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that unanimity of feeling pervaded all around.— (Cheers.) The time of evening was come when length ened orations would not be appropriate ; and it was diffi cult to enter upon that large question of general education and the diffusion of knowledge without dwel ling longer upon their attention than he was entitled to do, and rendering himself liable to the charge of re peating what had been already better said than he could say it by speakers that had preceded him. There was one point, however, upon which he would touch, viz., the effect which the public taste for literature had upon authors. The author now rested, not upon the patron age of the great, but on the solid rock of public opinion. It was now no longer necessary to court the great by servile dedications, as in the days of Dryden —literary works were launched upon the world depending on nought but their own merits. They were addressed to that best of tribunals—public opinion ; whose permanent approval would only fall on those works which deserved to be enduring.—(Cheers.) The Athenaeum, whose interest they were met to support, - was an institution eminently calculated to diffuse a taste for literature and science amongst its members. Its in fluence must be beneficial.—(Cheers.) Many of their educational institutions bad not succeeded to the extent which could be wished.—(Hear.) Some did not much serve the class for whom they were intended, though otherwise beneficial—as the mechanics' institutes—to which few mechanics belonged.—(hear.) Others had allowed themselves to be diverted from the object for which they were established. The Manchester Athe 'swum was secure from most of the dangers which had visited many kindred institutions.—(Hear.) It had sprung from the spontaneous exertions of its first sup _ porters. It leaned not on the frail reed of patronage— (Cheers)—but on the independent spirit, the energies of . its own members.—(Cheers.) That was the solid foun dation which would render its structure permanent. The constitution of the Athenaeum, to use the words of . the excellent report which had been read, was demo - cratic.—(Hear.) The members had the government of the society to which they belonged—the library was open to works of varied kinds, science and literature, the gravest and the lighteeet. Some other institutions were managed by strangers ; their libraries were restricted to particular WCIAS to suit the taste or caprice of persons an authority ; the subscribers had not the free choice of .theheoks they might desire to peruse. All these re strictions were adverse to the full benefit which society would derive from better and more liberal organiza tions. How many of our charitable endowments had been permitted to be misapplied—(Loud cheers)—and classes had the benefit of endowments they were never intended to enjoy.--(Cheers.) It was, however, a happy reflection that the prejudice against education and the diffusion of knowledge amongst the humblest classes was passing away. If we search the records of the past what strange jealousies have existed upon the subject of the spread of . learning ! those jealousies have found place in minds of the most exalted as well as the most humble. —(Hear, hear.) We find men of high degree despising knowledge, bece.ase it might be accessible to all—(Hear, hear)—and 'ine humble. fromsome indefinable dread re jecting. * s'ne teaching of the schoolmaster. Shakspeare we, described these feelings when he makes Jack Cade— (A laugh)—say to Lord Say, " Thou hest most trai torously corrupted the youth of the realm in creating a grammar-school ;—(Laughter)—and, whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou has caused printing to be used ; and, contrary to the King, his crown, and dignity, thou hest built a paper-mill."—(Laughter.) Those days have passed away.—(Cheers.) The men of all political and religious creeds now argued the refining influence of intellectual pursuits, and with education we shall become a better and a happier people.—(Cheers.) lie cordially wished prosperity to the Manchester Athenaeum. Might similar institutions spring up over the length and breadth of the land, extending their benefits to the remotest districts. Let us hope that with the progress of education there will be aroused a desire to acquire knowledge amongst all classes, and that the humblest artisan and the rudest peasant may be brought under the humanizing influence of intellectual and moral culture. Then will the sacred maxim e honour all men" be a living reality—(Hear)— and England will become as remarkable for the mutual teepee; gentle mancers, and social happiness pervading her families, from the exalted to the lowly, as she is now eminent for that manufacturing skill and commercial en terprise which has placed her in the elevated position which she now-holds amongst-the nations of the earth. Mr. D'IsRAELI then reserailid said—My Hon. Friend who last, addressed you leasltlitated very justly upon the advantageous position whreiV•inodern authors occupy in contradistinction to those iiltb'flourished a century back. We are honoured to-nightbfthe presence of the youngest and not the least successful of the authors of the new generation.—(Cheers.) -116 is the last literary Knight that has entered into' the tilt. lam sufficiently ac quainted with his opinions to know that he prefers very much the modern practice to the old one. Ile has almost this moment arrived among us, and quitted the Continent for the pleasure of making your acquaintance. I have now the pleasure of introducing to you Mr. Seirreee, M.P., who said—lt is with no ordinary diffidenee that I venture to address you upon this occa sion. It would be at all times a difficult matter to speak to an assembly thus attended by distinguished men, thus presided over by genius, and thus superintended by beauty.—(Cheers.) But I am less unnerved by the ex ternal splendour of this fair pageant than by the thought, the idea, the elevated principle of which it is the ex pression. You represent a great necessity. It seems to me that you, the men of Manchester, have determined to do honour to literature, in a land where literature has too long been neglected. It seems to me that with a spirit worthy of a younger . and freer age, you have resolved to proffer to the author and the man of letters is reward of a simpler and less sordid character than the pay of this newspaper or the hire of that review. Or with yet more profound and far-sighted intentions you may haye resolved to redress the anomalies of a country, which is governed by its journals, but where the names of its journalists are never mentioned ; of a country where by the most unhappy of conversions it is the inventions which make the fortune, and it is the inventors who starve.—(Great cheering.) Of a country where, if a man of science aspires to its highest honours—the suffrages of his fellow-citizens--that man of science will poll by units, where the mere politician polls by hundreds.—(Cheers.) And it seems especially meet, and right, and fitting, that you, the men of Man chester, should correct these evils, because there is an old, an intimate, and natural alliance between literature and commerce.—(Cheers.) it is in virtue of this, alli ance that you cannot but regard with sympathy the ho visage which you see done by foreigners to letters. Why, the very Ambassadors whom they send to this Court are adi many reproaches to our neglect of them. Who is the Ambassador from Russia ? A man who has risen by his pen. Who from Sweden ? The historian of Bri tish India.—(Cheers.) Who from Prussia ? A pro fessor. Who from Belgium ? A man who has risen by literature. Who from France ? An author and an his torian.—(Cheers.) Who • from America ? An author and professor.—(Cheers.) But it requires no extraor dinary spell of divination to prophecy to the literature which shall derive its impulse from such a meeting as the Present—which shall result from such incentives—. which shall be fostered an encouraged by such sympathy as yours, a destiny yet more lasting and auspicious, be cause as it will not be patronised by monarchs, nor fashioned by nobles, nor confined by prejudice, so it will be free, independent, universal, and tolerant commerce. --(Loud cheers.) It is, therefore, only natural, that with this idea of this meeting, I should feel a diffidence, and, when I find myself, as it were, face' to face with a great thought, which carries me down among future generations into the very pre sence of immortality, that with that there mingles something of astonishment. My feelings, to compare small things to great, are those which David Hume deicribes in his remarkabyeletter to Gibbon, on reading his history :---" Forgive me," he says, " if I have read your work with as much surprise as admiration; because at has appeared to me that, while we in Scotland have done great things for literature, you in England have surrendered yourselves to absurd and barbarous factions." —(Cheers.) This meeting is an earnest and a guarantee that these absurdities shall cease, and these barbarities have an end.