The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-07 00:00:00

" SUMMARY OF NEWS • PubU Optuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. 1 „.. 01 10 of the P ar i s p a per s err oneo u s ly stated that the L'lng on T ues d ay h a d set ou t f or t h e Ch a t eau d'E u . O n that day his Majesty, accompanied by General Friant, Colonel Dumas, the Count de Strada, M. Fontaine, and Cailleux, went to Versailles, where he was received by the civil and military authorities, and remained till bear six o'clock, when he returned to Neuilly. In the ev ening their Majesties received the Baden Minister, the d'elgion Charge d'Affaires, the Ministers of the Interior and the Marine, M. A. Passy, Under Secretary of State fur the Interior, the Count de Pascalis, and the Prefect of the Eure. , M. Thiers left Paris on Wednesday for L'lle, where 4 0 will rema i n for some w eeks. , Among the various accounts of the battle of Isly, a letter from Oran says :—" There were foun 1 with the b aggage taken from the enemy a number of chains, des tined for us, no doubt. The Moroccomen were so sure of victory, that some of the inhabitants of Fez having xpressed f ears o f a con t rar y even t, fi ve o f th em were ',frogged t o th e fi e ld i n c h a i ns t o b e w it nesses o f our de -leat• When their keopers saw the French coming upon t hem, they wished to set them at liberty, but had not time. Two of the five were killed in the melee, but we coved the other three." A lett er f rom C o p en h agen s t a t es th a t th e R uss i an 'feet took its departure from Elsinore on the 26th ult., passed Copenhagen in the afternoon, and entered the A merchant from Lorgues, M. Chicusse, who failed a short time ago for a sum of 200,000 f., and fled from his creditors, was found last week drowned in the Rhone, bear Avignon. Barcelona papers of the 31st ult. mention the arrival II that city of General Berthois, the w ell-know aide-de camp to Louis Philippe, the object of whose mission is hot explained. Gallician Jew, of the name of Mohr, has published a life of Baron Rothschild in Hebrew, which he has entitled " Glory to Israel, Biography of Baron Roths child." M. Mohr declares, in the course of his narra tive, that up to the present time there are only three rot men among the chosen people of God—Moses, vid, and Rothschild. small farmer, named Pierre Guyonnet, aged 49, was ' Ted, three days ago, by the Court of Assize of the Iltrente Inferiure, for the murder of his father, aged „ The evidence did not permit a reasonable doubt of " 0 guilt of the prisoner, and he was therefore found and condemned to death. A fire burst out on Monday night, at St. Priest, near miatres, and several houses were consumed. It is sup -13(15ed to be the act of an incendiary. The same village th ought, been severa l ti mes o n fire of late, and always, it is "ought, from the act of malevolent persons. The o ld es t s hip i n th e F renc h navy is th e O cean , o f 120 guns. She was launched in November, 1790. She Malerwent a thorough repair at Brest in 1836. woman, named Chambellan, a green grocer, in the tae du Faubourg St. Antoine, was yesterday sentenced 13 . Y the Correctional Police to six weeks' imprisonment and tc ' a ts, for using false scales. The president, in passing stated that the court was unusually severe, 'caus s e the prisoner's conduct chiefly affected the poorer e.1485e. LAW AND POLICE. A running down case was tried at the Palace Court, Which Mr. Chancellor, the job-master, recovered 81. Le'ta Lady Mary King, for damage caused to one of his tTiages, which was let out to Lady Somerset, by de 40011tlant's coachman " cutting in," contrary to rule, at the r of the mansion of the Hon. Mrs. Philip, in Hill- Commissioner Fane, at the Bankruptcy Court, ivilJourned for three weeks the further examination of 121 . Whitmarsh, who lately kept the Green Man, at T.,!ekheath, and the hotel at the British and Foreign , 2 At the Mansion-house, a man named Hill, who is em- T ( eti at the Old Shades Pier, the property of Mr. !rnton, was summoned before the Lord Mayor for ; ring committed an assault upon Mr. Charles Graham, i gentlem an i u t h e comm i ss i on o f th e p eace f or th e cou nty Ith Middlesex. The defendant had attempted to prevent 4.P,rosecutor from going on board the Eclipse steamer, I t 4 i en belonged to a rival company. He attempted to e !Y his conduct, but was bound over to appear at the torsions, and the Lord Mayor directed the water bailiff PaY Particular attention to the conduct of the pier-men g e nerall Mary Y. t o Ann Clarke, the young woman who attempted t r il'uturnit suicide at Blackfriars-bridge, was yesterday I . °light up at the Guildhall, and delivered over to her 1 ,... 4 t Queen-square yesterday John Merry, the gardener, ydre-examined, charged don suspicion of stealing two v er spoons, a gold pencil. case, and other articles of ue, from the residence of Viscount Dillon, and fully tOrntnitted. . P olice-constable Nathaniel M‘Donnough, B 66, was rftaitted to hard labour for a month, for having appre ended Mr, James Lamb, and dragged him through the tt.reeta in broad daylight, without the slightest excuse 'or Such conduct. Thomas Shipley and John Chadd, conductors of Brent -lord omnibuses, charged with having been found fight iing together at the White Horse-cellar, Piccadilly, were Leld to bail by Mr. Hardwick, at Marlborough-street. William Fish, a warehouseman, in the employ of sitOisrs. Nathan, Wardour-mews, was fully committed on severd? distinct charges of robbery. Thomas Pethard, a youth in the employ of Mr. Pegg, biker, residing at Coburg-place, Bayswater, charged Rt Marylebone with embezzlement, was remanded. ~j o hanna Fannigan, who, to celebrate the triumph of L i' Connell, had subscribed a basket towards a large boo !! 11 1 Horace -street, and had put the said basket on the just as the police were endeavouring to extinguish was held to bail. At Union-hall, Henry Haward was charged with com mitti;lq several very daring burglaries and robberies in the neiglibourhood of Camberwell and the Kent-road. e was 0 0/ 2usitted on three distinct charges. „ip b ,"sterd middle-aged lady, of fashionable appear d esc y ed as Mrs. Susannah Folkard, residing at 10, Pel ham -rod, BromptOn, appeared before Mr . T . Pa y nter, the the sitting ma g i s trate at 1.-Tammersnaith, to a summons, at `ll instance of Colonel rrancis Home, which charged If r ' u at he goes in danger of life, or some bodily harm, °tulll:.:' , ouyou ..aN t 3 7 —1, -in, on the 23€1 day of August last, Qe parish of St. Margaret, WestuZinster, unlawfully Zr;Utened to knock him, the said Francis Home, down ; nd that if it were not for the law, you would do him a kh. lB4 ief ; and use other threatening and menacing lan j:gge tow ar d s him." It appeared that a connexion of a pA IY intimate nature bad formerly subsisted between the C.nel and the defendant, and it was eventuallysettled t t :" she should be discharged on entering into her ow n -cogaizances. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract from the Railway Record the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise:— Week ended Name of Railway. Total. X. s. d. Aug. 31 Arbroath and Forfar lB5 19 7 30 Birmingham and Gloucester 3,027 11 3 31 Brandling Junction 31 Bristol and Gloucester . 30 Chester and Birkenhead 652 15 9 29 Dublin and Drogheda.— ...... Sept. 3 Dublin and Kingstown 1,424 18 2 1 Dundee and Arbroath 512 15 1 Aug. 31 Durham and Sunderland 732 18 8 31 Edinburgh and Glasgow 2,840 14 5 Sept. 1 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 4,708 1 6 Aug. 31 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,702 18 0 31 Glasgow and Greenock 1,140 13 0 31 Grand Junction 9,166 3 10 31 Great North of England 2,228 9 11 Sept. 1 Great Western Liverpool and Manchester Aug. 31 London and Birmingham Sept. 1 London and Blackwall 1,537 11 9 Aug. 31 London and Brighton Sept.! 3 London and Croydon 5 London and Greenwich B9B 4 8 2 London and South Western ....... 29 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 909 2 6 31 Manchester and Birmingham 3,358 4 3 31 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 8,696 1 1 31 Midland Counties 31 Newcastle and Darlington 1,049 16 2 Sept. 1 Newcastle and Carlisle 1,906 17 10 Aug. 1 Newcastle and North Shields 502 0 0 Aug. 30 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,894 16 9 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans Sept. 2 Paris and Rouen 6,796 0 0 Aug. 31 Preston and Wyre 652 12 4 31 Sheffield and Manchester 782 15 11 Sept. 5 South Eastern Aug. 31 Taff Vale Sept.! 1 Ulster 525 2 7 1 Yarmouth and Norwich ....... Aug. 31 York and North Midland 391 9 1 3,259 17 5: THE EXTENSIVE ROBBERY FROM A RAILWAY MES SENGER.—This morning information was received at the various Metropolitan Police-stations, that the bags which had contained the gold and silver, being a portion of the 1,3001. which had been stolen in an ingenious manner from a messenger belonging to the Great Western Rail way Company, on Thursday afternoon last, while on his journey from Paddington to the Bank, on the roof of one of the railway omnibuses, were found about four o'clock, under the second arch on the Surrey side of Vauxhall-bridge. There is no doubt that they were placed there to throw the police off their guard. Up to this time, neither the thieves or the money have been traced. COVRT-TASHIONAZI.S. l e ; r 2 l e Duchess of Beaufort and Lady Augusta Somer . Wave left town for Badminton; where they will pro - LY ternuin about a month, at the expiration of w hich I""kt the family are expected to return to Beaufort 14 41 ':e for a short interval. The Marquis of Wo rc este r e vidon for Hyde yesterday, to join his noble father, u staying with the Earl and Countess of Wilton , at 14 Stead. 