The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-24 00:00:00

(T I S D AY.) KENNEDY.) . a gentleman nanlef, L'itt Nunn, who la lee' over the amount r 15/. Temple and Bedell, ed for the plaintiff. i t was the only rle4 ase Nunn had p lea L 's e nt husband, Isase Ind proprietor of i!)111 le of drawing the s the defendant pre' behalf ? „ the e t was entered 'IIIS DAY') lIALL. the whole inoroln .( Tll IS DAY') r. Mr. Baron L UGUSTA. s at ten o'clock, !once of the dcrisieo linings was placed° t l ! , he prosecution, ~e! t"' It of the trial, on 1 Captain C. llills,11; ;sessio ns on the u ° itcd , t here *lOO prosecut i on gin I° the prisoner, opesd,, , n indicted for 0,'"; That charge had Pr,' ilos the conclusi?ntei sufficiently sang:o een giicn on the iod it had adrait; At the last se ssie ; Ol ils acquit 011‘,,e' tried ate Leal, for the p otw nerefore he c oula • The Court/the ,t the validity of ,ij 'as anxious tbst )ossible. the trial bad tele ird Captain Jevol of the judgroOl il that he mi•ght frop at in a certain 0 L ea rned Judge, ° aid not, therefo s made. 'Lb proceeding orli cus tody fou r in cu stody g ether, form ed ° l a? ad been coMoie I.NI suppo a that se ,of tion were t 110 e 0, ✓ the means •dships s h o uld # oce 9 t i me , be I) d ge _mu would vivo be taken first OS same side, tried the first oS ler, Captain JOF 'suit on that oce,,or L that ocessioll, soo n as Zu; nets s io !aptain Jennings it. The egtain, f ron t to his aeciljt gainst hire, and t was not Oda" trial to nest 505;0 e trial of M. Ow ast year, and that # s, was in custecif j4 ce, which ended .r trial to stand O I admitted to b 0 101 ' I Y afterwards 1 ns His N.Y.)) )re Mr. Vali, ebowd ip over Deneilßri3O r ol l y was a waite 't, Seven-015,• 01 i ea ti o n, came if 1,40 oon es she had Foci by his eyes so d • Apfee ? on for her v ir as a jok e. t rc i r s t o p to tbes o inc of 205., and le 1 f or twenty-oil 00 r sh e intitottiv )uld have her Tee ['His pitif,do). 115 V a Charge 010, et of Vint. 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The Moniteur Parisien says :—" It is announced that Captain Brunt, Governor of the Marquesas, is promoted to the grade of Commander of the Legion of Honour." The trial of M de Montmorency, Prince de Robecq, for the distribution of seditious emblems, came on on Monday, before the Court of Assize of the Seine. The Prince do Robccq was defended by M. Berryer. The prosecution was conducted by the Avocat-General. It was proved that there had been seized at the house of the noble defendant, busts of the Duke de Bordeaux, and books containing entries, showing that these cm hlems of sedition, as they were styled by the Avocat- General, had been di s t r ib u t e d an d so ld. M. B erryer denied that there was anything political in the affair. Ile asserted, that the society was purely ono of charity. The jury, after deliberating only fire minutes, pro nounced a verdict of acquittal. The new suspension -bridge over the Seine, by which a direct communication is established between the town of St. Denis, and the communes of Colombe and Gene villiers, was opened to the public on Sunday with great ceremony, by the Prefect of the Seine and the other authorities of the department. The inauguration of the church of St. Vincent do Paul took place on Monday morning. At half-past seven a large body of the clergy assem bled in the Place Lafayette, and went in procession to the church, where the Archbishop of Paris immediately proceeded to the consecration. The Lyons mail was overturned on the 16th instant, Whilst going down the Platrieres, near Aix. The horses ran away, and the carriage acquired Fitch velocity that it became ungovernable, and fell into a ditch. The rank of officer of the Legion of Honour has been conferred on the Abl4 Cequerea,, canon of St. Denis, Who went out as chaplain to the squadron under the command of the Prince de Joinville. Colonel Jamin, Aid-de camp to the Duke d'Aumale, has made known to the Director of the Museum at Marseilles, to be communicated to that at Paris, that the Prince has sent a leopard and a male and female lion Phare, fur the Garden of Pl an t s . Th e l eopar d i s on b oar d t h e and is expected from day to day to arrive at Marseilles. The lions were left at Bona, in care of General Bandon, who will send them over by the first opportunity. The Journal des Chemins de Fer states that the works of the railroad from Avignon to Marseilles are being executed with such activity, that the lino will in all pro bability be opened much sooner than was at first expected. The Echo d'Al a i s i n f orms us t h at great d amage was done in that department last week by heavy rains. At the Grande Courbe, on the railroad, there was a com plete inundation ; several of the rails were loosened, and B ° lll o of the works on the line seriously injured. Fe Tbo Con.stitutionnel states that the appointment of M. dinand Lesseps as Consul-General at Alexandria is now certain, and that he will soon proceed to his post. Mr. Mitchell, the director of the approaching English Performances in Paris, has arrived to make the necessary arran gements for the season, which commences at the Theatre haiku about the 20th of the ensuing month. Tbe Piedm on t ese G azette, o f th e 15th, states t h at t h e three sharp shocks of earthquakes were felt at Dumonte °P the 13th, but it does not appear that any damage was done by them. Some of the Madrid papers mention that the Spanish Government intends to send an order to England for the Construction of three steamers and three sailing ships. Letters from Cordova or the 11th inst. mention that a rich landed proprietor in the neighbourhood of Fuente in the Quebradas, had been carried off by a troop of riders, who demanded 50,000 reals ransom. The t o illu ggler Wavarro, and seven other brigands, were said be the authors of this act of violence. L" AND POLICE. The Hon. William Ross Touchet, who some months a go severely woun d e d M r . Thomas Smith, the pro prietor of a shooting-gallery, in Holborn, by firing a P i stol at hi m , was tr i e d - at the Central Criminal Court an d acquitted, on the ground of insanity. 11l the New Court George Oberhouser, for stealing 5 0 lb s . o f Chinele blue, valu e 61., and other articles, the property of Messrs. De la Rue and others, his employers, 'was sentenced to b e kept to b ar d l a b our f or six calendar Months. , At the G u ildh a ll I saac Hi ggs , age d 28, a p a p er - s t a i ner , lo dging in Upper Ground -street, Lambeth, was brought before Mr. Alderman Wilson, charged with committing w h Murderou s assau lt on R o b er t Collins, a City policeman, , was on duty in St. Paul's Churchyard, on Sunday 1 1 %4 tA The prisoner tripped 19 he policeman, and he th rown hi m d own b ea t h im about the head until ",,e was senseless. He was fully committed, and the City solicitor was directed to prosecute. J. Lewis, a Elizabeth Lewis, thew veterinary „ s urgeon, Long-yard, Lamb's Conduit-street, was re 'llnied from Clerkenwell, charged with stabbing her io ind with a fork. ELI: t Queen- square, William Hunt, a watchmaker, re -1 at 67, Lower Sloane-street, was charged with . ngtwo watches, which had been given to ag" l i t " repair. He was sentenced to pay the sum . of 61., t "e value of the watches, and 51. penalty for the illegal "ni l' and default be committed three months. Ho Was Le d in en t ge t l P ra a , a l ti William Breedon, was charged, at Marlbo r°ll-11 -s ' ls eet, with having committed an assault . on a str eet. named Falconer, living at No. 7, Wilton ] "I'Lle Complainant was walking along the Hay lbearfet, about twelve o'clock at night, when he suddenly r-ee ' ved a blow on his body from the defendant, who was a total stranger to him. A witness stated that ho had Parevionsly -watched the defendant, who, as he passed tooltig the street, menaced persons with his cane, but he lii ° special care to avoid any man whose bulk appeared fine d ti Y to secure retaliation. Mr. Maltby inflicted the full of 51, or two months' imprisonment. or At union -hall, George Henry Brenton, an apothecary, ref ewport-street, Lambeth -walk, was brought up for e?aination, charged with assaulting and causing the resultueath n f his wife, and again remanded, until the . of the inquest should be known. bai t la d aged fifteen, named Edwin Franks, was corn etitd from Wandsworth, upon a charge of feloniously th e fl in g and wounding Charles Wheeler, a coal-porter, in oiei,Voy of Mrs. Harvey, a coal-merchant, in Clapham Re cut °lv n• The prisoner had thrown a stone at the "r, which had laid his eve open and sma hed his T h .r, IC101:71 M--PASECIONALB131. . A h 1 Th e 'Juke of Wellington is expected to arrive at att end 'louse on Monday next, from Weimer Castle, . to 0--kw-fiTtedsiteh:rtohyoal banquet on the occasion of the open ing Castl e t„; new Royal Exchange. His Grace's party a t ,t_tstle includes Countess Powlett, Lord and Lady Cha s. go,rn,3 Righ t Grev Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, and Mr. nttin,e Like and Duchess of Leinster, and Lord Otho, M a .„ l-I ,,MY Jane Fitzgerald, arrived at Carton House, near naer‘oecth, Ireland, on Monday . week, from the Duke N ot ,,),_ Ha ch Ireland, of Bedford's seat, in Bedfordshire. The At,.;Je peke has since gone on a visit to Mr. Edmund ,gotmell, at Glenarm Castle. Iri:a1:10e buchess of Northumberland and Mi ss h Percy, Lord ti nt , WU Ossulston, Lord and Lady Pre& 00, Sir ili a t t h th e 1i01:‘.