—(Loud cheers.) But here, even in this pleasant hour of convivial intercourse, when men of all parties and all shades of opinion are met to interchange the amenities, and courtesitss;and fair civilities of life, it is impossible not to remember how many and how illus trious have been the victims of these absurdities, these barbarities,—or, what is worse, these vulgarities of our party warfare. Remember the fate of our last great men. Remember how he was proscribed as an adventurer, because he was born to no hereditary fortune; and then, when the gentle judging and the generous— when men with large thoughts and fine feelings—when the few rallied round him against the many—he was again branded and proscribed, because they were a few, as et caballer and intriguer. Remember hew in high life his views were thwarted, his spirit cowed, his heart broken—how he halted to his grave— and then you will understand how, through calumny and misconstruction—through such men's envy, and the insults of men yet smaller—lie must often have pined for some such neutral ground as this, to which his harassed spirit might have flown away, and been at rest. And how, in the prospect of a happier hour, of advanc ing toleration, such as this meeting affords—even with such eloquence as we have heard to-day—there are few among us, noiv that fifteen' years have passed over his grave, who will hesitate to exclaim with me—" Oh, for one hour of George Canning l"—(Loud cheers.) But oven among those who hear me there may be some who think that I am stating results too grave and too im portant.-to this meetit b ne in thus speaking o f a d vanc i ng toleration ; , there may be some who argue it a mere communication, and nothing more. Such I think no thoughtful opinion ; because it is impossible to study our history for the , last half-century, and not perceive that Manchester has always been foremost in the great work of national advancement. It is not because you did as much, perhaps, as all our subsidies, or all our arms, in our long war with Napoleon—it is not because, since the peace, you have donis far more than all our Mi nisters to promote the common wealth—but it seems to me that you who have carried your national tri umphs to the remotest corners of the earth, have yet remembered that there was another world to conquer. Nor will your triumphs in the spiritual world be less remarkable. Because, that same creative power which in the world of action is called invention, and minis ters to man, this same creative power in the world of thought is called genius, and governs and provides for man. But in either sphere, whether of thought or action, it is your- high and holy mission to benefit mankind.— (Cheers.) There is nothing small, nothing selfish, nothing partial, nothing exclusive in the temper of British commerce.—(Cheers.) It was out of a spirit as Catholic that the humanities first spran g. It will be o ut of a temper no less Catholic th at here, i n the he e e d tr n o n p e olis %-! -,g„tiF,,be,nt.p_rprise, great thi ngs will again 76;764_ !FVn at the risk of fatiguing you I will illtistrate nay meaning. There is a city which is the common birthplace of free commerce and free Bura tto*. It was at lifoyence, is a time of darktiess and op- k7t7 .1 4 it.") ! 14 \?, pression, that a simple citizen arose—strong in the might of justice, strong in the despair of the many, strong in the very wickedness of the Jew—to confront the knightly highwaymen who exacted toll upon every article that passed through their domains. That simple citizen was seconded by an enlightened sovereign— pledged to just principles of trade. That simple citizen and that enlightened sovereign prevailed. They laid the foundations of free commerce—l use the word in no party sense—the foundation of the Rhenish and the Hanseatic leagues ' • and the ruins of those mighty fortresses upon the borders of the Rhine, still inform the traveller what is the fate of the unjust.—(Cheers.) But what followed? Out of the spirit thus awakened—out of the light thus kindled—out of free commerce have sprung free letters.—(Cheers.) In the same Mayence Guttenberg discovered printing.—(Cheers.) Thus the destruction of monopolies in trade proved the destruction of monopolies in knowledge.—(Cheers.) Here, then, in a country ruled over by an enlightened Sovereign, not less alive, let us hope, than his Lordship of Hapsburg, to the misery of her poorer subjects—here, with merchant princes around—here, animated by an inspiration not less magnificent than was Walpolden—there shall be for Manchester the renown which was of old for 11fayence. Because your ships and vessels are laden not alone with bales of cloths and cottons, but with goods which have neither a declared nor an official value, you carry with you truths from this free island which tend to elevate the character of man. You carry with you principles which tend to unite all nations in one fair confraternity of reciprocal assistance.—(Cheers.) And when, out of a spirit thus Catholic, out of a power thus universal, that old world shall have received another of those moral shocks which, like printing and steam, threw it onwards on its career ; when it shall be one stage nearer its goal ; when civilization shall be one hour from its me ridian, it will be remembered that this meeting had its share in the work of progress.—(Cheers.) For here, too, at this very moment, we are publishing the banns for a marriage which represents the primeval alliance between the matter and the spirit. For this too is a bridal between matter and spirit ; between the industry which has overspread the earth, as the waters cover the seas, and that intellect which is young, and which, by God's blessing, shall remain pure.—(Loud cheers.) The CHAIRMAN next proposed the health of Mr. Row land Hill, the author of the penny postage, which was drunk with cheers, and responded to by that gentleman, who proposed the health of the Pretident of the Athe naeum, Mr. Atherton, and the two secretaries, Messrs. Berlyn and Watkin, who had ':one so much to promote the interests of the institution. Mr. TORRENS 3sI'CULLOCII .‘econded the motion, in doing so he congratulated the meeting upon the fact, that instead of complimenting the late Dr. Dalton by erecting a monument to his memory, they were going to expend the money in founding a professorship in that science of which that great man was so distinguished an ornament. The resolution having been unanimously carried, Mr. WATKINS returned tnanks, and moved that Mr. Atherton, President of the Athenaeum, take the chair. Mr. Atherton, having taken the chair, The Mayor of MANCHESTER (Mr. Alexander Kay) rose to propose a vote of thanks to Mr. Disraeli. He knew not, he said, in what terms to express his thanks to that distinguished gentleman. He could only entreat of the meeting that they would, by their loud acclaim, satisfy him that they, at least, offered their thanks with the utmost sincerity. however much their mouthpiece had failed in giving expression to their feelings. He hoped that in some of the works which would doubtless proceed from their gifted chairman, he would, in some of his philosophical discussions,bring out this remarkable cir cumstance—that, at this era, large assemblages of peo ple could be collected together for literary objects, when, if mere singing and dancing were presented as the prin cipal attraction, they would hardly have seen as many hundreds.—(Hear, hear.) He was the more induced to allude to this point when he referred to Mr. Disraeli's works in 1834, in which be laid it down that " the Phi losophical Society of Manchester was in a state of ambi guous existence." If this could be said of the Manches ter Philosophical Society in 1834, when Dr. Dalton was its president, it was a peculiarly fortunate circumstance that Mr. Disraeli was present that he might ascertain the effects which bad since been produced, and which might hereafter be expected. He begged to propose that the marked and most cordial thanks of the meeting be given to Mr. Disraeli for his kindness in taking the chair, and he would take the liberty of adding, for the able manner in which he had discharged the duties devolving upon him.—(G reat cheers.) Mr. JAMES HEYWOOD seconded the motion. He con sidered that thanks were due to Mr. Disraeli from the whole community of Manchester, to whom he had given such valuable information that evening. He reminded the meeting that in the pages of " Coningsby" Mr. Disraeli had represented the manufacturer as a person to be honoured and respected, and he contended that that gentleman had raised himself on the mystic ladder to which he had himself alluded, and pliced himself above the ordinary race of men.—(Loud cheers.) The vote of thanks was carried by acclamation, Mr. Cobden acting as fugleman, and the entire meeting rising and giving nine enthusiastic rounds of applause. Mr. ATHICRTON, in acquainting Mr. Disraeli with the nature of the compliment just paid him, said that that gentleman had the thanks of the whole body of directors and subscribers to the Athenmum for his kindness in presiding, and . his ability in discharging his onerous duties, and that the kind suggestions and recommenda tions of the various speakers would receive the most careful consideration of the committee. Mr. D'lsaAma rose amid loud cheers to reply. He said he had to offer them his thanks for the distinguished manner in which they had paid him this high compli ment. It was, in his opinion, the greatest distinction that man could receive when he received the approbation of a refined community of his fellow-citizens. He aspired to no more. He desired no more. He thought if he had attained that result, he had attained a great prize. And, far from believing that he was entitled to it, all that he would say was, that he was determined to en deavour to deserve it.—(Cheers.) He remembered with the zieepest interest the casual circumstances under which they first made each other's acquaintance. He was deeply sensible of the honour which they had done him in requesting that be would preside over their meeting that evening ; and in offering him their thanks for the manner in which he had ful filled the duties of that office, they had conferred upon him an honour and an obligation that, when he returned to his home, he should cherish—which, in public life, he should often recur to for animation and support—which he never should forget—and which, he trusted, might inspire him to conduct that would never forfeit their regard and their respect.