The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-05 00:00:00

THE NEW NOVELIST. MR. COLBURN HAS JUST PUBLISHED, THE DISCIPLINE of LIFE, In Three Volumes. " Since Miss Austen ceased to write, and Mrs. Marsh began, we have had no other story-telling of its class that we would place upon a level with this, fur freshness, straightforwardness, and truth ef tone and feeling."—Examiner. henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Third Edition, revised, 2 vols. Bvo., 345., _LECTURES on the PRINCIPLES and PRAC. TICE of PHYSIC, delivered at King's College, London. Bp THOMAS WATSON, 31. D , Fel:ow of the Royal College of Physicians, late Physician to the• Middlesex Hospital. London : John W. Parker, West Strand. BOND'S PERMANENT MARKING INK, the original and by far the best, requiring ;no preparation, offers the surest means of protection for every variety of household linen and wearing apparel against loss or mistake, for which reason be careful to ask for the genuine article, prepared by the inventor, JOHN BOND, 28, Long-lane, West Smithfield, City.' Sold by most Chemists, Stationers, and 3ledicine Vendors. Price Is. a bottle. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lune. THIS EVENING, Will be presented the , celebrated Drama, entitled THE GREEN BUSIIES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ; Dennis, Mr. Cullenford ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Captain Dartois, Mr. Worrell ; Madame St. Aubert, madame Celeste ; Geraldine, Mrs, Yates; Nelly O'Neil, Miss Wool gar - To conclude with a Farce, called GOING TO THE DERBY THE DERBY DAY. Mr. Jeremiah Twiddle, Mr. Wright; Mr. John James Chucks, Mr. Paul Bedtbrd ; Captain Nobble, Mr. Worrell ; Mrs. Chucks, Mrs. Matthews ; Mrs. Twiddle, Miss Woolgar. RoYAL SURREY THEAT;tE. Under the direction of Mr. Kerschner. Engagement of M, HERRMANN, the lint Professor of Magic in the World. THIS G Will be performed THE PEDLAR EVENIN BOY. Mier which M. HE* MANN 'S MYSTEIMIEUSE ET MA GIQUE , nthe most wonderful illusions ever attempted. To conclude with a New Melodrama, entitled THE PLANK ACROSS THE STREET. Manager and Treasurer, Mr. B. S. Falrbrother. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Revival of the Popular Equestrian Spectacle of ➢iazeppa. Unparalleled Equestrian Feats. THIS EVENING, Will be performed Lord Byron's Hippodramatic Spectacle of IeAZEPPA ; or, The Wild Horse. To be followed by the inimitable EQUESTRIAN and GYMNAS- TIC EXERCISES in the ARENA, supported exeusively by the Female Artists of the Establishment, entitled LA SOIREE DES DAMES. To conclude with a Grand Pageant, entitled LADY GODIVA AND PEEPING TOSI OF COVENTRY; or, Clearing the Toll. Boa-office open from Eleven till Five. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. Attraction unprecedented. Re-engagement of M. JULLIEN. Continuation of MISS SARA FLOWER. The DAYLIGHT VIEW of ROME, by Denson. Superb and Unique MENAGERIE. ' —" Grand Display of FIREWORKS, by the Messrs. Southby. No Extra Charge. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and FRIDAY. sfons. Jailien, positively for One Week only, his last appearance in London this Season. In consequence of the unfavourable weather during his late en gagement, M. Jullien has kindly acceded to an arrangement for One Week, it being utterly impossible to continue it beyond that time. View of Rome.—Promenade Concerts, Vocal and Instrumental, oonducted by M. JULLIEN in person. The splendid Band of Solo Performers includes Messrs. Cloth, Collins, sen., George and Viotti Collins, Koenig, Collinet, Richardson, Baker, &c.—Two Solos will be performed each Evening by Artists of Eminence.—Two favourite Songs by Miss Sara Flower—The Programme will contain a choice selection of Ancient and Modern Music, including the celebrated de scriptive Fantasia, called " The Destruction of Pompeii," composed by Roch Albert, and by desire the popular Quadrille of " The Hu guenots."—Also to be seen, during the day, the beautiful Menagerie —Shakspere's House—The Magic Bridge—and other novelties will be exhibited, the whole concluding with a most magnificent and not to be rivalled display of Fireworks, which elicited such rapturous approbation on the occasion of M. Jullienrs Benefit, try the Messrs. Southby Gates open at Ten sac., Feeding Time Five—Concert at Half-pas Five—Firework - s — at Half-past Eight, The Last Grand Flower Show of the Season will take place on Wednesday, September 13, on a Scale of most extraordinary magni licence for the exhibition of Dahlias, &c. Admission, as usual, One Shilling. THEI WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, SEPTEMBER 5. TIESRMOMETER, Lowest, 55; Highest, 69; ifoon, 73. BAROMETER, 29.93. WIND S.E.; fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 19 min. after 6 I Evening .. 39 min. after 6 a ..., ... , : At • t pAT 311mi z. ,i ir.4 , ....-. 1 . ." , .. fr .. ..,._.s' ' w-' ° -v. , -- t - i ,- = ••• '' - - , 3fflii t * -" ~;. 6)4 01 - llk . 11 '' ''4'' . M(4.4 '' ' - iiiii i I ' 1, 0 4 Ella( '_ 7 =''. nit LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1848, Parliament has :to-day received the signal of its prorogation, and if the rapture of the popular repre sentatives be not as boisterous as that of the unfortu nate urchins of Do-the-boy's Hall on the occasion of their celebrated "breaking up" for the holidays, it must at the least have been accompanied by a sensation of almost as profound pleasure. liartsard can scarcely afford us a parallel of a session so prolonged and so labo rious ; and certainly the hereditary skill of the official stenographers, the GURNEYS, can scarcely ever have been taxed more severely by the volubility of the different discussions. Of these peccadilloes on the part of our Senators, we have already heard more than enough, from the cutting personalities of Mr. DISRAELI down to the austere and uncompromising criticisms of Blackwood. We have been reminded by the former that the in putation of garrulity which has been levelled against the miscellaneous Members in the House of Com mons is so far erroneous, inasmuch as no one pro voked debates upon the question of the financial crisis in November, and inasmuch as every reasonable op portunity was afforded to the Government for the production of its four successive financial statements. Granted so much to the leaders and subordinates of the Opposition ; granted that in regard to the Budget and the monetary panic those poli ticians evinced a rational and laudable leniency. Yet—not a syllable is whispered either by the Hon. Gentleman the Knight Representative of Buckinghamshire or by the distinguished maga zine whose genius is racy with the inspirations of old CHRISTOPHER NORTH, about the " missing dispatch" disoussion, about the preposterous attempt at the im peachment of Lord PALMERSTON, about the quibbling efforts at procrastination made by the Noble Lord the Member for King's Lynn, or about any other of those desultory attacks by which the progress of the Go vernment measures were impeded by the factious. So visible in almost every stage of the public busi ness have been those interruptions and interpolation s , so spiteful have been the insinuations of Mr. UR QUHART, so impertinent and reiterated the calumnies of Mr. ANSTEY, so peevish and blundering the statis tical quips and cranks of Lord GEORGE BENTINCK, that the Opposition has assumed the invidious aspect of a political Proteus—a fluctuating annoyance— presenting its poisoned prickles at every angle like a burr, a thistle, or a hedge-hog— squirting the darts of its invectives at the Cabinet with the adroitness of a porcupine— assaulting the Cabinet under as many colours as the chamelion, and fighting with as many weapons both offensive and defensive as the terrible bands of the Rohillas. So conspicuous has all this been that we might with some truth address the Opposition in the language of VIRGIL.