The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-23 00:00:00

i 34 DAV 30 6 ° 25 85 47 39f 113 - a. E l; .... 17 9 ,,, IT 0 Loi , U 4 91 4 11 thew tO me, NE WS EVENING• ii;css to - dal ing without r for illcvey, lis were 715. ai per Colts. ernoon• The per Cents" ed were 511 fined to 1 lee ere 85 to ; Shares have 9r were 2 acester, .13 a, 65; n' tt° : and Ely, ; Yarmouth 57 ; Orleans Rouen, 201 rn Coutittest not quite! SO 1132 &e•+ 11111 S )st day to a le expots of week ending ,160 oUTiceS ,000 t t ,000 I, n at Liver . 3,500 bales, ":as done 10 Bi r mingbe ril [ 3 head, 71 . Mock, 12 f .ondoo And , D i tto, 3 " pirec 3- 4 ; ,„ and :18- 1 4 ; M ici i i P r eston an -100 , Sout h : r, 8i; Le ° , I: ; Or, oulegne an o ments of the nest cottver ldition of * s by the u* t : wev er mue p o n, quit e The P' °. ter, S e° Cuba, V», r the IT orth DOI to l 03 4 1 s tated, f"'" e mono Y 1 1; Tbrk'' 13 ' far as ca ! ive dere', it 2 4 ;ions in t il A e h e re 5 13 '` e s hould has' -day. 0. Hunt, bC ! t ) ? ° ' : : o f rn anOr been trio s . 1 : ,rt as o in f 19 ' 5 otli f being t E x elawf?' a to pay e r a Loao- • .. Cor n is per we ed par, an_ l _ a _Quarter i s hog for b clit. pre en ' Here n ot a Portog iles t r e then e -k ade re a s had . ,A for the h P ut : c ; t he Dye ace 1 . 0 th e ions in l e. cial noti c which we ll astern frota ing Shares The mium. LOCK. 204% 91 g 9 99 00 101 t% 161, 12 1- - 6 fly . 287 0404 1)3 , D9y. 1001 CLUCK. 10*i Ys% - 501 i 51 ,1834 13 624 w 6274 960 to — Co 42 to ::: to •••• : 0 0 ij , :::.to-- to , 3 to 2. to -• to to :.:: t t o o 724 to •-• .. to -- ~ to -- !.°1 io : : to to to ::: • tO .".". .-Ther e 1° dy, o ld !. iot.luon, 7sfield , ": [Ts, Shg 3A r , e 7 . tern, •• 1 2 -1 a9O 7 91 1"' 73 P, PI. .. 7 3 pr-' " 1 . 3 P"' ...... ..... ....... I . ...... ... ... 2:1 ~.. 3~~ . .... ---. c. 1 18' t. • '''' ....X ......f. COURT CIRCULAR. f IV/ N . • BS", UESDA Y.—The Queen and Prince Al brt for some time this morning in the pleasure-, rounds adjoining. the Castle. In the af ternoon her Majesty and his Royal High r i *as aglin pronacnaded in the hone Park. h e T . ll , 6 r. R(,yal Hig . hnesses the Prince . of Wales and _ rnncess Royal were taken for their accustomed exercise in the forenoon on the Castle terrace and the Pleasure -grounds. :rhe Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of HardwiCke, ,Irl. Henry Potti nger , an d Si r H enry Wh eat l ey, (00r, their departure from the Caqle to-da A i his afte rnoon the Royal Family were. taken rin gs i n the Home Park. . Lady Portman has arrived at the Castle,.. and has the Count ess o f G a i ns b oroug h as L a dy i n , sting on the Queen ther,he .14.!0n. Captain buncombe . has also arrived at ` - ' 4 sde, and has succeeded Sir Frederick Stoviii as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. I.),,aTEtrdgl!oyal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of and the Hereditary Grand Duke and 4 ,'hesi of' Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived in town iiiesLerday morning, from Kew. Their Royal High qses left Cambridge House in the afternoon, on their return to K ew. °ff A ► . dep u t at i on on the Buxton .Railway, consisting to ,• Henry Tootal, D epu t y -Ch a i rman o f t h e Bux rnn Itailway, Mr. Da v id W a ddi ng t on, D eputy Chair an of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway hj' a ,nY, Mr. J o h n L owe, engineer, Mr. .Jam.ehs t, and Mr. Grahame had an intervieW wit t `, ls Earl o f D alhousie yesterday, at the office of the '" )s td of Trade, " Excellency M . D edel had an interview with A Aberdeen at the Foreign. offiCe yesterday. deputation from the Monmouthshire Canal Com- VPanY, consisting of Mr. Blakemore, M.P., Mr. Mor 4"' M.P., Mr. Philli ps, Mr. Mostyn, sol i c i tor, Mr. ii..atywater, rd chief cl er k , M r. Marsh, engineer, and Mr. ter, Parliamentary D agent, had an interview yes- Tranue.!Y with the Earl of alhousie, at the Board o f opeeisp,atches were received yesterday at the Colonial , j ir orn the G overnor of G ib raltar. vi es , c ' e riutation from Great Yarmouth had an inter vvith the Ea r l o f D a lh ous i e yesterday. Sp ORTING INTELLIGENCE. ,dEsT ER OCTOBER MEETING—MONDAY. added. Stakes o f 15 sovs. eac h , 10 f t, wit h 2 0 iie(l; for two yr s o ld co l ts 7st 5 1b , an d filli es i st 2 1b ; n`ree yrs old co l ts 9st, and fillies Bst 101 b; winners k;ltLa• Three quarters o f a m il e . M r. I tl:s Ironi naster, 2 yrs (Darling, jun.) 1 fir'r. AT, 3 3r0 s Mast er S tepney, 2 yrs 2 k r . i i : :StYn's Alvanley, 3 yrs 3 - 4 Ni t% . 11 j. Ntostyn's Miracle, 2 yrs Th f , , " I Pson's b c by Lord Stafford, 3 yrs - a st. r Handicap Stakes of 15 sovs. each, and 4 . 0 4 " (411 ; the second - to save his stake. About a mile k r 4 rld la quarter, kr, il4,tlintoustYns Alaode, 3 yrr, sst Glb ..-...(Dufflo) 1 4;11.e ff' tns The Rhi ne, 4 yrs, 7 st , following also started, but were not place . d:—Mr : wkie'' kott's ileslington, 6 yrs; 'Mr. Davies's Princess of Tlt o 5 Yrs; Mr. Moore's The Bride, 4 yrs; and Mr. The ' j s.ws.Fare gelding. , elib 'g Stakes ll a of sso vs. each,and 25 added. Once wir. IT round and a dis. (8 Subs.) li t 8 I .ntofr's The Rhine, 4 yrs (Francis) 1 1 Atro olurley's Isionsuit, 5 yrs ' 0 2 2 dr Ti w'oe Raphael, 3 yrs Rhrils followng also ran:—Mr. Thompson's br gby 1) vf le Y' 5 Yr , • Mr. Arnold's Lady Sarah, 4 yrs; Mr . 3 a 811's Lord ' Salto ' un, 3 yrs; Mr. Mostyn's Alvanley, Yrs; and Mr. Lillie's b f by Lord Stafford, 3 yrs. pm, INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. w MARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 1845. vir WEDNE3DAY. 11 • • Wynn's St o k er , B s t 71b, ags t L or d Hun h'Ai nNeld's fby Mule Moloch, out of Birbelle, Bst 41b. ."• 100 h Y FIR /3,. SPRING MEETING, 1845.---MONDAY.fr" of Bedford's Captain Phebus, agst Mr. Greville's Siraneis B st 71b each. AM. 200, 11. ft. OUGLITON MEETING, 1845.— TUESDAY. IlkuirlY• ie W. Wynn's Anna Bullen, agst Mr. Shelley's Bst 41b each. T.Y.C. 100, h ft. 141110ITGEITON MEETING, 1846.— THURSDAY. tvg. r‘rd Maidstone's Atr o p os , agst M r . G rev ill e ' s Apr i cot. ''%•;• 200, h ft. • Q To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. l b " 111 ,—Some time since the Board of Customs were enl erialiced on the subject of delay in the trans thi ss i e - ch kka ll of duty warrants from the Long-room to the v i ,,,. Although the term " transmission of duty 414 4 % to the docks" was used, the fact was, the Farr ah t ook place in the Long-room before the rial ty , were dispatched to the docks. The memo iNiry ...3 tr ansmitted to the proper authorities for in tljuhrilacibteirioefiofbor the result has never appeared that, the . the evil remains unabated ; e s s o eme, t, an in . .oindsuorc.:::ae saving of your serval' 1 C 1 from the Lir 11 eg :: d sh a o y u , ld you cart your own goods r b cl 4 7 , at . You are necessitated to pay t four that is to say, twen y hi _ s x , ot r a , , _ before You send for your goods. But t s i iti many only evil. As most of us act by example, s "Y inbtances the Dock Companies, and officer stati one. , with th u there, require a day's notice, in conformity th e .e example set them at the Long-room, and so e vil spreads itself through every department. I remain, Sir, yours, obediently, A. MERCHANT'S CLERK. t ................___ Tile M --- ee. _ontreal 13apers contain accounts of a horrible wascommitted by the captain of a ship, just arrived at \v ",!it Port from Glasgow. A young lady of sixteenkwh was se Put under his charge by her friends in Glasgow,. 13asuseed and dishonoured by the captain dunng . o th or e girl ,Re, and when the ship reached Montreal the p q, a f.0.a.t1 becoal e an idiot, and the crew state that'the,,of i `a k ln used to beat her with a rope's end, the mark'' of, Nvs, e t , g i , w ere deep and frequent on her shoulders 1 . 'whi e - h q was committed. —(We hope the above story, e bath nf w : copy from the Boston (American Post of th ed. We tave Fia"Ptt•mber, may turn out to be unfoun l l--• , ~,,,n %nd „or the present suppressed the name of .. 1i!1e:7,9r, ° "ssel.] —Glasgow Argus. visitZitr•During the storm with which ~: ivere 'Olen n l , st oh the 9th inst., the Mary and Eliza, Tr:eg,l4 acid 1'.,,f.r,,rn London, with a general cargo for thbralta; Nir eek :ttoz, was driven ashore, and has become a complete t er „, th e ity y.f , lo s , fragments of the hull being subsequently soldee been The greater part of the cargo' has b eire k in iti hut al a damaged state, having been'somell Capt. ~,*?; orate,r. This is the first occasion on which Jt liver?: aPParatus has been used on the islands. 11,,wst-,..tio.rk a line was fired over the vessel, by which a over which conveyed to the shore from the over the crew, five in number, were saved mast head,from N. In g• -- - west Briton. 4e5,°,...4:r.„'i %mut RAILWAY. —. The at ezkhnoss and Mitchell, are getting rapidly -1 ,9.00 uraspath with this work. They have laid above 4oo 7 4 'ork,Yards of with rails, and have above 400 -41011 in etnployed. One of the workmen, td%htllll from Stow, One returning home on Sunday . n and e tu his overuse in Little Dublin, when he lost his way, feet—the A rst 711 Linheatl Linn, a height of sixty fe et. ' 4ll beine• twenty-five, Re ' when found, was earri„, was sadly injured,. and, . and the second thirty-five se vied mt,,,l_to Mr. W eatherley's, Linhead, who immediately l ie . \if medical aid, when his wounds were dressed, and is r... • getting f4st On in the way of recovery. They r Aria with erecting planks, &c., for Dun a glas e s k D o e w an n vhuge, which is to have six arches. It is not yet n . ar. ' ll the foundation will be laid, but it will not be for a -.oa t A h t° e°lll e.—Berwick Advertiser. lasiusleAr. C HlT•CHAT.—lnchindi, the talented basso, Vk r larted for Paris, where he intends to pass the . winter. c en t.. 7 P hillips has made a successful hit at New i 1 .0 r. '""Jahri, the tenor, has gone to Russia.—The . fo thwnrillg Performers were added to her Majesty's private wv..fil-dadourroinagstitehe visit of the King of the French at v. Bi •.—Messrs. T. Cooke, Loder, - Blagrove, d „.4grve, A. Grieshach, Hill, Lucas, Howell, Steel, ,t;"•,13. Chatterton; Director, Mr. Anderson.