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

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" Who runs may read." POREIGN. The King of the French will embark for England on Saturday evening, or S un d a y morn i ng nex t. The Prin ce de Joinvilie arrived in Paris on Tuesday. Count Duchatel, the Minister of the Interior, has left Paris for Charente Infkieure to perform the last duties to the remains of his father. He will return to Paris on the 4th. The Session of the Greek Chambers was opened on the 19th ult., by the King in person. His Majesty's speech will be found in another part of the paper. The Monike r of Tuesday publishes a table of the price of corn, which regulates the duty on importation and exportation of English grain and flour. The highest is 19f. 92e. the hectolitre, and the lowest 16f. 19c. The hectolitre is equal to 22 imperial bushels. The Berlin journals of the 25th ult. give a long account of the public entry on that day of the King and Queen of Prassia. They were escorted to the Palace by the civil and military authorities, and the population all they passed uttered enthusiastic shouts of wel ,coame, Soo n a f ter the i r Majesties had entered the Pa they made their appearance on the balcony before the assembled multitude, who sang the national hymn in ch orus, in token of their delight, and in testimony of their loyalty. T he Cologne Ga ze tt e conta i ns a l etter f rom B er li n, of the 24th ult., which states that the King intended going to Oscar, cud Stockholm, to b e present at the coronation of .Ding M. A. de Humboldt was to accompany him. The Warsaw papers contain an Edict by the Kmpercr of Russia, by which the division of the kingdom of Po land is changed from its present number of governments Po to fi ve. This neve division is to be effected by the union under the government o f S andomir with that of Kielce, the d enomination of the Government of Radom, and Poldachia with Warsaw, under the denomination gitstow e ()fly 4r sawt the G overnments of Plosk, Lublin, and Au- I t t o remain in th e i r p resen t s t a t e . Count tberg left Tri on the 16th in the eanaer Mahmondi f o ; e Athens, este from whence be will an P r %'eetd br Syria, Alexandria, and the Isthmus of Suer, and the Ifed Sea, to the East ndies and China. the 4 Pajis Academy of Fine Arts awarded, on Sunday, ;vasgrana prize s of painting of 1844. The first prize obtained by M. Felix Barias, of Paris, aged twenty wo ; twent the second by MJules Levepoe n, of Angers, aged y - five. M. Barias was a conscript, and was obliged to loin his regiment, but received leave of absence, in order to becom e a candidate for the grand prize. As this gives the right of exemption f r o m th e army, h e w i ll now be f ree. 33 A. ul melanch o l y accident occurred at Munich, on the —t. little About 100 young f emales had assembled at a fele at one of the convents, when a bridge in the garden, over the canal, on which they were standing, being rotten with age, gave way, and nearly thirty of them fell into the water. Assistance was immediately rendered, but two of the females were drowned. The Basle Gazette states that M. Bayer, agent of the French Company charged in the Valais with the works on the Rhone, has lodged a complaint before the French Embassy, of the brutal manner in which he was expelled from the Commune of Granges, where he resided. He was assailed with cries of----" No more French 1 If we hare Piedmontes given us, we shall receive them with leasure, but we hall d r i ve away the French 1 " M. Bayer first applied to an executive Council, but received as answer that the Communes were sovereign, and that, in this circumstance, they had acted according to their right. LAW AND POLICZI. Sir Charles Williams, in the Bankruptcy Court, granted a warrant f or t h e apprehension of J. Hunter, an insol vent, who, having obtained his discharge from prison, neglected to appear in Court. In the Insolvent Court a rule nisi was granted, calling upon Thomas John Husband, the landlord of the Gerard hotel, Basing-lane, to show cause why he should not pay in full the debts from which he had been relieved by the Court in the year 1817, he being now in a condition to do so. A long inquiry was gone into at the Mansion-house, before Si r P eter Laurie as to the conduct of Mr. Sam the s urgeon, in causing a Dr. Tapley to be incarcerated Ina lunatic asylum, and in detaining certain docum en , t a s s , the p roperty of the Doctor. The result was that it s v I h e admitted that M r . S a l mon was justified in actin g as had done, for the Doctor was undoubtedly mad ; and for th e d ocuments, they had been handed over by mr. Salmon to the Doctor's brother-in-law. hay t, At Queen-square, Charles Lowing, of rear Hounslow, was charged with haakin fi g at of without a license, whereby he had incurred a penaltyf ctl 101. Mr. Bond observed he should Lice to be perfectly satisfied satisfied in his own mind before he convicted u n lit e_ m highly penal Act, in which no power was giv o e sse h o i ,. to mitigate the penalty. As this was the first _ _. I tu sort that had ever some before him, ho should adi h ournit for a week, in order to refer to the law books on his t e own sub ject. Defendant was liberated on entering into recognizances to appear on Wednesday next. a t Mr. John Goodwin Barnah residing y, No. 4, Sey mour-place North, Euston-square, and himself as an " author," was charged before wii o Ilr. describedlt a tv - - linson, at Maryl e b one , on a warrant, with a inde cently assaulted H anna h S ne l grove, a pricett‘yinalgot war okiiiggirl, hi s servant. The appearance o f defendant singu ar • 1 in the extreme ; his hair was of extraordinary shot length, an d from his chin a sandy-coloured beard _ forth, whi c h reached nearly as low as the top button of it is waistcoat; he wore a white hat, and a shirt collar a /et Byron ; his wife was present during the delicate invea tigation. T he defendant, who is a Socialist, denied the charge. The proeecutrie, however, swore positively to the assault, and as neither of the parties had any wit nesses to produce, Mr. R aw li nson ordered the defendant to enter into his own recognisances in 201. to appear at the sessions, in the event of complainant thinking fit to indict him, Alfred Edwards, the young man charged with having administered poison to a young woman named Jane Gregory, which caused her death, and against whom a verdict of " Wilful Murder" had been returned at the coroner's inquest, was iplaced at the bar at Worship street, before Mr. l3rotighton for final examination on the charge, and fully committed. William Johnson, a well-dressed man, was charged at Union-hall with stealing two silver table-spoons, the property of Mrs. Jane Hubbard, a confectioner, in Queen's Head-row, Newington. 13e had been served with a bason of soup in the refreshment-room, and when he left the Spoons were missed. The waiter, on going into a pawnbroker's in the neighbourhood, caught the prisoner in the act of pledging poons. A policeman stated that the prisoner hadshaved off his whiskers to disguise himself ; that he was tried some time since, for robberies of a similar description, convicted, and sen tenced to imprisonment. That since he had come out of gaol he had commenced his old practices, and that if he was now remanded, he (the policeman) had no doubt he should he enabled to bring forward other charges against him. He was remanded accordingly. Ann Smith, alias Watson, alias Mary Anne Stow, a dressmaker, carryi ng on business in Brand -street, Greenwich, was fully comm i tted from the police -court A. man of that place, on si x diff erent charges of shoplifting. named Thomas Wood, about forty years of ae, wh o was formerly a foreman in the docks, and latterly a laboure r in the employ of Messrs. Dit c hb urn and Mare, at Blackr:all was fully com m itt e d f rom the Thames -offi ce ~on a cha rge of highway robbery. He had knocked down an old m an in Bow-lane, and robbed him of a bundle and other articles. 001:7n1,--- Z e zasixioaaAler s aa. The Duchess of Rent arrived at Frogmore House on Wednesday evening, from Witley Court, at a few minutes before seven o'clock. Her Royal Highness tra velled by the Birmingham Railway to the Watford etatiun, and posted thence to Uxbridge, where the Duchess's horses and carriage were in waiting to convey her Royal Highness and suite to Frogmore. Her Royal Dghness was accompanied b y the Countess Josephine Colon e l Si r George Cowpe r wratisl aw, and attend by Lady Ch ar l otte Dundas and The Duke o f Cambridge arrived at Edi n b urg h on Mond ay. The Duke of Wellington, non. Cherie Arbuthnot, accompanied by the Right s arrived at Apsley House, yes terday, from Walmer Castle, His Grace is not expected to return to the Castle until after his Majesty the King of the French shall have closed his approaching visit to Apslethe Queen. Lady Charles Wellesley also arrived at y House, yesterday, from the Right Hon. H. Pierrepont's, Conhalt Park, Hants, to meet Lord Charles, who 's expected to arrive to-day in her Majesty's suite, in the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht, from Dundee. .The Duke and Duchess of yacht, and Lady Jano l'i!r4emld have arrived at Caston House, near Maynooth. rite Duke and Duchess of St. Albans' have arrived at Brighton from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Mor ley, in Devonshire. onHvvisedEoxecsdelalyency Baron Brunnow entertained at dinner evening, the Prince and Princess Bashi vill, Baron and