's Samphire, 3 yrs, 7st 71b General Grosvenor's Scarlet Runner, 4 yrs, Bst 81b ... 2 2 The winner was clainled. The Member's Plate, of 50 sovs. ; the winner to be sold for 2501. Heats, once round. (5 Subs.) Ilobson's Chatham, 4 yrs, Bst (Sly) 5 1 1 Booth's Tit-bit, 3 yrs, 7st 51b Batten's Sir Harry Smith, 3 yrs, 7st 21b Treacher's Gell, 4 yrs, Bst ............... Bird's Sister to Redcap, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. CANTERBURY RACES—FRIDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 Guineas. Heats, two miles. Mr. Ramsbottom's Pineapple, 6 yrs, 10st 31b Mr. J. Drake's Bold Archer, 3 yrs, Bst 21b 1 2 2 111 Greville's Polka, 3 Hst 21b-- 3 3 3 Ar. yrs, , Mr. Cooke's Auld Lang Syne, 6 yrs ... 5 4 dr The City Plate of 251. was won in two beats, by Mr. Moore's Devil-among •the-Tailors, aged, 9st 41b, beating Mr. Cooke's Auld Lang Syne, 6 yrs, lOst 31b, Mr. Nunn's fby Samarcand, out of La Fille mal Garde, 4 yrs, Bst 91b, and Mr. Sherrard's Petrowna, 4 yrs, Bst 91b. The Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, and 20 added, one mile and a half (four Subs), were won in two heats by Mr. Nunn's Dalesman, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, beating Mr. T. Hussey's Brunette, 6 yrs, 7st 71b, and Mr. Sherrard's Petrowna, 4 yrs, 73t. CosrsnssloN OF LUNACY.—SECOND DAY.—Yesterday the inquiry into the state of mind of Mrs. Charlotte West brook was continued, before Francis Barton, Esq., at the Eyre Arms Tavern, St. John's Wood. The evidence taken was that of Dr. Southey, who had examined Mrs. West brook by order of the Lord Chancellor, Dr. Monro, Dr. Co nolly, Dr. Barnes, and Mr. Bryant, all of whom declared the unfortunate lady to be of unsound mind, and incapable of taking care of herself and property. In cross-examination they admitted that there was no striking delusion by which they came to that conclusion, but, from the whole facts that had been adduced, she appeared not to be a free agent. The line of demarcation, Dr. Southey said, between a sound and unsound mind was so difficult to make out, that it was almost impossible to say whether a person was sane or not, but in the present case he thought Mrs. Westbrook was on the wrong side of the line. Mr. Petersdorff addressed the jury at great length on behalf of Mrs. Westbrook, contending, that the evidence had failed in making out she was of un sound mind. The Learned Commissioner having summed up, the jury retired to consider their verdict ; and, after being absent for a short time returned a verdict—" That Charlotte Westbrook was in an imbecile and unsound state of mind, and incapable of taking care of herself or her pro perty, and had been so from the 31st of December, 1836." SNIPES NEAR LONDON.—This year a number of those choice migratory birds, the sniper,-have domiciled and bred in the marshes is Battersea-fields. They seldom made their appearance before October. MORE FORGED FIVE-POUND NOTES.—CAUTION.-- Yesterday's .Police Gazette gives the following description of a man who succeeded in passing a forged 54 Bank of Eng land note to Mr. Harding, of No. 1, Holles-street, Caven dish-square, and, it is suspected, is about the metropolis : About fifty years of age, five feet seven inches high, very much sunburnt in the face; dressed in a dark frock coat, black silk waistcoat, black hat, and wears generally a silver guard chain round his neck. Mr. John R. L. Walmaley (the solicitor to the London Sewage Chemical Manure Company) accompanied by Mr. William Higgs (the patentee), had an interview with the Lord Mayor yesterda:: morning, on the subject of the appli cation of the plan in the metropolis. His Lordship took much interest in the subject, and was pleased to express a very favourable opinion of the measure. _ _ AUG3IENTATION OF CLERKS' SALARIES IN THE EX CISE DErARTISIENT.