The Sun. — London, England, 1842-08-27 00:00:00

~-~ a ~~~ U 1 sissippi and . - illinois livers.,:antk l''o' kibil by the Passesi v ci On, OF NE. S 1 and 1 alls of Niagara-, hack og-nin to New Yo r k, a distance of 4-000 Milo by railway, without having to stage It more than 289 ( miles New Orleans, steam I So from Boston to ;yid move you all the waL°ll la :.:1 and water, except 189 miles. ine projected visit of the Queen to Scotland has given a new impulse to the commerce of that country. Many Scotch tradesmen have come up to London to purchase goods, and the results of the prolongation of the season will be advantageous every where. 7.0T111711 X, II ND NUM =AMY. AND 00'0lir Optnton. MO runs may read.' .k...-.. FOREIGN. 1., ether prominent sub: l eet, in the French Opposi qo Journals, is the tour of inspection of the Duke de ly,, ars. They concur its prang the tone adopted Mme of the' ! e,as inflated author4tiess, in their harangues to the ar k , v ,, s und. Atisome ; and two or three of them lizisteri with sea* severity, on the way in which the J a l lit T ur i, eier n s2 t a h sa e s p iOla a . Journals record the of es s , Brovinces. progress his Royal the France, was present, before his ;'Le o f -'°!._ meeting of the Left Centre held at the .. ,JAL• t ‘ ianneron, and at which there were about 1 .4 " 1 -qlntlies. The same journal states that befOre ti,li selt , 4 aMartine took his departure on Tuesday for 11,,r,:,',,(1;iear Macon, he had a long conference with ‘'," ll u Barrot. th4" t e te 'ance in another place says :—" It is stated 4e, yest _i s e i bers of the Left, to the number of forty, 'ar r „ fs. "°, : aY morning, at eight o'clock, at M. Odilon . t o s• It is said that the object was to decide on livi en, i a. l made hy MM. Duverier de Hauranne, Nty of the qouin. According to g rumour, the ma 011i ne members were of opinion to remain alto-. !sr he li ate ,Y . arated from M. Theirs. The ex-President saran 4eit'lvas strongly attacked by several members azsaiia_ tin as and it is added that M. Duvergier de ati ish c ., was remarked for- his eagerness to re tre:, they union between the Left and the Left Ili 4 0, p r r i) e a s ris Globe exposes - the blundering attacks of /Cliacie Se 4, and National upon England, for the t4k lticl (4 St. John of Nicaraga. The Globe It t litri v i r , ttt e i s on a s s follows:—" We take no part . in the re tilss?ed of the French journals against the pre -4 ProjectsN 118 te. i hi s ',.and we should do ours, quietly and sensibly, It Of e l Mme f A amouring. We throw our soldiers owthe i i , 714 i ° 4 Cb fr ica, whilst England has not yet done the i ilill at t , e north of South America. The difference 3 Nicli s b l'e French choose the. worst points, and the ! the A f .Y w ord best. The French are quite urious at 4 , ll ca n Da or doubt thrown by the English on their i 4 , of tussessions. Surely it is buftbonery in the , 1 4 : 44 18 ' to quarrel with her about Balize or the l i Nt an e l shore. She, at least took the pains to in ! i l he r f ndian Icing, and get a testament from him kier 4 Y o nr, whilst we set about robbing Abd-el wit 11 °Lit anY!circuitous excuses." Itas . 5f Prodconsiderable excitement, nay almost an emeute, a p o r n eed at Roubaix, near Lille, by the conduct Profit leerna b utea n who took two well-behaved girls for ai , ll ' ha s d ? and arrested them under the supposition. titictith, kid from mere horror of the supposition, h l i es kid • e r is despaired of. Such infamous mis . Ar ark i utermeddling of the police is too common e and England. Vie . 1.. L. PUBLIC OPINION. I . l:e th l a t e i r r ai d e d h is a g s u t s h t e ing follo remarks probably than eyse.ursg.beesftgerde b 4 . ,ti! of C trial of Nicholas Suisse, confidential ser i 0 . 1%. 1 1 \4 : 11 .e late Marquis of Hertford :...._,, The recent 1 i'll ar l enlas Suisse the confidential valet of the : tPty I c a l u 's of Hertford, has laid bare scenes of pro wifollowing itt columns of a public journal. It is due to Billie' al a s journalists who deem that the cause of t et Opi t .°4lity has been endangered, that we record A ti cke NA , t i o l n of the tone adopted by the Learned Judge lip:oc ate °al the case was tried, and by the Learned tl th„ who conducted the defence. To dwell • t i ,it ' excellent character' of a man whose chief tlit4 consistedt° the in the ability with which he minis ,h''st se , vile pleasures of his patron, to describe t.'N , - , r l ri ees as 'invaluable' which were given ; 6 s i . 'tiolly to the furtherance of vice—are indeed V I , lea P S of commendation 'which we little expected "'ase r ein the lips of a British Judge. The man Se; 4 . Lord Abinger would imply, serve d hi s le w ith the pliancy for which his countrymen t q e r °lll e pr overbial, and so far he was ' invalu iN L'Ord Hertford! But what was his value in i. to u° the community at large ? How came t4 N ra es eape the moral apprehension or acute , 41 's el 4 of the Judge, that eve n a rich i - i, P kit va let needs other qualificatio ns than a ,f' set for pandering, before he earns from 11 1 '$ i of justice the flattering ackn owled g ment 5 , 1 "4 considered an ' an . i nv aluable servant ?' 1,, `)licii the value of his services operate upon the • itt ,,,lt 'Vas there no man's domestic happiness a, ; „ . Nti o ,' 1 - lad no mother cause to weep for the de- L'lsed ' 4 , o f her child,—was no heart broken or tie iv,. 11 elrough this man's agency ? If not, then , n," t tla, "Nees dictum was a righteous one, and j j i ;" fi eN" s q his high position ; .but if the fact were 4,'tiq ', how are we to estimate his Lordship's p r N ° Pinion ? The trial altogether has produced Oihr a mful effect. It has not only unveiled the I :l'sh e Y Which before was conjectural; it has not ail'c,k i ntellect alone should have kept them aloof, can • tti tia t :barter their morality for personal advantage; L . kz Rot only demonstrated how supremely vice may r tii 41sV, III S world if it have but the means, but it ( I .,ki a li 'aught the public a new code of morals, by q c , - y 1 , 1 , z bq . declaring to it that, provided there be ~,,Wide r, amongst thieves,' a confraternity in evil— itqat i f " a servant be true to his employer, no matter t a b is employment, bee` world need not trouble t0i.,,,n,1it the rest ;to invaluable' in one sense with invaluable' in all." i t iPl, A dvertiser says :—" In any man associated w it h o n er the present Government or its predecessor, o r liki t t°o much to say the country has not an iota Vas :nee. It is intimidation alone which wrings,_ )„/ Ad,, r .tlng, the slightest approach to justice from j a elh u a" i nistration of Sir R. Peel or that of Lord Olati l i: ) 1 ; e • It was the greatest characteristic of the fo re it la advance of a sincere and earnest liberalism, Nr ii ha s been the means of drawing from even such 4 'nlei rg r aents th e small concessions which the popular ` ll ln' e has received. But such men and such Go- Z lll O - h etits are not what the necessities of the people D,_''th tiger endure. The Lord Johns may coalesce , i 7N ic e , yeelites, r a Lord Palmerston may be sug k3'ilik ;.' the Whigs as a suitable.prop for their de -41'at-B:°significance, but the leaders of the nation th!ls - ,„` 4 : r t! up from as' different quarters from these, ht . 71 4 ,,, - "cldle and industrial ranks are distinct from I tl )e v r oductive and nonsensical greatness of the titled totthst4T t r t s „ ise . lowing is from the Chronicle :—" We do OlAl ' ,Zaise from ourselves that something more is I,;`, l tl h : by the Chartists than merely or simply ' a a,,,N n s';' wage for a fair day's work.' They demand Ck a ti - ‘ I igIAS ; they demand political equality ; they 0. an elevation of moral as well as physical condi ,,,7(ifhie,,s little do we disguise from ourselves the teaq , t act, that Chartist opinions are more widely that, and meet with more sympathy, amongst the :' t han the middle classes are aware of; and L i f _,. ''' nb t .'lt this moment, Chartism were by any means ti(, liai al ° an ascendancy in the Legislature, the na- Iv Nit, a i de bt would be swept away, accumulations of 1. ° lil t ' Would be broken down, our social condition `titi ea r eceive a fatal blow, and the existing Consti , of 4 ,. 3," Of 0, this country would be overthrown. Not a -ON the working classes are distinguished for sound o, l k 4. 11 t and clearly-defined opinions ; but the great I , 4l f• e ,,, t nem in England are only in that purblind, „ 44 11(i,"%1ing state in which they ' see men as trees ~,'N'ser , ,g. ' Universal Suffrage in this country in the l lAr 0 , ; " condition of the working classes would, in CeK., l ,, i °,_ ll , probably bring about another version of eli ali i t e'n Revolution ; yet there are the masses of I ,eir c ueings virtually demanding it, assigning as Z'etti i rs t reason for the demand, that it would enable wlisk . ,`, ° , Obtain ' a fair day's wage for a fair day's tb e -r „, • 'hal od thus alludes to the circumstances of the lier tf o f t he confidential servant of the late Marquis of the he°,„rd sed -.