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

~__ GREAT PROCESSION IN HONOUR OF THE LIBERATION OF NR. O'CONNELL AND HIS FELLOW PATRIOTS. DUBLIN, SATURDAY EVENING.—From an early hour this morning the busy note of preparation for the procession was to be heard in all quarters. The trades were up and stirring, and the whole city seemed to be on the qui vine. The weather, however, proved unfavourable, rain having fallen heavily the previous night, and continued all the morning. Ten o'clock was the hour appointed for the procession fzr-aing in Merrion-square, but in consequence of the rain, twelve o'clock arrived ere that was effected. Mr. Thomas Reynolds, Marshal of Dublin, acted as commander-in-chief; he was gaily dressed, with cocked hat, and mounted on a charger. The line of route was flanked by crowds of spectators, and the windows of every house filled. The procession having been got into line started from the corner of Merrion square, turning into Fitzwilliam-street, and pro ceeded to Richmond Prison (whither Mr. O'Connell, &c., returned this morning) in the following order : The Trades, with banners and bands, the members all with repeal buttons in their breasts ; the committee of the National Trades and Political Unions in car riages ; the Corporation in carriages, the Lord Mayor in state carriage, the Triumphal Car (a most magni ficent piece of workmanship, surmounted by a chair of state, all about twenty feet high), drawn by six greys, with postillions, and two outriders; in front of the car were two pages, and behind them an Irish harper; then followed a lengthened range of carriages, barouches, gigs, hack-cars, and equestrians. It was a quarter after one o'clock when the last of the procession left Merrion-square. In this manner they proceeded at an easy pace through Fitzwilliam street, Baggot-street, Stephen's-green, Harcourt street, along the Circular-road, to Richmond Prison, a dense crowd following, and cheering at intervals. The line of route from the prison was thus laid out —Along the Circular-road, by Kilmainham, over Island-bridge, by Conyngham-road, Barrack-street, Ellis's- quay, Arran -quay, Inns-quay, Ormond-quay Upper, North Frederick-street, east side of Rutland square, Sackville-street, Carlisle-bridge, Westmore land-street, Grafton-street, Nassau-street, Clare street, Merrion-square North, and the Liberator's house. The procession did not reach the prison till half past two. Shortly after Mr. O'Connell made his ap pearance, and mounted the triumphal car amid deaf ening cheers. He was dressed in a loose surtout, and looked well. His son John having also ascended, both took their seats, and the procession moved on in the route prescribed. The other liberated prisoners— Messrs. Steele, Ray, Gray, Duffy, and Barrett—fol lowed in open carriages. The passage was marked by one continued scene of the most enthusiastic cheering. All Dublin was out, or in windows. The most remarkable street in the route was Sack ville-street. Nelson's Pillar was crowded, and every window in the street filled with spectators. The commencement of the trades' processions arrived at Nelson's Pillar at 25 minutes to four o'clock, and its length may be estimated, when it is known that though going at quick time, they did not entirely pass till half-past four. At half-past four a tremend ous shower of rain fell, which drenched the whole procession, and threw a gloom over the proceedings. All underneath was mud and slush. The other parts of the procession followed, and exactly at a quarter to five o'clock the, triumphal car entered Sackville stre e t. It is almost impossible to describe the scene ; the spacious street was crammed with a dense multitude and the windows crowded. As the car proceeded along, a continued universal shout rent the air. Mr. O'Connell every minute standing up and bowing to his congratulators. On passing Nelson's Pillar, the scene was magnificent; the street presented a jammed mass of human heads, every mouth distended, those in windows waving kerchiefs. Sackville-street never presented such a mass of human beings since the visit of George IV. The procession moved along over Carlisle-bridge, on its way to Mr. O'Connell's house in Merrion square, which it reached about a quarter to six o'clock, the same degree of enthusiasm marking the populace as it proceeded. Mr. O'Connell having descended, entered the house, and shortly appeared on the balcony, and addressed the immense assem blage, thanking them for the grand display they made in honour of him and his fellow-patriots, and cau tioning all against violating the peace. This may indeed be termed " a great day for Ire land." Mr. O'Connell and the repeal party seem to have gained much strength by his incarceration. There will be great work at the Conciliation Hall meeting on Monday next. Mr. O'Connell will be there, and it is reported that the Hon. Mr. Caulfield, brother of Lord Charlemont, is likely to take the chair on the occasion. The rent will be up. During the thirteen weeks' imprisonment of Mr. O'Connell there has been collected 27,0001. repeal rent ! ANOTHER CLONTARF MEETING. Mr. O'Connell said in his address from the balcony on Saturday evening, that they were not done with the Clontarf meeting yet, and, with the blessing of God, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE IT ON THE BTH OF NEXT MONTH. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN DUBLIN. DUBLIN, FRIDAY NIGHT.—The burst of popular enthusiasm and joy that issued forth was the most heartfelt and boisterous display of the gladness of the Irish heart that ever was heard within the city of Dublin. Mr. Purdon, at the request of Mr. O'Connell, rid dressed the crowd outside the gaol, and requested them to disperse quietly, which they did. Soon after dark tar barrels were set on fire at Irishtown and Ringsend, amid the rejoicings of the peasantry. At Rathfarnham and Roundtown the cottages were illuminated, and as the news spread the fires became more frequent. A bonfire was also lighted in Roper's Rest, round which the inhabitants —men, women, and children—danced with genuine Irish animation. With the rapidity of lightning the intelligence of the judgment traversed all parts of the city—con temporaneously with th e procee di ngs o f B urg h -quay, large bodies of the citizens had congregated in the neighbourhood of the Liberator's residence, Merrion square, anxious to give vent to the feelings of grate ful joy which actuated all classes. Here, too, the cheering was most enthusiastic —each man seemed determined to outvie his neighbour in demonstrations of attachment to their " deliverer and friend" —and here, too, the vast multitudes, after a short time, quietly dispersed. From Merrion-square to Stephen's -green, and through Grafton-street, the same enthusiasm was observable. At every corner placards were posted announcing the reversal of the judgment; and at every corner the popular joy was embodied in loud and hearty cheers. What we have stated in reference to the other localities is applicable to Dame-street. Several men paraded the street, bearing on their shoulders placards similar to those already described. The cheering of the populace here lost nothing of the vigour which marked it on Burgh-quay. A new feature was given to the national rejoicing in Capel-street. The majority of the houses were brilliantly illuminated. In Mary-street, Bolton street, North King-street, &c., illumination was also general, nor was there an absence of the other indi cations of triumph in these places. In Saekville-street the fervour of the people's THE SUN, LOND6 MONDAY MORNING-, SEPTEMBER 9, 1844 IRELAND. the Christian people of Ireland—(Cheers)—and now, blessed be God, we are here to-night rejoicing.