The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-16 00:00:00

• . • • • . -_ ._ _ _ SLIGO, SErr. 14.—Wind N.—Arri. Sar ;11 Mtri Fawcett, Quebec, with part of cargo thrown overboard. SHIELDS, SEPT. 15.—Wind FLrah Metcalf, Madras. SUNDERLAND, SEPT. 15.—Wind Ma: s, RedleY, Quebec. BULL, SEPT. 15.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Royal Vic t(lrlat Quebec; Sarah and Elizabeth, Greenland. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. Fruit:—Pine-apples, English, 2s 6d to 3s Id per lb; Apples, is to Is 9d ; Pears, is 6d to 3s; and Plums, 2 5 to 4s 3d per half sieve; Black llamburgh Grapes, Is to 2s; and Muscat of Alexandria, 2s 6d to 3s 6d per lb; Peaches and Nectarines, 6d to is 6d; and Apricots, 4d to 9d per dozen ; Melons, English, is to is 6d; ditto Dutch, 9d to is 6d each; Walnuts, 3s to 6s per bushel ; Filberts, 40s to 45s per 1001bs; Mulberries, 4d to 8d per pottle; Lemons, 5s to 8s per 100. Yege tablea:—Cucumbers, Id to 10d per brace ; ditto for Pickling, 3s to 3s 6d per 100; Red Cabbages, 2s 6d to 6d per dozen; Artichokes, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen; Spinach, is to is 6d per junk; Radishes, 6d to Sd per dozen hands; Horseradish, 2s to 3s per bundle; Small Salads, 2s per dozen punnets; Turnips, Is to is Gd; Carrots, 2s 6d to 3s; and Onions, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen bunches; Potatoes, 2s to 6s per pushel; Celery, $d to is per bundle; Tomatoes, 3s to 4s per half sieve; Cape Brocoli, 5s to 6s per dozen bundles. HIINGERrOILD. Our market was well supplied with most articles to day. Generally speaking, the demand was steady at full Prices. Tr ZWGATE AND LEADENHAML. Pork moved off readily, at improved currencies, other- Wise the trade was very firm. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Lamb, 43 to ss; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per 81b by the carcase. Geese, 4s 6d to 7s 6d; Fowls, is 9d to 26 6d; Capons, 3s to ss; Chickens, is 6d to 2s 3d; Ducks, is 9,1 to 2s 6d; Rabbits, 10d to is 9d; Leverets, 2s 6d to 3s; Grouse, 2s to 2s 6d; Partridges, Is 3d to Is 8d; and Pigeons, 6d to 8d each; Ostend fresh Butter, H) to 11s, and English ditto, Ils to 12s per dozen pounds. Irish Eggs, 4s 8d to 5s 6d; Ostend ditto, 5s 6d to 5s 8d; Calais ditto, 6s to 6s 6d; Ilonfleur ditto, 6s 3d to 7s 3d; and English ditto, 7s 6d to 8s per 100. NEWP onT Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 35 8d to 4s 6d ; Lamb, 4s to ss; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 4s 6d to 5s 4d per Blbs. I:I7IIXTECILA.PEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, Sd to 4s 6d; Lamb, 4s to 4s 101; Veal, 3s Sd to 4s 4d; and Pork, 4s 6d to 5! 2d per Sibs. lIILLIDTGSGATE. Turbots, 3s tC --- 8713rci17,6dt0 . 2s ; Cod Fish, 2s to 4s; Whitings, 2d to 6d; Lobsters, 6d to 2s 3d; Crabs, Gd to 2s each; Soles, 4d to 2s per pair ; Eels, Id to 9d per lb; Salmon, 8d to 10d per lb; Grey Mullets, 4d to ls; Red ditto, 3d to 6d; Haddocks, 3d to 7d each; Crimped Skates, 3d to 4d; Salt Fish, 31 to 4d; Dried ditto, 3d to 4d; Sturgeon, 4d to 6d per lb; Flounders, is to is 6d per dozen; Whitebait, is per quart; Common Oysters, 8s to 10s; Natives, 16s to 20s per bushel; Fresh Herrings Is to Is 6d per dozen. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from Sid to 9d; of Household ditto, bid to 8d per 41b leaf. EIDE DIARIEET. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, Qd to 2d ; ditto, 641 b to 721 b, 2d to 21d; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, tad to 24-d; ditto, 801 b to 881 b, 3d to 31,21; ditto, 881 b to 961 b 31(1 to 8d; ditto, S6;b to 1041 b, 3id to Sid; Lamb Skins, tt itch), Is 6d to 2s 8d; Calf Skins 4s 6d to 5s ; Horse sides, $s 6d; Shearlings, is 3d to is 9d. HAY MATEILETS. SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 313 s to 3/ 13s; New ditto, 21 8s to 318 s; Old Clover, 4/ 4s to 5/ ; New ditto, 31 its to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 6s to I/ lOs per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly at late rates. C ERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 81 5s to 3/ 15s; New ditto, 2/ lOs to 31 9s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 51; New ditto , 31 lOs to 4110 s; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ lOs per load. A moderate supply and a steady demand. ECHIPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to 3/ 13s; New c'.itto, 2l 8s to 31 8s; Old Clover, 415 s to 5155; New ditto, 8/ 10s to 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 103 per load. Trade rather dull at ourquotations. COAL MARK ET.-YESTERDAT. Buddle's W. Hartley 16s Odßelmont Chester Main l4s Od,Braddyll's Hetton l6s 6d Hasting's Hartley l6s Odlßell Holywell Main New Tanfield 143 Od Lambton North Percy Hartley.. 15s Od Russell's Hetton Ord's Redheugh Tanfield Moor Tanfield Moor Butes... 12s 6d Caradoe l6s 3d Townley l4s OdiHeugh Hall Wall's End, &c. rinidon ... 15s 6d Brown's Benson Gosforth . Hotspur Hilda l4s 6d! Parson's Graigola 2ls Od Riddell's ... 14s 6(1 Ships at market...l4s. Lambton Primrose ... IL's 9i TWO EXTENSIVE FIRES, AND LOSS OF LIFE.—(THIS DAY). Shortly after two o'clock this miming a fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Penman, cabinet maker, Myrtle -street, Iloxtor. No time was lost in obtaining every assistance, and police were dispatched to the engines of the Brigade and West of England and County Companik a; a speedy arrival of those bodies took place. but such was the rapidity of the extension of the flames that only a short time elapsed before the whole of the Workshops, together with the workmen's tools, were completely destroyed. On Wednesday night a like accident occurred on these premises, but was very quickly extinguished, from what cause could not be as certained. Mr. Penman is believed to be insured in the Sun Fire Company. Another fire, attended with loss of life, happened at the residence of Mr. Watkins, haberdasher, 45, Mile end-road. The flames spread most furiously, and, not withstanding ready vssistance was afforded by the fire men of the London Establishment, under the manage ment of Mr. Superintendent Braidwood and Mr. Ergo, the foreman of the A district of the London Establish ment, very shortly the shop, stock, and every other valuable were destroyed. The firemen, after the fire was arrested in its progress, ascertained that a lad was miss ing, for whom they made diligent search. Water in both inritances was well supplied. The premises of air. Hartly, hatter, was also damaged. Both parties are insured; the former in the Sun and the latter in the Legal Insurance Company. CLERKEN WELL.—( T HIS DAY.) Frederick Bradley, a broker's man, was charged with stealing acme gold bodkins, the property of Mr. Edward Simmons, jeweller, of Southampton-row. It appeared that, on the 7th inst., the prisoner was put in possession On the prosecutor's premises under an execution on a a distress, and remained until Tuesday last, when he Was withdrawn. That evening he had a quarrel with his wife, of so violent a nature, that a policeman was called to quell the disturbance. To him Mrs. Bradley accused her husband of having robbed Mr. Simmons, and in proof ef the ',accusation gave up the bodkins in question, which she said formed part of the property of *hich the prisoner had charge. The policeman went to the prosecutor's shop, and there saw Mrs. Simmons, who, upon hearing the circum stances, said that she could not identify the articles, and that she would not have any thing to do with a Wile's prosecuting her husband. But Mr. Simmons, sub sequently, upon the examination of his stock, found that other articles had been subtracted from the stock during the time the distress was in the house. He had lost from one case several bodkins like those now produced, and he did not doubt that these were his property. The prisoner, in his defence, said that he found the bodkins with a quantity of old nails on a dust heap, but not on the prosecutor's premises. He appealed to the chief clerk, and other officers of the court, as to his character. The MAGISTRATE thought that the evidence was rather weak, as the prosecutor's wife refused to identify the property. But if Mr. Simmons chose to prosecute he would hold the prisoner to bail in his own recogni zances of 301., to appear to answer any charge that might, be brought against him. Ia the meantime, he recom mended the prosecutor to make search and inquiries about the other missing property. MILDRED VERNON, A TALE OF PARISIAN SO CIETY.—AS the station of the writer of this work will naturally draw attention to it, and readers will be cu rious to know something of its contents, we can inform them that it is a book quite out of the common order. It may be characterised as a comparison of French and English society at the present day. The ep , graph in the title-page, from Byron, applies to the English in Paris, and not to the French people. The work is in direct opposition with the generality of English preju dices. touching Forei gners i n genera l an d French people in particular, and gives a picture of French society both for good and evil. The political portion of the work tends to show that France can hope for nothing under any regime, unless her aristocracy sincerely a put their shoulder to the wheel "—that they had that responsi bility once, that they lost it by their own fault, and that they now have it again, and had it also under Louis Philippe.