The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

THE EARL OF CARLISLE AT MORPETH. MORPETII, SATURDAY. — Yesterday evening the Earl of Carlisle delivered a lecture in the Town• hall of this ancient borough, under circumstances of con , siderable interest. A few days ago, it being known here that the Noble Earl was shortly about to visit his relatives, the Hon. and Rev. F. R. Grey and Lady Elizabeth Grey, at the rectory in this town, the committee of the Mechanics' Institute, of which his Lordship is the patron, as sem bl e d an d pas s ed a reso lution inviting him to avail himself of the occa sion of his visit to give a lecture on whatever subject he might choose to the members of the institute at large. The resolution was duly communicated to the Noble Earl by the secretaries, and in the course of a day or two elicited from his Lordship a courteous reply to the effect th a t h e h a d no t h a d ti me t o p r2 p a r e an original lecture, but offering to read his lecture on the " Poetry of Pope." The committee gladly em braced this proposal, and the necessary arrangements were made for the occasion. The Noble Earl arrived here by the mail train on Wednesday night, after attending the banquet given that day at Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Mr. Ord, and immediately proceeded to the rectory, where he joined the Countess of Carlisle and the Dowager Countess Granville, who are also at present on a visit there. On the following day his Lordship, ac companied by his agent, Mr. Fenwick, of Nether ton, visited the magnificent new church of St. James, the foundation stone of which was laid by him a few years ago, and which has been erected by voluntary subscriptions collected under the auspices of the pions zeal of his brother-in-law, the Hon. and Rev. F. R. Grey, the rector of this town. They also inspected, under the guidance of the Rev. Mr. Lowe, the new Roman Catholic chapel built re cently in Aldgate, on a beautiful site which was for merly part of the garden belonging to the re s id ence o f Lord Collingwood, one of our naval worthies. Yesterday evening, preparatory to the lecture, the fine old Town Hall, erected under the superintendence of Sir Jahn Vaabrugh, was brilliantly lighted up for the occasion, and by eight o'clock, the hour appointed for his Lordship's arrival, was completely filled by an audience of nearly 300 persons, consisting of the mem bers of the Mechanics' Institute and their families and friends, including the wealthier classes and a great number of the trading and operative inhabitants of the town, all of whom were admitted by ticket. The raised bench from which his Lordship spoke was adorned with several cheice bouquets of fiewers, the votive offerings of ladies in the town. Shortly after eight o'clock the Earl of Carlisle, accompanied by his sister, Lady Elizabeth Grey, e ntered the ball, and their appearance was the signal for a round of en thusiastic cheers. The principal members o f t h e] committee occupied seats in the immediate vicinity of the chair. On the motion of Mr. WILSON, librarian, jr. A. Ch a rlton, the deputy - j ud g e of the Manorial Court Lest and Court B iron in this town, was called to the chair, and briefly inteoduced the Earl of Carlisle t o the meeting. Has LOILDskIIP then proceeded at once to read the lecture on tlae poetry of Pope, which h e d e li vere d i n the winter of 1850 to the members of the Mechanics' I n stitute at Leeds, as will be still in the recollection o f Our readers. To nambere, however, of the present au di e nce the subject h a d all the freshness of novelty, to others, who had previously perused it in print alt the time of its first delivery, the interval that i : had since elapsed was eufficieatly long to reinvest se cond reading w i t h considerable interest; but a- the pleasure and the charm of listening ' to it from ' the lips of its amiable and accomplished euthor were on this occasion new alike to ail. The thorough ac quaintance with his theme which the Noble Lord ex hibited throughout, his nice and delicate criticism, his profuse bat still judicious selections from the writings of the great author whose merits he was expounding, and the unaffected warmth and feeling of his elocu tion, kept the interest and attention of his auditory on the stretch for nearly a couple of hours, while the in teresting quotations which he gave in illustration of his subject, moved them ostensibly to admiration, to laughter, and to tears. The lecture was frequently interrupted by the plaudits of the company, and on its conclusion, which was loudly cheered, The Rev. W. AYRE rose on behalf of the com mittee, and, addressing the meeting, said he had been requested to propose a vote of thanks to the Noble Lord for his kindness in reading to them the lecture to which they had listened with such delight and sa tisfaction.—(Cheers.) Mr. CLEMITSON having seconded the motion, it was carried by acclamation. The Earl of CARLISLE then rose and said—Ladies and Gentlemen, you must allow me, in a few words, to express my very deep sense of the honour I have just received at your hands, in the first place to the mover and seconder of the late reso!ution which they have so considerately brought forward and so very kindly as regards myself, and to yourselves for the prompt and cordial manner in which you have re ceived what they proposed. I assure you, when I found that it would be acceptable to the members of the Morpeth Mechanics' Institute and their friends to hear me read a lecture, I fell quite justified in em bracing the opportunity which a short visit to this town put in my power to comply with a request co cbliginely made.—(Cheers.) I felt also there was something not wholly inappropriate in a lecture which bad been read for the first time among those who witnessed the close of my political life—my old constituents of the West Riding of Yorkshire—being repeated among those who witnessed the commence ment of my political life, my first constituents in the ancient borough of Morpeth.—(Loud cheers.) With reference to the lecture itself - which I have had the honour of reading to you, it has been once or twice said to me," Do you think that the audiences you assemble tc hear your lectures would be likely to relish a lecture on the poetry of Pope ; and might it not be better to composemot e a lecture which more dire c tly t en d e d to pro the cause of moral improvement ?" Now, with respect to this matter, I have only to say—first, with audiences, reg a rilto any want of sy m p a thy in my alway s feel inclined t o b e li eve th a t w h e re there is r le i resence of beauty or delicacy, or fine and high fee always sure to strike a responsive chord it 511 human bosoms—(Cheers) — and if I wanted my ass I am certain assurance point,e should corroborated on this atten tive and intelligent hearing find it in the very With which you have given to any direct my lecture this evening, reference to the other point, as to the absence of mo ral utility in the topic I hav e not wish to assign to works of fancy o'rlteheertainly do ecompolsli choseepuerpose of composi tions of poetry any higher place than PhYsicaltb y e y ar r th ea occup y. But as we see in the all its ab un d ant stores ono which we tread, a mon g f useful and substan tial p roducts —its stone, it s coal, veins its iron, and its lead —there are also of more precious, shining metal, its gold and silver, and as even in its darkest recesses and its deepest fissures you will find sparkling genv and precious stones, its diamonds, its ru biee, and its garnets , so I believe that among those matters which more directly minister both to our t e mporal advancement and our spiritual progress, while we give them their just and lawful supremacy, the Supr eme Architect of nature, the Founder both of the material and the moral world around us, has wished that we should enjoy and appropriate to ourselves the sparkle and the play of life—all that is contributed by the rich stores of fancy, and by the gorgeous dreams of poetry —not in preference to, but in conjunction with the more grave and essential matters which minister to our ma terial, intellectual, and spiritual growth.—(Loud cheers.) It is with these feelings that I have felt no reluctance to ask you for a little while to indulge in moose more light and graceful objects of pursuit, not iing to place them above those of real import ance,. but thi n ki ng it wou ld b e no t w h o ll y i nappro - I P r " t e to diversify the da humdrum occupations of our ( ily lives Renewed with a little fancy and a little poetry.— always wished cheers.) The audiences which I have I to draw around me are those connect e d with mech an i c ous portion m of the s institutions, th e wo rki ng an d labori to express community, because:l really wished y sense (Cheers)—and the of the real dignity of labour.— both in advancing important part which it plays ourof national greatness, and the general amelioratio n I wished to evince my re ankind.—(Loud cheers.) t r ibute either by the strength of their sinews, or by their ingenuity and resoucon of fort and Well-being of the community, to the com t y, and by coming among them, t o show how much I feel that we are all members of the sam e comm unity, and that all the same great end before us, that of contributing,we have as far as we can, in our day and generation prosperity of our common country, and t o a d van ce the great work of human progress.