—We hear that a considerable and graduated advance has recently taken place in the salaries of the clerks in the Excise department, the minimum advance being 501. per annum. The duties of the clerks are very heavy at the present time, and although every possible economy has been introduced, and where practicable a reduction, by Mr. John Wood, the Chairman of the Board, the present augmentation is considered as a proof that there is no disposition on the part of the Commissioners that the subordinates of the establishment shall be underpaid for their labour. The merit of the proposition, we hear, is due to the newly appointed solicitor, Dr. Bateman, whose long ex perience in the office of chief clerk has enabled him to judge of the time and attention required. This spontaneous act of liberality on his part was so little expected, that only a few days before it came into operation one of the parties who would have received the benefit applied for and obtained per mission to be placed on the retired list at the then existing rate of salary, which would in a short time have been in creased in the manner described. IRISH PROVISIONS.—The following list comprises the principal arrivals of provisions and articles of food at the port of Liverpool from the Irish ports during the past week :- 9,551 firkins, 178 half firkins, 1,587 baskets, and 139 boxes of butter; 46 sacks, and 30 barrels of wheat; 656 sacks of flour; 897 quarters, 295 tons weight, and 112 sacks of oats; 3G sacks, and 154 other packages of oatmeal ; 121 sacks, and 200 quarters of malt ; 132 kegs, 21 casks, and 20 firkins of lard ; 350 barrels of bacon ; 63 casks of hams ; 541 packages of linens and cottons; 15 kegs, and 221 barrels of pork; 73 casks of whisky; 64 bags of meal; several packages of beef and tongues; 200 quarters, and 50 sacks of beans; 28 sacks of farina flour, and various other articles of lesser interest and importance. The following were the principal arrivals which took place at the port of London from the same quarter in the same period of time, viz. :-1,920 packages of bacon, 542 boxes of eggs, 264 casks of porter, 229 packages ct paper, 5,606 packages of butter, 892 packages of lard, 240 of pork, and 39 of beef, 50 sacks, 340 barrels, and 1,616 quarters of oats, several packages of tongues, 70 hampers of hams, 178 phckages of malt, 132 pigs, alive, 488 packages of fresh salmon, and a variety of other articles too numer ous to be further enumerated and particularised. One im portation of 38 blocks of marble from Galway, however, from its not being an usual article of supply, may be men tioned, as also that the arrivals of provisions at Bristol from the same quarter have, in a lesser degree, been of a character similar to that above specified as having taken place at the larger ports. DECCAN PRIZE MONEY. The following is a return of the value of the booty captured as prize money by the army in the Deccan in 1817-18, the amount which has been distributed, and the dates when distributed, stating also the amount now in the possession of the trustees of the East India Com pany, and when the distribution of that amount will take place : Bengal Sicca Rupees. By amount of Deccan booty realised and car ried to the credit of the Deccan prize fund in an account rendered by the East India Company, dated August 23, 1830 65,60,214 By interest thereon credited in the same ac count By amount of profit on remittances of bullion 1,17,399 By amount of interest realised upon Exche quer-bills in the custody of the Bank of England in the names of trustees By amount realised by sale of the Nassuck Jewel, in August last, invested in Exche quer-bills, and deposited in the Bank of England in the names of trustees 86,988 74,072 Total S.R. 102,22,406 N.B.—ln addition to the above, there are the Nagpore jewels in the custody of the East Company, at Benares, and the subject of a correspondence with that court, and there are other points connected with the account rendered by the court, which are the subject of discussion with the directors. 30th Sept., 1826.—Amount distri butable under royal warrant of this date 13th Feb., 1828—Ditto .. 