The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-27 00:00:00

BOROUGH HOP MARMET. New Hops, the supply of which is good, aro in im proved request, at our quotations. In yearling !Intl Oki parcels, scarcely any business is doing. The duty is called 205,0001. New Hops—Sussex pockets; 48s to 50s; Weald of Kent ditto, 52s to 60,1; Mid and East bent ditto, 56s to 100 s per ewt. V7HITZCIIELPEZ. Our market was heavy to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. Beef, from 23 4d to 3s 4d; Mut ton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s 10d; Veal, 3* 2d to 4s; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per Bibs, by the carcase. IPSWICH CORN EXCIIANGE, SEPT. 26. Our market was heavy t..) day for all grain. Wheat could not be sold without a reduction of 25 per quarter. Barley and Oats are ea.4l rather lower. Beans are a heavy sale, at a decline of is per quarter. Peas dull. Malt and Flour looking downwards in price. PER QUARTER. PER QUARTER. Wheat 42s to 56. Beans 3ls to 36s Barley.. 26s to 32s Peas.. 32s to 59s Oat ' ItYe.. ....... - AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 23. Wheat Barley Oats Rye 3O ~ 303 Bd. Beans B2 f f 333 sd. Peas 65 9 t 38s 23. intrb Wbitton NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) . (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Handicap for two yrs old. T.Y.C. Raillery walked over Handicap. Wanota ... 1 Due an Durras ... Moodkee ... ... 2 ... 3 Contessa... ... 4 St. Leger Stakes. &tierley Dover ... The Granby Stakes; for two yrs old. Farthingale ... Wet Nurse ... Rochester ... .•• •.. ••• 501. Plate. D.I. Diplomatist Tufthunter Swiss Boy ... ... 9 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 fourttlattion TRIAL OF THE CHARTIST CONSPIRATORS. lIIIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Befare the AssisTANT-JUDGE.) Thorns Collins, age 27, and illa)tin Ewil, aged 51, pviours and mason's were indicted for steal;nff a quantity paving stones the property of Mr. Chad :' Zed:, the contractor, and of Ow Commissioncas of Paving, Le the city of Westminster. Mr. PRENDEP.GAST, who appeared for the prosecutors, sated the quantity and value of property of this kind which was plundered, far exceeded anything that the jury, or many in court could be aw,re of. It was necessarily much expnsed, and it was only the day before the alleged robbery by the prisoners, that an entire load of tir,u IL , cics was carried off frcm the same stone hasp in Weymouth-street. In consequence of the recent roLt,eri.F. , , a watch was set, and the pri.;7orms were seen to wheel a truck up to the heap, and had partly filled it when they were taken into custody. Their defence was that another man employed them to fill the truck, and that they thought it %las all right. They had both been in the employment of Mr. Chad wick many years, and they said he was in court and could give them a good character. Mr. Lockie, warden of Westminster House of Correc tion, said he knew them well, and they were "-always alternately in and out of prison," for assaults at d drunkenness. Mr. Chadwick did not respond to their appeal, and the jury found them Guilty. The ASSISTANT-JUDGE: sentenced them to be impri soned four months, and kept to hard labour. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) Edward Squires was charged before Mr. Combe with stealing a chair from the shop of Mr. Wits, High stree t, Stoke Newington, upholsterer. It appeared that a policeman meeting the prisoner in Ole street, not far from the prosecutor's, drunk, and offering to sell the chair to the shopkeepers and to passers by, took him into custody, nut being satisfit d ith his account of the possession, which was that he l.ad found it in the road. Mr. Gilts was positive that the chair was in the shop half an hour before the prisoner was taken, but wished the magistrate to deal leniently with the prisoner, as it might be that he took the chair in a drunken lark ; besides, there were children about the door, and it might have got pulled out into the street, which would give some colour to the prisoner's defence, as he was so very drunk at the time, and might, imagine it was "treasure trove." Mr. CONBE said (at first) that Mr. Gilts must con vince a jury of that, but at length, in consequence of the .prosecutor's unvkillingness to press: the charge, and the fact that the prisoner was drunk when he took the pro •perty, anti was not a known offender, he discharged him. REGISTRATIONS. - (THIS DAY.) CITY OF LONDON. The lists brought under revision today were those for the parishes of Cornhill, Cripplegate Within, Crip plegate Without, and Farringdon Within. An objection was taken to the name of a voter by Mr. Sidney Smith, on the ground that one of his Chris tian names was omitted, and the Revising Barrister struck out the name from the list. WESTMINSTER. • llr. Bayley, the Revising Barrister for Westminster, held his second Court this morning, for the revision of the list of voters. The parishes proceeded with to-day were St. George's, Hanover-square, St. John's, and St. Margaret's, West minster. BANK OF ENGLAND-(THISDAY.) The adjourned general Court of the Proprietors of Bark Stock was held to-clay, at the Bank of England, for the purpose of determining by ballot whether the dividend for the last half-year should be as proposed by the Court of Directors, 31 per cent., or whether it should be 3i per cent. with a bonus of 1 per cent., as proposed by Mr. Fielder. The ballot commenced at 11 o'clock and concluded at four. The scrutineers were Messrs. Sutton, Greville, Pyne, and Camove. The ballot glasses were clescd precisely at four o'clock, and at a quarter past four the scrutineers announced the result of the ballot to be as follows : For the directors' proposition of 31 per cent. ... 138 For Mr. Fielder's proposition of 41 per cent. ... 123 -- CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL OF CUFFEY, FAY, AND LACY. Mr. Baron Platt and Mr. Justice Williams took their seats on the bench at ten o'clock. Superintendent Rutt (L division) deposed to going, with a number of constables, to the Angel. Webber street, Blackfriars-road, about five o'clock on the evening of the 16th of August. He found thirteen persons in the tap-room. Their names were Nilspear, Iron, Proutten, Conway, Corbett, Taylor, Cocks, Poole, Gibbs, Herbert, Norton, Corbett, and Samuel Morgan. Mr. BALLANTINE objected to the reception of this evidence, as there was no evidence to connect the pri soners with any proceedings there. Mr. Baron PLATT considered the evidence admissible, since the meeting at Webber-street formed part of the alleged conspiracy. Sergeant Butt said he saw weapons taken from several Of the parties, and produced two powerful pike-heads, taken from Conway, who had them under his coat. There was much contusion. Cochrane, 108 L, corroborated Sergeant Rutt's testi mony. Harris, 6 L, gave similar testimony, adding that he found seventy-five rounds of cartridges in a handker chief under a seat. T, 21 proved searching Nilspear and finding a breast plate between his shirt and waistcoat, and a• pike-head, which were produced. Found a sword behind the door of the room. • Baker, 112 L, proved finding a dagger, a pike-head, and a screw wrench on Proutten. Slaymaker, L 124, searched Cocks, and found a card in his coat-pocket, showing that he was a nu tuber of the National Chartist Association, April 3 4 1848. Collins, L 184; 'was also at the Angel. Searched Morgan, and found a pike-head and fifteen ball cartridges in his pocket. Inspector Rogers L, deposed going to a house in Market-street, Borough, on the evening of Wednesday, •the 16th of August. Morgan occupied the first floor. Mr. P A RRY objected to the reception of evidence with respect to what was found at Morgan's. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL considered the evidence ad missible, but would not press the question. Inspector Hawes proved searching the house of Lacy, entitled the Charter Coffee-house, Strutton-ground, Westminster. Found some books in a club-room in the first floor, containing names, addresses, and subscriptions. One had reference to the members of the •' Wallace Bridgate branch of the Chartist Association"—Mr. Lacy last. He also found a printed plan of the mode of organisation recommended by the Chartist Association. All the books and documents were handed in and read. Took a person named Jones into custody at the coffee house, on whom were found two pistols, loaded with ball and primed, a canister in his hat containing pound of gunpowder, a small box of cartridges, a pistol screw, &c. Mr. Eagle, jun., proved the hand writing of a plan to be in the handwriting of Mullins. Thomas Barry, shoemaker, said he was a member of the " Robert Emmett Brigade," which held its meetings at two places—one section met at a beer shop in Shoul der-street, and the other in Beer-street, in the neigh bourhood of the Edgware-road. had heard Mullins speak at one of these meeting places several times. The witness detailed the proceedings at these meeting places a short time before the arrest of the prisoners. The prisoner was cross-examined, and admitted having been committed to prison for a month for poaching, and for four months for stealing three half-quartern loaves. Never attempted to induce any one to join the physical force movement. Was a moral force Chartist. Had become an opposer against the physical force Chartists, because be believed they were dangerous to the com munity. Went about now, accompanied by a policeman. After a short adjournment the trial was proceeded Majority in favour of the directors' proposition of 3ipercent. ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 15 The GOVERNOR stated the dividend warrants would be issued on the 11th of October. The Court then adjourned. EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) A quarterly general Court of the Proprietors of East India Stock took place to-day at the East India Com pany's House. Sir J. L. Lushington took the chair at twelve o'clock. MAJOR EDWARDES. Mr. SULLIVAN. before the regular business of the Cuurt was gone into, proceeded to call the attention of the Court of Directors to the unprecedented con duct in India of Brevet-Major Edwardes, and ventured to express a hope that the Court would mark in some signal manner its sense of the high estimation in which they held the intrepidity, valour, and determination of the Gallant Lieutenant—now, ho was happy to say, a Brevet. Major. The CHAIRMAN said that by a resolution of the Court of Directors, on the 13th of the present month, it was unanimously agreed that Brevet-Major Edvvardes should be presented with a gold medal—(Elear, hear)—and that resolution had been most cordially approved of by the Board of Control.,-(flear, hear.) HISTORY OF INDIA. • Mr. Sergeant STonKs wished to know whether it was the intention of the Court of Directors to purchase the work of Professor Wilson and others, which was a con tinuation of Mr. Mills's History of India ? The CHAIRMAN said the work was a most expensive one, and it woul I be for the proprietors to say whether, in the present state of the Company's finances, which he was sorry to say were not very flourishing, they ought to incur such an expense. TEMPLE OF JUGGERNAUT. Mr. POYNDER then brought forward, pursuant to no tice, his motion relative to the annual money payment to the Temple of Juggernaut, and moved that it be dis continued. Mr. MARRIOTT seconded the motion. Mr. FIELDEN was addressing the Court on the motion when our report left. vindicate, under all hypotheses, the rights of justice. M. Come further stated that M. Raspail had been arrested en flagrant delit ; that he had been the ob ject of an inquiry, and of an arrest warrant ; that the law was equal for all ; that the Assembly had maintained it and covered it with its sovereignty; that if M. Raspail was the only accused, his trial should have long been over; that the number of per sonsoriginally arrested was 300, and that 130 would probably he brought to trial. M. Deville, who spoke ntxt, maintained that the jury alone he.d a right to decide on the offence im puted to M. if guilt there was— [M. Deville Was here interrupted by loud cries of " Order ! order !" and M. Marrast reminded him that M. Raspail had violated the National Assembly, and that he could be guilty of no greater crime.] Had the Minister of Justice (continued 11. Deville) performed his duty, M. Raspail would have been li berated four months ago. M. Raspail was as respec table and estimable a citizen as any member of that !louse. He had sacrificed his liberty and fortune, and had been at all times ready to offer his life for the cause of liberty. In conclusion, he demanded that the election be validated, and that M. Raspail be re stored to liberty, in order that he might come for ward to defend himself from the tribune. Several other members were afterwards heard for and against the validity of the election, and the Pre sident having put it to the vote, the Assembly pro claimed the admission of M. Raspail, not, however, without a most boisterous opposition. The President then rose and read a requisition which had just been laid on the table by the Attorney- General. It stated that M. Raspail was implicated in the attempt of the 15th of May, which had for its object to destroy or change the form of government, and excite civil war ; and, finally, that he had been Arrested en flagrant delit of rebellion on his way to the Hotel de Ville. M. Marie, Minister of Justice, having asked that the prosecution of M. Raspail be authorised durgence by the Assembly, M. Marrast observed that the 63d article of the rules of the House 'provided that when a Minister claimed the urgency of any measure it should be put immediately to the vote. Ile accordingly consulted the Assembly, which admitted almost- unanimously the urgency of deciding at once the question. - M. Marraat aftervvards asked the Assembly if it consented to authorise the prosecution of M. Raspail, and the same majority granted the authorization, not more than twenty members having risen against it. - The greatest agitation followed that vote, and when it had subsided the Assembly resumed the discussion on the Constitution. M. Charles Dupin was left at the tribune. General Le Flo has been elected representative of the department of Finistere. Ile had 24,016 votes, whilst his opponent, M. Lacoste, had only 7,992. The number of electors registered for the department was 139,786, so that little more than a fourth exercised their electoral right. MADRID AND VALENTIA RAILWAY.—(THIS ])AY.) A meeting of shareholders in this company was held this afternoon, at the King's Arms, Poultry, for the pur pose of illiciting their feelings upon the affairs of the undertaking, with the view of getting back their deposits. Daniel Whittle Harvey, E-q., occupied the chair, and after having delivered a long speech in reference to the position in which the shareholders now stood, recom mended them to continue the proceedings already com menced in Chancery, as the only means of getting re turned the funds in the hands of the directors. M. SPACKMAN, who was allowed to speak after much opposition, said he represented a shareholder who held 500 shares, and was prepared with a resolution, which, if carried, would put an end to a ll their difficulties, and which, he was authorised to state, would be acceded to by the directors. It was to the effect that a committee of three shareholders should be appointed to confer with the directors with the view to a settle ment, and that it be an instruction to them to ascertain the amount of funds in hand, and to make arrangements to enable the shareholders to dispose of their shares at their actual value. Mr. WIRE, the solicitor acting on the part of the share holders, accused Mr. Spackman of having a personal motive in proposing the resolution, which he said would have the effect of enabling him to purchase the shares at a discount, and by being in a position to make better terms with the directors, of making something like ss. a with. George Davis, of Greenwich, was next examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Wasnot a Chartist, yet had joined the Wet Tyler district at - Greenwich. Joined on the 24th of May. Was accepted as a delegate to meet, with others, at the George, Old Bailey. They met on the toth of July, the day of the trial of Ernest Jones. Mullins said at that meeting that it was a shame the Chartist prisoners then about to be tried should be allowed to go to prison without a strug gle. It was said that Cow-cross would be a good place to attack the police van conveying the prisoners to Cold bath-fields. It was said that a person named Haley would come out and lead the Irish on that occasion.— Attended• meetings up-ta the 10th of August, and made communications to Superintendent Marks the next day of what happened the day before. The superintendent wrote his statements down at his dictation two hours after attendingzthe,meeting,. and signed them after the state ments had been read over to him.—(A paper was handed to the witness, who stated that it contained the informa tion he gave to the superintendent of the meeting on the 15th of August.) He did this, because witness could not read. Inspector Marks, of Greenwich, deposed to writing the statements in the way vouched to by the witness. Daris was recalled, and said he was at t he meetin g on the 14th of August, at the " Orange Tree." The ATTORNEY-GENERAL proposed to put the state• meat written by Superintendent Masks into the witness'. bands. Mr. BALLANTINE objected to its being put into his hands. There was no precedent for such a course, and he trusted it would never be made one. What guaran tee was there that the statement was accurately taken down? Evidence of this important kind should be wholly free from suspicion. Mr. PARRY followed on the same side. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL contended that the evi dence was admissible, and cited cases in support of his view. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS was of opinion that the evi dence was admissible, but considered that owing to the witness having been in court during the greater part of the discussion, the placing of the document in the wit nesses hands to refresh his memory would not be satis. fnctory. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, then he would exa mine the witness without showing him the paper. No doubt that would be more satisfactory to his Lordship. Mr. Justice WILLIAMS thought it would. Davis then deposed to the prisoners and Powell (who went by the name of Johnstone) being present at the meetin at the Lord Denman on the 16th. The witness corrobo g rated the material facts deposed to by Powell as having taken place at that meeting. The confirmation could not have been more complete. [lt is not likely that the trial of the prisoners will terminate before to-morrow night ; most likely it will extend into the next morning. Owing to the number of technical objections taken during the day, but little pro gress was made with the inquiry.] share. After some discussion, Mr. Spackman's motion was dropped, not having been seconded ; and it was unani mously resolved that the committee of shareholders should be authorised to adopt such measures in law or equity as may be necessary to protect the interests of the shareholders, on the understanding that the expenses do not exceed the amount already subscribed for the pur pose. It was understood, however, that any reasonable pro position of the directors would be entertained, and, it possible, agreed to by the shareholders. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman and to the committee, and the meeting separated. FATAL ACCIDENT.—Two young men of Torpoint, Devonport, went out in a skiff ou Tuesday morning, for the purpose of shooting on St. John's Lake. By some accident the boat was upset, and both were drowned. The body of one, named Grylls, whose father keeps a public-house in Torpoint, was picked up about an hour after the, accident, but the other has not yet been found. his hat, and seeking refuge a barrel. The animal now became much infuriated, turned off by the a o d leading from the station o and in Its course encountered Mr: Claile, the auctiencer, ; - ,0, im mediately he saw it approach him, endravoili , d to save himself by placing himself against the w; jl. The ani mal, however, attacked hin:, knoek«l him clo•A ti, tore part of his clothes, and bruited him :eve;:cly about the head. Fortunately it proceeded with, ut doing him fur ther injury, and rushing up Pilgrim-street it attacked Mr. Nicholson, plumber, and after giving him a toss with its head proceeded onwards up Pilgrim-street, where it was shortly afterwards secured. Mr. Nicholson fell upon his :,Moulder, and, with the excepti of a few hruis, s. is tot materially injured.—Newcastle JOE, ral. ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.—In the late session of Par liament, commencing on the 18th of November and i.nd ing on the sth of September instant, 133 public Acts received the royal assent. We are happy_ to learn, as respects the interests of the Mount St. Bernard Hospice and Leicester-square Soup Kitchen, in consequence of the pressing demands on its funds, her 1414jesty the Queen Dowager ye.terday most munificently forwarded a donation of 20/. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT,EMB/i B 27, INIL LITERATURE. THE QUEENS OF I.'"VGIAA'D. By Agnes • ! Strickland. Vol. XII. and last. Cordially do we congratulate Miss Strickland upon the accoinplishment of her arduous and ambitious undertaking—the " Lives of the Queens of England." The volume now before us completes a work as in • structive as history, and as interesting as romance. The biographies of the Queens of England, while they are fraught with that individual interest which is inseparable from biography, have an additional and almost a peculiar value in an historical point of view. The history of the royal ladies who have worn the English crown constitutes a not unimportant chapter in the history of England. In unravelling the mys teries of their domestic lives, we, at the same time, unravel many political knots which have baffled the ingenuity of many philosophers. But, apart from the political interest of the history of the Queens of England, there is another and a higher attraction in the perusal of such a work. A Noble Lord (Lord Palmerston, if we mistake not) once observed at a scientific meeting that by an ac quaintance with astronomy men are at once rendered proud and humble,—proud to find that it is given to man to discover the mysterious secrets of nature, and humble by a sense of their insignificance when con trasted with the immensity of the universe. A feel ing very similar to this is called forth by a minute acquaintance with the private history of the great ones of the world. In perusing these royal biogra phies, for example, the commonest among us may hold his . head a little higher on discovering that, despite the jewelled diadem and the ermine - robe, kings and . queens feel and think as he does, while, at the same time, the proudest may for a moment be staggered by such a revelation of the instability of human hopes and the worthlessness of human grandeur, as is afforded by such a history. Morally, his torically, and politically, therefore, such a work as that just completed by Miss Strickland is valuable and interesting. The biography of Queen Anne, which fills the twelfth volume, completes the series ; that of Matilda, the wife of William the Conqueror, commenced it. Between these two royal ladies a group of very various but for the most part attractive characters intervene, some celebrated for political glory and some for domestic 'virtues ; toms ...- spicuous for their poraun ai charms and others for uen mental and moral qualities. Many incidents connected with the Queens of England have been familiar to most of us from our youth upwards—inci dents, perhaps, partly traditional and partly imaginary, but for that very reason more attractive—" beloved as fable and believed as truth." Who, for instance, is not familiar with the picture of Eleanor sucking the poison from her husband's wound, or of Philippa of Hainault interceding for the burgesses of Calais? Who is not acquainted with the infamy of Isabella abandoning Edward 11. to the tortures of Berkeley . Castle, and then endeavouring to shield from the just vengeance of her son " her gentle Mor tiMer ?" Who is not familiar with the broken French of the bashful Katherine, when she responded to the wooing of the royal soldier, as set forth by the faithful pen of Shakspere ? Who cannot conjure before him a glimpse of Margaret of Anjou and the robber in the wood ? Who is not familiar with the memorable words of Elizabeth Woodville, when before her marriage with Edward IV. she told him " she was not good enough to be his wife, but too good to be his mistress ?" Who is unacquainted with the seraglio of the English Bluebeard, or the regal glories of the great Elizabeth? Who has not been interested in the romantic court• ship of Prince Charles and Henrietta Maria, and who, again, that ever once perused the narrative has not been haunted with the remembrance of Mary of Mo dena escaping by night with her infant in her arms ? By the agency of incidents such as these the Queens of England are more or less familiar to us all, but this familiariaty, so far from diminishing, only enhances the attractions of an accurate and elaborate history of those Queens such as has been penned by Miss Strickland. But not only is the theme interesting and important in itself, the in dustry and ability of the fair authoress have considerably increased and developed its interest and importance. With a most unwedrying and praise worthy patience and perseverance, Miss Strickland has delved into the hidden stores of antiquity, and brought to light whatever served to illustrate her work. Her patience in collecting materials fully equals her taste and discrimination, in making use of them. That patience, that taste, and that discrimina tion, added to Miss trickland's known eloquence of style, have combined to render her work a most valuable addition to modern history, and a most in valuable acquisition to that innumerable class of persons who love to be amused as well as instructed. In bidding (for the present only, let us hope,) farewell to Miss Strickland, we have one question to ask her. Why has she concluded the " Queens of England" with Queen Anne ? We are well aware of the delicacy and difficulty which must have been attendant upon any delineation of the royal ladies of recent times, even the Queen of the third George, is perhaps too proximate for his tory, and the wife of George 1., the unhappy Sophia of Zell, cannot rank as a Queen of England—of that England in which she never set foot. But what does Miss Strickland say to Caroline, the consort of George 11. ? Her history is not too recent for investigation, and most assuredly it i 3 a history well worthy of Miss Strickland's searching analysis. Caroline was, perhaps, as politically powerful as even Elizabeth herself. Caroline's name is as much associated with JERSEY.