The Sun. — London, England, 1842-11-10 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S SHOW. Itt an early hour yesterday morning, a numerous ero„iied streets lealing to the Mansion-house were ;Ivith Pedestrians all wending their w.ayn.toNthoevesitiairetle ',ag-Point of the Lord Mayor's procession. 11, an Y kind was allowed to pass further int t o he t r h e e C w i a t s y , _„,'"an the end of Farringdon . -street, where ' l l il e l 'purse,' occasionally a little confusion. Ludgate ' in consequence of this arrangement, appeared tiult e a different place to Ludgate-hill of w v i 4 i st o e u r t da t 3 h • talnileheapside looked like .. a race-course , e 11 ' Wandering musicians were con u g t re fo g r a t t i e l - , d dn i t n tb i t t . , ',41(1 several open air exhibitions wer f e t p e ';,ss to the gratification of many , o h a h side by the ap- Aot a little stir Was caused in C e p holiday folks. tesi.Nnee of Freemen, the "great" American . pugilist, 1%".}1"9,is _generally ca. lled " the American . grant," to 'en title he certainly has a just right, as he is up of of seven feet high. It was not a little . amus . amusing 1 ,,..,? e ar the various remarks pas,..ed upon him as Is iu sed thr on now-ball, increase gh the streets, with a posse of boys and d ilionien at his heels, which, like a Thes prevailing re hath.leas it rolled along. "!'s Were, " Oh , my gracious ! there's an d a m o a n n e ." g " ro O u h p , It of .18 on stilts," sa id one m laCliVidtmlS wh o h a d got i t into o' about theirhea to siol, dsthat l he . t i t the new " Lord .Mayor walking . Zelf, were canvassing amongst the..onuseldlveesatthaetptrhoe fiZ amount of good . things he k u w his station on cr• The giant eventually too orio° Bridg e to view the procession early as ten 0.0 Pro.cession commenced forming as . essi p on on the water. *ere . fi3ek I n Ding -street, Cheapside, and the ' great number of carriages, the coachmen.hats, of and by eleven there d white. f th e Ille n all adorned with rosettes r_ in hl t u h e ei a r nd ha., Thea7.lours of the new Lord y of orangements of the police during m th a e n e ag ar e l d y , part and niorning were extremely T he a o th e highest praise. the P° Precession in passing Lthornoduognh.bCriodrgnehiil and t' e to n st4i4ultry Proceeded over Preen°a the Southwark side, invt•hi l e ii h rg l e oe p a r l o it p I n t Chief Magistrate holds a very y e property. 1 1 nearly low water at the Pe eusequence of ,its being i% w i a ' e riod of embarkation , with ltidecirtuynncioning Companies' tea 8 terrni ned that the various s f Icarinsessliould b e towed up, and four steaersvv s • b e a re rg i e n , Witk ~ or that purpose. taken in kovl3‘hat of the The Lord Mayor th e ger ‘ and Grocers' %on Y e ‘ na et" the Goldsmiths' Waterman C t o e lu are u r y s,a w n a d s the Fish- Toil Etars_l44.),,,Car°,„ Company.. byTh The another b s a res b boat t the belonging Merchantto ko te e it s, 'a"tnti Stationers , the procession. two. other co n Ipan ies , Skinners, als toh joined Tallow the the usual Exchequer, where eee t l ed e 4 ,7 1 : 1 ,vng at Westminster the Lord Mayor pro eereiry t ° the Court of eurziAly of swearing in led afterwards proceeded for % I T taron. His Lordship was gone through before the l ot tot , -;_our% of • Chancery to invite the Lord Chancel the oe banquet at Guildhall this evening, and to same purpose. ,rteveral other Courts for th c rowd h anks of the river and t d l e m u v n ar s io w us er b e r fi id r g e e d s fro were m the us ed with spectators, and guns exposed situations. Tharieus wharfs and other Lo r , e Present is we believe, tliefirst occ s a i s d i e on of o t f h a e riv er ' Illayor taking . Water on the Surrey . at diStriet. rtart tF IIIICLISi t I:11113g origina t ed e r d a ti t f h y ro h u is gha numerous desire tenantry ou the i , P tii toe ol.ooicAL SOCIETY .—The at Monday evening Ell. t_ ti,, r o o ter session was held on Hall, D r . , io .—The first meeting for 1 04,b nis of the Society in Exeter sejited',4l'.B., President, in the heads of the two in riivid to the meeting casts of the chair. Mr. Wood plre sites a all who were executed at th . e lastSpirihneghekasd of ... at. ho for the murder . of their wives. bbnit these , a g e ' was not so ‘ l° slf th d6O displayed a great deal of in ratios Y and secretiveness, and the crime tit,4' rernarkable for atrocity been laid across thtodoncealment, the head having to lead to the as it . was for premedita loWafter it been struck,. so ti that his unfortunate victaismhandavkinilgleidefhtehri: siife°Y falling upon the fire. This person, kid' h ad kept a beer-house of a very lo T w he de o s t c h r e ip r t e io a n st , Ns cohabited with another female. alOO !httt of Robert Knoll, a man 30 30 years of co a h g a e . , had been hiti ti lo r the murder of his wife, r0,, t 4 Pith another person. display ork,i„ several previous injuries, andof very' T ‘ h v e u skull exh e i d bi t t h ed e offspring laCs of attachment and love by the repent . - <7 developed. This was exhibited some phreno 'NI of the unhappy man, who surrendered himself di .: , Yafterthe act. Mr. Booth explained rt;eal,: developmenti in the * last, at h old s til w .as 'left for execution murder on n of her husband... ,. u s ai F lintshire, for the un s f a o t r u tu rd n a a y te female which were en . nsi l 'esh,„ l3 e ase the organs of cunning d, deree re very largely de.velsopoe and acquisitive red th _fe r r al it e .L aufficient motives t account whilst ageo f f for her th h e u c s r h i aa m inn e d. , Ito, fseription, being that of a '4l de w '°' The next case was o fe ca a s le ti , ll 2 m 2 o 3 r, ea p rs of the utmost old, t ° r the murder of an illegitimate child 10 months de k . r : who% sh had always displayed but sen—te-necelinaterl:ll affection. In this female, .who was for hose semen t° death at the last t C o h t e r s a te n r sp A or s t s a iz ti e o s u , life the ee Was commuted largely vel ° re of children, which were and t he Predominant organs e w l. e e r r e y benevolence op e d_ . November. de meeting .•?-li i nteresting conversation ensued, and the Pol'Alrned till the 21st of -N O 11° 041 OLLISIONS AT SEA. — - f tn Hamburgh, ar r i, rci (I,l,ltr,the Caledonia steamer, ro vessel called the SEA. — On Sunday after- Los;','.xravesend, having in tow a la 't ‘-•:' uel "ging to St. Petersburgh, %4 :Lith disabled, and: no person on about the drifting qerTatuer's homeward passage, board,which hadlvbi while o e been with the th e el Ocean. The supposition entertained by ve4eialedonia's crew upon coming 1 1 _ war 1„ was that she had been in collision , u for her bul -1 ilijow,e stove in, and altogether she . was h seriously beep - - , 1 Ip ° a as bo ut the hull and rigging. Perim ertained that such was really thecase. du l r t i li n a g p t ; ioi er l'n the night of the 30th of last month, , en miles off the ' glile from the S.W., about seven to 1; 51 ' 8 , 1. tof Orfordriess, and the other vessel to Mar the brig Revanche, belonging proved for the Bollesw , -.-ne crew, expecting the vesSelwould go shor - ' JastiPed into the long-boat, and made . whey a nY th ey e ' "hieh the succeeded in reaching in el s , a f f r e o t3 tn , . hick ti, shortlylost sightf the Lo ti i :my believedshe sunk. The value o r of the vessel, had Accounts hav e Z la reported to be at least 1,600/. so n, C a en received of the total loss of the n b d a e r e k , !s said Plain C aithmer, belonging to i ht of the Int o lo nave resulted in consequence p of u n lier coming which into lision with another vessel on the Whil,,, of October, near the east coast ofgGothland, Dundee. ile r ' er O es e ' her , voyage from . Li . ve . rpool to , _ . ,-.. ,_ Inet • eonSisted oft welve individuals, two sea en., am Watery grave, namely , h reselves by the of whom nv e b in : and at wo -boys. The rest savedt I ' l eolr at. the mate, dread the d lait'n o ccurred In a occasioned by la t s h t e , t c he ha 4 n tl n i e i l n e , s; instant , a 1 Z rh ness of the night . It took placab_o_u e t .o e nn leven a seh ea °e near the Sit(-rries, between the l d t t _, another isehonner, from Tralee to Liverpool, an aTiderite, that the. present ter ' aas ne at unknown. save thent!here was formers carcelytime Such was its fathoms commenced forthe filling rapidly, r t a o pidly, l';aters•.eivess,be,for_e she - went down in sixteen day On the same ( ,', ll oth er ,_".„ .. e Is insured for 8001. run down at `Be eilb."wcalen named the Hope, was a , bri 'L an ,ee of North Shields harbour by the U d n ri i v o e n n , in bartlle-v,,_ging;to that port. The latter was it . `4e-aeribed uourulidefs stress of weather, andd here is is ar°ltaltees.chixtetc'elolfav4.ee been entirelyaccidental . weather r mp g rats AN I fOll ',I,It(IVEIN r. • .-- iif t lie We extract the mode- ell - N. , IIAMBER-LIGIIT d elvh,ahiber•li L 111 of and economical t Chemistry," to C r o ll eh exe-e-tetntlifronlqa"aen “iAmnpnroavlse his invention.— oz. ,tnrbriesporident Periodical it was communicated by i wintor • `- - w ho thus descri es siz e • a cotn .- .. • ointment pot, a tw° Th. 'lith e .. M on cylLndrteal ot All" is All usually have it t ri m with ed with ' any kind of fat. I .n. Thi s is tri, l-1, in the summer a .smaller .one. 