— " Quomodo teneam mutantem Protea vultum?" How is it possible to distinguish the ever-variable countenance of the rancorous and Protean assailants of the Administration ? Apart from all these discourteous and ungene rous obstacles thrown in the way of a Olabinet, already embarrassed by the unparalleled disasters of the epoch—the political perturbation of Ireland, the distracted condition of England, the repetition of a calamitous scarcity, the prevalence of a dangerous epidemic, the absence of employment in the manu facturing districts, and the extraordinary duration and severity of the commercial crisis throughout the whole of the United Kingdom—it must not in fair, ness be forgotten that a profound responsibility pressed upon the conscience of our ruling statesmen_ the responsibility of maintaining the dignity ofßritish influence in the midst of twelve or thirteen gigantic revolutions, and that, too, without embroiling the country in a war with one or other, if not with all, of the nation s cf the European continent indiscrimi nately. Much Las been spoken and short-aomi ngs of the written about the present Gov ernment. Little actually a ccomplished. or nothing h as been said abo u t t h e things they have really among th e Let us see now what are most prominent of their recent achievements. They have maintained one of the principal of England in alm os t ever the c h aracter y Courts of the tw o hemispheres, without exception. preserved pea ce w i th the whole world— They have with Republican France and with despotic Russia-- with the sanguinary and tyrannical monster who di:- graces the throne of the Neapolitans, as well as with the licentious and eccentric roué who abdicated the crown of Bavaria—with the affrighted sovereigns of the German Confederation, and with the popular princes of Italy. Beyond this, they have effected the commencement of a salutary ~change in the penal code—they have done something towards the amelioration of the colonists in the West India islands—they have quashed for ever the charge of bigotry levelled against the British Legislature by carrying their Bill for the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Court of the Roman SOVEREIGN— they have been the first Cabinet who have ever done anything whatever in the way of sanitary improvement—they have vigorously crushed the seditious among the Chartists of England— they have, by a series of gallant proceedings, anni hilated the incipient Rebellion which was being ex cited in Ireland by the Physical Force Repealers— they have found time, in the midst of all their more important occupations, to offer assistance to distin guished men, poets and others, who might otherwise have perished from starvation like SAVAGE, cut their throats like poor BLANCHARD, or have pistolled them selves to death like the unfortunate and distracted HAYDON. Government having accomplished all these things, it surely cannot be said to have evinced only incapacity and indolence. HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH, PROROGATION PARLIAMENT. Mr LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, lam happy to be able to release you from the duties of a laborious and protracted session. The Act for the Prevention of Crime and Outrage in Ireland, which received my assent at the commencement of the session, was attended by the most beneficial effects. The open display of arms intended for criminal purposes was checked : the course of justice was no longer inter rupted, and several atrocious murderers, who had spread terror through the country, were apprehended, tried, and convicted. The distress in Ireland, consequent upon suc cessive failures in the production of food has been mitigated `by the application of the Law for the Relief of the Poor, and by the amount of charitable contributions raised in other parts of the United Kingdom. On the other hand, organized confederacies took advantage of the existing pressure to excite my suffering subjects to rebellion. Hopes of plunder and confiscation were held out to tempt the distressed; while the most visionary prospects were exhibited to the ambitious. In this conjunctnre I ap plied to your loyalty and wisdom for increased powers ; and strengthened by your prompt con currence, my Government was enabled to de feat in a few days machinations which had been prepared during many months. The energy and decision shown by the Lord-Lieutenant of Ire land in this emergency deserve my warmest approba l Mr. HUME has not suffered Parliament to close without announcing his intention of renewing, at an early period next session, his important proposi tion for Parliamentary Reform. We hardly needed that assurance from the Honourable Member for Montrose, for the movement in question having progressed so far as it has progressed, must necessa rily now continue until its object is attained. Popu lar energy was never yet enlisted in any cause, the popular mind was never yet bent on the accomplish ment of any object, without that object being ulti mately attained, and that cause being ultimately successful. Full of truth is that observation of AI7GUSTINE CAXTON, " To push on is the law of na ture. You can no more say to men and to nations than to children, sit still and don't wear out your shoes l' " Such an exhortation would be indeed about as successful as summoning spirits from the vasty deep—" but will they come when you do ca them ie" To sit still is now-a-days impossible, absolutely impossible. This is essentially and super-eminently the age of progress —of progress in the material world, as is evidenced by the universal prevalence and unparelleled celerity of the locomotive, and of progress in the spiritual world, as is manifested by the extraordinary changes now transpiring around us. To push on is the law of nature. We admit the truth of this assertion, and it is a truth in which we glory. To push on is the law ofnature, and it is a law which we must inevitably obey. In obedience to this law sumptuous apparels have succeeded to the skins of the savage, a complicated commerce has taken the place of an unprofitable system of individual maintenance, the man-of-war has followed in the wake of the rude canoe, and the steam-ship has ultimately eclipsed the sailing vessel. To push on is the constant practice of th e h uman race, and in the political world this tendency has been unmis takably and gloriously proved by recent events. The eloquent Member for Buckinghamshire may lament over the retrospect of the session, but, unpro pitious as in some respects has been the political harvest of St. Stephen's, we cannot but think of the session of 1848 with satisfaction when we consider the evidence it has furnished of the popular tendency to push on. During this session a great reform movement has been initiated, and, moreover, the ballot has been virtually accepted by the Legislature. Next session is, we are told, to witness the further pro gress of these desirable reforms, and mayhap their entire acceptation. This year reform has had insi dious foes to contend with, not the least fatal of which have been imprudent and unwary friends. The Chartists, or rather a considerable number of disorderly persons who pleased to adopt that name, have been the most effectual enemies of the Charter. Physical force is the most self-destructive weapon which the advocate of popular rights can wield. Occasioning tumult and disorder, and inspiring fear, it only re pulses friends instead of overcoming foes. The un happy movement of last April, at first alarming, and ultimately ridiculous, to a certain extent damaged the cause, and retarded the triumph of Reform. Still that invincible cause has triumphed ; in short, it has progressed. And during the vacation, although the doors of St. Stephen's may be closed, it will not fail to make further progress among a greater and more powerful concourse than St. Stephen's ever contains. Among the body of the people liberal principles will not fail to develop themselves with new force and vigour, and that development will not fail to have its ordinary and fitting effect upon the popular representatives. The effect of this legitimate "pres sure from without" will be evidenced in the division lists, and if, as Mr. Fluatm assures us, Parliamentary Reform be next session again mooted in the Chamber of Legislature, it is, to say the least of it, within the limits of probability that next session it may be adopted. In the midst of these difficulties you have continued your labours for the improve.. ment of the laws. The Act for facilitating the Sale of Incumbered Estates will, I trust, gradually remove an evil of great magnitude in the social state of Ireland. The system of perpetual Entails of Land established in Scotland, produced very serious evils both to heirs of entail and to the community, and I have had great satisfaction in seeing it amended upon principles which have long been found to operate beneficially in this part of the United Kingdom. I have given my cordial assent to the mea sures which have in view the improvement of the public health, and I entertain an earnest hope that a foundation has been laid for continued ad vances in this beneficial work. GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, I