Baroness Gersdorff, Baron Talleyrand, Count Jarnac, and M. Loganoff, to meet Count Nessel rode. The Baroness Scebach and Count Dmitry Nessel rode were also included in the circle. This evening his Excellency gives a farewell entertaiment in honour of Count Nesselrode, which it is expected will be honoured with the presence of several of the Cabinet Ministers. Ma Excellency the Count do St. Aulaire, with the Countess and suite, were expected to arrive in Man chester -square, from the Continent, to -day. The Duke and Duchess of Montrose have arrived at Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, where their Graces will receive a succession of visitants during the hunting season. Lord and Lady F ranc i s Egerton and the Misses Eger ton are expected to arrive in Belgrave-square on Wed nes Pday nesorxt, f rom Worsley Hall, near Manchester. rofes magistrates Liebig i s expected in Scotland soon, and the of Edinburgh h ave resolved to confer the freedom of the metropolis on that eminent chemist, in consideration of his important discoveries in science. rams c 3 C2.31.21.211301/8. The accounts from D u bli n of the state of Lady Hey tetbury's heal t h are very unfavourable, and but little ho i e is entertained of her recovery. On W e d nesday a special meeting of the commissioners of pavement was held at Gravesend, for the purpose of memorialising the Home office to remove certain per sons from the co mmission of th e p eace for this borough, ou the ground that t h ey notoriously desecrated the Sab bath by employi ng touters in the Star Pack et-office (they being themselves directors of the Star Company) on the S un d ays during divine service. After an ani m a memori end discussion a Committee aas appointed to draw Cora th e bP al to Sir J ames Graham for the removal commission of Betwee n Oxford-street th e gentlemen in question. and Holborn, the new line of 3! 1 THE StIN, LONDOM TIIIIII,SDAY EVENING, OCTiBER .844„ street is rapidly progressing towards completion. A sewer has been constructed for the whole distance, and is now biting connected with the Oxford-street and Tot tvnharn-court-road sewers. It is about 1,800 feet in length, and in depth from the surfoce fifteen feet, and hats been about two months in execution. The workmen are' row forming the footpaths on each side of the way, and ni. , ortly the gravel which has been excavated in the course of the formation of the sewer Rill be removed. It is expo Act] that in a few weeks the Commissioners of Woods and Forests will issue their proposals for the erectiol i of the new houses, for which purpose the whole distanoe will be divided into separate plots of ground. The:improvements which have been commenced in Pic cadilly were authorised by an Act passed on the 9th of August last, by which it is provided that the space be tween Bolton-street in the east, and Park-lane on tho west, should we widened and improved, and that a por tion. of the Green Park should be appropriated for that purpose. Power is given to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to obtain possession of any property re quired to carry out the intention of the Act, and in the scheetule, the mansion occupied by Baron Rothschild, and belonging to the Crown, is mentioned as requisite for the improvements. On Wednesday a Court of the Governors and Sub scribe rs to the Scottish Hospital was held at the Hall of the S zottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street, to re ceive ;and confirm the by-laws, &c., Mr. Nisbet in the Chair. A proposition, moved at the previous Court, to insure the picture of King William the Fourth (by Wilkie) for 300/., another of Mary Queen of Scots for 2001., and the whole of them for 6001., was agreed to. Protester Donaldson moved that at a future Court they should insure the pictures for seven years, which would effect a great saving to the Hospital. The by-law were confirmed and adopted. The inquest on the bodies of the sufferers by the fatal explosion at the Haswell colliery was resumed on Tues day, and again adjourned. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TILE MORNING PAPERS OE 'TIIIS DAT. TIMES.—The probable invasion of the Punjaub occupies a prominent place in our India news of this month. Hostilities, it is said, are meditated. there, and this invasion is one of self-defence on the side of this country. Another statement of the case? is more simple, and subjects the territory of the runjaub to what is called the law of extension on the part of the Indian empire. The two statements may probably be combined. Want of order and government in a native district takes the form of !anti-English out breaks ;. and the Indian empire outside is a pressure always at hand to make its way through any channel opened to it, as air rushes into a vacuum. The result is the combination we mention—native States act the assailant, and English empire extends. The case of the Punjaub is one of a class. No new moral or political hypothesis has to be invented for it. One casuistical mould fits all the stages of our Indian progress from the first. The mould was made under Lord Clive and Warren Hastings; and it still remains in the Government workshop, and forms the . foreign policy of one Governor-General after another. Lord Ellenborough and Sir Henry Her dinge aro individually as different men, perhaps, as could be found to succeed each other; but their po licy is the tame. Their policy is the same, because it is neither's own policy. Sir 11. Ussrding_e finds his course cut out for him as soon es ever he gets to India. lie hears as soon as he lands that he is to invade the Punjaub, and has his lesson given him, his line laid down for him—just as a soldier comes to be drilled. The Governors-Generals act, in this respect, one like another. The Indian policy is a Procrustean one with respect to its conductors; and requires spirit and activity rather than originality in the latter. Here, in fact, is the old story again, which recurs like a dream. We heard of Sinde two years ago and Lord Ellenborough; now of the Pun snub and Sir Henry Hardinge. The internal con dition of this State has been one of the greatest confusion and anarchy for a long time. The chiefs live by plunder, and amuse themselves with perpetual fends ; a weak minor of questionable legitimacy sits on the throne, and cannot control them. The Sikhs, a powerful military race, not unlike the Ma melukes of Egypt in position, are filled with a spirit of hostility to the Indian Govern ment. Dost Mahomed and his son, Akbar Khan, with a third, Yar Mahomet, the usurper of Herat, have, it is said, formed an alliance, and made arrange ments with Isieera Singh and the Sikhs, in prepara tion for an attack on the English territories. These intrigues are well known, and Sir Henry Hardinge, it is thought, will make use of his knowledge, and anticipate their invasion by an invasion of his own. A singular unanimity is said to pervade the opera tions of the chiefs of the alliance ; and they exhibit altogether a more formidable frontage than a native attack has often presented. Lord Ellenborough showed some acuteness, though an acuteness not con sistent with the rules of the Company's service, in the undisguised and bold partiality with which he treated the military department as opposed to the civil. Lord Ellenborough seemed to foresee the line which things were taking, and saw that the military were the department to he attended to and complimented. India was bright ening up a little from its grave commercial character into the belligerent one; and foreign relations were taking the place of internal. His Lordship took the camp accordingly, and sank the:Hon. Company's ser vant in the gallant man of arms. He took a regular taste f i r a soldier's life, acted the comrade, and looked forward to being the favourite and admired of the Ire:tian army—their great man. We rather question Whether, if his Lordship had had the veteran experi ence of a full-blown general, he would have found his enthusiasm so great, and whether the charm of novelty was not a considerable ingredient in the mixture of at tractions which connected Lord Ellenborough with the military department. But so it was. "The only regret I feel," says his Lordship in his farewell speech at the dinner given him by the military society at Cal cutta, " the only regret I feel at leaving India, is that of being separated from the army. The most agree able, the most interesting part of my life, has been that which I have passed here, in cantonments and le camp." According as Indian policy takes the foreign direction, the military acquire more and more im portance. If they have a great deal to do, they must be complimented, cheered, and courted. The late Governor-General did thus; and though he did it in a way invidious to the civil service, and contrary to rule, there was some point in the adoption of the line. Sir H. Hardinge has now a fair field before him. He goes out with apparently fewer difficul ties than his predecessor; with a line well marked out for him, and a thoroughly understood Indian policy to carry out. According to the account of our correspondent he has started well, and suc ceeded—though there is a disparaging proverb as to such early successes—in creating a most favourable impression of himself in the eyes especially of the na tive gentry. lie will not have the temptation of a new soldier to set up the military above the civil, and make invidious distinctions. With respect to the Punjaub—there is no reason why he should wait for a positive invasion from that quarter before com mencing proceedings, provided he can satis factorily make out that an invasion is threatened. The ordinary rules of self-defence allow an anticipa tion of the attack, provided the intention of attack can fairly be proved. But there should be this proof. Even our Indian policy, not a very straightlaced one, should have its evidence to bring forward on this head. We have alluded to the subject of the Indian army: we will mention one point—the prac tice of military flogging, which is, it is said, to b e revived there, having been dropped ever since Lord William Bentinek's Governor-Generalship. The dis cipline in some of the native regiments seems bad enough, certainly; but this is not the proper mode of remedying it. Flogging never reclaimed a mutineer ; and a recurrence to the practice will be a much more odious thing than the original practice itself. The fault in the native regiments seems to be the want of officers, not of modes of punishment. With the present inadequate establishment the routine work of the army, on which so much depends, is necessarily ill done. We shall be disappointed if the addition of an extra captain to each regiment will not supersede the proposed cat-o'-nine-tails. At all events, we hope the experiment will be tried first. CHRONICLE.