The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-28 00:00:00

MORNING SUN I r 2,464 ;of which 757 were accidental, and partly uncon- ollable, and 382 accidental, and partly controllable. Of the above list it was shown that 330 had• occurred from defective and stopped-up flues ; 368 from candles setting fire to bed and Avi ndow - curtains ; and 141 to fire heat applied to various trades and manufactories. 'NAVAL .42.1823 IV/ILITA.E.Y. Her Majesty's steam-frigate Geyser, 1,060 tons, left her moorings off Limehouse on T ues d ay, and performed the distance to below Gravesend and back at the rate of li miles an hour. dile can st ow 30 0 tons of fuel suffi liceck nt for fifteen days' steaming at full p ower ; h er troop cand accommodate 300 soldiers, with baggage, &c. ; her force is two 10-inch guns, carrying hollow shut o 08 1bs. w e i g h t ; and four 8-inch guns, carrying 681bs. shot.f LAW AND POLICE. At Marlborough- street on Tuesday, the alleged pro prietor of the Saloon in Leicester-square, was finc...t Z'./. for permitting " disorderly conduct" in the place; in fur other words, according to the decision of Mr. Ilarda.:ck, suffering music and dancing without a licence. Mr. Jere on Tuesday m the Greenwich 11Itigistrate, occupied for several hours in investigating was a chai s e broouseugh h t of Sergeant Lovell, f or b rea ki ng i nto t h e fafamilyof David Murphy, and assau l t i ng hi m an d • hi s The charge was finally dismissed, and the co mplainant was informed by the Magistrate, that the ;111d c harge of breakin g in was one fo r a su p er i or C ourt, might be moved by cer ti orar i, i nto t h e Q ueen ' s There Gr eat consolation this for a poor labourer , Ln ere are ot h er charges against this sergeant which will. be heard next week. sm ut Th ames -street a Belgian seaman was charged with t diegiTinfigarntoebsacco. When "rummaged" by an inspector police four papers containing a pound j ach ' w ere found round his waist, p and two round each _e__P,' : Mr. 13roderip sentenced him to pay a fine of 1001. Anct to be imprisoxed until it is paid. was A t the Norwich Petty Sessions held last week, a man fined 3 0/. for refusing to take an oath. FINE ARTS. the t,.• S. tandish's fine collection of pictures are, by order of ate 1- . l ng of the French to be hung in a separate ap _ .ter 3s a 1 u t In the Louvre, anddesignated " Thf English Gal- At last aill4 " - ntliitlr AND SCIENTIFIC. Paris, ---," we meeting of the Academy of Sciences, lue!ll'alitliGPain' the clornre byreparing photographic plates of of t a di oe ,_ le broinure of iodine, instead of _ .so e , e ,„' tion'ed that he made the photographic surface e t a k en a b eeula'lY sensitive, that perfect impressions could tco n d . 4 not ins tantaneously, but in a quarter of a 7 1: whri!.ieetilusn raspuiedeceded in taking impressions o f o 1 motion • and amongst others, had P tuced a beautiful plate of ' the . Pon . t-Neuf, with all the Prple, hors . He had a 0 taken es, and vehicles while in motion. Sionil of the lips portraits in this way, in which, all the expres -1 g or smiling, and eyes, whil e th e p ersons were speak ws perfe c tly given. Twh!audeville7 at the • A ne IIEATRICAL. by Victor Hugo, is . to be produced The eatre de la Bourse in a short time. has ajlvertis a logs new Piece entitled The Quadroon Slave, which . the for Tuesday evening, t Haymarket ~ osi _ lies bee postponed, in consequence of the indisp a of Mr. Webster. SPOaTING. 2ip C_lermont Lodge, the seat of the Hon. Lady Good cla.t.; Uaptain Grantham and other sportsmen (2) have,. k Il ag the • head ofgame, of which s t a kes k killed 1,072 `'66 Were h and 379 hares. Th e D ull COIYILT—PASHIONABLE. entert ainin uke and Duch ess of Northumberland have been Past Week g a select c i rc l e at Alnwick Castle during the . The Ear l of Mo r t on and the Hon. Captain DunTmbe h ave livsucceeded the Marquis of Ormonde and Captain the . i t , u A. 'Nelson Hood as the Lord and Groom in Wait g,ron her Majesty. Forest, L'ari of Charleville has arrived at Charlcville Tit, his seat in Ireland, from town. le pi ne -Varquis of Salisbury and the Ladies Cecil intend to the town in a few days for Widmer Castle, on a visit ue Duke of IVellington. Th e MISCELLANEOUS. th e d . Loaf! to Fulham through Walham-green is, by t rust, isieontinuance of the lights provided by the road 64, 1 . 41 0 in total darkness. The carriage-road is in fee,. har t s not more than twenty feet wide, and four t h e ' °f pace occupied by banks of gravel to mend I.l'oads. Some serious accidents have already occurred. tieitte,s4te,klay, in 1783, dieA the distinguished mathem.a -1)04' u'Alerabert. Also, in 1553, Servetus, the Spanish of r,°rOvho was seized as he was passing through the city vietseTleva, was tried for " blasphemy and heresy," con ()I'll land suffered in the flames. 1\I N• Ic ' n daY, the Municipal elections, according to the ()'e "rporation Act, took place in Dublin, when Mr. de • ccn ell Was elected Alderman. The elections were eid ed , . te at t , 1 .1 in favour of the Liberal party, and on Tuesday th at ,ue Liberator will have added to his other tides `` The Ri g h t Hon. the Lord Mayor of Dublin. " tor4l l o in civi c state to the Castle, and invite the Abo ut Want to the Lord Mayor's dinner. 411 , (I, vomited an asp, between two and three inches or solo of lie supplsed . he m . ust . either have aidswalolyed, 1 the spawn, while drinking water out of itch. The tra liIT MO UHE DA RS OF Y. have been %raw ttecluds in r espect to Exchequer Bi lls . 114 ll,! by a person in the Exchequer Bill-office, who 1444 arrested and sent to prison. The hills were chi efly to speculations in Spanish Stock. of Kent visited her %.4er h COURT CIRCULAR. atti ~,- -40yal Highness the Duchess p Palace. 'l;,'l' yesterday at Buckingham Toes Iloya.l dinner -party of. a Ab g erdeen, o f 4.°44Y evening included the Earn _ „ erseY, Baron Stockmar, and Colonel Wylde. b i he 13 ' the lac Earl A al ace e and of the Grenadier Guards attended at the Ilie , dinner. age, Luring t nless of Charlemont. i on the Queen. M Y .iyttelton, as Lady in has succeeded the Dow b r h Federal Envoy of die "13:1-11,e'!s Sieveking, et Ham 11 g ' • w yester • ce, day . ree katies of Germany, had an intFerovrieeign-ofh. "11 the tarl of Aberdeen, at the .e allitransaeted business at the Board of Pr a a n ci d . Cra:iiheePhilus Heale, of New Zealand, with Lord Stan ley . (4 ,d, ef Paisley, had an interview:;lr. John Aires,erclay at the Colonial-office. Afk 13ackhouse. Under Secretary his.mily o frem e t g he C i s ' has arrived in town with nnunent. Ade ' ra bury , 1 Putatton on the subject of improvements in F i i i. n t s- . Downing elle(' la d au interview with the Chancellor of the 4. stre,tut.er Yesterday, at his official residence, in 4,. ... tciw`,l._dohnson, Puisne Judge of Trinidad, and Mr. 6tetie'll ode use' 11. P., had interviews with Lord I, 13 4 Yn3PterdaY, at the Colonial-office. . easioe's; crestnerrdnanyoawt, the p l i tu r ssian Mmistei , transacted App lt __ „....._ ......_ ____eign-office. NT °ACHING A.CCOUCHEMIi Th e i t OF HER MAJESTY. . to The 1..1 cresting event for which the nation has been solo tiforward with so much anxiety to the month of elptctilte.er to bring about, may now be almost hourly It " the APPears that in the course of Monday afternoon cand i 'l', aeen found herself indisposed. Her Majesty's,mpoms t hou ' l °4 7155 not accompanied by any other _s)t d from the iete re l ll jh as were to be naturally anticipa . te- at present Ituov,ti t'ngbstate in which her Majesty is bi %l a" the. ' • Dr. Locock, on Monday Rht, ee circumstances, 1" ntititlthe express desire of . N ee his Royal Palace . Albert, took up his residence in Buckingham Highness boti e , ' 14 O rder to be ready on the shortest event of 41 t r o attend upon his Royal Mistrese, in the understand the ltlrther accession of symptoms. We possible Iti oo Docter will not again quit the Palace until another He shall p M T h Av e been added to the house of Brunswick. es.. feeds - ,jesty continued to be poorly throughout hen 3 y en bad 1 31 0 The aynaptOMS of approaching accouc the '14., far, increased as to prevent her from attending it;"411! dinner table yesterday evening. %Nest tl ° l l to the precaution already taken at the to the desi re of the Prince, messengers were despatched h e 4. nurses and wet nurses with orders for them and D rioc e ll4 2 z e,cli . ate r ) the event o eadiness to attend upon the Queen f 1,1 44 ur rrincess (as the case maY 'in of t h e d a y or aithtlerVieed being required at any hour tiotled cireurestautes Which we I'l le . bel e ; and which may be relied upon for have accuracy,heremcn ed 4'441.41ded upon the best possible authority, occ walls 61 BUerttlthle bustle and excitement within the that the repott4ith") Palace. It was to those f acts alent i irt th e i: juqy be attributed , yesterday so prey eirtla --'4'tYsof Piiliee, had given a that her Majesty P r:ne e , 1 , a rr ince n for that the child will . bF e. Cosi","a Public seem to have made up their minds. %rt._ ',erable anxiety has been manifested i n many ri Fri a rs t o k now whether, in the event of the birth a (4 t: l b e l e 1 Wales, the Park and Tower guns will fire th e hirtZ ''peYal talut, to announce to the metropolis ,_iir e „ ° lan h e to the throne of these realms. W e t "Ilerstand that such is likely to be the case.. teni tt r u a tt at to be enabled to announce the interesting in that triea es of e t a the publi c i n our paper, before even t l i) to oeirninunicating it can be made use of. ;till remc%tirne of our ng to press her Majesty lbaajfeStediisgelit:he some —n o urgent symptom baying well:ell t 41111bERE BLAKESLEY.