--" The Judge (Lord Abinger) described ad, beet( as a valuable servant, and, repeating what I ;oi ee f en Said by th e C o unsel (Mr. Thesiger) that a \the se r om the grave of his master procla i med him ofrbrvant) a most excellent man. This was a kind. 4e et °r ical, perhaps hyperbolical, allusion to a pas - Iv a , i n Lord Hertford's will, which states that Suisse bl hale a most e xce ll en t man . The Times severely krib i s both the Counsel and the Judge for thus de l° th:g a man who was long engaged in ministering kt think of a monster of sensuality and vice. et hsa ' .. l ' it our Contemporary is rather hasty in this ih R t ,:e. Both Counsel and Judge were merely look kivea the probable reasons for Lord Hertford having servant, most unusual quantity of money to his cer isa What we think the Learned Judge rable for is, that he did not avail himself th e th e Opportunity to make some remarks upon th; Picture of life which was brought under ,j ust 7 t notice of the Court, and to express a - T h. , abhorrence of immorality so abominable. ha ' e Master of Suisse was no example of a class, but i lt _x,ception to all c lasses—a man of great abilities t D o 'rly thrown away, and abused to the worst pur -141----u man of the mos t extraordinary daring in de tu e nery---a fearful monument of capability for vice, P l lll ied with unbounded means of indulgence. And d ra r " his end. Wher e i s the toilworn wretch, who 1 11 , 1 87 ' on existence in the most abject penury, but l,t feel th a t hi s con diti on i s b e tt e r, and likely to b© itter at the last, than that of the proud—the pro hi!Tusly-wealthy Lord Hertford ? Behold him, in ev _ last days, an ob . ;ect not Of pity, but of disgust , 1 .0 to those w h o m his lavish profusion had made " Behold him in his grand house, a loathsome, e x e echless mass of disease and impotent sensuality, b e :ring amid the strumpets to whom his caresses had ''°ncle a horror." mozrzy_ TRADE—COMMERCE. a k Newfo un dl an d fisherman, when most fortunate, i 4 Y . catch in a day upon the shores cod-fish weighing Inantity above 2,0001b5. 411:- continuous tour may be made through the south atAtes of America to New Orleans, up the Mis- Experiments were made in the Woolwich marshes yesterday with the concussion shells invented by Cap tain Norton and Major Moore. - The former had twelve shells—the first, eleventh, and twelfth of which did not explode. The latter had four shells, all of which on thk. occasion faultily exploded at the mouth of the gun. 741L1V 111%73) POLICE The bankruptcy case of Edmund Francis Green, formerly consignee to several large houses in the West India trade, was brought again before Mr. Commis. sioner Fonblanque yesterday, and the next hearing adjourned to the 27th of Sept. At the Westminster Sessions yesterday John Rule, Captain of the Witch steamer, belonging to a Wool wich Company, and Robert Ross, Captain of a Black wall steam-tug, were indicted for throwing into the river a waterman named Woods.. The firmer was acquitted, but a penalty of 201. was inflicted on the defendant Ros 4. The two men charged With conspiring to extort money from Mr. Churchill, under allegations of a shameful character, were yesterday brought up again at Marlborough-street, in order to have the deposi tions authenticated, arid the additional evidence in cluded. The various witnesses were bound over, and the prisoners removed. Mr. George Birkitt, the landlord of a public-house in Shadwell, appeared at the Thames-street police office, yesterday, to complain of the conduct of a gang of coal-whippers, who had johied the general strike of that body on Wednesday. Their demand was that they should be paid for a "baulk-day" for Wednesday, when they were walking about the streets on the strike. Some masters had paid them, but Mr. Birkett resisted, and Mr. Ballantine de cidedly said that they should not lose their money. TATESLAMF AND screraTsrac. The peak of Nethdn, the highest point of Maladetta in the Pyrenees, which has hitherto remained im practicable even to the boldest hunters, has been at laSt ascended by M. de Tchitacheff, formerly an officer in the Russian service. Barran, the head of the guides at Luchon, perished in a crevice of the glacier, while conducting two pupils of the . EcOle des Mines in 1824. - Rubini's rumoured retirement is the chief talk in the fashionable circles. lie is yet young, as he was only born on the 7th of April, 1795. This king of tenors made his 4eld at Rome in the Gazza Ladra, in 1819, and he speared at Paria in 1825, where his sweetness and energy in a duet in the Cenerentola, procured him an invariable enc Ore. He afterwards accompanied Lablache and Donzelli 'to Palermo. Rubini was married to Aldlle. Chomel at Naples, in 1819. C OURT-F.A.SHIONABLE. It is expected that the Puke of Saxe Coburg Gotha will embark this day at Woolwich for Osttnd. The Earl of Auckland has taken the splendid villa called Uper Gore House on the Kensington-road. Lord Fitzgerald, President of the Board of Con trol, is quite recovered from his recent indisposition. Sir Robert Peel, it is understood, will be among the distinguished guests at Dalkeith Palace, invited to meet her• Majesty and Prince Albert. Lord and Lady John Russell reached Chatsworth on Tuesday, to pass . some days with the Duke of Devonshire. The Earl and Countess of Ripon arrived at Lea mington Spa on Tuesday. The Earl of Aberdeen leaves town on Monday for Scotland. TiTISCEIMANEOUS. Sir Joshua C. Paul, Bart., died at Dublin a few days since. The deceased Baronet was born in 1773, and is succeeded in the inheritorship of the estates in Waterford, Wicklow, and Carlow, by his eldest son Mr. William Gunn Paul. Gipps' Land is said to be the most important dis trict which has been discovered in New Holland. The soil is chiefly alluvial, and the country possesses good and deep rivers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS I)AY.) HEREFORD RACES.—THURSDAY. The City and County Gold Cup of 601., added to a Handicap of 10 sovs. each. Twice round and a dis. Mr. Holmes' Vulcan, 5 yrs (Crickmere) 1 Mr. I. Day's Viola, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Wright's Fitzgambol, 4 yrs 3 Handicap of 3 sovs. each, 1 ft., with 30 added. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Wright's litzgamhol, 4 yrs (Marlow) 3 1 1 Mr. E. Wilkes' 1)r. Allen. 3 yrs 1 3 2 Mr. Gough's - Greenfinch, 5 yrs ,: . . Mr. Day's Blazer, 3 yrs The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added ; the winner to be sold for sa. Gentlemen riders. heats, once round. Mr. Page's firewood, 4 yrs (Saunders) 1 4 1 Mr. Hall's Safety, 5 yrs Mr. Trotter's Nell, aged Mr. Jones' Vulco Fitzinarine, 4 yrs The Hurdle Stakes (handicap) of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, one mile and a half ; over 4 hurdles. Baron Rothschild's Consul, aged ...(Mr. Barker) 1 1' Mr. Carter's Sister to Ferneley, 6 yrs 3 2 Mr. Holinan's The Page, 6 yrs 2 3 STOCKTON -ON:TEES, THURSDAY. The Three-y - rs-old Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each. Two miles. Lord Eglinton's Melior by Velocipede (Holmes) 1 Mr. ()rde's Beeswax, by Liverpool 2 Mr. Meiklain's Florence 3 The Thirk - Stakes of 20 soya. each, h ft, with 20 added. Cleveland course. Mr. Bowes' Baldersale, 2 yrs (Holmes) 1 Mr. I)awson's Isabella. 2 yrs 2 Sir C. Monk's fby Liverpool, out of Twinkle, 2 yrs 3 Mr. Osbaldeston's f by the Saddler, 2 yrs 4 The County Members' Plate • of 501., added to a Handi cap of 15 suvs. each. 10 ft, and five only if declared. The second saves his stake. Twice round, from the Red Post. Lord Chesterfield's All Fours, 6 yrs . _ - (Francis) 1 Mr. Wormald's Millepede, 4 yrs . 2 Captain Harcourt's Arngall, 4 yrs 3 BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. ST. LEGER.-6 to 4 agst Attila (offered), 12 to 1 agst Seahorse (t), 13 to 1 agst Policy (t), 13 to 1 agst Fire away, 18 to 1 agst Eboracum (t), 22 to 1 agst Catto nite, 22 to 1 agst Cabrera (t). 30 to 1 agst Golden Rule, 35 to 1 agst Edmund, 25 to 1 agst Rosxlind, and 30 to 1 agst Agreeable colt. I)ONHASTER CUP.-3 to 1 agst Beeswing (offers to take). No betting on the Derby. Cattonite has not joined Scott's lot. RAILWAY RbTURNS. • We extract from the Railway Magazine the sums re ceived on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed td each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and rner ch4ndize Week Miles Total. Name of Railw ay. ended Opened. £. a. d. Aug.2o Birmingham & Derby Junct. 