The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-14 00:00:00

~'. - , , • T,ALlmta:Tlt, OCT 13'-- N Guaddioupe. r Auto • ' . ' CTH) OCT. 10.—.\\ Ind N.N.E., Strong etz , • , .A.rrd. 12, Nouville Auguste, Kernault Goree for ilavre,'wyth 1:5 3 of sails, &c. 13.' Mulara.• Dixon, Patagonia and Dia Croxdale, Douglas, 'Patagonia and Rio Janeiro. Bull. the outward bound. •011 . port, Intrepid, Pictou, : for The Transit steamer has been- placed on the mud. • "sEY, OLT. 1 1.—Arrd. TJnitv, Gorden, Liibrador. • BRISTOL, OCT. 13.—Wind. N.E.,• fresh.—And. Mohark, •!).Yer, Africa; Pelkwenlls ; • Lewis, Dania. Ski. 12, Lady Frankland, Sni.th .. Afr ica; I . v. 1 , Orleans ; African Queen, Dyer, R„ 1 111alT1 Can vnge.!, Walters, Africa ; Bethel, Moschen, __‘v Brunswick.. Irun'F, OCT. 12 .—S1d.11Ianuela, Vallio,.Valpariso. . 13, 11 " ALE, OCT. 11.—The Racer, Power. from Newport to 'nada, arrived here to - day with loss of rudder, hulwatks, sails ice. eßoci/EDA, OCT. 12.—The Swift S Power, of Dublin, went , tides.bci,e at Laugharon 10th'inst.; but expected off next spring. lI I4Ivr ' s T°FFE, 13.—The Shapstor, struck on aimborough Sand this morning, but came oft-soon after, and cull, in deep Water; crew saved. AItiCET- NEw s._:_('rias DAY.) ' RN EXCHANGE-1V EDNESD AY. cheat the returns, it appears that the arrivals of. English ueat , uP to our market this week have. been Moderately ~- : - ` "lgive; yet the stands to-day were rather scantily filled' ril ith °8 " 1 1 ,1 es of both red and white. Fine dry qualities ,_."ed off steadily,. at fully Monday's quotations. In ail other !tiouds very little was doing at late rates. Tile show of frae lrnrieign Wheat Was by no Leans large; holders were very ely , and would not sell, except at extreme currencies. A I , neo p ar cels of Wheat and Flour in bond were taken for ship. t to sorts dooittr freely, /tore Belgiutn. Selected . samples of malting Barley at full - prices ; .in ~e-rinding and diatilling of , . paratiyely little was doing. In Malt a fair amount pl uusiness last was doing, at late rate s . Oats, Beans, P e i ? , a n d an t as quoted. - ruan . 1 1q, • • • ' • • ''''' ARRIVALS. Wheat. Rarity. 1,410 qrs. 1; 290 qrs. Oats 1 Flour 150 qrs. I 1,930 sits 910 1 and -- I 570 brls. Malt, 570 gr,;. WIIXTECHAPICX. • °4I Y moderate supplies of Meat were on offer here to-day. -ene rallY speaking, the demand was aetiv and prices had an u pward tenden c y. B ee f f rom e, 10(1 to 3s 8d ; Mutton. 1 3 to ss; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s to 4s 10(1 per Sibs by the carcase. BANKRUPTCY. —(THIS DAY.) (Before',Mr: CommissiOner Ev Ns.) IN RE DONALD I‘I'LEAN, 51. P. Mr. L AWRENCE app li ed this morning for a further xtension Of the time for the surrender Of this bankrupt, who is in Italy. r , n it will no doubt be remembered that Mr. M‘Lean was t a e ol l ' , lf the Members for Oxford, and be was declared ayo . , ; r uPt on the ground that he had left the country to holy: his creditors. Dr. Thompson,. his physician, to "eri swore positively that he adve , ed M'Lean ) 8 1 1: 1 c , a chang e of air as essential to his health. •14.waeNce now said that he had a further certi ficate to show that Mr. M-Lean's health was still so ` a is'arioua that it would be highly dangerous for him to ndi although he was extreinelydesirous of doing so. a question might arise as to whether there had been an i of bank ruptcy or not. The proceedings under w hi c h him self fi at Was issued d ec l are d that "wilfully_ absented e although it w as p rov ed by the different, medical ertificates that it was from ill health. The second 1.17ti0n...., of tradin g , was ' a l so o p en t o disce s sion.: MTh e he 'l4e on l CO3I3IIiSIONER asked whether there 'was'wasupposition kfurth solicitor to the assignees said they objected to er extension'of the time. vaThe Learned COMMISSIONER thought the application tXt reas onable, and granted fu r th e r time to the f u ll of 49 days, Ioth Dec. It ` MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Dec (THIS DAY.) ore M r. Sergeant ADAMS and a bench of' Ma- Ed ward „ gistrates.) was IC eYnads, a respectably-dressed young man, val ue let "il for stealing two jackets and a waistcoat, ' l , th It ap i ,„ e ,Property of John Venturn. pied I, ( t 7 re c. that the prosecutor was a sailor, and occu roornir,—"gs to which the prisoner had access. On the of the day after " the robb( ry was committed, the his went to his room for the urposcß of changing rai me - ci es :, , _ and on looking for the articles in question Was • 'Lem, and suspicion falling on the prisoner, he , / ,tn into custody. th: e Prisoner, in his defence, admitted having taken stovriProperty, but denied any felonious intention, as he 4 ; 1 , 4 i t Was his intention to return them in a day or two, ," was in great distress at the time he took them. h'`l• witness was called, who gave him an excellent cha eter, and informed the Court that, until lately, he had ld the situation of chief mate in a West Indianian. Ile was found Guilty, and sentenced to three months' im prisonment. hShortly after his removal, his wife, a young woman of ighly respectablo appearance, applied and obtained an order to see him. She appeared to be in great distress. CLERKENIVELL.,-(T1IS "DAY.) Eleanor Herridge, a very ladylike f.: male, about twenty rears of age, whose family and connexions were stated, to be highly respectable, was placed at the bar on the charge of robbing her furnished lodgings. Mr. George Gogarty stated that he resided at , g euthampton-street, Pentonville, and about three weeks I I L l g 0 the pri s oner took ready furnished lodgings at his e • From certain circumstances which transpired he, was i nduced to examine her apartments last erenixt, ke u s Og, her absence, when he found that a Pair: ef Wan ' crlamel painting, and other articles, :had been lic eman w aY. On the prisoner's return he sent for. a po , Plored--' when she threw herself on her knees dnd im-. d not to givo her into cu§tody, as she was in- . (Ic ed to „ pavvn the artieleS to . eitable her to pay the first s ient. When she did so - she was in the expecta th_ of getting, more than 'enough• of money to release ' llO , from her friends, Who were in respectable and in 'ePendent circumstances. The property was subse - 'lnently discovered by the police at a pawnbroker's. The prisoner, who wept bitterly, and seemed deeply s ensible of her position, declined making any defence beyond her statement to the prosecutor, and was corn- Inltted for trial. I nc R.LBRO . -S,TREEt.—(T HIS DAY). Josepi, Loder was charged this morning with robbing : 1 c • • his , master, a,.4 Benjamin B e ll amy w i t h rece i ving th e ai , j stolen property, K.Oviino* it to be such. . • , George Minter, up s idirsterer, 33, Ger ar d- street, Soho, 4,i, said that the prisoner ceder was his apprentice, and having been informed that had been rubbin g hi m , an d 2 . • disposing of : th e p ro pe rt y to bellamy, in the p resence ' e V his son lie had asked him whether he knew Loder, or ; .• had ever h a d any transaction with him ; but he denied .411: knowing him, He charged hi m p os i t i vely with receiv: ca, ing the stol en ar ti c l es , an d h e t h en admitted having mad e Nl . O a purchase of Loder. The complainant. wished to see the purchase, and B e ll am y, a f ter a good deal of shuffling !tad Prevarication, consented to take him to his lodg of , ! n gs,,,J but having ,both gone i nto Mr. (lows shop, latte"rft-street, where Bellamy is employed, the gave him the sli After ome runing about, Bellamy produced the p. bundle of s Morocco n and roan leather, 5 lbs. weight, worth 305., as the parcLase Tahad made of Loder; and a second bundle, worth 10s., ih, h e had purchased• of him three months before, complainant said these we re t h e very p i eces for "inch he had asked his apprentice the other day, and in Co nsequence of the want of them had been obliged to give out whole skins for chair pads. Loder said he had sold nothing but what was his as a Perquisite by the rules of the tr a d e . Bellamy said he bought them'uncler that belief, and ni PropOsed calling evidence to show the rules of the trade if time were given him. Mr. Minter denied its being the practice of the trade or his shop, to carry off such pieces as those produced; indeed, he had given orders that none should be taken away. , - • Mr HARDWICK said th e question now before them • was the rule prevailing in the trade as to perquisites, and remanded the case until evidence could be produced On this head. . .-" • Tice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam,l.Ctots SS:anGi senior ,t,,,,, ~Htett Lord of the Admiralty, has proceeded ilf , izi , ..si . • ~,ait'ulair Adam, in Scotland. „L is I''''.`a, It rumoured that Lord Dalhousie will ..suceeed -Err .„9-. Arthur as Governor of r: obey, IR MAGISTRATE. —We ' - ---•-•,.,,"1icA.T11 OF MR. BOND, gret to announce the death o T- f i A r lr u .' d _W on il e li o a f m_ th ß e o m nd a , g r i e s: .. "der of Poole add Wareham,. tratf , s of Westminster' Police-eouri, m,, which ho stwocceceudrerdenmorn.. '' • --, li nlay afternoon. This gentleman, t , r. ,W Gregory as a police ~ ' .11u been for some time in a, delicate state very , about a fortnight ago was considered in a , preca r4agitr4 e in October, health, ob' r i B a 4 n 2 cl 'l'il'l-rios condition ; he, however; at as late a ' He E , 4 were entertained of his recovery. feared to be rallied, and strong hopes s Friday last tit his Court, and it is much o f his that too great a desire to perfotm the duties very lin office 'hastened his. dissolution- He was of a „,_ _ ' loss will or ....-- . tonn e and charitable disposition, and his severely felt by many. •P", ' INCREA SE . OF STRIPES WITH ADDITIONAL -, , l' A gunner in th e artillery, serving in Plymouth C .pAy,-- llT•del' . • by the name of Lowe, wh o ,h as 35 years services, was last weot rewarded with 6d. per day addition.to his pay and is to vveargose:n•eeno.stitriipest on his arm, for long service et. and uniforre Rom; OCT.l.