The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-02 00:00:00

~....... ~.....—...... I a11e v ,,,, m Inns to have the watches, which he understood LtithWere immediatelyim awned by the prisoner and a woman he lived, p in Buckingham-street, Fiixroy to-14,11re: IJ..pon hearing this he went . . with a conttable teru Prisoner's lodging, and gave him into custody. the facts were proved in evidence, '1,0111% BALLANTINE proceeded to argue that there w ru as . ~ease of larceny made out, as the goods were co atted tot he prisoner on credit. G.,:rbbh24ll.?Aesl3tou SERGEANT .said that Mr. Alderman hail understand .at been for a long time endeavouring to make to, that only c,rie watch was entrusted to be hi' ; t he whole number of watches was . entrusted to 1 him the customer should make a selection of one. kghaiv.abttLizrtir —What does Mr. Alderman Gibbs —(A laugh.) ben ch, Alderman Ginns--- - -1 am an alderman on this i iir :rd I have a right to speak to the Judge. m i . hagALLOTINE—Mr. Alderman Gibbs cannot know ~;',. not been stated in evidence. . ser,;4lLieert3iola,..SEßGEANT—Xr. Mclennan Gibbs is as tilar i.---(e ,111411 as any in London, though he is an alder trg;i (neat laughter) I would take his opinion as ° I fa a e s t . Co y l awyer, or any judge either, upon a matter The tal PrOseentor was ultimately recalled, and said that the 3' ('''' of the watches was to be sold, and he had told ttriaDner that he would not give him credit for it. - tetZn LALLANTINE addressed the jury at length, con- whe t , that the prisoner had no dishonest intention -the state 0 took the watches, which, notwithstanding e ceiverut of the prosecutor, he believed he had_ r Prose,„ ll ,P°4 a credit account ; nor indeed, would the obti•°" lose any part of his property even now. In e 44 bat the gaapds he made no false pretence, and h B°4 0; -:ell ro anY years knoan to Mr. De Lolme as Or Liaiself.a°,.,Neolinent tradesman in the same business with taaß was in 4 he Misfortune of the case was that the yo 144 bee as eeigled by the handsome young female whoble 11 2 a sehT a de a witness against him into a disreputable "ere ',., - "re she induced him to stop unil the watches tykeaVawned c ,,,, a , fter another. If he r e ad not been tl'e l ) Int° eu °dy, he would before this have settled with Tbees.eeutor in a satisfactory manner. lerdi e , Jury, after consulting for some time, returne . d . a r t siad s ‘ °I Gililiy, '' 4 obi l ." t° w hehe'r he had power to sell all the watches but they had not mane up their 4deiciiiellt,tshida-emardlis„e;•itrivaetPirileet,:h.iasnpdoain tiethnegytwhwa e watches Name a got ()I the judges, believed the same f e t t to sell v s t re h e re l e - 1 consider t; • This latter point was reserved !raprisonn ~.,ergeant Pa ss e d the months the ' t l ll 4l : ° : e a . e t i de t in o ce e d in .p a r n e :: l; ar s d labour, o . bserving That he was . 1 55 Prisoz e a ,:ard SO lenient a unishment on account of tw e l ve 8 1 ,, Q , la te the offence by by the character, female m a a n l e d w th it a n t ee h s e . had Z,-.Tely, n,7'.ONS OP TEE NEXT YEAR.--Shortly before_ es.troCaseie°rek, the puisin n e Judges of the three Courts of Rice p , areongst whom was the new Judge,. Mr. 4 stioe ` 4. Ir • Willi ta le ,, 8 FOP tip, all?s, came into Court , and fixed the L. - essiy e i o ensuing twelve months, to commence tltttr4aci 14tYheri the following dates :-1846-23d No_vem . _- 41 Ist llarch • beeernb el pri l l, B4 l 7 o — th 4 m th a J y a , nuary, Ist Feb !;osi, IG t b A sth 14th June, sth ? "Ir t o ri",ltust, 20th September, and . 25th October. ''?„ /° ,_ 113 . , a;i t i i a jpS Were_ robed in full mourning (black silk li t ' e Nic o l as ieite fur borders and c!allars) for the late 43 ' Y li cial, Lord Chief Justice of the Common p 2\7E W COURT. a of/i e p before Mr. Commissioner B 1 14, were in ,mieted` '?tion, 25, and. Sarah Bichne , i. last twelve Neeswita stealing on the 7th Octobe trir l ..ocx.) t hei r „sc4 Wine, value 31., the property eeiri,,447,tress, and William Cripps withOf S fe ar lo a n h io l u V a a l t ) k . r in e ! n ll l ;" satae, well knowing them to be 4ipp, ArY Acquitted Tatton, and found Bicknell stolen. eat oeh,,lstaissioner BcrixocK sentenced the 4114411411'siraprisoninent, and the latter to tw ~ ,scourye?k,-.er L. ,• a former to ,plead tea u in4"titrY l c ' a Do o n f al h d, r. I 18, Traill, a paWnthbrsteal itiß tlv't guilty to aneirvndietment charging him with and ss. genteel-loo o k h i e n r g , is cep° shirts and five handkerchiefs, value 100. er,,Per,' the Property of W. Trail!, his ma good character, thsl u 1.41 WitlieS3eS gave the prisoner a in whose sr.spioNa its being stated that Mr. C isk iihient t he prisoner had formerly " b h e r e a n n , e 'would take krtaih h service, tee 4 eNhinissioner Beri.LocK -JV itnprisonment in N wgate' sentenced him to four e v. e AY ) L , ms D • f OIkENWELL.—(T 4rriaen.-ekw, named James Bett, employed of in t E h n e g C lu a u n d al , fl*lts et,,e,,uetween London and the North ' 1 24 'RN With violently , assaulting pi, Th e niiader the following circumstances si ep'oilstahle stated that,police-constable 'tit! „ 1 , of police in the direction of t there saw the on last evening, pri, ( !-, tie hastened towards the spot, and te h banks of t he p ller and severalboatmen 141)°,n th e - shal ill other _1 Taylor, he Chietya-reinogada who aarcrtisveads 4 Q 4,,,, -treating a man named policemen the pri -4%4 af7t COTlStable. Several other icked by B,°ser,:e,rwerds, when they were at with :4'4 his c om p a nions who had er other wehpard the tillers.a. , and whatever After a r n y e 04,,, guluing poles, boats. the prisoner the ~,`°,atest , 1 , 1 find on board of me, a nd armed themse a lv o e n s 4144 the y wer e at length overcome, the o ther . (.2`).ttlhe station-house.. regret ofattheesetoaPle4days 4 11 114 ' We:l;R expressed his s e d the prisoner '!fp`rlB°4lhe'ers'a I'll u s t en th te e n alternati e v h i e ot bar c4 l°l l the canal cons was i l t)n a , i i tt i n s . oc tiesll ad h , 14 life from the boatmhecnomaspftilvenarinvoteehdriystchlooanutely , lti al eri "° ,, t f i l e , on duty at t l a a b te l lo l ur , n ,air, 0 the banks of the ca . ' , go (~.,?)he refe r red him to the poli ce . superintendent, 1), w-41dalleviate the ground of this fear. ° - , S 4 ET.—(THIS DAY.) i l k Y cue. inial:-StaritE e applied to Mr. Brough -4t4lil;,,th°e sil'il --ri-- namagistrate,ec!lnr'foersshisadvice and assistance, 1,`,, 1. the folhiwingcircumstances:— . to4,!° 4Pplicant stated that about a month_ since he was .a man as ,eted in the enity of 21., for an assault upon iQterl-e(,Srnith, whoa ldged in the same house as himself. ;„ allu his wife had been quarrelling, and Smith having fered, complainant struck him. A warrant was .cultl.,tlhaequently applied fcr and obtained by Smith for the , complainvnt's vvife appearing Rincipal witness, Complainant was fined in the above against him as the Penalty, and in default teris"was sentenced to one kinith's imprisonment. imprisonment sknirtd on Saturday last, rn and although he Ilea. not been visited that I._ „ nthe by Y ary period goodhbut had o his llnvvife during --vuenday after his ineareerationb,sestiorldd t e h r a or t y sh p e ar h t a io d le th o e f r'eeey were in possession of ; he yet lost no time in ding to his late domicile in the Hackney -road ,• ~e.._eve his errival there every vestige of property as k(1 4 °, 5 . d I.lis wife, although she had been advised to to (10 ' her friends, and which she promised faithfully T omas gone nobody knew Where tak?,. IAOISTRATE Asaaid she certainly had no right to ch ar 'ls goods away nd directed the officer who had pii, a. t 0 1 the case in the first instance, to assist the ap -4 ,in seeking the truant wife. 4 „1- at S ------------ EE HIS DAY.) Itsija,4i, •01 Welsh, a-labTo!'ing ;:r..--(aTcharged with an fcre,t. noire the landlord of thaen'eowffee•house, 265, Ox 41reet. Nieul" Stewart said the defendant and four others Sikht Into his house after twelve o'clock on Saturday tall ec i 444 called for five cups of coffee. They then !erItIN for three cups more, which were given them. e4lafted for payment they refused, and were inso 1a5te4,,444 asked payment from the defendant ; but he,. "1, Struck him A scuffle ensued, a table was up lai 1 eil Ps arid . h 1 o f f our shillings, -oitel, - saucers, to the ®e . waiters, skarbit; and the five, after beating him and his were lil leh t . lie pursued the defendant, who after being lw !II th e ' struck atzain at him and inflicted a severe manybo 11:41:Stie:Y5e: , lie added, that this was but one of oy, orawhere men came in and served him and refusing tviZkey f7lng Victuals to a large amount he same etal witnesses were called, who corroborated this I'l i qe ' ,144:,,,(11°readant said he had been first insulted by the payment will, L s , Who was rudely importunate for le was drinking the coffee. one 111(44, liaanwlciKE ordered him to pay 40s, or go q to the ?fouse of Correction. Ph fel „ 13 P r H Nir AltIC.-...f T HIS DAY.) ful 3t)ti°g.'ll-f./ichards and Alfred Hewett. two very fvcrherex litlle a Z, were charged before Mr- ° ctit, ItOtorhatice at an eating-housSee in ellers, and e r atfides Illtilly breaking plates, salt c It "herßlackma ndefe- ntkilts,ttN that on Saturday night the two ho°veolupia"i_lett'veal other of their associate Before, tht:ver, thneyiats bonse and called forsupper. be brought, one of_ tw w o ent into time for it too 13att:tttAiiiI:.):1?ttth)..1?gauvlleed the table -cloth oft - , upsetting and . rtior:awuh for4tthW.as.upon it, W hen they were remot Whe2lele,„ and el! improper conduct, they became . still.fe d swore he would CoLlty t 'llre (14 1 i Richards went up to a man and his wife ro v'nhattileetlY partaking of supper,.a° tmilidoi, ort if , Y Were eating, threatening to cutthhoetrah man's badeda ata ge r4Sisted him. The violence of . d, 440 °etinued until the police were obliged to be 4.:hisse custody they were given. is 44terqtitill Said that it was evident the defendants having what they k i,..M e l e il, o,Use for the purpose thi 17:,1ie b„:444,1...a.: and that in order to of le i t mp th ro em prie se ty e PaY for t'len"o"Btfied in acting with to b e i ©Maim a this occasion, he adjudged them to thei r frciPrße ey had committed, or, for utereg 0 0 ,) babe and .............._d the must also find sureties , 40t,iouYr.in default, A tat 'NY xis T -- ---------,________------ Le q(laY hein,?,l4 I'4 h tASURY BANK OF ENGLAND.