'Ned 1., "" Waste 'fat from 'the kitchen . wax /s ick s o i d "Y about half an inch of the . common int o a th in at the tall ow -chandler's, beingsimplylosinh I Hal t place slice of a wine-bottle cork, upon . pik e „, • this is about l' th e .. strip of stout filteringer ; an d a dia nieter diameter of the cork in breadth, brona a , 114 a half i length. It need not be quit , eso e --", no% • n the ~ it must be at least the length . it fee d s th e • 'or using the bibulous paper is, that a nee i t •-. p er ky; without it, or some such contriv te 5',,,..wi1l not burn. I remove with the handle_ of , a e 4 littr " ,11 sufficient of the fat to allow the cork to 0 Delo th Inov ed ~, w e surface, and then place the fat so r.e to soliover the cork and paper, neatly spreading it, prepared. 1 1 thi ri r an even surface. The light is now ce ene e of t ni ". t he Pla.n might be improved, for the onv - aper, hose who are not early risers, by . having an w a r lure at the bottom of the pit, And 1 it in I tlelehl:Whielk would rise to the. level wh P en ae t i h n e g fat is ,si keex.tinslgiiiishbeed ewohnesnumtehe If 1 7 0t 1 and extinguish the wick when it exhausted. eork i . d, and occasion an 1 u'oa smell. fat is burned is up, n th n e . Swatq ~--nLaa Tatex On Friday -nar-vrpast Bev '• I kan, attired as ter a w a or idnat4)went intoenthe e e h e o ' a N m o. 68, evening, about a Kirkgate, suck ce tered eleven sfa,rr3th• chan ge f°' t , -,„ Yards the shop striped calico, for shirts, o ees. .. ak-t- ''' 0 . 2, p uke -street, together with the ne .I.v left the ,a sovereign, and he would then p._ .. • the purchaser immediately thOp and ' the ' shortly afterwards met the b oy carrying th he accompanied ( tn eda and change, and told him he was to take 11'474'0 s 2, Off-Street, to which place the bey- • A s soon. as they entered the house he asked the is . for the 12s. 8 c1•, which he tendered, being e' i "ene e i the Price • of the calico and the sovereign, W-en thenvillain suddenly bolted out of the door, ,s leaving the Youth in utter amazement at the rogue's Inaneauvre, and the probnabeiiviVtyasiasn unknown lodger at the house, 4e14. 4Vercury, - that he has left the town.— , in ' I"ed Pi g e on was shot the other day at Rozelle, he tn aw of which were found 117 beans, one acorn, a nd - 0 1)144 of • stsui..7- Glaigow ColtilititOnei. i . -COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The Tempest was revived at this theatre last even ing, and with complete success. Vandenhoff was the Prospero, and his fine deep tones, correct declamation, and subdued, yet commanding, action, told excellently in the part. His Prospero is certainly, as a whole, supe rior to Macready's. Without those sudden bursts of pas sion which Macready at certain times threw into the part,the Prospero of Vandenhoffis, as a whole, in better keeping ; it, throughout, exhibits the calmness of con scious power. Miss Vandenhoff was the Miranda, and a very exquisite Miranda she made. This character is one of the most beautiful of the Shalisperian crea tions, but its beauty is the beauty of rep. - lese ; it makes no great demands upon the physical powers, although it requires a cultivated intellect, chastened by a pure taste, to develop fully the requisite refinement of its modest and maiden-like simplicity. It was evident that Miss Vandenhoff had studied her author care fully, and thoroughly understood his meaning. The character is completely within the compass of her powers, and consequently she performed it beautifully, for whenever she does fail, which she sometimes has done in other characters, it has always been from deficiency of physical, never from want of mental, power. We could have wished her a better Ferdinand than C. Pitt. The dainty Ariel found a dainty re presentative in Miss Rainforth, who acted and sung delightfully. She was deservedly encored in " Where the bee sips," which she sang with great taste and beauty and correctness. It was the most beautiful little bit of melody that we have heard for many a long day. The Calahan of J. Bland, although certainly not equal to that of G. Bennett, was a very creditable performance ; and the Trinculo of Harley, and the Stephano of Bartley, have lost none of their laughter moving qualities. • The raise en scene of the piece surpasses anything of the sort that has been produced at this theatre for years, and throws even the glories of the Midsummer Night's Dream into the shade. Macready's revival of the same piece at this theatre some four years since, is not to be compared to the revival of last evening, in point of splendour and scenic decorations. It will be remem bered by old players ; that under Macready's manage ment the first scene was omitted, and a dioramic view of a shipwreck substituted. Last night, however, the text of Shakspeare was rigidly adhered to, and the first scene was.preserved, " The sea, with a ship." Such are the directions given by Shakespeare himself as to the locus in quo of his first :scene ; and, accord ingly, last night, we had " the sea with a ship;" and such a ship—a completely rigged frigate, with the dramatis personce walking her deck, appeared tossed about by the fury of the tempest, and was dismasted by the storm. Never have we seen anything on the stage in the way of machinery approaching to the frigate. The audience were in ecstacies of delight at this splendid scenic triumph, - and testified their approbation by repeated bursts of applause. The scenery of the island, too, was beau tiful and diversified, and the last scene, in which the cavern of Prospero vanishes, and the sea appears calm and beautiful, with the gallant frigate of the King of Naples at anchor, was a fine piece of effect. At the fall of the curtain, Miss Rainforth was called for, and led on by Cooper, who announced the piece for repetition every Wednesday and Friday, until further notice, amidst shouts of applause. This revival of the Tempest is a decided hit, and it will no doubt draw crowded houses. The house last night was exceedingly well filled before the rising of the curtain, and long before half-price commenced it was crowded. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—TUESDAY. DERBY.-8 to 1 agst A British Yeoman, 20 to 1 agst Murat, 23 to 1 agst Winesour, 27 to 1 agst Philip, 27 to 1 agst Aristides, 35 to 1 agst Amorino, 40 to 1 agst Cotherstone, 40 to 1 agst Napier (t), 40 to 1 agst Lan guish colt, 50 to agst Dumpling, 50 to 1 agst Clara colt (4,000 to 70 t), 50 to 1 agst Black Drop. OAKS.-8 to 1 agst Maria Day, 10 to 1 agst Wee Pet, 14 to 1 agst Testy, 20 to 1 agst Sister to Coronation, 25 to 1 agst Sister to Satirist. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.—EGHAM, 1813. The Magna Charm Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for 501. ; Sir G. Heathcote's Sirikol, Mr. G. Ongley's The Queen of the Gipsies, Col. Wyndham's Murton Lordship. COURSING. ALTCAIt MEETING, Nov. 3 AND 4.—The Cup (16 dogs) was won by Mr. Kersh aw's Kel p ie. Mr. Ridg way's Redgauntlet ran up and received the sovereigns. The Sefton Stakes were won by Mr. Swan's Stork, beating, in the deciding course, Mr. Unworth's Un known. The Croxteth Stakes were won by Mr. Clowes's Cinderella. The West Derby Stakes were won by Mr. 11. Hornby's Hawick. The Ditchin Stakes, by Mr. Kershaw's Kelmia. The .Altear Hall Stakes, by Mr. Swan's Satirist. The Achers Holt Stakes, by Mr. Clowes's Cinderella. The Mile House Stakes, by Mr. Keppel ; and the Consolation Stakes, by Mr. Kershaw's Kidnapper. CLYDESDALE CLUB, Nov. 4 AND s.—The Puppy Cup was won by Mr. L. Ewing's Ida, beating Mr. A. Graham's Long-long-ago. The Cadzow Puppy Stakes, by Mr. A. Graham's Sir Edward. The Champion Collar, by SirW. A. Maxwell's Music. The East Kilbride Stakes, by Mr. 1,. Ewing's Lacerta. The Hamilton Stakes, by Mr. L. Ewing's Lively. The. Clyde Stakes, by Sir W. A. Max well's The Maid of Honour ; and the Dychmont Stakes, by Mr. L. Ewing's Earl. There is no foundation for the report that Mr. David Pollock is to be appointed one of the Com missioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, in the room of the late Mr. Commissioner Bowen. In fact, a very general opinion prevails in Westminster Hall that it is not intended to fill up the vacant office. It is also considered doubtful whether the judgeship of the Court of Review, vacant by the death of Sir John Cross, will be filled up. RALEIGH AND CO.'S BANKRUPTCY. - All adjourned meeting of the creditors of this firm was held at the Bankruptcy C o mmissioners' Rooms yesterday, for the purpose of taking into consideration the claim of the Bank of Manchester to prove its debts on the estate; which claim was resisted on the ground that after the , issue of the fiat, in which the registered officer of the bank was the petitioning creditor, the bank received different sums from the bankrupts ; which, it was contended, vitiated its claim. After a very long examination of witnesses, the meeting was adjourned to Friday next, at two o'clock. The claim of the bank_ upon the estate is about 170,0001. Manchester G ua An unusually large number of motions for new trials have been made in the Court of Queen's Bench during the first four days of the present term, the greater part of which have been from the Home Cir cuit,-at thelast ASsizes; presided over by Lord Abinger: In almost every instance a rule' nisi has been' obtained. DEATH OF MRS. LONGMAN.We regret to an nounce the decease of Mrs. Longman, widow of the late Thomas Norton Longman, Esq., on Saturday, Nov. 5, at her residence, Mount-grove, Hampstead. FIRE AND DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.