—Amon t the honours conferred by be new Pope, an Englishman, distinguished atsitorne for his cultivation of the fine arts, has been included in the list of carneriere d'onOre_ TI, - -ere are three classes - 1 , .. of ehamberlain4 at the Pontifical Court—first, in4sig u honorary chalnberla.in s ; secc.nd, chamberlains - in actual service ; and, third, chamberlains, Vno-isigTloll, ~4 , and knights. Thp first class, four "'lo'ch our, c‘untrynlan -''' ' is included, is restricted tog four, and iS only cdriferred on noblemen of distinguishedrank or merit. ' . Tun Coax TRADE. -=—The. Commissioners of the Customs Department have issued directiOns to the prin cipal officers of the revenue and the 'collectors of the fe).11.! customs at the several ports throughout the United Ringdom, to prepare and transmit to the Inspcci;or -1"11:-.General for Imports and .Exports, with the least'pos ,tizt,. sible delay, the undermentiontd accounts, viz.:-1. An 1 'account of the quantities of foreign and colonial corn, grain, meal, and flour (distinguishing each ' sort), im -0,0, ~ported into the -United Kingdom from the sth of Janu aty, 1 846, to the 10th of October, 1815, showing the .ell,T countries from which they were imported, ,2. An ae .M l count of the quantities of foreign and colonial- corn, "•-,.........,-gl'ain, meal, and flour (again, Aistinguishing each Sort), , tit -Pi- petted from the bonded wardieuses of the United %al eettntri lingclotri during, the s ame period, showing to what ": 44 Y. es they were.exported. 3. A similar account of lout quantiti es of British and Irish corn, grain, meal;' and L our (distinguishi ng each sort), exported-from Com the United s t4ug iona d ur i ng the same period i n g' they Were exported. 'showing to w hat 'SPORTING. INTET,LI G KNC NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER. ET.NG. TITESIW. The Steppingley Stakes of 50 sous. each, for coltS, Bst 71b, andillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Mr. Bouverie's WarTagle, 'allowed 3lbs. Duke of Bedford's Bridle, 31bs.' 9 Lord Normanby's Queen of May, 31bs. 6 tO4 oh War Eagle, who waited on Bridle halt-way into the cords, and won_ cleverly by a length. Run in 1 minute 15 seconds. --- Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's-Black Cat, Bst 81b ... . . (Robinson) 1 Mr. Merton's Jumb,le, 7st 61b 7t04 on Jumble. Won by half a length. The Cesaiewitch Stakesif 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, with 300 added; the second to receive 50 SOV9. out of the stakes. 'Cesarewitch course. (45 Subs.) • Wieford's Witsend, 3 yrs, Est 21b ..:(Donaldson) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Jenny Wren; 4 yrs, Est 81b ' 2 The following also started, but were not . placed :—Lord Exeter's Sister to Pergularia, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 5 yrS, 9st 31b—Mr. idoore's Wolfdog, 4 yrs, • Bst 1.2113--Sir G. Heathcote's Klimulooz, 6 yrs, Sst 91b—Mr. Parr's Dulcet, 4 yrs,.Bst.2lb—Sir C. Monek's Gloisy., 6 yrs, 7st, 121 b Wigram's . liesheng,, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b—Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Lord Sandwich's Plantagenet, ' 5 yrs, '7St,'9lbMr. B. Green's The Conjuror, 3' Vrs; 7st 81b—Mr. Steivart's Cranebrook, 3 yr* 7st. 71b--)fir. Wyatt's The Mangler, 1 yrs, 7st 71b—Sir J - B. Mill's Giantess, 4 yrs, 7st 3lb—Mr. O'Brien's Jonathan' Wild, 3 yrs,.; 7st 31b—Mr. R.Stephenwon's SheratonT 3 yrs; 7st 31b. , -.Lord Albemarle's Beaumont, 5 yrs, . 7st 21b—Mr. NevilN Remorse, 4 yrs, ist 11b--Lord: Miltown's Ylahowlagh, 4. yrs, Est .101 P—Mr. Drinkald'sWidred, 3 yrs, Est 91b--Lord Chesterfield's Cherry, 3. yrs, 6st 71b—Colonel. Anson's, loin Tullock, 3 yrs, 6st•slb (carried 6st . 71b)—,Mr. Mytton's Auricula, 3„yrs, Est 51b-- Dithe of Rtitland's Sister to Flambeau, .3 yrs, Est .211--Mr. Wall'426la, 5 yrs, .sst 1211. L—Mr. Pemberton's Tugnet, 3 yrs; sst 121b;Mr. CroCkford's Terrier, 3 yrs; sst 121b—.Mr. Mostyn's*CanieriObscura, 3 yrs, ost I.llb—Sir J. Hawley's Prospect, 3 rs,' sst 91b—Lord Exeter's cby Coiwick , out of Czar's dam; . 3 yrs, 4st 10Ib. Betting-7 to 1 agst Kesheng, 8. to .1 agst:Tom Tullock, 9 tot agst Terrier, 16 to 1 agst Lightning, 16 to 1 agst Wolf dog, 20 to 1 apt Dulcet, 20, to 1 .agst Widred, 25'to 1 . agst I.i.lioniloez, 25 to 1 agstGlossy, 30 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild, and. 80 to,l agst. Wit's-end., Won by a length ; Sister to l'ergulatia an indifferent third, but not placed,. Kesheng and Woliclog, next. Run in 4 minutes 6 seconds. The result of the Cesare . witch was forwarded 'frem the heath to the Eastern Counties station, and thence:by 'Electric Telegraph, Witsend beirtg'returned as the winner; such was the.crowding and confusion, however, that prevailed in the 'vicinity of the winning chair, that the name of Kesheng was given out ,as the second, and the mistake -was not rectified: untilour,express had.started„. The race was slow, the horses keeping in a cluster until long after they came through the ditch, upr was . it improyed until they neared ; the new ground, Khondeoz,Widred, Ttignet,and'ElalioWlagh then gave way, 'and's6Jral others' dropped off at the bushes, amongst them Tuin Tfillecil and Terrier'. 'The winner 'and Jenny Wren wereisintledi out at .the ropes, and made a good race home, Witsend' *inning by a length; Sister to• Pergularia third, Kesheng .and Woolfdog next; followed by 'Jonathan Wild, .Dulcet;, and Lightning. The settling is likely to be very . harmless.. , . . ~Match, 300, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Cliestelqipld's Lady Wildair, Set 71b (Nat) 1 Lord Glasgow:s PhYsalis, Bst 51b • 7 to" 4 off T.tid i y Wildair. Won cleverly by half a length. Ruidn'l'eniritlie lb seconds. Thb Creira'reirStakes'Of 30 soya. 'each, 20 ft, for two yrs old coats, Bst 71b •, 'andfillies, Bst 61b. T.Y. C. (40 Subs.) Sir. Mostynl raentilt ' • (Abdale) 1 INeivl i onislßeminitcence .Mr 4 PAyde's f by. Venison, out of Cobweb , Tivolokloving„also started, but were not placed :—Lord Lladge Gray—Mr. Coape's f bv Cardinal Puff, otA of Jjnglepot's darn—Mr. Copeland's by. Eglington's "Ncrissa- 7 .111r. 'G. Ongley's Maid of Athens—Lord Orfo i d'S c by Clearwell out of Zifforahlr. J. Osborne's A'griesLeolonel'Peerk SorielDtike of Richniond's Halo. 'Betting-..6 to 4 agst Glentilt, sto 2 agst Cob Web 4to .1 agst :Nerissa, .and 6to 1 agst Agnes. Nerissa made the running, followed by. Agnes. and Glentilt,. Reminiscence Waiting, but the whole lot lying up. They ran so to the new, rotid,', where Glentilt obtained the lead, .Reminiscence taking the second.place, and the Cobweb filly the third; in this order they ran home, Glentili winning by a length, and same separating second and third. Run in 1 min. kl'spes. The Royal stakes of 200 sovs:each, 120 ft, for three yrs old, colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 2lb ; the second saws - his stake. A.F. - "(14 Siibs.) • Mr. Corribe'S Sister to the Nob Mr: , Bowes'el 111owerina Lord Albemarle's liadulOus . 3 Mr. 'Wreford's Wooden 'Wall • ' 4 Betting-5 to 4on Mowerina, and 2to 1 agst Sis to Nob. Sister to the Nob made all the running, aid won by half a length. Run in 2 minutes 20 seconds. ' Mntch, 100, 11 ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Shelley's Broadsword, B.st 71b; received forfeit from Sir W. W. Wynn's f by Gladi ator, darer by Du'zzard, Bst 41b. Match; 300, hit. AIL M. • Mr. Merton's Idas, 'Bst 71b, received from Mr. BoWes's As-you-like-it, Est 91b ; both four . yrs old. .•Ratch, Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Blind Hookey received from Mr. Clifton's Miss Love, Est 71b each. T.C. 100, h. ft. Match, 200, h ft. A.F. olonel Auson's lago, Bst 71h, received forfeit from Lord Eglington's polo, Bst 21b. Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, 7st 71b, received forfeit from Mr. O'Frieses The Traverser, Bst 71b. A.8.M., 5007, h ft. Match, 300, h ft. R.M. Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy, Bst, received from Mr. Gully's Mendicant, Bst 111 b. Match, 500, 200, h ft, Bst 71b each, Duke of Bedford's Black Cat, received from Lord Glasgow's f (dead) by The Saddler; dam by Jerry. ( RECEIVED THI S DAY.) ENTRIES ,TOR WEDNESDAY. . 'AMR Plate. T.M.M. Fama, aged—Subciner, - 6 yrs---Glee, 4 Yrs--Hawksburv, 4 -rs-:-Winctiester, 4 yrs:-Polka, 3 yu—Mount Callan,' 3 yrs -Prospect; 3 yrs—br . ci . by Co'Wick, oat of Czar's darn, , 3 yrs -Titbit, 3 yes. • Oatlands. 8.111. . Colonel "Sewell's7Alount' Cailat4.3. VB,l 84t 71b—Mr R. Bovee's Colleen dimwit, • 4 yrs, Bst. DiAtiehl, 3 yrs, Bst /11), 411_ 4 .4.lexa;i3.,yrs, 7st 9114 paid...• • • • Sweepstakes. T.Y.C. Lebancin,t yrs--Woodett Wall, 3 yfs—KilliKnnkie, 3 yrs —Libation; 3 yrs—llis Serene Highness, 2 yre—Wintonia, 2 yts-41istress Jean, 2•vrs. ' • LATEST BETTING. I • ••"•`'` • '• • • •THE CAMBItiIIgESTUFZE eiTAKES. 12 to 1 apt lago—t • 20 to 1 agst Red Robin 14 to 1 apt Conspiracy 20 to 1 agst Idas 15 to 1 agst•Alarna 25 to 1 agst Garry Owen 17 to 1 agst Sting 25 to 1 agst Colleen Bawn 20 to 1 agst.sis. to Joanna c j 33 to 1 Rgst Vanish 900 .to 100 agst sister to Joanna c and lag O—t DEnuy. 9to 1 agst Van Trottipt ' I 25 to . agst Planet 20 to 1 agst Glentilt • 40 to 1 agst War Eagle THE FREE-TRADE PREMIERS.--It is a remarkable fact that two vessels, christened respeatively with the names of 'the late and present Premier, hav e be e n pl ace d . on the station between London and Holland for the pure pose of bringing supplies of cattle, provisions of various kinds; and fruits from that most. productive country, out of compliment, it'may be inferred; to those personages. One, the Lord John RusSell, on her passage from Leer to London a day or two since, brought 88 casks of butter, 198 hams, 99 . oxen and coves,.apd . 40, sheep ; and the other, the'Sir . Robert Peal (her first voyage, we. be lieve, under that' appellation), the large number of 12,862 cheeses, 27 casks of butter, 683 bags of lard, 49 cows, six oxen, and 244 sheep, with various other arti cles, the production of Holland. . CRUELTY TO AN INSANE PAUPER.