--At three fzithi:ticint°r4,ll,,,ueday afternoonß the Grand Jury sitting. at -rinal Court returned a true bill of in i‘ir. et against Itobert 13 1akesley, for the murder of ho43e,tirdon, the landlord of the King's Ilead public te.lnor in P.iisteheap and his trial is to take place 18(''1, elr)l4' (Vriday; Last week Captain Robert •liittl,'-itt. constabl , .t. Ilertti)rdsliire on behalf of the inter,l4 %stable iN;los apprehended ' Blakesle had an Robert the lilo'lv with Sir Jaierles(.'raham, Secretary o f f s tate f o e!. Wer e Oe llepartment respecting the reward . of 10 /. t hat hi„ 3' the Lord s of 'the Treasury, and w . as i nformed coeinall'i Nlplication would be taken into consideri?,tion. the elQil_leatien has since been received announcin g that as th e 'u 01.11(1 not be entertained by the Government,. lf heßithe ofißlnasoner- had volunt rily surrendered him se to zy;'lleeasi but that after the a trial a minor reward would it „an encouragement to the man. ttat e 11. 1 . 'Loops Ix ESSEX. —The Essex papers t Iv eek b4t aluch damage was done on that coast /!ts . efe eet ,Y the inundation caused by the high tide which At th e e ' Such destruction on the banks of the ThaTes• the sea sea-walls at West Thurrock and Battles-bridge tp,,, overflowed the walls and inundated the land to a steerzttent. -At Southend a boat in full sail brig was 14io to,,:lver the road near the Castle Inn. A of eltrge e.1.!..ec)al atlen, got on shore, and 50 tons of Mom again, to be thrown overboard to get her SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT. DERBY BETTING. 9 to 1 agst Attila 130 to 1 agst Auckland 10 to 1 agst Hester c 40 to 1 asst b to Potentia— t 20 to 1 agst Lord Westmin !40 to 1 agst Palinurus—ta. ster's two '5O to 1 agst William de For -20 to 1 agst Robert de Gor- tibus—taken ham 1000 to 10 agst Scalteen—ta. 30 to 1 agst Bailinkeele—ta 425 to 100 the field agst Atilla and Hester c—taken. ENTRIES FOR TO-3IORROW (WEDNESDAY). Plate for 2 and 3 yrs uld, T.Y.C.—Heads or Tails, 2 yrs ; Revision, 2 yrs ; Alice, 3 yrs ; Sister to Glencoe, 3 yrs ; Cecilia c, 3 yrs ; c out of Joachim's dam, 2 yrs ; Henri Quatre, 3 yrs ; Junius, 2 yrs ; c out of Zany's dam, 2 yrs ; f out of Maud, 3 yrs ; c out of Thebes, 3 yrs ; Vibration, 2 yrs ; and Michaelmas Day, 2 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 2 or 3 yrs old, T.Y.C., f out of Chapeau d'Espagne's dam, 2 yrs ; Alice, 3 yrs ; Fame, 3 yrs ; Diversion, 3 yrs ; f, by Sir Hercules, out of Octina, 2 yrs ; Rochester, 2 yrs ; and Indolence, 2 yrs. Handicap Plate, A.F.—Launchaway, Compensation, Clinker, Muleteer, Silistria, Welfare, Johnny, Broad, wath, Vapour, Bob Peel, The Nob, Barbara, Belgrade,' The Knight of the Whistle, Ermengardis, Thebes colt, Clementine, and f cut of Miss Mary Ann. Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each—Wirrestrew, Rodosto, Crusade, 2 yrs ; Brother to Vulture, 2 yrs ; and Citron f, 2 yrs. New Match (Wednesday)—Sister to Glencoe, Bst 71b, agst Proof-Print, 7st, T.Y.C. ; 100, h ft. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. (Further Particulars of Tuesday's Races.) Last Three Miles of B. C. Plate.—Creole made the running to the bushes, where it was taken upby Mosque, followed by the Antilope colt and Ruler, who finish ed the race, Mosque keeping the lead, and winning easy by two lengths ; the others were so effectually tailed that the judge placed the whole. D. I. Plate.—The two light-weights cut out the work until half way between the turn, of the lands and the Duke's stand, where they were joined by the ruck. Cruiskeen and .1-am-not-aware then singled themselves out, and made a pretty finish, I-am-not-aware winning by a head ; Tamburini was a bad third, but clear of Clinker and Welfare,. who were fourth and fifth ; the others tailed off a, long way from home. WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 3 sows. each, for 2 yrs old, Est 71b ; 3 yrs, Bst slb ; 4 yrs, Bst 10Ib ; 5 yrs; 6 yrs and aged, Bst 121 b. First half of Ab. M. The winner to be sold for 251. &a. (5 Subs.) Mr. Theobald's f by Camel, out of Citron, 2 yrs Col. Peel's Brother to Vulture, 2 yrs Lord G. Bentinck's Crusade, 2 yrs Lord Exeter's Rodosto, 4 yrs 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Rodosto ' and 6to 4 agst Brother to Vulture. The filly m a d e a ll the running, and won cleverly by a length ; she was claimed. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each ; for two years old, 7st 21b ; three yrs, 9st. T.Y.C. The winner to be ( sold for 1501., &c. (7 Subs.) Colonel Peel's Rochester, 2 yrs (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Beresford's Indolence, 2 yrs 2 Mr. Withy's b f by Sir Hercules—Oetina, 2 yrs 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Cooper's Alice, 3 yrs ; Mr. Sadler's Diversion, 3 yrs ; Mr. S. Scott's Fame, 3 yrs, and Lord Orford's gr f by Clearwell, out of Chapeau d'Espagne's darn, 2 yrs. Betting-7 to 4 agst Diversion, 3to 1 agst Lord Or ford's filly ; and sto 1 agst the winner. Indolence made play, followed by Rochester„ until half way up the cords, where he challenged, and after a sharp struggle, won cleverly by a length. Mr. Ives's Folly, Bst 71b, beat Lord Exeter's Silistria, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. 50. Betting, 6t05 on Silistria. Won easy by a length. Mr. Isaac Day's Benedetta, Bst 71b (Conelly), beat Mr. Thornhill's Eusebia, 7st 21b, T.Y.C. 100, h ft. Betting-9 to 4on Benedetta, who won in a canter by ten lengths. Duke of Bedford's King of the Peak, 9st (Robinson), beat Mr. Byng's Ca Ira, 6st. First half of Ab. M. ; 50, h ft. Betting-2 to lon the King of the Peak. Won by two lengths. Subscription Plate of 501., for two yrs, Est 71b ; and three yrs, Bst 101 b. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 350/., &c. Lord Jersey's cby Touchstone, 2 yrs (Darling) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Henri Quatre, 3 yrs 2 The following were not placed :—Mr. Gardnor's c, by Camel, out of Cecilia, 3 yrs. ; Mr. Ellis's f, by Buzzard, out of Maud, 3 yrs ; Duke of Portland's c, by Muudig, out of Thebes, 3 yrs ; Mr. Ford' s H ea d s or Tails, 2 yrs ; Lord xeter's Revision, 2 y rs ; M r. Verrall's Junius, 2 yrs ; Mr. B. Greene's ch c, by Wiseacre, out of Zany's dam, 2 yrs; and Mr. Forth's Vibration. Betting-11 to 8 agst Henri Quatre, 4to 1 agst Cecilia, c, 4 to 1 agst Mr. Greene's colt, and 6 t o 1 agst the win ner. The Thebes colt, Wiseacre colt, Vibration, and the Joachim colt, laid in front till half way up the ropes, when Henri Quatre joined them, but after a beautiful race was beaten by a head, Vibration and 'Wiseacre colt well up. Mr. Byng's Garry Owen, 4 yrs, Bst 71b, received for feit from Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen, aged, Bst 51b, D.M., 200, Ii ft. (The racing was not over when our express left the heath.) The following new matches have been made TE URSDAT.—Mr. Osbaldeston's The Mountain Sylph, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Goodman's Belgrade, 7st 10th, Ab.M., 100, h ft. Lord Chesterfield's All Fours, 5 yrs, Bst ilb, asst the Duke of Bedford's Oakley, 3 yrs, Bst 61b, first half of Ab.M., 100, h ft. FRIDAY.—Lord Orford's Bridal, Bst 71b, agst Lord G. Bentinck's Topsail, Bst 41b, first half of Ab.M., 50. SATURDAY.—Lord G. Bentinck's Proof-Print, Bst 71b, agst Lord Orford's fby Clearwell, out of Chapeau d'Es pagne's darn, Bst 11b, T.Y.C., 50, h ft. FOOT RACE AT ST. JOHN'S WOOD. An eighteen-mile race took place on Tuesday in the Barnet-road, starting from the Swiss Cottagk between a fine young man called the North Star, and Paddy, whose pedestrian acquirements are well understood by the sporting world. The men started together at half past two, and were alongside of each other at the con clusion of nine miles, which was performed in fifty four minutes and a half. In the course of the next three miles Paddy broke down, and his antagonist won, completing the entire distance of eighteen miles in two hours and about two minutes. The match was for 100/., and the North Star was the favourite. LLOYD'S SHIPPING LONDON, OCT. 27.—Wind this day at noon, N. RAMSGATE, OCT. 26.--krrd. Severn, from Shields, for Grenada. DEAL, OCT. 26.—Wind E.N.E. fresh.—Arrd. Mary, from Quebec. Arrd. from the River, Mangles, for Sydney; Isabella Blyth, Mauritius; Bromleys, Algoa Bay; Elizabeth Jane, Honduras; Isabella, Demerara. Sd. all the outward bound. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 26.—Wind N.E.—Sd. Arkwright and Two Sisters, Port Philip; Shakspeare, Bombay; Hudson, Buenos Ayres; J. Williams, Monte Video; Iris, Rio Grande; Trinidad Packet and Rochdale, Deme rara; Scipio, St. Kitt's; Stewarts, Pernambuco; Thames and Dale, New Orleans; Hindoo, Boston; Columbus, Mobile; Falcon and John Lily, Africa; Roscoe, New York; Princess Royal, Messina; Dragos, Trieste; Jane and Eliza, Constantinople. OFF BRIGHTON, OCT. 26.—Bengal - Merchant, Madras. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 26.—Wind N.N.E. to E.N.E.— Sld. John Fleming, Madras; Woodbridge, Sydney; West Indian, Sierra Leone ; Princess Marianna, Batavia ; Port .au-Prince, Rio; Hamburgh, Bahia; Camerons, Ber bice ; Patmos, Antigua ; Henry Bell, and Venus, St. Thomas ; Concordia, Surinam ; Andromeda, Havan nah ; Virgin and Diana, New Orleans ; Prince Albert and Governar Reid, Halifax ; Russia, Sydney, Cape Breton ; Sea Bird, Cape Coast Castle ; Volunteer, Sierra Leone. The St. Vincent's, Planter, for Jamaica, has come into the harbour to step a leak. COWES, OCT. 26.—Sailed, Himalaya, Port Philip ; Brougham, New Zealand ; Commodore, Jamaica ; Jane Caroline, St. Thomas ; Yorkshire, Charleston ; John, Cape Coast Castle ; Vernon, Madeira ; and the rest of the outward bound. YARMOUTH, Isinn OF WHITE, OCT. ?6.—Sid., Charles, Leghorn. JERSEY, OCT. 25.—The Amicus, Orange, waiting orders in the Roads, parted chains and ran for St.Ubes. PORTLAND ROADS, OCT. 26.