%.r Henry Liddell, M.P., and Miss L iddell, J,, ad hew on . and Lady Ridley, Sir Char les Georgians GreY Monck, the Hon. Captain Grey, Lady _ n bdr , Mr. IL Hinde, M.P., and Mrs. Hinde, an s d . si n , ve , 2s 0 of the local gentry, were present at the se or' a "all at Alnwick, on Thursday last. The Duke hoNorthumberland was prevented by indisposition from wring the gay scene by his presence. . G Brougham, who arrived at his residence in in tend - tlin.street, on Tuesday night, from Brougham . Hall, t o . 8 tO leave town on Saturday for Paris, on his way mar I s estate in the south of France. The . Noble and r neei ned f ord purposes to return to this country by the The n Parliament tranbeblike of Norfolk will entertain th . o Arundel and n , r corp s of Yeomanry Cavalry at dinner, next Wed esaaY, at Arundel. a The Marquis of Anglesey and !Lady Adelaide Paget 1! t rrived at Hichinbroke near Huntingdon, on Saturday, visit the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, and on Mon and left for Do ha Ha ll , Suffolk, on a visit to Lord ; L MY . P w ow n let iu t, who are entertaining a distin gunblhed circle there. and he Marquis and Marchioness of Clanriearde, family, find " stlnitityciehs.ave arrived at Nice, on their way to Rome itThe Earl of Uxbridge and Ladies Paget have arrived their seat iu Hertfordshire, from Gordon Castle, North barn so eitain, where the Nobl e E ar l an d daughters have of Ri chmond. g journin some time with th e D u k e and Duchess t Abe Earl and Countess of Westmoreland have re tlil,rne h ave own from Orleans House, Twickenham, where "eY been M orn staying with the Earl and Countess of L ino The Earl and Countess leave for Berlin in About agognight. ~ The Countess of Jersey comes to town on Saturday, 11:trioni Brighton, expressly to be present at the entertain • eh e ntrto be given on Monday next at the Royal Ex laPge• The Ladies Clementina and Adele Villiers re a at Brighton. _ Le i ril Adolphus Fitzelarence has arrived at his apart- Me tt-, 'in St. James's Palace, from Cowes, Isle of Wight. xaltsc attsZituitziotres. Some weeks since William Howlett, an aged labourer, ;',.3 charged at the Hatlington Petty Sessions, by Mr. i_rail,_mas een, farmer, of thinner, with having gleaned 4 „_li n it pint of beans, his property, of the value of one 1 7 11 ' I The bench expressed their disapprobation of lee ?Large, and left it to stand over till the next sessions, s i t.ng that Mr. Keen would not pursue it. At the next ions the charge was renewed, and the old man was etiolmrnitted to Oxford gaol for trial at the sessions. At toe,!essions on Tuesday, the Chairman, in his address the grand j,itry, said " he was sorry to see the case in o_ calendar ; ' and they ignored the bill. vice wek, a girl, named Martha David, in the Ber n_ ? t n r f Mr. 'Moines, of Walton West, in Pembrokeshire, barleyn ‘ took, for a shilling wager, to carry a quantity of of the enormous weight of 5001b5., a distance of i e "3' Yards, which she accomplished, without being in the ast diteressed. A slshe. annual meeting of the West Surrey Agricultural •‘.o(iociation, took Place on Tuesday, at the Red Lion, wereaiming. J. M. Molyneux took the chair. There 1i:k A. ,.., also present Mr. Trotter, M.P. ; Mr. Mangles, ; Messrs. Drummond, Leach, C urr i e , Li eut. Ward, t ne ; the R ev . Mr. Boys, and a numb er o f ot h er gen ,tle pet P' " th e n e i g hb ourhood, and nearly 200 of the Y) op farmers belonging to thi s di v i sion of the county. 1411 da pursuant to a requisition to the High Con stable of Brighton, a public meeting was held in tho Town-hall, in order to consider the propriety of peti tioning the Queen in Council for a charter of incorpora tion for the borough. A notice has been served, by order of the Corporation of the Trinity-house, on Mr. Bush, the projector of the " Light of all Nations," on the Goodwin Sand., respect ing the proposed light. The Corporation claim, under the 38th of Elizabeth, the sole right to erect beacons and lights for the sea, and conclude by giving notice to Mr. Bush, and all persons acting under him, that the exhibit ing such light is unauthorised and illegal, and they are warned to desist. This notice, it is understood, is a mere assertion of right ; permission, it is added, will be given, for the purposes of carrying the object into effect. Mr. Rook, the composer of the successful opera Amelie; or, Luve Test, is now busily engaged in arranging a new opera, for the - purpose of introducing one of his most dis tinguished pupils. The young lady possesses a remark ably fine soprano voice, with considerable professional accomplishments as well as personal attractions, and is likely to be a very successful competitor for public favour. On the Bth instant Miss Bassano made her debut on the Italian stage at Varese, a town within twenty miles of Milan, the autumn residence of the Milan noblesse. The part she selected was that of Ainina, in Bellini's La Sonnambula, and so decided was her success, that she was called no less than twelve times before the cur tain to receive the enthusiastic congratulations of the audience. The borough of Wexford is to be incorporated forth with. The Parliam:•ntary boundaries are to be the limits, and the town divided into three wards, with two aldermen and six councillors to each ward. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DEPTFORD CHAMPION COURSING MEETING TUESDAY. The Great Western Cup, value 3201., for Puppies of 1843. Mr. Gordon's Logic beat Mr. Hitchcock's Honesty ; Lord Eglinton's Agitation beat Mr. Palmer's Jim-along- Josey ; Mr. Hole's Taglioni beat Mr. Parkinson's Samp son ; Mr. Lawrence's Linchpin beat Mr. A. Graham's Rougher ; Mr. Biggs's Belvidere beat Mr. Meyrick's Mystery ; Mr. Bagge's Top beat Mr. Bowles's Brumtnel; Mr. Fowles's Feathers beat Mr. Naith's Cowslip ; Mr. Miller's Transit beat Capt. Daintree's Kentish Fire; Mr. Rake's Rebecca beat Mr. Agg's Henbane ; Mr. F. Par kinson's Pirate beat Mr. Dobede's Deptford ; Mr. Wight wick's Wild Roe beat Mr. Branker's Nave ; Capt. Wynd ham's Weberga beat Mr. Tyson's Filagree ; Mr. Foley's Shawnbouya beat Mr. Goodlake's Princess Royal ; Mr. Etwall's Egalitit beat Sir G. Quentin's Lucy Locket. The Fisherton de la Mere Cup of 320 soya. Mr. W. Etwall's Wild Rose beat Mr. French's Falvey; Mr. Dobede's Dispatch beat Mr. Long's Ceres ; Mr. Par kinson's Sandlark 'beat Mr. Naith's Cruiskcen ; Mr B. Stniih's Saffron beat Mr. W. Etwall's Witchery ; Mr. A. Graham's Why So beat Capt. Wyndham's Witchcraft; Mr. Biggs's Benevolence beat Mr. Foley's Brocade ; Mr. Fyson's Ferrand beat Mr. Rake's Rums • Mr. F. Parkinson's Pioneer beat Mr. French's Fog ; Air. Brun ker's Whirlwind beat Mr. Dobede's Davie Deana ; Dr. Curtis's Bostheon beat Mr. Hitchcock's Mignionette; Mr. G. Hodson's Humphrey Clinker beat Mr. Gc,rdon's Ga zelle ; Mr. Palmer's Palestine beat Mr. Hole's Vampire; Mr. Bagge's Traveller beat Mr. Fowles's Fly ; Mr. R. Bagge's Thorn boat Mr. Bowles's Brocade ; Mr. Agg's Nell beat Mr. Long's Sam Slick ; Capt. Daintree's Kotzebue beat Mr. Jones's Perseverance ; Mr. Good lake's Floss beat Mr. Clowes's Countess ; Mr. Etwall's Empress beat Sir G. Quentin's Vesper. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) DEPTFORD INN CHAMPION MEETING. WEDNESDAY. First Ties for Great Western Cup of 320 sous. Rebecca beat Wave; Feathers beat Dispatch; Linch pin beat Shambough ; Walberga, beat Logic ; Agitation beat Belvidcre; Taglioni beat Egan* Pirate beat Tran sit; Wild Rose beat Top. First Ties for Fisherton de la Mere Cup. Floss beat Sandlark; Whirlwind beat Bosthorn; Nell beat Saffron; Kotzebue beat Humphrey Clinker; Bene volence beat Thorn ,• Empress beat Vampire; Pioneer beat Ferrand; Why So beat Traveller. The Elston Stakes of 80 sovs. Mr. Wightwick's Wizard of the - Westbeat Mr. Et• wall's Eu; Mr. FySou's Flash beat Mr. Bowles's Bald rich; Mr. Clowes's Cataract beat Capt. Wyndham's Wei van hoe ; Mr. W.E twall's West-End beat Mr. Foley's Imp; Mr. Lawrence's Beau Brummel beat Mr. French's Sam Weller; Mr. Long's Chieftain beat Mr. Rake's Ruby; Mr. A. Graham's Notatore beat Mr. Agg's Almaviva; Mr. Fowles's beat Mr. Biggs's Ben-y-Ghlo. The Elston Sakes of 801., for 16 bitch puppies of 1843. Mr. W. Etwall's Wits'-end beat Mr. Smith's So-so ; Mr. Biggs's Brunette beat Captain Wyndham's Wilhel mine ; Mr. Meyrick's Hibernia beat Captain Wyndham's Witchcraft; Mr. Bowles's Blessington beat Mr. Long's Gipsy; Mr. Fowles's Fancy beat Mr. Rake's Rhoda ; Mr. Parkinson's Souvenir beat Mr. Agg's Allspice ; Mr. Etwall's Entre-nous beat Mr. Foley's Fawn ; Mr. Lawrence's Bawbee beat Mr. French's Fanny. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The Revolt of the Harem, that most successful and splendid of ballets, was revived at this theatre last even ing for the purpose of introducing Mademoiselle Plunkett to a Drury-lane audience, as Zulima. We have frequently had occasion to speak in praise of the cherographie per formances of this very talented young lady during the course of the two last Italian Opera seasons. Gradually has she been rising in her profession, until she now has obtained a position which has secured to her an Euro pean reputation. But we are much mistaken if Plunkett has even yet reached the height which she is destined to attain. There is a spirit, a neatness, and a precision in her steps, which proves that she is perfect mistress of the mechanical part of her art; but there is also a grace, an abandon, and an enthusiasm, an intellectuality about her style, which shows that she is fully aware that cher ography is merely another phrase of poetry, and that as such it must be studied and developed. If we mistake not, the time is fast approaching when she will take her rank as a premiere danscuse par excellence. Her first pas last night secured her the favour of the audience, and at its conclusion she was loudly called for to receive their congratulations. From that moment the ballet was for her a succession of triumphs. She was admirably supported by Clara Webster and Montessu. At the fall of the curtain all the three were called fur. The Revolt of the Harem has been revived with more than its pris tine splendour, and no doubt it will have a run. DINNER TO CHARLES KEMBLE, ESQ., AT MAN CHESTER.