The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-26 00:00:00

V) -- to .-- to to 105 to to —. to to 261 h to to to to 69 to to 51,4 to —; MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) ZINVGATE 11.27 D LEADM ATE f1.11.X.. the whole, the trade w a s firm t o -d a y, a t f u ll prices. B ee f , f rom 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 38 6d to 4s u6dn ; Veal ,B lbs by the carc a se. eal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 4s to 5s 2d per nam.anr MARKETS. SOUTHALL, OCT. 9 5.—Prime Beasts and Sheep corn- Mended a steady sale, at fully last week's quotations. In other kinds of stock, only a limited business was transacted. Beef, from 3a to 4s; hlutton, 3s 6d to ss; V eal, 3e 8d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 8113 s, to sink the offal. ROMBO RD , O CT. 25.— O ur market was tolerably well • Supplied with fat stock to-day. On the whole, the trade W " heavy, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4 s; Mutton, 4s to Ss; Vaal, 36 8d to 45 2d; and Pork, 4e 2d to 4s 8d per tabs; Suckling Calves, 17s to 235; and quarter old store Pigs, 16s to 21s each. HAILSIUM, OCT. 25.—There was a steady demand for Beasts and Sheep, but other kinds of stuck were a 1110 W inquiry. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 42 to 48 10d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per Sibs. ARUNDEL, OCT. 24.—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 4s to 53 2d; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 43 4d to 46 8d per 81bs. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. CIIICIIESTER, OCT. 25.—Our market was tolerably . firm at full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 2d; Mutton, 4s to 5s 2d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; and Pork, 4s 4d to 45 8d per Sibs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 265; and quarter old store Pigs, 17s to 22s each. TEAT 16TARJECETS. SNITUFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 3/14s; New ditto, 2/ 8s to Si ts; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 153; New ditto, 3/ 105 to 41 is ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8- per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ 3s to Si 15s ; New ditto, 2/ lOs to 31 7s ; Old Clover, 41 to 41 15s; New ditto, Si 8s to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 11 5s to 11 105 per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 3/ 15s ; New ditto, 2/ 8s to 3/ 6s; Old Clover, 4/ to 4/ 18s ; New ditto, 3/ 105 to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 1/ 45 to 1/ 8s per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COAL MARK ET.—YESTERDAT. Carr's Hartley Stewart's Hartley Tanfield Moor .... Walbottle Hartley West Hartley ........ 17s WI Ships at market, 28. CORN AVERAGES. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the Week: ended Oet. 26, 1848, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Citioa and Towns in Eagland and Wales per Imperial Quarter. I WHEAT. '325 3d I EARLET.I OITS. I RTE. BEANS. I PEAS. PRICE .. ils 7d 19s lid 1 32 s 4d I Ma 9d 89s 7d I DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. I.IrEAT. I BARLEr. I OATS. I ETC I BEANS. I PEAS. 5g Oct 2s Id 2s 04 25 Oct I2s Oct 25 Od SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Undersheriff BURCHELL.) BURGESS V. NASH. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.--Thig was an action to recover damages for breach of promise of mar riage. Defendant, who appeared in person, had suffered Judgment to go by default. Mr. PARRY, in stating the case, regretted that the de fendant had not availed himself of the assistance :of counsel. The plaintiff is a young lady, whose relatives resid e in Herefordshire, and defendant was at one time a man of considerable landed and personal property In Gloucester. The engagement between the parties alreasnt e o n f te t r he ed relatives, es into with the full and entire con in 1841, the plaintiff then being about twenty years of age and defendant 31. The Le arne d Counsel, in a very elcquent address, urged that the jury ought to give very substantial damages, as he should prove that the defendant had acted in the most treacherous manner towards the plaintiff, and had pro bably acted i n a similar manner to another lady, w " ( 411 he had since married during the year 1846. It would be shown that the defendant had told the brother of the plaintiff that he bad entered into an engagement with the lady, last alluded to, but was anxious to break it off, and pledged himself to ho noura bl e an d f ervent a ff ect i on towar d s t h e Q aint iff ; yet, after hi s so l emn an d d e lib era t e p rom i se , }had continued his previous acquaintance with his present wife. The Learned Counsel said that if there i.aad been a n y treachery on the part of the defendant to his wife, and m arr i age was b ut a part i al atonement, i t Would be difficult to say what would be an atonement to the plaintiff; w h ose feel i ngs had been so cruelly injured, had been ren d ered so miserable and wretched. The Learned Counsel read a voluminous correspondence, and also proved that, notwith s:an di ng t h e d e f en d ant ' s Present assertion of poverty, he was still in compara tively affluent c;rcumstances. The evidence adduced was in perfect accordance with the statement of the Learned Counsel. The defendant addressed the jury, and not only as d that he was poor, but contended it was proved thbt the action was not that of the plaintiff but of her fri( nds. The Learned UNDER -SHERIFF said the jury must not, in estimating their damages, seek to punish the defendant, but at the same time they were bound to give Such t d amages as they thought would be some compensa . lon to the plaintiff for her injured feelings, having re gard to the means of the defendant, who had given no evidence as to his means, but it had been sworn he had represented himself to be worth 5001., and likely to fall Into a further sum of 1,2001. The damages were laid for 500/. The jury gave a verdict for 150/. BAN KRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) IN RE RNAPP—THE ABINGDON BANK. To-day was appointed for the last examination of this hazkrupt. tim e The examination h a d b een adjourned from to time for fuller accounts, and to-day those pro duced being considered the best which could be made ander the circumstances, the bankrupt was allowed to pass, and a day appointed for the consideration of the Certificate. This was die only este of the slightest interest in the CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice MAULE and Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.) TRIAL OF MULLINS, TEE CHARTIST. George Bridge Mullins, a surgeon, whose trial was postponed from last session, was indicted for feloniously compassing, imagining, inventing, devising, and intend ing to levy war against the Queen, &c. The prisoner On appearing bowed respectfully to the Court. The Attorney General, Mr. Wilsby, Mr. Clarkson, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Clerk, conducted the case for the proseetion. Mr. Parry and Mr. Metcalfe defended the prisoner. the The case appeared to excite very little interest. m S traight, th e Cl er k o f t h e Arraigas, having read ndictment at full length, The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty in a loud and fi rm ' cli cet and at the request of Mr. Parry the addresses antittd occupations of the jury were read as well as their s, in". great number of the jurors were objected to Their Mr . Parry, especially those resident in London.. *,, c alling over the names of the jury and the objections to them occupied some considerable time. jury having been impannelled and fan AT TORNEY -GENERA L then proceede sworn, on the part the Crown to slat© the case to the jury, and detailed alb 80ava- l ength the history of the conspiracy, and de d the nature of the evidence which would be ad- Learneduticed in support of the charge against the prisoner. The 14 Gentleman did this almost in the same words othersdid on the trials of Dowling, Cuffey, Lacy, and who Powell onvicted at the last session. exams umas , the approver, was then called and il l . ll °d, and gave almost the same evidence he did en 43t trials of Dowling and the others convicted at the len s,_ession- On that occas i on we gave the evidence at i n Pt', end it i s therefore unnecessary to repeat again boll n u atail. Th e examination of this witness was not ...tcluded w h en our paper went to press. The proba z y is ` l4 3' evening. that the tri a l wi l t last till a late hour on Satur- „.... f4TIZREY SESSIONS —(THIS DAY.) \Before THO MAS PUCKLE, E sq ., and a full Bencti of Magistrates.) John Sturgeon, 43, was brought up on three indict _ltents--the first charging him with stealing two . saws : a 'goitre, and other articles, the property or Willi:lni Ito - bell ' s ; the second with stealing three saws, a screw d river four a' an and d a hammer, the property of Robert Steff; The avve and other articles, belonging to John ihirn. the is pr9seeutors in these cases are carpenters, and on ters e t* " A " -- -w-nnt were at work at some buildings at Bat a. They left their Weis in the building at twelve • • PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 25.