The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-04 00:00:00

G ENERAL NA PIER and COLONEL OUTRAM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. [The following letteralterations, , with some was sent to the Ti mes about ten days back. I had som right to expect itB Publication i n th at j ourna l , or that I s h ou ld have h a d an intimation that it was refused. I have been disappointed in bo th point s ; whv, I know not, the editor hayin hith m erl 3 o , been very liberarin , admitting m ' y communications.. s. It me, as be a mistake, but the effect has been injurious to ng an appearance of delay in answering . _a es p p r i od sed uc a t l i t o o n_ vthith on •to have been promptly noticed or d gether. I shall feel the insertion of it in your paper as an obli gation,] work called the ,§,it,---Colonel Outram is indignant at my : k.onquest of Sinde." This is natural ; racit Y as a Public man, and wounded vanity . easily" merges it proves his ince la an' Thereis not, an indeed, a single express a io p n pro in ach th in a g t work Crrrhich conveys personal insult, or anythin g . tb ° it, and no fair occasion ofgiving him credit was omitted, re 4 °4 0 he and his . ef pr r o a v g o a k b e ie d fa t tos he exposure in his general ineptitude ; the irr rterri, loof are crushing, and adduced x entitled without anger. him, noColinontaneol vent !, b ( e ) a a r t s rain such wao a s if it so pleasedgive a matter of taste, in a b: l ,.. anger, and, as being fro m . l anguage also, though add .. res , sed Th t e o me privately 11 1 a distance of ten thousand mites . sell gentlemen in such cases is, however, the avoid bad lan t ge, or to await, at least, the reply i en "aeil, before recourse is had to the public__ress i ng me, sent a press;pers but C ad o- - _ el Outram, while thus privately aild v aliY of his letter to the Hominy ()ftne ' destination! This aPPeared before the origina reached its which leads Chronzcle where it actually 1 ::ecl e t s o no comment ; but it has created a feeling beta a ddress you instead of Colonel . . lead persons not Ilse his ass ertions may otherwise mis 'olive • Outram, and that only. !'miple ca • the public to • 0 ant with the subject. I offer, therefore the following jtid rrective statement, and I shall leave ~,..ge whether it be at all necessary for me Colonel Outram.' oterrampe,r "lte take the trouble of w e l.°lll the moment that persons po ing lizr: a 7 !unctions in Sinde foulest abuse of the I,,feertransferred to Sir C. Napier, 11 il l' a r tit , ,fid the most fulsome of the Bombay Times, a riew a dy poured forth in the columns praise of t t e he former, were syste was believed to li si , sPaper said to be principally owned by a mercantile b e ~e_at B ombay, to which Colonel Outram 1 d after the battle ganrebted, and from which he received a I of ten thou- Gf 4 1.11 PeeS to enable him to go to Eng a Parliament n to his General, nter_easee, there, by his insinuations a d n se t charges, tO 1 ,. 40 ,_ept for a time the thanks of . I yhe had not par the IT he Qontinued to call his friend. and to do the same by tiei,ave troops whose dangers and cause their lia t it t ed, in at the battles of Meanee g an o d r to Dubla, though he 'truct(" tt red most assiduously in folly that work has not, de and h• e a This has been placed beyond doubt in my work, ts be he Colonel Outram's anger ; but injurious to the allieh.ai'sserts, revealed any official secje, as ihe disclosure of Pabli e 'as been denounced by Sir R. Peel erson's com pa,. r service. It is founded generally n the Parliamentary tiia P t e l i a relating to Sinde, which are at every P strongly set forth as s t i and where the proofs of Colonel Outram's incapacity i s asgerous meddling are at least as tt th.. 4l Y Work : those who desire to know the truth will find L re r . . the Colonel was 1 Si r ceetonel Outram's arrival in London the vituperation Paies, d .N'apier to raise the reputation of Pal e d pio coincidence h. The l'a e- HI tile Bombay Times, and also pervaded the English ,al rema rkable o osed to Lord Ellenbo t ro a ug ral suffered those qtr iii f ; and as Colonel Ou rm. though professing fal se n r'endship in private for his Gene , tl to, I pub tra4it °t ' e as to spread unchecked, and silently accepted the liei y t :f acts which he knew he was . not e • h his want of good 'eras:" him, as may be seen in my letters n to 'he Sun tastq ,,a er (J uly or August, 1843), with ' 4 l)cis ol -1 Plainly told him that, far fro having shown any rrre rs • genius and ability, he had oru destruction of the a b e r '"Y ' b a e e e n (l 2' ll Y missed causing the entire mitted enormous capacity had over- Al i , hia-fuoiei the General's vigour and r , . I tste ari Y. :Mot el ,cf meeting this remonstrance official cloak ; he latirs„ `-'utrain sheltered himself under an openly and boldly, e a sufficient anslerd, indeed, that he would and could e te , . at c 0 could . . as he t arn e- w hen th i oak be laid aside ; gl an v d he then baldre .ndia, having previously go. en as much effect . b i. eier. To.ecret charges le and crushing reply to those charges, t a .n t o the ' I had preferred against Sir C. N td e e xp csit 'ita n t General's ..° o_ el Outram's incapable Condil he i d ta the e a .me back from I n dia in due time, and were . published „OntraZ'sde P arliamentary papers; iss•e"„,'"'s whisperinagrasehad as I have alreadycaused the said, the General but meanwhile Colonel licl i i i. ",, t eent to dela the had, of Parliamnnt t? th ct e b US give aCO a lcul ", and th - • lour to te notion, industriously ~e ba re d Y the press, t h at th e great • es, and not a l °riea: courage displayed in Sinde, were cram victories gamed, and Wh leas t ea th e tt sa era ' t orn Colo I Outram's 'shoulders, but his hands Sinde Blue Book was published the official cloak Coln ht dared ad paral ' 1,„ ,_, 3 , sed ;he could not . , exposition of his (Lcosee4ul, answer Sir C. Napie h r o s ld s a pen ! He could folly;' not, 7 ‘ erai s '" ro arlder th . e public aniro d a n d e v t e ; but the anonymous continued Naier, an Bom bay Times ~,,i u l ler4 t io ' n ‘-'; 3 111!eil en lu . s con ion of the Governor-. d at incense to oiliFeleestr.;:, in thewith more and Colonel ls, Nil r ie ,;a n before—ft has never he üblic, the signal defea . t of ver ceased ; ,cr et ,_ seeYs t? avenge t p rrilous accusations agai t n t s o tit (,„; ,N-azaChinations by off! and this in language !e sti ho 4:7,_ addressed, not s t c o n him who is at hand, but to 14 rn eht ',en thousand miles eg eared is inevitable. . 4 ua 7" th t the inference Pisa:, exactly in unison with what haabefore appeared i f is s o Y zmes, a Iq tk t a little remarkable also, thereby, indeed, b it • r, a but himself, . L,alag sends everybody. that Colonel °avant, in fetid h' Pren and desire to enlist 1 W eak n ee a that he has suf fact, . t elness is evident from this"_ others in his cause; bpublished without a ek. • e p a _,. yrk , th,, Fi lamentary papers e incapacity and the . proofs of the t rti ' t lli 1 beyogli they contain every t accusation of ir Ea,',; th ou made in my History, I\ ar k ' Saki "*e Proofs satisfied the Govern t m . ents of India and av2s , 51s, both Houses of Parliament. menacing me with ,b e era l 'A eeecei,,till holds up his official garment, ? Is it to avoid eiv'i l ")•.? ° at he will not " withdraw_ the veil of official ro ß t s sa what is the meaning of all this? in Sinde? He Jl e , a iin i k l eount of his letter to the Rhan nt of Khelat, which il4,'s %2s situation as Political Age . ote mgt , t his official secrets the °as ' I mean • I have alluded to it in my History. Or t o , ahe ] eft t 0 keep back amongs • n of his G r „ g a , se e :, with the Government when he returned to V t e ral? ',ills secret efforts to destroy the. re serves Col. ''N's 'e veil must be thick and wide that utatio lr "A r It Ni• India, says 1 ti d v ersy "ect to his assertions. He who !shrr n k from con tar:laYed t al l me when in London, now, hem for a time ! ili a ' t f th e l' Publication of my work untila g fter the depar tlieeratatiot'di,an snail, to evade his refutation ose atm, '3' r e i t a • Let my publisher, dla answer that , i,rtaai. erated remonstrances about e y, wh patience was so b,`-ileo ° th el Oat th e , r, tr ad f India. I answer ram says I have, on . the authority of my 114 i 1 . ha v Il eed the whole Civil Service o b 'if 44,110 t, done so on the authority of so at all. lih_s 4yitf)th er person —I have not , done ate my brother, or at t l r ' I h av n at Lord Ellenborough s speech the whole bo t ,e Ni t 'llO warrant from him for so traducing public dinner rsai ti gle B „servants of the Company. Cettainly ea L n ord iny E w lle ar n- . Ik e 'r dor ee eb was not and could not have b complain cli h e iuR what I have not done. Neverth a e d les to s, in that rit,,,,t.'3'Civlreliorted to have said " he neverh perwnal corn -14) : 41 i4) 4. ,,%ry ant with whom he came Stitlnt,i,in inut, touching the army, he int o sid be never had ,i„ ere n „„ P:" diff ° I any lilitary officer, a marked and most signi- N ine' ~.-s of expression. kte ')l4 cers % T ani asserts that land my brother ' Aries of habitual 4til i tlleraaßoyal and Company have accused he t i th e, and that we have ascribed the mortality.in the et t to the same cause. This effort to enlist Pa, l • k pass, 0 tjt ~ 0, th . 'tti r • ""o li , e Sinde Army on his will fail; too well his eal`"lnerire served ir C. Napier k side new h ir matchless the brave 11 3'1 1 / 4 ' and t° th em, and t hus gratitude for t e k r etter endurance, to heed such baseless suggestions. ik,t9 Ca,:erblished in the Times and in the Naval and Mit , _t ill : 1)1 1t ~ e , u Pon the sickness of the 78th Regiment, does It 4.Pr eS a ß i l . ." an all • to thenintemperace the epidemic Writil described a ti s sl o o n li e baffling medical mea. t e I t i'll 4,,, e p h _to crush an accusation in the Bombay .T ime s,it t a a r-les e td, as l uam does now, th ru° ; S alt „ I 'Mi -,`,•`„'s mi smanagement; and it even went so far as yei w - i . , . i h,,, iae niesdesee' of the soldiers." th drink 0, in my work on Sinde, published tdisease with ,litir m 'l s ter s : js said to be the great cause o This is called a letter sist'se the o men in the army generally. kte a ; ll leh r i et e °Mcers with habitual drunkenness,. and affirming the 78th is l 'atiP e lit, kr al eue caused the dreadful mortalit in the 78th Steel y St ''' °W, ill that letter the sickness of rlr sl Ls thu s co n to be one whichcount for;" bier" ivhie.,°llaldetely separated ‘ f ‘ r n o o m h°d th y e could oerv a a c tions about Sii l Vity i t . 