The Sun. — London, England, 1842-05-31 00:00:00

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V 1 3 Of :yet ,ftee f et tome 0 fli p and (i ,. ° ol', Cam' A ." 1 0 / a the ribi , rs ter ce ii )n 0 85 0/ ceideet.co Sin, d ,inge 7 - 10 Litt ,1 Theo' 4 7 , )n , for' r u$c";,111 14 f trs • Affi te" or reP 70 cr ut to ove Co o , veu fri _ A rt 'i l egtr" e eve/ co d - st A , j aat- `t or, , y , ° , tbe of sl o o ` on a. iiro,t;64 „lan , ,„0 the recer' 0 ,41 ; 15 d to o j o ie tr (' ' foi' ea ~r 1 ,e ore~e« td las e evnio` i i.& re .„ 0 - a n'be ' r , of 0 )y f . 1( 1 , ~„ r 0 ,.. 0.01 ,,; ( 5 41 , 1 A le 1;0) 0 1 moo r ger ) ,ol l eatil c o p , t its •4t ,fil v et ,ei lot ATTEMPT TIIE QUEEN'S LIFE. (From Cie Third Edition of The Sun of Last tiighi.) We have just been informcd,.by a messenger who left the Green Park in great haste, that another attempt 1 "5 made on the Queen's life, by a young man of respectable appearance, about 23 years of age, 4.1.. t as her Majesty was returning in a barouche and four ▪ fron t her evening ride towards Buckingham Palace. Suddenly the flash of a pistol was observed by the tbe.):nstander s , an d i nstant l y t h e young man w h o h a d at oi, fire f it was seized. Fortunately the pistol and before a second attempt could be (Inlifiadit'elt:td to ti p he w as in custody. Indeed he did not appear to make the attempt, for he put the pistol hurriedly into his breast, endeavouring to = escape detection. It does not appear from what [ we have heard that her Majesty was at „ tttit -- all aware of what had transpired. Singularly I+4 " l ough, the affair took place about where Oxford • made his • atrocious attempt. The prisoner was taken to the Palace Lodge, under the charge of Colonel Arbuthnot, who was in attendance on her Majesty. 4 ' 44 A., An immense assemblage of gentlemen on horseback, azid parties in the Park, crowded around the prisoner, and- evinced the most lively anxiety to learn • if her Majesty had sustained any injury, which we are • happy to say she did not. i ' s also reported that her Majesty was shot at yetqday, but as the person escaped, no notice was taken of the affair. 1- The attempt made this evening was communicated • by Sir James Graham to Sir Robert Peel in the . K o use of Commons about half-past six o'clock. I.‘ •r° l / 1 the Express Edition of The Sun of Last Night.) • T -•• .. he assassin is a young man not apparently more than t •: wenty-five years of age; rather short and stout. • • Lle ls . decently dressed, and his general appearance • etokens respectability. It is stated that he exactly answers the description given of the miscreant • who mad e an attempt to assass i nate h er M a j es ty -• lhis story Yesterday even i ng. W e were not i nc li ne d t o cre dit • 4•'of a lif,previous attempt on her Majesty's •• last the hi evening, ; but, -on inquiry, we learn ,5414 0 .,„. tram ghest authority, that it is but `no tru e that such an attempt was made. It• • appears, that previous to her Majesty's return to "sacki ng ham Palace this evening from her usual drive, the assassin attracted considerable attention, by snaking use of the most horrible language in t he Park saying that the Queen lived upon th - - vu of th e p eo pl e , a t th e same ti me making use ` 4 "••••- , of the most abusive epithets. Her Majesty was in t he low pony phaeton, drawn by four greys, and just • as the phaeton reached the spot where the it-endue Oxford made his diabolical attempt 011 her Majesty's life, the individual now in c ustody drew a pistol from his breast, ! I nd, presenting it at her Majesty, attempted to dis charge it, providentially without effect. The mis ,. ereant was instantly arrested, and amidst the execra ‘ Mon of the bystanders, who seemed almost inclined to execute summary vengeance on him, was conveyed to :Ile of the l o d ges o f th e P a l ace, an d part i a ll y searc h e d . the pistol with which he had made the attempt, and which he had immediately afterwards thrust into his bosom, was taken from him, examined, and discovered to be loaded with ball, so that the same ticulty as to proving the intent will not •-•!. occur in this case that occurred in the case of Oxford. He was subsequently conveyed to the - Gardener's-lane Station-house, where he was sub ' •; 4 1 .-- jetted to a most minute examination, but whether or not any other weapons have been found on him, we were unable to ascertain, as the strictest orders have been given to the authorities to observe the greatest socresy on the subject. The prisoner does not pre sent the slightest appearance of insanity, and . seemed perfectly calm and collected. We under stand -he refuses to state his place of abode, • or, indeed, any particulars about himself. At half past seven, he was conveyed from the Station-house the Home office, where he is at present under . • examination before the Privy Council. Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, Lord Wharncliffe, and all the Ca b. inet Ministers, are assembled at the Home-office, for `•if.4, B „:„ - • i the.Purpose of being present at his examination. kr. Maule, the Solicitor to the Treasury, and s '" : ::'74•9lonel Rowan, the Chief Commissioner of Police, qk, 46, Also in attendance there. We have reason to 4444 1,*: i N.,, that the prisoner's name is known, but "fie" would frustrate the ends of justice if it 4 444.,:•...,Permitted to transpire for the present. The 4J I 71.4 a t. n is a strictly private one, and no stranger 04 .. s tir ully account permitted to be present. We sent 1-4J re orter to the Home-office, for the purpose of the proceedings. His • request to be pre 11'2 however, was met by a very polite but a Q th decided refusal. It is rumoured that Prisoner has associates in his crime, flathcj a clue has been obtained to their discovery ; I Fleed • • bo . L . is reported that one of them, a tall. indi j Who was seen in his company in the Park, alr eady in custody, and will undergo an examina• • • at the Home-office this evening. 1 , 4 . 1 4 ' 1 he Whole of Whitehall is crowded with persons Aspiusly waiting to catch a glimpse of the assassin Ilia return from the Home-office. Are s sing Jame s ' s Park also is thr o nged with people, p ,• ; 4;` s ing towards • Bucldngham Palace to make in as to the well-being of the Queen. • atprince Albert was with her Majesty in the phaeton i the time the attempt was made, but neither of them • `,fined a ware o f w h at h a d occurre d unt il t h e i r re t urn v , giq:'. th e palace. ' I N - Jut half-past six o'clock Sir James Graham Avu observed to enter the House of Cora it 11-4) lig 7 and wfil# towards the Speaker's end '=•'; tt the House, with a f ace ev id en tly b e . L ft Ying anxiety. As he got opposite to Sir Ro tleiLt Peel he b ec k one d t o th e Ri g ht H on . Gen 'ah, who immediately retired with Sir J ames 11 was rah am It then the late Right . • "44 k•• ' ••J able Bar o n e t commun i ca t e d t o Si r 4 trt Peel the intelligence of which he soon after 41kt., informed the House, when it broke up, the -t • 'lrrbers pouring instantly intb Palace-yard, and dis -4.. Pers- L . ag to gather all the intelligence in their power. • • (Pl.Oll / the Fifth Edition of The Sun of L as t Ni g ht.) e°l:lhe prisoner after being under examination at the Ilms l e - office for upwards of two hours has been c led to Tothill-fields Bridewell till to-morrow, en he will be again brought before the Privy Council. ‘ , 4 7 4)111 Y before the proceedings terminated,. the Duke Wellington left the Home-office in his cab to „ip ce ed, as we understood, to Buckingham Palace. t r an abs ence o f a b ou t h a lf an h our , hi s G race Cto the Home-office, shortly after which the 111) 6 up, 1 broke and the prisoner was removed to Ot h ' 111-fields. The prisoner was not taken out •;" Y the front door, so that the crowd assembled -4 Whitehall and Parliament-street, were disap ,llinted he was removed by the back way, and con *eYed through King-street, and the streets at the back -...„`4,,,the Abbey, to Tothill-fields. ti,_4re.unde;stand that the report of an accomplice of leue prisoner being in custody is incorrect, the prisoner i ng the only , person concerned in this diabolical sh ten-ipt that has yet been apprehended. The ictest orders have been given to the autho to permit not hi ng to transp i re, so t h at . the information p ofne ol ice, or f rom t h e offic i als at the Home p, 114), -• Aire have not been able to learn the prisoner's ilutllttilhave been informed that he resided some- Wh e , , neighbourhood of Tottenham-court-road. jy some `t.(, the Council broke up, we observed the 0,41 Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, the Ear) th\-oerdeen, Sir R. Peel, Lord Wharneliffe, and Sir e es Graham, among the P r i v y Councillors leaving % me - office. Si r G. - Clerk, Sir Thomas Free 40th,, and lir. Pox laule, arrived at the Home ; 6_ during t h e course of the proceedings. Several min • to }~r;li7l ▪ ""letnen and Member s o'" • aft Parliament attempted in aihnission. nrng tlioSe who failed in C pts we observed it J. Guest, Who wa. On . Trolled by his Lady. . 4 iung the numerous in rs quire at the Palace were • Ito, Highness Prince George of Cambridge, The ruches. of Buceleuch, th e E arl of Denbigh; and r( 1 (3. Somerset. quite true that the prisoner was making use of 9usl re and t reasonable expressions prior to his z murderoUS attempt; a female . who heard him utter expressions of this nature has, as we understand, give evidence to that effect before the Privy Council. Palace-yard at about nine o'clock this evening presented a very animated and rather a ludicrous appearance. It had been generally supposed that the division on the third reading of the Property .tax Bill would . come on about that hour, and a stream of cabs, tilburys, and other vehicles, it, which Honourable Members delight to ride, was seen pouring down towards the House, each containing its unit of the collective wisdom of the country. '['he occupants of these " leathern con veniences" looked very blank on finding that the doors of the House were closed, and these arrivals at length became so frequent that it was f:und requisite to station a mes senger at the corner of Palace-yard to in form these " Dividers," but not " Debaters," of that with which they would have been made acquainted, some two hours earlier, had they been at tending to the interests of their constituents, instead of their own dinners. Her Majesty was not aware of the attempt which was made yesterday, but we understand that both her Majesty and Prince Albert were perfectly aware of the attempt made this evening, that in fact they perceived the pistol flash. Her Majesty, however, displayed her usual presence of mind, and did not betray the least symptom of alarm. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Yesterday evening, the metropolis was invdlved in a state of considerable excitement and agitation in consequence of a report that another attempt at the assassination of her Majesty, which was fortunately not attended with the slightest injury to her Royal person, had been perpetrated in the ride known as Constitution Hill, the attempt having been made at a short distance from the spot which the-mis creant Oxford chose for his murderous purpose. The report, upon inquiry, proved to be too true, and it was also ascertained that the circumstances con nected with the atrocious act, were nearly similar to those:which were undertaken by the last would-be regicide. From the information obtained by our informant, it appeared that her Yajesty, who was in her barouche, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was on her return 'to Buckingham Palace at about a quarter past six o'clock, with outriders. The vehicle was proceeding at the usual pace, when at the spot above alluded to, a person who was on the foot-path on the off side of the carriage, and at the distance of about three yards from it, he being on the same side, discharged a pistol, with which he took a deliberate aim at her Majesty, which, however, fortunately did not take effect, Prince Albert rose from .his seat and having made an intima tion to one of the outriders immediately resumed his place. The outrider instantly . got from his horse and there being a policeman and a sol dier close at hand, the • wretch was taken into custody. He was conveyed to Buckingham Palace, followed by a crowd of gentlemen on horseback, and pedestrians, but he was soon afterwards taken to Gardener's-lane, Where he was placed under the sur veillance of the police, through whom no information was allowed to be publicly communicated. Informa tion was forwarded to the Home-office, when Sir James Graham, .Bart., and Sir Robert - reel, Bart., had a report of.the regicidal act made known to them at the House of Commons, subsequent to which the prisoner underwent an examination, the particulars of which have been as much as possible kept in secrecy. ' As far as reports of the evidence adduced have transpired, our informant is able to give the following particulars :—As soon as the individual was appre hended, he was searched by the policeman, who was assisted by Sergeant Langley, A 11, but there was nothing found upon him to lead to his identification. Re was asked his name, Which he refused to state. Had he any parent P—Yes, a father and mAher. Where do they live P—Within two miles of that place. _ Is there any other of the family p-Yes, a brother and two sisters. What trade do you follow ?—Various occupations, adding that he would tell what he had to state to others. He made no attempt to escape, and no objection to the interrogatories, and showed no symptorils of insanity. There was only one pistol oil him, and which had not been discharged. A per son, whose name is Mark Russell, who is occa sionally employed •at Covent-garden Theatre, was in the ride at the time that the attempt was made on her Majesty's life, and who, upon the apprehension of the man, was of opinion that he had a knowledge of him. Russell, and a gentleman who gave the report of what took place to our informant, also expressed a belief that the individual was the person in question, whose name was stated to. be John Francis, the son of Mr. Francis, foreman of the machinery department of Covent-garden Theatre, which si 7 tuation he has occupied for about twenty years, being most highly respected in the establishment. In the course of the evening Mr. Francis, who was at the Theatre, was sent for, to attend at the Home-office, where he saw his unfortunate son, who did not deny guilt. He is about 22 years of age, and from his youth, till about a year and a half since, was em ployed under his father at the Theatre. Shortly after her Majesty's arrival at Buckingham Palace, the Duchess of. Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,: Prince George of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, with various of the Nobility, called at the Palace., ' (FROM 'ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) DEMONSTRATION __OF LOYALTY AT THE VARIOUS THEATRES.—The news of the attempt on the life of her. Gracious - Majesty was communicated to the Lessees of the various Theatres during the evening of last night; and at the Olympic Theatre, the mo ment it was made. known, Mr. Charles Baker, the stage manager, instantly addressed the au dience in the following terms :—" Ladies and Gentlemen, I ; have the honour to appear be fore you under most peculiar and exciting circumstances, with feelings of mingled pain and joy; of pain in announcing to you, that a fiendish attempt has again been made on the life of our beloved So vereign, and joy at having the happiness to inform you, that the miscreant has, thank God, been secured, (here the audience rose and cheered tumultu ously with waving of hats and handkerchiefs,) and I have further to add, that the assassin at this moment is under examination at the Home-office."—(Loud cries of " God save the Queen" from all parts of the house.) Mr. Baker—" You have but anticipated the intention of Mr. Wild, the lessee, who, yielding in loyalty to no subject of her Majesty, has desired me to state that the National Anthem shall instantly he sung."—(Loud cheers attended the delivery of Mr. Baker's speech.) The curtain then rose and discovered the entire company on the' stage. The anthem was then sung, the audience joining in the chorus in the most enthusiastic manner. The solos were given with great feeling by Miss Le Batt, Mr. Rhodes, and Mr. John Ryan; an additional verse,writ ten at the moment by the latter gentleman, and sung by Miss Le Batt, was cheered to the echo. At the English Opera, Mr. Vining addressed the audience on the same subject, and the National Anthem was sang with a corresponding enthusiasm by the actors, and the audience. At the New Strand the band played the National Anthem without the vocal aid, the singers being absent. At the Queen's, Surrey, Vic toria, and Sadler's Wells, similar demonstrations of loyalty were manifested, and in the bosom of every auditor and actor, a sensation of unmixed joy was exhibited at the safety of our youthful and beloved Queen. SUICIDE AT WATERLOO-B RIDG E.—Yesterday after noon, between three and four % o'clock, a decently dressed man was observed suddenly to take bis hat off his head, and dashing it to the ground, in a moment mounted the balustrades of the bridge, and precipitated himself into the river; an alarm was given, and he was shortly afterwards picked up by a Thames police boat, and conveyed ashore, but life was quite extinct. The unfortunate man, who is about forty years of age, was dressed in a dark green frock coat, black trowsers, dark waist coat, and Wellington boots, in one of which, en the lining, was written, Agosti 28 de 1841, Por Monica,l 76, Clarendon street, S omer's-town. The body was conveyed to the vaults under St. John's Church, Waterloo-road. A letter from Seville states that the cultivation of the cotton-plant, which has been recently attempted in Anda lusia, promises to answer the most sanguine expectation. A soldier, named Ambrosio da Costa, was hung last week at Lisbon, for the murder of a youth named Torres, on the Cintra - road last year. The murder was committed in the evening; the young man was coming on an ass with his gun, to rejoin his father at Cintra, and the latter having act out to meet him, was the first person who discovered his dead body. Plunder was the object, but the gun and a few coppers were .11 that were taken, and the murder was discovered by the sale of the gun. Two other persons had been previously murdered by the same man. tt.TTFNIPT TO MUADER.—This morning, before six o'clock, Joseph Bolton, footman to the Hon. Admiral Bou verie, having passed the night out of his master's house, and decidedly under the influence of drink, went into the room of Louisa Palter (who is lady's maid in the family, and between 40 and 50 years of age), with a knife in his band, and attempted to cut her throat ; fortunately the incision was not so det p as to compromise life, but she received some cuts under the chin, and upon the shoulder and breast. She was asleep when at tacked. but her struggles were successful. and sh, happily reached the female s; 'vents' roorr. Bolton then quitting the room, went to the butler's ch am b er , t o ld hi m w h a t h e had dole,, and added, it was because she was always aggravating him ; meaning thereby, it is presumed, she had either told her mis tress of some former acts of his misconduct, or had threatened hi m s he would do go. The Admiral and the hous. , hold were speedily alarmed, and a policeman was called in, and Bolton sent in custody to the gaol. At the Magistrates' sitting to-day at noon, he was remanded till Thursday next, that it may be then ascertained in what state the wounded woman may be. The man is about 24 years of age, and i s a native of Devizes, Wilts.—Hampshire Telegraph. The :Math Theatre closed on Monday, after a season, profitless alike to the proprietor, the public, the performers, and—the printers !--Somerset county eazeto. THE SUN. LONDON. TUESDAN MORNING, MAY 31. 1t442. OURT CIRCULAR The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing yesterday after noon in an open carriage and four, attended by Colonel Ar buthnot, the Equerry in Waiting on her Majesty, and Colonel Wylde, the Equerry to his Royal Highness. On the return of the Royal party to Buckingham Palace, and after the treason able attempt on her Majesty's Life her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by his Excellency Count Mens dorf, arrived at the Palace, and was followed by their_ Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge, and by his Serene Highness the Duke of Saxe Meiningen. iier Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester sent during the evening to make their inquiries after her Majesty. The Royal dinner party at Buckingham Palace yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, his Excellency Count. Mensdorf, Counts Hu,; ; o, Alphonso, Alexander, and Arihur Mensdorf ; the Duchess of Buecleuch, Lady Portman, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, lion. Miss Liddell, Hon. ;Liss Paget, Ba roness Lehzen, Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, Earl of Er roil, Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor, Lady Peel, Baron Stock mar, Lord Rivers, Captain Meynell, Hon. C. A. Murray, and Colonel Arbuthnot. _ '1 he band of the Royal Artillery attended during dinner. ,At ten o'clock the Duke of Buccleuch (Lord Privy Seal) and the Earl of Aberdeen (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) who had been invited to dinner, arrived at the Palace. His Grace and the Noble Earl had attended the investigation at the Horne-office. Later in the evening, the Lord Mayor, accompanied by Mr. Alderman Gibbs, arrived at Buckingham Palace to make his dutiful inquiries after her Majesty's health. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal were taken an airing yesterday in a carriage and four. The Dowager Lady Lyttelton accompanied their Royal Highnesses. Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George Edward Anson and Colonel Wylde, arrived at the office of the Duchy of Corn- wall in Somerset House yesterday afternoon. His Excellency Count Mensciorf and his sons, attended by Colonel Wylde, visited the Tower yesterday morning, and also inspected st. Katherine's Docks. The Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty and Prince Albert yesterday. The Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, visited the Queen Dowager yesterday. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meningen and the Duchess of Saxe Weimar, inspected the National Gallery yesterday. The Duchess of Saxe Weimar rode out on horseback in the Parks yesterday afternoon. Count Mensdorf visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. In consequence of some necessary arrangements, the state apartments at Windsor Castle must be closed next Wednesday, fur a short time. The Queen visited the Duchess of Kent at her residence, Clarence House, on Saturday, and inspected a bust of her, Royal Highness, executed by Mr. Davies, and was pleased to express her approval of the work. Thi it Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset, honoured the, Earl and Countess of Wilton with their company at dinner yes terday, at their residence in Grosvenor-square. Their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, and the Hereditary Prince, visited the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge yesterday. We regret to state that letters from the Hague, have brought intelligence of the death of Aiadame Dedel, wife of Mon .ieur Dedel, the Netherlands Minister at this Court. His Excel lency is not. expected to return to this country before the be ginning ofJuly. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at three o'clisek, at the Foreign-office. It was attended by Sir R. Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharn cliffe' the Duke of Buecleugh, Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Earl of Ripon, Earl of Haddington, Sir Edward Knatchbull, and Lord Fitzgerald. The Council sat two hours. Alefsrs. Mulholland, of Belfast, bad an interview with the Earl of upon yesterday, at the Office of the Board of Trade, on the subject of the rais,ng of the duties on linen yarn imported into France. The Archbishop of Canterbury and Mr. O'Reilly had inter views with Lord Stanley yesterday at the Colonial-office. Boron de MOncorvo, the Portuguese Minister, and Baron Brunow, the Russian Minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign office. Despatches from the Governors of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and from the Governor of Gibraltar, welt, received yesterday at the Colonial•offce. The framer of preventi;•e laws, no less than private tutu: a and schoolmasters, should remember, that the readiest way to make either mind or body grow awry, is by lacing too tight— Southey. AMERICA l\' Poltx.---We understand that private letters show the people of the United States to be greatly pleased with that part of Sir Robert Peel's tariff which allows of the introduction of, salted provisions at moderate rates of duty. Preparations are making to send large supplies of pork, hams, &c., to this country, not only from the back states, but from Delaware, Maryland, Virgioia, &c., where the p;gs in numerous herds run wild in the woods, and feed on acorns and maize. From the habits of the animals and the food they live upon their flesh is of superior flavour; and we may anti. ciliate a large importation at a moderate price. This will be an advantage to both countries. Leeds Mercury. THE PLANET MERLURY.—A favourable opportu nity is now afforded for observing this rare and interesting object. Being very near Venus (a little below it), it may rea dily be discovered on the western horizon by the naked eye about 9 o'clock in the evening ; and by the help of an ordinary telescope, steadily supported, a clear view may be obtained. It was rumoured on Saturday night, at the Opera, that " the differences" between Signor Mario and the directors of her Majesty's Theatre were in progress of amicable adjust ment. It is not generally known that Mario is the scion of a noble family in Piedmont, where his father was formerly Go vernor of Nice, and on terms of personal intimacy with many of the English nobility who have sojourned in that city. Mario was an dficer in the Sardinian service, but he subsequently determined to renounce the profession of arms, and make his debut as a singer at the Theatre Italian at Paris, under his present nom de theatre, and it was after he had undergone the ordeal of a Parisian debut that he was engaged by the late M. Laporte for her Majesty's Theatre. Should it please Providence to give us a favourable harvest, which after so many seasons of scarcity may be looked for as probab!e, the despondent tradesmen would gain cus tomers, and the pining workmen would find employment. The Money Market has been effectually relieved ; the Bank of Eng land stands strong, and the exchanges are in our favour. The Bank, it seems, has increased its issues, between the 2d of April and the 30th of April, from 16,894,000/. to 18,404,000/. —partly, it is said, in advances to railway companies—but an increase which seems to us undue and unsafe, though it will give immediate relief. It is stated that " the recent arrivals of ves sels from distant countries have brought more orders for goods from almost all quarters except Australia andthe United States than were expected." We trust, therefore, that the light is breaking on the verge of the thick darkness. —Leeds Mercury. HER MAJESTY ' S THEATRE.—The following Royal and distinguished personages honoured this theatre with their presence on Saturday evening :—Her Majesty, Prince Albert, Duchess of Kent, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Mary and Princa George of Cambridge. Count Mensdoiff and four sons, Lady Portman, Earl of Warwick, Lady A. M. Dawson, Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh, Duke of Brunswick, Marquis of Ailesbury, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, Marquis of Normanby, Marquis of Tavistock, Marquis of Worcester, Marquis of Huntley, Count and Countess Flahault, Earl of Westmorland, Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Lady A. Foz ence, Earl and Countess of Cardigan, Countess of Charle ville, Lady Fitzwygram, Miss Coutts Burdett, Lord and Lady Maynard, Earl of Sefton, Lady Beckett, Lady Glengall, Honourable Mrs. Fitzgibbon, Sir. W. Massey Stanley, Lord Cantilupe, Lady W. Paulet, Lady Pymm, Lady Shuckburgh, Lord Macdonald, Lord Templemore, Lord Sandys, Lord Temoletoun, Lord Norbury, Lord Charles Wellesley, Lady E. f hynne, Baroneas Calabrella, Lady Domville, Lady Gerard, &c. &c. A man, named Gueroult, was condemned a few days ago, by the Court of Assizes at Rouen, to 15 years' hard labour at the hulks, for having committed 71 church robberies. This morning returned here the Antwerp Com pany's steam-ship Princess Victoria, Captain Winter. Both her outward and inward passages, between Antwerp and the St. Katharine's Steam-wharf, Tower, were effected in 19 hours. EXTRAORDINARY TuAVELLING.—A gentleman left London this morning by the Liverpool Train who was at Ant werp yesterday afternoon ; his passage from Antwerp to London, by the General Steam Navigation Company's British steam ship, the Rainbow, only occupying 15.1 hours. The following have been the passages made by this extraordinary steam-ship since she has been on the Antwerp station this season : May 12, London to Antwerp, 16 hours, 35 minutes ; May 14, Antwerp to London, .164 hours; May 19, London to Antwerp, 16 hours, 20 minutes (detained 2 hours) ; May '22, Antwerp to London, 16 hours, 20 minutes ; May 26, London to Ant werp, 16 hours ; May 29, Antwerp to London, 154 hours. - - - - At the meeting of the Numisniatie Society last week, a wax impression of thegold medal about to be presented to the Pacha of Egypt was exhibited. The medal is of large size; obverse, a fuil.faceil portrait and bust of the Pacha, from original paintings, with name and title. Reverse, " The Friend of Science, Commerce, and Order, who protected the subjects and property of adverse Powers, and kept open the overland route to India, 1840. From the Committee." • In the night of the 16th inst. the house and premises of M. Rohart, at Rheims, took fire, and in less than half an hour the main body of the buildings with its contents was ruduced to ashes, causing a loss estimates at 80,000 f. One of the tenants of the house had in his apartments 15,000 f. in bank-notes, which he was so fortunate as to save, though every other part of his proyerty was consumed. A gentleman residing at Passy was, a few nights ago, about ten o'clock, walking in his garden, when he heard a rustling noise, which made him suspect there was some in truder. He made a minute search, but he could not discover either any man or animal. Returning to the house, he went up to his bed-chamber, the window of wLich looked into the garden, and was open. After a time he heard sounds of dis tress from the grounds, and descending again, was led by them to a large cask sunk in the earth, for the purpose of hoisting water. It. was covered by a lid, which was down, and fastened by a catch, which could only be withdrawn on the outside. On undoing this, and raising the lid, out came a youth 15 or 16 years of age, who at once acknowledged that he had scaled the wall, in the hope of finding some thing worth stealing in a pavilion at the bottom of the garden ; but hearing some one moving, he concealed himself in the cask, and the lid falling down upon him he was caught as in a trap. The hopeful youth was un to his shoulders in water, and nearly stifled for want of air. Ile was secured, and the next morning committed to the Prefecture of Police. SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.