The Sun. — London, England, 1848-10-24 00:00:00

nearly filled. Witness seized the mug with the wine, and took the prisoner into custody. Mr. Widdicombe, solicitor, appeared on the part of the prosecutor, and the prisoner was committed for trial. AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY NIGHT. The British and North American :team-ship America has arrived. She left N?w Fork on the 11th, and brings ninety-four passengers. The Cam bria arrived at Boston on the 6th. _ _ --- Telegraphi c accoun t s from New Orleans, dated the 6th instant, brings intelligence that Mexico continued in a quiet state, and that the Mexican Government was daily gaining strength. An insurrection had occurred at Tobasco, but no serious results were apprehended. A tremendous gale had taken place in the Gulf of Mexico, .the effect of which wa3 to submer ge th e island of Brasos3 to the depth of seven feet; the inha bitants were rescued by a transport ship. New Orleans telegraphic dispatches of the Bth inst. announce the receipt of advices from Jamaica to the 20th of September. Santa Anna was in the island, and it was reported that he was making preparations to return to Mexico. There are rumours that a battle had taken place in Yucatan, but the absence of dates and details throws discredit on the report. ' The Board o f Health of New Orleans have officially announced that the city is free from fever. From Canada there is nothing new. In the United States the approaching election is the topic of absorbing interest. On the 10th elec tions were held in the great states of Pennsylvania and Ohio for Governor and members of the State Legislature. Both states were doubtful, and were claimed by each of the opposite parties, but the re turns, so far as received by telegraph up to the moment of the sailing of the America, justified the belief that the Whig party had been successful in both these states. The influence of the primary elections upon the Presidential contest will be very great. Sterling exchange, under the influence of the advices by the Acadia, announcing the success of Mr. Corcoran's negotiations, had declined to 1091 to 1091. United States Six per Cents. commanded 1041. The cotton-market remains pretty much in the same state as indicated in the last accounts, with rather a downward tendency. Flour has a decidedly downward tendency. The prices of all bread-stuffs are declining. Provisions rather dull. COMNIELUAL NEWS. NEW YORK, OCT. 11. Cotton-The market remains without any change of moment since Saturday. Occasionally a lot is sold on rather easier terms from the wharf. The sales of the last three days amount to 3,200 bales. Flour, &c.-Flour had a decidedly downward ten dency. Michigan, &c., of common brands, sold at 5 dolls. 371 c.; and 3 dolls. 50c. to 5 dolls. 62ic. may be considered the range for Ohio and Genesee. Southern flour is dull at 5 dolls. 62ic. Rye flour, 3 dolls. 56ec. to 3 dolls. 6211 c. Corn meal, 3 dolls. 311 c. to 3 dolls. 371 c. The supply of wheat is ample; 8,000 bushels of white Genesee sold at 1 doll. 27c.; 10,500 bushels of Ohio, 1 doll. 15c. to 1 doll. 18c.; 4,000 bushels of rye, 6SO. to 69c.; and a small lot of barley at 75c. Oats are dull at 33c. to 34c. for canal and river. Corn is lower: sales at 74c. for round yellow, and at 65c. to 67c. for mixed. Whalebone, with a full demand, is very firmly held for an advance on the last sales, which were at 26c. to 261 c. for South Sea, and 27ie. for North-West. The receipts for the year reach 1,900,0001b5. Whale Oil is advancing. The last sale for export was at 33ic., which price is freely offered, holders asking 34c. to 35c. at the East. About 4,000 barrels have been taken at 33c. to 35c. according to quality. Ashes-Pots are in good request, and the continued light receipts have enabled holders to realise a further advance, all offered being readily taken at 6ic. to 64c. per lb., principally at the latter price. Pearls are firmly held at 6 dolls. lBc. to 6 dolls 25c. Whiskey is dull at 25c. for states prison barrels; Ohio will not bring 24c. to 24i-c. Provisions are rather dull. Moderate sales of mess pork have been made to-day at 12 dolls. 75c.; prime is held at 10 dolls.; lard Sec. to tic. is barrels, and 9c. in kegs. Freights to Liverpool are 7-ed. to 81d. for grain, 'and 2e. 6d. for flour. Corn to Ireland is I Id. to I2d. per MONEY. Government Securities —Treasury notes, 6 per cent., 103* to 103. Foreign Exchange, except for bills on London, are suite inactive. In sterling bills there has been some ac tivity. Exchange on London, 109 to 109 i; on Paris, 3.221 to 5.25; on Amsterdam, 39 to 40; on liamburgh, 35} to 35i. SONNETS. BY HENRY FRANK LOTT. " Ghosts of melodious prophesyings rave Round every spot where trod Apollo's foot." KEATS. SCENE OF CIIA.TTERTON'S SUICIDE. Tread softly! Here the gifted hand that penned The " Ode to Resignation," rashly seized A poison cup whose burning draught appeased Tb. mad'ning pangs of hunger's gnawing fiend: As that sad tragedy drew near its end, False Pride upoa his victim smiled, well pleased; While banished, hovering Hope her pinions eased And mourned the genius she could not befriend. My God! His agony seems present now! Hear'st not those pallid lips all food refuse? Well may a gloom upon thy spirits bow, Well may that holy tear thine eye suffuse; Alas! that, nightshade wreath compressed his brow; Alas! that, mystery's veil was o'er his muse! MEXORIES OF BURNS. he'd faith in song, though sunk in suffering, When he implored the tribute of a tear, From kindred souls who might the grave draw near Where h e s h ou ld res t hi s so il'd a nd wearied wing: That grave I may not s ee, but while the spring Shows me a daisy, and my smoothid ear Leans to his lyric, shall his name be dear, And all his loves and sorrows memory bring. If there be aught in which I do rejoice, It is that worth are given me that I may, • Frequent, though feebly, lift a grateful voice In honour of bright genius, and repay In verse hoart-flowing those sweet, pure, calm joys That it has given me on my humble way. DEATH OY SIR ROBERT DALRYMPLE HOOD EL PIIINEITONE, BART.—This Baronet died on the 11th inst., at Logic, Aberdeenshire, at the advanced age of $3. Ile was born in February, 1776, being the son of Robert Dalrymple, Esq., by the daughter and heiress of Sir James Elphinstone, of Logie. In early life the deceased served in the army, and retired with the rank of Lieut.- Colonel in the Scots Fusilier Guards. lle was a Deputy- Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire. Sir Hew Dalrymple, the celebrated general officer, was a member of this family, which i s a b ranch of the Dalrymples, Earls of Stair. DEATIZ 01 LADY CLZMENTINA RAIT.—We have to record the demise of Lady Clementina Rait, who ex pired at Copatchy Castle, the seat of her father, in For farshire, on the 16th inst. Her Ladyship was born in 1819 li , being th e d aughter of David Ogilvy, Earl of Aire, by the only d aughter of the late Gavin Dm ru mond, Esq., of Keltie. The deceased lady married, in July, 1838, James Rait, E sq ., of Arnistou, who survives her. DEATH OP LADY RIARIA. ELIZABETH FINCH.— This lady expired on the 20th inst. at Boxley Abbey, Kent, at the advanced age of 82. Her Ladyship was daughter of the third Earl of Aylesford, by Charlotte, daughter of the sixth Duke of Somerset. DEATH Or SIR ROBERT ELPIIINSTOEB, This Baronet died on the 11th instant;at Logie, Aber deenshire, at the advanced age of eu. He was born in February, 1766, being the son of Robert Dalrymple, Esq., by the daughter and heiress of Sir James Elphin stone, of Logic. He married in 1800 the daughter of Colonel David Hepburn, a s ounger son of the family of Hepburn, of Congalton, and by her has had issue ten children. He is succeeded by his eldest son, David Riccart, born in 1604. Sir Robert's children take the name of Elphinstone before Dalrymple. In early life the deceased served in the army, and retired with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Scots Fusilier Guards. He was a Deputy-Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire. Sir Henry Dalrymple, the celebrated General Officer, was a Member of thin family, which is a branch of the Dal rymples, Earls of Stair. It is currently reported and generally believed in the fashionable world, that her Majesty the Queen has the i ntention of commencing what is called the season at a very early period this winter, by making the beginning of the usual court ceremonies in the month of November instead of delaying them until a late period in February, and conti nu i ng them to so late a period as really to turn !uninaer into winter. This would be a decidedly great !toprovemont, and as the state of the Continent of Europe 18 now such that it will be impossible for the nobility and doprgentry o f G reat Britain to go abroad and spend their i _y in f ore i gn countries, the English people will no loulot duly apprec i ate this unexpected and beneficial in ovation, and by a d opt i ng w hi ch our amiable and youth- Sover e i gn will confer a benefit on her grateful and loving subjects,--Herald. this *II LATE EARL or CARLISLE.