—(Great cheering.) Mr. COBDEN then rose and said, that they were honoured on that occasion with the presence of their worthy Chairman's lady, and he thought, in the name of the ladies present, he might call upon the gentlemen to rise and give three cheers for Mrs. Disraeli. The call was enthusiastically responded to, Mrs. Disraeli rising and repeatedly acknowledging the com pliment. Mr. DISRAELI said he was very sorry indeed to tres pass upon the meeting again. He thought a year at least might transpire before he should have had that honour. But Mrs. Disraeli, who was extremely grati fied with the distinguished honour, desired him to say, that there was only one circumstance could gratify her more, and that was, that they should clear the room as soon as possible, and commence dancing. —(Laughter.) The room was accordingly cleared, and dancing was continued until a late hour. THE KENTISH RAILWAY.—The London division of this proposed railway has, within the last few days, been materially modified. Instead of using the Green wich line, it is proposed to diverge at Greenwich, and, passing by New-cross, Peckham, Camberwell, Kenning ton, and Lambeth, reach Waterloo-bridge, and there join the proposed extension of the South-Western Rail way. This extension will, it is estimated, cost half a million, and the capital is accordingly increased to 2,250,0001. Parties who have subscribed to the original scheme may withdraw or modify their connection with the project. The return is calculated at 74 per cent.— Railway Record. CHATHAM DOCK -YARD, OCT. 4. —Yesterday the following removals and promotious were received at the office of the Captain-Superintendent, Capt. William Henry Sherriff, from the Admiralty, commencing first with Mr. J. Fincham, master shipwright of this yard, who is appointed master shipwright of Portsmouth yard, vice Blake, superannuated ; Mr. W. Edge, master ship wright at Davenport, appointed master shipwright at Chatham, vice Fincharn ; Mr. C. Willcox, master ship wright's assistant of this yard, is appointed to the same office in Deptford yard, and Mr. 0. Lang, junior acting master shipwright's assistant at Deptford, appointed master shipwright's assistant at this yard. Mr. W. M. Rice, foreman of this yard, is appointed master ship wright's assistant at Portsmouth, vice Sturdie, superan nuated. Mr. Babb, acting foreman of the yard at De vonport, is appointed foreman of this Dock-yard at Chatham, vice Rice. promoted. Mr. J. Wyatt, acting foreman of this ys. , • ' appointed foreman, vice Reed, promoted to assistant foreman at Woolwich-yard, vice Abethell, promoted to master shipwright. The Thunder, surveying vessel, Comm9nier Barnett, is taken into dock again to ce-nn!ote making good her defects, and fitting for sea. The Duck has been re coppered, and defects made good, and was put out of dock on Tuesday, and sailed this day with stores for Woolwich and Dept ford yards: AR - RIVAL OF HER MAJESTY'S STITD.-011 Friday afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, the Dundee, Perth, and London Shipping Company's splendid steam-ship Dundee, Captain James Kidd, arrived at Here's steam packet wharf, Wapping, from Dundee. She brought nearly a full complement of first and second cabin pas sengers, not a few of whom required the kindly aid of Mr. Robertson, the steward, during the passage. The stewardess was not less attentive. The tempestuous weather on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, caused many sojourners in the Perthshire Highlands for the past three weeks, and who were passengers south ward by the Dundee, to disgorge everything their stomachs contained of Scottish hospitality. For a time, royalty, as well as loyalty to the sovereign, was altoge ther forgotten; but "Athol brose," along with other effective medicine, administered by Mr. Robertson, the steward, speedily effected a cure. The demand for soda water, by a privileged few to the kindlier considerations of the landlord of the inn of Blair Athol, was unprece dented, at least, we have so been informed by one of the passengers. The Dundee brought, and landed in safety, at Hore's commodious steam-packet wharf, her Majesty's stud, consisting of sixteen carriage and saddle horses, along with her favourite mountain pony, and Prince Al bert's two shooting Highland ponies. The shaggy ap pearance of the hitherto dwellers of the mountain and the glen, contrasted curiously with the royal stud. The Dundee also brought five of the royal carriages. The worthy and highly-respected commander of the Dundee (Mr. iiidd) gained the individual encomiums of his nu merous and highly respectable passengers, for his ur banity and attention during the passage. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 5. IN THE MATTER OF JOHN MYNDE COOKE. This insolvent, a young man who had been an attorney in Clifford-street, Bond• street, was opposed by Mr. E. James, on the part of a Mr. Hugh Strat ford Stratford, Mr. Thomas Flight, the money-lender, and others. He was supported by Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. C. Smith. Mr. Bagley represented some creditors who were favourable to the application. The present was the first case of a prisoner heard under the new Act. The insolvent had been five months in the Queen's Prison, and was brought up on a warrant granted by Mr. Commissioner Evans. The case occupied nearly three hours, and disclo-ed some peculiar gambling transactions. The debts on the schedule were set forth at 40,9891. 10s. 3d., in chiding a sum of 24,0001. on a qui tarn action for gambling. The credits were 1.7891 195., inclu ling Lord Huntingtower as a debtor. The complaint was that the insolvent had improperly contracted a debt with Mr. Flight, the money-lender, and that the general character of hisschedule called upon the court to refuse his application on his interim order. It appeared that the insolvent began business as an attorney in 1842, and concluded in May, 1843, in which month an in junction in Chancery was obtained to restrain the negotiation of bills of exchange accepted by Mr. Hugh Stratford Stratford, who now opp Ted. By the admissions made by the insolvent it was proved that Mr. Stratford had played at hazard and blind hookey with a sporting man named Coglan, whom he met at Chelmsford, and lost 10,8431., for which he gave his acceptances. Stratford, Coglan, and a female played when the insolvent " played." The insolvent won 5,0001. of Coglan, and 4001. of Stratford, and he (the insolvent) got from Coglan 4,5001. of the accept ances given by Stratford for the large sum lost to Coglan of upwards of 10,0001. He denied that he had " shared" the winnings with Coglan. Two of the 1,0001. bills were discounted by Flight for 1,6441., the rest being deducted as interest on short dates. The principal question was the representations made to obtain the discount, and on that point the evidence was very conflicting. It was stated that the insolvent had represented that he had the bills from his client to get discounted, as he was about to marry a Baro net's daughter, and required some money ; and it was sworn by him, and confirmed by a clerk, who heard through a " canvas partition," that he mentioned that they were given - for a gambling affair. Two wit nesses on each side gave the version stated. Mr. Commissioner Evaris eventually held that the debt had been contracted in fraud, and that he gave evidence to the statement of the creditor. The very reason in the case showed that a person would not state that the bills were given for a gambling debt, as that would prevent the recovery of the amount. He should refuse the application. Mr. JAMES asked the court to dismiss the petition, which was resisted on the statement that the bona fide debts were under 1,0001., and some of the creditors wished the property in the case to be protected. The COURT acquiesced, and instead of dismissing the petition, refused to name a day for the final order. Mr. SMITH asked the court to name a distant day when the insolvent might again appear. He had al ready been five months in confinement. The COURT refused the application, and the insolvent was remanded to prison. WESTMINSTER SESSIONS. THE QUEEN V. MYERS AND OTHERS. On Saturday Abraham Myers (alias Samuel Myers), Mary Smith (alias Mary Johnson), and Elizabeth Nelson, surrendered to receive the judgment of the Court for keeping a house of ill-fame in the parish of St. George, Hanover-square. The defendant Myers was sentenced to three months imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour, and to enter into his own recognisances on his discharge in the sum of 1001., and to find two responsible housekeepers to be bound in the sum of 501. each, for his good be • haviour for the ensuing twelve months. The sen tence of Mary Smith was that she be kept to hard labour in the same gaol for two months, and on her discharge to find two sureties of 501. each, to be answerable for her good behaviour for twelve months. Elizabeth Nelson was sentenced to one month, with hard labour, in the same gaol, and to enter into, on her discharge, her own recognizances of 201., and to fincl, two 101. bail for her good conduct for twelve months. THE QUEEN V. MOSES DAVIS THE YOUNGER. This was a similar case to the others, and the de fendant was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the House of Correction, with hard labour, and on his discharge to find two sureties, to be bound for his good behaviour for twelve months, in the sum of 501. each, and to enter into his own recognizance of 1001. THE QUEEN V. VINCENT HOWARD. The defendant in this case was willing to give up the keys of the house, and to do all he could to abate the nuisance. He was discharged with a nominal fine of is. THE QTJEBN V. WOODRIDGE, HARRIS, DRAHAM, AND GALE. In these cases the learned counsel said the parties could not be found, but they had abated the nuisances, and he was willing that the recognizances should be discharged.