-4.11 adjourned Coroner's 'inquest was held on Monda\ at Havenhill, Suffolk, before Mr. Wayman, on the body of John Webb, an old imbecile inmate 'of the Risborough . Union Work house who had died in the infirmary, and it was alleged that his: death had been accelerated by cruelties practised on him by Abraham Slatsr,vvho attended him in the in irmary. The inquiry excited a great sensation, bat the result proved, that though the deceased had been treated with great cruelly, he had died from natural causes. It appeared that Slater is an old pauper aged seventy4ix, and that he was employed in the infirmary as nurse. with out receiving any remuneration or gratuity for attending the patients' when, living, but that he had a shilling for " doing" every dead man. The Coroner summed up at great length. The jury expressed a wish to retire, and having been absent about half an hour, they returned into Court, when the foreman declared the following to be their verdict:—" The verdict of the jury is Natural death,' but they cannot consider they have discharged their duty without wishing to record their horror: and detestation of the cruel and inhuman treatment which it has been proved the deceased received from the nurse Slater ; that gross negligence has been exhibited by the late Master in allowing such treatment to pass unnoticed and unreported to the board." ACCIDENTS ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. —Since the serious collision on the Cambridge line of the Eastern Co un ti es R a il way, not i ced i n th i s j ournal of Monday, two accidents of a more serious character, happening to a passenger and a truck train, occurred on Monday and yesterday, near the Broxbourne Junction of the Cambridge with the Hertford line. On Monday 'the quarter -past two up train, which should arrive in L pr o n n p d e o r n ti a nv t . t , h bg ir e t i y n --five minutes past th ree , s t arte d at i ts driven by engine No. 68getting On near the B rox b ourne Junction, which has a sharp cut ve into the mans line, the driver of the engine felt that the engine had gone off thel line, .and immediately, with . the break, in which was the engine, down the embankmtheentfeaii stoker, jumped off. tender, and a carriage iguitoar,ad, p tti o r ti n d e , d . t . h o e ver g , ua a r n d d relied snapped when. the slightly injured in . lortunately, the coupling irons shake, gainnde thew en te carriages line,con containing ni t n h g e sudthedennesspassengers of the' providentiallyanntiveere left standing on the ter engine was sent down line. After some delay from Stratford station, by ge ers were forwarded means of the electric commu nication to that place, and the a Aiancbcident to London. With regard to fliessoctili prece b ded the yester day, it appears that a ballast-engine, quarter-past two train from Hertford, on arriving Wire and .St. Margaret's, ran into four trucks, e N V 'Zicehrt were standing on the line, and which had been.used for carrying materials for double rails, about t o b e l a i d ; dow between Hertford and .Broxbourne. The Thetrucks mere n d h e ow st r e ( v i) e ' d, and ere the forwardedline b b c yc meansed up of flies t o Brox . bourne, and by a Cambridge train , which arrived oppor tunely, to •th e i r Oestinations. On Monday Colonel Pasley proceeded to Bishop Stortford, and; entered into an. investigation of the came of the collision near that place on ,Saturday morning, which was satisfactorily proved to be entirely accidental. FIRE THIS MORNING.—Shortly after four o'clock this morning, the • neighbourhood of Drury-lane was thrown into a state of consternation through an alarm ing fire, Which broke out on the premises of Mr. Pigott, known as the Red 'Lion public-house, in Great 44 ild street; but by the speedy arrival of the engines, together with a plentiful supply of water, the flames were princi pally confined to th e p rem i ses in which the fire occurred. The flames at one time reached an alarming height, and threatened destruction to the surrounding crowded neigh bourhood. DEATH OF VISCOUNT ALLEN.—WC have to an nounce the densise of the above Nobleman, who expired on the 21st ult., at Gibraltar, in the sixty-fourth year of his age. The deceased was the sixth Viscount, and having died without issue, we believe 'die title is extinct; His Lordship's only surviving sister is married to the Hon. and Rev. W. Herbert, Dean of Manchester, and Rector of p1:4441 1 in Yorkshire. SPIRIT of the PUBLIt; JOURNALS. FROM THE N.I)P,NT - G PAPEES OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—How did it commence? Not on the 29th of August, but on the 29th of June—not with the courier who sped from Madrid to Neuilly, but with the mes senger who started from Osborne House to Wilton crescent. The system of Europe is shaken, Spain in sulted, and France and England estranged, not because of M. BressOn's midnight coup de mOin, but because of Lord Palmerston's accession to office. So says the Presse. Our clever French contemporary has promulgated a new and striking theory, deriving the present course of events, not- precisely from the original antagonism of mind and matter after M. Michelet's famous doctrine, but from the hereditary policies of the two great Eng lish parties as developed under William and Anne , and perpetuated to this very day. That of the Tories was to relinquish the Spanish throne to a Bourboa cadet, providing only against the union of the two crowns — that of the Whigs was to exclude the,House of France altogether from the Peninsula. The former poliey triumphed at Utrecht, and has since remained the inter national law:of Europe ; the latter, though momentarily expressed at the Hague in 1709, was finally demolished and proscribed in 1713, and is now anachronistically re-, produced by Lord 'Palmerston, who forgets that this policy, which he is thus shown to have inherited from • GodolPhin by a faithful and unbroken tradition, is not only Obsolete, but actually condemned by that very treaty which he is now unwittingly quoting to support it. Who now will say that our party principles have changed, and that the names of Whia; and Tory are antiquated and useless Y Our contemporary knows better - " Et reditum Diemedis ab interitn Melcagri, Et gemino helium Trojanuta erditur ab ovo." It is bold to argue against the historical lore and political experienee which looms in reserve behind the columns of our gallant adversary; nevertheless, we presume to state our conviction that. this is an inaccurate chapter of the "'fours d'Histoire Moderne." If the scene lay in • 1760 instead of 1713, we might have a little'morc hesi• tatibn in giving such a venturous contradiction, for a good French historian used to assert that lie alone was in' possesSiOn of documents to show how the Treaty of Paris was extorted from Great Britain. We believe, however, that with regard to the Treaty of Utrecht and its times, the " DepOt des Affaires Etrangares" does not contain much intelligence that is not known in England; and it is, therefore, without any great apprehension of being refuted, that we assert the non-existence of any two such leading policies, characteristic of their respec tive parties, as our contemporary has laid down. There was during queen Anne's reign a Whig party and a Tory party, it is true; and it is also true that the great point of the war of the alliance furnished each with dis tinctive' 'sentiments. But it is altogether incorrect to state that the admission or negation of the French claims to the ;Spanish crown formed the characteristic fea ture of-the foreign policy of either. The Whigs from first to last advocated the war, from a variety of concur rent motives irrespective of their views concerning French aggrandizement; and the Tories, from opposite motives of a corresponding nature, advocated peace. The leading question with all English parties was the successien; nor was their foreign policy very deeply cared fur excepting with reference to this. William, in forming the Grand Alliance, well knew that he was taleing the only effectual measure to prevent the restora tion of the Stuarts—his 'object from personal and poli tical motives was the humiliation and depression of Louis XIV. The Spanish question chiefly affected Austria; and the barrier question the Dutch. As the war pro ceeded, and the-genius of -Marlborough placed the allies in a position beyond any that they could either have hoped or expected, their demands increased in a corre sponding proportion. We have before recorded our conviction that the -principle on which the treaty of Utrecht was at last concluded, viz., that the two crowns should never be united,. was the real prin ciple of • the original alliance, in contradistinction to that introduced by the cupidity of Austria as the war . so . wonderfully prospered that the entire Spanish•Monarohy should-be restored to the House of Hapsburg ; and that Bolingbroke was fully warranted in reverting to it, had he done so in an honest spirit. But the truth is, that for the most part of the time the Whigs Would. have 'prosecuted, and the Tories would ha se concluded, the war on almost any terms whatever. As long as France would make the least show of stand ing up to be _struck at, Marlborough and Godolphin would have persevered in a course which secured them honour, and glory among the people, aided that new class of fuudholders who especially supported them, and strengthened the Protestant States of Holland against 'the aggressive bigotry of France. And thusat the pre-' liminary negotiations at the. Hague in 1709, .as well as in their resumption at Gertruydenberg in -1710, they willingly enforced the uttermost demands of Austria, and exacted from Louis something even beyond the aban donment of Spain. To this much—to the withdrawal of all assistance and countenance from his grandson —he assented ; be demurred only to a condition which seemed inserted in order to be insuperable, viz., that he should actually use his own arms to expel his protege. This extreme policy, however, suggested by Austria, cannot, even by adoption, be correctly called the policy of the Whigs. The Whigs, truly so called, were at this time represented, -not by the , leaders of the Ministry, Marlborough and Godolphin, who, by the aid of the Duchess, managed the. Queen, but by Sunderland and the Junta; - who bad been gradually struggling into the Cabinet. And though these noblemen did undoubt edly share the abstract predilection pf their party, for the war, yet the real .war faction—the .men who backed Aastria in everything, and checked the peaceful aspi• rations • of the Dutch, were . the Lord Treasurer and :the Comniander-in. Chief. It was the resolution of Marlborough and Godolphin, not the policy of the English 11 , higs, which found a " momentary .ex pression!! in, 1709. and t.s lar as the political genius of these:tsvo - Could be inferred from original desCent and early company, they were rather moderate Tories than true Whigs, excepting only that . they did most infl-xibly adhere to the war polio) which gave them power and,place. , But, if the pedigree, of the English 'Whigs has really preserved its continuity, through the coup delat of Bute,. it is - certainly rather to be traced from Sunderland and Somers than from these two some what inconsistent politicians. In fact, during the con temporary negotiations at the Hague for the Barrier Treaty, the real Whig portion of the Cabinet were willing that this compact should be concluded without exacting from the Dutch a stipulation that they would adhere to this entire exclusion of the Bourbons from Spain as a sine qua non of future peace, though Marl bdrough repeatedly wrote home to insist uppn it, de claring that the Dutch, if left thus unfettered, would, as soon as they had got their barrier, leave Louis to do what he pleased at Madrid. So. far was this demand from being peculiarly characteristic of the Whig policy during the.reign of Queen Anne. CHRONICLE.