The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-17 00:00:00

.....--"•-°°'''.. c LIPO ocr.o. es office' )ridey, f rgs last lestro' I r eturn t° on T u j er re , ht the PIP T pier of re. n vibi k ; be !sty, end the M gr at La r"' troops of t he to TreP urt : n t of C 6ll Ol tachme nt the o f the lipet r y, the f f , io o pieces the Cu ° ace 404 e vesiel° of d i the W. he r them on the At hal f. kdelsider -Gene rsl carriages oarrig, aw ed If) gilled to elllgeoce e q uit• a lette r 6 for the Nouv t)e r order, nforoleo I Pos te ' 6 letter ;T. t . I r on e eireei4 os:' it tber e ,:-. ifs.s‘ l 7: I sui t* for ti ll ice, t 1714 sa' courier Y their to 'lock' L ye iu °- t find u depo t' to )Wll he 311 ' ive t ° : Nora , on hip ulipe f-po t 'awl , / from s outh' At ,5 su• i s itor• i 8 11 : , sow *llora hyste in unison with our most gracious Sovereign, the arts of peace. "Given under our common seal at Dover aforesaid, this 15th day of October, 1844. " WILLIAM CLARKE, Mayor." It was received in the most gracions manner by his Majesty, who was pleased to make the following, reply " Mr. Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, of the ancient Borough of Dover,—l leave this country with my heart im pressed with feelings of the warmest nature, but particu larly as regards the general greeting and gratification Which has been extended to me by all classes of her Ma jesty's subjects, an - I the many tokens of friendship and affection which I have received at the hands of her Ma je't.Y. They give me a favourable opportunity of maTd• festiug towards England those sentiment, of friendship a nd union which have evef been uppermost iu my heart, and am most hippy to find those seutimeuts congenial With the wishts of the British nation, and I have no tloulu but that they viii be appreciated in my country. Two suer. Cations, mutually calculated to be of such ad vantage to each other, will. I trust, equally appreciate those feelings which I have so de, ply at heart—senti izents which I have ever so deeply felt." His Majesty having replied in excellent English, conversed for a short time with the Mayor, and ex- Pressed his regret that his very early departure would Prevent his seeing again the town of Dover, which he 'very well remembered. Soon after eleven o'clock Il ls Majesty and suite, amongst whom we recognised 1 1. Guizot, the Baron Athalin, Admiral Alackau, the Count de Jarnac, and General de Rumigny, em barked, with the y oung D u k e o f M on tp ens i er , on board the French post-office packet Nord, and pro ceeded to sea, accompanied by the Princess Alice, the Ariel, and the Swallow, English steamers. A guard 113 f honour from the 52d Regiment, under the corn- I naild of Major'Davis, was in attendance, and a second to salute was fi re d a t hi s M a j es t y ' s em b ar k at i on. i n spite of the weather the piers and wharfs were thronged with people, and we certainly never recol lect any di s ti ngu i s h e d c h aracter meeting so truly Cordial and enth us i as ti c a recep ti on. A s th e s t eamer left the harbour the general and hearty cheers con toned to the extent of the piers ; and his Majesty, p'ho see me d much gratified, remained with his hat fairly his hand, b ow i ng to t h e mult i tu d e, unt il h e was at sea. Colonel Jones, the commandant of . 1) "" garrison, was i n atten d ance, an d C apta i n M ercer, 4141 ., the superintendent of the packet establishment here, Proceeded to Calais in the Princess Alice. In sho rt, all classes seemed anxious to vie with each t° tther i n doing honour, and paying the utmost respect, his M • ajesty, and he appeared perfectly idEbel aud appreciate their good intentions. It is expected the Nord tw and the P r i ncess w ill reac h C a l a i s soon a ft er o'clock, hut their passage will necessarily be a panYiedthe rough one. Th e Ariel and the Swallow accom- Nord about one-third of the distance, *ben vet and urned into the harbour for the mail duty to- ( morrow. S RI / AL ISLE OF WIGHT. ---41-VAL OF THE QUEEN AT OSBORNE. ( F ROM OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ate?er. 15 . —Her M a j esty ' s yac h t Vi ctor i a an d Alber t b'clMed into Cow es roa d s a b out a quarter b e f ore e l even oveT k -- t his mornin g . A s it ra i ne d very hard the r4' Party did n o t attempt to l an d i mme di ate ly. The broke through about eleven o'clock, when the royal to w as w as manned, and the royal party proceeded in her the w e shore, amidst the roar of cannon from the Castle, c. Majesty Yacht S qua d ron H ouse , W oo dy ea r' s , & c . inajesty l anded at exactly a quarter-past eleven 04 . There were two carriages in waiting, with a 1:16 of horses in each, in which the Queen and her suite " e eried to O s b orne . Th e roya l y ac h t was unatten d e d 11 '1 oche,. steamer ur tnan-of-war. Commodore the O rl c'f•Yarborough followed her in his yacht, as did the 2 t r i of Wil ton, Sir Bellingham Graham, and s , iveral ge r memb ers of the R oya l Yacht Squadron. There *or e no troops, nor indeed any one in authority, to re bl's her Majesty on her landing, and the boats and A s ,i -u P I O got much nearer to the r o y a l visitors th an was h a ,_sig to h er M a j esty . Th e i r l oya l ty qu i te outsteppe d good b ree di ng, to t h e great annoyance of those fa ,." 4 ": 1 they profes se d t h ey w i s h e d to h onour. W e h a d — t l ettied to have seen the May or an d C or p ora ti on o f "'Port, to present a loyal address to her Majesty on lllt:landing in their ancient borough, but they came not. :I sly that the part of Cowes on which her Majesty Itto - t - b t ‘ ti , is within the borough of Newport (and, indeed, iti k ;" i "ores of the harbour), but this is only to prove eii,:itight to recei v e the tolls and dues, and for muni a 11;44114 P arliamentary purposes. Had it been to elect t heh" l , l3e j Of Parliament for the borough of Newport, th ey 7 ,7 0 , 3 7, 4 a i eti0n would have extended over Cowes, and welc onii have thought it their duty to visit us, but If th ere jig th e Sover e i gn a pp ears t o b e a diff eren t t hi ng . I f b ee : t3 no patronage to- be obtained, there might times to 3°1119 chance of kni g hth o od. Th e ga le con that we - f ra ge with g rea t v i o l ence . W e are so s h e l tere d ehacna el not its ra g i ng, b ut see its effects on the mer 'water; 1 / 4 11 t hat arri ve, and i n our streets b e i ng under c Nhetc.and the tide being kept up at a great height l should be drawing towards low water. EJ4 ANDERS MAIL. -ta t At- • ss ts, OCT. 14.—We are assured that the wznzteup, , • 'will publish to-morrow the royal decree, 1 4 e u is to en , r nodify the tariff of customs in several of kall eaS - - " al parts. The decree affects cottons, silk Ilfact I lttrut t Ilres, machines, some chemicals, and tin not France kid ~._, and a siight modification on tulle. ;Ad silktltily_pare excfpted ; with regard to cotton --11 "-lactures, France for a time. , Akettia ifELGIAN FUNDS.—Bitussitts, OCT. 12. _ l , It ottistir el ;t*,2% per Cint., D. • ......... . .. ..........- "" 102 L a ... .nd s ...Audi Five per * Cent NS .........,_—"erhirty Millions, Four per Cent. ......" -- -.Th ----- -----, Three per Cent 76 •••:....„.... •rtY-seven Millitns, ditto - - ...... .•••• 103 % ...............,.....T., "---.-....—,-..........„___,.... ( 1840 ).......••• ON ""••••• •••••«••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Soci.._ tY• 1 843, Four per Cent percent. I " ' - 11.u,ii`Zrof Cunnerce, Four and gi - Half — 60% Is sue Of te Wns Five per Cent -- *lye-•-ssel*l.4;per.S.-0.c.t713...." ..... -- tt,,, t !CIA N It.o tr DS —VIENNA Orr It Wo Per Cents. MetalliqUes • ' 110% aT h u ; Per Cents. .. - srarr Cents. .. ...."- ........ ""*" ...... 70% ere, . •• 1602 4lliefteinW 4471;;;1, ....... ....."*"..... .....- 'll3lZr ....1,.. RAFION OF A NEW CHURCH AT i CAMBRIDGE. ~r4mesday morning the Lord Bishop of E th e , , 4 new church recently erected on Hills Road, ' The the' s h of St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge. Ely conse.o lich it dedicated to St. Paul. oe a t n° , °NE RAILROAD. —The shares of this railroad siou ed 40 the premium. This is no doubt occa on e . tue certainty that now exists that, as only eon „°,I4P,:eY has paid the deposit, and notified its inten p. - tet4l. p l aklng a tende r the works will be rapidly ex_ ti t te• C u i ti . o 7 , iLitiont toenloympanY are interested in its but f or fur the interest of Boulogn i e v u ma f y thel_ll Folkstone and the I)over railroad. to. rel °re, feel certain that, as the tenders are to be e . tuad; tli ll „trw, so soon as the Royal Ordonnance is published, til r've'see.y steps will be taken to definitively survey ee;, Ille ; when this is laid down the proprietors will re_ 4 4, t l' e e ie s : ; k and ~0 soon as compensation is agreed will not or s will commence ; this we should t fift,,, be before next March, we have no doubt that a ji months afterwards the line will be opened.— °134097te G azette of Monday. We t!" 14 05 ' SIR S. GORDON HIGGINS, K.C.H. , atv e t irts o announce the demise of Sir Samuel G. Hig- G r '.