The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-27 00:00:00

'IR/T of the PUBLIC JOURNALS PROS THE EVENING PAPERS Or YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Herald has opened its columns to am apology for Alderman Gibbs. If we do not griev enrsly mistake, the statement, which is headed s' from a Correspondent," is from the pen of the worthy functionary himself. The circumstance of the Alderman being likely to have his suc cession to the Mayoralty postponed, un til the prejudices, which his conduct as Mtfecltiwarden of St. Stephen's, Walbrook has accu mulated around him are removed, has called forth this wordy and involved composition. In a recent ar- Celia in our columns on the anomalous position in .which Mr. Alderman Churchwarden Gibbs has placed himself (and to which the statement in the Herald professes to reply), we suggested the neces sity which circumstances seems to impose both on the Livery and the Court of Aldermen, to hesitate ere they take a step by which the dignity of the office of Chief Magistrate may be compromised, or its efficiency impaired. Without imputing dis honesty to Mr. Alderman Churchwarden Gibbs in the application of the parish funds, we confidently submitted that sound policy requires that his election to the Mayoralty be postponed for the present year. While the proceedings to which the parish has been driven to obtain from him a verified account are pen dente lite, it would be premature and censurable to anti cipate the result. But we adhere to the position which in our former article we assumed—it remains unshaken by anything adduced by the Herald's " Correspondent," or in the Herald's remarks upon the case. Where a public officer, being in the receipt and having the control and application of public funds, allows his accounts to remain unsalted for a period of nearly twenty years, and, whoa required to produce his accounts by the pa rish whose trustee he is, with the vouchers by which their integrity may be ascertained, refuses to do so— meets reiterated applications with quibblings—im pugna the legal competency of the parishioners to ask for such accounts—and interposes every obstacle in his power to prevent them from obtaining such satisfac tion—we say, such a man makes out a prima fade case . against himself. He has himself to blame for any inconvenience he sustains—for any injury to fame or feeling which be incurs. We do, therefore, in sober earnestness, ask whether such a functionary, having placed himself in such a position, can, with any reasonable hope of having his claim allowed, look t o his fellow-citizens to place him in the highest pc* of the Corporation; and confer upon him the inours, and invest him with the functions of Chief Migisarate of their city ? To comply with his request would be to adopt the responsibility of a possible result to the investigation by the Court of Chancery of his suspiciously-withheld accounts. If the award be against their validity, his administration of the • !nest he held would be impugned, and his integrity seriously damaged, if not irretrievably ruined. Nor oald this be the extent of the evil. The high office Of Mayor of the Metropolitan City would li l t. exposed to no small portion of the odium and disgraee, Can the postponement for one year of Mr. Alderman Gibbs' election to the office to which, it seems, he still aspires, in the influences such a postponement would exercise upon his p *Won, be comparable to the mischiefs which wea' inevitably be inflicted on the Corporation, should the chair of its Chief Magistrate be filled by an indi vidual whose claims to public respect and confidence are of a doubtful kind ? The reputation and influence of the Corporation would be lowered in the estimation of the city and the nation ; the administration of j us wee would be deprived of respect ; and the office be &ridded of efficiency. After the controversy that has been raised—after the painful interest that has been excited by the extraordinary conduct of the Lord Mayor expectant, and the appeals which have been made to the Livery and Court of Aldermen to piss Mr. Alderman Gibbs by for the present year, and choose the Alderman next in succession— they raise him to the Mayoralty ; and the result of the suit in Chancery, to which the parishioners have been driven by his inveterately obstinate and indefen sible conduct, unhappily terminate in an adverse decision against that officer—on those who have re fused to listen to the suggestions of what is due to the office and to the public, for whose interests it exists, will the odi um res t. If Mr. Alderman Gibbs can induce the Livery to return, and the Court of Aldermen to select, him for the Mayoralty on Sa turday next, he cannot be blamed. The blame will rest on those who have so low an opinion of what are essential requisites in the Chief Magistrate of London, as to place in that office an individual who his managed to render himself conspicuous by conduct that has gratuitously involved his administration of a pehlic trust in suspicion, and subjected him to general reproach. Are really wonder that some shrewd fellow, charged before Mr. Alderman Gibbs with embezzling moneys belonging to his employers, has not set up a hod of argumentum ad hominem defence. He might, with at least some show of propriety, question the right of his prosecutors to claim an investigation of his accounts, or to demand the books and vouchers by which they might be elucidated. The legality of their partnership might be questioned—the form of the deed, if any were in existence, might be impugned; or tire absence of a deed might be adduced, to show that ne partnership existed ; and that the parties claiming the moneys the prisoner WAS charged with illegally d• taining, had really no claim to either the right of the accounts, or the moneys. We do not say that the case we have imagined is, pari passu, that of Mr. Alderman Gibbs. But should such a defence be set up in a case of disputed accounts in which malversati o n was c h arge d against a party on th e ground that no proper account current had bees rendered, it is likely that the persons in court would be remindeed of Alderman Gibbs, and some of his reasons for refusing to produce and verify his accounts, when called upon to do so by the pa rishioners of St. Stephen's, Walbrook. The Times of this morning, in an article on the subject which ,is worthy of the serious consideration of the Li very and Aldermen, remarks—" The characters of the chief men of a city, such as London, ought to be Whrtily of the high reputation of the body over whom they preside. The character of men in office is the test of the soundness of the system which puts them there." Th ere i s muc h w hi c h requires reform in the existing constitution of the Corporation of Landon. Recent circumstances have not tended to enhance its claim to respect or confidence. We should be glad to see a determined effort made to rei-e ' its character, and retrieve its reputation. The proceedings of Saturday next will have a beneficied or injurious tendency. Th e e ff ec t of the choice that will be then made—or should there be a contest, which we do not anticipate, the result of the poll, and the selection by the Aldermen—will either evince a criminal indifference to the qualities which are requisite to render the Mayoralty really respect able and efficient ; or it will be seen that those who aspire to that office must not only be men of in tegrity and worth, but men who are held to be such by the universal consent of all who have had dealings with them. TANDARD.—The occasion for reviving the profitless discussion of whether or not we have ob tained the degree of reparation from the French for the unauthorised conduct of a subordinate officer at Otaheite--conduct which was reproved and punished long before the Governments of either country could have had an opportunity of expressing any opinion on the subject—is one which ought to have produced a very different result. We allude to the Jubilee," as it is called, of the London Missionary Society, celebrated yesterday (its 50th anniversary,) at Exeter Hall. We are far from insensible to the praiseworthy efforts which have been made by this Institution during its long and useful career; but over-much zeal is often as prejudicial to A good cause as its very reverse ; and some of the speeches at a resent meeting of this society were of a character but little reconcileable with the pre samil sentiments of a body whose professed object is to preach " peace and good will," and not to minister to the evil passions of those who till within its influence. Meetings destined to afford an excuse for mere manifestos of oehaion, can be productive of no possible ad "ntsge, and when such expositions of sentiment have reference, as is often the case, to secular, and more !specially po li t i ca l topics , they are likely to be mischievous to an ex t en t which' can hardly have been contemplated by their authors. The speeches deli vered at a late meeting of the London Missionary Society on the subject of Mr. Pritchard's treatment by the French authorities at Otaheite (whilst his government was earnestly occupied in securing for - him whatever reparation was his due), for example, was calculated to increase embarrassment without the slightest chance of benefit to the object of its sym pathy—not to mention a violence of manner as well as of language, on the part of one or two of the makers, which was clearly inconsistent with the principles for which their authors claim credit, and on the faith of which the society to which they