The Sun. — London, England, 1846-06-06 00:00:00

POOR MAN'S GUARDIAN it SOCIETY. gives S oci us ety grrjat We believe dian pleasure to find that the Poor Man's P.„ making rapid progress in public favour. bel ieve we `('re among the first to bestow a word of en '?.iurageme‘.nt those benevolent gentlemen who originated eide a, n",stablishing such a society. We did not for a moment d Jubt the ultimate success Of their philanthropic efforts, pro I ,ct we m us t own th a t we did n ot anticipate the rapid g re, is which they have already made. But in their case, we 'ere only furnished with one more proof, in addition to the multitude with which history abounde, of what energy and P er se - verance, under the guidance of intelligent minds, are capabl e of achieving. Among the various benevolent institutions which are the g,lory of this metropolis, we know of none which has stronger claims on the support of the friends of humanity than the Poor Man's Guardian Society. Its great object is to rescue the poor from the fangs of the oppressor, and to protect them from the insults of insolent of f icials, to whom their neces sities compel them to apply for relief. Hard, indeed, is the fate of the poor; and as if their destiny were not hard enough of itself, it must needs be aggravated by gratuitous out rages en their feelings. They are treated as if they were criminals. There is no disguising the fact, that proverty is regarded by many as a great enormity. The fashionable felon, or well dressed seducer of his neighbour's wife, is treated with con sideration and indulgence, compared with the man whose misfortune is to be dependent on the charity of others. The letter is oaten treated as if the ordinary susceptibilities of tinian nature were incompatible with p over ty. E ven th e very .Orute reation frequently receive mor e conside ra ti on an d kind 's Than many persons made in the image of their Maker, but 'who have the misfortune to be sunk in the depths of Po , " erty. 1 The natural tendency of the insults and oppression to which the poor are so often subject, is to irritate their minds And lessen their self-respect. Hence, they become lost to Society and to themselves ; whereas, were they treated more respectfully and kindly, they would be encouraged to make efforts for emerging from their poverty, and raising them "lves in the social scale. It is the high and holy object of the Poo r M an ' s Guardian Society to foster feel i ngs lik e t h ese . The benevolent individuals who have set it on foot, are re solved, as far as in them lies, to protect the poor from needless o ppression, and to shield them from the graituitous insolence of proud and heartless officials. And in both respects the Society has already accomplished a great amount of goad. The society will operate most beneficially in an indirect man ner. The very existence of such a Society will be felt by Many as a perpetual rebuke, and will lead them to regard the poor within their immediate sphere, with, at least, tee sem blance of respect. The Poor Man's Guardian Society has already been productive of no inconsiderable good. Mr. Cochrane, a gen tleman of fervent philanthropy, and untiring perseverance in a righteous cause—a gentleman, moreover, to whom this Society we believe, mainly owes its existence—Mr. Cochrane stated on Wednesday evening at the meeting in Theobald's road, that the first effort of the Society had been to reform the o dietary t a bl es in Marylebone workhouse. In nearly all of our metropolitan workhouses, the wretched inmates, in addition to the coarseness of their fare, are constantly ex tsed to the heartless i nsu l ts o f t h e o ffi c i a l s i n t h ese p l aces. e entirely concur with Mr. Wakley, when he says, that t he feelings of unkind ness , an d th e hardheartedness of the offi cials in workhouses, me a disgrace to a Christian and ci vilised country. do e repeat that we know of no more excellent institu- A than the Poor Man's Guardian S-ciety. Its objects are ah efi ned as well as benevolent—intelligible as well as philitn -4°Pic. It goes direct to its great object. Its funds will 3et broughtiv from their legitimate purpose. They will be to bear alone in favour of the poor. We trust, that bef ore m an y month have elapsed, we shall see similar so cieties in every parish where they are needed, not only in the metropolrs, but throughout the country.—Morning Ad vertiser. THE KING OF THE FRENCH. At a meeting of the Town Council of Edinburgh, on Tues daY, the Lord Provost said that he had in his possession one of the most i mportant documents it was ever his lot to sub mit to the Town Council, namely, a letter from Louis Phil- OK in reply to the sympathetic communication lately sent h ;n l, wriiten with his own hand, and in English evidently of .B°Pra composition. It was as follows " : " Neuilly, May 16, 1846. MY Lord Provost—l have to request your Lordship to „„11.1iiress to the magistrates and Town Council of the city of nburgh th e s i ncere gratification with which I have re nved the address which they have voted me on the occa 7Oro of the late attemt upon my life. It is mot satisfac- Y e for me that my p unceasing efforts to promote s the good !Tic! rstanding and friendly intercourse between France tr,t,( . 1 .. . Great Britain. are so highly appreciated by the with Corporation over which you preside. I hail :2,91 delight the increasing popularity of that pacific 17"eY which, laying in oblivion the old feuds and animosi t_e_s, of nations, begets among them a general feeling gal be nevolence, and ultimately that firm conviction,which Na ery year there has elapsed before us, has strengthened in Nt mind that peace is, for all, the best policy, and the surest Y to increase the prosperity of nations and the welfare of immokind. The Queen has been also much affected by the . ) ," 3111 Pathies you have manifested for the heart-breaking atettes she has gone through during the too often renewed ,7corrences where it has pleased God to cover us with his protection. It is with the gracious concurrence of - "Y august friend and ally, your beloved Sovereign, that I f r e quest your Lordship to express to the Magistrates and °l vo-Council of the city of Edinburgh, the deep sense I and of this distinguished testimony of their sympathy 11114 regard, - `-` My Lord Provost, your affectionate, " LOUIS. PHILIPPE." Amb„ --49esty's l e tt er h a d b een t rans mitted by the French fli ed b T 4 .soo„ or to Sir J. Graham, who forwarded it, accompa 'La note, to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. TRIAL OF LECOMTE. The trial COURT OF JE 4. of Lecomte who attempted to shoot Louis at Fontainbleau, on the 16th of April last, com avenTe this afternoon. At ten in the morning all the Were beaded nots to the Luxembourg Palace were crowded. Ladies admitted into the Court. All the tribunes of the were thronged. At ten minutes past 10 the Court, by the Chancellor, entered the hall, and the prisoner Lecomte, entered it also, in the custody of four gendarmes. tie looked of average stature, wore moustachios, tied was respectably dressed in a brown coat. He displayed the utmost composure, and looked over the assembled Peers and 'company with the greatest coolness. The Pro turenr-General, Hebert, and Avocat-General Bresson, soon after took their seats. M. Duvergier, the battonnier at the Paris bar,• who acts as bis Counsel, by ap pointment of the Court, also took his seat near the risoner. The Chancellor declared the sitting open. The 'eers were called over, and about 200 answered. The Chan cellor. desired the prisoner to rise, and asked his names , ;. ° 'e • Lecomte re pli e d that he was forty-eight years old, rnerly a general keeper of the Fontainbleau, forest, &c., C toborn at Beaumont. sur-Vingeanne, department of the d'Or, and no t a marr i e d man . The Chancellor urged d e ls • cel lnsel to keep within the " limites de la defense," and desired the prisoner to listen to the " acte d'accusasion," tb 1 1 the " Griffier " immediately after read. The list of Ttwitneszes summoned were also read by the said' Griffier." wrt e h dr p a r w i 'r'r 'd not consent to Count De Montalivet won bein "g, notwithstanding his indisposition. On questions beeping to him, Lecomte replied that he left Paris on the ggnioltfythe 15th of April ; that he could not deny having of firing at the King. He left Paris with a gun, d esign to it under a rock. He had communicated his nobody, and taken good care not to put anybody o,netambleau in his confidence. He then explained the ' e n had stationed himself near the wall to commit afr a i c t rune • What had saved the King's life was, that, _to kill other persons, he had fired too much to the Iheefth• aprpated at all the injustice he had been subjected to, quite determined on being revenged, though_ he had not increasicided in what way it should be. His resentment had beenl I g, he had at length made up his mind, and if he had watched, he would have been deemed mad. He adopted no precaution for his escape. Despite his prst statement, and the Chancellor's remark that he had nought his carbine some time before the attempt, he per aitited, in maintaining that he bad not long premeditated the attempt. Lecomte complained that his remonstrances had been unattended to, although he bad sought every means of Making them reach tho King in person. He entered into a narrative of all the injustice he had suffered, and declared that it had been the sole motive of his deed. To prove that he had not been long determined on it, he urged that before he left Paris, he informed his landlord, after paying him with his wonted punctuality, that he should perhaps return next day. As for the will he had made, it might be construed in any way they pleased. He had sold his clothes to live, and rather than beg of anybody would have drowned him self. Count de Montalivet (the Intendant of the Civil List, who was sitting by the side of the King when the attem p t 'was made) then detailed the circumstances already pub lished. M. de Montalivet also entered into details astothe rapport of th e Ci v il List with its employes, and the unfavour able character borne by Lecomte when he was emplo y ed. Lecomte warmly observed as to his right to a retired pension Eight or nine other witnesses were successively questioned, Inc luding the King's groom Millet. Lieut. Deflandre, of the g en darmerie declared that when Lecomte w as asked whether he had any accomp li ces, h e re plied—" Ca n'est pas la p eine de chercher ; je suis seul, on m'a fait des injustices; on m'a ristfeit droit a mes reclamations pou r ma p ension de re ete, ai voulu tuer le Roi. Je me suis trop pTesse, c'eat Malheur, J' a i j ou e gros jeu—j'ai perdu la patrie. ' ,The Court was l e f t s itting. In the Deputies, on Thursday afternoon, the proceedings Were of no interest. His Royal Hi g hness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended b y the Baron Knesebeck, left town on Tuesday last , fo r e purpose of inspecting the Royal Agricultural College at C irencester. He was received at the seat of Earl Bathurst by a party consisting of Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Lord de Mauley, the Earl and Countess Georgians bath St. Germans, Lady thurst, &, sb u or rsj, Lord Melton, the Honourable W. Ba accompanied by i ly after his arrival he visited the College, Highliess was on Is nub's host and party. His Royal e of undertaking. the earliest promoters of this national ford, Trinity TRINITY MONDAy. Pr e parations are making Trinity House, Deptford at the Wellington and the Trinity the reception of the Duke of .la aster s on Trinity Monday. A grand banquet will take eAelea faint the Trinity- House on Tower-hill in the evening. . Fil: D2tford. r is held by charter on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesda ASCOT RACES.