48 1,412 6 6 19 Birmingham and Gloucester 55 2,033 7 2 13 Brandling Junction • 25 949 9 6 19 Chester and Birkenhead .. l5 585 16 8 21 Dundee and Arbroath l6l 325 18 3 20 Edinburgh and Glasgow 21 Eastern Counties ........ 20 Glasgow and Ayr •.. 20 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greeno c k 22i 1,079 11 3 20 Grand J =et., Chester &Crewe 113 . 8,446 10 2 20 Great North of England 45 1,507 13 4 21 Great Western Hayle 20 Hull and Selby 20 Lancaster & Preston Junction 201 515 10 5 19 Liverpool and Manchester 3l 4,056 10 1 20 London and Birmingham ll2l 17,370 2 5 25 London and Blackwall 20 London and Brighten Ditto Shoreham Branch 23 London and Croydon lofr 416 210 25 Lyndon and Greenwich 3l 796 9 5 21 London and South Western 81 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 10 465 0 5 .. Manchester & Birmingham 20 Manchester and Leeds 20 Midland Counties 5l Newcastle and Carlisle 6o* 81 New castle and North Shields 7 21 N orthern and Eastern ... 20 North Midland 19 North'Union .. 20 Preston and Wyre l9i 20 Sheffield and Manchester 7 25 South Eastern 20 Taff Vale . . ' 21 Ulster 24 20 York and North Midland 2B 4,222 6 6 2,939 18 a 463 1 5 1,364 6 7 5,208 I'2 5 1,152 0 5 294 17 4 143 8 7 926 17 4 796 1 5 366 11 9 2,211 15 6 FATAL ACCIDENT AT MESSRS. MAUDSLEY'S.—ThiS morning a frightful and fatal accident occurred at the manufactory of Messrs. Maudsley and Co., engineers, in the Westminster-road, to a lad named Roderick M'Leod, 14 years of age. The unfortunate lad was at work at the planing-machine, and having occasion to stoop down for the purpose of picking up something from the ground, he incautiously did so too near the machine, and whilst the plane .was - in full work, which struck him on the head %vitt' dreadful violence. The machine was immediately stopped, and a surgeon sent for, but in vain, his head being literally smashed to pieces. The father of the de ceased is an engineer, employed in the factory, and had but just returned from Naples, where he had been for a considerable time, in charge of an engine fitted out by the firm. The body was conveyed to his father's hoase, No. 3, Thomas-street, Westminster-road, to await a Co roner's inquest. The Viscount Barbacena, Lady Slade, the Honour able Mr. Hervey, and Lady, and many other passengers, arrived here this morning- by the Antwerp Company's steam-ship atiiaris Princess Victoria, which got up to St. K Wharf, Tower, at an early hour. Yesterday , morning a splendid tiger was landed at the Custom-house for the' Surrey Zoological Gardens. • THE' SUN, LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 27, J 842: LAW INTELLIG EN CE. BANKRUPTCY,(THIS DAY). IN RE JOHN PHILLIP BREADAN. The bankrupt was an extensive Irish provision dealer in Thames-street. The amount of debts in his schedule was 12,4701., and the available assets about 2,7E0/. This day being appointed for the choice be assig nees under the fiat, after the proof of debts to the amount of about 3,500/., Messrs. Thomas Taylor and William S. Morton were appointed assignees. CRIMINAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) • OLD COURT. - (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) CHARGE OF ' PERSONATION. — Sarah Paterson, aged 53, was charged with feloniously personating Mary, the with of George Roger, a gunner on board the ship Howe, LI order to receive 10/., with intent to defraud our Sovereign Lady the Queen. Mr. Adolphus conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Payne defended the prisoner. A gentleman from the Paymaster's-office, Somerset HOusn stated that the prisoner came there on the 22d June last, and produced what purported to be an allotment by George Rogers, gunner of the Howe, of 2/. los. a month out of his wages to his wife ; and also a certificate of marriage, to show that she was the wife of Rogers. He upon this paid her 10/., and took a receipt from her for the amount, to hich she attached her mark. The allotment was made out by a clerk in the office named Kennedy, who had since absconded. Mr. W. H. Turner deposed that previous to the seaman making an allotment ; he filed a declaration in the office. No such declaration had been filed by any person named George Rogers, neither was there any person of that name serving on board the Howe in any capacity. The porter at Somerset House stated that the pri soner had- frequently been in the habit of coming there to see Kennedy. The defence was an alibi. Several witnesses swore that on the 22d June the prisoner was in their com pany the whole day, on a party of pleasure to Richmond. The Jury found her Not Guilty. There was another indictment against her, on which no evidence was offered. She was acquitted on that also, and discharged. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Baron ROLFE.) Dennis Clements, who it will be remembered was Tied the other day before Mr. Baron Rolfe, for the wilful murder of Bridget Clements, alias Holloway, and who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, was placed at the bar on the Learned Judge taking his seat. Mr. Baron ROLFE said that since the trial of the prisoner he had been considering his case; and he 'thought he might, with a due regard to justice, miti gate the sentence to one year's imprisonment instead of two.—The prisoner appeared grateful for the cle mency of the Learned Judge. CHILD MURDER.—Sarah Stroud, 25, was indicted with the wilful murder of her illegitimate child, Har riet Stroud. Mr. Pendergast and Mr. Thomas appeared for the prosecution, and called the following witnesses : Sarah Lee was the nurse of St. Pancras work house. The prisoner was an inmate there, and on the 15th of July :the was delivered of a female child, which was christened . and vaccinated. The prisoner and the child afterwards left the workhouse. Recol- lected the dead body of a child being brought to the workhouse a few days afterwards. Cross-examined by Mr. DOANE—The prisoner was in the workhouse some weeks before she was confined. The porter of St. Pancras workhouse stated, that on the 16th of July the dead body of a female child was brought to the workhouse, and placed in the dead house. The body was wrapped up in a piece of cloth. Witness went in search of the prisoner to Wellington street, Camden Town. rili .. .eigbner came out, and witness told her that she must go along with him as she was charged with the murder of her female child. As they were going along the prisoner said she had taken away the child from the workhouse and taken it direct to the canal, that she sat on the bank by some trees, undressed the child, pinned the cloth round it, put it in the water, and put her foot on it. Mrs. Edwards asked her if it cried, to which she replied it struggled and floated away. Witness took her to the station-house and charged her with the murder. Caroline Edwards said the prisoner lived with her previous to going to the workhouse. Upon witness. accusing the prisoner of being in the family way, she denied it, and said that she had the dropsy. Witness stated it was no use deceiving her, and the prisoner then said it would be of no consequence to her (wit ness), as she the prisoner was going to leave that night. On the prisoner's leaving, witness followed her to the workhouse. The prisoner returned to wit ness's house some weeks afterwards, and upon wit ness's husband asking her what had become of her child, she said, laughing, it had kicked the bucket; to which witness replied, that it was a pity she had not done so too, as she was a bad woman. At this time the prisoner had a bundle, and upon being asked what it contained, she said her little thing's clothes. Witness said, how could that be, be cause, if the authorities at the workhouse buried her child, they would not give her the clothes; she said that they did, in order that she might be pre. pared in case she had another child. The witness then proceeded to give evidence in corroboration of that given by the last witness, with respect to the statements of the prisoner relative to the death of the child. Prisoner said to witness, "Do you think I shall be hanged ?" to which she replied she could not tell. The prisoner then said, she went to the canal that day to see if she could observe the child, and that she thought she saw it floating, to which the witness replied, that was impossible, as the body had been taken to the workhouse on the previous Saturday. The bag , now produced was brought to witness by the porter of the workhouse ; it was the one in which she usually kept the dirty clothes. James Jones found the body of the child on the 16th of July, in the Regent's Canal, near the bridge, not far from the York and Albany Tavern, in the Albert-road. The body was wrapped up in the bag now shown to witness. It had nothing else on it. It was about half-past five on the afternoon that wit ness found the body. A policeman deposed to seeing the body of the child on Saturday, the 16th, of July, which he took to St. Pancras workhouse. Mary Ann Parsons' stated that the prisoner came to her house on Saturday, the 16th of July, between nine and ten in the evening. She said she wanted a room ;. that she had been in service, but was now out of place. She slept with witness that night. When the prisoner was undressing, witness said, " Why, you hive had a child ;" to which she replied that she unfortunately had, but it was dead. The prisoner brought several articles of dress for a child to her house. The articles produced were those she brought, The nurse of St. Pancras workhouse proved that the clothes produced belonged to the workhouse, and were of the description that was given to females who had children there. The Surgeon of St. Pancras workhouse recollected the prisoner having a child, but could not say whether the dead body which had been shown to him was that child or not. From the appearance of the body wit ness could not say whether the child died from drown ing or not. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. DOANE addressed the Jury on behalf of the prisoner, contending that' the statements that had been made by the several witnesses could not be relied on, on account of their improbability. Mr. Baron ROLFE summed up at great length, and The Jury, after a short consultation, found the prisoner Guilty. Mr. Baron RoLrE, having put on the black cap, pronounced upon her, in a feeling and impressive man ner, the awful sentence of Death, holding out to her no hopes whatever of the remission of the sentence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOA'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) - - Charles William Stringer Fitzgerald, who was charged with attempting to extort money under very peculiar and disgusting circumstances from Mr. Henry Watson, hairdresser, of No. 12, Cowcross-street, and who was remanded from Monday last till to-day for the production of further evidence, was again placed at the bar on the same charge. The particulars of the case, which are very extra ordinary, have already appeared in The Sun. Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, and Mr. Robinson, the attorney, attended on behalf of the prosecution. The only additional evidence was that of Robert Samuel Roberts, grocer, of 36, Stanhope street, who proved that the prisoner lived next door to him for a considerable time, and added that he purchased a candle of him in the month of April last in the evening, between eight and nine o'clock, and was taken into custody the same night. It will be remembered that the prosecutor stated in his examination, that previous to goinc , up stairs with the prisoner, with the intention of looking at some prints, he (the prisoner) went into a shop rext door, and purchased a candle, which he afterwards lit. The whole of the evidence was then read over, when the prisoner was fully committed to take his trial on the charge of robbery. CLERKENWELL,—(THIS DAY.) Messrs. Charles Robinson and John Legget Bidden, Cs nonbury-terrace, Islington, were charged with knocking at several doors, and thereby disturbing the public peace. The prisoners, fashionably-dressed young men, said they were clerks in the City—the one in a ship broktia office, the other in some other mercantile horse. They declined, how ever, giving a more parti cu'ar account of themselves. _ _ _ The pliceman said several of the inhabitants were aroused from their beds, and complained bitterly of the annoyance. Mr. COMBE fined them 2/. each.—The cash was not forthcAning, and they were consigned to the care of the gaaler. MONEY and COMOERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. The Mark is are all exceedingly good, though but little business has been done. Consols at one period of the day were 93 for Money, and 93* for the Ac count, but a slight reaction has since occurred, and the prices are now 921, 93 for Money, and 93 93-4- for the 13th October ; Three per Cents. Reduced, W; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1011 ; New Three-and-a- Half per Cents., 101; Bank Stock, 168 169 ; India Stock, 250 2.51 ; India Bonds, 34; Exchequer Bills Old, 51 53; New, 49 51 prem. Dutch are the only Foreign Securities which have been dealt in to-day, the Five per Cents. at 102 8 ; and the Two• and-a-Half per Cents., 525. The quotation for Mexican Bonds is 34-a. More inquiry has been visible for Railway Shares. The purchases have included South Western, 63 ; Great Western, 85,V ; the Half Shares, 60:1; Bristol and Exeter, 44+ ; Brighton, 33 the Loan Notes, 10-a-; Eastern Counties Debentures, 101. 9s. 2d. ; York and North Midland, 89; and Edinburgh and Glasgow, 48 50. The Bonds quoted to-day are Colombian, 20+; Portuguese Five per Cents., 334 ; Spanish Five per Cents., 204 ; the Three per Cents.,l9i. Money continues very abundant, and is difficult of employment at 1 per cent. on Stock, and at 2 per cent. in the Discount Market. AIANCHESTUR STOCK EXCHANGE, AUG. 26.—We have no change to remark upon. Manchester and Birmingham, 244; District Bank, 10*; Bank of eMunchester, 3/. Is. 6d.; Union Bank, 8 to B*. STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, AUG. 26.—1 n mint descriptions of Foreign wool there have been hut few transactions during the past week, although, now that the disturbances are quelled, there is every prospect of the trade hfradually improving. ENGLISH WOOL M ARKET, LEAS, AUG. 26. — During the present week sales of Wool hoe not been extensive. Prices may be quoted the same as last week. YORK WOOL MARKET, AUG. 25.—The show of wool has been very limited here to-day; the sales have been few, but the prices are much the same as they have been for some weeks past. Hog from 12s. to 12s. 9d.; Hog and Ewe Hs. 4d. to 12s. ; Locks and Cots Bs. to 95.; Moor Wool 6s. to 65.6 d. per stone, TRADE OF LEEDS.—We have nothing new to report of the state of business in our Cloth market, although this is the season at which goods in ordinary times are purchased freely for the winter trade. There was very little business done both on Saturday and Tuesday ; prices, however, continue stationary, and the stock of goods in the hands of the manufacturers is by no means large. Although business continues Awy dull in the warehouses, there is nevertheless more doing than for some time past. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY, AUG. 23. — Though tranquillity isrestored in this neighbourhood, and there is no probability that it will be again dis turbed by acts of violence on the part of the opera tives, yet our market to• day is far below an average one. 'There is the usual attendance of buyers, but all their operations are characterised by extreme cau tien and timidity, and they are evidently resolved that their purchases shall he on the smallest possible scale, until all apprehensions of a 'further outbreak. are removed by the return of the operatives to their work in other districts. Though business has been suspended during the late tumults, yet we cannot say that prices have been at all affected thereby. The temporary nature of the causes by which trade has. been deranged would forbid all anticipation of a further decline. In the woormarket, during the pre vious week, there was a complete cessation of all busi ness. To-day, however, the manufacturers seem to have partly recovered their spirits, but still an average business has not been done in this article. An imme“ diate restoration of confidence cannot be expected. The shock was too violent, and, though the storm has passed Over, it has left behind a ground-SWell, the, vio lent heaving of which is still felt, and which time only can fully assuage. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—We have about the usual attendance of merchants at our piece-market to-day, and the business doing an average—compris ing all the endless diversity of plain and fancy goods that the manufacturers produce. Prices of . all kinds are without alteration. There is rather a marked im provement in yarn, which is in some measure occa. sinned by the de-laine makers buying more freely; also the manufacturers in the home trade not operating during the disturbed week gone by. We hear that the combers have been soliciting an advance on their wz:ges, which, we trust, their employers will be en :Ned to comply with, and the improved state of the trade be commensurate with it. Our wool market appears to indicate considerable lethargy, and the spinners continue to buy very sparingly, and as there is a good supply of all kinds freely offered, the turn is rather in favour of the buyer. BARNSLEY.—The improvement in the trade of this town still, continues, although not to the extent stated in some contemporary journals.