—OH Tuesday night, about twelve, as the luggage train of the London and Birmingham Railway was proceeding towards London, it was discovered, on arriving at Kilburn, that some of the trucks which were heavily laden were in a blaze. With the assistance of some of the Company's servants and a number of the Metro politan police, the said carriages were speedily un loaded, and the engine, being detached from the train, went on to Eustom square ; it speedily returned , with a supply of water, and after the lapse of a short period the flames were entirely subdued, but not before a considerable deal of property had been destred. AYRSIIIRE.—COLLIERS' STRIKE—RIOTS.—We re gret to state that several disturbances have taken place in the neighbourhood of the coal-pits in this quarter, caused by the turn-outs' annoying, intimidating, and, in some instances, abusing the new men at Whitletts, and other pits. On Friday evening last, about eight o'clock, a large party congregated, and made an attempt to carry away some coals from a bing at the Antelope-pit, but were confronted by the watchman stationed for its protection, who took one of the party pr isoner ; but, the others having come to the rescue, he was obliged to surrender his prize, and it was not until he had threatened several times to fire on the assailants, that they made off. The mob then pur sued their way to Whitletts, at which place the manager of the coal-works resides, and demolished his windows with stones. Several of the inmates, we learn, were slightly hurt with missiles thrown through the windows. The houses of two men who had lately joined the works were treated in a similar man ner, the doors broken up, and a promise extorted, by threats, from the inmates that they should discon tinue working. The houses of other workmen, as also the wright's shop in the vicinity, were somewhat roughly handled, and the inhabitants threatened if they did not suspend labour. The rioters afterwards made their way into Wallacetown, where they attacked several houses, and forced promises from their inmates that they should no longer remain in Mr. Gor don's employment. The same afternoon two men that had lately come to reside in Whitletts were at tacked on the highway, while returning from their work, by an incensed mob, who threw stones at them and seriously abused their persons, holding out the most determined threats of vengeance should they con tinue longer at work. The consequence of these out rages has been a cessation of labour about most of the pits in the vicinity of Ayr—the men preferring to give up their employment rather than risk their lives. Several of the most active have been taken into cus tody. We regret to state that similar demonstrations have been made in other quarters where the colliers still continue to stand out, more particularly at Stevenston, where special constables have been sworn in, to protect those who are willing to remain at their labour. Petty thefts are also becoming numerous in the various localities in which the strike continues. For the ' protection of property, watchmen have been stationed in several places, armed with guns A detachment of about forty of ie Carrick troop of yeomany are to assemble here, and will remain for some time, in order to prevent any further outbreak from taking place.--Ayr Advertiser, PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 2.—The Minister of Finance has made to the Committees of States some interesting communications relative to the finances of the coun try. The following is an extract from the pro nienzoria on this subject : " The annual estimates relative' to revenue and ex penditure, which, according to the existing regula tion, are to be published every three years, are made up from the special estimates of the several depart ments. These special estimates, of which annually about the third part, and each time for a period of three years, is made up afresh, are mainly based upon average cal culations of the results of the several administrations during the three years preceding the former term, so that the main estimates of every year are based upon the result of a six years' experience " The estimates prepared upon this plinciple of the current revenue and expenditure for the year 1841, show a surplus of $2,136,000 (356,0001.). Of these, $1,000,000 will be required to cover deficiencies in the revenue, and some extraordinary expenses, and $350,000 for gifts of various kinds made by the Crown. In the last named item are included the sums constantly given by the King towards the erec tion of schools and churches. There will then remain, fir the year .1841, a real surplus of only $786,000 to augment the reserved fund of the State. " For the year 1842, the returns show a surplus of $3,097,000, which, after allowing for similar deduc tions, will leave a net surplus of $1,747,000 for the augmentation of the reserved fund. The material increase, as compared with the net surplus of 1841, is owing to the circumstance that the latter is. based on the administrative results of the six years 1835-1840, of which the first, in conse quence of the Customs' League having just before come into force, experienced an important decrease in the revenue derived from the customs—a decrease which operates unfavourably upon the average culation. " For the year 1843 the estimates have not yet been made up, but it may already be assumed, that, partly by the operation of the sinking fund, and partly in consequence of the reduction lately effected in the interest on the public debt, there will be a reduction of $1,200,000 in the expenditure for 1843. Add this amount to the estimated surplus of 1842, and there will be a net surplus of $2,947,000 to be anticipated for the year 1843, which, even after the proposed re duction of taxes to the extent of $2,000,000, will still leave a net surplus of $900,000. It is true that several extraordinary expenses will be required in 1843, and, as has already been intimated to the States, the produce of the lottery will - probably show a dimi nution of $60,000., These contingencies, however, it may reasonably' be anticipated, will be compensated by an increased consumption consequent on the said reduction of taxes, in which case a net surplus of $900,000 will still remain for the year 1843." At the sitting of the Committees of States on the 27th ult., the attention of the members was directed to the consideration, of the question, whether the State should guarantee the interest on the capital to be ex pended in the construction of the contemplated system of railroads. The question submitted to the assembly was— " Whether they deemed it necessary and expedient that the State should endeavour to bring about the construction of the system of railroads, already ad mitted to be necessary, by guaranteeing the interest on the capital to be expended ?" Several members urged that all the advantages an ticipated could be realised only in case the State would itself undertake the construction. A motion to that effect, however, the Minister of Finance, who pre sided, would not allow to be put, declaring— " That the Government had come to a determination for the present not construct railroads at the cost of the State, and that the King had not authorised him to consult the States on the subject." On the other hand, the Minister made no objection to put the question— " Whether it was the wish of the Assembly that the opinion referred to should be entered on the mi nutes, in order that in that way the views of the members might be brought under the notice of his Majesty." There were not wanting many members who de clared themselves altogether against the construction of railroads by the State, as likely to encumber the State with a large additional debt; whereas, by throw ing open the works to public competition, a large amount of foreign capital would be drawn into the country. It was quite as easy to obtain security for the execution of the works from private companies, as from the State, since the Government, in guaranteeing the interest on the capital, would be in a position to insist on the necessary guarantee from the Companies. The same argument would apply to the personal se curity of the travellers. The Minister was again urged to allow the question on this point to be put in a more distinct manner, but to this he refused his assent.. Some members were opposed to the guarantee of interest, connected as it was with a prospective aug mentation on the price of salt. Others urged the po licy of limiting the guarantee to a stated number of years. The Minister said that this point would be more suitably discussed at a subsequent stage ; at the same time he gave .it to be understood that the Go vernment were in favour of a permanent guarantee. Some declared themselves hostile to the very prin ciple of a State guarantee of the interest, inasmuch as it was not to be anticipated that