belong has hitherto been so warmly supported. The senti ments evolved at yesterday's meeting were more moderate ; but why convert an occasion destined to celebrate the , good service which the society has rendered, during a period of half a century, to Chris- Sanity, into an excuse for a political manifestation cc a sabject which has already given occasion for the greatest irritation ; and which, but for the rnoeleratien and good sense of the respective Go vernments of England and France, might have even tuated in a war which would effectually have arrested the eff4is of the society in many of the most promis ing arias of their labours ? We have already seen that a fair and reasonable reparation has been exacted for the treatment of Mr. Pritchard—a reparation which, whilst it cannot fail of having proved satisfactory to his feelings, repays him for any pecuniary injury he may have sustained. What need was there, " we' ask, after such an arrangement for a long resolution expressive of the " fixed determina tion of the society that Otaheite shall be free." the London Missionary Society propose to THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY ETNNINGs SEPTEMBER 27, 1844. supersede the Government in its functions ? Or has it the intention to carry on a " little war" of its own, for the expulsion of the French, authorities from that island ? If the latter, its labour is likely to be lost; for it has already been confessed by more than one influential French journal that Otaheite is not worth the expense and trouble which it will cost the French nation to retain it. PARIS CORRECTIONAL POLICE. A young and pretty woman, named Warren, whose manners and language indicated that she belonged to a respectable station in society, and who indeed is the daughter of a Lieutenant-General, appeared on Sa.. turday before the Correctional Police, to enter oppo sition to a judgment passed on her by default, in 1840, for swindling. She was also under a charge of having thrown vitriol on a person named Lombard, through motives of revenge. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had received a good educa tion, but had, by her irregular life, been reduced to distress. She afterwards contrived to interest some influential persons in her behalf, and opened a school in the Rue d'Astorg. She again became irregular in her conduct, and, being forced to leave France, went over to England, where she became governess in a family of rank, and about eleven months back married in that country a person of the name of Warren. She returned some months back to Pais, and again commenced a life of dissipation. It was during this period that she formed the acquaintance of M. Lom bard, and on his breaking off the intercourse existing between them, threw the vitriol in his face. This latter person deposed that he had gone to the resi dence of M. Poultier, the singer, who is one of his friends, and whilst there, being called out, he found the prisoner at the door waiting for him. He had, he said, certainly known her before, but not suffi ciently to lead him to suppose that she could ever think of revenging his breaking off his acquaintance with her. She, however, after reproaching him with his conduct, endeavoured to inundate him with the vitriol, but he fortunately per ceived her intention in sufficient time to in a great measure avoid the liquid. In answer to this charge, the prisoner declared that she had purchased the vitriol to clean the floor of her lodging, and that, having it in her hand when speaking to M. Lombard, the bottle by chance flew out of her hand, was dashed against the wall, and some drops of the liquid fell on his clothes and face. This was, however, positively proved not to be the case. The case of swindling was practised on a watchmaker named Legris. The prisoner called at his shop in 1839, and asked to see some watches for her mother, who was unwell. Three were set aside, which she desired the watch maker to carry to a house in the Rue de Miromesnil, where her mother would decide which she would take. He did so, and, delivering up the watches to the prisoner to show to ;the invalid, was left in the room by himself. Some time having elapsed, and the lady not appearing, he began to grow uneasy, and, going to the door, found it locked. He then disco vered that he had been tricked, and at last only got out by calling to the porter from the window. A year after he had some propositions made him by the prisoner to repay him the value of the goods which he had lost, but nothing came of it, as she had only some china of little value to give him to make up his loss. A charge of robbery was also brought against her, but the evidence appeared inconclusive. During the time the Court was deliberating, the prisoner ap peared in the greatest despair, and, throwing herself on her knees, exclaimed, in piteous accents, " Oh, spare me ! spare me ! I will go over to England, and you shall never hear of me more." The Court con. demned her to two years' imprisonment, and 50f. fine —Galignani. THE LATE ROBBERY AT TIIE BANK OF ENGLAND. We understand that Burgess, the clerk in the Bank of England who lately absconded with 8,0001. in gold, obtained by means of falsely identifying an accom plice, who personated the stockbroker, and forged the name of that gentleman to a transfer of stock, is the son of the bailiff to a Baronet in Essex. So great was the respect entertained for the father of Burgess, that his employer brought the son forward and pro cured him to be educated at the Blue-coat School, and ultimately obtained for him a situation in the Bank. It is well known that on entering this establishment every clerk is required to find security for 1,0001., and so high was the opinion entertained by the Baronet alluded to of the character of young Burgess that, as we are informed, he consented to be one of the securities. From all that we have heard, however, it seems that Burgess has been gradually getting into bad society, and it is from amongst this set his accomplice was no doubt selected. He laid his plans with a good deal of cunning, having taken care to provide himself beforehand with bags large and strong enough to contain the enormous amount of gold he obtained ; and before he com mitted- the forgery he applied for three days' leave of absence, so that he might be away from his duties for some time without giving cause for suspicion, and make arrangements for his flight. In fact, it was not until his leave of absence had expired tb.at any suspicion was entertained, when, from his having been seen engaged in assisting at the transfer of stock alluded to just before he left the establishment, coupled with his absence without leave, caused the authorities of the Bank to institute an investigation, which ended in the discovery of the fraud. It ap pears extraordinary that so soon after the conviction of Barber and Fletcher any one should be found like Burgess, who must have been almost an eye-witness, of their degradation, to have ventured upon such a proceeding; but the observer of what passes in life must almost daily see that even the horrors of tran sportation for life will not deter from the commission of great crimes when the temptation is more than proportioned to the hazard. John Forrester, the able City officer, is in pursuit of the fugitive. It has been erroneously stated that the two Forresters have sailed for America on the business. It is, we are give* to understand, the intention of the principal merchants and bankers of the City to follow the example of the Court of Aldermen, by bestowing a sum of money upon these two officers, in acknowledgment of the very great services rendered to that class of the com munity by their zeal, alacrity, and energy. A HORSE IN A CHINA SHOP. On Thursday last, a gig and horse, in charge of a servant of Colonel Low of Clatto, having been left standing before Mr. David Reid's shop door while the servant was inside executing some orders, the horse got startled by the noise, it is said, of a wheel barrow which some person was rolling out of a neigh bouring court. He immediately darted into Mr. Newton's stoneware shop opposite; and having broken from his traces, left the gig at the door, in order to be more at his freedom, and began dancing about among the crockery. Mr. Newton having endeavoured to stop this outrageous beast in his mad career, was soon disposed of with his broad back on the floor. Tu reens he overthrew with his feet, basins he knocked about with his nose, and he whisked the smaller arti cles of crockery off the counter with his tail, pricking his ears all the while, and snorting with evident glee and delight. Amidst all the fearful desolation which he created, the inhuman creature, far from feeling the pangs of remorse for his crimes, seemed to take a savage pleasure in the thing, and continued to go-ahead, and try how much of Mr. Newton's valuable stoneware he could destroy, knowing that the whole was to be charged to Colonel Low's account. Nothing so utterly lawless and wild in the dancing department as this beast's style of pirouetting and side-cutting was ever seen in this world, or even in Cupar, within the memory of man. Luckily, the finer branches in the stoneware line were in the back room. The horse, now wishing to extend his depreda tions, set his face towards the quarter. Mrs. Newton, who throughout the whole of this trying scene had displayed the utmost fortitude, had the pre sence of mind to fasten the glass door, and to barricade it inside with the furniture as well as she could, and then fled for safety and for succour into a press, the door of which she kept a little agee, in order that, if her life should be spared, she might witness the issue of the day's eventful transactions. In the meantime, the horse having satisfied himself with smashing two pounds nineteen shillings' worth of good pigs (Anglice, crockery) in the front shop, resolved to have a shy at the elegant china in the back room, and accordingly manfully knocked his head through one of the panes of glass ; but was checked in the assault by the defences skil fully erected by Mrs. Newton, who still maintained her position in the press. While in this retreat she saw the monster thrust his bleeding head and gory locks into the room, and coolly stand and take a vidimus of the whole premises—gazing earnestly upon her, while he allowed the blood to flow from his reek inF temples into one of her most fashionable basins. His spirits, however, being at last cooled by plentiful phlebotomy, he was with some difficulty backed out into the Bonny-gate. Mr. Newton does not recollect of any customer having done so much business in his shop in so short a space of time, and with so little speaking.