— (Deep sensation.) We shall have no tumult to morrow—a little shout we will have—and some cheer ing,—the happy bird must chirrup.—(Tremendous cheering.) And now go home in quiet, and tell every one you meet that we are to assemble to-morrow in .peace and happiness.—(Cheers.) And then go to your rest, having first offered up your thanksgivings to the Almighty that he has vouchsafed to look in mercy upon his people of Ireland, and I promise you we will have the repeal.—(Tremendous cheers.) The Liberator having retired from the balcony— THE Warr OF ERROR. LATEST PARTICULARS. LIBERATION OF THE STATE PitIS()NERS (From the Second and Third EditiJns of the Sunday Times.) O'CONNELL AT HOME. DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING.-Mr. Gartlan ar rived from London by the evening mail packet of yesterday, bringing with him the order of the House of Lord* for the liberation of the State prisoners. He first waited on the Sheriff, and having procured from him a warrant authorising the Governor forthwith to discharge from his custody the repeal leaders, he pro ceeded to the prison, accompanied by Messrs. Cant well, Ford, Reilly, and Mahony, bearing on his shoulder the monster indictment, and in his hand the reverse of the foul decree by which the moral governor of Ireland and his associates were deprived of their liberty. Having reached the prison, Mr. Ford pro ceeded to the apartments of Mr. O'Connell, and handed him the order for his liberation. Mr. O'Connell read it aloud to his friends and fellow captives, and then returned it to his solicitor, who at once repaired to the Governor, and handed him the release. The Gover nor, with the greatest promptitude, communicated in the most gentlemanly manner to the State priioners that he had the pleasing duty of telling them that they were again at liberty, and free to return to their homes. The HEAD PACIFICATOR then came forward, and waving his hand to the people, cried out, " Home, home." Immediately from the vast assembly arose the cry, " Home, home ;" and then they moved away, passing the house of the Liberator in one dense deep stream, and at half-past seven o'clock Merrion square was silent, or disturbed only by the footstep of the casual passenger. We have been informed that the clerks of the House of Lords gave the prisoner's attorneys every possible facility towards hastening the documents necessary for an immediate discharge. All other business was cheerfully postponed to dispatch that which was to give effect to the late decision of the last court of appeal. After a few moments' consultation with his friends, the Liberator resolved, contrary to what was ex pected, to go at once to Merrion-square, and in less than ten minutes- he left the prison on foot, accom panied by R. Dillon Browne, Esq., M.P., the Rev. Er. Gilligan, Rev. Mr. Collier, Mark Blake, Esq. 34 .1'., Rev. Mr. Gullinan, D. O'Connell, jun., Messrs. Ford, Cantwell, Reilly, Mahony, and about twenty Other gentlemen. Some of the other State prisoners left the prison along with the Liberator, and aecom- Panied him home. O 'CONNELL'S WALK THROUGH DUBLIN. It being the intention to have left the prison pri vately, there were not more than a few hundred per enns at the time on the Circular-road. But in con sequence of the loud and animated cheer that burst f orth on the appearance of the Liberator without the Walls, he did not proceed many yards before the crowd be gan to swell, and ere he reached New-street they amounted to thousands. As they passed along the Streets people seemed to doubt the reality of what their senses told them, and eagerly ran to convince th emselves that indeed O'Connell was free, and that th e right of the people to remonstrate was vindicated °Y the liberation of the man who had so often stood a mong them, and whose first act in freedom will be !gain to stand amon g th e m, t o d eman d i n th e same un daunted ton e th a t b roug ht on hi m th e vengeance o f t h e e e - --the r es tit u ti on o f th e na ti ona l r i g ht s o f I re l an d . When he reached Harcourt-street so great a crowd a 4 collected on the continuation of the Circular 41.1eaci, by whi c h it was i n t en d e d t o h ave procee d e d t o " square, that the Liberator and his friends were .% e rnPel!ed to turn al ong H arcour t- s t ree t, procee di ng 7e 4 llgh the Green, and Merrion-street, to his man -110n• Long before they had reached the square the tl °wd had become enlarg e d t o man y th ousan d s , an d th e Pressure had become so grea t th a t th e p eo pl e fo und it necessary to form a cordon round their re stored leaders, which they did in a manner at once t o f fectire an d d emons t ra ti ve o f t h e per f ect organ i sat i on f Which our people are capable. For a di s t ance o f ab out forty y ar d s th e y j o i ne d h an d s , t h e f oremost ai de walking backward s , th ose a t th e s id e wa lki ng icle foremost, thus forming a ring embracing the :width of the street, and extending above forty yards i° f ront, so that all forward could see 'oC onne ll as h 1; .Proceeded once more at liberty towards his home. I thie this space no persons entered—the people `aeerfully obeying the orders of the O'Connell police. MERRION-SQUARE. 4 -s he n eare d M err i on - square , th e tidi ngs t h a t h e 11 41 Positively abroad spread wider, and fresh crowds hed eagerly to meet him, incredulous that he was . te re till they had actually seen hi m ; f o r it w as un derstood th a t h e wou ld not l eave t h e pr i son un til next a Y• The people leaped and danced about him, while th eir acclamations rent the air. When he entered the square, still to pass along the whole len g th of ne side of it, crowds rushed along the flag ways to allure a place near his house. Mr. O'Connell had to 4l k in the m iddl e o f t h e roa d , b ut t h e people st i ll pres erved th e w h o l e roa d i n f ront o f hi m clear, not more, eager to see him than to have hi m seen . 'T was tif ,` e curiosity, but pride, they seemed anxious to gra ij• They wished the world to look upon him, and 4 ,,.