The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-15 00:00:00

e•Ca, - SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The morning papers contain the fol lowing unostentatious announcement :—" Lord El lenborough arrived at Farrance's Hotel yesterday." How striking is the contrast afforded by his Lord ship's return from, and his departure to, the country where he has " strutted and fretted through his little hour ;" alternately exciting ridicule by his bombastic follies, and inspiring fear for their probable results on the empire which, in an evil hour, was intrusted to his rule ! His TArdship left this country with honour—the representative of his Sovereign, and the selected agent of the Ministry, in the a dministration of our posses sion in the East. At the dinner given by the East India Directors in celebration of his appointment, Lord Ellenborough deemed it consistent with his position to pass oblique censures upon the acts of his predeces sor ; an I to enter upon a rather elaborate exposition of the policy which he would adopt and carry out in the government of India. Observance of existing treaties—a careful abstinence from aggres sion upon the territories of native princes, and a constant demonstration of a pacific disposition, were to inspire confidence in British honour and moderation. The dominion of Britain in India under his rule was to be kept within limits clearly defined and prescribed. Condensation of ter ritory was to be the object of his constant solici tude ; and extension of dominion, by annexation or conquest, was to be avoided, as tending to weak ness, distrust, and - disorganisation. Lord Ellenbo rough's first proclamation on his arrival at the seat of Government, breathed the same pacific tone ; and was franght with promises of moderation, justice, and equity. The temple of Janus was to be closed under his rule—the blessings of peace were to be cher:shed by his smile science and arts were to be fos tered by his patronage—a new era, in fact, was to commence with his administration. The acts of Lord Ellenborough have strangely disagreed with his promises and proclamation. It rom the date on which his first manifesto went forth from the Govern ment House at Calcutta, to the hour when the letter of recal from the Court of Directors readied his hand, the Governor-General seemed determined to exhibit the humiliating spectacle of a ruler who had the power of conferring a large amount of benefit on the people of his government, by merely pursuing the straightforward course which he had prescribed to himself; but who alternately abused his powers to purposes of puerile display, and of posi tive mischief to the empire. Lord Ellenborough dis appointed the hopes he had himself raised. By acting on a policy which, in the strongest language, he had repudiated and condemned, he virtually pronounced condemnation on himself, and invited all men to concur in the sentence. He speedily diminished the power of achieving extensive and lasting good which he possessed when he entered upon the go vernment. Every monthly mail brought news of some new freak of the Governor-General. His fustain proclamations, and especially his general orders for restoring the sandal-wood gates to the Hindoo temple of Sotnnauth, with his bombastic address upon the oc casion—intended to imitate the Oriental style, but which exhibited more of burlesque than imitation — exposed his person to ridicule, and his high office to scorn and contumely. Then followed the • in dulgence of his vanity in military pomp and dis play. llis projected expeditions—his army of reserve, and his army of occupation—his march ings and counter-marchings—his reviews of troops and his projects of aggrandisement. The deposi tion of the Ameers of Sinde, and the annexa tion of their territory to the British dominions, were marked by perfidy, and pepetrated by a mixture of fraud and violence. The monstrous violation of treaties, and the effect it was likely to produce gene rally on the native powers, at once astounded and alarmed those who had previously only ridiculed and aespised Lord Ellenborough's indulgence of character istic vanity. The memorable exhibition on the plains of Gwalior completed the eventful history of Lord El lenborough's personal puerilities. The " Brumma gem Napoleon ' closed his military career with that display of his genius for heroic deeds. The speech with which he took leave of his brave troops at the grand military banquet given to him, on the verge of his departure, by a subscription raised by the military officers—at which his successor, Sir Henry Hardinge. with great good taste, declined to be present—wound up the spectacle of " Lord Ellenborough in India." It might be easily worked up to a grand scenic ex hibition. At Astley's, or some other grand eques trian stage , it would draw crowded houses, and elicit unbounded applause. STANDARD.—The Duke of Victory has availed himself of the legal and constitutional termination ot his official career—his regency de jure—to offer a brief justification of his conduct during the period thst he actively performed the duties of that office, :mil we confess we can discover nothing ridiculous or ill-timed in his apology. It appears to us to have been penned in the spirit of modesty and moderation which has characterised his whole official career. A capricious :Contemporary, who is " everything by turns, and nothing long," sneers at the fact, "so illus trative of the actual position of Espartero at the present moment," that it bears date London. That it does so is owing to the very " purity of conduct and mo tive," which is admitted by his assailant to have actuated him throughout the difficulties with which he has been surrounded. Had the Duke of Victory dared to exercise the power which had been so tyrannically enforced by his successor; could he have reconciled it with his conscience to have employed the means of maintaining his position which have been re sorted to by that semi-brigand dictator; Spain, in spite of the intrigues which had been fomented against him, might still have been at his feet, and his resignation of his trust might have borne the date of Madrid Instead of London. It has been well remarked that the unostentatious privacy in which he has lived since his arrival in this country affords the best reply that could be given to the im- , . putation on him Of - any ambitious desires or mo tives in the course he has adopted ; whilst it has supplied his enemies with a pretext for repeating the charges of apathy and irresolution to which hi- , stedfast anxiety to avoid unnecessary bloodshed have given rise. The qualities of Espartero as a soldier have never been denied, and it cannot, therefore, be believed that his extraordinary forbearance during the first few weeks of the insurrection which was organised against him, could have been dictated by other than the purest and noblest motives. Through out the entire struggle he acted wholly on the defen sive ; avoiding on all occasions collisions which he appears to have been conscious would have been fruit lets so far as the general tranquillity was concerned. In all violent changes, and more especially such as have lately a , itated Spain, the people are almost invariably the losers ; for it is on such occasions that military- despotism finds the most advantageous opportunities for its exercise. The Spanish people were brought to believe that they had reason to complain of Espartero; but the series of atrocious violations of their constitution ; the total disregard of law and justice, and the despotic tyranny of their present military dictator -; must have satisfied them, to apply a Spanish figure of speech, that thew have "got out of the frying-pan into the fire.." All the recent advices - from Spain are of one cha racter—anarchy, open or concealed, pervading all parts of the country ; daily, almost hourly, violations of constitutional liberty ; massacres without trials, and trials without justice ; a Govern-, meld which commands no confidence; and a Senate selected at the. point of the bayonet, and prepared to turn .upon its creators the instant it is enabled to assunil an independent position. And what manner of person is the successor of him of whose v )verninent the besotted people of Spain became Impatient ?-:-- An Ishmael, against whom every man's arm is raised—a dictator, whose tender mercies Pero hardly exceeded by the stork, sent by Her cules to punish the eternal croaking of the frogs, after their 'appeal to him for a new regime. Need e point at the late cold-blooded massacres ; mur ders unsupported by even the pretext of judicial deliberation ; the imprisonment of members of the Senate on the mere ground of a difference of p o litical opinion ; the summary rejection of the decisions of such constituencies as were not disposed to return Moderado candidates ; and the total disregard of the privileges enjoyed by Spanish citizens, under the most despotic of their rulers Such are the blessings for which. the Spanish nation has exchanged the quiet awl constitutional rule of the Duke of Victory ; who, if he derived his authority from his influence over the army, exhibited a forbearance in its exercise, which made it finally a party to his overthrow. Is he then to blame'for availing himself of a legitimate opportunity for reminding the Spanish people of the erence between him and his successor ? Cer tainly not. Still less fur the manner in which he has performed that duty to himself and to them. CARNI tRTIIEN.