—On Tuesday evening a dinner was given to this highly-talented gentleman, by a number of directors and other members of the Athenaeum, desirous in this way to mark their respect for him, and their high grati fication at the great intellectual treat which his series of twelve readings of the plays of Shakspeare has afforded to the members generally, and to hundreds of others. About five-and-twenty gentlemen sat down to an excel lent dinner in the new saloon of the Albion Hotel, under the presidency of Mr. T. B. Potter ; Mr. Malcolm Ross was the vice-president. Mr. Kemble sat at the chair man's right ; and amongst the gentlemen present, were Messrs. E. Watkyn, P. Berlyn, James Edwards, C. Lampert, C. Du ffi eld, Stern, H. Capes, Alexander Ire land, John Chapman, Matthew Curtis, Benjamin Syd dall, James Barton, Thomas Ashton, jun., &c. After the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman proposed " the Health of Charles Kemble, Esq.," in appropriate terms. The toast was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and was responded to in a neat speech, in which Mr. Kemble avowed his deep love for the drama ; adverted to its influence on the mind, and expressed the gratifica tion he had experienced at his reception here, and espe cially at the great attention paid him by the intelligent and discriminating audiences of the Manchester Athe nmum. After a few more toasts and sentiments the party separated, highly delighted with an agreeable, in tellectual, and social evening. BOLTON.—INCENDTARISM.—ATTEMPT TO DESTROY A TIMBER-YARD BY FIBS.—We have already detailed the particulars of a diabolical attempt to destroy the workshop and timber-yard of Mr. Thomas Graham, joiner and builder, Bridge-street, in this town, on the night of Friday, the I Ith inst. The fact of the fire being the work of incendiaries was clearly proved by the testimony of a female servant of Mr. Pcndlebury, sur geon, who saw two men get over the yard wall just at the time the fire broke out. They . ran in the direction of Bark-street, from which there is a road into Deans gate, and shortly after a sawyer, named Richard Leach, was taken into custody on suspicion of having been concerned in the crime, he having entered the King's Head public-house,. with three other sawyers, about a quarter of an hour after the fire was discovered. No evidence, however, could then be found to warrant the magistrate in sending him fiur trial, and he was con sequently discharged. Subsequently, however, cer tain facts were discovered, through the activity of the police, and Leach was again apprehended and brought before the magistrates, at the Borough Court, on Saturday last. The additional evidence was that of Richard Mason, assistant to Mr. John Scowcroft, drug gist, Deansgate, who stated that about a quarter or half past nine o'clock on the night of the fire, the prisoner came to their shop and bought a pint of spirits of tur pentine, which he put into two pop bottles. Ile was in his shirt sleeves at the time, and appeared to be in a great hurry. The same fact was also proved by an old man, named Thomas Marsden, who happened to be in the shop at the time. Mr. Mason could not swear poti tively to the bottles, but he gave such a description of them, as left no doubt upon the minds of those present that they were the same as they found in the timber yard with turpentine in them. It was ten minutes past eleven o'clock when the two men were seen coming over the wall out of the yard, and the prisoner and three other sawyers went into the King's Head, in Deansgate, at twenty-five minutes past eleven, just allowing sufficient time to go the distance. The prisoner was committed for trial at the next assizes.—Manchester Guardian. SERVANTS' INSTITUTION. — Yesterday, a special meeting of the supporters of the above society was held at the committee-room, Great Marylebone• street, to . take into consideration tho propriety of granting pen sions to such members as, from ill health or old age were reduced to the necessity of receiving relief. Mr. White having taken the chair, resolutions to effect the object of the meeting were carried unanimously. The report stated that the receipts last year amounted to 3801. 2s. &W., and the expenditure to SOIL Os. 6d., leaving a balance in favour of the society of 291. 2s. 3Ad. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. AWFUL SUDDEN DEATIL—This morning at eleven o'clock, Mr. James Bennett, managing clerk to Messrs. Yates and Turner, of 24, Great George-street, West minster, came in his usual health and spirits to the office, and whilst in the act of speaking to one of the clerks, he fell to the floor, and an effort being made to raise him he was found insensible and helpless. .A.• messenger was immediately sent for medical aid, and Mr. M`Cann, sur geon, of Parliament-street, promptly attended, and. pro . ;minced him dead. rtiE stTN LONDoiL THURSDAY EVEN , NG OCTOBER 24 H 44, COU LAIC. OPENING OF THE BELGIAN IRELAND. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.--The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed walk this afternoon in the slopes. Their Royal llighnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their usual airing in the course of the day. The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland arrived at the Castle in the afternoon, on a visit to her Ma jesty. Iler Royal highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Countess Wratislaw, and Colonel Knollys, joined the royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards were in at tendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended at the Castle, and performed the remainder of the evening. CHAMBERS. SUBSCRIPTION FOI37I.ATIiER DUBLIN, OCT. 22.—A very c-reditable movement has commenced to • relieve Father Mathew from the pecuniary embarrassments produced by his sacrifices in promoting the cause of temperance. Lord Cluncurry has just forwarded GO/. as his sub scription. SPEECH OF THE KING. On Tuesd a y The followi ng appeare d on l y i n part o f our im pression of ye s t er d ay : opened th e parliamentary session for 1844-45. The his Majesty the King of the Belgians Rue Royale and the: Rue Ducale were lined with detachments of the civic guards, infantry and ca • valry, and with a few troops of the line. The Queen, accompanied by the two young Princes (the Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders), arrived at the Palab; do la Nation (the Parliament house) about one o'clock, and was shortly after wards followed by the King on horseback, who was dressed in the uniform of an Offleer- The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains a list of subscriptions, including 1001. from the Earl of Arundel and Surrey ; 201. from G. S. Kendrick, Esq., West Bromwich, Birmingham ; 51. s s . f rom J. S. Buck ingham, Esq. ; 51. from Mr. Gore Jones, stipendiary magistrate, "'buries ; and 101. from Messrs. J. and E. Grundy, Bury, Lancashire. Amongst the contri butors in this list are two English clergymen of the Established Church, and an Irish Unitarian clergy man, the Rev. J. Vixon Porter, of Carrickfergus. The Temperance Societies in Cork, and other parts of the south, are making arrangements to co-operate in the good work. Before many weeks, a fund amply sufficient to rescue the Rev. Mr. Mathew from his pecuniary en gagements will have been obtained. SEIZURE FOR MINISTER'S MONEY. The following notification has been served upon Mr. Fitzsimons, upon whom a se i zure h a d b een ma d e by the bailiffs f Archdeacon Torrens : " Take notico—That the following articles dis trained for minister's money—viz., six chairs—will be sold at the public auction-room, 14, Dame-street, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1844, for the said tax. -" W. ADAMS, Collector. "To Mr. Fitzsimons, 17, Rathmines-mall'." Thus Archdeacon Torrens has determined to push matters to extremities in the attempt to en f orce tithes in the most obnoxious form, in the rural district of Rathmines. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday morning from his seat, Becchworth House, Surrey. The Right Hon.. Gentlethan had an inter view with Sir James Graham. General of the Civic Guard, and accompanied by Lieutenant -General rrllane, by the General-in- Chief of the Civic Ward, by the military Governor of Brussels, and by a numerous staff. The escort was composed of half squadron of the Regiment des Guides, and a squadron of the Civic Guard on horse back. The space near the Parliament-house was occupied by a company of artillery of the Civic Guard. Their M a j est i es were respect i ve l y rece i ve d with marked respect throughout their passage to the Palais de la Nation. A discharge of artillery an nounced their departure from the royal' residence. The following is a translation of the speech delivered by his Majesty:— GENTLEMEIR,-I have anticipated the ordinary epoch of your session. I was desirous of enabling you to vote the budgets before the commencement of the year to which they apply, and to complete the exa mination of several Bills which you have already dis cussed. A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Leadbetter, Miller, and Bannatyne, the chairman, engineer, and solicitor of the Glasgow, Dumfries, .and Carlisle Railway, on the subject of that railway ; a depu tation, consisting of Messrs. Learmouth, Miller, and Bannatyne, the chairman, engineer, and solicitor of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, on the subject of the proposed branch to Stirling, and on the subject of the Caledonian and Scottish Central Railway, as competing lines to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and its proposed branches; a de putation from the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, on the subject of their pro posed branches to Barrhead, Mauchline, and Cum noch ; and a deputation from the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, on the subject of a proposed line to connect these railways,and also communicating with the harbour of Glasgow, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. When the appeal against the Archdeacon's appoint ment had been before the Privy Council, one of the items disallowed was 18s., the annual tax, demanded for a house then in progress of building, for the future residence of the parish priest and his curates! The house not .been roofed at the time, the Privy Council compelled Archdeacon Torrens to delay his claim for minister's money, as against the Catholic clergy, at least until the house should be in tenant able order,— Dublin Evening Post. You meet under auspicious circumstances. I con gratulate myself on the sentiments of cordiality and reciprocal confidence which prevail in our relations with the various Powers. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and Captain Boldero, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. In the preceding session you decided on the conclu sions arrived at by the committee for judicial investiga tion (enquete) appointed four years ago. The law which you voted will occupy an important place in our national legislation. FATHER MATHE W. - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—Observing the statement in the public papers relative to tho pecuniary circumstances of the Rev. Theobaid Mathew, I beg to inform you that the Committee of this Society have instituted the neces sary inquiries into the subject ; and, should th e re ports be correct, and Mr. Mathew be willing •to re ceive any assistance, the Committee feel assured that the public will most cheerfully afford such aid as the case may require. Mr. Mathew has hitherto refused to allow any so cieties or individuals to contribute•to his vast expenses, from a fear of injuring the cause in which ho has so long and so disinterestedly laboured; and if he should now find it impossible to proceed without such aid, trust the English nation will avail themselves of the opportunity of showing their respect for this real be nefactor of Ireland. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THEODORE COMPTON, Sec. The National Temperance Society, 39, Moorgate-street, Oct. 22. The commercial suggestions which you forwarded to the Government hive been the object of my most serious attention; some of them I have realised. The measures which I thought necessary to take will be submitted to you; I doubt not that they will obtain your approbation. By the aid of the commercial policy which you have sanctioned, I have concluded with the German Zollverein (Association Allemande des douanea), a treaty of navigation and commerce, which secures our mutual interests. The examination of this treaty will be the object of your.first deliberations. By a recent convention, the postal communications between Belgium and Great Britain have been regu lated on a basis at once more extended and more fa vourable to commerce. The charge on letters has been reduced, and special advantages have been stipu • n e s nz i e lated for the transmission of foreign correspondence.— w M ill be likely to a s si s t system, combin e d (Expedition des Correspondances Etrangeres.) in the development of our international r e l a ti ons. wi A th n b e r w oa f d aci a l n it d ies lib e e f ra tra l A Bill having this object in view will be presented to you. It will also remain for you to consider other measures likely to increase our distant con nexions and exports. - The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : " Sir,—Perceiving from a letter in your journal of to-day that the National Temperance Society has ap pointed a committee to inquire into the alleged pecu niary embarrassments of Father Mathew, arising from his great expenditure in promotion of temperance, you will, perhaps, permit me to save the time of such inquiry, and the consequent delay of the requisite relief, - by giving you the strongest proof of the reality of the case, in a letter I have this morning received from Father Mathew himself, as I felt it my duty, on first hearing of his embarrassments to write to hi m on the subject, en c l os i ng some trifling aid, as the direct transmission of such assistance as can be given is generally more acceptable than the dilatory and expensive process of committees and public meetings, though both may be useful. " Your publication of his letter in your extensively circulated journal will bring his case more speedily and more effectively before, the eyes of thousands than any other channel of communication ; and I can bear my personal testimony, from intimate acquaintance and co-operation with this excellent man, as to his conduct being as pure and disinterested as that of any philanthropist who can be named.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, The harvest, which caused some momentary alarm, has turned out satisfactory; no exceptional measure appears necessary. The Provincial Councils have con tinued their deliberations on the measures to be adopted for clearing the uncultivated parts of our territory ; it will be soon possible to determine what assistance is to be required from the legislative power. Some improvements have been made in the course of the Blouse, the Government introducing some also with respect to the other rivers of the country. The important works undertaken in the Campine and in the Flanders continue to be actively pursued. The increase of traffic on the railway, and of the receipts, has surpassed expectation. This state of affair 3 may become even more prosperous by perfect ing the conditions of circulation, which the incomplete state of the lines and of the stations renders difficult and expensive. The re-organisation of modes of carriage, irre spective of the railway, is also an urgent subject for consideration. " JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM. " 13, George-street, Hanover-square, 0et.23." " Cork Oct. 20. "My dear Mr. B uc ki ng h am, —I am fully aware of the many claims upon your benevolence, and deeply regret that my embarrassments have added to them. " It was after much importunity and with great reluctance that I consented to have my pecuniary difficulties made public by the Rev. Mr. Ilincks, the editor of the Inquirer. It is unnecessary in writing to you to vindicate myself from the charge of impru dence—you well know the unavoidable expenditure attendant on a great popular movement. With the exception of 1001. sent to me some years ago by the Marquis of Lansdowne, I never received aid from any one. A law relating to the remuneration of the members of the judicial order has been presented to you. The state of our finances removes all necessity for adjourn ing the discussion of that law, the propriety of which you will acknowledge with me. The government of the prisons has already under gone some useful modifications, and I am desirous that additional measures shall be taken to complete them. 74 A report, propagated by the antagonists of temb penance, of my having amassed wealth, increased the calls upon me, and, I must confess, prompted me to exceed my resources to rebut the calumny. " I had, it is true, large sums of money offered to me whilst I was in England, but I wished to act in dependently, and refused them. The benevolent institutions have not failed to re ceive a portion of my solicitude. My Government is resolved to introduce into them all the ameliorations which humanity c l a i ms . Your aid will, on thi s occas i on , b e requested in an especial manner towards the reform of the establish ments for the insane. Accept, dear Mr. Buckingham, my grateful ac knowledgment of your gift, and have the kindness to add to the many obligations you have already con ferred by explaining to my friends how free I am from any imputation of either prodigality or avarice. " All my own private resources have been ex hausted. I have drawn to a large amount upon my brothers, and all this to promote that sacred cause to whose success I have devoted my existence. " To your good and amiable lady, to my dear Leicester, a n d every member of your family, I pre sent my affectionate remembrance, and with fervent prayers for your happiness, I am, with profound re spect, dear Mr. Buckingham, yours gratefully and devotedly, " THEOBALD MATHEW." Some propositions will be laid before you to cor rect the vices and to fill up the gaps (lacunes) which experience has brought to light in certain portions of legislation. Thus- will the revision of the codes which has been