—'Two hundred and fifty men are now employed on the works at the new pier, including stone cutters; the works proceed rapidly, and the filing; be tween the walls at the southern head is greatly facili tated by the double line of rails, extending from the old south quay to the new pier head, a distance of upwards of 200 yards, along which the material of the old prome nade is conveyed for filling the new pier. The slip from Victoria Pier to low water mark will be com menced forthwith.—Guernsey Star. Lieutenant • George F. Ruxton, aged 38, of the 89th Regiment, died at St. Louis, on the 29th ult., of dy sentery. lie was the writer of the Blackwood 3, ries en titled '• Life in the Far West," and had obtained some time by his volume of " Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains." He arrived at St. Louis a few weeks previous to his death, with another British officer, who, supposing him to be convalescent, proceeded with General Brooke for the Upper Mississippi. FATAL TERMINATION TO A WAGER. —Yesterday an inquest was taken by Mr. W.Payne, the City Coroner, in the board room of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of Edward Henry Robinson, aged 25 years. The deceased was in the service of Messrs. Piper, the builders of Bishopsgate. On Friday he returned from dinner, and ascended a ladder placed against a scaffold on his employers' premises. He reached the second floor plat form, when he got into a conversation with a fellow workman, who bet the deceased a pot of beer that he would not climb up underneath trie leader s.t,b. las hands only more than six rounds high. The deceased commenced the wager, but before he completed it his hands slipped, and he fell with great violence to the ground, whereby ho received a compound fracture of the left thigh. He was removed to the hospital, where he died on Saturday evening last, epilepsy having super vened. The coroner and jury strongly condemned the system of making such foolish wagers, after which a verdict of " Accidental death" was recorded. THE LATE LORD GEORGE BENTINCK.--The Town Council of Lynn intend holding a meeting during the course of the present week, for the purpose of adopting an address to the Duke of Portland, condoling with his Grace on the death of Lord George Bentinck. Rumour is already rife with regard to the election of a successor to the deceased Nobleman in the representation of the town. The Protectionists are anxious to invite Lord John Manners, as being one of the leaders of the party, and as being an intimate friend of Lord George Ben tinck. Mr. G. P. Bidder, the engineer of the Norfolk line, has been spoken of by a section of the Liberal elec tors. Mr. Baxendale, who was for a long time past ac tively associated with Lord G. Bentinck in the Norfolk Estuary, has also been mentioned as the deceased Noble man's probable successor. DOVER.— On Monday, Mr. William Davison, boatman, better known along the coasts of England, France, Flanders, and Holland, by the cognomen of " Jumper," from the number of persons whose lives he saved from drowning, by jumping overboard, departed this life. His name and exploits were everywhere known, and have been talked of for years, from his da ring intrepidity in going off to the shipwrecked mariners and vessels in distress, and in crossing the Channel with dispatches in perfect hurricanes, when no other boat's crew but his own would attempt to launch and put to sea. —Canterbury JournaL Tar SALMON FISHERIES.—The salmon fisheries north of the Tweed closed on Thursday. The fisheries in the Tay have been unproductive and unprofitable to the lessees upon the whole. The takes were pretty fair iu Feb ruary, but fell off greatly in March and April. They im proved, and were about an average in May ; but from the beginning of June to the close they have been far under the average of ordinary seasons. At some of the stations they were all but a total failure. The principal circum stance in favour of the tacksmen has been the high price maintained throughout the season. This has been with out precedent; and although partially accounted for by the increased demand in the London market, must also be taken as a proof of the general unproductiveness of the fishing over the whole country. THE WEATHER AND HARVEST.—The weather during the past week has been exceedingly favourable for harvest operations. Scarcely speck has been visible on the horizon till yesterday morning, which was cloudy and dull. The sky continuedtovercast through out the whole day, and, about five in the aft moon, a thick and drizzling fog came up with a moderate bre( as from the south-east, which gradually veered in an east rly direction. The fog still continues this morning, and we fear much that it will, to a considerable extent, tend to produce heating in the stooks. We trust, how ever, that it will blow off in the cot** of the day. This, we are happy to say, is the first speeimen of foul weather with which we have been visited since her Majesty's arrival. The harvest in Lower Deeside is now well got in, but in the uplands, and on heavy soils, we are sorry to state that there is still much to do. The yield of the crops which have been got in has generally been found to be satisfactory. Turnips aro looking well, but would be benefited by min.—Aberdeen !Jerald of Saturday. EXEMPTION FROM POOR-RATES.:--011 the 31st ult. an Act was passed (11th and 12th Victoiia, chap. 85 ) by which a former Act is continued for a ) ear, exempt ing inhabitants from liability to be rated as such in re spect of stock in trade or other property to the relief of the poor. WEST INDIA Rum.—Arrivals of rum are now taking place at the port of Dublin, it being compara tively a new branch of import trade at the Irish metro polis which has taken place since the reduction of duty upon the article. This is no doubt caused in an impor tant degree by the Act last p asse d, a ltering the dutie s on foreign and colonial rums an d s h ru bs, by which the amount of duty levied on tho se ar ti c l es , w hen imported direct into Ireland, is very co ns iderably less t han when imported into the other po r tions of tho Un ited Kingdom. THE " COMDMARTIN SILV ER M INE S. ' —The silver lead mines in the village of Combmartin, De von (pro bably the oldest mines in England), which have been worked at intervals from the time of Edward 1., and of which mention is made by Camden, who says that the expenses of the war in France, in the reign of Edward 111., were partly defrayed by the silver extracted there from, have been abandoned within this month, with the exception of the upper levels, where three or four men are still employed. Why this abandonment has been re solved upon we do not know, the yield being from 60 to 250 ounces of silver to the ton of lead ore, which is con sidered a profitable return for the working, &c. There are, besides the facts mentioned in Camden, some curious historical circumstances connected with these mines. A cup, weighing 137 ounces, made of the silver smelted from the ore found in them, was presented by Queen Elizabeth to Sir R. Martyn, Lord Mayor of London. This cup was, in 1830, melted down and made into three tankards, which form part of the civic corporation of the metropolis. The ancient cup bore a quaint and ap propriate inscription, thus.— "In Martyn's Coombe I long lay hid, Obscure, deprest, with grosser soyl, Debased, much mixed, bad, Till Balmer came, whose skill and toyl Reformed me so pure and clean As richer nowhere else is seen." A letter from Charles IL to Lewis Incledon, of Buck. lande, county Devon, dated October. 26,.1648, is still extant, from which it appears these mines were held in high estimation, and considered of importance ie thncn days. ner present Majesty Queen Victoria has various articles manufactured by Messrs. Ellis, silversmiths, of Exeter, in her possession, and in the cabinet of Prince Albert there are some fine specimens of the ore of these mines. Messrs. Ellis have purchased the remainder of the silver smelted previously to the late suspension of the works, which it is to be hoped will shortly again be in (p..!ration. MILK Fort THE PEorLE.