have to thank you for the readiness with which you have granted the supplies necessary for the public service. I shall avail myself of every opportunity which the exigencies of the State may allow for enforcing economy. MT LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I have renewed in a formal manner my diplo matic relations with the Government of France. The good understanding between the two countries has continued without the slightest interruption. Events of deep importance have disturbed the in ternal tranquillity of ,many of the States of Europe, both in the north and in the south. These events have led to hostilities between neighbouring countries. I am employing my good offices, in concert with other friendly Powers, to bring to an amicable set tlement these differences ; and I trust that our efforts may be successful. am rejciced to think that an increasing sense o! ;he ;be value of peace encourages the hope that the na ions of Europe may continue in the enjoyment of its blessings. Amidst these convulsions, I have had the antis. faction of being able to preserve peace for my own dominions, and to , maintain our domestic tranquillity. The strength of our institutions has been tried and has not been found wanting. I have studied to preserve the people committed to my charge in the enjoyment of that temperate freedom which they so justly value. My people, on their side, feel too sensibly the advantages of order and security to allow the promoters of pillage and confusion any chance of success in their wicked designs. I acknowledge with grateful feelings the many marks of loyalty and attachment which I have received from all classes of my people. It is my earnest hope that by cultivating respect to the law and obedience to the precepts of religion, the liberties of this people may, by the blessing of Almighty God, be perpe tuated. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the 29th ult. have arrived. The contents are unimportant. MADRID BoLSA, AUG. 29.—Three per Cents., 19f paper; Five per Cents., pi paper. Exchange on London, 46 50 paper. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the French papers of yesterday Paris continued perfectly tranquil. The journals, with one exception, are occupied in considering the amended project for a Constitution, and the question as to whether having passed the Constitution, the National Assetnbly should proceed to enact the organic laws of the Republic, or whether it should leave that task to its successors. The one exception is the Presse, which bitterly complains of the exist ence of the state of siege. The Siecle has the following article on the Bank of Franca : DEATH OF JOHN Mqi ENZIE, ESQ.—We are sorry to hear of the death of this celebrated scholar, whose name is so well known in connexion with Celtic literature. Mr. APKenzie was born at Gareloch, in Ross-shire, in 1806. He published, edited, or trans lated about thirty different works in the Gaelic lan guage. Of these, the principal are—" The Beauties of Gaelic Poetry, and Lives of the Highland Bards ;" " The History of Prince Charles, and of the Rebellion of 1745-4 6 ;" and " The English-Gaelic Dictionary." Tho last was a work of great labour, and his close applicaton to it for two years proved very injurious to his health. He lingered for some months, and died at Poolewe, in the parish of Gareloch, on the 19th ultimo.—Glasgow Herald. BARNET CATTLE FAl L . ..Yesterday this fair, which Early in is t o h n e e n j o e f ria th in e g l i a m rg n e i setnsie droves of cattle were in England, commenc e d. flocking in from all parts of the country in fine condi tion. By eight o'clock business commenced very briskly among the Highland Scots —three and four years old beasts selling at from 101. to 154 per head, two year old steers at from 81. to 10/. per head. Hereford, Devon, and Lincoln beasts were in great demand, and sold freely at from 164 to 22/, according to size and age. Welch beasts of all kinds met with ready buyers at good prices; rnilch cows, of the Yorkshire breed, including their small calf, made from 18/. t©= 251. er vers from 13/. t o 18/ . per head. Suffolk p cows, ead forward cal with calf, sold at from 16/. to 184 per head. The horse fair was well supplied with good young cart-horses, suitable for London work, which sold freely at from 40 to 55 guinea each; cart colts, two years old, from 25 to 35 guineas each. Welch ponies sold briskly, the most use fill making from 12 to 16 guineas each; upwards of 900 being offered for sale. Swilatinc MATCH.—Last evening, a grand scien tific sw imming match came off at the National Baths, Holborn. The race was open to all the world. The number of competitors for the prize, which was a Leander silver medal, were four, namely, Messrs. Pew ters, Housen, Stiles, and Drake. Shortly after eight o clock the candidates for the medal appeared in the water, when each in his turn highly amused the visitors by their extraordinary powers in swimming. Wo have so frequently alladed to the respective abilities of each of these swimmers that any notice at the present time is quite unnecessary Aft er muc h compet i tion by each of the candidates, Mr. Pewters was pronounced the winner of the medal, by Mr. Kenworthy, who acted as umpire on the occasion, but who would have entered the list for the prize, had he not received a severe contusion on his body by falling through a trap-dour on Saturday last. The baths were well attended. " The situation of the Bank of France, as set forth in its returns made up to Thursday last, has given rise to a renewal of the demand that it should resume its cash payments. The metallic reserve amounts to 204,000 000 and the bills in circulation are 3 17,000,000. But it has been truly observed, that the Bank would have not only to provide for the payment of its own notes in cash, but its accounts current with the Treasury and with private individuals, and its various acknowledgments and engage ments; and which together would make a total of more than 500,000,000. "Let a panic take place, and we can readily conceive what would ensue. Would the Bank be then to blame for what might then take place if it were to depart from the prudent plan which it now adopt s ? We think not. In order for the Bank tobeospt be shownentoblame th fo a r t nsuocthrea suming cash payments, it must step would immediately remove all the of embarrassments a of the comm e r c i a l i n t eres t, by giving a signal re turn to confid e n ce . Th e cr i s i s under which we have been labouring has many causes; business inconside rately entered into before the Revolution; forgetfulness on the part of a great number of bankers of the prin ciple that an establishment which has engagements which are demandable at short periods should not invest its capital where it cannot be immediately be made available and an exaggerated alarm at the momen tary successes of Socialism. But this is not all. The crisis has been so violent; it has inflicted so many and such cruel wounds that it has been scrupulous in press ing for the general liquidation, and that has been one of the mast active causes in the stoppage of business. Certainly honourable men of business ought not to be executed like jobbers on the Bourse. It is nevertheless necessary that a settlement should be come to, for with. out it credit cannot be renewed, France has been sub jected to enormous losses; it is necessary that they should be arranged, and that it should be known what re mains. Then a movement will take place which will bring about confidence, with a hope of future profit. Until this be done no real benefit can accrue, whatever may be the merit of the propositions brought forward for the improvement of the present state of affairs." BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAIL, WATS AT TUB STOCK-EXCHANGE, SEPT. 4. Northern of France, 7 ex int.—Orleans and Bordeaux, 1% ex int.—Paris and Lyons, 4;i. Lours BLANC IN EXILE. M. Louis Blanc has addressed the following notes to the papers:—" Several persons in England, agreeing in opinion with M. Louis Blanc, appear disposed to offer him some public expres sion of their sympathy. M. Louis Blanc begs to offer them his most sincere thanks; but at the same time he thinks it right to state that he wishes to avoid anything in any way likely to give offence to the English Go, vernment. In calm study, and quiet retirement, M. Louis Blanc has resolved to wait till brighter days dawn on his country, and ho would be deeply grieved if his forced appeal to the hospitality of England became the cause of even temporary agitation." . Orn aments for the drawing-room, library, and !lieing-roo te , in It a li an alabaster, marble, bronze, and Derbyshiregures s Tennant s par, co ns i st i ng of a great variety of vases, , group s , i nkstands, candlesticks, tables, paper weights. &c., imported an d manufactured by James 1 , Strand, near Somerset House, London. Mr. Tennant arrange s e l ementary collections of shells, minerals, and fossils, I which will greatly facilitate the in teresting study of gFo from twO to fifty guina°gYi mineralogy, and conehology, 6, DREADFUL OCCURRENCE.