—Evening Paper. " The Beehunter ; or, Oak Openings,' by the author of " The Pilot," " The Last of the Mohicans," &c., 3 vole. post Bvo., is published this day by Mr. Bent ley, New Burlington-street, and may be had of all book sellers. Also " Amymone, a Romance of the Days of Perieles," by the author of " Azeth;" " Sadness and Gladness," by the Hon. Adela Sydney; " Harold, the Last of the Saxon Kings," by Sir Edward Bulwer Lyt ton, Bart.. second edition; and " The Rival Beauties," by Julia Pardoe, author o: " Confessions of a Pretty Woman." ROSHERVILLE GARDENS.—Although the tints of autumn begin to warn the visitor of the fleeting year, this delightful retreat still offers attractions to the florist as well as to the pleasure-seeker. From an announce ment in another column, it will be seen that a combina tion of the former entertainments upon the gala nights is to be given next Monday, and as the weather is so in viting, we doubt not but that the attendance will amply reward the exertions of the spirited proprietor. DONCASTER.—Copious particulars of the four days' races, with a Portrait of the Winnner of the St. Leg , r. will appear in Bell's Life in London, September 17, Bell's Life is published in time on Saturdays to be sent by all the mid-day railways. A sixpence enclosed to Mr. Clement, jun., 170, Strand, will ensure a copy by return of post. The regular sale of Bell's Life exceeds 27,000. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—TraffiC for the week ended Sept. 9, coaching traffic, 1,708/. 13s. 81; Steam-boats, 199/. 14s. ; Parcels, 721. 4s. ; Goods and 1261. 76. 7d.; Total, 2,1061. 19e. 3d. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURD'AY EVENING, SEPTEMBER /6, 1848. DEFENCE OF LAMARTINE. (Continued from 7he Sun of yesterday.) FOURTH ACCUSATION. I was an accomplice in the manifestation of the hun•- dred thousand men on the 17th of March ; I was feeble and undecided on the 16th of April. I will now give you a slight narrative of the 17th of March. Its prircipal characteristic was, that it was directed against myself. Open the Moniteur and read the menacing addresses of the leaders of the insurrectionary clubs; it was against my name that their harangues were chiefly opposed. Read my reply ; read the desultory dialogue which ensued, after the conclusion of this event, between myself and several of the more moderate men of the manifestation. I again transcribe (from the published reports) :—" One of the citizens advanced and said to M. de Lamartine, Be assured that the people who are assembled yonder are only assembled to support the members of the Provisional Government.' M. de Lamartine re sponded, lam convinced of that; but the nation may be deceived as to the fact. Beware of such as semblages as these, however beautiful they may ap pear. The 18th Brumaire of the people may per chance be only productive of the 18th Brumaire of despotism ; and that result is desired neither by your selves nor by the Government.' " Is that, I ask, the language or the bearing of an accomplice ? FIFTH ACCUSATION. I have given evidences of inquietude and indecision; I neglected to take precautionary measures on the famous day of the 16th of April. Upon this subject the public had of itself no suspicion whatever; but such was the construction put upon the deposition of an honourable General, a brilliant but subordinate actor upon that occasion. Now, examine the whole of this day of the 16th of April, scrutinize it carefully hour by hour. Each hour has its elucidation; each circumstance its wit- nesses. The elections were approaching. The factions which wished to overthrow the Government of the moderate Republic, and to confiscate the Republic to the clubs, and to the dictatorship of certain con spirators who employed those clubs as their instruments, began, after a few days, to meditate a most desperate adventure. A hundred thousand men, under their immediate direction, began to assemble upon the Champ-de-Mars, prepa ratory to marching in a dense mass upon the Hotel de Ville, for the purpose of expelling from the Pro visional Government those members who resisted the domination of the clubs, of proclaiming a Com mittee of Public Sgfety, of inaugurating a Dictato rial Government—a reminiscence of the Despotism of the Convention—a parody of the 31st of May against the Girondists. We were informed of these preparations. We bad already made the most pa thetic appeals to the populace, with the intention, if possible, of deadening the menaces of this insensate attempt against the sovereignty of the people, and especially at the very moment when that sovereignty was on the eve of evidencing its existence through the exercise of universal suffrage. We did not suc ceed in our endeavour. The coup d'etat of the clubs was inexorably resolved upon. We were only ig norant of the day upon which it was to be adven tured. At six o'clock in the morning some zealous men, having escaped with difficulty from the very midst of the conspirators, came to inform me that the direc tors of the clubs had passed the night in deliberation ; that they had declared themselves in permanence; that they had, above all things, and at all price, de cided upon my ostracisnz ; that they were furnished in abundance with arms and cartridges ; that sentinels were posted at the doors to prevent ingress and egress; that a committee of public safety had been proclaimed, a committee composed of certain members of the Provisional Government, designated on their subjugation, and of other names which were already invested with a certain degree of influence in promoting agitation. They added that these clubs and their affiliated accomplices had ar ranged to place themselves at the head of the workmen who were to assemble fur the purpose of some elections on the Champ-de-Mars, to lure them to wards the Hotel de Ville, and there to consummate their enterprise against my collet sues and myself. Thence they were to proceed against the club of Blanqui, and to defeat that rival for the dictatorship over the people which he disputed with themselves, and which thereby caused extraordinary embarrassments to their plans. It will be seen later why it was that Blanqui stood thus alone against all, and why it was that all were on the other hand leagued against Blanqui. I took, on the instant, those few defensive measures of which the crisis of the moment still admitted. The National Guard, at that time hardly reorganized, had not as yet been once re-assembled under arms. I communicated at once with certain chiefs and agents devoted to my policy in the, faubourgs of Saint-Antoine and Saint-Merceau. They held themselves ready to call together the workmen of those quarters, men admirably intentioned in their opinions, and to hasten at the first signal to the de fence of the Hotel de Ville. For the facilitation of this project I had placed videttes on the look out upon the Place de Greve. Those of my colleagues who had been warned like myself took past in these dif ferent measures. At eleven o'clock, at the very moment when I had completed all the foregoing ar rangements, the Minister of the Interior was an nounced. He informed me of all those circumstances which were already known to me in regard to the conspiracy. He added th at the conspirators had so far injured him that they had inscribed his name among the members of the Committee of Public Safety, but that he was resolved never to betray his colleagues, and that he came to concert with me those measures which were most advisable to be taken to oppose the insurrection. We convinced ourselves in a few words that it was incum bent upon him as Minister of the Interior to order the rappel to be beaten, whilst I proceeded to General Duvivier to obtain four battalions of the Garde Mobile, and to hurry them immediately to the Place de Greve. " I will hold out three hours at least in the Hotel de Ville," said I to my colleague, " and if by that time the National Guard has not responded to the call fur their assistance, I will suc cumb. If, on the contrary, the National Guard rises, it will come forthwith to the deliverance of the seat of Government; and the Republic, surrounded by such an imposing force, will be definitively con stituted." The Minister of the Interior then departed ; he went himself to cause the rappel to be beaten. I also left the Hotel de Ville at the same moment. I went to the residence of General Duvivier. The Gene ral was absent. The principal officer of his staff, his chief secretary, and myself then selected the four battalions; we wrote out the necessary orders, and dispatched them to the various bar racks therein indicated. At this instant General Duvivier returned. I caused him to participate in my arrangements, which he thereupon s li g h tly modi fied. I inquired of him whether the battalions were supplied with cartridges, and found that they were entirely destitute of them. I then took upon myself the responsibility of seeking out the principal staff of the National Guard. Gen. Cour tais:arrived there at the same time that I did myself. He came to give, with out any hesitation whatever, the