—There exist on" L ong Island, near Brooklyn, several manufactories of milk— the process of which should be kno wn . One of these dairies covers a space of 600 feet front by 300 feet deep, carefully fenced in, so as to be as private as pos sible—the business of the people being to drink the milk, not to know how it is made—in which enclosure 400 cows are kept the whole year round, These cows are fed on the refuse slop of whisky distilleries, and it is given to them warm. Each barrel costs six cents., but being adulterated with water and cheap feed brings the price still less. Such is the fond ness of the cows for this vile compound, that after having fed upon it for a week or more, their appetites become so depraved that they will t ak e no other food. The result is, their milk - producing organs are stimulated to a wonderful degr ee ; the y y ield enormous ly , but soon b ecom e diseased; their gums ulcerate , their teeth drop out, and their br eath becomes fetid. Tho ugh thus d up o a n n o d t bfalollat to an awayiaflesh, but, on th e icontrary,esead:appearance of great fatness; their joints become stiff, so that the y can not tie down, and rarely or never come out alive. Bad as this is, the milk is afterwards mixed with s puff' the) molasses, water, and whiting, and then sold to the people of New York for pure milk Any one may observe the thirty-six vans that carry it round every morn i ng. It is of course very injurious to children, who use it in much greater quantities than adults. Some idea may be formed of the profit made by computing one barrel of slop to a cow, costing sixpence, and the milk produced being 80 cents.—/Vetv York paper. DISTINGUISHED SAVANS.—Two English savans— viz., Professor Sedgwick and a companion, are on a tour through the Greywacke district of &Aland. These gen .lemen made a short stay at Galastiels on the 15th in tent, calling on Mr. Kemp, inquirinw for the localities hat are most interesting, and where fossils belonging to that formation were most likely to befound. Professor Sedgwick, as is well known to the scientific world, pub ished, some years ago, a valuable treatise upon the Greywacke system of Wales. That le is now following up in the south of Scotland. The sulject possesses high ,nterest, as that ancient rock formatim, so far as is yet discovered, seems to be coeval witl the first dawn of life, whether animal or vegetable.—Border Advertiser. the records of the time in which she lived as is that of her coadjutor Walpole. It is, moreover, almost necessary that a faithful history should be written of this Queen, because different contemporary accounts render her character most incomprehensible. Her great ability and her great political influence are unquestioned, but there are two opinions as to her individual disposition. For instance, there is a well known anecdote told in evidence of her never refusing any of the King's requests. It is said, that when he would ask her to walk out with him, when ill-health rendered her incapable of such an exertion, she would bathe her feet in cold water, in order to acquire a little temporary strength, by which she was enabled to accompany him in his promenade. Some com mentators cite this occurrence as an evidence of her deep sense of her conjugal duties, while others de clare it was only an instance of her continual habit of stooping to conquer. It is to clear up such points as these, and to furnish us with a correct portrait of this really remarkable woman, that we call upon Miss Strit•kland not to pause in her historical labours until she has added Caroline to her gallery of regal portraits. DEFEN C. fIARTINE. (Con;:nued from 7he Sun of yesterday.) EIGHTH ACCUSATION. It is not, however, in these explanations that cast, be recognised the true motives for the system of non exclusion recommended to the National Assembly by All. de Lamartine, in regard to the formation of the _Executive Commission. _ Those motives, otherwise inexplicable, are discernible in the mysterious fact of the complicity existing between two men. Let us throw aside all feelings of modesty, and dare to copy the words which have been actually printed. `• The Minister of the Interior found among the p ipers of his Administration written proofs of the venality of his colleague under the Government of Louis Philippe. M. de Lamartine was a stipendiary of M. Duchatel. During the last year alone he re ceived no less than forty thousand francs. The re ceipt is still preserved. Thrtatened, no doubt, with the disclosure of such a transaction, one can readily understand that M. de Lamartine had only the alternative of alliance or iniamy. This is not all. M. de L•unartine has dilapidated the public fortune. On the very morrow of the 24th of Ftbruary he Abstracted twelve hundred thousand francs, or two millions of money, from the Treasury. With the fruits of this exaction he 114 s managed to liquidate his debts after the manner of Cceiar or Cataline. lle has purchased lands in France and houses in London." I condescend to reply to this accusation, not on my own account, but for the sake of the Republic. The whole secret of the existence of the enemies of states men is, the dark determination sometimes formed to destroy the men in order to render the institutions impossible. Let us at once throw some light upon the first cir cumstance. I was a writer. Oppressed with re sponsibilities, I earned my subsistence by my la bours. In 1844 I wrote a tragedy in the furtherance of a Calico which has always bven u subject of sacred interest to myself—the emancipation of the black slaves in our colonies. I wished, through the me dium of sentiment, to gain over, before public opinion, a cause which had so often failed before the law. In the year 1848, a month anterior to the Rey°lu- tion of February, M. Buloz, the manager of the French Theatre, offered to purchase my work for the purpose of displaying it in the most brilliant light possible, first in his capacity as manager of the French Theatre, and secondly as editor of the Revue des Deux Mondes. The full amount verbally decided upon between ourselves was forty thousand francs. When we were on the very point of writing out the agreement, M. Buloz said to me, " I will write immediately to M. Duchatel ; for the funds of the Theatre Frangais are derived from two sources—the proceeds of the theatre itself, and the pecuniary aid given to the establishment by the Chamber of Depu ties. This allowance from the Chamber obliges me to obtain the approval of the Minister of the Interior as to the employment of these funds in regard to all my theatrical engagements." I was until then igno rant of this very natural connexion of compatibility, existing between the Minister of the Interior and the Director of the French Theatre. But, fearing lest this might give rise even to so much as the appearance of a relation, of a monetary kind (remote though it un doubtedly was), between me (a Deputy of the People) and the Government, I refused, on the instant, to con clude any agreement in which the funds of the Go vernment and the authority of the Minister seemed to have a participation. The contract between us was consequently at an end. lf, therefore, there is the testimony which Calumny declares she can produce in proof of my venality, let her make her disclosure! She can only convict me of an excess of scruple, of delicacy, and of susceptibility. M. Buloz is here to speak. NINTH ACCUSATION. Let us pass on to my next crime :—I hare abstracted twelve hundred thousand francs, or two millions of money, from the public treasury. I have paid my debts ; I have purchased lands in France, and houses in England. here I must acknowledge, at once, that I am very much embarrassed, for I do not oven know, at this moment, whereabouts the public treasury is situated, francs, the proceeds of my patrimoni4l estate Peronne near Macon, sold by me at this period. If you will, seek further information upon these mat ters, my lands sold, my purchasers, my attorneys, my publishers, my creditors, my deeds, and my re ceipts, will, more even than myself, yield a peremptory and decisive answer. As to the movement of my disposable fortune since the day on which the Republic was established, since the moment of my accession to power even to this day, behold it ! I have been compelled to borrow a hundred and ten thousand francs for the purpose of disbursing a hundred and five thousand. The money-lenders, the publishers, and the creditors who have been repaid, are all here to attest the accuracy of these assertions. lam ready to produce these witnesses to whomsoever may be now particu larly incredulous. Their names alone are a sufficient testimony of the sincerity and morality of these acts. It is evident, then, that the source of my partial disbursements in 1848 was not in the public treasury, but in the chests of my friends and of my creditors. I blush at being compelled to reveal and thrust forward these private statistics ; but the people have a supreme right to the reputations of their repre sentatives. Let us on then, still further. Shortly before the 23d of February, I had, at different dates, concluded arrangements with book sellers, with publishers, with capitalists, and with pro prietors of journals, for the production of my literary works, past, present, and to come, yielding altogether the sum of