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

Pet S '---"'"1"1".".. " .. "" 1 " . " 4 11•401.14 4 ma im m 0 mmur0m0rnap5....... fl eid t v!ho held the office of guardian of the Chesterd conk 111°11"uld no t s uPPly milk to the persons who ha d , nase aa f te to serve it :Elise that liable t 1- f b the workhouse without rendering tne .s.‘ o t.ie 55th Wm. IV., c. 137. In anot h er 4 Pe ' rik, a " "' the Plimpton Union, they had decided that 4of 4 i:rl could not be a guardian who was the owner 4, .inatic asylum, without incurring similar penaltie s . t , o ,„,‘ ° _e go asylum, and Learned Gentleman the At -407r eneral declared that a commission would I)l2toetiaonl,eganala mode of inquiry, he would withdraw r tte,?inizittee of notice of his intention to movedfa In on the very first ye thoul next session. nut, f , r his own par t, h e ,ofin ci g ,„. a Connikission was the bast and most legal moi i •ttight - ti o Y ia. ,4l l, irs et he trusted after the facts he had stated, the " e Partir Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Sir 4.4ent would appoint one.—(Hear, hear. 40 J. F E would said the proceedings to Which the P., g e4 k i d hn ), tl eraan had alluded were perfectly disgraceful, 1 1 ,; "Itd much pleasure in seconding the motion. sir ,qtlestion having been put, great r ' GREY admitted that Dr. Wberts had do_ne . a eo llot GREY service by bringing forward these f ac ts itto u ti l§g the unfortunate inmates of the lunatic asylum 44 . estion, He regretted that the Hon. Member had itil7ht forward this most imp m-tant subject before so tvitll 4 , 4 „ ° use. All the facts which had . been stated Which v had force were contained in the papers trilaci already been laid on the table o that -411 , 'e• He admitted that those facts 512r,w , .:1 depiorPtrvate lunatic asylums were in :.ate most tilt °fable state, and he was afraid that it. was entirely ,Witl i t . li e Power of Parliament to r",mecly that state. , tt otioup' a e b g i rti to a Commissi , s a of Inquiry, the Member m u s tremembe r that the 41/4iiittlissioaers of Lunae..y were not at all implicated in Itleetitreatrneut of fanatics. He admitted that it was law e:sere.di t abl. te a - ny parties employed under the Poor e,Of hiliat.ratsw,a to be connected with themanag ement manag l been Nide, i:e 118YIUMS. After the disclosures that ha L ( unve, % gilt vs.,.t4nught that the Commissioners of tOf ti i , i v v4rect their most close attention to the condu ct he ohiltanagers of the Haydock Lunatic • 1 4 Yls il ,":Y remedy for the evils connected with lunatic y ,: u tliltv — /113 ill the hands of the magistrates o f ee this tn - H , ()11 4t; ) 1 1111 0 should immediately set about er that . 4 IL 41 natio asylums. He hoped, in conclusion, ..t .;ift; ti ' Member would not p ress hi s motion. P. B oW a few words f rom M r . R . Y ORKE and m r. h e l li f ir l C 1 , , e qui t y `LEY replied, and hoped the Right Hon. aii the Home Secretary would make an effectual L at. ' u to the case befure the next session of Parlia -4114; dud if this could not be done, he should feel it to e iret o ' Il tY to move for an inquiry to investigate the e 3 tan ees. 4, Tbonliation was then , by leave, withdrawn. 'Lie liou'ree " ,;)rders of the day having been disposed o", lourned at Six o'clock. ta.A..... ........._-.--._ %on, tiIIitiAIVIENTARY BUSINESS. 040 8 Votes and Proceedinc::: : of the House of Commons.) TUESDAY, AUG 25. '"lmich-nger from. the Lords brought up the following Bill?, iii i i;,' ll atiCti l- ,. 6 1.1iip s have aFreed . "— il;" 4l ent , 1 ,:n 1 3 (Ireland) Bill—Ne7 Zealand Loan Act Piri 'tr l P'ePa:''rit"-- IncoTe- tax Deduction Bill—Naval and O re , ,i, e , s , rnents Bill—Turnpike Roads (Ireland) Bill— ,''•.'acl) 15,', e8 and Duties Bill—Baths and Washhouses P. ''ablie i'.",---Public Works Commissioners (Ireland) Bill tl t iPer t erks, Fisheries Sze Bill—Lunatic Asylums and ti7oll:_treDrklics B ill—lfouse"of Commons O ffi ces Bill -41 &Inei,„„__ Pr esentmen ts ,. (Ireland—No. 2) Bill—Corn- Z. l-111 1--4„7 (Ne. 3) Bill—Public Works ( Ireland—No. mod) (,t s liiiie Works and Fisheries Bill—Dublin Wide t . ll --r.xclusive Privilege of Trading Abolition (Ire -I,lie,ait Bi ll oA_Mr.endinentrs to Marriages (Ireland) A ct Amend far4lllsps) E s ' ta ; k and 11, aterford_Railway 13i11—Sir Richard 1441 11 ' 3 (G', e I 'd l 7--Duke of ."Norfolk's Estate Bill— Mac tsipsweastiew College) Estate Bill--Virgin Mary }los- V , o4C - Ar - r eek le-uPon-Tyne) Estate . Bill, without . amend 414e5Rioils b . and Salvag e Bill—British Possessions Bill— '4(lecien, 4.easP:s Bill—South Devon Railway (No. 2 bt ' and I3ranches) Bill, with amendments. A:r ti OF THE EARL OF Stroh have STR A.THMORE. h otto to announce the demise of the Earl or i yr re, which event took place on Saturday last, at 't he t'c'd li 1 , 10.. d, ce. O us e, Edinbur g h. I , ‘ „ r e itiad ir'.a, Thomas Lyon Bowes, Earl of Strath . - t er ,"(l3 , ~-"tnghorn, Viscount Lyon and Lord Glamis, -Lis e-, oydl a ,~. 1 . •in the Peerage of ce, d -ncl, wa , r, and otrat tette, - 2 born or, th e 3d o f May, 17 i 3, and sne- Vs 1,, '',u the f.,,„ • , '''hei.H., -1. " 43 h . r, ~, - -day honours on the 3d of July, 1820. q eo - _th L i s t', -.`2.s thrice married: first in 1800, to . M r ary , iii late C„1 e t , •413:1 Rodney, only daughter and het .or ; at e Q 81 „ 1 ;. se P m eri „ t , e , r, Esq., of Redbourne, Hefts, who died 01 1 - -ion,C,'"'"Y, in 181 0 , to Eliza, daughter of the . ti ll '4) ,to Ail '.lortheOte; and thirdly, after her death in 4,,,'° , 3 , of s:Ylarlae, daughter of John Cheape, Esq., and 4 '• 6 tst • Sir Alexander Camp€ll, of Ordkinglass. By h ut l lght, r. rt,ri age his Lordship had issue a son and Ist e :,, t ied, i r , Plc' former, Thomas George Lord Glam . 's, 1 30 1 ; 4, Sci .. 'B2O, Charlotte, daughter of Charles Grin eo"' aed' on t tii died in January, 1834, leaving issu e two his 1.(4 '. a 0 daughter, the eldest of whom, T hom as pstlottVentetiant in the Ist Life Guards, succee ds Ititl l Y 4 ,q112 1 ,7 4 ‘' V„est,t,,°t'aerirar coincidence, Sir John Paul, in whom fo r ..liii; .., th e castle and estates of Glamis have been the 6' t trai k i, x l ,9e Year 1820, by the will of the tenth Earl, °l t t: lklt le, N ., % ., 4) , 11 , arrived in Edinburgh, on his way o The very (1 4 ' 4 Lord Glamis, now Earl of Strathmore, th p r "V of his Lordship's death. ofe4ttßteseß,,e,,rl Earl of Strathmore succeeds at once to 4.,,-.4er t „ e , "' h i s grandfather, in Lon d on and the county % milt, to ' ',old in !he year 1850, at the . expitAtion of the titt e . t h e ancient Castle of Glamis and the large " krrounding the same. l' It t , 4:4 ACCIDENT on the HASTINGS IThe fullowilig are the latest particulars relative to the t ens on the above line:— ki aPPears that the half-past 12 o'clock _train from 11 4 t01 1 to Hastings, on arriving at the gate house near Nil Pty sluice, ran into a train of ballast-wagons, A l e to the circumstances which we proceed to explain. Il ht ° i t h t tirue pro to the Brighton train reaching the _ ttirti"c the ballast-engine, with a number f tract wa*oes, accompanied by Mr. Perry (the con -1111(1 to L and th e fireman, arrived near the gate-house, to 6., tzp their position on the sidings las usual (the `° aw - Y L ug at present only a single lime of rail), in order t'ci wait t he Passing of the train. It is supposed that the h vvhich were held back for the passage of !ictivattast train into the siding, and which were self lizlllt ble P k ei t ri u ts, became obstructed, and . instead of spring to the ~ ,euraplete the regular line of rails, remained Z'terw, Tattion for running into the siding. Soon . the and the passenger train came down at its usual ill astillludg,°aandarrihving- at the points glided off into next instant ran violently into lli ttB ; l4 ' ItAteir°ell:irvY, bal last -train. The fireman of the former %ft Passe n Illg that the points were wrong, just before , ect t o „Zer train came up to them, callei out to that ‘ll4 ju the driver, who • mediately reversed the engine e 4 c il ff d t t h e h rnu 'l P :r tl , a ri ~By e lni conFussion the ballast-engine and th " o ra . l B , 4 " er ttle train-engine and tender were thrown ,"eet uh lezni s i ve u . ss the siding, the wheels were torn off, ll utit er P and q k iron sides of . the tenders were actually 4 re tn 6 44 1 , Zr l d to pieces . in various places, and the 1v4 4 all Put th e" split into a thousand pieces. The t 4 still h oi. ,, e break on to its utmost force, and he Nab e°ll isi n , ' l "'Z nn, when he was thrown down by 44 - "" tc -- tb auti stunned, and as soo . n as some parties to 1 at the n C ' s pot, he was found with his clothes oa 4 1 ,1 1 r1g oy..sl_aouth of the furnace, and the hot water p,s: put -, aim He was at once removed to Pevensey 'vet, fo r him • happy to add, is cer° cr., cd, and, we are . Ni t Y , ta e When the collision took place,. Mr. be uv ii. contractor, was standing on the stationary tr ki h j.d b ruise -- 'F was thrown violently to the ground, but t4i.,:,eia,,,ih, sustained no damage. The driver of the tec ti uie, the Coniston, umped off, as before- L,Nti,.' , as soon as he had reversed the engine, fell v vu .Y. / ;,,to the ground, and was severely injured in the th ' ''e 0 1 ,* (11 e driver and fireman of the ballast-engin n e i,Yre, the tende and as the train was running i on L't l ll ecina the tender, and impending danger, leaped to th 01:(,,.'isitatt escaped injury. One of the passengers, er „tit * ve a clergyman, had his leg broken ; another 'vs asa i fi , 'lo w . Passenger found himself ejected through the k7t th e ! by which he was stunned, and several others Pl t kl tr ..... 11. teeth, and received some . damage of a minor ~'N' a 'I hen the next down-train arrived the road was 4 to' - o'r obstructions, and the passengers . were taken 46s.tp!,,fiv‘stingq Mr. Pountain, the . Chief Superintendent Ziti ," t - the Brighton terminus, on hearing of the 1) 1 , 11 ' i' ll ,ll 34 roceeded immediately to the . spot, but could k,'%s' 6 - ' 4 his preliminary investigation ascertain ,,. the eft tlge ofthe train running off, the points" re t Utlinjured. fi r , , 1. .rat- u p, i. -0, the eminent engineer, is o now th i e n gs 4,Ir;,IMARRIAGE OF ROSSINI.— 'l,!)zr,e'4"ated composer led to the " ' hymeneal well known I B 6 e t l h gi i u n in st. t. l ' -- 8 4) tad ra i • lle Olympe Pelissier,. very a 7 tli4-3/' i thi: lady, be after a rather gay es introduced altar, at yearsllfe wagoa.ttaSchheedwatos ),, ol _ . _ a. aes T 0 _ :,: '''. 