The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-03 00:00:00

Mlittion ARRIVAL OF HER MAJESTY AT WOOLWICH.-(THIS DAY.) (ANOTHER ACCOUNT.) • The announcement that her Most Gracious Ma jesty and Prince Albert would disembark some time this day at Woolwich, from her excursion to Blair Athol, attracted, as is usual on all such occasions, a great number of persons to that town, to get a glimpse of the royal personages. It was stated that her Majesty would arrive at Woolwich before noon, but long ere that time large crowds were assembled in the town, which were continually augmented as every fresh steam-boat from London arrived with its crowded deck. Groups of persons were to be seen in all direc tions near the point of debarkation casting anxious looks down the river. They were, however, doomed to a long disappointment, for it was not till half-past one that the firing of cannon from the Waterman steam boat, No. 12, announced that the royal yacht was in view. The different official persons whose duty it is on all such occasions as the-present to receive her Ma jesty, and the different officers of the garrison, were prepared from an early hour ito'receive her Majesty ; and when it became known that the royal yacht was approaching, every arrangement for her reception was executed in the most prompt and orderly manner. As the splendid and powerful steam vessel appropriated to convey her Majesty and her Royal Consort on their marine excursion neared the, pier, a salute was fired from the Royal Arsenal, and the band played the National Anthem. The 9th bat t Ilion of the Royal Artillery and the Sappers and Miners were drawn up in front of the Arsenal, and the Royal Marinep - were drawn up at the Dock yard, where her Majesty landed. It was now two o'cloek, and a vast concourse of persons were assem bled in the Dockyard to welcome her Majesty, after her sojourn in the north. Her Majesty, on landing, was .received by Lord Bloomfield and Sir G. Cock burn, and several other officers of both services. The bend played the Nationcl Anthem, and a salute was fired from the Dockyard as her Majesty landed, And loud and hearty cheers greeted the royal per sonages as they passed through the crowd of specta tors who were assembled on the occasion. Little more than three week ssince we had occasion to observe, with regret, that neither the Queen nor Prince Albert looked as well as we are sure her loyal and loving subjects would wish; but we are now happy to state that the northern air and the sea breezes seemed to have agreed with the royal couple, for as her Majesty appeared " fresh from ocean," she seemed to enjoy the best health. Her Majesty looked extremely well, as did also Prince Albert. There were five carriages in readiness, and a party of the 17th Lancers, Rho arrived in 'Woolwich yesterday from Hounslow, which formed the royal cortege. They were drawn up at a short distance from the pier. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the Princess Royal entered the first carriage. The Earl of Liverpool,. the Earl of Aberdeen, ant the other individuals who accompanied her Majesty, occupied the other carriages, which drove to the terminus of the Great `Western Railway, at Paddington. At Greenwich the usual preparations were made in honour of her Majesty by the authori ties there; and along the road from Woolwich to the terminus at Paddington her Majesty was received with every demonstration of respect and affection. THE FUNDS—(CLOSING PRICES.) BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ....... .......... — ,Indian Stock ..... .......... '288% 3 per Cent. Red ....... — Ditto Bonds ............... 94 pin. 3 per Cent. Cons. - 3% per Cent. Red - Ditto New Annuities ... 99% New 3% per Cent 102% Ex. Bills, 1,0001 . 1%d... 76 pat New 5 per Cent. — Ditto 5)1. ...... ..... .... pal Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 74 pm lan 'SRO 12% Bank Stock for Acct.... 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GLOBE.—It was not without curiosity we waited to see how Lord Ellenborough would complete his cycle of contradictions in word and action ; and it is not without amusement we read the last exertion of his lungs military. Those who remember Lord Ellen. borough's speech at the London Tavern, before leav ing England, and the extraordinary warmth of the expressions it contained of sympathy with the people of India—those who remember (and who can forget?) his first prozlarnations of policy when arrived at his seat of empire—may sigh or smile, according to their respective temperaments, at the thorough and total contrast of this last flourish of drums and trum pets. According to ;Lord Ellenborough's prologue, his whole soul was turned to the arts of peace, and his whole energies were to be devoted to-pacific im provements ; according to his epilcgue, his whob soul as devoted t 3 camps and cantonments, and his whole regret in leaving India, is that of being separated from the army. A French Jacobin exclaimed "Mon ame est sans-culotte I" Lord Ellenborough's soul is Sepoy. The hundred millions have vanished from the view of the Brumma gem N apo l eon ; an d a ll that is not military is, in his estimate, merely Pekin. 13y the way, talking of Pekin, is is a new light to. the British public, that it has to thank Lord Ellen borough for the conduct of the Chinese war, and' the peace of Nankin. We are bold to say, this was un known before. It was unknown that the Chinese war was not that of the British arms and councils, but of the • Ex-Governor-General of India. If this had sooner transpired, it might have spared Britain a monster ingratitude. It was erroneously imagined that Lord Ellenborough's achievements were Sinde and Gwalior—the former fertile of additional bur thens, and provoked mutinies of his dear Sepoys--the latter, where crudenesS of conception was betrayed by abortiveness of result. These are Lord Ellenbo rough's trophies : let him not clutch at those won fur us by the commenced operations of the late Govern ment, and their successful close under the present. If it be pleaded that the total revolution in the tone of this eccentric ex-functionary, who swaggered is all civil, and swaggers out, as we have seen, all military —is fairly chargeable only on his improved insight into the_attributes of our power; we can only say, that a sense of imperfect initiation should have made hips snore modest at first ; that'h, sense of former miscon ception should have rendered him now more cautious. But, if he was wrong before, he has now mistaken fur right merely the reverse ,a that wrong. If h e was wrong in his ostentatious announcement that swords were to be turned into pruning -hoof, he is not less Wrong in his equally ostentatious announcement that our main stay is the svvord. A wise man would have blurted out neitlset the one nor the other un called-for sentiment. If must needs make the bases of our power matter of sjilatch, which belong better to action—if he m us t nee d s ? avour our a tt en t i ve enemies with his fleeting and personal impressions of what we might, would, should, or should not have done—and what we may, can, or shall do—he should, at least, have sought to embrace his' whole subject better. If the ruler of India was to put forth review articles on our Indian policy, he should have tried to write them like those ascribed to Mr. Macaulay. If he was resolved to furnish food for Eastern fancy to chew the cud upon, about the prestige of our power, and so forth—his Lordship should have given himself the trouble to present a less crude ttad more complete idea of that great moral ascendancy. H e b egan by believing that the 4 4 prestige " of Ellenb oroug h and his fortunes was to bear everything before it ; he ends with the mere physical-force charter of Sepoy swords. And he is the Gownor, under whom these very Sepoys have been made neurally mutinous by demands of uncon tractel-fosiwitticebeyond that very Indus whose boun dary he had himself designated as our ne plus ultra. Yes, we can well believe Lord Ellenborough now sees raaaon to kuld ether views of the posture of civi lised poimat by semi-barbarians. Notwithstand ing this - ?ti. .a. vely martial flourish of his—which B o ws naturally from the smart which he feels from is• the civilian rod which has beaten him out of India — we will hope to see him come back among us a sad der and wiser man. Like Napoleon, after taking farewell of his Old Guard, he seeks refuge in Eng land. The Brummagem Napoleon, however, is a shade safer company than the actual one. STANDARD.