1 %!,°11. of an opinion as to one of the cases f great Na e e)t i)ra e % fallow. Those observations areene o ral, the Sind l e ; Jell `ue artlY ki t uaq eft , aiabad is expressly referred to. They treat of at large ; they are not evenconfined to h or anY ?tli„!'ts; they of the common ration of spirits givento all In`t . ft eor ps e . Y have no special application to the 78t , 41 41„.""ke i • s ',. ar id if, as COlonel Outram asserts, the eommand -1147., th e ' that regiment applied to Sir C. Napier on the e_ 40 reported answer was strictly correct and just, viz.,_ie Clieral wesill,e,li accusation_ had been made; if it had, the t e alt Ybod. l ,"' have contradicted it." , It never has been mad s Sesi/,,.;7.,biunlet Colonel Outram and his tool, Dr. Buist, of at, le fa f 8 -• -ste Y th at e -, is the drift of the observations referred to? but a morbid tt 'l: ,llre diles : tre ng drinks, temperately or intemperately 'tt a•a;''Y i—la b e hot climate, not sickness, Its " th,, first brain and liver, which renders those organs ti4 t tio a ;" affected by the epidemic less able to resist tl atb ei atio s "' l ee the greatmortality. This is the simple ' 4 4' ° t it of a athologica ich it is th . e absohatn '''ller 1 ' bale rtlth a 115 c ommand to promulgate, if he is satisfied ass,.., 11i, 11114 1 InT' a u that the officers have been charged with 41'0 drcirlierance • almost too despicable to notice; tl '' ea tie - i wine, 'ate v. 3 : . 4.. , a 5 a . 1 , _ ,spirits — is 0'4 4 11 !My a ; 6 ° , they cannot deny the accusation, for that to accuse them of fe l ea aus lis,, e not teetotalers. They use fermented and hol a secu r s in a hot climate which tends to . render q, i , e th a , re th an t: , eliz, t h as beef abstinence were practised. This is the 'enlar'''g coald i , 8: 9, 1d, and malignity tantamount to I•,_ app lin . a on e 4 iti q " lest bran- give it any other meaning, or a par - a il ° I hi et:done' Outram's letter being merely an expo that,Btate ' utter and siat ke of Sinde an ignorance .. of the pre- Ed lrith t he in Merits no attention ; it is quite in ac ntrx. hue meapacit he displayed when employed in IN.ik,!`)YN'r.C. evs_Peaks of The mountain tribes recently sub tilth too they Iv'e'r.Pier, as havii?g no connexion with the t iria ß uae o f Ateole nevertheless in constant communication Srit•,tltryte rat' tan ; they received provisions from them ''iii the n ' l 'm' ; Many of them fled for refuge to that t a ti , la arm s at one time t lathvl 1 1 ' I t ' s on th here was a large body . of those It lsh. e Point of joining the tribes to give battle e new I}:the ( '` i to e I °li b' to notie the statement of Mr. Peart rssp e i ri vil a4 e a n e a l Out rana'se letter. That gentleman, who 41 ( le e, jice soviii , . attending the Ameers, deciaTes that 3,tk''t't • displ a y ~.,e m close captivity do not, to his know ieingllB3 , ttiey '', 7 : s mile vices they' exhibited_ when, as ! and re unrestrained in the exercise of their hi n ,alll 4 ,, Pc'wer•••""a marvellous proof of innocence, p) r eec h, av ask m . ~,_ et t v wh o, b ei „LF. r eart two questions :-1. Is he the 41 . If so : thei r , e % in attendance on the Ameers, made it tse w ill h ' "'et con versations to Sir George Arthur ' t ad t hat e den conversations th • D th ei , .their acts at in those conversations they . ad tetcis; diplealatand intentions, political and military, ze t. s vhi eh s lich as siYr,,..:were, previo their dethronement, .> and layin 11 k, v , i ,,,, , he in d„ _ k••• Xapier had supsosed them to be, and i 'a gaeit-7 war on them ; thus vindicating Sir : C. Gl i _ g Colonel Outram's incapacity P I ~."'sez s e WM NAPI 'R Major-General. gehte.(,Neutr.,, Pt. 18, 1845 • L ' k ga' 4 te Ps i 18, •••• i A i t Me that e writing the above, it has been sug -41,4, lA y b tat I ought to. notice Col. Outram's charges ..,N, ..,,, roth er c f h eb 4 'rita i i 4- o def end „ Miring improperly provided for his re ''.'icter'' f l thi n k: 3l r C• Napier from the scurrility of Col. ili t lt , k • s 4} ti - i, tite a ceusa lin ti rl e e n cs sarY ; but I will show the true NI 0 4 - th t er fou nd L . • 4t . t,lq ~,,,,,, e ()„,_, teut. Mciaturdo, then a stranger to , y '_ l er seTnierMaster-Generars staff in Sinde. That 4 4 t 4 h" h eroic hi s 11, ___ _ distingaished himself by his zeal, hi ' 4 allt,,..C°'e eourarre, andllia General continued him wortle . Y i two Tear* afteryittnia he mar, ~~ .4 NO' gas exceed• Them " steady, Fn n 3 3 1 ,i /11 95 P l ' 41 Pi m 47 P ri '' ;IS ° OP' 5 FA IC 59 9 8 69 3 1 PA 944 n sts° •••••: 10 , ..... la , ...... ... .. 1 Rl ... ...... ...... .... °I • r 5 6 ...... .. olv , 5 0 ..... 16 1 ; 1 , 1 . 51 11 • .... j oi , ... 1' .. sy •••". , 9 218 li ' k; '3 . . 3 o 4 15 1 , 4 2 1 1 51 1 1 1 0 ..„. 6 S $ 9 3 1 '' /oft • f 9 1 7 • ;2/ ~..• ..,.• • • , 69 ..•..• ."''. Y 9g ) , .... O s d .."*. 44 I ..... 64 . ..... 6 4 419 A.,' „ 1 ,, 411 5 1 0 5 '2 0 , 4 3i# r• .. . 0 - •••... 1 4 1 , 'A X 1 141 i 50 ,•••• 5 0 ,•••' 56 ~ .. , ,•••• 2/I r 2,03 ~.•- 5 3 631 931 ~.•• ~ ig cor,,, )1 , 17 5 5 , 4 0 yin " ' 0 . 1 '" 0 11 0 .• 4 10 hig h bob 6 is is P t g ri s beg nr , b. •10,01,„ SUPPL-EMENT TO THE MORNING SUN, SATURDAY; OCTOBER 41-1'145, ried that General's daughter : this is called his son-in-law on the Staff, " contrary to the regulations of the Service !" Sir C. Napier appointed his nephews to be, the one his Aid de-Camp, the other his Military Secretary. Those officers are the sons of Sir George Napier, whose well-known services and wounds would alone justify favour towards them, even from a stranger, if they were worthy of their station and descent. They were captains of regiments in India, one in Sinde ; they had served with their corps and on the Staff in England and at the Cape for years, and one of them took a high certificate at the Military College of Sandhurst, where he was educated : hence, being well acquainted with both staff and regimental duties, their appointments were natural, just, and military. This is called appointing his relations "to lucrative situations !" Had Sir C. Napier been capable of any sordid feeling, he could, both of right and from precedent, have made his nephews prize agents ; they have married his daughter and his step-daughter, and it would have given them each at least ten thousand pounds. Without hesitation, he appointed as prize agents three officers of whom he knew nothing, but that they had fought gallantly under his orders and served their country welL The other examples of "nepotism" adduced by Colonel Outram, if there be any truth at all, are equally discoloured. The Messrs. Curlings— for that is the name of which the initials and terminating letters are given by Col. Outram— are not near relatives of Sir C. Napier. They were relations of his first wife, who died without children by him. The reader may now judge the taste with which Colonel Outram directs his reproaches against Sir C. Napier, not direct to that officer who is close to him, but to me, his brother, at ten thousand miles' distance. Need I say more? -W. N. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BASINGSTOKE RACES.—MONDAY. The Basingstoke, Town Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. The winner tobesold for 120 L Heats. A mile and three quarters. Mr. White's br m Teresa, 4 y - rs Mr. Kingston's r c Sparsholt 2 2 Mr. B. Lintott's b g Waterloo, 6 yrs 4 3 Mr. R. Sowerby's b g Tom Tough, 5 yrs ... 5 4 Mr. W. Lintott'S ch c Young England 3 5 The Hackwood Stakes of 5 soya. each with 25 added. The winner to be sold for 100/. Heats. Mile and three-quarters. Mr. Smith's br m Beggar Girl, 5 yrs (Wakefield) 1 1 Mr. Parr's% m Norna Creina, aged 2 2 Mr. Bray's ch g Adrian, aged Mr. Young's bl c Corinthian Tom 3 4 Mr. Love's br h Midas, 4 yrs The Tradesmen's Plate of 4 sovs. each, with 20 added, a mile and a half; was won in two heats by Mr. Balchin's Sylvanus (W. Balchin), beating 11r. White's My Pet, Mr. Bray's Paul Clifford, and Mr. Field's Devil-among-the- Ladies. LITERATURE. THE PHARMACEUTICAL LATIN GRAM MAR. By Arnold James Cooley. " This little book," says the author, in his preface, " was written some time ago, at the earnest solicitation of a friend whose education had been neglected in his youth, and who was extremely desirous of ,instructing himself in the rudiments of medical Latin." Within the course of the next fortnight some hundreds of medical students, situated precisely as was the friend at whose solicitation this work was undertaken, will arrive in the metropolis. To all such we would recommend Cooley's " Pharmaceutical Latin Grammar" as an ex cellent and perfectly legitimate help for their preliminary classical examination at the Hall. The author has managed to condense an immense mass of instruction into a very small space. The rules are short and clear, and the examples are all given in medical Latin. There are two appendixes, the first containing a great variety of prescriptions parsed ; the other, all the usual con tractions used in 'prescriptions. The medical student who is not well up in his Latin should lose no time in procuring this little work. REMARKS on the PRESENT STATE of . the LAW of DEBTOR and CREDITOR; with Suggestions for' its Improvement. By T. T. a Beckett, Attorney at-Law. Second Edition. We cannot say that this pamphlet presents us with any new or striking view of the important subject to which it is addressed ; but we are amused by the touch ing simplicity with which the author, after favouring us with a copy of his letter to Lord Brougham on his Lord ship's original " Insolvent Debtors' Amendment Act," apprises us of the fact that, " not satisfied with address ing Lord Brougham alone, he sent a copy of his letter to the Solicitor- General but from neither the one nor the other did his communication receive any notice what ever." Very strange. But surely the experiences alluded to at p. 40 might have moderated his egotism. " While, however, the country at large" (he writes) " was under this delusion with respect to the real character of the Bill in question, .I perceived in it all the mischief which it subsequently produced ; and before it became law I strained every nerve to avert the calamity which would befal the country were it allowed to come into opera tion with the powers with which it was proposed to in vest it. I sent letters to the press, which, coming from an attorney, were doubtless considered as nothing more than the scream of the vulture at seeing his prey snatched from his beak." This is a capital figure—it is so very true. But what induced Mr. T. I Beckett to assume that Lord Brougham or Mr. Solicitor would be less saga cious or more complying than the editors whom he had addressed? Mr. a Beckett would have done better to have devoted his legal acumen to a searching exposi tion and denunciation of the " Small Debts Act," as it was finally extorted from the Lords in the last agonies of last session—a statute which is certainly the most scandalous, unconstitutional, and oppressive in its enact ments that has been promulgated by the Legislature for some years past. We are glad, however, to find some of the opinions we published, pending its p rogress through the Lower House, corroborated by Mr. a Beckett in the following remarks:— " One of the most formidable objections to the Act as it at present stands, is the power given to the judge to decide arbitrarily, all the cases to which the jurisdiction is to be ex tended to meet—a power possessed by no judge of the supe rior courts of common law, and too great a one to be in trusted to any individual, especially when it is remembered that against it there is no appeal. By a strange anomaly the judge does not possess the exclusive power of deciding on matters at present within the jurisdiction of the court, the Commissioners in these cases having a voice in the matter. " One word as to the persons who are likely to be charged with this extraordinary privilege, or rather, responsibility. The judges are to be chosen by the Commissioners themselves, and the appointments will be sufficiently valuable to cause great exertion to be made to obtain them by those who, al though ally qualified to hold , them, may possess nothing but a local influence and this legal qualification to justify their ap plication. If the former be great, they may be placed in a most important post without being in the smallest degree practically qualified to peform its duties. It may be that the choice proves a fortunate one to the public ; but whether this be so or no, when once made it cannot be recalled. It there fore becomes a positive duty imposed upon the Legislature at a future session, to place some check upon the exclusive power at present vested in the judge, not only for the satis faction of the suitors, but on the general principles by which all well-regulated states profess to be influenced." NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PonTsmoirrs, THURSDAY.