—(cheers) .‘ I am sure among the instit utions which in our d" are distinguishing themselve s in this onward course, it will always be a great g ratification .to me to h ear of the prosperity of the mecha nics institute of this town. For reasons dating through some centuries floe-, I have a right to feel strongly interested in this t ow , ; that interest has been confirmed by the uniform kindness I have always experienced among y ou, and I wish th a t b o th i n your ordinary occupatio ns and i n the rational am us ements with which you diversify your daily life, you may always pursue that which is " honest, pure, lovely, and of good report," and that all such liberal institutions may flourish among you to the very utmost.—(Cheers.) I shall not forget the kindness with which you have received me, and I beg permission to take my l eave of you with every good wish for your happiness and wellbeing, and more especially for the Prosperity of your valuable institution.—(Loud cheers.) The proceedings, which were of the most interest ing and harmonious character throughout, then ter minated, and the company then left the hatl. Lady Peel and family have arrived at Gal way upon a tour of the west country. THE SUN, FRANCE. The General of Division Letang, President of the Committee of Cavalry at the War-office, has left Paris on a mission to Hungary, where he is to assist at the grand military mancouvres which are to be executed in the neighbourhood of Comorn by a por tion of the Austrian army, commanded, it is said, by the Emperor in person. The Imperial review, which is to inaugurate the military operations, is to take place on the 14th inst. Colonel Caner, of the Staff, and another staff-officer, aide-de-camp of the Minister of 'War, are also to be present at these manceuvres. The French merchantman Uruguay entered Havre on Thursday night, bringing accounts from Monte Video of the 21st July. The British steamer Vixen had arrived there, having on board Sir Charles Hotham, Envoy Extraordinary of Great Britain, sent on a special mission to the River Plate. The Cheva lier de St. George, the French Envoy, who had reached Rio Janeiro, was hourly expected. DENMARK. Our Hamburgh correspondence contains accounts from Copenhagen of the Bth inst. The Danish Industrial Exhibition has been closed. Messrs. Peto, Ricardo, Althrop, and Andrews, who are travelling in Denmark on business con nected with the railways of that State, have had the honour of an audience from the King. The Royal Family of Sweden have arrived at Hamburgh. The Copenhagen papers state that the work o f razing the for'ifications of Rendsburg will be begun on the 17th. The War Department bas ordered 500 men to be employed fur the purpose. The expense of the work will , it is su pp osed, be cover ed by the - sale of the materials. BELGIUM. The Debats has the following on the commerce of Belgium : a W e consider it important to frequently examine the state of commerce in Belgium, to which the negotia dons which France has entered into with that country give a particular interest, Belgian commerce appears to have hitherto prostcd largely bythe revival which almost everywhere ha marked s characterisedcommercial revival 185 1852. The monthly tables published by the Belgian Govern merit show that t h e exporta of coals, machinery, linen threads an c! c l ot h ; plate and window glass, and cotton stuffs hod much increased up to the Ist of August last. In coals the augmentation has been 125,000 tons, and that altogether in imports into France; in liiien vireads the difference is upwards of 238 kilogs., the greater part of which has also been sent to France; in linen-cloths the increase is upwards of 60 per cent., and 4130 bears mostly on our purchases. Pig-iron has in creased but little, and wrought iron and small castingQ, particularly nails, show a diminution, which seems to prove that the competition of Germany is increasing. The exportation of slice in masses has also fallen off, but sheet-zinc has considerably increased, England, where building is going on at present to a great ex tent, taking a large quantity. The exportation of books has not much varied. Belgian imports have na turally felt the effect of this acceleration of sales. In place, for in,tance, of 6,545,000 kilogs. of raw cotton, Belgian manufactures had consumed up to the Ist of August, 13,189,000, or nearly double; in raw bides the inereaso had been from 639,000 to 985,000. The amoant of corn gives a fair idea of the extraordinary wants of Belgium; the quantity of wheat has risen from 269,000 to 600,000. The same is the case for ail articles of consumption, ouch as coffee, coarse sugar, tobacco, salt, all of which shoe a large increase; but it is English salt which this ;car has had the advantage over curs, the imp.va of which has notably decreased. Salt is one of the articles mentioned in the treaty, the renewal of which is now proposed, and it is annoying to remark that cur wines, woollen-threAls, silk-tissues, and woollen and cotton cloths, which aro in the same case, have hot gained, but have even lost. Such is the case with the com merce, properly so called, of Belgium. Now, if we examine the state of her transit, which her position, her railway from the Rhino to the sea, and her canals tend to render so important for France, we shall find that it has also considerably increased. By the Belgian-Rhenan Railway alone the transport from the east to the west, that is, from Antwerp to the Rhine, was during the last three months 15,992 tons, in the place of 9,229, Or on augmentation of 73 per cent. The movement of corn towards Northern Germany, the wants of which have been exceptional, counts no doubt for much in this increase; but the greatest part of the prin cipal manufacturing matters have participated in this improvement. The same has not been exactly the case for the transit from the west to the east, that is from Cologne towards Antwerp, which has slightly fallen off. But that is one of the consequences of the extraordinary amount of corn which Germany has on this occasion caused to be brought to herself is place of sending it, as usual, to England. The boats en the Rhine are also mak ing, and not without some success, grand efforts to turn aside to the profit of the passage down the Rhine a part of the Belgian transit. However that may be, that of Prussia by Belgium in manufactured produce appears as yet not to have lost anything of its habitual importance. From all that precedes, it may be concluded that the commercial affairs of Belgium are at present in an excel lent position, and in what regards our relations, that country has sensibly increased the opening which it finds in our consumption." SOMERSETSHIRE CENTRAL RAILWAY. A public meeting of landowners and others, resi dent in the neighbourhood of Wells, was held on Friday afternoon, at the Town Hall, in that city, for the purpose of taking steps to promote the formation of a railway for central Somersetshire, for the making of which an Act of Parliament has already been ob tained, and for which the support of many influential parties is fully expected. Among the gentlemen who attended on the occasion were M. Castle and W. Watson, Esqrs., directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, E. F. Gregory, Esq., C.E., Capt. Seymour, Mayor of Wells, Capt. Giles, G. Baron Northcote, Esq., E. Sanders, Esq., G, Warry, Esq,, Thomas Forcbporch, Esq., T. H. Roach, Esq., Toogood, Esq., Robert Davies, Esq., the town clerk of "Wells, Ste. E s q., having been called u p on G. B. NORTHCOTE, to preside, said the present was a boas fide attempt to supply the city of Wells with railway accommoda tion, and looking at it as sensible and practical men, the question with them should be not so much, was it the best possible line which could be constructed P but, was it not the only line which there was any , chance of their getting ? Having secured by pur chase the canal between Highbridge and Glaston bury, having obtained an Act of Parliament, and having fulfilled all the preliminary requirements, the directors of the Somersetshire Central Railway were of opinion that they were only paying the inhabi tants of Wells a proper compliment, and, at the same time were not asking more than might be fairly ex pected of them, when they came among them to ask them for assistance in carrying out the under taking successfully to completion. The sum of 10,0001. more was required for the purpose, and , surely the citizens of Wells would find no difficulty in subscribing for the whole, or at any rate for a con siderable portion of that amount.