—Wind W.N W. to 8. W.— Arrd. her Majesty's ship Vernon, Bombay; and sailed for the eastward ; her Majesty's steamer Rosamond, Cape of Good Hope—left Bth ti;t., and St. Helena, 21st, and proceeded for the eastward. SOUTHAMPT ON , OCT. 25.—Arre. 'front steamer, West dies —left Tampico 15th ale, Vera Cruz 20th, S. Thomas 30th, and Bermuda 7th instant. RAMSGATE OCT.25.—The sc'woner O wen Camfm idge, Ware, of and for Bridgewat r, from Ghent, arrived here this morning with loss of anchors and chain caide6, has drifted foul of the stone jetty ; her bottom is very much damaged, and must di3aharge. The sloop Fa vourite, of and from Padstow to Newcastle, in endea vouring to enter the harbour this morning, struck the pier head, and drifted to the back o f th e east pi er , w h ere she sunk crew and great part of the materials saved, The brig Sea Nymph, Crosby, of a nd .ru Steck UM to this place, i fmi n entering the harb our to-d a y, s t ruc k t h e West pier, a n d is very leaky. Th schooner Lily, James, of and from Newport, for Yarmouth, was assisted in here to-day with loss of anchors and chains, and quar ter stove, having been in conta:t with a schooner off the North Foreland. POOLE, OCT. 21.—Arrd. Eagle, Quebec. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 24.—Arrd. Jessie Ford, Bathurst, * Rio Grande; Albion, Ryner, Pernambuco; Beatrice, Belford, Paraiba, LO.; Burnes, Demerara; Alice Wil son, Bato, St. Andrew's, N.B. 25th, Bangolee, Col bee; Calcutta; Celina, Turner, Old Calabar, left 11th • August, and Fernando Po on the 19th; Yarmouth. Rio Janeiro; Cumberland, Aitkin, Paraiba; Dublin, Scholfield, Mobile; Manchester, Higains, Baltimore; Mary Caroline, Delaney, St. John's, New Brunswick; Jenny Lind, Carr, Miramichi• ' Robino, Quebec; Ma- PPa, Africa; Mair e , R o b ert , Senegal. Sld. Patrick, Henry,zl Delano, New York. Put back, John Bright, for Valparaiso. Off port, Governor Davies, New Orleans; Elizabeth, Bibby, Africa; Parker, —; Sarah, —; Capricorn, —; Sarah Ann, Quebec, for Lancaster; Henry Clay, - THV, - §-114, LON DON, INDIA AND CHINA (From the Times.) Mary Shield, 3, pleaded Gu'ity to an indictment charging her with stealing three pairs of worsted stock ings belonging to the county of Sart ey. The prisoner WtAS coLtined in Horsemonger-lano gaol a month ago, in default of finding bail for an assault. She was generally employed in knitting stockings fur the gaol, and during the time she s , , , ercted the worsted on her person, and knitted the stockings while in her eel'. On the morning of the 26th ult. her time expired, and as she was about to be discharged the turnkey found the stockings secreted under her shawl. The COURTS entenced her to three months' hard labour at Brixton. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY FORGERY UPON THE BANK CF ENGLAND.—Thotnas Hunt was this morning brought before Mr. Combe, the sitting magistrate, charged with having in his possession and offering for sale three 5/. notes, purporting to be of the Bank of England. A man named Potter, barman to Mr. Riches, proprie tor of the White Horse wine vaults, No. 64, High street, Shoreditch, deposed that the prisoner, in com pany of another, carne to his master's, house, and after having drunk two or three pots of porter, the prisoner, addressing witness, said, "If you will come outside of the door, I shall be enabled to show you something to your advantage." Witness followed the prisoner as he desired, and on their gaining the rear of the premises, the prisoner, pulling out the three notes now produced, numbered as follows, viz., 2,434, 0,520, and 3,029, said, " You shall have those for 41. a piece. 'Witness suspecting something wrong, spoke to hip, master, and the two men somewhat alarmed, left the premises. The prisoner, on whom the notes were found, was captured by Sergeants Dowling and Eames, of the H division; the other man has escaped. The prisoner, when remanded, said he had picked the notes up in the streets. MARLBRO'-STREET-(THIS DAY.) William Hanks, a well-known smasher, was lbrought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having uttered a counterfeit shilling. Mr. William Birdman, landlord of the Hampshire Hog, Berwick -street, said last night about ten o'clock the prisoner came into his house and called for a half pint of porter, in payment for which he tendered the coin produced. Witness on looking at the prisoner, re cognised him as having att( mpted to pass a counterfeit shilling on the Saturday previous, and on examining the coin offered last night detected it as being a counterfeit. Witness was proceeding round the bar for the purpose of giving the prisoner into custody when he immediately ran out of the house followed by witness, who after a sharp run succeeded in coming up with the prisoner in Poland-street, and gave him in charge to a constable who at that moment came up. Catherine Knotts, the daughter of Mr. Knotts, of Walker's• court, identified the prisoner as the man who attempted to pass a base shilling about ten minutes pre vious to his going to the house of last witness. The prisoner, in defence, stoutly denied having been in the neighbourhood last night. He therefore could not be accused of uttering the base coin. . . Constable 150 C, — proved that ho saw the prisoner coming out of Mr. Knott's shop at the time mentioned by Miss Knott. Witness knew the prisoner as an old offender. The prisoner, who persisted in his statement, was fully committed. LYCE UM T EIEATRE. Illy Father did so before me, is the title of a one act drollery which was produced here last evening, for the debut, at this theatre, of Mr. John Reeve, the son of the John Reeve, "glorious" John of the _ , ls.delphi—and as the father did, even so will do the son—mellow down into one of the richest and most unctions humorists that ever set an audienc e i n a roar. He appeared in some of his father's' charac ters some two years since at one of the minor theatres, and although at that time raw and inex perienced, and evidently unused to the stage, the taste he then gave us of his quality was sufficient to prove that he was "a chip of the old block." Since then lie has been practising hard in the country, and last night he entered upon his first regular metropolitan engagement. He is very young, and his physical frame is as yet scarcely developed, but he is built upon the scantling of his father, has the same merry twinkle of the eye, the same rich comic expression of feature, the same fat chuckle of self-satisfaction, the same musical ear, the same clear voice, and the same agility of limb that his father had before him. When he appeared last night in the garb of John Trot . the cabman, wh o i n d u l ges i n all sorts cf vaga ries.because his father did so before him, he was wel comed by repeated shouts o f c h eer i ng which were divers times renewed, and w hi c h l asted several minutes. After a s h or t di a l ogue with the lady's maid (Miss K. Fitzwiliiam) of the Countess, in whose drawing-room the scene is laid, and which gives time to Mr. John Reeve to collect himself and to become better acquainted with his audience, he sings a medley song, descriptive of the humours of a Greenwich fair, in the course of which he imitates a tightrope dancer, a wild-beast showman, and a great circus-rider gal lopping round the circle, in a style that was worthy of his father in his best days. It was indeed John Reeve redivivus. Mr. John Reeve not only did as his father had done before him, but he did it as well as his father had done before him—he was re warded with an encore, as his father had been before him—and he very judiciously, as his father had done before him, repeated only the last portion of his per formance. Mr. John Reeve has a musical voice, and sings well in tune, he illustrates his song with an infinite degree of grotesque humour, and is far and away the best comic singer we have at present on the stage—a John Parry in action. The occa sion of the visit of the Cabman to the man sion of the Countess is to restore to her Lady ship a favourite paroquet which she has lost, and as the price of its restorati o n he demands a kiss, which, after much trouble, he obtains, and restores the paroquet, who, much to the lady's annoyance, screams out on every occasion, " Who kissed the cabman ?" Mrs. Yates, no doubt out of respect to the memory of her old friend the father, condescended to appear in this part, in order to assist at the debut of the son, with the success of which she must be highly gratified, and more especially as it is a success well and legitimately earned—one which will last, and which will at no distant period, place Mr. John Reeve in the same rank among our comic actors as " his father held before him." At the conclusion Mr. John Reeve, Mrs. Yates, and Miss K. Fitz williatn were called before the curtain, and enthu siastically greeted. The house was crammed to suffocation. Madras seldom supplies us with much news of interest. One item it does supply on this occasion, of a very painful nature. That is the removal in custody of an assistant-surgeon, Mr. Daubeny, from Khotagherry to the Presidency, charged with murder. The latest advices from Ceylon, received in Cal cutta, indicate the speedy suppression of the insur rection. It will, however, have cost ,money in the transportation of troops, the destruction of pro perty, and the necessary preparations against future disturbance. From Hyderabad the last accounts were that since General Eraser's return to the Residency he has almost ostentatiously declined any interference in the affairs of the Nizsm's Government, so much so that it was surmised to be the intention to leave affairs to take their ow❑ course until impending ruin should make the interference of the paramount state un avoidable. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince Albert took walking exer cise this morning in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. The Royal Family took their accustomed airings. Her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore this forenoon. Prince Albert enjoyed , the sport of shooting this morning, his Royal Highness was accompanied by Sir Robert Peel, and attended by the Earl of Listowel, Captain the Hon. J. Denman, and Colonel Seymour. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening, will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe Langen burg, the Lord Chancellor and Lady Cottenhans, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Caroline Murray, Baroness de Speth, Viscount and Viscountess Har dinge, the Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Sir George Couper, and Jr.i Glover. The band of the 2d Life Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards attend in the Castle. There are no accounts of importance from the eastern settlements. In the China Seas an English schooner has been captured by her Majesty's ship Childers, on a charge of piracy. NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC) TrLEGRAPH.) Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C. Grist Whitttono ... ea• ... ... 2 A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lans downe, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the Earl of Auckland, the Right llon. Labouchere, Lord Campbell, the Marquis of Clanri carde, and the Earl of Carlisle. The Council sat three hours. Sweepstakes for two yrs old. T.Y.C. The Peeress and Emerald colt ran a dead heat. Handicap for 2 yrs old. D.M. Kissaway Goodwood ... ... ... ... •• • 1 ... 2 Mr. Purdy had an interview with Earl Grey yes terday. Mr. J. A. Jackson had also an interview yesterday with his Lordship at the Colonial Offi ce . Mr. Ilodges had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday at his official residence in Down ing-street. Viscount Jocelyn had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home Office. CHART OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT, 1848, 13Y CHARLES E. BERNARD, C•E.—We have here upon a single sheet, properly methudised and arranged for reference, the whole of the provisions of the Publie Health Act of last session. Mr. Bernard is entitled to the thanks of all those to whom time is an object, as by means of his chart any of the provisions of the Act may be ascertained at a glance, thus obviating the necessity of turning over the leaves of the Act itself and searching for a quarter of an hour, perhaps, for the provision required. This chart should form part of the " paper hangings" of the office of every solicitor, architect, civil engineer, and builder. On Tuesday evening a large party of the National Guards visited the Colosseum, Regent's-park. Th ey appeared to be highly delighted with the " Panorama of Paris," and were observed to be pointing out to each other the different localities of the events, in which, per hap, many of them had been actors. An interesting incident occurred during the course of the evening: the band of music, in compliment to them, played some of the French national airs, and upon these being con cluded, they unanimously requested " God save the Queen." they stood uncovered, and at its termination applauded loudly, crying " Vive la Reiner They afterwards retired highly gratified with their reception. ,R 'clock while they w,rit to dinner, ;:rd the tools were ; _ -..• 7 - - N - 1 stolen; and on the same night the pris(mer was seeu 1 C” LiAND MAIL ~ i t - in the act of disposing of some of the saws VI hen taken into cask dy. The other articles had been pledged by the prisoner. In defence the prisoner said that ho purchased them. The jury found him Guiby, a-ui the Court sentenced him to six months' hard labour at Brixton. We have received, in anticipation of the overland mail, Bombay papers of the 15th September, Cal cutta 7th September, and Hong-Kong of the 23d August, from which we extract the following intel ligence : A considerable force is now assembled at Moul tan, and by the last advices was ready to commence the siege of that fort. Moolraj, it is said, has resolved to sell his life, and there is no doubt that he has some devoted followers, who will stand by him to the last. Various reports of the strength of Moultan have been circulated, the truth of which will now soon be put to the test. That it is thought by no means despicable by those at last sent to reduce it is evident from the deliberation with which they are proceeding, and the power that they are preparing to bring against it. By the Delhi Gazelle of the 6th we learn that Moolraj is making great exertions to seduce the sepoys of the East India Company. That paper says—"Endeavours to seduce the sepoys of our own regiments are amongst the attempts made, his instruments being deserters from the British army, who promise high pay and other advan tages. Two of these came to a sepoy of the 51st Native Infantry, who appeared to agree to take ser vice with the Dewan on 15 rupees a month. After a while he induced the decoys to go with him to his tent, and then quietly slipped away to report to the officer of his company what had occurred. The two men were forthwith apprehended, and Moolraj's purwannahs found on their persons. Several heads of cattle, and among them some camels and an elephant of General Whish, had been captured by the Dewan's foraging parties, The two remaining companies of the 32d Foot (under Captain Piggott) had arrived in safety at Kurrumpoor, but found, on reaching that place, that the whole of the carriage cattle had been taken on with the regiment. The latest letters from Moultan are dated the 29th of August. The force continued comparatively inactive, and we re gret to learn that supplies were beginning to be so scarce that it was seriously proposed to com mence on the store taken down .by the commis. sariat. It seemed to be the general opinion that the train would not reach before the 4th, but we should think it would hardly take eight days to do from four to five ordinary marches, for they left the Ghat on the 28th. A wing of the 51st Native Infan cry had been sent to escort the guns. A heavy shower of rain had fallen on the 25th, and consider ably cooled the temperature. It seems to be thought that bad management had caused the great mortality and sickness in her Majesty's 32d Foot, as all the other troops were in good health, comparatively speaking, and there was no sickness among the native troops. But we will no venture on an opinion with out more facts; we merely give that which is pre valent in the camp." In Bombay there was some improvement in busi ness, and a large number of shares having been taken up in the proposed Railway Company (Great Indian Peninsular), as many as 30,000, great hope s are entertained that thi s i mpo rtant undertaking will soon be gone on with. A second general meeting of the Bombay Steam Navigation Company was held immediately after last mail left, and their affairs, not in an over-flourishing condition, discussed in a very friendly spirit. Since then, Mr. Richmond, of the late firm of Richmond and Co., has been appointed manager of the concern, an officer much wanted, and it is expected that Mr. Richmond will do much to retrieve the fortunes of the company, whose stock has been long quoted at more than 50 per cent. discount. The Right Honourable the Governor remains in the Deccan, where, lately, the weather is described as having been extremely pleasant. His Lordship is expected at Bombay about the 15th proximo. His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief is also in the Deccan, now engaged on a tour of inspection. The judges of the Supreme Court have been sitting at term these three weeks, the cases being numerous, and some of them important. A steamer owned by natives is about to be regularly put on the line between Bombay and the Persian Gulf. The trade on this line, heretofore prin cipally carried on in small craft, called buglows, is very great, and good judges are of opinion that it would support several steamers if well conducted. Calcutta suggests nothing to one's mind but the everlasting Union Bank affair. The Bank makes no progress, except in difficulty and entangle ment. It was understood that the leading men among the resident shareholders have applied to Government for a special Act to wind up the con cern, and that the proposition is favourably enter tained, but that difficulties very apparent may still prevent the application of this remedy. The Bombay Commercial Bank is still without its four lacs of rupees, lost in that quarter, and a special agent is re tained in Calcutta to look after the amount. Sweepstakes, for two yrs old. Whiner to be sold for 401. Piccolo ... Sister to Jolly Dick ... ... ... •• • 2 MATCHES. F out of Gag's dam received from Misnomer filly. The Bishop of Romford's cob beat Farthingale. Archery beat Watchdog. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING.— His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, accompanied by Sir Rubt. Peel, and attended by the Earl of Listowel, lord in wait ing on the Queen, Colonel Seymour and Captain Den man, the equerry and groom in waiting, went out this morning to shoot in the Ripley covers, near Bagshot. His Royal Highness and party returned to the Castle shortly before two o'clock. In the afternoon her Ma• jesty left the Castle in an open pony phmton, the Prince driving, General Wemyss and Colonel Seymour attend ing on horseback. Instead of leaving the Castle, as usual, by the grand entrance, leading to the Great Park, his Royal Highness drove down the Castle- bill, in the direction of the town, through a considerable crowd of visitors, among whom was a large party of the French National Guard, and at the bottom of the hill, to the great gratification of the people, the Prince turned to the left, and passed at a gentle pace through the very heart of the fair, amidst all the din and clatter of gongs and trumpets, Windsor October fair just then being in all its noisy glory. Her Majesty seemed much amused by the scene; and having passed through the fair amidst the hearty greetings of the motley multitude, and the loyal ob at tr o e Ev s r i e a o o n g u c i : t 000rffe the : the Lotd()gwen, bettertaoion along sort," ther t, ' F ' r t o h g e m Q o r u e e - e r n o a d a and Prince stopping Pricei ce pay a short visit to her Royal Iliglwess the Duchess of Kent, and returning to the Castle by the grand entrance between the Towers of York and Lancaster. THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1818. 'BRACE of GREAT SEA SERPENTS. TO 111 E EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Your nautical readers are less surprised at the account of the Great Sea Serpent than at the position an,l course of her Majesty's ship Dmialus on the 6th of August last, as reported by Captai; M'Quhae, h , his official statement to Rear-Admiral Gage, recently published in your columns. The spectacle of an homeward-bound ship in lat. 22 deg. 44 min. S., and long. 9 deg. 22 min,, E. (be tween the Cape and St. Helena), with the wind N.W., steering N.E. by N., and on the port tack, far exceeds in novelty any serpent hitherto discovered. This, howe . ver, is an age of wonders; and as for sea serpents, they must be numerous, for no sooner is the highly interesting statement of Captain M`Quhae published, than Captain Henderson, of the brig llary Ann, of Glasgow, informs us, that he spoke the American brig Daphne, off Lisbon, on the 30th of Sept em b er, the captain of which vessel, on the 20th of September, in lat. 4 deg. 11 min., S., and long. 10 deg. 15 min., E., saw a serpent 100 feet long, going fifteen miles an hour, &c. How the brig Daphne, with the wind north (or in any other direction), managed in ten days to run from 4 deg. 11 min. S. to the latitude of Lisbon (38 deg. 43 min. N.), Captain Henderson does not state ; pro bably the serpent took the brig in tow. It is quite evident there must be more than one of these monsters, otherwise Captain M`Quhae's serpent made but an indifferent passage from the 6th August, when in lat. 23 deg. 44 min. S., and long. 9 deg. 22 min. E., until the 20th September, when the captain of the Daphne assaulted it in lat. 4 deg. 11 min. S., and long. 10 deg. 15 min. E. Its changed position during the interval (45 days) merely exhibits a run of only 1,200 miles, nearly due north—thus aver aging not 15 miles an hour, but little more than one mile an hour, as the rate of the serpent's pro gression. We really must have more accurate data regarding these matters, or such very unsatisfactory reports will most assuredly be classed with the statement said to have been made by the captain of a ship, who stoutly asserted that a merman came on board his vessel one Sunday morning when off the coast of , and politely requested him to remove the anchor, which had been dropped against his cabin door, and thereby pre vented his wife and family from going to church. Lloyd's, Oct. 25, 1848. SPORTiN iLIGENC!..;. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. *WEDNESDAY. Match, GO. Y.C. Mr. Verity's Routh, Bst 71b (F. Butler), beat Lord Chesterfield's c by Cola ick, darn by Agreeable, 7.t 12in. Won by half length. Gt o 4 on t h o loser. This race was not timed. Selling Handicap of 15 sows. each, 10 ft; for three yrs old and upwards; the winner to be sold fur 100 if demanded, &c. D.M. Mr. Lase Day's Mignon, 4 yrs, Bst 2lb (Wakefield) 1 Mr. Wilsoa's Duplicity, 3 yrs, 7st 71b ••• • 9 Duke of Richmond's Pell-Mell, 4 yrs, Bst 71b • 3 •• Mr. S. Scott' s B uc k stone, 3 yrs, 7st 416 4 Betting -6 to 4 agst Duplicity, and sto • 2 each agst Pell-Moll and Buckstone. A very good race up the cords with the first three, won by a head, and a head between second and third. Not timed. Sweepstakes of 10 toys. each; for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 41b; five and upwards, Bst 81b; tho winner to be sold for 80 sovs., it demanded &e. T.Y.C. Mr. Pedley's Tuscan, 3 yrs ... (A. Day) 1 Mr. T. Price's mby Sir Hercules, 6 yrs ... 2 Mr. Dockeray's Alpheia, 3 yrs Sir J. Hawley's Liston, 3 yrs ... ••• "'4 . Mr. Buchanan's Bl ac kb a ll , 3 yrs ••• ... 5 Betting -6 to 4 agst T uscan, and 3to I agst Listen. Alpheis and Liston made the running to the cords, where they were joined by tho favourite, who headed them half way up and won by a length; a fine race for second. Run in 1 min. 12 secs. The winner was claimed. Subscription Plate of 501.; for two yrs old, Est 71b; and three, Bst 101 b; the winner to be sold for 350 sovs., if demanded. T.Y.C. Mr. Drinkald's Grief, 2 yrs ... ••• (Rodney) 1 Duke of Richmond' s Fi rst Ch ance, 2 yrs ... 2 Lord Chesterfield' s f by J eree d , 2 yrs ... ... 3 Mr. Ford's Telegraph, 3 yrs ... ••• 0 Lord Oriurd's fby Sir Hercules, 2 yrs ... 0 Sir R. Pigot's Essedarius, 2 yrs ... ..• Mr. S. L. Fox's Sir R o b er t Sl oper, 3 yrs ... bolted Betting-5 to 2 agst Grief, 3to 1 agst Peeress filly, 7 to 2 agst Rhodanthe, and 5 to 1 agst First Chance. The running was made by the Rhodanthe filly, followed by First Chance, into the cords, where Grief took the lead, kept it, and won cleverly by a length, the Rhodanthe filly a good third. Sir Robert Sloper bolted immediately after starting. Run in 1 min. 14 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old, colts, Bst 716; and fillies, Bst 41b; the win ner t o b e so ld f or 70 sows.,if demanded, &c. First half of Ab.M., Colonel Peel's lone ... ..• (Nat) 1 Mr. Etwall's Ira Lord Chesterfield's c by Colwick "'0 Mr. Smith's Routh ... ••• ••• ••• 0 Mr. Massoe's His Excellency ... ..• ... 0 Duke of Bedford' s C a l que •• 0 Betting -2 to 1 agst I ra , 3 to 1 agst lone, 3to 1 asst Routh, 4 to 1 agst His Excellency, and 6 to 1 agst Caique. The whole lot got off in a line, and ran in company to the cords, where lone and Ira singled them selves out, lone leading and winning by half a length. The ginner was claimed. Run in 45 secs. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Stanley's Strongbow, Bst 71b (F. Butler), beat Lord Glasgow's f by Lanercost, out of Canada, Bst 21b, by half a length. 4to lon the winner. Run in 1 min. 16 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 toys. each; for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 21b; five and upwards, Bst ?lb; the winner to be sold for 150 sews., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Mr. Crommelin's The Widow, aged . . (J. Holmes) Mr. Shelley's Philosopher, 4 yrs ... Mr. Nevin's Blackbird, 5 yrs Mr. Forth's Leundrymaid, 5 yrs ... Colonel Peel's Teetotum, 3 yrs Mr. Isaac Day's Ditnanche, 3 yrs Mr. Marsen's Sir Oliver, 3 yrs ••• ••• Mr. R. IL Neville's Dover, 3 yrs Mr. Y. King's The Hind of the Forest, 3 yrs Mr. Dyson's Whitstont, 3 yrs ••• ••• •• Mr. Fox's The Traverser, 5 y rs „, Mr. Payne's Blackcock, 4 yrs... ... 