—Remains Wm. Foster, for Nassau. TORBAY, OCT. 26.—S1d. John Pink, Jamaica ; Curocoa, Curacoa ; and all the wind bound. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 25.—Sld. Alfred, Sydney, New South Wales ; Orator and Ellen, Bombay ; Steadfast, Sierra Leone. Put back Clifton, for Sydney, with damage. FALMOUTH, OCT. 25.—Wind N.W. to W.N.W., fresh breezes.—Arrd. Margaret steamer, Liverpool, and sld. for Vigo, &c. Sld. Palestine, Sydney ; Thunder, Singa pere ; Sarah, Cape of Good Hope. CARDIFF, OCT. 23.—Sld. Julia, Constantinople. MusonD, OCT. 2 5.—Arrd. Lady Gray, Quebec. Sld Albion, Havannah. SHIELDS, OCT. 25.—William Wallace, Miramichi, in taking the bar this morning, got on the Herd Sand ; crew saved. HULL, OCT. 26.—Arrd. True-love and Abram, Davis' Straits ; Waterloo, Miramichi, assisted in leaky. Sykes, Stockholm, leaky, and with loss of boats, bulwarks, &c. LYNN, OCT. 26.—Arrd. Pensher, St. John's, New Brunswick. WAINFLEET, OCT. 26.—Ariel, of Boston, put in here yesterday with considerable damage, and loss of anchor and chain. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Anglicana, of Poele, 28th ult., off the West point of Anticosti ; Martha, of Brixham, from Barbadoes, 9th inst, lat. 45, lon. 51, by the Lady Gray, arrived at Milford. Mary, Smyrna to London, 4th inst., off Carthagena ; I.Vietor, Smyrna to London, 4th inst., off Carthegena ; Alciope, of White haven, for St. Helena, 19th inst., lat. 44, lon. 10, by the Little Wonder, arrived in the Creek. Independent, Hamburgh to New York, lat. 40, lon. 51, by the Repub lic, arrived at Cork. "William Hamilton, of Newcastle, bound W., 23d ult., lat. 45, lon. 50, by the Nimrod, ar rived at Aberdeen ; Julia, Trieste to Liverpool, 2d inst., off Cape do Gatt, by the Rebel, arrived in the R A i b r e e r r era .ronbuiyek, arrived ri L ve a d ne a a t p ster ou t rn o ey Bay Quebec,. 30th ult., by the DR ...EADFUL OCCURRENCE IN THE CHAR. TER- HOUSE. —On Saturday last :Arr. Francis, a brother in the Charter-hous e , who had just returned from :a visit of some weeks at a brother's at Peckham, having been left alone in his room by the nurse, threw himself from the window, which was on the two pair. He was picked up in a deplorable condition, and conveyed to his room, where he died two hours after. On being asked by the nurse how it happened, he replied that the devil prompted him to throw himself from the window, and never left him till he did it. This is the second or third accident that has occurred at this place. TEE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1541. MESMERISM:. We have receive from a tradesman of the very highest respectability the Wowing lettergos: the statements in which we are able to vouch, to a gr(sat 'extent, froth our own knowledge ,of the case s and of the persons connected with it. We withhold the name and address of oisr not subject him an d Correspondent,4o4,Slaat we ray his family to the' aianoyance of, the idly curious. B u t we have no objection to satiit. any inquirer whn will give a reasonable awe for thc ;. 4uriosity : TO THRfAliaomer THE SUN. Ste—Having seed She'impartial remarks oe M esmer• ism in some newipailesSeSsOn the ore bane s , . an d t h e fu rious and what I consider malignant atte,ck o n D r . D i liotson in the others—while the names of the writers of those paragraphs will be buried in obnivian the name of Elliotson will be revered by after ages—gratitude to that gentleman obliges me to put you in possession of undeniable facts, which cannot be disputed. On the 10th of November, 1838, my daughter, aged 15 years and 10 months, fainted away three times in the afternoon—e,ause unknown. At twel•s e o'clock the same night lost het censer, which came again at inter val: for an hour, sometimes two hourat. Mr. White, surgeon, attended bp, and that eminss a s physician, D r . Spurgeon was calje?Pin, and to whorl I feel grateful for their kind endeassours from the lath November, IB3S, to the 19th ofJadruiry, 1839. Slse had taken upwards of eighteen dozen bAles of medicine ('oesides leeches, blis ters, &c., being applied), when shss• positively refused to take any more. Dr. Spurgeon. then wrote a note for me to get a keeperess from Finch's Asylum at Kensing ton. I preferred having two. nurses, night and day, in stead of a kecperess. Her fits, which were of the most violent description, increased from that time to she let of February, she having- bad seventy in the twenty-four hours before I had the good fortune to see Dr. Elliot son, who was attending a youth under the same treat ment, and who was restored by the same means. On the 26th of December the fright occasioned by a board falling on the floor over her head caused her to become totally insane. On the Ist of February following I ap plied to Dr. Elliotson, after seeing the youth before mentioned. 1 stated the furious delirium my daughter luboured under, besides her having had seventy most terrific fits in twenty-four hours,—and I believe no pa tients with fits are admitted into an asylnm. He at tended for three afternoons, with Dr. Wood, and endea • voured- to throw her into a state of mesmerism, but could not succeed ; when he observed to Dr. Wood, " This poor creature has not a lucid interval ; I fear we shall not succeed ;" but the next afternoon, to my great surprise, he got her into a mesmeric state. He ob served that thousands would not believe this. I appeal to any parent, what must his feelings be when an affec tionate child had been bereft of reason for above two months, you could, lay holding her hand or touching any part of her body, talk with her reasonably ? What would the Nob'ses of the land give, if an only son or daughter were snatched from the rave as my daughter has been ? And I have no d ou b t t h at many young creatures lave been, and are, in private asylums, who could be restored by this means. But then the Faculty have set their faces against it, and to such an extent have they carried their animosity, and such is the in fluence they hold over society in most instances, that the public mind is poisoned. I cannot account for this, un less it is owing to there being little medicine wanted, for my daughter, in the mesmeric state, prescribed for herself, and Dr. Elliotson implicitly ordered to be ad ministered what was mentioned. There was no privacy used. I admitted any respectable person to see the system of restoring a lost child to her disconsolate pa rents. This was my only object. The Doctors never required to be alone, but explained to all present. I have the names of many Lades and Noblemen who came to see their treatment, but not having their per mission I withhold the same, to avoid giving offence. I have seen several individuals turn pale as death, and walk out of the room, at the sight of one fit only. Many people observing my house, and supposed some. thing serious must be the matter, from the piercing cries caused by the agonies of the horrible fits. As to her predictions in her mesmeric state, mentioning the time she should come to her senses, six weeks before it did occur, stating the hour and Minute, how many fits would leave her each week, and the exact time, every thing she stated proved correct to the letter. She would take many pieces of . music under her arm in the middle of the night, the lights being all extinguished, and come down stairs, throw them on the table, select the piece she wanted, sit down, play on the piano and sing it perfectly correct, write verses, and thread a needle in an instant, and mend her gown, in total dark. ness ; in short, the extraordinary scenes that occurred, no one would believe unless they saw or heard them per sonally. I, therefore, make every allowance for the incredulity of the public and the ribaldry with which some of the newspapers are treating Dr. Elliotson's great exertions to restore the unfortunate beings labour ing under epilepsy, and other dreadful nervous diseases. His gratuitous and unwearied attentions by day and night for four months—his anxiety to save my daughter under her unparalleled affliction, and thereby prove to the community that many direful diseases were curable by his system—demand my most grateful thanks. His being called on by some of the public journals to give proofs and facts of the benefit derived, is my only reason for wishing this case to be made public. Thanks be to Providence, my daughter was perfectly restored to her senses, and has not had a fit since May, 1839, and now enjoys a good state of health, but is totally uncon scious of ever being delirious, or of having had fitli. Could an institution be established on the plan of the Grevi le-street Hospital, supported by voluntary sub scriptions, for the admission of person; afflicted with fits or serious nervous diseases, I have no doubt it would do more to establish the benefits arising fiom Mesmerism than all that can be said or written on the subject. AN ENEMY TO SLANDER. 9, Bedford-street. STRIKE OF MASONS AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. An adjourned meeting of the Masons lately employed at the New Houses of Parliament, was held last evening at the Craven Head, in Drury-lane, for the purpose of receiving the opinions from the different Unions in Lon don, with respect to the Masons holding a public meeting on their late strike ; and also to consider the conduct of a portion of the public Press relative to the strike. .TORN WORTHINGTON, being proposed, took the Chair, and called on the Secretary to read the minutes of the last meeting. The SECRETARY then read the minutes, which were confirmed. The CHAIRMAN then briefly alluded to some remarks which recently appeared in The Sun, with respect to the masons' strike, suggesting the propriety of Messrs. Grissell and Peto meeting the masons. He begged to say that the Committee fully concurred in the justice of those remarks, and had inserted an a d ver ti semen t ca lli ng on Messrs. rissell and Peto to meet them, and he begged to ask if any person was at that me e ti ng o n t h e behalf of Messrs. Grissell and Peto. No one answered. The CHAIRMAN said that the people of Woolwich fully entered into the spirit of the masons' strike, and a town meeting had been called for the purpose of aiding and supporting the masons whilst on the strike, which was to take place to-morrow (this day) at eight o'clock in the evening, in the theatre, Beresford-street.