—(Hear.) About 5 00 shares only remained to be taken, and those would be issued in such a manner that if the line was not completed there would not be any liabi 'w"eYattaching t o th e h o lders. As soon as those shares re It would th • subscribed for he might venture to promise them not, before t " not a month, or even a fortnight, would be al enter at that lowed to elapse the works were commenced. to the advantagest,che presumed, be necessary for him to public generaly s3 t f h upon any general observations as the line to the county and to the all, and he would must be sufficiently obvious to y their attention to therefore content himself by asking of fact which would be observations upon matters Clark. addressed to them by Mr. Mr. CYRUS CLARx then brought before the meet ing some elaborate statistical tables, which had been prepared to show the probable traffic over the line, and from which it appeared that when cometed it would yield a return to the shareholders of 81. capital invested 18s. 6d, per cent. upon the said, had been The calcu lations, Mr. Clark made with the utmost care and with a desire .f not to overrate the thing, and he believed that_ b gentlemen would in vestigate them there could be no re difficulty exp er i enced in obtaining not only the capi al . quirFd to complete the line to Highbridge, but sufficient also to carry it on to the city of Wells. Mr. WILMOT inquired w hether the directors had informed themselves of the probable cost of carrying on the undertaking to Wells ? Mr. GREGORY, engineer, said the a mount estimated was 35,000/. or 40,0001. Mr. Dams said he was not at all hostile to the undertaking, but he was desirous of securing the advantage of railway accommodation for Wells, and therefore he would recommend the citizens to make terms with the directors for the completion of the line to the city before they at all pledged themselves to its support. The citizens of Wells were not indis posed to exert themselves for the attainment of so desirable an object, but they had been promised so many lines, and had been so often disappointed, that they had become to some extent supine. It would seem, from the statements which had been made, that 10,0 m. only was required to complete the railway to Highbridge, and that a further sum of 35,0001. or 40 , 0 00/. would bring it on to Wells. Now he be lieved that if the directors were pledged to come on to Wells there would be much less difficulty • raising the necessary amount than they would in raising even the 10,000/, to finishthe ghbridge only. Let them at once go to Parliament and pro cure powers to continue the line to Wells, and he believed that the thm citizens and owners of property would well sec on d with the requisite capital. If, on the contrary, that were not done,. he t feared that there would be little d Mr. EDMUND DAVIES Ciresirtiond to .n assls views of the previous speaker, and said there the to have been ought been a meeting of the ' citizens of Wells convened by themselves a determine as to the degree of support they would give the undertaking. Mr. C.tSTLE, 53 representing the Bristol and Exeter When made up in From wh a t I PLACES, General Post-oedce port dig- When London: patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N,Sept. 24 ;; • . ' Liverpool Sept. 18 America (by U.S. pkt.) NlSept. 10 .. Liverpool .. Sept. 14 America (by U.S. pkt.) M ;Sept. 17 .. Soathampt. Sept. 22 Australia (via South ampton) 20th of each ir oath Southampt. Sept. 24 Ditto (via Marseilles) N 24th of each month , Dover .. Sept. 9 Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N,2d & 14th each mo. 'Plymouth.. Sept. 29 Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the monthlPlynsouth (Uncertain Alexandria* • • ...... Nll9ll & 30th of rao.lDover .. Sept. 18 B e lgium .. • • N , Daily Dover .. Daily Brazil .. • • .. M 9th of the month Soathampt. Oct. 12 Buenos Ayres . • .. 31,9 th of the month Soathampt. !Oct. 12 California(viaChacree) Mi2d & 17th of montb!Southampt.,Oct. 16 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the month , Plymouth 'Sept. 29 Cape de Verde .. N2d of the month .. Plymouth.. Sept. 29 Constantinople* .. •• N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Sept. 20 Central America .. 1,1,2 d & 17th of mon. ISouthampt. Ist ea. mo. Channel isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., & Fri. I Southampt. Tu. Th.tiat Chili . M 2d & 17th of math ,Southampt. Sept. 16 France .. M4c Ni Twice daily .. , Dover .. Twicedaily Greece* • • .. N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. Sept. 19 Hambaret N Tuesday & Friday !London .. Toes. hat. Holland •• M Wednes. & Satar.!London Sus. Thal s Honduras .. . N 17th of the mouth:Southanapt. Sept. 16 Ireland .. & N Twice daily .. ..1 Holyhead.. Twicedaily India (via Soathamp.) M 20th of tho month Southanapt. Sept. 24 India(viaMarseilles) N tith3z24th ofmonth Dover .. Sept. 19 India, via C. of G. Hope N,l4th of month Plymouth.. Sept. 29 Mauritius .. N 14th of month Plymouth.. Sept. 29 Mediterranean (via Southampton) .. 11 , 20 th of the month Soathampt. Aug. 28 Mediterranean (via Marseilles) .. N Bth& 24th of month Dover ..!Sept. 19 Mexico .. Mld of the month.. Soathampt. Ist ea. mo. Madeira • • • • .. 1419th of tk•o month Southampt. ISept. 22 Malta* 7th,17th,19th,27th 1 Dover (Sept. 19 & 30th of month Naples* .. • • • • N sth 15th 25th ofnao Dover .. 'Sept. 22 Papal States* N 'sth 15th 25th of mo i Dover ept. 22 Peninsula .. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th ef mo , Southampt. (Sept.l 16 Peru • • .. • • .. M2d & 17th of mnth Southampt. 'Sept. 16 Tuscany* .. • . N sth 15th 25th of mo , Dover • • 'Sept. 22 West Indies .. 17th of the month Soathampt. Sept. 16 West Indies (except Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. Southanipt. * The mails to those countries thus marked ( 5 ) are conveyed by French Packet via Marseilles. t2d of the month .. ISouthampt. ountries thus marked (*) are conveyed by RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, SEPT. 13. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sh'are market was steady to• day, but the business done was very limited. Bristol and Exeter were done at 102% ex div. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 13. . _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened dull this morning, but towards the middle of the day more spirit was evinced, and a better business was done than for some days past. The transactions were as follow .—Birmingham and Dudley, 30 1 / 4 —Caledonian, 21% 8 —Eastern Counties, 11 3 / 8 East 'Lancashire, 18 y a —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 88—Li verpool, Crosby, and Southport, 19—Midland, 78%—South- Eastern and Dover, 22 1 ,i—York and North Midland, 24y, MANCHESTER, Sxrr. 13. STOCK EXCHANOE.—There has been no material altera tion in the railway share market to-day, and but a very limited amount of business has been transacted. The only sales reported were—Buckinghamshire, 19 1 4—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 88%—llitto, Fifths, 3Y s dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 10/. Preference, 11 %a—Midland, state 7814, — South -Easte rn an d D over , 21 13-16. BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 13. cR Szocx ANGE.—The share market remains much in the same as yesterday. Midland Stock was done at 78. A PREACHER SURP occurred rather a curious RISED.—Last Sabbath there Campsie. The Rev. MrP scene in the parish church of pulpit to ofßciate for the Rev. of Cadder, proceeded to the Thomas Monro, the minister of the parish.. Mr. Park &c.,lla a d n gone through the usual rou tine of singing, prayer , had s just given out the text and was commencing his discourse, when a woman got up, and, at the top of her voice, exclanne, pause)—gas u G s a e 3 _ hamsga hame,wi ' you, sir, an' learn your lesson—(a slight say, an':learn your sermon, afore ye come here. We're nae accus tomed wi' a man readin' a sermo n tae us—we . can read ane at hame oursel's. Gae hame -- (louder than before, ac companied with a stamp of her foot)—gae barns an' learn your lesson, like a skuleboy...gae hams, sir." She went on in this strain for some tim e, and it is said Mr. Park looked un utterable Ihings. —Dumbarton Iferald. DEAD BODY FOUND BY A DoG.—On Saturday in formation was received. that on Friday, as a man, named East, was proceeding from West Ham to Stratford, in passing over Forest-hill, his dog made its way into a field, and com menced howling most piteously, refusing to follow its master. On East proceeding to ascertain what attracted the animal, he found the dead body of a man extended on and completely hid behind the high grass. Information was given at the K police- station, and the body was removed to the West Ham Union. It is that of a man about 60, clad in a light shoot. ing coat, grey vest, and black trousers. From marks on the person it is strongly suspected that he has fallen the victim of foul treatment. THE ARSENAL VOLUNTEERS.