—The funeral of Howard the on Tuesday, was attended by the Earl of Car -I`.o . . ywaisgeeoruCntountess of Carlisle, the Duchess of S. and Lad Cli!den, tho Right Hon. William Lady r. FD.ovar, and the Hon. Miss Ellis, the Hon. and Howard, an d Lady Elizabeth Grey, the Hon. Captain ward the Hon. Chlrles Howard, the Hon. William Howard, Lady Mary Howard the medical attendants an legal advisers of the decea ' sed &c. The interment took - ac . denaes P n l e in the mausoleum of the family, within the 0 , and about two miles from the mansion. It i'vuts_ery stormy afternoon , and at three o'clock the e I._"uraat procession was for ' ed consisting of the usual and funeral formed the tena n t r y of the late earl, a hearse black s iz ar mourning coaches. The chapel was h ung w i t h Tatto o , a l; ) e e ry, and Sir William Worsley, Bart., Sir _rtned the funer al s , and many of the local gentry, were ad for fo e s s e t r i v c ic c e h . aplain of the late Earl per tni444.,ll:_E D niKB or WELLINGTON.—At the annual A t _ " u g of the Martock Agricultural Society, Sir '.4ander Wood P , who occupied the chair, in pro filing " The • • Army," said that, on the anniversary of d 4164 -, THE SUN, P the battle of Waterloo, he had the satisfaction of meet ing that invincible man, the great Duke of Wellington, returning from the Chapel Royal with his Prayer-book under his arm : thus shovving that ho had done his duty on that Sunday evening as well us amid the thunders o' war on the field of Waterloo. The Noble Duke was a great example in every way—as a patriot, a warrior, and as a British subject. —Dorset Herald. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas have arrived at Hamilton Palace from Brodrick Castle. The Duke of Hamilton is entertaining a distinguished party at the palace, including the Prince of Parma, the Countess of Dunmore, &c. The Marquis and Marchioness of Downahire are entertaining a family circle at Hillsborough Castle. Lord and Lady Edwin Hill have arrived from War wickshire. Lord and Lady Ashley are expectel in town this week from Scotland, FAMILIES OF LITERAUT MEN.—With the excep tion of the noble Surrey, we cannot point out a repr:- sentative in the male lino of any English poet. The blood of beings of that order can he seldom traced far , down, even ,in the female line. There is no English poet prior to the middle of the 18th century—and, we believe, no great author, except Clarendon and Shaftes bury—of whose blood we have 'any inheritance am , mg us. Chaucer's only son died childless ; Shakspere's line expired in his daughter's only daughter. None of the other dramatists of that age left any progeny ; neither did Raleigh, nor Bacon, nor Cowley, nor Butler. The granddaughter of Milton was the last of his blood. Newton, Locke, Pope, Swift, Arbuthnot, Hume, Gib bon, Cowper, Gray, Walpole, Cavendish (and we might easily extend the list), never married. Neither Boling broke nor Addison, nor Warburton, nor Johnson, nor Burke transmitted their blood. EDINDURGIL—RuMOURED JUDICIAL CHANGES.—II was rumoured yesterday in Edinburgh that the Lord President Boyle is about to retire from the bench, and that the Solicitor-General is to be made a Lord of Ses sion. By this arrangement the Solicitor- General will have to resign his seat for Kirkcudbrightshire; and we have heard that Mr. T, B. Macaulay, late one of the Nlembers for Edinburgh, will solicit the suffrages of that constitueney.—North British Mail. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY (CANTBRDURY BRANCH). —The interruption to the traffic on this branch, occa sioned by the excessive floods on Thursday night last, which broke down a culvert intended for the purpose of carrying off surplus water, has now ceased, as a footwa) has been carried across. Some goods-waggons were passing over the culvert at the moment of the accident; the engine and tender and one truck had crossed be fore the culvert gave way. The works for replacing the culvert are proceeding, and will be shortly completed. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE HAYMARKET TREATRE. —An inquest was held on Saturday by Mr. Payne, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body of William Win• field, aged 39, a scene-shifter at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. John Sutherland stated that on Sunday he was at work with the deceased in the Haymarket Theatre. At four o'clock in the afternoon the deceased told him that he was very ill; that he had slipped whilst at work in the files, .reefing the lines of the stage-cur tain. He was not so seriously injured as to be com pelled to leave his work that day, but the followir ' , day he was obliged to go home. Mr. Jackson, the house surgeon, said that the deceased came into the hospital with erysipelas of the left side. He died on Friday from inflammation of the lungs, brought on by the injery. Verdict, " Accidental Death." DAVIS' STRAITS WHALE AND COD FISHERIES.-- The Sunflower, Captain Smith, of this port, arrived here on Saturday last, from the Davis' Straits cod fishery, with the very fair cargo of 12,000 cod, three tons of halibut, and about four tons of cod-liver oil. She brings the following report from Captain Alexander Stewart, of the Joseph Green, of eeterlicad, who was spoken with on the 18th July :—Joseph Green, 4 fish, 67 tons; Lord Gambier, 2 ; Truelove, 4, 60 ; Abram, 1 ; Prince of Wales, 3 ; Lady Jane, 4, 50 ; Jane, 2,3 i ; Horn, 4, 50; Princess Charlotte, 4, 50 ; Alexander, 3 ; Chieftan, 9 ; Regalia, 2 ; Pacific, 2 ; and the American ship, 3. Captain William Jackson, of the American ship M‘Lel lan, of New London, who was also spoken on the 13th July, by Captain Smith, gives a somewhat better re port, as follows :—Abram, 1 fish, 10 tons* ; Lord Gambier, 3, 30* ; Prince of Wales, of Hull, 3, 30* ; Truelove, 4, 65 ; Lady Jane of Newcastle, 4, 60 ; Chieftan of Kirkaldy, 2 , 26* ; Regali a , 3 , 34 5 ; 2S un ; de A e, 4 dvi 60 c,e,3*, 40* ; Al exan d er, ; Princess 3 J , an 4 e o o ; f Bia io n r e n ss, 2 of , D Char lotte, 3, 54; Pacific, of Aberdeen, 2, 30; Joseph Green, of Peterhead, 3, 46; M`Lellan, of New London, 3, 40. " Most of the whales," observes Captain Jackson, " were caught at the S.W. early in May. We got two in April, before the other ships made the ice. We had rough weather. The Discovery ships passed Lively on the 2d July, all well, and left their letters there with the Danish Governor to be sent home with one of their vessels. We saw two of their brigs going to the northward, and another was at author in the harbour. Some of the British whalers had been at Opernswick five to six weeks, and were stopped by the ice. Seven of the British came south along with us, the other seven remained there with a bad prospect of getting northward until late. Those marked * are to the north, 18th July, off Holstein Berg. We have had very fine weather since we came north. The ice had not broken up to th e nort h. Pl ease report us to America, all well. W e h ope to reach the west side of Davis' Straits, and all of us take more whales."—Hull Advertiser. MURDER or A. Husnr►ND RI" POISON.—For some days past an extraordinary degree of excitement has prevailed in Old Weston, a village situate a few miles from Huntingdon, arising from rumours, which have been industriously circulated, relative to the death of Mr. James Smith, a wealthy farmer resident in the neighbourhood. Mr. Smith, it appears, died in the month of June, 1847, after an illness of only a few hours' duration, having, up to the time of his illness, been a man of robust health, and of strictly temperate habits. His illness was as violent as it rotas sudden. He was seized with violent retching and purging, and from the beginning of the attack suffered the most frightful agony. Twelve months passed over, and Mrs. Smith formed a matrimonial connexion with a gentleman named Parsons. Shortly after she discharged her servant, who was in her employment at the time of Mr. Smith's death, and who had been for many years before connected with the family. From this servant the serious charges against Mrs. Smith (or Parsons) have arisen. She states that Mr. Smith was taken suddenly ill, having previously exhibited no symptoms of indisposition, and that his wife administered to him a mixture which produced the consequences already described, and which speedily re sulted in death. Mr. Beedhani, the Coroner, on having the statement brought under his consideration, imme diately ordered the exhumation of the body, and com initted it to Messrs. Peck and Fernie, surgeons, of Kim- bolton, and Mr. Foster, of Huntingdon, for the purpose of a post mortem examination. The result of their in vestigation was a determination on:che part of the Coro ner to send the contents of the stomach to Professor Alfred Swayne Taylor, M.D., of Guy's Hospital, Lon don, for a complete analysation, and the inquest on the body is to be held this day (Monday). - TIE WELtuscx. OAIL.—An anecdote is told of the late Duke of Portland, lather of the present Duke, and grandfather of the late lamented Lord George Bentinek, which we do not recollect to have seen in print. His Grace, who was a celebrated man in his day, had a large party at dinner, and after the cloth was removed, the wine having circulated with the usual freedom, the com pany were somewhit elevated, when an immense oak, celebrated throughout the whole country, and the ruins of which are still to be seen at Welbeek, became the subject of conversation. The Duke offered to bet five hundred guineas that he could drive a carriage and six through the heart of this magnificent representative of England's forest glories. A gentleman took him at his word, and the subject was dropped for the evening. Next morning his Grace recollected, with not the most pleasant feelings,the transactions of the preceding even ing. The oak which he had virtually doomed to destruc tion was one of the finest ornaments of his estate, and rather than devote it to ruin, he resolved to sacrifice the 500 guineas. Accordingly he intimated his design of immediately delivering a cheque to the gentleman who had taken the bet, when he learned that numerous bets, on the samo subject, amounting to a very large aum,had been made by other parties, in justice to whom he con sidered that he was bound to attempt the feat. Ac cordingly an archway, sufficient to admit a carriago, was chalked out upon the ample trunk of the tree; a tunnel was excavated through the solid mass, and his Grace, on the appointed day, in the presence of a large company of ladies and gentlemen, was actually driven in state in a carriage drawn by six beautiful horses right through the oak. The remains of this giant of the forest, snag nificent even in ruin, are still standing; and, but for this foolish frolic, the tree might have flourished for rimy ages to come on the ducal domain of Welbeck .