the railroads would ever pay a profit; that, therefore, the State would be burdened with a permanent increase of expenditure, that would absorb every surplus of revenue, and even tually compel the Government to cancel the reduction about to be made on the price of salt. It was con tended also that the guarantee of the interest would be, to all intents and purposes, an augmentation of the national debt, a measure which, according to the law of the 17th of January, 1820, was not to be adopted without the express sanction of the States. Taking that view of the case, the present Assembly could not be deemed competent to give its sanction to a measure of such importance, which could, in fact, obtain a legal character only by being submitted for the approbation of the States. These latter arguments were warmly combated by the Minister, who endeavoured to draw a distinction between a debtor and an individual who became se curity for a debtor. If this view, moreover, were correct., it would apply to every permanent expendi ture that the State might take upon itself. Nor was , the Assembly now called together to give a sanction I to a measure, but rather to enlighten his Majesty as to the wishei. and mints - 01" the' - cciutitry' relatiVe j to matters in the regulation of which his Majesty was liable to no control. The Ministe - r continued for some time to express himself in this sense, and then proceeded to show the inexpediency of undertaking the construction of railroads, as 'a public work, and at the expense of the State. At the conclusion of his speech he put the question whether the meeting held it necessary and expedient that the State should en deavour to secure the construction of the wished for railroads, by offering to guarantee the interest on the necessary capital ? The division then took place, when the members 'rom the several provinces voted as follows : Ayes. Noes. Prusssia lO .... . 2 Brandenburg Pomerania Silesia Posen Saxony .. 10 Westphalia The Rhine Province ll Total B 3 The question was then 'put :—" Whether the As sembly wished to have the opinion entered on the minutes, that they would have preferred to see these railroads executed by the State itself, and whether they would have voted for the adoption of such a principle, if the Government had not declared its de termination not, for the present, to undertake any such works on its own account ?" On this question the result of the division was as follows : Ayes. Noes Prussia. .. . • 12 ..... 0 Brandenburg • • Pomerania Silesia ••• • 0 Posen Saxony Westphalia.. ...• . • ••• The Rhine 7 .... 4 Total. The next question, to the consideration of which the Assembly proceeded, was " Whether it would be consistent with the wishes of the country to undertake the said guarantee of the interest on the capital, subject to the contingency of a re-augmentation in the price of salt ?" The Minister argued the necessity of providing for the contingent emergency referred to, but declared himself ready to modify the question in such a man ner, that there should be merely an augmentation of taxes generally to the extent of the reduction now contemplated, without specifying whether that aug mentation should be in the shape of a higher price for salt. The further discussion of this question had then to be adjourned till the next sitting. THE GRAVE-YARDS Or THE METROPOLIS.—A peti tion to the House of Commons is now in course of signature among the householders and inhabitants of the Strand and Drury-lane, praying for the closing of the various burial-grounds in that vicinity. The petitioners contend that the overcharged state of the various grave-yards in the neighbourhood is destruc tive to the health of the inhabitants, and therefore pray that Parliament will take such steps, at the ear liest possible period, as may lead to the abolition of the present system of interment. The petition has already received between 7,000 and 8,000 signatures, THE LATE MR. HONE. William Hone was the second of two brothers, both of whom were children of a religious and vir tuous father. His mind, from its earliest years, was always devoted to literary pursuits, and the ac quisitions which he made in a class of reading, rather out of the ordinary war, were exten,ive and erudite. As it was related of Johnson by his pleasant bio grapher, that he said " he loved the old black-letter books, because they were rich in matter, though their style was inelegant," so Mr. Hone acknowledged that it was this same order of reading which bad been especially dear to him from accidental acquaintance with it in childhood; and it was with this that he con- tinued to have stolen intimacies during thirty years anterior to that portion of his career, which brought it more particularly into action. Mr. Hone was born in 1780, and at the age of ten years was placed in an attorney's office in the metro polis, and when very young imbibed many of the principles disseminated by the London Corresponding Society. His father becoming acquainted with this circumstance removed him to the office of Mr. Jef feries, solicitor, at Chatham, in whose employ he re mained two years and a-half, when he returned to London, and engaged himself as clerk to Mr. Eger ton, of Gray's Inn. He subsequently, however, from some supposed distaste, quitted the law, and having in July married, commenced business as a print and bookseller, with a circulating library in Lambeth walk. He next removed to St. Martin's-churchyard, near Charing-cross, where he had the misfortune to have his house burned, and sustained a very con siderable loss. He next enrolled himself in the Prince of Wales's volunteer corps, and suffered various vicissitudes both in and out of business. Mr. Hone made his first literary essay as a satirist. Perhaps no composition of the same class ever went through a greater number of editions than his " Political House that Jack Built," and in illus trating which, the inimitable powers of Cruikshank were first developed. Shortly after he edited the pamphlet known as the " Spirit of Despotism," and thereby resuscitated powerful pieces of writing, which a few years before, had biassed in no ordinary man ner, the minds and principles of the public. Mr. Hone subsequently became a bankrupt, but again started in May's-buildings, St. Martin s-lane, from whence he removed to High-street, Bloomsbury, where, whilst Mrs. Hone attended to the shop, he acted as assistant to Mr. Saunders, the book auc tioneer. In 1811 he commenced for himself, and held his first trade sale as a book auctioneer, having a counting-house in Ivy-lane. But here again the strong desire he always manifested to rectify abuses led him to investigate the complaints which had been made respecting lunatic asylums, and for this purpose he cordially co-operated with • Mr. E. Wakefield and James Bevan, of the Society of Friends—and one re sult among many was the release of an unfortunate man of the name of Norris, who for nine years had been chained to an upright • iron bar in one of the cells of Bethlem Hospital. Involved in embarrass ments, a second failure was the consequence — his family having in the interval increased to seven children, who were tak en to a humble lodging in the Old Bailey, where t he father stru gg led hard to maintain them by his contributions to the Critical Review and the British Lady's Magazine. He next occupied a small shop in Fleet-street, as a bookseller, which on two different nights was plun dered of the Most valuable works, many of which had been borrowed for the purpose of displaying stock. This greatly disheartened him, but about 1815 he became publisher of the Traveller newspaper, and the case of Eliza Fenning coming under his notice, he exerted his usual indefatigable zeal to rescue her from death. In 1816 he commenced a weekly paper called the Reformist's Register, in which he very ably combated the doctrines promulgated by Mr. Owen. In considering, however, the life of Mr. Hone, that portion, which of course attaches the attention most, is that which relates to the period when, on charges of libel and blasphemy, he was summoned before the ju dicature of his country to answer the allegations brought against him. To these we at once proceed. The first trial of Mr. Hone came on before Mr. Justice Abbot and a special jury on the 18th of De cember, 1817. The information filed against him was for printing and publishing a seditious and profane libel on those parts of the Church Se rvi ce called the Catechism, the Apostles' Creed, and th e Lord's ? Mr.river, to which the defendant pleaded "Not Guilty. Hone, acting as his own connsel, add resse d himself to t h the i management n t he artof o speaking, p e his a k nwg, the case.n impression he made Though unprac tisedwas considerable. Touching upon his arrest, he com plained against Lord Ellenborough for excess of rigour. the hasty manner of his apprehension by his Lordship's order he strongly dilated on. Labouring at the time under severe indisposition from a nervous complaint, he was hurried from a qunging house to Westminster-hall, to plead to informations of the na ture of which he was wholly ignorant. Placed on the floor of the Court, hardly able to stand or see from indisposition, he respectfully craved the indulgence