---It is pretty strongly rumoured that the men employed in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, somewhere about 1,500, will be enrolled into a corps, to be called the Royal Arsenal Volunteers' Corps, and the drill to be similar to the Dock-yard Brigade—an. hour of an evening after the working hours, and the same rate of Pay-- Xvitillt kirercury, LONDON, TUESDAY ; Railway Company at the beard of the Central Somer setsbire Railway, said be could give a distinct assu rance that the strongest desire was felt by the board that the line should, as advocated by the gentleman who had just sat down, be continued to the city of Wells. The question was one of pounds, shillings, and pence, and as soon as the necessary amount was subscribed for completing the present undertaking, it would be for the interest of the undertaking as well as of the public to carry on the line of railway to the ancient and interesting city of Wells. If the line were carried out, there could be no doubt that a large harbour and docks would be c ons t ruc t e d at High bridge, if which were done i mmense a d vantages must necessarily accrue to both Glastonbury and 'Wells. He had himself, although a citizen of Bristol, declined to join in a proposition for making docks at Porter head because he believed that Highbridge presented more favourable features, and was more advanta geously situated for the accommodation of ocean going steamers, and was already possessed of a good line of railway. He did hope, therefore, that the gentlemen of Wells would regard their town interests and would put th e i r shoullers to the wheel and assist in the formation of the line to Glastonbury. Let them do this, and they rcight rest assured that the strong bontifitle desire of the directors to carry on the works to Wells would be carried into effect, and that city and district be supplied with railway ac commodation. In reply to a question it was stated that the company could not borrow money till all its capital was subscribed. Mr. R. DAVIS wished to know if the Bristol and Exeter Company would assist in carrying the line to Wells ?: Mr. CASTLE had no doubt that they would do so. It should be remembered too, that Captain Denham, who was engaged by Government to serve' the Bristol Channel, had reported in favour of High bridge as a packet port. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting : The CHAIRMAN announced his attention of in creasing his interest in the undertaking. Various persons present then subscribed for shares, and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the chairman. LAUNCH OF THE PRDIERO SPANISH WAIL STEAMER. The Spanish Government having decided to employ two new steam-vessels of tight draught water, and each to carry two 32-pounder guns for the purpo:e of adding to their squadron for the Protection of Cuba and their possessions in the West Indies, the first of these vessels Was launched on Saturday .ast from the building-yard of Mr. Thompson, at Rotherhithe, her constructor. At a quarter before twelve Miss Nonaria barter performed the ceremony of christening sy sprinkling the contents of a bottle of wine over the bcws of the steamer, and in about one minute afterwaris she slowly glided into her future element arni - Ist the cheers of the assembled spec tators. The vessel was they taken in tow by a steam tug, and brought alongside of Messrs. John Penn and Sons' estitblishment at Creenwich, to be fitted with her engines of lto horse power by that firm. The Primer() is built exactly on the same lines as the Banshee, designed by Mr. 0. W, Lang, assistant to the master shipright at Chatham Dockyard, that vessel having given great satisfaction as to her speed and other sc:a-going qualities when employed as a mail packet on the Holyhead station. The Banshee was also built by Mr. Thompson, and the timbers of both her and the Pcimero have been put together on the diagonal principle, iii case combines great strength with safety n case of accident to the frame of the vessel, each of the three series of planking of which she is constructed being independent, although strongly attached to each other by copper bolts. Therm/ler° is 870 feet in length, with a breadth of beam of to feet, and, with all her aims, ammunition, and stores on board, will only draw fire fret of water, and on that account be admirably adapted for the pursuit of boat parties when attempting to land with hostile or privateeriug intentions on any of i the shallow water coasts of the Spanish possessions n the West Mr. Zulneta (the agent for the Spanish Government) and Captain Cassader (who is to command the Primero), with several Spanish gentlemen, after being present at the launch, embarked in the Sylph Woolwich steam- Racket, and went down with large party on an excur sion to the Nor e. The other vessel, building by Mr. Thompson for the sane service, is in an advanced state, and is to be named the Secundo. OUR DINNERS. It is a vulgar notion that a dinner to be good must be expensive —a fatal mistake, preventive of much social enjoyment. To say nothing of those " Who think less of good eating than the whisper, When seated near them of some pretty lisper," nine-tenths of the recipients of a grand state dinner, formal and costly, would infinitely prefer a fish, a joint, and a bird, with freedom and good talk. " Boys, 'tis little I care to dine Where the host is vain and the guests are fine, Where the win , s are warm and the dishes cold, And the mutton is young and the spinters old" Some of the moat delightful dinners in memory have been the sinipl ,, st—all wit, fun, and good sonde, with merely " flashes of silence." " Cheerful looks make every dish a feast," The try eggetieu of a dinner is absence of ceremony. Half the dinners that one goes to, offer but dry leaves instead of flowers: they are but mockeries of enjoyments, waste of hours, through fear of tyrant Custom and desire to be thought " genteel." Mr. Walker, of " The Original," truly says, " Anybody can dine, but very few know how to dine so as to insure the greatest amount of health and enjoyment." Those who will help society to this knowledge, strangle foolish forms, and substitute for wasteful expenditure good taste, good sense, and good humour, should be regarded as its benefactors.—Builder. SEABORNE MAILS. [N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-oiic by the night—and Al by the morning —dispatch.] EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1852. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Sept. 13. GAROTTE ROBBERY.— Charles Coughlan, 25, a tall, powerful-looking man, was indicted for having stolen a watch, the property of Charles Paul, from his person. m r. Payne appeared for the prisoner. It appeared that on the evening of Sunday, the 22d of August, the prosecutor, a steam-boat engineer, was drinking with some friends, amongst whom was, the prisoner a father, at a public-house called the Sa lisbury Arms, at Limehouse. During the time they were together the prisoner joined them and asked his father for some money, which he refused to give, and the prosecutor treated the prisoner to some beer. Soon afterwards they went to another public-house called the Cape of Good Hope, and had some more drink ; but the prosec u t or was so i n t ox i ca t e d w hil e a t the Saisbury Arms that he recollected nothing that occurred after going into the second house until the following morning, when he found that he had been robbed, and that his limbs were stiff and sore. In addition to this his tongue felt as if it had been bit ten, and there was a considerable degree of soreness about his chin and throat. A carpenter named Ro naldson, living in Duff-street, Limehouse, was crosing Abbott's-fields, which are distant about a quarter of a mile from the Cape of Good Hope public-house, about 6 on the evening in question, when he saw the prosecu tor lying on the ground, apparently in a state of help less intoxication, and the prisoner kneeling by his side. On his coming up to them the prisoner moved awa y, and be then saw that the prosecutor was black in the face, his tongue protruded, and his head was resting on his right shoulder, and on stooping down to ascertain what really was the matter with him, he found that a handkerchief and a brace were twisted as tightly as possible round his neck, and that in fact the man was in a state of strangulation. Fearing that he would be suffocated, Ronaldson knelt down and endeavoured to loosen the handkerchief and brace; but he had great difficulty in doing so, as one of his thumbs had been injured, so he managed as well as he could with one hand and using his teeth. Ob serving that the prisoner was about to go away Ro naldson asked him to stop a few minutes, so that they might s ee what was the matter with the man, and in quired whether he knew him ? He answered that he did, and when asked if he knew where he lived he said at " Black's/II." After a moment's consideration ha 6aid, "No, its Bow-common," and then went on to say that he Was a foreigner, and having had a quarrel with his wife, he had come out to drown himself,' hot had instead been drinking. Ronaldson then expressed some doubt as to whether he knew him at I all, and rema r k e d t h at i t was a s t range p l ace f or a ' man to ge to drown himself ; and having by that :line removed the handkerchief and brace from the prose cutor's throat, he asked the prisoner to lend him a hand in getting him up. To that the prisoner replied that he had already carried him far enough, and should carry him no further, and walked away to a fence for a particular purpose, as Ronaldson thought, but in reality to conceal the prosecutor's watch, for shortly afterwards it was found close to where he had stood by a labouring man, named Waters, who handed it to the police. He was seen to secrete the watch by that individual and a boy ; and on his person was found some money which appeared to have been in the prosecutor's possession, for it was covered with whiting —a quantity of which was contained in his pockets. A policeman having arrived at the spot, and heard from Ronaldson what he had observed, he went to the prisoner and took him into custody. On the way to the station, be said, " What have you got me for ?" The officer replied, " I'll tell you at the sta tion ;" and then the prisoner said, wieh an oath, " You ar e wrong, as wrong as ever you were right. t've not got it." " Got what ?" asked the officer; but the prisoner returned no answer. The prosecutor remained insensible and apparently lifeless for hall an hour afterwards. Mr. PAYNE addressed the jury. Mr. Wianeet was about to sum up, when The Foreman said they were satisfied. They found the prisoner Guilty of robbery, with violence. A previous conviction was proved. Mr. I,Vernam said the utmost severity would be resorted to in all cases where this horrible system of Thuggism was practised. The sentence was that the prisoner be transported beyond the seas for the term of fifteen years. The prosecutor appealed for mercy, on account of the prisoner's aged parents. Mr. Wannest said he could not listen to that ap peal, which was creditable to the prosecutor. A man who tried to strangle another, for the purpose of plunder, could not be mercifully dealt with. William Cakler, 18, pleaded guilty to having stolen eleven pieces of calico, value 1/. 