°41 their Liberator now liberated of right. L ong before Mr. O'Connell had traversed a third f,the distance to the house, or could be seen from it for it was growing dark—an immense crowd had 1 00 , 11 Pied the space around, and cheered, and cheered, fling towards the door he was to enter by, as if he S e re already within his house. By this time there 111 ( 1 not be less than fifteen thousand persons in the b ilar e• Their acclamations never once sub s id e d as dO'Con ne ll a pproac h e d ; b u t w h en h e did approac h , toLactually placed his foot upon the s t e p t o ascen d ad 1• own door, then indeed such an exhibiti o n o f hat Joy took place as we have never seen anything it resembled. We were then occupying a pl ace p. O'Connell's balcony. ofhe enthusiasm of the multitude seemed incapable stlbsidence ; their acclamation was a sustained body so und that smote the air a s sh a rp as p ea li ng mus kethbY; hats were not waived, but flung up into the air, 14' f lung away as if the wearers could never possi pcii.aced them again. One only thought seemed to t t 'ess the multitude. O'Connell and Ireland had t o I kaPhed. O'Connell was abroad before their eyes 41 body the victory, and the tumultuous joy of the o h , f "' l ea was but faintly expressed by the expenditure the energy and voice they could devote to it. 1 10 ,, 8 _few moments after Mr. O'Connell entered the t r Ze he presented himself at the balcony. The s o ,7,ng' with which he had been received below was s a :"nued—it could not be exceeded. H e f requen tly t i r a Yed to address the asse m bl age , b u t hi s wor d s were f r ow ned i n th e re it era t e d acc l ama ti ons th a t ascen d e d t e lni the vas t mu l t i tu d e, an d severa l m i nutes e l apsed t o ° re their enthusiasm became sufficiently subdued 4 11t Perrnit them to listen even to him. At length, N i in g the brief intervals of silence, he spoke to the ng effect : I v , MR. O'CONNELL'S SPEECH. --- W et "Y you seem (Cheers.) It seems as if you t h te e glad t o see me h ome aga i n .—(T remen d ous h oe r ing and waving of hats.) This is my o wn li ot ee t home—(Cheering for several minutes)—but I s oo e come home from a prison.—(Cheers.) In other iiiitintries_(Cheers)—they send the rogues to prison t ot le ave the honest men at home, but ma n y a p a lt r y th e tie was- left at home while I was confi ne d w ithin ots o „ wal l 3 of a gaol.—(linmense cheers.) But God is to t hat th an our enem i es —(Ch eers )— an d t h an k s b e is WU} God—(Great sensation)—l am here to-night )1 04 7 own home.—(Cheers.) The rogues a r e at e Ai t ° o l but do they feel as comfortable to deot" as I do ?—(Cheers.) The foul attempt to lAt a r° 3' the sacred right of petitions, to vio tick t he jury -box, and trample the constitu • ha s .4.4 - my person—that foul and felonious attempt jr o lfailed.—(Loud cheers.) The people of th eb (I have gained a mighty victory, and well have tbo'Yleserved that victory—they have—the moral, k eti rperate, the r e li g i ous p eo pl e o f Ireland.—(Tre otsell°llB cheering.) In their hundred thousand `es oter gth they were , mild as the playful lamb that as h t l'e - berbage as it passes along, and such mild (iste:lll they show in their might at present.— , Ne c „,,. e ndous cheering.) Oh, but we'll have a la bra sb, t e b 'V, to- mor row.—(Loud cheers.) But no man e harmed—no man shall be insulted or offended W e w r, shall not even be a groan.—(Loud cheering.) hootb .eirll,laugh to-morrow, and keep the groaning for nah lth ,....r.Y. I did not make a speech these three •-sst 47,i (Tremendous cheering and waving of hats) Pip e not make a speech these three months, so my . 11 11 , 15 a little out of tune.—(Cheers.) In the meet °f 1843 —the glorious meetings of 1843—they stieh etl t hem monster meetings—(Cheers)—because itctly count se toblage s cou ld no t b e peace f u ll y co ll ec t e d i n ch eers y on earth except our own—(Tremendous '‘‘'hish )---11 °t a blow was struck—not a glass of ,drank—not even an accident occurred.- 4 Po h s ' ) No one was shoved, or crushed, or pressed where..."( Great cheering.) Oh, it could happen no- People hUt arnongst the courteous people of Ireland— Now, of Ireland that are kind to one another— LITERATURE. POEMS. By E. B. Barrett. 2 Vole. Moron, London, 1844. .In the course of a modest and gracefully-written pre face to these volumes of poems, Miss Barrett re marks :—" If it must be said of me that I have con trilOuted immemorable verses to the many rejected by the age, it cannot at least be said that I have done so in a light and irresponsible spirit. Poetry has been as serious a thing to me as life itself, and life has been a very serious thing; there has been no playing at skittk•s for me in either. I never mistook pleasure for the final course of poetry, nor leisure for the hour of 'the poet." There are abundant proofs throughout the se volumes that the authoress has regarded the effi irts of the fancy and the feeling in no light or su pesrficial spirit ; but has brought to the task of poetical composition, thought, earnestness, anxious solicitude, and a high and ennobling sense of the importance of the work she is engaged on. In her principal poem, however, headed a "Drama of Exile"—fine as some passages in it undoubtedly are—we think that she has formed rather too ambitious an estimate of her imaginative powers, and essayed a flight beyond her capacity. Th e reg i on i n w hi ch h er gen i us expatiates to the greatest advantage is certainly not the sub lime ; she sustains her-elf in that lofty sphere with evident difficulty; and toils and strains to make her position good, in a manner that must convince even the most partial reader that she is far less at home on the summit, than on the lower slopes, of Parnassus. Her proper place is with the Landons, and the He manses, and not with the Byrons or the Words worths. The objection we have just urged applies solely to Miss Barrett's ambitious " Drama of Exile;" in her other poems, where she adopts an humbler tone, nothing can be more decided than her success. Her pathos, in particular, is exquisite; and cold must be the heart, and limited the understanding, that can peruse, untouched, the " Lost Bower"—a poem conceived in the most genuine imaginative spirit, full of the purest and profoundest sentiment, and pervaded by a vein of thought that has surprised, not less than it has delighted us. We prefer, how ever, quoting, as being more suitable to our limits, a shorter poem, entitled " Catarina to Camoens, Dying in his Absence abroad, and referring to the Poem in which he had recorded the sweetness of her Eyes :" ? gratitude was most signally marked ; the street was lined at either side with immense crowds, who occa sionally allowed their feelings to have vent in enthu siastic acclamations. The neighbourhood of the General Post-office, particularly, was rendered almost impassable ; and the departure of the Irish mails, being the medium through which the news of the liberation was to be conveyed to all corners of the land, was attended with loud cheering. In a word, the state of feeling above described is applical-,ie to all parts of the city ; the same enthusiasm I.'