—A vocal Plac e .74i is in process of formation in Germany, to take ~,, once in five years.--The works of Palestria are 'rg to be printed at Leipsic, in a complete, form, `under r I;:,uc„.Bllperintendence of M. Baini—they will also aPPe ndon, under the auspices of M. Bunsen,—Thalberg numb er on settling in Paris. He will take a select er of pupils at the hotel Horace Vernet, where he resid es L t . % 1 at present He has purchased a house. A o _ izzhaineaa.itiatijeoornii,obfyMarpurg's work on music is in course . f Mr. Stimpaon, of Btr" min' • 1%. COLCHESTER Fem.—At this fair yesterday, there gham.—/Iluszcal Nv as a a' large -ahem -of beasts, about 3,000. -1 1 1 1 re weather T's very unfavourable, and trade by no means brisk. ilae prices were about the same as at Colchester market int,._ri Saturday last There were about 5,000 . sheep and joenned, and sales were with difficulty effected, al 4Z''_.ilsgh offered at a still further reduction in -prices. The ,e fair exhibited the usual supply of different kinds notua4(Ss tint little business was done. Cart colts were Wereumerous, dud but very few of good quality. They r full 10 per cent cheaper than last year. There ere no really good cart horses. —Essex Herald. e T H E LAND COMMISSION. —The sittings of the Ottolissioners in this protracted inquiry %via terminate c h il ,.. the 22. d nstant. Th valuable inforination procured . I ,Y taein is already in course of being printed for the ~i,einbers of both Houses of Parliament. Lord Devon, '''tie Robert Fergusson, Mr. Wynne, and the Secretary of at th e Commission, have been stopping for some days he residence of Sir been and Lady Winston Bar t•r_e4l,,who have also been entertaining Lord Bessborough, 4- *,rcl and Lady Carew, the Hon. Misses Carew, the Earl .;;. I.luntingdon Sir Robert, Mrs. Paul and family • Sir ''2•e!t_tial Id a ,Mrs.• Wyse, M.P., and family ; the Mayor ' `Z, Waterford, and several of the surrounding gentry.— )1.4 'Southern Reno? ter •Ivt-r,,EAM-I.lokr . Rac;NG.—On Saturday evening the a , Liwlch and Waterman steam-ve-ssels were proceeding 18 ‘ . a hirious speed, racing against each other, when a 44boxes 1)081, heavily laden with valuable furniture and ,ot plate, was proceeding up the river to Chelsea, this boa every endeavour was used by the men in b oat tioat to avoid a collision, it proved impossible —the - a Was overset. The boats of the Thames-police, with li e 6 3 ' (.4 men, were immediately on the spot; and hap exertions their exertions succeeded in saving the lives o the plateen. A quantity of furniture was saved, but wits lost. co to -- •- 1004 . .. ..... THE SUN, LONDON, WERNESD AY . MORNINrG. OCTOBER 23, 1844. LITERATURE. IRELAND AND THE IRISH. Duffy, Dublin, 1844. We have here a translation from the German of 1 Herr J. Venedey, who took a trip to Ireland during the memorable " Repeal year"—as Mr. O'Connell loves to call the year 1843—and wrote down his im pressions of what he saw and heard at the moment , when they were fresh in his mind. lie seems to have I entertained warm feelings of sympathy for the agi tators, and more than once takes the opportunity of stating that—so far as he could discern—Repeal was a far more momentous question than it was supposed to be, in England and on the Continent, and that the movement in its favour did not lay merely on the surface, but proceeded from the very heart of Ireland. Of course, while resident in that country, our author made a point of getting introduced to O'Connell ; and he relates, with considerable animation, the parti culars of a delightful day which he spent with the great Liberator and his fidus Achates, Tom Steele, at a retired cottage on the sea-shore in the neighbour hood of Dublin. He visited also the Earl Roden, the Corypheus of the Irish Orangemen, at his splendid estate, Toilymore Park, and gives the heads of a con- versation which he had with him on the subject of the Repeal agitation ; of which, as may be surmised, his Lordship was no very reverent idolater. We quote our author's graphic sketch of the Noble Earl's park, with whose various scenic beauties he appears to have been quite enraptured : " I made a circuit around the castle, and following the noise of the waters, I soon came to a wood-stream, which is the ornament of this park, and this park itself is one of the finest in Ireland. I must own, that never; either in Switzerland, nor on the Rhine, nor in the Hartz mountains, did I see anything to equal the unparalleled beauties, which one half hour's walk presented to my eye, all clustered here together. An artist might dis cover, in every step he took, scenes that if truly depicted could confer immortality upon him. The flood which played through the rocks, was one that had wantoned with them, for a thousand years, and had moulded them according to its capricious fancy ; here it had scooped them out into a deep bel ; there it had formed them into a bubbling cauldron ; further on it had fashioned them into a cascade, and then mad:-.1 of them a bath, in which a giant might lave his limbs—and these rocks ! white and naked in the stream ; yet when they rise' above the surface but a few feet, covering themselvesl with soft moss, and wild flowers, and bold plants ; whilstr over all, and as if stooping down to gaze upon them, were the trees springing up on every side, and crossing their great palmy branches, as if they struggled to de fend that sacred spot, from one ray of the sun, which might by its heat interfere with the temperature of the cool bath beneath. Oh !it was beautiful !—how very beautiful ! There are a few spots in this landscape, that are of unparalleled loveliness. An old arched bridge forms one point of the back-ground of the picture, and to this there hangs a sort of iron bridge that leads under the arch. Here the flood tumbles wild, foaming and furious over the rocks, whilst the trees form a sort of concave roof over the entire scene, and through this roof the sun has but a narrow space here and there to shoot down his rays, and send them playing amongst the waves, whilst the trees form a sort of concave roof over the entire scene, and through this roof, the sun has but a narrow space here and there to shoot down his rays, and send them playing amongst the waves, whilst the coquettish, kissing, ever dimpling waters boldly reflect back his beams, or send them sparkling with a thousand variegated colours, amid the tender moss, the vivified herbage, and the grand parti-coloured flowers. And then around the trees, there climb up with unrestrained strength the rebelly-green parasitical plants, giving to the scene the perfect character of original and natural wildness. Ah ! • when looking upon such a spot, I can well comprehend how St. Patrick must have longed for his own wild mountains and brooks in Ireland. They are so wonderfully beautiful. Here indeed might be rounded a holy hermitage, such as all the rest of the world c )uld not equal. The scene that I now describe is always the same, and yet but one step further and it is changed ; a new tree—a new light—or a new shade cast upon it, and it produces a totally different, but still equally beautiful aspect. Here the water assumes a blue appearance, there yellow, soon black, and then brown, and a step further on, it is of a grass-green colour, but in all, transparent to the very bottom I Again I say, that. whatever of beautiful scenery I have looked upon in Switzerland, or in the Hartz, or at the Rhine, is riot equal to that which, in half an hour, I beheld in Lord Roden's park." OUR ISRAELITISH ORIGIN, OR BRITISH CHRISTIANS A REMNANT OF THE TRUE ISRAELITES; with a Reply to the Rev. E. Bicker steth. By J. Wilson. Nisbet, 1844. This is rather a startling title, but there may be more in it than meets the eye. The subject of the lost tribes has occupied the attention of numerous writers. Their fate is certainly mysterious and cal culated to excite curiosity and give scope for conjec ture ; but the greater difficulty is to believe that they have been irretrievably dispersed or destroyed, than that they may be found in some of the remaining nations of the earth. Many have supposed that the red race, or American Indians, are the descendants of the ten tribes, an opinion entertained by the Rev. Mr. Bickersteth, and other eminent divines, but to this, we think, there are several decisive objections; others have indulged in different conjectures, but no one, to our knowledge, has taken the same original and rational mode of accounting for their disappearance, and discovering their exist ence, as Mr. Wilson, or supported their views with more confidence and ability. He has brought forward many curious and striking facts, which he maintains to be plainly coroborative of prophecy, and he has with great ingenuity availed himself of ety mology to trace the descendants of Abralum and fol lowers of Moses in their chequered peregrinations. He shows that the tribes which so entirely lost their nationality were removed northward in the Assyrian captivity,. and that, increasing greatly in numbers, they passed into Europe, and spread abroad towards the north and west. In proof of this, he cites Scrip ture history very copiously, and refers to the religious belief and Israelitish manners which lingered among the nations of Europe. The local appellations of Hebrew aspect are also adduced, and the immense number of: tombs, and other remains similar to those in Judea, which are scattered throughout the region north. of the Kuban and along the back of the -Euxine, indicating a numerous population, Where ' - ;.there is now but a scanty num ber :of inhabitants, altogether offer to our author a convincing proof that a powerful stream of Israel itish emigration flowed westward. In short, the Gothic races who broke up the Roman empire are asserted to be the descendants of the tribes of Israel, whose seed has been multiplied so exceedingly, ac cording to Divine ordination, and who, by the con currence of repeated prophecies, are to be ultimately " brought from the north country and gathered from the coasts and isles of the earth." The Europa Israel ' ites, to adopt a term, are destined, it is observed, to re-civilise the Asiatic nations, and the English are "the grand producers of good to man and its most liberal