necessary order for the sounding of the rappel. It was about half -past twelve. I hurried on foot to the Hotel de Ville to await and dispose the battalions. While I was thus taking every measure of defence, Gen. Changarnier, who had been only a few days pre viously appointed the Ambassador to Berlin, reached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to acquaint me with all the intelligence which he had acquired as to the progress of the insurrection. Rumour had informed him of much that was passing, and had incited him to seek me at the Hotel de Ville, in order to place at my disposal as an additional defence the concurrence of a brave and experienced warrior. We encoun tered each other at the official residence of the Mayor of Paris. The Mayor of Paris and myself at once author:se d the General to take upon himself officially the direction of the forces which were about to arrive. We were just then informed that the rappel had not yet been beaten in all the quarters. We dreaded lest a counter-order might have been issued. In consequence of this the Mayor of Paris instantly wrote out a new order of an urgent cha racter. We sent this order to the Carrousal. It was this second order which General Changarnier caused to he enforced, and which order might, without doubt, have been rendered unnecessary if the first order, executed two hours before by the Minister of the Interior, had been obeyed. My four battalions arrived. The General disposed. them in proper order, he harangued them, he filled them with that military enthusiasm with which he was already inspired. The injustice which he has dis played towards me will not render me unjust towards himself. He was burning with ardour. M. Marrast, on his part, had, with the utmost deci eision, taken in the surrounding quarters every possible measure of a defensive nature, and had done every thing in his power to concentrate the forces which remained at his disposal. The Hotel de Ville became every successive minute more strong and almost im pregnable. I wrote to the legions of the suburbs to hasten inwards with the utmost rapidity. Some of the scholars of the Polytechnic were the bearers of my commands. The workmen of the fauhourg of St. Antoine, the workmen of Belleville, the Lyonnais who had been already assembled to gether by M. Marrast, the vat ions depu tations of the pupils of the Polytechnic School, of St. Cyr, of ails and of manufactures, the students of law and cf medicine, were already hurrying forwards. I addressed them as they arrived successively. All that youth proved themselves three months afterwards to be at once the strength and the wisdom of the Republic. Crowd succeeding crowd, poured along the staircases and into the balls. All the administration of Paris, every one officially connected with the Moniteur, were there. I ask any one of them to de clare whether I betrayed, even for one single instant, either hesitation, or lassitude, or feebleness ? if a single measure that was at all available was omitted ? if a single word of mine was faltering ? if a single question indicated trepidation ? Up to the very mo ment in which the National Guard, debouching at the same moment from the various quays and bridges, came to assure us of the most beautiful of all victories —the victory gained without combat ! I love and I respect the military uniform ; General Changarnier wore it on that day nobly ; but the uniform is not the only garb privileged to cover the bosoms of men of canine. My colleagues, collected together in another part of Paris, assisted, on their side, in arousing this grand resurrection of the civic power. From that day forth Public Order was clad in armour. Behold here the narrative of the l6th day of April. Where, I ask you, is the defect revealed in regard to the necessary measures of defence and precaution ? There was indeed one measure which I was counselled to take by those who evinced the most impatience, and that measure I resolutely refused to employ. Had I done so I should have involved nTy country and the National Assembly in the horrors of civil war, and I wished only to preserve to them both the possession of Peace. LAW OF LUNACY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—ln your paper of the 9ch ult. you animadvert in strong terms on the law as regards lunacy, and on the certificate system, and mention the case of Mr. G. W. Dixon, a gentleman who had been confined (in the asylum of Dr. Fox, at Northwoods) under that system, at the instigation of the Rev. Sir George Prevost, Bart., a cousin of the above gentleman. As the public have had the Rev. Baronet's name brought forward, and in a very questionable light (for the case was only partially reported as far as the charge brought by the " Lunatics' Friend Society"), it is quite right that the termination of the case should also be made public, in order that Sir George Prevost's character should not suffer unjustly. The " Lunatics' Friend Society," who had heard of Mr. Dixon's confinement, instituted an inquiry into the case, and although there was ample medical evidence, most conclusively establishing the necessity for the step taken by Sir G. Prevost, yet they persevered in dragging the whole of an exclusively private matter betore the public, and placing a wrong conclusion upon the pro ceedings. Not content with bringing the case betore Baron Alderson, the society contrived to have Mr. Dixon examined by the visiting justices of the county and a physician who attended them. This latter gentleman made an affidavit, and the visiting justices signed a re port, and both the affidavit and the report, speaking to the result of their official examination, were to the same effect as those of the medical men who signed the certi ficates under which Mr. Dixon was placed in confinement. The Judge, after reading over the whole of the affi davits made in this case, has very properly discharged the writ of habeas corpus, and has stated that Sir George Prevost's comiuct was highly praiseworthy, and not in the least to be blamed, and also that the conduct of Dr. Fox in the transaction has been perfectly blameless. I am not advocating the law of lunacy as it at present stands, or the certificate system, but simply wish to show that the defects of the system (if any do really exist) were not taken advantage of is a wrong way, as your remarks would rather lead any of your readers to believe, but that under any system, the unanimous opinion of so many medical men of the first note, would have justified the course pursued, and ought to have been sufficient for a society professing to act on purely philanthropic principles, as the Lunatics' Friend Society. In my opinion, the working of such self-cmstituted societies, supplementary to the ordinary law of the land, is infinitely more to be objected to and resisted by every one. The vexatious interference on frivolous grounds, to gether witn the prying and inquisitorial (to say n othing worse) method of obtaining information on family mat ters which has characterised the present proceedings of the society, are unfavourable to the purity of motive and single-mindedness which ought alone to be their true guides In the present case the society had not a single medi cal opinion, that I am aware of, to put against the many which appeared on the other side,and they have entailed annoyance and expense to a high-minded, upright gen tleman, who had a sufficiently painful task to perform without his motives being made liable to such miscon struction, and his character assailed through the instru mentality of an officious society. The Judge's justifica tion of Sir G. Prevost is hardly sufficient to meet the attack . upon his character, and the injury he has thereby sustained, more particularly as the reporters for the press were excluded at the last hearing. I hope, therefore, you will find room to insert the above remarks in yo ur co l umns , as i t i s str i ct l y d ue to the parties concerned.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, W. M. DIXON, Captain, Royal Artillery. September 11, 1848. * This word is omitted in the letter, but the context shows evidently that it was meant to be inserted. THE NEW COD FISIIERY 1N DAVIS'S S. TRAITS. It i will be n the recollection of our readers that in the month of May last considerable interest was felt in the shipping and mercantile circles of Hull by the fitting out of two vessels, the Seaflower schooner, of 113 tons, and the smack Bee, of 70 tons, for the Davis's Straits cod fishery—a trade never previously embarked in by Hull merchants. Many were the arguments advanced against the speculation by the " knowing ones" in maritime affairs. The lengt h of time required to reach the fish ing grounds, together with the boisterous nature of the sea to be traversed, were obstacles urged as being likely to render the trade anything but profitable. The success which has attended the Bee, however, proves that those fears were groundless. It icing a matter of more than private interest to know ho w this expedition has suc ceeded we give the following particulars:—The Bee, which was formerly the revenue cruiser on the Humber, was substantially repaired, and set sail from Hull on the 30th day of May last, with a picked crew of nine men, all accustomed to the northern regions and to the fishing trade. They were well provisioned and well paid, and although they have been absent only three months and three days, and have scarcely had a fortnight's fine weather during the voyage, they have returned with a full cargo of 8,000 cod-fish, one cask of halibut, and about three quarters of ► tun of cod oil. Captain W eldon, of the Bee, states that he left fishing the Seaflower, which vessel had caught 6,700 fish ; she may be very shortly expected with a full cargo. He also left on the grounds, and still fishing, the Janet llay, a stout schooner, with a crew of 20 men, having on board 30,000 fish, of which she had aken 23,000 before the arrival of the Bee. The Electra had, when the Bee left, 23,000. This vessel had also a crew of 20 men. The Bee will not return to the fishery until the spring, but will probably be employed in the Baltic or North Sea trade until then. There can be no doubt that the suceess of this enterprise will induce other merchants and shipowners to turn their attention to it.