—The South Wales Turnpike Trusts C.uniniisioners coneluded their sittings hero on Tues day. On Wednesday they visited Llanfihangel-yeroth for the purpose of receiving the claims of the creditors of the Carmarthen and Tivyside District Trust. They dined with J. Ll. Davies, and returned to Car m trthen the same evening. On the fellowing morning they took their departure for Llandillo.— Weldiman. The good olden times of the year 1800 are again revived at Eye. Our bakers are now selling four hot rolls for a penny. one sufficient for a reasonable man's breakfast. —Suffolk Chronicle. RAILWAYS IN PORTUGAL—A proposal has' been submitted to the Government of Portugal for the con struction of a line of railway- from Lisbon to Oporto, through Santarem and Coimbra. The project has been warmly taken up by many influential capitalists at Lisbon, as also by parties connected with Portugal in this country. The necessary capital is to be raised, half in England and half in Portugal ; the_ Govelrinme is entvt-i gurtrantee a fixed rate of interest untilthe n com pleted, and certain privileges will be granted to the R 1 CI • k rwrinri -- ti'aU 1.10711 C THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1844. It was with some difficult• the exult the tradesmen on proof of the different buppressed. POOR-LAWS---WEST LONDON UNION. A parochial meeting of the rate-payers of St. Dun stan's-in-the-West, convened by the churchwardens, upon a requisition numerously signed, was held yes terday in the inquest-room adjoining the church, to take into consideration the propriety of having a re sident medical officer in the West London Union Workhouse. The chair was taken by Mr. Church warden Benning. Mr. HAUDING, who addressed the meeting at con siderable len4th, stated that as he had been the prin cipal means of calling the rate-payers together, in accordance with the pledge he gave at the last vestry, he was bound to state the grounds on which he would call upon the meeting to express, in a resolution, their disapprobation of the project contemplated by a ma• jority of the guardians for creating the new situation of a resident medical officer in the union workhouse. —(Hear, hear.) The mere objection to an increase of the rates would not weigh with him, if such in• crease were necessary, and would be attended with a proportionate augmentation of the comforts of the poor. But he was convinced that in the proposed case it would not be so.—(Hear, hear.) There was no necessity for the change from the present system, I and it would not be attended with any advantages. — (Hear, hear.) He had examined into the subject, and he found that the poor were carefully attended by the present medical officers, and that they were satisfied with the attention and kindness of those gen tlemen. And surely it was to be expected that they would have more confidence in the respectable physicians, who had been long established in their neighbourhood, and were well known to them, than in a stranger from the country, however well recom menled that gentleman might be to the guardians. — (Hear, hear.) He repeated that the objection to in creased expense was not of so great importance in his view as the protection of the poor themselves, who, for obvious reasons, would be more likely to have justice done them by the visiting physician than by a resident officer.—(Hear, hear.) The present system had worked well for the last seven years, hav ing had two medical officers, with competent assistants, ' who were admitted by all to possess the confidence of the poOr.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. H. dwelt with much severity upon the-pamphlet put forth by the ten guar dians, which he said contained unfounded insinuations against the medical gentlemen. Ile (amidst loud ex pressions of approbation) concluded by moving a re solution, to the effect that " It was the opinion of the meeting that the resolutions passed by the Board of Guardians Of the West London Union respecting the appointment of a resident medical officer, was uncalled for and inexpedient."—(Hear, hear.) ' - Mr. CIIABLES, in seconding the resolution, said that whilst he agreed in all things that had fallen from the last speaker, he must add that the introduction : of a resident medical officer with his family into "the present workhouse, would, in the first instance, en croach upon the inadequate accommodation for the poor inmates, and give occasion to a great outlay, at no long distance of time, to provide a residence for the officer. He had visited the house on Sunday last, and he found in it about 400 of the settled paupers ; and he must admit that he observed great order, cleanli ness, and attention. But there were, besides, about forty or fifty casual paupers waiting to be passed to their parishes, and he found them in a most wretched condition.—(Hear, hear.) To set off apartments suit able for the family of a gentleman such as the board of g uardians had selected, would be imp ossible with out making an expensive addition to the building.— (Hear, hear.) After what he (Mr. Charles) had ob served in the workhouse he could not but lament the appearance of the pamphlet signed by the " Ten Guardians," in which it was insinuated that the medical officers prescribed beer and wine, Scc., to the sick poor, to save themselves the expense of tonic drugs. Now, what was the real state of the case ? He asked a poor old woman, eighty-four years of age, whether the doctors attended her well and regularly ; and her answer was, that Dr. Lynch attended her very kindly, but she wanted no physic. She wanted half a pint of beer a day.— (Hear, hear.) He received similar answers from other old women—one of whom was ninety-five years of age.—(Shame, shame.) The amount of rates in that parish was felt very heavily by all the rate-pavers present ; but surely they would not begrudge three farthings' worth of beer daily to a few poor old women who did not want drugs ?—(llear, hear.) In the men's ward he received similar answers. He found there a once respectable tradesman, Mr. Hopkins, formerly of Red Lion-court. —(Hear, hear.) He believed that he also was de niod the half pint of beer, but he was not quite certain of that, as he did not recollect all the answers. But he would ask the meeting, was it likely that such a person would receive as kind attention from a strange resident as from the visiting physician, who had known him in the district for many years, in a better position?—(Hear, hear.) But this remark applied with proportionate force to all the inmates.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. Charles complained also of the hardship of refusing stimulants to the women in the laundry, and the cruelty of accusing the physician of giving wine and brandy to the sick ; and he concluded an effective speech by seconding the resolution. Mr. WaTsosi was in favour of the resolution, and agreed with the preceding speakers, that the poor would be better protected, and more efficiently at tended, by the continuance of the present system. But he objected altogether to the use of alcoholic drinks, which were only mischievous. It would be his wish to give plenty of beef-tea and mutton-chops to the weakly.--(Cheers.) In the course of along speech, or rather lecture upon teetotalism, which sometimes elicited considerable laughter, Mr. W. gave way to repeated cries of " Question," by declaring that he was a cripple from the effects of rheumatism until about seven years ago, when he became a teetotaller, and had not suffered from rheumatism since. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A young man, named Jerry Began, was charged 1 with having assaulted a labourer, named Charles 1 1 A.PCarthy. City policeman No. 512 stated, that at about nine o'clock on Sunday night, he was called upon to quell a disturbance in Harrow-alley, Aldgate, and upon going to the place he saw M`Carthy lying on the pavement, and the prisoner whacking him on the ribs with a poker. He observed that the man who was prostrate was at the time bleeding profusely from the head, but he did not see the poker used upon that part. As the witness had three other persons in cus tody, he could not apprehend the prisoner, who, upon seeing him, ran into a house and concealed himself. Charles M`Carthy stated that as he was passing through Harrow-alley, he was suddenly knocked down with a pewter pot by the father of the prisoner, who then attacked him with a poker, and beat him with it on the left side. He staggered from the effects of the blow, but managed to hobble to the station house. Alderman T. Noon asked the defendant what he had to say in answer to the charge ? The defendant — Please your Worship, I'll never do it again. Andrew Began, the father of the defendant, was also charged with having committed an assault about the same time, in the same place. David Bryant stated that as he was talking to a woman in Harrow-alley, Andrew Regan rushed upon him, bit him in the ear most severely, and struck him with a pewter pot, which cut open his heads M`Carthy, who gave evidence against Regan the son, stated that Regan the father struck him a despe rate blow with a pint pot, and cut his head open. Andrew Regan—Why, `it's • clear they're telling lies, your Worship, for one of them says I used a pint pot, and the other says I used a quart pot. Now I never saw either pint or pot the whole of that day, and how could I strike them? The defendants were severally fined in the sum of forty shillings each, having escaped committal to take their trial at the quarter sessions upon the under standing that they would recompense the injured map. CLERKEIV WELL. Two men, named Allagrath and Gannon, were charged with cutting and wounding