distributors." Israel, or the house of Ephraim, is not to be confounded with Judah or the Jews. In the course of our Saviour's ministry all his movements were to the north. "It is through Samaria," observes our author, "that we trace the course of his journeys, and it is round the coasts of Galilee that he went preaching the glad tidings, and it was when in his furthest journey in that direction on the coasts of Syro- Phenicia that he pronounced the important words, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.' His mission promised to Israel in the north country was more fully carried out by his apostles." Paul, it is observed, uniformly wrote and travelled northwards, and passed into Europe, to Rome itself, with the intention of proceeding into Spain. " Paul and his fellow-disciples •all followed out the course indicated by the great "shepherd of the sheep, and that being uniformly north-westward, directs our at tention to our own part of the world, as being that in which the lost sheep of Israel may be found." Pp. 60 —7O. The work is written in a forcible and unosten tatious style, and it displays great knowledge of an cient history and depth of research and original thinking, with a zeal and earnestness well calculated to excite the respectful attention of the reader, although he may refuse his assent to all the points on which Mr. Wilson has fixed his own conviction. The second son of the Earl of Cork will be married next week to the accomplished daughter of Mr. Roberts, the opulent banker. IMPROVEMENT IN THE STEAM-ENGINE.—We are informed that the greatest improvement made in the steam-engine since the days of Watt, is now about being patented by Mr. Samuel Moyle, of Bosvigo House, in this county, civil engineer, which, it is said, will effect a saving of at least 50 per cent. in the consumption of fuel. Great as the advantage arising from this improve ment will be to the mining interests of this county, equally great will it he to railroads on the atmospheric principle, and still greater to steam navigators, who will thereby be enabled to perform voyages twice the distance they are now enabled to accomplish.— IVest Briton. • Sr. AN DR EW'S.—..A. Al I STA K E.—The schooner Snow drop, from Stockton, coal laden, bound for Dundee, came into our harbour on Monday morning at three o'clock, in a manner unexpected both to the crew on board and the people on shore. The master, guided by the lights on the pier-head and at the corner of Mrs. Bell's tavern, came slap into the harbour, mistaking it for the river 'ray, and did not know his mistake until at the pier-head (having been there seven or eight years before), when immediately heaving back to stop the vessel's way, she struck upon the cross pier, displacing several tiers of masonry . ; and immediately getting clear of that, she came right into the harbour, against one of the fishing boats, causing a good deal of damage, and tearing a plank out of another one. She at last got safely moored alongside the quay, having done no damage to herself during her headlong career. Happily no person was injured.—Caledonian Mercury. Tuesday was the last day of the season for the Tweed salmon fishing; the fish have this last week been taken in truch greater numbers, but the greater part of them were not fit to send to market. The prices of clean fish have been from 6d to 7d. per lb. ; black fish and kip pers, 2d. to 4d. The Spittal fishers have commenced their usual system of night poaching, which they carry on to a great extent in defiance of the water bailiffs ; "this - illegal fishing, it appeats, will never be done away, unless Government place the fisheries under the protec tion of the Coast Quart --/Yetacaslle Advertiser. IRELAND. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. DUBLIN, Om 20.—Yesterday evening, Mr. John Walsh, of Dominick-street, barrister, lost his life under the following melancholy circumstances :—About four o'clock he proceeded to Finglass, about two miles from town, for the purpose of swimming his dogs at a place called Quarry-hole. Having thrown a piece of stick into the water, which one of the animals refused to fol low, Mr. Walsh in stretching out his cane to draw the stick closer to the edge, lost his balance, and was pre cipitated into the water, and sank, after a few struggles, to rise no more, before any assistance arrived. The body was not found for two hours after the accident, and was conveyed to his residence late last night. An in que,t was held, which after the examination of one wit ness was adjourned till to-morrow evening. A gold watch and a sum of 161. was found on his person. About 14 years ago the ill-fated gentleman held a rather pro minent position in the field of Irish politics. At that time Mr. Walsh, who then followed the laborious occu pation of a schoolmaster, was the leading member of the Trades' Political Union—a body through whose in fluence Mr. O'Connell was mainly, if not wholly, in debted for his first return as Member, in conjunction with the late Mr. Ruthven, for the city of Dublin. - He was subsequently, together with two other members of the Trades' Union, prosecuted by the Crown for the delivery of seditious speeches, found guilty, and sen tenced to six months' imprisonment. On his release from imprisonment, Mr. Walsh applied himself to the study of the law, and having met some ineffectual resis tance on the part of the benchers, he was called to the bar, and after the usual probation attained considerable eminence in the criminal and inferior courts. During the last two or three years he rose rapidly in his profes sion, and succeeded in obtaining a fair share of business on the Leinster circuit. PENTONVILLE MODEL PRISON. The last number of the Illuminated Magazine con • tains a very interesting account of the above esta blishment, in which the important experiment is being, tried, how far it is possible, by the adoption of a cer tain discipline, to reclaim social beings from the lowest state of degradation and crime. The principal means resorted to, we need not say, are silence and separa tion--an utter denial of communication by speech or look between the prisoners themselves, or with any other persons except the divine, the schoolmaster, and the prison authorities. The effect of 3uch a change as this, from the mode of life to which the prisoners had been previously accustomed, was looked for with some anxiety, in the dread that, in seeking to restore the moral being of the prisoner, his mental faculties might be destroyed, and this, it must be allowed, was not a groundless apprehension ; and if such a system of discipline were exercised without care, its inevita ble result would be, to change the criminal into an idiot; but, with proper precautions, this fearful result is avoided, and the good part of the system left to operate with full effect. The chief means employed are—good and sufficient diet, constant occupation, and ample exercise, by which the body is kept healthy, and the mind free from that depressing and wearying influence which would other wise prey upon it. The Writer of the account we refer to, Dr. Luke Roden, says— "On entering an unoccupied cell, the inmate being at work in a distant part of the prison, I was sur prised at the number of its accommodations. A hammock hung up at the side, with hair mattress, pillow; two sheets, two blankets, and a rug; a wash hand-stand and basin fixed ; two cocks for the supply of water, of which each prisoner is allowed six gallons daily ; a table, stool, pint mug, plate, knife, spoon, soap, towel, and duster; there is, also, a large carpenter's bench at the side; a gas light burning till nine o'clock ; school books and slate, Bible, prayer book, hymn-book, one religious book, and one secular. I noticed the Penny Magazine, Satur day Magazine, and Chambers's Journal. The ventilation is entirely artificial, and is most perfect. The air enters over the door, through a perforated plate, and passes out on a level with the floor under the window, into a flue connected with a central chimney, where a fire secures a constant current. What I have enumerated is the furniture of every cell, with only the variation of loom, or table, for the carpenter's work-bench, according to the kind of trade the prisoner is acquiring —tailor, weaver, mat. or rug maker, &c. " is when the prisoner is locked into his cell, it is just possible that he might •be seized with illness, suddenly, and require immediate assistance, it was necessary to provide some means of giving a signal to the attendants—although the constant .inspection, the regularity of food and exercise, and the extreme vigilance of the medical officers make such an event barely possible ; but, in case of accident, the prisoner turns a handle which immediately strikes the central bell of the gallery, and at the same moment, and by the same act, there starts out from the side of the door of his cell the iron plate with his number, which lay flat against the wall, so that the officer, at the point where all these galleries meet, sees instantly in which cell his aid is required. The invention is per fect. When he has attended to the cell he pushes back the iron plate again flat into its place. The only use, however, to which this very ingenious con trivance has yet been placed is to signify to the teacher-officers that the inmate of the cell requires more cloth, thread, or whatever be the nature of his occupation, or that he wishes for instruction in some difficulty. It is scarcely possible that the signal should ever be wanted for sudden sickness, because the whole of the inmates are miraculously healthy, and are subjected to none of those causes which are liable to interfere with the tranquil performance of all the bodily functions." He was present at their dinner. " It. was a curi ous sight, the streams of human beings, all d resse d alike, with the vizors of their caps down over their faces, so as to be utterly irrecognizable by strangers, or by each other, marching regularly, steadily, and in perfect silence, with a space of twelve or fourteen feet between each of them, so as to make any com munication impossible. Each passed into his cell, and the echoes of the gallery announced the closing