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Blackcock, 3to 1 agst Philo sopher, and 6 to 1 each agst Teetotum and The Tra verser. Blackbird, with Philosopher and Whitstone in waiting, made :play to the cords, where Philosopher showed in front; he was head e d, h owever, half-way up, by The Widow, and beaten by a length. A neck be tween second and third, with Blaekcock and Teetotum well up. Run in 1 min. 11 secs. Handicap Plato of 501.; for three yrs old and upwards. A.F. Mr. T. Edwards's New Forest Deer, aged, Bst ~. 1 Mr. Beresford's Slug, 3 yrs, Gst . 2 Sir C. Monck's Vanish, 5 yrs, 7st Sib Lord Clifden's Sagacity, 4 yrs, ist 101 b ..• ... 0 Lord Exeter's Cosachia, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b 0 Mr. Lowther's Glutton, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 0 Mr. S. L. Fox's Psalmsinger, 6 yrs, 7st 41b 0 Mr. Howlett's Cardinal's Niece, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ... 0 Mr. Pedley's Administrator, 4 yrs, Est 101 b... ... 0 Mr. Formby's Sister to Ridiculous Mus, 5 yrs, 65t... 0 Bettin;-3 to 1 agst Vanish-4 to 1 each agst New Foret Deer and Cosachia-5 to 1 agst Slug-6 to 1 agst Psalmsinger—and 7 to 1 agst Adimistrator. The Car dinal's Niece made running at a slow pace, followed by Psalmsinger and Cosachia, the heavy weights lying off. In this order they ran to the bushes, where Cosachia went ahead, but was herself passed by New Forest Deer in the dip, and the latter maintaining her lead to the end, won by a length, Slug obtaining the second place, beat ing Vanish by a neck; Cosachia a good fourth. Run in 2 minutes 21 seconds. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Retail, 6st 316 Lord Exeter's C ar i ss i ma , Bst lolb ... 2 Betting. -2 to lon Retail. Won by a head. Run in 1 minute 14 seconds. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old, Est 91b; three yrs, Bst 71b; four yrs, Bst 1216; five yrs and up wards, est 11b. Last half of Ab. M. Winner to be sold for 250/., &c. Four subs. Mr. G. Hobson's Carbuncle, 2 yrs ... Mr. Dyson's Kennet, 2 yrs ... ... 2 Mr. Cooper's Rackety Girl, 2 yrs .. ..• ... 3 Betting-5 to 4on Rack e ty Girl.. Won by a head. nun in 2 minutes 21 seconds. Match, 500, 200 ft. A.F. Lord Exeter's Tisiphone, ist 71b. (Nat) beat Lord Clifden's Loadatone, Bst Betting-5 to 4on the winner. Won by a length. Loadstone pulled up lame. Run in 2 minutes 21 secs. Match, 500, h ft. A.F. Mr. Payne's Glendower, Bst 2ilb. received forfeit from Duke of Bedford's Justice to Ireland, Bst 71b. Lord Strathmore's horses were put for sale this morn ing, awl the following lots sold:—The Swallow, 200 guineas; Telegraph, 50 guineas; Gabbier, 59 gu i neas; Legerdemai n , 45 gu i neas; and t. Leger, 25 guineas. NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NICHT. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Handicap for two yrs old. D.M. Goodwood, Bst 71b—Cacus, Bst 61b—Willingham, Bst 41 b--Andros, Bst 41b—Bon Bon, Bst 31 b—Kissaway, Bst 21 b—Cesarion, 7st 1216—Retail, 7st 111b—br o by Bei rain, out of Meropo, ist 811,. Subscription Handicap Plate. D.I. Executor, 4 yrs, Bst 121b—T are ll a , 4 yrs, 7st 71b— Bibury, aged, 7st 61b—Chat, 4 y rs , Est 101b—Tophana, 3 yrs, fist 21b; Julia, 3 yrs, sst 91b. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for three yrs old, &c. A.F. 2501., &c. Tom Tough, aged—Swallow, 4 yea—Diplomatist, 4 yrs—Ulysses, 4 yrs. The Prospect Stakes; for three yrs eld and upwards. D.I. Mirmillo (to be •t sold for 501.), 4 yrs—Watchdog (500, 4 yrs—Holloa (501.), 3 yes—Sam Hood (50/.), 3 yrs—Black Doe, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C. Win ner to be sold for 801. Grist, 3 yrs—Sir Oliver, 3 yrs—Whitstone, 3 yrs— Ortcz, 2 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; for two yrs old. Last half of Ab.M. B f Paqu a— by Diana k —Siste Aucland, ont to Jolly of Mops Dicky—Piccola—Routh— itr . Sweepstak es of 10 soya. each; for two yrs old; winner to be sold for 150!. T.Y.C. Prime Minister—br h by Sir Hercules, out of Peeress —br e by Charles XII., out of Emerald—Perspicacity— Miss Ann. ... 0 ...(Pearl) .. (May) NURSERY STAKES BETTING. uco agst otrongbolf " - 2 -nit 18 1 agst Cashier 4 to 1 agst Grief. SECOND CLASS. 10 to 3 apt Tiresome. PEDESTRIANISM. BENJAMIN WEIGHT AND SAMUEL EAST'S TWENTY MILE MATCII FOR 501. ASlDE.—llespite the war of ele ments which marked Monday last, many hundreds con gregatod nt ll:trlington to witness the podearian struggle between these two well-known men. At a few minutes past two the men came to the scratch, walking outwards from London, about the 13th and 14th miles, on the Western•reacl, towards the Magpies, at Harlington, in the direction of Cranford. The betting at starting was 6t04 on Wright. For the first half-mile the men kept tolerably fCc gether, after which Wrigkt assumed a load. East. nevertheless, cut-up gamely, working hard, and pulling up a considerable amount of leeway in the wiles between the ltlth and 16th. His efforts were, however, of no avail, and Wright finished the match at his ease. Sir James Duke has appointed as his chaplain for the year of his 'Mayoralty the Rev. Stephen Reed Cattley, M.A., Rector of Bagthorpe, Norfolk, and chaplain of the Female Orphan Asylum, Westminster-road. DEPARTUHE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.—Yester day morning an order of the d:y was issued to the 11th Legion of the Garde Nationale a Paris, on a visit to the British metropolis, apprising them that the train for their reconveyance back to Paris would leave the ter minus of the South-Eastern Railway, at London- bridge, at five in the evening; and for the second division, which arrived on Tuesday, at the same hour this evenin-, the 26th inst. It was signed " Descharep es , comrcissaire," and countersigned " Dumas" and " Moreau." A great many, however, left by the early morning trains, so as to be able to view Dover Castle, its heights, lines, and fortifications. Those w h o re mained in the metropolis pursued their tour of observa tion with the most indomitable perseverance. Num bers yesterday visited Hampton Court Palace, th e 8 0 . tanic Garden at Kew, Windsor Castle, Chels ea an d Greenwich Hospitals, some few visiting; the vici n it y o f Claremont, to view the asylum of their fallen monarch. A great many obtained permission to inspect Buck ingham Palace. About four o'clock they commenced mustering rt the Railway Terminus, a great crowd of pe: . sons assembling to witness their departure. Tho most cordial understanding seemed to exist between them and the populace, numbers of than shaking hands with the gusrds, who, a; they entered the station, were loudly cheered, which they acknowledged by cries of " Vive l'Angleterre." Shortly after five o'clock the train took its departure with about 300, the greater portion remaining till the evening. TEE CHOLERA. The Board of Health received report of only one case of cholera yesterday, and that one did not result fatally. It occurred in Whitechapel. From Edinburgh we have an official statement, signed by the surgeon of police, which states that twelve new cases have been registered since the last report from that city. Of these eight terminated fatally. At Newhaven two new cases are reported, and at Leith eight. Of these, two are returned as dead, and two recovered. The additional localities affected by the disease in Edinburgh are Brown street and High -street. CHOLERA WARDS AT THE FREE HOSPITAL.--Yes terday, a meeting of subscribers and committee of management of the above hospital was held in the board-room of the institution, Dr. Rice, chairman of the committee board, presiding, when it was an nounced that the committee, to meet the exigency of the present epidemic of Asiatic cholera, have caused two additional wards, containing 100 beds, to be opened for the reception of cholera patients. SHEERNESS.—A case of Asiatic cholera has taken place on board the Ganges, 84 guns, at Sheerness, which has proved fatal to a fine young man, John Budd, boatswain's mate. He was taken ill on Sunday last, at 9 a.m. ' and died in twelve hours. B u dd was employed on board the Myrmidon, tender to the Ganges, whilst the Myrmidon was engaged in towing the Justitia and other convict hulks from off the wharf at Woolwich. The man returned to the Ganges on Saturday and was taken ill and died on Sunday. NEW COLLAR FOR SHIRTS.—A simple addition to ho ordinary shirt collar has lately been made by Messrs. Capper and Waters, shirt warehousemen, of Regent street, which has for its object the entire concealment of the strings whi c h ar e wont to give a negli gent appear ance to the neck. The contrivance most effectually meets this objection, and the smallest cravat may now be worn without the exposure of knots or loops. From the means devised being by _ . a sort of pocket, the adapta tion is termed " the Tasca," and is registered under that name. THE CHARTIST PRISONERS.