—Cam bridge Advertiser. A RUTLAND GRAND Junr.—At the session s on Thursday, the grand jury returned a bill into ccurt as follows:—"Know bill on the first count: a true bill on the last count." CRIEr JUSTICE MANSFIELD.--This great lawyer, probably with a view to prolong his own days, was al ways anxious, when old ►witnesses were in court, to know their customary habits of life. It so happened that two very old men by the name of Elm were one day the ob jects of his inquiry. " You are a very old man," said his Lordship to the elder brother; "I suppose you have lived a very temperate life?" "Never drank anything but water, my Lord," said Elm. " Nor you neither, I suppose?" said the Judge, addressing himself to the younger brother. " When I could get nothing else, my Lord," was the reply. "I always took my glass with my friend." " Well, then," replied his Lordship, "all that we can say is, a❑ elm will flourish wet or dry." THE EDINBURGH CHARTIST TRIALS.—These trials have been appointed to take place before the High Court of Justiciary next month. A PRIZE TO SIR R. PEEL.—At the Blackburn agricultural meeting last week, a silver medal was awarded to Sir H. Peel for his estates in Oswaldtvvistle, as the owner not being the occupier who has laid dow❑ the greatest number of rods of stone or tile drains in the best manner. ---- APOTHECARIES-lIALL.--The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and reaeived certificates to practise, on Thursday, October 19 :—John llull ; Robert Webster Gillespie, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Hobert William Ellis, Bristol. PAIMEED TEA.—Professor Reid, a practical chemist of New York, and a person to be relied upon, states that, having seen in the shop windows of that city a sample of green tea of a very bright colour, he sus pected it was of that class of painted and poisonous teas lately examined by London chemists. lie examined the article, and says he has discovered it to be painted tea; that is, old stale and exhausted tea covered with some colouring matter, no doubt injurious to health; and proposed a simple test, which is, to take a spoonful of tea and put in half a tumbler of water, and allow it to stand for five minutes, and then stir it up, when the LONDON, paint will be detached and form a turbid rnixtUre'siith the water. The public, however, cannot always be upon its guard against these frauds, and the only mode is, that when painted tea is actually sold and detected es such, publish the name of the person who sells it, in order to guard the public against future imposition.— The Patriot. ROBBERY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER.—As Captain Pearce, was a few evenings since, passing close to Beth lehem Hospital, he was accosted by a woman, of whom he endeavoured to get rid; but as she persevered in her importunities, and caught his arm, he flung her off. He had scarcely done so before he was felled to the ground by a ruffian, who fractured his skull with a life preserver, and while his victim lay on the ground insen sible, and weltering in his blood, he rifled his pockets. The police soon afterwards found the unfortunate gentleman stretched insensible on the ground, whence they removed him to his residence. Captain Pearce is now going on favourably, and all danger of his life is removed. It is understood that Mrs. Moilliet and James Nloilliet, Esq., are about to erect a new church at Ab berley, Worcestershire.—Birmingham Gazette. SALE OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL TlMES.—Yesterday Mr. Hodgson, the auctioneer, again put up to public competition, by order of the mortgagees in posse,sion, the copyright and printed stock of this weekly journal. Bidders were very shy, and after considerable delay it was knocked down to Messrs. Palmer and Clayton, the .printers, for 1301. BIRMINOLIAM, CORN-EXCHANGE.—The first anni verary of the Corn-Exchange will bo celebrated by a dinner in that establishment on Thursday next. C. N. Newdegate, Esq., M.l'., Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. (the Members for the borough), and the high-bailiff have severally accepted invitations, and promised to attend.— Birelingharn Gazette. His Excellency the Turkish Minister and the Princess Callimaki have arrived in town from a tour of visits in Wales, having on their route to the metropolis, visited the University of Oxford to view the different collegiate establishments. LONG smr.—ln the churchyard of Firbeck, Notts, is a head-stone, with the following inscription:—" Isabel! Robinson, of Stone, buried November, ye 22d day, 1694, aged 114 years. Also James Robinson, so❑ to ye above Isabell, was buried July 24th, 1730, aged 109 years." How DID THEY COME ? —11.1.1% James Ellis, of Goose Gate, Nottingham, box maker, has a pear tree in his garden, on Windmill-hill, Sneinton, which blossomed in spring, and bore plentifully in July. There is at this time another supply of fruit on its branches, and, what is the most surprising circumstance attending this second bearing, it has not been preceded by the slightest appearance of blossom.—Nottingham Journal of Friday. SHIPS WITH DOUBLE KEELS.—At a meeting of the Royal Dee Yacht Club, on Tuesday, Mr. Scott Walker exhibited a number of very interesting mo dels of vessels, constructed on a new principle, with a double keel. The chief objects aimed at aro a very shallow draught of water, combined with great safety and speed, and a peculiar adaptation for the use of the screw as a propelling power —or we should say screws, as the model, built to represent a steam-vessel, carries a screw at each keel, which, re volving in opposite directions, though worked by the same engine, produces a steadiness and equality to the motion of the vessel hitherto unattained. One of these models represented a vessel of two hundred tons, and Mr. Walker assured the party assembled, that, on the nicest calculation, and allowing for incidental circumstances, a vessel built on the lines of this model would not, with its burthen, draw more than three feet of water.—Chester Courant. SHOCKING SUlClDE.—Yesterday, a young man in the employ of a butcher carrying on business in the neighbourhood of Hatton-garden, was taken to task by his master respecting the price of some mutton chops alleged to have been sold, but which were not accounted for. An altercation ensued and the master threatened to send for a policeman, when the man, in a paroxysm of passion or fear, seized a knife and cut his throat as he stood in so fearful a manner that he expired in a few minutes afterwards, before surgical aid could be ob tained. M'MANus.—ln Liverpool and Manchester, last week, 5001. was collected for.the defence of Mr. M'Manus at Clonmel, by his friends, aad which sum the prisoner received.—Limerick Chronicle. ESCAPE or MR. DILLON.—The Pilot states on authority that Mr. John B. Dillon has lauded safely at New York. The fine Highland properties of Strathnashalg, Monkeastle, and Gruinyard, in Ross-shire, have been purchased by Mr. Banked, of Letterewe, at the price of 22,0001. WORCESTER.—The Earl Beauchamp, Lord Ward, and the Hon. Robert H. Clive, M.P., have respectively given the handsome donation of NU towards the erec tion of a new Corn Exchange in this city. PRECIOUS STONES.—The recent disturbances in the French capital in particular, and other portions of the continent of Europe, had the effect of causing so large an influx into this country of diamonds, that they are now " a drug in the market," and ❑early unsaleable. ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. —Yesterday evening, on the arrival of the half-past six o'clock train at the Shoreditch terminus of this railway, Richard Ellis, a man employed in the telegraphic de partment of the line, incautiously attempted to step from one of the carriages on to the platform while the train was in motion, in doing which his foot slipped and he fell under the wheels. He was instantly killed. REAL DEL MONTE MINING COMPANY.—A special meeting of this company was held at the offices, Duke street, Adelphi, yesterday, to consider the propriety of confirming a resolution passed on the 25th of September last for dissolving the company—Sir B. Prince in the chair. The chairman said that the meeting had been called on as late a day as possible, in hopes that the Mexican mail would have been in many of the share holder's hands, thinking it desirable to have seine infor mation as to what had been going on in Mexico before finally resolving on the dissolution of the company. The directors were also of opinion that it would be desirable to have such information ; and, as the Mexican mail, which was due on Saturday last, would probably arrive in a day or two, he would suggest that the meeting should be adjourned till Monday next, which would al low them one day to send the result of the meeting to Mexico. The shareholders generally agreeing in the suggestion of the chairman, the meeting wa , , on the mo tion of Messrs. Horace Twiss and Wilson, accordingly adjourned. WHAT NEXT ?