. as every where observable, and the same desire to testify public gratitude was evinced by all. Nor was it the least attractive in the general jubilee that the splendid bells of St. Paul's Roman Catholic church, on Arran quay, rang out a merry peal, the first time since the incarceration, on the occasion. The illumination was very general. The houses in Britain-street, Denmark-street, Moore.street, and that entire neighbourhood, were lighted up; Domi nick-street, too, was partially illuminated ; but amongst the houses in this street which exhibited their rejoicings none was more conspicuous than that of the Duke of Leinster. In the Duke's residence every window, every pane of glass, bore an indica tion of national triumph. A meeting was held in the Conciliation Hall, at eight o'clock. The Hall was almost instantaneously filled with Repealers, and it is utterly impossible to convey even the most faint idea of the ardent joy and enthusiasm that pervaded the vast assemblage that congregated within its walls. W. SMITH O'BRIEN, Esq., M.P., entered the Hall about half-past nine o'clock, and was received with loud cheers and waving of hats and handkerchiefs, which continued without intermission for several minutes. He addressed the meeting at some length, telling them that it was intended to have a large pro cession to accompany the State traversers from the prison, but that, as the traversers were not disposed to accept even the semblance of a favour from the present Government, they would not leave for their residences until a formal communication had first been made that they were at liberty so to do. As this order could not be received until late on Friday evening, they had thought it better to remain in prison, unless they were forcibly expelled from it, until Sa turday morning. It was then announced that the windows belonging to Mr. Murphy, a Liberal town councillor, had just been broken. Mr. D. O'CONNELL, jun., said he had some news from the prison, from which he had just come, and that he had to proclaim to them, in the words of his father, " that this was the first triumph that Ireland ever had over England." It was then arranged that there should not be any public illuminations. The Liberator himself received the intelligence of the reversal of the judgment with the utmost com posure. It must have come upon him unexpectedly, but he was not surprised. The same calmness and col- lectedness—the same self-reliance which have ever characterised him in great conjunctures, were never more thoroughly his own than on this, the most stu pendous epoch of his eventful life. e was thought ful and unexcited—perfectly imbued with the as tounding importance of the event; but while his heart beat responsively to the triumph he had obtained, it was for Irelands victory, not O'Connell's. The re versal of the judgment O'Connell recognised as the commencement of the fortunes of Ireland. He at once pronounced it to be THE GREATEST TRIUMPH WHICH IRELAND EVER HAD GAINED IN HER CONSTI TUTIONAL CONTROVERSIES WITH ENGLAND. But with a prophetic and forecasting mind he foresaw that it was also the forerunner of other and more crownirg ' triumphs. As to the effect of the decision upon the public mind there has as yet been too little time for it to operate upon the repeal question. Only one journal in the repeal interest has been published since the receipt of the cheering intelligence—it is the Free man's Journal, which is the property of Dr. Gray, one of the " martyrs," and from it we may form a pretty good guess as to the way in which the recent proceedings in the Lords are viewed by the Irish population. The Freeman, by the way, has altered its motto over the leading articles. The reluctant admission that dropped from Lord Chancellor Lyndhurst, and which he has attempted to withdraw, is exchanged for the following trium phant vindication of the trial by jury, which has issued from the lips of Lord Denman :—" If such practices as have taken place in the present instance in Ireland shall continue, the trial by jury will become a mockery, a delusion, and a snare." The Freeman says—" We have got justice by ac cident, for by accident only were the Cottenhams, the Campbells, and the high-minded Denmans con stituted a majority over the Lyndhursts and the Broughams. Right and justice were overwhelmed at every previous stage by prejud'ee, bigotry, and alienage of views; only at the last moment, when their cause seemed utterly desolate and hopeless, right and justice are saved, as by a miracle, and their enemies covered with discomfiture. Nay, even at that last moment they encountered a life-struggle that well nigh proved a death-struggle. The Tory lay Lords, who had not heard ene_case—and if they had heard, had not the knowledge to judge of it— . rose, in the very passion of bigotry, to outvote the law Lords ; and would have done so on the spot, had not Lord Wharncliffe, from very shame, arisen, and, in the name of the Ministry who had fathered ' the frauds,' entreated them to forbear, and deprecated the disgrace with which they were about to cover England's last court of judicial appeal. "We have no doubt but the English papers, for this decision, will make a claim upon our gratitude, and demand acknowledgments of the unswerving rectitude of English feeling. We make no such ac knowledgments. 'Twas English feeling that de prived the judgment of the whole English bench, so that they could devise us no remedy for the admitted wrong of a fraudulent jury.' As to thanks, both the English and we owe great thanks t o rovidence —we, that having suffered the one-third of a sentence fraudulently procured, we are, by happy accident and narrow escape, rescued from the remainder—they, that their country is saved the infamy of a decision, which judicial judgment, depraved by excess of English imperial feeling, meditated and had almost accomplished." PROCEEDINGS ON SUNDAY. Sunday will be celebrated in a most becoming and devotional manner. Pontificial high mass and solemn Te Deum will be celebrated at eleven o'clock, in the metropolitan 'church, Marlborough-street, his Grace the Archbishop officiating, in thanksgiving to Al mighty God for the deliverance of the beloved Libe rator of his country, and of his fellow-martyrs, from their unjust captivity. A sermon will be preached by the Rev. Dr. Miley, and the Liberator, with the other martyrs will be present. PUBLIC BANQUET TO THE LIBERATOR AND THE MARTYRS. We have the utmost satisfaction in announcing that it has been decided upon, that a public banquet should be given to the Liberator of Ireland and his fellow martyrs, on some convenient day within the present month. Steps have already been taken, and arrange ments made, to give to this banquet all the eclat a great national festival should have. We believe that all parts of Ireland will be represented on this great occasion, and that it will be every way worthy of the country and of those gentlemen in whose honour it will be holden.