—The Morning Chronicle of this day, in a long article replying to the observations of the Times and Morning Post upon Lord Wharn cliffe's speech, asserts that " the Standard shrinks from either publishing or praising the speech." Our answer to the first part of this charge is, that we published the speech at length on Saturday last ; and to the second part we reply, that in defending the principle clearly enounced in Lord Wharncliffe's address, we imagine we did more to serve the speaker's purpose than we could have done by applying the commonplaces of eulogy to what was plainly intended as a simple unadorned statement of the view of the noble speaker and his colleagues. We published the speech, we re peat it, on Saturday. The Morning Chronicle did not publish it until Tuesday; nor the Times until yester , day. To which of us can the charge of shrinking be most properly applied ? We gave the speech as soon as we got it, and defended it as soon as it was at tacked. What more could we do ? But why should we shrink from repeating our avowal of acquiescence in principles which we have avowed since the very first establishment of this journal, and which the writer of these lines has always maintained? We have ever held that it is the duty of the State to provide the means of education for all who are not able to provide these means for themselves. For the Church we claim this right, in common with all other denominations of Christians ; and claim also that whatever 'provision may be made for Dissenters shall not be made in a manner insulting, or otherwise derogatory, to the just social claims of the Church, or in a manner to in jure the interests of that pure religion of which she is the guardian. Subject to these qualifications, which surely are not unreasonable, the most ample provi sions that can be made for the education of the people will be the best for the Church and for the country. We remember that when Lord Brougham first com menced his noble task of promoting the education of the poor, many good but mistaken men expressed alarm at the danger that, as the proposition came from a dis tinguished leader in the latitudinarian Whig party, its effect must correspond with its suspected purpose in undermining the religious principles of the humbler classes. Lord Brougham has otherwise honourably vindicated himself from these unjust suspicions; and the result of his labours has been gloriously opposite to that which was feared from them. In proportion , as education has extended, the religious feeling of the population has advanced; and not only hare the mass become better Christians, they have become more attached Churchmen. It is quite true that in the rural districts the people have always pre served their religious feeling, without the aid of read ing and writing, so long as they adhered to the do mestic hearth, and were provided with the teaching of a faithful parish minister ; and it was this happy view of rustic life which startled many at the pros pect of a change. But, in the rural districts, re ligious knowledge was, like much other useful knowledge, traditional—derived from the oral com munication of beloved parents, and a respected ministry. They know little of history who suppose reading and writing the only means of instruction. The analogy of the general rustic life of England is, however, wholly misapplied to the state of social life that has grown up in the last fifty years in our manufacturing districts, and been permitted to grow up in too many of our great towns, and in some of our unprovided and neglected country parishes. Men exposed to the corruptions and dis tractions and the gaol fever of the soul, that is sure to be generated where multitudes are crowded to gether without any moral preservative, must become more and more depraved—ultimately depraved to the point of loathing instruction, unless it come in some very attractive form. It is only by the agency of letters that you can effectually and permanently operate upon the minds of such persons, even to the point of bringing them to listen to their religious teachers ; and, therefore, a khowledge of reading and writing is a necessary for a great por tion of our people, if they are to be preserved from a state of utter corruption fatally infectious to the whole community. %Vith such a danger threatening neither the Church nor Church • men would withhold the remedy on slight consi derations. They would leave it to the sectarian oppo nents of Sir J. Graham's Bill of last year, to oppose the saving blessing upon selfish grounds—trusting to him who inspired the wisdom of Solomon, to give back the children, whom the dishon e st claimants would willing permit to perish, to the real parent, who proved parental love by even the most painful sacrifice. This, we are confident, is the almost uni versal feeling of Churchmen—we know that it has always been ours. Let all the people be educated by the Church by all means, if they will accept educa tion from the Church; but in any case let all the people be educated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. JUDGES' CHAMBERS, Oct. 2. (Before the Lord Chief Baron Pol. Loci() Yesterday morning William Nash, an omnibus proprietor, whose omnibuses run between Bayswater and the City, was brought up on habeas from the New Westminster Bridewell, to which prison he had been committed by Mr. Jardine, one of the magis trates of Bow-street, for the period of one calendar month, on a charge of furious driving, opposite St. Clement's Church, in the Strand, in the custody of William M'Ken, one of the warders of the prison. William Ramsden, a conductor of ono of the Shep herd's-bush omnibuses, was also brought up before the same Learned Judge on habeas, from the City Compter, in order to be discharged, from a conviction of Mr. Alderman Farebrother, charging him with wilful misbehaviour in having deceived a passenger relative to his destination. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, attended on behalf of the prisoners, and the magistrates' clerk of Bow-street, and Mr. Martin, from the office of the City Solicitor, appeared to support the convictions. It appears that the magistrates of the different police-offices throughout the metropolis have come to a resolution, in consequence of the numerous cases of complaints of furious driving, as well as misbehaviour of omnibus drivers and conductors, in order to pro tect the public from danger, imposition, or incivility, that in every instance where the offence is fully made out to their satisfaction that they will commit the parties complained against to prison, for the period of one or two months, instead of inflicting a fine, which the magistrates maintain is not an adequate punish ment, as the fines, however heavy, are invariably paid out of a fund established for that purpose. The City magistrates have also come to a similar resolution, and during the last two days, the two prisoners having been convicted, were accordingly committed for the above term. Mr. Limo, on behalf of the prisoner Nash, now argued at some length that the conviction was lost on the face of it, and that the complaint should have been made, in accordance with the terms of the Act of Parliament, within seven days after the offence had been committed: In this instance the cause of com plaint arose on the 20th ult., and that therefore, tak ing the following seven days, the complaint should have been made before the 27th, instead of which it had been made eight days after, and the magistrate had no jurisdiction. Mr. Lewis cited a great number of cases iksupport of his argument, independent of which he said he had two other objections to the con viction, which conviction he was inclined to think that his Lordship would at once say was bad in law The commitment did not describe the description of vehicle that he was furiously driving; and the complaint alleged to be on the oath of Mr. Bain bridge and others, and the commitment did not specify that the oath was administered in the presence of the magistrate, or by him, and therefore he contended that the magistrate hid not shown that he had any jurisdiction. In the case of "Regina e. King," Mr. Justice Patteson had clearly laid it down that the jurisdiction must be distinctly shown, and in that case, where the want of jurisdiction was apparent on the face of it, the Learned Judge said that he could not assume that the magistrate had jurisdiction, and it was a defect which rendered the conviction bad in law, and his Lordship consequently discharged the prisoner. The Lord Chief Baaox intimated that it would be the more convenient course to hear Mr. Lewis in Ramsden's case before he gave his decision. Mr. Lewis informed his Lordship that some of the points were the same, which he would not again argue ; but he would principally rely, that the com plaint was made after eight days, and also that the party alleged to have been deceived with respect to the route of the omnibus was not the complaining party, and consequently it was not an offence under the 28th section of the Metropolitan Carriage Act. His LORDSHIP overruled most of the objections, but said that m there were one or two very important points for consideration, he would not at present pro nounce on the legality of the conviction, but would take a day or two to consider, and should, therefore, adjourn the case till Saturday, when the prisoners could again be brought up. The prisoners were then removed in custody. ETICTION or LlNANTS.