—Hull Advertiser. AWFUL MURDER IN HEATON NORRIS.—This morning (Friday) we have to announce an awful murder in Hope-street, Heaton Norris. It appears that James Kelly, an Irishman, " a self-acting minder," employed in the mill of Alfred Orrell, Esq.,has for some time been paying his addresses to a young woman, named Elias Faulkner, a throstle spinner at the same mill. It appears that Kelly requested to see Faulkner last night, and she not having conceded to his request to meet him, he waited fur her this morning at her own door, and called to her when she came nut to go to her work. He seized hold of her immediately with his left hand, and as she turned to escape from him he drew a large pocket knife across her throat. A boy named Sb igh was opening shutters close by and saw the occurrence, and screaming out brought his mother to the door. She fell on Mrs. Sleigh's arms, and died immediately, the prisoner stand ing by. The murderer was immediately arrested by the bystanders, and he expressed himself satisfied that ho had committed the act. On his way to the police-office he requested to see deceased again. Ile has been de pressed in spirits sines his arrest. The deceased was a very respectable young woman. The inquest will be held this afternoon at four o'clock, the particulars of which will appear in our third edition.—Manchester paper of yesterday. DEATH OF A FOX•HUNTER.—John Chapman, Esq. the celebrated fox-hunter, died on the 31st alt., at Ilor mead Hall, Hertfordshire, aged GS. He was enthusi• six aS th tie m a o ll n yfo s ollnfdoofwfoexitthi hunting, and hounds. d even, within the last RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TaArric.—The following arc the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the store week in the previous year : NAME OF RAILWAY. Aberdeen ...... Amiens and Boulogne . •• •• •• •••• •• • • Belfast and Ballymena •• •• •••• •••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Caledonian. „ 1,604 D 76 5,068 2,106 150 Chester and Ilolyhead. •• • • •• •• • • Cockermouth and Workington—. • • • • Dublin and Drogheda• • •• •• ••• ••• • •• Dublin and Kingstown Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen.. • • •• • • East Ang1ian........ „„ „ „ Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • •• • • •• •• Edinburgh and .I' , Torthern • • •• • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern•• East Lancashire ••• .. ....• •• • • Eastern Union.. „ ........ 976 1,090 631 4,252 2,100 15,597 1,476 1,455 3,162 1,116 3,888 21,749 750 823 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow• and Greenock...... • • Great Southern and Western • • Great Western, &c • • • • ••.• Kendal and Windermere• • .... • • •• •• Lancashire and York.shire..• • ... • •• •• Lancaster and Carlisle • • •.. • • • • • • Leeds and • • •• 229 12,900 2,870 Londonderry and 1. nniskillen•• •• • • •• London and North Western, &c. ..... London and Blackwall.. .. •••• • • • • London and Brighton •• •• London and South Western . ••• • • • Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 3laryport and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • • • Newmarket.. •• • • Newcastle and Carlisle ...... • • • • • • • • North British .. .......... •••• 131 47,905 1,334 11,376 11,214 3,112 1.92 24,159 1,0G3 n 43 1,070 4,194 Paris and Rouen . Rouen and Havre... 3,057 6,358 2,605 1,376 Scottish Central Shrewsbury and Chester • • • • •• • • • • • • South Eastern and Branches •• • • • • •• South Devon •• .. 841 11,552 1,83 1,924 83S 253 179 Waterford and Limerick..... •• •• Whitehaven Junction ..... •—• •• Wishaw and Coltncss ....... •• •. .. -- - York and Newcastle .• •• . York and North Midland. •-•• •• •• •• 13,881 9,635 14,594 1,0 4 1,261 2,762 1,335 2,058 21,014 11,1G4 1,6e9 I'O 47,063 11,404 11),68 2,4 - , 9 677 24,183 807 -- 2,355 2,640 9,657 3,706 512 11,813 1,068 1,798 800 206 12,616 9,30 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES.-THURSDAY. The Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only 5, &c., with 200 added; the second to re ceive 100 sovs. out of the stake, and the third to save his stake. St. Leger Course. (71 Subs., 49 of whom declared, &c.) Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah, 6 yrs, Bst Blb (Butler) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 6 yrs, Bst 61b (Nat) 2 Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor, 4 yrs, 7st 31b (G. Abdale) 3 Duke of Richmond's Vamp)re, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ... 0 Mr. Greville's Mirmillo, 4 ) rs, est 121 b (Dockeray) 0 Mr. Disney's Keleshea, 4 yrs, Est 81b (carried Cat 10Ib) 0 Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, 4 yrs, 6st 71b ... 0 Mr. Meiklam's Alliance, 5 yrs, Est slb (Ryder) 0 Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton, 5 yrs, Est 41b (Charlton) 0 Mr. Armstrong's Vesta, 4 yrs, ist ... (Berwick) 0 Mr. Lumley na Prince Charlie, 3 yrs, sst (J. Arnold) 0 Colonel Anson's Contessa, 3 yrs, 4st 71b (car. 4st 9lb) 0 Mr. Drinkald's Good Boy, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Rodney) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Executor, 4to 1 agst Vampyre, 4 to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 7 to 1 agst Mirmillo, 10 to 1 agst Miss Sarah, 10 to 1 agst Prince Charlie, 12 to 1 agst Keleshea, and 15 to 1 agst Contessa. Keleshea took the lead, followed by Executor and Contessa, Sheraton, and Alliance next, Lady Wildair about sixth, and Miss Sarah in the rear. They ran in this order about half a mile, when the running was taken up by Executor, which he carried on to the Red House turn, where Lady Wildair and Miss Sarah, quitting their horses, went towards the front, and at the distance were lying second and third. A few strides further Executor was beaten, and the two mares went together, Lady Wildair with a trifling lead. About half way up the stand Misa Sarah challenged, and, after a fine race, won by a head. Executor was beaten two lengths; Prince Charlie was fourth, and Contessa fifth. In making the Red House turn, Prince Charlie ran across Vesta, and upset her; Good Boy, who was in her wake, fell over her, and Miss Sarah and Vampyre very narrowly escaped. Vesta's rider got off with some bad cuts and bruises, but Rodney was seriously injured, and when we left the course was insensible. Mirmillo was disappointed at starting, and lost several lengths. Run in 3 min.:2o secs. The Fitzwilliam Handicap of 5 sovs. each. and 50 added. Rid House in. (6 Subs.) Lord Strathmore's Brocardo, 5 yes, Bst 71b (Nat) 1 Mr. D. Stoddart's Volley, 3 yrs, 7st ..„ 2 Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, aged, 7st 71b Lord Stanley's Cannibal, a yrs, Est 121 b ... 4 2 to 1 agst Brocardo, 5 to 2 agst Volley, and 5 to 2 agst Godfrey. Brocardo made all the running, and won by a length. Run in 1 min. 15 sees. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 100 added. Mile and a quarter. •••••••• Mr. Johnstone's Confeck racy, 3 yrs, Cat 91b (Ryder) 1 Mr. Dawson's Prince Charlie, 3 yrs, 7.t 71b... ... 2 Mr. B. Green's Maid of my Soul, 3 yrs, Bst 31b ... 3 Mr. Hesseltine's Escape, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 4 Mr. S. Hawkes's Miss Harrison, 3 yrs, ist 91b ... 5 5 to 4 on Escape, and 3 to 1 agst Prince Charlie. Escape, followed by Confederacy and Maid of my Soul, made the running to the Red House, where Confederacy went in advance, kept a clear lead to the end, and won by a length and a half. Run in 2 min. 17 secs. Wintringham having stopped his mare at the Stand, a suspicion was excited that he had done so for a fraudu lent purpose, and on returning to scale he was summoned before the Stewards. His explanation was clear enough —his mare was beaten at the distance, and ho did not consider it necessary to persevere with her. This has corroborated by Prince and Cartwright, and we under stand that Wintringham was informed by the Stewards that he was acquitted. Mr. Green, who bad left the course in ignorance that any charge had been made, was unacquainted with it till near seven o'clock; considering that great injustice hid been done both to himself and his jockey, took the earliest opportunity of demanding a public . inquiry, which it was arranged shall take place to-morrow. LATEST BETTING, CESARLWITCII. 