— ill 114It!Pt thi s cin ..e Ist of November, that holiday 61°F thgla,ia the office of the Treasurer of w the rirea,Alot ~" 44:5t4.44 ilere fre:t,,ta•----A. few days since a verssoerlanagre nuNricvkx.hent with an entire cargo Pea,./ t Of th en , tibe,te nearly 200, in fulllFifa e nd vigour, apple and 'lire re es, the ,-Ing. e€l9al in size to ordinary Another exten telin!trrival nr e_r_e:touction of Belgium. to,_cierit, in ~ , , e .I:Nt trees has taken , place from the by the General hi'eulk: ,N,,ig.,:t?o'sai 6 atuncearflro,m Fversasnee 1 ' the Venezuela, 'wh arf ;,:.as arrived at tehoPSt!lcatharine's steam-packet taqiPtion°,4ll9lavre, having, in addition to the usual de .l'4B 4/1 of ea rgO, the lare uantity of 121 orange ti i the f q several cases of choice flowers on board. As Ivliat °Prie instance alluded to, we are unaware for arrivlartieular purpose or for hom these extensive are Lakin of so rare and valuable a description of plant Ittrivai g Place, but nevertheless the mention of their tioni ill this cursory man whatever their destina poWolll he read With int rneesrt,. clay Iiti.I'RACE NNAA WeuaLoo-nninGE.---On Satur dczit, `s.erocion I!.itisters and Drummond, two law-stu atret4:4ll 4 200 yards' and for 10/ and after II desperate ''' (l °II both sides the 1444 vivn . ' . THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER, '2, 1846. LORD JOHN RUSSELL AND THE DUKE or LEINSTER. If Lord John Russell thought only of courting or ket ping up popularity in Ireland he would never have written the letter to the Duke of Leinster, published by the Dublin Evening Post, and copied into this journal on Saturday. That letter is a frank and honest, rather than a political document, and yet excites the wildest appre hensions,and provokes the loudest outcries, is that which relates to the supply of food. " Food within everybody's reach, and at a moderate price," is the demand with which the priests, demagogues, and people of Ireland are thundering at the door of the Cabinet. Lord John Russell answers that the demand cannot be complied with. The embarrassment eith which we have to contend lies in the fact that food is scarce, and therefore that some must go with short allowance. Ireland, with a large portion of her population living upon Government wages, will be sure to obtain at least her usual share of the common stock, but if, in addition. she had food brought to her by the instrumen tality of Government, at a price lower than the market price, it is quite certain that she would gain the advantage by a grievous injustice to the rest of the em pire. In some parts of Ireland, however, and more par ticularly in the rural districts of the west and south, there is, properly speaking, DO food market. The pea santry, receiving land in return for their labour, in lieu of wages, have hitherto grown their own food, and no class of dealers has arisen by whose agency they might, at a time like the present, obtain food from a distance. Imagine thousands of purchasers suddenly demanding bread or meal in a village, %here a solitary huxter could scarcely find a dozen customers before. An unex pectedly large monster train has been known to clear out the bakers' shops even of Brighton, and to raise bread for a few brief hours to a famine price. What, then, must be the result in remote districts of Ireland, where the ordinary machinery of supply is so slight and inadequate, when there comes a demand sudden and vast enough to try the resources even of a metro polis. In a country full of enterprise, like England, the commencement of extensive public works calls at once into existence a host of small dealers, by whom the wants of the labourers are supplied. Every battalion of railway navigators has its camp-followers. The same thing takes place, and will still further take place, in the more advanced prosperous districts of Ireland, and if in any of those districts competition does not speedily cause food to be supplied in sufficient quantities at a fair market price, it is for the gentry, the clergy, and other educated persons to take measures for correcting the evil. What is needful for a single parish may without great difficulty or sacrifice be done by its own inha bitants, while to provide thus for ten thousand parishes would tar exceed the powers of any Government. But for districts in which society is less advanced, and where, as we have said, no food market can be said to have existed hitherto, Lord John Russell and his col. leagues think it necessary and safe " to create a provision trade at fair mercantile prices," by the establishment of Government depots. Of the extent of this necessity we are not in a condition to judge, but it is evident enough that the Government y cannot, even upon the most urgent necessity, turn pro vision merchant without serious consequences. It cannot carry on the trade in food upon a small scale, nor can it precisely determine beforehand the limits within which it will operate. Lord John Russell, however, is fully sensible of the perilous nature of the experiment, and will doubtless proceed with caution. Meanwhile, his appeal to the landowners and others who have local influence in Ireland, to do their part, ought to be effec tual. "But that which is not possible by a government is possible by individual and social exertions. Every one who travels through Ireland observes the large stacks of corn, which are the produce of the late harvest. There is nothing to prevent the purchase of grain by proprie tors or by committees, and the disposal of these supplies in shops furnished on purpose with flour at a fair price, with a moderate profit. This has been done, lam as sured, in parts of the Highlands of Scotland, where the failure of the potatoes has been as great and as severe a calamity as it has been in Ireland. " There is, no doubt, some inconveniences attending even these modes'of interference with the market price of food. But the good overbalances the evil. Local committees, or agents of landowners, can ascertain the pressure of distress, measure the wants of a district, and prevent waste or misapplication. Besides, the general effect is to bring men together and induce them to exert their energy in a social effort directed to one spot ; whereas the interference of the State deadens private energy, prevents forethought—and, after super seding all other exertion, finds itself at last unequal to the gigantic task it has undertaken." As to the other question touched upon in the letter, namely, the revolution which must take place in the agricultural system of Ireland, it i 3 alarming to think of the rapidity with which we are hurrying on to another season without any clear conception of what we are do ing or ought to do. What is to be the substitute for the potato? Carry the Irish people through the present winter, by the expenditure of five or six millions of money, and how are they to live next year? How are they to get through next winter ? If public works withdraw hundreds of thousands from the cultivation of the soil, what kind of harvest shill we gather in next • autumn ? These are questions which Lord John Russell cannot altogether leave to be settled by the respectable persons who compose the Agricultural Society of Ireland. Lord John Russell may have reason to regret that the negli gences of a long series of Governments have thrown upon him the tremendous responsibilities of guiding, so far as a statesman can guide, a social revolution. But let him not mistake his position. The whole industrial economy of Ireland will have to be settled on a new basis, and no preliminary investigations for which a Government pos sesses resources above those of private persons can be set aside as beyond its province. —Chronicle. Information was received yesterday that Admiral Parker, with the whole of his squadron, had entered the Tagus. Ruff's "Guide to;the Turf," or Pocket Racing Compa nion for 1846, containing acalendar of the races in Great Britain and Ireland during the past season, the Nomina tions for 1847, a full list of the Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger Lots, &c. &c., will be published on the 14th inst., and not on the 4th, as erroneously announced in the sporting papers of yesterday. Advertisements will be received at 170, Strand, up to Thursday next. On Saturday morning the second battalion of Coldstream Guards were assembled in square at Port man-street barracks, to hear the finning of a Court Martial read on private J. Loring, of No. 1 company, who had been tried by a District Court Martial, for making use of abusive language to the sergeant and cor porel on duty, when he was confined in the guard room for being absent a short period, and brought to barracks by patrols. He was found guilty, and sentenced to un dergo six months' imprisonment and hard labour. The papers have told so many contradictory stories as to the period of the Queen's visit to the Duke of Nor folk, at Arundel Castle, that we deem it right to state that no such visit will take place until after the cele bration of the birthday of the Prince of Wales, which will be kept at Windsor on the 9th inst.— Observer. John Bright, Esq., M.P., is now seriously indis posed, arising, it is said, from an ulcerated throat. In consequence the public meeting which was to have been held in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, on Wednesday evening last, has been postponed, he having promised to attend the meeting in question, which had been culled in consequence of his having consented to become a candi date for the borough at the next election.