—The Eclair steam-sloop left the Motherbank in the night for the Quarantine station at Stangate Creek. 'At the last report from her yesterday only 18 white men were well on board; 23 were lying sick of the deadly malady. The Government is loudly censured for not having adopted prompt measures to check the disease prevail ing on board the Eclair after they were made cognizant of the melancholy circumstances, instead of allowing the vessel to remain helpless at the Motherbank for nearly three days after she made her appearance and signalled her awful condition. Naval medical men consider that a couple of hulks ought to have been sent without delay to the distressed vessel, and the sick put into one and the able into the other, and the steamer left for the time deserted. Such measures'would at once have checked the progress of the disease, whereas the neglect of such caution has already proved fatal to three or fbur since her arrival, and malty more may, we fear, be sacrificed to this want of proper caution by . the Government authorities. We are informed that when the engines of the Eclair were fitted, the surgeon, who was afterwards appointed to her, Mr. J. Maconchy, wrote to the Admiralty, and told them that in consequence of the very inefficient ven tilation, the vessel was likely to be very unhealthy, and particularly so upon the station on which she was about to be sent. That opinion, if given, was never acted upon, and the o ffi cer who is alleged to have tendered it has fallen a victim himself, fearfully proving the correct ness of his foreboding. The Vindictive, 50, Captain Seymour, flag of Vice- Admiral Sir Francis W. Austin, Commander .in-Chief in the West Indies, was at Halifax (all well) on the 16th ult. On the Ist of October the Admiral intended to pro ceed on a cruise of inspection to the various islands under his command. The Vulture steam-frigate, Captain M`Dougal, was at Rio on the 30th of July, The Philomel, 6, surveying -vessel, Commander Suli van, arrived at Buenos Ayres, from Monte Video on the 23d of July, The Spider, 6, Lieut.-Commander Pym was at Rio on the 30th of July. The Larne, 18, Commander Brisbane, sailed from St. Helena, for the Coast, on the 30th July. The Albatross, .16, Commander Yorke sailed from St. •Helena ea' Aug. 4for the Island of Ascension.„ The Dolphin, 3, Commander Livigne, arrived ftt Buenos Ayres, from Rio on the 4th July. The Firebrand, 8, steam-frigate, Capt. Hope, arrived at Buenos Ayres, from Monte Video, on July 19. The Racer, 16, Commander Reed, arrived at Buenos Ayres, from Monte Video, on July 19. .She bad been aground on the Chico Bank, and the Firebrand went to render assistance on the morning of the 19th, but she had got off when the latter arrived. The Comus, 18, Commander Thompson, left Buenos Ayres for Monte Video on July 6. The Acorn, 16, Commander Bingham, sailed from Buenos Ayres for Colonia on July 10, and returned on the 23d. The Gorgon steam-sloop, Captain Hotham, was at Buenos Ayres on the 24th of July. The Pantaloon, 10, Commander Wilson, in June last fell in with a pirate. The Pantaloon gave chase, and after some hours' pursuit the enemy tacked and crossed her bows. The Pantaloon then hoisted the British en sign ; the enemy, however, would not show colours, and the Pantaloon fired a gun, which the enemy returned with a long 18 loaded with grape at the bows of the Pantaloon, who then beat to quarters and fired a broad. side, which fell short of the pirate, who, perceiving the advantage she had over the Pantaloon, fired twice more but without effect, and then made off under all sail, and was soon out of sight. The pirate is supposed to be the famous, or rather infamous, " Third of June," armed with a long 18 amidships and four small guns. A pri vate letter from the Pantaloon, dated. Ascension, Aug. 1, says—" We sail to-morrow for the Bight of Benin. Be fore our arrival here we drove ashore a large brig with 700 slaves on board. The Commodore has hurried us off, as he has received intelligence that several large slavers are expected in the Bight from Bahia. The Penelope, 22, with the Commodore on board ; the Hecate steam-sloop, Commander Duffil ; the Prome theus steam-sloop, Commander Hay ; the Lily, 16, Commander Newton ; and the Sealark, 10, Commander Gooch, are here. The Styx steam-sloop, Commander Hornby, is ordered here." The Grecian, 16, Commander Montgomery, and the Seagull, 6, Commander Dicken, were at Rio on the 30th of July. The Osprey, 12, Commander Patten, was at Malacca on the Ist of July about to sail for New Zealand. She had transferred her specie which she took out from England to the Wolf, 16, which lad sailed with it for Hong-Kong. The Conway, 26, Captain Kelly, which arrived in the Mauritius from Bourbon on the 17th of July, we regret to state, had been attacked ;with fever while at Mada gascar, which had carried off many of her crew. Mr. Stretton, the purser, we are sorry to state, was one of the victims. DEVONPORT.—Tbe Growler steam sloop, Commander C. H. M. Buckle, arrived from the coast of Africa on Monday evening. She left Ascension on the 18th of August, arrived at Sierra Leone on the 26th, whence she proceeded to Bonavista, where she found the Eclair steam-sloop, with all her crew on shore sick of the coast fever ; the only persons on board the vessel were the Kroomen, the greater por tion of the white men being either dead or disabled by sickness. Commander Buckle ordered the Eclair to proceed to Madeira, where she arrived on the evening before the Growler (Aug. 21). The Growler reports that Dr. M‘Clure, who was coming home in the Growler, having been promoted to the rank of surgeon on the station, on hearing of the d eath of the sur g eon and assis tant-surgeon of the Eclair, volunteered to go on board and attend the sick home, but within five days he was a corpse, a martyr to his zeal teal benevolence. Com mander Buckle, on arriving at Madeira, finding Dr. M'Clure and several of the men in a dying state, ordered the vessel to England (as stated in The Sun of Wed nesday). , The Heroine, 6, Commander Edmunds, is expected to be ready to sail for the coast of Africa in a day or two. The Nimrod, 20, is ordered home with African teak wood. The Druid, 44, is ordered to be fitted as a coal depot. paid off into ordinary this day. The Scylla, 16, Comma nder Shar p , will be The Creole, 26, on the design of Messrs. Chatfield, Reid, *and Cruize, the Committee of the School of Naval Architecture, was launched yesterday. Miss Pyre, grand-daughter of the Commanderin-Chief of the experi mental squildron, named the vessel. It is pwo,yed.to erect a beacCdi Q the eastern ensug • • the Breakwater. Drawings are before the Board of Admiralty fur approval. THE RETIREMENT. The Commanders at this port held a preliminary meeting on Friday, to consider the propriety of pre senting a memorial to the First Lord of the Admiralty, to take their particular case into his consideration. It resolved that a correspondence should be opened with the Committee appointed in London and at Portsmduth, and a subsequent meeting held for the adoption of the memorial. DUTCH AND - FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, - SEPT. 30.-.—The average price of wheat, in' the week ending on the 27th of September, was 23f. 22c., and that of rye 15f. .53c. At a moment when the-attention of the Government, and of all those 'who - concern 'themselves about the public interest, is fixed on the question of affording subsistence to the labouring classes during the winter season, the Governor of Hainault has recourse to those persons who seem to be able to indicate the measures which are calculated to prevent, the evils which may arise from the scarcity and high price of provisions. With this view, he has appointed a Commission in the capital of the province, the first meeting of which is fixed for the 30th of September. Potatoes were sold in the market' of Brussels, yester day, at 13f. to 15f. per sack of 100 kilogrammes. 'The Journal of Antwerp says, " We are assured that the 10th Regiment of the line paid, in the camp at Be verloo, for the kilogramme of excellent potatoes, only 6ic., and lc. at the line. It consumed-1,500 kilogrammes daily. The contractor was ready to supply them, at that price, for the rest of the year." We have accounts of the arrival of considerable sup- plies from Scotland, and other . parts. We find,- too, that in Holland, people are recovering from the panic terror with which they were seized, so that potatoes had been sold in the market of Amsterdam, for 6.25 florins per maund, which, at the beginning of the week were sold at 10 florins.—Brussels Papers, Oct. 1. HEIDELBERG, SEPT. 27.—Yesterday evening, shortly after the arrival of Rouge and his fellow-travellers, the chiefs of the German Catholics in this city were sum moned to appear before M. Bohme, the chief magistrate, who intimated that a re3cript of the Minister of the Interior prohibited Rouge from celebrating divine wor ship here, or from delivering any public discourse. At the same time, they were informed, that unless they would pledge themselves to the observance of this re script, Rouge would be immediately obliged to quit the city.. They accordingly gave the pledge required of them.—Journal de Frankfort, Sept. 30. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 29.