— (Cheers.) He then called on the different delegates to deliver in the answers from the various societies, which were as follow : Mr. GREEN, from a society of carpenters, said they had voted the masons 50L—(Cheers.) Mr. GIBBs, from the Pimlico carpenters, tendered 101. A meeting would be held on Monday, for the pnrpose of levying a small sum per week on each member ; for the purpose of supporting the masons.—(Cheers.) Mr. BARKER, from the plasterers, said a meeting had not been held yet of his society. Mr. DOYLE, from another carpenter's society, said that they had determined to support the masons for twelve months if necessary by a weekly contribution.—(Cheers.) Mr. JOPLIN, from the carpenters of Grosvenor square, presented 501.—(Great cheering.) Mr. BUTLER, from the carpenters of Dorset-street, said that a meeting would be held next Monday to take the subject of the strike into consideration. Mr. TrtomAs, from a masons' society of London, with 1% - .L, said they were determined to aid the masons on strike all in their power.—(Cheers.) Mr. ROLLINS, from a tailors' society, said they had determined, as long as the masons were on strike, to aid them, for twenty years if necessary.—(Cheers.) Mr. BLACKLEACH, from another society of tailors, presented 301—(Cheers.) Mr. COCHRANE, from a painters' society, presented 101., and stated , that a weekly subscription would be gone into..—(Cheers.) Mr. CLARKE; from the Hope Friendly Society, Great Marlborough-street, presented 201. Mr. WELLER, from the Surrey lodge of plasterers, stated tkat they had agreed to subscribe a weekly amount each member of one shilling.—(Cheers.) • Mr. ALSTON, from the painters of Portland-street society, stated they had come to the same determination. Mr. WILSON, from the plasterers in Thames-street, said they would subscribe a shilling a week each. A great number of delegates stated that the meeting of the several bodies to which they belonged had not held meetings, but it was their purpose so to do. Mr. LOVATT said he had read the reports of their last meeting in the British Queen and The Sun, and he thought they were most perfect, and he begged to pro pose a vote of thanks to those papers.—(Cheers.) Mr. JENKINS seconded the resolution. He had read the report in The Sun, which he thought was the best re port which had appeared, and he thought that paper should receive their separate thanks. The Reporter to the British Queen--I yield the palm to The Sun. The CHAIRMAN asked if it was the wish of the meet ing to go into the subject of the press, or the subject of a public meeting?—A very rambling discussion arose, and it was at length submitted to a show of hands, and it was carried in favour of the subject o n p u bli c meeting. The CHAIRMAN asked if any person would propose a resolution. - Mr. TURNER proposed that a public meeting be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. Mr. GRAHAM seconded the motion. A WORKING MAN inquired what the expense of the room would be. The CHAIRMAN said it would be 14/. 14s. A MASON suggested that the Lowther Rooms should be taken, which could be had for a guinea. A very desultory discussion then arose, in the midst of which Captain ACKERLET rose, and said he begged leave to present the masons with 10/. It was absolutely necessary that there should be money. He made that donation on behalf of the stonemasons employed about Stoke, in Gloucestershire, who were kept under the harrow by the clergy in the neighbourhood. He had received a letter from one of them, and he said they dared not sympathise with their fellow workmen in London. He came there to present them with 101., on condition that they had a meeting on Wednesday next at the Crown and Anchor. If they delayed it, G overnment would prevent it, fur they were oppnsed t o t h e masons. He wanted an early public meeting, and for th a t purpose he had come there, so help him God !—(Cheers.) And his services were not to be sneered at, he could tell them. The motion that a public meeting be held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on Wednesday next was then put and carried. Captain ACKERLEY then wrote a check on Messrs. Hoare's, the bankers, for 101. upon a slip of paper. A Committee was then nominated to carry the above resolution into effect. Captain ACKERLET was proposed. He was asked if he was a delegate ? Capt. ACKERLEY--I employ ten men a week upon my tin apparatus alone. The motion was negatived, much to the apparent ohagrin of the Gallant Captain. ARMSTRONG WALTON then rose to brine. forward the subject of th e P ress. He said when the Press was against the working man, it was one of the most deadly engines that could be used against them.—(Hear, hear.) The first of those papers to which he wished t ocal l c their nduet attention ea to ted to, wast attacks uponTimes,e them. and its Also infa mouslsotheir continual refusal to insert any letter from the masons, in answer to the charges made against them. The first of these attacks occurred about a fortnight from the commencement of the strike. The statement contained in the Times was of the grossest kind, and calculated to poison the public mind. It said that the masons in tended to use physical force against the men who should work at the Houses of Parliament, and thus they sought to prejudice the public mind. The next article was in the shape of a letter from Messrs. Grissell and Peto, dated the 4th of October. They (the masons) did not complain of that letter being inserted, but what they complained of !Vas the refusal of the Times to give the answer to it. The next article to which he would draw their attention was another letter, signed C. 8., and dated the 18th of October, in which the writer urged the masters to conspire - to crush the working men, and stated that the Unions of the working-classes were eating up the vitals of the land, and that they were composed of con spiring rogues. He (Mr. W) said that there were con spiring rogues, but those conspiring rogues were the aristocracy, who were devouring the vitals of the nation piece -meal.—(Cheers.) The next' paper he should al lude to was the Advertiser, which also refused insertion to everything explanatory of the strike. He (Mr. Walton) had gone to the Editor of the Advertiser and told him that they were shut out from the columns of the press, and asked him to give insertion to a letter in answer to Messrs. Grissell and Peto's. He said he would consider of it, and took the letter. What was their surprise the next morning, when not one single word appeared in the paper respecting it! When he called on him again, he said he would not enter into the case at all, either on one side or the other. But he did not keep his word, for he tried to injure their cha racter. Of the Dispatch he would say nothing ; there was a gentleman from that paper present, who would no doubt explain.—(Hear.) He (Mr. 'Walton) would then state what steps should be taken against these papers. In the first place he recommended them to dis continue their support of any of those papers which had so misrepresented them—(Cheers)—and who were so determined in their opposition to the working classes. In the n ex t pl ace , i n or d e r to carry t hi s into effect, he would further recommend that all those houses which they supported, and who took in those papers, should either discontinue to take those papers or lose their custom.—(Loud cheers.) He was not dic tating to them, he was merely, offering his opinion and advice. They knew as well as he did th a t i n the case of the Advertiser they were sup porting the paper, but they were supporting the licensed victuallers ; and if those licensed victuallers still con tinued that paper, they should no longer support them.— (Cheers.) He had long looked at the press as a great enemy to the working man.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. SHORT then entered into a long list of complaints against the Weekly Dispatch, and he hoped that they would do al! in their power to put that paper down, fur it was now the decided enemy to the working man.