4 4' Ir t about sixteen do, \lei , ‘.ver, and accomplished . , became much f llow friends in the o 1,,,,•1tiem her has never left him since. She herself an -44 to ~er marriage to one of her 5.. 1 te 06; lam almost afraid that God h th as e Nal bed •-, • I have just le z a , sa e ih nle Rossini swi e. . l k , ,,laiti. , i` %%ch. a state of emotion allowed h ur ch, ~e.;v„ that I can sc . a n r g cel o y f h t o h ld e ette+NOxr,/ the large rt s O . . CAL AL.LIANCE.—A public meet! eta t'' thia Association was held on Tuesday, fe ll. ' Xet lete i t, lc li i e flail, every portion Baptist W. Hon, and Rev. in I, R... Chevalier Bunsen, the H o o f Professor States), sO.. Unitedwhich was comp . N '"aoleor,, Dr. Beecher (from the jt e tY, ci,„,1.0f the College of Halle), and num fre ero m us v m ar 0-..ckte,"'leraination of Protestantism, ministers of I nlie' , A, and America, were present on d from his speech, 171 l? '-‘krdley Smith'- took the chair, an him, it appeared and platform. Sir .74,,sttb°11e of tlae gentlemen who followed the acknowledgment ;1911;e Feat object of the meeting Tl, hia t l Iv as homed " the unity entered into, and Itt R1Z1).,. of Evangelical Alliance was e which took 1514 % .." f lra w declared to be the conference ef w t a h e eChristian Church." or at j.. as the invitation t„, eeba...averpool. It had been convened at members d le areh: gantlem n _in Scotland, and through e m e tee:" of Euglaield, Wales, and Ireland, had , Several to : 111, at their S ebrethren on that occi.ision. of seven a i l Dice Were . oLs r _ . ), Of fi, . dilated Upon, tis p , do" h existed ueta.,'" ern, viz. that the minor difference... v .lo not to prevent h rinciple being involved in the e , e e th e d•ff ' Christians ought i erent sects of a, 134 1t i g lt , i ng in one great alliance. Mu L. —On A POWDER mieed? .44413 - AcculsENT IN , lock, a fearful ci(?*!lCri• eleloorning, about half-past eight o c . .q..trry e took place at the Karnes p . -40 ,.. at 1 ., 4 , 1 g0 of the Kyles of Bute. The workmen. were just owder-mills, on * .. ‘ ..,e " "le"le Dr '4' cornMence operations in the c er- ...mg-house, where rlydet undergoes the operation of sieving, and where, laitto 'cluently, a la rge a aa.t:Ay is atokieeuntable aeeidenf,uthis " of the building was 3 1:. a gathered, when, by some tila.ttetits,_bloWn into the air. portion The workmen, five if. number, "ere fo 'le fate of the buildin • and their mrAilated remains It ea . tind of at a greatg distance. , A . workman who bat '44 B°4lB distance 1 10 23 i lot ex cance, although severely ',,ruined, is still alive, 1, 11 ire be pe ted to survive. Tla'a scene is described as Ip.. tail io awfully loud as to grand. he, report was so _ , , %St, 1 44'9427r ac diigall of forty railes,---Ed"ourgn TRUE atTN, IRELAND. THE IRISH GOVERNMENT.— THE REPEAL MAGISTRATES. DUBLIN, AUGU,T 24.—Nicholas Maher, Esq., M.P for the county of Tipperary, has received a communica tion from the Lord Chancellor's Secretary announcing his restoration to the reagisitacy. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of the Association was held this day. On the motion of Mr. O'Connell, the chair was taken by John Reilly, Esq., J.C. The CHAIRMAN congratulated Ireland and the Asso ciation on the steady and solid advance which the re peal question was making at the present moment. Ile (the Chairman) found that notwithstanding the doubts of a few, the question of repeal was steadily advanc ing. and that the repaalersesteod in a much higher position now than they ever did when they astonished the world by the peace, order, and determination which they exhibited at the mon .ter meetings of 1843.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") He also observed that the people were never on the point of achieving any great or important good, but there were men found ready to thwart the Liberator in his exertions to obtain measures of a beneficial nature; but he was happy to say that these men had been invariably overcome, and their machinations neutralised. The same system was at work now, but he trusted that the good sense of Vet) people of Ireland would enable them to see through the absurdity of these persons, who appeared so anxious to run counter to Mr. O'Connell, whose advice, if adopted, would ultimately lead to the consummation of their hopes, the restoration of their domestic legislature.—(Cheers.) He (the Chairman) remembered the period when the Roman Catholics were afraid to build their places of worship in any but the most obscure corners. What was the case now? In the most prominent positions of the city were erected Roman Catholic churches of the most imposing magni ficence. In that change he recognised the handy work of O'Connell.—(Loud cheers.) Ile also re membered the time when the great bulk of the citizens were excluded from all share of civic honours, notwith standing the amount of taxation to which they were liable. Again, in corporaee reform, he perceived the handiwork of O'Connell.—(Cheers.) Ile saw the power of the mighty and of the rich reduced, and the principles of democracy in the ascendant. Bringing about that alteration he regarded as a glorious achieve ment of O'Connell.—(Cheers.) He was, therefore, justified in saying that whatever line of policy the Liberator might consider proper to adopt, that would he (the Chairman) follow, and, saying so, he did not believe that he was rendering himself liable to the imputation of blind servility ; he would, therefore, at once declare himself an humble follower of O'Connell, and that in sentiment and political feeling he was thoroughly O'Con- ' nellite.—(Cheers.) After some further observations condemnatory of the policy adopted by " Young Ire land," he concluded by expressing his conviction that those who differed from the regenerator of his country were either actuated by folly or roguery. Several addresses from various parts of the country, expressive of unabated confidence in Mr. O'Connell, were then read. After which Mr. OTIEe, barrister, read a letter from the Rev. Dr. Spain, of Birr. Mr. O'CONNELL having moved the insertion of the Rev. Mr. Spain's letter in the mintees. proceeded to address the Association. He did so with the greatest alacrity, the greatest pleasure, because he believed that the repeal had never made a more majestic pro gress than it was making under the banner of moral force. There was one magic in politics, and that was to be right—the magic of putting your enemies always in the wrong, and he was happy to say that their enemies were in the wrong.—(Cheers.) They were right, because they asserted those propositions which were the basis of the Association. He did not delay one hour in rising to state that no act should be done, that no lauguege should be indulged in, which was inconsistent with peace and order—that was at variance with patriot ism and love of Ireland. That was the basis of the Association ; and one of the frauds committed by the late Attorney-General and the other prosecutors, was keeping back from the court and the jury the original rules on which they were associated together. Fair and honest prosecutors would have disclosed the entire case. They would, when they indictea`the Association for conspiracy, have shown the rules and regulations under which it was formed. In honesty they were bound to do so, and he asserted that they violated their duty as legal men, and as officers of the Crown, when they had the meanness and audacity to institute a pro. secution, and at the same time kept back from the Court and jury the basis, and rules, and regulations of the society for being members of which they were pro secuted.—(Hear, hear.) If any junior barrister had con ducted a case in that way, he would be scouted by his profession, and would lo , e all chance of succeeding in the honourable profession of a barrister. But the At torney-General was formed of a different stuff; Brewster was of a different order, and if they had prosecuted us otherwise than they did, they could not have succeeded even with the aid of the Nation newspaper.—(Hear, hear.) What had they done to confirm the principles upon which the Association was formed ? Ho (Mr. O'Connell) found there was vapouring about physical force and vindication by the sword. Faugh ! Vindi cation by the sword talked of by men who would be afraid to look at a poker.—(Laughter and cheers.) But it was mischievous, and it became there fore necessary that there should be nothing equi vocal about the principles upon which the Associa tion was based. He found in the newspapers arguments to show that the rules and regulations were not so specific but they admitted the alternative of a resort to physical force. He was determined to bring that point before the Association, and to have the principle of moral force declared so unequivocally that no man could mistake it, and that no man could, without being laughed at, dis pute it. He was framing resolutions for that purpose when there appeared in the Nation newspaper a, positive declaration that in 1843 they were 'Working . for' high treason—that they were working for physical force— that they were working to bring about a contest be tween the Irish people and the Government. And could there be anything more horrible than such an attempt. There were at that period 30,000 troops, and a police force amounting to 7,000 or 8,000 men in Ireland, all well disciplined and well armed—the bravest soldiers in the world. And yet there was a newspaper inciting to a contest with that force the Irish people, unarmed and undisciplined, and without even a cudgel ; and what use would a cudgel be in such a ease ? Be sides, England could in ono fortnight throw in militia to the amount of 40,000 ; and was it not, therefore, absurd, ridiculous, and highly criminal for "Young Ireland" to recommend the adoption of physical force in '43? He (Mr. O'Connell) at once perceived what was his duty, and he did not hesitate to act. It was true they had lost some assistance, but to tell the truth there was but one secession that he regretted— that of Mr. Smith O'Brien.—(Hear, hear.) It was true that some of the Young Ireland gentlemen pos sessed talent, and some possessed activity, but they preferred talking and railing to actual work. Again he would repeat, that the only one amongst them whose absence he regretted was Mr. O'Brien. But even to regain him they could not yield— they could not deviate from one iota of their principles. Physicial force had been avowed, but the steps taken by the Association in connexion with it should prevent them from being involved in an; criminality. Men might say they were members of the Association, but he (Mr. O'Connell) would assert, that no man was a member of the Association at all who did not repudiate a recourse to physical force, under any circumstance, or in any contingency.