12 to 1 agst Backbiter—t 25 to 1 agst Meaux 12 to 1 agst The Cur—t 28 to 1 agst Chat—t 12 to 1 agst Surplice 30 to 1 agst Dough — t 18 to 1 agst Palma 30 to t agst Panic 20 to 1 agstPeepo'Dayßoy l 30 to 1 agst Newcourt 25 to 1 agst Lanebborough 30 to 1 agst The Tartar 25 to 1 agst Attraction 33 to 1 apt Inheritress 25 to 1 agst Dacia DERBY. 12 to 1 agsruoneyeomb. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK, BY MESSRS. TAT TERSALL. Guineas Traveller, br yearling colt by Lanercost ..• ... 50 A bay yearling colt by Ithuriel, out of Maria ... 41 A bay yearling filly by Ithuriel, dby Tomboy ... 180 A black yearling filly by The Saddler, out of Peggy 82 B c (yearling) by Charles XII., out of Morsel ... 190 B c (yearling) by Charles XII., out of Lady Eden... 100 B c (yearling) by St. Martin, out of Miss Purkenson 29 B c (yearling) by St. Martin, out of Rebecca ... 300 B c (yearling) by St. Martin, out of Margery ... 265 Br c (yearling) by Charles XII., out of the hind— 20 B c (yearling) by Gladiator, out of Revival ... 165 B f (yearling) by St. Martin, out of Marchioness... 75 Br f (yearling) by St. Martin, out of Messalina ... 145 Ch f (yearling) by St. Martin, out of Abigail ... 40 B f (yearling) by Charles XII., out of Fury ... 50 B f (yearling) by Melbourne, out of Constantis ... 41 FRIDAY'S RICER. Tho North of England Produce Stakes of 50 son. each; for three yrs old; the winner of the St. Leger, 71b extra, &c. Leger Course. (19 Subs.), Lord Clifden's Surplice ... ..• walked over The Gascoigne Stakes o f 100 s oya. each, 30 ft • ; for three yrs old. St. L eger C o urse. (8 Subs.) 1 Mr. Green's Assault .. ... walked over ... The Park Hill Stakes of 50 sous. each, b ft, for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each ; the second to receive 100 sovs. cut of the stakes, and the winner to pay 20 soya. towards the expenses. St. Leger Course. ( 4 1 Subs.) Lord Stanley's Canczou ... (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Foljambe's Queen of the May ... ••• ... 2 Mr. Quip ' s Attraction ... ... ••• ... ... 3 4 and 5 to 1 on Canezou, who made all the running at a strong pace, and won by three lengths. Run in 3 min. 20 secs. The Two Yrs Old Stakes of 20 SOTS. each; colts, Bst 71b• fillies, Bst 41b; the secon d to sa v e his stake. T.Y.C. (30 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman Mr. Green's Garrick ..• ••• ••• (Marlow) 1 Mr. Bell's Velox Mr. Meiklatn's Baby ••• ••• ••• ... ... 4 7 to 1 on Flying Dutchman, who took the lead, made yrs, Bst 121 b ... his: own running, and won in the commonest of canters by three lengths. Run in 1 min. 43 secs. The Cup, of 3001., added to a Sweepstakes of 20 se,vs. each, the second to receive 50/. out of the stakes. Cup Course. (12 Subs.) Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 5 (Nat) 1 Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ... ... 2 Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp, 4 yrs, 9st 31b... . 3 7 to 4 on Van Tromp, 3 to 1 agst Chanticle e r, ' and 6 to 1 agst Ellerdale. Won easy by a length and a half. Run in 4 min. and 50 secs. The Retriever Stakes of 300 sous. each, h ft, for to o years old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. One t) the post. Red House in. (6 Subs.) Lord Stanley's Escalade (Butler) 5 to 2 on Honeycom b. Won eas y by two lengtl s. • Run in Lord min. d 17 secs. es s e Honeycomb ... ...: •. Sweepstakes of 200 sous. each, h ft, f or three - year o l ds, Cis.. • .. . . 2 1 if St. Leger Course. ( 7 Subs.) Lord Stanley's Canciou ••• ... walked over. Major Yarburg h withdr ew his stake. Match, 3 00 , h. ft. Red House in. Mr. Hill's Wind ermere, Bst 41b . , receivol ft from L Handicap Plate of 100 sovs., for thre e yrs old and upwards, Last mile and qua rter of the St. Leger Course. sat t rd 71b N , V a terford's c by Birdeatcher, ou t o F P er di lt , Lord Caledon's Wauota, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b (J. Marson) 1 Duke of Richmond's Vampyre, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ... 2 Mr. J. Scott's Sorceress, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b ... .. 3 Tne following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Bell's Fiddlestring , 5 y rs, Bst 51 b; Mr. Meicklam's Godfrey, aged, 7st 91 b; Mr. Hender son's Louisa Newell, dS ,s trathniore's Swall ow , 4 y rs , Confederacy, 3 yrs, 6st 1 11b; 4 72- y rs, 7lb ; 7 let Mr. 91b; 3 Lohnot-stone Mr. S. Hawke's Miss Harrison, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b; Major Yarburgh's Snowball, 3 yrs, 6st 81b; Mr. Bowes's Wiasnia, 3 yrs, 6st 61b. 5 to 2 agst Swallow; 4 to 1 agst Louisa Newell; 5 to 1 agst Mama; sto 1 agst Vempyre. Won cleverly by half a length , L'orcuese a bad third. DAY MORNING. BETTING ON FR CESAREWITI 12 to 1 apt Surplice —t 12 to 1 agst The Cur 12 to 1 agst Backbit , r 20 to 1 agst Attraction 20 to 1 agst Reflection STAKES. 20 to 1 agst Dough 25 to 1 F gst Lanet borough 25 to 1 agt Inheritress 40 to 1 rgt ilagley DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Honeycomb 15 to 1 agst Elthiron—t 16 to 1 agst Tadmor THE THREE-YEAR-OLD lIANDICAP (TuLnsDAY).— This matter was gone into this afternoon on the cf uric, when the stewards authorised Mr. Green to dcclare pub licly that there was not sufficient evidence to sustain the charge of false rid;ng against Wintringham, and that it had been shown by the evidence cf the other jockeys who rode in the race, that his mare was beaten Lt the distance. CRICE ET. THE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND v. TWENTY TWO OF BISHOPSWEARMOUTH AND DIS TRICT. On Wednesday this contest was resumed and brought to a conclusion, when it will bo seen, on a perusal of the final score, which will be found attached, that the Eleven were the victors by 137 runs. Indeed, from the eerly part of the first innings, it became apparent that our friends of Sunderland did not possess such a necessary completion of their studies and practice in the game us was at all likely to enable them to make even a reason ably good stand against the amount of accomplishment in the scierco which was opposed to them. The Eleven thus became the winners by 157 runs. The ultimate score stood thus : ALL ENGLAND. Clark, c Crookes, b Smith 8 run out l5 Dean, c Ditchburn Martingall, c and b Smith 4 c Bell, b Handy . 13 Parr, b Smith tian A. Mynn, Esq., b Smith . 9 1b w b Smith 1 N. Felix, Esq., c Beldon . 13 c Crookes, b Lambert 5 R. T. King, Esq., c Bell . 5 s Hake, b Smith Dorrinton, b Lambert ... 14 c Hutchinson, b Bell Sewell, run out: 6 c Smith, b Lambert... 10 Guy, b Bell Hillyer, not out 1 c Rake, b Smith Byes 13, wide 9 22 Byes 10; wide 10; no ball 1 129 BISHOPSWEAR3IOLITIL J. W. Elliott, Esq., b Clark 4 c Felix, b Clark W. H. Crookes, Esq., b Hillyer W. Bcldon, Esq., c Parr, b Hillyer P. Ditchburn, Esq., c Hill yer, b Clark Booth, b Clark I'. Smith, a Dorrinton, b Clark Redshaw, c King, b Hillyer 4 c Dorrinton, b Hillyer 2 J. Peacock, Esq., a Mynn, b Hillyer 9 c King, b Hillyer 7 W. Moncrieffe, Esq., c King, b Clark T. Elliott, Esq., c King, b • - - Clark Capt. Hutchinson, b Clark 0 W. M. Bell, c Parr, b Clark 2 J. Dowell, Esq., b Hillyer 0 Rake, c Mynn, b Clark Lambert, b Hillyer R. Eckles, Esq., b Hillyer 1 B. Peacock, Esq., b Mayer 0 Christion, 1 b w, b Clark 10 W. Wells, Esq., b Hillyer 0 R. Johnson, Esq., b Hillyer 4 H.Bramwell, Esq., b Hillyer 0 G. handy, Esq., not out Byes c Parr, b liilly - er 8 bllyer c Dorrinton, b Clark 0 c Clark, bllyer c Parr, b Clark .... Dorrinton, bllillyer 0 b Dean 10 b Dean 2 1 b w, b Hillyer c Guy, b Dean., 1 Not out 2 c Felix, b llillyer b Byes, 2; no ball, 1 3 56 Thus the All England won by 157 runs. biril ambition FRAN CE. The Moniteur du Soir announces, on the authority of a letter from Turin, that Charles Albert refuses to renew the armistice which is to expire on the 21st inst. It is added that he has at present 102,000 men under arms, and that he will have assembled 150,000 before the expiration of the truce. It is further asserted that he has given orders to purchase four steamers to be armed for war. The Committee of Legislation has examined a pro position, made by AL Xavier Durrieu, for depriving the Executive Government of the faculty of suspend ing journals during the state of siege. After hearing the author of the proposition, it decided, by a majority of 11 to 8, that it would recommend the previous question to be moved upon it. The Central Democratic Committee has, in conse quence of the retirement of N. Horace Say, put forward M. E. Adam, N. Gervais (de Caen), and M. Roger (du Nord) as its candidates. M. Louis Blanc has written a letter to the editor of the Reform*, in which he postively denies that he has exerted his influence in the clubs, or among his partisans, on behalf of Prince Louis Napoleon. The Lieutenant-Colonel and Chefs de Bataillon of the 4th Legion of the National Guard of the Banlieue have addressed a letter to the General Commanding in-Chief of the National Guards of the Seine, com plaining that General Piat, the Colonel of the Legion, has so described himself in the addresses he has pub lished in support of the candidateship of Prince Louis Napoleon, that he has identified in a manner the Legion with his proceedings; they protest against. it being supposed that he is acting with the co-operation