—Fifeshire Journal. SluP, WESTMORELAND.—It appears that the direc tors and M r . Stephenson, and the other contractors for the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, are determined to suppress the further repetition of the brutal and disor derly conduct of the workmen engaged on the line, and to lend every assis tance to the civil authorities for that p u rpose. A meet ing of the directors was held on Thurs day last, and .it was agreed th a t e ffi cient policemen be engaged, and stationed at suitable distances on the line, to preserve the peace at Shap and other places, to be paid out of the funds of the company. Upwards of 200 spe cial constables have been sworn in at Sh a p, O r t on , Pen ube n day hoped that every pre- 1 save a little 1 rill], &c., to assist the police. All was peaceable at Shap last, and Orton on Saturd d ay it and iI to S " flare-up" or two, an caution will be taken to prevent disorder and riot on the next pay-day. The magistrates are determined to pro em. the Peace* The REVISING BARRISTER said he did not see what inconvenience there could be in having a full descrip• tion of the voter. Mr. Jeans said that, some time ago, it was three years before he could get a party into court, in con sequence of his having placed the description of his residence and also his place of business upon the register. The notice of objection was sent to his pri vate residence, and the Revising Barrister ruled that a notice should also have been sent to his place of business. In the case he alluded to, when he did at length get the voter into court, it turned out that he had no qualification, and yet his name had been re tained, for three years, upon the register. The REVISING BAREISTEZ said he was quite sure that he had not decided that notices to both places were necessary. If a notice of objection was served at the private residence, it was abundantly sufficient, and the insertion of the place of business was mere sw 'plusage. The claim was then left in its original form. One of the overseers of Thames Ditton attended wi:th the list of voters and new claims in that parish. It will be remembered that his duty was to have attended at Kingston, but he did not do so, neither did he send any lists, and the Revising Barrister ex pressed his intention to fine the overseers for their negligence. The overseer now stated that the reason he did not attend at Kingston was, that he received no notice of the places of holding the courts in East Surrey, but that by mistake the West Surrey meet in were sent to him. The REVISING BARRISTER said this might be a reason for his not attending at Kingston, but it was no excuse for his neglecting to send the lists to the clerk of the peace, when no less than four applications were made to him for them. The overseer said he left it to his brother overseer. The REVISING BARRISTER said this did not alter 'le ease, and he should fine him 50s. At the close of the business, Mr. Fish proceeded to consider the Thames Ditton lists, and it appeared that the overseers had not placed the list of new claims upon the church door. The REVISING BARRISTER said this was really most gross and unpardonable neglect of duty. The clearest instructions were sent to every overseer by the clerk of the peace, but it appeared in this case they were determined not to comply with them. He must ad . joeurn the consideration of this list a second time, and he should require the attendance of the other overseer, whom he should certainly fine, as well as this one, for his neglect. Mr. Meymott said that these lists were made out in the most bungling manner of any he had ever seen. The REVISING BARRISTER said he was of the same opinion, and it was high time the overseers were com pelled to perform their duties properly. There was no excuse in this case, and he felt bound to prevent the recurrence of such gross negligence in future. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Two persons appeared before Alderman Johnson, for the purpose of complaining against the officers of the General Steam Navigation Company, under the following circumstances : They stated that they had taken and paid for, to the individuals acting for the Company, their passage in one of the vessels to Hamburgh, and they were in formed that the vessel was to sail at six o'clock in the morning. They accordingly went to the place at which they supposed they should see her lying, a quarter of an hour before the appointed time, and to their surprise and great disappointment they found she was gone, and were told that she had taken her departure a considerable time before they attended. As no fault lay with them as to punctuality, they con • sidered of course that they were entitled to the resti tution of the passage-money, or to be accommodated in another of the Company's vessels, but they could obtain no satisfaction of the kind. One of the clerks of the Company stated the com plainants were informed of the exact hour at which the vessel had been appointed to sail, and she did sail at that hour, and they were therefore entitled to no part of the passage-money. Alderman JOHNSON asked in what manner they were informed that the vessel was to sail ? The clerk replied that they had been, according to the custom of the office, informed regularly by one of those in attendance. The complainants stated that they could produce five persons who could prove the correctness of their statement, and they handed to the Alderman the re ceipt for the passage-money, on which no time for starting was specified, but a blank was left for the hour. Alderman Jonwsoic expressed his great surprise that so loose a practice was allowed to exist at an office in which business of such importance to the public was transacted. It was quite evident that the blank should have been filled up with the time of ap pointment; and the fact that it was not so filled up, was calculated to mislead, and therefore to impose upon persons. The clerk said, if parties wished to have the blanks filled up, there never was any objection made ; but the complainants had never made any application of the kind. Alderman Jourcsort declared that it was the duty of the Company to write down the hour of starting, whether a request to that effect was made or not ; and he would not hesitate to say that the complainants were entitled to receive their money back. The clerk stated that he should intimate the opi nion of the Alderman to the authorities. As the complainants did not return to the Mansion house while the Alderman was sitting, it was con jectured that the money was returned to them. UNION-HALL. Eliza Smith, a masculine-looking woman, blind of an eye, was charged with nearly biting off a police man s thumb, in his attempts to convey her to the station-house. The policeman, whose hand was bound up, from the severity of the injury inflicted on him, stated, that while on duty in High-street, he saw the prisoner sitting on the steps of a door. As she attracted the notice of the passengers by the oddity of her appear ance, baying no shawl or handkerchief on to cover the upper part of her person, he mildly advised her to leave the spot and go home. The moment, how ever, he spoke to her, she flew into a most violent passion, and scratched him down the face, and in his attempt to protect himself from further injury, she got his thumb into her mouth, and held it there, as one of the witnesses described, for five minutes , until she was obliged to be seized by the no se and her breathing stopped, which alone compelled her to let go her hold of the policeman's thumb, which was found to have been nearly severed from his hand. Even after this display of her ferocity, the defendant with her teeth seized the arm of the man engaged in extricating the policeman's thumb from her mouth, and also bit him very severely, and it took the united strength of four stout men to convey this Amazonian offender to the station-house. Even in the presence of the Magistrate, the defend ant exhibited the fury of her temper, by venting exe crations, and when told that she would be committed for a month, she tore off her bonnet and flung it at the witnesses, expressing her regret that they were not within arm's length, that she might let them feel the weight of her fists. In taking her from the bar she hit out right and left at the gaoler and his assistants, and it was with much difficulty she was at length se cured and locked up in the cell. HAMMERSMITH. Yesterday