—A few days ago a fe male of the name of Isabella Birkett, a resident in Troutbeck, tied very suddenly. About two years ago she was seized with a fit of apoplexy, which deprived her of her sight. A short tme previous to her death she went to visit some relations in the same dale, and on her entering the domicile of those re lations she observed, " Now I am coming to die among you." Her right was immediately restored so as to enable her to read the Bible, but, alas ! the verification of her own words took place, for she departed this life before the sun of that day sunk below the western cloud. Isabella Birkett was for many years previous to her apoplectic attack the shroud maker of the township of Troutbeck, and for many miles round, and kept a punctual register of all the last sad offices in which she had been engaged. She was often also consulted as to dates when deaths had taken place, which she vas able to give with great accuracy.— Westmorland Gazette. TROOPS POR INDIA. Tile utmost activity prevails in the military department of the Hon. Company in Leadenhall street, in freighting ships for the conveyance of troops. The large ship General Kyd has been taken up, and is now fitting out as a troop ship in the doe: , s, and wilt sail about the middle of the next month, with 450 of the 84th and 29th regiments. Tour.oN, MAY 23.--Such serious differences have arisen with the Bey of Tripoli and of Barbary, that Hear- Admiral Owen, commanding the British squadron in the Mediterranean, sent from Malta to Tripoli, on the 12th of this month, the Howe, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Mason, and the Thimderer, of the line, with the Savage brig. Eng land seems to demand the nice; of Bey Askra Ali. For some time past steamboats have been constantly going backwards and fsrwards between Malta, Tunis, and Tripoli. lONIAN BANK. A meeting of the Shareholders in this Company was held yesterday at the Guildhall Coffee-house. Two of our reporters attended the meeting, bat they were informed that reporters could not be admitted, consequently we are unable to give any account of the proceedings. DISGUSTING A.DVERIfSEMEN TS TO THE EDITOI? OF THE SUN. St a,—Although no " new tale," allow me, as an Englishman, to thank you for the admirable example you have shown to the public press, in refusing the insertion in your paper of sever tisements of a certain description. This conduct has not been lost on your subscribers, and it is to be hoped n:ay also not be lost In the proprietors of other journals claiming respectability. Their still tainting their columns with advertisements of such di-gusting tendency, merely for the sake of a little filthy (in the present instance how truly filthy !) lucre, is matter of equal regret and surprise to, Sir, yours obediently, Bath, May 28. ALIQUIS. FRANKFORT. Mar 23.—Another conflagration has taken place ; in . the Austrian province of Croatia, the town of Pozey has become a prey to the flames, and some hundred families have lost their all by this unhappy blow of misfortune. The simul taneous arrival of these grave and mournful accidents oc casions really strange and curious suppositions, though it cannot be any thing else but the effect of whimsical chance. An equally curious chance, though of less deplorable de scription, happened a few years ago, when within a short num ber of weeks, the winter Palace of the Czar of St. Peters ' burgh, the residence of that most powerful despot; the Italian Opera of Paris, the most distinguished temple of musical art; and ;he Exchange of London, the great centre of com merce, became a prey of the furious element. Hamburgh, however, will rise promptly, and with redoubled beauty and magnificence from its ashes ; the means for this great work i are already and completely warranted. I say this, however, by no means for the purpose of checking charity • for though it is certain that the sums already coll ecte d, together with the capi tal and credit of those who are interested in the re-building, will suffice to complete the new City of Hamburgh in a great and magnificent style, the poor individuals and families, who lost their all, will not be put in possession of a new home with out the assistance of a charitable emulation amongst all those who have a heart to feel the pain of others. Since the return of Mr. Kind from Paris to Brussels, and since the utter failure of all negotiations with respect to a satis factory settlement of commercial affairs between France and Belgium, the latter thought it proper to open similar negotia tions, purposing an intimate league between Belgium and the German Zollverein. lam certain that; while negotiations are taking place at present, and that they have been accepted upon the part of Prussia with an uncommon promptitude, I do not doubt that they will meet with a very important success. I often mentioned before that the Zollverein reposes upon the system of low duties; no deviation of note has as yet taken place from this system, and it is now decided none will take place with respect to those two articles, which but lately were proposed, namely, that of raising the duty on English iron wares, and the duty on English yarn. The proprietors of iron-works in Silesia presented a petition to the Prussian Government, demanding a protective duty against English competition; they received a decisive reply that their petition being contradictory with the laws and principles of the Zollverein, was rejected. A similar peti tion was presented by the cotton-spinners of Saxony to the , Saxon Government, who pointing out" the low prices of cotton cloth at the last fair of Leipeig, and describing them as ruinous for the manufacturer, demanded a prohibitive duty against English yarn ; they also received a most decisive and negative reply. Still 1 think it proper to mention in the inte rest of British manufacture, that, though a duty on cotton yarn is not to be thought of. there are some influential authorities who wish and demand the duty on printed cottons to be raised. This duty, which at present amounts to about 3 1 / 2 per cent. of the value, is likely to be raised to double this amount (to 60 t haters instead of 30 thalers). The late resolutions of the Fi each Chambers with respect to the railroads have awakened a zealous emulation in Germany. Orders have been issued every where to work with redoubled energy, and the Austrian Government has resolved to put into circulation five mil lions (gulden) of paper money ( Staats-papiere), the re turns of which are to be employed in the construction of rail ways. This financial operation is of importance for every person interested in the stock exchange. It consists in the erection of new Austrian notes, payable at the Central Ex chequer (Central,Cassen Scheine), with a rate of thr ee p er cen t. interest from the day on which they are issued, and of which they bear the date. The notes are to amount to from fifty gulden (about 5/. ), to 500 gulden (about 50/. ), payable to the bearer. You see that they differ from regular paper-money like the English Bank notes, by the circumstance of paying in- terest to the bearer. I leave it to the stocksellers to judge whether this circumstance is a loss or an advantage. The Prussian State Gazette publishes the official return of the registers of the Zollverein for 1841, from which it results that, in comparison with those of 1840, the inaportation:of cotton and silk remained very nearly the same, while that of wool cloths, of iron wares, of coals, and of colonial goods (coffee, sugar, and tobacco) was increasing. OXFORD. The attention of Members of Convocation is earnestly re quested to the fact, that an appeal is now in circulation, if it has not already reached them, having for its object to impede a Statute, which has pasted the Hebdomodal Board, and will be proposed to Convocation on Tuesday, June 7, abrogating the Statute of May 5,1836, an d re- i nstat i ng the Regius Profssor of Divinity in certain privileges annexed to his office. This appeal, though professing only to ask time for conside ration, originated with that section of the resident Members of Convocation who arc either Tractarians, and advocates of Tract 90, or are scarcely distinguishable from Tractat ians in their at tachment to the principles of that School of Theology. The names of Dr. Pusey, Mr. Newman, and Mr. Ward, are, indeed, not apparent in tl.e printed circulars ; and this is not without reason, when the appearance of such well-known watchwords of the party m , ght excite suspicion of the character of the pro ceeding. But the great majority of the names are of those who arc known in the University to ,belong to the Tractarian move ment. Let members of Convocation, then, be warned against a set of men, whose professed object is to " unprotestantze the National Church," who say that " the Church of England can not stand where it is," and that " we must recede more and more from the principles, if any such there be, of the English It ',any of the persons whose names are on this list, are pledged to support, or at least rot to oppose the Statute, in the event. But without this explanation, the appeal referred to might give the impression that a great number of members of Convocation were unfavourable to a rescinding of the Statute of 1836, which is most certainly very far from the case. Let non-resident members, then, be on their guard against the delusion which may be passed on them. Let them at the present crisis stand England, as it was settled at the Reforms. t u i p m f , o r by t h a e d C u l e ru s r u ch pp o o f r tofam measure recommended by its con stituted guardian• in Oxford. - A MEMBER OF CONVOCATION. Oxford, May 28, 1842. WOOLWICH-SATURDAY. The I)ee steam-vessel is ordered to be brought forward for commission immediately, and Mr. Thomas Driver (Master, 18(i9) has been appointed to command her. Captain Fisher, Harhou: Master of the Port of London, has received instructio , s to commence operations upon a collier vessel recently sunk off Gravesend, for the purpose of raising her, as she has been found to impede the navigation of the river. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have issued an order to enter 12 shipwrights' apprentices at Woolwich Deck ' yard immediately, that number being a regulated proportion, according to the men borne on the books of this dockyard. Their Lordships hav e al so d e cided u p on entering 100 apprentices every year to be distributed amongst the various dockyards in the proportion of men borne on their books. This measure has been hailed with the greatest satisfaction, as it is considered a security to the public that good workmen will be brought up in the service, and be of more advantage in an economical point of view than taking on men who have acquired only a slight know ledge of the profession by having been employed on small vessels, the workmanship of which and mode of putting together bear no comparison with the solidity and strength required for the navy of Great Britain. At no period iii the history of this country has the navy been in a more efficient state than it is at present, and the excellent measures adopted and under consideration for being introduced, if proved to .be of an ad vantageous nature, by the present able heads of this important braiieli of her Majesty's service, afford ample guarantee that the naval appointments will always be in such a state as to be ready for immediate and active service at a few hours' notice. Much alarm has been created in certain quartets, where the parties are ignorant of the resources of the country and of the nasal department in particular, in consequence of the recent measures adopted in France to increase the steam navy of :hat country to a very great extent; but the public may rest satis fied this country is fully prepared for any emergency or symptom of aggression, as, in addition to the present steam-frigates and ships of war of the best construction and power at the command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, a gallant naval officer, who was the first to suggest mounting large guns on steam-vessels, gives it as his opinion, that in less than 413 hours' notice of hostilities being about to take place, the whole of the General Steam Navigation Company and other large steam vessels employed for the conveyance of the mails, could be be brought alongside the Royal Arsenal or any other of her Majesty's depots at home or abroad, and be mounted with 32- pounder guns ready for active services, should their mode of settling differences have to be resorted to. BLAXLAND'S SUBMARINE PROPELLER. Among the many inventions, the object of which has been to substitute for the old avowedly disadvantageous system of paddle- wheels some mechanical power which should act from the stern of the vessel, and below the surface of the water, none has been hitherto formed more efficient in its working, or more completely overcoming the difficulties attending the problem, than that of Mr. Blaxland. The propeller itself ieextremely simple in form, consisting of a variable number of arms radiating from the centre, the extremity of each arm being pro vided with a number of flat blades in close succession, and each being placed transversely to, anti forming a slight angle with, that immediately below it. The whole surface presented by each set of blades meets the water at the greatest depth in an angular position, and in rising or descending allows the water to pass through the small openings between the plates. One of the most important and remarkable points of the Invention is the method of conveying the motion to the shaft of the propeller. This is effected through the medium of drums and pullet's connected by straps or ropes, the working of which is perfectly smooth and noiseless, a great advantage compared with the system of spur wheels and pinions pre.iously employed, the noise and tremulous motion from which is represented as intolerable. In bringing his, invention before the public, Mr. Blaxland has followed a course which by establishing a direct comparison with the old system, settles the question of superiority in the most un.aiswerable way. ft.s first application of the propeller was to the Janee a paddle wheel steam-boat of three tons, with an engine of e -horse power. Retaining the same engine, he moved this vessel at a speed of 7% miles per hour, obtaining an increase sif 2% on its previous velocity. The propeller has been now applied in the same way to another steam-boat, the Swiftspre from which the paddle- w h ee l s hare been remove d, While the engines, of 20-horse power each, are retained, and ton Satur day last, at 12 o' c l oc k, f i ve of the Lords a the Admiralty, namely, Lord Haddi ngton Sir G. Cockburn, Sir W. H. Gage, Sir G. F. S e y mour, and the R i ght H on . H. T . L . Corry, together with the H oe . S. H er b er t, the Secretary, Were received us board by Mr. Blaxland and Mr. Steinman, co. proprietor with the inventor of the patent. The velssel then proceeded down the river to within a short distanee,of Dept foi d Dockyard, and returned to Whitehall-stairs by a quar ter-past two o'clock. During the whole of the trip, their Lordships paid the closest attention to the working of the system, and informed themselves minutely on every, particu lar. The apparatus by which the proper degree; of speed is communicated to the propeller, which, in this instance, was moved by ropes laid in grooves over the drumg,:appeared in particular to raise their admiration at the smoothness and quietness with which it worked, and on leaving the vessel their Lordships expressed themselves very muck pleased with all they had seen. Mr. Blaxland was ordered to bring the propeller to the Admiralty in the course of the week. That e Inch was used on the occasion was constructed with only two aims, the plates at each extremity being five in number. Not withstanding the disadvantages presented by the build of the Swiftsure, which renders her name somewhat ironical, Mr. Max i .nd has succeeded in increasing her speed from 7i miles to 9 per hour. An increase of speed such as this, which Mr. Blaxland in every instance promises, together with the other advantages of getting rid of such ineumbrances, both in weight and bulk, as paddle-wheels and boxes, and the absence of all swell from the motion of the propeller, render it almost beyond,a doubt that Mr. Blaxland will shortly see his invention generally .adopted. It was expected that the Jane would also have been in attendance last Saturday, but this was prevented, in conse quence of her haring - been sent to Endfield, where the Capabi. litres of the invention for canal navigation were to be tested. STATE 014' THE CROPS. Never has our habitable globe in this part of the world ex perienced more beneficial rain than at present. Hay continues to be taken to Merthyr from the upper counties weekly. It is cheaper than it has been for many years.— Welshman. Hav-making has already commenced in the meadows in this neighbourhood, and the crop promises to be one of extraordi nary luxuriance.—Salisbury Journal. The weather since our last has been most favourable for vege tation, and the crops everywhere exhibit an improved. aspect. —Ross-shire Advertiser. Tits CROPS.—A practical farmer has favoured us. with - thle following report :---Never in my remembrance have I been the lace of the country in so flourishing a state, from so compara tively small quantity of rain which we have been blessed with, after the long drought ; the wheats on the good soils never looked better at this time of year, although so much cannot be said of the poor soils; yet on the whole they have rapidly improved. Beans and peas during the last week have much improved, but they will want more moisture to make them come up to an average crop. Generally speaking, the early and the late sown barleys are looking remarkably well ; of potatoes there can be but one opinion, that there will be an average crop ; the grass crops in general will un light, come w h at weather it may. fortunately be late and The fruit, both apples and pears, will he in abundance ; they have never knitted finer or thicker, or grown faster, and are row considered beyond ca sualt y . With regard t o th e h ops, they have made most rapid progress d ur i ng the last week, but as f rom f i ve to thirty are I regret to say that thei r fatal enem y , the fly, has a tt ac k e d them in right good earnest ; asmany to be seen upon a leaf in every hop plantation throughout the country ; it is early yet t o form. an o pinion, but should th e eather continue a few weeks the same as it is at present, many of the weaker plan tations will be seen bowing to th e bans ful effects of these eestruetive insec ts.—llere . ford Times SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. It rarely haprens that a good settling f o ll ows a Derby, won by a great public favourite; we could mention a di zen instances in which the reverse has been the ease ; but, it will b e su ffi c i ent to instance the Cadlsnd, Bay Middleton, and Coronation years; it is with regret we add that the Attilla year is likely to rival the worst of them. Up to Saturday morning Lathing had transpsed to induce a suspicion that there would be any serious defalcations ; the names of two er three parties, it is true, were made rather free with, but we heard nothing that surprised us. On Sunday, however, it was announced that Mr. lieales had been hit for 18,000/., and could not l.ay ! The news c ame lik e a thunderbolt—for independen t of th e amount of the deficit, it must necessarily place many other p art i es who lost on the race in a very It has als o aff ec t e d em b arra ssing position. several who fondly imagined th e y wer e winners. Of thi s c l ass , one i 3 hit tor 3,0 W/. (the same gentleman lo s t b etween t h ree and four thousand pounds by an absentee in Bloomsbury's 2, year); another for 1,97 a a third for 000 i. ; ; three Cr four for 1,000/. each, and so on ; all his personal friends suffer, and from what came out yes terday, we are co mpe ll ed to look upon it as one of the m a st hopeless cases that ever came under our notice. The individual in defau l t was of long st a ndi ng on th e turf, and, up to the paralyzing declar a ti on ore Sunday, was i onsidered one of the safest men in the ring; Of course, thik subject, and its probable influence in other quarters, en grossed the attention of all present. % Ne shall be enabled to speak more fully in nur notice of the settling, which commences this day. ,„ A GAOLER REWARDED. — The Ki ng of Prussia, says a letter from Berlin, 23d inst., has Just conferred on Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe the Order of the Red Eagle, first class. PORTUGAL. FA LMOUTII, MAY 27.