—Discharged accordingly. THE QUEEN V. RACHEL STURGEON AND ELIZABETH' FRANKLIN. The defendants were convicted on the same day of a like offence, and were out on bail, but had not made their appearance when their names were called over. Their recognizances were, therefore, ordered to be estreated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John Thompson, a person advanced in years, of very respectable appearance, was brought before Mr. Maltby for final examination, charged with having committed several small thefts at' the stands in' the Pantheon Bazaar. Miss Joice said she attended a stand in the bazaar. On Monday afternoon her attention having been at tracted by a slight noise at her stand, she was induced to look into a rosewood tea- caddy, and she then missed the cut glass sugar•bason. As she was quite certain the prisoner must have taken it, she followed him until he turned into a room belonging to the porters, the door of which she locked, and then went in search of one of the constables who are in attendance at the bazaar. The sugar-bason was afterwards found in the room in which the prisoner had been detained. Brown, one of the porters, said he examined the prisoner, but found nothing on his person. On look ing about the room he found the sugar-bason con cealed in a pail of water which stood behind the pri soner. In defence, the prisoner said he had been wounded in the head some years back, and this ren dered him at times wholly unconscious of his acts. He was fully committed. There were two small silver-tipped bottles found in the cell in which the prisoner had been placed, both of which had been stolen from another stand in the same bazaar. These being identified, they were ordered to be delivered to the owners. Inspector Aggs said he had been misled with re spect to the prisoner, as far as his former statement, that he would turn out to be a well-known thief, was concerned. He had, however ascertained that the prisoner was known to the police as having been con corned in swindling practices. WORSHIP-STREET. Four well-dresssed persons, named Henry Miller, Sarah Dewar, and Thomas and William Smith, alias Apsells, with a host of other aliases, father and son, were brought up for re-examination before Mr. Broughton, charged with having feloniously obtained possession of a quantity of :miscella neous articles, the property of different trades people in all parts of the metropolis. The prisoners were said to form part of an extensive and organised gang of swindlers, who for some time past had pur sued their depredations with remarkable fact and in genuity, and the court was crowded with tradesmen to prefer charges against them. It appeared that about three weeks ago the two first-named persons hired a house, situate No. 1, Peter's Cottages, Hammersmith, and immediately on establishing themselves sent round orders to the tradesmen in the neighbourhood for goods of every description, which were executed with all the alacrity and promptitude usually manifestedon such occasions. At the expiration of a fortnight theprisoners suddenly broke up their establishment and clandestinely re moved the whole of the property, but the police, after incessant exertions, succeeded in tracing them to a house in Harvey-street, Hoxton ' where they also found the other two prisoners, and conveyed them all to the station house. A vast quantity of miscella neous property was found at the house and taken pos session of by the police. It was proved in evidence that the elder prisoner Smith had personally super intended the removal of thegoods to the house in Har vey-street, and that the younger Smith delivered up to the landlord the key of the cottage at Hammer smith a few days after the flight of the other pri soners. The prisoners were remanded upon a charge of fraudulently obtaining a quantity of bonnets, the property of Mr. Peat, a straw-bonnet manufacturer at Hammersmith, and the following additional charges were yesterday proceeded with. Mr. Barker, a furniture dealer, at Hammersmith, stated that about a fortnight ago the prisoner Miller called at his place of business, and gave him an order for furniture, to the amount of between 301. and 401., for the house in Peter's Cottages, which he said he had just taken for a term of three years. The goods were accordingly sent in, but on calling, according to appointment, for his money on the 25th ult., he found the house shut up, and that the prisoner had ab sconded. Mr. Barnes, an ironmonger at Hammersmith, and several other tradesmen, identified the prisoner Miller as having victimised them under similar cir cumstances. Sergeant Dubois stated that bariagreceivedpoitive information that the elder Smith had lately taken a t, i house at Upper Mitcham, in the name of Richard Ap sell, he' proceeded thither on Friday, and searched the place, where he found a large quantity of new dresses and other 'articles, corresp aiding with similar articles which had been fraudulently obtained from different tradesmen. He also found a large mass of written documents, some of which were agreements for houses taken in different names, for various terms of years, in all parts of London. Some of these docu menti related to one Joseph Price, who had been en gaged in extensive swindling transactions, at a house in Cambridge Heath-road, and he was prepared with evidence to prove that the said Joseph Price and the elder Smith were one and the lame person. Mr. James Kipling, clerk to Messrs. Truman and Co., tea-dealers, in Coleman. street, identified the elder Smith as having obtained goods to the amount of 50t, from the firm, in the name of Joseph Price, of Cambridge-heath-road, on which occash)n he gate a reference to a Mr. Dewar, of Ashford-street, Baton, whom the witness identified as the prisoner Miller. Sergeant Dubois said that the prisoner Smith had opened no less than seven different shops, in as many different names, within the last twelvemonth, and it allowed further time he would bring forward nume rous other charges against them. Mr. Duncombe, who attended on behalf of the pri soners, .Submitted that no case whatever had been made out against them ; but Mr. BROUGHTON said he was clearly of opinion that a case of constructive felony had been established, and he should remand all the prisoners for another week. UNION-HALL. Johnson, a young man of genteel appearance, was brought up on remand from Wednesday, charged with stealing several silver spoons and other silver articles from different coffee-houses and taverns in the metropolis. Owing to the publicity given to the charge against the prisoner on Wednesday, on which occasion he took two silver table-spoons from the house of Mrs. Hubbard, a pastrycook in the Wal worth-road, and substituted two metal ones in their places, the court was literally crammed with tavern and hotel-keepers from different parts of the town. Mr. Jones, the proprietor of the Three Tuns tavern, St. Margaret's-hill, Southwark, stated that on Satur day, the 21st ult., the prisoner walked into his coffee room, ordered a roast partridge for dinner, and talked very familiarly about his acquaintance with some wealthy hop merchants in the Borough. He then countermanded the order for a partridge, and ordered a mutton-chop, and having taken some sherry negus, left the house, and soon after his departure a silver spoon, a salt spoon, together with a silver mustard pot and spoon, were missed. Mr. Jones had no doubt as to the prisoner's identity. The landlord of the Golden Cross, Charing cross, stated that the prisoner dined at that house on Thurs day ; he had dinner in the coffee-room, and when he was gone two silver spoons were found to be missing. The proprietor of the St. Paul's Hotel, St. Paul's Churchyard, stated that six weeks ago the prisoner dined and had tea there, and having paid his bill he left the coffee-room. He had, however, scarcely left the house when a silver sugar-basin and tongs and tea-spoon were missed; but he got clear off, although pursued by one of the waiters. The landlord of the Ship Hotel, Charing-cross, stated that about a week ago the prisoner called there and had a glass of gin-and-water in the coffee-room, and that he decamped with a silver table-spoon, a salt-spoon, and a tea-spoon, which latter article he had with his Fin and water. The proprietor of the pastry-cook's shop at the corner of Gracechurch-street, identified the prisoner ' as having had a bason of soup in the refreshment room, and having paid for the same, it waa discovered that he had taken two large silver spoons, leaving in their places two metal ones very similar to them in appearance. Mr. COTTINGHAM said three cases out of the num ber should be selected upon which to prosecute the prisoner, who was asked if he wished to say anything in answer to the numerous charges alleged against him. The prisoner merely said he should leave the case in the hands of his solicitor. • Policeman 166 M stated that the prisoner was an old offender ; that'about twelve months ago he was in his custody on charges of a similar desoription ; that he was convicted at the Surrey Sessions of stealing various articles of plate from the Hummums, and sen tenced to six Months' imprisonment. The prisoner was then committed, but he will he brought up again on Wednesday next. Mr. Joseph Ashford, landlord of the Queen's Head, Green-lane, Tottenham, was charged with wilfully breaking