—The following myste rious and dreadful occurrence is reported from the county of Monaghan :—" A most appalling accident happened on last Sunday, the 27th ult., near the town of Monaghan. R Lamartine Grason, Esq., and his lady, to whom ho was married on the 22d of May, were taking a drive in a pony phaeton about four o'clock, r.rec., in the direction of Rosmore Park, when the two ponies nie r i t took fright an d b ounded over a bri d ge t h at crosses t h e Ulster Canal, an d f e ll into the cana l , a b out 12 0 f eet d eep, killing M r . an d M rs. Grason an d Mi ss A. Gra ham, si ster -i n-law to the unfortunate young gentleman. bits. e t o Grasoni annum." was h i p s re l g a n rg a e n t. p lN -roplerr.tyG,raasboonu about a l s B l , e o f o t o n i. o p r e e ; y REFUSING INTERMENT.—On Saturday a comma. nication was received at Lloyd's, stating that one of tho crew of the Helen, Captain Easter, having died from cholera, off Southwold, Kent, the master took the body ashore for interment; the authorities, however, ascer taining that the man had died of cholera, positively re. fused to allow the body to be buried, and the crew con signed their deceased shipmate to the deep. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1848. THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION. ABERDEEN, SATURDAY EVENING.—By the fishing cutter Bee, of Hull, arrived at Stromness on the 30th ult., wo have the following intelligence from Davis Straits:— " The American whaler M`Lellan, of New London, commanded by Captain Jackson, visited Lievely, Disco Island, and learned that on the 2il of July, her Majesty's ships Investigator and Enterprise, under Sir John Ross, had reached the harbour of Lievely, and landed dis patches to the care of the Danish governor, to be for warded by the first vessel- to Europe. The expedition immediately proceeded in search of Sir John Franklin. The crews were all well." The following is a list of the Davis Straits fishery down to the 18th of July:— Lord Gambi er , o f H ull . Tons. .. ..• ... 30 Abram, of Hull 1 True Love, of Hull . ••• ... 60 5 Prince of W a l es , o f Hu11..... ... 30 Lady Jane, o f N ewcast l e 60 Jane, of Bo'ness ..• ... 28 Princess Charlotte, of Dundee ... ... 50 Alexander, of Dundee ... 4O Advice, of Dundee... ... ••• ... 40 Chieftain of Ki r k a ld y, o f Dundee ... 28 Regalia, of Dundee ••• ••• ••. 34 Pacific, of Aberdeen ... ..• ... 30 Joseph Green, of Peterhead ... 67 M'Lellan, of N ew L on d on ••• • . 40 No losses had occurred. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—The Fairy Royal yacht, Commander Crispin, embarked her M ajes ty, t h e P r i nce Consort, th e Royal Family, &c., this morning at Os borne, and arrived with them in this harbour under the usual salutes and ceremonies at half-past ten, landing from the Royal tender at the Clarence-yard at a quarter to eleven, where the naval and military Commanders in -Chief and their respective staffs, together with the Captain-Superintendent and officers of the establishment were in waiting to receive them. A guard of honour of the 91st regiment, commanded by Major Yarborough, Captains Wright and Ward, Lieutenant Cochrane, En sign and Adjutant Bremer, and Ensign Horsburgh, were also in attendance. Mr. Cornelius Stovin, the manager of the South-Western Railway, took charge of the Royal train, which was set in motion by Mr. Superintendent Stevens, of the Gosport terminus, at a few minutes before eleven o'clock. As the train passed the terminus at Gosport the Conde de Montemolin and suite (who ar rived at the Railway Hotel this morning) paid their re • spects to her Majesty. By the latest advices from the coast of Africa we see it stated that the Contest, 12, Commander M'Murdo, chased a slave-steamer, for the second time, in June, but that the steamer led her sixty miles away, then ran back to her place of enabarcation, leaving the Contest to beat up (if she could) in the night, and so got clean off and shipped a cargo, after landing one of 1,500 slaves. Of what use can sailing -vessels be in such chases as this? Why do not the Government, if they really mean to persevere in endeavouring to check the traffic in slaves, employ fleet steamers? The Styx steam-sloop, under the command of Captain H. Chads, captured thirty vessels; but where is the sailing-vessel, except Matson's Waterwitch, that has contributed any thing like such a quota as that towards the much desired suppression? It has not been so generally known as it should be, that Captain Smith' 'paddle-box boats were very efficacious in saving life at the late awful loss of the Ocean Monarch. A letter which is before us from the Brazilian Consul-General at Liverpool (Hr. John Pasco Grenfell) states, that the Brazilian steam-frigate Affonso is fitted with them, and that the late sad affair has tested their value. Ho says :—" A few hands threw our larboard boat over in a few seconds (we did not hail to lower it), it floated like a cork, and then, by means of a hawser we had fastened it to the wreck, it was placed close to the bow of the Ocean Monarch, and was quite sufficient to receive all the people the other boats could not hold ; this, as well as the want of seamen, was the reason the other paddle-box boat was not used. After we reached the burning ship there was no want of boats; the difficulty was getting the poor people into them—mostly helpless women and children, without one of the crew of the ill-fated vessel on board to lend them a helping band, by which means many of the former perished; for after the brave fellow Jerome got on board not one was lost." The Arab, 16, Commander Morris, arrived in Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, from a cruise in the Mozam bique Channel, on the 11th of June. The Havannab, 19, Captain Erskine, arrived in Simon's Bay, from England, en route to New Zealand, on the 1 Ith of June. Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, accompanied by Flag- Lieutenant Cochran, went out in th e U n di ne steamer after her . Majesty's departure, and went on b oar d t h e Rolla, the exercise bri g for thei naval apprentices, to in spect them. As soon as the Admiral was on board, the brig, which was near the Spit buoy, bore up, and set royals and port studding-sails. After running to the westward till nearly abreast of the Kicker Point, the studding-sails were taken in, and the barque hauled to the wind on the port tack. She was then worked to the eastward through Spithead, firing, her guns dur ing a considerable portion of the time. On reaching the Spit she shortened sail to her topsails and jib, and ran into the harbour, bringing up near her usual berth. It is but justice to the officers and boys of this vessel to say that the evolutions performed were executed in a style which were not only highly creditable to them and their instructors, but would not have disgraced veteran seamen ; and the same must be said of the general con duct and appearance of the vessel, which is extremely neat and seamanlike. The jury masts of the Dauntless were removed to day, preparatory to her being docked either for copper ing or altering as the case may be. Wind S.E. ; moderate breezes and fine weather. The following gentlemen, mates of the Royal Navy, passed their examinations for gunnery last week on board the Excellent, at Portsmouth : First Class--Messrs. Morgan, Urmston Coiling wood ; Campbell—Acorn ; Luce—Fox. Second Class Messrs. Helby, Macra—Excellent ; Watson—Firebrand ; Welch —For. Third Class. —Messrs. Robinson —Fox ; Fitzroy— Collingwood ; Rowley—Fox. ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY.—Major -Gener a l the Right Hon, Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.H., Com mander-in-Chief of this garrison and the South-west district, made an official inspection of this eminently serviceable arm of the national defence on Southsea Common, this afternoon. The evolutions of the corps were performed with that perft.ction for which they have attained such general celebrity, and were highly to the satisfaction of the General, who expressed his approba tion in the most gratifying terms to Lieutenant -Colonel Gibsone, the Commandant of the corps. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 2.—The Ferret, 8, Commander George Sprigg, arrived yesterday from the coast of Africa, touching at St. Helena and Ascension, leaving the latter on the 18th of July, and passing the Azores on the 21st of August. Six hundred miles south of the Western Isles she experienced a calm for ten days. The Ferret has been two years and six months from home, during which time she has lost six of her hands—three through sickness and three by accident. She has taken thirteen prizes. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Penelope, 16, Commodore Sir C. Hotham, was at St. Paul do Lo anno, all well. Her Majesty's brig Contest, 12, Com mander Archibald M'Murdo; Heroine, 8, Commander Charles Edmunds; Rapid, 10, Commander Edward Dixon ; and Dart, 3, were on ,the southern coast. Turtle continued plentiful at Ascension. Three super numerary seamen from the store-ship Tortoise, Captain Frederick Hutton, stationed there, came home in the Ferret. The Dockyard battalion have ceased their exercises for the season. Wind, northerly, light ; weather, fine, with the ap pearance of a continuance. • WOOLWICH, SEPT. 4.—At an early hour this morning numerous parties visited the dockyard to witness the Royal yacht at her moorings in the river. She is greatly improved in her internal appearance since she was last at Woolwich. The entire deck has been painted to re semble wainscot or oak, the inside of the bulwarks is an excellent imitation of American bird's eye maple, and the ports of the paddle-boxes next the deck of the same pat tern. The two paddle- boxes are joined to each other across the deck with platforms about eight feet above it, with ample room for two persons to promenade, and com mand a far wider view than could be obtained from the deck. On each of the stern ends of the paddle-boxes two very handsome recesses or alcoves have been fitted, are lighted seawards with plate glass, and the front is made to rise and fall like the moveable roof of a carriage, the projecting material being of waterproof leather. The principal cabin below is beautifully fitted up, and the seats are cushioned and covered with crimson morocco leather all round the stern side of the vessel; the fire place, near the rudder handle, is constructed of beauti fully formed groups of flowers, highly coloured and preserved by the finest enamel on a delicate ground, and encased in solid and brightly polished brass mouldings, the chimney of the fireplace having the appearance of a handsome pillar supported on an appropriate base. The rudder passes through the principal cabin, and is covered completely round with carving, which gives the cover the appearance of being a pillar for supporting the deck. The chief cabin is profusely lighted by plate-glass win dows, and on the side next the passage the door and windows are fitted with ground glass. The dining-room is spacious, and contains on the walls a series of maps on spring rollers. The mouldi ng o f the ceiling through out the principal rooms and passages is formed of con cave and convex representations of a sea shell; the con vex one gilded and placed alternately with the concave. Captain Ellice, comptroller of steam machinery, M r . Lloyd, chief engine er a t t h e Admiralty, and Mr. Tric assistant to the chi e f eng i neer at Woolwich Dockyard kett, , went on board th e R oyal yacht to-day, to insect machinery, previ ous to her Majesty's embarkation. the The Niger had her steam up to-day, and worked her propeller in the stream. Captain Ellice, Comptroller of Steam Machinery, Mr. Lloyd, chief engineer at the Ad miralty, and Mr. Trickett, assistant to the chief engineer at Woolwich Dockyard, went on board at the time the engines were at work to witness the result, and they gave 52 revolutions per minute. The engines are by Maudslay, Sons, and Field, and on the direct action principle. Lieutenant -Colonel Colquhoun was also on board in the afternoon to witn ess the working of the engines, and examine the principle on which they are constructed. The Niger and the Plumper are to be tried down the river on Wednesday, and the latter will have a new screw fitted. On Thursday both these vessels will go down again with the Lords of the Admiralty on a trial to satisfy their Lordships as to their merits. Hors. --The first pocket of Itea hops, of the growth Hattie present year, consigned to Messrs. Hor ton and , hop factors, Southwark, was yesterday sold at 958. per. cwt. It was a very fair sample, and superior in quality to the produce of ordinary years. Picking is not expected to become general for about t en day& Id THE LATE FATAL FI RE IN WAR- Southgate's father. I have never said that I ' l l, lll l DOUR-STREE r. I d o her all the mischief that I could. Althoug h Yesterday even i ng M r. Bedford resumed an in- entertained an opinion that the deceased WlSP°oio"i quiry, which lasted several hours, at the Albion I did not think fit to mention it to any one. th i s Coffee-hou se , 62 , W ardour-street, on view of the The pri soner ev i nced much uneasiness during t 1 body of Florence Elizabeth de Touche, aged two witness's examination, and frequently c ontrsf‘_: A years and a half, who met with her death at the recent ' her on such parts of her testimony conflagration on the evening of Friday last, , her. st OP Grace Boyd, the niece of Mr. Coney, of 61, War- John Peck, parish constable of Wiz, VVSS lie fortae r dour-street, where the fire took place, said she mined —Had known Mrs. Southgate and her „„.., retired to bed shortly after eleven' o'clock, and then husband, Thomas Ham, seven or eight years. ~.; all was perfectly safe. As her uncle was out, she lived very miserably together. Had beard t 7 1 ,10 left the gas at the end of the counter burning, in order ceased say to her, "If you go with Southen vi o that he might light his candle on his return. There shall not be happy." She said, "I will . g° or to was a quantity of newspapers and other paper lying all him—l will have him." This was a year o s as mostly stlecw around the gas. Witness put the deceased child to bed before the deceased's death. 'While ki alt , l out s. in the second floor back room about half past seven alive he had seen Mrs. Ham leave John 0 01 _ 1 , i n the bo ul ut o'clock. There were twelve other persons sleeping in gate's house late at night and early the house, in addition to Mr. Coney's family. After ing; sometimes as late as five o'clock. Soutsc i the fire had been discovered, and she had been dragged three weeks after Ham's death, John down stairs by several firemen and policemen, she had occasion to go to Londob, and she sett; attempted once or twice to go upstairs to the child's me and said,—"Do you know where I can fino vi ' ho room, but they prevented her, and said, " D-- the Southgate in London ?" He informed her, and oefas child, mind yourself." She believed she could have she returned she said she had found Win' saved the child over and over again if she had been going, however, she asked witness whether he wouldlied allowed to go up stairs. be likely to marry her if she found him? He rep .4 Paul Girard, fireman, of the London Fire Estab- that it would be probable, On Tuesday, th e sfe, lishment, deposed that about an hour after his arrival ult., he was passing by Southgate's house when' at the fire, he was informed by the superintendent, Southgate called him and asked him al;out t o te that there was a child in the second floor back room. some wheat. Being about to leave, Mrs. So u '''' t h o He immediately hoisted the ladders, and on entering said, ~ Sit down, haven't you -heard be at the window, he found the child ying on its back. news ?" Witness said, " Yes, Tommy is, tc) i j a , He wrapped it in green baize, and without delay taken up to-morrow ; they say he is poisoned.' „ handed it down the ladder. When fvvitness entered Southgate then remarked, "Let them take him "I b i e the room in which the child was, ,it was in flames. I know I used him as well as he did me, fl jois He wished to observe that there were two engines on strived to take my life once." 