police-constable George Higgins, 168 N, whereby his life is endan gered. Also with violently assaulting police-con stable ,Gooderam, of the same division. InspectirriThatcher, of the N division, stated that Higgins, from the nature of the injuries, was utterly unable to attend; his collar-bone was broken in two places, and there were several wounds on his head, one of which was dreadfully severe. He was at pre sent lying at the University Hospital. The inspector handed in a surgeon's certificate, specifying the con dition of Higgins. Police-constable Gooderam, who seemed to be la bouring under considerable pain, deposed that, between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning, he was on duty in the Lower-road, Islington, when he saw a mob of labourers assembled in High-street, who were very riotous ; soon after he saw police-constable Rigging go over and attempt to persuade them to go away. Witness, seeing that Higgins's endeavours were ineffectual, went over to them too. When Magrath saw witness, he said, "If you come down the court I will open your head for you." The parties left in few minutes after, and went down a court hard by. Higgins soon after heard the noise of persons fighting in the court, and went down. Witness hearing the sounds, followed, but had scarcely entered it when he saw Higgins knocked down by a blow from a brick, which struck him on the chest. Witness attempted to reach him, but received himself another blow from a brick on the chest which felled him, and almost disabled him, causing great pain. When he had recovered a little from the effects of the blow, he saw Higgins lying on the ground, and the prisoners and others about him. 'They had bricks in their hands, with which they were " pounding" the constable on the head and neck and breast ; and when a reinforcement of police arrived Magrath ran into a house in the court and hid himself in the bed, where a man and his wife were lying, and was arrested there. Wit ness was quite unfit for duty in consequence of the injuries he had received. Mr. GREENWOOD asked the prisoners what they had to say to the charge, which he told them was a very serious one. The prisoners, who treated the matter with the greatest indifference, were remanded for a week. WORSHIP-STREET. Yesterday three men and a woman, who at this court give the names of Henry Miller, Thomas Smith, and William Smith, father and son, and Sarah Dewar, were placed at the bar for re-examination, on charges of ob taining a vast quantity of property from tradesmen in every part of the metropolis by means of false and frau dulent pretences. From inquiries prosecuted by the police, it appeared that the prisoners had occupied no less than seven houss. in as great a variety of names, within the last six months, from all of which, after carrying on the most dishonest practices, they had suddenly absconded. Mr. Humphreys attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Duncombe on behalf of the prisoners. The court was completely packed with respectable tradesmen, all anxious to get into the witness-box and prefer charges against the prisoners ; but a selection from their complaints is necessary, and we give the fol lowing as a specimen:— Elizabeth Faulkner, a fancy bonnet dealer at Cam den-town, stated that the prisoner Dewar called at her shop, and, stating her name- to be Watson, and that she resided at No. 5, Grove-terrace, Upper Kentish town, selected a quantity of goods, the price of which she did not ask, and desired them to be immediately sent to her residence. A young woman named Po cock was sent with the goods, and with directions not to leave them without the money, but was shown into the kitchen by a woman who passed as a servant ; and, some of the goods having been selected by some parties up stairs, a fresh order was given fur some other expen sive articles, to be delivered on the Friday morning. Pocock objected to m e without the money, but the " servant" plainly told her she should not give the goods back, and that the " lady" would call and pay for them, and the girl was therefore obliged to leave with out them. William Faulkner, the last witness's father, deposed that he had gone to the house of the " Watsons ' the next afternoon, and, being answered by the servant in the area, demanded the goods. The servant refused to give them up, said the " lady" would not be home till ten o'clock the next morning, and on his refusing to leave without his property, threatened to charge the po lice with him. " A crowd" of other tradesmen were coming up to the house loaded with parcels, but on hearing the colloquy with the servant, took the hint, and quickly disappeared again. Witness was indignant at being " swindled by a nest of swindlers," and " stormed" till ha got quite hoarse, in the hope of shaming the parties, or spoiling their plans ; but with no such result ; the property was still refused, and after another threat of the police from the " servant," he was obliged to leave as he came. The next morning, "de termined not to lose a chance," he went again at half past nine o'clock, and found that the house was empty, and that the prisoners had decamped. All the goods were sent on approbation, and none of them sold. A bonnet was produced by Kemp, the officer, and sworn to by the first witness; but she thinking Dewar's hair was lighter when she came to her shop than now, Sergeant Dubois produced four boxes of false fronts foutul at the house where the prisoners were taken, in Harvey-street, lioxton, and the witness identified one of these fronts as that she had seen worn be Dewar. Sergeant Dubois said he had seen the landlord of the house in Grove terrace, who had shown him an agree ment for the house for three years, taken in the name of Watson; but, though the prisoners were the parties who lived there. a well-dressed man, driving a horse and gig, had signed the agreement, and he was not now to be found. Mr. BROUGHTON said that this was clearly a case of felony, and he should certainly commit the prisoner Dewar upon it. Mr. Duncombe ably addressed the magistrate, and, ' rontendirr there was not a tittle of evidence against the Smiths of a criminal nature, demanded their dis charge. Sergeant Dubois said there was a multitude of persons in court ready to prove the connexion of all the pri soners, and one gentleman was at that moment prepared to establish a case of forgery against the elder Smith, who, he might also state, he should be able to prove had been, together with a man named Frost, who then lived with him in the Kingsland-road, sentenced to transporta tion at the Old Bailey about twelve years ago, and re turned, after serving his time out. A case was then proved in which the elder Smith, who gave his name as Dewar, and his residence as 22, Ash ford-street, Hoxton, had obtained goods to the value of not less than 50L, paying part of the money down ; and giving for the rest a bill, which he signed in the name of Dewar, and which, of course, was dishonoured. This charge, also, the Magistrate expressed it as his determination to entertain, and told the witness to com municate with Mr. Humphreys. A gentleman then stated that at Lady-day last the prisoners Miller and Dewar, who then passed by the Lame of Cooper, took a house of his, No. 17, Bolls buildings, Fetter-lane, for three years, and after defraud ing the whole neighbourhood, suddenly absconded. The (Lty after they hadleft, upwards of forty tradesmen called ut his house to make inquiries after them, and aniong them a Mr. Perry, living in Oxford -street, who had been swindled out of 401. worth of goods by them. Till se cases the Magistrate could not entertain unless more specifically preferred. Two other charges were then preferred by tradesmen at Hammel smith, as to which Mr. BROUGHTON said, he was strongly of opinion that the goods had been fraudulently obtained, and should certainly take time for consideration. Sergeant Dubois intimated to the magistrate that the numerous charges already made were not half of those he could bring forward, and requested another remand. The difficulty consisted in the distinction between felony and mere cases of credit. Mr. BROUGHTON acceded to the] sergeant's request, and having ordered the depositions in one of the charges to be taken against Dewar and Miller, directed all the prisoners to be brought up' again that day week ; but expressed his willingness, at the request of Mr. Dun combe, to take bail for the two Smiths—the elder Smith, for himself and son, in 60' and two responsible and well known sureties of Rd. each. at ion of many charges could LAMBETII-STREET. Yesterday. four out of the wretched-looking group, members of the late Spanish Legion, who had Iv:,iited upon Mr. Homy about ten days ago.to implore him to do something for them in their miserable state, and save them from dying of actual starvation, again waited upon t h e mag i s trate to know if anything had been heard by him from - the Spanish Commissioners, in reply to their statemert on the former interview, and which had gone forth to the world. Mr. BENRY replied in the negative, and asked if ncthing had been done for them by the parish ?