—To pull down, in order to build up again from the foundation, is not the. English method of effecting social improvements.. We alter, enlarge, adapt; but we rarely think of overthrowing what has long ex. isted for the sake of novelty, no matter bow complete and symmetrical. Paley's image of the old irregular mansion of different dates and styles is the type of our practical reforms; and. if we miss in this way many of the advantages of a broader and more comprehensive methdd a we at least avoid the great danger of creating discord between the institutions and the habits of the nation. There.cannot be a doubt that this principle of adapting the improvements, which the wants of society require to the ideas. and, feelings which existing modes of action show to be prevalent,' must be observed by English statesmen in educational as in other reforms. No one, for example, will, be so absurd as to pro pO;ie the sweeping away all existing popUlar schools, in order to substitute others of a hew and uniform pat tern.. Such a revolution may be imagined, and even its details planned, by a solitary speculator here and there, or the notion may inflame the dialectic ardour of controversialists like Mr. Baines,' of Leeds,. who love the excitement of slaying their a esea giants ; but statesmen, and especially statesmen Possessing the practical sagacity of Lord John Russell, will not involve themselves in the interminable ember• rassments of attempting to legislate for education with out reference to what private zeal and public aid have already accomplished. There are numerous and ins portant districts in England u n p rovid ed even with the ,school-buildings. in which those of age to receive instruc tion could be aCcommodated. The number of localities is still greater in which, though schools nominally exist, the education or instruction given in them is worth no thing ; and the general character of popular schools in England, if they are tried by any reasonable standard of what they ,ought to effect, Is great and grievous ineffi ciency ; but still sit is evident that with respect to the bulk of these schools, the aim of the reformer must be not to destroy but to improve. National schools, British sehooli, Wesleyan schools, Congregational schools, Scotch schools, -Irish schools, have all been so long in Operation as to have - become established, and their active and attached supporters include nearly all the zealous friends of education of all creeds and parties in the empire. Important me difications tending to greater union may be obtained in these schools, 'and wherever the opening exists, new schools upon a superior model maybe established ; but in the main we must expect that schools now existing will continue, and the great and immediate object of the Legislature should be to promote their improvement by making pro Vision fur, en adequate supply of efficient teachers. Effective means for the training of teachers, and such a provision for their support as will induce a suffieient number cf qualified persons to embrace the profesSiOn, constitute, as it appears to us, the great prac tical reform whiCh is at present required. Inspection, to prevent abuse and stimulate improvement, is of course essential, but does not involve any serious difficulty. If, however, we are to regard , the educa tional agencies now. at work as so far established that Parliament will rather think of prescribing new conditions to them, andsupplying their deficiencies, than of setting them wholly aside, a movement like that of the National Society to provide education in Wales, to which we alluded a week ago, becomes of great import ance; and those who ei,h. to see education an. instru ment of good to the whole people, and a means of bind ing and. cementing the different classes together, are bound to examine closely the character of such a move meat before they lend it their assistance. It is of course the wi s h o f the Welsh Education Committee to obtain as large and general a support as possible. In order to succeed amidst the divided population of Wales, they exclusion,• a system h o of y e v a e i r e y e n v needless . f e u ] l e l m y a n w t a o r f o o o ff f e n t c h e e and aid require th e uire all t h e aid which they c a n o bt a i n by di ves ti ng o v t ‘ ti e e l o h t t . rai u ne p d on a t u h d ia weol i l o -p t ai w d o te n a e c o h d er n s ot w d il w l e b li e . They have n o t, h owever, put to be derived' f rom h o ldi n g out the expectation that a s th u e p i l r )l ' l first f exemption N o V f ill D b is e se s n o tin fa g r orhegiladrrdened from forward p is a similarly distinct assurance that th e r i ghts of Dissenting minorities in religiousin plied 6 t th W e s e h observances to which th e i r pa r ents m im may conscientiousl object: Upon this pai nt no doubt shOuld ' be suffered toy exist. The course which is intended to be taken should be plainly stated. If it be not intended, as we trust it is not, that new Welsh wheels should be simply insult. ments for propagating the doctrines of the Church of England amongst the Dissenters of the Principality, nor that children, of that cla.zs who require the means of education should be excluded, there should be no diffi culty or hesitation iii laying 'down a rule by which these results may be,. as far as possible, avoided. It is well ItnoWn that in districts where Dissent is noWerful, varia tions from the regular system of the National Schools with'respect to religious instruction and observances are permitted ; and if upon the broad ground of affording education to a portion of the country where it is greatly wanted the public is now called upon for lib€ral sub scriptions, certainly the originators of the movement ought to show that they are prepared to act upon a plan at least as comprehensive as any'that they have recog nised or even connived at elsewhere. _ ADVERTISER.—We little thought when, ten or twelve days ago, we began to urge on Lord John Russell the immediate opening of the ports to the admission of untaxed foreign corn, that our views would be so soon brought under the consideration' of his Lordship bithe fesolutions adopted "at great public meetings. Yet it is even so. Already has Dundee, one of the greatest com mercial towns in Scotland, memorialised the Russell Administration in favour of the free admission of foreign corn into our ports; and the example thus set by the shrewd and far-seeing people of Dundee has promptly been followed by the great metropolis of manu.actures. Last night a great demonstration was to be made by the most influential men of Manchester in favour of the immediate and entire extinction of the duties on corn. The commercial opinion of Lancashire has raised its voice against any further attempt, in the present state of Irelarid i to enforce the imposts en the ad mission of foreign coin into our ports. Similar meetings are about to be held in the other pOpulOus towns of Eng land and Scotland. Right glad are we thus to field that we do not stand alone in our views on this point. There can no longer be any doubt, of the success of the movement "now making to unlock the port s of Great Britain to the admission o untaxed foreign corn. Between the cries for bread of the starving peasantry of Ireland, and the repreSentations and entreaties of she most influential men in our large and most populous towns, it is iinpos sible that Lord Russell can'much longer persist in shutting our ports against the duty-free admission of corn from abroad. He is greatly to blame for having so long refused to adopt a course which was pointed out to • him and pressed on his adoption both by humanity and sound policy. Bad he caused an order in Council, thro*ing open the ports, to be published four or five weeks ago, we should not have heard of those alarming acts of violence, terminating in bloodshed and the loss of life, which hare lately created so much dismay. We . are unwilling to believe that, having hitherto re fused to open the ports, Lord John Russell can be fully alive to the extent of the evils under which Ire land is now groaning. Can the Noble Premier be aware that many have already died, literally died, in Ireland, solely from want of food ? Does he know that myriads of the poor peasantry are Wasted to mere skeletons, and crawl about the streets and high roads under circum stances which cause them to bear a closer resemblance to death than to life ? Or, if hitherto ignorant of the state of matters in Ireland, will he receive instructions now ? What says the Archbishop of Tuam ? That Right Rev. Prelate opens a letter, which he has just addressed to Lord John on this very subject in these words : " Short and rapid as is now the medium of communica tion, yet ere this brief letter shall meet your Lordship's eye, hundreds, I fear. of the suffering people of this dis trict will have fallen victims to the horrors of famine.. This will assuredly be their melancholy fate, if not pro vided with employment and with food." In another part of the Archbishop's brief letter he gives a painfully vivid description of the condition of the peasantry." The ques- • tion—the pressing, the imperative question,' says he, "is about saving thel ives of famishing thousands. All the other speculations are unreasonable, nay, cruel, as long as the people are eagerly stretching out their hands, and in the name of humanity and of religion, crying out to be snatched from instant death. The existing famine baffles description, and menaces the uprooting ofall social order." Can representations like these, coming from such a quarter, be lost on the Premier? Will he, in the face of this frightful state of things, persist in his unwise and inhuman policy of keeping the ports shut against all fo reign corn on which , a certain amount of taxation is not paid? Does the. Noble Lord know what he is about? Has the awful truth never flashed on his mind, that, by keeping up the imposts on the importation of foreign corn, he is actually making a merchandise of the lives of the Irish peasantry? Perish the Minister, and destruc tion to the Ministry, that have no ears to hear the groans of a starving people—no bowels of coinpas sion for those who are dying before their eyes. If public belief be well-grounded, Lord 'Jan Russell urges as the reason why he' does not at once order the ports to be thrown open, that the- corn-law question was understood to be finally settled last session. Finally settled ! Who said so ? Not the author of the measure. When Sir Robert Peel introduced hiS Corn- • law Repeal Bill, proposing that the imposts on huinan food should cease in three years, and that a certain Modified sliding-scale should continue in operation in the interval, he based the measure on the assumption that the three intervening harvests would be average harvests. The ex-Premier had no idea at the time, neither had any one else, that we should, within three months after the passing of his measure, have a deficient corn•harvest, and that • the calamity of an almost total destruction of the potatoe crop should bee Ireland. Had Sir Robert foreseen this, he would have made his measure one of total and immedate repeal—in which case the •piercing cries of the Irish peasantry would not have been wafted across the Channel, nor would we have had to witness the appalling spectacle of hu man beings dying in scores for want of the means of subsistence. -COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TITESDAY.'