—Yesterday, Mr. John Carrig, of Ennis, Sub-Sheriff, accompanied by Colonel Wyndham's agent , Mr. Thomas Crow, proceeded to the lands of Coold ens , T oureen, and Aharma, with a large party of Infantry and Dragoons from this garri4on, itna ejected several of the tenants. This day the same party went o . it to eject the remainder. Colonel Wyndham, R • understand, was offered his rents from these poor people, but would not accept of them, his object being to do away with small holdings, and not let less to any than from twelve to fifteen acres.—Limerick Reporter of Tuesday. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Frederick Salmon, - the superintending surgeon 1 to the Charter House-square Infirmary, appeared be fore Sir Peter Laurie, to answer the complaint of Miss Rosetta Philadelphia Ta ley, and (according to the wording of the summons to show cause why he detained certain papers and o f er property, being the property of William Tapley, M.D., of whom the com plainant is the daughter and legal personal repre sentative. Mr. John Walmsley, of North-street, Westminster, solicitor, stated that he appeared upon the part of the complainant, and it became his duty to detail some remarkable transactions in exhibiting the merits of his client's case. Dr. Tapley, some time ago, went down to Gravesend for the benefit of his health, and until he repaired to that place he had exhibited no aberration of intellect. Within the last few weeks, however, he had not only been pronounced insane, hut been removed altogether, together with his bonds, documents, and plate, from that place to town by Mr. Salmon and Mr. Burford, the Doctor's brother-in-law, as a person of disordered intellect, and finally placed in Doctor Warburton's asylumupon the strength of a certificate. Now, the object of the young lady was to obtain possession of the papers, &c. &c., as next of kin to the Doctor. Sir PETIR LAURIE—I wish to state, before you ,proceed further, that I granted this summons as the subject matter is connected with a lunatic asylum, and I knew that every case of alleged insanity ought to undergo the most complete investigation. I feel the more strongly on an occasion of the kind in conse quence of the'recent exposure of the case of the son of my old friend Campbell the poet, and .1 am convinced that inquiry, as far as is practicable in cases of alleged intellectual malady by every magistrate, is calculated to effect great public good. Mr. Salmon entirely agreed with Sir Peter Laurie in the opinion as to the necessity for the most ecru , pulous investigation into all cases of insanity, but could not refrain from expressing himself with the utmost indignatiOn at being summoned to answer charges, the mere mention of which reflected a most intolerable imputation upon his character. He trusted that as the Aldeiman had granted a summons, the ' whole of the circumstances would be most minutely gone into. For his own part, he should waive all technical olieetions and difficulties. Sir P. LAURIN intimated that he should not swear any witness, as, if it so happened that his interferenoe would prove ineffectual, the case must necessarily go before a different sort of tribunal. He was led to adopt such a course as the present, as he had often, by seasonable interference, checked the fierce impulse of an attorney's bill, for which those on both sides thanked, and had good cause to thank him. The summons having been read, Sir P. LLURIE called upon Mr.Walmsley to produce the authority upon which he appeared to act for Miss Tapley. Mr. Walmsley produced a letter, which he swore was in the handwriting of Miss Tapley, and which Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, read, and stated it to be a legal sanction. Mr. Salmon wished the letter to be publicly read, in order that everything connected with the charge, absurd and contemptible as it was, might be as public as the charge itself. Mr. Walmsley said he would not, by any means, allow the letter to be read. Mr. Salmon—Here is Mr. Burford, the uncle of the young lady. Ile wishes to say something in relation to that letter. Mr. Burford—l have seen my niece since she wrote that letter, and she assured me that she exceedingly regrets that such a course as this has been adopted. Mr. Walmsley—l have reason to know that she does not regret it; and I have witnesses to prove that Mr. Salmon has acknowledged that he was in posses sion of the property she seeks. Mr. Salmon—Possession of property I Produce your witnesses. Sir PIiTISR LAURIE—I have before stated that I shall not hear any witnesses upon oath. Mr. Salmon, I collect from the statement made by Mr. Walmsley that Miss Tapley accuses you, first, of having given a certificate, by means of which her father is detained in a lunatic asylum ; and, secondly, of having in your possession certain bonds, papers, plate, &c., which she claims as next of kin. Mr. Salmon, whose appearance and demeanour expressed the very highest point of indignation, stated that the gross misrepresentations which had been uttered were made against a person who had acted from the purest and most humane motives, in a painful extremity to which an old and valued friend had been reduced. " I admit," said Mr. Salmon, "that I wenttosee Dr. Tapley; that I considered him insane; that I caused Doctor Sutherland and Doctor Burroughs to examine him, and that, with the consent and the certificate of these two eminent men, Mr. Burford, his brother-in-law, and I caused him to be placed in Dr. Warburton's asylum, where he now is, but where we do not think he will be long, as he ap pears to be recovering from the melancholy condition in which we saw him. I went to him at the solicitation of Mr. Burford, who had reason to apprehend that, if medical relief were not afforded, the poor man would destroy himself with prussic acid. Drs. Sutherland and Burroughs were of opinion that it would be dangerous to leave him to himself. It appears that he was afflicted with the fancy that he was full from the bowels up to the neck, and that his food must be stuffed down his throat. Finding him in so deplorable a condition, I resolved to do everything in my power to render ser vice. I made all the necessary arrangements, and I put into the possession of Mr. Burford all the papers and other property of which he seemed to be possessed at Gravesend. I have done everything I could to al. leviate the affliction of Dr. Tapley. I have written everything about him to the members of his family, and here I am foolishly and wickedly charged with having committed acts of baseness." Mr. Walmsley, in answer to Sir Peter Laurie, said that no doubt Dr. Tapley might have been insane. He did not dispute that, but had submitted that Miss Tapley ought to be put in possession of the property which had been taken when the Doctor had been con- ♦eyed from Gravesend. After a considerable time occupied in the making of statements which more strongly showed the neces sity of the course adopted towards Dr. Tapley as re garded the restraint put upon him, Mr. Burford, who said that he had married Doctor Tapley's sister, declared that he came to London from a distance of upwards of 200 miles to do justice to Mr. Salmon, whom an attempt was so foully made to injure. Mr. Salmon had acted from the best motives, had protected and served Dr. Tapley in every pos sible way, and had put into his (Mr. Burford's) pos session every paper and other property belonging to the patient. All that had been taken away was in his (Mr. Burford's) possession, and he held it for the Doctor or his daughter, who was nest of kin, be lieving that it would be much better under his care than under the care of lawyers. Sir P. LAURIB, after having heard all that is above stated, and a great deal more, with much patience, said that Mr. Salmon was certainly justified in acting upon .the certificate of Doctors Sutherland and Boroughs, and that as for the papers and other pro perty which Mr. Salmon was alleged to hare been possessed of, it was evident that Mr. Burford had taken