„ who expired at his residence in Chapel-street, l'e°,ri°4°r-Place at five o'clock on Monday morning. hie,-.4'eeeased, who: was second son of Mr. James Lewis N"' us ' of Queen' - County,lreland, was born in 1r 75, „,, __ J efirv::o4! early age entered the 18th Dragoons, and f r , ``l With that regiment in Jamaica and St. Domingo ore 1795 to 1 798. In the succeeding year he served in the e G ou Itt Pige in Holland. On quitting the 18th D . r.ar guns he entered the 3d Regiment, or Scots Fusilier q t ‘ a r it ds, and remained in that corps until 1825, when he hi_ the ed his wine d in He retired from the army _ t hir: a g i. ensuing. The deceased knight . was for nearly 1)„ 1 „-' '44 years equerry to his Royal Highness the late 4 -." of Gloucester, at whose demise William IV. con .eProd th e e wie -e eeneur of knighthood on Colonel Higgins. th ee the death of the Royal Duke Sir Samuel has filled the „ppointment of equerry and till the appointment of c rl °lon. Captain Liddell, COmptroller of the Duchess of eve°4eester's household. His commissions in the army ti_r_e. dated as follow :—Ensign, 10th June; 1795 ;. 187,Qtenant, 22d June, 1796 ; Captain, 24th January, ith"1„; Major, Ist November, 1804 ; Lieutenant -Colonel, it4hthe e,une, 1 811 ; and Colonel, 27th May, 1825. Al- Sir Samuel had been suffering some weeks from `th ink et:ent health, yet it was not supposed be was in any et t,,_lk.e a.critical state, for on Wednesday last he was ter:e.te: irnunghain Railway terminus, at Euston-square, t „ ore her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou t -,eir on I. b...., . uer return to town from visiting the Duke and `hest' of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey. W e the have reason to believe that the reports which bve bee n in circulation respecting a marriage between p e nal Duchess Duchess Olga, the lovely daughter of his Im r!%l Majesty the Emperor of Russia, and Prince George b ,„,atilbridge, are, i f not perfectly erroneous, at all events .- Ziature.--Court Journal. -I Itz , Arr. SToßm.—On lArednesday evening last the did coast was visited by a severe storm, which 11,4....eeesiderable damage to the shipping there. We eii,," been informed that several vessels were driven 4C,01 5 , or otherwise injured by the fury of the hurricane. 1447._gst others, the steamer Victor, from the Clyde, N‘t 17 41 from her moorings and driven among the rocks I7e lash, from which, however, she has since been N Ltld. The storm extended to the Irish coast, and, w itt7, k ' i 're, has done much injury to vessels connected Pere,,`" colt Sting trade. In addition to the loss of pro th •"' we re -et to hear that several persons have lost eq. 1, .. irticLoee owitiz to the violent nature of the storm.-- -.`° 42441:day Ast. THE SUN, LONDON, THTIIISDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 17, 1844. There is no truth in the report that the Baroness SUMMARYOF NEWS Le T D h e e sp t ! a n r c l e o r f is ß a u b r o li u n t g t t o on be i4 n i l l a l r p ri r e e d sid to e l4 a l t r t . h ß e o m sc e a e vv ti e n n g . cf the North Lonsdale Agricultural Association, which takes place at Ulverstone, Lancashire, on Tuesday next, the 22d instant. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert purpose, according to the arrangements at pre sent given out in the Court circles, to return to Windsor Castle from Osborne House, on Saturday next. N utittt Otittort. " Who runs may read." *z 2.1E1t Or By an order of the day issued by the Governor- General of Algeria, on the 30th ult., he announced the expected arrival of the Duke d'Aumale at Algiers on Trinidad was visited by an earthquake on the 30th of August, about three A.M. No material damage was sustained. the 10th or 11th inst., and prescribed that honours were to be rendered to the Prince, with conformity to the decree of the 24th Messidor, An. 111., on honours and preci.dence. The Algerie states that the civil hospital of Algiers is so full that the directors are daily obliged to refuse the admission of fresh patients. The number received during the last month amounted to snore than 1,800. THE REFORM CLUB. TO THE EDITOR 01' THE TIMES. SIR,—I am directed by the Committee of the Re form Club to give the most unqualified contradiction to an article copied into the Times of Monday last from a Sunday newspaper. lam desired further to add, that the finances of the Reform Club are in a perfectly satisfactory state, and that Mr. Barry's claim has been finally settled by arbitration, and paid. The members are more numerous than they have been since the formation of the Club. Letters have arrived from Algiers to October 7. The troops which took part in the campaign of Mo rocco had just gone aboard three packets. It was said that a part of the ar:ny would shortly be em ployed in the draining of the Metidja. There is no country in the world in which the changes of Ministry have been so frequent as in Spain. Between the 7th of June, 1835, and the sth of May, 1844, there were twenty Cabinets ; giving an average duration or five months and twelve days for each. The King of Prussia has just given 50,000 Prus sian crowns towards the completion of the Cathedral of Cologne. The Silesian Gazette states from Poland, Oct. 1, that about twenty students had recently been ar rested at Warsaw on a charge of being members of a secret society. The younger of them, who were only from thirteen to fourteen years old, were, it is added, sent into the interior of Russia, but the others were sent . to the army of Circassia as common soldiers. An extraordinary trial for swindling took place last week before the Court of Assize for Paris. A person named Hue de Marsenay and his wife were charged with having obtained, by fraudulent means, more than 500,000 f. from different persons, of which, however, 450,000 f. were from a M. Gosse. Marse nay was originally a captain in the army. The various persons swindled gave evidence on the trial, which lasted four days, and the prisoner being found guilty, Marsenay was sentenced to eight years' im prisonment with hard labour, and his wife to five years of the same punishment, and both to stand in the pillory. Five tenders were presented for the contract for the rails of the first section of the Paris and Northern Railroad. These works were estimated at the maxi mum of 225,000 f., and the contract was awarded on Saturday to M. Barbier St. Ange, at 8 per cent. below this sum.. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. BOND, Secretary. Pali mall, Oct. 15, 1844. DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF MR, HAMPTON'S BALLOON. (From the Dublin Evening , Mail of Monday.) DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—Mr. Hampton, the celebrated aeronaut, made an ascent this afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, from the Portobello-gardens, the balloon passing over the city in a north-easterly direction. When in the neighbourhood of the North Strand, it was observed de scending with great rapidity, and, notwithstanding all Mr. Hampton's exertions, it continued to do so, until it came into collision with the top of a house, and struck the chimney, which was thrown down ; the balloon, at the same time, exploding, by some sparks from the flue, he was thrown to the ground with great violence, and we understand, seriously injured. He was removed on a car as soon as possible. The balloon was totally destroyed. 4.Guichon de Grandpont, chief of the administra tive service at the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, has just arrived at St. Malo, being ordered home by the Colonial Council, who have suspended him from his functions after a quarrel between him and the Governor, in the course of which both parties are said to have come to blows. It appears by letters from Athens of the 27th ult., that, in the first discussion of the Chamber of Depu ties on the verification of the qualifications of Depu ties, and other subjects of a nature to test the Minis terial influence in the Chamber, the Cabinet had large majorities. Lucerne has made a strong demonstration against the installation of the Jesuits in that town. At a grand convocation of the inhabitants, held lately, 769 of them out of 1,260 declared against their admission. Z..15A157 .3.ND POLECEI. At the Surrey Quarter Sessions, held at Kingston, Mr. Meymott, the surgeon of the county gaol, Horse monger-lane, expressed an opinion that the practice of confining prisoners closely to their room, except during the hours of divine service and meals, on Sun days, was calculated to be injurious to their health ; and the surgeon gf the Brixton House of Correction, in his report, staled that tnere had been a great many cases of itch in- the gaol. ; and the great majority of them were persons who had come from union work houses. A young woman named Sarah Baker was placed at the bar at Bow-street before Mr. Jardine, charged on suspicion with stealing five china cups, a dessert dish, a qu ntity of glasses, and other articles from Saint James's Palace, the property of his Majesty the King of Hanover. In her defence, she stated that the arti cles had been given her sister, who was a servant at the Palace. The sister stated that she had certainly given her jellies and pastry in the cups and plates, to take home, but that she had always intended the pri soner should return them. It appeared that the sis ters both bore excellent characters, and had been fill ing situations of great trust, and the housekeeper of the Palace having stated that she did not believe the articles had been taken with any felonious intent, as when the King was last in town the hospitality ob served was such as to cause the superfluities to be given to the servants, which might account for the dessert plate, it being of no value, as there were only three remaining of the set. The magistrate ordered the prisoner to be discharged. At Clerkenwell, John Gill, a stylishly-dressed middle-aged man charged by Mr. Haynes, Mortimer, arms, Tottenham-court- road, with having violently assaulted him, was fined 31., or one month's imprison ment. Thomas White, a journeyman in the service of Mr. Robert Galloway, of 