—From Lord Ellenborough's cha racter it might easily have been anticipated that he could not quit the Indian stage without committing some of those strange antics which must immortalise him as a hero of political melodrame. Still, his quiet retirement to private life, and the failure of all attempts at Calcutta to get him the usual ovation paid to departing Governors, led us to hope that the award of such abrupt dismissal had recalled him to a sense of dignity, and of the respect due to the high office which he held, as well as to those from whom he de rived it ; and although a rumour reached us by the last mail of his having sat and talked in solemn banquet with the military chiefs whom he pa tronised, casting insult and defiance at the civil authorities of the Indian Government, we did not credit behaviour so marked with spite, disgrace, and impolicy. If there is a country in the world in which Europeans of all classes should be taught to hold ami cably and equally together, it is India, where they are so insignificant in numbers and eminent in posi tion. If there is a country where civilian rule and political prudence ought to be made to predominate over brute ideas of violence and conquest, it is again India, where the material force of the European is as nothing compared with his moral predominance— where wealth and revenue, instead of being co-existent with empire, is found generally in the inverse propor tion of extent, and where glory is a dear and idle gain, too distant to affect our character with our true rivals, and calculated to awe merely the subject or semi subject races of Asia. Hence all the great men who have ruled and conquered Hindostan, gladly embraced every opportunity of sinking the soldier in the statesman, considering administrative reform and organization achieve ments more difficult and more glorious than routing or crushing barbarian hordes. As to Lord Ellenborough, if he was sent to India with any specific views at all, it was as the representative of these ideas. He went out enthusiastically, obstinately, perversely civilian, and his first act was to " snub" his predecessor, in a proclamation, for having sent armies across the Indus. The smell of gunpowder was, however, too much for the weak brains of the new Governor, and no sooner did he taste of "pomp, pride, circumstance of glorious war," than all his ideas of India, of its wants, of his own duties, and of his employers' wishes, changed as if by the touch of a magician's wand. Whatever censure such unwarranted and sudden change may deserve, it certainly is matter of amazement that his Lordship should not have been prepared for the strong di-ap• probation which his whisk round to a war policy must have excited in England. We are not now going to discuss the merit of the achievement wrought under Lord Ellenborough. We may merely remark, that the glories won in battle are the greatest slurs upon his administration. They were glories, because won over enemies equal or su perior to us in numbert, enraged and emboldened by our own rashness and injustice. 'We Frilled success, where a slight degree of prudence would have ren dered it so certain, that neither Scindia nor Mahratta durst have offered resistance. They were battles fought, not for the security of India or the mainte nance of rights, but for the glorification of Lord El lenborough, and the illustration of his military friends. That these friends should have feted him excites neither our surprise nor our censure. But no words can convey condemnation strong enough upon an individual, placed in the rank of the Queen's vice regent and representative in India, who would be represented as exclusively delighted with all he had seen in camps—who, having undertaken such high, such immense administrative and political duties, confesses that he never felt himself so happy as in cantonments and camps and that he leaves tehind him in I n di a no thing or person worthy his regret, save the military ! What a member of a British cabinet, or of the Senate of a constitutional ccuntry ! We exclaim loudly against Frenchmen, ' i even against Napoleon, for his changing France into a barrack. We denounce the present admirals and generals of France, who sacrifice the peace and inde pendence of nations to the hoisting of a flag, to the shade of conquest, or to a bulletin recording a feat of military success. But our Lord Ellenborough out- Frenchifies any Frenchman that ever wore sabre. And, indeed, when we hear of his feats, read his pro. elamations, and listen to his account of what he loves best and alone, we cannot believe that he is a n Englishman; for sentiments and conduct so un- English, so at variance with English reserve, English taste, and English dignity, are not to be met with in biography or history. It will be noted with pleasure that Sir H. Hardinge declined attending the military dinner at which his predecessor, made such an unseemly display. Not the most unseemly part of that display was the assurance given that Sir Henry Hardinge, under the advice of the Duke of Wellington, would " take a correct v i ew o f t h e rea l i nterests o f This "correct view his Lordship explained to be to continue the system of liberality, kind consideration, and favour towards the troops in India. High ex pctationsfare accordingly formed of what the mili tary intimate of the Duke of Wellington will do, when his civilian protege did so much. New regi ments are spoken of as likely to be raised, one captain to be added to each of the actual regiments. These, and the re-establishment of military flogging for the scpoys, are Announced as Sir Henry Hardinge's acts of inauguration. Were such rumours as these to be realised, then, indeed, Lord Ellenborough's threat, conveyed through his old organ, the .Englishman,, may not prove idl e , v i a., t h at Sir Henry Hardinge's sword,though more polished than Lord Ellenborough's, would still cut as keenly against the policy and the interest of the Indian Directors and of the civilian service. We shall, however, not pass judgment on Sir Henry Hardinge from hearsay. CHURCH PREFERMENT. THE ADVOWSON TO ST. NEOTS. We called the attention of our readers a few days since to the circumstance of the intended sale of a valuable rectory in Suffolk, on the 17th inst. The printed particulars are now in clue course of dis tribution. This has afforded us the opportunity to glean a little from Mr. George Robins's original remarks on Church property; but our present in tention is simply to notice an interesting record con nected with the living, which his research has discovered in White's " History of Suffolk," and which we annex to this short statement, observing that in - lines like the present, when there is not the least chance of war, it is not very easy to provide satisfac torily for a family; however profitable trade may be, a man of family cannot sacrifice his son to become a tradesman. " What then is open to him?" We rejoin, nothing but the Church, and the natural consequence that seems to arise is, that Church property is now in the ascendant. The annual value is about 8801. DESCRIPTION OF THE SITUATION WHEREIN THE LIVING IS PLACED. _ _ "Rattlesden is a large village, in a picturesque valley, on one of the sources of the river Gipping, five miles W. of Stowmarket, and nine miles E.S.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 1,142 souls, and about 3,200 acres of land, generally having a fertile clayey ,oil, and including a small enclosed fen, several open greens or commons, and the hamlet f Poy-street green and Hightown-green, from one to two miles S., and Clopton-green, one mile N. of the village. 'the greater part of the open fields, &c., were enclosed about ten years ago, and the fen bout seventy years ago. Clopton Hall, with the estate attached to it, is the seat and manor of Captain Windsor Parker, and was long the residence of the Clopton family. John Mosely, Esq., is Lord of the Manor of Rattlesden, which was held by the Bishop of Ely until the fourth of Elizabeth, and was granted, in the second )f James the First to Philip Tyse and William Blake. It passed to the Moseleys in the early part of last century, together with the Acluowson of the Rectory. The Cocksedge, Boldero, Mudd, \Vinson, Canham, Eaton, Finnan, Pettit, and some other families, have estates in the parish, and the soil is mostly freehold. The chuich (St. Nicholas) is a neat edifice, with a tower containing five hells, and surmounted by a spire. The rect ory , va l ue d in K.B. at 201. Os. 2id., has about 50 acres of glebe, and a yearly modus of 7801. awarded, in 1840, in lieu of tithes. 