—The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early morning walk. The Royal Family' . took their usual exercise this morning on ponies -- on the terrace and grounds of the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent this morning at Frogmore House. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Majesty' the Queen Dowager, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Lady in Waiting on the Queen Dowager, the Ladyin, Waiting on the Ducheis of Kent, the Lady in Waiting on the Princess of Hesse (La Baroness de Scheel), the Baroness de Speth; their Excellencies - Mons. and Madame Van de Weyer, Earl Howe, Viscount and Viscountess Palmer ston, Lord and Lady Cowley, the Gentleman in Wait ing on the Princess of Hesse (Le Baron Meysenbuch). The band of the First Regiment of Life Guards attend during dinner Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the Castle the remainder of the evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess. of Cambridge' and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand D u chess of Meeklenburg-Strelitz, and his Serene High ness Prince Frederick of Hesse, honoured Mrs. de. Rothschild with their company at dinner on Monday. Mr. Thomas Wyse had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. Dispatches. were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Malta. The approach of the accounts at the Stock Exchange causes some dulness in business. Already the dealers in the English market are preparing for their six weeks' settlement, and will be occupied with the payment of " differences" the next day or so. The foreign stock and share settlements follow on the 16th inst. ; so that the three arrangements will give the parties interested a good deal to, do in the course of the week. No appre hension of a scarcity of money during the progress of these events is anticipated by the jobbers, who have now for, the last month. or two found abundance of accommo dation,, at rates more than usually convenient to their necessities. , HARTLEPOOL BRANCH OF THE GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND.—On Monday last General Pasley, the 'Go vernment Inspector of Railways, accompanied by James Allport, Esq., and other gentlemen connected with the York and Newcastle and Hartlepool Railways, proceeded to examine the new branch of railway that has recently been constructed, extending from Thinford lane, which is about a mile and a quarter north of the Ferryhill sta tion, on to, the Hartlepool Railway, which has recently been purchased by the York and Newcastle Railway Company, and will henceforth be called a branch of the last-mentioned railway. The branch will be opened for general traffic in a few days. THE AFFRAY ON THE NEWCASTLE AND BER• WICK Ranway.—The coroner's inquest on the bodyof . Daniel Hives, who was stabbed rear Benton Park, on the line of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, under circumstances already published in 7he Suit, was held 'on Monday last, at Long Benton, before Mr. Reed, coroner, when several witnesses were examined, but, their evidence disclosed no .additional facts. Captain Potts was the only person present besides the two psis soners, when the deceased ens stabbed, and his identifi cation was perfectly clear and satisfactory. There was no evidence of a previous quarrel between the deceased and the prisoners, but there had been frequent disputes between the English and Irish labourers employed on the line, and there seems little doubt this transaction was the result of them. The jury returned a verdict against George Matthews and John Hughes, the former as principal, and the latter as aiding and assisting. paid in p ursuance o f oiise of Parli amen t, by R AILWAYS , &C., DEPOSITS.—Th e A ct o f Parlia ment to amend the 1 and 2 Victoria, cap. 117, providing t t aei either her moneys ll subscribers to works or undertakings to be effi cted under theor t s l t ie a . n e d n i s n t g o d o y r d o e f r c s e o r the authority of Parliament, took effect on the 18th of , June last, when it received the royal assent. In repeal ing the Act mentioned, it is specially provided that, all sums paid under its provisions should be dealt within all respects as if the present Act had not been passed. By the second clause authority is given to deposit, and' by the next the manner of payment is stated ; and by the fourth deposits are to be invested. At the termina tion of the session of Parliament application, by petition, to the Court in the name of whose accountant-general the money was deposited, is to be pr.ssented, and the money paid out on the certificate of the Chairman or s pea k er o f either House that the petition or Bill was not allowed, or that the Act was passed. A DtsGustoG TRICK.--Yesterday we were in formed by the su perintendent of the Eastern Union line. that some f e ll ow had amused himself by writing with a diamond obscene language upon the windows of several first class carriages travelling between Ipswich and Lou• don. It has been found necessary to remove several of the panes of glass, which are very expensive. The company have offered a reward of 20/. to any person whO will giveinformation of the party or parties impli cated. We earnestly . trust that we rosy have the , opper- 2 tunity of publishing the name of the unmanly scoundrel that could be guilty of so disgraceful au act.—lpswich Express. C ."!e7 r t 7 1 ,41 n) I 41D tt ' -41601$ tV 4 v 404 I 4, CAMERON'S COALBROOK STEAM COAL MINE ; AND SWANSEA AND LOUGHOR RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.) The first general meeting of the shareholders in this railway was held at twelve o'clock to-day, at the offices of the Company, 2, Moorgate-street, for the purposes : expressed .in the several Acts of Parliament incerpo rating the company. Very few shareholders were pre. sent, but upwards of 13,000 only of the 20,000 shares of the company were represented. Jacob Montefiore, Esq , occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN, after explaining the object' of the meeting, called upon the secretary (Mr. Howl en), to read the report, which stated r--- " That the directors had the satisfaction to annonnce that the Act of Parliament incorporating this company, and authorising the construction of the railway, passed in the last session. The increasing supply of coal which the manager is new enabled to give, and the extension of the company'S works, - calls upon the directors to give their best attention to the expediency of immediately constructing the railway, being only 40 5 miles in length, and being for the present to be limited to one line of rail, they have every reason to believe it can be constructed at a cost considerably under the estimate. The director's . have to . assure the shareholders that their operations in this respect will Iba conducted upon the strictest principles of economy in the expenditure, anti at the' baMe time with due regard to the interests of the shareholders. In order that the future yer,rly and half-yearly - - meetings of the share holders, as prescribed by the Act of Parliament, may be in unison with the deed of settlement of the company, the directors suggest that- their meetings shall be held in January and July, yearly, and that the directors of the Coal Company and of the Railway Company shall he the same, and elected in conformity with the provisions . of the deed of settlement." The report having been received, The CHAIRMAN congratulated the shareholders on the 'success which had crowned their efforts to obtain the sanction of - Parliament to the'construetion of the rail way. They had had to encounter the most formidable opposition at• every step, but,' owing to the great exer tions of their Parliamentary agents, their solicitor, and the directors themselves, the Bill was passed. Mr. ELDERTON, the solicitor, detailed 'the difficulties against which they had to contend in seeking the sanc tion of Parliament to their Bill. But through the great exertions of Colonel Cameron, who exerted his influ ence with the Members of the Legislature to the utmost, they had succeeded—in fact, without his aid it would not have been passed. He then explained some incon gruities in their several Acts of Parliament, and recom mended, to obviate inconvenience, that the directors of the Railway and Mine i should continue in office until next July. The directors and auditors were - then elected, and the seallof the company was affiXed to the registry of proprietors. • The CHAIRMAN said the works were now in full operation, but in a few 'weeks they would be , materially extended, and the:quantity of coal therefore materially increased; but as the meeting had . more to do with the railway than the mine they had not thought it adrisable to request the attendance of the manager of the works in town ; but, in - a letter (which was read) he stated that the quantity raised was 2,000 tons a week, but when the works were completed that there would scarcely be any limit to the quantity to be worked,- or which could be sold'at Swansea. • VV Mr. SMALLBONE congratulated the shareholders on the value of the mine, and on the certainty of its becom ing a lucrative source of investment. He represented the sentiments of a great number of shareholders, many of whdm, after visiting the mine, had invested a greater amount of capital in it. It. could rot be considered a speculation in which persons might take shares one day and sell them at a small premium the next, but an eligible source of investment, which would ultimately realise a fortune to those who had embarked their capital in it. The SECRETARY said the Admiralty had expressed a wish to test a sample of the company's coal. It was supplied, and on Monday last it was tested by several chemical gentlemen, and in the presence of several of the directors, at Woolwich. The result was that it came up to the " mark;" and that it was a most superior coal for steam and other purposes. He expected to hear the opinion of the Admiralty in the course of a. day or two. Mr. SMALLBONE apprehended when the works were in efficient order that there would be no difficulty in raising 10,000 tons of coal per week. • A vote of thanks having been voted to the chairman, the meeting separated. BLACKHEATII CATTLE AND riG FAIR. —On Monday, being Old Michaelmas Day, according to I r usual custom the autumnal cattle and pig fair was held on Blackheath, at the rear of the grounds adjoining the Green Man Hotel. We never recollect seeing so many fine pigs penned as on the present occasion. In the horse portion of the fair there were several fine young draught animals and a few good nags, but horseflesh ap •. peared to be a complete drug, few being sold, but those few at a good figure, the, former, fetching from 30/. to 35/., and the latter about 311. Timms CLAitx'sort.