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

Animals ;" by Dr. Hodges, " On the Phosphadic Nodules of the Green Sand of the North of Ireland ;" by Dr. Penny, " On the Estimation of lodine ;" by Professor Tennant, " On the Koh-i-noor Diamond." Saeinze. BITESON, Esq., read a v er y i nterest i ng memoir on Glynn and Appel s patent paper for the prevention of piracy and forgery by the anastatic pro cess. Mr. Bateson entered at length into a descrip tion of the process of transferring printed engravings, drawings, extracts, ac., by the process usually named the anastatic, which was introduced by Rudolph Appel of Silesia, about eight years ago. The facility with which copies of bank notes can be made by this process, and the difficulty of detecting the forgery, w as an objection to the general use of it, which every honest man could not but consider as almost insur mountable. Thel remedy suggested by Mr. Bateson is one very likely to answer the purpose intended, and, from its simplicity and apparent effectiveness, must direct more attention to this novel and important subject than it has hitherto met with at the hands of men of science. He recommended the use of a pecu liar paper, on which the acids essential to the anastatic process take such an effect that bank notes or any thing similar cannot be copied with any degree of accuracy or perfection. At the conclusion of the discussion to which this paper gave rise, Professor Graham, who presided during the day, announced that the present meeting of the chemical section was concluded. THE SUN, concluded his remarks with a viva voce description of the Irish dialect in these two countries, and showed, by various quotations, its local characteristics and also its usefulness. From the fusion of many peculiari ties, and the mingling of provincialisms from various parts of the United Kingdom, it is particularly useful in the illustration of old Engl►sh literature. RICHARD CULL, Esq., then read a paper on the misapplication of the terms " development" and " evolution," to the formation of the inflections of a language ; also notes on Blumenbach's classification of the human race. Mr. RINX., of Denmark, read a paper on the ice mas-es of Greenland, and on the icebergs in the Arctic Sea ; communicated by the Royal Geogra phical Society. The above were the principal papers in this section, which finally closed at three o'clock. SECTION F.—STATISTICS. Dr. MACORMAC read a paper on the moral duty of guarding against disease arising from atmospheric impurity. In the course of his observations ho stated that every individual, no matter what his station, should, for the promotion of health, take a morning bath, pedestrian exercise, and breathe night and day a pure air. After showing how illness was produced and aggravated by atmospheric causes and want of cleanliness, and alluding to the want of sanitary arrangements in Belfast, he stated that the respira tion of impure air was the sole cause of consump tion, and that were a person to live night and day in the open air he could not become consump tive. To confine the consumptive person also is heated apartments was but to increase and hasten the disease. They ought to be kept as much as pos sible in the open and pure air, an ounce of cxyga n being worth a ton of fish oil. Owing to perfumes and heavy hangings, the atmosphere of the houses of the rich was as impure as that of those of the poor, and the result showed that the rich were no more exempt from consumption than the poor. The lecturer then enforced the necessity of all houses being ventilated with large bodies of air, and of good sewerage and cleanliness, for the promotion of health. Dr. Iviaacowd then read some practical sugges tions founded upon the sanitary statistics of Belfast. A short conversation ensued upon the subject, and, at the suggestion of the Chairman, a resolution was passed, recommending the publication of the above papor2 Mr . li .bße renewed,nei subscriptionten de d 'N to Ireland. lv°D expired M.P.next v e s ` a l. a r t , e d a n t d h t i h t e w H o u e l a d l t h h a t o e t o :night f Towns if the Members v took the matter up, it ofr A the two papers, then opened for the publication pspers. It was headed by the contribu tion of 21. f rom M r. Hey wood, and, before the close of the meeting, it amounted to ten guineas. Dr. STRONG then read a paper on the progress and extent of steam-boat building on the Clyde, from which it appeared that it was 40 years since - the first steam boat ever sailed from it. In 1831 the number of steamers sailing from the Clyde was thirty-five, with a tonnage of 4,095 ; and in 1852 the number had risen to ninety-three, and the tonnage to 11,902. There were, a!3e, on the Clyde, five dreding boats, by which the averazo depth of water had been in creased from 10 to 17 feet. The number of persons employed in the construction and repair of steamers was 10,820, who received, on an average of men and 'boys, 161. per week wages. There were also em ployed a large number of iron -founders, decorators, &c., in connexion with the trade, rendering it one of the most important iu S•::otland. The SOLICITD2.• GENERAL, called the attention of the section to a recent proposal for the establishment of steamers of a larger class, by which the passage between Holyhead and Kingston would be accom plished in two hours, and between Galway and Halitam in 4s days, and to the United States in six days. SECTION C.---GEOLOGY. A report was made on Crag Formations and Copro lites, in a letter from Mr. Long; and papers were read by Mr. Smith, of Jordan Hill, " Oa the condi tions under which Boulders occur in Scotland;" by Mr. Bryce, " On the disposition of Granite Blocks in Argyllshire ;" by Professor Nicoll, "On the occur rence of Glacier hlorains in Arran ;" by Major Vicary, of Wexford, "On the Geology of a portion of the Himalaya Mountains," communicated by Sir B. I. Murchison ; by Mr. H. Twining, "On some pecu liarities of the Granite in certain parts of the Pyre nees ;" by Mr. Hennessey, " On some points in Geo logical Theory ;" and by Dr. Stanger, "On certain Furrows and Smoothings on the surface of Granite, caused by drift sand, at the Cape of Good Hope." Mr. Smith, of Jordan Hill, exhibited a fossil fish from Corinne, Lanarkshire. StCTION D.-ZO)LOGY AND BOTANY, INCLUDING PHYSIOLOGY, Papers were read by 'ProCs;nr E. Forbee, "On a new Map of the Geograp'2ical Di,qribution of Marine Life, and on the Hornoinzio B-1 , 8 -" by the Prince o f Canine, " On recent Additions ' t'n'the'O r der of Birds and on their Classification ;" by Professor Owen) a "Demonstration of his vir-ors en too Cranial Vurte. bran" by Dr., Glidstone, "On the Influence of Light 01 Plant,;" by Dr. Allirtin Barry, "On singular Locality y t•i , lected for Nest-bnildlng, by the Black ItAst , irt ;by Professor Ilincks," On an :Ann midy of Trifolium repens ;" by Profess:,)r " On a Monstrotity of Bellis .perennzs: . by Munro, `'On the Transmutation of (Egiir,p 3 i nto Triti,cum ;" by It. 04W3y, Esq., "Oa the Relation between the Orizlnic Structure of Q ul d rup4( l 3, and their E c o n omy, and by Profes sor Bilfour, "11 !marks on the Fiora of the Sant and \Veg..; of Ireland ;" h . y Professor Wilarton Jones, " On the ford by which the Circulation of th e st oo d is carried on ;" by Dr. Fowler, 6 , On tie what is the Sta te of Mi nd and Vi'alit7 d (141 ' un ' Sleep, and the Sleep in w hi c h per. , ct dream ;" bynclus we Dr. John Barker, "Oa the part slaved by the .lav 1-1 • Sinus on the Circulation in ti:e Brli n " SECTION 2.—GEOG2APHY AND ETHNOLOGY. The Rev. Dr. BUMS read a curious and entertain ing paper, entitled "Some Account of the Origin, Cesrecteritties, and Di a l ec t o f t h e P eop l e i n t h e Counties of Down and Antrim." The district, he observed, of which &Past is the natural centre, is one which has exercised a most important influence on the destinies of the hum=an race in these islands. In Down the patron saint made his first convert, and there his eshes repose; in Antrim. the real Ossianic.: poems are tweeased to here existed. In Down was the ancient thidia, from whinh the extended name Ulster is derived; in Antrim was the ancient Dalndia ' the name of which was applisd to a large portion of modern Scotland. Ireland was originally known as Scoaie, or Scotia Major; and, when the name was superseded at home, it was retained by our enterprising colonists to Argyle and Lern, and afterwards extended to all North Britain, after the conquest by Kenneth in the ninth century. The line of kings descended from Fergus, the son of Ere, not only mingled his blood with Saxon monarchs of England, but was afterwards transferred to England ; so that Qaeen Victoria traces an authentic descent from the petty chieftains of this neighbourhood in the fifth century. More then a thousand years afterwards the debt of colonisation was repaid, at the time of the plantation of Ulster. The Anglo Saxon population had been so long sepa rated into two branches, the English and Scotch, differing in country, laws, religion, manners, preju dice, &c., that they must be regarded as two peoples, and not one. If to these we add the remnant of the _loathe Irish, there are three distinct elements, from the composition Of which, in different quantities and localities, the inhabitants of the two countries are derived. Tceir localities are the following : the Irish in the hilly districts, as in the glynnes of Antrim, end the Irish•speaking population in the neighbourhood cf Cuabendall. Tesee are a few in almost every parish, and several in the great towns. In Down, few occur north of Downpatrick, and Baliynahinch ; they thee converge to the mountains of Mourne, by the parish of Loughinisland. In the past generation Irish was frequently spoken in the markets ofiDownpatrick, Castle wellan Demmer; and and Bellynahinch ; now it is rarely, Wearer, used as a sesparate mode of communication. In the districts of The Celts they preserve their traditional antipathies, though they assimilate in language; and the terms "Irish" and "English" are used correctly by neigh bours, in reference to their ancestral origin. The Scottish immigration followed two natural routes — by the Mull of Cantyre to the county Antrim, near the Causeway; a n d by th e M u ll o f G a ll owa y to the county Down, by Donaghadee. From the earliest time: co t ' sk . -3 l le t e iff , and coaster must have passed in this way, andthe two dtrict streams ran right across the counties. In Down, the Scotch currant is traceable in Comber Saintfi ld li'll'le h d An nahilt, nearly to 11 . 