43,48,432 30th July, 1832—Ditto 30,00,000 6th Aug., 1834—Ditto 91,872 Amount of legal costs paid by order of the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, in the years 1834 and 1835, to the solicitor who represented the late Marquis of Hastings, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Hislop, and Colonel Prothers' Force, in prosecuting the claims of those parties; and to the Solicitor of the Treasury 1,27,526 -- 98,02,207 Balance in Exchequer-bills in the Bank of England, or in the possession of the East India Company 4 20 0 99 _ _ P.S. It has not been considered expedient to distri bute this balance until the outstanding claims, the sub ject of discussion, as stated above, shall be settled. London, June 20, 1838. WELLINGTON. CHAS. ARBUTHNOT. John Kirkland, Agent to the Trustees of the Deccan Booty. Present amount of the Deccan Prize Money, stating the amount of accumulation since the last return to Parliament, and whether any and what measures have been taken for its distribution. Thsre has been no distribution since the date of the Parliamentary Paper, No. 556, above-mentioned. The Nagpore jewels, which bad been the subject of litigation in the supreme courts of law in Bengal, were finally directed, by a minute of the Lords Commis sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, dated Nov. 14, 1842, to be immediately restored to the Raja of Nagpore, as commut icated in a letter from the Secretary of the Trea sury to the Trustees of the Deccan Booty, dated the 12th of that month, in confirmation of the decision of the pre- ceding Board of Treasury, that those jewels had not be come forfeited to the Crown as prize of war, and must be restore to the rightful owner, the Raja of Nagpore. The points connected with the accounts rendered by the E%st India Company to the trustees art- still the sub ject of discussion ; but the accounts and the whole cor respondence having been under the consideration of the law officers of the Crown, an opinion has been lately pronounced by them which, it is hoped, will lead to a speedy adjustment. In the meantime, a partial distribution is not deemed expedient. Subject to the above explanation the state of the prize funds is as shown in the return dated June 29, 1838, except that the Exchequer Bills in the custody of the Bank of England on account of the trustees have been increased subsequently, by the investment of the in terest and compound interest thereon, from 23,6001. to 29,4001. (Signed) WELLINGTON. 11ARLES ARBUTHNOT. London, August 11, 1 C 846. BRITISH TRADE IN CHINA. The following ordinance has just been issued in a printed form by order of the House of Lords, having been passed in the year 1845, by the Chief Superinten dent of British Trade in China, with the advice of the Legislative Council of Hong-Kong, in virtue of the powers conferred upon her Majesty by the Act of the 6th and 7th Vic., cap. 80: An Ordinance for her Majesty's subjects within the do minions of the Emperor of China, or within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the coast of China. Anne None Victoria Regina 3. (No. lof 1845.) By his Excellency John Francis Davis Esq., Gover nor and Commander-in-Chief of the colony of Hong- Kong and its dependencies, her Majesty's Plenipotentiary and Chief Superintendent of the Trade of British sub jects in China, with the advice of the Legislative Coun cil of Hong-Kong. An ordinance to amend the ordinance No. 7 of 1844, entitled " An ordinance for the better administration of justice in the Consular Courts, and to establish a regis tration of British subjects, within the dominions of the Emperor of China." Whereas by the said ordinance, No. 7 of 1844, in the 9th section thereof, giving, under certain restrictions, a power to Consuls to deport in the case of a second con viction, it is provided that said convictions shall be "duly confirmed by the Chief Superintendent of British Trade ;" and whereas it is expedient that the sentences or judgments of the Consuls in said ordinance men tioned should not require or be subject to the revision of such chief superintendent of trade, so far as is provided for in and by the said 9th section, and that accordingly the words therein, that is to say, " duly confirmed by the Chief Superintendent of British Trade," should be ex punged therefrom :- 1. Be it therefore ordained that the said 9th section of No. 7, of 1844, be and it is hereby repealed. 