Henry Jones, William Benson, Thomas Holt, John Key, Samuel Foreman, the five men who stand charged with having caused the death of a man named George Benson, the brother of one of the pri soners, in a fight which took place on Sunday last at Kensington, were brought up for final examination. Mr. Wolfe, from the office of Mr. Flower, attended on behalf of Jones, the surviving principal in the fight. Inspector Morgan said, he had been desired by Mr. Wakley, the Coroner, to request that the prisoners might be again remanded over Tuesday next, as in the meantime he intended to apply to the Secretary of State for the Home Department for an order for the prisoners to be produced at the adjourned inquest, which will be holden on that day. Mr. PAYNTEE said, he knew of no power which be had to remand the prisoners to the place where Mr. Wakley had adjourned his inquest to. It was alto gether a new application to him, and if the Secretary of State gave- an order to that effect, he (Mr. Poyn ter) would not be responsible for it. The evidence of the witnesses examined on Monday last was then read over, and some slight additions made thereto, after which the following additional witnesses were examined Mr. W. G. Bennett deposed that he was the land lord of the Wellesley Arms public-house, Robert street, Chelsea. On the night of Saturday last, about ten o'clock, he was told there was a scuffle in the tap •room, and on going there he found the de ceased George Benson, and the first four prisoners, with other persons, there. The prisoner Foreman was not there. The deceased and Jones had their coats off, and were scuffling together. He Immedi ately parted them, and told them he would allow nothing of the kind, and that if they continued doing so, he would give them into the custody of the police. Jones said he did not went to fight, and put on We EAST SURREY REGISTRATION. The Revising Barrister yesterday held his Court at the Vestry-hall, Camberwell. Mr. E. Meymott appeared as the Conservative agent, and Mr. Jeans attended for the Liberals. In the Camberwell list, Mr. Thomas Moseley had, under the head of " residence," described his place of business, and also his private residence. Mr. Jeans applied to have either one or the other description removed from the list, as it was productive of great inconvenience, in the event of any objection being made to the vote, that there should be more than one address. A DAY AT A. CUSTOM-HOUSE. For the following vicissitudes of a "Day at a Custom-house" we are indebted to the kindness of the Custom-house officers of Folkestone : You arrive very early in the morning. Your fel low-passengers eye you with distrust ; though you are 135 on the list. The clock strikes nine. A groan escapes from 178 individuals in and out of the room. The first train has gone. No. 4is called. An hour afterwards No. 5 ; then No. 6, followed at eleven o'clock by 7 and 8, the latter consisting of a French schoolmaster, with thirteen of his pupils, come over on a holiday trip. Good heavens ! It is already twelve o'clock, and you have a wife waiting for you at the Bricklayers' Arms, and a bill to take up at f ou r. One o'Clock.—You have read the almanack over the mantelpiece no less than four times, eaten a basin of soup, got bitten in playing with the old lady's parrot, and yet No. 29 has only just gone in. You think of your wife, and prepare to go to sleep. Half-past One.—You wake up. Can you believe your eyes ? There's not a man, woman, or child in the room. Don't be alarmed ! The Custom-house officers hare only gone to their dinner, and you have missed the second and third trains long ago. Quarter to Three.—Another boat has just come in. Two hundred passengers. You wonder at what dis tant period No. 200 is likely to reach London. Not before A.D. 1845. You suddenly determine, to go in search of lodgings. Three o'Clock.--Not a lodging—not a book —not a newspaper to be got in the place, excepting at the Pavilion. You begin reading the " Hackney -coach Fares " in last year's pocket-book, till another train starting reminds you it is Four o'Clock.—You rush recklessly into brandy and water and cigars. Five o'Clock.—lt's beginning to rain. Your great coat is in your trunk, so you are obliged to go back again into the little cupboard of a waiting-room for shelter. Six o'Clock.—A mutiny has just broken out amongst the starved-out passengers. The complaints are heart breaking. The door-keeper has retreated into the next room to escape the vengeance of an old lady's poodle, and the threats of a Baron of the Exchequer. Seven.—A policeman and a copy of Punch have restored order. A famine, however, has just attacked the 257 remaining passengers. Five and thirty full grown children and two babies are screaming ex cruciatingly with hunger. The policeman has sent to the Pavilion for a wheelbarrow of sandwiches. Eight.--The sandwiches be praised I The babies are again quiet. Half-past Eight.—The children are asleep—the women are putting their hair into paper. The men every five minutes keep pulling out their watches. Nine.—No.loo hasjust gone in. Hip, hip, hurrah. Ten.—Every bed in the town is hooked three deep. Eleven.—Can it be possible ? Only two numbers more, and then— Quarter to Twelve.—No. 135 ! Yes —no, pooh ! it cannot be—but yes—you are called! You shake the door-keeper by the hand, and plunge franctically into the next room—huddle boots, shirts, shaving tackle, gloves, chocolate, soap, perfume, all together in the same box—and drive at a steeple chase pace with your luggage up to the railway station. Half-past twelve strikes as you a rr i ve . C ommand your patience—the last train has that moment gone. Conclusion.—You are morally conv i nce d t h ere i s a base conspiracy between h er M a j esty ' s Custom house and the Pavilion Hotel t o d etain passengers at Folkestone as long as they can. —Punch. THE ALBION BALLOON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The Albion Balloon having passed near, the metropolis last evening, it has struck me that a brief history of her may not be altogether uninteresting, espe cially as many of the voyages she has m a d e are charac terised by extraordinary daring and intrepidity. This by Mr. Hampt on , th e b o ld an d noTvih- Albion was made the property of the The w celebrated e a l e lo b o ra n t ew enterprisinga s A constructed rCharles but Green. for the purpose of taking up Mr. Hampton's parachute, with which he made three descents. It may be remem bered that shortly after the death of the lamented Mr. Cocking, Mr. Hampton announced his intention of de monstrating the practibility of a safe and gradual descent with his improved parachute. Th e resu l t o f M r. Cock i ng ' s experiment having satisfied him that it would be highly dangerous to permit a second person to co-operate, he determined to undertake and complete a parachute de scent with his own hands, and subsequently exhaust the balloon without the assistance of another person. This he effected with co n summate skill, and the expl o it created as much astonishment as it afforded delight and satisfaction to those who witnessed it, at Cheltenham. It was only by stratagem that Mr. Hampton was enabled to ascend from the M ontpellier -gardens. Poor Mr. Cocking's death so operated upon the public mind that a second parachute descent was no sooner announ ce d than it was prohibited by influential parties. As the aeronaut, however, was allowed on this occasion to ex hibit his parachute in connexion with the balloon, and point out its peculiarities, he considered this a suitable time to sever the rope that held the whole machinery, and away he went in excellent style. When about two miles high, the parachute was separated, and the Albion speedily exhausted of gas by an original contrivance of Mr. Hampton's. The parachute was ten minutes and twelve seconds descending, and the daring occupant of the car reached the earth without injury. Mr. Hampton also made two parachute descents in London, and the Albion each time was called into requisition ; h er name is also associated with a perilous trip to sea, which was the result of a boister ous w i n d. Th e aeronaut would have lost his life in this adventure but for the timely arrival of a brig, and with the humane assistance of her sailors, together with help from Lieutenant King aid his boat's crew, Mr. Hampton was landed in safety at South end. After two busy seasons, during which Mr. Hamp ton attempted and completed three parachute descents, and about thirty balloon trips, he was unfortunate enough to lose the Albion, and during a praiseworthy but un successful struggle to regain possession of her, she was purchased by Mr. Charles Green, who uses her as occa sion may require. The successful veteran has more than once made private asceats with the Albion, and not long since he attempted to cross the English channel with her, but was prevent e d by an a d v erse wind. It is not unlikely that the ascent of last evening was for expert mental purposes. The trip must have been as pleasan as it was majestic.--I remain, Sir, your obliged servant, HENRY WELLS. Claremont-row, Pentonville. FATAL ACCIDENT AT MOLD.—On Thursday, the 12th instantZa young man from Ruthen, named Stephen Jones, better known as " Steve the Cryer," walked for a wager of 3/. 