—Leeds Mercuq. WOOL W ICH-FRIDAY. The anniversary of Prince Albert's birth was this day selected for laying the keel of the first-class ship Royal Albert, and from an early hour the town pre sented an unusual appearance of gaiety. As custom ary on such o:casions, tickets were issued for admis sion within the dockyard, and at two o'clock, the hour appointed for the ceremony, the platforms on either side were filled with ladies and gentlemen. Among the officers were Lord Bloomfield, Com mandant of the garrison ; Colonel Parker, C. 8., Com mander of the Royal Marines; Rear-Admiral Sir James Gordon, Air. Oliver Lang, &c. Miss Collier (daughter of Sir Francis Collier, Governor of the dock-yard) performed the usual cere mony of striking with a hammer the points where the dowels and scarfs are made to meet ; the band playing the national anthem, and the air resounding with the cheers of those assembled : A brief notice of this vessel, which was ordered to he laid down in March last, may not be uninteresting. Its size is intended to exceed that of any other ship in the navy. The following are the exact dimen sions and measurement of tonnage :—Length of gun deck, 220 feet; Extreme breadth, 60 feet 10 in.; Depth in hold 25 feet ; Tons burden, 3,394 ; Num ber of guns, 120. The Royal. Albert will be fifteen feet longer than the Trafalgar, which was launched from the same stocks last year, five feet wider, and her burden 700 tons greater. She is to be constructed en a new prin ciple, combining increased strength and safety with improved sailing qualities ; and a sketch of her pro posed form, exhibited by Mr. Laing, previous to the ceremony, was greatly admired. The number of guns will be the same as the Trafalgar and the Queen, but they will he of muclr larger calibre. She is to be completed in three years. The preparations for her Majesty's embarkation on Monday are nearly completed, and Sir Francis Col lier left his official residence for the Admiralty at an early hour this morning, in order to make a report of the 'final arrangements. Her Majesty will be accompanied on the voyage by two war frigates, the Pique, Captain Montague Stop ford, and . the Daphne, Captain Onslow ; and the fol lowing Government steamers will also be in at tendance : Shearwater Captain Washington. Salamandrine ..... Captain Hamond. Fearless . Rhadamanthus.. Lieutenant Lane. Lightning. Lieutenent Snell. Monkey It is expected that the sailing qualities of the two frigates above-named will be tested during the voy age, and much interest is excited among their respec ive officers at the opportunity afforded of displaying leir skill and seamanship. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results •f " A Table of Mortality in Oho Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Rcgistered in the week ending Aug. 20, 1842." The Table % issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly Average 1638-9-40- Four iFour Summers Years Epidemic, Endemic. & Contagious Diseases 232 191 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 144 150 149 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... diseases of the Heat and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ll 4 4 Ctiildbed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c 9 8 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 3 5 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c 3 1 1 Diseases of Uncertain Seat. ll3 95 104 0%.d Age, or Natural Decay . 6O 54 69 Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intem perance Causes not specified 1 6 7 959 , oaths from all causes. Average Weekly Deaths B4B 912 Population: Averag e Death en u Weekly in merated Deaths the Ib4l. 183e-s-4,;-1. eek. Vert—Kensington, St. George (Hanover -square), Westmiu- Four I Four s ter, St. Martin in the Fields, Ye , rs. 'Summers. St. James 300,705 135 124 160 North—. St. Alary-le -bone , St l'ancras, Islington, Hackney 365,660 162. 149 171 Central—Saint Giles and Saint George, Strand, Clerkenwell, Holborn, St. Luke, East Lon don West London, City of • London East—Shoreditch,Whitechape , Bethnal Green, St. George in the East, Stepney, Poplar 392,49 i 206 198 228 South—St Saviour, St. Olave, St. George( Southwark),Ber monthey, Newington, Lam beth, Camberwell, Bother hitlae, Greenwich . —.438,060 221 203 238 Total. CAUSES OF DEATH. DIgTitiCTS. Total 1,870,727 912 848 959 It is stated that under the term Metropolis ire comprised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City of Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties of Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of Mortality— and the parishes of St. Ivlarylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith C'hapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad dington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Brom ley), St. Mary-le-bow, Camberwell, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and St. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The population, as enumerated in 1831, was 1,594,890, and in June 1841, was 1,670,727. The weekly averrge tor 1838, 1839, 1840, and 1841, was obtained by dividing the deaths in the four years by ot, and the deaths in the four winters by 52. TEUrEKATUN.E IN THE WEEKS ENDING Aug. 13. Aug. 20. 87° 86 9 58 61 70 72 25, 1842. Highest Ljrest Daily Mean .... ......... General Register Office, Aug. THE LAND RAIL.—(From a Correspondent.) — The above bird, which is known in some parts of Eng land under the name of the Corn-crake, never was noticed to be so abundant as it would appear to be this year, owing to the remarkably fine summer. It is a bird of passage, visiting our shores about the middle of May, and returning again in September to some milder cli mate. About the neighbourhood of Andover they are most plentiful. The land-rail is little otherwise than a lump of fat, and is admitted by epicurean judges to be the most delicious bird of its size which is brought to the table. So speedily is it • apt to fade, after it is killed, that it is scarcely ever to be witnessed in the shops of the London poulterers, and the usual price set upon these birds, when such is the case, is half a guinea the brace. UN WARRANTABLE PROCEED- INGS OF THE OLDHAM AUTHORITIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,-1 happened to be this day at Oldham about my own business, when it struck me that, as there had been so much said about the l3iriningham people having ceased to work, I would see what The Sun newspaper said on the affair. I, accordingly, went into Mr. l3urrell's public-house for that purpose. At my entrance a man was reading the - proceedings in question, and when he came to that part of it which related to Mr. Sturge's address, I happened to say that it was fortunate enough that the said address was in my possession, and that, if the gentlemen in the room were willing that it should be read, I would (10 .it after the man then reading had finished ; that being done, it was at once consented to, without any further remarks being made (though it was afterwards said by one of the policemen that I had commented on the contents of the said newspaper, which was certainly not true). However, not many minutes had elapsed after my having read the address, and the men then in the room had left it, before two policemen came into the room, and began to examine the papers in my hat, which was they upon a form, I having pulled it off to read a little in your paper. While they were doing this I only questioned them as to their authority for looking so minutely in my hat, when one of them ordered me to stand up and pull everything out of my pockets which I might have in ; this I did, thinking it would be the best, for I then discovered them to be official. After I had pulled all out, one of the .said officials not being satisfied, even put his hand into all my pockets, to feel whether anything of a seditious nature, I suppose, was left in some corner thereof; that being done, I was then asked if- I would be willing to go to the Town-hall, to explain the papers that were found in my hat. One of them said it would he as well, and I thought it perhaps would be better to go quietly than to be knocked on the head, and go roughly ; so I consented to accompany them to the Town-hall, where I was taken into one of the rooms, and ordered to remain a short time, until called on. After a few minutes had passed away, Wild, the chief man, came in, and looked at my papers ; that being done, I must then go before the Magistrates, to be examined, and explain the papers; this I did readily and frankly. I told them that I was a member of the Complete Suffrage Union, of the Council of which Joseph Sturge was Presid4nt, and, because I was an advocate for complete suffrage, that the Secretary of the Council (William Morgan) thought proper to send me an account of this pro ceeding. One of the Magistrates was very curious in asking