possession of; and was responsible for, them. Mr. Walmsley said it was satisfactory to know in whose hands what was sought by Miss Tapley lay. Mr. Salmon again reprobated the feeling which could hare dictated such an insult as had been offered to him. Sir PETER LAURIE, at the same time that he exone rated Mr. Salmon from the charge of any kind of improriety, said he felt gratified with the public state ment of the case. He knew that it was the practice of the owners of houses for insane people to keep their guests as long as they could, in consequence of the large profits arising from the business, and he hoped soon to see the establishment of a large institution, in which thero would be no temptation to detain patients longer than was necessary. MAI?YLEBONE. Yesterday, Mr. John Goodwin Bamby, residing at No. 4, Seymour-place North, Euston -square, and c‘ho described himself as an " author," was charged before Mr. liawlinson on a warrant, with having indecently assaulted Hannah Snelgrove, a pretty looking girl, his servant. The appearance of defendant was singular in the extreme. His hair was of extraordinary length, and from his chin a sandy-coloured beard shot forth, which reached nearly as low as the top button of his waistcoat. He wore a white hat, and a shirt collar a-la Byron. His wife was present during the " deli cate investigation." Complainant stated that she entered upon her situa tion on the 12th of September, and that on the fol lowing day defendant laid hold of her, and asked her to go up stairs with him. She refused, and threat ened to tell her mistress. In about a week afterwards, as she was coning down stairs, he took liberties with he.n, and in consequence of his behaviour she had quitted the house. ➢lr. RIWLIZISO - N—What is your master? Comp• plainant—He is what they eall a Socialist, sir. Defendant, in a written statement which he read, denied the truth of what had been alleged against him, and dwelt strongly upon the fact of complainant not having mentioned a single: syllable to his wife with regard to any impropriety of conduct on his part. Neither of the parties had any witness to praduce, and, Mr. RAWLIII9O, ordered the defendant to, enter into his own recognisance in 201. to appear at the sessions, in the event of complainant thinkiri; fit to indict him. LAMBETH -STREET. Yesterday William Sefton, a powerful seal man, was brought before Mr. henry, upon his QWP gp, niessl°l3) of being a deserter from the 66th Regiment of Foot twenty years ago. The prisoner, it appeared, had given himself up to the sentry on duty in front of the Royal Mint,Tower hill, as a deserter, at an early hour on Tuesday , morning, and was locked up. When brought before Mr. Henry, the prisoner, who appeared perfectly col lected in his manner, acknowledged that what was said was perfectly true ; that he had enlisted in the 66th Regiment at Hull about twenty years ago, and after remaining three weeks with the regiment, had deserted. In reply to Mr. Henry's questions, he said that immediately after his desertion he went to sea, and from that time up to the present, had been serving in her Majesty's and the merchant service. He also said his reason for giving himself up was that he had acknowledged being a deserter to the crew he had last sailed with, and being on unfriendly terms with many of them, he strongly suspected that one or the other of them would give him into custody as a deserter, and he therefore thought his best course was to give himself up. Mr. HursaT said he thought the case a very un usual one, but still he felt bound to detain the prisoner and report him as a deserter. He added that from his age (forty years) and the nature of his occupa tion for twenty years, he thought him of little use to the army, particularly as he must have entirely for gotten the slight exercise he acquired in three weeks drill. The prisoner was here about to be removed from the Court, when the sergeant, in reply to the latter remark of Mr. Henry, observed that while in military custody, the prisoner talked a good deal about marching and countermarching, and endeavoured as well as he was able to keep the step with the soldiers. This circumstance struck Mr. Henry as indicative of mental aberration, and he in consequence again questioned the prisoner very closely. His replies to many of the questions were perfectly rational, but, upon being pressed about his difference with his late shipmates, he said he was in dread of their waylaying him, in company with persons they had employed for the purpose, and giving him a desperate thrashing. Mr. 111001 Y, satisfied from this that his mind was wandering, directed that he might be taken to the station-house for the night, and that the person at whose house he lodged, as well as anybody else know ing anything about him, should be in attendance on the following day. 'Yesterday Mra. Conne, the Itisoner's landlady, at tended, and said she h ad known the prisoner for many years, and that he had been in the habit while in London of lodging at her house. lie had always been. an exceedingly well conducted and sober man, and she had never observed any peculiarity in his manner until Saturday night last. On that night lie had 'eery much alarmed herself, husband, and family, by his extraordinary conduct, and they were com pelled to sit up with him all night. He kept scream ing out that a steam-frigate was coming over the houses for him, that in every moment he expected the Horse Guards, and was in the act of throwing himself out of the window, when her husband caught him. Mr. MINRY, on hearing this, felt quite satisfied as to the state of the poor man's mind, and ordered his immediate removal to the parish workhouse, prepara tory to his being sent to a place of proper security. GREEIC'IVICH. Yesterday Ann Smith alias Watson alias Mary Ann Stow, a dress-maker (of yery respectable connec tions), carrying on business in Brand-street, Green wich, was brought up for final examination, charged with stealing goods from the shops of numerous linen drapers, silk-mercers, and other tradesmen in Green wich and Deptford, under the following circum stances : Charles Harris, haberdasher and linen-draper, Brunswick-place, Greenwich, identified two pieces of cotton print, consisting respectively of 14 yards and 17f yards, recently missed from his stock. These articles had been traced by the police to the shop of Mr. Delany, a pawnbroker, in Church-street, Green wich. Witness had no recollection of the prisoner coming to his shop. Daniel Riordan, shopman to Mr. Delany, said that he took the articles produced in pledge from the pri soner. She had often brought piece goods to pawn, and gave the name of Smith, George-street. On the last occasion she gave the name of Watson. William Hardman, linen and woolen-draper, Blisset-street, Greenwich, deposed that he had lost goods out of his stock. Knew , prisoner, who was in the habit of purchasing goods at his shop. This witness identified a piece of unbleached calico, mea suring 60 yards when in his stock, which had been pledged by the prisoner for five shillings. Mr. D. Riordan, shopman to Mr. Delany, de posed that he advanced money upon it on the 23d of September. The prisoner had since denied having pawned it, or any knowledge whatever of the article. Emily White, of No. 19, Blissett-street, wife of a carpenter, deposed that she saw the prisoner pass from Mr. Hardman's, with a large roll of linen under her arm on the 21st ult. Witness lives opposite to Hard man's, and knew the prisoner for some time past, though not acquainted with her. She was surprised at the moment at seeing her carry so, large a parcel. John Low, of the firm of Thomas Wilkinson, Ker shaw, and Low, linen-drapers and silk-mercers, Lon don-street, Greenwich, identified two pieces of Irish linen, 14 yards of gros de Naples, two mouselaine de laine dresses, and two pieces of cashmere for dresses, comprising 22 yards. Mr. John Dawson, pawnbroker, Skelton-lane, Greenwich, proved lending 15s. upon one of the pieces of Irish linen, on the 23d of September. The pri soner gave her name Watson, George-street, Green wich. Ha ha also advanced money on a piece of cotton on the 80th of August, on a piece of cashmere 65., on another piece of Irish linen 125., and a roll of silk 17s. Other cases haying been adduced, Sergeant Lovell said he had a vast number of du plicates in his possession still, which he had found about the prisoner's apartments, which she had hid away. They consisted of books, scarfs, tea-kettles, fire-irons, brushes, fiat irons, bedding, &c., nearly all new, and which he had very little doubt were also stolen property. • Mr. JERBILT asked the prisoner what she had to say to the charge ? The prisoner declined to say anything. The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial. THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT THE HAS WELL COLLIERY. HASWELL, TUESDAY EVENING, SEVEN OCLOux.