—His Majesty, 'by a resolution of Sept. 27, has ordered the ex-propriation for the public good of such property as may be required for the iron railway be tween the Hague and Rotterdam. We learn that several merchants have agreed to make pur chase of provisions in foreign countries, in order, when they arrive here, that they may sell them without any profit, for what they have cost. A letter from Arnbeim, of Sept. 26, says," that the Estates of the province have resolved on contracting a loan in shares of 100 florins each, on account of the province, the proceeds of which are to be employed exclusively in making advances to those communes in which the local resources are not sufficient to afford to the poor • the relief that may be re quired in the ensuing winter." The Chamber of Commerce of Gwolle has induced some merchants to import two or three thousand merids of po tatoes from Scotland. If this should answer both in quality and price, others will be purchased. Similar measures for the relief of the poorer classes are adopted in other parts of the kingdom. The officers of justice have to-day made a domiciliary visit to .the house of L. Meeter, I. Dumee, and P. Mingelen, the first 'editor, and the two other publishers of the journal the Poyevaar, the Hague Miniatum or Nieuwsbode, and the Out waaklen :Leeuw, of which last paper only one or two num bers have been published. These three persons have been arrested and confined in the civil and military prisons. Their papers, together with the copies of the second Number of the Outwaaklen Leeuw, which was publiihed to-day, and of which only a few copies have been issued, were seized. Of the' twenty-one persons against whom legal measures were taken on the occasion of the, disturbances that lately took place heir, seventeen are dismissed. Two of the ring leaders in the troubles at Delft have been Arrested here. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 29.—A correspondent of the Courrier de Anvers is justly surprised that potatoes find purchasers at 14f. or 15f. per sack, since it is now certain that at that price more wholesome .and substantial food may be had. It is proved by experiments that a kilogramme . (21bs.) of bread, or three-quarters of 'a kilogramme of meat,. or of beans, con tain more nutritious matter than three 'kilogrammes of pota toes. We cannot, therefore, too earnestly impress on the people the advantage of considerably reducing their con sumption of potatoes, for the sake both of their health and their pockets. ANTWERP, SErr. 27.—Large supplies of corn, especially rice and wheat, continue to arrive by sea ; so great a quan - tity of the latter has arrived that the granaries are insufficient to contain it. Yesterday, 1,773 hectolitres of peas arrived from Hull. A vessel from London has brought 41 sacks of potatoes, and another a cargo of peas. Several cargoes of wheat and rice have also arrived. DUTCH F UNDS.—AsurrEm mm, SEPT. 29. Money. Bills, Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.. ••••• • • • . 60% 61% Hitto, 3 per Cent • • • • • • Ditto, 4 per Cent. Amort Syndic, 4% per Cent ••••• • • . • • 99% 99% Ditt0,,331 per Cent.. ••••• • • • • ..... 90% 91% Commercia Company, 4% per Cent .. 161% 162% East India Loan, 4 per Cent.... ••• • • • 97% 97% Exchange on London, at sight ••• • • ... 12 27 Two months.• ••••••• • • • • • • 12 20 On Hamburgh, at sight • • 36 • .• Two months.• •••• • • • On Paris • • ••• .. Two months • • .. •Dutch Papers, Sept. 30. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRusszts, SEPT. 30. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••••••• • • • • • . • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent • • Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent— Ditto Three per Cent Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto Ditto, ditto, 1840 • • • • • . . Ditto, ditto, 1842 .• . Ditto of the City, 1844 . • • • .• • • 100% Bank ofßelgium• • . . • AUSTRIAN FUND ... ........ -Brussels Papers. Sept. 30. 5EPT. 1 175 2 1 87 216 ' 4 Loan, 34 5 pp p e ecr r r C c I:ns Cent. t t 4 .. 11 dittocu. i t. t o a 1 1 q ... u ... e a ... 101% Ditto, 1839 .... 129% Bank Shares •• •• Esterhazy's Loan ... . RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand' • • • • 220% Vienna—Milan • .••• • • • • •• • . 131% Oroggriitz •• •• ••• • • ••• •• • •• • • •• •• • • 150 ', •Allgemeine Zeittmg, Sept. 27, 'NEW ZEALAND►: The ketch Thistle had come into Sydney on the 28th of May, bringing news from New Zealand to the 3d. Another collision had taken place at the Bay of Islands between the natives and the troops, in which fifty of the latter are reported to have been killed; but Pomare, one of the most mischievous of the chiefs, had been captured, and was confined on board the Hazard, his entrench ments having been 'destroyed. A 'body of volunteers had been dispatched to the bay, and when the Thistle passed by it on the 12th of May the report of fire arms was distinctly heard. A squadron, composed of the Hazard aad North Star, men-of-war, and. the Aurora, Slainscastle, and Velocity, mer chantmen, were engaged in blockading Korora rika. The - schooner I Don't Know, which our readers will recollect as having, according to our last advices, ran into the bay with ammunition and been lightened of it by the America' war-steamer in the harbour, has been seized by the Government and removed to Auck land, where its owner, Mr. Waitford, is committed to take his trial for high treason, on suspicion of colleagu ing with the natives. At Wellington the natives were perfectly quiet, but it was understood that Rauperaha had gone in that direction with 500 men, for what pur pose is not known. The Legislative Council at Auck land closed its session on the 22d April, with the fol lowing speech from Governor Fitzroy, by which it will be seen. that he had no anticipation of the steps taken by the Colonial Office to reverse his policy. The speech runs thus— " Gentlemen, -- I am now enabled to adjourn this fifth session of the Legialative Council—and to relieve you for some time from such tedious and irksome duties as those which you have so cheerfully and regularly exe cuted. " I am fully sensible of the sacrifices which the non official members have made in giving up their time to public affairs, and exposing themselves t- personal ob loquy, the certain consequence of political exertion in whatever manner. "It,must be satisfactory to the Council to reflect that by their zealous endeavours very great reductions have been effected in the current expenditure, and that the es timate for 1845.6 is 10,000/. (or one-fourth) less than that for 1844.5, although the estimate for that year was 20,0001. less than for 1843. " The estimated expenditure for this year is only 26,0001., notwithstanding that several distinct settle ments, so distant from each other, cause so much expense on account of their separate establishments. "In proposing that we should revert to the system of raising a revenue by means of duties of Customs, I felt extreme reluctance ; but there was no choice. Six months' trial has shown that a revenue nearly sufficient for the most economical expenditure on the public ac count could not, under the peculiar circumstances of this colony, be raised by direct taxation. " To have continued the trial longer would have made the difficulties under which we are labouring still greater. Having failed to prevent insurrection by removing the restrictions of Customs, regulations, the chief motive for their abolition ceased ; and, as the less of two evils, their re-establishment became imperative. "At the commencement of this season I had no an ticipation of such a disaster as that which befel Koro rarika. I considered that place sufficiently defended, and I looked cheerfully at the prospects elsewhere. But the fall of Kororarika has taught all a lesson ; and I trust that improvement will be the consequence, after a season of bitterness and inevitable warfare. " British authority must be vindicated—but with jus tice and mercy." The Van Diemen's Land papers are generally unin teresting as far as we have been able to glance over them. Clerical disputes seems to be their staple. Wheat is from 3s. Bd. to 4s. the bushel, manifesting an improve ment.—CaleultaStar, August 12. . : THE ITAnvEsr.7--Our accounts, generally; are very Satisfactory, acid in regard to potatoes , muc h less unfavour able than had been apprehended. The disease in this coun try is much more partial, and far ,less injurious than in England. At our Corn -Exchange to-day wheat again de clined. At the opening there were some sales at T decline of from l.s. to ls.'6d. per barrel was submitted to.--Dublin Even., illy Post. , , SWEARING -IN OF THE NEW StIERIFFS. - 0 11 • Sa turday the newly-elected Sheriffs, Messrs. Chaplin and Laurie, were sworn in at Guildhall, with the usual forms and • - - - . . _ - cermouies,' . ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. On Thursday night the ' monthly meeting of the above Club was held at the British Coffee-house, Cock spur-street, which was very numerously attended. H. H. Harrison, Esq., the Commodore, presided, faced by Lord A. Paget. the Vice-Commodore, and supported by Lord W. Lennox, &c. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, Capt. 11 7- HEELER (treasurer) read the financial report, which showed that, after defraying the expenses (there being no existing claim against the Club), a balance of 3431. 4s. 9d. remained in the hands of the treasurer, being much larger than that of any previous year. The COMMODORE, in bringing forward the long-pend ing motion relative to the well-merited increase of salary to Capt. Frederick IT. Durand,lthe secretary, read a letter from that gentleman, pointing out his heavy and onerous duties, and showing that the average annual sum he had received during six years was about 34/. ; and further, that he had frequently negotiated for the sale of yachts without receiving any remuneration whatever. The Gallant Commodore then proposed that a fixed salary of 60/. per annum be paid to the secretary for his services, commencing from Midsummer last ; and that he further receive one shilling for each guinea he may collect. Mr. MORGAN, after a warm and appropriate eulogy on Capt. Durand, seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation. Mr. BUCKNALL gave notice of a motion to the effect— " That in future at the sale of every yacht, in which the secretary may be applied to, he shall receive IL The motions relative to the establishment of a new club-house, and for altering the mode of ballot were post poned through the unavoidable absence of Messrs. Bey nell and Green. The following gentlemen were balloted for and elected: —W. Breynton, Esq., Temple ; E. Downs, Esq., Rich mond; E. J.l Maude, Esq., York; G. Richmond, Esq., Mil bank; R. Moseley, Esq., Maida Vale. On the motion of Lord A. PAGET, it was unanimously resolved that a trip of the yachts and members to Mrs. Milton's, at Eritb, take place on Saturday next. After thanks to the Commodore, Vice•Commcdore, &c., the meeting broke up. MELANCHOLY DEATHS OF A IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. Both Houses of Parliament wet on Thursday profoi ma, at a quarter-past two o'clock. The Lord Chancellor the Earl -of Aberdeen, and the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Lords Commissioners, having taken their seats in front of the Throne, the Noble and Learned Lord directed Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod, to summon the House of Commons to hear the Royal Commission for the further prorogration of Parliament read. In a few minutes afterwards Mr. Ley, and other officers of the Commons, appeared at the bar, when the Commission having been read by the clerk at the table, • The LORD CHANCELLOR, in her Majesty's name, declared that the present Parliament was further pro rogued until Thursday, the 27th of November next. There was no Member of the House of Commons pre sent—that body was represented by the clerks and prin cipal officers of the House. TUESDAY. The Innkeepers' Plate of 25 sows. added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each% The winner to be sold for 1001. _ _ Mr. Parri - bMlsioni a Creina, aged (Parr) 1 1 Mr. Sowerby's b g Tom Tough, 5 yrs 4 2 Mr. Bray's ch g Adrian, aged Mr. Kingston's ro c Sparsholt, 3 yrs... Mr. Drewes' ch f Concealment ... 