30, Milbank-street, Westminster, baker, was charged at Queen-square, with grossly misconducting himself while engaged in his employ ment. The prisoner had gone out with a truck to deliver bread, had got drunk, strewed the loaves about the street, and wheeled the truck over them. He was sent to the House of Correction for fourteen days' hard labour. At Marlborough-street, Benjamin Cox, a private in the second , battalion of Coldstream Guards, was brought before Mr. Maltby, charged with having wil•- fully broken a square of glass at the White Horse Tavern, Regent-street ; with having assaulted the waiter and the cook ; and also with having resisted and assaulted the police in the execution of their duty. The prisoner had entered the house drunk, and in attempting to eject him the assaults had been com mitted. He was fined 51. for the assaults on the servants,• and .5/. ; for assaults on the police, or two months'• hard labour. Michael Lee, alias Molloy, a labourer, between forty-five and fifty years of age, charged with having murdered his wife, Ann Lee, by drowning her in the Paddington Canal, was remanded from Marlborough street, in order to give time to procure further evidence. A man named William Woolston, a mat-maker, was charged, before the Hon. G. C. Norton, with causing so serious an injury to the person of Eliza beth Dowall, that her life is at present in serious jeopardy. The prisoner was drinking beer out of a bottle in the gallery of the Garrick Theatre ; the bottle slipped, and fell on the head of the girl, who was in The pit. The prisoner, who had been given into custody by Mr. Gomersal, the manager of the theatre, was admitted to bail. BATHS AND WASH-HOUSES FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES. A. numerous and most respectable meeting was held yesterday at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of forming an institution for the establishment of baths and washing-houses for the use of the working classes and the labouring poor. A great number of ladies were present, and on the platform we observed the Bishop of London, Archdeacons Wilberforce and Hale, Mr. Byng, M.P. for Middlesex, Lord D. C. Stuart, and several other noblemen, Members of Par liament, and dignitaries of the Church. The chair was taken at two o'clock, by The LORD MAYOR, who said that he had received a requisition calling upon him to sanction a meeting in that hall, for :the object mentioned in the adver tisement. He would not enlarge upon the advan ptaogoeresr e of la establishingb a th s an d was h-h ouses f or th e many gentlemen were present who had devoted their attention to the subject, and would, he had no doubt, prove the utility of the proposed in stitution.—(Applause.) The Bishop of LONDON, amidst much applause, came forward to move the first resolution, which was to the effect that " great advantage would be conferred upon the working-classes and the labouring poor by the establishment of baths and wash-houses, of which they could have the use at a small expense." As the resolution simply stated a matter of fact, it would not be necessary for him to occupy the meeting with many observations. But he would briefly state the reasons which had induced several benevolent individuals to propose raising subscriptions for the object, which had been circulated and made extensively known by advertisements. The object might seem, upon a first view, to be of a trifling kind; but viewing as to its probable—he would say, certain results—he would not hesitate to describe it as one of the very first importance.—(Hear, hear.) The crowds who thronged the streets of this great and rich metropolis, and who were surrounded at every step by the evidences of its wealth and grandeur, were not aware of the wretchedness which was occa sioned by that splendour.—(Hear, hear.) They were little aware of the misery which surrounded those magnificent shops, filled with the riches of the world. The merchant princes of the City were not themselves aware of it. No one was aware of it, except those who were brought into hourly contact with it, by the duties of their professions—the medical men, and the ministers of religion. A great part of that misery arose from the crowded habitations of the poor, which precluded them from those habits of decency and cleanliness which were necessary to health and mo rality.—(Hear.) Upon that ground it was impos sible not to see the necessity of mitigating, if not of altogether removing, the misery which existed in the metropolis and all large towns.—(Hear.) Indeed, he thought that the mind of the public was now pretty well made up upon the subject. A great deal had been effected by the inquiries instituted by the Government as to the sanatory condition of the great towns, the result of which showed the misery, squalid wretchedness, and compulsory barbarism, in which a large number of our fellow-creatures were placed in the midst of redundant wealth.—(Hear, hear.) Great credit was due to the Government, and those who assisted them in their painful investigation, as to the extent and causes of the physical and moral degrada tion of so important and deserving a portion of the people.—(Applause.) It was not necessary for him to trouble the meeting with any observations of his own, but be would read the observations of a benevo lent gentleman who had devoted much time and professional skill to the investigation of the subject—he meant Dr. Southwood Smith.—(Applause.) The Right Rev. Prelate then read an extract from Dr. Smith's work, to the effect, that "a clean and orderly house has a moral effect upon the inhabitants, and tended to form habits of propriety and order in themselves, and of respect to each other, which no laws could produce; whereas, in squalid and filthy houses, the decencies of life could not be observed."— (Hear, hear.) He then read an extract from the report of the Inspectors of Prisons in Edinburgh, which recommended the establishment of baths and wash-houses in all large towns. In two ways sickness and squalidness induced crime —by enfeebling the man, and forcing him to seek a living by the easiest means, and by cutting short the lives of virtuous parents.—(Hear, hear.) He had seen lately some laudable efforts made to ameliorate the condition of the poor, by improving their habita tions ; and, in proportion as that was effected, those who visited them for their moral and religious inte rests found it more easy to impress them with a sense of their duties. He feared, however, that it would be a long time before those efforts could be attended, he would not say with complete success, but with any , great extent of success. But were they to be de terred in the meantime from doing something to alle viate the condition of the poor in their present habita tions ?—(Hear, hear.) Two modes of doing so were proposed by the resolution which he held in his hand The Rev. Archdeacon WILBERFORCE, in an elo quent speech, which was much applauded, moved the second resolution, the effect of which was, that it was desirable to extend the benefits of the institution to all parts of the metropolis. Lord D. C. STUART, who was also vehemently 'applauded, seconded the resolution, which was carried as the former. —the establishment of public baths and of public wash-houses. He would not enlarge upon the value of the frequent use of baths. They were found to be of great benefit to the rich—they would be much more so to the poor.—(Hear.) There was no fact in pathology better established, than that nothing was more conducive to health than frequent ablution ; and he need not say that whatever promoted the h ea lth and comfort of the labouring classes, increased their usefulness in society.—(hear.) The Right Rev. Prelate then went into details respecting the public baths and wash-houses at Liverpool, in which it ap peared, that although the baths were on a con tracted scale, 220 labourers bathed in one day. One man told him, after he had a bath on a Saturday, that he felt himself able to do another week's work.— (Hear, and a laugh.) Surely if he felt so much re freshed, he would be more able and more disposed to:attend to his s ou l' s h ea l t h on t h e L or d' s day.—(Hear, hear.) The clergy around him would bear him out, that there was no greater cause of the neglect of Di vine service on that day by the labouring classes, than the compulsory filthiness in which they lived.— (Hear, hear.) It had been objected to the proposed institution that there were already baths in the me tropolis which the poor could use at a small ex pense. But it was not the object of the society to make large public baths, but such as each man could use by himself, and in private, with an unlimited sup ply of hot and cold water—(Hear, hear)--i-as was the case in Liverpool.—(flear.) This was not to be re garded in the light of a luxury, but of a necessary refreshment, which could not be dispensed with.— (Hear.) The next object was the formation of public wash-houses. In reference to this part of the subject, he would observe that the crowded and unwholesome state of the dwellings of the poor was admitted. Now he would remind those who possessed property in this great City, and who were engaged in the honourable and lucrative pursuit of commerce, that every im provement in the streets increased the wretchedness of the poor.— (Hear, hear.) In St. Giles's many thou sands had been displaced by the recent improvements, and these were driven to increase the overcrowded e , e Lo population of th e poorer districts—( H ear, h ear) ._ therefore those w h o took pride in the i mprovement of the external appea rance of the metropo li s, were bound to do s ome thi ng towards alleviat i ng the evils which tho se i mprovements brought upon the benevolent .rd San don, )Af o e n w , e y m e p a lo rs y e a de r g ()Pa sons to visit the w ea lth y parish of St. George ' s, Hanover-square, and it was found that there were in Pe e rnobleman, poor.