--The accompanying despatch was re ceived, per Lady Mary Wood steamer, arrived this afternoon is it h Peninsular mails, having left Gibraltar on the 19th inst. ; Cadiz, 20th ; Lisbon, 23d ; Oporto, 24th ; and from Vigo, 25th. LISBON, MAY 23.—The occurr.nces of the past week have been wholly devoid of interest. The Government has conti nued to occupy itself in procuring every means likely to en sure a t:iumpli in the approaching elections, and to baffle by every assiduity the arduous exertions made use of by the Op position to obtain the same. Its financial resources are at the lowest ebb and the ruinous arrangements it is still compelled to make, to raise funds to meet the interest due on the different loans it has contracted, render it wholly out of its power to defray the current expvses of the State. It is next to an impossibility to calcula'e upon what plan or new invention it will have recourse to to relieve it horn the embarrassments which are daily increasing and threatening the country, as I mentioned befo •e, with an inevitable insolvency. Another loan is currently affirmed to be already negotiating, for the character or nature of which, whatever it may be, can only lend to involve the place in deeper ruin, and hasten the calamity universally predicted. The commercial treaty with England was submitted for discussion to a Council of State, held a few days ago. Its final conclusion is the subject of general anxiety and interest, and on Thursday last, the 19th, a sumptuous dinner was given by Lord Howard de Walden, at which were present the whole of the Ministers : Count Villa Real, Count Bomfim, Count Lavradio, Jose da Silva Carvallio, Rodrigo da Fonseca Magalhaes, Chevalier Deitz, Commandador Almeida, and Florido Rodrigues Pereira Ferraz. On Friday, the Danish frigate, Thetis, and corvette, Flora, arrived in the Tagus with a passage of twenty days from Copenhagen; the former having on board his Royal Highness Prince Frede rick d'Hesse, nephew to the King of Denmark. Letters from Oporto continue to be received, fraught with the most distressing intelligence of the state of the Upper Dcuro. Ihe treaty is most clamorously called for, and representations have been made from all quarters, petitioning dispatch in the termination of the same. GREECE. ATIIENS, NIAY 10.—Political news is quite confined to tile movements of ships of war. The Monarch and Medea are gone to Rhodes, to embark from the opposite coast some splendid remains of antiquity for the British Museum. The Vernon, 50, Captain Walpole, has relieved the Monarch on this station, and is now at Salamis. The French Admiral Lasusse is on board the Inflexible, 90, which vessel, as also the Acheron war-steamer, Bougainville brig, and Licurge steam-packet, are in the Piraeus harbour. The Cornaline, 32, is gone to Candi!' ; the Sand Petri, 80, to Beyrout ; and the Calypso, 60, to Toulon. The English squadron is expected at Corfu. The hotels of Athens are so full of English travellers that some were compelled to go on by the last Austrian steamer, not having been able to find accommodation in the capital of Greece. Among our last arrivals is Lady Davy, widow of the celebrated philosopher. Accounts jest received from Patras state that the proprietors of the currant plantations there, and in other parts of the Morea, had become excessively alarmed on account of the ap pearance of immense quantities of locusts, which had already nearly destroyed the wheat crops, and would undoubtedly be equally fatal to the currant vines, should they take wing. The local Government of Patras had caused nearly the entire pdpu lat ion to go4put into the vineyards and adjacent country, in the hope of exterminating these obnoxious insects, and thus avert ing the impending evil, which, it appears, has been an in creasing one ever since the year 1838. COAL PIT EXPLOSION.--It is this week our lot to hare to relate one of the most melancholy and appalling acci dents which have occurred in this neighbourhood for many years. On Tuesday afternoon last an inquest was held on view of the body of Abraham Simpson, sinker, who came to his un timely end uuder the following circumstances :—The deceased, along with another person named William Pollard, had been since Friday last occupied in making some altera tions in a pit at Dudley Hill. They commenced at the time above mentioned, and the fire pan, which had occupied its usual place at the bottom, was removed in consequence of its forming an obstruction to their operations. Nothing during the two first days was seen to occasion any fear from fire-damp. On Monday morning, Pollard and Simpson came to their work at the usual time, and were let down into the pit. Simpson was out of the pit several times during tke forenoon, and he was let down about eleven o'clock to his work for the last time. When he had been down about a minute, a banksman named Taylor, who was standing over the shaft mouth, saw fire advancing up it, and had scarcely time to turn his head away, before a flame of fire rushed out, knocked him down, took the cap off his head, and inflicted some slight wounds on his hands. The plank which was over the pit mouth was split, and some pieces of iron which were near were projected several hundred yards in the air. Steps were immediately taken to get the unfortu nate men out of the pit, and a man named Scholefield, who ought to have gone with them in the morning to work, was let down, and Wm. Pollard was found in a place called " the black-bed," where he had stepped at the time of the explosion, dreadfully burnt, but had by that means escaped the death which it was now clear• Simpson had met with. He was con veyed to the top, and the water in the bottom having been pumped out, the body of Simpson was found in the bottom by Mr. John Sharp, son of Mr. James Sharp, the head steward. He was very much burnt; bnt not so much as might hav,• been expected. The jury, after a patient investigation of the matter, returned a verdict of Accidental Death. .1) EPAE TIT RE OF A SPECIAL MESSENGER roxt AMR, iCA . —We understand that a Queen's Messenger arrived here yesterday (Friday) from the Foreign Office, London, with de ,patches for our Minister at the United States. At the same t.:ne orders arrived that the Rhadamanthus, steamer, which was previously intended to sail for Lisbon and Malta, should r roeeed hence last night with this gentleman to New York. There was no commercial steamer to sail from this country for America until the 4th 3une next; so that this sudden and unexpected despatch of the Rhadamanthus indicates clearly that the objects which have led to the sending out of the mes senger are of an unusually important nature. The Rhadaman thus had 700 additional bags of coals put on board her last night, and is to return to this port as soon as the messenger is landed. We have heard that Mr. Horsley Palmer went out in the Great Western last week on business connected with the proposition of a new American loan.—Devonport Telegraph. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel the Columbine from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-House, at one o'clock, r. m., on Sunday, with the Dutch mail. A convict, named Guillemard, who was confined at the prison of Troyes, under very strict guard, last week succeeded in putting the surveillance of his keepers at default. The interior of the prison was under repair, and masons and labourers came and went for their work and meals. Guille mud perceiving this, whitened his face, threw off his jacket, tucked up his sleeves, and smearing his arms with mortar, took a mason's hammer in his hand, and boldly assumed his place amongst the workmen going to breakfast. The turnkey let him pass, never dreaming it was one of his prisoners who went out so quietly, but the sentinel barred his passage. ‘• Where are you going," demanded he. " Parbleu ! lam going to my breakfast, as you see," was the reply. The sol dier, convinced by the natural air and collectedness of Guille trard, let him pass on. The prisoner was soon out of sight, and some hours elapsed before his escape was discovered. As s,,on, however, as the flight was ascertained, 110 men of the line were sent in pursuit of him, and his description was for warded to the neighbouring communes. This last measure procured his arrest at Villecatif by some of the inhabitants. 13aussEt.s, MAY 24.—1 t is said that the King and I Queen will go in the course of next week to London. A letter front 111usliau. (Prussia), 12th May, states :—" Prince l'utkler, who has fur some months had in his service the famous pedestrian Meusen, sent him off this morn ing for Cairo, giving him letters of recommendation for several persons of distinction. Meusen is to pass by Jerusalem. He i 3 charged by the Prance io discover the soutces of the White Itiver, as well as to determine the real position of the moun tains called the Mountains of the oon, which, up to the pie senc time, have been considered fabulous by most persons. Meusen formerly took a journey from Calcutta to Europe, through Affghanistan, Persia, and Syria, and did not meet with the stightest accident. He can easily walk 20 German miles (9. miles English) a-day, requiring for food only a loaf of bread. lie is to embark on the Nile for Karthum, and, as the pretended Mountains of the Moon are, it they exist, only five degrees of latitude. from this place, he could reach them in four days. Great hopes are entertained *that his journey will be ci owned with success." .r SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Nothing particularly worthy of comment appears to have presented itself among the Railway matters this week. The opening of the portion of the South-East tern line as far as Tonbridge on Thursday, already sug gests to the minds of parties acquainted with the locali ties through which it passes the possibility of some set tlement of the differences between the Greenwich and Croydon Railways being brought about. In the mean while, however, the contest • continues as fierce as ever, with as much show of justice on the one side as on the other. Ou the occasion referred to, the first train of the South-Eastern Railway started at half-past nine, arriving at the Tonbridge