prescribed by the constitution be gra dually effected. The army, that essential element of our national existence, commands all our solicitude. I am delighted to be able to acknowledge that it shows itself deserving of it by its devotedness, its discipline, and the excellent spirit which animates it. It remains for you to decide upon the Bill which has been already laid before you, the details cf which are so important for its organisation (that of the army). MORE COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, TUESDAY. Another explosion of fire-damp —so frequent in this district--occurred last night at Walisend. The explosion took place in a drift at the end of a board," on the underviewer going in to examine the workings. It ap pears the board had been carried forward to a dyke or trouble, the stratum of coal rising at this Part some feet, and tlui drift was made by excavating the roof, to reach and continue the seam of coal. The underviewer going in with a candle, the gas fired, and he and another party were severely burnt, but no other injury took place. On Wednesday last another accident occurred at -lletton Colliery, and, indeed, explosions are almost of daily occurrence, though rarely so fatal as that at Haswell. CALAMITOUS EXPLOSION AT ROWLEY REGIS. Some change in the laws relating to the militia hare become n ecessa ry ; they will b e proposed to you simultaneously with a new law on the organisation of the Civic Guard:-- Thanks to the consolidation of our credit, the powers accorded by you to my Government havo allowed it to effect successfully, and without any shock (secousse) two grand financial Operations ; their results have been the reduction of the rent, and of the capital of the public debt. _ _ ELEVEN LIVES LOST. On Saturday last a most calamitous explosion of fire damp took place in a coal-pit belonging to Mr. Darby, at tho Five Ways, Rowley Regis. The number of persons at work in the pit at the time of the explosion is under stood to have been seventeen or eig:hteen, and of these., we lament to state, no l ess th an eleven have fallen vio tims to this lamentable occurrence. Immediately after the explosin, the effects of which were perceived for some distance, the most active measures were takem to afford assistance to such of the workmen in the pit as might be alive, and six of them were as soon as possible extricated from their perilous situation. In a short Limo the bodies of eight workmen also were got out, those of three others being left in the pit in consequence of the foulness of the air. The six poor fellows who were got out alive are all mere or less injured, but not, wo are happy to state, to such a degree as to endanger their lives. The awful extent of this calamity has occasioned a most mournful feeling throughout the neighbourhood.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. r o e f fi c the i al You will join with me in congratulations that the been made to balance with the re ceipts;for the treasury of the conversion i"ui of the rent, the in crease in the receipti of the railway, and of several i n t t : ba r en e bde h branches of public revenue, halm contributed to facilitate this happy equilibrium, e l axsplrioda Some nw efforts, expenses, are necessary to co ver the public interest may e nevertheless, e w v e h r i t c h h e l t e h s e s re quire, and by a permanent excess of revenue to arrive successively at the &Oration of th e fl oa ti ng d e b t, and the creation of a reserve fund. You will assist me to attain this object, which a prudent foresight renders obligatory on us to pursue. GENTLEMEN,—The country may have confidenee in itself. Its elements of moral activity and material prosperity are freely developing themselves. I doubt not that this favourable situation will be strengthened and completed by the support which the Government will find in your patriotism and loyal concurrence. Shortly after the Speech was delivered, her Ma jesty and the young Princes left the House, end, proceeded to the Palace by the Rue Royale. In a few minutes after their arrival they presentedthem selves in the balcony in front of the Palace, and waited LAND-SLIP. THREATENED DANGER. OF THE CUSTOM-HOUSE:One of the consequences of the storm which visited Dublin on this night week, has been a land-slip between the south front of our beautiful, but nearly useless, Custom-house, and the river. The first appearance of the occurrence was - noticed on the morn ing of Thursday last, when a sinking of the earth was observed between the carriage-way and the granite wall with which the quay is faced. Since then a gradual de pression and loosening of tho earth has been going on ; but early this morning a rent took place, and the earth sank in some places, and disappeared in others, to the extent, in one instance, of full twenty feet. The line of quay along which the rent has taken place is about 170 yards, and comprises an extent of bank exceeding the whole area of the south front of the entrance, with its noble portico and ponderous dome, and the water of the river is now only some twenty feetirom the flagway at the base of the Custom-house. The wall still stands cut, with the water at both sides of it ; but it is thought that the subsidence of the very high tido to-day will swcep it out in the river, although it is strongly propped, and lighters are busily engaged in emptying stutf against it, in order to Support it against the power of the back water.—Pilot. there till the Kinghad returned from the Parliament. His Majesty entered the Palace for a few minutes, and shortly afterwards returned on horseback to the open space in front of the Palace, and reviewed the whole of the Civic Guard, who defiled before him. He was saluted repeatedly with cries of Vice le Roi I which ho frequently acknowledged by lifting - off his hat. The Volunteer Regiment, who occupied the posts of honour, displayed their flag, which they bore at the time of the revolution. THE WRECK OF TEE SLOOP JANE M'ASKXL OF BELFAST,—Wo regret to learn that this vessel, which was driven ashore at Annalon during the gale of the 9th ult., has become a total wreck. She was 19,clen with freestone, flagging, and salt , a nd was on her way from Runcorn to Dublin. Tho master, John Welsh, who was also the owner, has writ ten a letter to us, expressing the deep gratitude ho feels to Lord Newry and Morrie for the kind interest he evinced in his behalf since the wreck of his vessel. He mentions that at the auction of the materials on the 12th ult., a great portion of them was purchased by his Lordship with the view of disposing o f theni again to better advantage in behalf of ihe owner. lie adds that he experienced nothing but sympath y kindness in the neighbourheed.-IVorthein "(I NEWPORT, MONMOUTIISUIRE.—(FrOm a Corres pondent,)—We feel great pleasure in announcing that the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury have been pleased to raise this port from a sixth to a fifth class port, and also to sanction an additional number of officers, in consequerice of the very great increase in tho general trade of the port ; and wo have every reason to believe that should the trade increase as it has of late, we shall soon have to announce that Newport has been raised a class higher in thcs classification olvort.. A new line of railroad is lic.w in contemplation ;Awl this town to font-y-pool and Blauavon ; the surveyors are daily • surveyl j ng pro posed line. the LORD STANLEY'S SPEECH AT LIVERPOOL. (From the Times.) The debates of the agricultural societies have been enlivened by a speech from Lord Stanley. Matters were certainly getting uncommonly prosaic —flat and dull indeed were the orations delivered to the best prize servant—or over the broadest backed bull, or the most unnaturally-magnified potato ; and the dis sertations upon the social causes and conditions of falling rents and ill-farmed lands were becoming daily more humdrum and more monotonous. Into the midst of these common-plces Lord Stanley has descended like a living man into a company of dummies, and has astonished the good people of Liverpool with a real bona . fide . extempore harangue. We publish his Lordship's address in another part of our impression of this morning. He has not, indeed, been able to make that which was old itself new again, or to tell us much on the worn-out subjects of which he treats, which all the world did not know before. But ho has washed the faces of all the old musty " association " topics, bur nished them all up, and set them all going again with renewed life and vigour. On the rather tender question of improvements, for instance, Lord Stanley breaks into the following graphic reproduction of a very well-established though, like most others, also a double-edged truth : " Some of the old farmers in this country—l mean the real old class—(A laugh)—shrug their shoulders and say, What is the need of all this stir about im provement, and making the land grow so much more ?' By-the-by, it is not so much making it grow more, as - making it grow different crops—making it grow wheat instead of weeds.