of every door in succession. " While this was going on, up rose slowly through the floor, sliding on the bright upright bars which reached to the ceiling, the immense series of loaded trays ; as they stopped at each floor in succession, the attendants took out the cases of trays, and placed them on a sort of waggon reaching from one gallery to its opposite side, and moving on wheels along the edge of iron railing, which thus forms a sort of rail way. An attendant at each end of this travelling apparatus, pushes it on till opposite the doors of two cells, when he, with wonderful rapidity, un locks a little port-hole in the uppar part of the door, which falls down outwards and forms a shelf on which he places the dinner it is instantly seized by the prisoner, when the attendant pushes up the little shutter, locks it, and passes on to the next. In this manner they proceed with a quiet regularity, activity, and precision, which would seem absolutely impracti cable to those who have not seen it in action, and thus upwards of five hundred individuals are served with their dinners in separate rooms, perfectly hot, in less than a quarter of an hour—it can be done, and has indeed been accomplished, in twelve minutes and a half. The evolutions of a brigade of soldiers on a field day are not a more admirable exemplification of the power of system and order. " The dinner which I saw distributed consisted of a pint of good soup--as good as is found at the table of a tradesman—five ounces of bread, one pound of potatoes, and four ounces of meat, weighed after being cooked, and divested of bone, making it nearly equivalent to half a pound of undressed meat with the average quantity of bone—an allowance considered sufficient in the domestic economy of large families—an excellent dinner, and vastly better than can be enjoyed every day by the family of the la bouring man. Breakfast consists of three-quarters of a pint of cocoa, made with three-quarters of an ounce of the solid flake, two ounces of milk (real milk) and six drachms of treacle—a very grateful beverage; with this he is allowed ten ounces of bread. As the soup contains a good deal of barley, it forms an im portant portion of the nourishment, which would be a very abundant allowance for a labouring man out of prison, and master of his own time. There is no fermented fluid whatever allowed to the prisoners; their drink is perhaps the purest and best water to be found in the world ; it is drawn by an artesian well from a depth of three hundred and seventy feet, and is forced up to the top of the prison by pumps worked by prisoners ; from thence it is conveyed by pipes into every cell;' " For this generous but unstimulating diet (says Dr. Roden) the prisoners are indebted to the sound judgment and humanity of the medical officer, Dr. Owen Rees. No man better knows that to keep the brain in a state fit to receive instruction, it must be well nourished ; that when you call on the intellec tual organ for the highest efforts of which it is capa ble (self-restraint), you must supply it with whole some and invigoratin g blood ; that it is in vain to ex pect attention to moral instruction while the stomach is unsatisfied, and the faintness of insufficient nourishment renders the mind listless or savage; and that if the object is to be attained of real refor mation, it must be by the exercise of a healthy brain." We recommend these latter remarks to the notice of those gentlemen who expect religion and morality to flourish among a half-starving population. When will the physiological truth set forth above, that mental and material well-being must go together, be case of the great body of our working applied populationtA) the ? DARING ROBBERY AT ST. THOMAS'S CHURCH, SOUTHWARK.—On Sunday last the ancient church of St. Thomas's, S ou thwark, was the scen e o f unusua l bus tle and confusion, in consequence of the loss of the whole of the communion plate, consisting of several pieces of silver, which had been in possession of the parish authorities for the last 200 years. It appears that the plate had been deposited in its usual place of safety at the commencement of the present month, and on opening the safe on Sunday, the contents were found to have been removed. Information having been for warded to the police-station in the Southwark-bridge road, a diligent search was made by several officers, but no clue could be discovered. A small crowbar was found, used by housebreakers, near the entrance of the church, in St. Thomas's-street, and on making a more minute enamination, there was no doubt that the thieves had effected an entrance through a window which had been left insecure at the front part of the . building. The police are making every exertion to trace out the stolen property. ALLEGED E XCESSS IVE FLOGGING,—At the Ux bridge Petty Sessions, on Monday, Mr. Hodder, school master of the union workhouse, attended to answer the complaint of a Mrs. Church, as to his having ill-treated her two boys. They declared he had given them eight stripes, so severe that the blood flowed. On the other hand, Mr. Whatley, the master of the union, deposed that the board of guardians had ordered six stripes to be inflicted, that only that number had been given, and that they had not been unnecessarily severe, nor had he seen any blood. The bench (most of whom were also ex officio members of the board) dismissed the complaint. COSTLINESS OF CA RMARTHENSHIRE JUSTICE.—The punitive part of our administrative system of law here, it will be thought, is rather costly, when it is stated that the amount of property for the stealing of which the prisoners at the Carmarthenshire Quarter Sessions, held yesterday and to-day, is only about forty shillings, while the cost of prosecution falls but little short of three hun dred pounds.— WeMintan of Friday. SOUTH WALES TURNPIKE TRUST COMMISSION. — The Commissioners have gone through most of the prin cipal towns connected with turnpike trusts. Everywhere the most candid disclosures and communications have been made to them, not only as regards the accounts of the different trusts, but also as respects the social con dition of the various districts which formerly evinced their dissatisfaction at their administration in no gentle mood.—Cambrian. THE BIRKENHEAD DOCK FESTIVAL. The preparations for this great and important local • and national event, which takes place next Wednesday, I are upon the most gigantic scale. Rich and poor are to be provided with the means of substantial and social en joyment, and the blame will not rest with the promoters of the Birkenhead Docks, if, upon that auspicious'occa sion, one throb other than of unalloyed, delight fills the breast of any of the inhabitants of . the township which their measures are calculated so materially and permanently to improve and benefit. The morning will be ushered in by the firing of cannon and ringing of bells ; the steam-boats crossing the ferry will be deco rated in the gayest manner, and flags will be hoisted from all the public and many of the private buildings in the town. The procession will start from tho Town hall at eleven o'clock. The Odd Fellows, Foresters, Druids, Temperance, and other societies, are expected to join it. The route will be round Hamilton-square, through Church-street, round the church, up Conway street, through the new park, down Cavendish-street and Corporation-road to Wood-side, where the ceremony of laying the f oun d a ti on stone will be performed. At five o'clock in the afternoon, the grand public b anque t will be held at the Rail wa y Station, Grange-lane, which will be tastefully and appropriately decorated for the occasion. The following gentlemen have already sguified their acceptance of the invitation of the Committee :—Lord Bateman, Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., of Hooton, Sir John Stanley, of Hooton, and party • Honourable Lord Kenyon, Wm. Ewart, Esq , kf.P., Thos. Thornely,.i Esq., M.P., W.R. Collett, Esq., M.P., Townsend Mainwaring, Esq., M.P., Wm. Entwisle, Esq., M.P., Sir Philip Eger ton, M.P., Tatton Egerton, Esq.; M.P., J. J. Tollemache, Esq., M.P., Peter tareenall, Esq., M.P., Joseph Bio therton, Esq., M.P.-, Sir Eiward Cust, Bart., Cornwall Lee, Esq., M.P., J. Brierley, jun., Esq., M,P., Tho mas Grimsditch, Esq., M.P., &c., together with a great num her of the county magistrates. Several officers of the sth Dragoons, now stationed at Manchester, and officers belonging to the 6th Regiment, at Chester, will be pre sent, as will also several naval officers. For out-door amusement a grand display of fireworks will take place shortly after nightfall, and every eminence in the neigh bourhood will resound with the the discharge of cannon, or gleam with signal fires, indicative of general rejoicing. Extra steam-boats will cross the river all night, and, in fact, every accommodation will be offered to visitors. The fund at the disposal of the festival committee, at present reaches the handsome sum of 2,oool.—Liverpool Mercury. ETIQUETTE ON THE SC AFFOLD.—A letter from Presburg, of Sept. 23, in the Gazette des Tribunaux, says, " The murderers of M. do Kezmet, one of the Deputies of the Diet of Hungary, have just been tried and exe cuted. One of them was Conrad Tornyi, the servant of the deceased, and the other a shoemaker named Kowaez, who not only aided in the crime. but afterwards robbed his accomplice of all the articles of value which were in M. de Kezmet's apartment at Presburg. - Tornyi avowed his guilt, and acknowledged that he had cut up the body in pieces. The sentence of the court was, that Tornyi should be quartered, his body burnt, and the ashes thrown to the wind ; and that Kowaez should be decapitated. The prisoners appealed, but the King confirmed the sentence of death, changing Tornyi's punishment into simple beheading. This sentence was carried into execution two days back, in the market-place, and a strange incident added to the terrible interest of the scene. The judgment ordered Kowaez to be first executed ; but this Tornyi protested against in the strongest terms, declaring that as he was of noble blood he was entitled to die first. His claim being rejected, he fell on Kowaez, and endeavoured to pull him from the block. Kowaez sent him back with a violent blow on the chest ; and Tornyi was on the point of giving blow for blow, when the executioner's man seized him, and bound him so tightly as to prevent him making any exertion. They were both executed in a few minutes after. This singular ambition of Tornyi to have his claim of birth attended to in such circum stances; calls to mind an execution at Copenhagen in 1816, where, when some men were sentenced to death for exciting their fellow-prisoners to revolt, three of the number had been beheaded, but the fourth refused to place his head on the block, on the ground that the per son before him bad been a Jew, and that he, being a Christian, could object to having his blood mingled with that of a Jew. After some parley the magistrate granted his objection, and the man having cleaned the block of the blood as wellEas he could, placed his head down tranquilly, and underwent the sentence." THE ° bATTLE Or TRAFALGAR.