1- kv.,ord Stanley has left town for Latham House, Lan hire, the seat of Lord Skelmeisdale, where Lady 1, 1 1 eY and family are at present staying. 1 14 he loc a l papers state that the Bishop of Gloucester fo p Il lade arrangements for being absent from his diocese term of three years. t e. , o Duke and Duchess of Somerset give a grand en brjonient to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and u,ess of Cambridge, and the Grand Duke and Grand e neas of Meckleuburgh Strelitz, on Monday next, at htabledon Park. The Noble Duke and Duchess also av e a dinner party on Monday. The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch will remain in 4-se parativetr retirement at Drumlanrig Castle until Ni e ti c lose of the autumn, during which period his Grace fl.ioy the sport of shooting over the Queensberry or s . i lile Duke of Wellington and Lady Charles Wellesley „_eapected to leave Apsley House on Monday next, 14 1 ; walmer Castle, Kent, where the Noble Duke pa tes to reside until the close of November. 4Larl and Countess De Grey are expected to prolong 4,, tr ,,Bojourn at Buxton Wells until the middle of the t o - gill, and then proceed to Newby Hall, near 80 -44 4 4 h-bridg e , where his Lordship's Yorkshire regi -4:4 or Hussar Yeomanry is espected to assemble for h 4 l on the 2d of next month. The Noble Earl's health „proved. w lscount and Viscountess Sydney have left Cleveland lare for F r ognal, in Kent. 4 0 he Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn visited the r ee r ,• and Rev. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Grey at the 14 ' 431 7, Ampetle, on their way to Scotland from Cast le twerd, the E a rl of Carlisle's seat in Yorkshire. is Howe Howe and Lady Georgiana. Curzon have arrived p i t ows from Gopsal Hall, Leicestershire, on their a t 4k' Bushy Lodge, on a visit to the Queen Dowager. 1 $ Grace the Archbishop of York and Mr. E. and Ic e G. Harcourt arrived in town on Tuesday last from aeham Park, near Oxford. e Bishop of Winchester and family have arrived at ate ham from the palace, Farnham, Surrey. 311:113CEILL11.1120178. ite ar L dinal Wol3ey's Hall, at Hampton Court Palace , *lv . "ling been closed for nearly two months, during h e lch period several alterations and embellishments have 1 11 i'reeted, will be open to the public on Monday. next. ,new opera, by M. Netzer, Mara , has obtained a d al,,, success at Berlin. Another opera, by the same i ht loser, the words by Robert Griepenkerl, will be put A rehearsal in Jannary, 1845. Itra „ ce , ° . r ding to Captain Pidding's Chinese Olio, the 26 t ° 11 - ",,‘ of tea cleared at the Custom-house, from the the °I August to the 3d of September, was 484,0191bs ; a ro a ltount of duty paid on the same being 63,023/. The "toT int imported into the United Kingdom in 1844, to T he 5, was 23,000,8241b5. th e „ e loilovving removals of troops are to take place at (ch, "P a ermentioned periods, namely, the 46th Foot 4itut) from Newbridge to Dublin on the 7th inst. ; the am Foot, from Dublin to Kilkenny, on the 9th inst. ; li t i t t : he 5 6th Foot, from Kilkenny to Dublin, on the inst. The hi e , f ollowing general order, referring to the review q u took place in Hyde Park, was read aloud to the tere ard i s °a parade in the several barracks :—" The offi 'Perk 4 command of the regiments reviewed in Hyde ta a , d this morning are desired by his Grace the Com -40,...,",,,-in-Chief to inform the several brigades that his thi t 4' - ',,,lligline ss Prince William of Prussia expressed 111: 441 4U highly gratified ;L and the manner in which the ma- 11.% wvg••performed his Grace was also pleased to add that the appearance and steadiness of the troops I LORD STANLEY. had given him entire satisfaction.—Sept. 5." I If a vacancy in the representation of Lancashire A new church is in course of erection on Mount Albion, . had been occasioned by the death of a Member it is ~,„,_,, ~,, ~,,,,,,1, vi: ;.,. .7,.; ; , 1r. , :l t•J Lhi, 11 , ,1y rrin:i:, , ,. meil kauvo, 11 , :q. the ::.1:- '1;E:-F, wr;t far a new elec. Tne gr.,uad ha., been pec , ieliten 'oy Mss d'Este, who „ ". immediately, —'' ' the death Lion could Issue even though has also contributed 100 guineas in aid of the building. The church is intended to contain eight hundred sittings, should have occurred during a Parliamentary re of which one-half are to be appropriated to the poor of cess ; but the case is different where the vacancy hap the district. pens to be created by an elevation to the Upper Many of the colliers who turned out for an advan3e of House; and this fact may possibly account for the wages in the neighbourhood of Wakefield are still unem- acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds at the last ployed, and the places of many of them have been sup- moment by Lord Stanley. It is a course which he plied by men from Ireland and elsewhere. would probably not have adopted if he had been The amount received at the tolls of the Thames Tun- summoned to the Upper House during a Parlia nel during the week ending August 31, was 1134 16s. Id., mentary session. The mere summons to the Lords and the number of passengers 2,653. does not create a peerage unless a sitting takes place The Limerick Chronicle, referring to the delay of the . troops for India at Cove, states that the demurrage for under that writ; and as it would be impossible for each of the transports is 10/ per day, butt at the owners Lord Stanley to take his seat in the Upper House of the Lord Hardwicke, designed for the head-quarters during a recess, the Speaker could receive no official of the 61st, threatened to sail yesterday without their knowledge of a vacancy till the meeting of Parliament military freight. next year, and thus the northern division of Lance- It is stated that several of the Yorkshire foundries are shire would have remained nearly six months without busily employed in casting and boring heavy guns for its full number of representatives. The practice of Government; and that at Low Moor Iron Works, 22 summoning the eldest son of a Peer to the House of men have been constantly at work, fur some time past, Lords during his father's lifetime does not, as is in moulding cannon balls alone. well known, create any new peerage, if one of the se _ • condary titles of the young Peer's father be used on the occasion ; the eldest son so summoned takes rank according to the date, not of the summons, but of the original creation of that title which he thus temporarily shares with his father, without really de nuding the latter of any of the family honours. The practice has been frequently adopted in the cases of members of the Derby family ; and in one instance, the erroneous summons of an eldest son of an Earl of Derby in a title which his father did not really pos sess, had the unexpected effect of creating a new peerage. This occurred in the year 1627, when the eldest son of the sixth Earl was summoned to the House of Peers, during his father's lifetime, as Baron Strange. It will be remembered that Lord Stanley's father, the present Earl of Derby, was also called to the Upper H iuse before he had succeeded to the an. cestral honours of the family. In that case a new peerage was designedly created, because the earldom was the only title then in the family, for the subor dinate peerages had passed away through the female line to the ducal house of Atholl ; his Lordship was therefore created, in 1832, Baron Stanley of Bicker staffe, in which title it is not improbable that the noble Secretary for the Colonies will be summoned to the House of Peers, and thus he will be popularly known by the same - designation as that which he bore by courtesy in the House of Commons.—Times. DEATH OF DR. JAMES MITCHELL We regret to announce the death of Dr. James Mit chell, F.G.S., and formerly actuary to the British An nuity Company, London, which took place at No. 3, Bedtbrd-circus, Exeter, on the 3d inst. Ile was in the 58th year of his age. Dr. Mitchell was a man of no ordinary character ; had travelled much, and observed well. Ile was author of many works of travels, philosophy, and the arts. He took an active part in establishing or supporting the va rious literary societies that have sprung up in the metro polis during the last twenty years, and frequently lectured gratuitously for them. his manuscript works, descriptive of the geology of London and its neighbourhood, extend to many folio volumes ; and whilst in the Geological Society, many were more brilliant in inventing and illustrating their beautiful, but perhaps sometimes fanciful, theories, no one was clearer and more minute in detailed description of what he had seen. His opinion seemed to be, that although geology was fast advancing to a perfect science, stall there was need of very close observation before theories were laid down, which subsequent discoveries might tend to overthrow. His volumes of Illustrations of Antiquities, ancient and modern, Maps, Prints, and Portraits of illustrious Scotchmen, cannot perhaps be excelled. They could only have been collected at considerable expense by a long residence in London, and by one intimately acquainted with the history and literature of his native country, and other subjects he illustrated. These volumes, generally accompanied with manuscript descriptions, are be queathed to the King's College and University of Aber deen, where he was educated, and received the degree of LL.D. Nisw Hops.