—The Cork Examiner of Friday contains the following;—" Jenny Lind is a relation of the Archbishop of Dublin." CURLING.—On Thursday morning curling was enjoyed on Mr. Gairdner's artificial pond. The ice was keen, and several games were skilfully contested by a party of eight, who, from a little past six in the morn ing till nine o'clock, plied the bracing exercise. Such is the sheltered situation of this rink, that curling was quite practicable during the whole day. Kilmarnoc Journal. SPLENDID MARINE VIEW IN THE FIRTH OF FORTH.—On Friday afternoon, about two o'clock, a view, which has rarely if ever been excelled was afforded to the inhabitants of Leith and its vicinity. As far as the eye, with the aid of a glass, could reach, the whole line of the Firth was studded with vessels, in all amounting at least to one hundred and eighty sail. From the Island of May upwards they appeared to the naked eye in a direct chain, and attracted very general observation. Such a numerous flock of vessels, in such a fine per spective, has been rarely witnessed in the Firth. Many of them were outward bound ; but arrivals, especially from the Baltic, we understand, may be ment ioned as numerous.—Edinburgh Post. A CIIZE ?OR THE TOOTHACHE.--A POPULAR LIADER.—The following precious morcea u will give some idea of the advancement of erudition among the commonalty of Wales. It is an infallible cure for the toothache. To be written on paper—thrice sealed—and worn next the heart. Here is the text as used in the parish of Hope. But I am told there is a different read ing in the parish of Mold. "As Jesus walked thrawgh the gist of Jerusalem he saw peter weeping and said into him why weepest thou peter said because i have got the toothake then Jesus welled his tooth and said have feath and thy tooth shall ake no more glory be to the fa►her And to the Son and to the holy Bost amen W"orn P'""1" The name is that of the patient—which it appears necessary to write in this form, and also ac cording to the use of Mold. The Charm, which I send you, was written in 1843, and had been worn ever since, up to last week, whe❑ it accidentally came into my hands, on its transit from the original patient to an other, a friend of his, grievously afflicted with the said malady, and who (being a woman) opened it, and showed it me. With respect to the learned author I should add that he is well known to me, and is a man of great skill in the Scriptures, and can tell you what are the reforms wanted in the State, and what the Church regimen ought to be.— Chester Courant. ATTEMPT TO MURDER A YOUNG WOMAN.—On Saturday a man, named John Dunn, was brought before the magistrates at Newcastle, charged with having cut the throat of a young woman named Ann Moffett, with whom he had been keeping company. From the evi dence it appeared that the prisoner had been lodging in a house which overlooked that in which the female re sided ; the consequence was that an intimacy sprang up between them, and the prisoner frequently visited the female at her father's house. On Sunday night last he called upon her and accused her of having been out with another man. This she denied, when he flew into a vio lent passion ; his sweetheart, on perceiving the state he was in, went out, and returned home about halt-past nine. The prisoner, who had concealed himself on the stairs, on hearing her approach, emerged from his hiding place with a razor in his hand. He attempted to cut her throat, but she laid hold of the blade of the weapon, and in drawing it through her hand nearly severed one of her fingers. He afterwards through her down, knelt on her stomach, and, having held her head back, he in flicted a frightful gash in her throat ; he then made his ohicape, leaving the poor girl weltering in her blood. Medical aid was soon obtained, but the poor creature is not expected to live many hours. The prisoner, who was not apprehended till Thursday last, was remanded for a week, to see whether the girl will recover or not. STRAGG G MODE OF ARRIVING AT A VGRDICT.— I was in a case some little time ago in which one of the parties, from an humble anxiety to save his client the costs of a special jury, acquiesced in a :common jury ; who, to his consternation, gave a verdict for 4001. to the plaintiff, who, the late Lord Chief Justice had told them, (t : ii,joa a enr s t d n ;to o hr t de t3eentitled defendant, four ra ato slips lt e ip afhsai had of afteruep g ean . p esrr. e O evs i ieo i n e rl tra o oel f da t h h tooh e ua jury after s' ter 'vebaleataervriCenal:- respectiv e ly the four sums of id 501., 4001., and 1,0001. It was agre e d th at the foreman should draw out one of them, and the verdict be accordingly ; and he drew the slip which bore the sum of 4001. Warren's Moral, Social, and Philosophical Duties of Attorneys and So licitors. _TUESDAY EVENING-, COURT- CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY. Prince _Albert enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. His Royal Highness was attended by the Earl of Listowel (Lord in Waiting to the Queen), Captain the Hon. J. Denrnan;;and Colonel Seymour. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this erening will include- her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohen lobe Langenbourg, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Baroness de Speth, Lord and Lady Ruthven, and Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Airs. Anson. The Band of the Second Life Guards attend during dinner, and her Majesty's Private Band will after wards attend in the Castle. The Earl of Clarendon had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. The Noble Earl had also an inter view yesterday with Sir George Grey. The Chancellor of the Exche per arrived in town yesterday evening from his seat, Ilickleton-hall, Yorkshire. Mr. Wyld, M.P., had an ir.terview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial-office for the Governor of St. Helena. SPORTING IN TELL GENCE. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 31b; five and upwards, Bst 81b; the winner to be sold for 250 SOTS., it' demanded, &c. Criterion Course. (4 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Bishop of Romford's Cob walked over Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sous. each; for three yrs old and up -wards. D.M. (10 Subs., 3of whom pay 10 sovs. forfeit. Colonel Peel's The Admiral, 4 yrs, 7st 51b ... (Nat) 1 Mr. Verity's Diplomatist, 4 yrs, Bst 71b • • ••• Major Pitt's Holloa, 3 yrs, sst Blb ••• "' 0 Lord Clifden's W anota, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ••• ••• Lord Exeter's Swordplayer, 3 yrs, 6st 91b 0 Mr. Pettit's Ilinchinbrook, 3 yrs, Est lib 0 Mr. Mostyn's fby Lord,Stafford, 3 yrs, sst 71b ... 0 Betting-3 to 2 agst S wordplayer, an d 7t o 2 agst The Admiral. Holloa and Swordplayer went in front to the cords, where they were headed by The Admiral and Diplomatist, the former going on with the running, and winning cleverly by a length; Holloa a good third; and Swordplayer fourth. Run in 1 min. 47 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each; for three yrs old, 7st 61b four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 81b; six and aged, Bst 111 b the winner to be sol4_ for 60 soya., if demanded, &c. D.M. (5 Subs.) Mr. Hargreave's Ulysses, 4 yrs ... Lord Exeter's Circassian Maid, 4 yrs Mr. Pedley's Besborough, 3 yrs ..„ Mr. Payne's Dromedary, 4 yrs .•• ... 4 Mr. Drinkald's Marquis of Conyngtam, 5 yrs ,„, 5 Betting-2 to 1 agst Dromedary, sto 2 agst Besbo rough, and 3 to 1 agst Marquis of Conyngham. Ulysses made all the play, and won easily by a length, and was claimed. Run in 1 min. 52 secs. Match, 50. T.Y.C. (Bumby) ... 2 Lord Exeter's Carissima, Bst 71b (Bartholomew), ben Mr. Shelley's Watchdog, Bst 51b, by half a length. Betting-11 to 10 on the mare. Run in 1 min. 16 secs Match, 100, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut, 7st 41b (W. Abdale), beat Mr. Shelley's Philosopher, Bst 71b, by two lengths. 11 to 8 on Philosopher. Run in 1 min. 16 secs. Match, 25, Est each. Last 100 yards of Ab.M. Lord Chesterfield's g by Jereed, dam by Dr. Syntax (Nat), beat Lord Glasgow s f by The Provost, dam by Comus (carried Bst 21b). 2to 1 on the Jereed gelding. The gelding getting first into his stride, made all the play, and won by a length. Time 8 secs. The novelty of this race excited a good deal of interest. Match, 200, h ft. First half of Ab.M. Lord Exeter's: f by Beiram, out of Elegance, 7st 71b (W. Abdale), beat Lord Glasgow's f by The Provost, dam by Actaeon, 7st 101 b, by two lengths. to 4on The Provost filly. Run in 1 min. 46 secs. Match, 100, h ft. Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Bridle, act 71b (F. Butler), bea Lord Glasgow's Clerk of the Council, 7st 71b, by a neck, 5t02 on Bridle. Run in 27 secs. M a t c h, 200, h ft. D.I. Mr. Shelley's Remembrance, Bst llb (F. Butler), bea' Lord Exeter's Gardenia, Bst 71b, by two lengths. 6 to 5 on Gardenia. The Criterion Stakes: of 30 sous. each, 20 ft; for two yrs old, colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 51b; winners extra. From the Turn of the Lands In. (39 Subs.) Mr. Watson's Nina, sst 81b (3lb extra) (Robinson) Lord Eglinton's Elthiron, Bst 101 b (31b extra) Lord Exeter's Elegance filly, Bst 51b—, Mr. Cooper's Rackety Girl, Bst 51b Mr. Watts's Andros, Bst 71b Mr. Herbert's Teflis, Bst 71b ... 