5 dr ... The Vine .Stakes. of 4 sovs each, _with 15 added ; a mile and half, were won, in two heats, by Mr. Balchin's b c Sylvanus (W. Balchin), beating Mr. Parr's Slipshod, Mr. King's Harem, Mr. • Tubbs's Palzmon, and Mr. Young's Corinthian Tom. A Sweepstakes of 2 sous. each, with 15 added, was won, in two heats, by Mr. Parr's Beggar Girl (Parr), beating Con cealment, m by Velocipede, and Paul Clifford. WREXHAM RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Bryn-y-Pys Stakes of 25 sovs. each for three years old. ' Once round and a distance. Mr. A. W. Hill's br c Sweetmeat, (Calloway) walked over. A Handicap Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft. A mile and a half. Mr. T. Worthington's br c Dr. Husband ..... (Marlow) 1 Sir W. W. Wynn's br g Remnant, aged The Gold Cup, value 100 sovs. Three times round. Mr. A. W. Hill's br c Sweetmeat, 3 yrs., walked 'over. A Handicap Stakes of 10 sows. each, with 30 added. Heats, one mile. Mr. Worthington's br c Dr. Husband, 4 yrs (Marlow) 1 Mr. Mostyn's bk f Stream, 3 yrs Lord Westminster's br c Falstaff, 3 yrs The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added The winner to be sold for 100 sovs. if demanded, &c. Heats, one mile. Mr. W. Jones's b f The Persian Lady, 4 yrs . 1 1 Mr. Collins's br g Brunel, 4 yrs 3 2 Mr. Mostyn's b c Alvanley, 4 yrs... KELSO RACES—TUESDAY. Match, 100. Two miles—Mr. Mciklam's Poussin (Temple man) beat Mr. Muirhead's Lara. The Caledonian St. Leger of 25 sovs. each, with 50 added. Mile and three quarters. Mr. Ramsay's b g Mid Lothian A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added; three-yr-olds, 7st 51b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 21b; winners extra; the winner to he sold for 3561. Twice round. ➢lr. Merry's b c Whinstone, 3 yrs (H. Robertson) 1 Mr. C. Hqadlani's ch f Badinage, 3 yrs Captain Boyd's Dog Billy, 4 y — rs . Mr. Meiklam's b h Poussm, 5 yrs The Roxburgh Gold Cup, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each. The second to save his stake. Mile 'and a half. Mr. Merry's b c Pilot, 3 yrs (Sim) 1 Mr. Meiklam's br c Lightning, 4 yrs 2 Mr. Robertson's' , b c The Cure, 4 yrs A Maiden Plate of 50 ,sovs., three yrs old, Bst 21b ; four, Bst 501 b ; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geld ings allowed 31b; once round and a distance, was won in two heats by Mr. Merry's Pilot, 3 yrs (H. Robertson), beating Mr. Dickson's The Merry Sandboy, 3 yrs, Mr. Benson's b m Eleanor, 5 yrs ; Mr. J. Steventon na ch m Helen, 6 yrs ; Mr. Henderson's b g Speculation, 6 yrs ' • Mr. Usher's b m Icha boe, aged; and Mr. Robertson's ch f Little Fairy, 4 yrs. WEDNESDAY. The Caledonian Cup, value 105 sovs., for Scotch bred horses. Mares and geldings allowed 21bs. Three miles. Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Pythia, 3 yrs (D. Kennedy) 1 Mr. Ramsay's br g Mid-Lothian, 3 yrs ... 2 The Bowmont Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added, for two years old. Three quarters of a mile. Mr. Merry's br c Don John, out of Peri ........( Holmes) 1 Mr. St. Paul na Brother to Sir Henry Mr. Walker's b c The Leader _ Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Four miles. Mr. Merry's b c Whinstone, 3 yrs (Robertson) 1 Mr. Cook's b m The Shadow, aged Mr. W. H. Johnstone's ch f Pythia, 6 yrs 3 Fifty pounds, given by the Town of Kelso (the winner to be sold for 150/., if demanded, &c.), a mile and a half, was won in three heats by Mr. Brown na Ferona, 4 yrs (Holmes) beating Mr. Watkins's Attorney-General, 4 yrs; Mr. j. Clark's The Netherton Maid, 4 yrs ; Mr. Dickson's Merry Sandboy, 3 yrs; and Mr. Morris's Mesmeria, 3 yrs. HAYMARKET THEATRE. . Mrs. Inchbald's admirable comedy of Wives as they Were and Maids as they Are, was revived here on Wednesday, for the purpose of introducing Mrs. Seymour to a London audience in the character of Miss Dorillon. She is stated in the bills to be of provincial celebrity, and certes her celebrity is not ill deserved. Her person is good, her features pretty and ex pressive, and she possesses a sweet and flexible voice—" an exquisite thing in woman ;" her manners are refined, very lady-like, and altogether her debitt was most successful. The character of Miss Dorillon is one which gives full scope to an actress to display her versatility, and Mrs. Seymour well availed herself of the opportunities afforded - her. • Her first great hit was in the pleading scene, in the second act, which she gave with admirable archness, and which drew down three rounds of applause. In the more serious scenes, too, she was very 'beautiful. The library scene, in which she is arrested, was given with great taste and judgment, and the prison scene, in the last act, was given with exquisite feeling and pathos. She was called for at the conclusion, and on being led on by Farren, was greeted with shouts of applause and showers of bouquets. The Lord Priory of Farren is well known to every playgoer; it was perfect. Stuart's Sir William Dorillon was a fine and earnest pieco.of acting, and the Sir George Evelyn of Howe was excellent. Hudson, as Bronzely, was spirited, and effervescent as a glass of cham pagne. Dirs. Edwin Yarnold, as Lady Priory, exhibited a degree of quiet humour, for the possession of which we did not before give her credit. Never bas the primness of demure propriety been more excellently delineated. The gem of the evening, however, was the Lady Mary Raffle of Mrs. Glover. It was a bit of genuine comedy of the olden school, when every playgoer was a critic who was intolerant of mere medi ocrity. It is, perhaps, the most finished piece of acting on the stage, and all those who desire to know what acting was in days gone by, ere mere glitter and noise had dethroned the legitimate drama, should go to the Haymarket and see Mrs. Glover's Lady Mary Raffle. The house was crowded, and the audience were most attentive to, and delighted with, the comedy. We augur from this that the day is not far dis— tant when the.legitimate drama will resume its _sway, an when the English nation will be, as it was in days of yore proud of its national drama. Let those days come--let the English public do its duty, and neither actors nor dramatists will be wanting to dotheirs. LYCEU 1 THEATRE. Next Door is the title of an admirable farce, which was produced here Thursday, and in which Mr. Alfred Wigan acts the part of the hero, Jack Skylark, a medi cal student, who courts Jemima Evans, a pretty milliner, for love, and pays his addresses at the same time to Miss Emily Walker, the rich daughter of a rich old papa, for her money. Jemima Evans lives next door to the Walkers, and Jack, after having par taken of a magnificent dejeune a la fourclutte at the Walkers, and been bored to death by the genteel propriety of the establishment, adjourns to love and liberty in the arms of Jemima Evans next door, with whom and her friends he has sat down to a dinner of sausages, which he cannot eat. Here all sorts of prac tical jokes are played off, which keep the house in a con tinued'roar. Emily Walker, however, makes her ap pearance, to inquire concerning a certain new , bonnet, in the manufacture of which Jemima ought to have been engaged, and Jack, to prevent being discovered, appears with a face whiteneii with flour, and growls like a bear with a 'violent cold. The counterpart of this scene takes place when Jemima takes home the bonnet, for Jack is then at the Walker's. Here he has a sudden attack of tooth-ache, and com mits all sorts of vagaries to escape discovery. Jemima is too shrewd to be deceived ; she slily cuts off the tail of his coat, and in the pocket discovers a letter explain ing all. On his return to her she taxes him with his perfidy, and Jack produces a pistol with which he threatens to blow out his brains. The terrified Jemina rushes on him to pre vent the commission of the rash act, and knocks him through the partition into " next door," where he finds Alfred Walker, a musical cousin, at the feet of the fair Emily, to whose hand he immediately resigns all claim, being determined to be happy with the kind-hearted Jemima. - The whole burden of the farce fell upon Wigan, who acted the roving, rollicking, kind-hearted medical student to the life. The farce was announced for repetition amidst enthusiastic applause: HER MAJESTY'S SLOOP ECLAIR, TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIDIES. Sir,—Having had some experience as a surgeon of an East Indiaman, I am anxious to do all in my power by suggesting a plan for relieving the sufferings, both of mind and body, of the poor distressed survivors on board her Majesty's sloop Eclair. I have had the mis fortune of having bad medical charge of a ship's corn pang when cholera has swept off many of her crew, and can bear witness to the melancholy effect it had upon all on board. The remedy I would propose for putting a stop to this dreadful scourge, now making such deadly havock, is the following:— A vessel should be moored, with a competent medical officer, a short distance from the infected sloop . ; she should be supplied with every comfort that she could have; her boats, containing new clothing, should be an chored midway between her and the Eclair ; the crew of the latter should be made to leave their ship and to row to the other boats, and there change their clothing, sinkingall that had been previously used, and then take charge of the clean vessel, and start at once on a cruise in a high latitude. The 'Eclair should be destroyed, either by being scuttled or blown to pieces. The expense would be but small, and, even were it other wise, surely that would be of little consequence in com parison with the sacrifice of human life. LANCET. In the last week a man, who represented himself to be a jeweller from Paris, and had successively lodged at several hotels in Havre, suddenly and secretly left the town, not only without paying his bills, but carrying with him several pieces of plate belonging to the Cafe de Rouen and the Hotel de l'Aigle d'Or. The master of the last-named house, having learned that his name was Herfun, and that he had taken the road to Yvetot, followed him there. The rogue had left the place,.but through the activity of the gendarmerie he was arrested at Mont Riboudet, just as he was about to seek shelter in the labyrinths of Rouen. DESECRATION OF SABBATH RELICS.