—Monday being the 39th anniversary of this ever memorable victory, a number of naval officers who had been in the engage ment dined together at the Naval Club-house, St. James's-square. At Greenwich Hospital the tars were regaled with an excellent dinner, a pint of porter, and a shilling being also given to each man. At Portsmouth the usual annual dinner was given to the officers serving in the action, and others, on board the Victory, the ship in which the noble and lamented Admiral was killed. INCAUTION IN THE USE OF KNIVES.—On Monday the foreman of Mr. Budge, a butcher, in the New-cut, Lambeth, was engaged cutting down the skin of a calf's head, when the knife slipped, and entered with great violence his abdomen, cutting the intestines to a conside rable extent. Immediate surgical assistance was pro cured, but from the extent of the injuries sustained it was recommended that the unfortunate patient should be re moved with all possible speed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he lies without hope of recovery. SINGULAR HABITS OF A HORSE, AND EXTRA ORDINARY ESCAPE.—AII the world knows that the artil lery brigade of the Worcestershire Queen's Own aro ex pert to a degree in the art and mystery of a cannoneer, but it may not be so generally known that the very horses of the brigade are something far beyond a mere common quadruped, not simply as to shape and other physical requisi.es, but in matters which so much ap proach the vaunted reason of their biped masters, that no one has as yet very clearly pointed out the distinc tion. For example, the leader of one of the guns is named " the Gentleman," and so proud is he of his post and title, that though gentle as a lamb at exercise, sub mitting to be harnessed as quietly as a donkey, and standing fire as resolutely as the Pyramids, he will not allow himself to be employed in any other species of labour. Then, he can open gates and shut them, and he has a way of hunting out the places in his walk where workmen leave their victual bags, on which he will pounce, carry them to a place of security, and swallow the contents. He eats anything that comes in his way, like a Christian; and one of his foraging excursions was attended by so remarkable a coincidence that its history is worth telling. He was roaming one day lately over the domain of Hewell. when he fell in with the provant of one of the artillerymen who was at work in an arch way on the grounds. He scampered off to enjoy the spoil, but Mr. Gentleman had been observed, and notice of ,the robbery having been given to the owner of the prey, he left the drain and gave chase to the marauder. Having overtaken the thievish steed and recovered his prog,,the man returned to his work, when lo! in his ab sence, the arch had fallen in, and so but for the fortunate circumstance of Gentleman stealing his dinner, and his consequent pursuit, it must have fallen upon him, and then, beyond a doubt, he would have met an untimely death.— Worcester Herald. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—A few days ago, as a lady residing in the Lower Deptford-road was in the act of diverting her little boy, she took up a large piece of pho chorus for the purpose of writing her name in a dark corner of the room, and accidentally striking it against the wall her hands became enveloped in one mass of burning flame. The injury she has sustained is of the most painful character, and it is feared that ampu tation will be necessary, so that she will lose one, if not both, of her hands. What renders the accident more remarkable is, that she had previously given instructions to those of her household not to touch the phosphorus, and shortly afterwards fell a victim herself to its most dangwous effects. DESTRUCTIVENESS OF GAME.—At the last meeting of the Bedford county magistracy, Mr. T. A. Green, of Parcenham, alluded to the injury done to the crops by game, and the great expense cast upon the county in the prosecution of poachers. The magistrates of the county should petition Parliament for a repeal of the game•laws; any suggestion emanating from such a body would not fail to have due influence. Mr. T. C. Higgins expressed his readiness to sign any petition properly drawn up. There could be no doubt but that the game laws worked inconveniently, but it so happened that those intrusted with the administration of the law were those most interested in its maintenance. He had very great doubt whether a petition would be of any use, as it was impossible for Parliament to say that persons of property should not preserve game. Lord C. Russell, M.P., freely admitted that the preservation of game was an evil, inasmuch as it was a species of property claimed by private individuals, and for the protection of which the putlie ought not to be taxed. He did not anticipate any good result from legislation, because a repeal or re laxation of the law would only give an additional impulse to poaching. He thought that there was less mischief in having a great deal of game properly preserved than was likoly to result from a little unwatched. It was said that the game-laws had a demoralising effect upon the lower classes) to some extent that was true, but there was a great deal of exaggeration on that point. his principal ground of objection to the game-laws was, that they injured the agricultural labourers, as the farmers were deterred from the cultivation of roots and green crops, which were destroyed by game. The best course to adopt would be, that gentlemen should have no more game than they could take care of pro. perly, for as soon as the game went on another man '$ ground it was a very strong temptation. Mr. T. A. Green apprehended that there would be no neces sity for game-laws provided the laws against trespass were made more stringent. He knew that the subject would be brought before Parliament next session, and it occurred to him that it was far better the proposition should emanate from a body such as he was addressing, than that it should come from persons hostile to the game-laws. Mr. T. Harvey doubted whether a repeal of the game-laws would have all the moral effect antici pated ; at least it was very certain that it would not put down the regular poachers. If magistrates had a summary jurisdiction in cases of trespass, that might do away with the necessity for the game-laws, but that might be considered as interfering with the liberty of the sub . ject. After some further discussion, and no substantive modal having been proposed, the consideration of the subject was postponed. The late Mr. Thomas Brueton, of Bilston, after leaving numerous legacies to his relatives, 500/. to the w e ,leyan Chapel at 13 ilston , and considerable sums to various chapels belonging to the "Primitive Methodists," has directed that the residue of his property, which it is supposed will amount to upwards of 20,0001., shall be equally divided between the British and Foreign Bilde Society, the Wesleyan Missionary Society, the London Missionary Society, the Wolverhampton Dispensary, tie Birmingham General Hospital, the Queen's Hospital, Birmingham, and the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb at Edgbaston.—Essex herald. GALLANT CONDUCT of a BRITISH OFFICER. On the 12th of August, in lat. 15 S., lon. 11 30 E., when off Fish Bay, Mr. John F. Tottenham, mate of her Majesty's' ship Hyacinth, was sent in a four-oared gig, with one spare hand, to communicate with the Portuguese Governor. The weather having become thick, he missed the port, and being unacquainted with the coast, anchored the boat for the night. On the following morning he pulled again to the south ward, and, about noon, discovering a suspicious-looking brig without colours slip and make sail, he gave chase. There being but little wind, and the vessel en tangled with the land, he was enabled to get within musket shot of her, and fired wide of ,her to induce her to show her colours. This, however, was dis regarded; and the officer observing them trim up a post, and run a gun out, pulled into her wake. Some of the brig's crew immediately commenced firing musketry, whilst the others got the gun on the poop and pointed it at the boat. Mr. Tottenham upon this fired as fast as the spare hand could load for him, and with such coolness and precision (as was afterwards proved) that almost every bullet expended was traced to the gun-carriage or its immediate vicinity. Four of the crew having been wounded, to avoid being boarded they ran the brig _on shore and abandoned her—to the number of 18—leaving ene 'man behind, who soon after died of his wounds. Mr. Tottenham immediately took possession of the brig, which proved to be a fine vessel of 200 tons, and fully equipped for carrying 1,000 slaves. Her decks were stress ed with muskets, swords, and bayonets; a barrel of gunpowder, and a quantity of ball -cartridges, besides two four-pounders, loaded. In the course of the afternoon she was discovered from the mast-head of the Hyacinth, which stood in and hove her off. The astonishment of Captain Scott and his crew at finding so large a vessel captured by his four-oared gig may be easily conceived. BONDING IN MANCHESTER.