of the Lord Chief Justice to be allowed to sit whilst three long informations were read. Never, said hone, should he forget the answer which the Noble Lord gave to this application from a forlorn and oppressed fellow-creature, literally sinking from pa in and the sufferings of humanity. The venerable Judge, said he, in relating this circumstance, with that com placency, mildness, and forbearance, which was so r peculiar to him, uttered the m onos yll a ble "No and that "No" was delivered with an emphasis which might have been heard at the other end of Westmin ster-hall. This treatment, said Hone, produced a different effect upon him from that which his Lord ship calculated. It operated on him like a glass of cold water thrown on the face of a f a inting man. It roused him to a sense of indep en d ence . some d M of r. th il e o p n a e p , he was the victim of a grinding persecution, which, though it had broken him down, had not yet crushed him. He had d b e e f e e n nce c , al b l 3 e , d,sai He saw that who had been dragged from obscurity and poverty by the sale of blasphemous publications. He would not tio n npapers, ,coanuti,rneutcah call the authors by that appellation by which he had been branded, but he challenged the whole world to point out an instance in which he had been guilty of a single act derogatory to a moral and honest man. High authorities had raised an outcry against him — a sort of war- whoop—for the purpose of dragging him, a miserable and defencelesss man, through the gauntlets of popular clamour, as an execrable enemy to society. He scorned the ambition of becoming popular man, es'enif he had the abiliV to attain such a distinetion-z-but he did lay craiin to the character of an honest and independent man. He then came to the charge of publishing parodies. His defence was that there were two kinds of paro dies ; one in which a man might convey ludicrous or ridiculous ideas relative to some other subject; the other where it was meant to ridicule the thing paro died. The latter, he asserted, was not the case in that which he employed, and therefore he had not brotight religion into contempt. After these obser vations, he proceeded to show that the parody brought in accusation against him was in itself innocent, and void of wrong tendency. The Blackwood of the preceding October had a parody on Ezekiel, just of the character of his, but it was written by respect able men. Judge Abbot, in drawing up, stated his conviction that the prisoner had irreligiously scanda lised and libelled the Church. The Jury withdrew, but in a quarter of an hour returned, with a firm voice, "Not Guilty." Loud acclamations instantly filled the Court. The second trial of Mr. Hone came on, upon the 19th of the same month, befoie Lord Ellenborough. The scenes between his Lordship and the accused were on this occasion most remarkable. Lord Ellen borough appeared sitting on thorns, and wound up to the utmost pitch of irritation throughout the trial. In one portion the colloquy . was Warm and violent. Mr. Hone contended that intention and tendency were very different considerations. " I call upon your Lordship to say," said he, " whether I can be guilty of a libel, unless there is a manifest intention on my part to commit the offence ch arged by the information ?" Lord Ellenborough—As you call upon me to give my opinion, I say, if the publication has a tendency to produce that effect on the minds of the persons who read it, it is in law and in fact a libel. I should not have interrupted you, but you called for my direction. Mr. Hone—That, Gentleman of the Jury, is his Lordship's (!) opinion. Lord Ellenborough—lt is not only my opinion, but that of all lawyers and all Judges who ever sat upon the Bench. Every man must be answerable for ' the tendency of his acts. He cannot put his private intention in opposition to his act, if it has a tendency to inflame the public mind, and produce mischief. There is no Judge and no lawyer who will controvert this proposition. Mr. Hone said that this WM not his argument: The Attorney-General had said that his Lordship would, if he thought fit, give his opinion to the Jury. Thi s his Lordship was certainly empowered to do, under Mr. Fox's Bill. Lord Ellenborough—The Judge wanted no power so to do, before Mr. Fox's Bill. It was hi s sworn duty to do so before Mr. Foxs Bill, or even himself, existed. Mr. Hone submitted that Mr. Fox's Bill must be considered as having passed unnecessarily, and w as , in fact, surplusage, although the wisdom of the Legis lature had thought it necessary to introduce an ex press clause into the Bill emp owerin g the Judge to give his opinion. " But," said Mr. one, in a loud and triumphant voice, 4, this is but his Lordship's opinion." This exclamation produced a shout of applause from the auditory, who clapped their hands and huzzaed repeatedly. ' In an authoritative tone, Lord Ellenborough called upon the Sheriffs to do their duty, and seize the per _ sons who had disturbed the Good. Proceedings were stopped for some minutes, when the Sheriffs' officers were asked if they had secured the offenders. One answered that they could not see any of the persons who had disturbed the Court. Lord Ellenborough rose—Open your eyes--stretch forth your arm, and seize the offenders. I see a great many persons before me, but I cannot distinguish the offenders. The trial proceeded. Mr. Hone, in his defence, adduced a greater crowd of authorities who were stated by him to have parodied sacred subjects in the same manner as himself. The Jury, it is well known, brought in their una nimous verdict of " Not Guilty," and the sensation produced by the effect of this partial trial cannot be described. To enter into review of the third trial of Mr. Hone for the publication of the " Sinecurists Creed, . which was alleged to be a parody on the Creed of Saint Athanasius, would, perhaps, be te dious, as the tenor of his defence, and the result in his acquittal, were the same as in the two foregoing trials. Perhaps the most- cruel casualty that befel Mr. Hone was the disrepute and subsequent voluntary banishment from this country of his brother, occa sioned by his authorship of the publications for which he was tried. Mr. Hone, the brother, was a barrister of ten years' standing, who pursued his profession at first on the Midland Circuit, and more lately in the Court of Chancery. For several years he obtained by this means such an income as was sufficient for the support of his family in comfort and independence. As soon, however, as the relation between him and the subject of this memoir was known, an unjust pre judice was transferred to the innocent brother of the publisher : it was taken for granted that the two held the same religious and political opinions, till Mr. Hone was gradually deserted by his, clients, and found himself deprived of his whole professional income. In the hope of diverting this prejudice against his character, he applied to the Lord Chancellor, the Master of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor, and the twelve Judges, to subscribe to a book on Conveyancing, which they did, obtaining also similar permission from the gentlemen within the bar in the Court of Chancery, and the leaders of his own Cir cuit. Distress and poverty, however, prevented the completion of this design. His wife and children were frequently without the necessaries of life, and finally a number of gentlemen at the bar subscribed together to enable Mr. Hone to emigrate to one of the colonies. Mr. Hone's publication of " The Apocryphal New Testament," from which the ecclesiastical followers of former times drew most largely for their sacred inter ludes and plays, was made by him, as a matter of mere curiosity, for the information of curious and in quisitive dispositions. By part of the Press, however, it was construed into a cause of attack, and the fierce ness of the Quarterly Review in this respect, in Octo ber, 1821, roused him to answer the assailant, in which he resented the flagitious frauds of the Reve rend Reviewer. • . _ In 1823, Mr. Hone published his description of the 1 " Ancient Mysteries," such as chiefly found in the old English Miracle Plays, and printed at his own house, 45, Ludgate-hill. In 1830, Mr. Hone produced his " Annals of the Revolutions in France," which was compiled chiefly , from the journals and part correspondence, and pos sesses some interesting documents. Among other literary works by Mr. Hone, was the " Spirit of Despotism," dedicated to Lord Castlereagh, edited by Mr. Hone, and republished in 1821. His " Slap at Slop (Dr. Stoddart) and the Bridge-street Gang," was published in the same year. In 1824 he responded to the Quarterly Review, in a pamphlet en titled " Aspersions answered," which was followed by " Another Article for the Quarterly," written in the same year. The excellent and entertaining work entitled "The Every-day Book, or Calendar of Popu lar Amusements," appeared in 1826-7, and attracted greatly by its excellent manner. The " Table-book," a similar work, was also produced in 1827, in two volumes ; these he finished while under arrest for debt in the King's Bench, with his family of ten children dependent on him. His " Year-book of Daily Recrea tions and