2 Colonel Anson's Raillery, Bst 51b Mr. B. Green's Garrick, ilst 131 b (31b extra) Mr. Waller's Captain Parry, Bst 71b Duke of Bedford's Sobraon, Bst 71b Mr. Drinkald's Sauter la Coupe, Bst 71b 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst' Garrick, 4to 1 agst Rackety Girl, II to 1 agst Raillery, 7 to 1 agst Nina, and 7 to 1 agst Elthiron. Sobraon, Garrick, the Elegance filly, Rackety Girl, and one or two others, got away in ad vance, and, with Sobraon slightly in advance, ran together until half-way between the Duke's Stand and home ; Nina and .glthiron then went in front, Nina taking the lead, and the Elegance filly waiting on Elthiron. A fine race home ended in favour of Nina by a neck, Elthiron beating the Elegance filly by half a length. (The weather prevented our timing this and the last race.) Match, 100, h ft. Last half of Ab.M. ... o ... o Lord Clifden's Czarina, 7st 121 b, received forfeit from Lord Glasgow's f by The Provost, d by Comus, 7st 71b. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Payne's Blackcock, 4 yrs, Bst 71b., received ft from Sir J. Hawley's Pau!tons 6 yrs, 7st 111 b. Match, 200, h ft. A.F. Duke of Bedford's Bridle received forfeit from Lord Glasgow's Clerk of the Comancil, 7st 71b. The company on the heath was numerous, but the weather was wretched, the course and the approaches to it in a state that we have seldom witnessed. CAMBRIDGESHIRE BET TING, FIVE O'CLOCK. 6 to I agst Dacia 12 to 1 agst Chanticleer 7 to 1 agst Backbiter 20 to 1 agst Miss Sarah 7to 1 agst Lanesborough 25 to 1 agst Buscot Buck Bto 1 agst Geraldine 130 to 1 agst Tophana 10 to 1 agst Fern N EWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. Handicap for two and three yrs old. T.Y.C. Grief, 2 yrs, 84 71 b—Franciscan, 3 yrs, Bst 21b— Ferule, 2 yrs, 7st 71b—Dacotah Chief, 2 yrs, Bst 21b— Retail, 2 yrs, 7st. Selling Handicap, D.M. Winner to be sold for 200 fIOYS. Oh m, by Sir Hercules, out of Taglioni, 6 yrs, Bst 81b—Whitstone, 3 yrs, 7st 101b—Swallow, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Nectar, 3 yrs, Est 101 b—Alpheia, 3 )rs, 6st 101 b —Circus, 3 yrs, 6st 71b. Handicap Plate of 1001. D.I. Executor, 4 yrs, Bst 41 b—Clarendon, 4 yrs, 74 41b— Bibury, aged, 7st 21b—Chat, 4 yrs, 74—Cardinal's Niece, 4 yr 4 s, E st 121b— _Remembrance, 3 y rs , 64 10 1 b —Palma, Yrs, 6st 71b— Watchdog, 4 yrs, Est 41b— Tophana, 3 yrs, sst 131b—Julia slrs, sst 121 b. Sweepstakes for three y rs old and ' upwards; last half of Elimea, i yrs—Tamarind &O. , 3 yrs—Astram, 4 y rs — Circassian Maid, 4 yrs—Man of my Heart, 5 yrs— Kangaroo, 3 yrs—Gabbler, 4 yrs—Woodcraft, 3 yrs. Feather Plate. Last three miles of B.C. Glenalvon, 2 yrs—Cockermouth, 3 yrs—Miss Burney, 2 yrs—Swordplayer, 3 yrs—ldle Boy, 2 yrs—Old Ash, 2 yrs—Juliana, 2 yrs—Ortez, 2 yrs—f by Gladiator, out of Gamelass, 2 yrs—Tarella, 4 yrs,-13 f by Emilius— Flycatcher, 2 yrs. LATEST CAMBRIDGESHIRE BE ['TING. 6 to 1 agst Dacia 10 to 1 agst Fern 7 to 1 agst Geraldine—t 14 to 1 agst Chanticleer 7to 1 agst Lanesborough 20 to 1 agat Miss Sarah —taken 20 to . agst Buscot B uc k 9 to 1 agst Backbiter 33 to 1 agst Tophana. Scrataings—Surplice, Newcourt, Wanota, Radulph us, King of Morven, "Quicksand, Maze, Mrs. Taft, Dis t ffina and Yell Mell. a Fifty horses are named for the Nursery Stakes. PEDESTRIANISM. SAMUEL DRIVER AND J. DELANEY.—Notwithstand ing the continued incessant rain, these two men met yesterday at the G reen Man, Le y tonstone, aad brought their match of 150 y ards to a concl usion, Delaney staking 61. to Driver's 41., according to the articles. Shortly after four the men appeared at the scratch, a n d soon got off, the rain at the time pouring down in tor rents. They continued shoulder to shoulder till within forty yards of the goal, when Driver put on a spurt, and after great exertions lant.ed himself a winner by a bare yard! The betting at starting was 3t02 on Delaney. THE RECENT ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.—CANTERBURYt 'SUNDAY. Nothing has yet been done towards replacing the bridge over the river Stour, which was forced down during the progress of a luggage train over it on Friday, in consequence of the waters not having sufficiently subsided. Owing to the ac tivity already di s pl a yed by the contractors of t h e li ne, it is expected that they will be able to-morrow to finish a foot path for passengers. If that can be ac complished, the inconv e nience of having. to get out of the train and ride upwards of three miles round. the country w ill b e avoided. The engine still remains imb e dd e d i n the field, bottom upwards, where it fell, and the whole of the broken vans have not been removed ; but the directors entertain sanguine hopes that d ur i ng Tues day or Wednesday the bridge will be replaced and the line re-opened. On Saturday a minute examine. tion was made to ascertain the precise cause of the occurrence, which completely satisfied the officials of the line that tke excessive floods, and they alone, had occasioned the mischief. The water had ascended to such a height as to enter the apertures between tilt supports of the arch on either side, and having washed away the mortar and cement of the u p r i ghts, had so weakened the structure, that it was unable to bear th e weight of any train. Two passengers ' trains, however, had passed over it shortly before the luggage t ra i n was due. The tradesmen of Morpeth . closed th e i r places of business during the afternoon of Tuesday last, as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Earl of Carlisle, whose remains were interred on that day in the family mausoleum at Castle llovrard. ----- NORTH AMERICAN MAILS.—The steam-ship, Hi bernia, Captain Shannon, with the usual mails, de parted from Liverpool on Saturday afternoon for Mali fax and Boston. OCTOBER 24, (iiB. LITERATURE. 1. ON THE ANTIDOTAL TREATMENT OF EPIDEMIC CHOLERA. By john. .Parkin, M.D., 6-c. • 2. FIVE MINUTES COMMON SENSE ABOUT ASIATIC CHOLERA; or, Short and Plain Rules for the Prevention, Management, and Treat ment of the Early Symptoms of the Disease, intended for the Unprofessional Reader. By a _bellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Of England. The work of Dr. Parkin is entitled to the imme diate and serious attention of the medical profession. Dr. Parkin ailisoiinCei that he has discovered a specific for cholera, an antidote fiir 'the poison which generates cholera in the human constitution, andthat specific and th a t a n tid o te i s no d angerous poison, like mercury or opium, no ruinously expen sive drug to be procUred only . in small quantities, like musk, but a remedy cheap, of easy access to all classes, and perfectly innocuous. It is carbon admi nistered, either in the form of the powder of freshly prepared charcoal (Dr. Parkin insists much upon the necessity of having the charcoal freshly prepared), or 'of carbonic acid gas (the latter is by far the more pleasant method) - obtained from the decomposition of some of the alkaline carbonates by means of tartaric or of citric acid. The following ar e th e di rec ti ons given by Dr., Parkin for the preparation of the car bonic acid gas : "As it is absolutely neces:ary that the medicine should be taken in a proper manner (for, otherwise, the patient will only be swallowing a simple solution of tartrate or citrate of coda, instead of a certain portion of carbonic acid gas) ; it may not be superfluous to point out what I consider the best 'mode of preparing the remedy. " Thirty grains of the powdered carbonate, bicarb nate, or, as it is now termed, - sesquidarbonate of soda, or potash, should be put into a large tumbler, with a wine glassful of water ; to whi c h i s to be added a dessert spoonful of any simple syrup, mixing the two ingredients together so as to form a homogeneous mass. Then take twenty grains of citric or tartaric acid, and dissolve it in half a wine glassful of water, when the solution is to be poured on the contents of the tumbler, and the mixture drank off immediately, before the effervescence has subsided. If more convenient, or when to be ob tained, lemon-juice may be substituted for the citric or tartaric acid—in the proportion of two table spoonsful of lemon juice to the same quantity of soda or potash. As the object in giving the syrup is to render the mixture more tenacious, and to prevent the 'gas escap ing so rapidly as would otherwise be the case, it is nut necessary, wh e n th e l emon -j u i ce is used, to add any syrup." This remedy given during any stage prior to col lapse will prevent the stage of collapse from corning on, according to the statement of Dr. Parkin, con firmed by the statements of various medical prac titioners who have adopted this plan of treatment, which, simple and apparently inadequate as it may appear to be, has yet proved mere successful than any that has hitherto been adopted. " Thus soda water, solution of soda, and effervescing draughts, were used, in the treatment of the disease, by the surgeons at Cawood, near Selby, and by the medical practitioners at East Retford. "Two cases of co n fi rme d co ll a p se , success f u ll y treate d by Mr. Radcliffe with carbonic acid gas, were inserted in the Lancet ; while the same remedy, as I have since learnt, was extensively employed in Devonshire—par ticularly at Plymouth —and with such success as to attract the attention of unprofessional persons." But it was