—We under stand that not only are the Southwark Sunday tolls abolished, but the toll-houses at Bermondsey Church (which is built within the church-yard, therefore on consecrated ground), and by the Ca tholic Chapel, at Dock-head, are absolutely to be sold by auction on Friday next, in order to their being pulled down and removed for ever. What makes the case more serious is, that they were the only remaining Sunday toll-houses in EngJand ! 'We regret having to record the death of David M'lver, Esq., of Liverpool, so well known in connexion with the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Ship Company. This gentleman, most highly esteemed for his private worth as well as public services, etpired on Monday iast t at Gateacre,' near tifirpoPh TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - Sir,—There are but few truths involved in any controversy, but the falsehoods which may be advanced are innumerable; it would be silly, therefore, to notice every anonymous slan- derer of Sir C. Napier. I will, however, expose two gross assertions made by your correspondent " 0.," and having done so, henceforth treat him, and all other anonymous assailants, with the silent contempt they merit. It is not true that Sir C. Napier has "publicly expressed, at his own table, regret and vexation" at the publication of my work on Sinde. He feels neither regret nor vexation ; he is well pleased with it.. It is not "probable" that my work has pre vented him from being made Commander-in-Chief at Bom bay. Ido not know if it ever was intended to offer him that situation ; but Ido know that if it bad been offered within the last year, he would have declined it. His present Go vernment is nearly as good in point of emolument, and far, very far superior in point, of distinction and utility. I believe also that the value of his presence in Sinde is too well known and appreciated to encourage any project for removing him. But these despicable insinuations are part of a system adopted by the friends of Col. Outram at Bombay ; this assertion as to the loss of the appointment there, in conse quence of my work, was published a fortnight ago in the newspapers of this island. Guernsey, Sept. 23, 1845. W. NAPIER, Maj.-Gen. CURIOUS PARALLEL. It must; indeed, be admitted, that there had been through out the whole course of the French Revolution, a chain of very remarkable coincidences with corresponding events in English history, which we have before incidentally noticed, bat which we think it is worth while to exhibit more clearly in the following synopsis : Charles I. Louis XVI. Unpopularity of the Queen. Unpopularity of the Queen. The Long Parliament. The National Assembly. Flight to the Isle of Wight. Flight to Varennes. Trial and execution. Trial and execution. Government by the Parlia- Government by the Conven ment. tion. Cromwell. Buonaparte. Expels the Parliament. Expels the Councils. Military despotism. Military despotism. Richard Cromwell set aside. Napoleon 11. set aside. Restoration of Charles 11. Restoration of Louis XVIII. Amnesty to all but regicides. Amnesty to all but regicides. Popish and Ryehouse plots. Conspiracies of Berton, Bo ries, &c. Unpopularity of the Duke of Unpopularity of Count York. d'Artois. Fear of the Jesuits. Fear of the Jesuits. James 11., late King's bro- Charles X., late King's bro ther. they. Suspected birth of the Pre- Suspected birth of Duke of tender. Bordeaux. Influence of the Jesuits. Influence of the Jesuits. Royal declaration of indul- Royal ordinances. gene. Convention Parliament. Meeting of the dissolved Chamber. • Flight and abdication of the Flight and abdication of the King. King. Expulsion of him and his Expulsion of him and his family. family. They take refuge in France. They take refuge in England. And, finally, both revolutions arrived at the same identical result—the calling to the vacant throne the late King's cousin, being the next male heir after the abdicating family. These leading coincidences, and some collateral ones too complicated for a synopsis, are very curious, and at first sight surprising; but they are not unnatural nor even acci dental ; they only prove, when closely examined, that the rule of like causes producing like effects is almost as certain in the moral and political as in the physical world. But there were in France stronger incentives to the change of dy nasty than existed in England. The English rebellion had not essentially disturbed the great foundations of-society— and the English Restoration endangered no private rights, and rather satisfied than alarmed public principle: But in France everything had been subverted—bodeverse —not merely the face of things, but the things, them selves—property, above all, had changed hands, and that, too, under the operation of such cruel and unjustifiable illegalities as could not but render the new possessors very sensitive as to their titles. The usurping Government of France had been, moreover, of longer duration, and had, of course, spread deeper roots, and it had created an extensive nobility and gentry of its own ;—now all those interests and feelings were offended, and pretended to be alarmed, by the return of those whom they affected to fear as claimants of their properties, and whom they really hated as antagonists of their principles, and rivals to their new fangled aristocracy. Many even of those who most wished for peace and quiet under the shelter of a monarchy were not sorry to have a monarch-the son of a regicide—whose own revolutionary title to the Crown should be a guarantee for all the interests that had grown out of the revolution.— Herald. FUNERAL OF THE BISHOP OF BATH AND WELLS. — The remains of the late Bishop of Bath and Wells (Dr. Law) were interred on Tuesday afternoon in the family vault at, the cathedral, 'Wells. The funeral procession arrived from Banwell soon after one o'clock. The Rev. James Thomas Law, Chancellor of Lichfield, was chief mourner. Amongst the other mourners were the Venerable Henry Law, Archdea con of Wells, and the Rev. R. V. Law (sons of the deceased), Alexander Powell, Esq., Rev. J. Slade, Hon. E. C. Law, M.P., Recorder of London, Hon. and Rev. William T. Law, Chancellor of the Diocese of Bath and Wells, Hon. Henry Law, and Colonel Sinling. The Earl of Ellenborough was, absent owing to a severe accident by4t fall from his horse. A large body of the clergy of the diocese attended the cere- - mony without invitation, being anxious to testify respect to the memory of their esteemed diocesan. The remains of the venerable Prelate were committed to the vault under the south aisle of the Lady Chapel, where those of his LordshiP'S wife, and other members of the family, are deposited. The whole of the funeral obsequies were characterised by appro priate solemnity, devoid of ostentatious parade. It is gene rally rumoured that the Rev. Dr. Jell, . Principal of King's College, will be appointed to the vacant see. INQUEST ON CAPTAIN J. G.D'URBAN, R.N.—Wed nesday afternoon a long inquiry took place at the Old Cock Tavern, Market- street, St.-James's, respecting the death of Captain John Gooch D'Urban, aged forty-five, residing at No. 8, Norris-street, Haymarket. Mary Ann Huson stated that the deceased came home on Sunday evening between nine and ten o'clock, apparently in good health. He went up stairs to his apartment, as witness supposed to bed. On Monday morning, about eight o'clock, witness proceeded to the deceased's bed-room with some hot water, as was her usual custom. Witness knocked several times at the door, but not receiving .any answer, opened the door, and went into the room. She then discovered the deceased lying on bis left side upon the bed, undressed, and quite in sensible. Witness raised an alarm and sent for Mr. Arm strong, the surgeon, who pronounced life to have been xtinct several hours. Captain W. S. Cooper, R.N., de posed that lie had been on very intimate terms with the deceased, whom he had known for several years. He was the son of Sir Benjamin D'Urban. Deceased had formerly been in command of the Griffin, which came home from the West Indies about five years ago, since which period he had been of very weak health. Witness had dined with the deceased nearly every day for the last six weeks. He gene rally. complained of an affection of the heart. On Sunday evening last, about seven o'clock, they dined together at the Junior United Service Club-house. Deceased was much better than he had been for some weeks past. He told wit ness he had had a long walk in the Regent's-park. Witness left him about half-past eight o'clock at the Club-house. Dr. Michael Lambton Este, formerly surgeon to the Life Guards, said that he had known the deceased for the last two years. He bad been labouring under disease of the heart, or some large vessel in its immediate vicinity. Witness saw him on Sunday evening last. He was then in better health and spirits than he had seen him for some months. Witness was strongly of opinion that he had over-exerted himself in walking too far on the Sunday afternoon, as such excitement was likely to prove fatal to a man in his condition. Other corroborative evidence having been adduced, the jury re turned a verdict of " Natural Death, from disease of the heart." Several officers and many friends of the deceased were present during the inquiry. GRAND RAILWAY CLUB.