station, a distance of fort/ miles, by half-past eleven. For a distance of twenty miles, from the London station, the South-Eastern Railway runs jointly with the Brighton line, so that i$ is only that portion commencing at the point of divergence, Redstone-hill, which is entirely new to the public. The intermediate stations between this point and Tonbridge are three in number—the Godstone station, the Edens bridge, and the Penshurst ; and throughout the whole of this distance the railway follows one continued straight line, which is subsequently carried on to Ash finsi, where the line makes a turn in the direction of Folkestone and thence passes on between the cliffs and the sea to Dover. The works in that part of the line which is now completed present no feature of any importance, save a tunnel at Bletching ley, which is about three-quarters of a mile in length. The stations are constructed with a due regard to the convenience of passengers and the exigencies of business, but nothing more, the utmost simplicity and plainness ap pearing here as in the other works of the Company, which have been carried on in a wise spirit of economy, pro.. raising well for the prosperity of the concern ; and though- this road presents in many places great difficul ties, its total cost is estimated at not more than 30,0001. per mile—a notable difference from that of other lines. The largest and most extensive station is at Tonbridge, which is intended to become the central station for the county of Kent ; and here the manufactories for the Com pany's engines and carriages will be erected; the latter will, for the most part, be constructed with what are called bow springs, the working of which renders the motion ex tremely gentle and easy ; in other respects they are most commodiously fitted up, and possess a very desirable quality in the height of their roof's. In the construction of the railway itself there are certain peculiarities deserv ing of notice—first, as regards the unusual'width of the formation level ; and, 'secondly, in the plan adopted in laving down the rails, which rest upon sleepers only. The sleepers are triangular in form, four being cut out of "no balk, and rest upon one edge ; the same bearing surface and strength are thus obtained as with rectan gular sleepers, together with great economy of timber, and facility of drainage. The rails are fitted into chairs cast with great accuracy, from which they receive an uniform inclination inwards with out depending upon the rail-layers. This system, al though it does not effect any direct saving in the mate rials used, ultimately proves economical from the extreme rapidity with which the work can be done. The whole of that portion of the line which is now open is in a most finished state, and presents an appearance of great neat ness. The carriages move on the rail with considerable ease, which, though not so great as use will subsequently render it, presents a great contrast with the Croydon line. The next portion of the line to be opened will ex tend to lleadcom, and will be completed in three months, and by next Christmas it will have advanced to Ashford. The completion of the entire line to Dover is promised for the end of next year.— Times. FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS. A journal of the island of Bourbon of the 9th February gives the following news from the French establishment lately formed at Nosse-Be, in th e i s la n d of Madagascar :—‘‘ A person of considerable influ ence amongst the Sakalavas, at Nosse-Be, named Mangala, had, for some time, delivered himself up to robbery, to the prejudice of the other tribes of the island, and even of the Malgaches of the main land. On the arrival of the French at Nosse-Be, Mangala received them most cordially in the hope of continuing his depredations under their patronage. But he soon perceived that the French authorities desired to play the part of protectors to all the Malgaches tribes, and he met with a determined opposition to his course of plunder. At last, after a robbery which he had com mitted, M..Gouhot, the commandant of the French colony, went to arrest him, but he escaped, and, fo r some time, was no more heard of. Intelligence was brought some time after that he had returned, and was, at that moment, holding a kabar, or council at the habitation of the Queen of the Sakalavas, with the design of revolutionizing all the tribes of the island, and of driving out the French. M. Gouhot took a few men, and proceeded to effect his arrest. He was armed, and nearli a hundred men with him. In place of giving himselt up, he shouted his war-cry, and at tacked the little body of French. After an obstinate struggle, Mangala fled with his collar-bone fractured, and after having lost some of his men." On Tuesday last the small town of Berns, in the Sarthe, was the theatre of an awful spectacle. At the I sitting of the Court of Assizes for the department on March 14, four men—Louvard, Belland, Drans, and Chambrier—were convicted of the threefold crime of arson, robbery, and murder. The first two were con demned to hard labour at the hulks for life, and the remaining two to death. The Court further ordered that Louvard and Bellant should stand on the pillory, and Drans and Chambrier be executed at Berus, where their crimes were consummated. Early in the morning the scaffold and the pillory were erected within a few paces of each other. An assemblage of from 12,000 to 15,000 people gathered, from all the surrounding country, round these preparations for the exhibition of shame and ignominious death, and, not withstanding their appearance in the centre, the scene assumed all the aspect of a fair. Booths were raised--tables were spread—tons of cider were broached—and even games were set up. It required all the firmness of the Magistrates, supported by the gendarmes, and a detachment of troops, to prevent still more scandalous proceedings. At eight o'clock, Louvard and Belland were fastened in the pillory, so placed that they could see the house of their vic tim, and Louvard that in which he had himself lived. He appeared to be much overcome, but Belland dis played a disgusting effro n t er y i n both gesture and language. Having stood their time they were re moved. About twelve o'clock Drans and Chambrier arrived in a post-chaise, under a strong escort. They were accompanied by a young priest, who, with much force, but mildness, endeavoured to bring the crowd to a state more suited to the scene they were about to witness, and then turned to the immediate objects of his care. Chambrier was resigned to his fate, and in a• moment expiated his offences. Drans, however, was in a most pitiable condition. A livid paleness overspread his countenance, and his limbs trembled so convulsively that it required three men to carry him up to the platform of the guillotine. In a few mi nutes afterwards the two severed bodies were lying to gether in one grave in an obscure corner of the ceme tery of Berns. The crowd, so thoughtless and even licentious in the morning, overcome by the sad tragedy they had witnessed, separated in solemn silence. A letter from Naples says—" The project of a rail road from this city to Rome has received the approba tion of the Holy See. It is said that Naples is to un dertake the whole work at her own expense, and that Rome will repay her share by annual payments. A railroad from Rome to Florence is spoken of as certain." The Helvetie states that a young peasant of the Valois was a few days ago, whilst sitting in a field eating his dinner, bitten by a viper, and that the effect of the poison was so rapid that he died in two hours. A scientific commission is said to be preparing to start from Toulon to Asia Minor to make researches. The Gazette des Tribunaux has the following:— " A young woman, who had lived several months as servant with a new-married couple, had : by her mild and respectful manners and assiduity, entirely gained their confidence, and made them treat her as a humble friend. At length several articles of value disappeared. It was difficult for the master and mis tress to suspect their servant, in whom they had so much confidence, but at last circumstances convinced them that she must be the thief, and they taxed her with the crime. She displayed the utmost indigna tion, gave them warning, and spontaneously desired that every seareh should be made among her things. This was done ; but while her boxes and the closets in her room were being examined, and in which, in fact, some of the missing articles were found, the girl got out of the room, hastened up to a higher storey, and threw herself out of a window into the street. The consequences were dreadful. She was taken v up with both her arms and her skull fractured, and her chest dreadfully crushed. She expired in a very few minutes. Her mistress was so overcome by the dreadful catastrophe, that she has ever since remained inconsolable, accusing herself of being the cause." The Assembly of the States of Baden was opened the 23d inst. by the Minister of the Interior, in the name of the Grand Duke. In the opening speech the Minister announced that the States would be called on to deliberate on a Bill for prolonging the railroad to the Swiss frontier. The Budget would afterwards be laid before them, the other Bills being reserved for the next ordinary Diet. The first sitting was to take place the following day. A letter from Beyrout, 30th ult., in the Sud of Marseilles, states that the Druse Chiefs, who were ar rested, are still in prison, and that the Christian Chiefs, who had been invited by Mustapha Pacha to attend a general assembly at Beyrout, had from mistrust re fused to comply with the invitation. The letter adds, that Mustapha Pacha had received orders from the Porte to abolish the protection which the European Consuls have hitherto been permitted to exercise in favour of certain ragas. M. Kindt, the Belgian Commissioner in the nego tiations between France and Belgium for a treaty of commerce, returned to Brussels some time ago. A letter from that city states that his object in quitting Paris was partly to confer with the Government, and partly to ascertain from the principal manufacturers of Beigium their views as to the concessions which the French Government appears disposed to make. The King of Prussia has returned! to Berlin, from Schwerin. - The Princess of Orange arrived at Stutgardt on the 20th inst., on a visit to the Royal Family. Akif-Effendi, the Turkish