'Witness said, ' t he the spot before he arrived, and he was of opinion if so ?" She replied, "By disordering me when in ith any one had been in the house before, the stairs family -way;" and added, "Before I would put with might have been safely ascended, and the child him for what he has done to me I would lie hu e saved. John Southgate, who was present the whole thud Police-constable Richards, 57 C, deposed that he then said, "Hold your tongue. Hold your rovi, ll :, brought two children out of the burning house. He no one will hurt you." During this conversation V" heard some person say that another child was missing. appeared to be flurried. .A saki He then went up stairs and searched all the bed- Mrs. Sarah Gardener, sister of the accus..-9,,. ed , rooms on the first floor. He also went up to the she saw the deceased on the evening before he u ! 0 ,,, second floor, but the smoke was so overpowering that He complained of great difficulty in swalleWc l 7, he could not retain to search. Could not recollect whether he retched or was si t o f James Duggen, conductor of the St. James's fire- She remained with him all night at the request escape, deposed that on his arrival at the premises, he Mr. Manthorpe the surgeon. On the folla wi re . placed his ladder against a particular window of the morning, at half -past five r ° clock, he died. he lie r second floor, to which he was directed, and searched gistered his death. On the Thursday following! .„ 0 dealt' about but found no person. He was subsequently sister (Mrs. Ham) sent her to the registrar, of told that the child was safe, and he then removed his her to state to him, as the cause of death, rupture machine. a bloodvessel. i Is It should be explained, that in the second floor By Foreman of the Jury—l was w-t de' front there were four windows. Three of those win- before he e d ied. Her sister, the wife, asked the, o. o dows belonged to one room, and the other to another ceased if he had not a wish to die ? He said, " 11 0 room which communicated a ith the back apartment Her sister never told her that she thought he w . 0 in which the unfortunate child slept. Several per- likely to die. He was quite rational up to the ti 01 sons present declared that the last witness was directed of his death. While she was with him she tlid4 to place his ladder against this particular window, and see that he took anything excepting a glass of We' re % to proceed to the back room. Witness persisted, how- Mrs. Ham, the mother of the deceased, VMS- to ever, that he had placed his ladder and had done as he called. Her previous examination was read oustrtio had ' been ordered. her, and, in answer to Mr. Church, she said Mr. Coney, the proprietor of the house, gave it she had never observed that the deceased me fo b as his decid e d o pi n i on , t h at i f any person had entered committin g su i c id e. She could not sa 50, at the wind ow a b ove re f erred to, and had gone into wished to live. y the back room, he must of necessity have seen, the Mrs. Jane Harvey, who was previously exanah l to ecis child. was again called— When visiting Mrs. Hanei l l in a George James, oilman, of 72, Wardour-street, ex- had seen her take arsenic from a piece of PaP er of actly opposite the scene of the conflagration, deposed scrape it over bread and butter for the purpo e ki that he heard Grace Boyd distinctly describe the po- destroying rats and mice. She knew it to be ars erj b, sition of the apartment in which the deceased slept. as Mrs. Ham and her husband told her it wan eli t le He had heard persons exclaim that the child was She could not say how long this was done before saved. Grace Boyd, however, cried out violently deceased's death. the that the child was not saved, and continued to scream At six o'clock, the evidence having concluded, - ; fal that it was in the second floor back. Witness ran Coroner proceeded to address the jury on the pa. e „ f for the fire escape; but the man in charge appeared duty left to their charge, at the same time 10, 1 4 to be very dilatory. Saw the fire-escape man ascend over the whole of the statements adduced by .... the ladder, and when he came down he heard him witnesses. say there was no child there. Mr. Robinson asked if he had sear c h e d th e b ac k room, and he answered that the At the con c l us i on the inquest-room was cleated for o t jy to delib. he had exami ne d th e b e d and there was no child there. it was ur re-opened, erate when kn In th e course of ha lf an "y IV Witness's impression was, that the fireman had turned The Foreman, addressing the Coroner, said_..--"la into the room on the left instead of going into the unanimous verdict of the jury is ' Wilful iiitl'ed back room. against Hannah Southgate, the widow of the dew The CORONER, in summing up, observed, with Thomas Ham." tle' reference to a kind of inferential charge of neglect The prisoner exclaimed—" lam innocent, li en „ re , upon the fire-escape man, that no doubt in an inquiry men, of the crime," and exhibited great comPos', lo of this nature it was the duty of the jury, if' any She was immediately removed, and conveyed by " m , neglect were proved on the part of those whose espe- train to Chelmsford county gaol, where she was co g cial duty it was to endeavour to save life, to express mitted on the Coroner's warrant to take her trial at their strongest condemnation of such neglect; but in winter assizes. It the present case he was of opinion that there was no The inquiry did not terminate till nine o'clock. de direct testimony that the fire. escape man had not, was said that application was intended to be u la under the circumstances, acted according to the_best to Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State, for fo o t ' of his judgment, ther exhumations of bodies of persons suspecteu „ The jury, after some deliberation, found that the have been poisoned in the neighbourhoods of Dovel os child's death was caused by " Burning, the result of court, Bradfield, Tendering, and Ramsey, as w en d an an accidental fire." the remains of the former husband of Mrs. Mai' The subscription commenced on account of the sufferers has already amounted to 36 her child ren . open. /, and is still am•1•n0w 1m...,•••••••............ • VT gal -ii. HE ARMY IN IRELAND : The following 1" ..t official return of th e troops in Ireland for the will; month, com menc i ng on Sunday:—Cavalry, ISt D goon Guards, C a hi r; 6th ditto, Dundalk; 2d Drag ,„- Athlone; 4th Li g h t D ragoons, Newbridge; 6th dit"" Dublin ; 7th Hussars, Dublin; Bth Hussars, NI,: bridge ; 12 t h L ancers, Cork; 13th Light Dragect; Longford ; an d 17th Lancers; thus making ten cavalry regiments. First Foot, 2d battalion, Parsonstown; `‘ Foot, Dublin; 3d Buffs, Piltown, Waterford; 6th F°°. Belfast' 2d battalion, Youghal ; 9th Dublin ; 13th, 26th, Cork ; 31st, Athlone; 35tb, Dublin; 40th, G ii _.„ way ; 41st, Buttevant ; 43d, Templemore ; 47th, CI, mei ; 48th, Dublin ; 49th, Dublin ; 55th, Dublin ; 57 ,. 3 ., Enniskillen ; 59th, Templemore ; 60th Rifles, 2d he", b, lien, Dublin ; 64th, Limerick ; 68th, Mullingar ; 7° ' Cork; 71st, Naas ; 74th, Thurles ; 75th, Ballingall o 83d, Kilkenny ; 83th, Thurles ; 89th, Parsons o . o and outposts ; 92d, Limerick. The depot comPs o n a , l of the 7th Foot at Waterford ; the 19th et `7 - t - h tlebar; the 34th at Nenagh ; the 38th at Boyle; the 66 t h at Kinsale; the 73d at Fermoy ; the 79th at Mullion; the 88th at Tralee; and the 95th at Londonderry addition there are detachments of the Royal Artiir' Royal M ar i nes, Royal Engineers, and armed pe Kc : making a total o f upwards of 50,000 men. n2s-rno r i h evident, that un l ess some reduction takes place in tue 7 - be l military establi s h ment considerable confusion Inns' the result. Th e 12-hour signals from post to post o w r e stilt kept up. I n consequence of the damage done the en campments during the late rains, the Ordnanc e have determined upon using none but waterproof e all re i in their c onstruction for the future. Major-Geee. Macdonald w ill command the troops at Nenag h during the en su i ng special commission, and Major-GeneralNa pier at Limerick. at BA RTHOLOMEW FAI L — Yesterday afternoon, f two o'clock, the Lord Mayor, attended by London and Middlesex, went in state to Stnit h _ l2 : lo Market; the procession halted opposite the great 16% leading into Cloth-fair, at which spot the proclatned tion for the holding of Bartholomew Fair was madete P o , the ancient Court of Piepowder opened with due I t. . the Sheriffs r d lemnity at the Hand and Shears public-house adjnee n u This court has absolute jurisdiction to determine,4 B plaints or causes of action arising within the fair. The fair is to terminate on Wednesday; the booths and stall! to close at ten o'clock each evening, under heavy P ens r .. tie& With the