—The memoirs of this remark able man published by our contemporaries, omit to men tin.' that he was a clergyman of the'Established Church. Such neverthelt.Ss is the fact.. He was made deacon in early life, but his exertions in the cause of emancipation brought him into connexicn with many estimable Quakers, whose views he imbibed to a very considerable extent. The consequence was, that he dropped the title of reverend, and ceased to officiate as a clergyman. - - 'Cambridge Advertiser. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current *if October 13.) SUOAR,—Today there was a large business transacted in West India - Muscovado Sugar for the scale and pan, but merchants sfe're compelled to accept former rates by private contract, even for the • better kinds of yellow, as the supply is on the increase of all qualities ; at auction 125 hhds Barba does sold at the full value. REFINED.—To-darßefined goods were sold to a fair ex- tent for home consumption, brown lumps according to qua lity at 61s fo 635, and standard lumps at 63s 6d to 64s per cwt, but at these rates the refiners are desirous to sell. Crushed sugar for exportation is little wanted, and 33s is the value of first quality. MAURITIUS.—For bright grocery descriptions a good de• mand has been experienced, and the parcels disposed of pri vately were at previous rates, but inferior.grev and brown kinds have been sparingly 'dealt in, although there are sellers upon previous reduced terms, and of these the supply yet chiefly consists. This afternoon at public sale 563 bags Mauritius were sold at the full worth. FOREIGN.—This afternoon at public sale 7 chests of white Bahia, duty paid, sold at 49s for middling, and 5 chests of brown at 40s 6d for low quality. EAST IsinrA.—This afternoon the public sales of Bengal Sugar consisted of 2,900 bags white Bewares; the whole sold at the former value, but not above. Of Madras 6,585 bags were offered—brown and yellow sorts sold at rather lower rates. but strong yellow kinds fetched t h e full worth. CoFFEE.—This afternoon, of Native Ceylon, 1,208 bags were offered at public sale ; there was more desire manifested to operate, and the whole sold at rather better prices—good ordinary yellowish bringing 33s to 38s 6d, very good ordinary . 395, sea damaged first class 37s to 37s 6d, second . class 35s to 35s 6d, and third class 33s 6d to 345. 798 bags of Planta tion sold at stiffer rates, fine middling eoloury long bean mountain fetching 87s 6d to 89s 6d, fine ordinary greyish Demerara sort 51s Gd to 525, fine fine ordinary ditto 54s to 54s Gd, ordinary 46s Gd, pea berry 85s, inferior 65s 6d, da maged in the country 80s, sea damaged 47s 6d to 555, triage sound 32s to 36s 6d, and sea damaged 265. 25 bags of Afri can sold at 31s for ragged brownish, and one lot 37s 6d per cwt. • MOLASSES.—For West India there has been an extensive deinand, and the market has been nearly cleared of all sorts at rather higher rates. The quantity sold has been 1,200 puns at 21s to 26s for low to fine quality. Bengal Treacle is wanted, but little is to be had; the value of Bally Khal is 22s to 22s 6d. TEA.—For black previous rates are asked, but the trade operate With caution, especially in the better qualities, and many parcels are offering for sale. The value of common Congou cash is 8d to 8 1 / 2 d. good common 9d to 9 1 ,4 d, and Pouchong low to fine 4d to9d per lb ; even at these rates, and which are under the cost of importation, the trade only taking suflicient for their immediate wants; several parties are surprised at this, as the consumption is going on as large as' ever. Green has met with mare attention, and large parcels chiefly of the late arrivals have been sold in con sequence of merchants submitting to further reduced rates, and coming to the determination to sustain a losi by the itil portation, especially on the lower scuts under ls per lb. The quantity of, Tea upon which duty was paid at this port during the past week amounted to 508,7191b5. None at Fre sent is declared for auctior, but large parcels are expected. The Monarch has ar...w:d - :som China with 357,8191bs Con gou, 76,1491bS Souchong, 20,2111bs Orange Pekoe, 400 Hyson Skin,' 7,389 Hyson, 5,148 Young Dyson, 116,104 Twankay, 28,376 Imperial, and 67,423 Gunpowder, making the total quantity 679,01911 r. Sriners.—There has been a brisk demand for Leeward Island Rum, and prices have risen pa per gallon ; the quantity sold since this day week has been 600 puns, and the latest rates paid have been 2s 4d to 2s 5d proof strength. Calcutta has been in excellent request, and pi ices are still rising, several parcels having been sold at 2s to 2s Id probf. To-day Rum was in excellent r7quest and prices ire • still rising ; proof Leeward selling at 2s 6d, and Calcutta at 2s•to 2s 2a. A parcel of Jamaica of smokey quality brought 3s 3d per gallon. The market has a brisk appearance for all kinds of Rum. COCOA.—West India has been purchased with more free dom, but no improvement in prices•has taken place. At public sale 162 bags of Trinidad were sold, middling red at 39a 6d to 435, and low 365. 64 bags of. Grenada, fine red 465, middling 38s 6tl, and sea damaged 31s 6cl .to 36s per cwt. For Foreign previous - Yates are ac-d, but few buyers; are to be met With. RI6E.-ToAtiy the market for East India Rice presented a dull appearance, and the sound of 2,327 bags of -11engal at public sale was taken in at further reduced rates, viz.: good white 19s, middling 18s to 18s 6d, and common at 17e, but the sea damaged sold at 16s to 17s 6d for first class, 15s 6d for second class, 14s Gd to 155 for third and fourth class, and other kinds of damaged at 15s per cwt. INnicio.—To-day during the progress cf the sale 1,331 chests IT ere withdrawn. 929 chests have passed the hammer. The biddings continue to kge as languid as they were last week, and prices remain the same as quoted, ranging from the last sale's rates to 3d advence for Bengals, and a shade above the average of the July sale for Madras and Kurpah. CocitlNE.Ar..—This afternoon all kinds of Cochineal were in much better request, and 337 bags Honduras silvers at auction were nearly all sold at 4s 8d to 5s 8d for low to fine, which is Id to 2d per lb higher; three bags fetched 6s 6tl for good quality. FIWIT.--I"rices are firm for New Currants, but the demand has not been so active; the value of Patras is 565; and Zantc 5-is per cwt; the quality is not so good as it was last year. Of Old Currants scarcely any remain unsold. Valencia Raisins have been much in 'demand, -and the market has been again cleared at 458 to 4.6 s per cwt. Muscatels have been in extensive demand at fr2n4 PS to 70s, 44 very hue haa fetched 80s to 90s per cwt. , SALTrontE.—Rough has been more sought after, but business of moment was prevented privately by stiffer rates being asked, and 1,106 bags at public sale of Calcutta were taken in at 25s 6d for common . grey small chrystal, 104 to 7 1 A per cent. refraction, being fully 6d above the value. For English Refined the demand has been active, and prices are firm at 2Ps 6d to 30s. Nitrate of Soda is little wanted, and can be obtained at 16s to 16s 6d per cwt. FALLOW.—The home trade are still eager purchasers of RUsiiati on the spot, and in consequence of arrivals keeping small, the stock being much less than it was at this time last year,. the deliveries being on the increase, and the quan .tity between here and St. I'etersburgh only 8,000 casks, Y. further advance in the value'has taken place, fine new P. Y. Candle bringing 47s to 47s 6d per cwt. For forward delivery the operations have been' upon a large scale, and at stiffer rates. For hotne made prices may be considered as mode rate;" the supply is less than it was. All other kinds have been much in request, and prices are still rising. Otrs.