five hundred and forty thousandfranes. I hoped, through the fruits of my arduous toils, to pay off my creditors in a few years, preserving meanwhile my patrimony to a numerous and beloved family, and to a still more numerous family of labourers who live upon my capital. The cares of public affairs and the crisis of events, which I did not wish to cause any injury or inconvenience to honest and generous contractors, compelled me to cancel all these agreements and forced me to disburse agai❑ the various advances which I had received. I therefore sacrificed five hundred and forty thousand francs voluntarily to the Revolution. Behold then the benefits which I have acquired from the Republic ! Behold the real trea sure which was buried in my conscience in order to reserve myself in perfect freedom for the labours and the necessities of my country ! Ido not regret one iota of this fortune of the man of letters which has been thus sacrificed by the man of politics for the foundation of a new order of things. I would joyfully sacrifice not only the rest of my fortune, but my name, my liberty, and my life ! Let our properties, our reputations, our very indivi dualities themselves, be ground down and pulverized in the movement of human affairs, so that the Con stitutional Republic be founded, so that the People be aggrandized in knowledge, in morality, in rights, and in happiness! Behold the sole justice and the sole recompense which I demand from my generation and from my country ! SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY. Match 100, h ft. First half of Ab.M. Col. Peel'sVert Vert, Bst 21b (Nat), beat Lord Strath• more's Bedouin, Bst 71b. --- Betting-7 to 4 on Vert Vert. Won by a length. Run in 54 secs. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 sous. each; for three yrs old, colts, Bst ilb; fillies, Bst alb. A.F. (23 Subs.) _ Lord Clifden's Surplice Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher ... (Robinson) 1 Betting-11 to 4 on Surplice, who made all the run ning, and, without being headed, won by half a length. Run in 2 min. 24 secs. Match 200, h ft. A.F. Duke of Bedford's Malmesbury, Bst 71b (F. Butler), beat Mr. Muore's Wilmot, Bst 41b, by a length. 3tol on Malmesbury. dun in 2 min. 34 secs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, and 5 only if declared, &c.; for three yrs old and upwards. Duke of Rutland's Paladin, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (E. Sharp) 1 Mr. Wigram's Keraun, 3 yrr, 6st 121 b Mr. Bolt's Collin wood, 5 yrs, 9st 41b 0 Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut, aged, 7st 71b 0 Sir J. Ilawley's Duc an Durras, 6 yrs, 7st 71b ... 0 Colonel Peel's Vert Vert, 4 yrs, 7st llb 0 Mr. Pettit's Blunderbuss, aged, Est 121 b ... 0 Lord Clifden's Tamarind, 3 yrs, 6st 10Ib 0 Mr. Elwes's Antelope, 3 yrs, 6st 61b ... 0 Lord Orford's Craftsman, 4 yrs, 7st 1 lb 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Cocoa Nut, 6to 1 agst Due an Durras, 6 to 1 agst Keraun, 7 to 1 agst Tamarind, 7 to 1 agst Antelope, 7to 1 agst Craftsman. Keraun and Paladin, with Cocoa Nut and Due an Durres in waiting, made the running to the cords, where they were jmined by Vert Vert and Colling wood. A very tine race home with this lot, ended in favour of Paladin by a head, the other four so close together that the judge could not place a third. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. Match, 200, h ft. First half of Ab.M. Mr. Greville's Paquita, Sit 4lb (Nat) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Banshee, Bst 4:b 2 Betting-6 to son Paquita. Won by a length. Run in 50 sees. if it is nut at the official residence of the Minister of Finance, a Dlinister with whom I have never had any communication whatever, and all whose operations arc submitted to ordonnances and verifications without number, besides being supervised, figure by figure, under the Court of Accounts which the Republic allowed to continuo in vigorous operation—in such a manner that a single centime could not be taken from the chests without their being able to trace it back to its source, or without their following its vestiges to the hands of its possessor through the whole labyrinth of the for malities and regulations of the Exchequer. My ac cusers may therefore remain in perfect tranquillity If I hare really discovered these chests of the public treasure, and if I have despoiled them of their ccn tents in the presence of the innumerable responsibili ties by which they are guarded and encompassed, and in the presence of the innumerable officials who have audited the accounts for their registration and verifi cation, I shall not long continue quietly in the enjoy ment of my millions ! Is it necessary for me to add that I will give all the fruits of my peculations, more than that, that I will give all my fortune, and all my honour into the bar gain, to whomsoever will point out to me that banker in London, of whom the Morning Chronicle has made mention, and who will, moreover, point out to me The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sovs. each, h ft; for tw•o yrs old. Last hull of Ab.M. The third to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes. (30 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Glauca, Bst 111 b, includ. 61b extra (Nat) 1 Mr. Wreford's Wet Nurse, Sat 51b 2 Lord Clifden'sCzarina, Bsl 51b Lord Albemarle's Grasshopper, Bst 51b 4 Mr. B. Green's The Arab, Bst 71b 0 Field-Marshal Grosvenor's His Excellency, Bst 71b... 0 Colonel Peel's lone, Bst 51b ... 0 Mr. Roberts's The White Lady, Sit, 51b 0 Mr. Watts's Andros, Bst 71b ... 0 Lord Exeter's Turban, Bst 71b these houlgs purchased, these lands acquired, these debts liquidated. The truth is, that I had no other moneys at my dis posal beyond two hundred and ninety-three thousand francs of secret funds for the ordinary diplomatic Betting-6 to 5 agst Glauca, 7to 2 agst Czarina, and sto 1 agst lone. Ulauca took the lead, made all the running, and won easily by a length, half a length be tw•een second and third, Grasshopper fourth. Run in 53 secs. purposes, to expend in missions, in informations and in useful influences of all kinds, at a moment, too, when it was necessary to see everything with the eyes of the Republic, to supply the suspended action of the agents of the monarchy recently overturned, and when, moreover, I was at one and the same time Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of a Dicta torial Government. I shall hare to give a full and explicit explanation in order to justify the propriety of the distributions and the reality of the employment of this sum, appropriated under the responsibility of my administration in this particular department of the public service. Yet this is the only portion of the funds of the Republic from which I have had the power to deduct these imaginary sums dispatched by me to foreign countries, or devoted to the payment of my personal debts ! It my accusers cannot perceive the moral impossibility of my pretended peculations, they must at least recognise its arithmetical im possibility. I will proceed further, I will afford a still clearer explanation to those honest but credulous, men, who are incapable of inventing these whisperings of hatred, but who allow them to be buzzed into their ears without knowing how to reject them or how to dispute their veracity. A decree of the Convention commanded all representatives of the people, retiring from power, or returning from any mission, to render an account, at the tribune, of their private fortunes, for the purpose of convincing the nation that they had not increased their own possessions by robberies from the public fortune. I love that decree. I will suppose it to be still in force ; and I will now give an account of my private fortune, such as the most in quisitive might desire, to my friends and to my enemies. On the first of last January, fifty-three days before the Republic, my general fortunes consisted of about two millions, fire hundred thousand francs, in lands, in houses, and in moveables such as were derived from offices and from my literary productions. My debts amounted to six hundred and sixty thousand francs. Nothing is more easily verified than these two calculations, by lands, by contracts, and by mort- FRANCE. After Prince Louis Napoleon bad concluded his speech, the admission of M. Achille could, as one of the representatives of the department of the Seine, was decreed. The motion for the admission of M. Raspail gave rise to some discussion. The reporter stated that the Committee appointed to consider the validity of the election of M. Raspail had received from the Attorney-General a requisition demanding an authorization to continue the prosecutions com menced against that citizen, now a prisoner at Yin ' cennes. The Committee had found the election un exceptional, but declared itself incompetent to decide upon the objection raised by the Attorney-General. M. Danjoy next contended that