Ambassador to the , - • Court of Vienna, had an audience of the Emperor en the 18th inst., at which he delivered his letters o credence. Ali-Effendi, the Turkish Ambassador to England, quitted Vienna on the 16th on his way to London. A Smyrna journal states that, on the sth ult., a trading brig from France, called the Petit Matelot, was attacked while lying at anchor, at a port on the Greek coast, by a pirate's boat, containing twelve men ; but the Captain of the brig, being upon the alert, was able to defend his vessel until he received assistance from Captain Clavier, of the schooner Sainte-Claire, which was moored at a short distance from him. The pirates, intimidated by the unex pected resistance, rowed off, and gained the open sea, not venturing to renew the attempt. The French Consul at Smyrna, on receiving the intelligence, made arrangements to send off a vessel-of-war in search of the pirates. A butcher of Besangon has just been condemned to three months' imprisonment, by the Correctional Tribunal, for selling the flesh of dogs as for that of the kid. Three days ago a woman, in ch a r ge of the two young child ren of a neighbour in one of the suburbs of Orleans, suddenly perceived them both in danger of being run over by a diligence coming at a rapid pace down the street. Although she had an infant of her own in her arms, she rushed forward to save them. She succeeded in getting one out of the way, but at the same moment saw the head of the other crushed under the wheel. The shock was so great that she fell senseless, dropping her own child, which was so much hurt internally that there were but. little hopes of saving its life. The mother became frantic, from the frightful effects of the accident, and has re mained bereft of her reason. We find the following in the Commerce :—"M. T , a rich capitalist of Paris, paid for some years a high rent for an apartment which was almost useless to him, as he resided habitually in a country-house with his wife. This gentleman died suddenly not long ago, leaving a will, which declared his wife to be sole possessor of his fortune. A few thys back she came to Paris, and, finding herself chilly and unwell, ordered a fire to be made in the bed-room of her late husband's apartment. This was done, but the smoke, in place of going up the chimney, returned and filled the room. A fumiste was sent for-to remedy the evil, and he immediately proceeded to examine the plate of the chimney. He found that, some little way up, alarge bulk was placed which impeded the passage ofthe smoke. This, when got down, was di scovere d t o be a heavy leather valise, and was found to contain about 20,000 francs in old gold pieces of 24 and 48 francs, as well as a quantity of unset jewels. This piece of good for tune is likely to be the cause of a law-suit, as the fumiste claims half the amount, in consequence of having made the discovery ; the landlord demands the other part, as the treasure was found on his premises ; and - Madame T declares she has a right to all, as universal legatee. It is said that the Tribunal of Premiere Instance of the Seine will soon decide on these respective claims." The Gazette de Lucerne states that the European powers have, through thei! Ambassadors, declared themselves categorically, relative to the infraction of the federal compact, b y the suppression of th e , con vents of Argau. They will, it is said, insist on hav ing the treaty, which they guaranteed, maintained in all its integrity. The Nuremberg Correspondent announces that 6,000 mares have already been remitted to llamburgh from that city, and 10,000 from Augsburg, and that the Bavarian Ministers, in the absence of the King, have made a general appeal to the people of Bavaria in favour of the distressed inhabitants of Hamburgh. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort inflirms us, that at Stutgardt, the booksellers are getting up a lottery of books and prints, the profits of which are to he sent to liamburgh. On the 19th inst., the railroad between.Hamburgh and Bergedork was opened, and 800 passengers were conveyed by it. On the 20th, the number was 900. Considering the present circumstances of Hamburgh, this may be regarded as a large number. A slight alarm was created, on Sunday last, on the arrival at Brussels of one of the railroad trains at that station. The break which serves to stop the engine having given way, tic' machinist blew has whistle to warn the men about the place to get out of the way. Some of the passengers, apprehensive of some acci dent, opened the doors and jumped out of the car riages. in doing so they ran some risk, but fortu nately none received any injury. The train, impelled by its impetus, went on about 100 yards beyond its usual place, and then stopped. On Monday last, says a letter from Nismes, in a desperate quarrel between a notary of that town and his son, they shot each other, and the fath er , i n fi r i ng a second time, unintentionally wounded his daughter so severely, that her life is in imminent danger. The father is said to be in a precarious state, but there is no doubt of the recovery of the son. A letter from Seville states that the cultivation of the coffee-plant, which has been recently attempted in Andalusia, promises to answer the most sanguine ex pectation. There exists, says the Eclaireur de Namur, between Namur and Ciney, an enormous lime-tree still vigo rous, although perfectly hollow, and, undoubtedly, dating from the time of the great planter, Charle magne. Its circumference, : t the height of a metre from the earth, is 9 metres 80 centimetres (about 32 English feet), and thirty persons can stand comfort ably within the hollow. A man named Boudrier was tried, a few days ago, at the assizes of the Izere, for the murder of his father, 'a man 80 years of age, by setting fire to a barn in which he was sleeping, and burning him to death. The charge being proved, Boudrier was found guilty, but the jury having declared that there were extenuating circumstances in his favour, he was only condemned to hard labour for life. It appeared on the trial that, fifteen years ago, when he left his paternal home, Boudrier exclaimed—" I should like to see my father roasted like a toad." A young workman, on the Rouen Railroad, was. this week killed by the fall of a part of the embank ment near Maisons-Laffitte. • A young man, named Dury, of (Euilly, says the Journal de la Marne, having swallowed alive fou r ' small fish without sustaining any inconvenience, made a wager on the following day that he would, in like manner, dispose of one of a larger size. He got the. I head into his throat, but the body being too big to pass the cesophaguep the man was thrown into a most alarming state. A surgeon was called in, and used every means of relief his art suggested; but, after suf fering for four hours in the greatest agony, and being unable to utter a single word, the victim of his own folly expired. We learn from the Montpellier Journal that, on Saturday last, a young Savoyard, sent by his master from Cette to Frontignan, with his box, blacking, and brushes, to polish the boots and shoes of such of the inhabitants as wished to be smart on Sunday, overcome by sleep on his way, laid himself down on the railroad between the rails. About ten o'clock a. train of waggons with goods came along. The men in charge saw that something was in the way, and stopped the action of the locomotive, but not in time to prevent the impetus from carrying the engine, its. tender, and four or five of the waggons over the poor boy. When the train stopped, the men hastened down; in great alarm, not doubting that the lad was crushedt to atoms ; but on draging him out they found that, although the box was broken, the young Savoyard had not even awoke from his sleep. He was taken to the station at Frontignan, and examined by a surgeon, who could discover no other injury on the boy's person than some grazings on his legs, which were of no consequence. On Sunday morning he was at his. usual station, in the market-place at Cette, with a:, new box, actively employed as if nothing had hap-. pened to him. He owed his miraculous escape to his having laid himself down in a hollow in the middle of the road of just sufficient depth to allow the engines vehicles to pass over without touching his body. The slight hurts on his legs were from the wheels. A quarryman of Pantin having been recently sum— moned before the Justice of the Peace for the non-- payment of his score for food, supplied to him by tz restaurateur of the place, denied that he could haze eaten one-half of what was charged, saying—" I am not such a cannibal as this good man would make met out, and as a proof I present the following certificate." The justice observed that no certificate could he any answer to proof of his having consumed what he was called upon to pay for, but at the same time suffered the document to be read. It was couched in the fol lowing terns —" By these presents, as I teel it to lik e , my bounden duty, I certify that Rem-, a quarryma n , has taken his meals during eighteen months at my restaurant. at Vincennes, called Credit est Mort, and that I am able to declare that his appetite is v er y mo derate, being little inclined to bread and m eat , h ut, tolerably strongrother in expensive ‘'egetal le s;not given t o f ru i ts. savouries, o fancies. I also certify that I have frequently seen him dine off beef and halt' a dish of haricot mutton, the whole amounting to about 12 sous, without wine, as he does not drink anything except a few small glasses of brandy. Considering all this, I declare him to be incapable of pampering his stomach, or denying what he had been actually supplied with." — Notwithstandin g this strong testi mony from a practical man, capable, from positive observation, of guaging the capacities of stomachs, Rene was ordered to pay the full amount of the de mand of the restaurant of Pantin. The Progres of Renn es , after stating that the Eng lish fishing-boats seized off Cancale, carried into. Granville, a n d s i nce delivered up, had ' taken their departure, adds :—" Immediately after their captures an English cutter came in, and the Captain landedi and went to the British Consul. They drew up a pe tition, and sent it off express to the Minister. Soon after an order arrived by telegraph to release the boats, and pay the usual salutes to the English flag." Fine green peas were exhibited in Exeter market on Friday, at only I2s. per peck II I I