—The market for Seal Oil has an improving appear ance; large purchases have been made, and further ad vanced rates are paid. None has been offered at auction. Holders o: Cod accepting 261 10s, occasioned a good business to be transacted privately, but the supply is on the increase. Southern has been purchased with increased freedom, and the parcels sold privately were at rather higher rates. Sperm has been taken with more freedom, and prices have improved 103 to 20s per tun •, se veral parcels 'were - disposed of privately. The arrivals of Oils have not been of much consequence since last Tuesday, but a further increase has taken place in the deliveries for home consuinptin. CoCoa Nut is much wanted, and the parcels sold by private contract were at stiff rates. Palm has been largely dealt in privately. In Rapeseed Oil.a good deal has been done. Olive has been in excellent 'request, and prices are very firm. • PORTUGAL. CIRCULAR LETTER OF THE PRIME MINISTER OF POR TUGAL To THE CIVIL GOVERNORS OF THE KINGDOM, ON THE APPROACHING GENERAL ELECTION OF THE CORTES. (Translation.) Most Excellent Senhor,—A general election of Depu ties is going to' take place under very extraordinary , and difficult circumstances. The duties of Government are als6 difficult, and it is mine to recommend to your Ex •cellency and all thOse whO exercise authority in the Queen's name, an especial and faithful observance of all those duties. . The representative system, the only one capable of realising and securing liberty, .is yet new to us, and we ate but little experienced in , it. Factions, both in and out of power, have exerted 'themselves to vitiate and change it, [chiefly by preventing the right of election . , from being exercised in full liberty, with than indepen deuce and intelligence so necessary, and without which the constitutional system becomes absurd or deceptive. Faithful to these principles, and to the mission which her Majesty has pleased to confide to them, the Ministers have endeavoured to remedy these evils by submitting to the Queen the decree of the 27th of July last, which now supplies the want of electoral laws; and in order that it may produce the salutary eliect which her Majesty desires, it is requisite that all public authorities, in their respective spheres, should engage, by a strict and severe maintenance of impartiality, to cause. a rigid observarce of the rules prescribed in that decree, and by abstaining from all interference in the choice of in dividuals. This is always the duty of Government; but now, perhaps more so than ever, for that harmless in fluence which with beneficent intentions it is lawful to use in ordinary causes may now become suspected, whilst the remembrance is so-recent of abuses and vio lences which other influences exercised. The Govern ment abstains, therefore; from the• use of its own means— it does' ot solicit, much - less require, of any subordinate authority to proreete any individual candidate whatever, but considers as_ its candidate' every upright, faithful, . . and intelligent man in the country, who is firm in his principles to the freedom of the monarchy, and who has supported them in every crisis without exaggerated exaltation. Those men of sense who do not proclaim one doctrine to-day, and support another to-morrow-- who do not' excite party passions in order to repress them afterwards, or to see succumb the cause they pre tend to maintain, by the very excess of their advocacy— these are the men whoni the Government wishes to ob tain the suffrages of the nation ; these will be its true .. .a . , representatives in love, in loy_alty.to the institutions ,of the charter, to the august dynasty which-gave and re-' stored it to us, and to the Queen, in whose.na t imewtis given its, to regain it before all Europe by competing, not only by the sword, but by the triumph of' those 'principles with which we still desire to combat the' in ternal and external enemies of our liberty and inde pendence. ' The Government, however, is not exclusive ; it de sires not, nor can it be so. Her Majesty the Queen Donna Maria 11. is Queen of all Portuguese, and all opinions have a right to be represented in the Cortes. put Government also has the right, and not only the right but the duty, to maintain those which it considers most favourable to the liberty and prosperity of the nation, to the maintenance of public order, and for the inteiist and glory of her Majesty's throne. It is incumbent on your Excellency, as chief of the administrative authority of your district—an authority entirely paternal, beneficent, and protective, to enlighten and instruct the minds of the electors ; to do all in your power that they may not be misled; -to direct them, in tine, without interfering to govern them. It is her Majesty's pleasure, and I direct your Excel lency in.her august name, to follow scrupulously these rules, and have them observed by those under your orders ; likewise that you will spare no pains nor en deavours to make. the people know the true state of the country, and the. nature of the trust to be confided to those who are to choose their representatives.' . That the, indifference pr . condescension of some, the factious spirit of others, contemptible personal opposi tions, the hatred of factions, do not blind the eyes of the ' electors. to .the true and sole object—the >Ovation and hollow of the country, and to the credit of this great national movement, in which all parties united, and which hitherto has not been disgraced, it is proper to bear in mind that the whole social, political, and financial machine has, been. . - shaken by this effort. . The Ministry have solicitously prepared and facilitated the mission of the Cortes ; they have already incurred great re sponsibility in the reforms and reductions they have made, and they are aware that much yet remains to be done; but the Cortes alone can fix on firm and solid bases the establishment of a system of justice and true order, and put an end to the constant reactions which for so many years have distressed us, consumed the re sources of the nation, and dest ro y e d th e e l ements of prosperity which a few years of tranquillity and peace in the observance of truly constitutional principles cannot fail to elicit. • From the manner in which the future Cortes fulfil their duties depends, therefore, all the credit of the national movement of 1846, which Europe and all pos terity will designate as glorious or absurd, as loyal or factious, according to the term and conclusion it may have. The national voice, which called for the reforra of some existing laws, and especially for checking the abuse of laws, was heard and attended to by the guar -dian benevolence of her Majesty the Queen, but that voice did not encourage subversive or extravagant prin ciples. The plan of the Government is the same, and it is this which the Cortes are called to unfold and con solidate. . To revise the charter, so that its precepts may become more evident, and free from absurd and false interpreta tion, will be a new tribute to the revered memory of its august author, and the fulfilment of a wish and desire he of ten manifested. To reform the tributary laws so that the contributors may pay with the greatest equity and the least sacrifice, possible. To make a strict revision of the number of persons in all public establishments, to fix it unalterably, and thus secure a progressive and safe increase of economy. To found the national credit on these bases, and to proscribe the system of fanciful credit—the ruin of public income and private fortunes. To give real protection to commerce and agriculture, by the construction of roads and ways of communication. To diffuse instruction amongst all classes, so that science may be spread by its practical application to the arts. _ _ _ To attend, above all, to the moral education of the people, by providing for this purpose the means of education and instruction of the clergy. To organise the public force, and simplify the admi nistrative and fiscal system. To regulate the qualifications for admission to public employments. Finally, to render effective the responsibility of all. These are the measures which the Ministry undue. stands the nation to desire ; these are what it undertakes, and the electors should keep them in view when choosing their representatives. The only support which the INlinistry desires and solicits is that of . deputies who sincerely profess, and apply their doctrines with intelli gence and gravity. Such men it desires for .',udges of what has been done, and for councillors and arbitrators of what is still to do. I trust your Excellency will be fully convinced of these truths, and make the right and loyal use of them which her Majesty desires, as this is the service which ,her Maiesty will most highly appreciate. Be watchful that the access to the electoral urn may be free, easy, and . safe for all electors without distinction, and that neither public foice nor any private force do violence to their liberty. In the solemn meetings which the law directs to be held and authorises, do not allow the intervention as Such of civil or judicial magistrates, much less of any military authofity ; taking care, however, to preserve order and the laws, which you are bound to guard. Be careful likewise that the ecclesiastical authority interfere only to guide the minds (conscience) of the people: The law only calls the priests to the act o" election as magistrates of the civil registry ; but by no means in their quality or religious office, which must ab stain from all interference in political strife. Finally, I request your Excellency to make known, through all your district the conterfts of this circular, and of the electoral law, which I sent you some time ago, accompanying them with your instructions to your de legates and subordinates, so that the action of the Ge • verrment may be unanimous and simultaneous in pro d tecting the freedom of votin g , in guaranteeing an ilia:tinting it. May God preserve your Excellency. Palace of Be:em, Slit. 19, 1846. (Signed) Duke DE P.ALMELLA. To his Excellency the Civil Governor of EXTORTION BY A TOLL COLLECTOR.—At Mary lebot;:e Police-court, yesterday, William Butt, the col lector at the Pine Apple Gate, Edgware-road, was summoned for having exacted 6d. toll for a small four wheel chaise attached to the back of a cart load of furni ture. The toll-collector stood upon the law, which enacts that additional toll shall be paid for any "coach, chaise, or chair " fixed or tied to another vehicle. The magistrate said that the law indeed bore him out iu ex acting toll for the child's carriage, and that the sutn , mons must be dismissed, though it was a Shylock l kind of triumph of which the collector had no reason to boast, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 13.—The St. Vincent, 120, was got into the harbour yesterday In the very nick of tipe, just at the top of high water, and a 3 the tides are Mill neaping, and a strong northerly wind came on in the night, and still continues, it is evidwit that shs could not have been got in until the next spring.- Ins what is called close and rather dangerous pilotage& for had , she grounded she must have been ruined, as it would have been almost impossible to have got her off until the in creased flow floated her. The oroad pendant of Com modore Sir Francis Collier was not " struck at sunset last evening," nor did Sir Charles Ogle's flag take its place on board the St. Vincent to-day. The gendatit is still flying (5 P.m.). The Acheron steam-vessel, Lieutenant commanding PA': A. Dunlap, sailed fur Ireland to-day to be under. the - "it orders of the Commissary-General. She also, like the Dasher, took a number of marines from this division, to be employed as occasion directs in the suppression of dis turbances, and as guards. The Powerful, 84, .advance-ship, was brought from her moorings yesterday alongside th yard, and has been un maseed to-day. lier lure and mizeetuast are to be ap propriated for the Vengeance. 