—(Hear.) " Young Ireland" may be very excellent companions at small tea parties—they may dance the polka exquisitely—they may write pleasing ballads, or what is called" transcendent prose ;" they may, in fact, do what they please out of the Association, but they certainly cannot continue members of it. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded to show, that if the Association had at its formation in 1841, been based on the principles advo cated by the Nation, its.members would be liable to pro secution for high treason. They would therefore be a traitorous assembly if they acknowledged those men whose principles found an advocate in the Nation. He (Mr. O'Connell) would do anything that was not incon sistent with his duty to conciliate Mr. Smith O'Brien, but he was bound to take care of the Association, and that ho would do, though at the loss of one hundred O'Briens.—(Hear, hear.) lie would keep the Association within the limits of the law ; and he would again declare that no man could remain a member of the association who did not agree in the moral principle, and eschew that of physical force. Acting on that principle, they would struggle on in the great work of Ireland's regeneration He repeated these things for the last time. In adopting their present course, they were merely protecting themselves, and there should be no mitigation, no swerving. There were emi nent lawyers connected with the Association, who would not permit the people to join the phy sical force men, even if ho (Mr. O'Connell) were inclined to allow them. Away, then, with phytical force, and let them endeavour to regenerate their country through the instrumentality of moral means. He would assert that they were more likely to succeed by that course, That was his opinion ; if the Associa tion differed with him he was ready to yield the lea dership into other hands. The Roman Catholic clergy were with them; the corporations were with them; the Honourable Cecil Lawless had joined them, because they had repudiated physical force. They proved themselves sincere, and rational men had accordingly placed their confidence in them. The Government were well disposed towards the Irish people, and they should have the support of the people of Ireland as long as they continued to deserve it.— (Hear, hear.) He then alluded to an error which he had committed on the 3d August, in stating that he had been restored to the commission of the peace on that day ; the fact being that he was not reinstated till the 15th, as could be perceived by the Lord Chancellor's letter. He alluded to the matter in consequence of some paragraphs which appeared in certain news papers iu reference to it. .The manner in which the Lord Chancellor was acting with regard to the restore - don of the dismissed magistrates was hie.lo - That high functionary w cma--4dg g commend dually.He did not issue th e " B2 till he first understood Como-, of the peace wa s directed would ...er the person to whom it cellor had, •- . accept of it. The Lord Chan be - cowed the principle that no man should e anished for seeking, legally and constitutionally, the repeal of an Act of Parliament. That avowal was valuable. All parties in England heti united in declar ing that the fillkSt and nlea comprehensive measures of iu`' • o should be Conferred on Ireland. The Devon commission bad declared that forty-five years after the union the most miserable people on the face of the civilised globe were the people of Ireland. But that deplorable picture was to be reversed. Sir Robert Peel, on his retirement from office, had declared that Ireland should be raised to an equality with England, both social and political. That was cheering. Oa this very night two lit were to pass the l' e g is laturep whiA he believed, would prove of the utmost value to the poople of this country. • The first related to the law of ejectment, and would prove of immense benefit to the tenantry of Ireland. He explaiut d the nature of the proceedings under the old, tied dwelt on the advantages of the new system, which he observed was the first instalment of ,justice from the Wljge The second improvement was, that under the new law it was requisite to give notice in writing in every particular case of distress, and bailiffs were prevented from dietrainmg without a warrant in writing. The great injury of the old system was that bailiffs were in the habit of going about and threatening :o listrain if they did not get a gratuity of 2s. 6d. teem each tenant. In future it would be necessary for them to disttain only under a stamped warrant, so that the bailiff,' trade was gone.— (Laughter.) Some men accused him of supporting the Whigs. When had the Tories given him such a law as that ? Nthen had the Tore-, framed a law against the rich and in favour of the poor ? (Cheers.) He was suppertirg the Whigs, and would support them as long as they continued to do good towards Ireland. They were nut, however, rapid enough in their movements. See how Lord John Russell was acting. Ho had brought in a 1 3 th granting 50,0001. for the promotion of public works in Ireland. It was a very small sum, but the Act that accompanied it was a very useful one. It authorised the Government to advance the full amount. It was imperative on the petty sessions to set the people to work immediately. True the sum was but its a loan, but still it served the purpose. The people of Ireland did not want charity, but wages — (Cheers) —a full day's wages for a full day's work. And how was this sum to he repaid? Not by the poor, but by the rich.—(Cheers) The landlords should pay their full share in proportion to their property. That was the largest step tow ards a universal poor law he had ever known to have been taken. It was quartering the poor upon the rich.—(Cheers.) He would now call on the gentry of Ireland to join him. They knew him now—they knew he was not for force—he was not for violence. He would be their ally and their friend, lie would form a perpetual alliance between the gentry and the people of Ireland.—(Cheers.) The people did but want their landlords to act fairly and honestly by them, and never was there a gentry so well beloved as the gentry of Ireland would be, if they did that. He would be the bail and security of the people. In 1830 he had published letters informing the gentry, that if they did not assist the people, they would be bur dened with a poor-law. They had laughed at him, but they now gave more serious attention. Well, he was open to receive them. He would ally himself to any but a physical force man.—(Cheers and laughter.) Oh, then let him but have the repeal and their Parliament on College-green—Oh, then would there be the triumph of moral force—then would there be no more of feud and fanaticism. They of the ancient faith would ally them selves with other persuasions to promote peace and good will amongst men. The following are the heads of inquiry for the repeal discussion committee's purposes. (The committee is formed for the purpose of preparing a digest of facts, to be laid before the English members previous to Mr. O'Connell's motion relative to the union of which he has given notice in Parliament):— "1. Absenteeism. The existence of this grievance previous to 1782, the effect upon it of the advantages gained by Ireland at that period, and the effect upon it of the legislative union. " 2. Penal legislation for Ireland since the union. " 3. Effccts upon Ireland of• the commercial legisla tion since the union, embracing the operation and in tepretation of the Act of Union itself in matters of commerce. " 4. Fiscal legislation in its effects upon Ireland since the union, including the operation of the financialclauses of the Act of Union itself. " 5. Lgislation respecting the landlord and tenant question since the union. " 6. Legislation on Irish franchises, municipal and 'political, since the union. " 7. Recommendations of Government commissions and Parliamentary Committees, relative to the waste lands of Ireland. " 8. Operation of the Act of Union and subsequent legislation upon the economic condition of the idustrial classes in Ireland. " 9. Union, promises and predictions—how borne out by the facts. " 10. Conduct of the Irish Parliament, showing the effects of home legislation under the most unfavourable circumstances. " 11. General system of the internal administration of Irish affairs since the union. " 12.. Reconsideration and digest of various repeal tracts and documents, edited by persons not members of the Repeal 'Association." Some other members having addressed the association, it stood adjourned for a week, on the motion of Mr. O'Connell, the rent having been announced at 1381. 16s. The most remarkable feature in the proceedings was the unusually large attendance of Roman Catholic clergymen from all parts of the country. There were upwards of 130 present ; thus affording an implied sanction to the mode of proceeding adopted by Mr. O'Connell with reference to " Young Ireland." DUTCH. PAPERS. - - - _ AMSTERDAM, AUG. 21.—Her Royal Highness Prin cess Albert of Prussia, with her daughter, Princess Charlotte, will remain here, as we learn, till the begin ning of September, while the young Prince Albert, her son, is taking the benefit of sea bathing at Wagonrog. The Queen Dowager of Great Britain, who is ex pected at the Hague on Monday, will be accompanied by Baron Van Capeller, who was Ambassador of the King of the Netherlands, at the coronation of Queen Victoria, by the Duke of Saxe Wiemar and Mr. Disbrone, the British Ambassador. It is said that her Majesty will make but a short stay here, and probably leave this place again on Tuesday. We are informed further that the intended journey-of the King and Queen, and Prince Alexander, will take place on Wednesday. AMSTERDAM, AUG. 24.—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager of Great Britain, with a numerous suite, ar rived here to-day from Arnheim. She was received at the station by the Governor of the province and the burgomaster of this town. In consequence of her Ma jesty's visit the intended journey of their Majesties the King and Queen and Prince Alexander is put off for a few days.—Dutch Papers, Aug. 25. • PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY BENEFIT AT VATJX HALL GARDENS.