'The Rev. James Oakes is the incumbent, and John Barney, Esq., is patron, and has the next pre ientation. The Baptists have a chapel here, built in 1808, and rebuilt in 1823." Vide " White's History of Suffolk." The glebe extends to 44 acres, and the land is exceedingly good. There is a capital garden, and all the auxiliaries essential to comfort. The incum bent is seventy-five, but the on dits affirm he is nearer to eighty. The parsonage-house will afford the new purchaser an opportunity to display his taste in alterations and improvements. This will employ his leisure time when he succeeds to the living, and try his pocket to the extent of a few hundreds. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last evening, shortly before five o'clock, the lucifer-match factory, belonging to Mr. llyams, situate in Princes-square, Wilson-street, Fins bury, was discovered to be on fire. The factory is a large one, and is surrounded by numerous other build ings. The fire originated in what is technically termed the " stove," a building fitted up with wooden racks, and used for drying the goods. When first perceived the flames had obtained the complete possession of the entire stock in the place. The parties connected with the works endeavoured, as did also several of the neighbours, to extinguish the flames by means of buckets of water, but owing to the overpowering nature of the effluvium emitted from the matches as they became ignited, the persons were compelled to desist, and send fbr the as sistance of the fire-engines. E n gines from Whitecross street, Jeffrey-square, and Watling-street brigade sta tions, were speedily at the scene, and being aided by plenty of water, the firemen succeeded in putting the fire out before it had done gr ea t er d a mage than consuming the building in which it originated. The damage, notwith standing, is very considerable. The origin of tho fire could not be explained, but there is no doubt it arose from over heat. Unfortunately, Mr. Hyams is unin sured. We understand a. somewhat interesting native of India, " Mohem Lal," arrived in London by the last overland mail. He is the same who travelled in Central Asia in disguise, with the late Sir Alexander Burnes, and subsequently published his journal in Calcutta. Since that period he has been devoted to British interests, and was greatly instrumental in effecting the deliverance of our prisoners in Affghanistan. We hear he has been re ceived with marked attention by the Chairman of the East India Company, who, after honouring him with a visit, invited him to dinner at his residence. He will shortly proceed to Scotland, to meet the parents of his late la mented friend Sir Alexander Burnes.—Post. NEWLY-INVENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOPES, OPERA GLASSES, MICROSCOPES, &C.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, have succeeded in effecting a most scientific im provement in Spectacle and Telescope Lenses, &c., of the greatest transparent power. The extraordinary advantage derived from this invention is that vision becomes preserved and strengthened and very aged per: sons are enabled to employ their sight either by day or candle light at the most minute occupation, and can see with those Lenses of a much less magnifying power, nor will ther require the frequent changes to further helps as the Spectacles now in common use. Also newly-in vented Achromatic Waiscoat-pocket Telescopes and Opera Glasses which aro invaluable at the sea-side and on the race-course, as well as at the theatre, &c.—Every kind of Telescope for Shooting, Sea purposes, and upon stand for astronomical observations with the celebrated Lenses of the most clear transparent brilliancy ; the powers are so great and the Lenses so bright and bril liant that minute objects at an extraordinary distance aro brought completely multr the eyes.—Sportsmen, Tourists, and sea-side visitors will indeed here have a great treat. Their invisible Voice Conductor gives im mediate relief to old standing extreme cases of deafness. to tethe ee Solomons, Opticians and Piccadilly, opposite n A C o a ur u r t i i i ns o t n sa : n — y 2 pe l a e pr e s t s i o r c t o iin any way connecte with a person S. n T e o d iath prevent neighbourhood, mistakes, be of the same name c a to n hue d ni rt ß ryi . m. the cautious, and observe.—Only Yorkha a H at o t 3 e1 9 . , Albe marle-street, BRIGHTON, OCT. §. — The Magnet steamer arrived here yesterday from Dieppe, having made the passage in seven hours. Among her numerous passengers was a courier, the bearer of dispatches from M. Guizot, who, immediately after landing, proceeded by a special train to London. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset have taken ono of the largest mansions at the west end of the town for the winter, but are not expected to arrive till the latter end of the month. The Duke of St. Alban's e a x t pe i c i t e ed inp to To a the t l w st eek of . has taken a house w rr i i l ve fro ti m ll October, but is not The Countess and the Ladies Cadogan took their de parture yesterday from the Marine-parade, for London. Lady Harley, Mr. and Lady Goding, Sir Samuel Clarke Jervoise, Sir Charles Des Vamx ' General Sir Arthur Upton, Sir F. Hankey, and Mr. Blackstone, M.P., are among our arrivals. Lord and Lady Lurgan have taken their departure from the Norfolk Hotel, for Ireland. Mr. Sergeant Goulburn has taken a house on the Ma rine-parade, where the Learned Sergeant has arrived with his family. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Am bassador, after a short stay, has taken his departure for London. AN ENIGMA.—The Raja Moorshebadad once asked what that was that did not happen last year, has not happened this year, and will not happen next year? And the chiefs and the merchants, the astrologers, and the hakims, could give no answer; but a poor horseman stepped forth, and, having kissed the ground, and put his forehead to the earth, rose, and, folding his arms, exclaimed, "May your Highness's shadow never be less, and may you live a thousand years—as long as your father, the sun, and your brother, the moon; but your Highness did not pay your servants last year, you have not paid them this year, and your Highness's people cannot expect, therefore, to be paid next year ;" and, with a low salaam, the man retired, expecting, doubtless, to lose his ears ; but on the contrary, the Raja ordered him a khelat (dress of honour), and that year he paid the army its arrears.—Asiatic Journal. OPENING OF THE SESSION Oi THE GREEK CHAMBERS. On the 19th of September the Greek Chambers opened their session, when King .otho proceeded in state to the Chamber of Representatives, and read the subjoined speech : " Gentlemen of the Chamber of Representatives and Senate, " Through the joint exertions of the Crown and nation the foundations of the constitution have been laid. Through the same exertions the institutions of the country will be lawfully developed and improved. May Providence protect and defend our joint labours. " The relations existing between Foreign Powers and me are most amicable, and it is a great satisfaction to me to he enabled to inform you of it ' • but we are particu larly ind e bt e d to t h e P owers that have zealously seconded us in our struggles, that have afforded us real support, and effected and protected our independence. My Mi nisters will lay before you a report upon the state of the administration and finances ; and, whilst observing the utmost economy, they will demand of you the means of carrying on the public service, and of securing our future welfare. " We shall not neglect the claims of our glorious past. We shall likewise duly provide for the splendour of our holy religion. We shall uphold it, and develope it as well as public instruction by a complete organisation. We shall also bestow due attention on the completing and improving the army in such a way as may best insure the safety of the state, and the execution of the laws. " It will be your province, Gentlemen, to assist my Government by affording it those lawful means, so that the administration of the affairs of the State may not encounter difficulties detrimental both to public and pri vate interests. " Laws will be submitted to your consideration, the object of which will be to render individual liberty invio late, and to confer en our flag the respect due to us. My Ministers will also submit to your attentive considera tion laws calculated to improve agriculture, commerce, and our shipping. " The development of the code of laws, and the adap tation of them to the state of the nation, will be the first object you will have to attend to in the present session. " Believe me, Gentlemen, I feel the deepest and most patriotic emotion on this solemn day, when I consider the great importance of the questions that are about to engage your attention, and the immense influence your decisions will exercise over the welfare of Greece. " Let us, therefore, by acting together with sincerity and prudence, strive to maintain and improve that which you have won by your heroin deeds and immense sa crifiees. " Let us endeavour to obliterate all recollection of past melancholy events; let only emulation, a laudable and patriotic emulation, to promote the prosperity of our country survive them, and, with a persevering will, let us pursue the right and regular course, which can alone lead our beloved country unto felicity and glory. " Such is the ardent wish of my heart; my whole life shall be devoted to the defence of our liberties, and the advancement of the welfare of the nation; in the accom plishment of which exalted task I claim your co-epera tion. Let us all implore the Almighty to vouchsate his support to our common efforts. " I now declare the session of the Chambers for the present year opened." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2. Arrivals—Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Exeter, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Lord C. Manners, Lord Godolphin, Earl of Orford, Lord G. Bentinck, Lord E. Russell, Earl of Miltown, Lord W. Powlett, Hon. Capt. Roue, Col. Anson, Hon. H. Forrester, Sir M. Farquhar, General Grosvenor, Col. Peel, Col. Knox, Col. Hall, Messrs. Greville, Batson, Payne, S. Stanley, Newton, Magennis, Newcombe, Portman, Sutherland, Irwin, Worrall, Higgins, Delme, Thorpe, &c. The shower during the race for the Buckenham Stakes on Tuesday was a prelude to several hours of steady, but not heavy, rain ; it ceased about midnight, but cosn menced anew this morning about six o'clock, and fell without intermission until near nine ; it is now dry and mild, but with so tremendous a wind from the north west, and so many ominous-looking clouds in this dis tance, that a continuance of fine weather for many hours can scarcely be expected. A meagre, uninteresting day's sport commenced at half-past one, with a mere shadow of what was of old a very popular race at Newmarket, namely— The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sous. each, h ft, for three yr s old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. D.L (6 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Pastoral . . (Nat) 1 Mr. Dixon's Oliver Cromwell Mr. Bristow's Freystrop 6 to 4 on Pastoral, who made his own running, and I won cleverly by about twelve lengths. Sweepstakes of 200 sous each, h ft; for 3 yrs old, 9st 31b; and 2 yrs old, 7st 31b ; fillies allowed 31b. Each subscriber named,in June, 1843, two 2 yrs old, a two year old, and a yearling, or three yearlings. One to the post. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Lord G. Bentinck's All-round-my-Hat (Nat) 1 Lord Albermarle's Scarmentado, 2 yrs Even betting; Scarmentado for choice. The mare made all the running, and won easy by two lengths. 50/.; for 3 yrs old 7st 51b; 4 yrs, Bst 81b; 5 yrs, Bst 131 b; 6 yrs and aged. D.I. Mr. Newton's Ma Mie, 5 yrs (Stephenson) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Vibration, 5 yrs Lord Exeter's Revocation, 5 yrs 6 to 4 on Ma Mie, and 2 to 1 agst Vibration. Revocation cut out the work to the ropes, where she was passed by Ma Mie and Vibration ; a close race be tween the two ended in favour of Ma Mie by a head. Revocation was beaten off. CESA.REWITCH BETTING UP TO 12 O'CLOCK THIS DAY. 7 to 1 agst Duke of Portland's Souvenir filly 10 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Glossy 11 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Jamal 12 to 1 agst Lord Albernarle's The Brewer 15 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Give- him-a-Name—t. 16 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campanero 20 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Marquise 25 to 1 agst Capt. Colquit's Pickpocket--taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Bateman's Haitoe—taken. DERBY. 30 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's Old England—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Scott's Alaric—taken. OAKS. 8 to 1 apt Mr. Gully's Maid of Orleans—taken. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CESAEEIVITC/I STAKES. 4to 1 agst Dawson's lot 16 to 1 agst Campanero 7to 1 agst Souvenir f 20 to 1 agst The Bride ,2 to 1 agst Jamal—taken 20 to 1 agst Aristotle 2 to 1 agst Glossy—taken 25 to 1 agst llaitoe—taken 4to 1 agst The Brewer 1 25 to 1 agst Rowena—taken 15 to 1 agst Give him a '25 to 1 agst Foigh-a-ballagh Name —taken 5 to 1 agst Vibration 10 to 1 agst Una and Jlaitoe 6 to 1 agst Pickpocket —taken DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Scott's lot—t I 30 to 1 agst Old England 16 to 1 apt hedger I 35 to 1 agst Fitzallen—t ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Queen's Plate. Ma Mie, Preistnitz, Wee Pet, Scalteen, Pastoral, Oliver Cromwell, Robinia, Eclogue, and Plantagenet. Town Plate. Pastoral, Meropo, Candidate, and Eclogue. Sweepstakes of 5 sm. each, winner to be sold for 70Z The' Great Mogul, 3 yrs, Caractacus, 2 yrs, and Alexandrina, 2 yrs. Handicap of 15 sous. each, for 2 yrs old. Laird o'Cockpen, Bst 71b ; Seakale filly, ist 111 b ; and Petrowna, 7st 21b. UPTON-UPON-SEVERN RACES—MONDAY. The Upton Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, &c., with 30 added ; the second saves his stake. Heats, inile•and a-half. Mr. Parr's Europe, 4 yrs (owner) 2 1 1 Sir C. Cocker(Ws Aurunzebe, 4 yrs The Severn Hurdle Stakes of 3 sot's. each, and 15 added, winner to be sold for 801., one mile and a half, were won in two heats by Mr. Williams' Lucy Hampton, 5 yrs, beating Mr. J. Browne's Bayard, 6 yrs. The Selling Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 20 added, once round and a distance, were won in three heats, by Mr. Dixon's Glendower, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Hewitt's Maid, 4 yrs. The Hack Stakes of 2 goys. each, and 10 added, win ner to be sold for 251., second to save his stake, once round and a distance, were won in two heats, by Mr. Hewitt's Maid,. 4 yrs, beating Mr. Cowley's Adrian, aged. Att INGENIOUS DEVICH.—Many inconveniences at times attend sending a prepaid letter, especially in the country, where the postmaster or mistress is not always so accessible as at a London receiving house. With a view (:f obviating inconveniences and expediting business, as far as the Waltham Cross post-office is concerned, an ingenious device is in practice there for receiving pre paid letters, as noticed by a correspondent. In the win dow of the office in the place of a square of glass, a sheet of zinc is inserted, in which two longitudinal holes are cut--one for the receipt of letters and the other for pence. In the centre of the plate is a revolving handle, which acts upon some simple machinery within-side. Above the handles are these words—" Put your letter in and turn the handle up ; put your penny in, then turn the handle over." Hero, then, is a simple means for posting and pre-paying a letter—there is no waiting till the postmaster is " rung" from any part of the premises he may happen to be in, to his own and the letter sender's inconvenience—here is, in fact, a plan that is worth consideration by postmasters, and all those whom it mayfoncern. GLOUCESTER AND FOREST OF DEAN RAILWAY.--. We are happy to state that the projected Gloucester and Forest of can Railway continues to make satisfactory progress, and is taken up with much spirit by the in habitants, who justly regard it as a most important object. More than 500 shares, we understand, have been taken of Gloucester. The Gloucester and Hereford Railway is also in high popularity, particularly in Here fordshire, where the shares meet with a very ready market.—Cheltenham Examiner. SOUTHEND NEW PIER.—The progress of this con struction is not very rapid, but it bids fair to be com pleted in the course of the ensuing spring, or early in the summer. Its extraordinary length, stretching out as it does over the shallow bay a distance of a mile and a quarter, renders it an undertaking of much interest. The pier is chiefly supported on cast-iron piles, which are so placed as to lean considerably towards each other, so that when united by the cross-beams and planking, they have most of the properties of an arch, and present thereby the strongest resistance to the pressure of the sea, which in stormy weather runs very high there. At first an attempt was made to drive these iron piles in the usual manner, by the machine which is commonly called " a monkey," though its play is anything but gentle. This process was abandoned in consequence of the metal splitting by the concussion. The piles are now fixed by " wriggling," their weight under an oscillatory motion serving to insinuate them into the soil so effectually, that it is found impossible to move them when fixed, and some difficulty has arisen in consequence of one or two not having been sloped inwards as originally intended. The necessity for the erection of this pier must be appa rent to all who have landed at this little watering-place at any other time than the period of high water, for an awkward transit in clumsy flat-bottomed boats does not always serve to secure a landing, passengers being some times coolly requested to step out and wade through the mud and water, at a depth of four or five inches. With better luck, you are landed on a " hard," where you have to balance yourself on a narrow ledge of slippery stones—a sort of causeway, not like the Mussulman s road to Paradise, as narrow as a hair and as sharp as a needle, but in reality as slippery as soaped stairs, and not so good as a good-sized plank. HoNG-KoNG POLICR.