in Spain more particularly that the remedy proposed by Dr. Parkin was brought to the test. When the cholera first broke out in Spain, Dr. Parkin immediately proceeded to that country; and, says Dr. Parkin— "ln answer to some observations which were made in a newspaper of Barcelona, relative to the effect of car bonic acid in one particular case, the attendant physicians, Dr. Ardevol, Dr. Frau (Professor of Anatomy and Sur gery), and Dr. Sauch (Physician to the General Hospital), the first individuals in that town who adopted the plan of treatment here pointed out, express themselves in these' terms:—' The Spanish . physicians, resident in Barcelona, who hid the honour of meeting Mr. Parkin, admitted from the beginning, with cordial assent, the opinions of this gentleman; since, although they were not entirely ignorant of the good effects of carbonic acid gas, to this English practitioner (whose name already belongs to history, adorned with the most grateful re membrance of mankind) is to be ascribed the glory of having established the administration of this medicine. This chemical agent is a specific remedy for the cure of the Asiatic cholera, in its first and second periods, ad ministered by skilful hands and with medical tact. We have had the satisfaction of saving, with this remedy, do zens of individuals who were brought to the gates of death.' " The former of these gentlemdn, in a subsequent communication, and after a more extended trial, offers the following strong testimony to the efficacy of this remedy;—' The carbonic acid gas is a chemical agent which positively neutralizes the morbific poison of cholera. Its effects are observable in the first, second, third, and fourth periods of the disease. In that• of the preliminary diarrholi it modifies the morbid im pression in a perceptible manner; changes the nature of the discharges, giving rise to bilious secretions; and pro duces a speedy alteration in the choleroid physiognomy of the patient, who soon acquires his normal appearance. The efficacy of this medicine,' continues the writer, is most visible at the commencement of collapse, when the blueness appears, and when there is an alteration and sinking of the voice. This medical metamorphosis ap pears most remarkable in such (otherwise) desperate cases; since the physician observes with pleasure the speedy effects of the neutralization of the poison, by the disappearance of the anxiety; the recovery of the voice; the animation of the physiognomy ; the return of the pulse, and the removal of the state of depression ; and, finally, remarks that the patient passes to the period of reaction with a free development of the pulse, confirming thereby the hopes of the sufferer for the re-establish ment of his health. In the algid state, with blueness, loss of pulse, suppression of urine, and visible depres sion, if the patient preserves his intellectual faculties, its good effects are also observable to all who have sight and wish to see. And I will say, finally, that, in the actual state of our knowledge, the oaateria medics, in this case, has no other agent which can replace it." Dr. Pascua, of Mataro, thus describes the effects of the carbonic acid when administered in cases of cholera : " The most immediate effects which I have constantly observed, from the introduction of the gas into the sto mach, have been the following :—lf the patient is labour ing under suspicious diarrhoea; loud rumbling of the bowels; small pulse; slight alteration in the physiog nomy, and voice somewhat changed—the third dose usually suspends altogether the diarrhcea, and the other symptoms disappear successively the course of the disease, consequently, being arrested. If the patient has that continued mortal oppression at the przeoordia, with burning heat in the epigastric region; vomitings and rice-water evacuations; remarkable alteration in the phy siognomy; without having altogether lost the tempera ture of the extremities; it may be said that the carbonic acid, in these cases, acts miraculously. At the third or fourth dose the patient experiences a calm and indescri bable ease, which makes him exclaim, with all the ve hemence imaginable, Give me more of this draught, for it restores me to life.' Truly it was surprising to see the rapid amendment of a patient, a little while before in so dangerous a state." And, to crown all, we find " The Commission appointed by the Royal Aca• demy of Medicine and Surgery in Barcelona, agree ably to the order of the Supreme Board of Medicine and Surgery in Spain, that it should make known what plan of treatment had produced the best effects, in the epidemic cholera, in those towns situated in the districts under the jurisdiction of the Academy, and which had been attacked by the disease," reporting strongly in favour of Dr. Parkin's mode of • treatment. With such testimonials as these in its favour, the treatment of the disease by carbonic acid gas is enti tled to a fair and an extensive trial, and it has this striking advantage over every other method of treat ment that has as yet been proposed; it is incapable of doing injury. The second pamphlet in our list is, in fact, what it professes to be, " Five Minutes Common Sense about the Cholera." It first appeared in 1831, was re printed and extensively circulated in America, and is now again reprinted, and should b e di s t r ib uted far a nd wide, more especially amon g th e poorer classes. It is clear, concise, and in every way superior to th e ponderous productions which have hitherto proceeded from the Board of Health. THE DIALS or PUBLIC CLOCKS.—The dials of the new clock at the Palace of Westminster are to be thirty feet in diameter, the largest in the world, excepting a skeleton dial at Malines, on which the time is shown by only one•hand, and which makes one revolution in twelve hours. The dial of St. Paul's clock, which is only eighteen feet in diameter, is the largest in this country that is furnished with a minute hand. A few of the clocks in Flanders strike on large bells, but they require to be wound up every day, and in some instances twice in the twenty-four hours. RII•OPENING OF THE NATIONAL GALLEET.—THR VERNON COLLECTION OF PICTURES.—Yesterd the Na tional Gallery was re-opened, and despite the unfavour able state of the weather, was visited by a great number of persons. This was owing in a great measure to the exhibition for the first time of Mr. Vernon's collection of pictures beneath the roof of this national institution. The rooms selected for the exhibiti:n of these pictures are situate on the ground-floor of the building, between the central portico and the entrance into St. George's barracks from Trafalgar square, and are reached by descending a flight of steps on the north side of the grand staircase. The rooms are lighted by eight win dows, four on each side, and are divided into aisles by semi circular arches. One portion on each side is di vided into two small rooms about eighteen feet long and six wide, with one window in each. The other rooms on each side of the passage are each lighted with three windows, and in these rooms are hung some of the best pictures. THE NEW FOREST TIMBER ROBBERIES.—At the Southampton quarter sessions, on Friday morning, the several persons charged with stealing timber trom the New Forest surrendered to take their trials. There were a large number of magistrates and the Bishop of Winchester present on the bench. Several pleaded guilty. John Light was charged with stealing, at Buskets, five beech trees and other timber, the property of her Majesty. The prisoner, who is a timber mer chant with a good business, was found not guilty. HAYMARKET. THEATRE. The tragedy of the Patrician's daughter (the first and the best of the tragedies of Mr. Westland Marston) which, when first published, so attracted the attention of Mr. Macready that he produced it, at Drury lane, acting himself the part of the liero Mordaunt, and intrusting that of the Heroine, the Lady Mabel Lynterne, to Miss Helen Faucit, was produced here last evening with the following . cast : The Earl of Lynterne . Mr. Rogers. Mordaunt... .... Mr. Creswick. Lady Lydia Lynterne Clifford. Mabel .. ...... .......... Mi ss L aura Addison. The character of the Lady Mabel is admir ably suited for Miss Laura Addison, inasmuch as she here finds full scope for the display both of pathos the most tender and of passion the most intense and energetic. She infused a degree of dignity and majesty into tier bearing in the library scene of the second act, whiPh showed that she was indeed the Patrician's Daughter, and that though the heart might swell, perchance might break, no look, nor word, nor act, should bP tray to the self-praising Parvenu that he had suc ceeded in making an impression on the high. born daughter of the Earl of Lynterne. The scene at the end of the fourth act, where she is insulted and re jected by Mordaunt, even at the very fbot of the altar, was a fine piece of acting. Never has the intensity of the agony of wounded IPoie, outraged pride, and hopeless despair tweii- mote effectively, more intensely; more heartrendingly rendered than by Miss Laura Addison last evening. The dying scene. of the heartbroken .Lady Mabel, with which ihe tragedy closes, was given with an exquisite' pathos which drew tears from the specta tors, and Secured' for the accomplished artiste, who had thus field "the mirror up to nature," the meat enthsiastic and the most deserved applause; and such and so deserved applause will be the fortunate lot of Mr. Creswick whensoever it