84, which is ordered to be prepared for commission. The pendant was hoisted this morning tin board the Belvidera, provision depot, by Mr. Peter Wellington, Master Commanding. The Blazer.stcam-vessel, - under the temporary com mand of her First-Lieutenant, Wingrove, arrived here at noon-to-chiy, from Harwich, to take on board marines, and proceed to Ireland, to 'be employed in a similar way to the l)asher and - Acheron. Cqtain' Washington' Was left at Harwich to c-.lnplete his charts or survey. The : Cornet steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Commagding Charles U. Johnson, was unducked last evening, haying . had her forefoot repaired, which had been damaged is her last cruise. , The Emerald and Mercury tenders sailed this after noon for Plymouth, wish extra riggers belonging to that. dockyard, which had been lent to the St. Vincent. ' • - The extra marines of thiS division' which were'em barked on hoard the St. Vincent to make up her,com plement, disembarked from her this afternoon, and marched to barracks. The Wasp, 16, Commander Usther, arrived at St. He lena, from a cruise, on the 21st of August, and left on the 27th for Ascension, en route to England to be paid off.. . . The Larne, 18, Commander Brisbane, was off liaben da, coast of Africa, on the 2d of August. A private letter says—" Fortune has, however, changed a little more in our favour, the old Larne having actually cap 7 tured two slavers in one day ; they were empty vessels, one old and leaky, so we took her dimensions and burned her : the other was sent to St. Helena. Dr. Burke has succeeded Sloggett as our surgeon. We go to St. Helena in about two months for another recruit ; that will be our last visit to that island. All well." By accounts from Simon's Bay up to the Bth of AU gust, we learn that her Majesty's brig Helena, Sir C. Ricketts, arrived there on the 4 t h -inst., having left Quil limaine on the Ist of July. and St. Augustine's :Bay, Madagascar, on the 22d. Off the former place, her Ma jesty's ship Cleopatra was left cruising, fur the suppres sion of the slave-trade, and was expected at Simon's Bay some time in Septembtr. At St. Augustine's . Bay the English barque Ariel arrived the morning the Helena left, for a cargo of bullocks. Tne master of ber reports having ♦isited Tamatave on the 12th, in hopes of obtaining a cargo at that place, but the Ovahs are as hostile as ever, and will not have anything to do with us. The Americans hatt been trying to oren a trade with them for live stock; between Mauritius and Bourbop, but had failed in their object, being placed under the:.same restriction as the English and the French. Sevc.ral English and Fiench bullock vessels were heard of in the Mozambique Channel, and appeared to Joe proettring cattle without much difficulty at Tublah harbour, the Island of Johanna, and other ports on the west coast of Madagascar. The following French ♦essels of war were lying at Bourbon on the 11th of June:— The frigate Belle Poule, 60; the flag-ship Berteau,. 0; the Voltiguer,. 20; - the Bucolique, 20; the Zelee and steam-sloop Crocodile, and , three more were ex pected shortly, viz., the Reine Blanche ; 50; the Ar mide, 46; and the steam-ship Velote, but nothing, was acidof any expedition to Madagascar at that time. ,The Helena,, after leaving Simon's Bay in February last, unfortunately lost 17 of her crew from fever and dy sentery, contracted in the Mozambique Channel and Zan zibar,, making a, total of 33 deaths since her leaving England, in Jan., 1844. At one time on this cruise she had sixty men on the sick list, or more than half her coMpletheift. 'lt may be recollected, this brig was simi larly titifOrtunate last year, several men having died from a malignant fever, caught on bat service in the rainy season. There were, several bad cases still on board, most of which it was supposed will be sent to England, for the recovery of their health. The Commander; Sir Cornwallis Ricketts; had also been dangerously ill, but was fiMTecoiering. • SIR W. - PARKER'S SQUADRON. (From the Gibraltar Chronicle.) SEPT. 30.—Ships of War in the Bay—Her Majesty's shiPa Hibernia,' Viee-Aditiral Sir W. Parker, Gi.C.B., Captain P. Richards, C. 8.; Trafalgar, Commodore Sir James J. G. Bremer, K.C.8., K.C.H.; Rodney, Captain B. Collier, C. 8.; . Albion. Captain N. Lockyer, C. 8.; Vanguard, Captain. W. Willes; Superb, Captain A. L. Corry. Steamers, Cylops, Captain W. F. Lapidge; • Virago, Commander J. Lunn; Rattler, Commander H. Smith. Portuguese Government steamer Condo de Tojal, Lieutenant C. A. da Coka Sitnas. OcTonma 2.--fler Majesty's: shipS Eibernia,(the Vice- Admiral ship), Superb, and Trafalgar, le! t the anchorage this morning, in tow of the steamers Cyclops, Rattler, and Virago. The Rodney, Vanguard, and Albion will follow when the steamers return after passing the Straits, or other expected steamers arrive, to perform the ser vice. The first-named ships have since put back; the Superb and Trafalgar anchored off Sandy Bay, and the Hibernia, Cyclops, and Rattler returned to our port, while the Virago kept cruising about. ' OcrotEn 3.—The Hibernia and Rattler got Under way last night, and anchored off Sandy Bay, on the Spanish coast, oppbsite Gibraltar. Ships of War in the Bay—Her Majesty's ships Rodney, Captain E. Collier, C. 8.; Albion, Captain N. Lockyer, C. 8.; Vanguard, Captain W. Willes. Off Sandy Bay—Her Majesty's ships Hibernia, Vice- Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8., Captain P. Richards, C. 8.; Trafalgar, Commodore Sir James J. G. Bremer, K.C.8., K.C.H.; Superb, Captain A. L. Corry. Her Majesty's steamers Rattler, Commandsr H. Smyth; Vi rago, Commander J. Lunn. . CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER. Yesterday, at noon, Mr. C. J. Carttar. Coroner for the Western. Division of the county of Kent, held an in quest at the United Service Tavern, Woolwich, on the body of a wale infant, aged three weeks. _ _ _ It appears that a woman, named Goldfinch, residing in Taverson-place, New Charlton, was confined about a month ago. On Friday a terboon last, between 12 and 1 o'clock, Mr: Henry Timpson, A medical practitioner, was called in Mae to see the *child, whom he found to be labouring under the influence of some narcotic poison. In-addition to several other females, a woman named Simcock, who seemed in 'great trouble, said she hid given the infant some stuff out of a bottle, and that although part of the same stuff had killed her own child Within a few hours of the time it was giien to it, kill she thought as there was scarcely any of it left in the bottle, that if she put a little water to it, and gave the child some, there Was still strength enough in it to do thcechild some good. The mother of the child, who seemed in great diitress of mind, said, " I wish you had not recom mended me to give it ; oh, that I should have been so foolish as to give it to the child." 'Mr. Timpson imme diately put the child.into a warm bath, and administered the usual antimonial and zinc emetics, and for some time the child seemed to rally, but it ultimatety dieftri Sa turday at noon. The bottle contained syrup 'poppies. The CORONER then issued his order for the ekbuma tion of, the child of the woman Simcock, and directed Watts, the constable, to take the wotuFt into custody on the charge of wilful murder, both as regards her own child and that of the deceased. The inquiry wag then adjourned to afford time for an analysis of the contents of the stomach. .r =! DEATH or A CIIILD ON BLACRFAIARS BRIDGE, BY AN Ox'—On Monday afternoon, about half-past two o'clock, 'an accident of a fatal nature occurred at the foot 'of Blackfriars Bridge, under the following circum stances :—The 3d Regiment of Buffs, on march for. Du blin, passed over the bridge at the time above stated, and when near Chatham-place, the band struck up a lively air. Three oxen, belonging to . Mr. Arnold, of G.odalm lag, on their way to the South-Western Railway,. were being driven in an opposite direction at the moment, and the sound of the music caused one of them to start off at a furious rate towards the soldiers. One of the sol diers, for self-preservation, held out his fixed bayonet towards the ox, which pierced the nostrils and increased hii fury. The bayonet of another struck against the skull cif the beest which bent it nearly in Leo..' The animal then made a start towards Chatham-place, ; when a little girl. between nine and ten years of age, crossing the road at the time, Was knocked down, the ox treitding upon her cheat, City policeman Gayley, 348,4wme diately ran to the child, and carried her iu hiss to the house of Mr. Holden, surgeon, New Bridge -street, once - deft with had scarcely b h u es t t t e ha to t g 3 e i n r t . h.r i tatniebweoirntg,s,froemd johjoemineg,fiLfpr reached it when the poor child expired. The bi•ody was then conveyed :o St. 13artholoraco - w's Ho spital, wher the p caused it oiften chest.that dead e n a e l a r 'a r ' y a • s in.- the child the clothes o f the p oliceman were house surgeon b,. a rupture ptur gave ofir the c ve h s i s s vess els com pletely saturated with blood. Up to seven o'clock last evening the body of the child had not been identified. A N OLD TRICK NEWLY REVlVED.—Yesterday two policemen, while on duty in the Blackfriars-road, had their attention drawn to a female apparently in a strong fit and foaming at the mouth.. The men ob tained some water and sprinkled her face, but she seemed to get worse; so much so that it was deemed absolutely necessary to remove her to the nearest surgeon's, which was accordingly done, when the medical man, after a brief examination. round a large piece of mottled soap in her mouth; and when they searched her pocket they discovered a large .quantity of coppers. The officers, at the advice of the surgeon, placed her on a truck and dragged her to the station-house, where she was . instantly recognised as an old hand at similar tricks, and was locked up. The Court of Common Pleas will exhibit some marked changes next term—a new Lord Chief Justice, a new Duisne judge, with a Court open to the whole bar ; the exclusive privileges of sergeants-at-law_having been - put au end to, after an existence of 600 years, by an Act of the last session of Parliament RIITFORD AGEICULTURAL :,17 -. .OOIETY. —The Duke of Newcastle has intimated his willingness to preside at We - Aintral tudefing - of this society; •which - is - to take place at Retford, Lear Doncaster, on Tuesday, the 27th natant. . • . . WAN 1 • LOND° r 11U N 3 WEDNESPAY EVEN I.N 3-, OCTOBER 14, k 46.