—We believe we may now say that all that depends upon either the corporation of Manchester, or the authorities of the Custom-house here, to prepare for the introduction of bonding into Man chester, has been done, and that everything is now in state of readiness to commence immediately. We understand that several buildings have been licensed as bondingware houses ; and, as will be seen by articles elsewhere, the corporation have adopted a tariff of town dues upon the various commodities to be bonded, and also fixed a rate to be paid to them by the owners of bonding warehouses, from which source a fund will be raised for the purpose of defraying the salaries and expenses of the staff of Customs' officers, all of whom are now at their posts at the Custom-house in Mosley-street. We have not heard of any goods being, as yet, actually bonded, but believe that notice has been given of a quantity of wine, on its way hither for that purpose.—Manchester Guardian. The General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the city of Salisbury were held on Monday last, on which occasion the calendar contained the name of only one prisoner for trial. The Learned Recorder congratulated the grand jury on this circumstance, which he considered highly creditable to the city, and expressed a hope that it might long be so honourably distinguished. The Learned Gentleman further remarked, that during recent journeys into various parts of the country, he had observed the excellent effect of the rewards given to labourers by agricultural associations; and it appeared to him that industry might be encouraged, and crime diminished by similar institutions in towns and cities, to provide rewards for the must faithful servants and workmen. The single bill sent before the grand jury having been ignored, the only business which occupied the court, was the trial of an indictment for assault, pre ferred by Mr. Phillips, Wyman, against Mr. Clayton, saddler, both of Salisbury. It appeared that the plain tiff had made use of some scurrilous language to the defendant, which the latter revenged by horsewhipping him in the public streets. The jury accompanied their verdict with a recommendation to mercy ; and the de fendant was sentenced to pay a fine of five shillings, and to enter into recognizances to keep the peace.—Devizes Gazette. An anecdote has been related to us of the King of the French, on the authority of an ear-witness ' which cannot fail of proving of intere s t t o our rea d ers . On the occasion of his Majesty's late installation as a Knight of the Garter, when the Chancellor of the Order, the Bishop of Winchester, arrived at that part of the ceremony at which the knight is called upon to declare that he ' will not make any unjust or unholy war upon the Sovereign of the Order," the King interrupted the Prelate, and em phatically exclaimed more than once, " No, I never will." Ills Majesty afterwards desired to be furnished with a copy of the oath, in order, as he remarked, that he might observe minutely its injunctions. AN IMPUDENT HOAX.— On Monday last, a great number of the citizens of York assembled on the Melton high road, near to the first toll-bar, to which place they had been invited by handbills, extensively circulated in the city during the early part of the day, containing the following announcement:—"RAlLWAYS SUPERSEDED.— The nobility and public of York are respectfully informed that Hamer and Pigott's novel and extraordinary road engine, with curricle attached (proceeding to Hull for immediate shipment for Hamburgh), and which met with the unqualified approbation of her Majesty and Prince Albert., from its performances in the Grand Quadrangle of Windsor Castle, will exhibit its powers, under the guidance of Mr Boyd, R.E., on the level line of road, between the Ship Inn, and the first turnpike on the Melton road, between the hours of two or three P.M. this day. A limited number of seats on the engine, ss. each; seats of the curricle, 3.—Oct. 7th." The anticipated novelty of the exhibition produced great interest in the public mine!, and the hundreds of people who had as sembled waited patiently till an hour had elapsed from the time announced, when a feeling of suspicion that the whole was an impudent hoax, pervaded; and such turned out to be the case, fur neither engine, nor any re presentative of the above firm, ever made their appear ance.—York paper. . . The Commissioners of Greenwich Hospital have given 2001. in aid of the erection of a parsonage-house at Scremerston, near Berwick-upon-Tweed. They have also promised a similar sum towards the building of a new church at Nenthead, in Cumberland. FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held, at the Leeds Court-house, on Wednesday last, before G. T. Harrison, Esq., Deputy-Coroner, on view of the body .of John Thomas, a coal-miner, aged 18 years, lying dead at the infirmary. The deceased, who worked at the colliery of Mr. Rogers , at Beeston, was at the bottom of the shaft, on the 4th instant; and a heavy piece of wood, which was being sent up on the top of a corve, came in contact with a descending corve, was knocked oft; and fell upon the head of the deceased, and fractured his skull. lie,was removed to the Leeds General Infirmary, where he expired on Tuesday last. Verdict—" Accidental death."—Leeds Times. PLAYING WITH FIRE.—.A most disastrous fire oc curred at Dymock, in this county, on Wednesday last ; the origin of it was somewhat singular. It appears that two little boys were playing at killing pigs in a barn, when the one who mimicked the butcher pro ceeded to singe the other, and lit a lucifer match, by which the straw in the barn ignited, and the place was soon in a blaze. The boys ran away, being too frightened to give an alarm, and the wind fanning the flames, they communicated to some stacks of hay and corn, and we regret to state that property to the amount of SOU was destroyed. The premises are the property of Mr. Thack well, but now in the occupation of Mr. Cummings, of the George Inn, Dymock.—Cheltenham Free Press. OUTRAGE AT ALBANY BARRACKS.—A special Court Martial was held at Albany Barracks, Isle of Wight, on Wednesday and Thursday last, on Thomas Mills, a private of the 45th depot, under the following circumstances :—A fortnight ago prisoner was placed in confinement in the dry-room for drunkenness and ab sence from duty, and being afterwards informed that he was to prepare for afternoon parade, he said he could not as he had sold his kit and everything except what he had on. At the same time he asked the corporal on duty if he could see the paymaster sergeant ? The corporal took the message, and re turned informing him that he was to go on parade as he was. This he refused to do, and using some very threatening language, demanded again to see the paymaster-sergeant. The corporal then left him, and in a few moments after the prisoner fired his musket oft through the window, it is supposed at some parties at a distance from the spot, but happily it did no injury. He was then taken into custody, and on Thursday he was found guilty ; but sentence is at present deferred. It is expected he will be transported for fourteen years. Another court-martial will be held in a few days on James Munns, a private of the 97th depot, who a few days ago, whilst on guard, fired at another private, who was also on guard. lie likewise fired E 4 the " relief" as they came up to him • the bullet struck one of their muskets, and slanting o ff, grazed the ear of one of the men, fortunately without doing further damage.—Hamp shire Advertiser. THE LICENSING SYSTEM IN SOUTH WALEs.—A CURIOUS AND A CRUEL CASE.—We have just heard of a case of magisterial tyranny and oppression in this neighbourhood —we really can give it no milder name. The object, or rather the victim, is a woman—a respect able widow, who has for many years kept a little coun try inn not many miles from Carmarthen. The case, as we have already intimated, supplies such an exemplifi cation of " Justices' Justice," it is altogether of such an abominable character, that we abstain from publishing the names of any of the parties until we shall have made further inquiry. The facts, as related to us on t, un doubted authority, are these :—The widow appl ied two magistrates for the renewal of her annual license, which was granted without remark or objec i t i i e on ;e b fu u s t e i d t was afterwards withheld from her, becau o s f e complyto addtio ittoh the e e extortionate regular es. dem and The_hwal.f...cchr.saolv,of,n-nae-wcora_ost7t:,:, in the magistrates been spent at a public-bou se,_2 7 l t magistrates is owner or landlord. - 13 Is hear an S d ir ta J k . s e a c i l; . e in tt gs is w i i m ie p n ro h v o in i g s in We heal t a h re a h nd a strength, pi) o The equal to it. The lio . n. Baronet . is visited every evening b 3 some branch of his family and intimate friends. Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lord E. Howard are constantly with Sir J. Beckett. The lion. Cecil Forester, M.P., has left Englani for a lengthened period for Italy. Lord de Manley and C. C. Greville, Esq., Clerk of the Council, have left London for Bessborough, Ireland, the beautiful seat of the Earl of Bessborough, who en tertains there a distinguished party of friends. AN ABUSIVE MISSIONARY.