shall be his good pleasure to hold the mi r r or up t o na t ure instead of holding it up to Mr. Macready. His Mer daunt of -last night was a painful exaggeration of Macready's peculiarities even to the growl which the "great tragedian" mistakes for passion, and which 'we 'are sometimes tempted •to think he puts on in . cases' in which • he is not over well " up" in the word's of his author, in order to render himself pur posely inarticulate. Mr. Rogers, as the Earl, was, as he elways is, accurate and pains taking, and M rs . W. Clifford, as Licly Lydia was excellent At the own- -elusion of the play, Miss Laura Addison was called for, and was led on by Mr. Creswick, and received with loud applause. Mr. Welister made his first ap pearance this season in Planchil's pleasant comedy of Who's your Friend ? and was greeted with a hearty welcome. He never looked or acted better in his life STORY OF A GUTTER. The unthinkin g part of the public conceive that you are altogether, or principally, concerned in and takeh up with, litigation: but you and I know bet ter; that on the contrary, it is your duty, and ought ever to be your 'object, to prevent litigation. Were it otherwise—did you deem yourselves at liberty to stir up strife, only imagine what a fearful spectacle, what a conflagration, society would exhibit! I am strongly tempted to• give you two cases in point here, one of which came under my notice pro fessionally, the other huppened•'to myself personally. Some years ago, a neat little school was erected by a few charitable individuals, under the superinten dence of an experienced surveyor. The building, inclusive of the ground on which it stood, cost about 1,4001. Adjoining, on each side, were solve small tenements, behind which ran a long open ditch, into which they drained, and all of them belonged to one individual. Along the back of the school, and in the course of the ditch, was constructed with great care, a large barrel drain; repeated application being made to the owner of the adjoining premises, to know whe ther what was done was satisfactory to him as such adjoining proprietor. He maintained an ominous si• ence till about six months atter the erection had been completed; when actions were brought against the trustees of the school, for an alleged obstruction to the drainage of the adjoining houses, and to the issu ing of the smoke from the chimney of a small wash house adjoining the school wall. To prevent litiga tion, a small sum was offered to the plaintiff, without prejudice, and under protest that no injury whatever had been done to his property. His attorney, how ever, rejected the offer, insisting on a sum so prepos terous in amount, that the defendants resolved to resist the actions. The causes came on for trial in due course. Two gentlemen, one now on the Bench, the other in the House of Lords, led for the respec tive parties, with a formidable array of witnesses, models, and plans. The causes were referred to arbitration. After many meetings, and the examina tion of a host of witnesses, among whom were six of the most eminent surveyors in the metropolis, the arbitrator awarded in favour of the defendants on all the issues; but the plaintiff succeeded in setting aside the award, for a technical defect. On this the causes came on again for trial; were again referred, bat t o a different arbitrator ; and after a still more protracted reference, the arbitrator again decided in favour of the defendants, giving them all the costs, which were swollen to an appalling amount. By . this time, how ever, the plaintiff, in his turn, begged for mercy, la menting that he had ever been induced to embark in such extensive litigation. He and his attorney soon afterwards got, as the phrase is, to loggerheads; I believe each sued the other • both had reason t o regret the issue ; and as f or th e defendants I forget whether they succeeded in recovering the costs from the plain tiff. There was really no pretence for bringing the actions ; and even had there been, the sum offered by way of purchasing peace was abundantly sufficient to have obviated any conceivable injury or inconve nience to the plaintiff ; but he preferred to take his chance of eighteen months' harassing and expensive litigation; and see the result. And what intolerable injustice and cruelty towards the defendants! A few months previously, I was not a little annoyed by find ing that a leaden gutter, running along the roof of the stables which were at the back of our little garden, having given way, let the water run down into the aforesaid garden. In rainy weather this caused a nuisance which I resolved to get rid of; so I wrote to the owner of the stables, a gentleman of fortune, ,who took no notice of three letters, which led to a fourth, in pretty strong terms. This elicited a very offensive answer, which I had in my hands, when a client of mine came to my chambers. That client was your present President ; and into his confiding breast I poured my sorrows. I insisted on his in stantly issuing a writ, in an action on the case, " to bring my gentleman to his senses."—"Pho 1 pho said my friend, "I'll set it right for you."--" But I'll not be insulted with impunity."—" I'll take care that you are not," quoth he, but with a smile which I did not like.—" Upon my word," said I, "I believe you are going to repair that gutter yourself."—" No, no," he replied ; I will really take care that the ,matter is settled satisfactorily, both to your feelings, and your interests; so you may start for circuit, to morrow, in peace. The next thing I heard was, that he had got up a " Case," for the opinion of my late friend, Mr. John William Smith, who took care to start such a series of ingenious and perplexing doubts as to my right of action, as not a little asto nished and irritated me. Under these circumstances, it was said that the thing had better stand over till my return, as it did; but by that time there was a capital new zinc gutter running along the entire length of the stable, and a little packet of letters lying on my table, headed "In re the Gutter!" and this consisted of a little correspondence between your President and the highly respectable attorney of the proposed defendant, who was a magistrate for the county of Middlesex, but an irritable person. When, however our two representatives met, they laughed heartily at their respective clients, and said that they would rather put up the gutter at their joint expense, than suffer us to go to law about it. This, however, was not necessary. My friend's opponent represented the matter in its true light to his client; we were, it turned out, both staunch supporters of the same poli tical opinions, and knew several of each other's friends; and he not only put up a new gutter in the very com pletest style, but wrote me a letter couched in the handsomest terms of courteous apology. When I in quired some time afterwards, whet were the costs which I had to pay, your President said " Pho 1" And when I told my friend, Mr. John William Smith, how the Gutter- business had ended, he laughed (poor soul !) immoderately, and said that he bad taken uncommon pains with his " Opinion !" Now, gen tlemen, suppose my opponent and I had fallen into the hands of such persons as he who figured in the foregoing anecdote ! What a God-send each would have seen, in that same gutter ! What a conduit. pipe for turbid and expensive litigation 1 I trust, gentle men, that you will regard-these two incidents as not devoid of interest, but as somewhat apt illustrations of the course of conduct on which I have so earnestly commented in a previous lecture. What mortifica tion and suffering are inflicted or averted by those who disregard or observe such injunctions 1— Warren on Attornies and Solicitors. PoCHET-PICHINGI AT CDURCIFI.--On Sunday last the lady of Mr. Goodhart, one of the sheriffs, was robbed of a purse containing several sovereigns and some silver. The Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs and their ladies at tended the charity sermon at the church of St. Cathe rine Cree, in Leadenhall street, and, on going to their carriages after the service, a well-dressed boy, who stool behind Mrs. Goodhart, slipped the purse out so cleverly as to get out of sight before it was missed. Of late the plunder committed by well-dressed boys and females, who look like respectable mothers of families, have been innumerable. The cleverness with which the robberies have been committed is stated by the police to be very remarkable. _ _ CHILD MllRDER.—Yesterday morning the body of a child, about two months old, was found in the river at Lower Rotherhithe, with its skull beaten in, and its neck tightly compressed bx a cord. The, cl:mewd b as not yet been identified. DEATH OF THE HON. AND REV DR. WELLESLEY. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Valerian Wellesley, D.D., died on Saturday morning last, at his house, in Durham College, which he held in virtue of his being a prebend of the Cathedral. The deceased divine was the fifth of seven sons of the first Earl of Mor nington. His eldest brother was the celebrated Mar quis Wellesley ; the second brother, Arthur Gerald, died in infancy; the third was the late Earl of Mor nington, better known as Lord Maryborough ; the fourth was the Duke of Wellington ; the sixth, Henry, afterwards became distinguished as a diplomatist, and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Cowley ; the seventh, Francis Seymour, died early. Dr. Welles ley's path was chosen for him in a sphere very different from either the military or the diplomatic profession. After the usual University course, in which he did not attain any particular distinction, he took holy orders. In 1827 he was presented by the Bishop of Durham to the living of Bishopswearmouth, of the declared value of 2,8991. per annum, and with a population of 27,000 ; and in s the same year he. was made a prebendary of Durham. The declared value of his prebend is 3911., but of course this gives no evidence of its real value, especially in so rich a district. Dr. Wellesley was also a chaplain of the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court. Thus he came within the ordinary designation of " pluralist;" but, considering the ex traordinary interest possessed by his family, and that the services rendered by his brothers to the State would have reconciled the public mind to a little nepotism in his behalf, it cannot be said that he was allowed to enjoy the advantages derived from his birth to an extent calling for any reprehension. As to the animadversions cast upon the late Dr. Wel lesley, in common with the other prebendaries and clerical authorities of Durham, for having, as is al leged, profited by leasing mines under Church lands, the proceeds of which leases were, it was contended, Church property, not individual property, that is a ques tion of legal right which is still matter of dispute, and on which the courts of equity and law have hesitated to pronounce a decision. While Dr. Wellesley held the position he did he was not called upon to compromise the rights of his contemporaries or successors. He was never a man greedy of pre ferment, or no one could for a moment doubt that his family interest might have secured him high pro motion in the Church. When the Duke of Wellington became Prime Minister it was universally supposed that he would elevate his brother to a bishopric ; indeed, efforts were made by some parties to induce him to do so ; but in his own emphatic way he de clined, and with him "finality " meant something. He had his own good reasons of course; and if some may be of opinion that the habits of the soldier little qualified the Duke to say who should not, any more than who should, be a Bishop, he could, at least, take his stand on a resolute determination not to appear as one given to nepotism. Dr. Wellesley was born in 1770. In 1802 he married Emily, daughter of the first Earl of Ca. dogan. Her Ladyship died in 1839. Dr. Wellesley has left several children. His eldest daughter, Emily, married, in 1836, the Hon. and Rev. Robert Liddell, son of Lord Ravensworth, and vicar of Barking, in Essex. Another daughter, Georgiana Henrietta Louisa, married, in 1827, the Rev. G. D. St. Quentin. A third daughter, Mary, married her cousin, Viscount Chelsea; and a fourth daughter married, in 1842, the Hon. George Augustus Liddell, brother of the Rev. Mr. Liddell, who had married her sister. Dr. Wellesley had reached his 78th year. His decease had been long looked forward too as an occurrence likely to happen, as he had some time before shown those symptoms of decline which were so natural to one of his advanced age. Beyond this notice of his Church preferments and his family connexions, we have nothing to record of the deceased, who did not court publicity at any period of his life, and for many years had resigned himself to the quiet and unpretending discharge of the easy duties at tached to his prebendal stall. In himself he pre presented no points of interest to the public; but his death so far inspires regret and suggests reflection, as that he was one of those few remaining links between the past and present contemporaries of his illustrious brother. TILE CHOLERA. Subjoined is the return issued yesterday by the General Board of Health, in conformity with the regulations made for A daily notification of the state of this disease in all parts of the kingdom, so far as the statistics can be acquired : The General Board of Health, Gwydyr House, Whitehall, Oct. 23, 1848. CHOLERA. One case at Swansea—fatal. One case at ltickmansworth—fatal. One case at Edinburgh—two deaths since last report. Two cases at Newhaven—two deaths since last report. _ _ Four cases at Leith—one death since last report. One case at the London Hospital—fatal. THE SJNDE PRIZE MONEY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta,—l have just seen a letter in your paper of the 21st instant, from Sir Charles Napier, in which my name is brought forward for the purpose of making a charge against Sir James Hogg, and, as the facts are not accurately stated in that letter, I trust you will allow me this opportunity of explain ing the real state of the case. In the course of a debate which took place about three years ago in the House of Commons, Mr. Roebuck said, " That Sir Charles Napier had never been sufficiently appreciated by the Government, or his services duly rewarded by his country." I happened to be sitting by Sir James Hogg when this statement was made, and he remarked to me, that, at all events, Sir Charles Napier had received (or that he would receive, for at this distance of time I cannot be accurate as to the exact expression) seventy thousand pounds of prize money for the cap ture of Sinde." These were the only words used by Sir James Hogg, and I never stated to Sir Charles Napier, as he says in his letter, that Sir James Hogg had directed me to make the statement to the House. In the few observations which I afterwards ad , dressed to the house I said that the services of Sir Charles Napier had not been altogether without re ward, for that he had received 70,0001. of prize money for the capture of Sinde, and I was not aware at the time I made the statement that the Lords of the Treasury had not then decided whether Sir Charles Napier was entitled to one eighth or one-sixteenth share of the prize money. The question, however, has now been decided, and, as I think, very properly, that Sir Charles Napier is entitled toa share of one eighth of the prize money, whereas the letter which appeared in your columns would lead the public to infer that he was an ill-used man, whom the Court of Directors (who had nothing to do with the matter) bad attempted to defraud of his just rights. Whether the jewels and other valuables captured in Sinde have realised the sum which was originally an ticipated—viz., between 600,0001. and 600,0001., or whether they have fallen far short of that sum, I am not able to say, but as Sir Charles Napier appears to be so sensitive lest the public should be misinformed as to the exact amount, perhaps he himself will be at the trouble of explaining. I have now stated the facts exactly as they oc curred; whether I was to blame in making the state ment upon insufficient information is not now the question; but if this is the only " sample" Sir Charles Napier is able to bring forward of "injustice and malignant falsehood" on the part of the Court of Directors, it will be for the public to decide whether he has made out a case which can in any way justify the use of such expressions, or the tone and temper of the letter which he has addressed to the editor of the Standard newspaper. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant, HENRY BAILLIE. The Pre, St. Alban's, Oct. 21. PERILOUS ADTENTURE.—A gentleman wished to have in his possession a living specimen of the though or Cornish crow, a bird which is now becoming rare, and which always builds in the precipitous sides o f the cliffs. Two brothers engaged to furnish him with young birds from the nest. They accordingly provided themselves with a rope, end proceeded to a place which they knew to be frequented by these birds. One of them tied an end of the rope round his waist, and his brother lowered him over the edge of the cliff, holding the rope in his hands. When he had arrived opposite the nests, he found that they were built under an overhanging rock, SO as to be beyond his reach. Nothing daunted, he set the rope swinging, until he was carried into the hollow, when he held fast by the rock ; but, finding the rope too short to allow him to gain the nest, he untied it from his waist, climbed into the cavity, and secured his prize, which he stowed away in his bosom. Meanwhile the rope had swung back to the perpendicular, and was rest ing motionless. 'Without hesitating, he called to his brother above, " Stand by the rope ! l'in going to leap to it 1" He did so ; but the rope, as might nave been expected, slipped through his hands, and he fell into the sea. The brother felt the jerk, and, looking over the edge of the cliff, saw him neither dashed to pieces nor drowned, but rubbing the water from his face, and ex claiming, " Carry my shoes round to the cove, John, I'll be round as soon as thee wast !" And so he was, and, moreover, bringing the birds safe with him. This pe rilous adventure is said to have happened in the parish - of Breage.—North British Mail. QUARTER SESSIONS. - At these sessions, to be held to-day, there are again no criminal eases for trial. This is the fourth occasion, in succession, at which there has been no business before the Court. We believe that no other borough in England can make a similar boast.— Berwick Warder. The Icon. Captain Frederick and Lady Elizabeth Villiers arrived in town yesterday from their seat in Scotland, and in the course of the weak go to Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire. on ,he )ur :32 ere uch at sed gilt Tew few ! 8* ss; 83 ; 19s kr.) irg of iep- ,ths' s, a ring sur het. 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