—One of th sin, a man named ITCormack, who lost his leg in Spain, replied that many of the members had been par tially relieved, and a.n offer was made to him to be taken into the workhouse ; but having a little place for himself and his family, this would be the means of breaking up his home, humble as it was. The house had been offered to - others ; but they were under the impression that, if they once went into the union, they would have no op portunity of obtaining any redress from the Spanish Government. M'Cormack further said, that the objec tion to grant him a pension was, that he lost his leg by its being frostbitten, and not in battle, and he thought it very hard that the British Government should allow them to be treated as they were after it ; the Govern ment had been a party in holding out a promise of re muneration to them. Mr. HENRY remarked, that from all he could learn on the subject the British Government was no party in the affair. He (Mr. Henry) was at a loss to know what to recommend them to do, and had not the means of relieving them ; he thought the best course would be to go into the workhouse, and let the parish authorities write to the Commissioners. Mr. Hughes, the relieving officer of Whitechapel, pro mised to act upon Ins Worship's suggestion, and offered to take the applicants into the workhouse. Mr. RAMSIIAW (Common Councilman) supported the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A resolution was also carried, calling upon the ten guardians, in the majority of one, to resign, according to the pledge given by them in their pamphlet. There was a third resolution that the minutes of this meeting should be forwarded to the guardians and the Poor-law Commissioners, which was also passed unanimously ; and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. ''of THE AFFAIR OF MAHAENA. 1 C ONFLAGRATION AT THE NEW I -THE FOR . 6 -- i --- EXCCIEQ UE 11- 13 ILLS b e CROSS RAILWAY STATION. REPORT ON THE COMBAT OF MAHAENA (APRIL 17, ! AND PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON' 1844), ADDRESSED TO THE liLINISTER OF MARINE BY i One of the most fearful fires that has occurred in the THE GOVERNOR OF TILE FRENCH POSSESSIONS IN neighbourhood of the metropolis for many years took OCEANIA. , place at a late hour last evening, at the works attached Papaiti, April 22. ito the station of the Dover and Brighton Railway, at Monsieur le Ministre, — l had the honour of inform- New-cross, resulting in the destruction of property to an 1 ing you, in my report of March 22, that the insur- . enormous amount, the principal buildings and works , being totally destroyed, and vast damage done to the gents had taken refuge at 'Mahaena. Information : since brought by some agents showed me that their adjacent property. number was augmentiog considerably The spot in which it commenced was a loft lime ; they were diately over a large octagonal brick building, used as a fightingreckoned even at 1,500 men. This estima- , 1 s r t o o n r m e-i w •o a om fi i t u od the engineering t flep h artment i . This store tion appeared to me exaggerated, yet the intrench- ahianyinrffs in s o i f s , a e n e t nt w re as a u la p n w t a e r r d n s meats which they were raising, on a width of 1,800 of eighty feet in ü b p re a tt s d a th il metres, proved that they were exceedingly numerous. roof, upwards of seventy feet in height. It occupied a I neglected no means of preserving peace. Influ- large area, and stood westward of the station, being ap ential persons applied to the chiefs, and showed them proached by a gateway on the London side. Beneath that such persons as were summoned to appear had was a repository for the locomotive engines and car only to come and make their submission at Papaiti to riages, and it contained at the time four or five of the be amnestied. They at first appeared disposed to re- former (each of which, at a rough estimate, is valued at 1,8001.), and also a number of tenders. The works were turn to us : the chiefs of our party then sent them a all shut up, and the interior of the station was in a state deputation, which was well received ; but the female o f f animation hi, in consequence of the approaching arrival chief, Teritous, who is always at the head of the op- e h r e b ha t v h i i n s g ro s n if e nifie l d h his position, declared, in the name of all, that they would intetntiontoull'gproocreettillientrlt'trseille)oh; not accept any arrangement, and that the multitude were present Captain proceeding to b} this of the would not disperse. The people of Taiarabou alone Dover Railway ; Mr. Howell, deputy superintendent of appeared inclined to separate from the insurgents. th e same line ; Mr. Cubitt, the engineer ; with several The English missionaries, with my authorisation, others. While the workpeople were engaged erecting made a final attempt, which completely failed. It the tent on the platform for his Maj, sty's reception, then appeared to me absolutely necessary to profit by they were startled by cries of " Fire," which subse uently proved to come from the watchman. On turn ' the presence of the Charte to strike a blow which q ing toward the octagonal building they discovered to might prove to the natives that not only we had their astonishment the flames kindling in the upper part, nothing to fear from their attempts against our esta among the paint stores. A general alarm was instantly raised, blishments, but that we could reach the m in the p o- and on admission being obtained, the fire wa sitions which they had themselves chose n and foundfort- to have attained such a hold of the combustibles s fled. M. Mallet, captain of the Embusca de, received contained on t he floors that it was morally impossible to orders from me to dispatch, by the Clementine, the prevent it from consuming those departments. The second section of the voltigeurs, in garrison at Tara- police, of whom there were a large number present, both vaoa, and twenty-five men of his crew. I took all of the company's and metropolitan forces, directly necessary measures to set out the moment I learnt exerted themselves in every possible way to prevent the that the schooner, which was to carry this reinforce - • flames extendin g . Unfortunately, although the meat, had reached ' Mahaena. This intelligence a r- company have but recently been visited by a similar rived on the night of the 11th, and, on the eve nin g of calamity, there appeared to be no provision made in the 13ththe Phaeton took the Uranie in tow and cases of another emergency . of the kind ; and the con ,, , sequence was, that when their engine was got to work profiting by the calm, I proceeded with these ves- there was not sufficient hose to reach the part it sets for Mahaena. Violent and contrary winds hay - danger. From that moment the through conflag the skyrationw was ing got up during the night, the Uranie a n d the fearfully rapid. The flames rushing schooner the Clementine, which had reached us , con- light into the lantern, from whence they burst forth with trived to crowd all sail to gain to windward. I took increased fury. Before there was time to send infortna with the Phaeton the anchorage of Matavai, thus plat- tion of the outbreak to the engine -stations, the ascent of ing myself between the insurgents and Papaiti. On the flames had completely illuminated the whole of the Sunday, the 14th, the wind having fallen, I set out in metropolis,causing a complete turnout of all the engines. the night, having taken as a reinforcement the sec- Long before any of them arrived, although not a mo ment was lost, every portion of the " octagon" was in Sion of voltigeurs embarked on board the Clemen flames, the floor and the roof had given way, and fallen tine, and on the 15th I anchored at Mahaena. uponla ! the locomotive power beneath, which also speedily fell The frigate came up on the 16 th, and I took its an- notwithstanding its almost fire-proof con - chorage at three hundred and fifty m etres in front of st i ruetl? ifie c e n' lrevously attempts had been made to oxtri the little bay where I wanted to effect the landin g . cate th is valuab Ie t property, but unforktnately without 'On the 17th, at a quater past five in the morning, the least beneficial effect. The railway police and work -0 the ' troops and sailors were assembled on people, seeing that there was not the least chance of board the Phaeton, and at.day break the landing, di- saving anything this building contained, directed their rected by Lieutenant Malinanche, the head of my efforts to preventing the flames from reaching another staff, commenced on a shore defended naturally by building, termed the fitting-house and carpenters' shops. the abrupt pOint of a mountain, the approaches to These, although under one roof, were more extensive which were commanded by the Uranie and Phaeton. as regards depth and length than the other. They A hundred men were set on shore. The section of were upwards of one hundred feet long by nearly forty wide, and were contiguous to the warehouses and voltigeurs took possession of a height, and being at- other buildings attached d to the line. Although tacked, they beat off the enemy, which gave way n d perxoert Te ss andhimdseelfif defied o all th h e u utmost, nif t the after some loss. The sea, which was already heavy, Zryconptinr person efforts became more so. The landing could only be effected stop it. The consternation now created was ma in e dee t d . be in whalers, anti notwithstanding all the precaution yond description, for it could be too plainly perceived taken, two boats were thrown on the coast. One man that the last building would share the same fate as the was drowned, and we had a quantity of cartridges previous one. Abo this time an engine beloneing to wetted ; but thanks to the devotedness of several men her Majesty's dockyard at Deptford arrived, atteiTded by of the Uranie and the Embuscade, who often ran the a detachment of Marines, under the command of Major Hamilton and other deers. The men were of great risk of being crushed or drowned, and