-A three nights' benefit on behalf of the funds of this most valuable institution will take place at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wed nesday next, on which occasion every amusement of this favourite place of resort will be produced. The refreshments to be obtained in the gardens will be within the means of all, extravagant prices having during the present season been abolished. TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE /VTR. ALEXANDER DAWSON.—The inhabitants of the county of Louth, and the Reformers of Ireland generally, will be glad to hear that it is in contemplation to erect a monument to the memory of the late Mr. Alexander Dawson. Lord Cloucurry and several other Irish patriots have signified their approval of such a proceeding, and forwarded their subscriptions to Mr. Cullen. THE CARDINAL SPIDER.—A large breed of spiders abound in the palace of Hampton Court. They are walled there "cardinals," in honour, I suppose, of Cardinal Wolsey. They are full an inch in length, and many of them of the thickness of a finger. Their legs are about two inches long, and their bodies covered with a thick hair. They feed chiefly on moths, as appears from the wings of that insect being found in great abundance under and amongst their webs. In running across the carpet in an evening, when the light of a lamp or candle has cast a shade from their large bodies, they have been mistaken for mice, and have occa sioned no little alarm to some of the more nervous inhabit. ants of the palace. A doubt has even been raised whether the name of cardinal has not been given to this creature from an ancient belief that the ghost of Wolsey haunts the place of his former glory under this shape. At all events, the spider is considered as a curiosity, and Hampton Court is the only place in which I have met with it.—Jesse's Gleanings in Natural History. ST. °LAVE'S PARlSH.—Tuesday morning a numerous meeting of the parishioners of St. Olave's, Southwark, was held in the vestry-room, the chair being taken by Mr. J. P. Knight, the senior churchwarden, the chief object being to take into consideration the proceedings of the South-Eastern Railway Company, in their endeavour to purchase nearly one-half side of Tooley-street, with other property in the parish. After a long discussion a committee was appointed to act as a deputation, to impress upon the directors of the company the importance of attending to the trading interests of this portion of the borough, in the event of the contem plated alterations taking place. The most important busi ness of the meeting was, however, a discussion which took place respecting the minutes of the last meeting with re gard to the sewage and drainage of the parish, which, it was stated by several of the speakers, was the worst in the me tropolis. Through the most crowded districts open cesses and ditches ran, inflicting every evil of disease among the in habitants. It was in this district that cholera chiefly raged, and had any sudden epidemic broken out in the late warm weather, from the deaths which had occurred during the season, the effects must have been most appalling. Mr. Corner, the vestry-clerk, stated that the Commissioners of Sewers had been applied to, for the purpose of covering in the sewers, but that the application had been unavailing, in consequence of their waiting the isme of the new Govern ment Bill upon the subject: That, however, introduced by Lord Morpeth for the prevention of contagion had not the slightest reference to the evds com?lained of. A resolution on this subject having been carried, the meeting adjourned. A COACH SUBMERGED.—The Dublin mail to thi town was on Tuesday delayed three hours in consequence of the heavy rains of the previous night, which involved nO only the delay of the arrival of the mail, but also its pro bable loss anti that of the jives of eight passengers: The mail left Longford at the usual hour, and proceeded in safety to Tarmon bog, about six miles on the route from that town. When the car arrived at this spot the road was found to be considerably flooded, With a Vers rapid current Passing over it, also large heaps of earth carried down from tne mountains were lying on the road. There was an immense collection of country people at the place, and fortunately a large body of constabulary ; and on the passengers paying the country people, they were induced to remove the limps of earth. The car was then driven forward, the leader (it was a three horse car) having previously been unyoked, but scarcely had it proceeded a few yards when the horses were turned round by the impetuosity rte e . ~.. .., ,d ..- Strealla, and car, hones, and pas gere carried away with its current. The passenge rs, Im mediately on perceiVing the horses being turned off the road, threw themaeltss into the water, and most miraculously and providentially, and by mutually assisting one another, were saved from a watery grave. The car, horses, and di iver were brought, up by the wheels of the car coming against some obetruetion, the Water Washing over the car, and carrying away all loose luggage, and the heads of the horses scarcely above its surface. The country people, on seeing the lives of the passengers in danger, made every exertion to save them, but they would not stir hand or foot towards extricating the car, horses, and driver from their perilous position, until they extracted a promise of :payment from the passengers, when six or seven of them went in'o the water, and with the assistance of ropes, at last succeeded in bringing all safe to land. The conduct of the police was very different. With out any solicitation, after assisting to save the lives of the passengers, they followed down the current of the course, and fearlessly entered it to save the various articles of luggage which were floating on its surface. Subsequently they sup plied the passengers with clothing (their own clothes and baggage being wholly saturated with wet), .soas to_ permit of thou proceeding on their journey.— Tyrawiey Herald. LONDON, THURSDA it MORNING, AUGUST 27, 1846. LITERATURE. POEMS. By Camilla Toulmin. Among our magazine writers, there are some where about a dozen who have acquired for their names a certain prestige —insomuch that their mere signatures have become at last a passport to popular favour. In this group of periodical favourites the authoress of this unpretending volume must be classed —among those welcome autographs, the name of Camilla Toulmin is conspicuous. The abilities and tl fine feelings of our fair writer have already acquired for her a considerable share of popularity ; and, see ing that her compositions are generally unaffected, and animated by a generous motive, that popularity has not been undeserved. There is, unhappily, so much of the 6a idyism of letters, so much of spurious de/etanteisin, among our scribes, that any one who can think and speak honestly, without any mincing efforts at sentimentalism, or any fastidious tarryings after epithets, is most agreeable to us, and welcome. There are persons struggling after literary popularity who assume a virtuous indignation at the oppressions of the poor, or what not ; and who are in short the most melodramatic and unnatural of all book-reformers. It is pleasant, therefore, to encounter a writer like Camilla Toulmin, who speaks from the fullness of her heart. Whenever she pleads in behalf of the contemned and tyrannised, it is not simply to propa gate an erroneous admiration, but simply because she was "mad for the sight of her eyes that she did see !" And it is because of so much sincerity being linked with so much kindness of feeling, delicacy of thought, and picturesqueness of imagination, that Camilla Toulmin has become such an acceptable con tributor in our periodicals. The present volume, consisting of some fifty-three fugitive pieces of verse, is divested of every ambitious characteristic. The subjects are devoid of extravagance, and are some times homely—witness the lines upon " The Railway Whistle" and " The Best Chamber." The language is simple and graceful : the ideas are never decorated by an undue splendour of diction ; the sentiments are conveyed in a simple guise. Nor can this be re gretted when we remember the truth of that principle i❑ nature that the melodies of the nightingale are not one whit the less enchanting because of the russet hue of her plumage. OccAionally there is a pensiveness in the strong and earnest simplicity of Miss Toul min which is singularly touching. Is not that a noble and solemn ideal to pledge in the wine-cup— "To the Brave Hearts?' "Not," says the song stress, "to the brave hearts of warriors or sena• tors. No— " Drink to the hearts which do not break, But suffer, and are true! Not of a radiant beauty speak, But cheeks of pallid hue. To mortal eyes their crowns are dim; But fill the goblet to the brim! " To Genius, doomed with dropping wing, To toil a sad life through, Yet keeps itself a holy thing, With holy work to do. To them who ne'er such birthright sold— Abused God's gift—for tempting gold!" In several essential particulars there is an affinity of sentiment between these little poems and the " Voices from the Crowd," recently published by Dr. Mackay. As an example of Miss Toulmin's reverence for justice, we will transcribe a few of the verses addressed by her to the soldiers of the Sixty second Regiment, who were maligned as the cowards, but who were in reality the heroes and martyrs of Ferozeshab. Camilla. Toulmin thus vindicates them ; and we conjecture her words of homage to real gal lantry would meet with a ready response from Sir Howard Douglas. " Fling back the scorn in the Scorner's teeth, Ye remnant brave but stricken; For ye have looked i' the face of Death, And seen his terrors thicken. " Fling back the scorn—but do not stoop To humble exculpation, Nor ask compassion for the troop Who merit admiration ! " Yet 'tis enough: ye see a band— Eight hundred fellow-men — All exiles from the native land How few shall see again! " Foot-sore with weary, weary march, Athirst! No water nigh ; No food; and night—yet Heaven's arch Their only canopy! " Yet faint, exhausted, on they lead, To meet the iron shower,' Nor quailed till half their numbers dead Beneath its murderous power. " Not till their captains fell like reeds Sway'd by the tempest's breath— More wise to live for future deeds Than rush on certain death! " God! what a scene for angels' eyes A field of battle is ! God! what a scene for star-lit skies Was horror like to this! " Rivers of blood the arid sand Suck'd in like crimson rain; While quivering flesh on either hand Bestrew'd the accursed plain: " Fling back the scorn! again I say, Ye were the bravest brave ; And