— (Cries of " Down with .the Dispatch.") He begged to propose the following resolution : " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the reports which have appeared in the Morning Advertiser have been false aria malicious; and the conduct of the Editor in refusing to publish a statement from the men contra dictory, was disgraceful and unmanly, it being a paper that is solely supported by the working classes ; and this meeting requests their fellow-workmen to use their utmost endeavours to prevent that paper being taken in at any of their meeting-houses." Mr. TURNER then proposed that the Dispatch had forfeited all claims to support from the people of Great Britain, therefore, the delegates at this meeting do pledge themselves to urge upon their respective bodies the ne cessity of discontinuing their support to that paper. This being seconded, was carried unanimously, amidst the most enthusiastic applause. A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Proprietors of the British Queen, which, after a stormy discussion ; was negatived. The meeting then adjourned at twelve o'clock. ANTI-CORN-LAW MEETING. UPROAR AT CARPENTERS' HALL. In pursuance of a resolution adopted by a meeting of the working classes, held in the Old Manor Court-room, on the 13th inst., a meetiryg of deputations from the va rious trades, workshops, mills, &c., was held in Carpen ters'-hall, on Monday evening, to consider the best means to be adopted for effecting the repeal of the corn and pro vision monopolies. The attendance was very numerous —the gallery and platform were completely filled. and the remainder of the room nearly so. It was announced that Col. Thompson would attend but the Gallant Gen tleman did not come. At eight o'clock it was proposed that Mr. Watkins should be appointed Chairman. This was met by a counter-proposition, on the part of the Chartists, that Mr. Bailey, a Chartist, should preside. This difference of opinion with respect to the choice of a Chairman was expressed in no very measured terms by the Irish operatives on the one side, and the Chartists on the other • but, when Mr. Bailey announ ce d, t h at " even if elected as Chair man, he would not preside, because the people of Man chester had shown that they could not behave them selves," the meeting became greatly excited, and a gene ral row took place, from which very serious results were apprehended. A " regular set-to," immediately under the platfotm, had (however paradoxical it may appear) the effect of restoring order, by attracting to the spot the other disorderlies, who made a ring, and showed, what they called, " fair play." In about five minutes. one of the belligerents yielded, and the victorious party was taken upon the platform. Order being then restored, Mr. Watkins proposed that he should occupy the Chair, and that Mr. Bailey, the Chartist, and Mr. Hague, a Corn-law Repealer, should act as umpires, in case his (Mr.Watkins's) decisiobs should be disputed. This pro position having satisfied both parties, Mr. Watkins took the Chair amid loud cheers, and having read the adver tisement calling the meeting, entreated a fair and impar tial hearing for the speakers on both sides. Mr. Warren, in a lengthened speech, which was heard with much at tention, moved the following resolution :-- "That this meeting of deputations from various. trades, mills, workshops, &c., in Manchester and Sal ford, and of the working classes generally, loudly pro test against the injustice and injurious operations of the corn and provision monopolies, and pledges itself never to rest satisfied until monopoly is for ever done away with, and compensation for years of misery is made by the aristocracy to the labouring millions ; and that, in order to effect the object in view, this meeting do adopt the following addresses, and that it calls upon the la bouring classes of Great Britain and Ireland generally, to send deputations to a conference of labouring men, to be held on New Year's Day, in Manchester, for the pur pose of devising some effectual means for obtaining the total repeal of the bread and provision taxes, and the compensation of the long-plundered bread eaters." Here followed two addresses ; one to the working classes of Great Britain and Ireland, and the other to the working men of Birmingham, calling upon them to use their most strenuous exertiuns for the repeal of the Corn-laws. John Joseph Finnigan seconded the reso lution. James Leech, a Chartist, moved as an amend ment, " That, until the working; men were in possession of the franchise, they would never have justice done them from any Government that might be elected." He reiterated his often-made speech about the introduction of machinery, which, he said, was the cause of all the miseries of the working classes. Thomas Rankin se conded the amendment ' • but the me e ti ng would not grant him a hearing. Mr. Acland then came forward to support the original resolution, and was enthusiasti cally applauded. Having occupied about 15 minutes in replying to the statements of Leech, he (Mr. Acland) was interrupted by one of the Chartists in the centre of the room. A cry of " Put him out" was then raised, and presently a forest of shillelahs were seen flourishing in the air. The forms were upset, and the sides of several of them torn off, and converted into short staves. In attempting to gain the door, several parties were over turned, and lay struggling in heaps on. the floor, in dif ferent parts of the room; but, notwithstanding the " dreadful note of preparation" for the melee, no person, as far as we could learn, received any serious damage. In a short time the Irish became almost the exclusive occupiers of the room, and gave expression to their triumph in a way peculiar to themselves. The Chair man exerted himself to the utmost to enforce order, and, finding it impossible, dissolved the meeting at a quarter to eleven o'clock. The reporters then withdrew with as much expedition as possibie, and, as we understand, the rest of the meeting separated -shortly afterwards. A large body of the police force were stationed outside the hall, but they were not required to act.—lllanchester Guardian. LAW APPOINTDIENTS. — It has been stated in the Mail of Friday last that Mr. Pennefather would be immediately Chief Justice in the room of Judge Bushe —that Mr. Jack s on is to be Solicitor-General, and Mr. West theof thenewr Peel mask,Sergeant. b uTthiits will also tear give us a fair away the l as t s opportunity of giving Judge Bushe his retiring pension. We guessed that this pink and posey of plausibility would discover reason for retirement when the light of a Tory regime came upon him. This timely discovery may cause the righteous Judge the gratification of seein€ , his own epitaph in his life time. We wonder will the Tory press discover that Mr. Jackson is a moderate in politics !—Dublin Pilot. DUBLIN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. TRIUMPH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. OCT. - 1841. Sir,—Although,—Although th e en c lo s ed letter of my 27, friend was private, and no t by him intended for publication, I can not deprive myself of the pleasure of sending it to you. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your most obedient humble servant, THOMAS STEELE, O'Connell's Head Pacificator of Ireland. Corn Exchange-Rooms, Dublin, Oct. 25, 1841. ELECTION DAY OF OUR FIRST REFORMED TOWN COUNCIL. This has been, indeed, a glorious day for Ireland. The Liberator returned Aldermen for two wards, and the great majority . of the wards won by overw h e l m i ng majorities. Here is the triumphant result : SOUTH. LIBERALS. *James's Ward 4 George Roe, Alderman *Catherine 4 Alderman not yet known, supposed Sir J. Power *Aucloen 4 John Keshan, Alderman *Patrick 4 Alderman not yet known Castle 4 Cors. Egan, Alderman *College 4 James Rooney, Alderman NORTH. Custom-house *Post-office 4 I'. Purcell, Ald. !! faugh! *Linen-hall 4 Liberator, Alderman, *Four-Courts 4 Liberator Alderman Paul 4 Pat. Gardiner, Alderman The Liberals won those marked * by large majorities. In the Four-Courts wards the Liberator had 189, Shendon next to him, 134. The highest Tory, 19. The rascals contested every ward except James's. In the Linen-hall the Liberator had 369 John O'Neill next to him 366 Grace 363 M`Kenn a 362 This is as nearly as we can ascertain the numbers, for the voting is done by papers, and not viva voce, as at Parliamentary elections. In some of the close wards, Andrew's, Merrion, and Castle, then! was filthy splicing of Catholics with the Tories, and renegadism and hiding. Still we are safe— gloriously safe. Tom Atkins has more merit than any other man ; he was sure of the Aldermanship in Four- Courts ward, the safest in Dublin ; and learning that the Liberator was likely to be annoyed in the Linen-hall ward, and doubtful of the Aldermanship, he came to me last Tuesday sight, at ten o'clock, and would not be con tent till I went up with him to the Liberator, and re signed it into his hands. You never saw devils so dumb founded as the Tories, when they found they could not vent their malice upon the Liberator, by putting him out of the Aldermanship in Linen-hall ward. We don't yet know how Andrew's ward has turned out, nor Merrion, but it is confidently said we have An drews by about eight majority. Natty Callaghan will certainly be the Alderman there ; so at all events we have one, and in Merrion they say we have one ; this would make us 46 out of 60 in the Council, or nearly 3- to 1, and 40 Repealers ! Nine times nine times nine cheers for the Lord Mayor, the New Council, and Repeal ! (From the Pilot of Monday.) The election for Town Councillors commenced this morning at nine o'clock and terminated at four. The following is the result of the day's proceedings : CATHERINE'S WARD.—J. Kennedy, Esq., presided as assessor in this ward. Liberal Candidates—Sir John Power, Bart., J. Moran, James Fagan, and John O'Neill, Esqrs. Tory eandidates—Messrs. Purser, James's •gate ; 0. Willans, Bridge-street ; Geoghegan, Francis-street; and Hoy, of New-row.—The Liberals were returned. .A UDOEN'S WARD.—J. J. Murphy, Esq., Q.C., presided. Liberal Candidates—John Keshan, John Busby, Ed ward Reynolds, and Timothy O'Brien, Esqrs. Tory Candidates—Thomas llalahan, Mount Pleasant avenue ; Francis Falkner, Grafton-street ; and Robert Barrett, Lower Bridge-street.—Liberals returned. JAMES'S WARD.—Mr. Collis presided. Liberal Candidates Messrs. George Roe, Gavin, Tuite, and Shannon. Those gentlemen were. returned. PAUL'S WARD.—Mr. Lynch presided. Liberal Candidates—Patrick Gardner, J. Bury, James Tallon, and James Burke, Esqrs. Tory Candidates—Richard Price, Joseph Long, and Samuel Allen Daly, Esqrs.