to the good .e sistance; conjointly with the work-people and the po direction given by M. Malmanche, every one was the octagon they sealed the walls of the warehouse adjoining landed at ten o'clock, and the losses were repaired. avast octa n g a o n n t , it and ;ot through l the windows, and removed I found myself with two mountain howitzers, 45 ahteesrems operationsused artillery, 248 seamen sent from the Uranie, the partme g nt. r Whilst () m t Charte, the Embuscade, the Meurthe, and time Henderson, the foreman of the sout w h e e r r e n sectionge g o on, t l h r e . Phaeton, and 148 infantry—in all 441 men. There brigade, arrived with his engine from the Southwark were thirteen men who could not land in time, the bridge-road, and was followed by Mr. Connorh ii, with Clementine having arrived in the harbour too late. the West of England engine. Both of these, as soon From the intelligence which I had received, I as possible, but with the greatest difficulty, were brought knew that the insurgents 'were to concentrate alongside the burning property to two well holes, out of which they were got to work. Subsequently arrived the their efforts in the intrenchments which they brigade engines from several other stations, under the e s also f the County had dug, and which they considered so much the more impregnable, that a thousand men de- e sp n p ,, ?ri e nten %, d i e t n h ce of m r Mr. G ß a r r a n id e wood Garwood, 9 th a fended them. These intrenchments consisted of whole of the force had reached the scene before The three dykes of six to seven feet in depth, dug parallel o'clock, the fire having broken out soon after nine. The to the sea, on a length of 1,800 metres, and defended firemen at first appeared to be completely bewildered— from the fire of the vessels by a glacis. They were the flames were rushing out of the roofs, and through covered by a horizontal roof of bourahau (a wood of nearly every window in the octagon and fitting the country), which hindered the defenders from being departments, and were roaring with an awful seen, giving them an opportunity of taking aim at sound. At the same moment, the molten lead their assailants, and hitting them almost hand to hand. was running from the cornices round the blazing property, thereby exposing every one to great It is true that if the position were once turned, re danger. Nevertheless, every man exerted himself with treat became impossible. From this information I th f e greatest , intrepidity, and by that means, a long range drew out my plan of attack. M. Dollicul, with the 0 section of the Embuscade, was to defend our rear • 3 savne.ll:e re us w ed as fo a r s th a e ein e u re s ct t i a o n n k o b f et carriages, was M. Domezon was to seize on a hill that commanded buildings ; but the fire ' was so extraordie n e a n ril thetwo the height where the flag floated, which the section that it completely reached over it, and almost extraordinarily fierce, the of voltigeurs, commanded by 'M. Martin, were to roof in a blaze. ' It was indeed truly distressing to see make themselves masters of. The other section was the valuable lathes and splendid machinery in th e then to join us. Lieutenant Gout, of the navy, had fitting-house fulling a sacrifice to the fury of one oF thy orders, with the company of the Uranie, to turn the most alarming of all elements. There was no :theme, redoubts, by placing his men as sharpshooters; and tive ; the whole was quickly destroyed, or rendered the bulk of the troops of the line, under Captain useless. The luss in this department is also said to amount to several thousand pounds. On each side of de Brea, with two pieces of artillery, were, this fitting-house, or, more properly speaking, the in following the shore, to attack the intrench- f actory, stoo d, on t h e eas t th e pl a tf o rm of the station, in meets on the flank. These arrangements being the opposite direction, the remainder of the works, made, Captain Nicolai, who filled with great stretching along to a considerable distance. Fortunately distinction the functions of Captain of the Staff, there was a large space between sufficient to admit the carried to M. de Brea, in command of the line, the firemen and others engaged in their arduous operations. order to advance. At eleven o'clock the movement For two hours and upwards the fire continued to rage commenced. It was then that a petty chief of the with awful violence, although its progress had, to a island, who was in my suite, intrepidly carried off, certain extent, been stopped. The immense mass of before the eyes of the insurgents, and from the midst inflammable material that the two buildings contained, of their bullets, the flags which they had planted on to with he heavy flors and roos, caused the conflagration be t of frightful extent, the f flames rising. to such great the hill. The fire commenced in the midst of cries . a .n ititude h asto be seen from many miles distant, attract of " Vive le Roi !" a thousand times repeated, bot h l by the troops and the vessels in the ha r b our. The assemblagegsomet o o trands of persons oiicowaaatt to ot» he the spAn unusual heights were crowned, and the flank movement com- the alarming discovery was made, sceneo almostnaccount a s soon as menced by Lieutenant Gout. The bulk of the bein g on the wa y to attend upon is Majesty the King column marched on the first redoubt, keeping up of the French on his arrival at -New-cross, These were a very sharp fire of musketry. .1s soon as I under the direction of Superintendents May (A), learned that the redoubt was turned, I ordered M‘Lean (P), and Mallalieu (R) divisions, and were of it to be carried at the bayonet's point, which the greatest use in prevening the immense populace from was executed with a bravery a nd ener gy that do breaking into the station, which otherwise there is every great honour to our sailors a nd soldiers. The second reason to apprehend they would have done, the pressure being so great. redoubt was carried a little a ft er in the same manner. His Majesty the King of the French arrived at the Seventy-nine dead bodies found in the intrenchments station about eleven o'clock. To get to the platform the attest the determination with w hich the attack and defence were carried on. I ju d g ed it ri g ht not to royal st c t a b rriageh e a a d to pass over several lengths of hose, leave any repose to the insurgents , and g ave orders to meat waseoefeiginteense were int e a r t ea w t ork T i me the scene at that appearancef mho march at once on the third redoubt. Th e r esistance troops who for med the ro y al escort, the reflection of time e was less obstinate here, and after a fire of but little flames upon their bright helmets and accoutrements — duration the defenders took to flight, and easily es- the roaring of the engines working—the shouting; of the caped from our attack, by saving themselves in the firemen, and the huzzas of the crowd in honour of the underwood which skirts the redoubt on the side of French Monarch, excited a feeling that can with diffi. the river. Here they were for a long time struck by catty be described. For some minutes vtewe he d carr from iage the the balls balls from the frigate, which added to their loss. naained stationary, and his Majesty i window the progress of the flames, which were within The fire of the sharpshooters continued also sometime 100 feet of him. His Majesty on alighting expressed his in the same underwood, but the loss sustained by the insurgents forced them to retire. At half-past four ret,-;c e t ut the calamity. . n the fire ceased along the whole line. Ono hundred frome wh v i e e r h y the en nle es c ‘ i s r , c ork m e sla w n e c r e was v , er th f that the i wells and two of the insurgents remained on the with water, they being supplied by p a ot stea u tn ) e - n c o la n r e g o ed n field of battle. Their guns have been spiked ; their the works, and to this in a great measure may at flag, a half hundred muskets, and some ammunition, tributed the saving of the remainder of the company's have fallen into our power. The artillery of the property, for had it not been for this, nothing could Uranie, commanded by M. Bonard, as I have had the have saved the other portion of the station from being honour of informing your Excellency, prevented by consumed. its good direction the insurgents from spreading them- At one o'clock a great number of the engines were still in full operation, there remaining a great body selves outside the intrenchments. The Clementine , of fire in the ruins. The hose of some were direct cominanded by M. Boyer, joined her tire to that of inn the frigate to annoy the fugitives in their retreat, and adjacent streu buildings, I d o i nf water, a t Fr, s n from the burningthe warehouse and the cut off the passage of the river. The Phaeton, Cap - whilst the the firem g en , into estationed ma on all ss sides , de beneath, tain Maissin, insured the safety of our ambulance sta - prevent the flames extending. Up to this period, st o tioned at the place of landing, and which was at one and a n hour subsequently, several of the at period attacked. M. Vesco, surgeon of the Uranie, was taches to the King of the French, who were to follow there struck with a spent ball. I have to inform in another train after the royal carriage, were to be seen your Excellency that the zeal and solicitude of thiS mingled with the police and firemen. Their dresses officer was worthy of all praise. I am bound also wonderfully contrasted with those of - the fire corps, to mention to your Excellency the conduct of M. whose apparel was covered with mud, and their faces as black as sweeps. In the course of another half-hour or Gabrielli de Carpegna, Enseigne de Vaisseau, who so the_whode of the suite . left the New-cross station in a speaks the language, and who fhad brought with me, charged at first with the signals with the harbour, s tEe ec a ta rr l i t v r o , f o h l a th m e a tr .e t a v t ay a t n O d D h o ia ve s r. h In consequence of subsequent departure, and afterwards with the care of having the wounded very little could be giean y ed respectin n g se t c re en origin ai o . the transported to the Ambulance, where their number fire, the chief portion of the officials of the raila• became considerable. 