7s. 6d., the property of Walter Rowsell. He was shown to be an old offender, and Mr. Witham sentenced him to be trans ported for seven years. SECOND COURT.—(Before Mr. TURNER.) William Murry, 21, and Frederick Poole, 21, were indicted for having stolen a gold watch, value 161., from the person of John Cottrell. The prosecutor stated that he is a brass-founder, residing in Renner-street, St. Luke's, and on the evening of the 30th of August, about seven o'clock, he alighted from an omnibus at the corner of Bath-street, in the City-road, where a large crowd was assembled to witness the ascent of a balloon from the Eagle Tavern. He attempted to make his way through the crowd, but be was immediately surrounded by several persons, and near him he noticed the prisoner Murry. A. minute had scarcely elapsed when he felt a pull at his guard chain, and on casting his eyes towards his waistcoat pocket, he saw his watch, which had been separated from the guard, in Murry's hand, with which he immediately escaped. With some difficulty prosecutor at length got out of the crowd, and went to the station-house, for the purpose of giving infor mation of the robbery, where he found the prisoner Murry already in the custody of Evans, the officer. His watch was there produced, which be at once identified. His watch, which was worth 161., he was sure was safe in his possession when he entered the crowd. Thomas Evans, police-constable, said, on the even ing in question he was on duty in the City-road, where a crowd was assembled for the purpose of watching the ascent of a balloon. He saw both the prisoners go into the crowd, and afterwaade they hurriedly came out of it together. Soon after he heard that a gentleman had been robbed of his watch, upon w hi c h he immediately followed the prisoners. At some distance from the place he stopped Murry, and asked him if he had got anything about him, and he replied that h e bad not, but not being satisfied he took hold of him, and found the watch produced in his waistcoat p o cket. He was sure the other pri soner went into the crowd with Murry. He took Poole into custody two days afterwards, telling him that he was charged with another man with stealing a watch, when he at first said he knew nothing about it, but afterwards on his way to the station-house be said that be hoped witness would be as light with him as he could. William KinnerleY gave corroborative evidence of the two prisoners and another person surrounding the p rosecu t o r, and s aw his watch sna t c h e d from hi m . Both prisoners denied the robbery. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Evidence was then given of a former conviction at the Old Bail e y, an d b o th th e against Murry pri soners were recognised as well-known thieves. Mr. TURNER said they were evidently hardened sentenced each of them to be transported for and for ten years. a lias Jeremiah 111Grath John Rogers, a ' 4 0 , and Eliza Williams, 21, were indicted for having stolen two sovereigns, theesnoneys of Woolf Pleinser, from his person. There was a second indictment against Rogers, for having stolen a silver watch, value 505., Smith, from his person. the property of Samuel edlar state Woolf Pleinser, a Jew P d that he was a traveller about the country, and sold trinkets and other articles ; but his residence was at Bristol. On the night of the sth inst. he met . the female prisoner, 13 accompanied her to and by her persuasio her lodg- Id alfie 8. He ings at some court in Spl went with her • into a room on the grou nd • oor , when she inernediately locked the door. Shortly afterwards she unlocked the door and called out, when two men entered the room, one of them being the prisoner. Without th e s li g h test provocation he atruck the prosecutor a violent blow in the face, when the female put her hand into his pocket, gave it to took out his purse, and the pris oner. Wit . robbery, cried out "Murder M ness, on discovering the Murder !" the • as lustily as he could, when prisoner Rogers mouth. put his hand over his m .They subsequently into took hold of him and threw him the Yard, and afterwards they carried him to a cellar, where they left him. After the lapse of some considerable time he got out, and made his way back to the room from which he had been so summarily ejected, but found no person there. He thereupon raised the cry o f " Murder" and " Police," when the prisoners and the other man came into the room, and, after beating him, they thrust him into the street. He then in formed a policeman of the treatment he had received, and the woman was taken into custody the same night. On the day he appeared against her at the police-office he was taken to the cell where Rogers and five or six other persons were in custody, when he immediately recognised him, and pointed him out to the gaolers. He would have known him again amongst five hundred, and he could safely say that he ie the same man who received the purse from Wil liams, and the same man who assisted in putting him into the yard and cellar. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against both the prisoners. The male prisoner was then arraigned, charged with having stolen a silver watch, value 503, the pro perty of Samuel Smith, from his person. From the evidence of the prosecutor, a printer, residing at liingsland, it appeared that on the night of the 21st ult. he was in Shoreditch on his way h ome, when he was surrounded by several men, and they pushed him up against the wall. The prisoner was one of the men by whom he was surrounded, who put his arm round prosecutor's waist, and took his watch out of his right hand pocket. Finding the attempt was robbery, he caught the prisoner's arm, he having at the time the watch in his hand, and held him by the neckcloth for a long time. Prisoner then struck the prosecutor a violent blow, which compelled him to loosen his hold, when he started " off like a race-horse;" but he was followed, and at length cap tured, and handed over to a police-constable, but nothing was found upon him. John Wilkinson proved that he was passing along Shoreditch on the night in question, and saw the prosecutor struggling together, and while this was going on he observed a silver watch fall from the dress of the prisoner. He followed is pursuit, and never lost sight of the prisoner until he was taken into custody. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery, and said that he had a tobacco-box in the form of a watch, which had led to the belief that the watch was in his possession. The jury found him Guilty. Mr. TURNER, sentenced him to be transported for ten years, and ordered the other prisoner to be re manded until the next session for inquiries to be made. It appeared that Sergeant Molley, 4 II division, who apprehended Williams, has since then been way laid by the companions of the prisoners, and so se verely bitten by one of them in the hand that he is still an inmate of St. Thomas's Hospital. POLICE IN TELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Sambo Embo and Josh Tooferman, a couple of Lascar seamen, were charged with obtaining money under false pretences. John James Roe, an alehouse keeper, of 47, Fetter lane, stated that the prisoners came to him on Thurs day last, and represented that they had left their ship at Liverpool, and came to London by rail, by which means they had missed the gentleman who held their papers, and they had therefore neither money nor luggage. He gave them ls. each to get a lodging with, and Samba then called him aside, and, kissing his hand in gratitude for the money, said he had a young Scotch wife and two piccaniniea in Australia, where he had come from, and a large house and plenty of money. He said be had deposited a quantity of gold dust in the Bank of England, and that he should have plenty of money on the following day. He also said he had letters from gentlemen in Australia, authorising him to pay large sums of money, with w hich he had been entrusted, in Lon don. To confirm the truth of this statement he showed prosecutor a slip of paper containing the words "Bullion-office, Bank of England." Upon these representations he advanced them 285., and sup plied them with food—a fish dinner on Friday, be cause they were Catholics, and on Saturday they ordered a sucking pig. Oa making inquiries prose cutor found that they had not left any gold at the Bank, and so far from having arrived at Liverpool as passengers, they came from a ship in the London Docks, where Sambo was the ship's cook, and Josh one of the crew of another ship. Alderman SIDNEY—How came you to lend them money without knowing anything of them ? Prose cutor--I saw a person of the name of Sergeant in their company, and be told me that it was all right. In addition to which Samba turned up the whites of his eyes so imploringly that I could not doubt his sincerity. Alderman SIDNEY—Did you trust him, then, on the strength of the whites of his eyes only ?