11 ' sb e ' 1 1 'ag ' and orough; also by Castlereagh and Pardysbae, toil,ineabr Belfast.Bi In the county . of Antrim the course 'D ena, up to the t oe , ofyAntrlirTTl Ballymoney and Belly 'Dena, over the bac of D 31713 and the C eeeshin. English settlers occupied mainly the low countries, such as the basins of the Laren and Biti *, , Bslrs e s n Und the banks of L et e4ii .1N I.'-',t=ga• -• 4 was originally an English its external increase has b districts. Lisburne w as e oe on, but . , the two Scoetisde . a small ; it is now practically 2 .,, .p , Welsh colony - t - --- amgesu town. In one barony of An . trim of 128 townnlands the ieopu and Agbelee, Wien is all of English origin Eaten decry, &c,, look like parts of England. At various points the various minglein several race s meet, but refuse t o e There are English, Iri sh, and Scotch quarters Dewnpatrick and Carrictseer several towns, such as . ear Lisburn, separates the t wo sus, and the Lapp, - n--- races. In one-half of the parish of Hillsborough t h e people are all Scotch, in the other they a re all E ng . HA. A hill near Castlewellan separa t es P the two races, and the island of Ret hlin has its two romon. tories occupied, one by the Irish, t he other by the English and Seotch. The religion, habits, customs, &c., may all be deduced from this distribution. In religion, for instance, the rule ie that the En g lish are Episcopalians; the Scotch, Presbyterians; and Scottish the Irish, Roman Catholics. The lines of population may be marked on the map by a double chain of Presbyterian meeting-houses , while in the English districts they are rare or un known. About half of all the congregations in Ireland are situated in these two countries, or con nected with presbyteries that centralise in them. More than one-half of these are in rural districts, un .r*tcted with villages, and called by the name of w . a tailde e s showing that the Scotch were in general Agriculturists, and less settled in towns than the I n ia g g li ' f ia t e ,_ln . the English districts the church-and- Ir a t: d srong, but, from the magnitude of the parishes aeelar points, they the distance or churches from parti be to their iell Catholic _are less attentive than they should duties. In the Irish districts the Roman c ongregations are large, and ?nose of the two branches ere small. The habits ofth of the Protestant Church the people, as well as their creed, indicate their origin, there is more cremfort and tidiness than English districts of s eettish s e than we find else where ; for the man e _ancestry does not enjoy life so well, though he may be actually richer. The Scotahman is often more intelligent than his English neighbou r, but be rarely weight of character. In the marketszeela him in of Lurgan down, the le Lisburn, Moira, and Porta farmer ' is known from the Antrim one, GT. Down rathe r Scotohman from the Englishman, by. his ha , the The old English raness in driving a bargain. worts and till r ecently at Lamb pastimes were kept up Maypole is still known in Helywood, and tradition leads us to believe that certain mystery plays have been performed in the district. The custom of hiring servants at stated fairs is followed in Antrim, as i s the case in many other towns and places of England ; and while those who attend for the purpose at Car lisle carry a straw in the mouth, those at Antrim oarry a little white rod in the band. The settlers on the Marquis of Hertford's estate were in general natives of the shires adjoinin g the Bristol Channel, a. • as their ancestral district • apple district of 13 t h® . , • : • • .ttalAik—, opy ofU pper Massareene is the rwifriliospier . reland. 200 After the lapse of 4,7 M'ess'rs the-an •• ..4, (4s stem is preserved as if it were of eve and Hel : ee Ogliercl, - ay..: 'Mks , , • rStithily of .a s " - to- I F "' 'Wein nee still riifead, and not ."1Y" eP one of the c eremonies 'o\ - 111 Thiriise's pa - ena ieinegleted, though - ugh their origin is \;unknown. ' Thanaies of person a 'a=atio hiithly iiliditratil-of the and people. of places are Having given leenutener 4 exernp es of Irish a ~ n ames, Dr. Hume THE PRESIDE ST'S DINNER. On Sftturday ever.isg, at 5 o'clock, the usual pre sidential dinner of the members of the British Asso ciation took plp.ce in the Music.hal!. Upwards of i.4lg 0 hundred gentlemen slt down to dinner. Colonel Sabine, President of the British Association, occupied the chair. After dinner, _ The CHAEIMAN proposed the usual toasts, which were drunk with all honours. He then gave " Pros ptrity to the British Association." The Association, ha stid, was never in such a state of prosperity as at present, and he augered the best for the future. The CIIALIMAN next gave, after a few complimen tary remarks, "The local officers and committe: , , Professor Wilson, Mr. Allen, Dr. M'Gee, and that most valued end steady friend of the Association, Dr. Patterson." At no period did he recollect seeing the arrangements so good—certainly not better than on the present occasion. —(Cheers.) Professor WILSON returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN next gave the toast of the eminent foreign gentlemen who bad honoured them with their presence, coupled with the health of the Prince de Canino. The Prince DE CA.auNo replied. He believed that however proud a man might be of bis own country, ; however great might the luve of the land of his birth, no greater compliment could be paid him than to be called a citizen of Britain.—(Loud cheers.) He felt the compliment they had paid doubly increased, when be reflected that he had the honour to be associated with the Cuvier of England (Professor Owen)—not only the Cuvier of England, but the Cuvier of the age.—(Loud cheers.) Wherever he went he was in the habit of mixing a good deal with the people ; and he was delighted to find that in no town in England had he seen them taking so much interest is the British Association as the people of Belfast nad done.—(Loud cheers.) That very morning, when coming from the shore, there were several per sons in the raiiway carriage who had the newspapers in their hands, taking a lively interest in the scientific discussions of the association; and he could assure them he heard a great many remarks that could be offered at any of their sections. Among them was a lady, who was telling him of a kind of section which she had in her own house—(Laughter)—and he had no doubt there were others who had the sa me . That circaenstance reminded him that he had another reason to offer them. The same lady showed hi m , cut out in the profile of the mountain, the very resem blauce of a relative of his own.—(Loud laughter and cheers.) lie was struck very much with that re semblance, especially to the cast of Napoleon made after his death ; and he (Prince Bonaparte) would , here observe that, though Napoleon might no have had as peaceful intentions towards them as he (Prince Bmaparte) had, he certainly carried to his grave as great a respectfor them as he (the Prince) enter tained.—(Lowl cheers.) Professor FOWLER, of America, also replied on be half of the foreigners. Dr. LLOYD then said it had fallen to his lot to pro pose a toast, because, he supposed, he was one of the oldest members of thei association, and thereby had many opport u niti es o f judging of the char ac t er an d abilities of Colonel Sabine, President of the British Association.—(Cheers.) After the eloquent dis course which had lately been pronounced by a distin g4i3hed member of the association touching the choice ,° t ! a president, it would ill become him (Dr. Lloyd) i ;:....,ay_a a wo . rd regarding Colonel Sabine ; but being so of s ie ns uci oe sil !at e d with him, and united to him by ties fully he cotald not refrain from saying he their concurredpresident in everything that had been said of alluded. H e e nt on the occasion to which he had just of the British therefore gave them, " The President Ituall :sociation."—(Cheers.) The C them for the extremelyproposedind received in which his guished compa n y. and by that i ds he would now say was, that the honour they had i w i t tinuance of that kindnetine_ .him was only a con ofyithhio he had always re ceived from the members British Association. The CHAIRMAN--Gentle the mayor and of the have to ora tionnr thanks ar Co e r pose to you " the health of Belfast.”