—Two pockets of new hops, from the neighbourhood of Birling, Kent, were yesterday sold by Messrs. Horton and Hart, in the Borough, at the rate of 101.25. per cwt. A large supply is expected in a few days. MELANCHOLY Loss OF LIFE.—EXPLOSION OF FIRE.. D AMP.—The, inhabitants of Wrexham and its neighbour hood were thrown into a state of great alarm on Monday last, upon intelligence reaching that town of one of the most melancholy accidents which has ever occurred in that neighbourhood. It appears that on the morning above mentioned, four men were being lowered into the pit of the Cheshire Vron colliery, Brymbo, near Wrex ham, the property of Mr. Moulson, when an explosion of fire• damp took place. The shock was so great that the poor men wcre blown into the air. The body of one of them was picked up in four pieces ; the other three were taken up quite dead. We understand that at the time twenty eight men were employed in one part of the pit, several of whom were dreadfully burnt, and are not likely to recover.—Liverpool Mercury. DEATH AT THE LONDON TERMINUS OF THE CROY DON RAILWAY FROM EXCITEMENT.—Last evening Mr. Payne held an inquest at Guy's Hospital, on the body of Samuel fowling, aged forty-six, a labourer on the Croydon Railway. It appeared in evidence, that on Thursday morning deceased was working on the line at the London terminus, when another labourer on cross ing a plank, caused it to tilt up, and in its fall it struck deceased on the foot. He thought the affair was wilful, and flung the plank at the other man, and also struck him with his fist in the face. The other man did not re turn the blow, and went away. Immediately after de ceased, in carrying some water in pails, slipped and spilled some, upon which some of his companions jeered. He got up hurriedly and went to the pump to replenish the pails ; and whilst doing so, he sank insensible on the ground. He was taken up and conveyed to that hos pital, in which he expired the same evening, Mr. Samuel Stocker, the house surgeon, said from excitement, caused by the occurrence of the morning. Verdict—" Apoplexy." BEES.—The long set of wet weather in July and part of August had made the keepers of bees almost de spair. So late as the 26th of August, it was considered in the upper districts of the county that there would be scarcely any produce for these industrious insects this year, but it has proved otherwise. Every day from the above date the bees have stored on an average from three to five pounds' weight of honey.—Glasgow Chronicle. IMPORTATION OF WALNUTS.—The steamer Antwerp, which arrived at the St. Katharine's steam-wharf on Thursday afternoon from Antwerp, had, in addition to a full complement of passengers, and a variety of fruits of different sorts, a large quantity of walnuts on board, which were landed immediately, and cleared for the Lon don market. This is, we believe, the first importation of walnuts from the continent this season. Fruit of all kinds is very plentiful at present, in consequence of the extensive importations from abroad, and the superior kinds of fruit are remarkably cheap, peaches, nectarines, &c., being offered, of very excellent quality, in the mar kets at the low price of one penny each. STRANGE INCIDENT.—On Thursday, an inquest was held before Mr. Carttar, coroner for the West Di vision of the county of Kent, on the body of an infant, which was found under the following circumstances : It appeared that on Tuesday night a paper parcel, with out any direction, was left on board the Ruby, Diamond packet, on the return from London to Gravesend. The steward of the Ruby having taken it in charge, supposing it to be forgotten ou board, deposited it in the Diamond office, where, it being apprehended that what it con tained might spoil, it was opened on Wednesday morn ing, and found to contain the body of a new born infant. Notice of this strange incident having been given to the olice, the body was taken by them in charge, and on ll : ilesday, Mr. Jones, surgeon, by the direction of the , 1 2ving made a post mortem examination, stated coroner,that the child was horn alive, and in his opinion had lived for some hours—that death might have been caused by want of medical aid at the birth ; but he had no doubt but that the child was born alive. There being no clue to the party who had brought the parcel on board, or who had left it there, the inquest was ad journed until Monday next, directions being given to the police to post handbills in the mean time offering a reward to any person or persons-who will give informa tion which may lead to a discovery of the party or parties implicated in this criminal transaction. The Conservative Government has ceded another conciliatory point, to which it is our painful duty to direct public attention, Although England has never had an Ambassador, nor a Charge d'Affaires, or even a avo wed accredited agent at the Court of Rome, yet her n interests have always been guarded, and cominnniaa tions to St. James's, made through the instrumentality cf Hanover, or the Grand Duke of Tuscany, that duty being committed to an attache belonging to one or other of those embassies, who, it is scarcely necessary to add, was a member of the Protestant Church. Of late years the business was done through Lord Burghersh, our Ambassador at Florence, and Mr. Aubin was the gentle man selected for that purpose. The present Cabinet, however, has viewed the affair in another and a new aspect ; and although a solemn declaration was made that no diplomatic appointment or promotion was to take place, except in regular official routine and according to seniority, yet Lord Aberdeen has gone out of the usual course, and selected Mr. Petre, a Roman Catholic, to watch over the interests of Protestant England at the Court of the Sovereign Pontiff. This is the last—and our friends will agree with us, that it is not the least — concession made to Popery in modern times, and .by a Conservative Government —Dublin Evening Mail. FESTIVITIES AT STOWE.—The preparations for the celebration of the majority of the Marquis of Chandos, on Tuesday next, are progressing with unusual activity. All the principal residents in the country have been in vited to partake in the festivities, and a very numerous assemblage is anticipated. On Tuesday upwards of 5,000 poor men, women, and children, will be regaled with a good dinner, under booths erected in the park. Rustic games will succeed the dinner, and in the evening their will be a grand display of fireworks from the lawn in front of the mansion. On Wednesday addresses will be presented to the Duke and Duchess, and also to the Marquis of Chandos, by the Mayor, burgesses, and inha bitants of Buckingham, and the same evening there will be a bal costume, at which all the visitors in the house, as well as about 500 members of the principal families in the county, will be present. On Thursday the Noble Duke's tenants will dine with his Grace. On Friday the Corporation of Buckinshaw, will be entertained at Stowe, and Saturday will he devoted to the enjoyment of the servants upon the establishment. At Bucking ham an ox will be roasted whole in the stre't, and the principal inhabitants will dine together in the Cobham Arms. The poor, to the number of MOO, are to have a pound of bread, a pound of meat, and a pint of beer each, and the whole arrangements for the week are on a scale of the most extended hospitality. WELLS.—Several serious, and a few fatal, cases of typhus fever have lately happened, and are now in Mint, in this town.—Sherbourne Journal. He acted under three Parliamentary Commissions. Ist —As Actuary in forming the Statistics for the Factory Inquiry ; then as Sub-Commissioner on the Hand Loom Weavers' Commission ; and, lastly—on the Inquiry into the Condition of Women and Children in the Mines and Collieries of this Kingdom. In the debate on the Bill for relieving the worse than West India slavery of women, and we may say of infants, in our mines, his opinion was frequently referred to in both Houses of Parliament, especially by Lord Ashley, the benevolent promoter of the Bill. To the duties of this last Commission, uniting both his favourite pursuits of Geology and Statistics, he devoted more labour and attention than his constitution could stand. His bodily strength was great, but he overworked his brain. In June, 1843, hehad a stroke of paralysis, and a heavy fall, and on Sunday last,a sudden fit of apoplexy rendered him for ever afterwards unconscious. This short biography will show what a man engaged in the business of his profession, can nevertheless effect by a devotion to literature and science.— Western Times. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7. 