—Libcrals returned. PATRICK'S WARD. - Liberal Candidates Michael Walsh, John L. Arabin, Luke Butler, and Barry E. Lawless, Esqrs. _ _ Tory Candidates—Messrs. Monson, Fry, Peacock, and Hayes.—Liberals returned. GEORGE'S WARD.—Mr. Brooke presided in this ward. Tory Candidates—lsaac Butt, William Swan, Edward lludson, and George Thorp. Liberal Candidates—Jas. Haughton, JohnO'Brien, and C. Pallas.—The Tories returned Mr. Butt as alderman. LINEN-HALL WARD.—llaniel O'Connell, alderman ; J. O'Neill, Richard Grace, and John M'Kenua—all Liberals. COLLEGE WARD.—James Roone, alderman ; John Barlow, Pearson, and C. APLoghlin—al! Liberals. CASTLE WARD.—Messrs. Egan (Alderman) Fogarty, Tagart, and Fitzpatrick—all Liberals. CUSTOM-ROUSE WARD.—Messrs. Robert APClelland (Alderthan), Dr. Kirwan, Torrens M'Cullagh, and Robert M•Kenna—all Liberals. __.ANDMV' S WARD.—Messrs.- Byrne, Call4vgban, Rey nolds, and Laurence Malone—all Liberals. POST-OFFICE WARD.—Peter Purcell (Alderman), J. Campbell, Michael Staunton, and John Clarke—all Liberals. STEPHEN'S WARD.—Tory Candidates—Messrs. Boyce, Mackey, Thompson, and Bourne. MERrtioN WARD.—Tory Candidates—Messrs. Kinna han, Guinness, and 'Sir E. Burroughs (Tories). Liberal —Thomas R. Symes. EXPERIMENTAL TRW WITH THE GEYSER STEAM-FRIGATE, -- WOOLWICH, 26.—This elegantly-constructed vessi I, of 1,060 tons burden. built at Sheerness this season from a design of Sir William Symonds, and one of the five vessels of the same class and mould fitted by Messrs. John and Samuel Seaward and Capel, of Limehouse, arrived opposite Woolwich Dockyard at eleven o'clock this forenoon, when Captain Boyes and Lieutenant Browne, and Mr. Ewart, master engineer of the dockyard, and several gentlemen went on board. The Geyser, not being commissioned, was manned by Lieutenant Lowe and thirty of the crew of the Devas tation, and amongst. others the following naval officers and gentlemen accompanied her from Limehouse : Captains Price, Jones, Johnson, Otway, Plunket, Sir P. Daniell, Burton, and Stopford ; Captain Northcotte and Mr. Green, the eminent shipowners; Mr. Mason, of the Marine Department, East India House ; and a number of scientific gentlemen. On leaving Woolwich the vessel proceeded down the river in fine style, the tide being in her favour ; and when opposite the marked ground at Long Reach the full steam-power was applied, and she accomplished on the average ten and a half miles per hour, equal to eleven, if she had been coppered. The engines are substan tially constructed, and appeared to work with the greatest ease at the rate of twenty and a quarter strokes per micute, and are of 140-horse power each, upon the same principle as those introduced in tl:e Gorgon. These engines effect a saving in weight of one-fourth over the ordinary bcam•engines, and a third in space. The engine -room is only fifty feet long, within which space she has nine furnaces for her boilers, her engines, and storeroom for three hundred tons, or fifteen days' consumption of fuel at her full power. There is accommodation on her troop-deck for three hundred soldiers, with their officers, baggage, and equipments, besides complete accommodation for her own officers and crew. When ready for sea her armament will consist of two ten-inch guns for carrying hollow shot of 98Ibs. weight, and four eight-inch guns carrying carry ing 68-pound shot. _ _ . The experiment made to-day was highly satisfactory, 'and everything wentiff on board as well as could be expected, until her return opposite Erith, wheals Scotch brig, the Glasgow packet, of Glasgow, in coming, down the river with tie tide, with apparently only one person on deck, notwithstanding the repeated warnings of the pilot, who endeavoured, as'much as possible, to avoid her, .came across the bow of the Geyser, drove off the keeper; and let go the anchor, bringing both vessels to a standstill. The Scotch brag was terribly shattered, and had all her sails torn, and the ropes on one side nearly all broken, and one of the planks of the Geyser appeared so much injured that it is probable it will have to be replaced. The Scotch brig, on being extricated, cast anchor near to where the accident occurred, and the Geyser proceeded to Woolwich, where she bas been moored, and will proceed to Sheerness in a few days, to be coppered and made ready for sea. Messrs. Seaward and Co. entertained their guests to a cold collation on their return up the river. Captain Boycs, of the Vixen, already appointed, and several other naval officers, who expect to be appointed to vessels on the same construction, and fitted by the same engineers, appeared to take a more than ordinary interest in the experiment. It is satisfactory to know that although the Styx, fitted out with great haste to receive on board the Go vernor-General of Canada, encountered the late gales in the English Channel, she worked beautifully, and ac complished her voyage when scarcely any other vessel could remain at sea. MR. O'CONNELL IN A NEW CHARACTER.-- (FROM A CORRESPoNDENT.)—The result of the Dublin Municipal elections holds out prospects of remarkable changes in the management of civic affairs in that capital. The prime agitator will next week be Lord Mayor, he will be surrounded in the Court of Aldermen. by func tionaries nearly all of his political opinions , and at th e civic banquets the " glorious memory, the " Kentish fire," and all the venerable toasts that were wont to ma k e the Mansion house ring with unextinguishable cheers, will be thrown aside like old almanacs. It i s certa i nly a mournful change for the wild Orangemen. There will be no more Orange addresses to King Ernest, though the New Lord Mayor will doubtless take the fi rst opportu nity of announcing to his Majesty the improved state of affairs in Dublin City, and probably invite him to a grand entertainment. The very change will reform the Lord Mayor himself. With the gold chain, n o t curta il e d of even one link, and all the splendid insigni a o f o ffi ce around him, he will hold repeal meetings with that dignity, good order, and mild language befitting a Chief Magistrate. The Reformers of Blackburn have achieved a gain in the Borough Registration Court of 79 new votes. , • THE COTTAGES IN NOR.HAIII, NORTHUMBERLAND. Norham is divided into eleven townships, and con tains 174 cottages, which are held on the binding sys tem, (I am not including the free cottages, or those which are hired at their own discretion by daytal la bourers): 83 of these, or nearly one half, have changed inmates within the last two years, 145 within the last seven years, and 156 within the last ten years. That it.: to say, out of 174 families occupying the cottages which are reserved for hinds, seventeen only have re mained stationary for more than ten years—seventeen families only are to be found• on the hearths, around which they were sitting in the beginning of the year 1821. This is only a sample of the "flitting" which is I going on elsewhere. . . . . . . I Of the eighty-three tenements in Norham which have changed inhabitants within the last two years, fifty-four are buildings deficient in all that is necessary to conve nience and cleanliness, and yet the greater part are oc cupied by families, who have done all they can to give them a decent and comfortable appearance. Some of them are mere hovels, absolutely unfit for the peasantry of a civilized country, and threatening to tumble down about their ears. In many, human beings and cows are littered together under the same roof. Of the whole number, 174, which I am discussing, there are but 27 which i have t w o rooms eac h , and which are supplied th that convenience which is indispensably necessary to c'elnliness and decency.—Extract from an unpub lished Pamphlet of Dr. Gully, in the Berwick.Advertiser. SUNDAY NEWS-ROOMS AND SUNDAY RAILWAYS, &c. Smarting under their disappointment in not getting the Tontine Coffee-room shut. up on the Sabbath-day, though it has been open and frequented beyond the memory of man, our wonderfully godly folks in Glas gow, who wish to palm themselves off as holier than their neighbours, have resolved, we see, to desert the Tontine, and to open up some new one in another di. reetion. They are, of course, quite welcome to do so. But we wonder if these holy people on the Monday will refuse to read the papers printed and published on the Sunday. For example, will they throw aside the Glasgow Herald ? Will they avert their eyes from the John Bull ? Will they kick out the London Standard, the Globe, the Sun, the Times, the Morn ing Chronicle, and all other newspapers whatever, Whig, Tory and Radic a l, no t p u bli s h e d on t h e Sun day, but which travel to Glasgow on that day ? To be consistent they ought to do so. And, to be still more consistent, we ask them, will they desist from shaving their own beards on Sunday morning ?—or refuse to cat the bread presented to them on that day, which was made from the corn or the wheat that grew upon the fields and was nurtured by the air and the dews of heaven as much upon the Sunday as any other day of the week ? Or will they refuse to eat the fish that swam in the sea on Sunday —or the good roast beef taken out of the sirloins of the cattle that grazed upon the green pastures, in our beautiful valleys, and on the mountain tops, on that day ?