111. de Carpegna acquitted him- - to accompany the august party to its destinatio y n. mv ‘ i 'V eg e self of the task with zeal and devotedness. After ascertained from them that the loss is partly insured in having bivouacked that night in the placo where we two or three offices. It is impossible to conceal the fact landed, I, on the morning of the 18th, during the re-- that some suspicion overhangs the origin of the fire. It embarkation, sent Captain Nicolai with the reserve, able l b e recollected that a month or two ago a consider commanded by M. de la Vaissiere, Enseigne de Vais- andsamen d e es a t r ruc h t e ion of property took place on the same lino seau, and which had landed too late to take part in of sheddingt spot. l On that occasion a long line 'the affair. M. Nicolai visited the field of battle company en a t n e d red sev i e n r t a o carriages . were consumed. The in every direction. lie had the ammunition and no satisfactory result. remarkableOannemvestigation, which led to fact connected arms picked -up which the night before had with the present fire is the following :—That the work escaped observation. lie destroyed a half-hundred shops had been closed for some time previously, and no of canoes and three whalers which lay in a light has been allowed to enter that portion of the pre pond near at hand , and which might p rove of mises where the flames were first observed_ as There were in paint a other great service to the i nsur g ents. At five o'clock the workshops a large quantity of and. no doubt a rigid matter the anchors were weig hed, and the same ni g ht I which would ignite spontaneously ;but was back at Otaheite. This victory has not been inquiry will this day take place to the true cause. The without lamentable loss on our side. We had fifteen workpeople, it should be stated, who were employed on men killed, of whom two were officers—M. Nau- the premises, were in the receipt of excellent wages, sonty , of the navy, and N. Seignette, lieutenant of and there is no reason to b e li eve t h a t an y o f th em h ave a rtillery ; been the cause of this i m m ense d es t ruc ti on o f pr o perty. Messrs. C besides fifty-one wounded, of whom two, The ruins, particularly those l e ft of the octagonal or olondre and Debry, were dives. Every principal buildings, a s th e fir e gradually subsided, had a one did his duty well, but several made themselves re marked in a striking manner. I have the honour,must remarkable appearance ; the upright walls of the upper story, or lantern, which was supported by four Monsieur le Ministre, to transmit to you the report stone pillars, while the body of fire was raging beneath, of Chef de Bataillon Brea, in command of the troops, were so charred and splintered by the intensity of the which points out to me the most deservit From heat, that they resembled the fretted pillars of some an the manner in which this officer behaved, ' its name cient monastery which had been worn away by the lapse ought to be placed at the head of the rep or t. I a d- of years, and the destructive hand of time, while the join a list of names for and decoration promotion wreck of the several locomotives was to be seen along praying your Excellency to lay them b e f ore a ,' the extens:ve line of shedding , showing a mo st serious a loss of this most valuable property of t he com pany . Illajesty, as justly meriting recompens e . ' " l .1 have the & The total amount of the damage done was computed honour, c., at upwards of 25,0001. :TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUS' o f Sin ? , —I beg, through you, to call the attentiotaber parties capable of making the inquiry, as to whe is a surmis on my part, that Prince Louis NaP le°ll -:- a victim of the Forged Exchequer-bills' Conspire; in order that Englishmen, after the N g ° l , f p ao French shall have left our shores, may Tl [ l 2 ? appeal itc) him to remit the sentence on the Pr'. °° :„iii• In the' first instance, in order to supportn l ) t hat position, I believe it is an undoubted fa ct e nt Itapello entered into the contract for the engage°, of the steam-p ac k e t ( w ith th e p ro prietors) wh ich c of veyed Prince Napole o n and his party to the shores France. it 00 I was in London at the time of this mad 3 - - , e , o ck and in the immediate neighbourhood of the 0'. 1 , e 4 Exchange. I perfectly recollect that the news arto just after the close of business ;—is it not 1 0°1 1, 0 1 there was some delay in the arrival of the ne ws h ' oo o that it was intended to have arrived in busines s n " te r and created a panic of which the Forged Excb e si s p3 bills' Conspirators purposed to take advantage,tbeir make a grand rush in order to recover some of 00 , immense losses ?—that Prince Napoleon was plete . ly ignorant of the scheme of which ile t ",,lo, victim, and was led to believe that a strongl ) ", d e soi ready to receive him on his landing on the 5 1 . 0 - ftb° France, and that he is to this moment ignern n ,.." real object fur which the conspirators made blim ready tool ? lare It has been the surprise of all parties how so dot a sum of money could have been got r id of as t il t: f ill' by the Forged Exchequer-bills' Conspirators. also be recollected, that when Louis Napolo' n Al :. 0, party were secured, an immense sum of n i°* oo found in their possession. If this money Iva' I f ) tbes 3 the proceeds obtained on the deposit of some o'looii forged Exchequer-bills, a great portion of W e ibel fully accounted for, and also the means explai n io the party obtained possession of a sum sai d been nearly one hundred thousand pounds. sifte' If it can be proved that no real conspiraci ei,e bat in. France to aid the mad attempt of the Fril)),'Sr that he is the victim of a set of forgers and SO ° if 0 change speculators, I think it highly probable'wd, appeal e fi l l I'4.- were made to King Louis Philippe , remit the sentence on Louis Napoleon in ° °l, ' to the reception given him on his - visit to n g i v`, °cl D. I am, Sir, &c., Ilfracombe, Oct. 10, 1844. JAMES COCKBURN BELANEY.—Letter S received from the Home-office, expressive of tb e d , be: of Sir James Graham at the outrages that h a ' f o committed against te person and property Belaney since his return to North Sunderland Government has joined in offering a r t t ion o l 1001. for the apprehension and cont',l?",.l9j, the offenders who set fire to his clivehi h n ,' r on the evening of the 18th ult., a nd - card jesty's gracious pardon to any accomplice in 1 .01 An inspector of police has been sent down t , ° 0 4 4 1 into the nature and particulars of the rec ee "a„yed He has been actively engaged for the last fe w ,. Cie? on the 7th inst. laid informations against „11 5 ' 0 0 Gray Bell, the late clerk of the firm of o e- , 0 0 Skelly, and three other persons, of the e s . 4 Steavenson, Brown, and Galligar, t If at the incendiary fire of the 10th 'for o i Rev. Dixon Clark, of Belford, a rnagiatr ßte district, after hearing a part of the eviden ce be by the inspector, granted warrants for t broti o diate apprehension of the parties who wil l be bol',; before a special petty sessions, to b dfod o pi for the purpose, this day (Wednesday) at 13e„.14-I),i, warrant was also granted to search the derelr,elPf: of Mr. Bell, for property belonging to M i lo Op; which he is charged with having improperlY ts, o r , 1 4 It is not true, as has been stated by some 0 1 l ee h '. temporaries, that Mr. Bell had been appoil ite ' of CPS of the firm of Robson and Skelly by the Courteeo eery, as no proceedings in that Court bore b 10 0 ( tuted. The subject is creating co nsiders b e; and we are sorry to see parties of a respec,,t 3 i ger r . in life implicated in so serious a c harge.- 4 .0". 0 pe5; : THE CUSTOMS.—A diversity of practice "' le, ; to have prevailed in remunerating tidevad te r,for!J on vessels allowed to discharge their cargoes 'r'efot after the legal hours of business, when such P 0 0 ) , is granted, on special application be it :giolti l *e merchants on the occasion of a vessel the being under contr a ct or demurrage, or %alit?, quest of the dock companies or wharfinger of,ooPic influx of shipping a ft e r th e prevalence 4 the winds, and consequent p ressu re of busi ee n s- ',l l v,l l pense for such over-time attendance being , ] ° ,;tion i d sions, borne by the parties snaking the 01 3 1 1 "% - , it the Board of Customs being of opinion that in o° l 'o cases a charge at the rate of sixpence as hou r o° l made, instead of a shilling, as has hithert ° ,.' l ,ing• 1 )) stances, been the ease for a tidewalte r ' l ;i-side 1 the hours fixed fur the attendance of ' V4 ,,,c1 tide" and that when the services of a s ec ",_, - ns iclered on the same vessel, shall be c"", the cessary to assist in keeping an accatin'ffi f e (111 $ 1 / veries, his over-time be also charged at the s~ orders have been issued to the ocers at these/l 1 a ise t ments in London, and the outports of the Ve' e , r dom, to govern themselves in future accordie'Y r io class of officers were not allowed an y p a ymen;:eo, v i attendance till within the last y ear or two, new regulation they are required to keep tut Z'pelt! , the delivery of the cargo from the ship as a cl 7 c l the landing account ; therefore, they are P s ; ,, i n er much for extra attendance as for extra atte n , b ] ; duty; their attendance on board the vess el quired day and night from the time she i s rd Gravesend till the whole of her cargo is cleat:, obei ROYAL ETIQUETTE.