— The inquest was resumed this morning at ten o'cl oc k, and continued all the day. The following evidence was taken. It creates immense interest in the dis trict, and numbers of people from all parts continue to flock to the place, to ascertain particulars on the spot. This is the most fatal colliery explosion that ever happened in the Durham coal-field. Mr. MARSHALL said he was instructed by the owners to state that they were anxious for the fullest inquiry, and after hearing the evidence produced, if the coroner and jury think it necessary► that the pit should be viewed by impartial professional men, they will readily afford every facility for that purpose. Mr. Roberts said lie would merely repeat the appli tion he had made last night, that persons approved by the pitmen should make on examination as to the con dition of the mine. Robert Beaney lives at Haswell, and is a miner. He worked at that part of the mine where the acci dent occurred. He was there on the morning the accident happened, and has worked there for six weeks previously. Was at work in the low headway' on Saturday morning, and left it about ten o'clock in the morning; the visntilation was then good. Has worked seven years and a half in the colliery. The whole part of the coal is worked with candles, which he considers safe ; the broken is worked with lamps. Has always considered the pit one of the safest he has ever been down. When he left work he met with about fifteen other men leaving their work, and not one of them expressed any fear of approaching danger. De puties go down the pit with every fresh shift of men ; the duty of the deputies is to go round and timber the places where the men are at work, and to see that everything is safe, and as a proof that they do this, one of the sufferers, George Hall, was in witness's place a little before he left work for the purpose of examining that place. Has not been further than the flat since the accident happened, and cannot speak as to its cause. Up to the time he left there had been no want of ventilation, and where he worked he had a su ffi ciency of air. flas been in the habit of taking out juds and when falls of stone have frequently taken place, but cannot ray that any inflammable , gas es caped at those falls, because he never saw any such appearance on the famp. If any came it was taken off by the current of air that was flying through the pit at the time. The current of air in this pit has always been stronger than* any other pit in which he has worked. Has seen it Geordie lamp, but never saw it used. Has always considered the Davy lamp a safety to him if the indications it gives when gas is present are attended to—there is then time to get away. The Davy lamp is safe, so l on g as the g auze is uninjured, if it be properly attended to. When the lamp indicates gas, their orders are to come out im • mediately into the fresh air. Can attach blame to no one, neither individually nor collectively, for this sad occurrence. I have heard men working in the whole part of the mine complain of too much air, and when working in narrow places the current of air was fre quently so great that the men had to request the de puty to leave the brattice back a little, which would have the effect of throwing less air into the workings. At that part he considered the ventilation too strong for a man to work. By Mr. Roberts—When he speaks of ventilation, he speaks of the parts in which he has worked, but he has worked in various parts at different times. Was last in the pit about two A.m., on Sunday last, the air was then rather thick and coarse at the place where the accident =lured, but a strong current of ' 8, 1849 fresh air was then travelling; the air was not so foul as to ignite at the lamp. Foul air may collect in a waste, and men working in other parts of the pit may be unaware of it. When a fall takes place, and any quantity of gas escapes, it is generally called a blower ; has seen gas come off at other collieries where there was no fall at all. Cannot say when the blows have come off that any previous indication was given. Re collects one coming off at Waldridge Fell pit, and no previous indication was given when the man left who was at work at the place. Has not been through every part of the pit where persons were killed since the accident. Has only been through a small part of the pit, as far as the Meadows fiat and Brockley Whinns flat. It is possible the accident may have occurred in some part of the pit where he has not been since. In the part he has been, has seen no in dications of the accident having arisen there. Thinks the explosion has taken place in parts where he has not been. Only speaks as to the state of the ventila tion where he has worked. It is his opinion, when he left work there was a sufficient current passing to carry off any gas that might escape. There is a person appointed to examine the lamps when they go into the pit to work to see that they are safe, and this has always been done. The deputy locks the lamp if he considers it in a safe state. All the lamps he has seen at the colliery have had locks upon them. Boys who are plate cleaners have lamps, and boys of twelve or thirteen years of age, use them when they are employed as helpers up. It would not be safe for the boys to have candles. 'Way cleaners carry the lamp, but helpers up suspend the lamp on a prop. Boys under fifteen or sixteen years of age would do badly without a lamp ; it is necessary for them to have a light to work with, and a lamp is decidedly safer than a candle. The way cleaner's work lies from place to place, and it is necessary for him to move his lamp with him. Has seen way cleaners stick up a candle and work away till they were in the dark, and then shift it, and the sense with the lamp ; he means the candle in the whole, and the lamp in the broken—this was in other collieries. Has never seen way cleaners do their work without lights. There were no inexperienced men working in the broken where the accident occurred—that is, men who were not pitmen previous to the strike. Has never heard any complaints from the men as to the boys having lamps. Has heard pitmen since he strike complain of men, not practical workmen, beim. employed in the waste. There were men to insp. them, and therefore no responsibility rested on the strange men, and, if any danger was there, these strange men were not aware of it. These complaints were made in the course of conversation. These persons did not express themselves as apprehensive ofdanger from the strange men working there. If they did apprehend danger, it would be their duty to complain to the master wasteman. The murmuring he has heard if there was danger, those men not being aware of it, they might hazard their own lives and the lives of all down. Never heard the master waterman say he had taken three strange men into the waste. If the hewers had any complaint to make they should have made it to the first deputy overseer they met with. If the men generally in the pit apprehended danger from the waste, it was their duty to complain to the first officer they saw. Does not know any man who would not have the courage to make a report of danger when he thought such was about to occur. Never knew Mr. Forster refuse to examine into the complaint of any man upon the col liery. If each of the three strangers in the waste had an old pitman with them, he would not consider any danger was then possible, and is aware that there are experienced pitmen working with the three strangers in the waste. A great responsibility rests on keeping the waste clear. By Mr. MaasnALL--Then place where the way cleaners are is the most unlikely part of the mine for gas to accumulate in. The way clearers have fre quently to nail the tram plates when they are loose, which would be difficult to do without a light. This witness, who was upwards of two hours under exami nation, gave his testimony in a very satisfactory man ner, and though subject to a very annoying cross examination, nothing material was elicited from him bearing on the facts. Joseph Short lives at Haswell, and is a pitman, and has been employed eight •ears and a half in this pit. Was last at work on Saturday morning, and came up about half-past eight o'clock. Was working the Brockley Whinns course, and had worked there six weeks previously. Had worked in the third wide board at the Brockley Whinns Flat. The state of the ventilation previously, and up to the