—(Hear.) But some say, What is the use of all this ? It is not a question for the farmer. We shall only have our rents increased the more productive the land is: If the " real old farmer" were to use such an ar gument as this with respect to improvements in the cultivation, or any expenditure for increasing the fer tility of the land, made at his landlord's expense, and the increased annual return of which, for however short a time it should last, would be manifestly and palpably pro tanto an advantage to himself; or, even were the argument used with respect to " improve ments" to be effected by the tenant at his own expense, and were it also used without reference to the proba bility, or improbability, of the Capital expended being again recovered before the anticipated rise in the rent—then, or in either of these cases, we should cer tainly be very much disposed to answer the " real old farmer" as Lord Stanley does :-- " Such an argument, allow me to say, is the climax of absurdity. To use a very common phrase, it is cutting off one's own noso to spite one's face.' Why should I undertake an improvement because my land lord will benefit by it,' appears to me a very incon clusive and absurd argument. lam not here to dis pute the fact, that every improvement in value, every addition by science to the productive power of the land, everything which adds to its fertility, must in the long run be an advantag,e -to those in whom the fee simpl e i s vested.—c Hear.) But the question is, at the same time that it is an advantage to the land lord, is it not also an advantage to the farmer who occupies the land, and makes his livelihood out of it ? I ask no man to undertake an improvement if his own good sense does not lead him t 6 do it. I ask no man to apply any improved mode of cultivation if it does not appear that his own individual advantage would be promoted by so doing; but,when farmers argue that because at the expiration of their tenantcy their rents may be increased, it is not worth while to adopt improvements, I must say they take a very short sighted view of their own interests, and must think their landlords very great fools and blockheads." But if the capital laid out is to be wholly the capi tal of the tenant, it is, of course, also manifest, not withstanding Lord Stanley's undoubtedly just reply to the opponents of improvement, that it is unfair to call upon the tenant to begin paying to the owner of the soil his per tentage on the profits of the invest ment, until the capital is first returned. The matter is, indeed, not very complex, and it is no great task, perhaps, for the united wisdom of an agricultural association to discover what is fair and equitable as between landlord and tenant in the matter of money expended in improvements ; but these are things which it must be admitted, are somehow sometimes for gotten. Lord Stanley has, at all events, the merit of being undeniable. " Give your tenantsleases, gentle men, if you persist in expecting any great and per manent improvement of our land' to be undertake n by them ; but if y ou wish to have your land really productive, and well in your owriliand is, i mprove it your- selves& and then you c an f a i r l y l e t t.as • you like." "If improvements are to add a permanent value to the land, they ought to be undertaken by the landlord him self, charging on the tenant such an amount of inte rest as may repay him for the outlay he has made, and at the same time afford a reasonable profit for the • tenant." We have no fault to find, as we have already said, with this sort of advice, and we only wish that more of this kind of practical inculcation of what is already a great deal better known than acted upon, would find its way into the speeches of the agricultural asso ciations. Lord Stanley has certainly kept himself safely within the proper limit's of his subject. He has considered the question before him to be simply what is the best and fairest mode for all parties of gaining legitimately the greatest quantity of produce from a given quantity of land. He has not needlessly travelled into the ulterior questions of the social condition of the people, or expatiated upon the political bearings of the associations over which he was presiding. Ile has simply considered their object to be that of increasing to the uttermost the available power and value of land. Whatever is beyond this, as the political weight, the position, and the happiness of the agricultural popu lation, will of course be influenced by an alteration or increase in this available power ; but Lord Stanley leaves this influence to the indirect operation of that change and improvement, which alone he is directly seeking to make. This is so far well. As far as it goes, it places agricultural associations in certainly a less objec tionable light than heretofore. It excludes, at any rate, the high and sacred social duties which are in volved in the relations of master and servant—rich and 'poor—lord and labourer—from the bandying of public meetings, and the machinery of associations. But we doubt whether Lord Stanley's speech is a trustworthy index of the real state of the case; in fine, that it can hardly be said to represent the senti ments and principles of one single agricultural asso ciation. We shall be truly glad to find that we are deceived ; but in the meanwhile, and until Lord Stanley's example has been more generally followed, we must be allowed to cherish our own misgiv ings as to the object and spirit of the meeting " agri cultural." TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sin,—l observe by an advertisement in the Dublin Evening Mail of the 21st, that the promoters of a rail way, called " The Irish Great Western from Dublin to Galway," have discontinued in their new prospectus to publish, amongst the members of their Provisional Com mittee, the names of Andrew 11. Lynch, Simon Boileau, William Newcombe, and George M‘Bride. Now, as I subscribed to that undertaking partly on the faith of those names, I should be glad to know whether they have, like Sir John Macneil, the celebrated engineer, disclaimed any connection with--that company; as, if so, it is essential that any persons who, like myself, have applied for shares upon the faith of those highly re spectable individuals, should be informed at once how the facts are, as otherwise much mischief and loss may arise to innocent and misguided_ parties. London, Oct. 23, 1844. FAIR PLAY. CORONER'S IN QUEST.—FRIG FITFUL ACCIDENT IN TILE WEST INDIA DocKs.—Last evening, Mr. Baker held an inquest at the London Hospital, on the body of John Phillips, aged 17 years. William Tulley deposed that deceased was a seaman on board the ship Prince Albert, lying in the West India Export Dock. On Friday last, deceased went altrft.to the main royal mast head, for the purpose of clearing an ensign which had become entangled in the haulyards. He was in the act of doing so, when the small ihigstaff to which the flag was attached, suddenly snapped with deceased's weight, and he fell from the top of the mast to the deck, a height of upwards of 100 feet. In his fall, he alighted upon another seaman of the vessel, and the latter was thrown with great violence on the deck. Both of the unfortu nate men were immeditely picked up, completely insensi ble, the deceased bleeding profusely from a dreadful wound on his head, and from a severe fracture of the right les.r, the hone of which was protruding. The other man had no visible injury. They were promptly con veyed to the above hospital, 'Where deceased died on, Monday last. The other man was much injuued inter nally, but hopes are entertained of his recovery.- Ver dict—" Accidental death." Louis PHILIPPE'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.—The King, in his late visit to England had made extempore replies to the corporations of Portsmouth and Windsor; te but having learnt that it was customary to commutnoictabe before hand in writing the royal words addressed _ Lord Mayor of the City of London, he " This time I shall act as a Constitutional I of mg; r let . M . . said, c. laughinj;, Guizot write my answer." The Minister .o t r i eiga o gave the toanswer d it wasd j A a ff r airs nac set to to w translate.ork, and l, it and give him her opinion of it. Her Majesty sent to the King, g ee fi n Victoria to peruse approved of the speech, observing only that there were some words in it that were not quite English. She then took up her pen, and herself corrected it. The King was extremely cheerful during his .passage from Dover to Calais. Covered with a Macintosh, ha hummed a song o f 112. Vatout deriding such poor passengers as suffer from sea sickness. What rendered it piquant was that M. Guizot was a prey to the miseries which M. 'Want h a s s r i i i d E i;: r ul l e E d L . D —/ A k N tz de l AIc a CHESTER ItAiLWAY .—The Directors of this railway have come to an arrangement with the Midland Counties Railway Manchester and Birming A ham ‘.arlwayC c um om pa p n a y n , y, an io d r t t e e lease of the alK\ve meeting of the Proprietors is been immodfately to cOpfi.gc the terms which have to be call agreed upon. OPENING OP THE ROYAL EXCHANGE. The members of the Corporation who aro to take part in the procession have been allotted their respective places in it, and Sir Peter Laurie is to have the control of the procession. It will be formed as follows : Police officers on horseback. State carriages of the Sheriffs. Carriages of the Aldermen. State carriage of the Lord Mayor. The two City Marshals mounted. 