— Weekly Freeman's Journal. THE MYSTERIOUS CASE IN ORCHARD-STREET. The suspicious circumstances connected with the death of Alfred Dark, a person ostensibly carrying on business at Pentonville as a coal-merchant, but well known to the public as a person in close con nexion with that clique of desperate thieves known as the Westminster gang, have been partially cleared up by the agency of Inspector Moran, who has been into Berkshire to make inquiries into the authenticity of the Coroner's certificate for the burial of Alfred Dark, which was produced by one of the persons who were taken into custody last week. The substance of the Coroner's depositions is to this effect :—The principal witness is one Buddington, a man who has been in custody scores of times for various offence*, and who is particularly well known at fairs and races. His account is that he was with Dark and his wife (a female with whom Dark cohabited) in a cart, and that they were all going to Exeter on business. Dark took with him a gun in a case, as he intended to take out a sporting license as soon as he got to Exeter. Dark, however, took the gun out of the case when about Slough, and began shooting small birds. The party proceeded, and when Just below Reading the gun went off and shot Dark in the arm. Dark was removed to an adjoining house, and attended by a surgeon. The wound was, however, so severe, that he died at eleven o'clock the same night. Another witness said he heard the report of a gun, and on going up to the place, he saw Dart with hia arm shat tered. The surgen who attended Dark d escr ib e d the nature of the injury, and stated that Dark him self attributed his wound to an accident. On this evidence a verdict of " Accidental Death " was re turned, and an order issued for the burial of the body. The only way to account for the subsequent pro ceedings—the removal of the body, the abstraction of the furniture from the house in Pentonville, and the prevarications as to the identity of the body, is to pre sume that a determination existed of keeping the mat ter a secret as long as possible, in order to secure as much of the property of the deceased as the parties could. We understand that Inspector Moran has made his report to Mr. Burrell, the Queen-square magistrate, and that here the matter is likely to rest. On the door you will not enter, I have gazed too long—adieu! Hope withdraws her peradventure— Death is near me,—and not you Come, 0 lover, Close and cover These poor eyes, you called, I ween, " Sweetest eyes, were ever seen." When I heard you sing that burden In my vernal days and bowers, Other praises disregarding, I but !:earkened that of yours,— Only saying, In heart-playing, " Blessed eyes mine eyes have been, If . the sweetest, His have seen!" But all changeth! At this vesper, Cold the sun shines down the door! If you stood there, would you whisper "Love, I love you," as before, — Death pervading Now, and shading Eyes.you sang of, that yestreen, As the sweetest, ever seen? Yes! I think, were you beside them, Near the bed I die upon,-- Though their beauty you denied them, As you stood there, looking down, You would truly Call them duly, For the love's sake found therein,— " Sweetest eyes, were ever seen." And if you looked down upon them, And if they looked up to you, All the light which has forgone them Would be gathered back anew! They would truly Be as duly Love-transformed to Beauty's sheen,— " Sweetest eyes, were ever seen." But, ah me! you only see me In your thoughts of loving man, Smiling soft perhaps and dreamy Through the waving s of my fan, — And unweeting Go repeating, In your reverie serene, " Sweetest eyes, were ever seen." While my spirit leans and reaches From my body, still and pale, Fain to h ear w h at t en d er s p eec h is In your love, to help my bale— () my poet, Come and show it! Come, of latest love, to glean " Sweetest eyes, were ever seen." 0 my poet, 0 my prophet, W hen you praised their sweetness so, Did you think, in singing of it, That it might be near to go? Had you fancies From their glances, That the grave would quickly screen, " Sweetest eyes, were ever seen?" No reply! The fountain's warble In the court-yard sounds alone! As the water to the marble So my heart falls with a moan, From love-sighing To this dying ! Death forerunneth Love, to win " Sweetest eyes, were ever seen." Will you come? when I'm departed Where all sweetnesses are hid— When thy voice, my tender-hearted, Will not lift up either lid. Cry. 0 lover, Love is over! Cry beneath the cypress green— " Sweetest eyes, were ever seen." When the angelus is ringing, Near the convent will you walk, And recal the choral singing Which brought angels down our talk? Spirit-shriven I viewed Heaven, Till you smil e d—. Is earth unclean, Sweetest eyes, were ever seen?" When beneath the palace-lattice, You ride slow as you have done, And you see a face there—that is Not the old familiar one, — Will you oftly Murmur softly, " Here, ye watched me morn and - e'en, Sweetest eyes, were ever seen." When the palace ladies sitting Round your gittern, shall have said, " Poet, sing those verses, written For the lady who is dead," — Will you tremble, Yet dissemble,— Or sing hoarse, with tears between, " Sweetest eyes, were ever seen?" Sweetest eyes! how sweet in flowings, The repeated cadence is! Though you sang a hundred poems, Still the best one would be this. I can hear it 'Twixt my spirit And the earth-noise, intervene— " Sweetest eyes, were ever seen!" But the priest waits for the praying, And the choir are on their knees, — And the soul must pass away in Strains more solemn high than these! Miserere For the weary.,... Oh, no longer for Catrine, 4. sweetest eyes, were ever seen !" THE FIRST DAY OF SHO OTlNG.—September iS here, and after being kept upon the half-cock for a day by the Sunday occupying the customary opening of the campaign, the band of sportsmen yesterday morning marched forth to commence their skirmishing with the fo a r ad the tt ir e barrels , coveys. The harvest this year is pretty well in, allow , and a free course for partridges which are now legitimate " food for powder,' are in fair plenty, so that game bags lire not likely to return half empty, or old friendships be divested of their cus tomary annual brace. Fears were at one period ex pressed that the long drought would make a scarcity of birds : the young ones, it was said, instead of dying boldly in the open autumn fields, were basely perishing In furrows and di tc h es, for lack of the teetotal fluid ; but this has turned out partly a false prophecy, and a writer in the Sporting Magazine say s: — " I rejoice to say that the reports both written and verbal which I have received give promise of an unusu ally, good season. The weather during the hatching month has been all that we could desire ; a year more fa vourable to the partridge shooter was scarcely ever known; and I greaty err if the yea r 1 844 will not deserve a notch in the sportsman ' s calendar. In the low meadow lands some few nests have fallen before the scythe of the mower, but the bulletins from all parts of the country assure me that the coveys are numerous as well as large.' Of a verity, then, our friends of the t r i gger, with this de lightful weather, have a good prospect before them; and we hope to be able in our review of the works to give a avoury report of their proceedings.