—WINDSOR afternoon from instructions which reached Windso r vEN INu•—From that his High London, and from the extra preparationtshiB the Royal Stand at Ascot, it is fully exp ec rl in Progress at ness Ibrahim Paella (attended by a numero us partied by his Royal Hig hness Pri nce Albert, suite ace stin (nu- Highness the Duke of Ca mbrid g e, and a largeatT di will Royal guished party, including some of the foreign mi„isl honour the course with his p resence on one, if not , l' e s t'h the principal days, viz., Tuesd a y and Thursda y . It is 'of also stated that a review, on the morn in g of one of tho se days, of the two r e g iments in garrison at Windsor, and also of two or three regiments from the neighbourhood of the metropoli s , including the Artillery from Woolwich, will take place be-% fore his Highness and Prince Albert, in Windsor Great Park. Nothing, however, decisive on this point has been determined upon, the officers in command of the troops at Windsor not having yet received their final instructions from the Horse Guards. A notice has just been issued by the magistrates of Windsor, prohibiting gaming tables during the races, within their jurisdiction. It is intended to enforce most strictly this order, and to prosecute all persons offending against it. NEW SOLICITOR OF EXCISE.—We hear that Mr. Douglas, the barrister, has received the appointment of Soli citor of Excise, vacant by the promotion of Sir Francis Doyle to the office of Receiver-General of Customs, in the room of Sir William Boothby, deceased. The salary of the latter office is 1,5001 per annum, but in addition to it Sir William held the nearly sinecure office of Paymaster of the Bind of Gentlemen Pensioners, producing the sum of 2291. It has not transpired on whom the paymastership will be bestowed. , Mr. Finch, M.P., has informed his tenantry in Rut . I.aadshire that he shall not in future preserve the g ame on 1344 estates, and that they have his permission to sh o o t on their respective farms. COURT CIRCULAR Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday at Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday af ternoon at a meeting of the Commission for Promoting and Encouraging the Fine Arts, in the re-building the Palace of Westminster. His Royal Highness, attended by Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Gwvdyr House, Whit e h a ll, a t a quar t er b e f or e th re e o'clock . . The Commissioners present were the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Canning, Lord Ashburton, the Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of Commons, Viscount Mahon, Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., Mr. Hlallam, and Mr. Wyse. The Secretary (Air. Eastlake) was in attendance. The meeting broke up at half-past four, when Prince Albert, accompanied by the Commissioners and the Secretary, proceeded to the :New Palace of Westminster to inspect the works. _ Their Royal Hignesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at Clarence House, St. James's. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge honoured the Earl and Countess of Wilton with their company at dinner yesterday, at their residence iu Grosvenor square. His Excellency the Portuguese Minister transacted busi.. ness yesterday at the Foreign-office.. The Postmaster-General had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. .Mr. Wickham,_ Chairman of the Stamp-, had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. Dispatches werereceived yesterday at the Colonia-office from the Governor of Gibraltar. The Earl of Lincoln arrived in town yesterday from Salt bill. The Countess of Romney expired on Thursday night at her residence in Wilton-crescent. Her Ladyship was daughter of the late, and. sister of the present Duke of Buccleuch. FRENCH PLAYS-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Mademoiselle Dejazet, the espiegle Dejazet, the fasci nating Dejazet, the pet alike of Paris and of London, made her debut for the season here last evening in her two favourite characters of Vert- Vert. in the vaudeville of that name (of which the English play, The Pet of the Petticoats is almost a literal translation), and Catherine Biancoli in La File de Dominique. Never did she look, or act, or sing better. Her Vert Vert was the Prince of Pickles, and her costume became her exceedingly. The powdered wig, and square-cut coat, and flapped and embroidered waistcoat and tight smalls seemed really a picturesque costume when set off by the graces of Dejazet. In La F ille de Dominique she assumes a variety of characters. The daughter of a deceased actor, she is desirous of obtaining an engage ment among the servants of his Majesty Louis XIV., but Baron, the ruanaker, refuses to see her, and puts her off by a variety of civil excuses. She then according to the old plan, assumes a variety of disguises, and fasci nates him as Margot, a country girl—half pleases and hall terrifies him as a fine lady of quality, who has gone mad from love of him, and quite terrifies him as a young soldier, the lover of Margot, who demands satis faction for his abduction of the rustic beauty. Having sufficiently teased him, a discovery takes place, and she who, as Catherine Biancoli, had been rejected unseen and unheard by the troupe, is, as Madame Baron, re ceived with acclamation as the acknowledged prima donna. Her provincialisms, as Margot, and her strut and swagger, as the young soldier, kept the house in a rear. She was called for at the fall of the curtain, and enthu siastically applauded by a house crowded to the ceiling. THE FORD ABBEY ESTATE (PARTICULARS AND DRAWINGS JUST ISSUED). It is difficult to describe the immense sensation pro duced by the publication of these voluminous papers. Toe description of the estate, with its beauteous park and ornamental waters, which from time immemorial has been accounted the great and proud feature of the county—the demesne of 2.0001. a year—the sporting, with the seductive auxiliaries of fishing and hunting— all this (and the great leviathan of the west claims much more than it has credit for in this brief outline) would indeed be enough to awaken the latent spark of curiosity, but the historical account arouses extra ordinary sensation, and furnishes an interesting and perfect reminiscence of the MAGNIFICENTLY FINE ABBEY. The lady's name who has contributed, by means of her brain farm, to improve and render more perfect the his torical representation of the far-famed Abbey, is kept profoundly secret—her diffidence has placed a barrier that even Robins cannot overcome. It has been found expedient, in order to keep curiosity within bounds, to make a small charge for the drawings and plans. The subject of the Abbey is one of never-tiring praise; but we find we are verging from our original destination, which was only to point out a few of the great features connected with the history that is to follow—to the latter wo now commend the work ; it will bear to be read over and over again, and we shall be glad to find that amongst the host who are now busily engaged in this interesting task to number the one who is to be Fortune's favourite at the auction—(we learn it is to be a peremptory sale). Mr. Robins has judiciously selected a little spice from Lord Byron—he could not pass the talented Lord's glowing description of Norman Abbey without giving gentle praise to the author:— " An old, old monastery once, and now Still older mansion, of a rich and rare Mix'd gothic, such as artists all allow Few specimens yet left us can compare." The river Axe, so renowned by the disciples of Isaac Walton for its piscatory pleasures and delicious trout, winds in serpentine beauty through the fair demcsno— '• Lost for a space through thickets veering, But broader when again appearing." It was here that— " The branching stag swept down with all his herd, To quaff a brook which murmured like a bird." It may be asked— • - - " What more can mortals now desire?" The reply is concise. Read the condensed history that is just published. The magnificent tapestry that adorns the state rooms alone would amply compensate for a journey of double the distance ; its value must be immense. Jeremy Bentham resided at the Abbey three years of his life. Some of his cleverest works issued thence. FUNDS OF THE COURT OF CHANCERY.—A return has just been issued, by order of the House of Commons, show ing the state of the several funds standing in the name of the Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery, for the year ending the Ist of October, 1845. It thence appears, that the amount to the Suitors' Fund was 111,458/. Os. sd. in cash, and 3,424,8111. ss. 9d. in stock. The payments therefrom (expenses of the Chancellor's and Vice-Chancel lors' Courts) amounted to 99,5241. ls. 4d. The Suitors' Fee Fund account shows a total of fees received (in the year ending the 24th of November last) of 134,8741. 17s. ld.; while the charges in salaries, compensations, &c., were 139,4.39/. Os. 2d.; being an excess above the fees of 4,5641 3s. Id. EXTRAORDINARY CONFLICT BETWEEN A MAN AND A BULL.—A correspondent has transmitted us a humourous account cf a combat, long and terrible, between a man and a bull, at Panteison, Pembrokeshire. It appears that on Wednesday a bull of the pure Ayrshire breed, which had been confined for six months, in consequence of his dangerous freaks, was turned out for an airing after his long seclusion, when he, it seems, determined to make amends for the immunities the neighbourhood had enjoyed during his confinement, by immediately, on obtaining his freedom, attacking Ben, the farm bailiff, an ifirm old man. He called lustily for assistance, when the coachmen, the hero of the fight, made his appearance, and forthwith pro ceeded to mortal combat with the terror of the neighbour hood. The battle raged long and violently, and with alter nate success, poor coachee being at one time made to kiss his " mother earth," while in another round he maae his Ayrshire antagonist roar soloudly that even the farm-buildings seemed to quake with fear. But coachee was not to be frightened with noise. Seven terrific rounds were fought, and the quadruped was obliged to succumb to this lord of the creation. In the fifth round the coachman appeared as if he was going to have the worst of it, having been knocked over a wall, and into a pond four feet deep. He , was how ever, nothing daunted at this mishap; but, on the contrary, the immersion seemed to revive him, and infuse fresh spirit into his soul, as in the next round he had a slight ad vantage ; but eventually the two combatants fell, and were locked in each others arms. It was now evident the Scot had enough of it, and the termination of the desperate affray is thus given by our correspondent :—Seventh round— Wallace, the bull, up first, took to his heels and ran, leaving Morris, the coachman, in the pond, gasping for breath, the poor old bailiff and his men.peeping through the hedges in all directions, anxious to ascertain the course Mr. Wallace was determined to steer. Away he went, in steeple-chase style, clearing every bank, Morris closely following. When about three-quarters of a mile from home, Wallace fell. Morris by this time well up to Wallace's heels, and laying hold of a fine ring which he had the honour of wearing in his nose, led him back as gentle as a lamb, and placed him in irons in a condemned cell, there to be imprisoned during the old bailiff's pleasure. Too much praise cannot be given to Morris, for his timely assistance to poor old Ben, the bailiff; and we are happy to say that Morris escaped unhurt, a slight bruise on one of his legs. — Carmarthen by sickness, residence, or fortune, WINDOW GARDENS.