1844. HERRING FISHERY. The herring fishery on this coast during the past week has been very successful, the take of fish has been great, and the quality very superior. In all the neigh bouring towns they have been sold as cheap as eight and ten for a penny, and even at ninepence a hundred at Sunderland. In the curing places the greatest activity now prevails, and the season, which at one time was very discouraging, now promises to be one of more than average abundance. BERWICK.—The herring fishing of last week may be said to have been good, as most of the boats have had fair quantities every morning, but there have been heavy losses among the nets from the great weight of fish which set into them, as well as from their setting so close in shore ; up to Saturday the fishing has been all to the northward, but on Saturday night the boats went southward, and on Monday morning they had plenty of herrings, but of inferior quality, most of them having spawned.—.Newcasile Advertiser. MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—Yesterday morning at 9 o'clock Mr. T. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, held an inquest at the Pembroke Arms Tavern, the corner of Pem broke-square, Kensington, on the body of Captain Henry M. Dixon, a military officer on half-pay, respect ing whose death rumours of a distressing and extraordi nary nature are in circulation in the neighbourhood. A jury having been empanelled, the Coroner accompanied them to view the body, which was lying in one of the front rooms on the second floor. The sight was a truly melancholy one. The body of the deceased gentleman was lying on the right side on the floor, his head oppo site the foot of the bed, and his legs close to the dress ing-table. By him was a chair, which was placed oppo site the dressing-table. The cover of the table was much marked with blood, a pool of which was under the chair, extending to the deceased's head. A dreadful gash was across his throat, and a burn or blister was on the left temple, the hair round which was much singed. On their return to the inquest-room, Pum mell, the summoning officer, produced a white-handled razor marked with blood which he stated had been found on the deceased's dressing-table, and also a pistol, which bad a cap on, and is believed to have been recently dis charged. Mr. Wakley inquired if any medical man had seen the body, and was informed that Mr. Guazzaroni, the district surgeon to the Kensington Union, had been called in when the body was discovered, but that he had not very minutely examined it. Mr. Wakley said he should not then proceed further that day into the inquiry, but should at once adjourn it for the purpose of the re sidence of the friends of the deceased being ascertained, in order that they might be present at the inquest. He should also direct that Mr. Guazzaroni should, as early as possible, make a minute examination of the body of deceased, particularly the head, so that ho might be able to explain the nature of the injuries at the adjourned inquest. The jury were then bound over in recogni zances of 201. each to attend the adjourned inquiry, which will he held at as early a day in the ensuing week as the attendance of the friends can be procured, ROBBERY TO THE AMOUNT OF UPWARDS OF 1,3001. —A most mysterious and extensive robbery . was com mitted on Thursday afternoon last ; the following are the partieulars I—Robert Reeve, a messenger in the service of the Great Western Railway Company, and in whom the . greatest confidence has at all times been placed, having some time hack been in the habit of conveying daily a large sum of money (the company's property) from the Paddington terminus to the banking-house of Glyn and Co., Lombard-street, aad at three in the after. noon of the day above alluded to he was intrusted with between 1,3001. and 44001, nearly 9004 of which was in gold and silver, and the rest in notes. The property was, as is the constant custom, deposited in a leather case made for the purpose. The said case, which was se curely locked, and had a brass plate with the inscrip tion G. W. R." thereon, was put into a blue bag, w hen Reeve, having taken possession of it, jumped upon en omnibus which was waiting in the yard, and almost at the same time five other persons also seated themselves on the outside. As soon as Reeve had taken his place, he was called to by a gentle man holding a high situation in the company who wished to speak ti) him, and he accordingly alighted, leaving his bag on the roof, and in less than a minute he resumed his seat. The omnibus then proceeded on, and two of the five passengers got down, after riding but a short distance, in Chapel-street, Edgware-road. The _ • other three alighted near Baker-street. On the vehicle reaching the Bank, Reeve left it and made the best of his way to Messrs. Glyn's, when it was discovered that another blue bag had in the most adroit manner been substituted for that, belonging to the Railway Company, and that the former was partly filled with pieces of lead, and other rubbish of a weighty description, The two Foresters, together with Mr. Collard, Superintendent of the Railway Company's Police, and other officers, are actively engaged on the subject. T THE SURREY oLLs.—The sudden stoppage of the Surrey tolls, on Thursday, occasioned many comic scenes. At the Surrey Theatre gate, the omnibuses and cabs could not be convinced that they were at liberty to pass through without payment. Having too much honour to bilk the gate-keeper, they remained some time irreso lute. This embarrassment of the Whips was enjoyed by a crowd of spectators. The Rev. Henry Spencer Markham, grandson, wp believe, of the httd pr. Markham, Archbishop of York, died on Tuesday, at the Rectory, Clifton, Notts. lie was rector of Clifton, near Nottingham, vicar of Cain borough, and canon residentiary of York. The Rev. Gentleman was only in his thirty-ninth year. RICHMOND AND WEST-END JUNCTION RAILWAY. A meetinc , of gentlemen interested in the proposed line of raiaay from the Hungerford Suspension bridge to Richmond, was held yesterday at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. About half-past twelve o'clock, William Pearse, Esq., took the chair. After the minutes of the last meeting were read and agreed to, The SECRETARY read the following report, which was agreed to:— " The prospects of the Company continue to bear the most favourable aspect. The Hungerford and Lambeth Suspension-bridge Company, at a recent meeting, adopted such clauses as would secure to the co-operation of the Bridge Directors and the privilege of carrying a line across the Thames to a terminus in Hungerford Market. A deputation had waited on the South-Western Railway Company, who announced that they would be ready to receive the deputation as soon as they had satisfied them selves upon the probable cost of the undertaking from the estimates, valuations, &c. The inhabitants of Richmond had expressed their entire satisfaction with the plan of the proposed line, and especially with the great advantages offered in having the terminus brought to so central a point as Hungerford-market. The proprietors of by far the greater part of the land through which the line is proposed to pass, had given their sanction to the undertaking, and many were willing to operate in carrying it out. The following in fluential gentlemen have also agreed to contribute their valuable services, an I their names are now added to the Provisional Committee :—Sir W. Clay, Bart., M.P. ; C. F. Whiting, Martin Stutely, Edward Chapman, William Evans, John Palin LL.II, J. B. Byron, Wm. Cremer, Henry Smith, W. J. Felton, and W. Fletchney Black, Esquires. The share list was so rapidly filling up, that the Committee had reason to believe that it would be closed at an early day. They had also much pleasure in stating that the applications for shares were, for the most part, from persons of undoubted respecta bility." conversational discussion ensued, in which one or two gentlemen seemed to be of opinion that they should await the report to be made to the South- Western Company, before they proceeded further for the present. Mr. CHADWICK, the surveyor, stated that already there had been applications for 16,000 shares, for the most part from persons of the highest respectability. On the motion of Mr. P. BLACK, a resolution was passed authorising the Sub-Committee to persevere in obtaining the required capital, and to enter into such arrangements as might be deemed advisable to secure the co-operation of the South-Western Com pany in carrying out this undertaking. The resolutions will be found in our advertising columns. _ A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, after which the meeting separated. DIRECT RAILWAY FROM LON DON TO YORK. On Thursday a great sensation was produced in the railway world, by the announcement that the Direc tors of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Rail way, had united with the promoters of the pro posed London and York Direct Railway, and that the latter line, as surveyed by Mr. Locke, would be brought before Parliament in the ensuing session, supported by a majority of the H ouse o f Com mons, and favoured by the Government. A union with the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway will, in fact, be a union with the powerful and wealthy Manchester, Leeds, and Hull line ; and it appears that the condition on which the Wake field directors have consented to transfer their subscriptions and coalesce with the London