--A Baptist Missionary at Trinidad, named Cowan, was in September ordered to find security for his keeping the peace towards a " teacher." The "reverend" gentleman had, it appears, called complainant " a nasty filthy beast," and shook his fist at him ; while "his lady" had been equally violent in her abuse of complainant's wife, to whom she had ap plied equally offensive epithets. c THE NEW ROYAL EXCHAN • E. The new buildings opposit e t o th e east en :)f . the Exchange have now reached an elevation 4 4 ch enables us to judge sufficiently h ow much the It obstruct the view and impair the effect of this elabo rate part of the magnificent pile. It must now be obvious to the most economical advocates for small areas and close views, that it would be necessary to clear away the 'Space to F inch-lane, at least, in order to give the tower a chance of being well seen. The oblique view from Birchin-lane has been said, by a correspondent of a Morning paper, to be the most favourable that can be had of the whole structure. But surely it cannot be pretended that the new houses opposite do not interfere with , and materially spoil the effect, even in that view—whereas they exclude us altogether from obtaining, at an adequate distance, a direct view, in which alone the symmetry of the tower itself, and its harmony with the pares upon which it is imposed, could be truly observed. That the architect considered it an important feature, and that he intended it should he imposing, is very evident; and it is also to he supposed that those who selected the design regarded it as such. The ordi nary observer cannot possibly be impressed with its full character and expression from any point of sight that is now accessible; and after the expenditure of so much money, and the employment of so much talent, in erecting a temple of commerce that might b worthy of its great purpose, and of the commercial capital of the world, it is a pitiable economy to de tract so much from its grandeur for a saving com paratively mean.' This poor parsimony we regret the rn're, on account of the grave objections we are com pelled to make to this very tower itself, which is de prived of its only chance of looking to advantage. As seen from the east front over the portico, it does not seem to belong to the building, and as seen from Birchin-lane, it seems a very anomalous superstructure. It is palpably incongruous with the : . orm and character of the whole building. If there must be a tower, the prejudice of Mr. Tite against projections (expressed in the description of his plan) might have yielded to this necessity, and a beautiful tower might be less objectionable as an appendage to a building of this style and model, than it is inad missible as a part. At all events, there is no excuse for the erection of a tower without a base, and upon the top of a building, in outline and details abso• lutely complete. The rich, bold entablature, being continued over the sunken tetrastyle in the centre of the east-end, effectually cuts off the tower from the building below, and renders its baseless character more obvious. We believe, however, that in one paint of view, which the poverty or the niggardliness of the City has shut out, this blemish would be less apparent, and the effect of the whole east-end would he rich and pleasing, though not correct —we mean from a moderate distance in direct front of the centre, froM Finch-lane. There are yet some particulars in the exterior to which we must make exception, and reluctantly, be cause we admit its general grandeur. The greatest of all is the essential want of characteristic expres sion. So far as we have had opportunities of judging, this complaint would lie against the other designs in the competition. The subject is one of great diffi culty ; and, in what way that difficulty was to be overcome, or the great purpose of the building was to be expressed in its external structure, it would be presumptuous, as it is too late for us, to suggest to the able and accomplished President. Yet we may observe that, in the late Exchange, this was to some extent effected. The arcades and the shops within them gave it the character of a place to which people resorted for trade, and it is scarcely too muc h t o say , that a stranger, knowing only that there was in Lon don a great building for the congress of the merchants of the world, would say—on coming unguided to the Spot—" this is the Exchange." The shops, in the intercolumniations of Mr. Tite's work, do not supply the deficiency of character; but they are moreover very poor, and altogether at variance with the bold ness and richness of the other details. Nor can we cease from fault-finding until we have protested against the erection of those two fra g me n t s o f a n arcade, which stand in such awkward prominence upon the roof on either side of the pediment. They are said to be chimney stacks, elegantly disguised. Now, it' high classical architecture, so unsuited to our climate, continues to be adopted to our principal buildings, some means of dispensing with chimneys ought to be contrived. In the interior, whi!st, gran leer proportionate to that of the exterior is maintained, no objection forces itself upon the judgment of a candid observer. The area of the ambulatory is spacious —the surrounding architecture, bold, rich, and imp os i ng . Th e ce ili ng and walls of the arcade are adorned with arabesque, in finely-coloured terracotta, of elegant design and sin gular beauty. The introduction of this material will do wonders in the adornment of interiors, both in public and private edifices. Upon a close examina tion, we are greatly pleased with the exactness and tine finish of all parts of the work ; and this remark applies equally to every other department. The ac curacy of the masonry could not be surpassed, and the carved work—in the festoons, capitals, &e.—is admirably executed. Th e con t rac t or , M r . Jackson, deserves infinite credit for the manner in which he has completed his undertaking, with faultless work manship, and, even in those recent discontented times, without strike or murmur amongst the numerous persons employed. With respect to the external architecture, having remarked upon blemishes, which might have been avoided, and must be acknowledged with regret, we are the more free to avow our admiration of the general effect—the magnificence of the portico at the west-end—and the noble design of the entrances in the north and south sides. Whatever faults a severe —or, if he will have it so, an ill-natured and pre sumptuous—criticism may profess to discover, Mr. Tite has produced a splendid specimen of art, honour. able to the school to which he belongs, indicative of genius and industry, and sufficient to place him in the first rank of modern architects, from the Pontificate of Leo to the reign of our own Victoria. Our accom plished Queen will he as well pleased to inaugurate his noble building, as was her glorious predecessor, Elizabeth, in the inauguration of the original struc ture. The spirit of the munificent Gresham may be supposed to look down with satisfaction upon this worthy tribute to his memory, and the citizens of London will long be proud of their " New Royal Exchange." PAPER HANGINGS. CAUSE OF OUR INFERIORITY TO THE FRENCH IN PAPER-HANGINGS. If we cast our eyes towards the French, as our principal competitors, we find that the methods in practice here are precisely the same as they have in, use ; that in the mechanical branches we are superior, and the colours we employ are far more durable; that at one time we equalled their productions of the present day, and the only difference that exists is our want of proper artists, and of course the want of pro per instructors, to educate them for the profession. While they employ (as did our former manufacturers) men who understand the principles of design and the harmony of colouring, and who make it their aim to unite every beauty with taste and cultivated judgment, we throw all this important branch upon persons who, to gain a scanty living, require to unite the two professions of designer and dealer in block cutting. It is not to be expected but that those men will throw off a number of patterns of most inferior quality ; they cannot be supposed to pay the atten tion which is required to produce good work, nor have they ever had the means of educating themselves sufficiently to enable them to equal work which is the result of careful and indefatigable study and prac tice. This shows a great want of encouregement on the part of the English manufacturers that we must hope to see remedied. The designer in England is not deemed the man of talent—the man of genius —who is looked up to as possessing great and superior abilities, whose refinement of mind en sures him respect and honour wherever he goes ;—no, he on whom the manufacturer depends for his success in trade—he on whom devolves the important task of creating from his practice or mind beautiful forms and elegant combinations, it is a melancholy fact, is paid less for his labour than the mechanic that is merely employed to print the pattern after it is pre essipto.ywfeorr t o h f o c u o g m ht : p ar nothinge d to b h u i t s t h h a a n t d w , h w i h al o exert.— —The Budder. mon animal strength to ihsaswinthoinneethe was on Thursday brought to ve t e ran corps of pensionersa of melancholy duty—the burial a close in perform ance ti -----I—rmits.L.—The military display of the the veteran in question, MILITARY F Tuesday , night . He had been died very sudden l y on h i n spection all the day previous , apparently in ou t at t • e when Major-General Sir Niel Douglas, who goo d health, of a comrade. James Mason, retained a lively recollection of his services during the late war, entered into conversation with him, the de ceased having been with Sir Niel at the memorable field of Waterloo; on which occasion Mason acted as field bugler to that distinguished officer. Th e cor p s hav ing formed in military order before the residence of the deceased in the Lawnmarket--a firing party in front with arms reversed, and the band—proceeded with the corpse shoulder high to th e N ew C emetery at Warris inwteerrere(dm‘lvwitdhedthewuitshuasip elaliensStwreeertes mi litaryton, w h h e o r n e ou h r i s s . re r n i - 1 , tators, attracted by the novelty of the spectacle.— Caledonian. Mercury. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW ItAiLwAY,--We ob serve that during thi% winter months the second-class carriages are to be closed in by means of windows, as in the the first-class carriages. This will be an immense improvement, and highly conducive to the comfort of the passengers travelling by this class of carriages, which hitherto have been the least liked of all from the strong current of cold air running through them.—Glasgour Argus. NEW GAME-LAW ACT.—Sir James Graham's pro posed bill for the modification of the game-laws has been sent round to several influential sporting noblemen and landholders, and has, it is said, excited as much general indignation amongst the squirearchy, at such a diminu tion of their privileges, as the new Medical Bill has done th.,,eiiintrv.—Leeds Times. 