—(Cheers.) 0 emi nently due to them, by whom we Were invited to this town ; but our th anks are p articul arly due tc, for the admirable arran g ements made by them tihem variety of ways for our reception.—(Chee rs.) Non a of as can visit Belfa st without being struck with that the useful improvements premise tnat g before lonß ar . e bein made in every respect, and whic h Belfast will be among the most remarkable towns in the empire. It is under the mayor and corporati on and none ca n improvements will these improvements are go in g doubt that u n der the same auspices will continue to go on. I therefore propose,_.if__ " ~a sT t h e, , Mayor and Town Council, and prosperi t y to Belfast." Mr. GORDON THOMSON, in the abs ence of the mayor, returned thanks. He trusted the town of Belfast would soon be honoured by a second visit from the association. The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Queen's College of B3lfast." In no place had they been so well ac commodated, and he regretted that they could not carry the Queen's College with them.—(Laughter.) _ Rev. Dr. Hersey replied. The chairman had re ferred to the Queen's College in terms of regret that he could not take it away with him, but he (Dr. Henry) thought he would not be able to take away with him th e b r i c k , and stones, and mortar that con constituted the exter i or o f the college; but he was greatly mistaken, however, or they would ha ve w ith them the h earts and affections of those conne c t e d w ith hat institution. It afforded them much sati s fa c ti on to think that they were succeeding in the question of educati on • now believed ast regarded the Queen's College, and he gard to the Que t, in the face of all opposition in re.. tuate in the promn'a, Colleges, the effort would even will, and the ady : n tra of peace, harmony, and good- The CutartmAti eTent of science.—(Applause.) i Universities and Le have now to propose "The 1 Kingdom."—(Cheersarel, Societies of the United need not dwell. I have coupled is a toast on which I • "Pled with the toast the 1 names of two most distinguished members of the British Association, whom I out sure you will hear PlaCM£4, When made up it; I From wad, General Po3t-oMce port dia. Loadop. patched. ------ Ametca (by Brit. pkt.) N ; Sept. 24 .. ..ILiverpool America (by U.S. pkt.) N; Sept. 10 .. • • Liverpool .. America (by U.S. pt.) ' Sept. 17 .. .. ,Southampt. Australia (via South- ampton) M ;20th ofeaelur onth Southampt. 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Thai s Sept. 16 Twieedatly Sept. 24 Sept. 19 Arrived Arrived Ang. 28 Sept. 19 Ist ea. mo. ;Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept. 12 'Sept. 12 (Sept. 16 Sept. 16 Sept. 12 ,Sept. 16 12d ofthe month .. iSouthampt.! lountrles thus marked (*) are convoyed by ales. INTREPID CONDUCT OF jeweller, llaverfordw last two lads, named Henry A YOUTH.—On Saturday s Pratt (son of Mr. R. B. Pratt, H v erfe e cert ? w , wes a e n rte d b: A o ..r t M g r Hitchings, th e river, nenpshaerwt the Mr. Potter, Hign a ., tr Priory Mills, whois Hitchings, who could not swim, a a c b c o i u d t et tp ta e l i i r y o g w o n t b a egyeo , nrheins • in company with other boys envis only i e g leven a 3,ears disappeared. Young of age, and a smaller lad thPanreattth' and di m sa rning, instantly tunately acquired the art of Hitchings, but who had for g3 had swam to the spot where ilitchin coming again into view Pratt seizedlt ared, and upon his endeavoured to pull him ashore, nutat in one hand and Hitchings grasping Pratt by his leg, not only consequence of rageous'efforts of the latter neutralised, were the c but his on wa-, , placed in imminent danger. Both struggled own safety together in the water, and at length Pratt succeeded in disengaging b'm self from the grasp of Hitchings, but still seeing that" l his life was in danger, and nothing daunted companion's . by the peril from which he had himself escaped, he made another effort to save him, an d, grasping Ittim by the hair of his head, bringing Hitchings safely actually succeeded in to terra firma, and no doubt s aved him from a watery grave. -- Welshrnun. PARISIAN SWELLMOBSBIEN IN LIVEItPooL.—The ordin ar y routine of proceedings in the Liverpool Police -court was ye s t er d ay var ied by the committal for trial of two inetn hers of the Parisian swell mob, named Louis Montagnat and Elouard Malvert, who, unfortunately for themselves, had bean making a trial of their skill in Liverpool. The pri. aonera had plundered at diffe ren t times the Eagle Hotel, in 115 e-street, and the Queen's Hotel. At the latter place they rifled a portmanteau, an Irish gentleman ' s, gen of about 81.1/. in notes. THURS DAY with delight and pleasure—Dr. Lloyd, one of the Senior Fellows of Trinity College, Dublin, and Pro fessor O wen, a gentleman who has b een named the Cu n i i v t inedr Kingdom ofth willeage by whom the societies o f th e be proud to he represented.— (Cheers.) I therefore give you " The Universities and Learned Societies of the United Kingdom." Dr. LLOYD said it . would ill become him, at that late hour of the evening, to occupy much of their time. He thanked them for the kind manner in which they had received the toast of the universities of the United Kingdom. Of the University of Dub lin, he could say it had made progress, and had not deserted the duty for which it was founded in its own immediate sphere of action. It was customary for the older universities to have their office somewhat limited, but at present they had a university in Dublin which took its place in the higher walks of science; and in proof of the truth of that assertion, he needed only to refer to such men as Hamilton, M.'Cullagh, and others, who were all alumni of that university.—(Cheers.) They believed that a univer sity should hold forth the lamp of science with all its beams; and, acting on that principle, when the Uni versity of Dublin failed to do that duty—when it failed to cultivate the various branches of science— when it turned out that it had no person competent to teach certain sciences, it broke through its estab lished wages, and associated with it some of the most eminent men of the day. He need not name such men as Apjohn Ball, Fee., who were now connected with the university, but were not in corporated with it. He might observe that one of the happiest meetings of the British Association was once held within the walls of the University of Dublin, and it was long the wish of the members of that col lege that the association should again revisit it.— (Cheers) He believed that none present would sup pose it was from want of inclination that a request had not come from the University and Societies of Dublin for the association to visit it. The cause was a simple one ; it was for want of that element of power which had been alluded to that night—juxta position. The meeting in Dublin before was a pros perous one, but it wanted one element ' and that was, that the different sections of which the association was composed were widely separated. In the Uni versity they had not sufficient accommodation to afford the association, but as soon as they got now lecture rooms added to the building, an invitation from the Univeisity, backed by the various societies in Dublin,. would be sent to the association to pay a second visit to the metropolis of Ireland.—(Cheers ) Professor OW EN also returned thanks, and con cluded by observing that the spirit of the association was not confined to their own empire; it exti,nded much further, and bound in one brotherhood the nations of the whole earth.—(Applause.) Tne Guam :4 kN-I am sure I should not be fulfil ling your wishes if I did not respond to the oh,A3rva tions that were made by Dr. Lloyd regarding our meeting in Dublin.—(Cheers.) We have received pres4nee invitations to go to various places in England and Scotland, and I may remark that, in deciding at place we should meet next, we will be in fluenced very much by priority of invitation ; and I would beg Dr. Lloyd. to remember, that the soon:fr the invitation from Dublin is given 113 the bettor. — (Laughter and cheere.) The Caaanatam gave "The Harbour Ceurmission ers and Railway Beards," coupled with the names of Mr. Whitia and Mr. Allen. Mr. Allen replied for the railway boards ; Mr. Haari, in the absence of Mr. Whitia, for the harbour commissioners. Tile ccneluding toast from the chair was " Pro f,,ssor who replied, after which the pro ceedings terminated. ECCLESIASTICAL CO URTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TI ES. Sir,—We have Igtely heard a great deal of Mr. Moore, who is Registrar of the Prerogative Court of Canter bury, and we know he is a son of Archbishop rideore. Bat I wish to ask some of your readers to aeewer this question—Who is Mr. John Mott? Is he son of an archdeacon, a proctor, or a registrar?