and York is, that the entire sc h eme of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Railway, both as to its connexion with the town of Wake field and occupation of the Foss and Witham Banks to Boston, form a part of the undertaking; and that the line joins the Hull and Selby line at the latter town, and from thence direct to York, which, they confidently state, will make the most extended and complete railway communication presented to the public, at once bringing the great manufac turing and agricultural portions of the kingdom into railway communication with each other, as well as with the metropolis, reducing the distance of the principal towns in Yorkshire and the north from 10 to 35 miles with London, while the natural facilities for its formation are such as to insure its completion, at a cost of little more than one-third the amount ex pended on existing railways connecting Yorkshire and the north of England and Scotland with London. The entire line from London to York will not have a greater deviation from a dead level than 1 in 800 ; it will contain neither a tunnel nor a bank, or cut ting exceeding 13 feet ; and it is estimated that in its construction, and in providing the working stock, the advantage of being guided by the experience and warned by the errors of others will be equivalent to a saving of nearly 2,000,000/. The united Companies are determined to bring into operation upon the new line all the latest improvements in railway locomotion; the car riages, waggons, and engines are all to be of the most approved construction ; and this, combined with the favourable gradients, will, it is added, secure a rate of speed that may be fairly averaged at thirty-five miles per hour. These are large promises, and in the case of parties unknown to the public they might be looked upon with suspicion ; but the character achieved for themselves by the leading individuals in the new alliance, the directors of the Wakefield, Lincoln, and Boston Rail way, seems t o se t a ll d ou bt a t rest. These gentlemen, as we h ave a l rea dy s t a t e d, are also the directors of the Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Railway, which for cheapness of rates, and general attention to accom modation of all classes, not except ing the most humbl e o f th e popu l a ti on , stands second to no similar undertaking in the country. It first set th e example of l ow f ares, an d i t h as carried the plan out tem e with have undeviating edtofollow constancy, in un it ti s l w a a l k l e. the great lines The direct York line will have its terminus at King's-cross. against the redoubtable THE " TOUTING CASES." TOWN HALL, GRAVESEND. Yesterday, James e ;,, , ,tAdams,"touter" t etrh”e of newly-constituted the s tsr s tesm ~ keeper of the strets case of conviction applied for several summonses multitude of similar cases, and in every in a Samuel Company, Roe, who has been already con victedcircumstance in every one of teman, has, e it al is has sta t t le , n aetntrteareetedd. some e e of so many convictions, and of appeals attention in quartera xiousi in which the administration of justice is an which is y watched over, it being urged as the ground of appeal .h that the convicting magistrates latter of whic a h s ,, are interested , of Staff, a_ou a t r e e r h . o ” lders in the Diamond Com pany,When the usual business active agent, or opposed to the Star Company, of the companies t Mr. Samuel Roe is an of the court was closed, Mr. OAKEs Sun, of the 30th of whom were on the bench Mr. August, Spencer) read from The Staff, Mayor, an d agr ainutlyth,ea animadversionugust, an article on the conduct commenting in f and Spencer, who adjudicated strong terms i M n e t s h sr o s s . e 4D ' a ‘ i(es touting ca d ses," being themselves " noto iamond Company," and stating to adjudicate, inflicting shareholdersr that iou sMessrs.ly flagrantly, Oakes, Staff, and Spencer, continued so t g erest d e e d r e i n n e ng heavy penalties on parties connected with , the s an d ta Tr, i c ckner, town magistrates, con nectedCruden, Smith,Star Company, after Messrs. in tyrh o e m ad pany, had delicately de clinedmagistratfe with the whether the .e , ling conscious, tilatas a p dj e u rs d u i n ca s t i i n n theeas cases, Company, they .themselvesreferefer all suleilaibl cases e to an o could not, without renderin g imputation of partiality, se at the same time proposing to judgment on them; retphle r i I ,:)T i ar i e a y m tie w o l u e e d 're, as in this " Co l m ed pan l Y ir ; the asrt7ffclrea. decision nsotdat: ,dl o ,rs f :i t sn h ht ep e aerv e nei o cus u etger n d t in t h t a h t a that company they we ; r were andin To which both gentlemen against them in the no way whatever interested i n e cal article that the n question imputation was a conveyed foul I umny. for me, cases e such imputa tions. I have acted in the accordance with my duty, withoutses referred to me in leaning to the Star or the Diamond Company , • Mr. OAKES—As ut m either of which I have no interest whatever.if it be your wish to take legal notice of this foul calumny, I will make no objection. After some further conversation on the subject be tween these gentlemen , the ') P containing the accusatory ar ticle was handed tl3 Mr. Combe, soli citor and town-clerk, who ( as understood we him) said that he wou ld advise a s to what course ought to be p u rsued in reference to the publication of the calumny in question. tt accident occurred in the Waterloo Gal- A a fternoon of Thursday last, WINDSOR CASTLE.—ACCIDEN T IN THE WATERLOO taken place during the evening of yester day, had it lu d Gell a rA y f°Y 7 ll l a t an YtathileeelYtime the splendid apartment was crowded with her Majesty's royal and illustrious guests, might have been attended with the most serious and lamentable results. Five massive chandeliers of ormolu, and of ex • quisite vvorlimanship , weighing several hundreds of pounds each, were suspended from the ceiling, at about fifteen feet from the floor. These magnificent pieces of furniture, which, it is said, cost from 2,0001. to 3,0001. each, are considered t o be the most rich and beautiful specimens in this coun tr y . While one of the workmen in the department n h oop of ohfe a flight of steps, in pre paring the nhanflehAr 4t the we s te rn en d for lighting on yesterday evening, the whole mas s gave way, an d f ell on the floor with a treme n dous crash, and breaking into a mountedotttL Lord Chamberlain was engaged, high thousand pieces. Of the several circles of cut plate glass, upon which were elaborately engraved the star, garter, and motto of the Order of the Garter, not one escaped—the whole were smashed to atoms. The man on the steps fortunately escaped. The chandelier, it is stated, weighed upwards of seven cwt. THE BAPTISM OF THE INFANT PRINCE. (From the Court Circular.) The baptism of his Royal Highness the infant Prince, second son of her Most Excellent Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, took place yesterday in the private chapel at Windsor Castle. The illustrious visitors invited to the solemnity began to arrive at the Castle early in the afternoon. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager arrived from Bushy Park soon after four o'clock in an open car riage and four, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and attended by the Dowager Lady Clinton and Earl. Howe. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the He reditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived from Kew, attended by Baron Knesebeck. The Duchess of Gloucester arrived from Kew, at tended by Lady C aro li n e Murray, and the Hon. Capt Liddell. The Prince of Prussia arrived at five o'clock. His Royal Highness was attended by Count Puckler, Count Koenigsmark, Baron Schleinitz, Baron de Berg, and Captain Meynell. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent was at tended by Lady Charlotte Dundas and Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart. The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Portuguese Minister, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Saxon Minis ter, and other distinguished visitors, also arrived be tween four and five o'clock. A Guard of Honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards were on duty in the Grand Quadrangle, and on the passage of the royal party through the corridor to the chapel, saluted with the usual honours. The Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, a n d others, assembled in the Red Drawing-room at half past five o'clock, and soon after were conducted to seats provided for them in the chapel. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Norwich (Clerk of the Closet), with the Bishop of Oxford and the Dean of Windsor, the Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay (Domestic Chaplain to her Majesty), the Archdeacon Wilberforce, and Lord Wriothesley Russell, Canon of Windsor (Chap lains to his Royal Highness Prince Albert), assembled in the vestry at six o'clock. As soon as the visitors had taken their seats, the procession of the sponsors for his Royal Highness the infant Prince was formed in the following order : Vice Chamberlain of the Treasurer of the Household. Household. The Sponsors, viz.:— His Royal Highness the Her 'Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, • Duchess of Kent, Proxy for his Royal High- Proxy for H. R. H. the ness Prince George. Duchess of Saxo Coburg and Gotha. His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Proxy for his Serene Highness the Prince of Leinengen. Followed by the Ladies and Gentlemen of their Suite, viz.:— Gentleman in Waiting on his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Lady in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Countess Josephine Wratislaw. Gentleman in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty's Procession then formed as follows, viz.:— Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Lord Steward. The Lord Chamberlain. The QUEEN, • His Royal Highness leading her Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia. the Princess Royal. H. R. H. Prince Albert, leading H. R. H. the Prince The Queen Dowager. of Wales. H. R. H. the Hereditary Her Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Meeklen- Duchess of Gloucester. burgh Strelits. His Serene Highness Prince Her Royal Highness the Edward of Saxe Weimar. Duchess of Cambridge. His Grace H. R. H. the Hereditary the Duke of Norfolk. Grand Duchess of Meek lenburgh Strelitz. Master of the Horse. Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting. Maids of Honour in Waiting. Bedchamber Woman in Waiting. Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen Dowager. Lady in attendance upon the Duchess of Gloucester. Captain of the Gold Stick Captain of the Yeomen of the in Waiting. Gentlemen at Guard. Arms. Lord of the Bedchamber to Lord in Waiting to the H. R. H. Prince Albert. Queen. Groom of the Bedchamber Groom in Waiting to the to H. R. H. Prince Albert.. Queen. Equerry in Waiting to Equerry in Waiting to the H. R. H. Prince Albert. Queen. Master of the Buck-hounds. The Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Dowager. Gentlemen in attendance upon his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia. _ Gentlemen in attendance upon the Duchess of Gloucester. Officer Commanding the Officer Commanding the Battalion of Royal Horse Guards Guards at Windsor. at Windsor. Silver Stick in Waiting. Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, and the other royal personages having taken their seats, the Ladies in Waiting, the Great Officers of the Household, the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, the Lord and Groom in Waiting to the Queen, the Lord and Groom in Wait ing to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and the Equerries to the Queen and Prince Albert, took their places near the Queen and his Royal Highness. The altar of the chapel was covered with crimson velvet and gold, and contained a number of hand some pieces of gold communion plate, lighted by large wax tapers in gold candlesticks, and also by lamps on each side, placed on pedestals richly covered and gilt. The Archbishop of Canterbury stood in front of the altar, the Bishops of Norwich and Oxford, and the other clergymen present, standing at the sides. In front of his Grace was the font of silver gilt used at the christening of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The illustrious sponsors on one side, and the royal and august guests on the other, formed two rows from the altar. On the right were the Prince of Prussia, the Queen, Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. The Prince of Prussia was habited in a dark foreign uniform, with the ribbon of a Prussian order of knight hood. The Queen wore a rich white satin dress, trimmed with broad Honiton lace, the body and sleeves likewise trimmed with the same. Her Majesty had on her head the splendid diamond circlet, and wore the ribbon and star of the most noble Order of the Garter. The Queen also wore as an armlet the motto of the Garter, " Honi soit qui mal y pease," set in brilliants. Prince Albert was habited in a military uniform, aud wore the ribbon of the same Prussian order of knight hood as the Prince of Prussia. The Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Stre litz wore the insignia of the Guelphic order. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar appeared in the uni form of his regiment, the Grenadier Guards, and wore the riband of the order of Saxe Meiningen. The juvenile Royal Family were dressed in white satin, richly trimmed with lace of British manufacture. On the left, or opposite side, stood his Hopi Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Kent, and the Duke of Wellington. The Duke of Cambridge was in a field marshal's uni form, with the ribbon, badge, and star of the order of the Garter, and the stars of the Bath and Guelphic orders. The Duke of Wellington also appeared in a field mar shal's uniform, with the insignia of the Garter. The Treasurer and Vice-Chamberlain of the House hold took their places behind the sponsors. Behind the Queen and the Prince of Prussia were the Belgian, Portuguese, Prussian, and Saxon Ministers, wearing their respective costumes; and also the follow ing Cabinet Ministers :—The Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Stanley, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Earl of Hadding ton, Lord Granville Somerset, and Sir Edward Knatch bull, all of whom wore the full-dress official costume, with the exception of the Duke of Buccleuch and the Earl of Haddington, the former appearing in his uniform as Captain of the Royal Scottish Archers, and the latter wearing the uniform of a Lord-Lieutenant. Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting, the Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and others of the visitors, with the attendants, forming the suites of the Royal Family, were arranged on either side of the Chapel by Si r Ch ar l es Young, Garter, and Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State. The service then commenced with the performance of " 0 be joyfel"—Palestrina. When the music ceased, the Lord Chamberlain, ae companied by the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, conducted the infant Prince from the White-room into the Chapel. His Royal Highness, being carried by the head nurse, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. At the conclusion of each prayer the Amens were sung in full choir to the organ. The Dowager Lady Lyttelton handed the infant Prince to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who solemnised the rite of baptism, the Duke of Cambridge naming his Roy& Highness— ALFRED ERNEST ALBERT. The young Prince was then given back by the Arch bishop to the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. At the conclusion of the baptismal service, his Royal Highness Prince Alfred was conveyed from the Chapel. His Royal Highness was dressed in a robe and cap of Heniton point lace, over rich white satin. The choir accompanied by the organ, sung Handel's Hallelujah chorus from " Judas Maccabeus." The Archbishop of Canterbury then pronounced the benediction. The gentlemen of St. George's Choir, assisting on this occasion were—Messrs. French, Mitchell, Bridge water, Mudge, Harris, Foster, and \Vinterbottom, and ' four young gentlemen of the choir, Dr. Elvey presiding at the organ. The ceremony was concluded at seven o'clock. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, the Prince of Prussia, and the other royal personages, re turned to the corridor in the same order as they entered the Chapel. The other visitors proceeded to the grand reception room. . A state banquet, in honour of the event, was after wards given by her .I.l_)jesty in St. George's Hall, wiiich had a most splendid and magnificent appearance. The service of costly gold plate was placed on a table, reaching nearly the entire length of the hall, while at each end were elevated sideboards, containing the most choice and valuable articles in the royal treasury, brit. liantly illuminated, and tastefully displayed on a back ground of crimson, enclosed in a carved Gothic frame work. The sideboard at the west end of the ball con tained, among other interesting articles, the celebrated peacock, formed of precious stones and pearls, and the large tiger's head, wrought in gold, captured at the storming of Seringapatam, with two State standards of Tippoo Saib. Also the shield of Achilles, the national cup, a number of jewelled tankards and cups, the nau tilus shell, and other shells, the mountings of which are most elaborately wrought in gold. The sideboard at the opposite extremity of the hail contained a curious Mexican gold dish, a large shield, with a fine basso-relievo of the triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne, and the Prince of Wales's Epergne. Both sideboards were brilliantly illuminated with sconces of silver gilt, with wax-lights, and also with candelabra. L► the middle of the table opposite to the Queen's seat was the superb " St. George candelabrum," of silver gilt, exceeding in size any other centrepiece. This magnificent specimen was placed between two circular epergnes, filled with artificial flowers, and beyond the epergnes were the two " Hesperides" candelabra, in size only exceeded by the St. George candelabrum. Numerous vases, candelabra, epergnes, and other ar ticles of gold plate (a number of them executed from the designs of Flaxmau), were arranged in succession the whole length of the table, the candelabra being filled with wax light;. The illustrious party entered the hall at half-past seven o'clock, in the following order : The Queen and the Prince of Prussia. Prince Albert and the Queen Dowager. The Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Glou cester. The:Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz and the Duchess of Kent. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the Duchess of Cambridge. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. Her Majesty sat on the north side of the table, having on her right the Prince of Prussia, the Duchess of Glou cester, and the Lord Chancellor ; and on her left the Duke of Cambridge, the Lady in Waiting, and the Duke of l3uccleuch. Opposite to her Majesty sat Prince Albert, having on his right the Queen Dowager, the Grand Duke of Meek lenburgh Strelitz, the Duchess - of Cambridge, and Lord Wharncliffe ; and on his left the Duchess of Kent, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimer, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The following had the honour of receiving invitations: her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar. The Lady in Waiting on her Majesty. The Lady in Waiting on the Queen Dowager. The Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent. The Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Gloucester. The Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Two Maids of Honour. r The Portuguese Minister. Bedchamber Woman. The Hanoverian Minister. Countess Wratislaw. The Prussian Minister. The Belgian Minister. The Saxon Minister. The Archbishop of Canterbury. The Lord Chancellor. The Lord President of the Council. The Lord Privy Seal. The Earl Marshal. The Commander-in-Chief. The First Lord of the Treasury. The Secretary of State for the Home Department. The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Secretary of State for the Colonies. The First Lord of the Admiralty. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. The President of the Board of Control. The President of the Board of Trade. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Paymaster-General. The Lord Steward. The Lord Chamberlain. The Master of the horse. The Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert. The Master-General of the Ordnance. The Gold Stick in Waiting. The Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms. The Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. The Treasurer of the Household. The Vice-Chamberlain. The Controller of the Household. The Master of the Buck Hounds. The Keeper of the Privy Purse. The Treasurer to Prince Albert. The Lord in Waiting. The Groom in Waiting. The Equerry in Waiting,. The Bishop of Oxford. The Bishop of Norwich. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor. The Rev. Provost of Eton. Archdeacon Wilberforce. The Rev. Dr. Ilawtrey. The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell. The Hon. and Rev. Chas. Leslie Courtenay. The Hon. and Rev. Richard Stopfurd. Baron Stockmar. Sir James Clark. The Lord Chamberlain to the Queen Dowager. The Gentleman in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent. The Gentleman in Waiting on the Duchess of Gloucester. The Gentleman in Waiting on the Duke of Cambridge. Count Koenigsmark, in Waiting on the Prince of Prussia. Count Puckler, in Waiting on the Prince of Prussia. Baron Schleinitz, in Waiting on the Prince of Prussia. Baron de Berg, in Waiting on the Prince of Prussia. Captain Meynell, in Waiting on the Prince of Prussia. Major-General and Lady Isabella Wemyss. La Marquise d'llarcourt. Mr. and Mrs. Ilarcourt. Lady Cowper. Right Hon. Sir William Fremantle and bliss Hervey. Sir Edward Codrington and bliss Codrington. Colonel Knollys. Lieut.-Colonel Bouverie. The Silver Stick, Hon. Colonel C. B. Phipps. Sir William Martin. Sir Charles Young. Mr. Glover. Sir Charles Rowley. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards were in attend ance during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Jubal Overture Koffnung's (Strahler) Selection (Freyschutz Chatsworth Quadrilles. Polka The Earl of Liverpool (Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household) gave the toasts, the band playing some fa vourite piece after each toast. The following were the toasts : " His Royal Highness Prince Alfred."— (Rule Bri tannia.) "The King of Prussia."—(Prussian National air, Landesfather.) " The Queen Dowager"—(The Queen Dowager's March), " The Queen"—(God save the Queen). " Prince Albert"—(The Coburg March). After dinner her Majesty and the illustrious guests proceeded into the Waterloo Chamber, where an instru mental concert was performed. Her Majesty's private band attended, assisted by several of the first performers from the metropolis, and also by several members of the bands of the Scots Fusilier Guards, and of the Royal Horse Guards. The following was the programme : Overture (Egmont) Beethoven Military Movement Haydn Festmarsch, zu dem Maskenspiel " Das lloffest von Ferrara" Von G. Meyerbeer Descriptive Symphony (MS.) for two orchestras Spohr FIRST PART.--INFANCY. O'er childhood's bright and blessed age No dark or threatening tempest lowers; Nor anger's storm, nor passion's rage, Disturb its pure and tranquil hours. Even should temptation's arts assail, They pass—like clouds before the gale. SECOND PART.-AGE OF SORROWS. But in the youth's impetuous mind, By pride assail'd, by passion tost, Calm reason is to rage resign'd, And in the whirl of passion lost In vain religion's mild control Seeks to restrain his troubled soul. THIRD PART.-FINAL TRIUMPH OF VIRTUE. The tempest and the strife subside, The storms of pride and passion cease, Within the breast again reside D e votion's calm and virtue's peace. Wedding March (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Mendelssohn Bartholdy, C Jubilee Overture C. M. Von Web er . The Festmarsch was performed by a double orchestra, the principal orchestra being in the west gallery, anti a second orchestra in the east gallery—a distance of 115 feet intervening : Spohr's descriptive sinfoniawas performed in the same way by eleven solo players standin g in t h e east gallery a nd the second orchestra in the west gallery. " God save the Queen," at the end of Weber's Jubilee Overture, was also perf o r me d w i th two orchestras, amounting together to about seventy performers. The whole wasunder the di rect i on of Mr. Anderson. The " christening cake" was placed in the 'Waterloo Chamber. The top was covered with a representation of an elegant fou n t a i n (d es i gned by Mr. Mawditt, her Majesty's confectioner), from the centre of which arose a figure of Peace, bearin g i n h er b an d a crown o f l aure l, a cornucopia at her feet, and supported by a number of infantinc figures. The sides of the cake were tastefully decorated with garlands of artificial flowers. In this gallery the magnificent wine cooler made in the reign of his Majesty George IV. was also placed, filled with claret nexus, which was supplied during the evening to the royal and distinguished guests. The Queen and Prince Albert took their usual air ings yesterday, walking in the morning in the pleasure grounds, and taking a drive in an open carriage in the afternoon. The Royal Family were taken their accustomed walks and rides yesterday. Sir R. and Lady Sale and Sir W. Nott were prevented from joining the royal &rele at Windsor Castle, on Thursday. Lord F. Somerset left Windsor Castle yesterday. Capt. F. Seymour has returned to town from the Continent. NEW FRENCH CUSTOM-HOUSE DUTIES. The Moniteur of Thursday publishes three royal or donnances of a commercial character. The first, which is dated the 2d instant, orders, in virtue of the provi sional and additional treaty of navigation and commerce concluded with Denmark in February, 1 842-Ist. That the tonnage dues on Danish vessels arriving in French ports shall be fixed at 2f. 10c. per ton, French admea surement, without addition of the decime established by the law of May 25, 1799. 2d. That the duty shall be only six centimes per ton when Danish vessels put into French ports from stress of weather, or leave with the same cargo ; when they enter merely to obtain informa tion, and carry on no commercial operation ; when they leave French ports after having undergone damage at sea, with or without lading. The same concession is made in favour of post-office steamers, or steamers merely for the conveyance of passengers and baggage. The second ordonnance, which is dated the 3d, modifies as follows the duties on certain articles of export and import : IMPORTS.—Guaicum and cedar woods, imported in French bottoms, from countries out of Europe ; wood for cabinetmakers, from French Guyana and. Senegal, without distinction of quality, half the present rate of duties ; v. ood of tail-cedar and sweet-smelling cedar, the same duties as for cedar woods. Threads and cloths of phormium tenax, wild banana, called abaca . 61 , .. c2, and Indian hemp (jute) : . -g Per 100 kilogrammes. Threads without distinction of quality 60 80 80 Cloths and other (less than 8 threads 77 107 107 tissues mea- 18 threads... ... 