—Essex Herald. JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRATES. 14 In reply to a statement by a Magistrat e o f t hi s county, forwarded for the opinion of the law officers of the Crown, Mr. Brewster has giveu the following opinion If the owner works with the horse, the hire of both may be recovered before Magistrates ; but if the owner does not work with his horse, if he lets out his horse and a hired person to attend him, or if he lets out his horse alone, the magistrates have no jurisdiction."— Tralee Chronicle. _ The Hon. Mrs. Bathurst and suite, Lady Stewart Bruce and suite, Captain Gordon, R.N., Capt. Hodges, and Count E. Frolich, embarked on Saturday morning, off the Tower, on board the General Steam Navigation Company's mail-packet Caledonia, Capt. W. Phillips, for Roxburgh. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 6.—We have had, been gars s t o h l i d s waetek, and n ea rly 600 hhds.about former prices : m iv o e r s e t i l n n q d u i i a r y h f a o v r e sugars 1,000 bags of Bengals and a few small parcels of Mauri tius have also been disposed of, but at rather easier rates. Refined goods are steady, but not active.—Bristol Mercury. _ ...... SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. I LORD STANLEY. BECCLES RACES.—TIi UR SDA.Y. 1 If a vacancy in the representation of Lancashire The Gentlemen s Purse of 501. ; the winner to be sold had been occasioned by the death of a Member it is for 1501., &c. Heats, two miles. well known that the Speaker's writ for a new elec- Mr. Ling's Butherem, 4 yrs, 9st (Owner) 1 1 tion could issue immediately, even though the death Mr. Ab!e's Portsoken, 6 yrs, Sst Illb Lord Rendlesham's Maria, .5 yrs, Bst 1016 Mr. Rose's Zara, aged, Bst 121 b 4dr House; b t d s e crea e by an elevation to the Upper Match, 51.; half a mile.—Mr. Lamb's Slow, 12st (Mr. ' i ; and this fact may possibly account for the Land), beat Mr. R. Oswald's Yullow Dwarf, list. Match, 251; half a mile, 7st each.—Mr. Gilbert's , acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds at the last Grapeshot, junior, 2 yrs, beat Mr. Newman's Marmion, moment by Lord St a nl e y. It i s a course w hi ch he 2 yrs (broke down). would probably not have adopted if he had been The Innkeepers Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 10 summoned to the Upper House during a Parlia added, once round, were won in two heats by Mr. mentary session. The mere summons to the Lords Theobald's Pauline, aged, 9st 61b, beating Mr. Rose's does not create a peerage unless a silting takes place Zara, aged, lost 3lb ; M r . Cap on ' s J ac k Tar, aged, under that writ; and as it would be impossible for 9st 61b; and Mr. R. Oswald's Kathleen, aged, 9st 911). i Lord Stanley to take his seat in the Upper House MORPETH RACES.—TIICRSDA Y. I during a recess, the Speaker could receive no official The Gentlem e n' s s u b scr ip t i on m ate of SOL Heats, ' knowledge of a vacancy till the meeting of Parliament two miles. next year, and thus the northern division of Lanca- Sir C. Monck's Flagsnaan, 5 yrs (Cartwright) 1 1 shire would have remained nearly six months without Mr. Cuthbert's Beaufront, 3 yrs 3 dr 1 its full number of representatives. The practice of Mr. Osborne's Boniface, 3 yrs summoning the eld es t son of a Peer to the house of The Hunte rs ' S ta k es o f 5 soya. each, with 2U added. I Gentlem en r id ers . T wo m i les and a halt: Lords during his f a th er ' s li fetime does not, as is Sir C. Monck's Flaggon, 6 yrs Mr. Moore's B agate ll e, 4 yrs 2 condary t i tles of the young Peer's tither be used on Colonel Thompson's Hamlet, aged 3 the occasion ; the eldest son so summoned takes Mr. Braithwaite's Queen of Hearts, 4 yrs 4 rank according to the date, not of the summons, but Mr. Carnegie's Ilygia, aged 5 of the original creation of that title which he thus Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added. Heats, one temporarily shares with his father, without really de mile and a half. nuding the latter of any of the family honours. Th e Mr. J. Osborne's Bonif ace , 3 yrs (Franci s ) 4 1 1 Mr. Powlett's Blindfold, 4 y rs 1 3 3 practice has been frequently adopted i n th e cases of Sir C. Monek's Flaggon, 6 yrs Mr. Ramshay's Sister to Broadwath, 4 yrs Mr. Waring's Saul, aged 2 5 dr Derby in a title which his father did not really pos- ROCHESTER AND CHATHAM RACES. s.ess, had the unexpected effect of creating a new FRIDAY. peerage. This occurred in the year 1627, when the The Gold Cup Stakes of 5 sovs, each, with 40 added. eldest son of the sixth Earl was summoned to the House The winner to be sold for 2004, &c. Heats, one mile of Peers, duri ng hi s father's lifetime, as Baron and a half. Strange. It will-be remembered that Lord Stanley's Mr. Shelly's Lydia Languish, 3 yrs...(Esling) 0 1 1 father, the present Earl of Derby, was also called to Mr. Dcckeray a Dalesman, 3 yrs Mr. Coleman's Devil-among -the-Tailors, 5 yrs 2 2 dr Mr. Wilson's Dart, 5 yrs 0 3 dr central honours of the family. I n th a t case a new Mr. Rolt's H am pt on , 5 yrs was the only title then in the family, f or th e su b or - The West Kent St a k es o f 2 sons. each, and 25 added. The second to receive .51., and the winner to be sold dinate peerages had passed away through the female for 80/. Heats, one mile. (Post entered.) line to the ducal house of Athol' ; his Lordship was Mr. Coleman's Devil-among -the-Tailors, 5 yrs 1 2 1 therefore created, in 1832, Baron Stanley of Bicker- Mr. Monk's Beggar Girl, 4 yrs Mr. Prescott's Paradise, aged 3 0 3 noble Secretary for the Colonies will be summoned to Mr. King's f, by Pincher, d Rowton, 4 yrs ... 0 3 4 the House of Peers, and thus he will be popularly Mr. Wickham's hg by Pincher Se-feral others ran. A fine race. by courtesy in the House of Commons.—Times. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 sons. each, with 40 added, the winner to be sold for 204 and the second save his stake, twice round and a distance, were 'IVOR easily in two heats by Mr. Wadlow's Nora Creina, 6 yrs, beating Mr. Coppard's Spectator, 5 yrs • Mr. Beadon's Palamon, 6 yrs; Mr. Lamb' s Donald Caird; and several others. WEYMOUTH RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Borough Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added, three subs, were won in two heats by Mr. Parr's Nora ('reins, 6 yrs (owner), beating Mr. Lowe's Paul Clifford, 4 yrs, and Mr. King's Mi cu l a , 4 yrs . The Hunters' Stakes of 2 sous. each, with 20 added, five subs., were won in three heats by Mr. Hewitt's Maud, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Southby's Waterloo (won the first heat), 5 yrs, and Mr. Budd's Circe, 6 yrs. The Pony Race for 101., was won in two heats by Mr. Whieldon's Alice Gray, aged, 6st 91h, beating Ceelia and Fidget. 