—for I find, in the famous return INo. 711 of ISSO, to which public atten tion has been so often directed, groat mention made of this gentleman. It appears that in the diocese of Lich field there is an almost innumerable quantity of those now notorious tribunals called " ec clesiastical count'," and I fi7Al the name of " John Mott" as holder of the following offices:—ln the Bishop's Conistory Court he is deputy-registrar end sealer; in the Doan's Court ho is regi, - qrar and sealer; in the Dean's Court of Harting. ton tie is registrar, sealer and auditor; in the Pre bendal Court of Colwich he is registrar, sealer, and auditor ; in the Prebendal Court of Ec cleshall, the same three offices; in the Prebendal Court of Gnesall, the same; in the Prebendal Court of H an d-. acre and A.rmit,ige hie is registrar; in the Prebendal Court of Prees tie is registrar, sealer, and auditor; in the Prebendal Celia of Whittington and Bastrieh he is the same; in the Royal Peculiar Court of Penkridge, the same ; in the Royal Peculiar Court of St. Mary, Shrewsbury, the same; in the Royal Peculiar Court o: Tottenhall, the same; in the Royal Peculiar Court of Wolverhampton he is registrar; and in tho Manor Court of Burton-upon-Trent he is registrar, sealer, and auditor ! Thus it appears that John Mott holds no lees than thirty-seven offices in ecclesiastical courts, which, according. to their return, vary in annual value from 1,1231. 1 Is. 10d. to a small sum. Who is this wonderful man, John Mott? and how does be get through his arduous duties? Yours, &^., LAlcus. PRACTICE WITH MIME RIFLES, A SOLDIER SHOT. PARSONSTOWN, TUESDAY EVENINGIo—A painful sensation was created in the military barracks here yesterday afternoon, a report having reached that one of the soldiers of the 16th depot had been shot dead. Oa inquiry it was ascertained that at two o'clock a party of four men of the depot, accompa nied by Captain Peacocke and Lieutenant Higginson, proeaeded to Clonoughill bog, about two miles from the barracks, for the purpose of practising with the Mira! rifle. The practice was at a distance of 300 yards from the targets. After about 100 shots had been fired, one passed through the mound and hit the bugler Nugent in the back of the head, when h e exc l a i me d, " Oa, my God, I am shot 1 ,, and died insta n tly. Th e corporal who was at his side made sig na l s t o th e party, when the firing immediately ceased, and Cap tain Peacock° with others ran up; but Nugent had then ceased to exist. The ball lodged in the oppo site side of the head, smashing the skull to atoms. The body was then removed on a cart to the bar racks, PIA Private Thornhill, who had fired the last shot, was placed in custody to await the result of the coroner's inquiry. SEABORNE DIAILS. pir signifies that the mails are sent from the General by the night—and It oy the morning--41spateb.] Post-ofi LONDON, FRANCE. EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1852. By an order of the Minister of War, in 1843, made with the view of preventing officers of the army from contracting marriage, with a danger of bringing upon themselves additional charges which they would by uoable, to meet, it was declared that no permission would be given to an officer to marry unless the lady should possess an income of at least 1,200 f. a year, which is not to be a life income, but in full right, so as to profit to the husband or children in the event of her death. The present Minister of War has, by a circular to the generals of divisions and subdivisions, directed that they shall look strictly to the execution of this regulation, end not permit any officers to marry until the Minister hi mse lf s h a ll h ave exam i ne d as to the validity of the deed by which such property is secured. We read in the Moniteur de l' Armee :—" The Minister of War, struck with the inconvenience that result: from the ignorance of horsemanship which is sometime 3 shown by infantry offi,.:ers in command, and being desirous of puttin g a n en d t o a s t a t e o f prejudicial to di gn ity an d d u ty, h as de cidedafter the genera l i nspect i on o f 1 8 5 3, cap tains e a d b e things oalike that, infantry susceptible of becoming chefs de b proposed for this grade until theytil aiitll have shall manage satisfied the inspector-general of their y to na horse in presence of the troops." aabo STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) MANCHESTER, TuEsruy. —We learn by the Africa tbat the New York cotton market was dull, with a small concession in price, whilst that of New Orleans continued to 3 steady though quiet. The total receipts amounted ,008,553 b ale s agai ns t 2,322,921 l as t year. The reports o f t h e new crop were st ill i n the - hi g hest degree f avourable. It would seem as if specu lators on both sides th e Atl an ti c were b ecom i ng more wary in their proceedings ; for, in some instances, buyers are able to supply themselves, in Liver pool,better terms than they could last week. And that ready sympathy with any cir in diminish point of hr i e' n t G : n e ll e e d curnstances Calculated to excite caution, which on slightly pre vails here, has been so far called into action as to and goods. But tlatitigh business has lost something of our market both in yarns hold back than before, there is yet a great steadiness in prices; a Y a 4 n rl :l 7 the buyers are more inclined to prevails. Tne advantage which, in some instances, , in most articles the utmost firmness buyers had last week in certain things, such as the lower counts of warps, and the Indian qualities of 40's, 50's, and 60's mule, is rather more marked and gene ral to-day; and th e i mprovemen t th en s h ow i ng i tse lf is dornestiC3 hosves hold off I som appears to be retarded. The India purchasing shirtings as well as yaras. In 7.Bth, 9.Bth, and 5-4th printing clothe, however, there is as much firmness as ever. ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—We have had a rather heavy and sluggish market tcaday, with a limited attendance of buyers, but little change in prices. Thee ore no new features in tho wool market to report, either in price or demand. Toe dealers are out of sorts, a n d t h ey say t h a t b ro k e woo l s are be coming very scarce. MACCLESFIELD, TUESDA.T.--Business in manufac tured , goods has made further progress, nearly the whole of the existing stocks having been cleared off ; and b uyers are anxious to make contracts of some descripti ons f or delivering as th e y are produced. Oa the whole, the prospects for the coming winter app ear f avo urable. Thrown Sill : The market h as b een l ess ac ti v e than o f l a t e ; but as manufact u r e rs have had free sale for their go o d ! , and as their stocks of silk on hand are understood to b e unusua lly light, there is every. prospect of an active demand ere long. The ac counts to hand thi s morn i ng from the continent speak of prices for Italian throwns having a hardening ten dency, which may have the effect of bringing over further orders for our home throwns. Raw Silks— The market latterly has been much unsettled by the circulars freely sent out by the leading brokert, which have been of a very contradictory nature, and have tended unnecessarily to alarm the trade at a time when business appeared near at hand. On the wh'Ae)looking at th e various chops put forward, the reduction appears to be one of quality as well as price. HALIFAX, SATURDAT.—ltathtnr more fancy goods, chiefly of low quslity, have been disposed of i❑ our piece hall to-day than for s , )rne weeks past, but the general condition of the worsted trade hiss experi, , nced no a-nendrn , ...ut. In yarns and wools there is no ma terial change, except perhaps that there is some what more languor in the demand, prices remaining the same. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have no change to notice in our market ; i; continues dull, with the exception of the woollen fancy branch ; rather more has been done in that, with new patterns for the winter season. LAWS AND INSTITUTES OP IRELAND The following is the report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire and report concerning the ancient laws and institutes of Ireland : " May it please your Excellency,—The principal ma terials necessary for the preparation of a report on the ancient Irish laws being uow collected and arranged, we have thought it our duty to lay before your Excellency a brief statement of the results at which we have al ready arrived; and to solicit some instructions respect ing the time and manner of completing the ta4le which your Excellency has been pleased to commit to us. "The first object to which our attention was directed was the formation of a catalogue of all the .manuscripts of the Brelaoa Laws which arc known to exist in the United Kingdoca. A numerous and valuable collection made in Ireland by the eminent Welch antiquary and of these documents , originally philologist, Edward the library of Trinity C L e h l w l e ) g el e , , is p n a o h er l i h p , r e t a h e r v W e d h i c l ub it was presented about sixty years ag° , by Sir & e John bright. In thus disposing ot it, ee appears to have been influenced by the advice of the celebrated Edmund Burke, who manifested on that occasion a lively anxiety to have the materials of Iris h h i story placed within the reach of scholars recordsby• the o f t translation l e a: h i o h n t r and p publication of all the ancient Y. esesie 4 es the Trinity Col lege MSS., and a few belongi ng to the R oya l I r i s h Aca demy, wo have ascertained Out transcripts of various por tions of the Brehon Laws are to be found in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, in the library of the British Museum, and in the Stowe Collection, now the property of Lord Ashburnharn. All t he se