--(Bear, r ha r that seat of opulence 929 families living in one room for each family; and he himself knew of 64 indi viduals of 16 families, occupying one house of 16 rooms, in the City.—(Hear.) In IVhitechapel and Bethnal-green the case was worse. Not only was it impossible, under such circumstances, that the mother of a family could properly attend to the washing of the clothing, but whatever washing was done in the crowded room must be attended with injury to the health of the poor inmates, by the damp which it occasioned. Besides, he had the testimony of medical gentlemen, that the difficulty of obtaining water was such, that the clothes were washed in filthy water, and with substitutes for soap which could not be mentioned in that meeting. Would it net be an incal culable benefit to those people to provide them with the means of well washing and drying their clothes at a small expense ?—(Hear.) It was said the women would do mishief to one another when they met at the public wash-house. But the experience at Liverpool proved that they were too much occu pied to do so; and even if they did talk over their grievances, he, for one, could see no harm in that.— (Cheers and laughter.) After some further observa tions of the same tendency, the Right Rev. Prelate concluded, amidst much applause, by moving the resolution. On the motion of the Rev. Archdeacon HALE, seconded by Sir G. LARPENT, a Committee was ap pointed to carry the previous resolutions into effect. Thanks were then voted to the Lord Mayor, and the meeting separated. Mr. BYNG, M.P. for Middlesex, who was greeted with repeated cheers, seconded the resolution. He said, that a few weeks ago, when he was absent from town, he received a letter, signed " W. C.," and from the good sense and good feeling with which the letter appealed to him, he ventured to take upon himself to send the answer to the Governor of the Bank of England, and to tell him how happy he should be to join in the many good works of this noble City— (Cheers)—which he had always looked upon as the first in the world. Therefore he determined to appear there that day, not thinking that he was to have the happiness of seconding the resolution. This was a blessed City, and it was promoted by the Almighty above all other cities, who favoured men and institu tions according to their good works.—(Hear, hear.) Having, for a greater number of years than any other person, had the honour of representing the county of Middlesex, which included London, he owed a large debt to the City, and he hoped the ;4o vernor of the Bank would allow him to subscribe in the amount to r7hich his fifty-four years' Parlia• mentary connexion entitled him.—(Cheers.) Mr. GREGG begged leave to state, before the reso lution was passed, that he had erected baths for the u of s o ho f the ew l poor . resolution—(H in S ea r w, asheact. hear.) L. ed ke un p uti ar m ish int , s a ly t . an expense MEDICAL REFORM BILL. On Tuesday a meeting of members of the medical profession was held in Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street, to take into consideration the Bill lately submitted to the profession by Sir James Graham. Dr. Cook was called to the chair, and in his opening address shortly adverted to the necessity of a sound system of medical education as the only safeguard for the public. Legis lation could not, he thought, do so much as people generally imagined, and if the profession rested on anything short of a sound education, they would rest on a most sandy foundation.—(Cheers.) It was of the utmost importance that the profession should be protected from the encroachments of uneducated per sons, which the measure in question unfortunately had a tendency to occasion. It had been argued that the exigencies of remote districts of the country re quired cheap relief in cases of sickness ; but that was a very poor apology for non-qualification. Nothing could justify the want of professional knowledge in the medical practitioner, and, therefore, every measure which tended to encourage this should be opposed by those who had the reputation of the profession and 1 the interests of the public at heart. Objectionable as the measure was, he must however say, that Sir J. Graham was entitled to the fullest credit for having fairly submitted the measure to the profession, and for giving such ample time for its consideration. A. letter from Dr. Joseph Toulmin, who had been requested to preside, apologising for non-attendance, but at the same time cordially concurring in the ob jects of the meeting, having been read, Dr. ANSELL moved the first resolution, deprecating the opening clause of the Bill. The welfare of the public and the interests of the profession, he said, were equally disregarded in the measure, which called for their strongest opposition. -He was old enough to know what was the state of the profession prior to the passing of the Apothecaries' Act in 1815, when the profession held a rank in public estimation much loWer than it held now. If such was the case then, what would it be now if this measure were to pass ? (Cheers.) Dr. Ansell concluded by proposing a re solution to the effect that, though the provisions of the various legislative enactments relating to the me dical profession were in many respects imperfect, still any unconditional repeal of them (as was sought by this Bill) would be most injurious. Mr. Tumuli seconded the motion, which was carried. Dr. Ge.vni, after commenting on the impropriety of placing the app o i n t men t o f t h e counc i l of health in the hands of the Government, there)* rendering it subservient to politicalpurposes, moved resolution deprecatory of the proposal, Which was unanimously agreed to. - Mr. NICHOL moved the next resolution, affirmatory of a system of medical registration, if placed on' a proper basis, which was seconded by Ar. WALLIS, and carried. Mr. MILES, in a very excellent speech, exposed the system of empiricism carried on by druggists, who acted as general practitioners. He enter e d at con siderable length into the details of cases 'which had come under his own observation in the - district in which he practised (Spitalfields), which, from the poverty of the great bulk of the inhabitants, gave peculiar facility to the prevalence of this system of interference by unqualified persons. He contended that such quackery should be proceeded against criminally, and not by the present unsatisfactory process of an action at law, concluding with a strong resolution to the effect that the public, and the poorer classes especially, required protection against the intrusion of unqualified practitioners, which was carried. In the course of the evening several other addresses were delivered, and resolutions passed, condemnatory of Sir James Graham's measure. LAUNCH OF THE GLADIATOR WAR STEAMER AT WOOLWICH.—On Tuesday afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, this splendid sea boat was launched from her Ma jesty's dockyard, Woolwich, in the presence of about r 1,000 persons, the company present consisting of the principal inhabitants of the garrison; together with a larger number of naval and military officers. She was christened by a lady whose name did not transpire—a friend of the Captain-Superintendent of the yard, Sir Francis Collier ; and the vessel, from the plans of Oliver Lang, Esq., the master shipwright, glided without the slightest accident into the bosom of Old Father Thames, amidst the hearty cheers of those present. The vessel was decorated with the royal standard at the main, the Admiralty flag at the fore, and the union jack at the wizen peak. She is eleven - hundred and ninety tons burden, is bored for twenty guns, and will carry a com plement of one hundred and seventy-five men. She is built after the model of the Sampson, which was launched yesterday fortnight from the same yard, and is less in length by eleven feet than that ship. Her di mensions are as follow :—Length between perpendiculars 203 ft. bin. ; keel for tonnage, 178 ft. Sin. ; extreme breath, 37ft. Gin. ; tonnage breadth, 37ft. ; moulded breadth, 36ft. 4in. MARRIAGE OF MRS. NISBETT.-011 Tuesday fore noon Mrs. Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett, the distinguished actress, was married to Sir William Boothby, Bart., Comptroller of her Majesty's' Customs, at St. Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Fulham. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Sparks Byers, M.A., incum bent of the chapel, in• the presence of several of the friends of both parties. The hon. bridegroom, who is in his 70th year, in addition to holding , a ver y l ucra ti ve situation under Government, possesses estates in Der byshire and other counties, and also, it is stated, in Ire land. The bride is but in' her 30th year, and has scarcely attained the age of some of Sir William's daugh ters by a former marriage. The cere mon y exc i te d much interest in the neighbourhood. At the conclusion, Sir William and his bride proceeded to the Grange House, the residence, for some time back, of the latter, and having partaken of refreshment started, in a coach and four, driven by postilions, for Chatsworth, in Derbyshire, where they will pass the honeymoon. Sir William is a remarkably fine looking man for his age. Mrs. Nisbett, on entering the church, wore a wreath of orange flowers, and was otherwise most richly attired. Her former hus band, who was a Captain in the Life Guards, was killed some years back, while proceeding from London to Rich mond in his gig, by the horse violently kicking him on the head. This occurrence induced her once more to adopt the stage as a profession, she having left it on her marriage with Captain Nisbett. The Rev. Gentleman who performed the ceremony was formerly in the army, and served in the Peninsula, India, &c. ; he also filled the o ffi ce of chaplain to the l a t e M arqu i s o Hastings. The season at Baden is rapidly drawing to a close. The Badenblatt is filled with,grand details of the boar hunting last month in the forests which surround Baden. On these occasions, the fetes under the green trees were distinguished for luxury and good taste ; and the caval cade of ladies and cavaliers on the return to Baden with music and trophies, is described as a sort of triumphal procession. The courage of the ladies is much spoken of in these wild and perilous exercises, and the English ladies are said to have especially distinguished them selves.—Court Journal THE FIRE AT NEW-CROSS: FURTHER PARTICULARS. —The exact amount of property destroyed, as well as the extent of insurances, are as follows :—The octagonal building, as well as the fitting-house, which was 120 feet long by 30 wide, were insured in the Westminster Fire office for 4,6001., and the contents in the Phcenix-office to the amount of 9,5001., making a total of 13,00/. There were in the octagon six engines and three tenders, the former valued at 1,3001. each, and the latter at 2001. each. It will cost an enormous sum to reinstate the machinery alone. The Company estimate the damage under 20,0001. At first it was apprehended that not sufficient engines were left for working the line, but we were assured that such was not the case, and the traffic will net be in the least retarded by the calamiiy. The cause of the fire has been traced to the spontaneous ignition of some vegetable black, which was stowod in the paint room. LORD ELLENBOROUGH.—This Noble Lord, on whom the Government have conferred an Earldom, waited upon the Duke of Wellington on Tuesday, at Apsley House, and was engaged for a lengthened period with the Noble and Gallant Duke. On leaving the Duke of Wellington his Lordship went to Sir Robert Peel, at the Right Hon. Baronet's private residence, in Wkitehall-gardens, and had a protracted audience. There is not the slightest foundation for the report that his Lordship will go to Ireland to succeed the present Lord-Lieutenant, Lord Heytesbury ; as we are assured that Noble Lord, notwithstanding his recent domestic bereavement, has not the remotest idea of vacating that high office. CITY ANTIQUITIES.—Tuesday afternoon, as seine men were employed in Malien-lane, Wood-street, Cheap side, excavating a sewer, They found several large stones, which were moulded into shape, and which are supposed to have been part of the windows of the church of St. Zachary, which stood at this spot, and which was one of the many sacred buildings that were burnt down during the great fire of London. Many human sculls were also dug up, but there were no signs of any coffins. They were within about two feet of the surface. A few days ago, in Maiden-lane, where they are digging to form the vaults for the new houses, the men discovered, at a depth of about fourteen feet, between three and four feet of tesselated pavement. It was in good preservation, and was of a black and white diamond pattern. MAGISTERIAL JURISDICTION.—At the Uxbridge Petty Sessions, on Tuesday, Mr. Gardiner, solicitor, gave' notice, on behalf of a Mr. Tollett, some expressions towards another personwlolf 40s.i iby evidence, had been convicted in . !li n e penal ty would be appealed who, for haliyein,;_iiv_r giving the magistrates, that the conv . i n ct o t that sum mons issued, as a foundation fur it . magistrates against, there having been no r fr o rnalon co la n were sitting was not the room in which i t d eii contended be liable to a " That every person shallpenalty of were, a public place. The the words of' the Act of Parliament t n r o o t p 0 1l moretai police district, shall in any thoroughfare, o r l than public place, use any threatening, abusive, or insulting words, or behaviour, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or whereby a breach of the peace may be oc casioned." He would also contend, that neither the Po liceoolnicesi-gcohit7ttsheAct justicesgave htlatevinmgda;oils:erratetos ucbottetrat. if i l\ b l e r. p l o V li e c e e d A ln c i t g g e tu ( e cl i‘ e i r i li . power t p o u the nish be fo n r c h c ) o s n a t i e d m I p i e t ( 13 1 o f Tollett any power to appeal, the to 3/. as required by the Act. Alr. Gardiner would in that case have the conviction d h remove -y a writ of certiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench ; he had only out of courtesy to the bench informed them of his intentions, RAIL WA Y INTELLIGENCE. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.—A very full meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Fife Railway Company was held in the Company's chambers, Queen-st ree t, Edi n b urgh, on Wednesday last, the Right Hon. the Earl of Leven and Melvilre in the chair. The statements , submitted were of the most encouraging character, and everything seems now in a satisfactory t ra i n f or obtaining the Par liamentary sanction to the undertaking at an early period of the ensuing session, the preparations for which are now actively going forward. Applica tions for shares upon the remodelled prospectus have been received to such an extent as fully to warrant the Committee in the decided. and active course they are now pursuing. Though the whole amount of shares have not yet been allocated, the list of subscriptions is such as to assure, after an elabo rate scrutiny of the lists, that none of the stock will remain undisposed of, and the Company will thus be in the favourable position of proceeding to Parlia ment with the usual deposits paid up upon the full extent of its capital. We observe, the shares already quoted in the brokers' lists of Liverpool and Edin burgh are at a premium of five shillings per share. On the motion of the Earl of Leven, the name of the Earl of Glasgow was added to the Provisional Com mittee. The meeting to he held in Cupar, we un derstand, was postponed till the 7th of November.— fiVe Herald. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The negotiations between the Caledonian Railway Company and the Monkland and Kirkintilloch, and Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coat bridge Railway Companies, were brought last week to, a successful and satisfactory conclusion, and the formal deeds of agreement among the contracting parties were executed and delivered. Similar ar rangements were completed some time ago with the \Vishaw and Coltness Company. According to these agreements, the three existing Companies have be come hound to widen the guages of their respective lines, so as to correspond with the guage of the Cale donian Railway, and in all other respects to improve their works to the satisfaction of the engineer of the *Caledonian Company. The Caledonian Company have made advantageous terms with the:promoters of the Clydesdale Junction Railway, for the use of their line and stations for the traffic of the Caledonian. This completes the connexion with the south side of the city, and with the harbour of Glasgow - and the Paisley and Greenock Railways. —Glasgow National. RAILWAY FROM INVERNESS TO PERTH.—We are glad to understand that satisfactory progress is. making with the preliminaries of this most important undertaking. - The requisite means are taken in getting the necessary funds subscribed for defraying the .outlay attendant on the survey and other inves tigations ; and, meantime, in reliance on the public spirit, and public apprehension, on the part of our northern community, of the vast advantages of such a great work, responding duly to the call upon them, Mr. Mitchell, the engineer, in order not to l ose th e season, has two parties actively employed in the survey, and the results hitherto are most encourag ing. The cutting, as far as the survey has ad vanced, will be comparatively inconsiderable, and that through grounds of a loose gravelly .forma tion, and. easily removable. Mr. Mitchell finds that, from the Findhorn, where the line will cross the Farness, the preferable route is to the east of Lochin dorbh, fronting Dava, and passing through the open ing between the loch and Grantown, which village it will approach within three miles, thus connecting Strathspey as far down as the Avon at least, and the upper districts of Banffshire, both with the south and north. By this circuit, too, a gain of about two hundred and sixty feet of lower elevation than the Pass of Slochmuicht will be achieved, which is, in deed, a mighty object. As far as we understand at present, we believe the line will skirt Craig-Ellachie Pock, behind and above Aviemore, and sweeping along the base of the terraced banks of Loch Insh, and- be yond, and just high enough to be out of reach of floods, will pass in front of the manse and village of Kingussie.—lnverness Courie r . • HORSHAM RAILWAY MEETING.