Information" appeared in 1832. " Hone's Poor Humphrey," a small almanac of a " peculiar cut," appeared in 1829. The last, however, was a mere catchpenny of the hour. The difficulties under which Mr. Hone laboured once more aroused the energies of his friends, and by their aid he was enabled to take the Grasshopper coffee-house, in Gracechurch-street, but after a few years this speculation also failed. At the starting of the Penny Magazine, he wrote the first article, and he likewise edited " Strutt's Sports," &c. Mr. Hone, towards the close of his life, became one of the editors of the Patriot newspaper, and con tinued in the situation till increasing infirmity caused him to retire altogether from active life. He has left, out of a family of twelve children, nine still living, several of whom, with their widowed mother, are almost wholly unprovided for. THE BIG AND LITTLE RAT! TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUA. SlR—Conning over the columns of your evening edition of Friday, I saw an account of a scientific meeting in France, at which was communicated the extraordinary and highly interesting fact in natural history,—that a rat had been found near the top of one of the Alps ! many thousands of feet above the sea ! only think, a rat on a high mountain ! Was it on an exploratory journey, such as some men of science have immortalised themselves by ? " Whence came this little ambitious animal ?" I exclaimed. Surely it must be some learned rat from our own island, that, tired of political strife, determined, like nobler beings, to go on its travels ; and, no doubt, managed, unperceived, to secrete itself in the recesses of the steamer's hold, taking the route of France, where it would meet with many kindred rats. But what an ambitious imitator of the great rat that was sometime since found on that mountain, the Treasury bench, and whose daring in placing himself there, has been a theme of admira tion ever since. Well ! some good lesson may gene rally be drawn from the smallest trifles one meets with, so, leaving your readers to make the best of the little ambitious rat, and of the great one too, though, I fear they may find " bad is the best" of such a tribe,—l remain, respectfully, Nov. 5, 1842. RATCATCHER. NAVAL INTELLItiENCE. GIBRALTAR. OCT. 27.—The Owen Glendower convict ship, ) Mr. Bradshaw, master, arrived on the 22d instatt.i, in nine tlays,from Portsmouth, having on board 200 convicts to beemployed on the fortifications and in the Dockyard of the garrison; also some su pernumerary seamen for the Mediterranean squadron. She has been stripped of her rigging, and moored off the Dockyard, where she is to remain stationed. Her Majesty's steam-vessel Prometheus arrived from Malta on the 23d, with the mail for England, and sailed again on the evening of the 24th with that brought out by the Montrose packet. Her Majesty's ship Rodney was to sail from Malta two days after the Prometheus left, to relieve her Majesty's ship Formidable, at Gibraltar, which latter ship is to pro ceed to Malta. Considerable improvements are being made in the fortificatiernit of this garrison. A large battery was inaugurated on the 25th in the Salameda, by his Ex cellency the Governor, Sir F. Woodford, K.C.8., un der the name of Queen Victoria's Battery. The whole of the troops of the garrison were drawn out on the occasion, and a Royal salute was fired from the saluting battery. Ships at Gibraltar—The Formidable, 84 ; Savage, 10; and steam-vessel Lizard. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) The improved feeling in the market, which we no ticed last week, was fully supported to-day; and a tbir business was done, both in goods and yarn, at the full prices of last week. In some cases, attempts were made to obtain a slight advance on one or two counts of mule yarn, and on 40-inch shirtings; but we do not think they were generally successful. On the whole, however, the market was very firm, with a tendency rather to advance than otherwise. Roc lIDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Nov. 7.—The demand for flannels still continues brisk, and the regular buyers have purchased more freely than usual. There is every prospect of this continuing up to Christmas at least. The prices are the same as they have been for some weeks past. In the wool market there is no change to report, either as to prices or quantity sold. The dealers are quite ready to sell for immediate former rates ; but the m anufacturer purchases immediate use only. The corn trade has never been in such a plight as it is now ; the best and oldest firms have stopped ; houses at Dantzic, Marseilles, and elsewhere, have been broken up ; and the home farmer, instead of procuring from 545. to 565. for his wheat, has to enter into a competition with the assignees of the purchasers of foreign wheat, and has to contend in the market against foreign wheat sold at 485., a less price than it would have cost if it had not paid 6d. duty. Much of this wheat is still unsold, and the agricul turists, who were taught to expect a higher protec tion than the Bs. fixed duty, are actually in the same situation now as they would have been if there had been a free trade in corn, for they have to compete with foreign corn to be sold without reserve, to meet engagements' at as small a price as it would have sold with open porta.—Gftsgow Argus. The Earl of Mulgrave and the Earl of Caledon have been on an excursion tot he country .No of the Red Indians, near H udson's Bay, here the ble Lords had abundant sport in buffalo shooting, and thence they returned to head-quarters at Montreal, whence Lord Caledon was to embark for England. It is stated that Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews have withdrawn themselves from Drury lane Theatre, in consequence of a misunderstanding with gr. Dierea,dy. les. oa t, „di iitz4, r i a of 4: of • g K~`~ k uriter.,,ll Pr l 7,lbps" s uiroo'ia i o r rw iro le , `emu pito tn o " - it ?on!) # it?„, ,PS 4 0011 - V ° bible .( l ,o IS • • td64 Qty.- 1 9 1 .419'i Onflit° ;0 . 4 0 04 41 E IVO 70 1 , ' 1 01 41 0 9di Y °l : t use o it. verg e I ha V° in, or tor t° r sp ite txi tet a ttire; ble tf, ith is rank, ir eeiet • SO' i cu tta; anont l " „It a nna"' r• a te. - ' • -Arr a. ~aT ian , ~ ~,. ~~ai~a~ row r,O 10t 11 ' 3 , :f f -1 d c° 9- o-d a l' • on. 11 ; • a ter ga ll former LuSO j ' est) . , • Sc° t ': l a st -. o f the at. 45 The s hore , fl of t he . s tor , - under jo y e e f re st gre THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1842. DOUGLA DESPERATE OUTRAGE AND THE CASE o GALLANT RESISTANCE. (From the Nenagh Guardian.) At l3allygraigue, in the vicinity of this town, on the night of Monday, a number of men broke into the house of James and John Power. James, who was in the act of reading a- religious book for his infirm mother, had a pistol pointed at his head by a miscreant, who swore that he would soon change his devotion, and ordered him to go on his knees until he shot him. The young man, notwithstanding the pistol being presented at him, sprung, lion• like, on his intended murderer, and wrung the pistol from his grasp, exclaiming, at the same time, " That if he was to die, it would not be on his knees." Two more ruffians rushed in to the rescue of their accomplice, beat Power to the ground, and deprived him of the pistol. John Power now joined his bro ther; and having knocked down one of the fellows, who was trampling on his brother, a pistol was pre sented at him, with an execration that his brains would be blown out if he stirred a hand. Henry Power, who had beep in bed, now came to the assist ance of his brothers, armed with a shovel, and cleaved the head of the ruffian who held the pistol ; the miscreant fell, and while down, he gave him three blows of the edge of the shovel. Seven or eight men broke into the house, every second man of whom was armed with a pistol ; the candle being ex tinguished, the conflict became general and des • perate, and there can be no doubt but it was the fear of shooting some of their own party that prevented the discharge of the pistols. Patrick Power, a young man, but blind, groped out and seized one of the fel lows by the throat, and would have choked him, had it not been that the wretched being cried out for mercy, and the young man, from a religious feeling, let the miscreant go unstrangled. So desperate was the resistance the Powers gave, that they cleared the kitchen of their assailants, and barred the door against them. While taking other measures to secure the place they heard a bustle in the room, and turning in they found they had two of the fellows inside. Of these they determined to made prisoners, but they calling. out, " sth Regiment, will you leave us to be mur dered?" the doors and windows were all smashed in with large stones ; the gang re entered, and the ter rific struggle recommenced. The Powers fought for life and death, and owe their escape to the number of their opponents, who in many instances beat each other in an unmerciful manner through mistake. It being understood by them that one of the women had escaped out of the house and was giving the alarm, they retreated, bearing one of their comrades almost lifeless on their shoulders, and leaving behind them a loaded pistol with the lock broken off, two hats, and a clan-alpine. There were traces of blood, and in one spot there was nearly the full of a basin, and the straw about it was saturated. ELOPEMENT.