MSS., except the last men whaevheabyeeennoctlescribed at great length in as yet been so fortunate as men tioned, e i o e n h e d t a , i t u o w access,hic h an analytical pr.o,p catalogue , onora a and r-e xt a r d . ezauc,,ceohre Curry, in g u r t r o y o. andur directions by contain ing notices of their respective duties, and of the general nature of the subkets they treat of. rhe dates of the existing MSS. of the Brehon Laws vary from the early part of the 14th to the close of the 16th century; bat the authority of some is enhanced by the fact that t h e y were transcribed by persons in whose for several generations. judge, had been heredi taryfamiFliros Lb rth e ofefilacwesof brehon, or themselves a much higher antiquity may be eeely asserted. So far a s we have external evidence to guide us, there h no reason to suspect that any material change since the they of la C ove o r m u e a , d er e Mao Cuillen a i n, Ki ng an d Bi s h o p o f gone Cashel, who died A.D. 90S. Ile was a man of great learning and energy' who certainly promoted the ex cation of considerable literary works, and under whose influence it i 3 not improbable that a systematic compilation may have been effected. Of we have no distinct record. On the other hand, we find scattered through all parts of the laws al lusions to a general revision of them in the fifth con ,phileawtieovnero,f th© laws tury, at the instance of St. Patrick, who, in conjunction with certain kings and learned men, is said to have ex punged from them all those institutions which savoured of paganism, and to have framed the code called the parts of Seanohus Mor. These same documents assert the existence of still more ancient written laws, the greater part of which are ascribed to Cormac Mac Art, monarch of Ireland, in the middle of the third century. How ever slow we may be to acquiesce in statements of t h e ri , a ily Th ad ey mi e t n t u h m at er t a h t e e s various illli ect kind, which contradict what we have learned concerning aleteiedp.rmalintivenature of the Western progres s Europe, °llwegeismlaatyion in d. the remaining society antiquity,in matter of many of the laws demonstrates their great the . ates rev t spite of th e at. w as hie i h t in th d e i y c tempts to efface it, truces of heathenism are still discern ible in many parts of them. which ordeals of a pagan character, vv . are expressly termed occasions on which a „ magical, and specify the resort to them was prescribed. There are also provisions in th e laws of marriage, which prove that Christianity could have exercised but a feeble influence at the time wh en they were enacted. the Brehon Laws are w • " The language in which fatten is a convincing proof of theirantiquity. They are composed in a peculiar dialect, tl,smany writers ha ve if their style maintained; but, s tyle differs from that of the vernacular Irish of the present day, as Anglo-S axon does from modern English, th is dissimilarity is t o be h as cribed mainly to the effects of time, y which the ortho graphy and grammatical forms of the languag e h ave been modified, and legal terms and phrases of constant recurrence hese become obsolete. The antiquity of the language of the Brohon Laws being once established, it must be apparent that th© publication of d orthtera would promote tho study of philosophy in no nary Way. From no other source could such abundant and precious engaged in analyzin g materials be obtained by the scholar a theirrelationthe Celtic languages, and determining to other branches of th e Indo-European language. " Apart from their mere antiquity, these laws are pos sessed of considerable interest to the historian and jurist. They lay down the privileges and dutie s of persons of all classes; they define the tenure of land and the rights of property of all kinds. In a word, they furnish a per , feet picture of the society which t hey were designed to regulate, from the constitution of the kingdom, and the relation subsisting between the sovereign and the pro vineial kings, down to the minutest details of domestic life amoeg the serfs. "Such being the esti' ete which an examination of these documents has led U 3 to fern" of their age and Contents, we feel that we are fully warranted in recom. mending to your Excellency that the publication of them should be undertaken at the expense of the State, and under the superintendence of competent persons. All the arguments which induced the Government to order the publication of the Angle-Saxon and Welch law s might be used in favour of this immure , Ih fact, the publication of the Brehon Laws appears to us to be essential to the completion of the works already put forth by the Commissioners of Public Records. " About 70 years ago Vallencey, in his Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, published a few extracts from them, accompanied by translations. But both text and version were so full of inaccuracies, arising from the incapacity of the editor, that the value of the documents was not fully exhibited in these specimens. In truth, the work was too difficult and expensive to be undertaken by any individual. It requires a long time, a considerable out lay, and much co-operation for its proper execution. Persons possessing a vernacular Innowlege of the Irish language, and accustomed to transcribe Irish MSS., must be employed in the work of copying and translating. These again would require the superintendence of ac complished scholars, versed in history, jurisprudence, stroke alogy, and philosophy. Moreover, it would be necessary to procure copies or collations of MSS. in remote places. The work, when completed, would be an extensive one, occupyieg a large folio volume, which would possess but little popular interest, and would bo consulted only by a limited clogs of historical readers. Taking all these circumstances into account, we are con vinceethat, notwithstanding its intrinsic importance, the publication of the ancient Irish laws could not be effected in the ordinary manner, and must be undertaken by the Government, if it is ever to be accomplished at all. The present time affords facilities for the execution of the design now proposed. During the progress of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, several persons ac quainted with the Irish language were employed to collect information on matters of topography and ancient history. Under the direction of the officers conducting the survey these persons became well instructed and disciplined scholars. In a few years more this advan tage will be irretrievably lost. The taste for antiquarian scholarship among the lower classes in Ireland is nearly extinct, while death and emigration are fast removing the few individuals who possessed the qualifications just mentioned. Without the aid of such la pourers the task of transcribing and translating the Brehon Laws would become one of extreme, if not hopeless difficulty. " There are some circumstances which would render the publication of these ancient laws peculiarly interest ing in the eyes of the politician. It is not improbable that the habits of thought and action prevailing among the native Irish are reflected in the laws which they framed for theine.elves before they were affected by foreign influences, and to which they continued to cling with obstinate tenacity, even for centuries after they hid been compelled to submit to British rule. The Brehon Laws were actually appealed to so late as the reign of Charles I. We must nor, therefore, be sur prised to find some traces yet remaining of their effect upon society. " We would also suggest that good results would be obtained by exhibiting the reel state of this country at a remote period of its history. It would then be found that !alio or exaggerated notions have been entertained of the well-being of society and the advancement of civizilation in early times. Iceland never enjoyed a golden age. It would be more easy to say, that she suffered for many ages under an iron feudalism, which administered essentially different laws to the rich and to the poor. Ignorance on this head has certainly created in some minds an unreasonable dissatisfactieu with the present order of things, and a perverse disposition to thwart the efforts of those who are doing their utmost to ameliorate it. Nothing could be more efficacious in dispelling such morbid national prejudices than a complete publication of the ancient Irish . laws. " Lest it should be supposed that any national par tiality has affected the opinion which we have ourselves formed, we beg to direct your Excelliney'd attention to the accompanying copies of letters on this subject from Mr. Hallam, M. Guizot, Professor Renke, and Professor Grimm. (Appendix A.) Other Eaglish and foreign scholars of the highest eminence have in similar terms expressed the deep interest with which they regard it. " We also annex a statement (Appendix B.) of the expenditure of the sum of 2001 placed at our disposal by the Lords Commissioners 01 her Majesty's Treasury for the purpose of enabling us to defray the charges ne cessarily incurred in the preparation of our report. It will be observed that the grower part of the money has been spent in making the aualytical catalogue, the ma nuscript of which extends to 538 folio pages. " Repectiog the several clatters briefly touched upon in the eresent communication, we propose to lay before your