—Those who are debarred from shou ns of double-glazed wndows, t succeed, by meaindows, i jethxoeucerepnnajol.yment of a garden ld take a leaf out of the book of the French and Belgian ladies, who providing themselves with an and other contriva r nce h s, f e flo in wers at all seasons of the year. ample supp l 3' is to provi e o plants, the next ta eons, in the first instance, to secure With us, the first of object b of th d e d f w r el t l h e e rs m in t E or se n w i h s er t e o i b t u i y s thought more advan complished, to obtain countrywomen with herein the means of keeping a g p . l t a . nt ; We will naontd,htehatsobeianageiavcil as to reproach our fair c to a cart before a horse ; but we in dulging in that sort of caprice whic s h ha i l s l other persons pro ceed,an explanation of the manner in which form their own vulgarly confine put ting " M. Victor sa). leaving all who are concerned to judgment in the matter. "In Belgium, the most sashed windows filled in the winter time with miniature 1-acc i"t , " wherever you go, you see spaces between double charming flowers. Elsewhere the balconies are turned into greenhouses, and you may find on a fifth or sixth floor a stove, gay with tie brightest greenest foli • age. In Paris there are many such contrivances, especially two on the fourth in to be found the rares e t flowers and the floor of a house the Boulevard de la Madeleine, at th ground. Passion - flowers corneri of Rue Caumartin. Here are ing fig forms a carpet upon the w toC a t m b e e lia c s olu g m ro n w s ; in th t e he cr o e p e e p n . up from tiny basins curiouslytce streamcs o a sn i t lj r , iv a oe n dv d in waterthe plants sd b r s i t c a k r d w o o N r v k n . a r ß o y c - k t , u f r r r o i itnngwab i s c c b rcerwe,,limpid water flows up ferns and lycopods, Thet first tt beamsadjoins this and such things. And what start of the little paradise, but a bed-room ! morning sun throw upon the bed of the owner te of palm leaves and banan as , or o f garlands and passion shadows ers." This sort of garden, tho ug h on the fourth floor is however, rather too ambitious for every body's taste, and' therefore, we agree with M. Paquet, that the little Belgian wind+) 'I gardens are, upon the whole, more likely to meet the means, if not the fancy, of the mass of mankind.—Gar deners' Chronicle. BERLIN, MAT 30.—Sir Moses Montefiore and his Lady, accompanied by Dr. Lower, arrived here the evening before yesterday, on their return from Russia, and mewl to stop some days. ARRIVAL OF IBRAHIM PACHA PORTSMOUTH, FRIDAY, SOC. P.M.—This place has been in a continued state of excitement during the last forty-eight hours, owing to the anticipated arrival of his Highness the Prince of Egypt, who was ekpected to land here at an early hour yesterday morning, en 7bute for the metropolis. In consequence of information received by the naval and military authorities here from the oreign-office the neces sary preparations for the reception of the Paella, in a man ner becoming his distinguished position and character, were arranged on Wednesday evening, and so early as seven o'clock, yesterday morning, the troops were ordered to be under arms, and the several batteries to be manned. The Mayor and Town Council, anxious not to be wanting in their hospitality, also met at the Town Hall, and voted an address of congratulation to his Highness, which it was ar ranged should be presented to the Prince at the first con venient moment after his arrival. The naval and military authorities, as well as the " civilians," remained throughout the whole of yesterday in anxious expectation of his Highness's arrival, but they were doomed to be disap pointed ; and it was not until this morning at seven o'clock, that the heavy booming of the guns on board the Canopus ship-of•war, moored at Spithead, proclaimed the fact that the King of the French's royal yacht (the Gomer), having on board his highness and suite, had hove in sight. Mr. Brown, the second master attendant at the Dockyard, had been out in the Echo steam-tug during the whole of yesterday awaiting the arrival of the Prince, but as the former did not reach Spithead as was expected, great uncertainty was felt as to when she might arrive, and the Echo returned into harbour. When the French yacht made Spithead this morning, therefore, there was no pilot in attendance, and she had to cast anchor in the roadstead until one could be sent out to her. Very little time was thus lost, however, and before eight o'clock she was steadily steaming up the bar bour, under a salute from the Victory, the Excellent, and the Platform Battery, the yards of the former ships being manned and the Egyptian flag hoisted at the fore. Immediately after the Gomer had taken up her moorings, the Commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Ogle, attended by Cap tains Pasco and Chad, Mr. Haig, the Secretary, and Flag- Lieutenant Morris, and accompanied by Sir Hercules Paken ham, the Military Commandant of the district, attended by Colonel Daly and Captain Pakenham, put off in the Admiral's barge for the purpose of proceeding on board to pay their re spects to the illustrious stranger. On boarding the yacht, the party were conducted to the state saloon, where they were very graciously received by the Pacha, who expressed through his interpreter the gra tification he experienced in the marks of attention shown him. The Prince was attired in an Eastern costume, as were the members of his suite respectively. His Highness had a magnificent star on his left breast, and wore besides several other orders. Sir Charles Ogle invited his Highness to the Admiralty House, and the Prince having very graciously accepted the invitation, Sir Charles, accompanied by the other officers, re-embarked in the Admiralty barge and returned to prepare for the reception of his Highness. Major Collingwood Dickson, the officer who, as stated yesterday, had been appointed by the Foreign-office to at tend on the Prince during his sojourn in this country, pro ceeded on board the Gomer immediately after the Admiral left, and was introduced to his Highness. The gallant officer was received in a very flattering manner by the Prince. •At half-past eight o'clock his Highness entered the Gomer's barge, and proceeded to the King's Stairs, where he was received by Sir Charles Ogle, Sir Hercules Paken ham, and the whole of the civil, naval, and military officers of the dockyard. _ A guard 'of honour, consisting of two companies of the 74th Highlanders, with band and colour, were stationed on the wharf, and as his Highness passed along the platform, the troops saluted in the usual manner, the band playing the national anthem. His Highness, accompanied by the members of his suite, and attended by the whole of the officers above-named, pro ceeded across the dockyard to the Admiral's residence. On entering the court-yard of which, the Admiral's private band, which was stationed therein, struck up the Egyptian national hymn. His Highness appeared much pleased with this mark of respect. After remaining the guest of the Admiral about half an hour, his Highness entered Sir Charles Ogle's private car riage, and, accompanied by his suite in two other carriages, proceeded to the George Hotel, where apartments had been previously engaged for the accommodation of the party. At half-past ten o'clock, by appointment, the Mayor and Town Council waited on his Highness for the purpose of nresent!ng the address of congratulation above alluded to. The deputation consisted of about thirty persons, among whom we observed James Hoskins, Esq. (Mayor), attended by Mr. John Howard (Town Clerk), and the Rev. J. P. M'Ghee (the Mayor's chaplain), Aldermen Howard, Jones, Thompson, &c. &c. The deputation having been usheredinto the presence of his Highness, the Town clerk read the address as follows : "TO HIS HIGHNESS IBRAHIM PACHA. " May it please your Highness—We the Mayor, Alder men, and Burgesses of the ancient borough of Portsmouth, the dutiful and loyal subjects of our most gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria, embrace the earliest opportunity of tendering to your Highness, in the name of our fellow-countrymen and ourselves, our sincere congratulations on the occasion of your Highness's visit to the shores of Great Britain, whilst we feel peculiar gratification that your Highness has done us the honour of landing within the precincts of our ancient municipality. " Participating as we do with all her Majesty's subjects in the esteem so universally felt towards your Highness for the possession and cultivation of those liberal and enlightened views which are alike calculated to elevate individual nations and to benefit and bless mankind, we offer a cordial wel come to a brave and distinguished Prince, the son of an illustrious father, who has magnanimously afforded to this country facilities for constant and uninterrupted communi cations with her Indian possessions. " We earnestly hope that peaceful and commercial rela tions between Egypt and Great Britain will long continue to be maintained, and that their mutual advantage, prospe rity, and happiness will thereby be promoted. " In conclusion, we trust that health and happiness, and the best blessings of Divine Providence, may attend your Highness, that your Highness's visit to the dominions of our beloved Sovereign will afford your Highness gratification and pleasure, and be the means of increasing the kindly feelings which now exist between the two countries. " Given under our common seal this 4th day of June, in the ninth year of her Majesty's reign." Mr. Howard having finished reading the document, it was translated to his Highness by the interpreter. His Highness then, with considerable animation, ad dressed the deputation in his vernacular tongue, and at the close of his observations, the interpreter, for the edification of the deputation, rendered his remarks into the French language. The following was the purport of his Highness's reply to the address : " The Pacha feels highly gratified that her Majesty has deigned to take notice of him' ; and his Highness begs to thank the authorities of Portsmouth for this act of kindness in presenting him with an address. With reference to that portion of it which concerns the commercial intercourse of this country with Egypt, the Pacha begs to assure you that Egypt will always endeavour to facilitate in every way the communication of this country with their Eastern possessions. For this purpose only his father has taken the transit into his own hands. The Pacha will always regard with peculiar interest the prosperity of England, and will pray for the long life and happiness of her Majesty. In conclusion, the Pacha wishes to all of you health and prosperity." The deputation having retired from the Prince's presence, his Highness (as we understood very much fatigued) betook himself to his private apartment, where he has remained during the afternoon. A military guard will be on duty at the hotel during his Highness's sojourn therein. It is expected that the Prince will inspect the fortifications and dockyards to-morrow, and probably honour Sir Charles Ogle with his company at dinner in the evening. His Highness is not expected to leave Portsmouth, for London, until Monday next. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. All who know anything of London amusements must have the fact very strongly impressed upon their minds that "the river" does all that in nature or reason could be expected of it to foster the nautical tastes of those who live upon its banks. Above Westminster-bridge we have those boat races, to figure in which is one of the most earnest hopes of so many of our youth, from the time when they were only Eton and Westminster boys till they have expanded into Oxford and Cambridge under-graduates. From Greenwich to Gravesend the Royal Thames Yacht Club have their matches. One of those matches, the second of the season, took place yesterday, and certainly in this hot weather the sight of so much white canvass, filled with wind and hurrying the little desperate, rakish-lookieg models of ship-building so madly through the water was quite refreshing. There was no disturbing thought of poor fellows straining at their oars, and gasping under their efforts, to spoil the pleasure of the spectacles, and each one watched the race with a com posure which cast no reflection on his humanity. The yachts entered for the match were six in number—the Prima Donna, of Colchester, the property of Mr. T. Harvey, who was the builder ; the Ino, of London, Mr. H. Gibson, owner, and Mr. Wallis, Blackwell, builder ; the Secret, of London, Mr. W. Smith, owner, and Messrs. Wanhill and Poole, builders ; the Vixen, of London, Mr. T. Neighing ton, owner and builder; the Fleur de Marie, of Folkestone, Mr. T. Hodges, owner, and Messrs. Miller and R aven hill, Blackwell, builders; and the Belvidere, of London, Lord A. Paget, owner, and Messsrs. Ditcbburn and Mare, Blackwell, builders. This little experimental squadron was anchored off Greenwich Hospital, waiting for the appointed time of starting, their sails furled, and apparently with no intention of shifting from their moorings. At the sound of the first gun, fired from the Star steamer, which carried Lord A. Paget and the members of the Yacht Club, with their friends, the men in each vessel clustered round the mast. A short interval followed, during which one or two huge colliers and steam tugs came floating down the river, and ob structed the passage, their bluff portly hulks and slovenly appearance contrasting very oddly with the attenuated shape and airy trig appearance of the little cutters. Then came the second signal gun from the Star, and up in an instant flew the canvass, as if each vessel was some strange bird shaking out her wings, and away they all went with a light breeze and an ebls tide towards Blackwall-reach. The Belvidere took the lead, the Secret, Inc), Fleur de Marie, Vixen, and Prima Donna, following in the order of their names. Shortly, however, the Secret went ahead, and con tinued to maintain and improve her position during the whole race. The Prima Donna passed the Vixen also, which stood last. In this order the six yachts swept along the Blackwall-reach, Bugsby's-reach, and Woolwich-reach, practising every possible manoeuvre of sail and rudder to hug the - wind. In the Galleons the Vixen had recovered her original place, and the Prima Donna had her topsail halliard carried away. The Ino, too, had gone before the Belvidere. After a display of great skill in beating down the narrow channel of the river against a head wind, the Secret rounded the buoy at Coalhouse Point, at 13 minutes past 3 o'clock. Then came the Ino, ten minutes after, followed by the Bel videre, at 25 minutes past 3 o'clock, the Prima Donna, at 1 . nd her.be The Vixen had given up the contest, '2B minutes to 4 o 'clock, and the Fleur de Marie seven minutes b e hind n Hoist, the larger canvass was spread , was then becoming ve r y un derstood that she had d, g w ot h a ie gr h o h u a n d d n a e l v id er l b o e s e t n tim str e o . ng l - , nt.e- turning before the wind, and and after her came the Belvidere , was s till considerably ahead, lur de Marie_, and the Prima o e sewho had hitherto been in the rear. Secret f a o n l d low no ed rn . success o p t h w e e r re len nep r l i e t c h t - e r d ea b c y h those wa s declared the success ful means y ns th of e Challenge Cup for the next twelve months. She had completed the boat, and the holder of the distance up in Donna. At 18 minutes past 6 o'clock the Secret passed the starting-post at Greenwich, and 3 hours and 7 minutes, and notwithstan din g consider able disadvantages in respect to tide, to which her lead subjected her, her victory acnieved was com plete, and her sailing qualities were highly praised. At 32 minutes past 6 o'clock the Belvidere reached the spentthere"on starting -post; the Ino came next, at 24 minutes to 7 o'clock , isantnoden,nther lw' her t e i a n t iaDonna after her at 21 minutes to 7 o'clock. On t thee whole,whtheh attaches t t p a r e e l s m e s n t t matcho similarwas t deficient in s sailing g IIS ual ; but the water" iss' some th,g in an the effect wate watching f rg a bright summer d a y the varying graces of half a dozen beautiful little vessels, which sets any .. tpndencies to be .dispbsed completely a fiance. The party oh board the Star was all good humour and gaiety, and enjoYment, We will add,' bearing in mind, as we do, the due attention paid to the steward's (Mr. G. Gore's), excellent table in the cabin. The other steatrer in attendance on the match was also well filled with ladies and gentlemen, who, no doubt, did ample justice to the occasion, and entered with the true zest of fresh-water sailors into the safe pleasures of a fresh-water cruise. There were several yachts not entered for the challenge cup which attended the race, and incrreased the interest; by pefpleking the minds of the spectators. There Was also a good deal of gun firing along the banks of the river, and we particularly noticed a salute from the residence of Mr. Hughes, a member of the club, near Woolwich. It was done with the regularity of artillery practice. The Marquis of Anglesey was out in his yacht, the Pearl, to see the result of the match. THE HYDROPATHIC SYSTEM. IMPORTANT CORONER'S INQUEST. Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. W. Payne, the City Coroner, at the King's Headi Eastcheap, on the body of Mr. Richard Dresser, of No. 9, in the same street. The greateet interest was manifested on the occasion, because it had been generally reported that the deceased had died owing to improper treatment received at the hydropathic es tablishment of Dr. Ellis, at Sudbrook Park, near Petersham. Dr. Ellis was present, attended by Mr. Hance, solicitor, who watched the proceedings on his behalf. After the jury had been sworn, the Coroner said that he was entirely ignorant of the circumstances immediately con nected with the death of the deceased; but as it had been represented to him that Mr. Dresser had lately gene into an establishment in the country, with a view of procuring me dical advice, where he had died, and that since the body had been brought home some suspicious circumstances had been discovered, he thought it advisable that an inquest should be: held, for which investigation the jtiry were then as sembled. Thomas Hubert, of the Great Hall, Hungerford-market, lighterman, had known deceased for 30 years, who was an accountant, and lived on the opposite side of the way. He complained of being ill during the last 12 months, his illness arising, as he thought, from rheumatism or sciatica, causing shooting pains through the whole of his limbs, which at times were quite powerless. On Friday last he saw deceased at his own residence, when he said he was very poorly, and that ho was going to place himself under the care of Dr. Ellis, near Richmond. While witness was conversing, Dr. Ellis arrived, when, in the most familiar manner, the doctor said that he should go down with him in his cab that afternoon, and appointed to meet him at half-past three, in Sackville-street. They did not, however, meet, but Mrs. Dresser accompanied her husband to the doctor's esta blishment. Mrs. Eliza Muriel, of 32, Elm-grove, Hammersmith, had known deceased for three years. He frequently complained of being unwell. About five weeks since he bad an attack of jaundice, but was soon cured. On Thursa'ay or Friday last she saw deceased at Eaatcheap, when he told her that he was in very good health, only that he suffered from severe rheu matic pains. On Sunday last she saw him at Dr. Ellis's es tablishment at Sudbrook Park, near Petersham; he then seemed rather poorly, and complained of sickness. He was in bed when she saw him. When he was afflicted with jaundice he was attended by Mr. Waterworth, surgeon, of the Old Kent-road. W. D. Dresser, of 11, Rotherfield-street, Islington, is cousin to deceased. Besides the jaundice, he complained of severe pain about the hip, which he called rheumatism. He had had a similar attack four or five years ago, when he was laid up for three months. The last time I saw deceased alive was on the 28th of May, when he complained of pain in the groin. His expression was, that he was suffering from rheumatism. He was fomented with warm water, and witness then left him. On last Tuesday morning he learned that Mr. Dresser was dead, when he accompanied Mrs. Dresser to Richmond, together with Mr. G. Arnold. When he saw deceased his body was lying on a bed in room No. 4. There was a great change in his face. He was nearly black about the neck. He was a dark man when in health ; but his face, when a corpse, was particularly so. The body ap peared to be much swollen, and froth was issuing from his nostrils, covering a large portion of his face. They had seen Dr. Ellis previous to their examining the corpse ; when, after asking the doctor the cause of death, he placed a paper in his hands, which contained the diagnosis. This paper was as follows : " Mr. Richard Dresser came here on Eriday last, to seek relief from what he termed rheumatism in the hip (properly sciatica), giving no other particulars; the case was thought admissible. But it soon appeared that he had been suffering from hepatitis of the sub-acute character, giving rise to sup puration ; occasioning exudations of lymph and a rapid ex tension of the disease to the adjoining viscera. The symp toms were tympanitis, total inaction of the bowels, and sluggishness of the urinary organs, very severe pain in the left leg from the groin along the thigh to the ancle, coldness of the extremities, and loss of power. He was treated as is usual to subdue the symptoms; the pain was soon suspended; the bowels, though stubborn, acted