10s. the following arduous feat:—Jones agreed to perform forty miles in eight successive hours, on the Liverpool•road, about a mile from Mold to the milestone near Altamy. He walked the forty miles in three-quarters of an hour under the time; according to the rule of his wager h e did no t p ar take of any refresh ment. He is a fin e t a ll young f e ll ow , an d some dispute arose on account of his having taken part of a cup of coffee, which, however, was overruled. It may be no ticed that Jones walked thirty-two miles (from Man chester to Liverpool) the day previous to his walking here. An accident occurred the following day which nearly proved fatal to Jones, and unfortunately caused the death of Rowland Hughes, a carrier between Mold and Liverpool. It appears that Hughes agreed with Jones, and two of his friends, to take them to Ruthen in a car; and, the whole party being far in liquor, the car was upset. Hughes, the driver, was killed, and Jones was seriously injured, as well as another young man, , who had his shoulder dislocated. Hughes has loft a wife and four children.—Liverpool Chronicle. MESMERISM. --The Leicester Journal says :—On Friday last the Duke of Rutland, Earl Howe, and C. W. Packe, Esq., M.P., visited Mary Anne Lakin, the young woman whose thigh was amputated while under mes. merle influence. They were also accompanied by Dr. Ohm coat, and the deceased, George Benson, did the same a few minutes afterwards. Jones left the house at least twenty minutes or half an hour before Benson did. Had never seen any previous quarrel between Jones and Benson. Believed the quarrel arose through some jealousy about work. George Lewis, a mason, living at Chelsea, deposed that he was at the Wellesley Arms on Saturday night, when the scuffle took place. When they all got out side the house it was agreed that Jones and the de ceased should fight the next morning. He did not see the prisoner Forman there at all that night, but the other prisoners were there. Witness did not then hear where they were to fight, but he heard they were to meet the next morning at the top of Wel lesley-grove, Robert-street. He was there when they assembled, and he followed them to the hollow and saw the fight. They fought about a quarter of an hour, but witness's back was turned from them when the last blow was struck. The only persons in the hollow except the prisoners was the deceased. Wit ness was at the top of the hills. They all went to the hollow separately. Mr. Waller, surgeon, of St. Mary Abbott's-terrace, Kensington, deposed to having made a post mortem examination of the body of the deceased. He had found a violent bruise on the left side of the chest, a similar bruise over the bridge of the nose and behind the left ear, or rather behind it was a wound about an inch long, which was surrounded by a large bruise. On opening the cranium he found a considerable effusion of blood on the brain, particularly on the right side, where the appearance of the brain was much darker. In all probability the effusion was the cause of death. The effusion was caused by the rup ture of a vessel in the brain, which, in witness's opi nion, was the result of the blow under the left ear. This being the whole of the evidence, and the pri soners saying they would reserve their defence until another time, Mr. PAYNTER said it was his duty, after the evi dence which had been adduced, to commit them all for trial on the charge of murder. On the application of Mr. Wolfe, the worthy Ma gistrate consented to accept bail in the sum of 1001., and two sureties in the sum of 501. each, for each of the prisoners. TRIUMPHANT RECEPTION OF DR. BOWRING, M.P., IN THE ISLE OF MAN. (Abridged from Mona's Herald.) Yesterday morning preparations were commenced at an early hour, and the greatest excitement every where prevailed among the inhabitants, in order to receive Dr. Bowring, wh o , w ith his lady, was to arrive by the mail steam-packet, King Orry, in the afternoon, with all due respect, honour, and grati tude, and evince to the w o r ld th a t the Manx people are not ungrateful to their benefactors. The day, although a little lowering, continued throughout all that could be desired ; and a large portion of the in • habitants appeared not to have changed their Sunday attire, except in the immediate vicinity of the places where the triumphal arches were being erected along the line of procession which the Hon. Gentleman would pass on his way from the pier to Castle Mona. The numerous shipping in the harbour displayed a profusion of their choicest flags. Cannons were heard at intervals throughout the afternoon, and after the packet came in sight the fi r i ng i n all directions was continuous. Shortly after three o'clock the various Friendly Societies began to assemble at the Odd Fellows' Hall, in A thol-street, and shortly after five proceeded to the pier in procession, with banners, bands, &c. All having taken up their position in due order, awaited the arrival of the packet. Meanwhile thousands of spectators, all in holiday attire, crowded to the pier and place of debarkation, animated by one enthusi astic feeling of gratitude to the man who had so suc cessfully pleaded their rights in the British Senate. About half-past five o'clock the mail-packet, King Orry, Captain Gill, with all her colours flying, reached the pier -head; and immediately on coming within hail, the cheering with which the assembled thousands welcomed their honoured visitor was long and loud, and the enthusiasm unbounded. The ordi nary passengers having landed, the Fiscal Committee went on board to welcome Dr. Bowring and his lady. Mrs. Bowring leaning on the arm of Sir W. Hil lary, and the Doctor on the arm of W. Kelly, Esq., as they set foot on Mona's shore were received with renewed cheering, the bands striking up " See the Conquering Hero Comes," escorted by Lieut.- Col. Campbell, with Sir Wm. Hillary, Magistrates, the Fiscal Committee, and many other respectable in dividuals, accompanied with equally enthusiastic de monstations, proceeded along the pier to the Victoria Hotel, the whole route being lined with many thou sand spectators. Dr. Bowring and his lady, accom panied by Mr. Wm. Kelly and Mr. T. Garrett, jun., having entered the carriage, the procession moved on. At length, the procession having reached the Castle, the general cheering was resumed, and the bands striking: up their liveliest tunes, the Hon. Gentle man rose in the carriage and attempted to address the crowd; but it was many minutes ere silence could be obtained or his voice heard, and as it was, almost every sentence of his short but excellent address W 43 enthusiastically cheered. The Hon. Gentleman spoke nearly as follows: “ My friends, I wish my voice had many times its real compass, that so far as words would convey to you what I feel, I might express to the thousands here assembled, my deep sense of gratitude for thi , , most unexpected reception--this unexampled demon stration.--(Cheers.) I have done but little to deserve all this kindness. You laboured under a deep wrong. Her Majesty's Ministers lent a willing ear, and were anxious to promote your welfare.—(Cheers.) It has been raid that man is naturally cold and ungrateful, but, my friends, I have never found it so ; my ex perience has been far different. Your kindness, my friends, has been far, very far beyond my deserts or what I had any right to expect.—(lmmense cheering.) This demonstration proves that ingra titude is no charasteristic of the Isle of Man.—(Re newed cheering.) As I came along I heard a cry of Down with the House of Keys.'—(The Hon. Gen- Lleman's voice was instantly drowned in a burst of loud and long-continued cheering which was repeated unin terruptedly for about five minutes ' • when silence was in some meas ure res t ore d h e proceeded)—My friends, I am not here to join in that cry. The Keys may be rather rusty and I have no objection to their being polished a little ; they are too little used, and the first thing I would do is to try to make them open their own doors. They must be improved so as to har monise with the spirit of the age ; but, my friends, I will not lend my aid to overturn any of your vene rable institutions. The Keys may be of im mense service to their country, and especially now when increased intercourse is to be opened up between your island and the surrounding countries.—(Cheers.) You may, my friends, feel assured that on all future occasions no single indivi dual in your island shall want the aid of my assist ance in redressing their wrong;.—(Cheers.) I grate fully and most cordially thank you for this most flattering reception.”—(lmmense cheering.) The immense multitude who crowded the Castle grounds remained for some time after the Hon. Gen tleman and his lady had retired to their apartments ; the fiscal committee remained for some time at the Castle, and the bands enlivened the scene with many of their very spirited strains. It is supposed that al together during the procession no fewer than 10,000 persons were assembled. During the evening bonfires were kindled on Douglas Head, Banks How, and an immense fire blazed from the apex of the landmark on the Head, and in various other localities. There was a splendid display of fireworks on the Castle Mona grounds. NIOIIT POAC/lING PREVENTION ACT.