—One of the largest and most influential meetings ever remembered here was held at the Town-hall on Saturday, to take into consideration the proposed line of railway from Lon don to Portsmouth via Horsham. R. H. Hurst, -Esq., M.P., having been called to the chair, a series of re solutions were passed, pledging the persons present td_ support the proposed line, and calling on the Members for the Western Division of the county, and the Mem bers for the Rape of I3ramber and borough of Hor sham to support it in their places in Parliament. A deputation from the Company of another projected line were in attendance, as were also Captain Kelly and Mr. H. Faithful, on behalf of the Directors of the London and Brighton Railway, who pledged themselves tubring a branch from the Brighton line to Horsham ; but the meeting unanimously rejected their overtures, the speakers observing that they had promised the same thing for the last five years, with out any performance, and that the town had no faith in them. A local Committee was appointed to con fer with the Directors of the proposed line.—Brightox Guardian. The proposed Tavistock Railway has merged into he South Devon line, and will now form a branch of he latter undertaking.—Deconport Independent. SALE Or TILE LATE DR. DALTON'S EFFECTS.— The sale by auction of the furniture and other effects of the late Dr. Dalton took place, at the house in which he resided for some years before his death, No. 27, Faulkner street, on Thursday and Friday-last. The first day's sale comprised the furniture, and calls for no particular notice. The books generally fet c h e d goo d pr i ces, and , there was considerabl competition for some of the more valuable works. The principal purchasers were Mr. Eaton llodgkinson, F.R.S. (chiefly for the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society) ; Mr. P. Clare, F.R.A.S. and sir. Valentine Heywood, of Blackley. We understand that _ the Council of the Manchester;Literary and Philosophical Society had authorised Mr. E. Hodgkinson to purchase - books for that society to the extent of 50/. ; but his pur chases did not much exceed 30/. Amongst them were the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of Lon don, from 1822 to ISIS (with nine parts to 1543, and numbers), which sold ,for fis. a volume ; Thompson's Annals of Philosophy, 2S volumes ; Nicholson's Na tural Philosophy, 36 volumes in IS ; Thompson's Che mistry, 5 volumes ; Horseley's Newton, 5 volumes, 4tr,h; Traite de. Chimic, 4 volumes ; Biot's Precis Elementaire de Physique, 2 volumes ; La Place's System du Aropde, 4to. ; and a great number of smaller works, includ ing a collection of pamphlets and brochures on scien tific subjects. The Doctor's herbarium, consisting of twelve parts 4te., filled with botanical specimens, many of them gathered by himself; was sold to Mr. Valentine Heywood, for 6s. a part. A small piece of wood, parr of the keel of a vessel, perforated in all directions by some testaceons animal, apparently much larger than the common teredo, fetched the sum of 225. The meteo rological and other philosophical instruments were not offered for sale, it being understood that they are all to be presented to Dr. Charles Henry. DISTRESSING AND FATAL ACCIDENT.-011 the farm of Linton Bog, two boys (cousins), while assisting in the harvest operations, came upon a well-loaded pea-stalk, which had grown moiler the standing corn. When the boy who made the bands stooped clown to lift the pea-pods, the other in sport gave him a gentle push, from the effects of which he fell a little way forward. As the scytheman employed had drawn his instrument before he knew what had oc curred, it came round in the direction of the poor boy, and cut him in the lower part of the abdomen, right under the haunch bone. As the effects were most stunning, the unfortunate sufferer was carried into, the farm-house, and medical aid instantly sent for from the village of West Linton. The boy's father, a respectable tradesman, was also apprised of what had occurred, and, as may be supposed, proceeded to the spot in breathless haste, but before either he or the doctor had arrived, the sufferer fainted. From this lit he re. covered a little, but he gradually became weak,a , • a second swoon supervened, w hi c h we d eep l y gr i eve to add,' consigned him to the sleep of death. Next tiny, when the wound was examined, it was found that the artery leading to the thigh having been cut, e, profuse hemor rhage followed, which no external application could arrest. —Scotsman. CLOSE IMITATION.—It will be observed that the Established Synod of Glasgow and Ayr met, according' to immemorial usage, in thi s c i ty (Gl asgow) on Tues day - last. The " free " and easy were, it seems, deter • mined not to be behind hand with them. So they held what they were pleased to call a " Free Synod of Glas gow and Ayr" meeting on the same day—thus showing how fain they are to imitate the sederunts of the old calumniated liesiduary,! Then the old established Synod agreed to an overture _fur the appointment of a day of thanksgiving for ..the - late abundant harvest, to he setj a the Lipari nd second Sunday 'of November !iwpas a da s fl ide e w i ith the of thanm in this for that purpose s 4s , if to b respect, the Free" also app y ointed e ing for their harvest. Good. We notice this to show " ks ' how emulous the the movements o being everythi ng e ry s t e hi ng that was of their an o d l -easy to beThep lately m them closely imitating their outward examples , and we wish they could enjoy their inward peace._scotch Reformer , ti a bandoned, atsed them and bad.ns Gazette. REMARKABLE SCARCITY ()I: WATER.—Water was never known to be more scarce in Presteign than at this time, and it has been so all along the summer. Every well and pump, with a few exceptions, is at this time dry, and the water in most instances is carted from the river Lug; to Broad -street. The Well house took its name from the beautiful and pure spr i ng of water that the spot supplied to all the lower part of the Broad street, Church-street, and all the parts adjacent; when a kettle of th e p urest water was required, the well at the Well-hou se was sure to furnish the party wanting. No town in the kingdom can boast of purer water than the town of Presteign, but now tht well referred t o i s d ry and covered up. The erection of the county shire-hall, and the draining of the founda tions, completely emptied the above old well, and a break-out of the spring took place nearly forty yards below, which has in a great measure supplied those . most wanting the article. F ormer ly th e water on l y ran int.o, the gutter, to th e grea t i nconven i ence of the poor people. in this part of the to w n. Th a t inconvenience, however - 4 has been removed within the last few weeks l y Mr. Robert Lewis, who has, a t hi s own expense , sun k an. , efficient well, and put down an excellent pump on the, above site.—Hereford Journal. c o .3r - -451211.8030217.61.11116 Her Majesty and Prince Albert disembarked from the royal yacht on Tuesday about half-past ten and proceeded to Osborne House. Louis Philippe embarked on board a French steamer at Dover about eleven o'clock on Tuesday, for Calais. He was accompanied by the English steamer Princess Alice, and though the weather was very tempestuous, and the t.ea high, he reached Calais in less than three hours. The Prince anl Princess Radzivill and suite have left the 13rmiswick Hotel, Jerinyn-street, for Paris, after a lengthened stay in this country. It is the in tention of his Highness to revisit London during the ensuing spring. The Countess Flahault (Baroness Keith and Nairne) accompanied by the Hon. Misses Elphinstone Fla hault, have also left town for Hastings. Baron and Baroness and the Misses Dimsdale have arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from a lengthened tour of the north of England. Monsieur Achilles Fould, Member of the French Chamber of Deputies, and Monsieur A. Lupin, have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, on their way to Newmarket. Tuesday morning the Lord Bishop of Ely conse crated a new Church, recently erected on Hill's-road, in the parish of St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge. The Bishop was attended to the Church by several of the principals and fellows of colleges, and the cere mony was witnessed by a large number of under graduates, term having just commenced. The Church, which is a neat and convenient structure, is dedicated to St. Paul. 21 13ESCETALILNEOTTS. The Gladiator war steamer, of 1,190 tons burden, and pierced for 20 guns, was launched on Tuesday at Woolwich. She will carry a complement of 175 men. The cause of the fire at the New Cross station has been traced to the spontaneous ignition of some vege table black, which was stowed in the paint-room. Lord Ellenborough, as a reward for his services in India, has been raised to the rank of an Earl, with the titles of Viscount Southam and Earl of Ellenborough. There is in the possession of J. Biggenden, Esq., of Walbrook, a very curious old Prayer-book, which has been a sort of heir-loom in his family for nearly 300 years. The title-page is as follows :—" The Psalter, or Psalmes of David, after the translation of the great Bible, poynted as it shall be sayd or song in Churches. With the Morning and Evening Prayer, and certaine additions of Collects, and other the ordi narie service, gathered out of the booke of Common Prayer." " Imprinted at London, by William Seres, Anno 1569." a a • A very handsome monument is being erected at Dum-Dum, near Calcutta, by the . corps of Bengal Artillery, to the memories of those officers and men of that regiment who fell afCaubul,during the insur rection thre in 1841, and the subsequent retreat in January, 1842 ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The balloon descended safely in a field adjoining the small cottages at Bay view Avenue, and Mr. Hampton securely alighted from the car, and every assistance was rendered to secure the balloon, when, by a sudden shift, it came in contact with a cottage chimney, which, by the collision, fell; sparks were perceived immediately to as cend from the chimney, and almost instantaneously the balloon was in a blaze, and in a few minutes reduced to ashes. ANOTHER COAL-PIT EXPLOSION. (FROM ♦ CORRESPONDENT.) _ __ NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, OCT. 15.