exception ofhalf a dozen toy and gieg d , bread stalls, there was no attempt at a fair in Smitb4e 4 a : in the Britannia Fields, Islington, and at Bow, the, s o turnalia termed New Bartholomew Fairs were.o,9° • ' which there was an unlimited supply of the usual ai''' . Lions. POISONINGS IN ESSEX. THORPE, ESSEX, MONDAY EVENING. —This day at noon the important inquiry concerning the murder of Thomas Hatn, who died from the effects of arsenic, alleged to have been administered by his wife, Hannah Southgate, was resumed at the School room, Tendring, before Mr. Codd, the coro ner f or North Essex. It has already been mentioned that the police of the district have made such discoveries as to leave little doubt that a horrible system of poisoning has been going on in this district for some time past. The convicted poisoner, Mary May, who was executed at Chelmsford a few weeks since, for poisoning her brother at Wix, is said to have been implicated in the suspected cases, more or less ; and it seems that the authorities are only wait ing the result of this investigation to direct the ne cessary judicial inquiries. As on previous occasions, the greatest interest was manifested to hear the evidence. The inquest-room was densely crowded, and amongst those present were Mr. Leake, one of the chairmen of the Essex Quarter Sessions, several clergymen of the district, and a num ber of ladies of the neighbourhood. The prisoner, Hannah Southgate, was present in custody of the governor of Colchester gaol. She appeared more reserved than on the previous occasion, and watched the evidence with much earnestness. Her husband was also present, and seemed consider ably affected by the serious position of his wife. Mr. Church, a solicitor, of Colchester, attended as her legal adviser. The CORONER having briefly re-opened the investi gation, Phoebe Read, the servant of the deceased, w as recalled, and was asked some explanatory ques tions in reference to her previous evidence. She said on the 25th of April, the day the deceased was taken seriously ill, he had some tea and toast for breakfast at nine o'clock, and that shortly after twelve o'clock he had some gruel. She now added that he was sick a short time after his breakfast, and before he had the gruel. It was a long time back to recollect, but she was certain he was not sick before breakfast. He continued sick up to the time of his death. Nobody else was in the house but witness and Mrs. Ham. When Mrs. Ham went her rounds on the Monday morning, the 26th, did not know that deceased had got out of bed. Knew, however, that when she returned he was in his bedroom sitting on a chair. Did not see the deceased eat any meat on the Sunday or Monday. (Professor Taylor spoke to finding particles of partially digested food in the stomach.)' Knew that the wife of the deceased kept money, it was said 1501., in a tin Case under her bed. Did not know why she kept it there. - Mr. Charles Elrich, who was examined on the last occasion, was next called. The CORONER —Did you ever see the woman May having any conversation with Mrs. Ham ?—I ave. She called at M rs . H am ' s residence, and they had some conversation about her quarrel with the de ceased, her husband. The CORONER —What did Mrs. May say P—Mrs. May, after hearing the particulars of the quarrel, re marked to Mrs. Ham, "If he was my husband I would give him a pill." Did Mrs. Ham make any reply P—She said, " I'll be d—d if I don't give him a dose one of these days." When did this conversation take place ? Long before the deceased's death ?—As far as I can recol lect, it was some time before his death ; but I can't recollect the date. I have heard Mrs. Ham say she would poison her husband if he did not die soon. I said, "You must be a fool to talk like that; if I could get my living like you I would leave him." She replied, "Do you think I would leave him with my bit of money ?" I have heard her say she liked John's (Southgate's) little finger better than the deceased's whole carcase. I believe you were a witness at the :trial of the woman May at Chelmsford. Just state what tran spired between you and Mrs Ham when you returned ? On the Tuesday (the trial was on the Monday) I returned home, and Mr. and Mrs. So u th gate came to see me. We had some conversation about the trial. Mrs. Southgate asked me if she (May) said any thing ? I said " No." Mrs. Southgate then said, "..1 am sorry for her. I should not like her to be hung, poor thing." John Southgate said, " She ought to be hung; it served her right." I sa id , " You ought to talk small, John ; it may not be all over yet." _ _ What induced you to make that remark ?---I don't know, I'm sure ; it is what I thought. itw. 4 lVell, what further conversation had you ?—Mrs. Southgate said, " Ah, Cha r l o t te, mate, he don' know all I know !" I said, "I suppose you do. t " Several women hav e seen me i n conversation with Mrs. Southgate. I beli eve I di d not mention this conversa tion until after the rumour was abroad that the body of the deceased was taken up, when I stated it to Mr. Inspector Raison. But, long since, I have had my suspicions th at t h e deceased was poisoned. To my knowledge, however, I do not recollect mentioning I my belief t o th e neighbours. By Air. Church--I am a t enant under John i $ ACCIDENT TO MR. Tr ot R. ROB ERT S TEPHENSON, ENGINEER.—An accident, which providentially ivss '"- attended with any serious consequenc es , occurred 0 ri Wednesday last to Mr. Stephenson, at the Conway 3 rt a. tion of the Chester and Holyhead Railway. It Bangor that on the arrival of the express train from Bang°'„, was deemed necessary to put on another first-class car, riage. The porters were in the act of pushing the ca m riage across the down line, when the express train frt . : A Chester was observed coming along at full speed ; 3 it the men, to avoid the danger, left the carriage, and, as e afterwards appeared, b e f ore it was quite clear of 1 h lino. Mr. St e ph enson, i n company with a frien d ' l'f i r. Lee, had p rev i ous l y seated himself in the vehienl; In a few m i nu t es t h e C hester express train carne -' at a great speed; the engine caught the prejectiaci corner of the carriage, throwing the whole about a ar . from the rails, and smashing the wheels, glass d° °l. l ; and a portion of the framework in pieces. Immediately after the concussion Mr. Stephenson was seen desc ell aa ing the steps, and was observed to fall on his back- ' was instantly tak en up and supported to the statio house by Mr. L ee an d Mr. Swinburne. It was fours ° that he was much stunned and rendered almost lin e°l3 ; scions by the shock and fall; but we are happy to Of that in a short time he was able to walk to the Oar Hotel. The next morning he left for Chester. Dlr. Lee escaped without injury, as, seeing the train s P" proach, he p resse d his back and feet to the sides of 1 carriage, and thus escaped. when it b ecame k nown h at Great ex c it emen t prevail' . Stephenson had had so narrow an es ca p e f rom severe personal injury. FREE BATHS AND WASHHOUSES FOR THE P0°11.7; Yesterday th e t h ird annual report of the association promoting cleanliness amongst the poor, of the for . . _ 4 , L and washhouses in Glasshouse yard, ,East ta:m l Sor - ___;" was made by the committee. It stated that the -.7 ) ; lishment was highly valued by the poor, and thisiug b i a past twelve months there were 33,655 bathers, eBC" , a whom have an ample supply of warm water, a T ee .. • towel, and a piece of soap, 34,843 poor women who 01 1 ,7 a plentiful supply of hot and cold water, and of sods and soap, have washed and dried the clothing of Sheila ; selves and families, and 12 ,610 had ironed, ma ki ng total of 81,108 persons during the year who have : par ticipated in the benefits of the establishment, wit" as one farthing cost to themselves. The institution h . also gratuitously furnished many hundreds of the pcif . i . in the crowded and wretched localities of East South field field with whitewashes and the loans of pails and bruphes_ to cleanse and purify their dwellings, and which to ° great extent has prevented the spreading of fever pre vailing at several periods during the year. The her sub scriptions for the year amounted to 289/. 125., toget__ -, with a loan of 471. 18s., making a total of 3371. lus o whilst the expenses amounted to 367/, ss. 11d., being a excess over income of nearly 30/. CHARTIST PR OSECUTIONS .