sad misfortune's sombre ray Should hallow every grave. " Fling back the scorn! survivors few, Yours is the martyr's crown, Seen by the sunlight of the true, In glory all your own." It is however impossible to convey any adequate notion of an offering so delicately devised as the present, by merely such piecemeal extracts as our columns will permit. Those Nho will themselves refer to the collection will find it composed of the fruits of thought and the music of rhythm—bells and pomegranates more truly than the latest lucubrations of Robert Browning. ALGERIA IN 1845. By Count St. Marie. More adventures were never told of the aboriginal Mexicans immediately after the famous conquest by Hernan Cortez, than have been, and are still being, narrated of the Arab tribes, since the invasion of Algeria by the French legions. The disguised pere grinations of Halroun Alrasehid have not excited more romancing than the supple and yet chivalrous policy of the renowned Emir, Abd-el Fader. The doings of Colonel Pelissier at the caves of Dahra have not aroused less horror and loathing than the cannibal accomplishments of Sawney Bean. The narrative of Mr. Gulliver, of Rotherhithe, contained no more astonishing fables than the dispatches of Monsieur le Marischal Bugeaud. These facts have received the accordance of so many thousands, that travellers in the northern provinces of Africa have discovered it to be no unprofitable speculation to recount their wanderings in those quarters. Possibly, from the circumstance of the prevalence and long continuance of peace throughout the European nations, a remarkable curiosity has been testified, in regard to the military tactics of the Gallic warriors in Algeria. The Kaffirs, the New Zealanders, the Mexicans, and the followers of Abd-el-Kader are about the only people now-a-days afflicted with the epidemic of wholesale pugnacity. The Chinese, the Poles, the Sikhs, and the Circassians have just recovered from the contagion ; and their unfor tunate successors in that national malady are now the principal objects of attention. Although a tolerable library has been already written upon Algeria we cannot regard the present volume as superfluous : Count St. Marie is too lively a nar rator to be spared, he is too shrewd an observer to be discarded, and too sensible a commentator not to command a perusal when the opening chapters have been once fairly entered upon. His visit to the French possessions in Africa have caused one ex cellent circumstance, n amely, the publication of these two hundred and eighty-four lively and clever pages. We cannot but consider Count St. Marie as amongst the most successful literary travellers in Algeria. llis book is not unworthy of its frontispiece—a characteristic portrait of the handsome and heroic physiognomy of Abd-el-Kader. COMPARATIVE rowEn OF THE CHIEF NATIONS OF EUROPE.—By grouping the statement contained in a statisti cal work, drawn up at the instance of Government, at Mi lan, lit Obtain the following general comparative tables of the powers of die Ave principal nations of Europe. The en 154,000 square miles, or 225 various figures are all compiled from the best and most is m 3 i i l e ; 7 . o° ; o ' ooo A , ustria there are 37,500,000 in recent Atithorities and documents in each country :—ln square miles, or 184 per square England, the nuMber of inhabitants is 28,000,000, on 90,950 square miles, or 308 per square mile; in Prance, the pct population is Portiiiss2ia4t'°l'l9e° population is 15,500,000, mile; in on 80,450 square miles, or 181 per square mile; In Russia, in Europe, the population is 50,500,000, scattered on the enormous quantity of 2,000,000 of square miles, being but 2i persons to each square mile. Thus the British soil contains on one square mile one hundred and twenty times as many per sons as Russia, nearly one-third more than France, and about double the proportion of Austria and Prussia. At nearly the same period the public debt and revenue of each of these powers were as follows :—England—revenue 53,400,0007. ; debt, 813,800,000/ ; France revenue, 38,480,0001. ; debt, 156,000,0001. ; Austria revenue, 20,880,000/. ; debt, 68,000,0001. ; Prussia revenue, 8,320,000/. ; debt, 25,800,000. ; Russia revenue, 17,360,000/. ; debt, 61,500,0001. Thus England is indebted to the extent of thirteen times its revenue s while France and Russia owe but four times their respective revenue; Austria and Prussia little more than thrice. The relative number of troops kept up in time of peace by each nation holds about the same proportion, the number of soldiers in the whole British empire, being 410,000; in France, 363,000; in A ustria, 424,000 ; in Prussia, 131,000 ; and in Russia, 1,000,000. These forces can, however, be in creased in war time , by two-thirds. A large part of the public revenue in each country is absorbed by th ese t wo millions of soldiers, who consume the sums appointed to their support in the most unproductive manner. A great l benefit would undoubtedly accrue, if the five powers its ques ; tion wou ld mutually agree upon some puha of dirartiehing their large goading armlet, TESTIMONIAL to MII. ET WALL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am a poor man, with a very small wife, who has given unequivocal proofs that she will at no distant time honour c?) me with a most tremendous family— tremendous in numerical power: for although I have not as yet seen thirty summers, five slices must come off the loaf ere I can safely calculate on touching it, so that if matters go on at this rate I shall he compelled, in a few years more, to place myself under the fatherly (?) guardianship of the Poor-law Commissioners ; and it is with such a dim shadowing of the future, that I beg to call your attention to a proposal for a suitable testi monial from all who are similarly situated to myself, in humble and sincere acknowledgment for the persevering exertions of Mr. Etwall, M.P., in the cause of outraged humanity and oppressed poverty, as disclosed at the Andover inquiry. Sir, I feel, and every labouring man feels, that had it not been for the worrying of Mr. Eta all for an investigation, those dreadful cruelties would still be in operation against the unfortueate victims of poverty and want, whose sufferings, would have been treated by another Sir James Graham as " a workhouse squabble in the south of England." But Mr. Etwall has unkennelled the lot—he is the terrier of the " House"—and, backed by the all-powerful aid of the press, has succeeded in drawing these filthy badgers from their holes (the Right Hon. Baronet amongst the number), and exposing their meanness to the world. Well, Sir, having said so much by way of preface, I'll now tell you my proposal. Let a penny subscription be entered into for the purp-se of presenting Mr. Etwall with a piece of plate, as an humble testimony of gratitude from the working men of Eng land, for his disinterested advocacy in their behalf. I know there are thousands who are anxiously waiting for such a mode of thanking the Hon. Gentleman for his services, as well as to prove to the legalised oppressors of the helpless in their adversity, that the labouring classes have souls that feel and heads that can appreciate the services of their friends ; nor must the press he omitted in such thanksgiving. The press is the great lever that directs the battering-ram of public opinion against the statute-bound citadel of cruel misgovernment and official wrong. Honour to the press—the dreaded scourge of all who turn a deaf ear to the wailings of misery, and sneer at the wretchedness of their fellow creatures—the free and unbought press—and there honour is given only where honour is due, This is the suggestion of a working man—will you give it publicity, that the labouring classes of this kingdom may see that the proposal emanates from one of their own order, who, like themselves, wishes to testify his sense of gratitude for the triumph over consolidated tyranny by one of the few humane and disinterested champions of the poor. If you should feel inclined to aid in such a praise. worthy object, when it is completed, I have a design in my mind's eye that might not be deemed inappropriate. ONE OF THE MILLION. Chenies-street, Bedford-square, Aug. 25. CHARGE AGAINST A SURGEON. On Tuesday i 1 r. William Carter, the Coroner for Sur rey, held an atontrned inquest at the Bee-hive, Cobourg road, Camber ell, on the body of an illegitimate child, named Emily Whetstone, aged four months, the effipring of Hanezah Whetstone, a single woman, resid ing at So. 3, d3urnham's-row, New-street, in that neighbourhood. The mother of the child stated, that the deceased died on Tuesday, the 18th inst., between eleven and twelve o'clock at night. Witness gave birth to the child in Queen! Charlotte's Lying-in-Hospital, and it had been ailing . all its lifetime. It did not thrive, as she was obligce l to bring it up by hand, in con sequence of losing U s er milk. On the night the child died witness sent for _Mr. Crellin, a surgeon, who had seen deceased before, but would not come. She did not send for any other surgeon,' but whilst she was waiting for Mr. Crellin the child eNed. The medicine which Mr. Crellin prescribed for the child was given to it, but poonfuls, as directed, it when she gave it three tis ., S slept nearly the whole of the ,)ayeshe therefore reduced the quantity to one, and sometimes two teaspoonfuls per dien.i. No other medicine, except a teaspoonful of castor oil, was given to deceased after Mr. Crellin pre- scribed for it. Mr. Eady, a chemis,% had, however, pre viously seen and prescribed for d t sceased.. After the death of the deceased the surgeon we' s applied to for a certificate, but it was refused. Mary Allen, of 3, Burnham's-row, saiLl that she did not think the child died from anything given to it medicinally. She recollected Mr. Crellin h.wing been sent for at nine o'clock at night, and the deceased ex pired between eleven and twelve. The child was ta l on In the first instance to his house, and he had not see); her afterwards. James Vaughan, of 9, West-street, said that on the night in question he went for Mr. Crellin. He in formed him that he was requested to see a child whom he had seen before at his house. He replied that he knew nothing about it, and that witness must have made a mistake. Lawrence Wansley Chubb, undertaker, of 3, Union road, said that he was emplaced to bury the child. On Wednesday last he made application to Mr. Crellin for a certificate of the nature of death. He did not, however, give one, and paid that he had not seen the