—An Act came into operation on the 4th of July last to extenfl the Act of the 9th of Geo. IV., c. 69, which was passed to prevent persons going armed at night for the destruc tion of game. It appears that the recited Act has been of late years evaded by the destruction, by armed persons at night, of game or rabbits, not upon " open or enclosed lands," as described in the said Act, but upon public roads and highways, and other roads and paths. leadin,„r through such lands, and also at the gates, outlets, and openings between such lands, &c., so that not only has the destruction of game or rabbits not been preveeted, but the risk of murder and other grievous offences in creased, and great danger and alarm occasioned to pee sons using such roads, highways, and paths. It is now declared that the punishments and forfeitures imposed by the recited Act shall extend to persons unlawfully taking or destroying any game or rabbits on a road, highway, or any path, and they may be seized without a warrant, and dealt with according to the provisions in the statue mentioned. An alarming accident happened on Thursday last to the second son of Earl Jermyn, a fine spirited youth about seven years of age. He was ridi ng a Sh et l an d pony in the park at Ickworth, in company with his noble pa rents, and had advanced a little before them, when the animal suddenly ran away and threw him with great force against the trunk of a tree. The Earl and Lady Katherine hastened forward and found him in a sense less state from a violent blow on the head, and her Lad yship remained with him on the grass w hil s t hi s L ordship hastened for the carriage, in which he was conveyed to the hall, still insensible. The attendance of Dr. Probart and Charles Smith, Esq., was procured as quickly as as possible, and the latter gentleman was with the little sufferer all night, great apprehensions being entertained for the result, but he rallied in tho course of the follow ing day, and we rejoice to hear that he is likely to do well.—Bury Post, Sept. 24. DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—In conse quence of a suspicion that one of the plantations on the Saltram property had been cleared of its game by poachers, a watch was set, and on Friday night last poachers were met with, and a severe conflict ensued. One of the under keepers, named George Saunders, who first met with the offenders, was seriously injared ; he was beaten most unmercifully, and then gagged to pre vent his making any alarm which might bring him help. The poachers now fled, and having crossed a field, were climbing a gate that they might escape into the turn pike road, when they were surprised by an attack from the head gamekeeper and two of his assistants, who had been lying in ambush. Here another fearful struggle took place. which ended in the capture of three of the poachers, the fourth having escaped. These were takee to Saltram House, and confined there until the next day, when they were taken to Ridgway before a bench of magistrates, who fully committed them for trial at the coming assize. The names of the captured poachers are—James Saunders, George Davey, and John Lang don. The fourth party having escaped his fellow poachers decline giving his name. A hare and two snaring nets were found upon the person of James Saunders, who is in no way related to George Saunders, his Lordship's keeper. Several of the parties, as may be sipposed, are very severely bruised and wounded.— Devonshire paper. RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—The man who travels by a railroad sees nothing, learns nothing, and is nothing, from the commencement of his journey to its termina tion. Speed saves, or, it may be said, annihilates time and distance, but at what cost ? We are not putting a money question. At what loss? should be the word. He who r ec h nes i n a l ocomot i ve machine, going at the rate of thirty miles an hour, is as insensible to the beau ties of the country he is passing .through, to its legen dary attractions, to the origin of its hamlets and its sa cred temples, as the engine itself. In such a traveller the poetic impulse must be chilled. If he be aged he must feel that old times have passed away; that father land, dear to his early affections, does not exist on the line of railway; and that what he once saw with rap- 1 ture, and cherished in his memory, is now all blank—a long line of cold iron, burning cinders, dirty smoke, suffo cating vapour, and eternal dreariness. On the other hand, if the traveller be young, he has little to regret, in asmuch as he is deprived, by the modern process of fly- , ing over the land, of any opportunities of being conscious of what is worth being seen, studied, and admired in the rural retreats of England. This is a change which few people think of. It is all very well to take a steam flight from London to Liverpool or Manchester, from London to Bath, Bristol, and Exeter, or from London, or from any one place to any other, by steam power ; but it is quite another thing to consider of what vast ad vantages the rapid tourist is deprived, by not being en abled to see the beauties of the country, the gems of an old land, the hoary ruins, and the temples gray, and the historic spots, and the clar,sh. ground, and the once nobhe castle, and the dismantled abbey and monastery, and all that venerable time and tradition have sanctified in an ancient kingdom—Liverpool paper. THE ISLAND OF JERSEY. (From the League.) Amongst the most useful as well as the most agree able results of the railway system, are the excursions to considerable distances at cheap rates, and with the allowance of sufficient time for the travellers to look about them. The operatives of Manchester and Birmingham have thus had, and availed themselves of, the opportunity for becoming acquainted with the sights of the metropolis; and many a Londoner who would scarcely 'have found it practicable, a few years ago, t o ge t beyond the sound of Bow" bells, has lounged amongst the beauties of our coast scenery, or had a wholesome wonder excited by the inspection of some grand specimen of manufacturing machinery. Besides the actual amount of enjoyment thus afforded, there is great good in the information obtained, the stimulus given to observation and thought, the abatement of local prejudices, and the raising the general mental qualification of those whose voices tell in the expression of public opinion, and very often their votes in the selection of representative legislators. During the present week the South-Western Rail way has offered to a cargo of Londoners conveyance to and from the Isle of Jersey, at the cheap fare of 28s. there and back, railway carriage and steam voyage both included, and one week allowed for re turning. This excursion was well thought of. The remarkable peculiarities of the Channel Islands, both physical and social, cannot fail to make the tour a most interesting one. It has all the advantages of a visit to a foreign country, combined with a sufficient prevalence of the English language' to secure the un— educated traveller from any embarrassment. The first sensations of the citizen at the deep blue sky above, and the deep blue sea below, the grotesque rocks and the beautiful bays, will scarcely have sub sided before he becomes equally astonished at the cheapness of every thing. At the best hotels in St. Helier's he may have every accommodation of bed, board, and sitting-room, at 245. the week. He will find good bread from five farthings to three halfpence the pound. Ducks,. is. 6d. the pair. Fine poultry turkeys, 2s. to 3s. each. Gunpowder tea, ss. per lb. Double refined sugar, 4d. to 60. per lb. ; and Bra sil, 3d. Port wine, 15s. the dozen ; very good sherry at from Is. to 2s. the bottle. If a brandy-drinker, he will get it good at 3s. 6d. a gallon ; and finer than is to be had in England at 7s. the bottle for that same a gallon. Hollands, 2s. 10d. to 3s. 4d. the gallon. If he inquire the rent of a house, he will usually find it below even the cheap out-of-the-way country-houses in England; little more than one half of those in villages near London ; and with this important circumstance, that the rent is all that has to be paid for the house ; there are no taxes. To be rated, and so have a vote for the local authorities, is a favour which English residents obtain with difficulty, and which, when obtained, is in its amount little more than nominal. The total cost of the island government, which includes all that corresponds with the parish as well as the state expenditure in England, is defrayed by a small import duty on wines and spirits. By this means the whole expenditure is met, even to that of mending the roads. There is no such thing as a toll-bar on the island. The roads and the port are alike free, with the trifling but sufficient exception just mentioned. Hence the striking contrast with the price of similar articles in England. A hundred pounds per annum there is worth at least one hun dred and fifty on the island; more rather than less; for the difference of currency must be added to that already made apparent in our list, and this alone is considerable. The English shilling goes for thirteen pence in Jersey, so that after all the cheapness, when the Londoner comes to the p aymen t, h e will be yet more delighted to find, on proffering the account, that he may " take his change out of that." 