time he left, was as good as it could be. Had not the slightest apprehension of danger from any cause. Worked with a candle in the whole part. There had not been the slightest indication on the candle of inflammable air. Has been down the pit since, about half-past four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Has been in the broken at the Meadows Flat. The distance from there to the place where candles are used is some hundred yards. There was no danger in working that part of the pit where:he was witk candles. Had not worked in the broken since the strike. Has not been quite so far as the Meadows Way-end since the explosion, and cannot say where it commenced. Con siders the Davy lamp a perfect safeguard if the indi cations it gives ara attended to. Would rather prefer the Davy lamp to any other. Has carried his lamp from place to place through a strong current of air, and has never seen the flame forced through the gauze by the current. When he was down the pit he saw no indications where the explosion commenced. Has always found the ventilation good in those parts of the pit where he has worked. Has never heard during the eight and a half years he has worked in the pit any oimplaints made by others that the ventilation was bad. It was one of the safest pits he was ever in ; but has been in other pits where as little gas Was given off as in Haswell pit. Mr. Roberts rose to say that he had no wish to hear any more evidence of the same character. Mr. Marshall was ready to gain 41 the evidence they could from the men who worked in the pit, particularly those who left it a few minutes before the explosion took place. Thomas Joplin—Lives at Haswell, and had been employed two years and a half on the Haswell pit previous to the explosion, and on Saturday last left the pit about twenty minutes before the explosion, Had been working in the Brockley Whinns flat, on the third board of the rise side, and has worked on that board for the last month. When he left work he saw no fault at all with the ventilation, and had no fear of an explosion. Came out by the Brockley Whinns flat, and sat five minutes talking to the keeker, and took his low with him as he went along, and if there had been any gas it would have been indiosted by the candle, but he did not see any such indication. The ventilation was as good as possilfle. When he came out from the Brockley Whinn's Flat, he met the current of air at the Meadows Way-end. The current was strong. Knows the rise side of the Meadows Flat, and thinks the current of air was sufficient for that flat. Has never had occasion to complain of want of ventilation in that part of the pit where be worked, and has never heard others complain. Went down to the pit again about four o'clock on Saturday, and has since been at the Meadows Flat, and the Brockley Whinn's Flat, and saw twenty men lying dead there in the straight on headways of the flat. The bodies were not burnt at all. Nicholson, who was at the head of the flat, was burnt on the head. Nicholson was putter in that flat. Did not see any appearances in that part of the pit that the explosion had commenced there. Thinks the explosion had commenced at the Meadows, because all the stoppings had been blown in by over towards Brockley IVhinns Flat. If the explosion had taken place in the Brockley Whinns Flat, the stoppings would have been blown the contrary way. Knew these stoppings before, and the purpose for which they were made, and never thought that they were not suffi ciently strong. Knows what a dam is, but never knew one put in for the purpose of a stopping; dams are only used to keep the water back. A dam put in would not be more effectual than a stopping. If the stoppings had not been blown down the lives of all the men in the Brockley Minns Flat would have been saved on the dip side. Could not, from what he saw, judge where the explosion took place. Since he has worked in the pit, there has been no want of attention to the ventilation of the pit, and, as far as he has seen, every possible attention has been given to proper ventilation. From what he has seen, as far as he is able to judge, the explosion has been the result of accident, and not negligence. By Mr. Roberts—The stoppings were blown in wardly. The stoppings were sufficiently strong to keep the air right ; that is the only purpose for which they are made. By Mr. Marshall—He is a hewer in the colliery, and had the misfortune to lose his brother by the ex plosion. By the CORONER—In his opinion blame was not attributable to any person. William Farish— Lives at Haswell Colliery, and has worked nearly three years at the collierp Was at work on Saturday, and left at ten o'clodk in the morning, and worked in the ninth headway, and two bodies were found in the same spot where he had been previously working—these persons followed him to work in the same jai. This is in the same place where Williamson was taking down the jud, and at the very same place where he had been working. When he left the place the ventilation was good. The air was usually good, and there was no deficiency. The pit, he thought, was on e o f th e b est ventilated pits he ever knew, and he is upwards of fifty-three years old, and has been a pitman about forty-four years. Has not been at the place since the explosion. When he left there was no appearance of gas. In his opinion the late explosion was purely accidental, and not caused by negligence. As far as he can judge, nothing could have prevent e d it. By Mr. Marshall—Has worked in his life for nine collieries, and never saw one better ventilated. Lost a son by the explosion. By the CORONER— Does not believe the explosion took place for want of ventilation. By Mr. Marshall—When they were at work on Saturday morning, they heard a noise like thunder in the goaf, and had never before heard such a noise ; we thought it was above where we were working, and we left the place, and when it ceased we returned. The goaf is the place where all the coal has been re moved. At that time the Davy lamps did not indi cats the presence of gas. The same noise was heard shortly after again when they went in ; it was not so loud as the first noise. They told one of the charge men of the occurrence, and he said it was caused by the falling of one of the old boards, and that they sew themselves. The person to whom they told this was John Williamson, the deputy, who was killed. Ralph Errington—flas been employed nearly eight years in Haswell Colliery, and work with last wit ness, and left at ten o'clock on Saturday morning, when the ventilation was as good as possible. Can form no opinion as to the cause of the explosion, and cannot tell whether it was the result of accident or negligence. Nothing could have been done, in his opinion, by anticipation, to have prevented the acci dent. Where they were working the current of the air was so strong that they could scarcely keep their lamps burning. By Mr. Roberts—lf there had been a current of air going through the place where the accident oc curred it would not have happened. Where he was working is the place where the accident is generally supposed to have commenced. The evidence of this witness was generally a corroboration of that pre viously given. Thomas Scott—Lives at Haswell, and has been a pitman twenty-three years, eighteen of which he has been a hewer. Has been seven years and a half at Haswell pit, and has worked in the waste six years and a half. Was at work in the waste on Friday night, and left at two ♦.M. on Saturday. Was not at work at that time in the little pit. For a month previously had been working in the waste of the little pit—a month previously to Monday before the acci dent. Wee through the whole of the waste during that time. The ventilation was always very good. No men have been working in that waste since he was in. Has been a little way into the waste since the explosion took place, and it was in a good state to day at twelve o'clock. Could see no indications where the explosion took place. The Haswell pit was con sidered the best ventilated pit on the river. Wear. Has worked in all parts of the pit, and never found any want of ventilation. Has frequently heard the men complain that there was too great a current of air in all parts of the pit. The three strange work men in the waste are under the charge of three ex perienced pitmen, to whom they are only assistants, and in no way responsible for the work done ; the ex perienced pitmen are alone responsible, and if any thing happens they are accountable. The men that are with them have to take charge of both them and their Davy lamps. It was possible enough for the explosion to have taken place if there had been