----Scotchileforniers'Gazette. SPIRIT OF MODERN SURGERY. Now that the spirit of which we are to speak is somewhat less truculent than it bas lately been, we may condemn it more thoroughly without fear of being deemed personal. It cannot be denied that the sur gery of the last few years has been marked by more rashness than ever before disgraced it. There has been more of art and less of science, more of dexterity and less of judgment, more of zeal and less of discretion, snore of action and imitation and less of deliberation, than in any period of the history of surgery to which we can refer. To prove this let us adduce an example. Dieffen bacb, by way of experiment (for the scientific induction in which the proceeding was said to be founded was too hollow to bear the most superficial examination, and could not have led so reasonable a man as Dieffenbach has proved himself ou other occasions to be, to undertake the operation)— by way of experiment, we say, determined to cut a large slice out of the middle of the tongue for the pur pose of curing those who stammer. Long before the real result of the operation could be known, the news of its having been performed spread to France and England ; and in both countries there were found surgeons who, without thought (to speak most charitably), imitated the pro ceeding, and even claimed credit for their speedy adop tion and recommendation of the supposed improvement. But what has been the result of the invention and the imitation ? Why, as far as we can learn, that not a patient has been cured ; that three,onfessedly, have been killed ; and that one or more have lost the greater part of the tongue by sloughing. Now things like these might have been excusable if they had happened in the performance of an operation which long experience had proved to be, in general, successful ; or in one which, though not tested by experience, bad offered a reason able prospect of SUMS ; but in a case where expe rience had not had time to give its decision, and where the probabilities, as calculated by many well capable of judging, were against success, they are utterly disgrace ful ; and, as signs of the times, they stamp the cha• racter of the surgery of the day with an indelible blot. Nor can we say much more of all the other opera tions for the same disorder, multiplied and varied as they have been with a recklessness and want of calcu lation which would have been discreditable had the sub jects been dogs instead of men. Shall we, to show yet more plainly the spirit of our modern surgery, turn from this to any other subject like it cast untimely from the womb of rash experiment ? Shall we look to the few months' history of the opera tion for squinting? to see how, before the first patient's wounds were yet healed, others were submitted to it ; how, before the result, which of necessity re quired months that it might be safely seen, was yet nearly evident, hundreds more of experiments were tried ; bow, before the general issue of the plan was known, all who squinted were stopped in the street and almost kidnapped to have their recti cut ; how men disputed who had first invented, who had first im ported, the new plan, when the subject of their dispute might in plainer terms have been, who, on the least evidence of right, had dared to do the most ; how, in the end, numbers have bean found uncured, num bers damaged, and numbers cured, though no one knows exactly how or why they fared better than their neighbours ; and how, at the present time, the real pathology of strabismus is as obscure as it was five years ago, before a rectus had been severed. All this might be dwelt on, perhaps with profit, to show how the inventions of the surgery of the present day, though they may be sometimes beneficial, are so only as the remedies of quacks are, being founded only on vague surmises, and practised with rashness before experience has proved why or in what cases they are applicable.—Medical Gazette. ROMAN REMAINS AT HEXHAM.—It has been disputed by some antiquaries whether the Romans, in their occupation of the northern portion of England, - availed themselves of the strong natural positions pre sented by the site of the town of Hexham, for the en campment of their troops. The geogr aphical situation of the place, however, and the discovery of Roman stones and inscriptions at .various periods, in the town and neighbourhood, leave, in the opinion of others, no doubt on this subject ; and, to establish the fact that the church and town of Hexham are built upon the locality of st Roman station, a Roman altar .was found here and an inscribed tablet, in 1725, besides another tablet, cut by the mason who altered the crypt to its present form, and built it up in the vaults, as will--be found related by Horsley. Within the last few weeks another inscription has been discovered in the wall of the building which is raised upon the ruins of the Chapter-house. We arc indebted to a correspondent for the following copy of the inscription, which is evidently a fragment INSTANE FL HY G IN LEG VI. V which may be read "Instante Flavio Hygino Legio sexta Victrix," and may be translated "Flavius Hyginus, in specting or directing the Sixth Legion, the victorious." It no doubt recorded the erection of some work by that Legion, under the inSpection of Hyginus.— Tyne Mercury DURATION OF' VITALITY IN SEEDS.--There ara many remarkable instances on record of the dura tion of the germinative power in the seeds of plants. There are few gardeners who have paid any attention C ol t e h matter at all, but could, if th ey were willing, rate something interesting on the subject. We have read of seeds springing after having lain dormant for 40 years in the garden of Upsal, and also of seeds vege tating in Bushy Park, in soil that was trenched, sup posed to have remained undisturbed since the time of Charles I. ; also of raspberry seed growing that had probably remained for twenty centuries in a tumulus near Maiden Castle. But these cases dwindle into nothing when comp are d w i th the one I shall now men tion. Conversing some time ago with an individual about the quality of the li mestone rocks in a certain part of the count r y in which I was then travelling, he told me of one limestone quarry in particular, the lime of which he never intended to put upon his ground again. When I asked his reason for rejecting the lime, he told me that it was full of seeds, and made his ground so full of weeds, that he never intended to use it again, if he could get other lime. I believe geologists have not yet settled the age of the mountain limestone, but the majority ( -, f them say that it is many thousands of years old. . Think of seeds remaining for so long a time, along with remains of zoophyt es , mo ll usea, an d crustacea , an d, after n the enduring th e in t ense h eat o f t h e li me -kil n , t o s pring into crop. i life when sp rea d upon groun d i n t en d e d for otherrtotell i than that of sorr e l an d c h ar l oc k. It was in vain was applied him that the seeds w er e in the soil before the lime lime He held his opi nion to it, and that it was the actioni the upon the seed that caused it to spring. nion as tenaciously as the philoso?hers of old did in maintaining the Ptolemaic system of Gardeners Chronicle. B oß i t is, HELD TO FATHER CAHILL, OF as tronorn y.— BAIL FOR IA MISDENEANOI. On Tuesday last the ttheOlAic Attorney-General, e ß ra ri t s o , Re N, it N i -. John Cahill, heldtcbailby lm ordern of the !-tlnd his trial at the next assizes. He is char g ed with havingc h aded a mob on the 28th of June last, and with forcibly carrying away cer tain freeholders, the t enants c has excited f the Earl of Courtown and Lord Downes, gr c w a h t il i e nt o e n . rest. hael Rooney, of Bur ren-street,h, of Gragle.—CarlowSentinel, their wiaiyist securities Carlow. olirities we T re he M e r v . e A n l t i and J. Kama; I." MORNING SUN" ~.,1C , ~ NEW SOUTH WALES.—TH E A BORIGINES.-- , - At the end of half a century from its first occupation of . this territory, the British Government has de.ermined. upon the adoption of some decided measures for ti:e civi lization of the aborigines. A series of papers have been received from the Colonial-office, containing the heads of a plan for the accomplishment of this desirable work; and Lord John Russell's instructions for putting it in force, with such modifications as the Governors of the different Australian colonies may deem. necessary. The plan owes its origin to Captain Grey, the new Governor of South Australia; and, if a consideration of its diffe rent bearings justifies the hesitating tone with which Lord John Russell adopts it, still it appears more feasibl& than any of the miserable attempts of protectors and mis sionaries that have been tried hitherto; and it shall give us a high degree of pleasure to see it energetically set in motion, to encourage those engaged in it, and to record. every instance of its success that may come,to our know ledge. On looking at the details of the plan now about. to be carried into effect, one is struck with its simplicity,. and with astonishment at the length of time that has. elapsed before even this simple encouragement has been. afibrded to those who might be willing to give their as sistance in the great work.—Austrattsian Chronicle. AN INGENIOUS IMPOSTOR. - -Of all the beg ging -letter impostors of whom I have heard, Peter Jones was unrivalled in the facility and success with which he could change his personal appearance. In the course or one day he could assume, and sustain with admirable[ effect, seven or eight di&rent characters ; so that tfinses who saw him, and were convers i ng with im, at ten int the morning, might have been in his company at twebe r and never had the slightest suspicion of the fact. Ifs had a pair of huge artificial whiskers, which he put on and cast off just as he pleased ; and he had also a pair of moveable mustachios, which a Spanish Don would have looked on with envious eye. Of wigs, too, he had an abundant supply, embracing every variety 'of colour; while his wardrobe was so extensive, that you would hare thought he had purchased the entire contents of some Jew clothesman's shop in Holywell-street. By these means, coupled with great natural cleverness, be was able to assume so many different characters, and to appear so very unlike himself (if there be not an Irishisin in the expression), that, though the Mendicity Society had at one time no fewer than three hundred cases of begging-letter impostures against him, and though its officers had repeatedly seen him in the police offices, they passed him day after day in the public streets without recognising him.