deceased for a fortnight a three weeks prerious. When witness pressed him fae the certifi cate ho said, " They had been taking the child to Mr, Eady, the chemist, and they might now go to Minn for a' certificate, if he would dare give one." He then added, " It is very likely that he has been given it sy:up of poppies or laudanum, and he (witness) therefore shCild not give a certificate undsr the circumstances, but won't rather jump off the house than do so." Witness then in formed him that he should be obliged to call an inquest to get the deceased interred. The CORONER said that it was owing entirely to what had been told Mr. Sedgley, the summoning officer, that be had been called upon to hold the inquest. Hearing that a complaint was likely to be made against Mr. Crellin, he sent a message to that gentleman, requesting his attendance to hear the same, so that he might have an opportunity of answering any question that might affect the case. He had been given to understand by the officer that he said he should not attend unless he was properly summoned. He should therefore examine him on behalf of the Crown, and not under the Sur geons' Act of Parliament. Mr. Horatio N. Crellin was then sworn—He said that he recollected the mother of the child having called upon him about a month ago, and requested his medical assist ance. The child was suffering from gastravatia, a disease of the nerves of the stomach, which he believed had been brought on by the nature of its food and the want of breast milk. A bottle was then brought to witness which contained the remains of some chalk mixture. It had the name of Eady upon it. The CORONER—Was the state of the child such as would lead you to suppose it had died from anything taken medicinally? Witness—No ; I never saw nor heard of the child from the time the mother called on me until last Tuesday night. It was then, at the earliest, nearly eleven o'clock, and I did not go to see the deceased, nor even did I promise to do so. I did not make use of the expression the witness Chubb has stated. If I said anything about it, it was, " How do I know that Mr. Eady has not given it syrup of poppies or laudanum?" But I did not say he had. The CORONER—When such insinuations are thrown out, it is not to be expected that parties can be satisfied. The witness said he was satisfied that right had not been done to him, inasmuch as that wrong constructions had been put upon what he had stated to the man. He could only say, if application was made again to him to give a certificate of death for one he had not seen for three e eeks, he should most decidedly refuse one. The Learned CORONER summed up, and the court having been cleared of strangers, the jury consulted, and returned a verdict of " Natural death from general debility, arising from the mother not being able to afford it the natural milk of the breast." The jury at the same time request the Coroner to "express their regret that Mr. Crellin should have made use of any remarks about laudanum or syrup of poppies • and also their regret that he should not have attended the child when sent for." THE ALLEGED MURDER. AT LEEDS.—LEEDS, MON DAY NIGHT.—The Sun of Monday contained an account of a savage case of stabbing, which took place in Leeds last week, and in which two women, named Elizabeth Smith and Catherine M`Loughlan, were the unfortunate victims. The inquest on the body of Smith, who died within a few hours after receiving the injuries, was held before Mr. John Black burn, at the Leeds Court-house on Friday last, when the jury returned a verdict of .. Manslaughter" against William Walshaw. who inflicted the injuries, and they accompanied the verdict with the expression of an opinion that the case was one of a most aggravated description. It was proved in evidence that Walshaw furiously attacked the women with an open clasp-knife in each hand, wounding Smith in the abdomen and M'Loughlan in the right thigh. Hopes were at first entertained that 11PLoughlan would recover, but on Saturday a change for the worse took place, and she died at the Leeds Infirmary yesterday afternoon. An inquest has been held on the body to-day, and Mr. Allanson, house-sur geon at the infirmary, gave it as his opinion that death had resulted from the wound in the thigh. A verdict of " Man slaughter" was accordingly returned in this case also. Both women have left families of children, and the husband of M'Loughlan is at present a prisoner in Wakefield House of Correction, having been sent there for an assault. BALLINROBE.—AFFRAY BETWEEN SOLDIERS. On Friday night last, a party of the 49th Regiment, now sta tioned here, and some of the 88th, en route for Castlebar, were drinking in a public-house,,and commenced fighting about seven o'clock, which led to a desperate row among the sol diers of both regimens. At about half-past eight o'clock the streets were crowded with civilians :hid soldiers, throwing stones in a most frightful manner, some of the civilians taking part with the 88th. Two soldiers of the 49th were danger ously hurt. After a good.deal of trouble, the officers of the 88th got all their men into their billets. The row lasted about an hour. Two companies of the 49th were marched through the town with fixed bayonets, and halted in the square, where they were ordered to prime and load with ball cartridge. The scene, says the Mayo Constitution, was most frightful. THE HARVEST IN IRELAND.—GALWAY, AUG. 23. Since Wednesday last the weather has been favourable, and the people have taken advantage of it, to gather a great por tion of the crops which grew on high ground. There still remains much to be cut down. In the low lands the floods have done considerable damage, and several fields of corn, as well as of potatoes, are yet under water. The grain which has been saved is good, and the produce of wheat and oats of an average quantity. Barley is everywhere a very light crop, but there is a greater breadth of land sown with it than usual. Turnips, which have been extensively cultivated this year, even by the cottier farmers, are thriving well. The alternate warmth and moisture of the atmosphere favour their rapid growth, nor does there appear any ground for the apprehension, said to to be entertained, of their being infected by the same disease which has been fatal to the potato. BOLOGNA, AUG. 14.—(Extract from a Letter).—On returning from my walk yesterday evening, I was sitting in the balcony, when I saw a man come staggering along the street ; he fell below where I was sitting, and in a moment the whole pavement was a pool of blood. The man had been stabbed, and one near was holding the bloody knife. He was captain of the police under the late Pope, and one of the principal agents of his cruel and atrocious government. He had been tired at twice, and was so obnoxious to the people that the assassins will never be discovered. WHIRLWIND.-On Tuesday morning last, about ten o'clock, Laugharne was visited by a terrific whirlwind The effects of so sudden and unusual a visitation have been disastrous, and the following are a few particulars of its destructive career. At a place near the Grist, Mr. S. P. Lewis's malt-house was completely stripped, the slates being carried upwards of 125 yards distance over the Castle wall, a height of at least 120 feet ; several ducks, quietly enjoying themselves in their favourite element, were taken up from the lake and carried in the air, unwilling victims of the fury of the wind, a long distance—slates and ducks falling into the Castle garden, the property of Mrs. Starke. Many of the ducks were killed by the slates falling on them. Several trees were also uprooted in the garden of Mr. Evans, the merchant, Gosport, sad spectacles of the fury of the myste rious phenomenon. Mr. Davies, the Causeway, had his farm-house stripped, and a rick of hay completely removed. The noise resembled that of a terrific clap of thunder, and was heard at the distance of several miles from the town. Such an awful occurrence has not been witnessed at Laug harne within the memory of the oldest inhabitant.— Carmar then Paper. LONDON YACHT CLUB.—On Tuesday a meeting of members of this club took place at Wright 'a Hotel, Strand, when a handsome silver cup, which was sailed for on the 3d instant, in a match from Greenwich to Gravesend and back, was presented by the Commodore of the club to the winner, Mr. J. Moon, who sailed in a small yacht (the Lady Louisa) of twelve tons. The owner of the yacht Mischief, who was defeated in the above race, has challenged the owner of the winning yacht, to sail a match over the same course for 1007. aside. Sir Andrew Leith Hay, M.P. for this district of burghs, in company with his son, Lieutenant A. S. Hay, of the 93d Highlanders, paid a visit to this town on Saturday last, and called upon several of his constituents. The Gallant Colonel appears in excellent health and spirits, and we understand intends again offering himself for the repre sentation of the burghs at the approaching general election. Sir Andrew attended divine service on Sunday, at the Esta blished Church in the forenoon, and at the Free Church in the afternoon, and left town foe Leith Hall on Monday morning.—Elgin Courant. A .PHILOSOPHER.,—It is said of Cuvier, that one day walking where ,news is said to have walked, a certain repulsive personage met him, and demanded of him worship. " No, I will not worship you," said Cuvier. " Yes, you must," 'said the horrible. "No, I will not," replied the other. "Then," said the demon, "if you will not, I will eat you." Cuvier eyed him deliberately ; and, instead of defying him, as no doubt he might have done, preferred falling back upon the natural history lessons of his mundane lite, and said, " Horns and cloven feet--graminivorous. Yon eat me? —nonsense 1" SENTENCE OF DEATH RESPITED.—A respite of the sentence of death pronounced on Robert 'Williams, convicted of the murder of Thomas Wiggins, at the late Wells Assizes, was received in this town on Sunday last.—Taunton Cow isr., BILLINGSGATE REGATTA.