me questions : he asked me about my going to France, and who supplied me with funds during the time; whether I went to Paris, or- anywhere else, and a good deal of irrelevant stuff, which knew I had no right to answer ; but I thought it best to speak to the officious gentleman, knowinv, that he might be peevish. After all this, they said now you are at liberty to' take your papers and go ; but I took care not to thank them. Now, Sir, to conclude these remarks, I will just say, that it is of the utmost consequence to the real Re formers of this country to be on their guard, for it strikes me that there are a great many spies abroad. If you think the above remarks worthy of insertion in your excellent paper, you will oblige, Yours respectfully, MOSES CHAPMAN. UPper'-mill, Aug. 25, 1842. -MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A ; GENTLEMAN AT CANTERBURY. FRIDAY EVENING. — An inquest was held this . morning, at the King's Head public-house, on the body of a gentleman unknown, who was found under a tree on the Dane John, on the previous evening. His dress from his hat to his gloves, was of the best kind, and his age from '25 to 30 years of age, but nothing on his person could lead to any information as to his name or connections. His great appearance of respect ability brought numbers of persons from the inns and hotels in the neighbourhood, with the waiters and drivers of hackney coaches, to see the body with a view to its identity, but without effect. The whole of the evidence consisted of- the deceased person having been seen by two persons, Emma Goldsmith and Anne Haveley, lying upon the Dane John at half-past three on Thursday afternoon, and their subsequent discovery that he was dead, when they called the aid of the surgeon, D. B. Major, Esq., who gave his evidence as to the finding an empty bottle of prussic acid on his person, and affirming, frOin a post nzortem examination, that his death had been caused by this means. This being7the whole of the evidence, the Jury de cided upon posponing their inquiry till seven o'clock on Mondity eyening. Since the above was written the clerks at the post office have informed us that they believe the body to be that of a person who applied at the office for a money-order for 10s., on Friday evening. It being past time, they informed him he could not obtain one before the morning, when he exclaimed, in an almost frantic manner, " Good God ! could my poor wife get ' the money to-morrow, it would save her from having her things taken from her," The manner in which he expressed himself, and the respectable way in which he was dressed, caused them to speak to him, when he told them that he was a chemist, had obtained money from the club, and had but one penny left after send ing the money to his wife. They told him if he came at nine o'clock on the following morning he could send it by the day mail. Accordingly, at the ap pointed time he again presented himself at the Post a-lee window, when he gave his name Joseph Bridges, and his wife, Elizabeth Bridges, who, it is supposed is residing in the neighbourhood of Shoreditch. (rbtrb lattion THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES). BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. .... ... 93i1 !Ditto Bonds ........ 36 pm 3 per Cent. Cons.— ..... 925 i Ditto Old Annuities — 31 per Cent. Red... ...... 10ia Ditto New Annuities New 3.1 per Cent... ...... 100 a Ex. Bills, 1,000/.....2d 49 pm N‘tw 5 per Cm'. — Ditto 5001 51 pm Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small Jan. 1860 . ...... 12.11 Rank Stock for Acct Oct. 1859 Jan. 1860 — Consols for Acct....... 93 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... - - Portuguese , 5 per cent. Belgian, 5 per cent — ! Dit to, New Ditt o — Prazilian Bonds... — !Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres6 per cent. .. "Russian, 5 pet cent tAilian, 6 per cent — IDit to, Metalli c • •••• Colombian, 6 per cent... iSpanish, 5 per cent.. Ditto, 1824 29} ,Ditto, Deferred.... „ 911 Danish, 3 per cent — !French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Greek, 1825, 5 per cent — ! Exchange —f —c. Mexican, 5 per cent 345 'French, 3 per cent. —f. —e. 1 I,tto, 6 per cent. 1837 j Dutch, 2i per cent. s2i Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. I SHARES., 5 per ...Tut. .. ... 1025 Bristol :.nd Exeter (70 paid) •......... ... .. 44i E a stern Counties Railway (23 'laid) .... Ba Ditto New Shares ( paid) .... ..... .... 71 19s 2d Ditto Debentures .. .... • lOl 9s 2d Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid) ... 49 Ditto New Shares ( 3 paid .... Great Western Hallway (65 paid) B-li, Ditto New Shares ( 50 paid).. 64 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton ( 50 paid), • itto Loan Notes ( 10 paid) ..... .... ...... 10a I.ondon and Blackwall ( paid) ...... ..... 8 s London and Birmingham (90) . •• Ditto New Shares ( 2 paid 1.. ..... • ... ... 31 London and South Western (411 6s 10d pd) b 3 Alanehester and Leeds (70 paid) Midland Counties Railway ( 100 paid) North Midland Railway (100) South Eastern and Dover (50 paid) paid) Ditto Scrip (10 paid) ... 6a York and North Midland (50 Paid) ...•..... 89 SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Evening Journals of this da furnish no 3,r. tides of particular interest. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. (From the Railway Times.) We have of late published several letters having re ference to the serious depression which has within the last two months befallen South Eastern Railway Stock, and as our space will not allow us to insert a vast number of other communications on the same subject, we take this opportunity of offering a few general remarks upon the position and prospects of the • Company. The depression which has given rise to so much comment we have heard attributed to a variety of causes. Amongst others— lst. That the Directors purpose abandoning the line from Folkestone to Dover. 2d. That further capital will be required to com plete the railway even to Folkestone, this supposition being based upon the fact that the whole of the last capital being under notice of call due in January next (month:, before the line can possibly be finished), could only be called for either because it would be absorbed immediately, or months at least before other wise it ought to be required. 3d. That the traffic has not equalled expectation. 4th. That the fares are too high. sth. That the fares are too low. All these rumours we will briefly touch upon • and in order to do so with accuracy, we have applied for every information we could obtain from the most undoubted sources. To the first of the imputed causes of depression, the supposed abandonment of the line from Folkestone to Dover, we need only reply by publishing the fol lowing return of the numbers of men and horses em ploy‘d one day each for the last week between Head corn and Dover, viz. : Men 21,267 __orses 2,804 Of these 1,851 were employed in the Shakespeare tunnel, and 1,163 in the construction of the sea-wall, of the progress of both of which and the other heavy works there, we shall be enabled to give a most satis factory report in a few weeks from a gentleman con nected with this journal, who will then be sojourning in that district. To the second point, as to further capital being re quired, we make this reply, that at the time the last capital was subscribed, the assets of the Company con sisted of— Then subscribed.. E 700,000 The remaining amount under the amended Act, but not then raised First mortgage Second ditto Joint Station Act .. 