-- (Laughter.) Prosecutor—No, Sir, but he shed tears also. Alderman SIDNEY—I have frequently examined a man's fece well before I trusted him, but I never placed much reliance upon the whites of any one's e yes.— (Laughter.) Several other witnesses were then called, and the the prisoners were remanded for further inquiry. I believe it to be, that of all refl,?cting man e that such exhibitions as the one under discussion are highly in expedient, and any thing but creditable either to those who for the sake of lucre make them public, or to those who find pleasure in witnessing them. 'There cannot but be great risk attending them without any corresponding good resulting from them, and it is not creditable to any party to seek either profit or pleasure from exhibitions attended with such risk. Numbers of persons would also feel alarm and dis tress of mind at hearing or reading of such perilous risks, even though they may not witness them ; and for that reason, also, they ought not to be counte nanced. But however reprehe=nsible I may consider such proceedings, I am bound to deal with this ques tion upon other considerations. lam bound to deal with it according to law, and the evidence adduced before me; not to travel out of the facts that have been proved, to interpret the law strictly and impar tially as I am best able to understand it, and to decide whether in my opinion the defendants have committed the offence with which they are charged. I have come, not, I will own without reluctance, to the con elusion that they have not, and the summonses must therefore be dismissed. WESTMINSTER. It having been communicated to the whole of the parties concerned that Mr. Arnold intended to give his decision yesterday in the cue of ballooning with ponies, which was detailed at length in our im pression of Wednesday last, they attended to hear his judgment. Mr. ARNOLD said—Five summonses came on for hearing on Tuesday last against M. and Madame Poitevin, for having cruelly ill-treated, abused, and tortured two horses, and against Mr Simpson for causing them to be so ill-treated, abused, and tor tured. It was agreed that one case only should be heard—that against Mr. Simpson, for an offence al leged to have been committed on the 23d, and that the result of one case should determine the whole. It is not necessary to recapitulate the whole of the evidence; but it appeared that on that occasion a balloon ascent took place from Cremorne-gardens, when a pony having been attached by slings to the car of the balloon it ascended with M. Poitevin on its back, dancing during its ascent. Mr. Simp son was present at, and superintended the ascent. It was alleged that the manner in which the animal was attached on slings to the bal loon was such as necessarily to inflict great pain, and it was proved by a witness who was present when the balloon descended at Wimbledon that the horse was very hot, and that perspiration was dripping down its shoulders; and he further stated that its eyes appeared very wild, like those of a horse who had run away, but that it stood perfectly quiet, and was afterwards ridden away by a gentleman. In reply to the charge, it was contended for the defence, that there was no cruelty, either positive or constructive, practised upon the animal, that there was no pain inflicted upon it, and that it suffered in no way from fear or terror ; that animals, and horses in particular, were constantly slung or suspended in a less scientific manner than on the present occasion for surgical purposes, or with the object of putting them on board ship. - It was proved by M. Poitevin that before animals were taken up ex periments had been made in France before a commis , sion of scientific gentlemen, when a horse had been suspended from 15 to 20 hours, and that he took his food during the time he was so suspended ; and he further stated that he had ascended with the identical horse 150 times, and that it never exhibited any agita tion, either while being attached to the balloon , during its ascent, or after its descent, but, on the contrary, that if the balloon happened to descend in a field the animal immediately began to graze, and that it never appeared to suffer on any occasion except once, when it bled slightly from the nose, owing to the balloon having attained an unusually great altitude. I may say in the outset that I must reject all these argu ments drawn from the fact of slinging animals either for surgical purposes or for being put on board ship. In the former case the animal is slung for the purpose of relievi ng it f rom pa i n , o r of preventing it from in juring itself; even if pain is inflicted, it is done with a view of preventing greater pain. In the other case, when a horse is put on board ship, whatever is done is done for what may fairly be termed the legitimate use of the animal, to transport it from one place to another, for the use of man. On such occasions no humane persons would inflict any unnecessary or su perfluous pain. But there is a wide and obvious dis tinction between indicting pain on such occasions, where it may be necessary to do so, and doing it without necessity, and for the purpose only of a n exhibition with the object of making money. All arguments, therefore, deduced from such facts are wholly beside the present question. It certainly appears from the evidence that the mode of sling ing adopted by M. Poitevin is superior to that ordi narily employed, and that every endeavour is made to avoid giving pain to the animal ; but the question is, was there in fact any pain indicted on the horse, or was it placed under the influence of terror on the day mentioned in the summons, the 23d of August. No other act of cruelty committed, if at all, at other times, or connected with the training of the horse, would have been admissible upon this charge, nor were any in point of fact tendered in evidence. Upon the question of pain there were contradictory and con flicting opinions. One veterinary surgeon said that from the manner in which the horse was suspended it must have suffered greatly, and have been severely injured; two others gave it as their opinion that the animal could not have suffered the least; and as suredly the facts in the case bore out this latter opinion, as after 150 ascents the horse is in perfect health and condition. As to the influence of fear, the evidence is more doubtful. The sweat and the wildness of the horse, spoken to by one witness would seem to show that he was under the influence of great nervous excitement; but the wildness was not noticed by another witness who saw the descent, and the sweat seems to be explained by the fact stated, that it was an unusually close evening, one of the witnesses, a veterinary surgeon, stating that on that evening several horses in his stable had broken into a sweat without any other cause that the sultri ness of the weather. lam bound to say, therefore, that it does not appear to me that the animal suffered from either fear or pain on this occasion. I suggested, indeed, at the close of the case, whether the placing an animal, without any paramount necessity, in a situation of risk, where, in case of accident, it could not assist itself, was not an act of cruelty. To this it was answered...first, that it was analagous to the slinging of horses already mentioned, or placing them in boxes on railways, an argument I consider I have already disposed of; and secondly, that it could not be cruelty if no accident happened. But this is founded upon a misapprehension of the point sug gested ; for the question is, whether the p u tti ng an animal to the risk of an accident is not an act of cruelty ? I have no doubt myself but that such an act is one of the most wanton cruelty, but I must a l so say that I do not think it is such an act of cruelty as is within the intention of the Act of Parliament. The words of the Act are, "If any person shall cruelly beat, ill-treat, overd-rive, abuse, or tortur e any an i ma l," h e shall be liable to a certain penalty ; and these words, I think, contemplate acts of cruelty of a different character from the one I have juA mentioned. I emn not, however, refrain from expressing my opinion, an opinion that would be of little value if it were not? as "THE GREAT UNPAID" TYRANNY. IMPORTANT TO PUBLICANS.—EXTRAORDINARY PRO CEEDING.