a cur rent of air into every part of the pit. If a heavier body of gas came off than there was air to overpower, an explosion might be the result, and it is his opinion that was the case in this accident. It was possible for a sufficient quantity of gas to have come off from the removal of the jud as would cause the explosion. Has never seen any gas in the course of six years and a half in Haswell waste. He has known in the Charlie pit, at Lambton, the air as clear as in a bell, and in half an hour the Davy lamps were rolling full of gas. Considers the Davy lamp very secure—as secure, or more so, than any other that lie knows anything about. Is very certain every care is taken that is possible in the air courses in the waste. Edward Fenwick Boyd, colliery viewer at Urpeth, near Chester-le-street, is not connected with Haswell colliery, nor the owners. Has been down the Has well pit since the explosion, and has examined the ex ternal parts of the Meadows Flat, particularly the re turn of the air; has found a good air travelling in the direction of the return drift. The marks upon the wall sides and the timber indicate an explosion ; the marks were all in one direction, indicating the force of the gas; has also examined the stoppings, and air crossings in the rolley way, which are forced in a contrary direction from the working places. Part of the timber and some large stones in the rolley way had fallen down ; there were large falls of stone. The inferences to be formed from these appearances are, that the explosion must have taken place near the highest headway course, of which he had no doubt, and near to the faces of the working places. Also examined a few boards of the Brockley Whinn■ Flat adjoining to that way, and found the indications of fire not so strong in that direction, but the blast had gone in that direction. The other observations are similar to what is already in evidence. As check viewer he has been in the habit half-yearly of going down to view the pit, particularly the district where this misfortune has happened, and has had opportuni ties of travelling different portions of the waste, and also had opportunities of comparing it with about twenty-five other colleries which he in spects, and, except one, it exceeds all the others as to the quantity of air, and the direc tion and general attention to it. Considered the ventilation of the pit admirably good. In Walisend colliery, 38,000 cubic feet or 40,000 cubic feet, is passed in a minute, and this may be compared with the ventilation of this pit already in evidence. There are no known better means of ventilation than what are in use in this pit. The temperature of this pit is as good as any other. On the 26th of January this year the temperature was taken by him on going into the pit. At the surface it was 46 deg., and at the bottom of the pit, 165 fathoms down, 53 deg. The return, just before going on to the furnace, 61 deg., and at the face of the workings where the men work, 58 deg. In one instance he found the temperature at the furnace cooler than when the air went in. It was on the back, on a warm day, 67 deg., and at the re turn 61 deg. Is of opinion that the explosion was caused by a light coming in contact with the foul air. A current of air will carry the flame through the wire of a Davy lamp when the wire is red hot. Has seen seven or eight lamps blown out by the fall of stone on drawing a jud. If the stoppings could have been built strong enough to have resisted the blast is fearful the worst result might have taken place. The two shaft-doors between the downcast and the upcast shafts might have been thrown down, and the result would have been the losing of the whole of the men in the other pit as well as those who suffered. Having space to spread in it consumed itself for want of a supply of gas and air. It was quite possible to have done greater harm. The inquest was agreed to be adjourned till to morrew. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the resulta of "A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 28th of September,'lB44." The Tablelis issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— _ Weekly CAtlllss Or DEATH. Total. Average of Five Years. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 232 178 Diseases of variable or uncertain seat ll4 111 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 136 157 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 2O 21 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c 8 5 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 9 10 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 7 6 Diseases of the Skin, &c Old Age, or Natural Decay 54 71 By Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes speciied Deaths from all Causes 932 946 DEATHS FROM TER rnnicirar. DROWSES INCLUDBD UNDER TIM ABOTB MEADS. Teal. Meetly Average of Five Tears. Consumption l3B 147 Scarlatina B5 34 Pneumonia .- 59 79 Dropsy .. ... .. .. ............ ~. looping Cough ll 33 Typhus Small Pox 37 15 Disease of the Heart Measles . Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain • 9 9 Diarrhoea.. Sudden Deaths 26 15 DISTRICTS. West North Central East South.. Total .... ..... ...... ..... 939 946 CADvuttnsEmtNT.]—A NETER FAILING REMEDY FOR ♦LL CAVES OF SCURVY, SCORBUTIC HUMOURS, AND SCROFULA, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINT MENT.—EXTRAOEDINART Cuna.—Henry Hill, now a footman to Lord 8., was lately discharged from the Duke of B's. service in consequence of his having large scorbutic blotches all over his hands and face, to his great disfigurement. For twelve months he was treated by his master's medical attendants, but to no purpose, and the case was at last declared incurable, and ho was discharged. The poor fellow then, as a forlorn hope, commenced using Holloway's Pills and Ointment, which effectually eradicated the disease from his blood in less than three weeks. Sold at Professor Hollo way's Establishment, 224, Strand (where advice nay be had gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. CONCRETE MATCIIES.—The extent to which the manufacture of these useful articles is now carried may not, perhaps, be generally known. One firm alone in London (Blackwell and Williams, of Whitechapel), manufacture weekly, two tons and a half, containing ten millions, eight hundred thousand matches. This immense quantity, if placed lengthways, would reach a distance of 426 miles, or, in twelve months would nearly make the circumference of the globe, and weigh ono hundred and thirty tons. To make this quantity, 71 miles of plank, three inches thick, and eleven inches wide, would be required, and nearly two hundred hands, including men, women, and children, besides two steam engines kept constantly employed. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. (From Punch.) This Association hawing met. at York, science is, ° course, being advanced in that favoured city, and such je the determination of some of the more active members to keep science on the move, that they have resolved no pushing it to the very last extremities. Science has taken a very considerable round i n the hands of this very able body, and we should not be as' tonished to hear of its eventually going to Jericho. What will become of the British, &c., for the advance ment, &c., it is not our business to inquire. 'What the British, &c., &c., &c., &c., is actually about at the Pre' sent moment, is the point to which we shall confine our - . selves. The Committee having met, Colonel Sabine.-- no relation, we believe, to the historical Sabineo—cam e • forward to read the report in his character of General' Secretary. It is worth while to observe that the Asso* • elation for the Advancement of Science has advanced the secretary, by making a colonel into a generel—fo r General-Secretary is the title which the Colonel goes bf in his connexion with the Brit. Ass., as the irepient bodl occasionally calls itself. Colonel-General-Secretary SABINI, haying cleared bit e throit, and sent for his spectacles from the P res ident 0 1 the Optical Section, who had borrowed them in order to try some experiments in reading books—ColoneleGenerst' Secretary Sabine having, in a style worthy of the Arch' tectural Section, placed his glasses on the bridge of b° nose, began to road the report, of which the following ° a summary : " Your Committee have great pleasure in stating ths! they have tried an experiment with a captive balloon- - llere the Secretary was interrupted by a new member inquiring what was meant by a captive balloon. W*' it a balloon that had caught on the railings of a blush as Mr. Hampton's generally did ? or was it a ballooe seized and become captive on account of the darnel!' • done by its descent, which happened occasionally to • Graham and other intrepid aeronaut& ? Colonel SABINJS having passed for some time, sol having looked out the words " captive" and " . balloon in Johnson's Dictionary, replied that he could not a nswer - the question. He would, however, refer it to the Leisi' cographical Section, if the Hon. Members desired it. The report was then proceeded with. " Tour committee having had acme rape, have draw* some lines showing some good spots for some canal' some Artesian wells, and some other advantages." The new member inquired whether the linos did 001 disfigure the maps ? Colonel SAnaNa— Rather. New Melissa—Then cui bon°, The PRESIDICNT here interfered.