—A most numerously attended and highly influential meeting of gentlemen connected with railways was held at the London Tavern, at which Sir George William Prescott, Bart., presided, and amongst those present were the Hon. Mr. Gore, Meteyard, T. Arnold, and W. J. Arnold, Esqs. The Chairman explained that the object of the meeting (which was of a preliminary , character) was, to adopt measures for the formation of a club, to be composed of Railway Directors, and pasties Interested in railways, for the interchange and record of valuable information connected with railways. The proposition had already had the approbation, by letter, of Upwards of one hundred 'and fitly noblemen and gentlemen, directors of railways. Mr. Owens, solicitor, and other gentlemen, addressed the meeting, and urged that the proposed plan would' have the effect of dif. fusing railway knowledge generally, particularly as respects the geological state of the country, and improvement of locomotive engines, ftc. ; and resolutions were unanimously carried to the eftbct that the meeting thought it expedient , to form a society with theeonvevience of a club, as a place of resort for railway directors, &c., and an institution to receive and record railway inforrnation ; to take suitable premises for the above ; and that a Committee be appointed to carry such objects into effect. It was suggested to the Committe which was appointed, that professors of geology,fte., be appointed to give occasional lectures; and another gentleman observed that he was of opinion that a new Bourse should be erected, to be devoted exclusively to railways. The meeting then, after the usual courtesies to the Chairman, &c., broke up. GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN THE ART OF PRINTING. —As everything that tends to advance the interest and influence of the " fourth estate" is, in our estimation, important to the public, we have much pleasure In calling attention to a remarkable im provement just effected in the printing.press by Mr. Alexander Burton, of Glasgow. That gentleman has invented what he calls the " Patent Caledonian Printing Press," which is so constructed that two sets of men, without hindrance to each other, can work two distinct forms at one time—there being two " tables," and but one " platten,'' which, operating upon the tables alternately, pro duces an Impression from each. One. principal advantage which this press possesses over the Columbian and other presses is, that while they are invariably exposed to breakage, and expend nearly half their pressure on "dead metal," It effects a saving of labour, and is proof against breakage, from the fact that the whole weight and force of the press is dependent on a perpendicular pillar. To sum up, it is easier wrought, produces a finer impreasion, occupies, less space, and is cheaper and more durable than any, other of the existing printing presses. Many eminent scientific and practical gentlemen have examined the press, among others Professors Gor don and Nicol, and Mr. Smith, of Daanston, all of whom have tested it, and expressed themselves, regarding its capabilities, in terms ofthe greatest satisfaction. We have no doubt that as woo as it is knOWII it will conic into general use among the trade-. _..„. HUSBAND AND WIFE. Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the King's Arms, Prospect-place, Bethnal-green, on the body of Mr. Charles Anderson, aged 53 years. It appeared by the evidence of several witnesses that deceased had formerly carried on the business of a master baker, in the parish of Hackney. lie subsequently sold the shop and trade for 1,0001., and with his pre viously acquired gains retired into private life. After enjoying himself for two or three years, deceased became restless, and desirous of seeing foreign countries. He accordingly engaged with the captain of the Thames, East Indiaman, to accompany him to India and China, in the character of ship-steward. He proceeded thither, leaving his wife at home with an annual allowance. He returned to England about two years ago, having, by some untoward means, expended the greater portion of his little fortune, with the remnant of which he again entered into business, at Bexley, in Kent. Here misfortune completed what extravagance had begun, and, by an unlimited credit to his poorer customers, he was reduced to beggary. On quitting Bexley he became an inmate of the Hackney union -workhouse, where he continued until he procured a situation as journeyman, at Mr. Beale's, West-street, Hackney. Whilst there he commenced a system of inebriety, which a short time since led to his dis charge from Mr. Beale's service, in whose house he lived at the time. Tuesday se'nnight his wife died suddenly, and it being alleged that her death had been occa• sioned through his ill-treatinesat, an inquest was held on Friday last only on her body, when, there being no evidence to substantiate such a statement, the jury re turned a verdict of " Natural Death." This circum stance had preyed much upon deceased's mind, and since that day he has indulged unusually in intoxicating drink. On Monday morning last he called upon a Mrs. Buncker, at Stepney-green, to whom he stated that he had not the means to defray the expenses of his wife's funeral, and that his landlord, although he held possession of his goods, had refused to advance him a sum sufficient for the purpose ; and said he should in despair either " hang or drown himself." She remonstrated with him upon the subject, and advanced him 12s. to pay for the church-ground. He then left her, and heard no of him until she was informed that his lifeless body had been discovered floating in the Re gent's Canal on Wednesday morning, near the Bethnal green workhouse. Mrs. Buncker said she had no doubt he had committed suicide whilst under mental excite ment. James Spring, a bargeman, deposed to Ending the body; deceased was quite dead, but warm. There being no evidence to show how he came into the water, the jury, under the Coroner's direction, returned a ver dict of " Found drowned." DETERMINED SUICIDE BY A FOREIGNER. On Thursday Mr. G. I. Mills held an inquest at the Load of Hay, Hampstead, on the body of a foreigner, name unknown, about twenty-five years of age, who committed a most determined act of self-destruction, as detailed in the subjoined evidence. Sarah Preston, a charwoman, deposed that as she was passing through Park-fields, Haverstock-hill, which was adjoining that in which the late Mr. Delarue was mur dered, she saw the deceased with his feet in the ditch, and his head leaning on the bank. Blood was oozing from his mouth. She instantly called to a gentleman who was reading a book, who proved to be Mr. Gundy, surgeon, Gower-place, Euston-square,: who pronounced him dead, and desired her to fetch a constable, which she did. Constable John Baker, 284 S, was called by the last witness to the spot where deceased lay. In his left hand he grasped a pistol which he had recently discharged in his mouth, aad his right band rested upon a second pistol, charged with two bullets. Blood was flowing from his mouth and he was warm, but he had been dead some minutes. The Inspector produced the pistols, which were of Pa risian make, and had brass barrels and percussion caps. The stocks were branded with the date of 1553, and were initialed A. F. E. L. G. Frederick Matthews, a tailor, residing at No. 7, John street, Somers-town, stated', that, about one o'clock last ; Tuesday, he met deceased walking along the fields, and addressing him, said it was a fine morning, to, which de ceased, with difficulty, and in a foreign accent, replied " Yes." He accompanied him, without speaking more, to the field where he was found dead. Shortly after leaving him he heard the report of a pistol. Mr. Frazer, a juror, said that on the morning of Tues day he was standing ,in the shop of Mr. Whitbread, a baker, at the corner of Chalk-road, when deceased came in and bought a bun, for which he gave in payment a franc piece. Having received the change, he left the shop laughing, because, in consequence of his not know ing English, he could make his wants known to Mr. Whitbread by signs only. The jury, who expressed it to be their belief that de ceased had been a military man, returned a verdict— " That he had destroyed himself, but that there was no evidence of his state of mind when he did so." LAUNCH OF THE BULL-DUG STEAM-FRIGATE AT CHATHAM.—This steam frigate was launched onThursday at Chatham Dockyard. She has been constructed with great care, and is built with Honduras maho gany, African teak, and well-seasoned oak. The en gines for this vessel, manufactured by Messrs. Rennie and Company, are two of 250. horse power each. The length of the engine-room is 47 feet, and the width is 33 feet 8 inches, depth 21 feet, and the diameter of the paddle-wheels 26 feet 6 inches. Her tonnage of coals room is 408.16. Registered tonnage, 461.77. Her armament consists of two 42-pounders, 84 cwt., 10 feet in length ; and two 68-pounders, 64 cwt., 9 feet in length ; and two carronades 42 pounders, 22 cwt. each. About five minutes before one o'clock the vessel went beautifully off the stocks, amidst the hearty greetings of the spectators ; on each quarter of the slip booths had been erected for the visitors, and were occupied by many ladies and gentlemen, among them the Right Hon. the Earl of I)undonald, Captain Superinten dent Shirreff, with many families of the town and neigh bourhood. Mrs. Angela Brown, wife of Colonel Brown. R.E., and who is grandson of Admiral Lord Rodney, named the vessel. The band of the Royal Marines was in attendance, and as the ship glided off the slope struck up the National Anthem. A great number of civilians an I military availed themselves of permission to be launched in the ship. THE LATE LIEUT. J. A SETON.—We are just in formed that this officer (late of the 11th Hussars), who lingered for some time after the fatal wound he received his in the duel near Portsmouth, did , t wo days previous to death, and in the presence of his physician and a legal friend execute his will, and sign the same in a firm hand, by which he left to his wife, for her life, the whole of the receipts of his estates, providing for his daughter's use when required, and with the consent of her mother and other guardians and the executors, a sum of 2,0001.; and at the decease of her mother the estates absolutely. " The harvest home" at Shillinglee Park, the seat of the Earl of Winterton, was celebrated on Tuesday last with its usual festivities. The tables laid out in the park groaned with the weight of plum-pudding, beef, mutton, &c. Between 200 and 300 of his Lordship's la. bourers, with their wives and children, sat down to them. The Earl and Countess and children, and the Countess Dowager of Winterton, were on the ground, and it was pleasing to behold the youthful scions of a noble house running about to see that every one was amply served, and learning to take delight in ministering to the honest pleasures of the labouring classes. Tim P.MELANciroLv OCCURRENCE AT HOUNSLOW BARRACKS.—HOUNSLOW, THURSDAY EVENING.---Tbo great reserve maintained by all the barrack autholtkcs: ever since the distressing occ urrence on SlianilaZonntghh as to the state of Quartermaster Thomas T d all that has been this day most fully carried out, been allowed to transpire is the fact a that the wounded is not so well to-day %NEST INDIA DOCK s. as he was..o_n Weirdliesday. INCREASE OF WoREMEN IN THE di The increase of shipping in the \Ves t n a Doe uhas created a demand for labourers within the last W t hin that fort night unparalleled since the year 1821. short period upwards of one hundred and ten homeward hound vessels have entered the docks. All is bustle and activity, andit is calculated that the number of men who procured employment in the docks on Thurs 'ay consi derably exceeded six thousand. OLYMPIC THEATRE.