freely, after the means had been tried, and continued to do so ; and the urine either passed of itself, or was drawn off. The appetite allowed of his taking a little farinaceous nourishment, but disease pro ceeded insidiously; sub-acute inflammation advanced gra dually, though there was no sign of active progress; the organ became generally the seat of suppuration, the pulse became quicker and softer, with much perspiration ; the countenance became pale and sallow. There was tumefac tion of the liver, with a doughy, cedematous, or boggy feel of the hepatic region generally. The enlargement, or bulg ing, was very great about the false ribs. Oppression, with dyspncea, or short breathing, immediately preceded his de cease, which took place at twenty minutes before eight o'clock this morning, June 2, without either . a sigh or a struggle. " In three or four hours after his decease the fluids filled the chest and throat, and oozed copiously out of the ears, nose, and mouth. " J. E." The witness continued Having asked the doctor the cause of death, he said it was not rheumatism but hepatitis, and that, had he known he was labouring under that com plaint, he would not have admitted him into the establish ment. Mrs. Dresser. widow of the deceased, was then led into the room, and it was. with the greatest difficulty that she answered the necessary questions. She saw her husband at the establishment on Sunday afternoon last, when she un derstood that her husband had been placed in some warm baths, and he said that his pain had left him. He was sitting up in bed, covered with blankets, and with wet wrappers around him. He said that they had kept him very humble, not what he had been accustomed to. When she saw him sitting in bed, she said to him, " What a strange position !" He replied that his two legs were useless, and were as cold as marble. She took tea with him, and wished him to take some, but he refused, because he said that it was not allowed. Dr. Ellis came home in the evening, when she told the doctor that she thought her husband was vet y bad, because he was so very cold. The doctor then took a large cloth, placed it in a wash-hand bason containing water, and then put it on her husband's stomach, because, he said, he was afraid of inflammation, which he wished to stop; because, he said, he could not suffer so valuable a life as his to be lost. Deceased was shortly afterwards placed in a bath. She saw him in half an hour, when there was so remarkable a change in his appearance that she thought her husband was struck with death.' He was so very dark under the eyes that Mr. Ellis acknowledged he was much altered. My husband said that he felt no pain. His perspiration had stopped, which one of the bath. men told her was in favour of the patient. The doctor asked her if she wished to have further advice, or if she desired to remove her husband? She then left her husband, the doctor promising to send her a letter in the morning, which she was to receive by eleven o'clock; but at nine the secretary of the establishment called upon her to acquaint her with her husband's death. She went down to Petersham, and, after a great deal of persuasion, was allowed to see the corpse. She did not know whether the bandages which had been applied were dipped in warm or cold water. The baths were constituted of three pails of cold water with a small portion of hot taken from a small can which the bath-man held in his hand. Mr. James Hicks, surgeon, said that he was in partner ship with Mr. Waterworth, of the Old Kent-road. The de ceased had been visited by his partner, but who was pre vented from attending the inquest in consequence of his being engaged in a labour case. The witness had assisted in a post mortem examination of the deceased, in connexion with Mr. Waterworth, his partner, the a p o p n e arThursdayappearance ofa manmorning. presented the face being bloated and of a Thehad diedbody f rom externallysuffocation, livid colour, with bloody froth and serum issuing from his mouth and nose; the whole of the posterior part of the trunk also bore evidence of extreme congestion. In the chest the lungs were healthy, but enormously congested, as also the heart, which was large and flabby, but otherwise healthy In the abdomen, the bowels were greatly distented with flatus, but otherwise empty; the liver was healthy, but con gested, and bearing no evidence of any previous disease; the kidneys were slightly diseased, and also congested. He consi dered the immediate cause of death to have been extreme con gestion of the internal organs—namely, the lungs and heart, which existed to such an extent as to produce all the effects of suffocation, in not allowing air to get into the lungs. This congestion was likely to be produced by the application of cold externally, whether by cold air or by cold fluids, to the body; cold applications have the effect of repelling the blood from the surface of the body to the in ternal organs, and from which, in many cases, arising from a weak condition of the constitution, the system was unable to re l ieve itself. He had read th e paper written by Dr. Ellis previous to making the post mortem examination, which he then read again to the jury, endeavouring to divest it of its technical character. ire did not think that the paper written by Dr. Ellis at all gave the true cause of death—quite the contrary. He did not think that there was the least appearance of disease in the liver. There had evi dently been congestion of the lungs when the wet cloths were applied, and if the water were cold it would generally produce death. In these cases there should be the applica tion of hot flannels and stimulants, so as to restore circula tion. so soon have been cold as it was said that he was. Had It h a a d p p h e e e e r n e d wettedtot hi m withthathot water,the cloths . Dresserapp applied to coude ceasedld not there been rheumatism or sciatica , there could not have been sluggishness of the bowels, or derangement of the urinary organs; there was no suppuration of i any kind. confirmed Mr. G. Arnold, hatter, of 57, leap , the tostirnony of previous w it ne sses, adding, that he h a d o f ten _ heard the deceased speak in mo st favourable terms of th e hydropathic system, upon which subject he believed he had cs written a small work. The,Conoreen then said that it was highly necessary that the jury should hear the evidence of Mr. Waterworth, as also that of Dr. Ellis, together with some persons from the esta blishment, in order that they might detail the means generally resorted to. He should, therefore, adjourn the case till Tuesday next, at three o'clock, binding Dr. Ellis to attend in the recognisance of 1001. OPENING OF THE LEEDS AND BRADFORD RAILWAY. —On Saturday last, the contractors of this line proceeded, with a numerous body of the directors and their frinds, from Leeds to Bradford. The train, consisting of twelve carriages, accompanied by two bands of music, and propelled by two engines, started from the Leeds station, Wellington street, a little before one o'clock, the bands playing " See the con quering hero comes." The gay banners attached to each carriage had a very pleasing effect, and the thousands of people who had assembled along the banks of the river testified by hearty cheers their delight in witnessing the first trip on a line which will unite two of the largest and most important commercial towns in Yorkshire. The train proceeded slowly through Armley and Kirkstall, in consequence of a portion of the rails at the Leeds end having only been laid the day before. After passi ng through the Thacklev Tunnel, which is a mile and a half in length, and being detained a short time at Shepley for a su pply of water, the train proceeded at a rapid rate to Brad ford, when, after remaining an hour, it proceeded at a quick rate on its return. It is impossible to conceive a more lively and animated scene than that which presented itself on this Occasion along the whole line, the inhabitants of all the po pulous villages throughout having assembled in their holi rteheot, those o gentlemen remove s h u e ch ve manu facture holi day attire on the eminence s.— Maxchester Gu ur di an . Much dissatisfaction ha vin g arisen among the artisans engaged in the prod uction of the Llama Cloth in the West of England, by raison of a rumour that it was the i n t en ti on o f ed the fun of a large bo d y of men. t fa h e e te A r l e es e sr e s a . t N er ic t o o ll t , h o e ul allayed a ll ci ya rcular denying such to be their purpose, and which has of e t rgeepnotliet, THE LATE MURDER and SUICIDE. ibr Last evening, at six o 4 clock, Mr.W. Payne,. coronerthe city o f L ou d on, and a j ury of 16 inhabitants of the ward of Bishopsgate Without, assembled in the Board room of the E as t L on d on U n i on, No. 1, Devonshire square, to investigate the deaths of John Toomey, aged and Mary Toomey, his wife, aged 38 years, the victims of the horrible tragedy which took place in Widegate-street, on Wednesday last, under the circum stances detailed in our columns of Thursday. The proceedings excited ccnsiderable interest, and the Rev. Dr. Russell, Rector of Bishopsgate, the chair man, and several other members of the Board of Guardians of the East London Union were present during the inquiry. The jury, having been sworn, proceeded to view the bodies, which lay in the second floor back of the house No. 13, Widegate-street, Bishopsgate- street. On their return the following evidence was entered into:.-- Elijah Myers was first called. He said-. 4 reside at No. 12, Sandy s - row . O n W ednesday afternoon last, about a quarter b e f ore 4 o ' clock, I was in Widegate street, opposite No. 13, when a girl came runningfl out, and said her fath er , s h e thought, was in up stairs at No. 13, with a person named Tay lor, and went found the door fastened, sad a c h a i r placed against the door on the inside. I burst open the door, and saw the deceased man hanging by a handkerchief from the rail of the bedstead. I saw no other person in the room at this time. I gave Alfred Taylor a knife, and he cut him down, There was a letter pinned on the outside of the deceased man's coat, and Taylor took it off and gave it to a policeman. We laid the decased man on the bed, and Mr. Gilbert was sent for, but he was quite dead. I saw nothing of the body of a woman. The Coroner here read the paper found pinned to the deceased man's coat, which was written on the back of the title-page of a pamphlet entitled " The Magazine of Popular Information on Capital and Secondary Punish ment." It was as follows :—" With all her faults I love her still, if she would hitt reform. I have tried all the means I could try, but in vain. She would not con form to anything rational, consequently, rather than be bound to allow her a single shilling, I'll suffer this a score times. No jealousy, both share alike, old girl. Oh, friends of humanity ! console my poor afflicted and distracted orphan girl." Mary Crawley said—l reside at 11, Knight's-build. ings, Sun-street, and knew the deceased, Mary Toomey. I went to her house in Widegate-street on Wednesday afternoon, and was there when the room door was broken open. About three-quarters of an hour after the man was found hanging 1 found the woman under the bed, lying on her right side. She was quite dead, and