—Leeds Mercury. The late henry Stephen Fox, Esq., late Minister from our Court to the United States, whose demise is announced to have taken place at Washington, the middle of last month, was collaterally related to the pre sent Lord Holland, being son of the late Honourable General Fox. Mr. Fox was, we believe, in bis fifty fifth year, and unmarried. ACCIDENTS ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday, on the river oft Battersea, a boat, in which were four persons, was capsized in consequence of the passing of one of the Citizen steamboats. All were instantly immersed in the water, and prompt assistance being rendered three were saved, but the remaining one, a lad of about ten or twelve years of age, was drowned. A short time after wards, off Chelsea, immediately opposite the Cadogan Pier, a boat containing a party of five was accidentally overturned. Immediate assistance having been dispatched from the pier, fortunately no life was lost. FATAL ACCIDENTS.—On Saturday Edward Harvey, aged 72 years, who was in the employ of Messrs. Cottam and Allen, ironfounders, of Cornwall-road, Lam beth, and whilst stepping from the roof to the scaffold, he missed his footing, and fell to the basement, whereby he sustained the most frightful injuries, from the effects of which he died soon after his admission into Guy's Hospital. Another accident took place on Saturday to a man named John Dangerfield, aged 61 years, a pen sioner, residing in Mill-street, Bermondsey. He was on the way' home from the City, where he had been to receive 91., his pension, and while crossing the carriage way on the centre of London-bridge, he missed his foot ing and fell under a cart wheel, and before the driver had time to stop the horse the off wheel passed over his body. He was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he died in two hours, from severe internal injuries. SUICIDE Er A BANK CLERK.—An inquest was on Saturday taken by Mr. Mills, at the Old Queen's Head, Lower-road, Islington, on the body of a gentleman named Marshall, who, at the time of his death, was a clerk in the Bank of England. Mr. R oper, of America square, Minories, a fellow-clerk of the deceased, gave evidence, showing that the unfortunate man, from some domestic differences, had become very unsettled in his mind, but it was not for a moment supposed that he would attempt to destroy himself. On Thursday he com plained of indisposition, and, by Mr. Roper's recom mendation, did not go to the Bank at the usual hour in the morning. About four o'clock in the afternoon he left that gentleman's abode, and the same evening drowned himself in the New River. Verdict, "Found drowned." FOREIGN PRODUCE.—The latest importations into the northern port of Hull of cattle and provisions from the continental states have comprised the following : — The Hamburgh, from Ilamburgh, brought 150 casks of butter, 48 oxen and cows, 7 calves, and 44 pigs; the Transit, from Hamburgh, 26 .casks of butter, 34 oxen and cows, 13 pigs, &c.; the Queen of Scotland, from Hamburgh, 107 casks of ,butter, 89 head of cattle, 3 horses, and 37 pigs; the Archimedes, f, one Harriburgh also, 12 casks of butter, 14 head of horned cattle, 5 calves, and 18 pigs; the Rob Roy, from St. Petersburgh, 8 ankers and 60 kegs of cranberries, 3 packages and 27 bags of potatoes of Russian produce; the Ormsby Hail and the Albion, from Ostend, respectively, with entire cargoes of apples, amounting to about 200 tons in weight, the produce of Belgium; -the Monarch, from Antwerp, aming other articles, 8 calves of Belgian produce; and the Leeds, from Hamburgh, 85 casks of butter, 3 casks of hams, 3 casks of beet, 26 oxen and sews, and 55 pigs, with other produce. These arrivals took place at Hull in the space of one week, and are in teresting, as showing their extent in comparison with the extensive tkr;iY§ls 9f Nob pr9ductieus hue. COURT CIRCULAR. ' WINDSOR SUNDAY.—Yesterday her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk, and again walked in the afternoon. His Royal highness Prince Albert, attended by Col. Seymour, enjoyed the sport of shooting yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at tended by her Lady in Waiting (Lady Caroline Murray) left the Castle yesterday. The Lord Chancellor also took his departure from the Castle yesterday. The Duke of Norfolk remained to dinner at the Castle on Friday, after the Privy Council held by her Majesty. His Grace left the Castln yesterday morning. This morning her Majesty and Prince Albert walked on the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal look their usual exercise this morning. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Pri9ce Albert, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the do mestic household attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Com tenay officiated. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke and, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Srrelitz, returned to their resi dence at Kew on Saturday, from honouring the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury with a visit, at their resi dence, Tottenham Park, Watt , . Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester re turned to her residence at Richmond on Saturday, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Auck land, Viscount Morpeth, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. H. La bouchere. The Council sat three hours and a half. After the Council, the Marquis of Lansdowne left town for his seat, Bowood-park, Wilts. Sir Patrick Stuart had an interview with Earl Grey on Saturday at the Colonial•oflice. Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of New South Wales, South Australia, and Van Diemen's Land. Dispatches were also sent offf on Saturday evening for the Governors of the West India colonies. .. - At the Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday, the Prayers were read by the Rev. Mr. Helmore, and the Lessons by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The Sermon was preached'by the Rev. Dr. Maddy. The Anthem was " Blessed are those," (Greene). Mr. Cooper presided at the organ. The Countess of Wilton, and Lords Granville, De Manley, Norreys, and W. Graham, were among the nobility present. 'TRIESTE v. MARsEILLES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Trieste, Oct. 20, 1846. Sir,—l beg to inform you, for the benefit of your readers, that the steamer Ariel, now in the Marseilles route, in opposition to that via Trieste, belongs to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company, and it is for that Company to explain to her Majesty's Govern ment why they are running their steamer and convey ing dispatches from the French Consul at Alexandria, to France (Paris), &c., &c., carrying no portion of her Majesty's dispatches to either our Government or the Honourable East India Company, although they receive one hundred and sixty 7 five thousand pounds (165,0000 annually for the English Mail service. It is not within the compass of my judgment to decide how they justify themselves in so doing. It appears to me that that Company would have done better had they sported their Ariel on the Trieste line, as it is the wish of all the world, except France, that England should possess a duplicate overland route to India, and independent to France altogether. The Ardent will start this time (October) from Alex andria with my dispatches, via Alexandria, and orders have been given that henceforth they leave Alexandria with the mail steamer via Malta to Marseilles. The Ariel was built under contract to steam, on the average, fourteen miles an hour, failing which she would be thrown on the builder's hands. She does steam at this speed, while the Ardent can go only eight miles an hour. It is a duplicate overland route, independent of France, that I seek for the benefit of the British merchant and people of England connected with India, and the East generally, and not a continuation of the present one handed, left-sided, route, that puts the French Govern ment in possession of Indian intelligence, which should only first be heard of from London. I shall toil on and fear nothing, as I am determined to succeed, and succeed I shall, to the benefit of Eng land's best interest. I beg you will publish this letter entire, as I wish to let the public know - that with a boat f equal speed as the Ariel, I am confident that all I have advocated will be accomplished. I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, THOMAS WAGHORN. The Sacred Harmonic Society's Concerts will be resumed on the 4th inst. (Wednesday next) at Exeter Hall, when Sphor's oratorio The Last Judgment, a Te Deum and Jubilate, by Prince Albert, and several other compositions, will be performed. The society has, during the past ten years, given no fewer than 157 con certs, to audiences amounting in the aggregate to up• wards of 300,000 persons, and has disbursed amongst the musical profession nearly 19,000/. The list of sub scribers already amount to nearly the number of last season, which year greatly exceeded • that of any pre ceding one. COSSEY.