the panel of a third-class carriage belong ing to the Brighton Railroad Company. Robert Sutton, guard, in the employ of the Corn pany, stated ,that the defendant came from Croydon in the Brighton train on the preceding night, and that when they arrived at the terminus he commenced hammering away at the panel of the carriage with a stick until he did damage to the extent of 10s. The defendant being called on to answer the charge, said it was very important to the public that all the circumstances of the complaint should be known : on the preceding night he arrived by the half-past nine o'clock train at the terminus. The tickets were collected from the passengers, and he wanted to get out in order to meet the stage at the Flower Pot to take him to Tottenham. The door of the carriage, however, was kept closed for upwards of ten minutes after their arrival, and he admitted that he knocked with his stick to get out ; that he did not strike with more violence than was necessary to make the persons hear, and owing to the detention he lost the stage, and was compelled to walk home, where he did not arrive until past one o'clock in the morning. Mr. COTTINGHAM inquired as to the cause of such a detention after the arrival of the train at the terminus ? The superintendent said that they were obliged to wait :until a Croydon train, ,which was about 'to 'start, was got out of the way. The superintendent added that great force must have been used to break and damage the panel of the carriage in the way it was, and that the defendant's arm was seen thrust out of the window striking away at the side of the carriage. Mr. COTTINGHAM was astonished to hear that a passenger should have been kept locked in for such a length of time after the arrival of the train and the collection of the tickets ; but it was the duty of the Company to have seen that there was no impediment at the terminus on the arrival of the train, and not to have put many of the passengers to the inconvenience of being detained for such a length of time. If any unavoidable accident over which the Company had no control had occurred, then there would be an excuse for such a detention, but in this instance bad manage ment was apparent on the arrival of the train. The magistrate added that the damage done to the car riage being proved, the defendant was bound to pay for it, but he (the magistrate) must say that it was with reluctance he compelled him to do so. Joseph Ashford, a publican, at Tott en h am, was c h arge d the with w Brightonilfull wilfully Rail d arna vv g ay n g c o a m railway carriage belonging to Evidence was adduced that, on the arrival of the train ' the preceding night, the defend an t b ro k e t h e pane l o f the carriage in which he was a passenger, with a stick. The defendant said that he was kept waiting for ten minutes after the arrival of the train at the terminus, and the consequence was he missed the stage to Tottenham. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that, the damage being proved, it was with considerable reluctance he adjudged the de fendant to pay for it, as the Co:npany had no right to keep him in the carriage so long after his arrival. The defendant was then fined 105. CLERKEIV WELL. Mr. John Nye, a commercial traveller, was charged with embezzling numerous sums of m oney, being portions of the amount of cheques and bills of parcels, the property of his employer, Mr. Isaac Malden, plaster of pares manufacturer, 45, Bald Gray's Inn-lane. win's-gardens, Mr. Humphries conducted the prosecution; Mr. Wolff the defence. The evidence, which is very voluminous, went to show that the prisoner, who had hitherto borne a most excel lent character, was in the employ of Mr. Malden for two years, during which time he was confidentially en gaged in the collection of debts. Several respectable . tradesmen, architects, an d sc ulptors, residing in various parts of the Cit y, came forward and deposed that t h ey had paid the prisoner sums of money for g oods received from the prosecutor, w h o deposed that he had re ceived in some cases none o f these sums, and in others only a portion of them. Mr. Wolff asserted his client's innocence. It was an error of Mr. Malden's to suppose that Mr. Nye had embezzled any portion of the money instrusted to his charge. Mr. COMBE decided o n sending the prisoner for trial; and the depositions were accordingly taken down. Thomas Lee and Margaret Butt were charged with, stealing several bottles of perfumery, the property of their master, Mr. Broad, a surgeon, residing at 151, Gosweil-road. A case was fully established against the prisoners, who, when called upon for their defence, admitted their guilt.—Committed for trial. THAMES POLICE. CHARGE OF MURDER.—Mrs. Elizabeth Southerland, a pretty, mild looking wo man, :slightly made, with Dr. Henry Letheby, p ro f essor o f c h em i stry, was light brown hair, blue eyes, and very expressive fea tures, was put to the bar, charged on suspicion of having caused the death of Samuel Cornish , late ship keeper or steward of the Dee Royal Mail steam packet. Owing to the interest created by the publication of r thrown r o wore wn shoulders. the proceedings at the inquest held at the Alfred Head, Stepney,.9n the preceding day, ape tahreanccoeu.rt She about s crowded at an early hour by persons anxions to wit ness the appearance and demeanour of the pri soner. On her entering the dock all present were s t ruc k wi is t tah h oahetr satinyouthful t obafrnede the yearsi s n a t e m r e e o interesting e t o in i o g p age, u a cap nor bonnet, but was tastefully dressed i n bl ac k , 'wi the first witness called. He proceeded to detail with great clearness the various i n t erest i ng precems by which he analysed the contents of the stomach, and tested the intestines, .so as to lead to the conclusion that arsenic had been taken into deceased's system. I The evidence, which it is unnecessary to repeat, was verbatim the same as that given at the inquest, the substance of which appeared in The Sun of yesterday. In answer to Mr. i'elham, who appeared for the defence, Dr. Letheby gave it as his decided opinion, that an over-dose of salts would not produce the in flammation which the intestinal canal of the deceased exhibited. He could not tell what quantity of arsenic his tests discovered, nor was it possible to say whether it amounted to 140th part of a million part of a grain. The whole of the intestinal canal had been completely • cleared out. Mr. Pelham—Does it not sometimes occur that there is arsenic in the human system ? Dr. Letheby —ln my opinion, it never occurs except f•orn acci dental causes. Mr. Pelham—Then that theory is exploded? Dr. Letheby—Yez, by all who take the trouble to in quire into tr - id satisfy themselves of the matter. Messrs. Hose and Tatham, the surgeons who at tended deceased during his last illness, repeated the evidence which they gave on the preceding day. In answer to Mr. Pelham, the latter gentleinnii stated that the cowfuct of the prisoner and deceased was that of mutual friendship and affection towards each other. Decea-ed did not at all appear as if he he entertained suspicions that he had been unfairly dealt by. Mrs. Blackinwe was then called, and repeated her testimony of the previous day, the gravamen of which was that the deceased told her two years ago, that Mrs. Southerland had sent him a cup of coffee which smelt so strong of laudanum that he could not drink it, and that she was in the habit of administering drugs to him. In answer to Mr. Pelham, the witness said the de ceased promised not to forget her daughter Anne in his will ; but she (witness) was not so much con cerned about the money as the person of the deceased, who was an old acquaintance, and friend of herself and her husband. Mr. BALLANTINE here interposed, and said, that after the evidence of Mr. Tatham, who spoke as to the kind and affectionate bearing between the pri soner and the deceased, coupled with all absence of suspicion on the part of the latter, such a line of ex amination was unnecessary. Two or three other witnesses were then eltansined, but nothing material was elicited. Almost all of them spoke to the kind feeling which appeared to sub sist between the prisoner and the deceased. Mr. Pelham then put in a letter from Cornish to Mrs. Southerland, dated the 7th of Nov., 1843, whilst he was on board the Trent. Its expressions were quite of a parental character. It alluded to and commended her improvement in writing; referred to a new dress with which he had presented her, and promised her another should she continue to improve. It concluded by recalling to her memory the happy times they had passed together, and expressing a hope that they should soon be renewed. The prisoner, who up to this time watched the proceedings with a collected air, and gave instruc• Lions to her solicitor with great promptness, when she wished to have any errors of date or circumstance in the testimony corrected, burst into tears, and dropped into her chair on hearing the letter read. Mr. Pelham observed that it wa3 very improbable that a man who suspected a woman of drugging him should write such an affectionate letter so soon after wards. Mr. BALLANTINE, finding that Sergeant Shaw had no further evidence to produce; immedia.tuly dismissed the case. The prisoner, who, except her emotion when the letter was read, and a slight spasmodic emotion of the throat whenever she was alluded to as " the prisoner at the bar," bore herself calmly throughout the in quiry, fell backwards in a tainting fit on hearing that she was discharged, but fortunately Roche, the gaoler, caught her in his arms, and prevented any accident ; she was then conveyed out of court by her friends, who appeared to be very