2. And in order more effectually to repress crimes and offences on the part of British subjects in the dominions of the Emperor of China, be it hereby further enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for any of her Majesty's Consuls to cause any British subject who shall have been twice convicted of any crime and offence in the Consular Court under sentence, and who shall not be able to find good and sufficient surety to the satisfaction of her Ma jesty's Consul for his future good behaviour, to be sent out of the dominions of the Emperor of Chins ; and to this cud any such Consul as atoresaid shall have power and authority, as soon as may be practicable after execu tion of the sentence on any second conviction, or at any time while such sentence is in execution, to send to the colony of Hong-Kong any British subject, and to detain in custody any such person until a suitable opportunity for sending him out of the dominions shall present itself, and any person to be sent out of the said do minions as aforesaid may be embarked on board one of her Majesty's vessels of war, or if there should be no such vessel of war which can be employed for such pur pose, then on board any British vessel bound for Hong- Kong, in the same manner as if such person was a dis tressed British seaman. But in all cases in which a British subject shall have been sent out of the do minions of the Emperor of China as aforesaid, the officer sending him out shall forthwith report his having done so to her Majesty's Chief Superintendent of Trade; and should any person so sent out of the dominions of the with out p the e ro r sa o n f c t i C o n h i n o f a h r e e r t u m rn a j t e o s t t y li s a ,s e Ch i i d ef dominions Superintendent of Trade or Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, he shall no longer be entitled to be protected as a British subject in the said dominions. Provided always, that on the arrival of such person at Hong-Kong, it shall and may be lawful to and for her Majesty's Chief Superintendent of Trade either to confirm the said sen tence of deportation and forward him to England as a distressed British seaman, or to remit him back as such to that part of the said dominions from whence he was so removed or deported. (Signed) J. F. DAVIS, Governor, &c. Passed the Legislative Council of Hong-Kong this 7th day of July, 1845. (Signed) ADOLPHUS E. SHELLEY, Clerk of Councils. IRELAND. ARRIVAL OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANT. DUBLIN, AUG. 27.—His Excellency the Earl of Bes borough left Liverpool at seven o'clock yesterday even ing, and arrived in Kingstown Harbour this morning, at a quarter-past seven o'clock, on board her Majesty's steam-ship the Medina. His Excellency was accom panied by Lady Emily Ponsonby, Lady Harriet Pon• sonby, Lady Kathleen Pousonby, the Hon. Gerald Pon sonby, Mr. Corry Connellan, private secretary, and Cap tain Begot, first aid-de-camp. His Excellency and suite disembarked under a salute of twenty-one guns from the Revenue cruisers, and pro ceeded to the Viceregal Lodge in carriages, under con duct of the Master of the Horse. THE IRISH GOVERNMENT.—THE REPEAL MAGISTRATES. Mr. IL A. Fitzgerald, M.P. for the county of Tippe rary, has forwarded the following reply to the Lord Chancellor's Secretary ; " Muckridge House, August 18. " Sir,—l am in receipt of yours of the 15th instant, in which you mention that the Lord Chancellor is desirous of restoring to me the commission of the peace. In reply, sir, I beg to state that I should be sorry to inter fere in the slightest degree with the desire of the Lord Chancellor to perform an act of justice towards those magistrates who were so unconstitutionally and unjustly deprived of their commission by the late Government. As one of them, therefore, I can have no objection to resume the duties of the office, and be restored to the same position which I held previous to the 25th of May, 1843.--I have the honour, sir, to remain your obedient humble servant, " R. A. FITZGERALD. " Frances Wm. Brady, Esq., &c." CUCUMBERS FROM RUSSIA.—Among the novelties in the list of importations now taking place are some parcels of cucumbers from Russia, arrived in the Victory yesterday, from St. Petersburgh. THE SECOND HAY-HARVEST. —Yesterday, in the neighbourhood of Edmonton, Enfield, an d Barnett, the cutting of the second crop o f ha y was begun. It promises to be abundant, and if the fine weather continue, will b well made. "ft OM I