Excellency more ample details in a report founded on the mass of information we have gathered. It is our desire to coufiren the general statements here made by extracts from the Irish laws and records of all kinds. But the preparation of such a report must be attended with considerable labour, and could not be accomplished very rapidly by persons having other official duties to dis charge. We therefore pray your Excellency to inform us whether it is your pleasure that we should draw up such a full report, and to signify the latest time at which you could permit U 3 to present it. We entertain a hope that you Excellency, having the case fully set before you, will see sufficient grounds to warrant you in recom mending the application of public funds for the purposes here contemplated. At the same time we apprehend that the materials for the decision of the Government must be furnished by us at an early period, if any grant for the publication of the Brehon Laws is to be included in the estimates for the present year. " We have, " JAMES H. TODD, D.D. "Feb. 19, 1852." CHARLES GRAVES, D.D. " Note,—The Earl of Clarendon having resigned the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland a fecv days after the preceding report had been presented, a copy of it was laid botere his successor, tho Earl of Eglintoun, together with a letter requesting his Excellency's in struction. To this the Commissioners received the fol lowing reply : Dublin Castle, April 27, 1852. _ . " 6 Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 22d inst., enclosing a copy of a report on the publication of the Brohon Laws, I am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to inform you that his Excellency, having before him the information therein contained, does not think it necessary that you should at present draw up such a full report as the Commissioners propose. In the papers already submitted to him he sees sufficient grounds to warrant him in recommending the publication of those laws; and his Excellency has accordingly forwarded the report, with the accompanying papers, for the favourable consideration of the L)rds Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Treasury. " I am, Bm, ",JOHN WYNNE. " To the Rev. Charles Graves, D.D.' " ATTEMPTED ASCENT OF MONT BLANC. Although ascents of Mont Blanc are now of more common occurrence than formerly, perhaps the fol lowing account of an attempt which, though fated to be unsuccessful, was of more than ordinary difficulty, may interest your readers :—Having long waited for fine weather, I was at last gratified - by the arrival of the north wind, hero its invariable companion; and having been joined on Tues'lay evening by two other gentlemen with tie same intention, we determined to try the ascent the following day. Accordingly, we left Chamounix at eight o'clock, our party c onsistin g of Mr. Sargent, Mr. R. H. Bulwer, myself, and 26 guides and porters. We arrived at the Pierre d'Echelles at twelve o'clock, where the guides break fasted, and, having crossed the Glaciers des Bohsons and Taccone.y, reached the Grand Mulets at half-past four. Three of the guides were then sent out to trace some of the next day's route —very necessary, 'loco we were obliged to leave the Grand Mulets at midnight. The sun set without a cloud, and, wrapping our blankets round us, we lay down on the rock full of hope for the morrow. At twelve o'clock our party, diminished to 17, left the Mulets, the foremost guides carrying lanterns. The tracing of the path was rendered exceedingly difficult by the show being frozen over, but not sufficiently to bear our weight. We sank nearly three feet at each step. The great Crevasse du Dome was reached at half-past three o'clock, over which an avalanche falling in spring formerly affarded the only passage. To our unspeakable mortification, we found that this ava lanche no longer existed, and that we should have to discover some other route. Dividing into small parties, we examined every place that seemed prac ticable for nine hours, without SUCCOSS, when Michael Irene Coutet, the most daring of our guides, said he thought a passage might be cut in the wall of the Dome de Gouts, and the Crevasse avoided altogether. Wee then traced the route thither, and by that time, the evening being a little advanced, we returned to the Mulcts, which we left the next morning at the same hour as the preceding, and shortly afterwards reached the terrible Dome. Having ascended about 700 feet, one of the guides, firmly tied with ropes, commenced cutting a groove in the per pendicular wall of ice, of just width and height enough to admit the body lying horizontally. This opera tion, changing the guides every five minutes, occupied about two hours, in which time we had cut through about 40 feet of ice, and having then descended on the other side of the Crevasse, we reached the Petits and Grands Plateaux in six hours, without much difficulty. One of the guide was here over come by nausea, and obliged to return. We shortly after ascended the corridor whence the first view towards the other side of the mountain is ob tained, and remained for a few moments enjoying the glorious panorama spread out before us. The Ber nese Oberland, with the Monte Rosa range on our left hand, were partially hidden by fleecy clouds, but the giant peakei appearing above them were distinctly visible. Opposite us were the St. Bernard range, and to our right Piedmont and the endless plains of Lom bardy. The Jura bounded our view towards the north. 'We next ascended the Mer de la Cote by about 200 steps cut in the ice, and walked on about a quarter of a mile. It was then about 10 o'clock, and, having only ten minutes more walking to reach the summit, we stopped a few mo ments to rest. I experienced some difficulty in breathing, but neither m y companions nor the guides seemed to suffer much incon "Tillman Rejoicing in the speedy accomplishment of all our hopes, we again put ohrseives en route, when we were suddenly enveloped in a , dense fo g , w hi ch was accompanied by the most violent wind and hail, 'We were nearly in total darkness, and such was the violence of the wind that our footsteps in the soft snow were no sooner made than they were effaced. We waited a fe w moments, and then m a d e a . desperate effort to advance the teeth of the storm, hut in vein ; after a fair fight we were de feated, and obliged to retreat, Ia a short time the hard contest, but with the we again renewed same result. The tourmente raged with awful vio lance ; we could scarcely keep our feet, holding on by each other; and the guides, suddenly exclaiming, " Si les traces sont effaces nous serons tous perdus, ' beat a most precipitate retreat. We were then mourn fully obliged to retrace our steps, which we had much difficulty in finding, and return when within a stone's throw of success. The same storm-cloud remained on the summit, as if in triumph, for the remainder of the day, and we sulkily bent our course towards Cha naounix, where we arrived at nine o'clock the same evening. JOHN USSLIER. Cha'M ounix, Saturday, Aug. 28. P.S. The thermometer varied from 94 in the sun at the Grand Mulets to below zero near the summit. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TILE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1852. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*282 Diseases of Uncertain. Scat ... ... ... 43 Tubercular Diseases ... 169 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 112 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 31 Diseases of the Lungs, and, other Organs of Respiration ... 73 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of ... 63 Diseases of the Kidneys, &Q. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ~. ••• 3 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••• 9 Diseases of the Skin, &c. ... ••• ••• ••• 2 Malformations... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 5 Premature Birth ••• ••• •• ••• ••• 32 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 38 Old Age ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 34 Sudden ... .•• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 5 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 56 Causes not specified ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 4 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... 966 Population Deaths in cone- Deaths Enumerated, spending week in the 1851. of 1851. Week. West Districts... 376,427 .. 143 ... 163 North Districts.. 490,396 218 ... 203 Central Districts 393,256 ... 139 ... 162 East Districts ... 485,522 ... 194 ... 183 South Districts.. 616,635 ... 273 ... 255 Totals...• 2,362,236 ... 967 ... 966 Males ... ... 489 Females ... ... 477 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... ... ... 785 Females ... ... ... ... 739 Total ... ...1,524 *ln this numbor aro included 53 by Scarlatina, 40 by Typhus Fever, 105 by Diarrhwa, and 8 by Cholera. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MAR LB ORO UGH-S TRE ET. Edward Andrews, a footman in the service of Dr. Elliotson, 37, Condait•street, was brought before Mr. i P ...lnghain, charged with stealing a Post-office order for the payment of 21s. Tne prisoner, who had not a word to say in defence, was remanded till Friday next. Since Monday last upwards of seventy young men have been sworn in at this court to serve in the East end West Middlesex Militia. The term of service is five years, and the whole of them received 10s. each, being the first instalment of the bounty of 6/. WORSHIP-STREET: Yesterday Mary Anne Wilson, an elderly person of ladylike appearance and address, who was stated to be the widow of a captain in the East India Company's seri-ice, was brought up before Mr. Ham mill, charged at the instance of the authorities of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, with the following determined attempt at self-destruction Sergeant Harvey, of the G diviston, stated that on the morning of the 16 t h o f J une l ast h s receivedin formation that an elderly lady had attempted to de stroy herself by cutti ng h er t h roat a t th e Metropoli tan Coffee-house, in the City-road, where she had engaged an apartment for the night; and upon pro ceeding to the house he was shown into a room on the second floor, where he found the prisoner sitting uy in bed, with a frightful gash iu her throat, from which the blood had gushed in such profusion as nearly to fill a washhand basin, which she had deliberately placed before her to receive it. Not observing any instru ment about the place with which such an injury could have been inflicted, he questioned her upon the subject, and was informed by the prisoner, who was scarcely able to articulate, that she had committed the act with a table knife, which she had flung out of the window, and that it would be quite useless for him to trouble 'himself at all on her account, as she had pre viously taken also a quantity of arsenic, and at the same time pointed to an empty phial, with the word " Poison" printed upon it, which was lying upon the bedclothes at her side. Witness instantly sent for a surgeon, under whose directions she was at once re moved to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where she bad ever since remained, and in the course of subsequent visits to her at that insti tution be had ascertained from her that her late husband, who was the captain of an Indianian, had died of cholera at Calcutta about two years sin ce, and that her only son, who was also a junior officer in the Company's service, had shortly after fallen a victim to the same terrible visitation. She then went on to state that at the time of their decease she was herself residing in Devonshire, in comfort and respectability, supported by a handsome income to which her husband and son jointly contributed, but which altogether ceased in consequence of that calamity ; and after disposing of the whole of her jewellery and other valuables for subsistence, she was reduced to such a state of distress and privation that she was compelled to make her way up to the metro polis on foot, in the hope of discovering a sister, from whom she had been a long time separated, but who she felt satisfied WAS in a condition to render her as sistance. Thi s t o il some j ourney she completed on the night of the 15th of June last, but upon reaching town, completely exhausted and footsore with inces sant walking, she was grieved to find that her small stock of money had been so reduced that she had scarcely sufficient left to provide her with a night's lodging, which sh e engage d at th e co ff ee -h ouse be fore mentioned, but was so completely overcome by a sense of her forlorn and friendless position that she made up her mind to terminate her life and her wretchedness together. Mr. Thomas Sparkes, steward to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, intimated to the magistrate that the case of the unfortunate woman had excited considerable sym pathy and attention on the part of the committee of that institution, who had exerted themselves with a view of discovering her friends, but without effect; and, as her mind had evidently been seriously im paired by the calamities and sufferings she had un dergone, and she had recently been heard to express her determination to destroy herself at the first op portunity, they felt it to be their duty to give her into custody, that some means might be adopted for her future protection. The - magistrate put several questions to the priso ner with a view of eliciting the state of her mind, and she in each instance returned such a rambling and incoherent answer as to render it perfectly manifest that she was labouring under mental aberration. Mr. HAMMILL said that it was certainly a very melancholy case; but, as the unhappy woman was at present clearly not i❑ such a condition as would justify her being intrusted with her liberty, he should order her to be remanded for a week to the House of Detention, that the state of her mind might be posi tively ascertained, and proper means adopted for in suring her personal safety. CLERKENWELL. Yesterday Sarah Dunn, 18 years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged with at tempting to commit suicide. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. Margaret Poole, of No. 5, Lizard-street, St. Luke's, that she was formerly acquainted with the parents Of the pri soner. Her father was a respectable solicitor in the City-road, who gave her a liberal education. He died about nine years ago, and her mother four years since, leaving her destitute, when the prisoner was com pelled to obtain a situation as servant, but she was obliged, through illness, to leave her service, and witness was induced, from motives of charity, to re• ceive and protect her under her roof, but she was constantly in a state of melancholy. Yesterday morn ing she was informed that the prisoner had taken a quantity of oxalic acid, which she (witness) kept in the house for the purpose of taking out stains. She found her suffering under the pains of the poison, which she admitted haying taken. She immediately had her conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where she was attended to, and she was subsequently brought to this court. The prisoner had no trionds or relations to assist her, except witness ; and, her cir cumstances not being sufficient, she had urged the pri soner to go into the workhouse. Sarah Jones saw the prisoner with the poison, which sh e h a d t h reatened to ta k e. Sh e a d v ised her not to do suc h a f oo li s h t hi ng ; b u t s h e m ixed it with n water and swall owe d it o ff, w hen witness made n alarm. r a t The e p a r k i l s y o ner, state, who va s h a a d li o b w e e e n d t s e u p n p e o r t s e e d into in a t ed the examin a ti on . m ild and feeling d u c r o i u n Mr. CORRIE addressed her manner, and told her that she If she to such depression . ough tin nd distressed e d g circum stancesive waya s a t s r at her e, to w seek hen s orn assistance etii iug it would be better rt, w fo i to a rash attempt upon her r m he e p r a parish e t h t a e n :es m o ab would life;he done for her. Prisoner d into tears)—l went t o th e do nothing for me . Th ey would not even(thbeuyrstwinoyeg would me some clothes to t ry t o get t o something send y ever y careou to a pl ace w h ere w ill be taken of you until y ou are more ll \i e r t . hi c n e g it t n o i n cpose d in your mind, and in the m ean ti me th e perish(n a uthoxitit-s must be con , ailted, and e verything proper shall be done for you. lie gave orders that Mrs, Poole should be allowed to visit her in the House of Detention, in the infirmarh and that every care and attention should be afforded. her. The unfortunate creature was then supported out of court in strong convulsions, and the utmost sympathy was manifested towards her. 81TE syMSTEAMROYFLERBOBOB/VEERY. B r AN El. EITEN CITY POLICEMAN. —Yesterday William Barry , formerly a constable in the City police, was brought up . by Lockerby and Bow, active officers of the S division, and placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having robbed the houses of two licensed vle• tuallers of property to a considerable amount; and it is imagined that the prisoner has for some time car ried on his system of depredation in va rious parts d London. Mr. W. Howell, Moreton Arms, Kentish -town road, deposed that on Friday evening last, about sevn o'clock, he went up to his bed - room to dress himsele f, and that when he left the said apartment sbert l i t afterwards his property therein was all safe. 111 nine, in consequence of informa tion which be bad received, he went again to his room, tamed had been entered and a vast number of article! abstracted therefrom, consisting of three sets of l . .tads, five shirts, and several waistcoats, together with a pair of razors, many pairs of gloves, &C. Thomas Clark, the potman, stated that at eight ° , ll , the evening in question the prisoner entered the Puu ci lic room upstairs, and was there served with bathe 50 water ; upon his paying for it he remarked was going out for a short time, and asked vvitness .‘e, inform a person named Stone, in the event of his cal . which be ascer ing, that he should be back in a quarter of OD he b u s i d In twenty minutes after this the prisoner, sib ° no not been seen to go out, rang the bell, and had so . e. more gin and water supplied to him, and shortly 11__. fore nine o'clock he made his egress from the pi' mises, carrying with him a bundle. Other evidence was gone into, from which it $y- DI peared, upon inquiry being instituted by about o w , Loc k e rby peared, and Bow, that tne gold studs had been pledgeamwif. the u prisoner for ten shillings at the shop of Ho were o in quest of him, a party called en e t ithSotmheervsi-etwowonicomFiinngding that the po mr. out the studs, and it was undertostoaond tahrartaligeTiforai; soner) was to call for that purpose on the pea himself in the place. In his lodginS la day (Tuesday) 3 he did so, and was then give° s ted custody, Lockerby having by arrangement sect ow street, St. Pancras, were discovered the rtle° l39 also a great portion of the articles stolen. Aneed by The studs and other property were pre- -- the the pawnbroker and the officers, and identified by prosecutor. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, dented having been at the house on the night of the andalleged ieg tb an robbery, and said that he bought the studs m et rest of the things spoken of from a man whom be prisoner, and the evidence in a public-house. •est th e There was a second charge preferred ago be d steniogt ,a, went to show that about a fogr7neinghitilag'ouPtP:ertptrisatoonuerr .was at the house of Mr. Charles Gibson, the Seymour arms' Upper Seymour-street, andEuston-square, nine o, that he quitted the premises between eight , t o clock. Shortly before twelve, Miss Gi bsc :j o oe daughter, found that a bed-room door upon ' l oot ° c o l nd floor had been burst open, and that 9 _ ate her, a nd cloak, ns a di sl silk others r o eersss two several erteh ep d r r o e d s dresses e ad barmaid.ni d y mantl es ,aTipl:w : eb l ; oe ; e :, l a too and rasol had been stolen. Some of them had belong:11;A identified. They were pledged by the prisoner the 26th ult. 'aid b 9 able Lockerby bring said forward that in ot h a e l r l probabilitycasesof ss i h m e il s a b r ° ,,_ nature'ti li, and in order to afford time for further inqunP prisoner was remanded till Wednesday Dot' --- A,, LIVERPOOL, SEPT. `THE n 0 .... _uN Tit y inA.RIKET° g 9 na 7. —The arriva ls were vs! 6r ..iniy .. tower. .b n u t F r Beans id's werertes. _and e rather unsettled, consequently, holders hela W t 00 !. e n r was a fair attendanoe of buyers to -day. bil to os 4 1 . [ nand was limited. Wheat and flour sold is r e 4er scarce, O at s J . l r . corn was in limited request, and value un °l e i, _A B . rtvals:—lnland and coastwise—Wheat, 146; P bes o, 7 1 ~malt, 1,027; oats, 1,226; flour, 686 W 1, 320; pe r qr deal' __Aed. ditto °7' 1""e' 37. Foreign wheat. 968; ditto °Ott bee ps, flour, 1,620 sacks and 8,477 barrels; dit to „ 0 w as 648. A second report states that the attenalnaitd, aeneddo6atral down and ri. in , tanned that floor of prime very good; that the demand for wheat was O i l 0 in fe a.t a reduction of Id on fine, and 2d per 70 Ih k s o l joain anted its value, and inferior neglected; bat begui bar le y , scarce, and Is per qr dearer ; an d that P € 6%, malt, were sold in retail at last weak's t r „ l i c i ,"" .fi,,f old LEEDS. SEPT. 7.—There a a fair sury.J,„ -., , i ; slow at .routlor wheat at this market to-day was o' 3 prices. The arrivals of new ; wheat were suf 6ciell s fot white; the latter kind, for w ci h u i a o l h ity t r h sv er l3. millers; 36s to 41s per qr for red , was scarce. WhAre s q**- s., NEWCASTLE MARKET, SEPT. 7 . .. ... -- .he only a CORN fartaere; small supply of wheat from the A • idg e ..: i reater part of which • was in poor condition, an -I s 011. prices varyin g from .30s to 45s per quarter. , tell wheat there was litt!e business done, vi°l3- • rill but pre , a nie. were realised. Barley about maintained its i's other articles no change. ~ be de ,,, NEWCASTLE C CATTLE MARKET, SEPT. ~.."--1 Ay eas t mand for beef sPdrietoes6—d was good, and former rates We re 0 /0 1 obtained, and all were sold. Sheen, all breeds, I° 6 0 00. off quickly at improved rates. Bettits,vl7lBl6lasaccisaOrg;ll4ces2llh'see7hteli.„'l34scin-vr tit ; B l e a e m f, b s , s s O d d te to 6 6 d s p O e d r I p b e . r stone of 141bs; m o tto T. ‹ EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MARKET, atonesr trs, w O h a e t a s t travr, from 7s 6d to 8s 6d per kemple of 16 BO Oa* , d itto , 8s Od to 9s Od; barley ditto, 6s °A t° Hay, e f rom 9d to lld per stone ; new ditto, 7d to c. or eis t l il l e Bs :BURGH MEAL MARICIT, &PT. 7..... There oiglosi 2801b8:381mis Od, and d w 2 hi a ch t 1 7 7 1d e 6 t d hu ; thus: —erlagaet 111,69c5e, o l f s t i,"_ 0 OW market th to-day 5 sacks oatmeal, each , v on? P 1. at 1 . DALKKITH MEAL MARKET, SEPT. ers in a the market 2 m s a s _9d, * being an advance of 6d per bag over 6...-There 11 r esdi to-day 25 bags of oatmeal, which inti; tbircif demand. The first quality brought 27s ; second, 2 65 . o of i sIL rket. There was no barleymeal or pot -barley ill t he the prleeingket. ,--.YESTIRDAT. ~... ;he close of the Wak e ' ', 50 0 Lambton ............. • 1 43 pd, Russell's Hetton •..••• 145 6 Richmond ............... .._ 3 , 1 Scarborough ............ 1 .5 4 : 9 ,1 , Stewart's .- ••• •"" ' las ° 4 Cassop .................. _ ~,, 44 Pensher .................. 15 , 3 3ac t Selloe ................. J 53 od South Hartlepool • •••• ; 45 6cl .... Od Thornley ........... 1 5s i Seymour Tees ...... .. „ , , Her .............. , I g 3 ,jj Tees ............... .... I','"3 6d Cwm Garnant Stone a -4" Nixon's Paertbyr 10 21s QS ICowpen HartleY ...... !,'!,. 6d Cardi ._, ......... '1 Sold, 51. i_______,.. ExcliANClEl3.—Our 8. --------"--. itillS• RAILWAY SHARB NIA STOCK M arket was lo3 ex div.-, to-day. Bristol and Exeters were done al Taff Vale, 170% ex div. v ,, ,, r . LIVERPOOL , 5 - -- ; , d y was co/ STOCK EXCHARO ' A business One .0 - a vie limited, and - E.—II- downward tendency. __d Western, 121 prices generally had a ,„ d r law ch e ster t!",, transaction Birkenhead), s were as follow :--13irkenne,' k 19 'S —Eastern Counties, 11 i 4, / E t Lancashu" as , „ r o.. '4—Midland, 775 i• more active tremely depressed, and prices 18N / —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 86 Ys---London and .0 - BIRMINGI-10f, SEPT. S. , ~„.5 eV' STOCK EXCHANGE —The share market to -day v , ohe y. Shrewsbury and Birmingham ( B), were trap. at 6:K 3 , ----"'-------.-------Deb"i‘ ills for ....0 EADVEKTISEMENT.]—HoIIo wa y 's tated Constitutions, Disordered Liver, and IndigestloA goo Clang downward ten fact o f th wonderful efficacy of this salutary medicine, a nd 5 effects produced on patients suffering from diseasehot in stomach, liver complaints, bile, and indigestion, the cur e ; credible, if it were not confirmed by daily proofs 0 ,',.. 00 , the' effected by them, and the ermanent benefit derivear ills en. use. Th e exhilerating properties of these invaluable:l;o the tirely banish all nerveusiess from the system, strellg th e suffering from dropsy should use Holloway . a re tone of the stomach, and thereby promote digestions they . 5 Ping, l i dre l pdfu l the most safe and certain:remedy ever known for ollellaY's malady.—Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Establishment, 244, Strand. London. ,I t °f the THE CHOLERA. —The Paris correspcn—epio,si 0111.. Cologne Gazette writes on the 2d inst. :—" bat' ibe OW, mittee of health has unanimously agreed to cora Genere: lera with gunpowder. Application has been mad° to .ust b o Tietzen, the commander of the fortress, who bae,Lice sl i the misfortune to lose his consort by cholera, to —and he hatatsedmeicAlstroadpuhriisfyretandoinasisrsbia cdoismchpalyrgwesi lof the civil government can be obtained. v....•••• 02....111. __ ___ BIRTHS. 000 4 ' t of f tu n e r t i r l e l ectraye,s,t t if 00 COAL MARK E. Prices of Coal per ton at Davison'sWestHartley 15s 6d North Percy Hartley 14s 6d South Peareth l2s Od tanfield Moor raufield Moor Butes l2B Od Wall's End, &c [futon Hebburn Heaton Lawson l3s 6d Leverson ..... W bitiredge's W. Hart; 14s 6d Wellington Hartley l3s 9d Eden Item etton fiaswell... lss Od Keepier Grange Ships at market t C ., re ia sy o -, x E fo s r q d . the On wi t f h e e o s f t li h . i B ns . OF A SON. On the sth inst., John's-. at Marlborough-hill, St. On the 29th ult., OF A DAUGHTER ili a wife of Capt ain W. Ledder, 59th at Lvnmouth, the Regiment. On the sth inst., ft. Onthe 4th • at Champion-hill, Mrs. J. N. SO inst., at Derby, Mrs. J. F. JesscPP. -street, Mrs. J. E. Lovegroe. On the 4th inst. MARRIED. _ gotheif Parker, Es ,at Trinity Church, BrornP; ." ° ' f 0 1 110 0 ' Berks, to g' son of the late W. Parker, 1% 5 '0 o liter of tile Nevillia Emelia Donnelly, only daug late T. Gun On tl ning, Esq., of Brompton-crescent. Eciv iAra Pollard, le 4th inst., at Chisledon, Wilts, the Rev., .0010. . d, rector of Evedon, and vicar of 'EwerhYt i' l B a tt:. shire, to Miss Mary Anne lledges, of the North- par ade , - -- D/..ED. Rev. Vi r • On the 4th inst., at W illan Rectory, l i er ts, the W. I' M.A., aged 60. ,_..,,,,,ie• Onthe 2d inst., Robert Tassel', Esq., of the Inner ivi.,lo. On the 3d inst., in Sloane-square, Chelsea, aged 39, '-' f lion , fourth daughter of the late Samuel Barnes, Esq. , ° near Aldborough, Suffolk. t On the 2d inst., at Stervarton, N. 8., aged 82, M a g o Gilmour, relict of the late John Fergusson, Eeq., of Fallic v , AvrAir.?. 'req . 'Oa the Ist inst., at Gloucester, age1125_221,2111.----in, - ~.. ) ,J. - .v,--,-------!----_t_-r---_-_-_:_-_-_,---±—.....-. - ___ -- f ---- Printed d Published Le.nd in: Print an by WIIIRDO 112, No . 11% Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 10., o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Sao"". In the 001 014 laiddlows. ThunclitY, September 9 1 18b2. e'