the magistrates would not continue the prosecutions against M. Ras pail, unless they were authorized by the National Assembly. M. Raspail had acquired a right by his election. The Assembly should begin by admitting him, and the Attorney-General m ight then come forward and demand the authorization necessary to prosecute him. M. Raspail, who followed, inv oked the justice of the Assembly in favour of his uncle. He had been confined in the dungeon of Vincennes during the last four months, on a mere warrant of a Judge of In struction ; the charges against him had not been sub stantiated, and until then he should be considered innocent. The Minister of Justice had declared that the lists of the new jury could not be ready before the month of November, and as he (M. Raspail) knew that the prisoners of Vincennes would not ac cept the old jury, it was probable that their trial would not come on before January. He accordingly demanded that M. Raspail be liberated, and that the Assembly should not pronounce on the authorization until he was allowed to defend himself from the tribune. M. Come, Attorney- General, said th a t he had a ddressed his requisition to the Committee after con sulting the Minister of Justice. He had done so because he wished all the fractions of the Assembly to know that the judiciary power was determined to COURT CIRCULAR. BALMOItAL, SUNDAY.—Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert attended Divine service this morning, at the parish church. Service was performed by the Rev. Mr. Anderson. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Gains borough, Viscountess Canning, the Right ll.n. Sir George Grey, Sir James Clark, Bart., Mr. Anson, and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon. Tho General Board of Health yesterday held its first sittings at Gw) dyr House; the President, the Right lion. the Viscount Morpeth, in the chair. The Board was attended by Professor Owen, 1)r. Southwood Smith, Dr. Sutherland, of Liverpool, and R. D. Grainger, Esq. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governor-General of Canada; and also from the Governors of the other North American Colonies. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office for the Governor of Gibraltar. Viscount Morpeth has returned to town. 11ANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN. — We are requested to announce, that the new romance by this distinguished novelist, entitled " The Two Baronesses," will be pub lished to-morrow, Thursday, the 28th instant, by Mr. Bewley, of New Burlington-street. The following novels and romances are also published by him:--" The Bee hunter," by the author of the " Pilot," &c. ; 2. " Amymone," a story of the days of Pericles, by the author of " Azeth, the Egyptian ; 3. The Second Edi tion of Sir E. 13ulwer Lytton's historical romance " Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings ;" 4. " Sadness and Wadtiess," by the Hon. Adele Sydney ; and 5. " The Rival Beauties," by Miss Pardoe. '.TIE SALE AT S T OWE.—BUCKINGHAM, SEPT 26. —The side was recommenced this morning in the pre sence of a very large audience, Mr. Edward Manson (Ali eiating. After a tew lots of glass, with which the cata logue opened, had been disposed of, the furniture of the japan•rooms was offered. The bedstead used by the Queen Dowager when visiting Stowe some few years since was the principal feature in these apartments. It was put in at 301. and ultimately knocked down for 851., or within 51. of the sum given by Mr. Walesley, of Northampton, for the state bedstead prepared for 'her Majesty the Queen. The bed and other furniture be longing to the bedstead realised between 401. and 501. The prices of the other lots sold during the day were extravagantly high. One interesting lot, a screen, worked by the Duchess d'Angoulerne, proved an excep tion to this rule, having been bought for Si. 7s. Gd. An ottoman, with stuffed seat and an embroidered cover, sold for 33 guineas. An Oriental japan cabinet realised it guineas, and all the other lots proportionately good prices. The sale will be resumed to-morrow, but in con sequence of the arms and armour in the basement pas sage (numbering about 50 lots), included in the cata logue of the day, having been withdrawn, there are only about GO lots to be sold. On Thursday the sale will be of a very interesting character. MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION.—The barristers ap pointed to revise the list of voter in the election of knights of the shire for the county of Middlesex have intimated their intention of holding their courts accord ing to the following arrangement:—October 3, the Three Pigeons, Brentford; October 14, the Black Dog, Bed font; October 16, tho Windsor Castle, Hammersmith; October 17, the New Globe Tavern, Mile-end-road; October 18, the Green Man, Bethnal-green; October 19, the White Conduit House, Islington; October 20, the Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, Fleet-street; October 21, the Vice-Chancellor's Court, Westminster-hall; October 23, the Chandos Arms, Edgeware; October 24, the King's head, Enfield; October 25, the Jack Straw's Castle, Ilampstead-hilli October 26, the White Horse, Uxbridge. AUSTRIA. The Augsburg Gazette of the :21st inst. contains a letter from Vienna, which states that the basis of a treaty of peace proposed by the Austrian Cabinet, and approved of by Russia, has been forwarded to the Austrian representatives in London and Paris, to be communicated by them to the British and French Governments. The writer adds that the Austrian Government is determined not to deviate from the project transmitted, and that it remains for the me diming powers to show by their acts that they seriously desire the maintenance of peace. POST-OFFICE NOTICE. The following notice was issued by command of the Pe,tmaster-General this morning:-- With a view to simplicity and economy in the ac counts of the money order office, it has been found ne cessary to lay down the following rules:- 1. Every money order issued on or after the 6th October, 1848, must be presented for payment before the end of the second calendar month after that in which it was issued, (for instance, if issued in October, it must be be presented for payment before the end of Decem ber.) otherwise a new order will be necessary, fur which a second commission must be paid. 2. As already notified to the public, if an order be not presented for payment before the end of the twelfth calendar month after that in which it was issued, (for instance, if issued in October and not presented betoro the end of the next October,) the money will not be paid at all. 3. As, after once paying a money order, by whom soever presented, the office will not be liable to any further claim, the public are strictly cautioned— a. To take all means to prevent the loss of the money order. b. Never to send a money order in the same letter with the information required on payment thereof. c. To be careful, in taking out a money order, to state correctly the Christian name as well as the surname of the person in whose favour it is to be drawn. d. To see that the name, address, and occupation of the person taking out the money order are correctly known to the person in whose favour it is drawn. 4. Neglect of these instructions will lead to delay and trouble in obtaining payment, and even risk the loss of the money. These i n st r uctions, together with some others of minor importance, will be found printed on every money order. TUE PRINTER OF TILE HOUSE OF COMMONS• -It is stated in a daily paper, that Mr. Luke llanfiard has been dismissed from the lucrative office of printer to the House of Commons. MR. WEBSTER'S WALKING STICK.—Mr. Webster has been presented by a clergyman with a walking stick bearing this inscription—" Constantinople, September, 1846.—The Honourable Daniel Webster, Marshfield, Massachussets, United States of America, for whom this Daphne-wood stick was cut on the borders of the Bos phorus, where Mahomet 11. and the Greeks had their last field battle, before the subjugation of the latter."— New York Daily Tribune. The Gazette of last night contains an order in council, giving directions for bringing into operation the Act of the last session to prohibit the importation of sheep, cattle, or other animals, for the purpose of pre venting the introduction of contagious or infectious dis orders; and it further enacts, that if:any sheep or lambs imported or brought into this country appear at the time of their importation to be infected with or labouring under the variola ovine, or sheep pox, such sheep and limbs, and all other sheep and lambs imported or brought into this country in the same ship or vessel with any sheep or lambs which appear to be diseased, shall be seized and detained by the officers of Customs at the port of import; it enacts also that the circumstances of such seizure shall be forthwith reported by such officers to the Commissioners of Customs and the Board of Trade; and if it be certified to the former board by any veterinary surgeon appointed by them to inspect such sheep that they are infected with such disease, that they may, if they think proper, cause such sheep or lambs to be forthwith destroyed. Directions also may be given for further detaining or destroying all or any other of the sheep or lambs which may have been imported into this country with the diseased animals, or for re turning them to their owners, subject to any conditions which may be prescribed, and on the payment of any ex penses incurred by the Commissioners of Customs in respect of their detention. THE STREET-SWEEPING MACHINE.