—LOts and Shadows of London Life, by the Author of The Great Metropolis." WONDERFUL. ESCAPE.—During the late floods Southmolton experienced the wild ravages of the watery as well as the fiery element. Its roads were swept away and a large portion of its bridge destroyed by the swell of the waters. With this latter a young . boy fell into the river, losing - his• lifs. A commercial geritleilan,, coming from the Torrington side of Umberleigh-• bridge, in a gig, reached the centre of the b;idge, when, - finding that he could not proceed will:tout danger, he was obliged to remain there twelve haws With his horse and gig, no one daring to render him as sistance. Another person in the road by the side of the river near the same spot got so deep into the watei",, that finding his gig afl oa t, h e mounte d hi s horse, cut! the harness, and thus escaped. The houses destroyed by the late conflagration are 105. The extent of the feet on each side of the street occupied by those houses 650. The property insured 3,5001, uninsured 1,5001. A subscription in aid of the sufferers has been opened, and 250/. already contributed. Oo Tuesday a great crowd assembled in the Wal worth-road, to witness the funeral of the late Dr. An drews. The procession consisted of twenty-two mourning coaches, each containing six individuals, the relations and friends of the deceased, and eight other carria . ges, belonging to memb ers o f t h e congregat i on. It arrived at the South Metropolita n C emetery , at N orwood, about four o'clock, when the funeral service was read in the Chapel, which was crowded to excess. The corpse was removed out of the Chapel into the burying-ground, where it is temporarily interred until the Sutherland Chapel, Walworth-road, (which was being built for the deceased) is completed, when the body will be removed from the Cemetery to be re-interred there. The Rev. Alexander Fletcher is to preach a funeral sermon on the occasion, at l3eresford Chapel, Camberwell, on Sunday next. The measurements made by Mr. Thomas Catley of this town (Brighton), by his rain guage at his cot tage on the Hastings' hill, of the quantity of rain fallen from the 22A of September to the 21st of October; both inclusive, being a period of thirty days, during .which .. period it rained every day except two, was 111 inches and three parts. This shows a considerable quantity above any corresponding period for a number of years. The nearest approach to it was the year 1830, when from the 24th of October to the 21st of November, it rained every day excepting eight, when the de . ;:th of rain w as 4i inches and three parts. In 1839, the 30 d a y s o f Sep tember were all wet excepting six, and then th e quan tity of rain was 62- inches, and nineteen parts.—Brighton Guardian. LETTER-CARRYING,—During the past week the Tribunal has had before it a case of some importance to the Steam Companies. One of the stokers of the Commercial Company, was found- by a 'douanier with some letters upon him for a commercial hoUse in the town. A process was the result, and although the Com pany had dismissed the.man, and proved that they had previously refused to carry letters fbr the firm from Lon don to Eoulogne, still the Court condemned them to pay 154 fine and the expenses. A process, we understand, will SOM come before the Court, of the Company against the firm, for damages for employing one of their ser vants to commit an illegal act—Boulogne Gazette. THE MA NUMOTIVE.—A self-propelled chaise called by this name, the property and invention of Mr. n A. G. Guinness, the Civil Engineer of Dublin, I," bee n. running through our streets, to the great astonishment and amusement of the inhabitants and visitors- 11l appearance it resembles an ordinary Batl' with the exception that the wheels are s _ wen, higher than the body. Underneath the seat is a of v.. in which the machinery is hidden. Its p Zost locity appear to be very n•reat ; but the most i With which chair,much wonder ful property connected witli it is the f I square, and evening. It ran down the street into U a most tremendous it is made to turn. We saw it in North-street thence curvetted into East-street at and we have little pace, and with the most perfectca l s s e availably on acelivi doubt, if its powers can be made i,e , 1 roads, that railroads ties as they are upon nearly t l . e Brighton Guardian. Castle -square, on Friday will speedily be at a discoun STEEPLE CH ASE E e lioval Hotel, Marine -parade, EXTRAORDINARY. —As Mr. Marshall, of the Belle y 4 t x . TRA -:, R e p bb i , N : q ., from Here ford,L g from the Hafod Arms Hotel were returning in aft7,lnoon of Sunday last, when Devil's-bridge, on yardsthea from the south turnpike -gate, a about one hundred gave way, which caused the horse Aberystwith, and a friend, ~ h e being a young and spirited one. to start forwaro, perceiving the danger (the gate being Mr. Marshall requested Mr. Webb to sit firm and closed at the time), forward, expecting the horse would place his feet be fo re ‘ the closed gate ; but as they portion of the harness the"gate, Mr. Marshall, perceiving it was approached . n to make a leap, he boldly and fear he ho:•se's intention . d tookall i t ess ly olive him the reins, an chances, when, gig, and all passed bold . ly for the gate at tnd racingltors e, speed for about three (being s about five feet six inches in height,) broke, it Y relate the horse made s u to rp p ri s s i i i n d g d suddenly :Ism] quarters of a mile, when Mr. Marshall succeeded in pull ing up, safe and sound, within a few hundred yards of thrott i g i h r , i a n nd ti c l o e nt e i e n n u t e r d e, Aberystwith. It appears the only fear Mr. Marshall had, after breaking through the gate, was the soundness •of the reins, but they remained firm. ; and by that, and • • Mr. Marshall's pres ence of mindnt , the party was saved from almost inevitabl e destruction.—Wdshman. The Lord-Chancellor, imtnediately upon his re turn from Turville-park on Tuesday, repaired to Buck ing ham Palace, and was honoured with a long interview by his Royal Highness P r i nce Albert. Lord IVlonteagle had'a long interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, yesterday, in Downing street. Lord Stanley, we are happy to say, is nearly recovered. His Lordship again attends to his official duties in Downing-street, _ _ ~ •••'.'ir. - ',,,, f 7. 4 ;k:\ •; . ".'".'= -1 --*- -- 77 - :.'::*; icp:1:1 -.--- '4.- - :vd CORN-LAWS AND THE SHIPPLiKi ;•,I._ .4/4 INTEREST. .1 ~ ) .;. . :e_' 1-:.:4@., .. #t--..1,--.1...c..-- -- ~. At a meeting of the South Shields ShipowmAr4 Lt- t _ , , iety, Mr. li r awn, the ne w M em b er f or t h e borbU ..e. r.M.Fikt proved himself the straightforward, honest, and fear less representative that he declared the people: would' find him. The annual Report of the London Ship owners' Society, which was read, evidently shows that that body desire to retain the Corn-laws as they are; and Mr Wawn, at the very opening of his b - Doec h , says that "he felt it to be his duty to express his dis approbation of that part of the report which condet nned any change in the present Corn-laws." Mr. W. demon strated that ie was mainly owing to the sliding-scale that corn came to this country in foreign vessels, " that not one-tenth of the quantity imported was brought in British ships." 11, - ..Wawn showed that the foreigner raised his prices • to a great extent as soon as he found ;what a h:rge demand there w:ts from this country, and that from the necessity there was:for the greatest possible haste, before the low duty sh( add be raised, foreign shipping was employed. Mr. 'Wawa properly observed that the London repor t was political and one-sided. At a general meeting of ship owners of the same place Mr. W. Fallows of MidC Ilebo rough, clearly proved that the effect of the Corn laws was to employ the foreign shipowner to the detriment of the British, and. that "if there had been a fixed duty on - corn, every person ;hav ing a first class vessel would as easily get freighti for corn as for flax or any other article." We are gin[ 1 to end that this view of the Corn-laws Las come so forei bly upon the minds of some of the shipowners; and we te ust no very long time will elapse before they will ha ye been generally convinced of the correctness of the vii w taken by Mr. %Yawn and Mr. Fellows. Indeed, we have only te, examine the pecuniary interest of almost every de - partment of trade and commerce to be convinced that the re never was, or never could exist, either in this or any other civilized country, a greater evil than the present Corn—. laws. Besides the Corn-laws, Mr. Fallows reconunended.l the shipowners to endeavour to obtain au altera- • tion in the other provision laws ; he suggested many other important topics for the attention of - the shipowners, but as they do not relate to the subject we are now discussing, we shall not enter upon them at this moment. It must, however, be highly gratifying to every Liberal mind to perceive how rapidly the home truths of Mr. Wawn and Mr. Fallows are gaining ground amongst the shipowners. There was a time when such statements and doctrines would not have been listen exl to. - at a shipowners' meeting, when a man who had hinted at such opinions might have almost rejoiced if he was .lot considered worse than a Hottentot, or even an atheist.- —• Tyne Mercury. ,= ~