—Mr. Charles May, the newly-appointed superintendent of police at Fong-Kong, and Smith, , rs and M acgregor , t h e i nspectors, w ill take their departure from England on Tuesday next, for the scone of their official duties. The Oriental, which left the river yesterday, and will call at Southampton, will convey them to their destination. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTS3IOUTII, OCT. I.—The Mayor of this borough, Mr. E. Casher, having written to Sir Robert Peel upon the subject of the visit of the King of the French to this port, en route to Windsor, and to know if his Majesty would receive an address from the Corporation and in habitants of the borough upon his arrival, his Worship received a reply yesterday under Sir Robert's own hand, stating, that he had referred the letter of his Worship to the Comte de Jarnac, who had communicated with his Majesty Louis Philippe upon the subject of the con tents, and, on the receipt of the C om t e ' s re ply, h e (Si r Robert) would communicate with his Worship the Mayor immediately, and state the result. A similar reply to a like application from the Mayor has also been received from Sir James Graham. Should the answer prove favourable, a meeting of the Town Council will be instantly convened to resolve upon the best measures to be adopted in furtherance of the object contemplated. The Waterwitch, 10, Commander T. F. Birch, was towed out of the harbour by the Echo steam-tug this morning to Spithead, where she is now anchored. The Pantaloon, 10, Commander (acting) Edmund Wilson, seized the opportunity a favourable breeze af forded soon after the Waterwitch had anchored of leaving her moorings in the harbour under canvass, which she accomplished in the most gallant style, for the breeze meanwhile freshened, and she passed out to Spit head at a spanking rate, creating a most favourable im pression of her sailing qualities. She now forms the seventh of the experimental squadron at Spithead. The Osprey, 12, Commander Patten, and the Fire brand steam-frigate, Captain Corry, remain in the har bour. The former is expected to leave for Spithead to morrow, and the latter in a few days—still short handed (!), as also are three brigs from Chatham—the Mutine, Cruiser, and Espiegle. THE SCOTTISH HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday, at one o'clock, a court of the governors and subscribers to the Scottish Hospital was held at the hall of the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-street, to receive the report of the Committee on the bye-laws, Sce.—Mr. Nisbett, in the chair. A preposition, moved at the previous court to insure the picture of King William IV. (by Wilkie), for 3001, another of Mary Queen of Scots for 200/, and the whole of them for 6001., was agreed to. Professor Donaldson moved that at a future court they should in sure the pictures for seven years, which will effect a great saving to the hospital. A letter was read which had been forwarded from the secretary of the Caledonian Asylum, thanking the hospital for the donation of two thirds of the proceeds of the Caledonian ball. The amount of 5401. Is. 6d. had been distributed in relief to 277 ap plicants in July, 289 in August, and 289 in September ; and it was stated that about 2,000 Scottish poor residing in the metropolitan districts in the course of the year received the bounty of the Scottish Hospital. To the credit side of the accounts there was the sum of 9501. Bs. 7d., and to the debit side 6751. 14s. 7d., being 2741. 14s. in favour of the hospital. The report on the bye-laws was confirmed and adopted, when a suggestion was made in reference to the removal of the hospital to a site in the new line of street from Oxford-street to Hol born, it being stated that an eligible plot of ground for their institution would be shortly offered. It was agreed to refer the subject to the Committee. The court was then dissolved. SINGULAR INSTANCE OF CREDULITY.—On Tues day week, Mr. Irwin, the special high constable for the hundred of Bucklow, appeared before the magistrates at the Daresbury Petty Sessions, for power to pursue and apprehend a gang of gypsies, who had obtained upwards of 601. from a farmer of the name of Firth, residing at Whitley, under the following circumstances:—lt ap peared that Mr. Firth had had a fork and several other articles stolen from his premises, all in a very short time; and being quite unable to discover the thief in the ordinary course of things, he sagely resolved to counsel some gypsies who were encamped in the neigh bourhood, as " they would be sure to know;" accord ingly he went, and succeeded in enlisting their services in his behalf; finally, they agreed to " rule his planets" for him, and by so doing would bo able to impart such information to him as would at once afford a clue to the guilty parties, and would furthermore cause them on the third day after the commencement of the spell to stand at his door with the missing articles, and a bag of money in the bargain. Ono preliminary, however, would be necessary, namely, he must deposit with them all the money he had in the house, which they must wrap up in his presence, in three folds of paper, and then retain for the space of three days, after which time it would be re turned to him: he accordingly gave them all the money he had, about 601. in gold. and with a light heart went his way for three days, nothing doubting he would re ceive a manifold return, besides his money and goods again. On the morning of the third day he rose up early, expecting to find the depredators standing at his door, as predicted ; but they did not make their ap pearance : after some time spent in suspense, he went to his friends the gypsies ; but what was his astonish ment to find them flown, without leaving a trace of their footsteps, or sending his money back according to pro mise ? DEATH OTLIEUTBNANT•GENERAL COUNT BRAHE.— Intelligence has been received of the demise of this much respected Nobleman, a descendant of one of the most noble Swedish families, who expired at Stockholm, on the 16th ultimo, aged fifty-four years. Count Brahe was for above thirty years the confidential friend and councillor of the late King of Sweden, who, in 1810, when Prince Royal, made him his Aid-de-camp, and since that period a most devoted friendship existed between them. The Count fulfilled many high offices in the Government and army, and at his demise was Grand Marshal of the kingdom. During the six weeks the late King was ill, Count Brahe did not quit his Majesty's bedside, and his grief was most poignant. Since the funeral of the King he never went out, excepting to visit the grave of his departed friend, whom, he said, it was his wish to follow. On the 20th of July, at the opening of the Diet, Count Brahe officiated for the last time in his functions of Grand Marshal. his generosity was unbounded—born with an ample fortune, ho hardly leaves any. His death occa sions a deep regret among all classes of society in Sweden, who always found in this departed _Nobleman a warm supporter of their interests. GALASIHELS AND EDINBURGH RAILWAY.—A nu merous and influential meeting of the inhabitants was held on Friday night in the Assembly-room of the Bridge Inn, to.hear the report of the Committee, and to learn the nature of the proceedings in which they had been engaged, which the Committee an • pounced were of a highly satisfactory nature. Wil liam Hastie, Esq., banker, was unanimously called to the chair, who read a report of all the proceed ings of the Committee connected with the projected undertaking ; and from it., it appears that an agreement has been entered into between the original projectors and the Chairman and Directors of the North British Railway Company, the latter having agreed to pay all the expenses already incurred, to obtain a Bill from Par liament, to take all the necessary steps, with the least possible delay, to complete the undertaking. Great credit is duo to the Sub-Committee for bringing the arrangements to such a successful termination.—Kelso Chronicle. CROYDON FAIR. —Yesterday the above fair, the most favourite of all the suburban fairs (excepting Greenwich), commenced, and from an early hour the trains convoyed great numbers of persons from London to it. The fair itself was of the usual character, there being amusements to suit all tastes. The t)olice arrange ments were under the direction cf Superintendent M'Lean and Inspector Collier, of the P division, who rigidly prevented gambling of every description taking place. The fair will be continued this day (Thursday) and to-morrow. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Sir John Vanbrugh's comedy of the Confederacy was revived at this theatre last evening with the most complete success. We were rather curious to see this revival, inasmuch as we doubted whether it would be possible any alterations or omissions could make this comedy presentable before a modern audience. The adapter, however, has done his part most judi ciously. Ile has managed to cut out all the non presentable matter without interfering in the least with the development of the plot, leaving zit the same time all the brilliant smartness of the dialogue unin jured. The cast was immensely strong. Farren was Money trap, the miserable mean• spirited old Owl": and Strickland was the vulgar choleric old 131: 11 Y Gripe. Mr. C. Mathews was quite at home in Bras, as was his fair lady in the character of Flippanta ; and Miss P. Horton and Mrs. E. Yarnold did full justice to the characters of Clarissa and Ar minta. Miss Julia Bennett appeared as Co • rinna, and has added greatly to her already high fame by her admirable performance of last even ing. Never has the character of the hoyden been more gracefully represented. She was arch, lively, and vivacious, yet simple, graceful, and maiden-like withal. If Miss Julia Bennett acts always in this manner, we shall not have so much reason to regret the secession fr6m the stage of Mrs. Nisbett as we had anticipated. With such a cast full justice was done to the comedy. Every point told, every witty sally (and the comedy is replete with such) elicited a smile of approbation; every shaft of satire aimed at the follies and vices of mankind struck home. The cos tumes were rich and appropriate, and the anise en scene beyond all praise. OURT CIRCULAR. 