—Mrs. Catherine Hall, innkeeper, of Ins goldsby, was summoned before the Spittlegate (Grant ham) Bench of Magistrates on Friday last, on the information of a servant of the Bev. Jas. Hildyard, Rector of that parish, to answer a charge of allowing disorderly conduct in her house at noon on the Ist inst. The latter gentleman declined to sit on the case, and appeared as witness in support of the information. The Rev. Gentleman stated that it had been usual on the occasion of lagoldsby feast to keep the festival on the Monday and Tuesday; that he had allowed all parties to do so this year, but finding on riding through the village on Wednesday morning that the dancing booths and stalls were not removed, he ordered them to pack up and quit the village forthwith. On proceed. ing past defendant's house he heard singing, and noises as of persona stamping with their feet and beating with their hands on the table, &c. Entering the house he found fifteen or sixteen persons, who appeared to be drunk and very noisy and disorderly. It was then ten minutes past twelve at noon, and he directed defendant to cl-ar her house, informing her that if she did so im mediately he would not issue a summons against her; but as it was two hours before the house was meared, he caused a summons to be served upon her by William Palmer, the. constable. The latter stated that ho acco:npsnied Mr. H. to the house ; that there were one or two persons tipsy, and that there were five or six persons—perhaps there might be six or seven—present. Mrs. Hall said she had been an innkeeper for more than twenty years, and that was the first time an information bad been laid against her house; that the only person making a noise or singing was a fiddler whom Mr. H. had driven from the dancing booth, and who bad taken refuge there; that she was not aware her licence required h , r to close her house in the middle of the day; that the reason she had not obeyed in clearing it was because her company was respectable, no labouring men being among them and also because Mr. Houghton, a most respectable farmer, of Keisby, who seldom omitted calling on a Wednesday morning to read Bell's Weekly Messenger, had entered the house just previous to Mr. H. calling, and said he had came to spend a quiet half hour and would not be interrupted by Mr. Hild yard or any other person. Mrs. Hall added that Mr. Houghton was present in court to answer for himselt, and also us to the character and respecta bility of herself and her house. Their Worships said they did not deem it necessary to call Mr. Houghton: she had committed an offence against the terms of her licence, but they would not this time convict. Defen dant was therefore reprimanded, and ordered to pay les. ad. costs !—[We hive received three communica tions relative to tnis strange proceeding against a woman who is said to bear a character of the highest respecta bility—one of them expressing a hope that the matter will not be allowed to drop without further inquiry, and auother stating that the presiding magistrates (Messrs. Otley, Turner, and Brown) considered the case so paltry that they at once dismissed it; if the latter assertion be correct, on what ground was Mrs. Hall called upon to pay costs?]—Stamford Mercury. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. APPOINTMENTS. Captain George W. D. O'Callaghan (1846), to com mand the Encounter, 14, screw- corvette, to be re-com missioned at Portsmouth. This gallant officer has served afloat sixteen years. He entered the navy 28th May, 1825, as first-class volunteer, on board the Caine lion, 10, Captains George Robert Lambert and Michael Seymour, stationed in the Channel. In July, 1826, he became midshipman of the Ramillies, 74, Captain Hugh Pigot, lying in the Downs for the purpose of the coast blockade; and he was next, from February, 1827, until July, 1831, employed in the West Indies in the Barham, 50, flag-ship of Hon. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming, Druid, 46, Captain Williams Sandon, Grasshopper, 18, Captain Charles Deere, and Mersey, 26, Captain George W. Conway Courtenay. Prior to his examination, which he passed September 8, 1831, he served for a short period also in the Isis, 50, Captain George Rennie. In the early part of 1831 he sailed for the East Indies as mate of the Harrier, 18, Captain Spencer Lambert Hunter Vassal', in command of one of the boats be longing to which vessel we find him on two occasions engaged in attacks upon the Malay pirates. Being advanced to the rank of lieutenant, June 6, 1834, and appointed, a few months afterwards, to the Andromache, 28, Captain Henry Ducie Ciaads, also on the East India station, he was slightly wounded while in that frigate, itnheensdtreElais o endeavouring mlacng a toe e ffsuppressionct the suppression of piracy in and for his services was pre sented, in common with the other officers employed, with a sword by the merchants, &c., of Bombay, be sides receiving the thanks of the Admiralty and of the Chambers of Commerce at Calcutta and Madras. He returned to England in September, 1837, and was after wards appointed on tne Mediterranean station-April 24, 1838, to the Talbot, 28, Captain Henry John Cod rington; October 25 following, to the Asia, 84, Capt. William Fisher; January 29, 1839, as first, to the Rhad aulantbus steamer, Captain Arthur Wakefield, which vessel he left in July, 1840, and in June, 1841, in a similar capacity, to the Implacable, 74, Captain Edward Harvey. He obtained a second promotal commission, August 11, 1841, and from March 22, 1845, until No vember 30, 1846, had command of the Vesuvius steam sloop of 280-horse power on the North America and West India station, de has since been on half-pay. Lieutenant-T. C. Cholmeley (1848), late of the Persia, 12, to be first of the Electra, 14, at Portsmouth. Chief Engineer-Jabez Barber, to the Valorous steam sloop. Mate—A. C. Cowper, to the Dauntless screw-frigate, Portsmouth. Assistant-Engineers—Charles Dickson, to the Sharp shooter screw-schooner, Portsmouth; Charles Wright, to the Termagant screw-frigate, Portsmouth. Naval Cadet—C. B. Powell (first nomination). The Dee steam-transport, at Woolwich, it is rFported, will be commissioned iu a day or two by Lieutenant G. M. Smith. The destination of the Electra, 14, fitting at Ports mouth, Commander Morris, is the Australia station. An opportunity will thus be afforded :o the merchants to send out specie and other valuable freight in a man of war. Commander Wilson, appointed to the Geyser steam sloo, vice Band, promoted, has joined his ship at De yonport, which will sail in a day or two for the North American and West Indian station. On the paying off the Bound, Commander Robert Hall, at Devonport, the Admiralty were pleased to grant a pension of 251. per annum to John Potter, quarter master, together with a gratuity of 15/. and a silver medal; John Heywood, sergeant of marines, a good con duct gratuity of 6/. 103.; and Henry Couper, captain of the foretop, 4/. 10s. Avon, steam-tender, returned to Devonport from Portsmouth, where she took supernumeraries on Friday evening. Cornwallis, 72, fitting as a store-ship for Hong-Kong, having been re-coppered, has been taken out of Dock at Devonport. Chatham, hulk, having undergone the necessary re pairs, was taken out of dock at the same time as the Cornwallis, and will be towed to her old station at the Break water, for the use of the workmen employed on works. Diligence, store-ship, from Deptford, with stores, ar rived at Devonport on Sunday afternoon, on her way to Gibraltar. ROYAL MeitniEs.--Lieutenant Hutchinson has joined the head-quarters of the Plymouth division, on his re storation to rank in the corps. Lieutenant Sutherland has► also joined, from sick leave; and Lieutenant Blake, from the Royal Naval Hospital. First Lieutenant Domville's two months' leave of absence expires on the 2d November, and that of Lieutenant-Colonel Head and Captain Adair on the sth of the same month. COAST GUARD STATION.--011 Tuesday last a general inspection of the coast guard of this district took place, at two P.M. The crews mustered at Seasalter, and went through the musket exercise, firing blank cartridge, forming into squares, marching, and countermarching; they then commenced ball practice at a target, and an eiaemy would have stood but a miserable chance wit h them; so certain was their aim, that the target was al most instantly destroyed. Cutlass exercise followed, and then the great gun practice, which competent per sons pronounced beautiful, the target being struck nearly every fire. The men bore a very steady appearance on the field, and well merited the praise bestowed on them by the comptroller-general. The afternoon was de lightful, and a numerous and well-dressed company gave the field a gay appearance. Fortunateltewhole passed off without any material accident.—Canterbury Journal. THE DUKE OF KENT, 170.--A perfect " Koh-inoor in the science of ship-building has just been added to the treasures of the Painted Hall at Greenwich a os . pital, in the shape of an elegantly-mounted model of a four-decked 170 gun ship, of 3,700 tons burden, which was planned tarry - t hree years ago by the late Mr. d e Joseph Tucke r, one of the " old school 3pti example e r k of surveyors o yo r rs uf the „y. It is not only in omitselfmeued x a beautiful art, both as to p lannin g and execution, hut also an ap propriate and much-to be te monu mental architecture, from having be presented by the widow of the planner, and honoured by iii accipients— the Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital —with a con spicuous standing in the noblest part of the most en .strength of which rests sa f orc ibl y t t onally intere tttig of Great Britain, the upon the efficiency of her wooden wails, THE LONDON COAL TRADb. (From the Newcastle Chronicle.) ,runs• The importation into London, in August, 235,37 4 amounted to 2,195,381 I m ported from Jan. Ito Aug. 31, 1852 ••• 032,30 1 19 1851 ... 