—The author of „ e b Frances Burney, or, by marriage with a r grant, Madame D'Arblay, complains bitte lli sel v i Memoirs of the severe fatigue she underitreettestif4 Court lady. Her employment was personaLei' p ioy on Queen Charlotte, to assist in robing, an d , P. „ - eir sr o i l replenished her Majesty's snuff-box, It is "tlyoadf. etiquette to sit or eat in the royal presenc e ;, - 0, not pass the royals on the road. nor any re e- n o l st they are, if the door be open ; . if met Ye ti be, l l°‘ ; still ; in retiring from their presence it nt es ; (PS svard ; if they enter you must immediately r,ls.,"tbrire to the wall, leaving the centre of the romp elusive use ; you must not address them ° to o e 4 spoken to ; if a royal personage condescent ls ] ," subject, he brings with him what guests h e has entire control during his stay of the 04- ele 6 b 4 princes are of ancient institution, all thes e r re c oe, / doubtless a sage and politic meaning. Th e) „lth e j," intended to maintain the personal dignity er reign, to present him being indecorous l y Tee t r ol r taken unawares, so as to betray weaknesi, or por ante of restraint on his will and pleasnr e ' o esc h o fi princes are no longer considered divine or t e3 ;0 0 , ; nor perhaps wish to be—fur the assumption ( ea berm irksome—they might perhaps be rehlfleilty British Court, au they have been on the Cliff ee 'lft l i poor factory girl suffered more than Fanny Jet o '. from their observance, sometimes ready to 3 eir3r, hunger and long-standing. Yet she sal s ,, l o cruelty or hardness of heart in the Queen , ' IR O 4 0i' and considerate, that inflicted this su ffering , ;00 ,11 0 , thought and experience of her situation. T i h e „ is the cause of nine- tenth s o f th e m isery tu r "sorbe world—want of reciprocal knowledge betw ee o 4 and those dependent upon them.--Ne :e Monthly Review. bee ° Are regri -----------r , T - .. BIRTH ------------- . SP' , inst., On the 12th at Southborough, Tunbridge' Or Thomas Brabazon Aylmer, of a daughter. A At ei On the 12th inst., the lady of William Wou..g 40 Woodland -terrace, Greenwich, of a son. go On the 12th inst., at Thistleton, Rutland, 1,f,, Fludyer, of a son. fess °f On the 12th inst., at Portland-place, the Con n — of a daughter. NS al On the 9th inst., Mrs. Haynes, of the Vamp Of a daughter. ;fa of On the 9th inst., at Ghent, Belgium, the "el"" ff : Charlier, Esq. of a daughter. the Vef' fi On the 111.11 inst., at Shenley, the wife of d' Newcome, of a daughter. lle l'. On the ' llth inst., at Henlow, the lady of the 0 1 Byng, Vicar of Langford, Beds, of a daughter. +. j, 0 i ' On the 12th inst., at Tottenham, the lad)" °' 01 Esq., of Finsbury-square, of a daughter. the WO / On the 12th inst., in St. Jobn's-wood-roa d f '-/ Sutton, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. I3 i 4I On the 3d inst., at the Church of ie holy Tri lti'll "V i heaf,o' !,,? ton, by the Rev. George Pocock, LL.B , inc e- OP of St. Paul's Chapel, St. Marlebone LL.B., 011;4 of Alexander-square, Brompton, to garah, elde st klea l/' George Gunthorpe, Esq., of Newington - Pla ce ' t er Surrey. On the Ist inst., at St. Martin's, Leicester, itrilfivii S. Martin, of the Groye, Stratford, Essex, to npaircliFi daughter of the late Mr. AV. Taylor, of Burton-001;01, On the sth inat., at the Collegiate , Chu . ,rc h ; o f 11 0 , Anthony, second son of Thomas Sherwood , of square, London, to Annie, second daughter Glasgow, Esq., of Manchester. I3RUAT, Governor of the French Establishments in Oceania. DEPARTURE OF FOREIGN MAILS. The next mail for Malta, Greece, and the lonian Islands, vi, Southampton, will be dispatched from hence on the morning of the 17th inst. The next mail fur the West Indies, &c., will be dis patched from Southampton, by the Tweed steamer, on the morning of the 17th inst. The next mail for America is by the Hibernia steamer, from Liverpool, on the evening of the 19th inst. London, Oct. 15. THE CORPORATION OF LONDON AND MR. DAVID SALOMONS.—This day Mr. David Salomons will attend the Court of Aldermen in order to be sworn in as Al derman of the ward of Portsoken. It is expected that the court will be much crowded, the proceedings having created a vast deal of interest in the metropolis. It is, we believe, the intention of Mr. Salomons to address the court himself. -A, Y 1-- 1, DIED. V9O l toil , On Saturday, the 12th inst , at Anstey he liter, Leicester, John Frewen, Esq., youngest so n , ° , l Yeic esw - 1 Frewen Turner, Esq., of Con Overton 1 - 1 3 "' 0 6 ' 1 t' and of Brickwall House, Northiam, Sussex, ag e gt forw 0 On the 10th inst., at Vicarag e -t err ace, SU' Ore' Elizabeth, relict of the late Mr. J. H. Giles. •for)t ° 0 ,, , :' On the 30th of September, at Gisborn, i n - ,lott, Sykes, Esq., of Bruton. street. cgrAPthe' On the 4th inst., at Bruton Somerset, Julia .-- of jt i eldest daughter of the late , T. Sampson, E s q" fi e `' / place, aged 72. „wood' I'' .4 On the 4th inst., at Canterbury-grove bari' , y el the third son of the late Edgar Ash ' SP' — ao do r ' 1 Walsall. A le%— hr On the sth inst., at Roehampton, SurreY,. --- jo , Esq., of Elderslie,N. B. m p tO di On the 9th inst., at Knowle Lodge, 1 18— - 5 de' L Thwaites, Esq. • °ea' f i On the 9th inst., at Park Villas, Clieltenh oll ' of wif e 1 Esq O ., aged 63. n the 10th inst., at Coventry, El i za beth, t he i irl' Twist, Esq , solicit or . Cold -13 / On the 11th inst., in Brunswick-cres cent, lane, Camberwell, Thomas Russell, Esq. 6' )s'' ' if _,. e 11, pt , „' On the 11th inst., at Camden-row, Cambel'; oe, `AV' relict of the late Arthur Ryder, Fq, of Roed;ler el 4 ,4 On the 11th inst., Elinor Esther, daeg a " All." gli c il ' Hodge, of Great Marlborough-street. Lately, at Ludlow, in the county of S 31 , ° P t ' e of Browning, the wif e o f M r . J o h n B r Owning ,l3- in the United States, aged 74. 'e Loudon : Printed and Published by M` - ' — odic — oo" No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The .S 4° .„ S - ,rand, in the Precinct of the Savoy', 1" Middlesex, Tuesday, October 15,154 GROUSE SHOOTING AND DEER STALKING. The following gleanings of sport from the moors and deer corries have reached us since last week—at Corrymony, Captain I)ownes shot, in ono day lately, 16 brace; at Dummaglass, It. N. Trumbell, Esq., on the 21st, 8} brace, and on Monday and Tuesday following 14 and 9 brace; on the 10th, Sir 11. Meux and R. Arabin, Esq., made out 21 brace ptar migan and 12 brace grouse—the same party's sport for the season amounts to upwards of 800 brace of grouse, ptarmigan, and black game, together with 6 red deer. At Craggie, J. C. Freebairn, Esq., bagged 9 brace in part of a day; and at Lochtrei:i, W. Clarke, Esq., has had some very good day s grousing of more than average numbers. From several parties, who have closed their season, we learn that all are highly satisfied, both with their sport and Highland rambles. The game-book of the Auchnanault party has entries of nearly 800 brace of grouse and 7 red deer; at Scardroy, Captain Bon ham and Lord Beauclerk's returns were, 1,350 head of grouse, about 100 of them hawked by Captain Bonham's well-trained falcons, which he brings every year, to keep up the old sport of falconrie ; at Dalmi gavie, Mr. Wigram and friends shot 640 brace ; and at Carr-bridge, Colonel Forbes and friends, upwards of 620 brace. From the deer forests some very large fat stags have been selected ; at Inverbroom, Sir St. George Gore, Bart., got some first-rate shots, with which he captured five stags, two of them very heavy, and with large heads of horns, one set of antlers 30 inches in length. From his forest at Rhi dorrach, J. A. Mackenzie, Esq., picked out two well antlered deer; one weighed, when cleaned, 30st. 31b., -and the other 18st. 121 b. At Fasnakyle, J. W. Eyton, Esq., and Mr. Gatacre, have stalked some good stags, one with thick beamed antlers finely studded. It. H. Halford, Esq., at Novar, has se cured 5 stags ; and at Aviemore, S. Parnther, Esq., got one, and a roe deer. Some good specimens of the brown and spotted varieties of fallow deer, which at one time were preserved in several domains in the north, have been shot by G. Stockwell, Esq., Brahan, J. Pell, Esq., and It. Reid, Esq., Castle Leod. Lord Lovat, with his own gun, bagged, in one day last week, no less than 38 brace of partridge?, from his preserves at Beaufort Castle.—Ross-shire Advertiser DREADFUL FIRE AT TOTTENHAM. —About four o'clock on Thursda}•;morning a dreadful fire broke out on the estate of Mr. Frederick Antenbring, of Farmwoods - green, Tottenham, Middlesex From ita -first outbreak there was not the least chance of saving any portion of the property. A party of the N division of police soon reached the fire with the Tottenham engine, but water was such a distance from the farm, that during the necessary delay that occurred in fixing the lengths of pipe, the fire made the most frightful progress, and only a short time elapsed before one-half of the farm-yard, 53 yards by twelve, was one burning mass. Two engines of the London establishment from Whitecross-street and Jeffries-square now arrived, when they were well worked by the inhabitants and firemen, and it soon be came apparent that the firemen had obtained the mastery. Unfortunately, however, the brewhouse, granary, cot tage, cow-houses, calf-pens, sheds, &c., as well as several hundred heads of lire stock, were consumed. The pro perty is insured in the Alliance and Royal Exchange I Offices. WESTBROMWICII.