1 AMENITIES of th e MAX iISTERIA: C WiNDS Olt, WAIDNESDA Y.—Their Royal BENCH. Highness( .!s 1 ! The Cork E xam i ner pu bli s h es f ee following hi the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Prince is Alice, accompanied by the Do wage r Lady Lytteltel ), 'it call s " th e l atest ex hibi t i on. of a TO agiaterig C w he c s and attended by Lieut.-Colon e l th e lion. Marl% '.,s terflelel." The scene in Court took place at Kantur Cast' ,e Petty Sessions on Saturda - fle against Mr Grey, Equerry to her Majesty, arrived at the ; " The . e s ese of Honora y .. M‘Auli at half-past five o'clock this afternoon, from tl l e Pa; ✓si- Patrick Savag e . was oneeof ale first called when Mr lion at Brighton. The royal party travelled from Brighton 1 y a spe- T. O'Callagha n sai l he up peered for the defendant his client. and requested the &net to l eo' stpone the case for a fee cial train to the New-cross station this aftern eon, and minutes until he could send f e from the station proceeded in three carriages and four " Shortly afterwards, Mr. °. savage came on thc to the Paddhigtvn terminus of the Great r'. hirestern table, and Air. O'Callagan appH ee have the wages Railway, where the eoyal party arrived at ee ,enty 'to five minutes before five o 'clock, l e a v i ng b 7 a s , Deceit' case, remaining open, gone into "Air, ALLEN (magistrate)— . .lndeee ' I will not ; you train for Slough, and from Slcrngh proceeding in three carriages and four to the Castle. must appeal. " Mr. O'Callaghan—l respectfully request, sir, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent i ; ex• pected to arrive at her residence ; Frogmore Le ,dge, that you will take the sense of the bench' pn my ape near Windaor this evening, from thct residence 01 her plication. Majesty the Queen Dowager, Witley Court, Wm ces- " Blr. ALLEN—I will not, . tershire. " Mr. O'Callaghan—May I beg, Mr. A ilen, to s nsife tie A deputation on the Cornwail Railway, ce g know whether, in refusing to go into this ease,, you of the Earl of Falmouth ; Mr. Turner, Mire. for are influenced by an y pi que t owar d s myse lf? Truro; Captain Moorsom, E ng in e er; and Mr. NV:- - " Mr. ALLEN—I'II not tell you. Bond, Secretary to the Company, transacted busie`e,s " Mr. O'Callaghan—lt appears, then, you are in yesterday, at the Admiralty. The members of ti.'€* tlueneed by a feeling towards me, when you refuse to deputation had also an interview with the Bari en disavow it. Dalhousie, at the offic e o f th e B o ard o f T ra d e . . 1\ s it Mr. ALLEN—It is a falsehood. Captain Fitzgerald had an interview with Loyd ,ceMr. O'Callaghan—These who know us both, ~, - ell who is m os t capa bl e o f f alsehood. I have Stanley yesterday, at the C o l on ial- o ffi ce . k now A deputation, in c l u di ng Mr. W. O rms by G o re, not a character for lies, w h a t ever you may haves an d M.P., the Hon. R. 11. Clive, M.P., Mr. W. R. Col- I call upon ~ eou to retract y our wor d s. lett, M.P., and several other gentlemen, accompanied e m e . e se e e e eN (to a policeman, and pointing to air. by Sir John Rennie, Capt. Moorsom, and Mr. Ray, O'Callaghan)—i'ett that man out t)f court. had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yes- • 1 ' The policeman did net stir from his position, and terday, at the Board of Trade, upon the plan for Mr. O'Callaghan slid (turning to Mr. Allen) — making a railway from Shrewsbury to Birmingham, Neither he nor you dares do it; and I again call on by Wellington, Shiffnal, Wolverhampton,, and Dudley. you to retract the words you have a ppli e d t o me . Dispatches were sent ofl" yesterday evening, front e Mr. ALLEN (at the same time putting out his the Colonial-office, for the Governor of South Aus- tongue at Mr. O'Callaghanl will not. tralia. Dispatches were also sent off for the Governor " M r. O'Callaghan—Tha )— t's e very judicial and of Gibraltar. dignified act, indeed, putting out your tongue. 1 " Mr. ALLEN—You are a liar, I did not. " Mr. O'Callaghan--I call on ycu to retract those words. o Mee. ALLEN—No, I will not. " Mr. O'Callaghan—Then you shall quit that bench, to which you are a disgrace. " None of the other Magistrates on the bench said a word while this extraordinary scene lasted, in pre. sence of a crowded court. Mr. O'Callaghan imire diately after retired, when Mr. Gilkrest addressed the Lena, and said that he was employed in several cas es remaining to be heard in court on that day, but that he should retire from the court, and return the fees to the parties who had employed him. He should feel himself degraded if he practised there while Mr. Allen sat on the bench, unless he publicly retracted the improper expressions and bin conduct he had used towards Mr. O'Callaghan. . jilting AV L en one professional man was told from the bench that bk. was a liar, and that what he stated was a, falsehooti, it was an insult to the whole of the profes sion, an d in lould be resented by every member /slit. Mr. Gilkrest, therefore, called on Mr Allen to re tract the lang:tage used towards Mr. O'Callaghan. " Mr. Allen t esfused to retract, and said he was justified in using theA languese, as he was goaded to it ; and it was contrary eo custom to rehear any case. "Mr. Daly—lt has been etenstantly done here; and the very last case tried ibis ;lay, of Doolin, of the Pawn-office, you let stand for' the defendant for over two hours. " Mr. Gilkrest, and the other proises . sonal gentle men, then retired from the court, Mr. ,911:rest say ing, that he doubted if Mr. Allen would Pot offer to retract when it would be too late. " Mr. ALLEN, with his hat on in the chair; f ind whilst the oaths were administering, then proceeptal to hear and decide on several cases, occasionally wfie pering to Mr. Warren, and apparently without notic ing or consulting the other members of the bench. " Mr. Leahy stood up, a little excited, and said, — this is most monstrous and outrageous. Nobody ever witnessed such conduct in a petty sessions court, There is not such another petty sessions in Ireland as this is. It is truly disgraceful. There is Alr. Allen, one magistrate, whispering to another, and monopoliz ing the decisions of the Court, and treating the other magistrates as if they had no voices in any of the de cisions, when the full Court should be consulted. If another case be decided without consulting the rest of the bench, I shall this night represent the matter to the Lord-Lieutenant. " Whilst Mr. Leahy was using these observations, Mr. Allen continued calling the witnesses with the greatest nonchalance." A GANG OF THIEVES BROKEN UP. (From the Cambridge Advertiser.) Inspectors Barnes and Good, of the Herts rural police, have recently succeeded in breaking up a gang of notorious thieves, who have for years infested the counties of Rutland and Lincoln, and who at last set up a depOt in this county for the proceeds of their rob beries. The place selected for this purpose was in the neighbourhood of I'uckeridge, and lately came under the notice of the police, whose attention being drawn to it by some suspicious appearances, laid a plan for the purpose of ascertaining who the occupiers were, and the nature of their pursuits. About this time an advertise ment appeared in the Police Gazette ' offering a reward for a large quantity of wo o l, stolen from Lincolnshire, and from information obtained, it was found that the party who had so recently taken up their abode in this county had, until lately, been living near the place from whence the wool was stolen. Messrs. Barnes and Good, in consequence, resolved upon watching the movements of the party, and, for that purpose planted themselves upon the road, where early one morning a loaded cart was observed to leave the premises. The offi cers being also provided with a horse, determined upon following, and kept in the rear of the suspicious cart all the way to London, a distance of nearly thirty miles, but previously to arriving in the metropolis the in mates began to have some misgivings relative to the purpose of their pursuers, and the inspectors found it necessary to keep close to them, lest in the crowded streets of London they might be lost sight of, and the officer's horse was actually kept with his head over the tail-board of the suspected cart, up one street and down another until both were worn out with fatigue. At length the " hunted" party was so tired that they sought cover in the yard of the King's Arms Inn, Leadenball. street, where one of the prisoners, named Robert Sharp, alias Robert Logden, was observed to throw away the plate from his cart, which bore his name and address ; in this attempt he was, however, thwarted by Inspector Barnes, who followed him, and picked up the plate from some rubbish