—This little temple of the drama opens for the season on Monday next, under the guidance of Miss Kate Howard, aided by that popular son of Momus George Wild. The lessee states that she will use her utmost endeavours to restore the theatre to the high position it once held in general estimation. An excellent company has been engaged, and pieces from popular writers are promised, so that there is every prospect of a successful 014014 4_____ i THE STAGE COACH ACT. Thursday, Byers, the common informer, attended at the Thames Police-court, to support three informations under the Metropolitan. Carriage Act, against Elizabeth Boyce, of Romford, George Short, of Leytonstone, and Francis Mackenzie, of Kent and Essex-yard, White chapel, omnibus proprietors, who were charged with neg lecting to paint on three omnibuses belonging to them, "in words at length, and in legible and conspicuous Roman letters, one inch at the least in height, and of a proper and proportionate breadth, and in a colour dif ferent from and opposite to the colour of the ground on which such letters should have been painted, and in one or more straight horizontal lines, upon some conspicuous part on the outside of such carriage, at the back thereof, and so as to be then and there plainly and distinctly visible and legible, the number of passengers the said carriages were then and there constructed to carry, according to law, in the whole, and on the outside and in the inside thereof respectively," and by which they had incurred penalties not exceeding 101., nor less than 50s. each. The case against Mrs. Boyce was first called on. Her son answered for her, and - said his mother was up wards of eighty years of age, and too infirm to attend. Jeremiah Felstead, the informer's witness, stated that he saw the Romford omnibus, No. 5,190, of which the defendant was proprietor, in Whitechapel, on the 17th of September last. There was no description painted on the carriage, relating to the number of passengers to be carried. He then produced a certified copy of the licence issued to Mrs. Boyce, which he obtained from the proper office at Somerset-house. Mr. Ballantine read the attested copy of the licence put in as evidence, and said it was no licence at all. It certified that the licence commenced on the 11th day of November, 1845—a period which had not yet arrived, and extended to the Ist of October in the same year. Byers said the clerk at Somerset-house committed the error. It should have been the 11th November, 1844. Mr. Ballantine said there was a certificate on the back of the copy certifying it was a true one. It did not come within the meaning of the Act of Parliament; the error was fatal to the information, and the case must be dismissed. George Short next answered, and pleaded not guilty. Felstead said that on Wednesday, the 24th September, he saw the defendant's Leytonstone omnibus, 5,186, in the Whitechapel-road. The number of the carriage was on a plate, but there was no inscription either inside or outside of the number of passengers it was con structed to carry. He produced an attested copy of the licence, which in this instance was correctly made out. The defendant, in reply to the charge, said that about the time in question new regulations were just issued by the people at Somerset-house relating to the plates and numbers, and in order to carry them out he sent the omnibus, 5,186 to the coach-builders to be altered, and while it was being painted was compelled to borrow another one, on which the number of passengers it was constructed to carry was not painted. • Mr. Ballantine said the defendant had clearly vio lated the Act of Parliament, and fined him 50s. and costs. Francis Mackenzie was the third person summoned for the same offence. Another omnibus proprietor, named Meeres, attended on his behalf, and said ho had gone down the river on business. In this case a fine was imposed as in the previous case. THE MARQUIS OF EXETER'S ATTEMPT TO EVADE PAROCHIAL RATES. On Saturday last, at the Town-hall, Stamford, the whole of the five borough magistrates (the Mayor, Dr. Hopkinson, Mr. Roden. Mr. Newcomb, and Mr. Cayley) assembled to adjudicate in this case. It will be remem bered that the Commissioners under an Act for the im provement of the town had assessed a house in Lord Exeter's occupation on Barn-hill, in common with all other property in the town. At the time of the Queen's visit to Burghley, the house had a large quantity of fur niture put into it, and several distinguished guests (including the Prime Minister) were accommodated there ; a great part of the furniture had remained since; persons resided on the premises; and the house was ready for the reception of visitors whenever the Marquis might think proper to locate any there. Im provement rates, in which the house was charged, were laid on the 19th Nov., 1844, and the 6th May, 1845, but payment was refused on the alleged ground that the house was occupied only during the three days of the Queen's visit, and that the furniture remaining in the house was hired furniture, and might have been taken away. A summons to compel payment of the rates was issued, and Saturday last was appointed for the hearing. Mr. R. Thompson appeared on the part of the Commissioners, and Mr. T. 11. Jackson on behalf of Lord Exeter. The latter, after admitting the service of the summons and the de mand of the rate, contended that there had been no oc cupation since the termination of the Queen's visit, and that, as the persons in charge of the house lived in an outhouse, and the furniture was hired for three days only (though it had remained there since), the Marquis of Exeter could not be considered liable to be assessed. Mr. Jackson not calling any other witnesses, Mr. Thompson submitted that no case whatever was made out against the rate ; it had been acknowledged that there was occupation on the 12th, 13th, and 14th November, and they had failed to prove that it did not continue beyond that time. The attorneys and strangers then retired from the Court, and after some time were again called in, when the Mayor stated that, after giving the subject the most careful censiderdtion, the Magis trates were of - opinion (unanimously) that Lord Exeter was liable to the rates,-and that - a beneficial occupation was continued by the furniture's remaining in the house. ,---Stamford Mercury. M. Thiers is daily expected in London. Apart ments have been engaged for himself and a numerous suite at Blivart's. WOODSTOCK.—By the death of the Marquis of Ely a vacancy is caused in the representation of this borough in the House of Commons, as Viscount Loftus succeeds to the family honours. His Lordship was elected in the room of the Marquis of Blandford. PHEASANT SHOOTlNG.—Wednesday last was the ffrst day of pheasant shooting, and very favourable ac counts are given of the plentifulness of young birds. The season has been very favourable for rearing them, the spring being exceedingly dry. Young birds are particularly strong on the wing, and very plump in con dition, and the young cock pheasants have attained their plumage. A PROFITABLE BUSINESS.—It iS said that in one day last week a sharebroker on the Manchester exchange transacted business in shares to the amount of 80,0001. At half-a-crown in the pound only he would clear by this one day's business 10,000/.--Blackburn Standard. FOOT-RACE FOR FIFTY POUNDS.-011 Thursday, the match between Jameson and Dean was decided. The men were matched for 251. aside, to walk ten miles of road, at a fair toe and heel walk, and either party running to go over the ground not fairly walked. The contest ,drew a great muster of the pedestrian fancy, and the betting was 5 to 4 on Jameson. The men kept well together, and covered the first mile in nine minutes and ten seconds. They continued at a similar pace, and without either gaining an advantage, and four miles were per formed in thirty-eight minutes. At the sixth mile Dean took the lead , and performed six miles and a quarter within the hour. The pace now appeared too fast for Jameson, but he struggled on. Dean attained his Bth mile in seventy-eight minutes, and bad a lead of fifty yards. Jameson exerted every effort, but nature appeared exhausted, and, at the ap proach of the last mile, he was compelled to relinquish the contest ; and Dean went in an easy winner, accom plishing the ten miles of road in one hour and thirty seven minutes, fair walking. The match came off over one mile of road, in and out, near the Wellington Inn at Highgate. WANTON DAMAGE.--MANCHESTER, THURSDAY. — Yesterday two persons respectably dressed were brought before Mr. Maude, at the Borough Court, charged with wilfully damaging the property of seve ral gentlemen residing on the Stockport-road. _lt appeared from the evidence of poli ce -constable N o ts . 22, that the prisoners had committed numerouse i of violence, in the " Waterford" style, toth the two g pro perty of the complainants. On Saturday last J o hn Smith prisoners, whose names we re -iven a f the same place, Hutton, of Bolton, and Henry Levers,:o w m e ts r s e ed at t G he o i r r to w n a r y ace a s e , d an li d .en tiav tn g st b ocp eo kort. Finding drunk they home they called at several late hour. On their way . their mistake they . returned to Manchester at a very taeliyerbe,egafatnertoebthairneiankg t a h s e upp y of drink, glasses, fund &c., of_ the landlords. In this way they pro ceedic m hester, creating, in their own words, they publ mh houses, 3 e s d e l; d olly t° good a row" in every house they came to. a tu e ‘ej On reaching Mr. Thomas Hulme's residence, they commenced an attack on the gates and iron-railings in front of his house, which they partially demolished. Their next attack was on the residence of Miss Sarah Roscoe, where they did considerable injury. Miss Appleton, Dr. Wood, Mr. T. Broadbent,and several other gentlemen residing in front of the road, sustained similar damage. In the whole they injured . property to the 1 amount of 401. or 501. These facts having been proved, Mr. Maude said that unless some arrangeTnent was come to with the parties whose property had been injured, ho should feel it his duty to commit them to the sessions. The two young " gentlemen," after a conference with the parties injured, agreed to make good the damage done to the property, and were then discharged. ENORMOUS Tatims.—On Saturday last, the large number of nearly 7,000 -children belonging to the Dis senting Sunday schools, in Birmingham, visited Derby. They came in 112 carriages, and formed two enormous trains, and left in about three hours, after going through the Arboretum. Au immense train of persons also visited Derby on Wednesday, ; from Rugby and the villages ou the line. It consisted of sixty-nine carriages. —Det by Mercury. _ _ _~=, o ''. 3 R ) ,5;11 or In 2' 1 2 3 - ax .. 1