—On Sunday the inhabitants of Cossey were afforded a theme of conversation and mysterious surmise, by the circumstance of the body of a female child having been discovered lying close to the bank of the river, near Mr. Culley's mill. The water had, as usual, been let down, and had left the child lying in the mud. Sus picion attached itself to a servant girl, named Pegg, (in the employ of Mr. Culley), whose pregnancy had been suspected, though her supposed confinement had been a profound secret. On the following day, an inquest was held on the body, before Mr. Pilgrim, coroner, at the Black Swan. The jury having been sworn, Philip Dye, of Norwich, letter carrier to Cossey, deposed that as he was on his usual round from Drayton, and was passing through the gate close to Cossey mill , he saw the child lying on the opposite side of the river, with its right arm across its breast. It was not then in the water, but it appeared as if it had been in that situation. He then called Mr. Culley's groom to look at the body, who, with Mr. Culley, accompanied him to the place where the child was lying. They found it tied to a small iron grate, with its neck lying between the two prongs. Mrs. Girdlestone, who used to go to Mr. Culley's to • work, was sworn. She did not know whether Pegg had been delivered of a child or not. Sometimes she had suspicions of her pregnancy. Mr. William Francis, surgeon, deposed that the linen of the bed whereon Eliza Pegg slept, and sundry garments belonging to her, which he had seen, led him to suspect that she had been re cently confined William Ockley, policeman, to whom the prisoner was given in charge, said, that while he was with ber in a bedroom, she said, wringing her hands, "Oh dear, what will be done in this horrid affair ? How could Ibe so silly ? I would not have done it for the world had I known the consequences. I was alone in my room when I was confined, It was some time before I could take the child up, and when I did so, I found it dead. No one in the house knew I was in the family-way; I wish I had told some of them of it, and they would have advised me better." She appeared much agitated during the whole of the time. The nurse was in the room with them. Elizabeth Eyreson, nurse, cor roborated the policeman's statement. The jury was then adjourned till Thursday, to admit of an examination of the body, in order to ascertain whether the child was still-born, and to collect any further evidence that might be adduced. At the adjourned inquest, the principal evi denee was that of Mr. Francis, who, from an examination of the body, was clearly of opinion the child was born alive, and must have lived three or four hours. A fur ther adjournment took place to Friday.—Norfolk News. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday even ing last a fatal accident occurred on the Midland line of railway, between Nottingham and Derby. A y oung man, about 25 years of age, of the name of Thomas Mullen, servant to the Rev. Mr. Curzon, of Weston, near Derby, left the station at the latter town -by train at 40 minutes past 8, P.M., intending to go to Notting ham ; on arriving at Sawley, 7 miles on the line, he per ceived that he had got into the Leicester instead of the Nottingham train, and without waiting till be got to the next station, he opened the carriage-door and jumped out while the train was in rapid motion. The result of this rash act was, that he fell upon the line of rails and his left leg was instantly run over by the carriages, and it was so smashed, that on being conveyed to the General Infirmary , at Nottingham, his leg was obliged to be amputated immediately, and though every effort was made to save his life, he died at half-past one o'clock on Sunday morning. No blame is attached to any party but the young man himself. f lar GOLDEN ge s size eEaAnaciLEs.— splendid very plum beautiful age, w as golden shot lately eagle, w iwith ball, 70 yards distant, from a double gun, by Mr. Mac pherson, gamekeeper, on the shootings of Sir H. Meux, Bart., at Dundriggan. The eagle measured three feet in length, and the extended wings seven feet six inches. The talons. when stretched to their extent, could take in a gaasp larger than the space of a man's hand. This bfrd is the fourth of his species we have seen from within a circuit of thirty miles, and all taken this year. We hear that the royal birds are gradually disappearing from the rocky cliffs of which they have for centuries been sole tenants. Numbers are carried off, both living and dead, every season, to grace zoological gardens, or take their places, the first, among collections of pre served birds. As red deer are now on the increase in most forests, the golden eagle deserves some care from deer-stalkers. His broad pinions, swifter than the wind, as he rushes through the air, or his majestic form perched on some tall cliff; would always be a fair mark for a rifle shot—a more fitting end of his career than the ignoble irons of the trapper. We know of one wide forest where the noble owner holds the eagle free to roam unharmed, and as his food cannot be missed where nothing is of value but the antlered monarchs of the corries, this hint will, we hope, restore to him the freedom of his ancient haunts.—lnvernes s Courier. THE GREAT WESTERN.—LIVERPOOL,SATURDAY.— The noble Atlantic steamship Great Western, Captain Mathews, sailed hence this afternoon for New York, with a complement of 96 passengers, including Sir Allan M‘Nab, of Canada. Th e d eparture of the Great Western to dY, within the b r i e f space of six days since her a arrival, presents a notable ir4stance of commercial dispatch. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. I.—The Sappho, 16, Commander Gambier, was paid off yesterday. The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain Lapidge, left Spit head this morning.al half-past eight for Portugal, taking out Colonel Wylde (Equerry to Prince Albert) and his two sons, upon an important mission ; also supernume raries for the squadron in the Mediterranean, and dis patches for Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, Bart., the Commander-in-Chief. The Cyclops lay with her steam up, and ready to start at a moment's notice, the whole of yesterday. The Mariner transport, Lieutenant W. Still, agent, arrived this morning from Deptford, bound to Bermuda, with convicts. The Mercury tender, Second Master Scarlett, sailed yesterday for Plymouth, with the Maiines of the Sappho, belonging to that division. The Manceuvrer lighter arrived this morning from the eastern yards, with stores. The Crocodile troop-ship, Commander Lowe, has been surveyed and found unfit for service as a troop-ship, but it is considered that she would yet make a good trans port for other purposes. If she is paid off, we hope her gallant commander, who has only had her for a few months, will either be promoted, or have the command of another and a better ship. The Talbot, 26, Captain Sir T. Thompson, Bart., is hourly expected from the Pacific, with freight. WOOLWICH, OCT. 30. The Geyser steam-vessel was commissioned at Woolwich to-day, by Commander Francis T. Brown (1840). The Amphion, 36-gun frigate, with screw-propeller, has hoisted the pendant of Captain Williams, of the Avenger; and the officers and crew of the latter vessel will be transferred to the Amphion. The Kite steam vessel was towed to Deptford yester day by the Charon steam-vessel, to be refitted for the surveying service. The Dwarf steam-vessel was taken into dock this afternoon, to have some alterations made, the speed of her recent trials being only between three and four knots per hour on the first, and about five knots on the second trip, with screw propellers. The Philadelphia North American notices a valuable nautical invention, which is attracting much attention. It is an invention of R. C. Holmes, agent for the under writer of Captain May, and is pronounced by the first seamen the greatest improvement ever accomplished in the machinery of steering vessels. The greatest diffi culties under which the steering-gear of ships labour are completely obviated by it. The making slack of the vibration of the tiller and the change in the tiller-rope are prevented. By the fixed position of the machinery, the ropes always lead fair through the blocks and wind regularly, avoiding all chafing of one part against the face of the other. All danger of accident to the steers man, too, in strong currents, from the slacking of the rope is rendered impossible. So taut and yet so simple is the machinery, that instead of the constant watching of the wheel heretofore required, and the freqnently harassing labour of the helmsman, a child almost could manage it in the heaviest sea; and in a gale of wind a vessel would almost lay to itself. The principle is two barrels, or drums, instead of one; as fast as the rope accumulates upon the upper one, it is carried off by the lower. The invention is a new feature in mechanics, nothing like it having been discovered in the books at the Patent- office. THE GREAT BRITAIN, TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Your admirable and most just remarks on the cause which led to the wreck of the Great Britain are so convincing, so unanswerable, that not another word is required to explain the case; but there is one part of Captain Hosken's letter which I cannot understand. He has stated that he took the light on St. John's Point for one of the lights on the Calf of Man, and that he stood on the N.W. by N. course from eight o'clock to about half-past nine, when the ship was discovered to be in shallow water, with the view of getting on " the right bearing for rounding the Hen and Chicken Rocks, lying off the Calf of Man." He then continues—" I then hauled the ship up to north gradually, and to N. E. ultimately, when I was surprised to find, on in quiring the time, that it was a quarter past, nine. I ran dawn for a moment to look at my chart and back to the helm, when I heard a loud hail from the forecastle, and at the same moment I saw what appeared and proved to be shoal water alongside; I instantly sung out, Hard a• port; stop her.' This was done." Now, Sir, it appears to me, that as the danger which had been apprehended by Captain Hosken was the Hen and Chicken Rock, and that when he altered the course to north and N. f E. to round them he considered these dangers were on his starboard bow, he would, I should have supposed, order the helm to be put hard a-star board, instead of hard a-port, when the shoal water was first diseovered, in order to put the ship's head from those supposed rocks; and, had he done this, although the shoal water proved to be on the coast of Ireland, yet, had the helm been put hard a-starboad the instant the breakers were seen, the probality, if not the cer tainty, is, that she would have wore round clear of the shore. Here it might be asked, what marks he took for al tering the course from N.W. by N. to N.? Did he see a