—1 have only a mo ment to communicate the intelligence that has just reached Newcastle of another coal-pit explosion. It is now past twelve, and the post leaves at one, therefore I can merely prepare you for further particulars upon my return from the scene of this second catastrophe. I shall express my communications if the matter is of sufficient importance. The colliers of these two counties are not an ungrateful, though an oppressed class ; and they still cherish the recollection of your advocacy of their cause while on strike, and they, therefore, look to your journal for a correct report of all matters connected with their movements and their interests. I shall write you full particulars on my return from the pit. ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A LANDING SURVEYOR AT LIVERPOOL. Considerable sensation was excited about three o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, by a rumour, rapidly circulated in all quarters of the town, that an attempt had been made to shoot a landing-surveror at the southern entrance to the Prince's Dock. It appears that about the hour mentioned, Mr. John William Arkle, landing-surveyor in her Majesty's Customs, was leaving the Prince's Dock, and that when he had got from under the end of the eastern shed, and was approaching the southern gate, he was met by M'Gaffey, who presented a loaded pistol to his breast, and, as we understand, pulled the trigger. Fortunately the contents were not discharged, as the pistol missed fire,, ,in consequence of the cap, which was a size too large for the nipple, having fallen to the ground. The utmost consternation, as might be supposed, was created by the alarming circumstance. An immense crowd of persons from the surrounding quays were upon the spot in the course of a few minutes. M'Gaffey, who made no attempt to escape, was almost immediately arrested by a Custom-house officer, the same man who apprehended Martin Walsh for shooting Mr. Southgate in the Old Custom-house-yard. He was at once conveyed to Bridewell. He is a low-sized man, apparently about 45 years of age, and was formerly em ployed as a locker in the customs. From being a locker he was reduced to the less lucrative situation of weigher in the customs, owing to his confirmed habits of intoxi cation, and lately, for the same cause, he was dismissad from the Customs altogether. His dislike to Mr. Arkle was in this manner originated ; for, as the latter gentle man was the landing surveyor over him, he received the reports of his drunkenness on duty, and had, of course, to make those reports, in his official capacity, to higher quarters. Mr. Arkle is a tall, stout man, apparently about 35 years of age. On Monday the prisoner was brought before Mr. Rush ton, at the Police-court, for examination, when the evi dence halving been gone through, he was fully committed for trial at the next assizes. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE ORWELL.—TWO LIVES Lost —On Sunday last three engineers, who have been employed by Air. Billingsley in erecting a steam-engine for the purpose of manufacturing cement at Harwich, took a small sailing-boat with an intention of visiting Ipswich. They put in at the Butt and Oyster, Pin Mill, and left that place about three o'clock in the afternoon for Ipswich; they had proceeded but a little way when the boat was upset. Mr. Benjamin, the head engineer of the works, had the helm; he by great exertion swam for about half an hour, and was saved by catching hold of a skiff. It is supposed that Mr. Hunsted, of London, and the other, who was from Birmingham, got entangled with the sails, and went down with the boat. Their bodies have not been found. We lament to add that Mr. Hunsted has left a wife and two children, and his companion has left a wife and seven children.—lpswich Express. HONESTY NOT REWARDED. — On Monday morning George Hume, a drayman with Messrs. Campbell and Co., brewers, when crossing Dean-bridge, found a pocket book, containing a sum of money in bank-notes, amount ing to 112/. The pocket-book contained a letter which led to the discovery- of the owner, to whom the man went on the instant, and delivered up the money. The poor but honest draymaia was rewarded with the handsome sum of ss. r About a fortnight ago, another poor man, while .walking along Prince's-street, picked up a lady s bag, containing a large bundle of notes. A letter in the bag disclosed the owner, to whom the property was re stored, and who gave the honest man the still more handsome reward of 6d.—Caledonian Mercury. FATAL ACCIDENT ON LANCASTER SANDS.-011 Tuesday evening, as John Moore, jun., of Flookburgh, carrier, and two other men, of the names of Woodburn and Bell, from Lindale-in-Cartmel, were crossing from Hest Bank to Flookburgh, with two horses and carts, they were overtaken by the tide while attempting to ford the main channel, and Moore and Woodburn un fortunately drowned, as also the two horses. Bell, altar clinging to one of the carts for some time, during which his cries for assistance were heard on shore, was res cued from his perilous situation by a man in a small boat, and when picked up was nearly exhausted. He was removed to Silverdale, where he now lies in a very precarious state. The body of Moore was found on Thursday morning, close to the channel, below Cartmel. He has left a wife to lament his premature death. Wood burn was a single man.—Lancaster Guardian. A STARTLING METAMORPHOSE.—A Paris paper of Sunday last relates a ludicrous incident which occurred at the Jardin des Plantes, the Parisian Zoological Gar dens. In one of the dens or cages of that establish naent, the visitors frequenting the gardens had been accutomed to notice an animal gifted by nature (as they thought) with a beautiful glossy skin ; on the front of its den were inscribed the words " Black wolf of Europe." One fine day, however, the neglectful keepers forgot to take the wolf his pittance of provisions, when, to their alarm and dismay, the half-famished animal sig nified his displeasure by breaking out into a loud bark ing ! The murder was out ; the supposed " Black wolf of Europe" was discovered to be " a wolf in sheep's clothing ;" in other words, he was pronounced a dog of magnificent species, which, it appears, had been painted over by a mountebank, and digniffed by the sonorous name already mentioned, for the purpose of thereby obtaining for the animal a better situation in the gardens. His ex-wolfship is still to be seen in the Jardin des Plantes, having been converted, alas I into a watch-dog, thanks to the sad mutability of sublunary affairs ! We are not told whether the perpetrator of this practical joke has been dealt with as he deserves, if indeed he has been arrested. _ _ KENNINGTON - GREEN. — The triangular piece o ground ,ha n s e f a o r K in rnle e d n a n no g p t e o-o n ncrs w space, s con h d ic u h, cive du to ring an the health m ) of the surrounding inhabitants, has been let on lease by the officers of the Duchy of Lancaster for building. Thirty or forty houses are to be erected, and Kenning ton-green will no longer be a pleasant spot for the eye to rest on, but a mass of brickwork, rendering the neigh bourhood close and unhealthy. The inhabitants have petitioned against this proceeding as an inroad upon their comfort. Marlborough-place and Cardigan-place will be deprived of the agreeable view of a garden which they have so long enjoyed from their windows. No answer to the petition has been received. Economy i conducting the revenues o f the Prince of Wales is said to be the cause o f thi s b u ildi ng s p e culation, but the manorial rights of the Prince might be made profitable without trenching on the health of the inhabitants of the manor. The Marquis of Normanl y, in the course of last session of Parliament, drew the attention of Parliament to a re • port of the bad and unhealthy state of the metropolis, and proved that the want of a free circulation of air in confined districts was the cause of disease. After the report to which we allude, it is really remarkable that the Duchy should consent to allow an evil which the Commissioners of Health are actively employed in re moving.bsa n e i e d i n n l v e ß e a ry Yesterday, r unsettled a l i T n i s E h ß av : n N g duringSCOTLAND.—..The alternated however,oe tr T hwr i r. eaa A ts x e daD past. with t charming week—highmho c e ine w gas e i a do t an h ya e ,l r w si unhasnd withs the brightness and wa rm th o f ear l y summer ; and the birds, which h a d b een for some time almost mute again woods.vocalintheexposedin stookThereinartehesthililghinersi,lnsi were t fi r c ic a ts nt patches of grain Around the city th e f armers have nearly completed the . lifting of an abundant crop.—Glasgow Herald of Monday. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT The large sum (at least 18,0001.) won by the Foig-a ballagh party, has proved so complete a " sedative" to the betting fraternity, that speculation for the present, is at a stand still. The race itself, was the most brilliant triumph ever achieved by a three-year-old, in this or any other country. " Fog," as he is familiarly termed, without ever having been stretched, winning so easily, that another stone on his back woull not have stopped him. He is in the Cambridgeshire, and will carry the same weight as he did this afternoon. There are only three races for to-morrow, viz. :—The Town Plate, for which Jamie Forest, Anonyme, Robima and Priscilla Tomboy are named ; the Steppingly Stakes, for whick Prologue and Old England are likely to be the sole competitors, and the Bretby Stakes, for which Longitude, Zahra, Full-sail, Fallacy, the Mary Ann, and Estelle fillies stand in. Lord Glasgow's He-has-a-Name pays forfeit to Prince of Wales. TICKHILL RACES—MONDAY. The Desert Service for three yrs-olds and upwards, one mile, was won by Mr. Naylor's Fanny Ternan, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Fisher's Blue Bonnet. The Town Plate, one mile, was won in three heats by Mr. Walker's Claret, 5 yrs, beating Mr. Woodcock's Bob Sawyer and Mr. Pigott's Tomboy. The first a dead heat. The Pony Race was won in two heats by Mr. Booth's Miss Fanny, beating Mr. Foster's Creeping Jane and another. The Cup, one mile, was won by Mr. E. Smith's Don John, beating Mary Frances, Moonlight, and Fan. The Dinner Service, one mile, was won in two heats by Don John, beating Coffee. (RECEIVED LAST NIGHT.) NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY NIGHT. We subjoin the promised details of the race for the Cesarewitch:— Croton Oil jumped off with th e l ea d a t th e t op o f hi s speed, but had not gone two hundred yards before Semi seria broke away, passed him, and in a few strides was at least five lengths in advance, her followers being Coal- Black Rose, Lightning, Jamal, Glossy, and several other light weights, Foig-a-ballagh and lonian lying in the rear, away from their horses. Semiseria went on with the running at a tremendous pace to the R.M. post, where she was beaten, and the lead fer a moment was left with Coal-Black Rose and Jamal ; at the New ground, however, Lightning went in front, Foig-a-bal lagh, who had joined the ruck of horses before they were through the gap, following him ; behind were the Emperor, Algernon, Vibration, and lonian •, and in their wake Venus. Lightning went down the hill with a clear lead, and had he been ridden judiciously, would have made a most respectable finish, but, for want of a pull, was fairly run to a stand-still, and Foig-a -ballagh, galloping past him in the bottom, went on by himself, and won with the greatest ease, by three lengths, Lightning having swerved the moment he was headed. Venus passed her horses in the bushes, and finished a bad third, the Emperor fourth, Algernon fifth, and Vibration sixth. The others were spread all over the course, and either walked or can t ere d h ome , the last to reach the chair being Croton Oil, Heslington, and David. The Souvenir filly, William le Gros, and Scalteen, never could live the pace, and were beaten be fore they had gone half a mile ; in short, in the opinion of those who had stationed themselves at the ditch, the race, from the moment Semiseria had given up the lead, was reduced t o a matc h between Foig-a ballagh and Lightning, and any odds on the former from the bushes. Looking at it altogether —the weights, the distance, the pace, and the ease with which it was accomplished—we may safely de clare this to be the most extraordinary performance for a three years old that has ever been placed on record. The heavy rain that fell during the whole of the even ing was not a more effectual damper than the result of the race—none but those immediately connected with the stable believed it possible that a three years old could win at such weights ; hence it was looked upon as " coin ing money" to bet against Foig-a-ballagh ; and the up shot is, that " the ring" is hit to the amount of at least 20,0001., of which 11r. Irwin alone wins upwards of 13,0001. ! To make matters worse, 25, 30, and 40 to 1 has been laid against the horse winning the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire, and 1,000 to 12 against these events and the Grand Duke Michael. Two of them have come off in his favour, and for the third (the Cambridge shire) even betting between him and the field. After such an " agreeable surprise," the metallics were not much in request ; the only bets, in fact, that were made were 50 even on Foig-a-ballagh against The Cure, Rowena, Evenus, Walpole, Counsellor, and Sir Ab strupus for the Cambridgeshire, and 30 to 1 each against Connaught Ranger and Fitzallen for the Derby. The Ratan investigation was resumed after the races, and adjourned, after a long sitting, until to-morrow morning. WEDNESDAY. The rain poured down in torrents throughout the night, and did not cease till nine o'clock this morning, producing a great change in the state of the turf, which became thoroughly softened. The Stewards resumed their inqairy into the Ratan affair, and continued thus engaged till twelve o'clock, when a further ad journment took place till after the races. It is extremely doubtful, however, whether any decision will be given during the present meeting. The gentlemen who are charged with betting against the horse on Sam Rogers's account had not been heard ; it is therefore impossible to form any opinion as to the probable result. The settling took place in the course of the day, and all passed off satisfactorily, with some few exceptions. The best judges have been deceived, and they have paid dearly for the pertinacity of their opinions. This and Mr. Tattersall's sales afforded ample sources of attraction till three o'clock, when the sports commenced, and came off in the following order:— The Town Plate of 501. for three yrs, 7st 41b; four yrs, Bst 41b; five yrs, Bst I llb ; six yrs and ag e d, 9 s t llb. T.M.M. Winner to b e sod for 2001. Mr. Booth's Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs (Sly) 0 1 Duke of Bedford's Robinia, 3 yrs Mr. J. Drake's Anonyme, 4 yrs 3 Lord Eglinton's Jamie Forest, aged 7 to 4 agst Jamie Forest, 2 to 1 agst Robinia, and 3 to 1 agst Priscilla Tomboy. Jamie Forest cut out the work to the cords, where Robinia and Priscilla Tomboy passed him, ran home together, and finished with a dead heat, Anonyme, who was well up, beating Jamie by about a head. For the deciding heat, sto 4 was laid on Robinia. Won by half a length. The Steppingly Stakes of 50 sous. each. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.) Mr. Gully's Old England, Bst 31b (J. Howlett) 1 Duke of Bedford's Prologue, Bst 71b 2 7 to 4 on Old England, who made all the running, but was challenged a few strides from the chair, and pressed so closely, that Howlett had some difficulty in landing him first by a neck. The Bretby Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for two years old fillies, Bst 71b. Last three-quarters of R.M. (14 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's Longitude (Marson) 1 Duke of Richmond's f by Glaucus, out of Estelle 2 Mr. Edwards's Full Sail Col. Peel's fby Slane, out of Mary Ann Mr. Ford's Fallacy . Lord Chesterfield's Zahra 5 to 2 agst Longitude, 5 to 2 agst Full Sail, 3 to 1 agst Estelle filly, and 4 to 1 each agst Fallacy and the Mary Ann filly. Zebra and Colonel Peel's filly made the run ning at a strong pace to the bushes, where they were passed by Longitude, Estelle, and Full Sail, the former having the lead, which he maintained to the end, win ning by half a length. Full Sail was beaten the same dis tance from the Estelle filly; the Mary Ann filly a bad fourth. Match, Y.C., 100—Lord George Bentinck's Prince of Wales, ist 71b, received forfeit from Lord Glasgow's He has-a. Name, Bst. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. FRIDAY. Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, Bst 41b, agst Lord Sand wich's Plantagenet, 7st. T.Y.C. 60, h ft. SALE OF THE LATE MR. THORNHILL'S BROOD MARES, &C.—YESTERDAY. Guineas. B m by Albemarle, out of Shoveler, 3 yrs, by Emilius M by Bay Middleton—Appolonia, 5 yrs—Emilius 20 Receipt, by Rowton, dam by Sam, 8 yrs—Emilius 35 Menalippe, by Merchant, out of Mendizabel's dam— Emilius Lantern, by Lamplighter, out of Danois—Emilius 50 Chincilla, by Camel, out of Memina—Emilius Fortitude, by Whiskey, out of Fortuna—Emilius 72 Appollonia, by Whisker, out of My Lady—Emilius 51 Exotic, by Emilius, out of Flora—Erymus Erica, by Emilius, out of Shoveler—Commodore and Erymus B3 Maria (dam of Euclid, &c.)—Emilius 450 Bay colt foal, own brother to Euclid Messene, by Merchant, dam by Phantom—Emilius 105 Ensidia, Sister to Egeria—Erymus and Commodore 150 Variation, by Bustard, out of Johanna Southcote— Emilius Mustard, by Merlin (dam of Mango, &c.)—Emilius 200 Mangel Wurzel, by Merlin (dam of Egeria, &c.)— Emilius l2O Tarantella, by Tramp, out of Taurus' dam—Emilius 155 Ophelia, by Bedlamite (dam of E.o.)—Emilius l3O Victoire, by Wkisker (dam of Perseus, &c.)—Euclid 27 Equation, Sister to Euclid—Erymus Egeria, by Emilius, out of Mangel Wurzel—Erymus 380 RUNNING MATCH FOll. TWENTY POUNDS A-SIDE. — On Monday the great match between Badcock, of Bir mingham, and Maxfield, of London, came off near the Bald-faced Stag, Wimbledon. Both men had acquired great celebrity, and drew together a large assemblage of persons. Badcock received thirty-five yards' start. The ground having been measured, the men entered into the contest at great speed, and at half a mile Max field sucmeded in overtaking his opponent, and then went a-head, which position he maintained, and won the race by twenty yards. The one mile was run by the winner in five minutes and twenty-eight seconds. In betting Badcock was the favourite, and large sums of Ducey ehoged hinds. IC, g ill ing $ y th e Ida' 1 11° rr be ria'