respectable. CROYDON. The presiding magistrates, Messrs. Adams, Barclay and Lucas, were occupied for a considerable time in the investigation of a case arising out. of the alte ration in the bastardy clauses of the Amended N o t_ law, which have only just come into operation, and the professed object of which are to give greater facilities on the affiliation of illegitimate children, and to throw some portion of responsibility from the mothers of such children upon the putative fathers. It will be seen, however, that from the difficulty of procuring what is sound corroborative testimony of the evidence of the mother, it is almost impossible to make out a case against the father, and the hardships created by these clauses in the original Poor-law re mains unabated. A young man named Stephen Smith was sum• moned by a girl named Emily Peake, to show cause why be should not have an order made upon him to support an illegitimate child, of which she had been delivered, and of which he was alleged to be the father. Mr. Penfold, the clerk to the bench, in answer to a question from the chairman, explained that the proceeding was taken under the last Poor-law Amend ment Act, which had just come into operation, and under which the mother of the child, or her friends, were empowered to take this step to compel the father of an illegitimate child to support it, without any in terference on the part of the parish. The complainant, a respectable-looking girl, appa rently about eighteen years old, was then sworn, and she deposed that she was delivered of a female illegi timate child on the Ist September, and the defendant was the father of it. She was unable to support the child herself, and therefore desired that the defendant should have an order made upon him to support it. In answer to questions from the bench, the com plainant said that the defendant had been keeping coriVany - with her - for some time ',and she'elpected to have 'been married to him. The intimacy between them which led to the birth of the child took place on the 24th December. The magistrate said that the complainant had so far made out her case as to swear that the defendant was the father of her child, but they could not act upon that declaration unless it was corroborated by other testimony. They therefore wished to know what evidence she could produce in support of her state ment. The complainant said that she wished her mother and sister to be examined. The mother was accordingly sworn, and in answer to questions put to her, stated that all she knew upon the subject was that the defendant had been keeping her daughter company for two or three y ea rs, and that he broke off the connexion about two - years ago, and then renewed it again of his own ac cord last December. She never saw anything im proper take place between her daughter and the de fendant, and when she discovered her daughter was in the family way, and she informed her the defend ant was the father of the child, she went to him and as k e d him what he intended to do, and he then denied that he was the father of the child, and said he could not approve of paying anything towards its support. Mr. ADAMS asked the mother whether defendant had always denied to her that he was the father of the child ?-I'he mother said that he had. Mary Anne Peake, an elder sister of the com plainant, was next examined, but she was unable to prove more than that the defendant had kept company with her sister for a considerable time, and that having broken off the connexion with her for a year and a half, he came to her mother's house on the 24th of December, and in the evening her sister and the defendant went out for a walk about seven o'clock, and did not return until after nine, but she did not know where they went to. The CHAIRMAN inquired whether the witness had ever bad any communication with the defendant upon the subject? The witness said, that three or four days before her sister was confined, she went to the defendant and told him she was very ill, and at the same time charged him with being the father of the child. He hesitated a little while, and then said that the child was not his, but he told her he would come and see her sister. He did not, however, do so. The complainant was then re-called, and The CHAIRMAN having explained the law to her, told her that the magistrates had no power to assist her, unless she gave them some corroborative proof of the truth of her statement. They wished, therefore, to know whether she had any further evidence to offer, or whether she had anything more to state to the bench in corroboration of her testimony? Ths complainant said she had no further evidence to offer, - ,but again -asserted that the defendant was the. father:of her - child. • The BENCH, after tiShort deliberation, expressed their opinion,thatalthe Statement of the complainant had not •been t'uffibiently corroborated, and they therefore discharged the summons. THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE STOPPED BY A CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICER.—The Journal du Havre states— " When the Prince de Joinville landed on Tuesday, a Custom-house officer stopped him, and asked if he had anything on his person liable to duty ? 'I have nothing but this,' said the Prince, showing a rich pocket - book. The officer, at the first inspection, saw who the person was whom he had stopped, and accosted him by his title." [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A NEVER FAILING REMEDY FOR ALL CASES OF SCURVY, SCORBUTIC HUMOURS, AND SCROFULA, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINT MENT.—EXTRAORDINARY CURE —Henry Hill, now a footman to Lord 8., was lately discharged from the Duke of B's. service in consequence of his having large scorbutic blotches all over his bands and face, to his great disfigurement. For twelve months h o was treated by his master's medical attendants. hut to no purpose, and the case was at last declared incurable. end he was discharged. The poor fellow then, as a forlok-n hope, commenced using Holloway's Pill- and Oint ment, which effectually eradicated the disease - from his t. h od in less than three weeks. Spld at Professor Hot.." way's Establishment, 224, Strand (where advice ma) be had gratis), and by almost all re eetAtle vendors of medicine throughout the wo rd. *- • CITY of LONDON REGISTRATION. (Before T. J. ARNOLD, Esq.) The revision of the lists of voters for the parishes of St. Mathew, Friday-street, and St. Peter, West Cheap. which had been left. incomplete a few days ag,:, were completed at the Nitting of V.e I,,,arneA z r 5:-.- turd-ay morning. _ _ The overseers f Allhallows, I,c: - .3bard,oreu:. lmvir.;4, been called Ve•rry Cl. rk tort. :.:11 and de livered the lists to tte• Prarris eh rk, and said hr tic tended in their ptac.e. On ipan4 , .. examin,ll lie said I , e had no 7. the rate-le e k with him. h: liher e.‘uid he at it conveniently, as the pany in whose: pissessien ii wit: was out or town. The overs , ers, it appared, published a list of the nam , s taf persons entitt rl to r•te en the Ist of August, which wai attixed to th ,:m us, but it neither contained th, e.d•ire,st s th;r the qualifications the persons on the list. On be;ng i‘ith they published another whieh ..f,;•sio, was tart not withiu the time ,-equirc,l ~t (I, ,, ,svgneurly the Sie , 1,,,t : The &livery of two )ist., ex,U.;.•! r!1 , Barrister, the inure so as two names had been ach:ed to the second list. He said th , .• mum , Ul ,),10 , of tire on the list in writing must be expunged. liaise it had not be-n d time, and becausc the eve. seers had done what th e y had no right to ,ii. The fur,her revision of :he list must stand over till iTursclay, A h.-n the over seers must pers..naily attend ; and if 41t . pert iii show him that they had suffer, d i neon, enienee, he sh.aiht feel it his duty to fine the overseer-. foe their nt-gl e t. The list of voters for Allhallows Staining, St. Dionis Buckchurch, and St. Edward the King, were the:, re rised ; but no cases of interest occurred. The revision was a,ij.,urned till Trutr• day. (ADVEATISEMENT) A NEW SCIENCE OF WARFARE TO THE PUBLIC. Some years since the son of Louis XVI., the legitimate King of France, had his residence in a small town in Prussia, and his occupation being me chanical, led him to study the science of warfare. His first production was a cannon, upon a principle entirely new, with a percussion lock, and without re coil when discharged; also a self exploding bomb shell, of extraordinary power. In the year 1829, his Royal Highness sent this cannon to Paris, through the Count Dagaut, then Ambassador to Charles X., in Berlin, but what is now become of it is unknown. This unfortunate Prince lost his only friend in the Royal Family by the death of the Duke de Berry, who was assassinated ; he afterwards addressed him self to Charles X., but without effect. The determination of his family not to recognise him, although their chief obliged the Prince to seek his private rights, and throw himself upon the justice of his country; he went, therefore, to Paris, presented himself at thv proper tribunal, and, after much diffi culty, succeeded in obtaining a trial. The French Government upon this fact arrested him, put him in prison, and, without allowing a judgment to pass, he was, in 1836, by order of the King of the French, sent by military power to Calais, put on board an English packet boat, and landed at Dover. With the persecutions of this unfortunate Prince, however, at present we have nothing to do ; we only know, that from the time of his arrival in England to the present day he has employed his whole time in studying the power and system of warfare. About four years since the Prince addressed him self (through an