—The thick coal miners of West brotcwich and Oldbury have given notice for an advance of wages of sixpence per day, so as to have four shillings instead of three shillings and sixpence, their present rate. The notice expired on last Saturday night. It is generally believed by the men that they shall have the advance without any opposition on the part of the masters. —Birmingham SIDCUP PETTY SESSIONS. Yesterday Mr. George Warrener, the proprietor of the Pier hotel, Erith, attended before Messrs. Chap man and Borens, the presiding magistrates, to answer an information laid against him by the metropolitan police, by which he was charged with opening his house before one o'clock on Sunday, the 29th Sep tember, and for. which offence he had incurred a penalty of 51. The defendant, on being called upon to plead to'the information, said he must admit that the house was open, and that persons were taking refreshment, but he was anxious to explain the circumstances under which the alleged offence tookrplace. The BENCH said it would be better to hear th 4 evidence of the- police before any explanation was given, and he would then he at liberty to , make any statement he might think material • . . , A police-constable of" the R division , was then sworn, and 'he proved that on Sunday morning, the 29th of September, about eleven o'clock, he went into the defendant's house, and saw several persons taking refreshment in the bar. Mr. Warrener, in answer to the complaint, said that the kouse in question was near the steam-boat pier at Erith, and it was established principally for the ac commodation of the steam-boat passengers. A great number of persons came down by the boats, and par ticularly on Sundays, and it frequently happened that the boats were not very punctual, and parties had to wait sometimes two or three hours for a boat, and his house was the only place at which they could be accommodated. On the day in question some persons hail missed the first boat to London, and having to wait two hours before there would be another, they came to his house to have breakfast, and they were the parties seen by the policeman. The constable; in answer to questions from the Bench, said that some of the persons he saw in the house were inhabitants of Erith. Mr. Warrener said that when travellers from the steam-boats were admitted, it happened sometimes that other persons forced their way in. The MAGISTRATES said that the defendant had no right to open his house before one o'clock, but under the circumstances they should only inflict a mitigated penalty of 10s. and costs. IMMENSE DRAUGHT OF HERRINGS. About the middle of the fishery of this year the shoal, which had remained stationary for several days, opposite the Frith of Dornoch, suddenly disappeared. The fishermen were uncertain whether it had turned up or gone down the Moray Frith, and the boats from all the various villages of the coast, which had for merly fished together in one huge fleet, were scat tered in quest of it in every direction, above and below, here, on the southern shore, there, on the north. The boat in which we sailed had shot her nets in the middle of the Frith, near the bank which the herrings had so lately quitted; no fish were caught, and, in the morning, the crew proposed that they should sail for Burghead, to ascertain whether any of the other boats had been more successful, and to learn the opinion entertained by the more sagacious fishermen regarding the state and prospects of the fishing generally. But their progress was so impeded by adverse currents and a dead calm, that the even- - ing was beginning to darken ere they arrived abreast of their . port, and they agreed that, instead of landing, they should turn up the Frith, and shoot their drift a little below Guilliam. The day had been dull and hazy. When the night set in there came on a thick, un pleasant drizzle, accompanied by a low breeze from the west; and, before they arrived at the proposed ground, the rain had become very weighty, and the breeze had increased to a gale. They shot their drift,' however, and. spread their sail over the beams ; but so saturated was the canvas with water, that it a f orded them nil d n s i c g a h r t c , e b a n n shelter. ty tnegale hTande risenrai n f und the sea around them presented to shthoueronrivcaiafent‘ev:, the appearance of a field of snow ag itated by a whirlwind. On a sudden the waves began to roll by in silence, and without breaking. One of the crew, starting up, exclaimed, "We are in the middle of the largest shoal I ever saw in the Moray Frith, and shall lose our whole drift ;" and the others, shaking themselves from the sail, rose but in time to see , in the dim light of a stormy August morning, their buoys sinking, one after one, as the . fish struck the nets and dragged them to the bottom. They immediately commenced hauling, but the terrific heave of the sea compelled them to desist, and they sat in the stern , shuddering with cold, for their clothes were soaked through, waiting till the gale would " take off." It continued, in unab a t e d s t reng th, until late in the morning, when it began to lower, and the fishermen to haul ; but the appearance of the first net showed them that they could scarc e expect to . hear to the shore, such weather, the one-fourth of their draught. Signals were made to a stranger boat in the distance, to come and l oa d. Th e s t rang er, how ever, was in no circumstance to benefit by the invitation: she had carried away her mast at the commencement of the gale, and the crew, nearly e x h aus t e d by the fatigues of the preceding night, were tugging at the oar. And so the fishermen found that, in order to save their nets, they would require to give up the greater part of the valuable charge which they contained again to the sea. After hauling and shaking the first few they again attached the drift to the stem and threw overboard several barrels of fish. Another net was then hauled, and snore of the fish thrown out; and, in this manner, taking in and throwing out alter nately, they continued to labour until two o'clock in the afternoon, when the whole drift was hauled. They then made sail for port, carrying with them twenty-fiye barrels of fish, all they could venture 00 bearing through so rough and broken a sea , but little more Man the fourth part of their original draught, the rough and perilous sea had made them fain to accept, in lieu of the fifty pound prize which they had drawn in this lottery, a composition of little more than twelve.-North British Review. NAMING AND NUMBERING OF _ STREETS. The new Metropolitan Building Act, which comes into operation on the Ist of January, creates a new Board, consisting of two official referees and a registrar, for the general superintendence of buildings in London. The new Board would render the public an important service, if they would undertake such a registration of houses that every house in a street should have a dis tinct number, and that no two streets should be called by the same name. Great inconvenience is now occa sioned by the neglect of this very simple matter of muni cipal arrangement,' The last Act for the registration of voters directs that in every claim to vote, the number of the house shall be inserted for which the vote is claimed, but in some streets many of the houses are without num bers ; and the instances are numerous, of two or more houses in a street having the same number. In Regent street, St. John's, Westminster, there are fire No. thir teens, and six No. fourteens. Equal or greater confusion arises from the multiplica tion of the tame street names. We find in a London Directory twenty-eight King-streets, twenty Queen streets, twenty-six Charles-streets, twenty-five Church streets, twenty-three John-streets, four Water-lanes, two Water-streets, &c. A serious loss, as well as inconvenience, arises to the public from this source. The expenses attending the delivery of letters are increased som e thousands of pounds by the puzzling uncertainty of addresses. A letter from the country di re cted .. k i ng-street, London, is, perhaps, first delivered in King-street, Cheap .. s . ide, whence it may be returned with the words " try hang street, Holborn;" and perhap s twent y district postmen may each have to walk a mile before the right King street and the right person be discovered. Nor does the fault rest altogether with careless directions. A stranger to London cannot be blamed for ignorance of the extent to which the amplification of an address is necessary. Thinking to be both precise and explicit, he may direct a letter to " John Smith, Water-lane, City, London," and his letter may be sent to three different Water-lanes, all in the City, and all within a stone's throw of each other: —Water-lane, Blackfriars; Water-Lne, Thames street; Water-lane, Fleet-street; and, perhaps, in ea c h Water-lane there may be a John Smith. The evil is one which we believe the Corporation of London, and the Commissioners of Paving generally, have power to remedy, and we may hope it will be con sidered as part of the duty of the new Registrar to call thoir attention to the subject. 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