—" If," said. he with much warmth, " the association is to have the eel bone, test applied to its proceedings—if we are to be aske d what is the good of this or that, we may as well dissent' the body."—(Much cheering.) Colonel SABINA then proceeded—" Your Committe e have sent out Professor Forbes with a dredging nte" chine." NEW MEMIIIII.—A what ? Colonel &amiss (continuing)—" A dredging machtll' for the purpose of dredging the .Ngean Sea. New MEMBER—Oh I that's too rich—ha, ha, ha 1 The PitissioENT—The Hon. Member is right. It lor the richness of the dEgean Sea that induced this Asso° r ation to dredge it. Go on, Mr. Secretary ; w hat . do o the report say as to the result of the dredging ? Colonel SABINB (reading)—" Your Committee fee l much ecstacy in stating that Professor Forbes has dredt up several buckets of mixed stuff, which hare been 10 1 0 before the Analytic Section, and found to contain 13 species of animals, all new to science. NEW Msmsna-150 animals I Let's have their natal' The PitEstozNT (interfering)—We should be glad 10 afford every information, but these interruptions are i Ol. proper. Nzw MEmnisn—Well, let's have a few of the nanle l of the 150 animals all new to science. The PnitsmoiT—Well—l don't know I Suppose 0 say the Cockleitu Scollopceoculms, or " Cockle good I ° l scolloping." That's one I I can't think of any ID°' just now. Pray go on with the report, Col. Sabine. Colonel &Armin (winking at the President)—" Committee wished the Government to publish the resio l of this dredging ; and Sir Robert Peel agreed to ri ll / 500 copies, if there were any meant of getting rid °, l them. 100 were at once carried away by a celebrAt e . professor." NEW lilzmnint—What became of the remainder ? The PRESIDENT—That ' s an unfair question. I dol l know. A CLERK—The eheesemonger— Colonel SAEINK and the Pnasinzryr (very vehement i f, to the clerk)—Silence, Sir ; silence. You are stapPi lio fur beyond your duty, Sir. Hold your tongue, Sir. Colonel SABINE (continuing'to read)—" Your Cora" mittee have received 1,0001. from the Treasury for 1. 11. publication of Lalande's catalogue of the stars.", ar NEW MEMBER—What a rum catalogue) Lot 01 1 14 Mr. Maeready, I suppose. Eh ? Colonel SABINE (stuffing his pocket-handkerchief his mouth, and coughing)—Shall I go on withihe ref or not ? The PRISIDANT—Pray go on. Colonel SABINE (continuing)—" Tour Corninitte6 finding they could do no good with the colleCtionaP l s trative of the railway sections, have given thou away." NEw Colonel SABINII—E very one. They were of 110 00 to us. NEW MElkillEß—What did they cost ? tv The PRESIDENT-That question must be referred the mathematical section. - - NEW MEMBER—Yes, but which is the paying t o Lion ?—(Loud cries of " Indecent I" amidst which th e new member sat down.) Colonel SABIXE—" Your Committee beg to say, conclusion, they hare got several invitations for n e t, year, and amongst others Cambridge was anxious for I P , honour of taking thernin—and doing for them I" The report haying been read, a warm discussion W. place on a Daddy Longlegs, the point of dispute 1 whether the Daddy should be referred to the 000ldgi section, or whether an ethnological sub-section shoo. be formed fur the purpose of placing the Longlegs is 0 4 hands of a separate committee. It was ultimately 14 11 1, to look upon the Daddy Longlegs as a subjeot for 1" zoological section atpresent. The meedng silos broke .. PISIDAY. The business to-day was quite of an aissiesee notl, In section A, Professor Loan read a . paper ea Mold series, &c., or series without end ; iitestratio which he read some observations, whick gamma 0 6 they never would end, and, even wken concluded, ago° was come to. Section B.—Mr. WEST read a paper on mineral wilt° founded on experiments with a bottle of coda water. Mr. HUNT read a paper on the influence of light ° 6 plants, which he proved to be deleterious. He had ht a buttercup over a lighted candle, and, though S" . buttercup was not melted, the flower was considerabq damaged. Dr. BABINEUR read a paper on the mode of detectil the adulterations in tobacco. He had smo k e d l ever penny Cubas, and detected adulterati on in ever y one e them. Professor Formats and Mr. HxLISTON jointly read,: paper on the terti ar y f ormat i ons o f th e Isle of Wig"; As they both re a d at once , i t was to us t h e mos t int.' . esting paper we had heard at the meeting. Section E.—Medical Science.—Dr. Hamm; describ e l a peculiar disease of the tongue, attended with gr i e ti constitutional disturbance. It was fo u nd a g ood o e ' l among Radical Members of Parliament and 0 ) 06! demagogues. The tongue was generally very Nut 1 , 1 ; these cases, but the constitutional distu r b ance genet's"' insignificant. BIRTHS. of On the let inst., in Hanno ver -t errace , M rs . L ong man ' a daughter. E• On the 29th ult., at An g l esea , H an t s , th e H on . M rs .." Trench, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at th e Vi carage , Abb o t' s L ang l e y, r th the wife of the Rev-. R. Gee, of a son. On the 28th ult., at Taliaris, Carmarthenshire, the ladf 0( William Peel, Esq., of a daughter. On the 29th ult., a t J u dd- p l ace , Ntr ew-road, the lady of Wakefield, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter. Ay Of On the 29th ult., at Preston Candover, Hants, the F. Jsrvoise Ellis, Esq., of a son and heir. of On the 29th ult., the wife of Thomas Gribble, Esq., jup. , St. John's-wood-road, of a son. On the 30th ult., the lady of Isaac James, Esq., of a MARRIED. On the ht inst., at Trinity Church, Stepney, Frederie t third son of George Green, Esq., of Blackwell, to Elisabeth' only daughter of the late Dr. Fletcher, of Stepney. On the Ist inst., at St. George s s,Hanoyer-squere, OlgetD William Bellingham, eldest son of A. G re yill e , E sq. , o f .Nor' Mymms (late Captain in the Rill e B r i ga d e ) , to MargAret, youngest daughter of A. Petty, Esq. DIED. On the 3d ult., at New York, Frederick, son of the lets Pittman, Esq., of Warwick-square. On the 27th ult., at Sarsgrove, Henrietta Maria Langston; On the 29th ult , in Lower Brook-street, Ipswich, O n Maria, the second daughter of the late J. P. Smith, Esq. ~„, On the 30th ult., in Albany-st ree t, R egen t' s -park, of te. ' Eleanor eldest surviving daughter of Darius Davey, Island of Antigua. On the 30th ult., at Reigate, Rebecca, third daughter 01 Mr. Hart, solicitor, aged 21. On the Ist inst., at Fenchurch-street, Inn, relict of th . late Nathaniel Ponder, Esq. ce, On the Ist inst., Mr. \Villiers Waters, Anchor-ter ra Southwark-bridge-road. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY Major-Generals—Biggs, East India Company's Ser i `' , Cawnpore ; Fearon, East India Company's Service, CawnP or : Colonel Logan, 63d Foot, Aide-de-Camp to the Qto ° Dover. Lieutenant-Colonels Carmichael, LTnattached, Pr re* N.B. ; Dallas, K.H., half-pay Macdonald's Recruiting Corr* Grcenhithe, Kent. Majors—Urmston, 31st Foot, Bengal; Carter, East -- Company's Service, Delhi. Captains—O'Reilly, 85th Foot, Barbadoes ; Halliday , 86t . Foot, llyderabad ; Pack, 2d West India Regiment, Gari hl i s f: H. M. Dixon, half pay, 88th Foot, Kensington ; Bovria, o 4 pay 103 d Foot, Quebec; J. H , ammill, late of the 9th ov Portsmouth ; Robert M'Leod, late of the Royal Itiarines. „to Lieutenants—Lane, half-pay 3d Dragoon Guards; 1 Gibbon, half pay 23,1 Foot, Plymouth. Second Lieutenant and Ensigns--Nugent, Boys' ' l / 1 . 4 neers, St. Kitts; Haslewood, half-pay 89th Foot; half-pay Elford's Corps. on, Paymaster Amey, half-pay 6th Li ne B n . German Leo' Bath. Steven. f Quartermaster Martin, half-pay 3d Dragoon Guards. Commissariat Department—Deputy Assistant C° llll/2 nary-General Brock, half-pay. 41st Medical Department--Surgeon Robertson, half - p s Y 4 , no , Foot, Montreal, Canad a; S urgeon D r. C avana gh, 118 , 11 Zest 62d Foot, Wexford ; S urgeon F ogar t y , h a lf-pay St. . 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