of the Legion. SPAIN. Cabrera is still in the province of Vich, and his inaction gives rise to a variety of conjectures. It is positively stated that his health will not permit him to continue the post of the chief of the Catalonian or Aragonese partisans. General Enna, commanding the Queen's forces in the province of Girona, attacked on the 3d, on the extreme frontiers, the Carlo-Repub lican band of Plandamunt, and killed or wounded several of his men. The remainder sought refuge on the French territory. The blockade of Berga still continued on the Ist, but a convoy of provisions, coming from Cardona, was able to enter the town. It is stated that Manresa, a town with a population of 15,000, is threatened with the same fate. A new republican band has made its appearance in the neigh bourhood of Figuera, but its efforts appear to be directed towards La Jonquiere. It is stated of in opinionweA hasll-UinS arisen quarters that a serious difference T ris ß en l b A et . ween the mediating Powers and the Government of Austria on the subject of the city of Venice. The British and French re presentatives at Vienna are said to have declared to Baron Wessemberg, the ,Minister for Foreign Af fairs, that in consequence of the mediation accepted by the Imperial Cabinet, the latter was bound to abstain from any act of hostility against Venice until the future fate of the city should be fixed by the medi ating Powers. The Cabinet of Vienna is said to have replied . to the decl ara ti on , th a t i n s i gn i ng t h e arm i s ti ce with King Charles Albert, the Austrian Government reserved its full right to adopt such measures against Venice as might be necessary to recover possession of it, the more so as the armistice in question declared expressly that Venice should be surrendered to the Imperial troops, within three days after the ratifica tion of the armistice by King Charles Albert. The Baron de Wessemberg added, that the period of the armistice was concluded at Milan, the city of Venice was dependent, in fact, on the Sardinian Go vernment, and that consequently the engagement contracted by King Charles Albert to surrender Ve nice to Austria could not be weakened by the refusal of the present Venetian Government, a revolutionary Government not recognised by any foreign Power, and much less by Austria. Neither did Baron Wessemberg conceal from Lord Ponsonby and M. de Lacour, that as soon as the Sardinian fleet should have quitted Venice the Austrian Government would attack it by land and sea. The Sardinian fleet quitted the waters of Venice definitively on the afternoon of the 7th instant, after having embarked the Sardinian troops. The Austrian fleet was pre paring h w instant to concentrating bl o cka blockade histroops Venice, take It is added that the French G overn ment had in consequence determined to send several ships of war to Venice, and to make at the Welder' assault. 8 s ame time a diplomatic remonstrance to the Cabinet Generalth e e i city 'on by the of Vienna, to require it to abstain from continuing the war against Venice. The Augsburg Gazette of the 11th contains a letter, dated Vienna, Bth instant, which states that " all well•informed and influential men believe, that al though Austria has accepted the offered mediation of France and England, she is determined not to cede an inch of her Italian territory." POLAND. A letter from Warsaw, of the 2d, says that Count Nesselrode had arrived in that capital, and had had numerous conferences with Prince Paskewitch on domestic and foreign affairs. It was again said in well-informed circles, that the Czar has the intention to re•establish the kingdom of Poland, nominating a Viceroy with an independent constitution and special troops. Prince Paskewitch and the Duke de Leuch tenberg were severally spoken of as likely to be ap pointed to the viceroyalty. The Polish political prisoners were being treated with less severity. PIEDIVION T. The Risergimento of Turin of the 11th contains a programme of the National Society, just founded, for the promotion of an Italian Confederation. Its prin ciples are the absolute independence of Italy from fo reigners ; the maintenance of the union of Piedmont with the Duchies, and with the Lombardo•Venetian provinces, forming the kingdom of Upper Italy, un der the constitutional sceptre of the house of Savoy ; and lastly, the maintenance of the territorial inte g ity and politic/1 prerogatives of the other Italian States, riz. : the Papal States, the kingdom of Naples, the kingdom of Sicily, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, and the Republic of San Marino. Gioberti is Presi dent of the Society. By a decree of the Bth, the Loin bardian troops now in Piedmont are maintained in ective service during three years; the same is said of the Partnese and Modenese troops; and the Poles now in Piedmont are to be organized in two companies. TUSCANY. A letter from Florence of the 7th says :—" The events of Leghorn, although they begin to be calmer, cause a profound disquietude here ; the complete powerlessness of repression in which the Government is placed, unless it has recourse to foreign assistance, has caused it to be feared that a movement would be attempted at Florence. In the state of discourage ment in which the population is placed, a hundred audacious men could easily make themselves masters of the city. The French residents yesterday met at the residence of the Minister of France to devise means for their own protection, but nothing was de cided. The Chambers, on the proposition of Count Corkini, have voted a law, to authorise the Mi nistry to take into its pay a foreign legion of 4,000 men. That will b very useful for the future, but for the presitnt there must be measures of immediate efficacy. It is said that the Government has addressed itself to the mediating powers, as also to the kings of Naples and of Piedmont, to demand their assist ance. At the beginning of the insurrection at Leg horn, a demand was made on the Ministers of France and England that sailors should be landed to protect the French and English residents, the Tuscan Government having declared itself unable to protect property. It appears that the English Minister at Florence gave orders to Captain Cod rington, of the Thetis, to send 200 English sailors to occupy one of the forts, in conjunction with the Tuscan soldiers, in order to afford a place of refuge to foreigners in case of necessity; but, before the embathation could be effected, the soldiers who guarded the fort had all deserted, and the fort was already in the hands of the insurgents." Advices from Leghorn, of the 7th, state that tran quillity is restored here. General Torres has been disavowed by Chodzko, the commander of the Polish Legion ; he still tried, however, to renew the agita tion in that quarter of the Capuccini, the most populous of the town, by haranguing the people and telling them that the new Committee were betraying Leghorn. But the protest of the Poles against him being already known, he had to make his escape. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) THE FRENCH ON THE COAST OF AFRICA.—We have heard from good authority that Commodore Sir C. Hotham, the Commander-in-Chief on the coast of Africa, is not at all satisfied with some late proceedings of the French squadron at Nunez and other parts of the African coast, and has made several representations to the home Government on the subject. THE SLAVE TRADE.—We have heard, from very good authority, that Lord Palmerston is at the present mo ment negotiatitg another treaty with the Brazilian Government for the more effectual suppression of the slave-trade, His Lordship has proposed that the Bra zilian subjects captured in the act of conveying African negroes, tor the purposes of slavery, shall be delivered up to the Brazilian authorities, to be tried by their own national tribunals, and punished accordingly if proved guilty. The camp at Everton ;is to be broken up about the 20th instant, when two companies of the 81st, now sta tioned at Chester, will rejoin head-quarters, and be re lieved, it is expected, by the head-quarters, and three companies of the 46th. The 81st are next on tarn for Ireland, in the northwest district. Several large build ings have been taken for the reception of the troops, until proper barracks have been built, for which pur pose the Ordnance department are in search of land of about 25 acres. CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS.—We are glad to find that the Secretary-at-War has sanctioned the introduc tion into all the military libraries of the work we com mended some time since, and called to the attention of the military authorities, published by Quartermaster Doherty; it is entitled " Private Soldiers, Non Commis sioned Officers, and Candidates for Commissions," and contains good advice for his own future advantage, and the good of the service. TOWER OF LONDON.