her hands and legs were tied up. Ann Barrett examined—l reside at 6, Widegate-street. The deceased, Mary Toomey, was my sister. She had been married to John Toomey 18 years. They have two children surviving, but neither was staying with them. I saw my sister on Wednesday afternoon last, about 4 o'clock, in Petticoat- lane, and conversed with her. On the previous day I me, the deceased man, and offerel to give him some beer, but he refused it, saying that there was something the matter with his heart, and he could not drick it. He went to my place and had some coffee, and left about half-past 9 o'clock, and I gave him 6d., as he said he had no candle. He was in the greatest distress, and deceased and his wife had pawned all their things to buy food. They were allowed 2s. a week and two loaves of bread by the union. He was latterly a porter, but he had had no work to do for the last three months. They paid 2s. a week for rent ; but I think they were a week in arrear. The deceased man had pawned his shirt off his back to get food. The de ceased woman was not a drunkard, but she and her hus band quarrelled very much about their distress. On a previous occasion, last Christmas, I believe, he got a bottle of poison with intent to poison his wife. I think he was induced tocommit this act solely through distress. Several witnesses were here called, who spoke to the dreadful distress in which the deceased parties appeared to be, and to their continual habits of quarrelling. Mr. C. H. Gilbert examined—l am a surgeon, and re side at No. 1, Raven-row, Spitalfields. About four o'clock on Wednesday last I was called to 13, Widegate street, and I found the deceased man dead from hanging. About half an hour after I was called in to see the de ceased woman. I found her under the bed, covered with a sheet, and quite dead from strangulation. The woman's hands were tied in front of her, and the legs were also tied with some shreds of old bed covering. Both de ceased persons had, in my opinion, been dead seven or eight hours. The deceased woman was in the last month of pregnancy. _ _ _ By the jury—The woman's hands were tied so loosely that I think she might have released them if she had thought proper. There can be no doubt but the man had placed her where she was found under the bed be fore he committed the act himself. Mary Anne Toomey, the daughter of the deceased per sons, was next called, and having been interrogated as to the nature of an oath, was sworn. She said the de ceased were my father and mother. I was at place when this happened. I saw my mother last alive about four o'clock on Tuesday. She was then sober. I saw her on Monday night, when she had been drinking. I saw my father on Tuesday night at home, and he told me he wanted me very early next morning. I cannot tell the cause of what has happened, unless it was in conse quence of my father being out of work, and being so poor. They had nothing but the 2s. from the union to live upon for the last three or four weeks, as my mother, who worked at tailoring, had had none to do. When she got work she used to earn Is. per day. They used to quarrel very much, and he used to say, " She might view in him her butcher." By the Cm:tortEn—My father has been in trouble, and been abroad. He returned home about nine months since. I have lost my place in consequence of this oc currence. My father attended Moorfie:ds Catholic Chapel, but he received no relief from the chapel. Two other papers which had been found in the de *ceased's room, were hero read by the Coroner. They bore the following:— " I tried every effort to surpass this. Oh, horrid deed ! But the misguided, deluded woman, as if born to goad me to do it. May it be a lesson to bad wives, to reform in time. I should wish to say much more, only my mind is unsettled. Mr. Robertson talked to me very kind, and no man could take more pains with me than the Rev. P. Dyer, who offered me money—but to no use—my spirits were entirely gone, through the unkind ness of my unhappy wife. Mr. Church, a good-hearted man, and a true faithful servant to the City Gas Com pany, and a good friend to the stokers, but many of them do not seem to know it." Mr. James Roberts, relieving officer of the East Lon don Union, examined— I first had to do with deceased's family about four years ago, when his wife came to me for relief in consequence of his being transported. I again saw the wife about six weeks ago, when she came for relief, and I saw the man on Tuesday last, when he came to me about his wife. After I first saw the wife I visited them, and found the man had no shoes. I then told them to come before the board. I hinted to the board that as the wife was pregnant they had better go into the house, but the woman had so strong an objection to the union that the board allowed them 2s. per week and two loaves of bread. This was on the 29th of April, and that would carry them on for tour weeks. I told them on the last time the allowance was given that that was the last time. They omitted to apply until last Friday, in stead of applying on the 27th of May, and I then gave her the same relief as before. They were to have come before the board on last Wednesday. I called upon them last Sunday evening, and tried to urge upon the woman, as she was so far advanced in pregnancy, to go into the house. They both objected to this very strongly, and the man appeared very desponding. On Tuesday evening last Toomey came to me, and told me not to give his wife any more relief, as she was unworthy of it. She had come home drunk on the Monday night, and had gone out on that ( Tuesday) morning, and been out all day. He added, that she had been the cause of all his misfortunes, and tvas not worthy of relief, as she had money. Ile shed tears, and appeared very desponding, but was perfectly sober. They were never at any time refused relief by me, although I acted, on their second application, without the order of the board. There being no further evidence, The CORONER, at some length, proceeded to explain the law as it related to the crime of murder and felo-de se, and, having concluded his observations, the jury were about considering their verdict when Mr. PAYNE observed that he had just had some cir cumstances mentioned to him by a gentleman on his left which he thought would greatly assist the jury in coming to a conclusion, inasmuch as it made the motives for the commission of the act on the part of Toomey more clear. He thought, therefore, the jury had better hear it in evidence. A gentleman, one of the guardians of the City of London Union, but whose name did not transpire, was then sworn. He said—John Toomey was, about four years ago, in the employ of a wholesale confectioner in St. John-street-road, where he committed, in con junction with a fellow-servant, robberies to a very large amount. Indeed, when the discovery was made, a whole roomful of grocery and other things were found, with which it was his intention to set up business for himself, he having given his companion 151. as his share of the plunder. He was transported for seven years, but his good conduct caused him to be liberated at the expiration of four years. Shortly after committal, Toomey's wife discovered that he had 1001. in the savings' bank, and she got the Rev. Dr. Russell and others to write to the Secretary of State about it. After considerable trouble the Secretary of State wrote to the then Sheriff, I believe Mr. Alderman Magnay, and the woman ultimately got all the money but 101., which she expended in her support. On the release of Toomey he expected to have found his wife had still the 1001., but when he found she had not he be came so enraged and disappointed that he appeared to detest her, and fre quently threatened to destroy her. The jury, after hearing this statement, again con sulted for about a quarter of an hour, when they re turned a verdict, " Th a t t h e deceased John Toomey, destroyed his wife and then himself, being at th e ti m e in a state of temp orary insanity." INCREASE OF ATTORNEYS. —From the official list of persons who have given the requisite notices of their inten tion to apply to be admitted on the roll of attorneys of the Court of Queen' s B enc h , lately issued by the authorities of the Law Institution, it appears that in addittion to 157 no tices given previous to Easter term last, 170 more have given notices for Easter term next; eight for re-admission, and eighteen for the renewal of certificates during the present term, making altogether an increase of attorneys in two terms of 335. The average annual increase of attorneys ex ceeds 600. EXPECTED TURN-OUT OF COTTON-SPINNERS.— A lengthy address, purporti n g to have emanated ope rative cotton-spinners' committee, has been from the placarded on the walls of this town and neighbourhood, in which it is stated that the Messrs. Kirk, of Stalyb r idge, are paying Bs. less per thousand banks, on some wheels, than the masters of Ashton. It is intimated th a t un l e ss an advance is given they will turn L out.—Manchester Courier. DUTC2, FLANDERS, - AND /1.131- BURGY MAILS. TIIEWAGUE, JUNE 2.—The American Consul agreed, on the oth of May this year, to the motion for abolishing differential duties on Java coffees imported into the United States from European ports and ships of the Netherlandg. . _ Count Arbadius Itotschnherg, Privy Counsellor to his M a j est y the tinikkor of Russia, has arrived at the Hague, from St. Petersburgli. His Majesty passed through Eisenach on the 29th of May, on his way to Weimar. Her Majesty the Empress of Russia made but a short stay at Sulzburgh. She set out on the 24th of May in the morning with Princess Olga, for Prague, by way of Leinz, at which place she had an interview with the Empress of Austria and the Archduke Francis Charles, with some persons who came from Vienna to meet her. The Emperor of Russia was at Warsaw on the 24th. It is thought that his Majesty will meet the Empress at Prague, to which city several members of the Royal Family of Russia are gone. BRUSSELS, JUNE 3 —The average price of wheat, in the week ending on Saturday the 80th of May, was 23f. 69c. ; and that of rye, 17f. 88c. per hectolitre. The Chamber of Representatives has passed, by a majority of 54 to 3, the project of law relative to the canal from Deynze Schipdonch ; four members declined voting. M. Bornjurghe, of Ostend, who had been to the Hague, on a mission relative to the interests,: of our national fishery, h as returned to Belgium. Hence we may infer that the negotiations have advanced another step to wards a final arrangement. There are, however, still several points to be settled, relative, not to the principal, which were all agreed upon, but to the amount of certain duties of customs on our importations. The report of M. Blondell to the Government, rela tive to the state of St. Th omas ' s and Guatemala, is going to be laid before the Chamber. It is said to give in general a favourable account of the state of that colony. KONIGEIBURG, MAY 24.—1 t is reported that the Chief President, before his departure to-day to the General Synod at Berlin, issued an order to Dr. Rupp, prohi biting him henceforth the exercises of ecclesiastical functions. HILDESHEIN, MAY 28.