1 63,08 0 Showing an increase of 265, 381 The delivery in August amounted to Delivered 9 , o from Jan. 1, to Aug. 31, 1852 20:21 , 4 1 5 ' 10 5 7 5 1851 ... If 126, 052 Showing an excess of ... ••• Inland coal by railway and canal from Jan. 1, 244, 082 to Aug. 31, 185 2 ... , „ •.• ••• 1851 ... 107,026 Increase „. ..• ••• . 137,05' .. The trade during the past month has presented 1?tell little worthy of special remar k. Best coals have vatted in price from 155. to 15 s. 6 d. S econd house descripoq have been in only fair quantity , and have fully re sorts their usual proportionate position —best Ty° varying from 13s. 6d. to 14s. The supply of sea-borne coals has been on the whole I! moderate one, and the figure above would have arrant.ear the expectation of higher rates than those quoted, but le the increased quantity of inland sorts, and the circle stance that throughout the month the market has b e i e v affected, not only by a great regularityin the Bel li; but by a large number of cargoes (varying from 8 __ 240) being always at sea, and preventing prices which the fear of even temporary scarcity vio_ it: produce. On the first appearance of any stn supply, d we anticipate a rise, that with anythiug like a ny ection:.. MMus management may be rendered permanent, ou_r c w o l m th p o l tl e t te 7 b h r a o v k i e n n g dtoowrnes.uscitate any to give a fairly remunerative return to the coslowrsovg; schemes of regulation in London, the of lv.'e stesul The great increase in the foreign demand for 0_ to London as coals has reduced the quantity consiened much, that the best of *selling Pearl/. those aorta are . i n ferior high as best house inland kinds poses, . tha are suitable for steam P" substitution The expectation which the visit of to a t the present high rates will lead to their subsu cengiderable extent. la s i he w hich to the ser . to London had created. that it as ill w E lan d end contemplation of the Governments of °a lias b e t e° France to negotiate a treaty of commerc, tee flee' somewhat dashed by the announcement in . — f jot nileur that no departure from the princiPles_e. c•o protection to the home interests of Fco was °° templated. The coal owners da re still ''' 3 of the north gnat hope of seeing the subject taken up i n a ro per '. e or, by the Government, and have, as we stated nistdiwto of our to make terms with France, his memorialised Lord Malmesbury, through th? 133 e c odes' v colleague, the Duke of Northumberlann, M. de Polo% to d , no d w hi c h deino° s w ipes with good reason, a reduction of the duty °l li g tenc e and brandy. The most earnest and able o',"" f r oze which the English coal owners receive is °°," on' their . own Government, but from the Frenc o . oo f tuners themselves and the most enlighten,fd o P o ci tli r m i°erce the French press. The Chamber or v Foch Government demanding the suppression ° f of Rouen has addressed a new memorial to the di ff e rent ialtime duties on coals, and the I?evue des die ~,i ti . b te rets i sle of last month makes it the text for a cl ever ° 4 FreP c on the subject, pointing out the fatal effects to .. nig industry of taxing its raw material. Constant dr,qtrioi wears be feltawaY stone; and these continual efforts will 0 last The John Bowes has • . cO we ' made several trips 510 e ; a the P et , wrote, rare!' cc ' i cupyte— ie more than a week , .-- 50 forman ' e d e e e s t a voyage, and has demonstrated tha t who re of her they meet cription can be profitably ercPl°Y lodiOg with the immense facilities for rapid • ted irt and discharging which it is in the power of her however,sP of t owners eix to obtain for her. The question, i s 60 11 a h profitable employment in the general trade problem, nt itieS We give below our usual statement of the TO t ti: $ moll sent to London from the various ports in the pas Ships. Ports. Tong. •. 300 ... Newcastle • 89 ' °16 ... 127 ... Sunderland ••• • 36 323 2 8,778 113 ... Seaham 77S 192 ... Hartlepool, &c. ••• • 50.4 23 46 ... Stockton 10 716 •• •• 26 ... Blyth ... .... .. 4,4 90 15,62 8 86 ... Scotch, Welch, &C. '• 235,274 890 rt ialTS. THE COUNTRY 31-4"- quantiti The following is the official statement 0f th frome the P° l corn, &c., received in the port of Idoodn° Essex, from the Gth Sept., 1852, to the uth Sep t " both inclusive : Colchester Harwich ... Leigh Maldon ..1 • .0 at P , , a) ,S 2, CAti i .. f010r..m.• CHELMSFORD, SEPT. 10.—Prices to-day were — to o." Wheat, white, old 46s Od to 54s Od, yew red, old 40s to 465, new 35s to 40s; barleY; l i b , to 1 '6 514 chevalier 280 to 33s • grinding 22s to 28a; ma i ' " • L ige '- „ a rtri ' 290 chevalier 55s to 58s ; oats 19s to 25s ; Past r ne^ I to 365; white, 80s to 32s ; boiling, 38s to 345; d i n : to Oe' to Ms ; beans, tick, 32s to 345; harrow ticks , 3" A 00/ mazagan, 29e to 325 . 520 ' x :.318 to COLCHESTER, SEPT. 11.—Wheat, white 420 to b ' 0 0 _ to 45s ; oats, 18s to 24s ; beans, mazagan 31s to sos v ' ye p' and small 34s to 36s ; peas, white 36s to 3809 _.. ,AICI I3 . ns ; barley, 30s to 32s per qr. the 0.- KIB.IC A L D T , Sirr. 11.—The following are - for new g rain:— Wheat. Barley. First 39s 6d 26s Od Second 39s Od 259 6d Third 37s Od 223 6d 42% to 300; Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs HADDINGTON, SETS. 10.- 7- grain at our market to-day : Old Wheat. 1 4841 1.722 . 1.2 - 10 - iee °f g 45 I 03° 3141 46 1085' 45 First 4ss Od Second 43s ld Third Oats. 20s 6d 10a Od _..3 Od imperial, he followi Barley. 23s Od 258 7d 228 6d Beau& .. .. 0 Od od —s Od d 289 -nd o t t h inff are - e oats. 6d 229 , 209 l' l ' ~ 18. t 135 qr.-, void pi 0 3 , 0 , 0 , - o f rices od 30 4i 33 9 0J 31 5 o la 42 1391 ' B ° td Total quantity of Old Whe a t in market 1 ° r 6., B c l Do. New do. 421 6 1 5 3 _,i Do. Barley do. 335 q rs., 30 6 317 q rs., 0 soiv Do. Oats do. 3 1 qrs., Do. Beans do. -.--Yirsrz IW Od ;be close of tbe target' Wellington Hartlel••• 3:1 Eletton .................. .50 e • 153 p L sn m s o b i) p t e o r n .. .. .... ..................................... gra6 154 43 Hartlepool •............. Heugb Hall ............ ql rout Hartlepool .... 14e Thornley .. ............. 13e o d Whitworth •......... ivy South Durham ........... • 155 IDerwentwaterflart _ Nixon's Merthyr sini) 00 0; Cardiff ...... ..... 3: Sidney's flartleY ..... 2 23 de Cwm Garnant ton • 63..... Sold, 42• COAL 111ARKE' Prices of Coal pertonTtl Davison's West Hartley 15s 3d Longridge'sW.Hartley 15s 3d New Tanfield New Pelton Main l2s Od Redheugh Main 12s 6d South Peareth l2s Od Tanfield Moor Butes l2s Od Wall's End, Esc. _ _ _ C-osforth Hebburn. Riddell Walker Leverson . 14s Od 13s 9d 13s 9d 133 Od 12s Odl Cookson's Hartley ... 14s Od Ravensworth Pelaw .. 12s 6d Whitiredge's W. Hart; 14s 6d Ships at market .., --------------L—_ of Of° LIFE AND EXISTENCE.—The mere lapse Y ose d t c s i not life. To eat and drink, and sleep—to be e° s o t g t darkness and the light—to pace round the mill of be vo g W e i urn thought into an impeiment of trade —this is _ O O ° In all thishumanity but a poor f a cton of the coesei!),Vflatobet is awakened, and the sanctities still i i, to which make it worth while to be. Knowledge, tra tb , ate:, beauty, goodness, faith. alone can give vitality t,. ,ibrat c : ckanism of existence. The laugh of mirth tb! .. ,,' . woo; through the heart, the tears that freshen the °,V e prs9. 6 within, the music that brings childhood back, wojedita' that calls the future near, the doubt which Mak es tis the death. th e° ..--In t ilt HARVEST IN lIIGII AND Low Fu ns and the re 4 districts harvest is rapidly drawing to a close, an d t i s a C , • may be summed up as highly favourable• W hea ff GrC4 r; crop, well and though leV , Y e a 11 , e we cannot speak so decidedly of bar . 101d•~ at eld• is no doubt it • got. and quality fine. Oats are a be ° t tio s i will prove about an average yi Paper. 1 , 0 00 11 1 rADVERTISEMENT.]—TRE EARL or Ai.,. -02iraCfni. AND HOLLOWAY'S Prms.—Art astounding cure DY tact tr°l-g4.‘ medicine, aster every other means had failed. See e"....* - 0 2i , ~,- eef' Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, ...- _i l islia - ,ott Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that yollr Y oji t oor o og fected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach I' lli „,„ cli Ant, D iw ids' eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the c0n,"•40 of l been able t i n ed) t ; nay, not even the waters a car, pll o ,sy'S rienbad. (Sgn " ALDBOROITGII." These WOladerno1101,) Cure any disease of the liver or stomach.—Sold ( 815° ,,_ GtrinOlt Ointment) at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 9'7 by all medicine vendors throughout the civilised we'"— ----------- BIRTHS. eie j oGthrovinse, t E ., sci a „ t e ß f ro an h l eir Sent, the W h .- OF A SON. :44 Of On Thomas the s l ThF. W. Ilott, Esq. 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