—The Commanding Officer of the Fortress ordered a few days since, the light 12-pounder guns mounted, opposite to the Warder's Hall, to be lowered into the ditch, which has been well drained, and made into an excellent drill-ground. The non.cowmissioned officers of the battalion of Guards, stationed in the Tower, were drilled during the week at gun exercise, under a sergeant of the Royal Artillery ; hut the gun was found to be of too heavy calibre, and has been replaced in its old position. An other gun will shortly be provided fur the use of the men. Captain Peter Richard, C. 8., late Flag-Captain to Vice-Admiral Sir W. Parker, in the Hibernia, 164, and appointed Superintendent at hanbreke Dockyard, , vice Rear-Admiral Gordon F a l con , h as arr i ve d i n town from Naples, and will proceed forthwith to Pembroke. (Dept.,. the IP- ITact;rpc, Ulfininted to the command of the Cyclops steam-frigate, arrived in town yesterday, and has proceeded to Portsmouth to take up his appointment. The Cyclops proceeds on the Ist of next month to the coast of Africa, taking the mails to Madeira, Cape de Verds, Sierra Leone, and Ascension. Captain Hastings relievL s Captain Rodney Eden, fn the Amphitrite, 26, which ship proceeds to the Pacific, and relieves the Calypso, 20, Captain Worth, ordered home to be paid off. The Commission appointing Admiral the Hon. Sir 1 Thomas Bladen Capel, 1i.C.8., Commander-in-Chief, to succeed Sir C. Ogle, at Portsmouth, has been duly signed by the Earl of Auckland, &c., during the visit of the Board of Admiralty to Portsmouth this week. GENERAL OFFICERS' INCREASED PAY.—MajOT.GeDC. ral N. Thorn has succeeded to the increased pay of five and-twenty shillings per diem from the 21st ultimo. In recording these additions to a general officer's income, it is our custom to revert to the services of the recipient. On this occasion we follow the practice with singular pleasure, for there is a long roll of gallant ser vice to the credit of Major-General Thorn. He en tered the Army in October, 1802. Accompanying the 3d Buffs to the Peninsula, he served with them from August, 1808, until January, 1809, and again in June, 1809, when ho commanded the Light Company at the battle of Telavers. From January to March, 1810, Major-Gen(i-.I Thorn was employed as an Officer of Observation in Spanish Estremadura, after which he assisted as Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General with the Second Division of the Army, and . continued in that office until the close of the war in 1814. He was present in that interval at the battles of Busaco and Albuhera, the first siege of Badajoz, the actions of Ar royo de Mk lino, and Alrnaraz, the battles of Vittoria, the Pyrenees, Nivelk', the Nive, Garris, Orthes, the action of Aire, end the battle of Toulouse. Scarcely had the Peninsular war terminated when Major-General (then Major) Thorn proceeded to Canada as an Assistant Quartermaster-General, and was present at the battle of Plattsburg. He has been once wounded (at the Nive) and has had three horses killed. Major-General W. 11. Sewell, C. 8., has succeeded to the increased pay of twenty-five shillings per diem. The Major-General is a Peninsular officer, and has been in the army two-and-forty years. His last employment was in India, where he commanded a division of the Madras Army, having previously held the office of Deputy-Quartermaster-General. ADMIRALTY ECONONT.—WhiIst the Admiralty are reducing our dockyard men, and cutting down the royal dockyards in all directions—whilst fancy frigates remain untouched in the royal docks for mouths, when other ships wanting repairs aro rotting at their moorings, their Lordships, with that wise economy which characterises their administration of naval affairs, prefer to employ contractors on the Thames to build, alter, and improve her Majesty's ships in their private establishments. In our national dockyards we cannot afford to pay our artisans more than 4s. per day; but to the contractor on the Thames, 7s. a day to the shipwrights, and 15 per cent. besides to the master for profit, both on wages and material, is scarcely thought an adequate remuneration. The Blenheim, screw guard ship, was altered and converted upon this scale, and cost between 40,000/. and 50,0001. ; an d t h e cost o f L a Hogue, similarly converted, and just released from Green's yard, gill be pretty much to the same tune. She has been in Green's do c k f or two years, an d during this time the Admi ra lty h as b een c h arge d three guineas a day for it s use, an d some ten shil ling a day for the use of a storehouse to keep the Government materials in which Mr. Green is using in the work. On all the materials drawn from the dockyard the contractor is allowed to charge 15 per cent. on what it is booked to him at. He has his own price for his own materials ; he has seven shillings a day for his workme n , an d 15 p er cen t. on th e seve n shillings a day for profit. And this heavy extra expense is in curred in time of peace, when we have so many exten sive establishments, and are actually reducing the num ber of men in the dockyards for lack of employment for them ! THE HARVEST AND THE CROPS. About two-thirds of the whole white crop in all the earlier districts in Scotland is now safe, and in fine con dition, in the stackyard. While the heavy gales of wind which prevailed during the latter part of the past week, shook a considerable portion of the standing . corn, it facilitated the preparation of what in the stook for the stackya rd, and greatly improved the condition of the earlier gathered crop. Sunday was magnificently bright, and probably the finest bar vest day of the season. On Monday morning the tem perature was so low, that at sunrise the ground, in many situations, was covered with white rime. Tuesday and yesterday were eso cold and excellent for harvest ope rations, which have been everywhere carried foi ward with the utmost energy and success. As the prospect of the grain crop being safely secured draws nearer ' the potato crop attracts an increased amount of interest and anxiety. The writer of this paragraph has exa mined many fields in the Lothians, Fife, Linlithgow, Stir ling, and Kinross - shires, and as the result both of per sonal o observation inquiry, ion and diligent and anxious extent is found in almost every district in those counties. In no case which came under his observation, is the loss greater than was anticipated when however, the crop was planted, and which from the state of the seed was reasonable to have been expected Making a full allowance even: for an aggravatio n of the symptoms of disease, 4 total loss of from twenty-five to thirty per cent. before the let of January may be calcu lated on. But even if this large loss should be ex ceeded, i: must bo remembered that the loss from roe, before the recent malady became known, generally varied from ten to fifteen per cent.; and looking to the great breadth of land which has this year been planted —great that is, with regard to the risk, and the state of the two preceding crops —there will still be an ample supply, even with the large anticipated loss, in relation to its proper use, as a mere table vegetable, and not as a substitute for bread.—Caledonian Mercury of Thursday. We have now had a sufficient continuance of fins wea ther to remove all grounds of anxiety as to the securing of the grain crops. In this part of Lancashire, and in all the southern and central parts of the kingdom the fields are clear and the stack-yards full ; and though the har vest is not so abundant as it is in some seasons, or so good in quality either, it is good enough both in quantity and quality to remove the tears of scarcity and high priers which were so generally felt a month since, when the rain threatened the crops with utter destruction. As far as the north of England is concerned, the grain crops as a whole, are not short of an average crop—the spring corn being more, and the wheat a little less than that; and though the spring corn is less abundant in the south, yet there ar e no genera l or serious complaints. In this county the farmers are now securing au excellent second crop of clover in good condition, and they have every prospect of a good crop of turnips. The pastures are also in excellent condition. As fsr as our own means of judging go, we should say that the potato crop becomes worse every day, and threatens nearly as complete a failure as in 18 46.—Liverpool Times. THE IIARVEST IN THE NORTH Or SCOTLANI).