477 1 LA UG LIABLE OCCURRENCE. The neighbourhood of Northumberland-avenue, King ston, was yesterday thrown into a state of the utmost excitement, it having transpired that a lady had made an assignment with a gentleman who had advertised for a wife. Accordingly at the hour mentioned, three o'clock, the expectant inhabitants of the avenue were highly amused on beholding, as Burns would say, " a fine fat fagel wight " make his appearance, wiping his fat face with a white handkerchief, the lady having re quested that he would occasionally place a white hand kerchief to his face, as the means of recognition, and further stating that she would drive in from the country at the hour specified. Nearly half an hour after his ar rival, a lady drove up in a pony phaeton, in a great shower of rain, with a servant on the rumble, protecting her with an umbrella. On seeing her the unfortunate man fancied that the object of his search was at length before him, and after a few convulsive applications of the handkerchief started forward, and with a spring re markable for a man of his size, fairly jumped into the phaeton ; and before the astonished lady could recover from the fright his sudden• appearance occasioned, he had encircled her in his arms, calling her by every en dearing appellation ; and it was not until the lady had uttered scream after scream, and his shoulders were well belaboured with the umbrella by the servant, that he appeared to think he had got into the wrong box ; so making his escape as expeditiously as possible, he has tened off to the train without staying to make further in quiries for his inamorata ; and it is earnestly hoped that the lesson he has received will perform a radical cure for his love. IRISH POOR TAW COMMISSION. The following appears in the Carlow Sentinel of yes terday :—" We learn, from the best authority, that in consequence of the serious charges made in Mr. Pene thorne's report against the Poor-law Commissioners, and the conflicting statements of Mr. Penethorne and the Commissioners' architect, the Government have issued a commission of inquiry, which will not only embrace a searching scrutiny into the expenditure on the poor houses, but a thorough inspection of the buildings in every union in Ireland. We have also to announce, on equally good authority, that. Mr. Owen, of the Board of Works, is appointed a member of the commission. The names of the other gentlemen who are to act with him have not yet transpired, but we believe they will com mence operations immediately." The Marquis of Donegal sailed from Belfast for London on Friday. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE ClTY.—Monday numerous workmen were engaged erecting seats around St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Clement Danes Church, St. Mary's Church, Strand, King's College, and various other public places in the li ne o f the roa d from Bucking ham Palace to the Royal Exchange. The applications at tradesmen's houses have already been very numer ous, and prices of from half a sovereign to three guineas have been paid, for seats having a good view of the grand and imposing , processien. THE MARQUIS OP ° LONDONDERRY AND THE COL LIERS.—" The Marquis of Londonderry," says the Durham Advertiser of Saturday, " has written to the secretary to the fund for the survivors of the sufferers by the late accident at Haswell Colliery, in reply to an ap plication for a subscription. The Noble Lord disap proves of all such subscriptions, and contends that it is the duty of all proprietors of collieries to maintain those who are bereft of their protectors by fatal accident in the mines. He estimates the amount of money he has paid in this way, as coal proprietor, since 1819, at 6,1621. 17s. sd. He concludes his letter, however, by saying that, as the Lambton CiAliery and the Earl of Durham have each given 1001. to the fund, he will give the same sum." MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.--William Collings, a boy ten years of age, in the habit of going 'to sea with his father and brother in a small fishing-vessel, accompanied them as usual last Tuesday. The father returned in the evening, leaving his two sons to moor the boat ; the elder desired William to go home, and seeing him cross several boats, supposed he had landed safely. On enter ing his mother's room he inquired for his brother, and finding he was still absent, told them the child had parted from him to return about half an hour before. Search was immediately made in all directions for the child ; but hearing no account of him, the next morning, as soon as the tide was out (one o'clock, a.m.), Mr. Collings and six men went to the Barbican. The father in searching placed his hand on the body of the child, but being too much affected to render any assistance, the boy was taken up by the other men. His nose and mouth were filled with mud, which, it is supposed, prevented his rising again. An inquest was held the same evening before Mr. J. Edmonds, borough coronei. Verdict— " Accidental death.—Plymouth Times. SPEEDY JUSTICE.—On Saturday evening, the 12th inst., a man, by the name of John Anderson, was taken by Mr. T. E. Collinson, superintendent of police, from Ripon to Aldborough, a distance of about seven miles, upon a charge of felony. The case was heard before Mr. W. J. Coltman, a resident magistrate, and the lA soner was committed for trial to Northallerton. On the ensuing Monday (the 14th instant), he was taken to Northallerton Gaol, and on Wednesday last he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to transportation for seven years. Gipsy Lee, mentioned in our last as having caused a female respectably connected to elope with him from Margate, has since been charged with robbing a relative of his " beloved," at whose house he lodged, and com mitted to prison for trial. He sobbed bitterly during the examination and while in the cage thrice attempted suicide.—Canterbury Journal. BURGLARY.—About one o'clock on Saturday morn ing last, six fellows with their faces blackened entered the dwelling-house of Mr. T. Worthington, of Mansetter, near Atherstone, Warwickshire, and whilst some of them were engaged in ransacking the premises of the most portable and valuable of their contents, the others were engaged in preventing the inmates from making an alarm, during which considerable resistance was made by the latter, who were most of them wounded ; Mr. Worthington most so. It would appear, however, that some of the villains, before they effected their escape with the booty were much cut and wounded by a sword used by Mr. Worthington in the conflict. A reward of 100/. is offered for the apprehension and conviction of the offenders by Mr. Worthington, and if either of the par ties will ; impeach his accomplices, he shall receive the above reward, and every means will be used to obtain for him her Majesty's most gracious free pardon. A GOOD CROP.—Mr. Alexander Waddingham, of Driffield, has this year produced from a field containing about four acres, on the north side of the road leading to Burlington, no less than seven, and a half quarters per acre. In fact, this field has for several years been re markable for the abundance of its crops. In 1841, the yield was six and a half quarters per acre, and in 1838, seven and a half quarters per acre,—Yorkshire Gazette. GRAND EXPLOSION OP MINES AT CHATHAM, OCT. 21.--For the last two months the Royal Engineer establishment, under the entire direction of Lieutenant- Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, K.H., have been engaged in preparing a system of countermines in front of the ravelin on the left of Chatham lines, not only with the view to practise in mining, but also with the object of carrying on the course of drill in subterraneous warfare. The corps of the Royal Engineers will be divided off for this occasion into distinct parties, one representing the besiegers, and the other the defenders of the fortress, the operations to consist chiefly in mining against each other, on which occasion considerable charges of gun.. powder will be exploded., They will be highly interest ing to the scientific military officer, as there is no in stance of a , similar course having been at any time car ried on in this country on the same enlarged scale. It i understood that the attacking party will, in proportion as they may be enabled to advance subterraneously, carry on the upper ground in the ordinary work of a siege. The operations, it is stated, will probably extend over a period of eight or ten days. Lieutenant Penrice, of the Royal En gineers, will take the command of the defence; and Captain Wynn command the attacking party. Neither of the two officers know anything of each other's plans, the attack and defence being entirely distinct in their re spective duties, and the parties of Sappers and Miners are positively forbidden to hold any communication whatever with each other ; all that can be ascertained is, that each party can hear each other at work with their picks and shovels. The whole of the operations will have the same importance as if done in actual ser vice. The extent of the ground occupied by the troops form an extent of about ten acres. Captain Wynn, from the third parallel, is pushing forward several galleries in the expectation that out of some of these points of attack himf l t eh s ai rn n fa c seo c ns ro e tfp e e d eur a. enemy.snsdt. i L eo d ni At e s n o T t n e hp n ar a e n s te newn P t e planni t would-we o ' f s ou is dr d e a bf ee sn unfair n s i n t f e ag m i r thetoof detailed a ccount o f t h e two operat i ons, as each cligig o se o ia ffi le e vacu cg c e h nw e e itsa r o ei w ior t enters the cont es t w ith no more k now l edge of The than s if n b t they erra n e were o u s warfare n anactual a r far e co m t m h e e n f c o e r s e n o o n o T n . 0 e s l d t a i y s - , e t x h p e e: t 2 e d d in t s h t a a t n t, s e a v t e r e a l e l v d e i n s t n ' c g l u o icskh distinguished l o i ffi bTe c ra e h rs lelyß fr h om i hmo L spe o lof n ,f d : u n will be present. Salisbury t, o obtain a s liberal ld assistance t contr frombu t e other quarters, in aid of the rebuilding, on a large scale, 1 the parish church of Fisherton Anger, near Salisbury. .. 9~~