'Why is all this ? Not because Jersey is a little island, and Great Britain a large one. No : it is simply because Jersey has, by ancient charter, and for the political purpose of conciliating a people whose natural connexion would rather seem to be with France, the privilege of free trade. There is the whole secret and mystery of the matter. The diffe rence as to bread, sugar, &c., is what we in England have to pay for monopoly. The bread in Jersey is very good. It is generally made from foreign wheat. There is plenty of home grown corn. The soil is exuberantly fertile. But the Jersians eat bread made from Prussian or Danish corn, and send their own wheat to England : thus buying at the cheap market of free trade, and selling in the dear market of monopoly. For persons of limited incomes, Jersey is a para dise, especially if they like a warm climate. It offers little attraction to the working classes. Whatever perversion may be made of the fact, it is right to mention that wages are low. We see no evidence that the freedom of trade causes this evil ; on the contrary, it mitigates the mischief which it has not prevented. Two reasons for the fact offer themselves to notice ; first, a large influx of poor Irish, those colonists and missionaries of pauperism ' attracted chiefly by the low price of spirituous liquors. Even the pledged Irish are here out of Father Mathew's sight. And secondly, the prevailing cha racter of the island. The natives do 'not know what a factory means. Agriculture alone al ways debases the labourers to serfdom. It is so here. The little tenant-farmers are farmers, labourers; carri ers , fisher men, &c., all in one. There must be manuf ac t ures to keep up wages. Except shoemaking, for British North America, whither from 10,000 to 20,000 pairs are annually exported, scarcely anything is made in Jersey. And yet the natural produce (especially of apples for cider), and the foreign trade, render it rich and thri v i ng; th e l an d owners and shipowners being the principal recipients. MADAME TUSSAUD'S.—This delightful exhibition, with its rich and tasteful embellishments, attracted our editorial presence within its gorgeous saloon on Satur day last. The varied objects of interest, including the Napoleon room, in which several well authenticated and interesting relics are deposited, combine to make this one of the most popular and entertaining r esor t s i n Lon don. The great expense lavished upon it, to render its principal features worthy of public p a t ronage, ensures a full attendance at all times ; and no marvel, for the room in which the figure of George IV. in his corona don robes is located, may be ranked among the best speci mens of modern decoration. The " natural monstrosity," Torn Thumb, is far more agreeable iu wax than in proprza persona; and having seen the original, we can pronounce it an excellent representation, while the visitor to this exhibition is not obliged to witness the ri diculous and monkey tricks of the poor little General. An excellent band, which performs popular quadrilles and waltzes, not forgetting the Polka, is also provided. SINGULAR OCCURRI3NCE.—On Monday, the 9th instant, as a married woman named Davies, from Govi lon, was proceeding on her way from that place to Abergavenny, and was passing through the wicket-gate, opening from the fields near Pengrwllod on to the bridge, an adder, which was lying coiled up by the side of the pathway, sprang at her and fastened on her arm. The terrified woman succeeded in shaking it off, and ran on wards as fast as she could, but what was her horror to find, when she paused to take breath, that the reptile was in swift pursuit of her, and had well nigh reached her, when fortunately a man came up and succeeded in destroying it. Afterwards, the nest of the adder was found, containing 18 young ones ; the woman, w ho was in a delicate state when the accident occurred, has not y et recovered, and now lies in a dangerous condition.— Hereford Times. A TORTOISE CAUGHT STRAYING.—AS a farmer was proceeding towards his harvest field near Houghton, on Monday last, his attention was attracted to a dark looking substance on the road, which seemed to have the power of locomotion. On a closer examination he discovered a freckled head and neck peering out from beneath the Shelly substance, which was being moved along by dark little feet, having the appear ance of India-rubber. The farmer naturally stared .on seeing so strange a thing, but after some littl e compunction, timorously seized hold of it, when his knowledge of natural history informed him that it was a real live tortoise ! And a very beautiful and lively little creature it is. It was brought to our office, and on being placed on our editorial desk, manifested an irresistible desire to pry into our inkstand. How it came into the neighbourhood of Houghton is a mystery ; but as we found, on inquiry, that a quantity of guano had recently been used in a field from which it was " tracked," it is not improbable that it has been imported in a guano laden vessel, and lain hid until the sack in which it was confined was opened.—Carlisle Paper. PROFESSION or A Nuri.—One of those interesting ceremonies, so frequently to be witnessed in this emi nently Catholic country, took place yesterday in the Presentation Convent, Midleton. The young lady who was there professed is Miss Louisa I)aly, daughter of our fellow-citizen, Maurice Daly, Esq., Waterloo-place • The Rev. Dr. Keane, the exemplary pastor of Midleton, officiated in the absence of the venerated Bishop of tho diocese, the Right Rev. Dr. Crotty. The whole cere mony was conducted with the most impressive dignity, the professed repeating all the answers in a firm tone of voice, and with remarkable distinctness. A beautiful sermon approprite to the solemn ceremony, was preached by the Rev. John Browne, of this city, who took his text from the 115th Psalm. A great number of the friends of the young nun, together with many of the clergy of the surrounding parishes, were present, and at the cere mony, partook of a splendid breakfast which had been laid out in the largest apartment of the building.—Cork Examiner. Ladies travelling, or temporarily subjected to any I deviation of equable t em p erature , will find in Rowland's Kalydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliary, dispel ling the cloud of langour from the complexion, and immediately affording the pleasing sensation attending restored elasticity of the skin. The distressing and unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions are also promptly eradicated by the Kalydor. Spots, pimples, freckles, discolourations, and sallowness, yield to its specific qualities, and are succeeded by a smo o th ness an d transparency of the skin, giving rise to sensations of the utmost pleasure and surprise. Its universally great de mand excites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give the title of "Genuine" Kalydor to some com pounds of their own manufacture, o f th e most d e l eter i ous c h 4ro pter, ,intainlng• imn.rnl trii,-;ents uttot ly ruinolip to the complexion, and by th e i r re p e ll ant action endanger ing health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchaser s t o see that the words "Rowland' s Kalydor' are on the wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits 111 MONEY MARKET and CITY Nf l FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DA Y' „ ' CITY, THURSDAY Ev -01 ,: TIMES.-The impression produced by the In e ` of Bank-Proprietors held last Thursday, that an / t o tion would be made in the rules for identifying P by making transfers, has proved correct. A resolutioeto been passed by the Court of Directors to the effect , ii e no clerk, except principals, or d e p u ty principals, fall allowed to identify, and that no intermediate identecei, tion shall bo allowed under any circumstances whets to Some persons have made rather an absurd object ° t o this wholsome regulation, by observing that it cs s t o , slur on the character of the honest clerks of the e s e o lishment in consequence of the act of a dishone st w ho It might be said with equal propriety, that the ma ll o r locks his desk to prevent its contents being n 3 i s6l3 ;te pria,ted, thereby,offers an indirect i n s u lt to the othe sidents in his house. The Bank of England slre An i e cl sponsible for all tho l o s ses th a t ma y ar i se by frail " - tl3l transfer of the public funds; they have found N s to late forgery that the rule which allows their ele rk d i tt identity may easily le a d t o d angerous resu lts; e e rei o• Directors have, therefore, very properly passed $ lotion by which one method of fraud is cut af pletely. „,„„,h It transpired to-day at the mee ti ng of aum; co sr Stock Proprietors that Gov ernmen t h as n ot ye t o bl pleted the guarantee fund. However, there seems ,r but little doubt Ow the matter will be sPee di ", l ranged, though of coat e. should any delay one u "01 1 authorities in Dov , niag-,treet will in the meanwhi'e j ici• to make up the definisa,:y for the payment of th e dend from the pulite caest, as heretofore. nu tr A correspondent ilas furnished some novel merry, tions of the value of stock in the public funds' which may prove useful, an d w hi c h we g ive In words:- tlO / The following is " A n e w, conc i se , an d s imple e of finding (within one p enn y) th e va l ue o f any cl u- ,; fl r ie4 of stock in the publi c f un d s , &c., at any give n te r. intended as a check o n th e va l ue f oun d by tables, ` - ro ng "In using tables it i s p oss ibl e t o re f er to the W t ye column or price; the parts. that are to constitut.e4, whole must be pick e d o u t o f th e co l umns , a nd the of a in some cases, will amount in number to eight. te:•, t ) more. These parts must be then added together rie the liability to err in every operation ; while, folio rule:- method, it is only necessary to a tt en d to the fo e rule:- o bi " Multiply the stock by double the amount whic i . price is above or below par. Take the unit e_.ets pounds in the product of the multiplication for i t i 4! , and the other figures of the pounds for shillings' if o r 5,381/. 3s. 10d. is 5385. and Id. or 26/. 18s. price is above par, add this amount to the stn e '' below par, then deduct it from the stock. The r es either case is the value of the stock. "But, when the unit of the pounds in the proci Ll .