—The German Catholics of this town received to-day the happy information that the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs has granted them the chapel of the Lutheran Orphan House for the per formance of Divine worship. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JuNx s.—The Lightning steam-yacht, Mas ter Commander Petley, has been placed at the disposal of the Prince of Egypt during his sojourn at this port. Mr. Petley was presented to his Highness this morning, at the George Hotel, by Major Dickson, R.A., appointed Equerry in Wait ing to his Royal Highness. The Comet steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander W. Pretyman, left last evening for Devonport, with supernume raries. She put on board the Canopus, at Spithead, a detach ment of marines, which arrived yesterday afternoon, per rail, from Chatham. The Polvphemus steam-sloop, Commander M`Cleverty, left last night for Lisbon with dispatches. The Eurydice, 26, Captain George Elliott, is progressing very rapidly in her fittings for sea, and has nearly obtained her complement. Much jealousy has been exhibited by the " craft" at Captain Elliott's recommissioning this ship, but as he did not serve his time out in her by nearly six months, his re-appointment to her was only a usual thing and a bare act of justice; but an act of gross injustice both to Captain Elliott, and the gallant admiral his father, has by the same board been perpetrated within the last few days, which a press of other matter has compelled us to defer mentioning until the present moment. It is well known the Eurydice and Spartan (now fitting at Devo n p ort ), b oth 26 guns, the former built on the design of Admiral Elliott, and the latter by Sir William Symonds, are to compete in sailing, &c., when ready. The Eurydice was professedly built to try an experiment of great importance, viz., if a lighter draught of water cannot be obtained for ships of war with the same sailing advantages. Now the Spartan has been newly cop pered, not so the Eurydice, although the necessity for it exists in as great a degree as in the other case. Thus the Spartan will have a very manifest and important advantage over her competitor. Two of Mr. Rolt's excavators, employed in the new steam basin, having incautiously undermined a considerable body of earth, it gave way and buried them yesterday afternoon. A number of men were immediately set to work to dig them out, but some time elapsed before they could be extricated. Both were much hurt, but one so seriously that he was taken to Haslar Hospital. He was reported to-day to be dead. SHEER NESS, JUNE s.—There are but few arrivals or sail ings to report as having occurred during the past week. The Fearless steamer brought Captain Brandreth, Royal En gineers, director of architectural and engineering works, on a visit to the Dockyard on Tuesday, and returned with him to Chatham the same evening. The Polyphemus steam-sloop, Commander James J. M'Cleverty, arrived from Woolwich on Wednesday, and having taken on board a few supernumeraries from the flag ship, sailed the same day for Portsmouth. The Dido, 20, Captain J. B. Maxwell, progresses favour ably with her equipment and manning. She has her top masts fitted, the main on a principle of Commander Le febvres for trial. The Boscawen, 70, was towed down from her moorings at Standgate-creek, on Tuesday, to be re-caulked and painted. The Havannah, 20, razee, is not to be commissioned at present. She is having her tops covered to protect them from the weather, and will be discharged into ordinary, as an advance ship, in a few days. The following vessels occupy the Basin :—Howe, 120, under repair; Conquestador and Worcester, 50-gun frigates, and Havannab, 20, fitting as advanced ships; and Dido, 20, fitting for sea. In Dock—Chichester, 50; Horatio, 44; Dragon steam - frigate ; and Dart, 8, building. In Harbour—Ocean, 80, tiag.ship pro tem. ; Raven, 3 ; African, Wildfire, and Cuckoo steamers. THE FORTIFICATIONS.-The new works continue to pro gress slowly and steadily. The scarp of the battery forming opposite the Dockyard-gate is now being proceeded with. The musketry walls connecting it to the old works of Gar rison Point on the one hand, and to the line of bastions ex tending from the Thames to the Medway on the other, are well nigh completed. Each wall is upwards of 120 yards in length, three feet thick, from ten to twelve feet in height, and has loop-holes for musketry at every three and a half feet distance. A ditch, fifty feet wide and fifteen feet deep, is to surround the battery. It is almost formed, and will com municate with that from the Medway, which is to be cleared out and deepened, and the bastions extending along it are to be heightened with the mud procured by the excavation. The following guns have been ordered for the new works : —One 56-pounder, 97 cwt., 11Yeet long; 17 eight-inch guns, 65 cwt. each, 9 feet long ; 28 32-pounders, 56 cwt. each, 9 feet long—total, 58. The 24-pounders will be mounted on iron carriages, but all the heavier guns on wooden carriages with traversing platforms. Sixty -tree guns of a similar description have already been received, and are to be mounted on the old works surround ing the garrison. The alterations and repairs there are pro gressing favourably, the pivots and tramways for the traversing platforms of all the 32-pounders being already laid down ; the parapet has also been heightened along its whole extent. One or two companies of artillery are to be in future perma nently stationed here, and new and extensive barracks are to be erected for their accommodation, the present being con fined and incapable of accommodating more than 300 men, which is the average number of troops forming this garrison. Captain Alexander, R.E., the active and intelligent officer under whose superintendence the works have pro gressed so far, is ordered to proceed to the Bahamas. He is to be succeeded by Captain Whitmore from Chatham. The four company depot of the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade, consisting of Major Robert Walpole, Captains Norcot and Raynard, Lieutenants Glyn, Stewart, Oxenden, Brown, Butler, and Churchill, sergeants, corporals, and 209 rank and file, arrived here on Monday from Chatham, and relieved detachments of the 28th and 78th Regiments, which returned to Chatham, under Captain Tobin of the 11th Regi ment, the same day. AN IMPUDENT IMPOSTOR.—There is the greatest sen sation felt in the neighbourhood of Stroud, and the vil lages contiguous, by the appearance of a Mr. Coushman, a oi-disant " prophet." He professes to be endowed with a miraculous power of healing" the most extreme cases of disease, and even such physical ailments that are not classi fied in the nomenclature of the faculty; he having for a period of thirteen years (as he states) prayed without in termission for the attainment of such a desideratum. He has deigned to visit this locality, leaving for a time his native county, Essex, at the ardent solicitation of certain aged families in the neighbourhood. He makes no formal charge, but gives . his patients the strongest intimation that he cannot subsist without some "pecuniary assistance," in the performance of his " great mission." He is about 70 years of age, stands about five feet eight inches high, is extremely ignorant, especially of the Scriptures, and though he meets with such unprecedented success, he is by no means mentally calcu lated for an impostor. The number of visitors he re ceives of both sexes, of all ages, and of every grade of society, for physical aid, and the extermination of constitutional disease, is a fact incredible, and an anomally of the 19th century. He arrogates (h e says ) to him self "no power," ' but in the performar.ce of his cases trusts alone to the efficacy of prayer and the faith of his patients. This impostor is making harvest out of the hard e arn i ngs of the a rich poorer classes, and duping thousands of weak-minded and credulous indivi duals who suffer their assent to precede their reason ; and it is devoutly to be 'wished that some influential party would speedily adopt means to rid the neighbourhood of so dele terious a nuisance, for it is needless to add that all who visit him arc under the impression of their convalescence, while they eventually find themselves relapsed and duped of their money. We have heard that "the prophet" has found be -I,pieervseorns s n w o h t o o s n e l y p o a s m i t o i o n n g s i t n the society oor a a ei d ignorant, eanc ationb tmight amongst been expected to fortify them against such an assault upon their sti c D r D e d E u ti l i ty. — DE A C T / o u r/ e F s t R e r o3i u E r Jo .U 3t a/ C ITEMENT. Yesterday Mr. W. Baker, deputy- coroner, held an inquest at the Three Cranes, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, on Thomas Midwinter, aged 46, a grocer, & c., i n Brick-lane.' It appeared by the evi dence that the deceased had been for some years actively engaged in the parish business, having tilled every office, and just completed his term of churchward aris_i_i p. lie was universally esteemed. The parishioners, to mark their ap probation, had subscribed a silver tea-service , which was to be presented at a public meeting on Tuesday. evening. At • four o'clock in the afternoon, being prev i ously gocd health, he was suddenly seized with ' a fit, si me dical assistance, died in twenty said, from congestion of the vessels and .. r of the brain, arriving from. Smith, surgeon, notwithstanding minutes, excitement. The deceased alwaysfobreetrhaeydediedne,vNouesvaetrbie ard anxiety for the correct and assiduous discharge of his duties,- N Natural death, caused by c h ur chwarden." said to a friend a inivneurtdelocrt,t7 excitement. " DREADFUL FILM AT A FACTORY.—NORWICH, FRI DAY AFTERNOML—EarIy this morning this city was thrown into consternation by a disastrous fire in the St. James's Factory, situate in the outskirts. The property is termed No. 2 of the Norwich Steam Power Company, that company having within the last few years raised two immense fac tories near the city. It appears the alarm was raised at about. four o'clock, by a boy, who perceived fire and smoke issuing from the engine-house, which, a large brick double-rocfed building, was found to be in flames. The result was, that the engine-house is gutted, and its valuable contents, ma chinery, &c., much injured. Departments in the factory wer e hired by nearly all the manufacturers of Norwich. Some 600 or 1,000 persons have been temporarily thrown out of employment ; but the works will soon be set going again. ROYAL NAVAL ScaooL.—The Directors of the Croy don Railway Company have, through their secretary, Mr. R. S. Young, handsomely granted the use of three acres of land, contiguous to this Institution at New-cross, for the re.. creation of the pupils. , - . 1 ......... . .. . • SPORTING IN TELLI GENCE. ' (RECEIVED TIS q. MANCHESTER RACES.— D 2 FRIDAY.' The.Broughton Stakes, of 15 soya. each, 5 ft, and 30 added. One mile and three quarters. • Mr. Cookson's Fair Star, 3 y-rs (T. Williams) 1 Lord Stanley's Tour de Force, 3 yrs Mr. Osborne's Hopeful, 3 yrs The Railway Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added. One , . mile and a quarter. Mr. Meason's Fair Charlotte, Bst llb ... ..... (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Worthington's Dear Husband, 7st 91b .. • Philip, Bst 101 b, Barbara Youn g , 6 s t 10Ib, and several others, ran. Handicap of 3 soya. each and 50 added. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Eddiso n ' s Little Joint, 5 yrs, Bst 71b - ...(T emp l eman ) 1 Mr. Mostyn's Chartist; 3 yrs . Plate of 504 heats, 2 miles and a distance. Mr. Dawson's Kiss-me quick, 4 yrs (Winteringham) 00 1 1 Mr. Salvin's Thalia, 3 yrs 1 0 2 2 Mr. Shepherd's .Forest Flower, 4 yrs 0 1 0 3 Mr. Osborne's Beda, 4 yrs Mr. Walmes;ey's Heir at-Law, 4 yrs Byrne, the rider of Roderick Dhu in the hurdle race on Wednesday, died the following day, from the injuries he re ceived in his fall. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. ASCOT HEATH, 1846. Tuzsmtv.—Nominations for her Majesty's Vase : Romance, 3 yrs Humdrum, 3 yrs Peri colt, 3 yrs Coranna, aged Kliondooz, 6 yrs Wolfdog, 4 yrs Burgundy, 3 yrs Kisheng, 4 yrs Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs Grimston, 3 yrs WEDNESDAY. —Weights for the Royal Hunt Cap : The Cure, 5 yrs. 9st 71b !Advocate geld., 4 yrs, 7st 71b Evenus, 6 yrs, 9st 51b Spithead, 3 yrs, Ist 51b Lightning, 5 yrs, Bst 111 b i Colleen Raw n, 4 yrs, 7st 51b Aristotle, aged, Bst 111 b I Loconcodaon*u4t,ysrs;,r7s,st7sBlt lb b 8 Antler, 5 yrs, Bst 91b Akbar, 5 yrs, Bst 71b I Rowland Hill, 4 yrs, 7 st 31 b The Merry Monarch, 4 yrs,l Gannet, 4 yrs, 7st Bst 7lb Young Eclipse, 4 yrs, 7st Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs, Bst 61b B. f. by Revolution, out of her Ironmast er , 4 yrs, Bst 61b ! Highness, 3 yrs, 7st Mendi can t, 3 yrs, Bst 51b : Saint Demetri, 3 yrs, Est 121 b The Devil-to-pay,syrs,Bst 51b Sotades, 3 yrs, Est 121 b Red Robin, 4 yrs, Bst 31b L'Hirondelle c., 3 yrs, Est 121 b Espoir, 5 yrs, Bst 3lb Snake, 3 yrs, Est 51b Beaumont, 5 yr.-, 7st 131 b I Nell Cook, 3 yrs, Est 2lb Javelin, 4 y rs, 7 st 121 b 1 Leaconfield, 3 Candle, y r 8 , 3 yrs, Sat 2 6 1b st Falseßeport, 5 yrs, 7st 91b Polka, 3 yrs, sst 121 b Sir Francis, 4 y rs , I st 71b Bourra Tomacha. 6 yrs,7 s t 91b Petitioner, 3 yrs, sst 121 b Queen Pomare, 7st 71b Peasant, 3 yrs, sst 71b F. by Sir Hercules, T.aglioni, Regalia, 3 • - sst7lb 4 yrs, 7st slb yrs, FRlDAY.—Weights for the 300 sous. given by the Great Western Railway Comp any : Alarm, 4 yrs, 9st Taglioni filly-, 4 yrs, Est 12Ib The Baron, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b Master Stepney, 4 yrs, Est 121 b Mentor, 4 yrs. Bst 101 b Burgundy, 3 y-rs, Est 1011) Inheritress, 6 yrs, Bst 51b Cocoa Nut, 5 yrs, Est 81b Antler, 5 yrs, Bst 21b Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs, Gst 71b Akbar, 5 yrs, Bst Rowland Hill, 4 yrs, Est 616 Lightning, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b Flahoulagh , 4 yrs, est 61b Pride of Kildare (dead) L'Hirondelle colt, 3 yrs, 6st 41b 1 Pine Apple, 6 yrs, 7st 91b Remedy, 3 yrs, 6st Est Lord 5 yrs, 7st Blb Her Highness fill y , 3 y rs, Lord Saltoun, 5 yrs, 7st 81b Sotades, 3 yrs, Est Beaumont, 5 yrs,7st 61b St. Demetri, 3 yrs, Est Devil-to-Pay, 5 yrs, 7st 61b Draco, 3 yrs, 6st Rowena, 5 yrs, 7st 51b Lynceus, 3 yrs, Est Columbus, 4 yrs, 7st 51b Youl.g Eclipse, 4 yrs, sst 121 b Titmouse, 4 y-rs, 7st 41b Sister to Flambeau, 3yrs, sst4lb Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs, Ist 41b The Little Vulgar Boy, 3 yrs, Ruff, 4 yrs, Ist 41b sst 41b Javelin, 4 yrs, 7st 31b Polka, 3 yrs, sst 41b Chertsey, 4 yrs, Ist Geraldine, 3 yrs, sst 21b Gwalior, 4 yrs, 7st Petitioner, 3 yrs, sst The Mangler, 4 yrs, ist Curiosity, 3 yrs, sst Advocate gelding, 4 yrs., ist Peasant, 3 vrs, 4st 131 b Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs, 7st Sister to Pergularia, 3 yrs, Lady Charlotte, 5 yrs, 6st 1216 4--,t 121 b NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER, 1846. TvEsnay. —Col. Anson's 'ago, Bst 71b, agst Lord Eglin toun's Dole, Bst. 21b. A. F. 200, h ft. WEresasnAy.—Mr. Merton's Peasant, Bst 71b, agst CoL Anson's Turpin, Bst 41b. D. M. 200, h ft. FRIDAY.—Mr. Payne's Collingwood, Bst 31b, agst Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Bst. R. M. 200, h ft. HOUGHTON, 1846. MONDAY.—Lord Glasgow's Phy_salis, Bst 71b, agst Lord George Bentinck's Ennui, 7st. T.Y.C., 200, hft FRIDAY.—Lord Eglinton's Sotades, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Bst 21b. A.F., 260,11 ft. GOODWOOD, 1846. Nominations fur the Orange Prize: — Joe Lovell, 5 yrs 'L'Hirondelle colt, 3 yrs Miss Elis,4 .yrs Footstool, 3 yrs Rose of Cashmere, 4 yrs Coranna. aged Clumsy, 4 yrs Valiant, 4 yrs As-you-like-it, 4 yrs Lothario, 6 yrs Wolfdog, 4 yrs Red Deer, 5 yrs Black Strap, 4 yrs Refraction, 4 yrs Odd Ireland, 4 yrs Alexa, 3 yrs Burgundy, 3 yrs Sting, 3 yrs Orlando, 5 yrs Malt, 3 yrs Grim. m., 4 yrs Humdrum, 3 yrs The Cure, 5 yrs The Baron, 4 yrs Wood Pigeon, 4 yrs Peri colt, 3 yrs Maynuoth, 4 yrs Vol-au- Vent, 5 yrs Pantasa, 4 yrs Leaconfield, 3 yrs Regalia, 3 yre - Antler, 5 yrs Khondooz, 6 yrs Queen of Tyne, aged La Mlle mai gardee, colt, 3 yrs Mentor, 4 yrs A-la-mode, 5 yrs Grimston, 3 yrs Sweetmeat, 4 yrs Jericho, 4 yrs Burlesque, 3 yrs Alarm, 4 yrs Brother to Sir Henry, 3 yrs Miss Sarah, 4 yrs h Flahoulagh, 4 yrs Red Robin, 4 yrs. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM Ova OWN CORRESPONDENT.) LAUNCH OF TILE EARL OF CARDIGAN'S SPLENDID ISTaw YACHT, THE ENCHANTRESS.—On Tuesday afternoon, this beautiful 3 acht, a schooner of 214 tons, was launched from Mr. Joseph White's yard, in the presence of Lord Wilton, Spencer de Horsey, Esq., William Lyon, Esq., and several other members of the R.Y.S. ; she has since been masted, and is now on the slips being coppered. WARLlKE.—lletachments from the several depots at Al bany Barracks continue to be shipped off to our American colonies as fast as the men are tit for service. The Duchess, new yacht, built for the Commodore of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, has been hauled upon Mr. Ratsey's patent slip, to be coppered. RAILWAY RETURNS. Rati,wair TaAFFic.—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 : NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending May 30 Arbroath and Forfar ••• • • •••• • • • • Bristol and Birmingham •••••• • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead. • •• • • •• • • Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • ..... • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Durham and Sunderland ..... • • Edinburgh and 'Glasgow . •• • • • •• • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock.• •• ..... • • • . Grand Junction •• • .......... • .• Gravesend and Rochester.... Great North of England Great Western • • • Hartlepool .. Loudon and Birmingham, &c........ London and Blackwell. London and Brighton. • • • Londoa and Croydon •••• •• ••• • • - London and Greenwich London and South We5tern......... Manchester, Bolton, and Bury .• • - • • Manchester and Birmiugham• • • • • • • • Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc.. Midland Counties . •• •• • • •• •• • • Newcastle and Darlington •• .. • • •• •. Newcastle and Carlisle ...... . . .• • • * a d 117 .) 8 rt o h lto S Paris and Rouen. • • • • •• • • P NNN ari ooerrwtf s heaso , lk e ljti o i; r ei b ;an e .n il, and 0r1ean5....... ... Preston and liTyTe• • •• • • • • Sheffield and Manchester.. • • • . • • • • • • South Eastern• • ••• • Taff Vale .. - • Ulster . ••• ••.• •• •• ...... Y ar mouth and Norwich ••• • _ • • York and North Midland. June 2 May 31 June 1 May 30 Last week. June 2 May 31 29 June 1 1 May 30 730 1,633 384 483 3,415 9,411 2,303 1,094 269 20,927 842 38,282 1,339 5,205 2,007 9,389 1,172 4,478 11, 4 E.:-. VC 527 859 1,406 377 710 2,83 g 5,019 1,943 1,059, 199 16,703 2,758 2,200 514 1,475 17,483 6,974 6,297 809 1,941 7,880 1,381 33,957 1,1105 4,034 1,394 8,255 5,564 903 3,898 .5,945 I 4,18 T 2,207 1,568 247 1,708 5,771 5,241 683 4,980' 1,144 DISTRESS IN MAYo.—LORD G. BENTINCH.—At a meeting of the poor-law guardians of Castlebar union, on Saturday, the board, considering that some notice should be taken of the opinions expressed in the House of Com mons by Lord George Bentinck, relative to the distress in Mayo, which were grounded on statements attributed to Mr. George Ormsby, Mr. Thomas Ormsby, and Mr. Brett, and which these gentlemen disclaim, unanimousl y adopted the following resolution .—" Resolved, That as the state of distress in the county of Mayo has been made matter of discussion elsewhere, and as by far the greater part of this union is in the county of Mayo, we feel called upon to express it as our unanimous and decided conviction, formed from various local personal ex perience, that the precautions taken by Government we re 0 , not only ' judicious, but indispensable for th e supplyaft 01 the population. Although there' is a la r ge f h o a o n d d i s n of th p e ar o ti o es un w try ho , • y ; a a nd Indian corn to keep taken by the introduction of maize part nd h o n f d t hi s t stepsis inbetehne trade atill i a n usury middle classes. Besides, although the is s to purchase it, if sources great, still the mass of the that h h e a e et n market otifrenlra npbyryocoesfntdahtetailefair standa rd , te,.ofthethheumpriilcleer,of and food w o uld beyond n ameans for them. The low price of ernp o of potat o es at present, and the abundant supply at the lower class i colf ) a, m sfso en odh t aiv a ne re th n nea ot cmoue pr ovided var i ou s markets, are no criterion as to the true po sition of affairs, as all farmers who have potatoes try by every means to dispose of them before they are entirely lost by the disease, which progresses." We have been informed the country surveyor received a letter from Lord George Bentinck, in reply to one addressed to his Lordship, inquiring on what authority he used his name in the yscostauebiel jtsleHeedeignOti that hoce s nfoa e tronte, iff o taes ti f el :El l goe y i Londonderry Commons, dnreddlutdneehropcptaeneeeterdn he had never used; his Lordship referred him to Mr. John Browne for an explanation. Lord George states that the letters regarding distress in Mayo which he read extracts from in the House of Commons, were received by him from Lord Stanlry, who derived his information from Mr. John Brown. We understand Mr. Brett has written to Mr. Browne upod the subject.— Castlebar Telegraph. THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN.—We have the best autho.. city fo r stating duration nsiitinshgaoenntfaiuoottntni the i hnee n ra s t tt: e arl b n ri e sntedheteidn: c o mewEt a la: Government. p lcoh r Elvt e oe s pe meibranintv,lsaae prevails rnir o st. R. o fill onibTtt u etr i the appointment of the Lord Chamberlainship, tow vacant in eadrrYwuarporlasbeirubtceutemhni this t arrangement, circumstances.—Tory named ._ as To t ry he lo, probablef, pcourse,r. will s Al u c a e r e q ms u sa i o s tre DEATH OF THE HON. E. ROBERT PLI7NRETT.—WO regret to learn that letters have been received from the Earl and Countess of Fingal!, in Italy, which convey the distress -1 ing intelligence of the death of the Hon. E. R. Plunkett, their second son, who died at Milan on the 27th ult. The hon. deceased was in his 26th year, having been born in November 1820. He entered the army in the 60th Rifles, but the service being not according to his habits he retired after a few years. The Hon. Gentleman was attached to the British Embassy a t 1 Vienna, and had only left the Austrian capital a few iwyith, 1 to meet his relatives in Italy. 4 *- ' ,‘: i THE SUN, LONDON, SATUnDAy EVENING, JUNE 6, 1846.