100,000 450,000 266,600 120,000 £1,636,600 Deduct, then raised of the 450,0001. of the first mortgage 52,000 Total So that the whole sum the Directors had to depend upon to pay the Brighton Company and carry on the works was actually the 700,000/. then subscribed ; for, seeing how slowly money up to that period had been tendered on loan, who could say with certainty that one shilling more would be offered ? and as the joint station powers, and those for raising the remain ing 100,000/. had and have not been called into operation, who can say that it was other than extreme wisdom to make the calls as they were settled by the knowledge and consent of the Proprietors when they voted the new capital, and not •by after arrangements of the Directors ? Happily money became easy and confidence great; the consequence, we have reason to believe, has been that the borrowing powers of the Company have, since the last half-yearly statement, been in most active operation, and hence not only has the large sum of 326,000/. (more by nearly 50,000/. than the whole amount of the two instalments paid on the scrip) been invested in the Brighton account, but the works have from Tunbridge to Dover been in a state of the greatest possible activity. Whether the Directors will he able to relieve the Proprietors by postponing either of the remaining instalments must depend upon a variety of circumstances, of which they are the best judges ; and with them we leave the question, satisfied that they will not on the one hand suffer the works to be delayed from any Stock-Exchange trick, nor press needlessly upon the Proprietors if they can avoid it. This we think, whilst it explains why the calls were settled as they were, will also be a complete reply to rumour No. 2. Nos. 3,4, and 5, resolve themselves into the im portant question of traffic. In respect of that, we have taken some considerable trouble to make our selves acquainted with the real facts. The amount of receipts may in round numbers be set down at 900/. per week. Let us examine how this has been produced, and under what circumstances. The position of the South-Eastern line is peculiar. To go to Tunbridge you travel 40 miles by rail, the coach road being but 30 ; the first place it ap proaches where anything like business is to be ex pected (for we throw Croydon entirely overboard) is Reigate, where the Brighton Company is a compe titor ; you theri pass on to the other stations, cross ing great public thoroughfares, and until Tunbridge is reached, touch no place of consequence, but leave many of consideration, as we shall by-and-bye show, to the right and left of the line, where also the distance by road to London being less by coach than rail, coaches have been able to compete, not only without lowering their own fares, but in time also. The result has been, that independent of the weekly earnings by rail, there travelled in the week ending 21st July, by road coaches, no less a number than 4,380 persons, as the following return, taken on the spot by an experienced and trustworthy party, will prove ; and the chief portion of these travellers, we will undertake to show, would, and will at low fares, take to the rail. lVhat will seem extraordinary, and but for the high fare by rail hardly credible, in this return, is the number travelling through and to Tunbridge by coach, having been not less than 4,380 during the week ending July 21, 1842. Thole who are not conversant with Kent have no conception what a moving mass the population con sists of. They are ever astir, each sturdy yeoman making it his business, even with presen t facilities, to attend the London markets. There is no district in the kingdom equal to it in this particular—for, gene rally speaking, the agricultural class seldom extend their journeys beyond the neighbouring towns on market days ; but here, where the land is divided into small farms, in a county from its fertility and high cultivation proudly and justly denominated the garden of England, the ease of reaching the metropolis via Gravesend has taught the farmer the importance of attending himself to his own concerns, an advantage which the railway will place within in his grasp, more certainly, more cheaply, and more speedily, than the river ever has done er can do. We know that many farmers who now frequent the hop and other markets, and make their way to London by the river, are compelled to be on the road by three o'clock in the ihorning! Having shown that there is at this moment a large existing traffic which low fares alone can tempt to the railway (besides which there is a business in posting of an amount that would scarcely be credited, which high fares have not only kept from the railway, but fos tered and cherished by road), and that Hastings, Rye, Cranbrook, and other places in the very route of the line, have from the same circumstances given but par tial support to the railway, we have a fair right to assume that with the wise, the politic, and liberal course the Directors have pursued in giving publicity to a tariff of fares without example for cheapness on a metropolitan line, and establishing no fewer than six third-class trains (three each way), by which the poorer classes can travel, most important benefits must result from this bold and highly judicious experiment. Since writing the above we have heard that the Croydon and Dover Companies have agreed to an arrangement by which the latter Company has been enabled to reduce the fares to the extent advertised. We are not in possession of more than this general outline of the arrangement, but the principle so long contended for by the Croydon Company with the Greenwich Company, of a toll proportionate to the fare, is the basis of the agreement—thus proving, on the one hand, the honesty of the Croydon Board, that they ask no more than they are willing to concede; and on the other, that the Directors of the Dover Company have availed themselves of an arrangement which must eventually prove of extreme benefit to their constituents, to the Croydon Company, and to the public. The agreement is, we understand, of a temporary character only, but such that, if found to answer in practice, the Dover Company have the power to make it permanent. Each Comp Any is as free and inde pendent in its management as if no agreement existed, the Croydon Company having no right to interfere with the fares of the Dover Company; so that whether very high or very low, the latter, after making an allowance (to what extent we are not informed) to cover the working expenses over their line, can claim only their proportion. The only restricted point is Croydon ; and there, we understand, tin Dover Com pany are prohibited, most properly and equitably, from carrying at lower fares than the Croydon Company themselves charge. We have now arrived at that point at which oui readers are entitled to our opinion as to the real cause of the depression in the value of this Company's stock. It is readily given, and is comprised in one word—Speculation. We shall watch the traffic with much earnestness, but no anxiety, satisfied that a great and glorious re sult will be the consequenee of the alteration in fares we have so long advocated, and which we hail with increased pleasure, coming as it does from so impor tant a line. We may just add, that the line from Tunbridge to Headcorn will be inspected early in the week by the Directors and General Pasley, and partially opened on Wednesday, the 31st, thereby strictly keeping faith with the Proprietors, Mr. Cubitt having promised the opening early in September. f:lek I f PROFESSOR LIEBIG, We learn from authority upon which' we ean4-ely, that the celebrated chemist, Professor Liebig,. will ar 7 , rive in London in the course of next week ;. - tiptiV i j 'A N T he will visit this town in the first week of next " - Liebig may justly be considered the father of organic chemistry. He entered into the study of this diffi cult science at a time when it - consisted of s. mere assemblage of empirical facts. His first great . endeavours were to improve the facilities for the analysis of organic bodies, and to introduce into it the precision which is necessary in all chemical inquiries. With the aid of the admirable apparatus invented by himself, he laboured for many years in creating the new science, and it is well known how productive has been the field of his labours. His fame as an analyst became so extended, that inhabitants of all nations flocked to his laboratory, and the most dis ting.juished professors of foreign countries did not think it beneath them to he enrolled amongst his student;;. Our informant mentioned to us, that on visiting hia laboratory some years since, he found distinguished professors from Austria, Russia, France, England,. America, and Switzerland. He also saw natives of Alex - i co, Spain, Hi ndostan, and various other countries. With so many students ready to follow oat his suggestions, he traversed with wondrous rapidity the field of dis covery, and has now raised organic chemistry to a proud position in the rank of the exact sciences. A few years only have elapsed since this great philoso pher conceived that he might leave, without injury to the progress of science, the details to be worked out by his followers ; and he himself set out to seek " pas tures new" in the practical applications of the prin- Ciples which he had discovered. His first work, on the Application of Chemistry to Agriculture, has indeed been an era in the advancement of that noble science, and has wrought and is still work ing a revolution in its practice. It is well known to the English public, through the translation of Dr. Playfimir. His second work, a co pious abstract of which we lately inserted in this Journal, is equally wonderful; and will no doubt, cause an equal improvement in physiology and in medicine. . The Professor has ,opened a new path of inquiry, alike important to the - Welfare of time human race, and to the best interests of society. Long may he live to pursue it, despite the sneers of the ignorant, and the taunts of the invidious. When we consider that these works were written at the desire of the British Association, and have been pro ductive of so much benefit to English agriculture and English Capital ; and when we consider further, that almost all our rising chemists are pupils of the dis tinguished Liebig, we earnestly hope that our towns men, as well as the public generally, will hail his arrival with the respect due to his great talents, and render him every facility in the attainment of the object of his - visit, which, we understand, is to ac quire information regarding the state of the agricul ture and manufaCtures of our country.