„ c ors ''' the multiplication is mo re th an 4, or th e shillings ;' 5 71 than 5, then Id. for each must be added: thus , s ' o o l 10s. 3d. is 5955. and 7d., or 291. 15 s . 7d., to whic, ll ,d, fa, be added Id. for the unit b e i ng more th an 4, an",.„',. the shillings being more th an 5, ma ki n g together' lis. 9d. " What is the value of 768/. 14s. 10d. stock at 1 03 1 The price being 31 above par, the niultiplicator is pbict the product of the multiplicatiOn. is 5,3811.35. 'Oc t ,' cos" T. according to the rule, is 261. IB s . Id. Add this the to the stock, and the res u lt, v i z .-7951. 12s. 11a" "' value of the stock. 'l5 What is the value of 878 L 19 s . 6d. stock at The price being 21 below par, the multiplieet e „ r and the product of the mu ltipli ca ti on i s 4,1751- 4 400' which, according to the rule, is 20/. 17s, sd• for the unit of the pounds being more than 4, it ^),, as' 20/. 17s. 6d. Deduct thi s amoun t f rom the _p , the result-viz., 858 L 25., is the value of the stn e 7lo3l: " What is the value of 6411. 15s. Ild. stock, e'„ is 6 #' -The price being 3f above par, the multiplicatn' 5141, and the product of the multiplication is 4,171/ 1 , 3 '11 Icl ' which, according to the rule, is 201. 17s. ld. • -. a 17 1 " for the shillings being more than 5, it is then I te ...fis" 2d. • Add this amount to the stock, and the row 6621. 13s. Id., is the value of the stock. g , ear l " What is the value of 2,6471. 15 s . Bd. s took is "' The price being 1/ below par, the mu ltiplicat e l os ,sd: and the product of the m u ltipli ca ti on i s 5,957' Add I 7 which, according to th e ru l e , is 29/. 15s. 7d. mi di' for the unit of the pounds being more than 4 ' 0 41 5 : for the shillings being more th an 5, it is then 0 0 0 " 9d. Deduct this amount from the stock, and th -viz., 2,617/. 19s. lid., i s the value of the stole.' w ill "I trust this method, f rom it s extrao rdinarfo c , 811 and simplicity, will b e f oun d use f u l t o the Pn" particularly to the fundholde,r. of " Margate, Sept. 24. "J. STERL 110 SUN.-Consols do not close at the highest rate:4l,o; day, but they have, n ever th e l ess , b een tolerahlY, fo r fi ported. For Mo ne y t h e y were 991 to p a r, ana 00 0' par to 1001. Exch equer Bill s rema i ne d as in t' ing. Bank Stock was done at 2091 to 208 i• a s ill tilt The Foreign Market was mu c h the sain e . wh ieb re c i morning, except as regards Sp an ish Bonds , - d to 3 l ceded to 231, to 24 f ur th e Five per Cents., an vets' to 35 tor the Three per Cents. Chilian. Bonds IA firm at 105 ; and Colombian touched 141- btO 4 hares The additional transactions in RadwaY S 7 1 3 ' Were 1 _; 11, 16 ; been these :-Birmingham and Gloucester tol and Gloucester, 18 ; Edinburgh and GTll,3,srgscrs,c3osii! Lancaster and Carlisle, ; Birmingham, Ditto, Quarter, 221 to 23* •, South-Western, 33 ,,8 ;; De 01 ' 1 , don, 11 to 2. Norwich and Brandon, 9i ; sontP plott" 4 to 3i ; South-Eastern, 6k to 5i • York anu, (fl ies!' Midland, 54 ; Ditto, H a lf, 25i ; Boulogne and o'ini to ; Paris and Orleans, 181 ; Paris and Rene e ' and Rouen and Havre, 91 premium. B r i g hton od been 31 ; West London, First Class Preferred, 2i l Strasburgh and Bale, 41 discount. SIGHT AND HEARING TESTIMONIALS, 39, f l P /10' MA RLE-STREET, PICCADILLY.—Maj or -General Sales he ward Elphinstone begs t o sa y that the Speot ne d has now had some ti me i n use . have fully redeem their assurance of the Messrs. S. and B. Solomons as t n d excellence, and having found so much comfort an ot her kind of glasses, 13, Norfolk-street, vantage from their use, far preferable to ev ery' . t ., 0 0 the Hon. George Cavendish, to Messrs. S. lo d it , the Park lane." - Ti So' lomons, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. °PP,ref ll ;e t York Hotel.—Gentlemen, I approve vet,' use e ' Spectacles I purchased from you. I hare L m o e- n v to e glasses for many years, and never met wil l ' --9 i n eonYe" able me to see equal to yours and nience to my eyes. I am, yours obedientlY, cigtoo dish, Leixlip Castle, Ireland.—General Brow ne ., ee he feels desirous to express the comfort and adrai;":ll"afte, has derived, at his advanced age of 70 year s, ,f 5 0 , 1 ., ° ' two years' trial, from the use of Messrs. S. a n ," ale 1 , 1 "' mons' Newly Invented Spectacles. Their l'a ni t - ec eiceu' ventions fully merit the patronage they ha ve t i Achr e- Address, Adlington Hall, Lancashire.—Deprove matic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, Microscope s, et in ;pie of the same kind of Lenses, to surpass any e , Dote. f vented.—The Niessrs. S. and B. Solomens a de s Operative Voice Conductor Sound Magnifiers , ' - s teeol e with l ess rl . Caves . persons, give immediate relief to old standing Th e Solo" cases of deafness.—Caution.—Messrs. S. an d s e !' mons, Opticians and Aurists, are not in allY, - ; netted with a person of the same name in the",„. s .. t; diate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the celln i ;• to 1 ": 8 prevent mistakes be cautious, and observe--°n'• tP onosite had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, n r". York Hotel. All $ 1; CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN MOROCCO se111," ricious butcher, who had enriched himself °Y s e bi° " kehlia" (fried meat), was determined to irlereeitholls l gains by the mo re simple method of recelP ts e d in to expenditure. With t hi s view he nightly i nveig oo his house a woman o f exceptionable chara cter ' ', of immediately ass a s s i na t e d, cooked, and dispose..toesse. following day as " kehlia." His wife who r int . l fad' these nightly murders, apprehending a r si t - ti. ".`„: went to the Paeha and denounced her oll s ' -ri n firi" - h r was soon judged and condemned ; was placed over a fierce fire, before the shop.doorc,utioqi a boiler fa h soon reached boiling temperature. The e,,,,e std then dragged the criminal to his own u - w - s stained with the blood of his numerous viclilnuldrollt chopping off his hands, threw them into the n e bad e and when boiled, they were given to the n of hungry dogs who had been assembled for tr l , i6 . o osen b w ere u w t t h 10 pose. In the same way his feet and legs of, until loss of blood terminated his life, an d to SCHOOLBOY this appalling and barbarous justice. ; ( aY S alo- Scnoomior FOLLIES.—The , n s d of Constitutionneo is to take the name cf the isla",ideeo',„ t h e ma yor,. a , is e" gadore, at the request of M. Pagel, to the Minister of the Interior. The new b rid o g i e gog iv be opened by a mock fight imitating the si e g,, e s - c otad r " l2 dore. A number of boats will be arranged " A - ,7 4 411 de of bombardment. The garrison of the isliliwtroqs an to te ri ti umerous,_st purl fend Mogadore, and it will have amongst -, ts c d street I s enormous parasol of command. The prinely: to,be called the Rue Joinville. Th e . fete In ver's l ing ~is nate by a banquet of fish, contributed by ! v l eg as angling of the neighbourhood, the mayor g l share some casks of wine. of Carbrooke, Norfolk, o ß f a IR so T n. IIB. colt, Pg . ' On the 16th inst., the lady of Thomas Edward S sii i t Dunlop, of son, still w O la n dro t n he i3 2 . o i t i h ell i y n , s i t i . e , r .i a l t a jSelisgt;,,sl2r2eldanne,g,ireilvti,feoffa s C o f 0 On the 23d • tlOl wife of . 1° Maclean Lee, of a so.t d f'. On the 24f ' h inst., at Lynconibe.hill, Bath, the k- n i ts 1. 3, Regentr A l : B. O C n a r t d h a e l e 2, 4 E th s i g n i : On the 24th inst., Mrs. George Allen, of Toolers On the 25th inst., at Kentish-town, Southwark, of a son I's. ~,...Dce, a - , a a b ua t o dgt still-born. niliz t, e . ege n rni t 11 Kent t d re. , rr the ac 0 la d y , o f the of a son. Co l ' On the 25th inst.. • in Connaught-square, the wife of mauder J. G. Dick, R.N., of a daughter. —....--" 111-ariaadr—er' :it.reet' On the 24th inst., at St. Margaret's , WestminsteKatyr; MARRIED. Stevens, eldest son of the late Captain Thornton, t t°, 6 ter Ann Elisabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. Boning, of WesraP" .loli DlE.fire On the 20th inst., at Farnham D Royal, Bucks, A nn, the o o rf fscHq;:uagarhlees Squire,Kinnaird,..ger/I Esq., of her Majesty On the 22d inst., at Southsea, Hants , Harrisoo e Wif e On the 23d inst., at Waterford, Herts , D iar y Ann) the Esq. 'BllHousahol., ' acoa• On the 24th inst., Henry George, thir d son of Mr. Osborn, of the Terrace, Gray's Inn lane.. ' dolf °I. On the 24th inst., at Milverton, Somerset, Judith , 1y,, 1 . the late George Anstey, Esq ,of Russell-square, a ged 0. 100 0 On the 24th inst., at Gunby-park, Lincolnshire, Alg t y® Langton Massingberd, Esq., aged 41 . f On the 25th inst., at Sydenham, Kent , Anne, re lict 0 Rev. John Still, Rector of Fonthill. W 1 'lliii ° On the 25th inst., at Lavender - hill, Battersea, Mr. - Pamplin, nurseryman. vratlo On the 26th inst., at Lyndhurst - place , Peckham, . the mother of Mr. S. Gale. of Basinghall-street. London: Printed and Published by ISITIRDO -'1 115/ No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Su" Office9,/01 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savcy, in the vc 4 " - bliddlegex, friday, 13eptiunba 27, 1144. DIRE( Capit H oi ,. )(1. Bracket Jo hn Eirightrr 4°bett Waite Pilward Tura' Ite Chisholm lo ut. - Colo ne quhotin, R. eq Farytti W 114 41 Gam 4 alst Eß , 641170119,-... P 'tueusvr e Estimate 1441 based c . at the 11 ""Tntl Pareel Perch Comte Ditto Iliner 4141.1 et for *zi engei 11 ' 1 4 abou To I %VI L ot em I, ' etch tett take A cted tl To sn cptl N th 1 1 , kk k ei „4 6 4cli - -ent t 5101