—The second annual regatta at Billingsgate is announced for the 3d of September, the prize, a coat and badge, to be contended for in four heats by au free gentlemen of Billingsgate. THE LATE DEATH OF A CLER # • / GYMAN IN ST. PANCRAS. On Tuesday, pursuant to adjournment from the previe; ous Tuesday, a special and very fully-attended meeting Of the directors and guardians of the poor of St. Pim cras, took place in the Board-room of the workhouse, King's-road, for the purpose of pr oceeding with th eir investigation into the case of :Rev. Charles Gay, whose death too. place under the melancholy and in: ys terious circumstanws already laid before the public. The CHAIRMAN said Mr. M`Gahey, the clerk to the Board, had been instructed to make inquiries into the way in which the Rev. Charles Cay had become an inmate of University Hospital, And how he came into St. Pancras Workhouse, and they bad better now hear his evidence. Mr. M`GAHEY stated that Dr. Qua said that the Rev. Charles Cay was brought there by _Mr. Mental ue Cooper and Mr. George Cooper, of Keppel-,3treet. This ',yrs on the Saturday when he was away, and on the fol lowing Monday morning he found him raving nkla; that Mr. T. H. Cooper, the parish surgeon, called in a bout a woman who was there, and that on his showing M e ... Cay to Mr. Cooper, the latter recognised him as a client of his brother's, and there being a card over his head, wiN) the address on, " Wilmot-street, Fitzroy Chapel," but' afterwards rectißed, " Wilmot-street, Brunswick-square," Mr. Cooper wrote a note to the overseer for his im me diate admittance into that workhouse. The CHAIRMAN considered it quite clear that the Ri 3V. Gentleman improperly became an inmate of that work house through the misrepresentation of Mr. T. :H. Cooper, the parish surgeon, to the overseer. If Mr. Cooper, the solicitor, had anything to offer in explana tion of what he might consider imputed on his condw 3t, the board would he ready to hear him. Mr. WILLIAM DANANT COOPER said Mr. Montague Cooper and Mr. George Cooper, of Keppel-street, were the persons who took the deceased to the hospital. They were no relations of his, nor did he know anything about the occurrence until Tuesday,. the 4th, the day on which the Rev. Mr. Cay was admitted to the workhouse. from the hospital, and when he receive 3 a note inform ing him of the fact. He sent a verbal repf3r back, to the effect that Mr. Cay was a man without rne7ch money * and the best thing was to deal legally with .kira and send him to Ilanwell. He did this, fully believing th at the Rev. Gentleman belonged to the parish of St. Pa a eras, and as a proof of it, even so late as Monday la st, the letters of administration described the Rev. Gent`; 'e man as late of that parish. He also produced 0, 'e cheque alluded to. which was on Messrs. Roberts an t I and Co., fur 3,0001., dated the 11th of October, 1825, and' the bankers' book, which proved the money had been; received, and the Rev. Gentleman's account closed thee following day. The CHAIRMAN said, after the statement of Mr. W. D . Cooper, together with his production of the cheque and bar, lee rs' book, there co u ld no t, h e th oug ht, b e t h e s li g h test 1. , 71 pression that he h a d ac t e d i n any way Lin properly in thy':natter, and he bad no d ou bt th e p u bli c right with the public. press would set 11. 4 11: The Board then ce d edprz - ,u - to investi ga t e th e conduct of Mr. T. H. Cooper, 1 :21e workhouse surg eon , i n the affair. Mr. T. H. COOPER complaine.: l , in defending himself,. of the course the Board had thou t :ht proper to pursue,. in sending for letters behind his ;' , l..ek, and the injury inflicted upon his character by the' publication in the papers. After a long and rigid investigatian and discussion, in which same of the members of the Board dezgareel that it was clear that Mr. T. H. Cooper had used waclut.' in fluence with the overseer to get the Rev. Mr. Cay into that workhouse, and others considered he had only com mitted an error of judgment, A resolution disapproving of his conduct was passed. Mr. Cooper was then called before the Board and ad monished by the Chairman, who expressed his opinion that the resolution was an extremely m oderate one, and he hoped that Mr. Cooper would feel th e force of it. The proceedings connected with this protracted and extraordinary case then terminated. CARBONIC ACID GAS IN ST SAM BOILERS. An extraordinary occurrence has taken place within the month in the boilers of the Peninsular and OrieCtal Steam Company's steamer Montrose, at Southampto, l * The vessel having been laid up for repair, made a trial . trip to the mouth of the Southampton river, and about forty-eight hours after her return, when the boilers and machinery were all cold, a man, who was sent into the boiler for some purpose, suddenly fell down, as it was thought, in a fit. The alarm being given, the engineer of the vessel went in to bring him out, but no sooner had he reached the lower region of the boiler, than he too, fell down in a state of insensibility. Fortunately, Mr.. Lamb, the engineer of the company, happened to be on board, and ho immediately dispatched in another person with a rope round his waist, so that he might at once be pulled out if similarly affected; but this person, on being lowered down, immediately became senseless, and had to be drawn up again with all possible dispatch. As there happened to be a man-hole door directly over the fur naces, Mr. Lamb caused this door to be instantly fe moved, and no sooner was this done, than the me.n within the boiler began to revive. They were then taken out through the lower man-hole without inconve nience, and, after a little spirits had been administered, they perfectly recovered. Our opinion having been requested as to the cause of this mysterious occurrence, we have tested some of the water taken from the river at,Southampton, and upon pouring some of it into lime-water, a flocculent precipi tate was abundantly deposited, showing the existence of a large quantity of carbonic acid in the water. We have here, then, an explanation of the mystery. The effects produced were precisely those due to the presence of carbonic acid, and, as the whole of the water in the boiler was taken out of the river, without being diluted by water from the sea, it is not difficult to understand Dow the carbonic acid gas might accumulate in the boiler se as to produce the effects observed. When the boiler was blown off it would contain a mixture of carbonic acid and steam. The steam would be condensed as the boiler cooled, leaving the carbonic acid, on which the entering air, being lighter, would float. Ilad the mud hole doors been opened, as well as the man-hole door in the top of the boiler, the carbonic acid could not have remained in the boiler, for, being heavier than :air, it will run out of a hole in the bottom of a vessel in the same manner as water. It is very expedient, therefore, that in all steam-vessels entering the port of Swlthamp. ton, or any other river the water of which holds inuelz vegetable matter in suspension, the mud-hole doors; should be for tome time removed, and the man-hole, or safety-valve, be for some time left open before any on. ventures into the boiler; and before venturing he should lower a light.—Artizan. HERRING FISHERY. DUNBAR, AUGUST 25.—The fishing for the last two days has been good ; bettor this morning than in any morning during the season. From the number of curers, and the season being far advanced, prices still keep ; about 15s. a cran is generally given. 11ErtwicK, AUGUST 21.—Our herring fishing this week has still been very light, and no general take of herrings has taken place sincelour last. Although e. few boats have got from twelve to twenty crans this week, yet the greater part have not taken ten crans fur the whole week. HOLY ISLANDS, AUGUST 19.—The good appearances from which we expected so much at the beginning of the week have not been realised, the highest shot of her rings on Monday being eleven crans. On Tuesday the fishing was general, but no great shot. This morning there was a great filling off, the highest being three crans, with the exception of one strange boat, which had 24 crans. In consequence of the thick fog only three boats are out to-night. _ _ NORTH SUNDERLAND; Auc. 20.—Since our last the fishing has been progressing, but with little success, and the quantity of fish taken is far short of last week. Some few boats have fallen in with from two to twenty crans, but upon the whole the fishing has not been good. The fishermen say they expect the fish yet to set in as the tide comes to hand. The Customhouse officers have ordered all the French vessels to sea, and will not allow them to cure their herrings in the har bour without paying one shilling on each barrel, be sides an additional penny for landing on each empty barrel. The result will be that no Frenchmen will enter the English ports to buy herrings, which will be the means of greatly reducing the price in the English market. BUaGHEAD, AUG. 20.—The fishing at this station has been very irregular since last report. On Friday there was a good fishing ; average 9 crans. Saturday, 4 crans. Tuesday was almost a failure, and from the appearance of the weather a very few boats ventured out that night. This morning (Thursday) a few boats only will go to the cran. There is still an excellent ap pearance of fish ; but the weather is too fine, and the water too clear. _ _ . WICK, AUG. 20.—Our fishing has not, this week, been accompanied by that degree of success which could be wished—still, however, no day has been an entire blank. The average for the week is 14 crans, and for the season, 72. Along the coast, as far as Helms dale, the fishing is much behind. That station now averages about 65 crans, or 15 crans under 1845, and five under 1844, which was a bad year. At the inter mediate stations, however, matters are more backward, and the general average is very low indeed.—Caledonian Mercury. NOBLE C OND UCT.—C H ATRAM, AUGUST 24. —We have much pleasure in recording the following humane act of an officer of the Hound, in rescuing a fellow-creature from drowning. This afternoon (Monday), about four o'clock, a seaman on board her Majesty's ship Hound, fitting for sea at Sheerness, accidentally fell overboard from the gangway into the sea. 'The Commander, G. H. Wood, at the time was in his cabin, and seeing the man struggling in the water, sprang on deck, and, without taking off any of his uniform, precipitated himself into the sea, and succeeded in saving the life of the sailor ; but the gallant officer was much exhausted when he was got on board, and the seaman's life was nearly gone. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF P•RTER AND ALE.—A patent has been taken out by Mr. Maugham, for improveraenes in the manufacture of ale, porter and other fermented liquors, which appears likely to become of some importance. After the liquor has undergone the ordinary process of fermentation, it is heated to such a temperature as to stop further fermentation, say from 150 to 160 degrees, and is then charged to any desired degree with carbonic acid gas. By this mode of treatment, fermented liquors can never become sour, as the various fermentation is checked effectually by the heat, and in close vessels there is no oppor tunity for its subsequent removal.