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, Bedford-circus, Exeter, on the 3d inst. He was in the 58th year of his age. 1)r. Mitchell was a man of no ordinary character ; had travelled much, and observed well. He 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, still there was neod 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 lay a long residence in London, and by one intimately acquainted with the history and literature of his nati►e country, and other subjects he illustrated. These ♦olumes, generally accompanied with manuscript descriptions, sre be queathed to the King's College and University of Aber deen, where he was educated, and received the degree of LL.D. TIII7IIBDA.Y.-Mr. Herbert's Ajax walked over for the Queen's Plate, and the races were then postponed to Friday on account of the weather. WESTERN MEETING AT AYR.—TuunsDAT. The Ayr Stakes of 5 sovs. each, pp, with 25 added. Heats, once round and a dia. (5 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Brevity, 4 yrs (Howlett) 1 1 Mr. Dawson's Nightmare, 3 yrs 3 2 Sir J. Boswell's Geneva, 3 yrs 2 3 Plate of 501 for all ages. Heats, one mile and a half. Mr. Ramsay's The Shadow, aged. walked over 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 lit 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. DREADFUL CONFLAGRATION. On Saturday morning, about two o'clock, the whole of th 3 southern part of London was thrown into a state of the utmost excitement, in consequence of the outbreak of a most extensive fire. The premises in which the fire originated was in the occupation of Mr. Cleave Hooper, an extensive tanner and factor, situate in the Spa-road, Bermondsey. The principal building was a warehouse, entirely constructed of wood, termed a barkbarn, having an altitude of 80 feet. It was 60 feet in depth and 100 in length. This was adjoined by the engine and boiling-house, extensive drying lofts, also built of wood, the area in front forming the tan-pits, being covered by an immense roofing. The fire appears to have been discovered at a few mi nutes after two o'clock by the police, but before the con stables had time to communicate the discovery, the flames burst out with frightful violence, encircling the whole of that line of property in a general blaze. In about ten minutes the parish engine of Bermondsey arrived, but some time elapsed before it could be brought into operation. Before then, however, an engine from the brigade station in Southwark-bridge-road, under the charge of Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the southern division of the establishment, and was immediately fol. lowed by the engine from Tooley-street station. In addition to the boiling and engine -house, the fire had extended along the wbole line of drying lofts and work shops, to contiguou. property of the same class belong also a tanner. The engines of the ing to Mr. INV.", brigade, the moment they arrived, were supplied by a good stream of water from the plugs. The firemen used the utmost expedition in getting to work, their attention being wholly directed to the preservation of the warehouse, or bark barn ; the flames, however, beat over from the opposite direction, and attacked the gable end of the building, which instantly ignited. By three o'clock the whole body of the warehouse was one solid mass of fire, and the flames rose, in a huge bulk, to an amazing altitude. A number of other engines of the brigade had by this time reached the scene of desolation, and were arranged in the best possible positions by . Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent. Unfortunately the sup ply of water was so diminished by the great number of engines got early to work, that very few could even tually be kept in play. These were judiciously brought to bear on the remaining portion of Mr. Hooper's pre- mises. The flames in that direction were stopped without doing much damage to the adjoining building. The conflagration, however, had communicated to two stacks of tan in the yard at the back of the tan-pits ; thence to the stabling, and lastly to another large bark warehouse at the back of Mr. Hooper's bark barn, then burned down the property of Messrs. Easton, tanners and factors, approached by the same inlet as that which led to the premises of Mr. Hooper. Immediately the disco very was made, two engines were taken round and got to work, and all possible exertions were made to stop the further progress of the fire. This was accomplished as far as had reference to the outside of the bark stored there ; but the fire having penetrated the heart of the immense pile, it still continues to burn, and it is sup.. posed that it will continue to do so for several days to come. Up to ten o'clock the fire was still raging, although it had a considerable time previously been so far checked, as to guarantee that it would extend no further. The amount of property destroyed was currently re ported to be at least 20,0001., but at present, of course, we have no means of obtaining a real estimate. SIR ROBERT AND LADY SALE.—These distin guished individuals arrived in Londonderry on Tuesday. Immediately on their debarkation they were received by a large number of respectable persons on the quay with cheers and other demonstrations of respectful welcome. They had been accompanied from Portrush by Sir R. Bateson, Castrues ; Col. Cairnes, KG., and other gen tlemen, who interested themselves in the cordial wel come so deservedly prepared for the gallant general and his lady. The worshipful the mayor (William Haslett, Esq.), accompanied Sir Robert Sale to the house of John Dysart, Esq., in Shipquay-street, to whom the hero of Jellalabad is on a visit. The joy-bells rang merrily through the day, and successive peals of artillery re sounded from the walls at intervals. The vessels in the harbour were decorated :with flags in honour of Sir Robert Sale's arrival. Sir Robert Sale will be enter tained at as sumptuous a banquet as Derry can afford, on Friday next, in Corporation Hall, where be will be met by as many gentry of the district as the Hall will ac commodate, and a ball will be given in honour of Lady Sale on the Tuesday evening following. SIGNS WINTER.—On Sunday evening a large flock of wild geese passed over Chesterfield, on their way, it is supposed, to the fens of Lincolnshire. Such a circumstance at this early period of the season was hardly ever known ; and it is considered to forebode an early and severe winter.—Notts Review. It ia stated that the wheats in this county, where they have been got up hard and dry, weigh from 63 to 651bs. per bushel, and the quality is bold and handsome. —Chelmsford Chronicle. VAUXHALL GARDENS.