—On Monday afternoon the Chartist prisoners, Ritchie, Lacey, Fav, Carey, and Dowling, who were convicted at the last Old Bailey Sessions under the Crown and Government Security Act, and sentenced to transportation for life, were re moved for classification to Millbank Penitentiary, in which place they will remain until their final departure for Van Diemen's Land. Considerable sympathy is felt for the prisoner Dowling, whose amiable manners and abilities have gained him many friends amongst the authorities of the prison. Dowling's father is a highly respectable solicitor in Dublin, and the unfortunate young man himself has displayed very considerable talent as an artist. In 1845 be was engaged by Mr. Hughes, tho engineer, in surveying on the Dublin and Waterford Railway, and he remained in that gentleman's employ until the recent panic in the railway world, when he took apartments in Nassau-street, intending to follow his original profession of an artist. AN ENGLISH STEAMER MISTAKEN FOR A SLAYER. —The steamer Maid of Islay sailed from Liverpool in the month of December last, on a trading voyage to Africa (where she had been on a former occasion), and continued actively engaged on the coast until the 12th of May, occasionally exchanging civilities with the men-of-war, and, when able, furnishing them with fresh provisions. It app ears, h owever, that on the night of the 12th of May, while on her return to Sierra Leone, she was suAlenly hailed from her Majesty's sloop and ordered t o h eave to ; but beforeth_ecaptaiu could even give any or d ers to that e with effect, a 32 pound shot and from the sloop str uc k h er stern -post, entered thecabin, wounded th e captain •. the splinters. This was im mediately followed by a couple of volleys of grape. A boat from the Alert the n pulled alongside, and the offi cer in charge sa id she had been mistaken for a Spanish steamer, known to he on the coast slaving. In the moan time the captain of the 'Maid of Islay had brought his vessel to an anchor, but the shot causing her to leak considerably, the crew abandoned her. The Alert sent a full complement of hands on board, and by dint of hard labour at the pumps, kept her afloat till they got her into Sierra Leone. Th e owner o f t h e vessel, e who was fortunately board at the time, findin g h e could obtain no redress on board the Gov e rnment a u th or i t i es n at Sierra Leone, returned home to seek it at head quarters. The captain ed and crew also came home at the same time. Thus, all evidence on the part of the steamer having left Sierra Leone, the comman d er o f t h e Alert sought t o have her condemned; but notwithstand ing the absence of all s3l?Pc.sng witnesses, so clear was the case again s t her Majesty'si ship, th a t th e j u d ge de cided that "th e steamer was not engaged in th e s l ave Ueda, nor other w i se aiding ls or abetting that tr a ffi c , an d decreed her, with h er car owners, and condemned thge;c to be restored to th e le iter"s in the costs." Th e peaceful mission of th e Maid of Islay is thus rendered nugatory, while her owner and crew have been subject e d te to serious injury fr om the L o iv ready use of the guns of her Majesty's ship Al er t.— COURT,MARTIAL.--CllATu e t rP°°l o A cr ie 2 . 4 A ge neral court-martial, of which Colonel S. B. Ellis, of the Royal Marines, is president, assembled at this arrison, for the trial of Private Willi am g M ' Fadyen, N 0.275 the 72d regiment (Duke of Alba' s own High 2, lander of any s), on three charges i—lst, for habitual drunkenness, being four times drunk within twelve calendar months; 2d, for having, at Sheerness, on the 4th instant, made use of in solent and insubordinate language towards Sergeant Peter Ritchie, 72d Highlanders, when in the execution of his duty; and 3d, for having, at Sheerness, on the sth instant, disobeyed the lawful command of his cominanding Lilies'', by refusing to take the r .._:_e merit which he hue awardea him. The prisoner pleaded not guilty to the charges on their being read by Captain J. S. Wood. The Brigade-Major, who ac t e d as the Deputy. Judg e Advocate, 6 CTjeant Peter Ritchie, Sergeant John M'Donald, Sergeant Patrick Henry, and Lieutenant and Adjutant M'Kenzie, were severally ex amined at length. Neither of the witnesses could prove the third charge. The Flamer, in hi s d e f ence, cello i Corporal David Miller, and Private Thomas Little, and Private James Gieb, and these _three soldi ers pos i tively declared that the prisoner was sober on th e evening of the 4th of October, when h e was tak en to the guard room as drunk; and the two privates a l so declared that they were with the priso ner when ho spoke to Sergeant of any Ritchie, and he did not make use i bad language to him. The court wa s then cleared, and aft er a s h ort time the court broke up , ac quitting th e pr i soner, who must remain confined until the decision of th e court i s confirmed by the horse Guards. AN IRISH GENERAL. _eIIe gineral was a fi ne bi g man, wid as much daylight between his legs as there's p ol d 4) ,L'huca. There was only the under the bridge o' ,ment That had horses, three min in our regan' he was the fugler was another, an , he had a one o' thim ; donkey ; an' tho man wii the flag was the third, an' he had a bully i, a _ mule. The gine ra l' s horse wasn't his own te al l , but an old mare belongin' to One Tim Alolloy--an divil a good Tim could over get of her wanst she hidhangtnheral ',.' legs across her; though she was quiet enou, i t t e plough before she turned reb(l. But up he colic nae‘any rate, o n hi s w hit e charger—' Boys,' st z he, 1 k, .V, , Yid ., are all good min,' sez he. We hurried an sal!" Y l3 . ' ' Boys, sez he, ' there's a corps of soldPrs c?ln . ln' over to Glinlough, an' I want ycz to give OA" l!ektn, says he. Som e s of us thought it was a deal soldier they wor berrin, on account of his talkiti' iv a corpe, until an ould school expitined the ma an iv it. So master in the army we all thru up our hats, an' shouted ' harm for the gineral,' an' off we cut at fast as we could. Bedad, it wasn't lung till we hard the drum batin', and seen the solsisrs stanne as quiet an' regular as the wooden min the gorsOns play wid, an' the bagnets up in the air as sharp le: bright as needles. Not to tell you any lie, sir, 1 wa glad to take a sup o' sperits, for the sight kneeked som ' the pluck out o' had ` o ne and charge, boys, , sez the :ineral. Thum that guns blazin' away, and thim Or ; had none roared out as loud as they could, an' ran at he soldiers. But it was no use; an' whin they h a d n ' t he good manners to lave that, we thought there was no fuse in stoPPin' to be kilt— so the most iv us turned si ran away. I'll go bail there wasn't a soldier among ~, 'ud catch me, wanst I came in on my wind."—lrish PPer• FRANCE. [The following appeared in our Fourth Edition of last night]:— We read in the .31oniteur:—" The vigilance exer cised by the Government over all the reports more or less alarming which certain journals take pleasure in propagating, and the care it takes to rectify or con tradict them, before there has been time for it becom ing accredited, are beginning to bear their fruits. Thus forewarned that attempts to impose upon the credulity of the public, without being caught in jla grante aelieto, in falsehood or error, the press in general uses more circumspection and reserve in the choice of its news, and the reports to which it gives echo by its publicity. But malevolence, confounded and defeated in Paris, has reared itself again in the provinces, where it flatters itself that the distance from the central authority will render confidence more easy to be surprised and truth less prompt in becoming known. Scarcely a day passes without our reading in the departmental papers, representatives of parties the least interested in the stability of order and the Republic, the most alarming reports on the state of the capital. They represent Paris as being the theatre of civil war, and even as a prey to triumphant insurrection, hoping to make anarchy profit by these rumours skilfully spread abroad. But in all parts these perfidious inventions are received with the incredulity and contempt which such perfidious inventions merit. Everywhere the good sense and good spirit of the people, their sympathy for the Republic, and confidence in the future inspired by the past, destroy the manoeuvres of factions reduced to the most shameful expedients. Everything concurs in assuring France against a return of the unexan.pled scenes which caused bloc(' to flow in the capital, for the raising of the state of siege, recommended by the Government itself, is the most striking testimony of its strength and security." It is not alone the departments of France that are the scenes of the intrigues of those meneurs, there are those who have recently become connected with the newspaper press in England, who, forgetting the nobility of their birth and station, forgetting that, in England at least, noblesse oblige are content to be come the