—Artizan. THE OIL OF BITTER ALMONDS.—On the 10th inst., a youth named Robert Grant, residing at his father's in Whaf street, died suddenly from incautiously taking a dose of oil of bitter almonds. Mr. Denton, surgeon, found in his stomach a quantity fully sufficient to cause death. How the deceased got hold of the poison was at first involved in some mystery ; at length a bottle was found in the father's house, contain ing the oil of bitter almonds, a portion of which it was now plain the deceased had drunk. The mother had never used, and knew nothing of the nature of the liquid, except that it was given to her by a lady as " something good to put into puddings." On inquiry, it was found that this lady had received this bottle from her daughter, now in Manchester, who told the same tale, and said she found it in a house in St. Peter's-lane; but none of them knew the poisonous nature of the liquid. This house was formerly oc cupied by a chymist and druggist, as a drug warehouse, and amongst the bottles was one containing the essential oil of bitter almonds, which (when the drugs were looked over after being removed) was missing. There was, there fore, no doubt that the bottle from which the deceased drank was the identical one belonging to the chymist. An inquest was held on deceased the same evening, and, after two ad journments, and the whole of the facts had been most pa tiently investigated, the jury returned the following verdict : —" That the deceased died from the effects of essential oil of bitter almonds, but whether taken by himself or adminis tered by any other person, there is no evidence. The jury wish, however, to add, that there is no evidence before them that any one about Robert Grant's (the father's) house, was aware that the essential oil in question was of a poisonous nature." —Leicester Mercury. THE WEATHER.—THE CROPS.—Since our last we have experienced much changeable weather, having had a succession of rain, sunshine, wind, and sometimes a chill, and at other times a sultry and heated atmosphere—in two or three instances quite oppressive. But it is pleasing to know that these changes hare not been productive of any material injury to the crops generally, nor was harvest labour considerably retarded. In the vicinity of mountain dstricts there have been some floods, which have done partial injuries, but to no very great extent, while on the whole, farmers, as to the grain crops, have no reason to complain, as the harvest, in that line ; has been much earlier, abundant, and propitious than in former years, for some time past. The failure of the potato crop is the great and general complaint. Where the potato has failed, turnip sowing and cabbage planting should not be neglected or delayed a moment, as they are at present the only available substitute for that esculent, so long the genefal food of our poor. There is one consolation, however, in mitigation of the evils likely to result from the potato blight, which is, that the present grain harvest promises to be more than an average.— Ulster Gazette. A SUBSTITUTE FOR FLOGGING IN THE ARMY.—We areinformed by Sir Charles Napier that blistering was suc cessfully tried as a substitute tor flogging in two corps, and he is not aware that this mode of punishment was adopted in any other regiment. The commanding officer of one of the regiments in question, then stationed in Guernsey, where liquor is cheap, determined to put a stop to the crime of drunkenness on duty, by an appeal to the honourable feel ings of the soldiers, and at the same time to make drunken ness as unpleasant as possible, but without the lash. He gave out an order to say that he would not flog, but trust to the soldier's self-respect for keeping sober on duty. Next day a man was drunk and confined. The colonel, accom panied by the surgeon, went to the guard-house, and felt the drunkard's pulse. He was declared to be in a fever. Nothing could be more true. He was therefore put into a blanket, and four soldiers bore him through the barracks. His comrades all laughed at the care taken of him. On reaching the hospital, the patient was put to bed and blistered between the shoulders, fed on bread and water for a week, and then discharged cured. He was then brought on the parade, when the commanding officer congratulated him on his re covery from the fever, and sent him to rejoin his company, where he was laughed at and jeered by his comrades during the space of a week. Many others underwent the same treatment; but the joke, though very amusing to the sober soldiers, soon began to be none to the drunkards. There was cons id era ble pain and uneasiness — some bread, plenty of water, but no pitying comrades—no commisseration—no mercy. The experiment was completely successful. Not a man of that regiment was flogged in Guernsey from the time the men were treated with blisters ; and after a fort night there was no such thing as a man drunk for guard or parade. Now this regiment has been in an infamous state. — Military Miscellany, by Henry Maxwell, F.R.S.E. LIVERPOOL AND RETRY RAILWAY VIADUCT.--The first stone of this stupendous undertaking will be laid on Saturday, the 29th instant, when about 500 persons will be invited to witness the ceremony. James Brancker, Esq., c h a i rm an of the directors , will of f iciate upon the occasio n. e h about 300 ladies llaidie a splendid clejeuner will be s and gentlemen will be pre sent.ne ut t e nded viaduct will extend from Boundary streetewsththinoei borough gaol, and ultimately to Tithebarn gi A fter vn the z a th etrect,,,...kivcrpote Standard, MYSTERIOUS CASE. On Tuesday an inquest was held at Greenwich, before C. J. Carttar, Esq., coroner, on the portion of the body' of a female found off Ship Dock, on Saturday. The jury proceeded to view the remains, which had been deposited in the bone-house, and which presented a sad spectacle, having apparently been imbedded in the mud for several months. the upper portion of_the body above the breast-bone was wanting. . . - . Henry Sprigg, waterman, at Greenwich, found the mangled remains. The only clothing on it the boots; there were no stockings on. Mary Casey deposed that she resides in George-street,. St. Giles's. She had a daughter by her former husband, named Catherine Donovan, about twenty-one years of age. She was an unmarried woman. The last time she aw her alive was on Easter Sunday, about four o'clock n the afternoon • nor did she know what had since be come of her. W hen she left home she was dressed in a. new striped cotton dress, stays, petticoats, new cotton. stockings, boots, and a fancy pattern shawl. She saw the body yesterday, and knew it to be that of her daughter by, the particular position of the toes. Mary Quindon, cousin to the deceased, deposed that, about four o'clock on Easter Sunday she saw the de-. c eased pass her door. Three young men accosted her,. and asked her to go to Greenwich with them. Her cousin told her what the young men had proposed, when she advised her not to go, as they were strangers to her, and she had no money in her pocket. One of them pulled out a quantity of silver, and told her she should not want for anything. The young men then went, across the street to a public-house, and witness went in doors. In about ten minutes after she saw deceased and the young men in company repass her house, when she said she was going to see an acquaintance, and should shortly be home. Witness went and told her mother, never having known her keep company with any young man. She has since, upon two occasions, seen one of the young men in Wardour-street, and she believes he lived at No. 71 in that street. Could swear to deceased's boots, as she was with her when she bought them, on the Saturday before Easter Sunday, and was with her when she put them on, when, having broken one -of the silk laces, witness gave her a cotton one. The boots found on the body were produced, and com pared with another pair bought at the same shop by the last witness. They were examined by one of the jury (a shoemaker), who pronounced them to have been bound by the same person, and they were evidently a new pair of boots, and had not been worn more than one day. Examination continued—When witness first saw the boots taken off the body, the one had a cotton and the other a silk lace in it;' but in taking them out of the boots they broke in small pieces of about half an inch in length, consequently she did not preserve them. The CORONER, at this stage of the proceedings, said he should adjourn the case, in order that there might be a surgical examination. The inquiry was adjourned until Tuesday next. EMPLOYMENT OF CONVICTS.—It was stated in the last annual report of the Inspectors of Millbank Prison, that arrangements had been made for supplying the convicts. both male and female, with work during their voyage to the places to which they were transported, and in the report just issued a very satisfactory account is given of the good effect which employment has produced upon the discipline of the ship and the health and conduct of the prisoners, as also of the amount of work executed. Several of the surgeons. superintendent have asserted that more than double the amount could have been executed, had suf f icient materials been placed ou board. An increased supply has, in consequence been provided. It is added by the inspectors in their last report, just printed, " These results of the ex periments of furnishing work to tbe convicts during the long voyage to Australia are highly gratifying, and reflect much credit on the officers in charge of the ship, and on the prisoners." ABUNDANCE OF CUCUMBERS.—The very warm weather with which we have been favoured this summer, seems to have been favourable to the growth of cucumbers— no less than two tons of which (a novel way of reckoning this fruit) were brought to Norwich on Tuesday night last. They were taken to the market the next morning, and in a few hours nearly the whole of them were disposed of. To or three small heaps remained about one o'clock, whicl , l were being retailed at four a penny. They were bropgl? B quan edfo t rd iti s e r . e Thoughwhere they smalland are well adapted fo anost r piokutheyngare.—ffibyoritino means ea a n r s m ill icie -d . avourec l, ar a e n gr d no7:ivienrythine sTtinugaiiril liitippgearear.t. ~~~ sJ