—It is not a little satisfactory to be able, at this cri tical season, to report that another week of good weather has enabled the farmers, at least in the lower parts of the county, to proceed vigorously with the harvest. The wind, it is true, has generally blown with rather too much strength, but we trust that tittle damage has been done by it. Already a great many fields of barley and oats have been cleared, wheat is partially reaped, and many of the farmers were well through with their cutting. Provost Sutherland, on his farm of Culcabock, has finished cutting, and we dare say that his neighbours and many others are not far behind him. We fear, however, that the western division of the county has not been favoured with weather equally propitious. While Inverness rejoiced in sunshine, the ominous clouds that lowered almost all the week over the valley of Loch Ness told him inlanguage sufficient plain that in the hill country wind and rain were sadly torturing the farmer's hopes. In the county of Nairn there has been little rest during the week for all about farms. The weather has been favourable, and large breadths have fallen before sickle and scythe. In Morayshire, too, the good work has been busily carried on, and although some time must yet elapse before the harvest is concluded, some of the farmers farthest advanced —such as Mr. Lawson, Kintrae—have their cutting over. In the Black Isle a considerable part of the crop is still unripe; but we learn from a gentleman who travelled through Ross shire last week, and who, to aid his own observations, made numerous inquiries, that the crop may be considered as half cut, and the grain is of good quality. Numerous examinations were made in potato fields that seemed diseased; but in hardly one case were the tubers found affected, although the shaws were blackened, apparently by frost. Our informant states it to be his belief, that the disease does not exist to any extent in that county, although about Tain there are a few cases. The same opinion respecting this crop is cur rent in Nairnshire; and the general belief now is, that the influence of early frost occasioned unnecessary alarm. It may reasonably be expected, however, that the quality of the potato crop will not be equal to what . it has been, from the checks it met in the latter part of the ripening process.—lnverness Courier. BRISTOL SUGAR, MARKET, SEPT. B.—The sales of tho week aro unimportant, and 'prices are fully 6d. lower; the market closes without life. Refined goods are dull and lower. Rum is very flat.—Bristol Mercury. INTERESTING SALE OF WORKS OF ART.—Yes terday Mr. Hedger, of New Bond-street, submitted for public competition an extremely interesting set of casts and designs in plaster and terracotta, sketches in basso relievo, and original studies in groups and figures, the property of the late talented artist, Musgrove Sewthwaite Watson. Esq. The sale, which had been prepared under the direction of Mr. Eastlake, was attended by a larg e number of dilletanti, and gentlemen were also in attend ance on the part of the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Brougham, and other distinguished patrons of art. Lot 1, four original sketches in plaster, " Mother and Child," " Innocence pi okcted by Religion," " Sacra mental chalice," and " Cameron Monument," sold for Si. 7s. 6d. An original competition sketch for the Nel son Monument produced 21. 7s. 6d. The original plaster model.;of Sir David Wilkie sold for 31. 12e. 6d. ; and the original model of the Earl of Lonsdale, for 61. 6s. Three original sketches from Lord Byron's Cain fetched the rather high sum of 191. 19s. Two original sketches, " Iris and llebe," executed for the Marquis of Lans downe, produced 21. 10s. Original sketches of Sir Nowell Buxton, the Mother of Lord Bro ug h am , an d Flamm!), fetched respective 21, 121., and 51. ss. A mag nificent plastur cast of Literature, a monument to the memory of Allan Cunningham, and an original monu mental design of Victory, sold for 15/. 155.; and an ex tremely ch gant pair of gilt terracotta statuettes of Chaucer and Spenser (much contested for), 71. On the whole the sale was of an extremely interestingchsiracter; and it was observed that the majority of the articles sold remarkably well. _ _ OCEAN MONARCH.—On Thursday last an inquest facia .6 0.."..1 CliG )1C (Wiltra Tr Lti,ta had been brought to Carnarvon by the Orion steamer on the previous evening. They fuel been, as appeared in evidence before the coroner, E. G.Powell,Esq., picked up about ten miles to the east of the Great Orme's Heed. They appeared to be those of persons of the age of 60, er thereabouts. These bodies are supposed to be those of Samuel Fielding and William Scamborough. Upon the person of one, supposed to be Fielding, were found thirty-nine sovereigns and a half and some silver coins; also a silver watch, maker's name Bradford, Liverpool, No. 2,612, having inside the ticket, " Knight, watch- maker, 28, Oldham-street, Manchester." He had also about him three passengers' contract tickets, showing that he, together with William Scamborough and severs others, were passengers on board the ill-fated vessel the Ocean Monarch. On the other body were found 11/., with the initials " B. S." on the inner case of a silver watch, which appears to have been made by Clowes, of London, and is numbered 8,091. Evidence was given to prove the finding of the bodies, and the jury in each case returned a verdict " That the bodies were those of persons who had perished on board the Ocean Monarch; names supposed to he as above described." The coroner has taken charge of the money and goods; and the re latives will be furnished by him with every requisite information. SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE OF A STALE TRICE.—On Tuesday, the 3d instant, a young man named Thomas Jackson, who had been in a farmer's service, arrived in Hull from Roxby, in the parts of Lindsey, Lincolnshire, in search of employment. He took 101. from home, and had W. 10s. on his arrival at Hull, where he was soon accosted by a person who said he had lost his pony out of his stable,- and asked him if he was from Lincoln shire, and would take some bills into that county. Jack son, being willing to do anything for an honest living, at once consented. His new employer then took him to a public-house, and was accompanied by another man, who had been with him all the time. These two began to play at cards, and invited Jackson to join them; but he being no hand at such work declined, until a third party in the room, a perfect gentleman in appearance (as Jackson states), offered to take his part. The cards were all sorted, the black ones being taken out, and one of the parties sitting on them. The red ones were then examined and shuffled, and one of the party offered to make a bet that he could find a black ono among them. Very soon one of them offered to bet Jackson 101. that the very first card that turned up would be black. Jack said he had not 101., but he had 91. 10s., and he dared bet that Euin that the top card was a red one. The card was instantly turned up black, and his money was swept. One of the party then took him to the door to advise him what to do, and while so engaged, the other two with th e money ma d e t h emselves scarce.-- Lincoln Mercury. LONDON DISPENSARY, SPITALFIELDs.—The quar terly general meeting of the governors of this institution was held at the dispensary, Church-street, Spitalfields. last night, Mr. Brushfield in the chair. The minutes of the last three monthly meetings having been read and confirmed, the chairman said that the prospects of this excellent charity were at present somewhat beclouded. The lease of their premises having recently expired, was about to be renewed, but the lessees were bound to effect very extensive repairs; and to enable them to accomplish this, they had been compelled to trench seriously upon the permanent resources of the institution, by selling off h ab o o rt u e t ve e r o , o l, L a w d 'cif o th t o h f th een ei n r e o c r e i s g s i i n ta a t l e s d toc a k s . T h ye t e t c o om co m n i t t r t ac ee t , their operations for the relief of the afflicted, among the dense masses of poor located in Spitalfields; but he feared that they would soon be obliged to make an appeal to the public for increased support, in order to spare themselves being reduced to the painful necessity of turning away numerous needy applicants unsuccoured from their doors. The district which formed the sphere of their operations was one more requiring the aid of such a dispensary than perhaps any other part of the metropolis, and he therefore hoped the humane and be nevolent would come forward and readily contribute the funds requisite to render the labours of the committee vigorous and a fficient. We understand that no fewer than twenty-five old subscribers havo lately fallen off, from deaths and owing to the depressed s t ate of the times. The average annual number of patients entered on the there are at present 486 under nt a l n y with the repairs pre bdoeurk cure.s is abou tco nt , u o r o r o e, d viously mentioned, it is contemplated to enlarge the pr provide eti f l t e e t m r t h u usual a treorut conveni ences routine at atisperse,seanndt exist. pori After proceedingsl:E SOLITARY terminated. SYSTEM IN GAOLS.—The following is the copy of a letter received by Sir Pet e r L a uri e , on a subject e hi c h i s to bbrought forward at the com mencement of next session of Parliament before the House of Lords:— " Portman. square, Sept. 11, 1848. " My dear Sir,—Your remark at the meeting of Mid dlesex magistrates on Friday last (as reported in The Sun of this evening), that solitary confinement was the iiti!•so of lunacy,' recalls to my recollection that a similar Opinion was held by the late Sir James Macintosh, when Recorder at Bombay, as well as by his successor, the late Sir Alexander At.strnther, with both of whom I was associated as an Alderman of Bombay, and it was a punishment which neither of these judges would ever award or sanction, from their expressed conviction of its tendency to produce insanity.—Yours very truly, " JOHN STEWART. "Sir Peter Laurie. "In case the solitary system should become the sub ject of inquiry, it occurred to me that opinions of thew judge might be useful." F . ~. ' ;4 ) ) _ . , r . !6; '~ or! 4j . ... 01/4 i gyp, .4T i .14 Ag 1% s I Week ending Last week. C O t,c