—Th e police are DOW in , search of J ose ph R ooney, d escr ib ed as of Christchurc b Blackfriars, and of Willi am Wil son, of St. Giles ' s-in - t he" Fields, and as they have both made themselves consp! cuous in Charti s t p rocee di ngs some importance i s at tached to thei r a pp re h ens i on. T rue bills for se chti . o r o, e , uttered at the S out h L on d on H a ll , Webber-street, we r, found against th em a t th e l ast session of the Ceara' Criminal Court, but neither surrendered. GERMANY AND THE NORTHERN STATES. HUN GARY. _ - Several encounters have taken place between the Hungarians and Croatians, in all of which the Hun garians have been defeated. The Croatians have crossed the Theiss. PRUSSIA. Accounts have been received from Berlin to the lsi September. The cholera is increasing in Berlin. FRANKFORT. In the sitting of the German Parliament on the Ist instant a vote of censure on the Minister for Foreign Affairs was moved by WERNER. The urgency of the motion was carried by 232 votes against 160, and therefore the Assembly proceeded to immediate discussion. WERNER'S motion was— " The National Assembly shall declare that-in respect of the Limburg affair, the Minister fox' Foreign Affairs has not shown that zeal and industry that he ought to have done." After a stormy debate, STEDT Alarm's motion was carried, vis., "In consideration that the Minister for Foreign Affairs has sufficiently explained the delay that has occurred in the diplo matic negotiations with Holland in respect of Lim burg, the National Assembly shall pass to the order of the day." EISENM - ANN'S motion, for simply passing to the order of the day on WENZiEleil motion, was rejected. Noes, 213 ; Ayes, 197. DENMARK. The ratifications of the armistice between Denmark and Prussia were exchanged at Lubeck on the Ist instant. The Berliner Nachrichten states that Prussia is to indemnify Denmark for requisitions in Jutland. The Danish prisoners at Altona were set at liberty on the Ist, and the Federal troops were leaving the duchies. COPENHAGEN, AUGUST 30.—0 n Saturday last, at the invitation of the Councillor of State, M. FLOR, a meeting of the Schlesingers now here, in all about 300, was held, for the purpose of taking into consi deration how far it would be advisable to unite with the inhabitants of the island of Alsen, and forward a declaration to the Assembly at Frankfort. At the recommendation of M. FLOR PAULSEN and LATJEITS SKAW, whose names are enough to characterise the whole meeting, it was resolved not to apply to that body, but to send an address to the KING. MOLDAVIA AND WALLACHIA SULIMAN PACUA has officially declared that the Porte will recognize the new Government of Wal. lachia. ITALY. PIEDMONT. CHARLES ALBERT has issued the following procla mation to his army : " Soldiers,—My Government is taking all necessary measures for the recommencement of the war. New brethren in arms rush from all sides to place themselves under those banners that you planted on the banks of the Adige. If fatigues and privations of all kinds have deprived us of victory, repose and discipline will bring back our days of triumph. Soldiers, you have yet to prove that a reverse of fortune cannot depress you. You have to show to the country that she has not reckoned in vain on your fidelity and courage. The memory of your past glory will be a stimulant for your new companions. In following your ex ample they will render themselves worthy of you. Thus, as soon as the armistice shall have expired, we will either have obtained conditions com patible with the rights of the nation, or, honour calling on us, we will return to thecontest with fresh enthusiasm for Italian independence, the object of all our desires. Let the country, which has placed on you all its hopes, learn how deeply you feel attached to our free institu • titions, which are the basis of the new destinies of Italy. In consequence, I order all officers and soldiers of the army and of the marine to swear to the fundamental statute, that this solemn act may cement union between citizens and soldiers, who are ail called upon, without distinction to enjoy the rights accorded by the law to our faithful and well beloved people. " CARLO ALBERTO. " MOFFA DI LISIO. " Alexandria, Aug. 28, 1848." The Pieclnwntese Gazette contains the appoint went of the Chevalier CHARLES BOUCOMPAGNI, De puty, to be Minister of Public Instruction, in place of Professor MERLO, who takes the portfolio of Grace and Justice. M. STRIGELLI was spoken of for Agri culture and Commerce. ROME. .AMBURGH, BORSENHALLE OFFICE, Sept. 1, 1848, Frid a y E ven i ng, Nine o'clock. To the Secretary at Lloyd's, London. Sir—We take pleasure in informing you that an official dispatch has just arrived from Lubeck by express, addressed to our authorities, stating that the ratifications of the armistice between Germany and Denmark have been exchanged there to-day. A steamer is to leave this to-morrow morning with a Danish and a Prussian officer on board empowered to raise the blockade of the Elbe. It need not be said that there is a great rejoicing at this happy news, which has just been read before a great crowd in the Borsenhalle by the President of our Board of Trade.—Respectfully yours, &c., (Per G. VON HOSSTUP), HERMANN GRAFF. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) SMITEFIELD.— RAY DIAMEETS. Meadow aSI to 153 ; w ditto, 218 s t o 318 s;; Old B New dit N t e o, 31 10, to 4183 ; and Straw, 116 s to 1/ 10s per load. A fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow flay, 81 to 3! 16s; New ditto, 21 8s to 31 8s ; Old Clover, 3/ 158 to 41 121 ; New ditto, 31 10s to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 116, to 1/ 10s per load. Supply moderate, and trade rather dull. WitrrEcuel-EL.—Old Meadow Hay, 81 to 31 15s; New ditto, 2l 8s to 318 e; Old Clover, 41 to 41 17s; New ditto, 3/ 108 to Trade dull 4atB t/Straw, 1/ 4s to 11 1 08 per load. , he above quotations. COAL MARSE' Bate's West Hartley 14s 6d! Buddle's W. Hartley 153 Od Chester Main 145 3d Davison'sWeetHartley 15s Od Dean's Primrose I3s 6d East Adairs Main... 135 Od Hedley's Hartley: l2s 9d Hasting's Hartley lss Od llolywell Main ..... 14s 6d Newcastle Hartley .. 13s 6d New Tantield l3s 3d North Percy Hartley.. 14s 6d Ord's Redheugh Tanfield Moor Townley —YESTERDAY. Killingwortb ........... 15 s 6d Eden Main...... ... ..... 16 3 3d Lambton Primrose Belmont .................. 16s 3d Haswell .................. . 178 9d Imiassohn -.... 155 Od IN.eepier 165 9d ILumley ......... .. lss 6d Stewart's 175 Sd Caradoc ..... l6s 6d Heugh Hall l5B 9d Thornley ........ . .... 16. $d Adelaide Tees D Tees s ison 1 55 9d 17s Od West Cornforth Sidney's l l ) .f ae o rn w s no a in r e ds W is ' HiG,aarrarriogi ll. Neth 1 55 d Hartley odoo e ad Ships at market 211, West liartley Wall's End, &c Bewick and Co. Benson Framwell Gate ..... Hedley ..• .. 150 6d On the 24th ultimo the Minister of War declared in the Chamber of Deputies that the safety of the country depended upon a universal rising of the population of Italy. There was nothing to hope from negotiations. TUSCANY. Accounts have been received from Leghorn to the 29th ult. The city was in a state of anarchy. LLOYD'S SHIPPENIG—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. s.—Wind S.E., light airs and fine clear sultry weather. DEAL, SEPT. 4.—Wind S. to S.W., P.m., S.E. to S.W .—Arrd. B runsw i c k , Poulton, Quebec. Sld. Am stel, Surinam ; Prins Carl, Monte Video ; Ambarana, Batavia. Arrd. from the River and Sld. for Marl borough, Calcutta. OFF PORTLAND.—Brunswick, Poulton, Quebec. OFF SWANAGE.— Zodiac, Jamai ca for Rotterdam. TOURo.—Arrd. British Queen, Harrington, Quebec. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 4.—Wind E.—Sld. Marchioness of Aberconi, Quebec. HARWICH, SEPT. 3.—The brig on shore on the Gun fleet, reported as the Tennant, has been got off, and pro ceeded up the Swin. OFF PENZANCE, SEPT. 3.--Dree Gebraders, Lever, Batavia, for Rott er d am. NEWPORT, SEPT. 2.—Wind N.W.--Sld., Amity, Boston, United States, Monmouth. Wilmott, Boston. FISHGUARD, SEPT. 3.—Wind S.W. Arrd. Battu, Quebec. STROMNESS.—Arrd., Bee, Weldon, Greenland, with 8,000 cod. LONGHOPE, ORKNEY.—Arrd. Elizabeth and James, Davidson, Richebucto. BANFF.—Arrd. Mazeppa, Bunsborough, Quebec. ARBROATEL—Arrd. David Grant, Duchers, Quebec ; Romulus, Jolly, ditto. OFF THE ICES.—Arrd. Rhodes, Quebec. SHIELDS. -81d, Phoenix, Rio Janeiro. MILDLESBORO'.—Arrd. Petrel, Quebec. STOCHTON.—Arrd. Peter Scarfield, Miramichi. SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 4.—The Hermann (a.), from in New York to Bremen, which went on shore this moing, Gurnet's Bay, fl oate d off without damage, and rn will proceed. 11 4