—A considerable degree of excitement was occasioned in this city, on Friday morning last, from the circumstance of a young disciple of Escu lapius having, about three p.m. the day previcus, eloped with the daughter of a gentleman highly es teemed by all our citizens, and one of the same pro fession as the gay Lothario. The flight was not dis covered until quite late in the evening of Thursday (the friends of the lady expected she was at the house of an acquaintance). Immediately on the discovery, the injured father went post in pursuit, but no trace could be obtained until the next morning, when he learned that the place where the fugitives had break fasted was at Cambridge, and that, immediately after, they had taken the rail for London ; information has since arrived, that they were married on the Friday morning, but the place of their retreat at present re mains undiscovered.—Cambridge Advertiser. THE FRENCH BAR.—An affecting incident oc curred on Saturday, before the Tribunal of Correc tional Police, in a case of appeal against a sentence of three years' imprisonment upon a little boy, for vaga bondage. The father of the child, who was in Court, but in custody of a gendarme, he being himself a prisoner under different circum stances, was asked whether, in the event of the tribunal being disposed to annul the sentence, he would engage to take care of his child, and prevent the possibility of his again exposing himself to such a pro secution ? The poor man, with tears in his eyes, re plied that most willingly would he comply with the suggestion of the tribunal, if it was in his power, but he was a prisoner for debt in the Rue de Clichy, and had only been allowed to appear, for the purpose of imploring the indulgence of the Court for his child. His wife, he said, remained at home with three chil dren, and with no other means of support than the produce of her labour, which did not exceed thirty sous a day ; and thus it had happened that the young prisoner at the bar had been allowed to roam about and to be arrested for vagabondage. The President having inquired the amount of the debt for which he was incarcerated, he replied that it was only 320 f., but the costs amounted to 800 f. Whilst this conversation was going on, one of the counsel at the bar humanely made a collection amongst hii eollt*gues, and in a few minutes the whole amount of the debt was raised. The creditor, who fortunately was at hand, had his heart softened by what he witnessed, or his judgment con vinced as to the hopelessness of being paid by keeping his debtor in gaol, and having besides to pay 30f. a month for his support there, and offered to release him on payment of the debt alone. The offer was of course accepted, and father and son were both set at liberty.— Galignanes Messenger. INTOLERANCE.—A worthy young couple, named Thomas Stains and Mary Roberts, residents at Ring stead, near Thrapston, in Northamptonshire, intending marriage; the banns were duly published in the parish church of Ringstead. The wedding-day was fixed for the 12th October, on the very morning of which, the Vicar of the parish, the Rev. Dr. Watson, sent for the intended husband, and, finding that be had not been " christened" in the parish church, his parents being of the Baptist denomination, he refused to marry him, although his intended wife and her parents both be longed to the establishment. The disappointment was great ; yet, as the wedding-dinner was pre pared, and the invited guests assembled, :they kept the day as pleasantly as they could, under the circumstances. But what was now to be done ? The parties must be married somehow, and that legally too. Their characters were irreproach able. The whole parish cried shame on the vicar. The Dissenters in the village, with several stanch Church people, immediately raised the 3/. requisite for licensing the Baptist Meeting at Ringstead as a place for marriage, which was in stantly applied for, and obtained ; And on the expira tion Of the '2l days' notice required by law, Thomas Stains and Mary Roberts will be the first couple mar ried there. In the interim, the bride elect returned to reside under the parental roof.—Aylesbury News. FUNERAL 01' THE LATE MR. SERGEANT SPANKIE. —The mortal remains of this lamented gentleman were yesterday removed from Russell-square for interment in the catacombs of the Kensall-men Cemetery. The funeral procession consisted of a hearse drawn by four horses and three mourning coaches, preceded by two mutes and a handsome plume of feathers. The first coach contained three sons of the deceased, and Mr. Inglis, his' brother-in-law. The second was occupied by Lord Campbell (with whom the deceased was on p th n e lit no i l ea a l t intimate pri neipl terms, es)mr th. Sergeant h differing antAteh erley 7id an ely in d two other E f l r l i i e s n , d i‘ s ir o . f T t h u e r n ' d e e r c e ( a t s h e e d . n l e n d i t e h a l e t a h t i t r e d n d c o a n a c t h ) rode and two other gentlemen. The private carriages of Lord Campbell, Lord Ch ie f J us ti c Tindal, Mr. Sergeant the bar,Atcherley, closed a the and several procession.others belonging to members of Yesterday evening as Mrs. Martin, a respectable married female, residing in Fountain-court, Strand, was crossing the road from Wellington-street North, she was knocked down by one of the Stoke Newing ton omnibuses, which passed over her body. She was picked up quite insensible and carried to Mr. W elch ' s, ' surgeon, 390, Strand, where every attention was paid her ; she recovered in a short time, membrance of the accident, but had no a id her singular to say, was h quite unhurt. She was a ble to walk o me unassisted. FATAL PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER: 31n Gell held an inquest at the Thatched House, Strand, upon the ' body of John Benfield, aged 43. Mr. Crawshay, Fa versham-park, Reading, said that on the 18th of Oc tober last, he was standing upon the steps of the Golden Cross coach-office, and saw two men, deceased and another, qu arrelling ; they were sparring, and he observed deceased strike his opponent a blow in the mouth, which drew blood, and made him reel back upon the street ; he recovered in about two minutes, and again came up to deceased and struck him upon the forehead. Deceased fell, and his head seemed to have come in contact with the bottom of the lamp post, for he was nearly insensible. Witness ran up to him and raised his head to the p ro p er position, got his neckerchief unloosed, and he requested a policeman, who came up at the time, to get a little water ; he did not, however, do so, but walked away, and witness un fortunately did not observe his number. Deceased was carried into the yard. lie (witness) did not think any blame could be attached to deceased's opponent, as he seemed the most temperate and most anxious to avoid a quarrel of the two. Another witness confirmed Mr. Crawshay's statement in every particular. Mr. Hawes, surgeon, Adelphi-terrace, was called in to see deceased last Thursday, when he was partially sensi ble ; he got worse, however, and died on Saturday evening. From a post mortem examination of the body it was evident that deceased died from concus sion of the brain ; he found three or four ounces of coagulated blood, and from other appearances would say that considerable violence had been used. After the Jury had determined that a verdict of manslaugh ter should not be returned, " Jemmy Do v er," de ceased's opponent, was asked t o state t h e cause o f quarrel. From his statem en t it appeared that h e him self was a horse-keeper, or u n d er s t a bl e -k eeper a t the Golden Cross, and deceased was a ticket-porter, con nected with the same establishment ; they had quar relled about securing the box-seat for a gentleman on the Cambridge coac h and and the quarrel led to the fatal accident. Ye;dict—.4 , Chance medley." of the The case of Captain Archibald Douglas, 49th Madras Native Infantry, apprehended as a de serter, having excited considerable interest in military circles, we shall briefly call attention to the facts. Captain Douglas, in the spring of this year, bad leave upon sick certificate to proceed to the Neilgher rie Hills, and which leave was subsequently extended to 31st of March, 1843. In June last he ascertained that upon private information the Advocate-General had filed several criminal informations against him for - malversation in his capacity as Tolitical Resident at Tanjore ; and, therefore, with the view of consulting his friends in England, and obtaining the best legal advice as to the most expedient course to be pursued in meeting the charges, he determined to avail him self of his unexpired leave, and repair to this coun try; but knowing the difficulty he would have to encounter in embarking from India in his own name, he assumed that of Jackson. On landing he took his proper name, and under it actually presented him self at the East India House, and transacted business. During his voyage, it appears, many communica- tions from the Government of Madras reached Lea