mere- understrappers of M. Emile de Gir ardin, and to adopt at second hand the " enormous lying" which the reactionary party in France has organized into a system, in hopes, perchance, that they may be rewarded when the restoration arrives, by succeeding the Duke de Praslin in the •Royal confidence, or be permitted to share with the De Beauvallons, D'Equivellys, and Granier de Cassaignacs in the proceeds arising from the sales of places con ducted in the interior cabinet of the President of the Council. General Lebreton has addressed the subjoined letter to the Presse :—" Some journals attack in terms which I have no need to qualify the reflections which I presented on the 21st in favour of the army. These journals only follow their trade ; when people live on abuses they must defend them. I have no need to answer them. But it is not such a motive which dictated to you the phrase, ' General Lebre. , ton committed a great injustice in accusing the Minister of War of having attained his position by chance. France knows his services, and General Lebreton who has served in Africa ought, less than any other, to require to be reminded of them.' Permit me then to observe that I know the services of General Lamoriciere, as I know those of the Generals Baraguay Bedeau, Changarnier, Duvivier, N6grier, and so many others with whom I served in the war of Africa, who have not been Ministers of War any more than Marshal Bugeaud, but who, however, would have been by the same title as Gen. Lamoriciere, if good and noble services sufficed. I was consequent& able to say, without disregarding the services of General Lamoriciere, which, in my opinion, are not superior to those I have indicated, that chance or fortune had placed the destinies of the army in his hands. I could also say that he bad made a bad use of it. As a general officer, it was my right to think it, as representative of the people, my right to say it." FRANKFORT. In the National Assembly of Frankfort, on the 20th, a discussion took place, on Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution :—" Art. 2. No part of the German Empire can be united in a single state with coun tries not German. 3. In the case in which a German country shall be governed with a country not German by the same Sovereign, the relations between the two countries must be settled on the basis of a simple personal union" (like Sweden and Norway, for example). This important question excited the greatest interest, from its effect on the Austrian Empire, and it was discussed by the different speakers with ability. Some insisted that the dissolution of the Austrian Empire as it at present exists, and the incorporation of the German portion of it in tie German Empire, were indispensable,to the interests of Germany; others maintained that it would be dan gerous to Germany not to keep Austria as now con stituted ; and some declared that to dissolve would cause civil war. The principal speech of the day was by M. Giskra, an Austrian, who excited prolonged applause by crying " No more Austria—no more Prussia—nothing but Germany, even should thrones fall in ruin I" The debate was adjourned. (From the Liverpool Mercury of etle - elbly.) On Wednesday evening last, Octobeheretarred an aurora borealis, vi Lid), for letegthWerara r - Con, brilliance, and variety of € ffects, hes—iscrelittieFer— not been excelled, if equalled, for many s'efaiis, 1 VMS, ti thought desirable to place on record some of the fea tures of this phenomenon, in the hope that due atten • tion may in time be drawn to an effect of nature at once mysterious and beautiful, and which is so much neglected, and . so rarely seen w i th attention even when it occurs. Th e summer of 1848 has been unusually wet and cold. The easterly winds, of which we have generally an average of two spells i n a year, which bring fine clear weather in summer and frost in winter, set in about a week ago. The 13th instant was extremely cold for the season, there being ice in many places, a rather rare thing in England in October. During the c ourse o f the day a f e w showers of fine snow and hail indicated the state of the atmosphere, which became gradually free from clouds towards sunset, after which, and as night ap proached, the are. of the heavens presented a cloudless and starry sky of intense blue. At a quarter to seven a plain whitish light began to diffuse itself over the northern hemisphere, em bracing fully 180 degrees of the horizon, having the north for the centre, and extending to the zenith. This faint suffusion of light slightly dimmed the stars which it covered, was most intense or whiter at the extremes, east and west, and gave the southern hemisphere an appearance of depth of blue, of dark ness, and brilliance of star light apparently mere intense, but which must be attributed to the contrast. As the evening proceeded faint vertical rays began to shoot from the horizon towards the zenith, which gave every indication of an appearance of this pheno menon of unusual magnitude. As these rays, still of a pale colour, increased, an arc of shadowy darkness but having evident light behind it, began to occupy the northern part of the horizon, extending to about 30 degrees each side of the north point. About half-past seven the light corruscations began to assume colours of the most delicate reds, blue greens, and some of the most indefinable gradations, varying in effect and intensity of light till nine o'clock, when every accompaniment of this phenomenon in creased in brilliancy and effect. The shadowy arc extended in length and altitude, overtopping Ursa Major, and becoming double, its light edge being surmounted by a dark ridge or arch, which was again tipped with light, and from this last ridge the vertical rays chiefly ascended. This shadowy arc did not preserve its form in continuance; it assumed different altitudes, and occasionally became indented in its surface, so as to f orm a series of seg ments of the circle. The character of the shadowy arc was particularly noticed, because light could be seen through it, and although the vertical rays were seen chiefly to ascend from its edge, yet they evi dently ascended from beneath the horizon, because, when one of unusual magnitude and intensity of light arose, the shadow was not strong enough to conceal it ; it could be distinctly traced be hind the shadow, which appeared as a veil, to the line of the horizon. Although coloured rays appeared at various times, the greatest intensity was from nine to eleven o'clock. The central rays due north were chiefly of the pale blue greens, lilac, pale blue, and grey ; the red rays were chiefly confined to the extreme east and west, and were more coloured near the zenith, where a broad expanse of the most luminous and beautiful red was slightly purpled by its transparency showing the blue of space beyond ; this red, as it decayed, mingled gradually and softly with the sky, becoming more purple as the red grew weaker, till lost to vision in a cloudy appearance at the zenith. During the culmination of this effect a most extra ordinary appearance ensued ; the rays had chiefly moved vertically, and from the horizon towards the zenith, but they now began to move occasionally horizontally, crossing each other with the rapidity of lightning, and, it is believed, always from east to west. This had a most extraordinary appearance, and whenever it took place a corresponding change as rapid took place at the zenith, as the illuminating rays changed their position. At about a quarter-past nine a splendid meteor passed from east to west, its course being nearly horizontal ; it was speedily exhausted, and it left the ocular deception of a train of light after it, which is often seen. Afterwards the moon rose and gave increased beauty to the scene. At eleven the splen dour and intensity of the rays began to decrease; instead of the sharply•defined rays which previously shot in streams from the edge of the shadow, and which continued to be most dense at the extreme east and west, broad expanses of delicate light and colour continued to ascend from the shadowy arc occasionally seen behind it, and gradually decreasing till a soft blue grey light suffused the heavens as at the beginning ; and a little after one the effect ceased, save that a softened twilight pervaded the north, the southern hemisphere having throughout preserved a continued and intense darkness, unaffected even by the slightest reflection. The aurora borealis assumes different characters, and may be classified into four descriptions, a s eel lows : That which presents a dark shadow,y arc, assuming various altitudes, surrounded by a faint or strong colourless light, but without rays proceeding from it. Second, that which, in addition to the above, projects rays to the zenith, which assumes various colours, and adds the additional phenomenon of motion. The first seldem extends to mere than sixty degrees of the horizon having the north for the centre; the second