12 members of the Common Council in their mazarino gowns on horseback, and with an attendant. Sheriffs Sidney and Hunter in their scarlet gowns and chains on horseback, each attended by a sergeant and a groom. The Aldermen in their scarlet gowns, those past the chair in their chains, on horseback, each attended by a beadle and a groom, placed as follows : Mr. Alderman Hooper Sir George Carroll Mr. Alderman Johnson Mr. Alderman Wood Mr. Alderman Farebrother Sir P. Laurie Sir J. Key, Bart. Mr. Alderman Lucas Sir C. S. Hunter, Bart. Mr. Alderman Gibbs The Common Crycr on horse- The Sword bearer on horse back, carrying the back, bearing the cap city mace of maintenance. The LORD MAYOR, in a crimson velvet robe and collar of S S, on horseback, and bearing the City sward of state, attended by three footmen in liveries. His Lordship will immediately precede HER MAJESTY. The Joint Committee of the Corporation and of the Mercers' Company, attended by Mr. Tito, the architect of the new Royal Exchang e , wer e engage d at Mercers'- hall up to a late hour last evening, in arranging the ne cessary preliminaries for the reception of her Majesty. It is understood, however, that considerable difference of opinion existed among them with respect to several im portant details connected with that event, and the bal lotting glasses were on several points called into requisi tion. The tesselated pavement in the centre of the grand quadrangle was yesterday completed. All ob structions necessary to the completion of the works were entirely removed from the portico and the vicinity of the grand western entrance of the Exchange, and already workmen have commenced the arrangement of the tables and chairs for the dejeuncr, and which continued to arrive in van loads throughout the day. The order issued is for the accommodation of 1,500 persons. The pavement on the northern side of the Exchange, facing Bartholomew-lane, is now completed, and Cornhill, which has been for some time blocked up for the pur pose of laying down the wood paving, was yesterday thrown open to the public. Now that the whole of the scaffolding and other obstructions are cleared away, the splendid encaustic painting of the Merchants'-walk ap pears to great advantage, and gives to the entire build ing a light and very pleasing effect. The great gallery erected on the summit of the Bank of England, for the accommodation of the Directors and their friends to witness the reception of her Majesty on her arrival, was yesterday cevered in with a thick roofing of tarpauling, and. is fast approaching completion. It is understood that it will be fitted up with drapery, and will present a very pleasing appearance. The galleries around St. Paul's Churchyard, and all the other places along the lino of route, are also rapidly progressing, and great pre parations are now manifesting themselves for an illumi nation in honour of the event. It is now arranged that the horses on which the Aldermen and the members of the Gresham Committee are to ride in the procession ;vill be supplied from the Royal Artillery. The Subscription-room of Lloyd's, in which, as we have previously stated, the royal entertainment is to take place, is in a very forward state, most of tho tem porary decorations having been finished. It is now in tended to have four tables, instead of three, as was at first contemplated, in addition to that at which the Queen and Prince Albert are to partake of the dejeuner. The south end of the banquetting-room has been hung with crimson draperies, festooned at the top in graceful folds. There is an enormous mirror, and the royal arms sur mount it, denoting the place at which her Majesty is to preside at the festive table. On each side of the large looking-glass it is proposed to have the British standard and ensigns. The royal table at the south end of the room is to be on a raised flooring, so that her Majesty, and the distinguished personages selected for the honour. of meeting the Sovereign at luncheon, shall be so situated as to command an uninterrupted view of the room when the whole of the company have assembled, for it is determined there is not to be a throne or canopy in that room, but merely two gilt state chairs for the Queen and her Royal Consort. The dais, or raised flooring, is to be covered with rich carpeting, tho room to be covered generally by a less costly material. The library, or reading-room, is to be appropriated as an au dience chamber or throne-room, in which her Majesty is to receive tho City addrees. BRIGHTON. WEDNEBDAY.—We understand that . Sir James Graham intends shortly to take a house here, near to the resi dence of Sir R. Peel, in Eastern-terrace. Lady Holland, Sir Thomas: Fremantle, the Dowager Lady Brownlow, and Lord Aylesford, are also shortly expected for the winter. Lord Aylesford has taken a house, and Laly Holland is in treaty for one. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton will take their departure from Brighton on Monday next, and Baron Gurney, who has been staying for the last six weeks on the Marine Parade, will leave for town in a day or two. Chief Justice Doherty, who has been staying for the last fortnight at the Norfork Hotel, has taken the Regency House. Lady Mary Leslie, and Sir Edward and Lady Knack= bull, arrived yesterday at the Norfolk Hotel. Tho Marchioness Wellesley is staying at the Albion Hotel, and the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, at the Bristol Hotel. Lord and Lady Bridport and Mr. and Mrs. Sergeant Channell are also at the Albion Hotel. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's have arrived in Kemp Town. The Dowager Countess of Chichester has arrived in Regency-square, where Lady Longford is expected in the course of the week. Tho Dowager Lady Longford is also shortly expected, to pass the winter in Brighton. Lord and Lady C. Paulet left Regency-square yesterday, for their seat, Wellesbourne, Stratford-upon-Axon. The Countess of Cardigan returned from Franco last Thursday, via Dieppe and Brighton, by the General Steam Navigation Company's packet the Menai. On the following day, the Company's packet, the Magnet, brought over from Dieppe about sixty passengers, in cluding Count Montholon, who was taken prisoner with Prince Napoleon, but who was included in the amnesty twenty granted by Louis Phillippe. The Count is stay ing at Brighton. _ _ _ The Msignet returned from Dieppe this morning with about sixty passengers among whom wor e Si r Ch arles Duff Gordon. Sir William de Bathe has also returned from the Continent. MARRIAGE IN MOIL LlFE. — Yesterday, at St. George's, ilanover-square, was solemnised the marriage of Captain the Honourable Robert Edward Boyle, second surviving son of the Earl of Cork and Orrery, with Miss Georgiana Roberts, youngest daughter of Abraham Roberts, Esq., a well-known banker. Tho ccremoiiy was a very gay one a largo numb er o f th e f r i en d s of both families attending the happy pair to the altar. Tho service was performed by the lion. and Rev. Richard Boyle, Rector of Marston, Somerset; and, at its con elusion, the parties retired to the vestry, to sign the register, Lord Fitzroy Somerset being ono of the wit nesses. The bride, who has not yet attained her twen tieth year, was attired very richly, and being exceedingly beautiful, attracted much attention. After the cere mony, a numerous circle of friends partook of a dejeuner at Mr. Robarts's residence, in Hill-street, Berkeley square. Th e b r id e and bridegroom left town during the afternoon. The arrangement is at length completed between M. Laurent and Jullien for the opening of the prome nade concerts at Covent Garden. They will commence on the 15th of November, and positively close on the 15th of December. After that period dramatic perform ances will be attempted. We believe a foreign company , is already engaged. CRIMINAL COURT—YESTERDA NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Common-Sergeant MutiatousE.) George °be? hous er was indicted fur feloniously ate ing, at the parish of St. Luke, Old-street, in the emu of Middlesex, on the 25th day of May, 1844, one ea! of the value of 35., and 841bs. of a certain colour call Chinese blue, of the value of 61., the goods and chatt of Thomas De la Rue and others, to whom he v servant. Mr. Clarkson am! Mr. Alfred Fry conducted the pt secution, and Mr. Ballantyne appeared for the prisoner Mr. CLARKSON having stated the case, Henry Turner was called and examined by Mr..Fr and deposed as follows :—I am in the employ of Mess] Dickinson and Co., n holesale stationers, in the 0 Bailey, in the capacity of warehouseman. I have set the prisoner once ; it was at the end of May or in tl beginning of June in this year. He brought a cask colour about that time to Messrs. Dickinson's wart house. I received art invoice with it ' • there was ticket or kind of card on it, marked 6i, Old Bailey. received the cask from the prisoner. I took possession I it, and gave it to our carman to go down to the mill to Horne - Park mill, King's Langley. That is one ( the mills belonging to Messrs. Dickinson. - I wrot Home Park mill "Home P. mill," I think, on th card. The card being afterwards shown to the witnes with the writing, he said " that is my handwriting." Cross-cxamined by Mr. BALLANTYNE—I know no thing of the colour myself. I delivered the invoice t Mr. Patrick. Thomas Patrick called and examined by Mr. CLARK SON—I am a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Dickinso and Co. On or about the 25th of May last an invoic , was presented to me; I cannot say whether by the poi ter or the prisoner. The prisoner was the man who came to the warehouse. (The invoice was here pro duced by Sergeant Brannan, and handed to witness who, having looked at it, said that was the bil of parcels presented to me while the prisone: was in the house.) I paid the prisoner till amount, 6/. 