90 126 126 suring more or J 9,10, and 11 threads 129 194 194 less (decou- 'S above this the same duty as on flax verts dans l'es- and hunp. pace 5 millim Complete Machines and Machinery worked by Steam, per 100 kilogrammes :—Stationary, 30f. ; for naviga tion, 45f.; locomotives without tenders, 65f.; for spin ning hemp, 65f. ; for other spinning, 45f. ; for weaving hemp and flax, 20f.; for other weaving, 20f.; cards not mounted, for flax and hemp, 401. ; others, 301.; Tulle looms, (systeme Jacquard), 80f. ; paper machines, (continuous), 40f. ' • printing machines f or type, 40f. ; ditto, for cloths, 40f. Machines and Machinery not worked by Steam : For agriculture, and waggons fur transporting earth from excavations, the body in wood and the wheels in iron, 25f. ; tenders, boilers, gasometers, distilling or evaporat ing apparatus for boiling syrups, or heating with steam, and large caloriferes, if of iron, 45 ; copper, 60. Machines or Machinery not named in the above : 100 kilogrammes or less, 80f. per 100 kilogrammes ; 100 to 200 inclusively, 60 ; 200 to 1,000 inclusively, 50 ; 1,000 to 2,500 inclusively, 40 ; 2,500 to 5,000 inclusively, 30 ; more than 5,000, 20. DETACHED PORTIONS OF MACHINERY.—PIaques et rubans de carde of all kinds, peignes de tissage, shuttles of all kinds, 200 f. per 100 kilogrammes ; objects in cast iron (heavy), 25 kilogrammes or less, 100 ; 25 kilo grammes to 100 inclusively, 70 ; 100 to 200, 60 ; 200 to 1,000, 50 ; 1,000 to 2,500, 40 ; 2,500 to 5,000, 30 ; more than 5,000, 20. In wrought iron (heavy), 5 kilogrammes or less, 120 ; 5 kilogrammes exclusively to 25 inclusively, 110 ; 25 to 50, 100 ; above 50, 80 ; in copper or steel, 200 f. for 100 kilogrammes. The declaration relative to machines and machinery will be, after the payment of the duties, submitted to the Committee of Arts and Manufactures for its control as to the real nature of the object declared. Optical and mathematical instruments are to pay 30 per cent, upon the value fixed by the Committee of Arts and Manufac tures. Cylinders, plates, and engraved dies, 15 percent. Essence de houille (this probably means naptha of coal, but it may mean coal tar), 13f. 100 kilogrammes, or 10F. if imported in French bottoms. Huano or guano in foreign bottoms, and by land, 2f. There are only two modifications in the export duties, viz., capsules of ful minating powder, 25c. per 100 kilogrammes, and resi duum of animal black, 2f. The third ordonnance declares that machines and machineries, complete or detached, can only be imported by the following ports :—Dunkirk, Lille, Valenciennes, Forbach, Strasbourg, Saint Louis, Bellegarde, Toulon, Marseilles, Cette, Bordeaux, Nantes, Brost, Rouen, llavre, Boulogne, Calais. The importer must furnish, in support of his declaration at the Custom house, a list of all the objects and drawings done to scale, and pro perly coloured, showing the different metals of which the machinery is composed. He must also sign an un dertaking, and give bond to pay any supplementary duty that may be subsequently imposed in the report of the Committee of Arts and Manufactures. *VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA TO THE PI4LICO SLATE WORKS.—On Wed nesday last his Royal Highness and suite, accompanied by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, honoured Mr. Magnus by a visit to his establishment, in Upper Bel grave-place. The Prince was much pleased with the various specimens in the show-rooms, and frequently expressed his surprise at the apparently perfect trans mutation of simple slate into the most costly marbles and precious stones. Among the articles which excited the most attention, was a perfect imitation of lapis lazuli, and an enamelled slate billiard table, similar to one recently furnished by Mr. Magnus to his Grace the Duke of Wellington, for his mansion at Strathfieldsaye, and which is said to be the most beautiful and perfect ever manufactured. His Royal Highness and his Grace subsequently examined the machinery for sawing, plan ing, moulding, and polishing slate, and also the enamell ing chambers, and left evidently much gratified with the visit to this novel and very interesting establishment. THE ROYAL FAMILY IN PERTHSHIRE.— Our readers in this quarter are aware that rumours have of late been prevalent that a royal visit was intended to the ancient Castle of Blair, the venerable seat of the noble family of Athole, and in confirmation of these—or at least that visitors far beyond an ordinary class were early expected—most extensive repairs and improve ments have been in hasty progress for nearly a month past, in which a great number of artizans of every sort, and from all quarters, have been busily employed. We learn, also, that a number of Lord Glen'you's followers hare again been in training to give her Majesty a suit able reception, and the gillies and foresters are all in readiness. The game of the moors and the fleet denizens of the forest have been strictly preserved, and every thing will be in the highest order for the enjoyment of the sports peculiar to the Perthshire mountains. The royal party could not have chosen a field in her Majesty's dominions where the chase in all its varieties can be en joyed to greater perfection. The great forest of Athole abounds with the antlered tribe of every class. Glentilt, almost at the gorge of which, on a commanding site, stands the Castle of Blair, has been immortalised by the pencil of Landseer ; and it was in the mountain solitudes of these regions that Sir Walter Scott, who always copied nature, lays the scene of the stag hunt, of which be gives such a beautiful and rcmantic—we might add sublime—description in one of his imperish able national fictions. * * Those in the confidence ' of Lord Glenlyon now make no secret of the fact. The whole was openly announced at Blair on Monday even ing; and we may venture to add, as matter of certainty, that Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Liverpool, and others of her Majesty's responsible advisers, will constitute part of the royal suite. Such are positively the present arrangements, and many a heart will respond to the aspiration—Welcome, Victoria, once more to .‘ our native Highland home !"—Perth Constitutional. Beu.. FATAL AND MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. — O n Monda y c enn ra in e g ter a nacei occurred de i n n of a most theestablishmentc'stpmish and Crawford, South Main -street, Cork. Mr. ainful of n dMe melan choly ssrs. Thomas Patterson, a carpenter, was engaged in repairing some flooring on the mashing loft, when one of the joists which he it seems had sawn nearly across, gave way, precipitating him to the ground, a fall of about fifteen feet. He was immediately taken up, but in almost a lifeless state; besides the injuries his body had sustained, the head was severely fractured. Mr. Alderman Roche was in immediate attendance, and paid every attention to the sufferer, accompanying him to the South Infirmary, and subsequently to his own house, where he expired about an hour or so after be arrived there.—Cork Southern Reporter. -- - PURITT OF THE FRENCH POST-OPFICE. -- Our readers no doubt remember the indignant whieh disavowal, by d of derision and M. Guizot, of those foul practices o w ifi •a e s e tr a iu b m ye pZ o n r tly echoed by the scorn. the T t: i n s g d li i s s h ar l o ) o w s a t l - have recently made French press. But alas I for French pride and vera city ; at the very moment it was made, a secret agent of the French police was taking . ILBulwer, Ambassador, Bulwer, the Spani s h A a copy of a letter from Mr. assador, which that gentle man had entrusted t o the French Post-office. This agent, or one of his tools, was bribed by Lord Aberdeen, to whom a copy of the copy of the Ambassador's letter was furnished. That with which,cop, of a copy, together with the ori ginal,ocourse, it exactly tallied, was ex hibited by L or d Aberdeen amongst the other curiosities laid before the Secret Committee of Inquiry into the Post-office. V hat a commentary does this incident yield, upon the utter futility of the dishonourable and dirty tricks which men high in office tice I—Liverpool JournaL DARING ATTEMPT AT MURDER.--At an early hour on Saturday morning, a daring attempt was made on the life of Stephen Whitlocke, a wood-ranger, in the employ of Sir F. Bathurst, at Clarendon, near Salisbury. It appears that Stephen Whitlocke comes to Salisbury every Saturday morning for some of the workmen em ployed on Sir F. Buthurst's estate ; and this circunr , stance was well-known to George Whitlocke (no rela tion), a young man of dissolute habits. On Friday even ing, this person purchased a pistol in Salisbury ; and the next day proceeded to a field at Clarendon, where he warned off a female who was gleaning, pretending that he had instructions from Sir Frederick to clear the field. Shortly after this, his victim appeared in sight, when, after some angry words had passed between them, George Whitlocke drew his pistol, and fired at the head at Stephen, wounding him severely in the face. The lattez staggered from the wound, but had sufficient strength to run a short distance, notwithstanding the efforts of the assassin to push him into the hedge ; and, happily, a fellow car t e r came in sight, and saved the poor ' alife. We regret to add that the villain escaped,and notwitJa.. standing every exertion of the police, has not yet been captured. The surgeon who dressed the wound is at opinion that it will not prove dangerous if erysipelas does not take place.—Devizes Gazette. ler, 111 ob.ef erfeell or ir blico ts ; ►i trii on Ad et jog #a 010, 11 ,sac 'OO ete Pe ri 10 tb.