denhall-street, notifying the fact of the criminal in formation having been filed, and the report that Capt. Douglas had quitted the Neilgherrie station without leave. The Court of Directors accordingly, under the ad vice of their counsel, decided on arresting Captain Douglas as a deserter, and, as shown by the proceed ings at Marlborough-street police-office, that officer has been committed to Tothill-fields prison. A re port, as prescribed by the Mutiny Act, has been made by the Magistrate to the Secretary-at-War; all the East India troops while in the United Kingdom being, as regards the administration of civil law, under that Minister, the same as her Majesty's forces. It remains now to be seen how far, under the cir cumstances described, the Secretary-at-War and his advisers may deem Capt. Douglas ' s absence from the place to which his leave was nominally limited, and that leave not having expired, as an act of desertion ; more especially as it can be shown that his object Wag to return to the Neilgherries previous to the expira tion of such leave, and for which purpose there is still ample time. The case of this officer is in all respects peculiar, and, as far as our recollection goes, without a prece dent. The last instance (Feb: - 1836) of a Commis sioned Officer in her Majesty's ser'oice being adver tised as a deserter, is that of Paymaster Read, of the 68th Foot ; but in his case there was an acknow ledged defalcation of public money to a large amount, and he absconded when not on leave. We have heard that at Bangalore an officer was tried by a Court-martial, in or about 1838, on several charges— one for desertion, he having gone far beyond the place to which his leave was granted. In more recent instances of officers absent on leave in Great Britain, proceeding to the Continent without the express permission of the Commander in-Chief, they have been called upon for special ex planation, and they have been severely reprimanded when the explanation has not been deemed sufficient ; but in no instance that we can hear of, has it been ever contemplated by the Horse Guards, that such encroachment on leave should subject an officer to be charged as a deserter. The proper course would be, to supersede an officer for having obtained leave under false pretences. It would seem, therefore, that the harsh proceed ings against Captain Douglas have been adopted, not to punish the offence against military discipline, so much as to enable the East India Company to retain him in military custody, with the view to ulterior proceedings of a civil character at Madras. If the present matter can be drawn into a prece dent much inconvenience may arise—for instance, any officer crossing over to Boulogne for a few hours be comes a deserter.—Naval and Military Gazette. POACHERS and the CORN-LAWS. (From the Tyne Mercury.) We were not at all surprised to read the other day in a ConteMporary paper, The Sun, an account of an extraordinary combat etween game-keepers and poachers, and we were pleased at the mode in which our Contemporary made it useful as a subject of re mark for present purposes, and also, let us not forget to observe, for the benefit of mankind in general. We will carry his doctrine further than he did himself. We will say not only that the landholders ought to give up all their preserves, but that, if they are sincere, they ought to forego their fox-covers into the bar gain. They see the people of the empire famishing before their eyes. There are hundreds of thousands of acres just now laid down as fox-covers, for the pleasure of the gentry of the country, and yet they complain of their rents. All this land ought to be cultivated l It is well known that the fox-hunting gentry will not allow a fox to be dislodged, killed, or in any way injured—that they will cut a gentleman who has a breed of foxes on his estates if he should kill them, or kill any of thein i —that their amusemen"t must he kept up, no matter what may become of the rest of the community. It would be rather an odd thing if their tenants shout& „some of those days happen to hunt them ! Twenty years ago we noticed' many of those fox-corers which would have made excellent farms, and they are, we be lieve, far more numerous since ; why then not exter minate the foxes and put the land into good corn cultivation ? The only answer that can be made is, that the nobles and gentry mast have their amuse ment ! A most remarkable answer to the multitude who are crying out for bread ! The Church is de stroying itself by its endeavouring to take more power than it ought to possess; the land is destroying, itself by claiming privileges to which it has no possible right ; in short, every interest must finally bring itself to utter ruin when it knows and evinces that it cannot work honestly and faithfully to itself. It is monstrous to see four or five nun!, or seven or eight men, as the case may be, fightingin deadly combat on account of the death of certain partridges, rabbits, and we know not what. This, is even worse than the Corn-laws. The wild animals are nourished from the vitals of the people, and yet the people are not allowed to shoot them or to snare them. As long as the Corn law subject remains in abeyance, the people ought to act on this question ; we mean they ought legally to act, and if they were now and then to argue the matter e r cr i mea ch er ; poaching but, l et produces,i t he re in aid of some poor poacher, we do not think it would be much amiss ; not that we would say it should be a ora r o bbing poacher ; murderinginembe that,red the landowner is himself to blame. INSTILLATION OF THE DEAN OF . WESTMINSTER The ceremony of installing Dr . I D Turton, the newly elected Dean of Westminster, to o l place on Tuesday, during the morning service at Westminster Abbey. At the conclusion of the D a fi k r i s n t service th the Dean elect w ‘N a h s ieh led her in A b la y jes p ty r '; letters patent, ( r i um the Great Seal, were read by the Chapter Clerk, and the usual oath having been administered by Dr. Dakin, Lord John Thynne, the sub-dean, con ducted Dr. Turton to the.dean's stall, where he con tinued during the remainder of the service. The Psalms of the day were, by a curious coincidence, the same as those read at the funeral of Dr. Ireland, the late dean,. it being exactly this da y two month G s since his burial. The service was Dr. Cooke's, in ; and the anthem " I was i n the spirit" —Dr. Blow. TENANTS-AT-WILL.—" I lately conversed with a man," says Mr. Johnstone, " the occupier of a farm in the county of Durham. While walking over his fields, I drew his attention to the capability of improving them. `.lf the land were my own, ir,' he said, ' I is unfair that aw l ee s caa hc .m u , l l d y_ could make it produce double.'—' But your father and grandfather have been there before ,ou, and you have no reason to expect that the farm willbe taken from r toart.tibtpel,rimf tenant may for which Imay h te a n v a e nt to ru p i a :s, I' : permanent Ira . you.'—' That is true ; but it a i r s o benefit, rent.oer had a nineteen re y years' lease, rupronvtehneleinitsko.f tTbehelanrdes,ueltf liisbtioehb:n.n sn.fihgedierheptthahiaedt.' yearly they. ebroei risks i cs b e o asl r t fiwi I cannotshould reflect obtiltshut drawbacks against the permanent outlay upon his soil. lie may unintentionally of capital landlord, or his landlord's agent,, offend his dismissed ;or his landlord may die, and-be summarily under his heir may unsettle his and a new system position ; or, while his improvements are in progress, a new survey may take place, and his rent may be or his experiments may unexpectedly augmented ; unusually slow in repaying themselves, and he may be himself die before he has re covered his capital from the land for the use of his family."—M r . C. W. Johnstone's Pamphlet , en titled LL 'What can be done for English Agriculture ?" FALL OF A ROCK-SAL T PIT NEAR NORTHWICH. -- It will be in the recollection of m any, of our readers, that about three years ago several...lives were lost in consequence of the falling in of the top mine of a rock-salt pit belonging to Messrs. Ashton, of Dun kirk, near Northwich. A few weeks ago, indications were given that a second fall might be expected, and it has since taken place, owing, as it is conjectured, to some rock-salt pillars in the bottom mine having given way. In this fall, however, no lives have been sacrificed, as in the former melancholy instance, but the loss of property to several respectable proprietors is very great, involving considerable loss to the rock getters and their families, who regularly worked in the mines, which are now flooded to the height of five feet deep by the water, which had collected in the en ormous cavity which the former calamity had occa sioned, and which has no f d ' - ' w oun its way into three neighbouring pits, and threatened to enter as many more. It is said that the men who are now unem ployed are amusing themselves occasionally by sail ing on the water in a cock -boat from one pit into an other in which it had entered , at a depth from the surface of the earth of a hundred ana t" 1 " 7" 4 " . " Macclesfield Courier. ch he 'l' ich awry? itol , Olt* ent re ark tile s. ir .010 oct Poo ief go,; Wen• JP' p s 7 ,l