—Mancheder - Guardian. DUBLIN POLICE. Some of the usual results of " Donnybrook Fair" disclosed themselves at College-street Police-office, no less than eighty-eight prisoners having been brought before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Hitchcock. The following case, amongst a host of others, arising from the like source, was brought forward : Police-constable Kennedy, of the B division, charged a man named Thomas Smith, with having been drunk and disorderly at the fair on the night previous. The prisoner was a man of monstrous dimensions, ‘vhose gigantic person filled the whole dock. Mr. Ilvrcitcocic. What have you to say for yourself? Prisoner (drawing a huge fist over his brow) — Little, very little. . I have a confused recollection of having been at some fair or other, of having kissed some girl or other, of having drunk some liquor or other, and of having been trailed through the mud to the station-house by some' , policeman or other. — (Laughter.) There is all I know about it, and don't care twopence if you fine me. Mr. Hrrcncocx—lt must have taken a good deal of liquor to have made you drunk. Prisoner—Well, I don't doubt but it did- I have a glimmering recollection of having drunk the better part of a quarter cask of XX.—Fined 2s. 6d. Tl; - • ae master spinners and manufacturers, who reside in the very lnidst of their men, employ generally several handled, and sometimes more than a thousand hands each. Any disputes upon the subject of a reduction of wages between the employer and employed rouses the feelings of this body of operatives, and lays them open to the instant control of the Trades' Union Committees and the political agitators. There is consequently nothing which the factory owner dreads more intensely than a strike upon the subject of wages. Nobody knows where it will end, or what may be the consequences. In 1829, when the last great turn out took place at Staleybridge and its neighbourhood, the contest lasted twelve weeks, during which one of the mas ters, a member of a most respectable family, met his death at the hands of an assassin. Now, sup posing that the story were as true as it is notoriously false, that, under such circumstances as these, mill. owners did risk all the eonsequences of a strike to effect the repeal of the Corn-law, it would furnish the strongest possible truth of their despe rate state, and of their earnest conviction of the true remedy. But will anybody, not blinded by party prejudice, for one moment believe that the mill-owners of Staleybridge district would rush into all the dangers of a strike (to say nothing of the loss of 191 every hour, ac cording to Mr. Horner, that the machinery of a large mill stands idle) for the purpose of forwarding the Anti- Corn-law agitation, without having made one provision before or after the turn - out, to co nvert the agitation to the desired account ? Are these " cunning Leaguers" of Staleybridge suddenly struck with madness, that they should provoke a conflict with an exasperated popula tion, 90 per cent. of whom are operatives surrounding their own homes, for no other purpose than to be sworn in as special constables to put down the disaffected turn-outs ?—Anti-Bread-tax Circular. THE WEST INDIA MAILS.—The arrangements be tween the Lords Commissioners of the Board of Admi ralty and the Right Hon. Lord Lowther, the Postmaster- General, respecting the transmission of the West India mails twice a month by sailing, packets, are now finally concluded. Twelve 10-gun brigs are now fitting out with all expedition at Plymouth, as packets for the pur pose of conveying the Madeira, Jamaica (and. all the West India Islands), Panama, New Orleans, British Guiana, Surinam, and Mexican mails, which will be made up at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, on the Ist and 15th of every month, and forwarded via Fal mouth. The average time of the voyage from and to Falmouth and the West India Islands, Mexico, &c., is computed at 57 days. The Madeira, Brazils, and Buenos Ayres mails will be also conveyed by her Ma jesty's brigs Linnet, Penguin, Swift, Crane, Express, Petrel, and Ranger, on the first Tuesday of every month. The time from and to Falmouth is on an average 140 days. From August to January the packets will touch at Pernambuco and Bahia on their outward passage to Rio Janeiro, and the other six months on their home ward. This new arrangement of the Post-office .is in consequence. of the continued complaints that have been made to Government by the merchants ef London, Liver pool, Manchester, and Glasgow, of the delay they have experienced in transmitting and receiving their intelli gence from our West India Islands, South America, and the Brazils, by the steam-packets of the Royal West India Mail Company. We regret this change, and con fidently hope the Post-office authorities are not about to return to the old worn-out system. If these 10-gun brigs are as bad as those formerly in use, the alteration will be for the worse. PRESENT TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALIIERT. —A very beautiful Arabian mare (the only one N hich has been permitted to leave the country for many years past, and which arrived in England a few days since) has just been presented to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Windsor, from the English Consul at Mor occo. The mare, which for symmetry may almost be sai d to be un equalled, is of a dark grey colour, standing fifteen hands high, and nut more than two years old, and of the purest Arab blood. It reached Windsor by the Great Western Railway from town a day or two since, and immediately upon its arrival it was taken to the Quadrangle, where it was seen by the Queen and the Prince, and several of the members of the Royal Household, by whom it was greatly admired. RECOVERY OF A SHIP AND HER CARGO.—Mr. W. Fraser, of the Submarine and Salvage Establishment, is London, has succeeded, after many difficulties, in saving the whole of the valuable cargo and stores of the Amen can ship Baptist Merrick, sunk off Culansoog, on the coast if l lolland, a month ago. Amorg the cargo was a quantity of valuable machinery, which has been got up in as per fect a state as if it had just left the m anufactory. The ship lay sunk in a very exposed situation, imbedded in the sand, and open to the whole North Sea. Mr. Fraser vies engaged, with his divers, for several days under , water, stopping the principal leaks, and planking then, over, and succeeded afterwards, by means of his appa ratus and iron alleles, in saving the cargo, which is valued at upwards of 7,000/., and is now in possession of the underwriters. BIRMINGHAM, FRIDAY.—Mr. Machin gave a grand musical performance in the Town-hall here last night, at which Grisi, Ernesta Grisi, Lablache, Mario, F. La blache, Hayward, and Machin, distinguished themseves, Signor Costa, of the Italian Opera, was engaged to con duct the concert. It is thought there were nearly 3,000 persons present—a fact which speaks a great deal for the peaceable state of the town and neighbourhood. It being Madame Grisi's first appearance in England tNs year, she was most heartily welcomed. We never heard her in finer voice. All the performers acquitted them selves in the usual style of excellence, and were enthu siastically applauded by a most fashionable and crowded assembly. At the last meeting of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company the Agnewites did not venture to press to a division the question of stopping the Sunday trains! We were sure that the good sense of the people of Sootland would speedily disgust them with the p u ritanical schemes of the agitators. The prospects of the railway are most promising, and now that a better, because more concen trated, system of management has been introduced, the proprietors may look forward to the s peedy realisation of their most sanguine hopes. —Railway Times. By the Brisk we learn that the Madagascar and Water Witch had recently attacked and destroyed a set tlement, or what is called a baracoon, at a place near Cabencla, and tilArated_9oo slaves. —Asti- Slavery Re t p a r er. • Vi.