second light, or how did the St. John's light (as it proved to be) bear when he hauled up to N,? It could not, I imagine, have borne E.N.E. by compass, which the Calf light should have borne before he altered bis course to have rounded the Hen and Chicken Rocks, which lie off the Calf of Man. Captain Hosken observes, that at a quarter past 9 be ran down to look at his chart. The question has naturally been asked, how often did he ccnsult his chart during the passage over? and did he calculate the distance run upon it at any period before 9 o'clock? If he had done this, he must have known that the light seen at eight o'clock bearing - N.N.W. could not by any possibility have been the light on the Calf of Man •, and why he did mot refer to his chart and the log- board half a dozen times at least during the preceding eight hours, he alone can explain, more especially as the wea ther became so thick and hazy after five o'clock. Although this magnificent ship lies imbedded in the sand, it surely cannot be intended to-abandon her with out some further trials to get her off. My sincere belief is that she can be got off without much difficulty. Why have not the largest sized empty casks been al ready tried to assist in floating her ? Why have not some attempts been made to place "ways " under her bottom in different parts ? Si x -i nc h oa k plank might, I think, be got under her bott om i n diff e rent parts by digging away the sand at low water. whereby she would be the more easily moved by purchases. Certain it is, that so splendid a ship ought not to be suffered to be abandoned without every effort being first used to get her again afloat ; and I Yet hop e to see her once more crossing the Atlantic, proudly showing what England's skill has produced.—l am, Sir, yours, &c., Oct. 28. TRIDENT. The plan proposed by Mr. Mackintosh for floating the Great Britain steam -ship, is, it is said, to be tried. It has been thus explained : —Th ere i s to b e a ridge of stones in a half circle, pl aced at a s h ort di s t ance fro m the stern of the vessel, an d some ho ll ow i ron s h e ll s in a like circle, charged with gunpowder, besides a few smaller charges placed along the course to which the ship is expected to be driven. Upon the semi-circular train being fired by means of the usual galvanic appli ances, the water at the stern of the ship will be lifted with such force as to loosen the sandy bed, and imme diately set her afloat, the continuance of the wave being accomplished by the firing of the smaller charges, while the tug steamers are towing in advance. It is calculated that the water will be agitated to a given extent, not more than equal to the force already withstood by the Great Britain when at sea, and that a certain number of casks deposited in the engine -room will give her suffi cient buoyancy. Th e grand point must necessarily be to ensure such a pr ec i se arrangement o f t h e explosive materials as to prevent any untowar d i n j ur y to the ship, and at the same time to accomplish a simultaneous action of the tug steamers, should the auspicious event come off, and the noble ship be once more afloat. We have seldom known any naut i ca l occurrence e xcite morein terest here than this does, and certainly , none since the trial of Warner's Long Range. It is hoped that the Great Britain will not b ecome s t ra i ne d ,or damaged in any way not easily reparable. Accounts have been received from Malta of the death of R. J. Eaton, Esq., M.P., of Stetchworth Park, Cambridgeshire. A vacancy has thus been occasioned in the representation for the county. We hear that Mr. Adeane, Mr. Townley; Mr. Childers, Lord George Manners, Lord Cantalupe, and Lord Cosmo Russell have been named as likely to solicit the suffrages of the electors. The names of Sir Culling Smith and Captain Peyton, son of Sir H. Peyton, have also been mentioned. —From a Correspondent. THE HERTFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY.—Her Majesty on leaving Hatfield was escorted by the llerts Yeomanry to Rickmansworth, where a party of the Uxbridge Yeo manry, under the com m a nd of Mr. Cox, relieved them, they chang ing playing ell and escorted her Maj est y to Ux bri d ge. At Uxbridge a troop of the Uxbridge Yeomanr y , under the command of Captain de Burgh, forme d a g uard of honour, and re ceived x ved a h ti e e r ea M l aj a e n s t t h y e , m th d e urie bangdthoef timethe regiment ing the horses of the ro y al carria g es, and upon her Majesty proceeding a party of the corps had the honour of forming the escort to Langley, where it was relieved by the Ist Life Guards. F ATAL ACCIDENT YESTERDAY ON THE MAN CHESTER AND LEEDS R AILwAY.—An accident, by which two men lost their lives on the above railway, took pl ace yesterday between the Brighouse and Elland st a ti ons . letpeaepptehaeruspt.lrietet,weond unfortunatelyplat e-layersh stepped eardatrain luggage.on the down line out of its way. At that instant the express train, which leaves Manchester at a quarter -past eight, came down, and both of the men were.ng was very killed b e f ore they could get out of the way. The morning foggy, and it is thought the men did not see the e x p ress train in time, and that the noise of the luggage-train prevented them hearing it.— Wakefield Journal, Oct. 30. GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE MANSION-HOUSE. —The Lord Mayor gave a most splendid entertainment on Friday, in the Egyptian hall of the Mansion -house, to between 180 and 200 guests. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress will give a grand ball at the Mansion• house on the sth instant. Th e grandest preparation s are being made for the occasion, and some of the first people in town are invited. A N IG HT ON A ROCK.—burin the stormy weather last week, a clergyman at Scarborough set out with the intention (,f walking to Filey by th e san d s an d rocks. Having got a considerable distance he to re turn;efoundi c eed. impracticable hu t th Findinge t t iodep himself r h o a c d e proceed d flowed surrounded ur t h e e o r, , andhighhe could no t suc ii y attempted water, he took up a position, where he remained durin g a bitter c o ld and stormy night, and althou g h thus ex p osed, returned safe to his lodgings the n ext day at 'loons—Hull racket. THE CYCLOPS FRIGATE AND THE STEAM-SHIP POTTINGER ON SHORE. SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY NIGHT. I regret to communicate the above disasters during the fog this morning off Cowes. As yet very imperfect intelligence has reached me respecting the Cyclops. I have, however, seen one of the passengers by the Pottinger, who has very kindly furnished me with infor mation as to the grounding of that ship. It appeared that she neared the Needles very early this morning, but in consequence of a very thick fog prevailing, and having no pilot on board, Captain Cooper, her commander, deemed it expedient, as a matter of safety, to stand off, and reduce the speed of the vessel. The weather, however, ultimately clearing up, the steam was again put on, and the Needles were passed without accident—immediately after which the weather again became hazy, :o much so that it was impossible a pilot could descry the vessel. The speed was consequently again reduced, and the ship merely glided along, not progressing more than two knots an hour. In this manner she neared Cowes, or at least within three miles of that place, when the vessel suddenly grounded. So slight was the shock that only the commander, the chief engineer, and one or two others, were aware of the circumstance. Orders were immediately given to reverse the engines, and the order was with the utmost alacrity attempted to be obeyed, but without the slightest effect : there was some defect in the machinery, and as it was impossible to get the engines to work, the steam, as a precautionary mea sure, was blown off. It was now nine o'clock, just at the turn of high water, and as there was not the least chance of getting the vessel afloat, Lieutenant Brady, Admiralty agent in charge of the mails, started in one of the ship's boats to the Motherbank for assistance. There he found the Pearl, a small steamer, with her steam already up, at anchor, awaiting the Pottinger's arrival, to convey her mails to Southampton. Lieutenant Brady took her to the Pottinger, and got the whole of the passengers out, with a portion of their luggage, and brought them, toge ther with the mails, to Southampton. Soon after the tide had partially receded, the vessel slightly heeled over, but not so much as to cause any alarm. She rested on a mud bank, but Captain Cooper took every precaution to prevent further mischief, by causing her to be properly shored up. Soon after the above mishap, the Cyclops, her Ma jesty's steam-frigate, got on shore about half a mile be low the Pottinger, on a bed of shingles. As far as I can learn, her situation is somewhat critical. She heeled over considerably after she struck ; but as the weather is exceedingly fair, with scarcely a ripple to disturb the water, it is to be hoped that both ships will be got off without damage. Immediately on the arrival of the Pearl at South ampton, with the passengers of the Pottinger, informa tion was at once dispatched to Captain Sparkes, the su perintendent of the Oriental and Peninsular Steam Com pany, as also to Mr. Lamb, the superintending engineer, and those gentlemen at once started to the scene of the disaster in a powerful steam tug to render assistance. It was high water at half-past nine, and should the vessels be in a favourable position, it is to be hoped that both were got off without material damage. Up to the present moment (half-paq twelve, A.m., Monday morning) they have not returned. I will keep my parcel open until the departure of the mail train for town, at a quarter past one, and should the tug have returned by that time, I will add some additional infor mation. This is the first trip of the Pottinger to Alexandria. She is a new iron boat, and her engines were built by Messrs. Miller and Ravenhill. It is a very remarkable coincidence that Captain Cooper, her commander, who is brother-in-law to Captain Lapidge, of the Cyclops, , should have the misfortune to get on shore almost at the same moment, and within so short a distance of each other. The Cyclops left Spithead early in the morn ing, but I am not aware of her intend destination. It is gratifying to be enabled to add, that the whole of the passengers, without a single exception, are unani mous in absolving Captain Cooper from all blame. That gentleman did all he could under the circumstances, and it is the general opinion of all that had the ship's engines properly worked at the moment she struck, the vessel would have been got off at once. I have also to report the fact that the Prussian Eagle, a large steamer trading between Southampton and Cork, got on shore yesterday morning, at half-past eight o'clock, off St. Alban's Head. The first officer was im mediately dispatched for assistance in one of the ship's boats, and after some little time had elapsed, it was obtained, and the cargo having been shipped, the vessel was got afloat, and ultimately arrived at Cowes in the evening. MONDAY MORNING, ONE O'CLOCK.