9s. 6d. The bill underwent the ordeal o being sent down to be examined, and having come bad with the signature of the person. who received the goods the amount was paid. . Cross-examined—Messrs. Dickinson are very largi paper manufacturers. lam not in the working depart ment, nor do I think there is any one here in that de partment. James Brannan called and examined by Mr. CLARK soN—I am the same Brannan who is here so often. am a sergeant of the G division of police. On Friday the sth of September last, I• went to Messrs. Dick inson's warehouse in the Old . Bailey, and there receive( the bill of parcelsnow put into my hands. Inconsequence of what I then learnt I went to the mills of Messrs. Dickin son and Company, at King's Langley, and the servant then pointed out the cask now produced. Inspector Shackel marked it in my presence. I then took the card now produced from the cask, and also a sample of the blue, and the cask was produced at the next examination on the following day. Joseph Shackell called, and examined by Mr. am an inspector of police. I went with the last witness on the sth of September, in this year, to Messrs. Dick• inson's Mill at King's Langley. I marked the cask in his presence, and took a sample from it, which I brought up to town. Mr. Warren De La Rue called, and examined by Mr. CLARKSON—I am ono of the prosecutors—the firm con sists of four persons. lam a member of the Chemical Society. By the COURT—One of the partners is named Thomas, and is my father. By Mr. CLARKSON—The making of coloured papers is one branch of our trade—it is a chief branch. I have turned my attention to the Tanufacture of Chinese blue. There are a great many Chinese blues, which all the trade use. I have turned my mind to the manu facture of a superior colour, of a constant tint. It is a great fault with the common blues that they are not of a constant colour. The Chinese blue I make is manu factured by a process of my own. No one out of my firm has any knowledge of the means by which I make it. In September I received information which induced me to send for the prisoner. He was a grinder, an ink grinder, and confidential storekeeper of colours. The colour is not ground, but he assisted me in making it. In consequence of what I heard I asked him.if he had sold any blue to any person in the trade. He said " No." I asked him if he had sold any to Messrs. Dickinson. He said, " No." I then asked him whether he had made any blue. lle denied having done so. My father was present. I then told him we had a person in the next counting-house who could prove he had sold some. He then admitted he had sold some. He said he had sold some, and made it at home. I then asked him to describe the process-by which he had made it, if he made it all, and the quan tities of the materials he had used ; and ho told me the wrong proportions. I asked him the proportions, which he told me, and I wrote them down on this paper (pro ducing it). They are ?lbs. of prussiate of potass, 71bs. of copperaS, 71bs. of sulphuric acid, one-third of 141bs. of copperas, one-fourth of 141bs. of sulphuric acid, and one-fourth of 111bs. of nitrous acid. I also asked him to describe the apparatus he had made it in ; and be de scribed having made use of an iron pot, and a few tubs he had by him. I then asked him, whether any one in the house knew he had made it ? He said, " No." I asked him if his wife knew of it ? He said, "No ;" he made it when she was in bed. And knowing that large portions of nitrous fume aro given off, and .it would be impossible for any one in the house not to know it was being made, as it would almost suffocate them, I sent for a policeman, and gave him into custody. I afterwards sent down the officers to King's Langley, to see, what he had sold to Messrs. Dickinson. I cannot Say the tub produced is our tub, but we have such tubs. I have no doubt that article is my manufacture. According to the account the prisoner gave me, I am sure he could not have made. it. By his process it would have seemed green. I have no doubt the colour produced is mine. Cross-examined: by Mr. BALLANTYNE—At the time I questioned the prisoner I wrote the paper I have just read from. I wrote that very paper. I will allow you to look at it. My father was present at the time. I remembered all these matters at the police -court. I told my solicitor of this conversation and also the magistrate, but he stopped me. This is the memorandum I made at the time; it has not been touched since, but kept in my pocket-book. The altera tion you mention of oil of vitriol for copperas was a mis take—copperas stands for oil of vitriol. It is not the same article, although called copperas in the paper. It was the oil of vitriol. There is no other mistake that I am aware of. Sulphuric acid is mentioned again in the other part of the process ;' it is mentioned in two distinct parts. I can recollect the exact proportions of the materials I use ; but I would not communicate them. I could tell them one after another, if you were to ask me. I have been making this colour about two years. The prisoner knows nothing of the mixing of colours. I have employed him merely as a labourer. He used to assist me, and was always present when I made the colour. There are two things it is composed of he never saw me weigh. The least proportion of sulphuric acid, and nitrous acid.—(The rest of the answer was not given. The question having been ob jected to by' the witness's counsel.) We make a cwt: of materials at once. We manufacture it in our own: yard in Bunhill-row. That is where we give off these nitrous fumes. Bunhill-row is a thick densely-populated neigh bourhood with many poor people round us. There is no inconvenient result that I know of in the neighbourhood from the making of the colour. It has never been complained of. About llb. of each of the materials will make *lbs. of the material. We don't sell the blue, we use it simply for the manu facturing of our own paper and cards. We don't part with it to any one. There is one material that is very expensive. The prisoner said he had used 71hs, of it at a time. At first hand it is now Is. 10d„ sometimes 28.-6 d. per lb. in large quantities, We do not use a steam-en gine, but make it in large vats and steam -pipes. Re-examined by Mr. CLARKSON—Prisoner was in our employ and receiving our wages on the 25th of May, and had been fur five years. He was a weekly servant, employed from morning till night. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. BALLANTYNE then addressed the jury for 'the prisoner ; after valich The COMMON SERGEANT summed up. The jury having consulted for about twenty minutes, returned the following verdict :—" Guilty; but we' re commend the prisoner to mercy ; and we are of opinion that there is a great want of caution on the part of Messrs. Dickinson in purchasing of a common labourer." There was another indictment against the prisoner, which was not pressed. The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced him to six months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correc tion, observing, that had the prisoner not been a fo reigner the punishment would have been much severer. STRANGE CASE.—Yesterday an inquest was held on the body of a female child, who had on reaching home from school, where she had appeared perfectly well, been seized with violent vomiting, which continu ed for two hours; and though medical aid was afforded she died next day. On a post morten 'examination it was found n co w ve a r s e o d f , that the brain and lungs were sufficiently congested to cause. e g d been taken. Witnesses h de t ? ;o th m : th i e lo sta tr t a c opinion some active poisonha length, could d e s b :rg d e l o s co e f e t f ho po s i t s o o m n ac c h ou t had been in the habit of giving deceased paints to play were examined at considerable, including *ser vant at thehsclniooonle, w ha n d o s h t e a p t a cd se t e h n at fo o r ne so o m f e th ti e m s e ch ie el t a h rs e with, though child's possession. The jury found that " the death proceeded from congestion of the lungs and brain, and not from violence." We learn by letters from Athens that the feitc of the King of Gretce was celebrated with great pomp on the 30th ult. On this occasion M. Metaxa received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Saviour. On the sth inst. the King and Queen left the capital to make a tour of pleasure in Rumelia. Their Majesties were to thentl le fi r r r s o t ci n emt i ch g ,de h ita t ron a rdv t eit t su l ti i htr e neT l: h a fteo l h a bre c tey e :e, os werefsi n C oia r f i i s v c zat o odu t ii i pta s ua,, pass through e Ca lcie Straits , f r o a r r i o d i ' s l it te r r . mo o py n the mountains of Helicon and Pernassus, touch tahotrlVutgliahe thi.ssolluzE,rhwi,haolned journeyretu tlova:Attohebne o u r nd lB l l. i l l i 7 t t z h a horseback. General Grivas came out of the Gth, and landed at the Piraeus. s m o a n de t o h n e CIIESTER.—TIIE CHEESE PAIR...—At this fair on Wednesday, about 250 tons were piled for sale at the 1 Linen Hall, and a larger quantity at the Commercial Hall than has been seen there on any previous occasion. This year's cheese, it was generally remarked, is not so forward in ripeness as it should be, a circumstance which is no doubt attributable in some way or other to the dry nes of the late season. Common qualities met with a ready sale, but in consequence of the lowness of the prices offered, the best sorts hung heavily on hand: Prices ranged from 455. to 60s, ; in one or. two instanoos 1 prime lots fetched 635., which was the highest fi gure et* tamed.—Chester Courant.