extends to various distances, but never beyond ninety degrees each side the north point, nor beyond the zenith of the spectator. The third has an expansive light, without the dark concave shadow, and without rays—but in diffused masses ; this is the strongest with regard to colour ; their transparent masses of brilliant reds and purples, and more delicate tones covering the heavens, but through which the stars may be seen ; these masses frequently extend beyond the zenith, and beyond 180 degrees of the horizon, the north being the centre, the masses of colour ceasing, changing, or pervading the sky with the utmost rapidity. The fourth and last is rarely seen, even by those whom habits, from whatever cause, have led them to watch atmospheric effects at all hours, and for many years. These are horizontal rays of the aurora borealis, which shoot from north to south, arising and terminating in a point; which keep near the surface of the earth, are colourless, and said to be accompanied by a slight rushing noise, as of a switch gently struck through the air. The effects of this description are exceedingly faint and delicate, appear to be confined to the lower portions of the atmosphere, and are unaccompanied by any demonstrations of light or colour in the higherregions of air. To whatever cause the whole of these phenomena may be ascribed, whether of electricity or any other, we leave to those able to speculate on the subject. We Nvish only to offer a few remarks on the colour of the aurora, to show that it is simply an effect of the common law of light, which is the origin and cause of all colour. _ _ _ Affirming pure light to be white, and the absence ( of all light to be darkness or black, all gradations of colour between are the result of the density of the former and its admixture with the latter. Thi s theory is established by the agreement of the effects with the cause, which are as follow :—Light pro ippted into a pure atmosphere, illuminated by itself, fs colourless V. ..a_z, L., , ~, ... . L.,* TIP 11 1UnliniltP(1 mpai,....= through which light passes becoming more dense, it becomes yellow, and so increases to the utmost den sity that light is capable of being traesmitted by, which is red, which is the most powerful of all co lours. The least mixture of pure white or light with darkness produces blue; a snore dense stage of light— namely yellow, mixed with darkness, is green ; and its most dense stage, or red rays, mixed W'ith dark ness, become purple. These can be modified infi nitely, to every possible grade of colour, every shade of which will agree with the theory of their cause— namely, light and darkness. As, for instance, the least possible d eg r ee o f d ar k ness m i xed with the utmost density light is capable of, namely red, pro duces crimson, crimson diluted again with pure light becomes pink, &c. These remarks are thought neeesszi, because the effects of the aurora borealis exactly coincide with the theory here expressed, the colour of the rays being neither more nor less than their light (from whatever cause) being modified by density a nd mixture with darkness. This accounts for the crimson rays being chiefly confined to the east and west, where we have shown the light was most dense and accumulated, the crimson being caused by the most dense or red rays, still being so thin and transparent as to cause the darkness or blue beyond to be dimly seen through. From the same cause the different rays assumed different colours, exactly in proportion as the light was more or less dense, and capable of overpowering or amalgamating with the darkness it penetrated. The reason why the rays nearer the earth were more faint in colour, and those more distant more intense, is accounted for entirely on the principle of density; the same that causes the zenith of daylight to be more blue from thinness, and the sun to be red at setting. We have endeavoured, with some difficulty, to render our account of this phenomenon as familiar as possible, and free from technical terms, being desirous that all classes of our readers should avail themselves of a description by an eye-witness of this extraor dinary and beautiful effect. MARBLES FOR THE MUSEUM.—The large quantity of ancient marbles which have recently been brought to this country from Bombay, by one of her Majesty's ships, for the British Museum, have been deposited in that establishment. The p2eliages in which they were contained were fifty-five in numbs. AUSTRIA. Letters have been received in Paris, dated Vienna, on the afternoon of the 18th inst., which announce that confidence was beginning to be felt that the existing differences with the Emperor would be ar ranged without bloodshed. The Bank had begun to resume its operations, but the barricades erected at the extremity of the city and in the suburbs still remained. The Allgemeine Oesterreichische Zeitung in its " Latest Intelligence," of the 18th, states that on that day the shops in Vienna were generally reopened, and the small traders resumed their operations. The exchange was opened, but of course no business of importance was transacted. Provisions were scarce, and prices were gradually rising. The advance of the llungarian army was confidently expected. ITALY. The Osservatore Triestino of Sunday, the 15th inst., announces the formation of a Committee of Public Safety in Trieste, composed of delegates from the Municipal Commission, the Council of Manage ment of the National Guard, and a deputation from the Exchange. The object of the measure is declared to be the maintenance of public order, in conjunction with the constitutional liberties of the people, and the preservation of the prosperity of Trieste. The following names are appended to the notification as members of the Committee of Safety, viz. :—MM. Basseggio, 13rambilla, L.N., Brucker, A. Danimos, Plancher, Reveltella, Schickh, and 11. B. Schintz. The Committee has already adopted cer tain measures of finance, deemed necessary under the circumstances. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—We have again to re port a heavy and drooping market. The increasing pressure of a full production upon outlets so seriously narrowed by various causes, has been felt to-day in a somewhat further diminution of the prices of yarns and goods. There prevails in the trade, however, such a disposition to yield to that which, in the pre sent condition of things, is manifestly unavoidable, that, after al!, a sufficient amount of h , '.'"-"'" of stock. There tasTre'n"'a"Tairer increased inquiry, together 'with some business, for goods adapted to the India and China markets—no doubt in anticipation of the com ing mail. The heavy sbirtings for China continue relatively more valuable than the lighter fabrics for India. The operations for the various continental markets have been limited and irregular. The letters received to day from the Levant are of eleven days later date than the previous advices, viz.:—From Constantinople of the 7th, A t h ens of the Stb, and Smyrna of the 6th inst. Their effect is to cause a con-. tinned inactivity among the Greek houses; for the poli tical struggles likely to arise out of the death of Mohammed Shah, King of Persia, were preventing the transmission o f specie to Constantinople, in pay mentg for manufactures, in consequence of which busi ness has suffered a serious check in that city. The Tabriz br anc h o f an eminent firm in this citrepre sent the trad e o f t h at place as being entirely paralysed by the certainty of a military contest for the vacant throne. Our home trade houses are complaining of a greatly increased flatness in their branch of business. A. failure in the stuff trade is announced to-day, viz., Messrs. S. A. Butterworth and Co., whose liabilities are stated at various amounts ; probably they may exceed 40,0001. They have a house at Bradford. ROCIIDALE, MONDAY.—There has been a steady demand for goods of every description today, at prices much the same as those of the preceding week. Wool remains heavy of sale, and the dealers complain of the limited demand there is for the raw material. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The transactions to day have been very limited. Were it not for a few orders received by the late American packets ;for fancy goods, we should have to report scarcely any thing doing in the district. But this period is gene rally considered the dullest of the whole year. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—We scarcely ever recollect seeing so small an amount of business done in our Piece Hall as was done to-day; but there is rather more doing in the warehouses, chiefly in plain goods, though by no means what is usual at this season. In yarns, we have no particular alteration to notice, ex cept that the shipping houses seem to purchase for the German markets with rather less confidence. Wool remains pretty much the same as noticed in our last report. 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