agent) to the Seleet Committee at Woolwich, he was accepted, and at the first experi ment ; presented three exploding bomb-shells, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and many general officers then present must recollect the remarks made, that the explosions were terrific. The second experi ment failed, from causes which can he easily explained. It is welt known what happened to this persecuted Prince at Minerva House, Old Kent-road, when, from malice, all his inventions were attempted to be de stroyed; his landlord swore his life against him; his creditors harassed him; and after nine months' incar ceration, he was discharged by the Insolvent Court. What became of many parts of his machinery Of war fare during this time we are not aware; but we hear of individuals, both in England and France, pretending to put forward, as new, inventions which were disco vered by his Royal Highness as far back as 1821. The ?rince, during his residence at Minerva House, it is true, had, at times, some French gentlemen with hi;u, and, it may, therefore, be presumed, that some of them attempted to profit by the confidence he re posed in them, as will appear from the French news papers. It is, however, certain, that the principal secrets have been preserved to himself alone. His first invention, the cannon, is a beautiful piece of machinery, without the least recoil when fired, and constructed in such a manner that one man may direct a thirty-two pounder (manufactured upon the same principle) with as much ease as a musket. The sight also shows the mark at a considerable distance, by optical power, and without fail, by the self-exploding bomb shell, the object is destroyed. His second are rockets, which explode the moment they strike the object. These rockets are without sticks, go straight to the mark like a cannon-ball, and are of tremendous power. His third are bomb shells, the power of which is ' truly terrific, and called by aptain Warner invisible. These bombshells the Prince will discharge from a cannon in any direction with a certainty to strike the object desired, and are named rocket-of-cannon. His fourth is the hand rocket, which can be used with equal advantage, either at sea or upon land ; with this missile the inhabitants of any island or town, however small, may protect themselves against the united power of Europe, as the Prince dare assert, that no army, however strong in power or numbers, can take possession, whilst opposed by these rockets, and they will be found of incalculable benefit to cap tains of merchant ships, to protect themselves against pirates or any other power at sea. His Royal Highness will also show that these rockets, directed by an air ship, with the assistance of a balloon, may be sent from London to Paris, or from Paris to London, and can be made to explode at any given time, with such destructive force as to destroy everything around them, proving thereby that a nation, in possession of this power, has nothing to fear from the combined force of her neighbours, as no fortress can stand against it twenty-four hours. Jt may be necessary her e t o s t a t e th a t many o f th e Prince's rockets are of a very peculiar construction, they go without stick, carry no fire with them ; some explode on touching the object, others upon entering the side of a vessel, tearing her timbers asunder, and others go through the timbers, explode, and set the ship on fire. Another matter also, which is of con siderable importance in the inventions of his Royal Highness, is, that all these destructive missiles are rendered perfectly safe and harmless until required for action, and therefore capable of being packed and transported to any part of the world without danger. Thus it must be seen, that Government need not ex pend large sums of money in the purchase of invisible missiles, as it will be proved that many of the inven tions put forth by recent adventurers, are fallacies, and can stand no t.-st with the original inventions. The Society of Practical Science and Noble Science of Warfare, Mulgrave House, Fulham, have pur chased several parts of these important inventions from his Royal Highness the Duke•of Normandie, and propose, on the 15th instant, to show a series of ex periments upon their grounds at Mulgrave House, when the rockets, &c., will be so constructed as to be safely used upon the grounds without danger; and the Society of the Noble Science of Warfare are pre pared and willing to forward sa nple rockets and shells, upon a large scale, to he proved at Woolwich or elsewhere, should the Select Committee or the Go vernment request it. The Society beg to announce that on the 15th instant the first experiment on their grounds at Mill grave Hulse, Fulham, will be an invisible bomb shell ; the second, a visible bomb shell ; the third, a self-exploding rocket without stick ; the fourth, hand roocket, which will be thrown in several direc• tious fr m the top of a mast, to show that any mer chant ship can de 'end herself against a pirate, or even a man-of-war, at sea. The next will be a self-exploding rocket, which shall go off at a time prescribed by any gentleman present. The commencement of these experiments will take place at one o'clock, and terminate at six ; and it is presumed, that to noblemen. naval and military offi cers, and men of science. t he expe ri m ent s will prove interesting and valuable. HORRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCE.-- WE last year took notice of a maniac beto .t.tinc to Slrathp-ffer, know t 4 by the name of Big Hector, and the Kb• minable manner in which he behaved during the sacramental fast days in Ferrintosh, and the danger to th, public of his being 1 ft at large. We are now informed that he lately visited Eddertin, in the eastern portion of this counts, where, having taken hold of a child (a girl), he ate the flesh off her arm, and the poor sufferer, When re lieved. was, and .-till is, in a very painful and dan gerous condition. The full particulars we have not as yet ascertained, but we cannot help deprecating the conduct of those who allow such &dangerous being to be at large ; and we feel certain, that if the matter was i,ro perly represented in the right quarter, he would be looked after. It is harrowing to the feelings to contem plate and see a fellow-creature feeding on the carcases of horses, and disputing the carrion with dogs and the fowls of the air. The county annually pays a large sum for the safe custody of maniacs and other danger' us persons, some of whom are not so dangerous as " Big Hector." We trust. henceforth, he will not be permitted to ream over the country and commit iuct - , horrid practices. — Ross-shire Advertiser. The grave is gathering home the last few remnants of the Revolution! Colonel George Uiil, of Ci.ester district, S.C., breathed his last. on V*.ndsy the Bth of July last, and buried with the I,ltours of war, at Fishing Creek Choral. Many eonilial,i,s of inf , iiiry and cavalry torn. d out. in full iteitorn;, to participty iu paying the la-t sad tribute o. io tier dep:ort*d hero. Colonel i;i11 wa.; the st,rrice by , his cousin, Colonel Archy Gill, in the year 1799, being then about eighteen or nineteen years of age.-- 'Yew York Tribune. MARKET NEWS.—(S'ATURFIA Y. covravT-011.X.11 u. Even for the time of year the supplies of fruit and vevetable. , w/re large, !he slnlv ( 'f the former fr , ‘EnFranc: , at,d tlolt,nd wa:4, - 400d; sott,d;,,,e , r;r .l .: WaS St( r 5,.;(1 Per OVit 1 . ( . 1 - ; I.c , C;LrroO, 4s 6. • ttiqi ...r o•• .'2 . :L ., 3 " p. r btih.4,es (1-,• 6 to 5s 4ittAr. 3.. to 3. 3.i ; 6(1 to 1s; C••:um , :r. C , urris. 2. to 3s 6d ; Br-ad Beans, 9d to Is 6d , AO-0- aid hat., 2s 3 , to 4s ; and French Beaos, is 3d to 2s 31 per iodf-sitve ; Pine App;es ( 0 :1 1 gli - in), Si' to 7s u,l ; Out-dour English Grapes , 4 tid ; llttrhonst. ditto, 4s to 6s ; Foreign GruPes , 4d D. ltd ; Fi . berts, 6d to is per lb ; Pine (Foreign ; anti Colonial) is to 3s 6d ; end ions, 5- ; lutes alai Nectarines, 3s to I:.ts ; 2L'. to 5s 63 and Wt.ite ditto,; Sd t. • ; z umbers, 23 to 6d p-r brace ,u p r bundle ; Small Salad, .2d ; anti 2,1:1•;1;s1.D A6 , 8u to p-r punnet ; Mulberries, 4d to 8.1 per , EnOish I . laz e Nuts, 4s to 55 per bushel ; English Walnuts, 8;i to Is per 100 ; Broca, Is to 2. , 3rt ; and Celer) 8d to 2s per bundle. •te;" A. a3l Lk: ./E lir S .A. Our markets, to-day were heavily supplied with both .•otintry irg towhich tiie trade was, E.:11%0110 , AV, dud, on the foilowing terms ;--Beef, from 2s 6:1 to 3s ; Mutton. 2s 8d to 3,8 d; Vt;al. 3 3 4, to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s per 81bs by the c?rease.• The supplies of both Game and Poultry were rather ext. naive, hence the trade was heavy, at about previous rates. BUNGZILFORD. The supplies of mot being on the increase, we have to report a very heavy general inquiry, and • night dtpli , s.tou in the quotations. NEWPO&T. We had only an exten)ive supply of Meat on sale to day, while the demand was heavy at barely late rates.- - Beet; from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4i per Mi. BILLINGSGATE. Only a limited business was doing in Fish, the supplies of which were seasonably good, at late rates. WHITMCEMPEL Prime Mutton was scarce, and in demand at full prices• Otherwise the trade was very heavy.—Beef, from 25 60 to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 41 4d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 33 10d per Blbs. • DREAD. The prices of wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are from 7d to 8,1 ;of hous,•hold ditto, 5 4 d to bid per 4 1 b loaf. HIDE MARKET. Raw hides at per stone of 141b.-13« , st steers and heifers+ 53 4d to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 4s 8d to 5s 2d ; 111 : terior hides, 4s 2d v, 4s 6d. Sheep and calf skins, 1 0 per skin.— Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s Od ; long woolled sheep, 25 6d to 3s 6d ; short ditto, is 10d to 3s. KAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 12s to 4 1 Useful ditto, 4/ 5s to 41 18s ; fine Upland ditto, Si to 51 5s ; Clover Hay, 41 104 to 61 6s ; Oat Straw, 1 1 8 5 to 11 10s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. F (3 1 , 1. both Hay and Straw there was a steady demand , at f lo ' prices. CUMBERLAND.—COarSO Meadow Hay, 31 I 6s to 4/10 0 Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 51 39 t e , 5/ lOs ; Clover Hay, 41 8s to 61; Oat Straw; 13s to 11 11 s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 12s to 11 14s per load. Suppli n:ocerutte, and trade firm. HITECLIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 12s to 414 11 Useful dko, 41 6s to 41 189 ; fine Upland ditto, 61 0 51 8s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61 lOs ; Oat Straw, 1/ Si to 1/ lOs ; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 13s per loa d ' A fair average supply, and a rt.ady sale. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY. .. There is a large supply of Wheat reported to 01 ; day's market, a great proportion of which was &Ousl of at last week's market. A fair demand has exl s ri to-day for best samples of Wheat, and prices have ra l l much the same as this day se'nnight. The supply ° Barley being small, an advance of Is. per .qr. has be ell realised. In other articles no material alteration. Per qr. of 601 b to the busbez,„ Erma. 1,, 41 Wneat Suffolk, Essex, and Kent ..... .... Red to 47 4 ,1 4 " 41 Ditto ditto ....... ..... White — 52 45 Norfolk Red ..... 47 t! 0 Ditto ditto White... -- 51 '!' 45 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red..... 46 ": 49 Ditto ditto White... 40 t 45 Yorkshire."... .............. - 43 44 Ditto ditto White... . 40 ''' A , 0 Foreign fted....... 48 7: 0 Ditto ditto Per qua rer imPe „,„, Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ....... .............»3333».. •"" ... Yorkshir , and Lincolnsh.r: .................. -- r a 59 Grinding ...... ................. ............ ...... .. ..,'". 3 1 Foreige 35 r.,,iel. • Per qr. f 631 b. tr th' '— 0 Beans, Small •n• •••••••••••••••• ............ •••••••••••••«•• 4 0 r , so Ticks 39 59 3 7 35 Foreign ..... ~.. -.- ... ... ...C. Oats, Potato a..d P als - d —....-s ... ..... Mea1int........ lod to 12d , Foreign —d to --d. pet 5W.. 4. 11 ” Shelling... ....... ............. ................. ~. 555. to 26s 01. per 1 ,0 7 4 c 5.... Malt Rapeseed..... RAIL WAY RETURNS. R&ILWAT TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts 0 ( two ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to Will' 0 01. respective returns are made, together with the receipts of O. week In the previous year : Week Last 1 14 es ending N 41.31-E OF RAILWAY. ___.--- Sept. 28 Arbroath and Forfar •••••••• • • • • • • • 27 Birmingham and Gloucester •••• • • • ... Reek. a .0 1 l 2 0 C:- . - - - . . . ' . . 5 2:° ' 11 ; 5 8 Brandling Junction .•••••••• • • • • • • Mt Bristol and Gloucester •.—• • • . •..... 1 , 309 40 27 Chester and Birkenhead ...........„ 619 __ 26 Dublin and Drogheda ............ ... , 647 , -- 0 4‘ Oct. 1 Dublin and Kingstown Sept. 29 Dundee and Arbroath .......... 309 -a' 28 Durham and Sunderl an d . ••••••• ... ••• • • - 691 9 , 513 2$ Edinburgh and Gia sgow • .. ...... 2,515 .79/4 29 Eastern Counties and N or th E as tern.. 4,429 9 57 28 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ...... 1,656 , 0 .50 28 Glasgow and Gr ee nock •• • • ..... •• • • 965 ",g5 28 Grand Junction •••.•••••• • • • • • - • • • • 5,496 °Jos 28 Great North of England •••••• • • • • • • 2,169 ',',,54 .29 Great Western .•• • • 27 Liverpool and Manchester ••• • . • .... 5,1 00 4, 7 06 28 London and Birmingham 29 London and Blackwall• •••• • • • ...... 1,035 . i f,i 28 London and Brighton .•••• • • • • ...... 5,935 ",910 Oct. 1 London and Croydon .•••••.• . • • • • • . 538 771 3 London and Greenwich . ............836 s sff Sept. 10 London and South Western ......... 7,016 u 7 O 26 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 935 bgf 28 Manchester and Birmingham —• . 1,903 5 6 '738 • 28 , Manch.ester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc. • 8,239 .' / Ig • 28 Midland Counties . •• • 11,958 '' 28 Newcastle and Darlington ••••• • • • • • 1,214 ,(40 28 Newcastle and Carlisle.. •••••• • • • • • • 1,747 "of 29 Newcastle and North Shields.. •• • ... 443 , 016 27 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,715 . 3 ' 3 11 10 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans • 30 Paris and Rouen .•••••••• • • . • 28 Preston and Wyre ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 452 bi 9 28 Sheffield and Manchester •••••• . • • • • • 792 6 30 Oct. 3 South Eastern ....... 7,136 4, 50 Sept. 28 Taff Vale •• • • ... 29 Ulster . • • . 585 29 Yarmouth and Norwich ........ • ... 380 .10$ 2b York and North Midland . • ......... 3,604 ..''' BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, OCT. 4.—There ha been an improved demand fur West India sugars I w o week, the sales reaching 700 hogsheads West Ind ia 'd about former prices. The cargo of Bengals, per 4 ,§ linrie, has been brought to market, and about 1,20 0 bsd hay, been disposed otf, chiefly 60s. for strong grain dry quality. No sales in Mauritius.—Bristol Newts; ACCIDENT AT THE CITY IMPROVEMENTS NSA% Tc GENERAL POST-OFFICE.—OR Friday afternoon AO oel o dent occurrA of a frightful and alarming naturef,fq Maiden-lane, at the rear of the Goldsmiths' Con 3 101 1,;,. Hall. A number of workmen were engaged in re :P :O ing the old toundations of the houses on the western tr, of the lane, when a horse and cart, belonging to , Grimadale, Bishopgate-street. was drawn up on 5131 11 mense pile of,rubbish, and the carman, in reckl6o6o endeavouring to turn it, capsized the cart and o°ll into an excavation of 12 feet in depth, in which n eo fo a d..zen men were at work. The horse and cart fell fearful violence, knocking down several men, but 0 ;1 fortunately escaped with a few , slight bruises. Oi l : its the poor fellows, named l'atriek Ha% es, was at vo r : r se clearing out a cesspool, and the fore part of the P`l,ll fell into the mouth of it. Hayes was under, grid : t:6O great difficulty extricated in a most pitiable con ch " t ho from fright and filth. After some time elapsed' o f horse, in an exhausted state, was drawn up by ufel°6 pes. the N ENV LOCOMOTIVE. •—•-• Mr. Josiah Kearsley„, o . talenteo Midland Counties buperintendent of a motives, has just constructed and put on the bliwio. line an engine which took 5 5 loaded waggons up all 1 p cline of *OO2, or 10i feet a mile, at 27 miles an hoar'beo has li,"• inch cylinders, 2 feet str,ke, and 4 feet 8 of driving wheels, and works as 751bs. pressure.— Magazine. - _ BIRT if N. r . 1. 00 On the 2d in st., at Liverpool, the wife of Henry v•- Chapman, Esq., ()fa son. Or a On the 2d insi`., at Peckham Lodge, the wife of Nash, Esq., of a daNghter. l a d, 01 On the 2d inst., in Great Marylebone - street , the w I Nicholas Hobson, Esq Oa son. On the 3d inst., at South Lambeth, Mrs. John Tru k of a son. 10 41 On the 341 inst., in Norfolk-crescent, Hyde-park, the of Captain W. S. Moorsom, of a daughter. Dif/' On the 3d Inst., in Cambridge•square , Hyde - p ark ' James Dickson, of a son. 11113 ' On the 3 so d ~ at the Lotlge, West-green, To ttenh Mrs. Mark H. Shuttleworth, of a ,aughter. br On the 3d list:, in Regent street, Mrs. J. Walter V° of a son. On the 21st ult., at. Dart ington. the Rev. William 3.111t0 8.D., of &alio' College, and Reeler of Cheriton Bisncle, Margaret, only daughter of the enerable R. IL V" . Archdeacon of . Totnes. On the Ist inst., at St. Mary's , Castle ate , Thomas, 'l n t to son of the late Christopher Bolland , Esq. , of Rounclunaiihe Margaret, only daughter of William Vane Hope, E)4"- city of York. On the 2d inst., at All Souls' Church, Marylebone , t h ifiM Brodie. Esq., second son of Sir 13. C Brodie, Bart., 0 „ 0, daughter of Captain the Hon. W. Waldegrave, 11.1 4 . , „` - q On t ,he 2d inst. at Tynemouth the Rev. Ralph d uo 8.D., to Isabella, daughter of the late Rev. Robert M.A., of Welwyn, Herts. DIED. 94 5 On the 13th of August, at Surt, William Sprot ' Political Connaisiioner, and resident at Baroda. g. On the 17th ult., in Ftittsbury, Roche-ter, B. You, u` _l T ovi" On the 28th ult., at hifi seat, Stolte•park, Bucks , Penu, Esq., aged 83 h Car ts On the 29th ult., at the Friars, Winchelses, Sara witi, ,t; Richard Stilen Esq. f , liter 0 A.1,..r t he th On the Ist inst., at Hackney, Caroline, Gang*" t.s2+ - Rev. Liddell Farrer, Vicar of Crattield-wit irm Suffi o f IA • 1"01 0° V and Published MURDO - I j No . ; Print r, at The Sus Office , 001 1 .. u the Precint of the Savoy, in the Wddleeszt Biondsy, CtetOber 7, 1844. • t ject fi from Was Gib! ) , that I Parlii brou g before Lary and i there in 1 8, Rhein aband (Mr. 1 or Ap Proj e , ed in the the n North before _ Tnent c kie ba tor e 0 Pot ed i ndept ford, the of til e ad tra , ( eeLit flgth 11 watt ;jig! I And Pril 23Chei f i e W ay to " 3 °'; ii Zinatcd 1 .,"t Pro volu l il te,,e of tl T he e ancl Nte htath nototi 4.o hdon ibittee ca adopted that 411 fi naiiy h ' . °Ct . t o Art Cub: th e corn, 4Phettred~iailj Way Direct 811 C Pla'At ed 4l ; brl rBon t ugin” PoNs c tility n ' I t doe: Hd Ztlct a i; 211 ver akieb,araii Table 33 eSert, ,Pa 313, Actinilliv• k, Maly Si k It eIY " he 4 rticie of it C ' t ah oul fl •-gra t : • - I ', all Th ha e P , PPlly ai 4'' ' t a sm eau ae a r a n 'cry haying pa, lg : st Pe c • oi ga t, wat4 recherche °PRI. 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