—The steam-tug is not yet returned from the island; I am not, therefore, enabled to give you any additional particulars to the foregoing.—Chronicle, DARING BURGLARY BY A FEMALE. On Saturday Hester Elizabeth White, a young female of remarkably prepossessing appearance and fashionably dressed, about the middle stature, with dark hair and eyes, 23 years of age, was examined at the residence of George Baillie, Esq. (chairman of the Brentford petty sessions), the Grove, Hanwell, Middle sex, on a charg e o f h av i ng buglariously entered the resi dence of Mr. Jones, a gentleman of property, Woodland Cottages, in the village of Ealing, and stealing there from a writing-desk, containing four 101. Bank of Eng land notes, 101. in gold, 201. in old gold and silver coins, two valuable rings, and other property. The burglary was committed en the night of Tuesday, the 20th of October, without the slightest clue existing as to the thieves. Inquiries were immediately set on foot, and the number of the notes sent to the different bankers in the metropolis, by which means they were traced to tradesmen in the neighbourhood of Regent-street, in payment for muffs, boas, and other articles of dress. At one shop it happened that the prisoner had given her real name and address, and was consequently taken into custody at No. 20, Crown -court, Pall-mall. Inspector Laxton, upon being shown into the prisoner's room, found her in bed, evidently very ill. Upon being made acquainted with the object of his visit, she acknowledged the commission of the offence. The desk was found under her pillow, containing nearly all the stolen property, except the bank-notes and sovereigns. She was then removed to the station-hous6 at Ealing, rid the Great Western Railway, and while there, although cautioned upon the subject, she made the following statement:— That one of Mr. Jones's female servants had been a fellow-servant with her in a previous situation, and she had, in consequence, been in the habit of visiting her at Mr. Jones's ;;that a short time since she stayed on a visit there for a week, and that on the 20th ult. she went there to spend the day. At night she left about nine o'clock, and was accompanied to the Ealing station of the Great Western Railway by her friend and the ser vant at the next house, who remained with her until they saw her take her departure by the last up train to Pad dington. Before, however, leaving Mr. Jones's house, she had managed, unperceived by any person, to lift the bar of the front kitchen window shutters, so that it might be easily lifted up from the outside, and she took with her and dropped on the lawn a table knife, which was there found. On her arrival at the Paddington terminus, so intent was she on the plunder she intended, that although the rain was de scending in torrents she walked all the way back to Ealing, and there waited until the family had retired to rest, which was usually about half-past eleven o'clock. When all was quiet, she sealed a wall six feet high, which separated the grounds from a field, and throwing the kitchen window up, she by means of the knife lifted the bar up, opened the shutters, and entered through the window, making her way up in the dark to the front drawing-room, where the writing-desk was usually kept, and having secured that she left the premises by the way she had entered. She then started with her booty on return to town, walking all the way, and about eight o'clock the next morning she reached her residence in Crown-court in a very exhausted state, completely drenched with rain, her stays even being quite satu rated. She gave no reason why she was induced to commit the offence, and refused to state her friends and connexions, on the ground that she did not wish them to know her unhappy situation. Being exceedingly ill from the wetting she received in committing the robbery, she was remanded to the infirmary of the Westminster Bridewell for re-examination, when she is able to un dergo it, and the necessary witnesses are collected. TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGE. The following is a Telegraphic Message received by the Penfirsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany, from their agent at Southampton, at twelve o'clock noon this day : " The Tiber, arrived in dock, bri ng s news o f th e Pot- tinger being off, without sustaining any damage, and is expected to be in dock this tide. Three craft have been loaded with corn to lighten her." ARRIVAL OF FOREIGN MAILS, SOUTHAMPTON, NOV. I.—The Peninsular Company's steam-packet Royal Tar, Captain Hamilton, arrived in the river last evening, but from the very dense fog was prevented coming up to the dccks. The mails were, however, landed, and forwarded to London by the one A.m. train this day. The Tar left Gibraltar on the 21st of October, Cadiz on the 22d, and Lisbon on the 25th. She has 36 pas sengers and a full cargo of fruit, and 17 fine oxen. The Pottinger, Captain Cooper, is hourly expected at the Motherbank. By advices received she has a iull and valuable cargo, and above 80 passengers. The Montrose, Captain Burney, will be duo en the sth instant, from Genoa, Leghorn, Naples, &c. The Tiber, . Captain Russell, will leave the port on Tuesday or Wednesday next for Naples, &c., with cargo and above 50 passengers. The Royal West India mail packet Medway, Captain Andrews, will to-morrow proceed on her voyage with the Gulf and West India mails, a general cargo, and 110 passengers. The Achilles, Captain Wilson, will go out of the docks on Tuesday naxt, en route for Alexandria, with the East India mails, a full cargo, and passengers. CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO. The conquest of California and New Mexico extends the boundary of the United States on the west coast from the 42d to the 32d parallel of north latitude, and produces a great alteration in the territorial possessions of the belligerent Powers. The comparative size of Mexico and the United States, in 1836, was as follows: Acres. United States territories ... ... 1,408,000,000 Mexican territories 1,081,600,000 We have now to deduct from Mexico and add to the United States : Upper California, ... 240,860,160 New Mexico ... ... 137,472,000 Texas ... 123,904,000 502,236,160 Left to Mexico ... 579,363,840 In 1836 the possessions of the various Powers on this continent were as follow: Acres. Russian : 480,000,000 British ... ... 1,792,000,000 United States ... ... 1,408,000,000 Mexican ... ... 1,081,600,000 Central American .. 119,040,000 Total (7,626,000 miles) 4,880,640,000 acres. Deducting from Mexico and adding to the United States 502,236,160 acres, and deducting from the United States and adding to the British possessions, 32,000,000 acres which the United States claimed, but ceded to Great Britain by the Oregon treaty, the possessions of the various Powers on the. North American continent now stand as follows:- 1846. Miles. Acres. Russian, ... 750,000 480,000,000 British ... ... 2,850,000 1,824,000,000 United States ... ... 2,934,744 1,878,236,160 Mexican 905,256 579,363,840 Central American ... 186,000 119,040,000 7,626,000 4,880,640,000 By the conquest of New Mexico and Santa Fe there has been added to this union a population estimated at 300,000 souls, mostly Indians. We estimate California at 100,000, and New Mexico at 200,000. New Mexico contains the best gold mines on the continent ; also, silver, copper, and iron mines. Agriculture is carried on by extensive irrigation, for which the mountain streams afford great facilities. California is said to con tain valuable mines of coal, iron, zinc, gold, and quick silver, but for agricultural and grazing purposes its im portance has been overrated, the protracted droughts of summer having thus far baffled the skill of the American people.—New York Sun. ACCIDENT TO AN EXPRESS CHAISE.-011 Satur day last a serious accident occurred to Clayton's Great Western express while turning the corner of a street near the station at Paddington. The horse shied at some object and ran the chaise against a post, when the vehicle was overturned and the driver thrown many yards over the horse's head, but providentially escaped without loss of life or limb, though much bruised. His companion, a young man in the employ of Messrs. Marl borough, who was also thrown out, unfortunately pitch ing on bis head, received a Concussion of the brain. He was immediately conveyed to St. George's Hospital, where he remains in a precarious state. The accident occasioned a disappointment to many readers of the morning journals, who expected their copies by the early train from Paddington. From the Strand to the Paddington station - of the Great Western Railway is considerably over three miles, this is frequently accom plished in twelve or thirteen minutes. Taking into consideration the number of turnings and the darkness of the mornings at this season, this performance is quite equal to many of the extraordinary feats paraded in the columns of the sporting newspapers. MR. P. M. STESVA.RT, M.P.