—We under stand that it is intended to extend the operation of that useful instrument, the street-sweeping machine. The state of the streets on Saturday and Sunday last, and yesterday, afforded the best proofs that some change is necessary to render the streets in any respect passable without being covered with mud. The present mode of cleansing the streets is perfectly inadequate. It is not regulated by any system , an d the clumsy and careless way in which the sweepings are removed forms another nuisance. MONEY MARKET.--The price of gold at Paris is 13i per milk, which, at the Engl,bli Mint ',lice of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex change of 25.48 i; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 15.30, it follows that gold is 0.72 per cent. dealer in Paris than in London. The price of gold at Hamburgh is 436 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 10Id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.101; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13.8/, it follows that gold is 1.03 per cent. dearer in Hamburgb than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London is 109 per cent., and the par of exchange cent.,between it tE.ninlgcmla.sndthaantd tiAlemeexriaechanbgeeingis 1 0 0 .5 9 8 2 p 3- er 4o per cent ent against England; but the quoted exchange at New York beint , for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be subtracted from the above difference. THE WEST. MIDDLESEX CONGREGATIONAL ASSO CIATION.—Yesterday evening, at half-past six o'clock, a numerous meeting of the ministers and supporters of the churches and chapels connected with the West Middle. sex Congregational Association, was held at the East end Chapel, East-end, Finchley, for the purpose of re ceiving the report of the various ministers on the pro gress of the association. Mr. Walker, treasurer of the pi. i ra.r. ri Morrison,o association, n, i the n i t t t il l et the ev .c Rev.h3 sr i r., Baker, 1 I n al k d r e. there r,Cs,nme. w m e present i r Tn e gh,e tch hna iirt t me h va e . n R e v . p t had l h y ey i m w P 0 s sa e un r pn v ep e o d nrft t , h t 1 believing ee t l objecti h e e v was ing t that hdeeyMr.oh- thatr u e l sdseeerdocieffect evening with h nes t s h r e i b m l e p d or t t 0 Christianity a nads Independents,they wer were inc ü b l; epsrienrciipptluerseos! Dissenters ( dissemina tion. ate d o i f n the th uniting together in the way proposed by the association. would be enabled to carry out those views, and ho was happy to say that there was a strong disposition among Christians of various denominations to unite for such a purpose. Resolutions in support of the association were agreed to unanimously, and several reverend gentlemen addressed the meeting upon them, after which thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. The Dunse and Reston branch of the North Bri tish Railway is making so very little progress that it is imnossible to fix any definite time when it will be opened. —.Glasgow Paper. FURIOUS Ox.—Considerable excitement was caused on the afternoon of Monday last by the appearance of an ox, in an excited state, running along Mosley-street, apparently from the vicinity of the cattle market. Se veral attempts were made to arrest its progress, but without success, and proceeding down Manor-street it ran in the direction of the railway station. Here some men endeavoured to tarn it, and in doing so, a butcher had a very narrow escape, the ox having run at him, but he managed to escape by striking it on the forehead with Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. • Mr. S. Stanley's St. Ann, Bst 21b, received from Mr. Payne's Woodcraft, Bst 71b. Post Sweepstakes of 500 sovi each; one to th© post. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.) . _ Lord Stanley's Escalade, Bst 31b (Butler) 1 Lord Orford's c by Sir Ilercules—Firt fly, Bst 71b 2 Lord Exeter's c by Voltaire—Mecca, Bst 71b 3 Betting-4 to 1 on Escalade, who made all the run ning, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 16 secs. Match, 200, h ft. First half of A b.M. Lord Strathmore's Brocardo, 5 yrs, Bst, received from Mr. Sandford's Isis, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old, 6st 71b; three, Bst 71b; four and upwards, 9st; the winner to be sold for 50 sovs., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Mr. Elwes's Don't-say-nay, 2 yrs ... (Dockeray) 1 Sir J. Hats ley's Banshee, 2 yrs ... 2 Lord Clifden's Guizot, 2 yrs ... 3 Betting-6 to 5 at at Don't - say - nay. Won by a length. Run in 1 min. 17 secs. The Buckenham Stakes of 300 soup. each, h ft, for two yrs old, colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. (2 Subs.) Colonel Peel received forfeit from Lord Exeter. fourteen y :3 w t a eh r w s the a , mn a aggregate F e t i r i s t ee 0 t c ion t f ogrbs racing c r na o gs f bold,eAenfot extended t a eo l a a te p hd s e e to boe f f o s that, in more favourable times, would have ensured great attendance; that it has failed to do so is to be attri buted to the gloom produced, in the first instance, by the badness of the Doncaster settling, and increased by the melancholy termination of the career of a nobleman, who was not less distinguished on the turf than in the Senate. The weather, which was cold and wet, helped to neutralise a list that, in the quantity and character of the sport, has never been approached in a First October Meeting. Further Arrivals—Borneo, Ploughboy, Rochester, The Highland Fling, Hotspur, Tuscan, Lady Mary, and Traitress. Justice to Ireland arrived on Saturday from Doncaster. ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY. Handicap, for two yrs old. T.Y.C. Raillery, Jane Eyre, and Rodney. Hat. dicap. D. M. Wanota, 4 yrs—Nloodkee, 4 yrs—Diplomatist, 4 yrs —Contessa, 4 yrs—llinchinbrook, 3 yrs—Lola Montez, 3 yrs--Doc an Durras, 6 yrs. 50/. Plate. D.I. Diplomatist, 4 yrs—Tufthunter, 4 yrs—Antelope, 3 yrs—Black Doe, 3 yrs—Swiss Boy, 3 yrs.: NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NI•RT. Sweepstakes. T.Y.C. Jane Eyre, Bst 71b—Rodney, Bst 71b—Raillery, 7st 111 b. D.M. Handicap. Wanota, 4 yrs, B st 101 b — Diplomatist , 4 yr', Sat 101 b —Doc an Durras, 6 yrs , 7 st — Lola Montt z, 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Moodkee, 4 yrs, 6st 101b—Iliehinbrook, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Contessa, 3 yrs, sst 41b. MATCHES—WEDNESDAY. St. Rosalia receives from Second Sight, and Miniver from Gretna Green filly. The match between Farthin gale and Dark Lady is off by consent; and that between ltctail and the Agnes filly will not be run. BETTING AT MANCIIESTER.-TUESDAY. THE CESAREWITCII STAKES.-12 to 1 agst Lanesbo rough (taken)-12 to 1 ags t B ac kbi ter - 12 to I agst Surplice-20 to 1 agst Palma (taken)-20 to 1 agst Dacia —25 to 1 agst Peep o'Day Boy (taken)-25 to 1 sgst Inheritress-33 to 1 agst Tisiphone (taken)-33 to 1 agst Poynton. THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.-20 to 1 agst Fore closure (taken)-20 to I agst any other. TRIENNIAL STAKES.-1I to 5 agst Elthiron (taken)- 3to 1 agst Tadmor (taken)-5 to I agst Nina. gages. But, they say to me, you had in 1847 debts to the amount of eleven hundred thousand francs, and your liabilities are now little more than six hundred thou sand. You have therefore disbursed five hundred thousand francs ? You have therefore paid your creditors out of the public treasury ?—Citizens ! There is in all this only one small difficulty. It is that these five hundred thousand francs of debts were disbursed by me six months before the Revolu tion. And from what funds was I enabled to make DRUNKENNESS.—In some parts of the country this disbursement of five hundred thousand fra ncs i n mag istrates are calling uponsto pofitirpd s n u s ret eun f victe h d . o r f urued -1847 ? From three hundred thousand francs paid P the bail, c y om or mitttineg good into my hands by the publisher of the History of the behaviour, eated actsuoufdduruuntkpernunriedsing for a limited period. This can be done under an Act of Girondists, and from four hundred and fifty thousand Parliament paved in the 24th of Tames I. T .I.TTTRSALL'S, MONDAY.—Erratum —Escalade price for the Oaks was quoted yesterday, by mistake, at 17 to 1 instead of 7 to 1. of I I I