—The portals of the " Royal Property" are to be opened once more, and for the last time, ere this splendid and favourite place of entertain ment is razed to the ground, it having been decreed that it shall yield to the " march of brick and mortar" now proceeding at such a rapid pace in itsvicinity. A grand Indian equestrian entertainment is to be produced on Monday afternoon, under the direction of Mr. Catlin, when the loways will be encamped in their " wigwams" both night and day in the inclosure of the gardens known as the " Waterloo Ground," and which, from its now being covered with grass, and surrounded by trees and shrubs, completely resemblil an Indian prairie. The warriors and chiefs of the party will appear on horse back, in saddles and trappings of their own manufacture, and give their mode of warfare by exhibiting a slim fight, in which their actions delineate the mode of ap proaching an enemy by hunting their track, and in tracing them up, skulking after them, and at last, when the war whoop is sounded, of rushing on the attack. They will also give the war, eagle, scalp, and other dances--dis play their skill in shooting with the bow and arrow, and exhibit their ball play, &c. In the event of unpropitious weather, the entertainment will take place in the Ro tunda Theatre. A REASON AGAINST A RAILWAT.—One of the hotel keepers at Bowness, Windermere, declared that they . did not want a railway to the Lakes, " because it will increase the number of visitors, and they are already so full they don't know what to do"—like the fat boy, blubbering over his pudding, because he couldn't eat any more !—Railway Record. When Lord Nelson first appeared at the levee at St. James's, after losing his arm, his Majesty, acknow ledging his great services, added, "but your country has a claim for a bit more of you."—Life of Lord Eldon. 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. BEavvicK.—The herring fishing of last week may be said to have been good, as moat 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. MYSTZRIOUS DEATH.—On Friday morning at 9 o'clock Mr. 'l'. 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 corer 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, Pun 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 had 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 he 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 bo procured. ROBBERY TO THE AMOUNT OF UPWARDS Or 1,3001. —A most mysterious and extensive robbery was com mitted on Thursday afternoon last ; the following are the particulars :—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 back 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, aed at three in the after noon of the day above alluded to he was intrusted with between 1,300/. and 1,400 L, nearly 900/. of which was in gold and salver, 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 of bag, it' when Reeve, having taken possession jumped upon an omnibus which was waiting in As per sons also soon as the d th anda e l oa m s o e s l t ve a s t the same sa th m e e time five o outside. Reeve had taken his place, he was cal led to b y a gentle man holding a high situation in n th rdi e companywho wished to speak to him, and he a less accordingly than a minute hengl alighted,' leaving his bag on the roof , and in resumed his seat. The omnibus then proceeded on, 2nd two of the five passengers got down, Ed gw after e .ot ridingrt Thebut a short distance, in Chapel-street, other three alightednteeavreßalekfetr-ist and madetreet. On the the vehicle reaching theleßsansk., Reeve Glyn's, when it was di scovered that his way to Asr 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. C o ll ar d , S uper i ntendent of the Railway Companys Police, and other officers, are actively engaged on the subject. THE SURREY TOLLS. —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, we believe, of the late Dr. Markham, Archbishop of York, died on T ues d ay , at t h e R ectory, Clif ton , Notts. lie was rector of Clifton, near Nottingham, vicar of Cain borough, and canon residentiary of York. The Rev. Gentleman WIN only in his thirty-ninth year. 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 L a dy C aro li ne M urray, an d t h e 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, and 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 Saxe Coburg and His Grace th e D u k e of Wellington, Gotha. 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 Cif 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, Tie. : Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Lord Steward. The Lord Chamberlain. The QUEEN, His Royal Highness leading her Royal Hi g h ness the Princess Roy a l. the Prince of Prussia. 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 Mecklen- Duchess of Gloucester. burgh Strelite. 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 Meck lenburgh Strelitz. Master of the Horse. Lady of the Bedchamb er i n W a i t i ng. Maids of Honour in Waiting. Bedchamber Woman in Waitin; 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 th• H. R. H. Prince Albert. Queen. Groom of the Bedchamber Groom in Waiting to the to 11. R. 11. Prince Albert. Queen. Equerry in Waiting to Equerry in Waiting to the 11. 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 th• 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, aid wore the ribbon of the same Prussian order of knight hood as the Prince of Prussia. The Hereditary Grand Duke of Meeklenburgh Stre• lits 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 Berl Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Rent, 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, L o rd hgne: Wh arnc liffe, the Duke of Buccleuch, Sir Robe r t P ee l , the Earl of Aberdeen , Lord Stanley, Sir James G ra h am, t t o k n, e C L h n a r n d c G el r l o a r nv o i f ll t e h s e n tx e c r l s i n ezu a e n r d , the Earl Earl of Edward bull, all of whom wore the full-dress official costume, with the exception of the Duke of Bucclepch and the Earl of in lladdington, the f ormer appearing his uniform as Captain of the Royal Scottish Archers, ai and the latter e ou a t C s o , m fo b r e m rm in e g re w earing the uniform o f a L ord-Lie utenant. Viscount Gold Sti c k i n W a iti ng , t h e Hon. Colonel C aven di s h , and others of the visitors, with the V a is t:n n dnt the suites of the Royal Family, Usher The to service the Swor d then commenced State. Young, Garter, an d S i r William Martins, Gentleman were arranged on e i ther side of the Chapel by Sir Charles nun with the performance of " 0 be joyful"—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 banded the infant Prince to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who solemnised the rite of baptism, the Duke of Cambridgenaming his Royal 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 Handers Hallelujah chorus from " Judas Maccabeus. The Archbishop of Canterbury then pronounced al. benediction. The gentlemen of St. George's Choir, assisting on this occasion were—Messrs. French, Mitchell, Bridge water, Mudge, Harris, Foster, and Winterbottom, 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 rrinew of Pruseia, and the other royal personages, re- LTA y _Tr gSP!, be P c° idis °l till be. X 0 66 of of rrug e be O E I 101 out Laid gv° rorkt, jot - 0 5 , 4 4 1 15 8 19 14 ;