—We regret to learn, from letters received from Carnock House, N. 8., on Friday last, that the above honourable gentleman con tinues in a most precarious condition, and that but little hope is given of his ultimate recovery. Lord Brougham arrived at Paris on Friday from Carmes. MARYLEBONE VESTRY. RAILWAY FROM PADDINGTON TO THE THAMES.-011 Saturday Sir P. LAURIE drew the attention of the vestry to an advertisement calling a public meeting for the purpose of forming a railway along the bed of the Regent's Canal, from Paddington to the Thames. The proposed railway would ruin all the property in the vicinity of the Park. The vestry last year succeeded in terrifying the shareholders of the railway from paying up or going to Parliament, and he was satisfied that the vestry would, by following up that opposition, also deter the promoters from resuming the scheme. He moved the appointment of a committee to watch and report the proceedings of the proprietors, and, if necessary, to wait upon the Home Secretary and the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, to enlist their opposition to it. Mr. DANIEL reminded the vestry that the railway would interfere with their rates to the amount of 34,0001. a year ; and that, therefore, they were solemnly bound to watch it. The motion was adopted nem. con. AN ANONYMOUS FRIEND OF THE POOR.—The Vestry clerk read a letter from the'anonymous humane gentle man who offered to subscribe 5001. towards the comforts of those who, having seen better days, were, through reverse of fortune, compelled to become inmates of the workhouse. The writer expressed surprise that he had received no satisfactory communication from the vestry; and, in conclusion, said that if the vestry did not avail itself of his offer, he would make it to another board. Mr. DANIEL regretted to hear the letter read. The offer, which was a princely one, was made on condition that others made the sum 1,0001. Upwards of 1501. had been added to it, but the board of guardians, when called upon to avail themselves of it, would not do so. Some years ago 2,0001. was expended in building in the workhouse apartments for the parties for whose benefit the 5001. was now given, but after the outlay of that money the subject was lost sight of and allowed to drop. He knew that nothing so harrowed the feelings of re spectable persons who were the inmates of the workhouse as their being compelled to associate with the depraved characters that were found there. He moved that the letter be referred to the board of guardians. Mr. Granger seconded and Mr. Powell supported the motion. Mr. BELL said, that as example was better than pre cept, they should themselves contribute towards that fund. Mr. RIDG WAY said that he would do so, and the rector offered to add to it 501., left with him for charitable purposes. The motion was carried. The VESTRY-CLERK stated that during the week 6,319 paupers had been relieved, and that there were in the workhouse 1,749 inmates ; after which the vestry adjourned. SIR ROBERT PEEL.—We understand that the Right Honourable Baronet has been suffering from an attack of gout during the last week at Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. On Saturday last Sir Robert was con sidered to be improving, but was then unable to leave his room. GRAND POLISH BALL AND CONCERT.—Lord Dudley Stuart, Messrs. Peacock, Carter, Bedford, Evans, Baker, Marriot, Thompson, Hayes, Eagleton, Carr, Holt, Kemp, Hardy, and several other gentlemen, constituting the Polish Ball Committee of the City of London, as sembled at the Guildhall on Wednesday and Saturday, to make some preliminary arrangements for the above ball and concert, which are to take place on Wednesday, the 18th instant. Mr. Wilkinson read letters from Al derman Farebrother, Mr. :1). Salomons, and others, en closing subscriptions, and begging to be added to the number of the managing committee. Lord Dudley Stuart announced the favourable answer of the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor elect, and the Sheriffs to the deputation of the committee, ,and their desire in every way to patronise and advance the objects of the ap proaching ball. Mr. Carr, the honorary secretary, stated that already a number of tickets were disposed of, and that never had the kindness of professional gentle men been more marked than in the present instance by the early tender of their valuable and gratuitous services. BRIGHTON, OCT. 31.—The Baroness de Thosen and family arrived here yesterday from Paris, in the steamer Menai, from Dieppe. DARWEN.-BOY KILLED IN A COAL-I'IT.-011 Saturday morning last an accident occurred in a coal-pit belonging to Messrs. Brandwood, at Over Darwen, by which a boy about nine years old, named James Rain forth, was killed. The deceased was assisting a drawer, another boy about ten or eleven years of age, with a tub full of coals, which they had brought to the bottom of the pit, and hooked on to the rope. By some means the full tub, while being drawn up, caught an !empty one which was descending, and carried it some distance up the shaft, when the empty tub fell to the bottom and struck the deceased on the head, fracturing his skull. He died on Sunday night. An inquest was held at the Millstone, Over Darwen, on Wednesday last, when a verdict of " Accidental Death" was returned.—Preston Chronicle. THE ESSEX POISONINGS.—The adjourned inquest was resumed on Saturday before C. C. Lewis, coroner for Essex, and the jury empanelled to investigate the death of Solomon Taylor, the illegitimate offspring of Lydia Taylor and Thomas Newport Famea, of Claver ing, at the Cocks Inn, Maunden. The woman Sarah Chesham, against whom a verdict of wilful murder was returned on Friday week for poisoning her own children, was in the first instance detected putting salve, or some other poisonous substance, into the deceased's mouth, and upon the charge of attempting to poison was appre hended, aud committed to Chelmsford gaol, when cir cumstances transpired which led to the discovery of the murders by poison of Sarah Chesham's two children. Professor Taylor, chemical lecturer of Guy's Hospital, who had tested the stomach of the deceased, now said he had been unable to discover any poison. The coroner then summed up, and dwelt upon the suspicious circum • stances of the case, which he left to the jury. The jury ultimately returned the following verdict:—" That the deceased Solomon Taylor died from mesenteric disease of the glands, but whether it arose from natural causes or otherwise there was not sufficient evidence to show." ABSCONDING OF A CLERK WITH €Bol.—The fol lowing particulars of the absconding of Mr. Cowop, the cashier of Wingate Grange Colliery, have been ascer tained. It appears that he purchased a gold chain and ring, a pair of moustaches, imperial and wig, and then obtained a ticket at the Monkwearmouth station of the York and Newcastle Railway, for Leeds. He was pur sued to York, and inquired after by telegraph to Leeds, but it was found that he had not gone to the latter place. On being searched for in York, it was ascer tained that he had been to a house of ill fame, and de parted in the company of a young woman for Hull. On the arrival of his pursuers at that po rt, the y learned that he had sailed for Antwerp only about an hour be fore they reached the place. To Antwerp, then, they have followed him, but up to Friday no further tidings have been received respecting him. HUNG ERFORD SUSPENSION- BRIDGE.—On Saturday the swing bridge connecting the floating pier with the suspension-bridge was fixed, aud passengers will, after to-morrow, be permitted to land and embark from steam boats by medium of the bridge. PHYSIC GARDENS AT CHELSEA.—The company of apothecaries have appointed Mr. Fortune, the late plant manager of the Horticultural Society's Gardens at Chis wick, and who has just returned from a horticultural ex pedition to China, on which he was engaged for three years, as curator of their gardens at Chelsea, in room of the lAte Alr, Anderson, F.L.S. AMERICAN MISCELLANY. The following scraps of general news and gossip are selected from thepapers brought by t h e Great Western.— THE REPENT:M.—The receipts at the Custom-house during the past month, as compared with those for the same time last year, were as follows :—September, 1845, 1,808,794 dolls. ; September, 1846, 1,548,654 dolls. ; decrease, 260,140 dolls. Of the sum received during the month 141,000 dolls. was in Treasury notes —so that the last receipts were but 1,407,654 dolls. The amount received for tolls on all the New York State Canals, during the third week in September, is 106,096 dolls. 27 cents ; being an increase over the same period last year of 650 dolls. 70 cents. The aggregate amount received, since the opening of navigation, is 1,777,322 dolls. 98 cents. CONSECRATION FOR OREGON.—A very imposing cere mony took place, on Sunday morning last, in the Roman Catholic cathedral at Montreal—the elevating to the episcopal dignity of the Rev. Mr. Blanchet, one of the canons, who was nominated at Rome for the office of Archbishop of Oregon. His title is " Archbishop of Walla-Walla." Seven dioceses are now formed in Ore gon, and provisionally three prelates superintend them, the Archbishop and two others.—New York Enquirer, Oct. 2. ADDIINISTERING JUSTICE.—The Pittsburg Commercial gives an example of the manner in which the law is administered there. We are sorry to say the practice is not confined to that city. A man named Dunn was con victed, in September, 1844, of murder, and sentenced to be executed, but the case was taken on a bill of excep tions to the Supreme Court and argued; the Court could not agree, and another argument was ordered. The case was called up again last week, but the Chief Justice decided only to hear it with a full bench, and as the ab sent member of the Court has not visited the city for more than three years, and may not be there for three years to come, the decision may be placed among the other glorious uncertainties of the law.—Ncw York Mirror. IJOTEL SET ON FIRE.—A well-dressed person, bring ing a fair show of baggage, took lodgings yesterday at Lovejoy's, being assigned the highest room in the house, as that was the only one vacant. About half-past seven o'clock last evening he went out, and hung the key of his room in the usual place in the bar-room. In about ten minutes after a chambermaid discovered smoke is suing from his room, and giving the alarm the door was forced, and the bed discovered to be on fire. With diffi culty the flames were subdued, when it occurred to exa mine the baggage of the new lodger. The trunks were opened, and found to contain—nothing. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT ST. Louls.—Jenk's hemp warehouse, a large and extensive establishment at St. Louis, was entirely destroyed by fire on Sunday, the 27th ult. The total loss is about 75,000 dollars, partly insured on the following articles:—Between 2,400 and 2,500 bales of hemp ; 17,000 and 18,000 bags of salt ; 500 barrels of pork ; 15 hogsheads of sugar ; a small lot of flour ; several lots of rope, gunny bags, bagging, queensware. oils, &c., besides the fixtures of the house and counting-rooms, and the machinery and implements for pressing and baling hemp ; and a large lot of stoves, castings, and hardware, belonging to C. M. Valeau, amounting to near 10,000 dollars' worth, and 100 crat es of queensware. The St. Louis New Era adds that the hemp destroyed has swept away nine-tenths of the article in the city. EXTENSIVE FIRE DOWN EAST.--A very destructive fire commenced, on Tuesday forenoon, in the wood lands of Mr. Clark, in the south-west part of Ply mouth. It was still burning at the last accounts, and the fire had extended over a range of eight miles, and between one and two thousand cords of wood had been consumed. The fire took place from a coal pit.— New York Express. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.—The Warsaw (Ky.) Herald states the following dreadful account :—" It seems that Mr. Edes bad got into a row with his wife, and that she had sent for Mr. John Green, the husband of her sister, to interfere and protect her. Mr. Green first sent his son, a youth about grown, and afterwards followed with some other men about his house. When he got into the yard of Edes's house he made threats, &c., which in duced Edes to come out. Just as Edes opened the door ' young Green stepped up before hii father, who had pre viously armed himself with an ax, and received the blow which his father aimed at Edes. The ax penetrated through just under his shoulder blade, to his heart, and he died instantly, uttering but one groan. None of the parties had been arrested ; they resided about five miles down the river. SOMEWHAT DANGEROIL9.—The Louisville journal of the 26th ult. relates, that while the steam-boat Seabird was at Pittsburgh a large box was placed on board, and the Captain not knowing what it contained, put it in the engine room. On the way down the box by accident was partially opened, when it was found to be full of kegs of gunpowder. all in the immediate vicinity of the fire. FULL BLAST or LAW.—The Courts yesterday were in tolerable full blast. The United States District Court met, and the application on behalf of P. Rosier, charged with larceny at sea, to have his security tested by a jury trial, as in the case of Freeman, at Auburn, Kleim in this city; was renewed. After a long argument, the Court granted the motion, and a jury was empannelled to try whether he was or not insane. Since his arrest he has been under medical treatment, and his appearance in Court, with a long beard, shaven head, and wild eyes, certainly made him look much like a madman. While in Court he became so outrageously violent, the Court directed him to be removed, which was done, and the evidence was continued.—New York Tribune. HANDS OFF.—Kissing other people's wives is a hazard ous business. We see by the Louisville papers that a reverend gentleman there has been held to bail in 500 dollars for kissing the pretty wife of a young French man, one of his tenants, when he went to receive his rent; and a correspondent of the Boston Traveller, writing from Newberyport, gives another illustration. The New Orleans Times mentions the death, in that city, of an Italian named Roreende, who had served as a city watchman there'for the last twenty-six years. He was a miser in his habits, and, at his death left an estate of from 25,000 to 30,000 dollars. Two women got into a fight with parasols, &c.. yes terday, in the Ninth Ward, and drew (as the ladies always do) a considerable crowd abont them. The truth of the story of the right of the quarrel could not be got at.—New York Tribune. LADIES' BUSTLES.—A committee of the Essex county, New Jersey, fair, it seems, has recommended a favourable notice to a certain India rubber lady's bustle, a new invention, intending to answer the double purpose of an article of dress and a life preserver; and they pro nounce the affair, In their opinion, worthy of a diploma. New York Express. INSPECTION OF THE WOOLWICH DIVISION OF THE PENSIONERS BV MAJOR-GENERAL SIR THOMAS DOWN MAN, C.B. AND K.C.ll.—The half-yearly inspection of the Woolwich division of Chelsea pensioners took place on Saturday, before Sir Thomas Downham, C. 8., K.C.H., Commandant of Woolwich Garrison, Brigade Major Burke C.ipp.ige, 11. A., and several other officers. The men went through their exercise in a soldierlike manner, and at the conclusion Sir Thomas Downman advanced towards them, and after expressing the great satisfaction he had experienced in witnessing their move ments, said that he was surprised that they should have been so correctly executed, considering the short time the men had been under drill. For this he was bound to acknowledge the ability of their commanding officer, Captain Forbes. Though they were not able to perform their duties so actively as when they were young men, their steadiness and regularity that day had proved that as light infantry they were able to take the field with any troops in the service. After expressing his pleasure that not a single case of irregularity had been reported against them, he expressed a wish that they might spend their winter comfortably and happily. The men were then marched to the west square, and dismissed till the spring, when they will again assemble for drill. It was r expected that they would have been reviewed in Hyde Park by his Royal Highness Prince Albert and -the Duke of Wellington, but the review has been postponed, owing to the advanced state of the season. MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.—CHATHAM, OCT. 28. — Fifteen detachments of regiments serving in North Ame rica have arrived at the invalid depot, St. Mary's Bar rack. They consisted of the following corps:-14th Foot, 2 sergeants and 8 privates ; 23d, 1 sergeant, 9 pri vates ; 33d, 1 corporal, 15 privates ; 46th, 14 privates ; 52d, 14 privates ; 2d Battalion 60th Rifles, 10 sergeants, 8 corporals, 13 privates ; 71st Highlanders, 1 sergeant major, 1 quartermaster-sergeant, and 6 privates ; 77th, 5 privates ; 81st, 1 corporal, 8 privates ; 82d, 1 sergeant, 4 privates ' 89th, 8 sergeants, 9 corporals, and 14 pri vates -93 d Highlanders, 3 sergeants, 17 privat es ; Royal Canadian Rifles, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 7 privates ; Royal Newfoundland Veterans, 1 sergeant major, 1 colour-sergeant, 3 corporals and 18 privates ; and the Rifle Brigade, 1 private ; and 80 women and about 100 children. The troops were in charge of Cap tain W. R. Haliday, 93d Highlanders, with Lieutenant Farrington, 2d Battalion of Rifles, and were landed at the Gun-wharf from a government steam-vessel, having embarked them at Sheerness from the troop ship Bel leisle, 72 guns, Captain John Kingcome, from Quebec, which place they embarked at on the 16th of last month. On the voyage the ship en countered a severe and terrific hurricane, lasting for three days. Sergeant-major William Hogg 7 an t el of t Quarter-master Sergeant Alexander Blair, m ilita ry 13 e is pri soners for coven years, five ca me h under ome, n i t c h e o t f h e troops transportation,were for ten years, nine for 14 years , and the remainder for life for desertion. Hero es of the Sutlej.—This ie 2 f s ou r being u servitude, t ila ted i n the the w a principal ionfci tpha valids from various corps pensions , ; their discharged j e . s — beinghisT on dry principally,l 7 . were cr e Sutlej. In award in g the p ensions, those that have. lost a limb are to receive I s. a da y ; among those heroes is a ccording beingthose to thatth eir ha l r e o ng be th en of m Quarterma3ter Sergeant Ritchie, of the 20th Regiment, whose conduct in the field meri.ed such particular notice that Sir Henry Ilardinge furnished him with a letter of testimonial of his high merit and bravery in recommend ing him to the notice of the Commissioners at Chelsea College. His left arm was shot away close to the shoulder and also three of his ribs by a cannon-ball. Ire has been seventeen years and a half in the service, and about fourteen years a non•commissicned officer, and is to receive is. Gd. per day. It is thought there is some mistake regarding this soldier, as two years and a half longer servitude would have entitled him to ls. 10d. a day, without losing an arm or being wounded ; some of the invalids are allowed the Queen's bounty, which 'is Gd. per day. The re - mains of the late Mrs. Broadhead were re moved from Great Stanhope- street, on Tuesday last to be interred in the family vault at Hendon. The hearse waa followed by three mourning coaches, containing the sons and sons-in-law of the deceased lady, and the Rev. James Murray, late Minister of St. Leonard's-on-Sea. Mrs. Broadhead was the daughter of William Macdougall, Esq., of the ancient clan 91 Alubug4ll 91149171. ,5