in a stable. By this time another occupant of the cart, a female, began to throw out a large quan tity of pigeons and fowls ' • in doing which she was ob served and intercepted by Inspector Good. The officers having observed so much, at once took the whole party to the Bishopsgate police-station, where they were searched. It turned out that the cart contained a large quantity of wool, pigeons, and fowls ; and the prisoners had in their possession a quantity of Bank of England notes, and gold and silver come, besides some memoranda. affording information relative to their original abode. From the Bishopsgate station the prisoners were taken down to Ware, and secured, whilst the officers, by the direction of the chief constable, proceeded to Lincolnshire, to make inquiry into the case. Upon visiting Mr. Webster, of Nunton, the person who had advertised his loss in the flue and Cry, he at once identified a sample of wool produced by the officers, and it appeared that he had suspected the very persons in custody, whose names are Jeremiah Logden, the chief of the gang, and Robert Sharp, alias Logden, the adopted son of the former. The other parties concerned are not yet apprehended. The officers then busied them selves iu what is technically termed " getting up the case," searching out corroborative and connecting cir cumstances, in which they were completely successful. They then returned to Hertfordshire, and from thence took the prisoners and the property down into Lincoln shire, where the parties underwent an examination before Sir J. Trollope, Bart., M.P., and were committed fur trial to the next Peterborough Quarter Sessions. At the close of the examination, Sir John Trollope spoke of the conduct of the Hereford inspectors in the highest terms of commendation, complimenting them both on their zeal and activity, and for the manner in which the case had been conducted. It appears that the transactions of the prisoners hare been most extensive, and one of them, named Jerry Logden has actually a banking account at Stamford. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—PLYNOUTH, OCT. I. ; A melancholy and fatal accident occurred in Plymouth Sound, under the Mount Edgecumbe shore, last swtith the children have about a quarter before seven o'clock, attended loss of five lives, and by which eight s sm th all at the five been rendered orphans. It appe_ar k __, n ,,, a friend on per sons, three women and two ue m en e t n 4..7): the Sound, in the sound. board her Majesty's ship , (2 proceeded to Cowsend, where hired a boat at lleveontipitiojr:t and rowed alongside of that vessel, from whence refreshment, and took the boat they partook ofh half ast six o'clock in the evening to re again at about , Plymouth, the weather at that time being quite smooth. About a quarter of an. hour a ft e r quitting Cowsend, they were proceeding alunw f t a u i r r n a l i l l o d m ti e le to water vear the Mount Edgecumbe shore, in consequence, it is, s upposed, of the timidity of the females and of the dark. , ness of the night, when the boat struck on a rock, an the whole party were capsized, and before assistanc could be rendered they had perished. The bodies we' immediately afterwards picked up by some Cowset boatmen, four near the spot where the boat sunk, a the other on the Mount Edgecumbe shore, and in tl course of the evening they were recognised by th. friends. An inquest will be held before A. B. Bone, Esc t county coroner, on the bodies, at Cowsend, this dad The names of the deceased parties were Mr. and Mr. Fowler, Mrs.. Morgan, Miss Ryder, and Mr. Knowle.. They all resided in William -street, in this town. Th person they had gone to see on beard the Queen was brother to Mrs. Morgan, a sweetheart to Miss Ryder and friend to the other parties. There was no watermr in the boat at the time the accident occurred. INIPROVEMENT IN THE TOWER.—The wooden la) • rier on the parade, in front of the late small armouri. in the Tower, has been completed; but the exhumatit of the remains of those interred beneath the stone pay, ment on the east side of the Royal Chapel of St. Yet, has not yet commenced, in consequence of the new vat t built at the rear of the chard not being consecrate The Bishop of London is expected to perform the nen mony in a few days. ASTLEY'S THEATRE. The ever-attractive dramatic equestrian spectacle of Mazeppa was revived at this Theatre on Monday night, for the benefit of the Lion King, Mr. Carter ; and it is due to Mr. Batty, the proprietor, to say, that in all the essentials of scenic, musical, and eques trian aids, the re-production of the piece will stand a successful comparison with its original introduction to the stage, in the season of 1831, by the late Du ' crow. Amongst the principal incidents entitled to notice for their excellent arrangements, are, the tournament scene, the gardens of the palace, and expulsion of Mazeppa, borne on the wild horse, with the encampment of the Tartar tribe, and the overthrow of the Count Palatine and the Castellan. Mazeppa was vigorously sustained by Mr. Danaville. Barry, the comedian clown, taxed the risibility of the audience to the utmost ; and Mrs. Short imparted to the heroine, Olinska, a degree of feeling seldom wit nessed in this theatre. The piece was vehemently applauded throughout, and the entire arrangements reflected great credit on the stage manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot, the successful manager and producer of the spectacles, the Afghanistan and Chinese War, and on whom the mantle of Ducrow has most worthily fallen. The entertainments terminated with the Lion of the Desert, the chief astounding novelty of which was the introduction of a lady with Mr. Carter in the lion's den, which was hailed by the audience with most tumultuous plaudits. The re ceipts of the night amounted to the large sum of 320/., the whole of which was presented by Mr. Batty to Mr. Carter for the success attending his engagement. VISIT OF THE KING OF THE FRENCII.—By infor mation which arrived in London yesterday, it has been arranged that his Majesty Louis Philippe and suite will embark at Treport, on the 7th instant, accompanied by six steamers and two frigates, to pay the proposed visit to her Majesty at Windsor. It is expected that his Ma jesty will land at Portsmouth, where due preparations will, of course, be made. From thence, it is under stood, he will proceed, via the South-Western Railway, to Guildford, where his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with several royal carriages, will be in attendance to receive his Majesty, and conduct him to Windsor Castle. It was expected at first that the Due de Dalmatia (Mar shal Soult) would ,have accompanied his Majesty, but that honour, it is understood, will be conferred on M. Guizot. Several distinguished artists are coming over, e. the purpose of furnishing the subject of an historical painting for the French Court, o f th e i nterv i ew w hi c h will take place between the two Sovereigns, amongst whom are Horace Vernet, Edward Pingret, and others of eminence in the Academy at Paris. His Majesty has not visited the British shores since he was an exile, up wards of thirty years since, during the French war, when he for some time fulfilled the comparatively humble oc cupation of mathematical tutor at Dr. Nicholas's aca demy, Mayes, Middlesex. It is generally believed that his Majesty's sojourn will be strictly of a private nature, and that, consequently, he will not go in public to the me polis or elsewhere, it being purely a return for her Ma jesty having recently honoured him (the King of the French) at the Chateau d'Eu. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY. —On Tuesday evening a meeting of the friends of this Society (mem bers of the Church of Scotland) was held in the Tem perance Ball, York-street, Westminster, for the purpose of making a collection in aid of its funds ; George Wil son, Esq., in the chair. The meeting was addressed by the chairman, the 11ev. Messrs. Henderson, Shepherd, Drew (of Madras), Smith, Gaily, &c., who appealed very strongly to the feelings of their hearers, in support of the Society, which they contended had wrought more benefit than any other human institution, and which, in conjunction with the Tract and i ßible Societies, which had sprung from it, would, if sustained, effect all that the most sanguine could expect. In the course of the even ing a letter was read from the Rev. Mr. Pritchard, stat ing that he was prevented from attending the meeting by severe indisposition, which confined him to his bed. but that on that day week, if sufficiently recovered, he would be present in the Hall and deliver an address on the subject of foreign missions. The announcement of the illness of tho Rev. Gentleman drew forth the marked sorrow of the meeting, and a resolution conveying the strongest sympathy for his sufferings in the sacred cause ill which he was engaged, was unanimously agreed to. THE CHURCH.—BENEFICES AND CH URCHEs.—A Parliamentary paper, moved for by Sir Robert Peel, has just been printed, containing a list of benefices and churches augmented by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, made up to the Ist of May last. The list extends to thirty-eight pages, and affords a description of all the benefices and churches augmented by the Commissioners in England and Wales. It appears from the summary that, under schedule A, the Commissioners had, in 496 livings, made by unconditional grants an annual augmentation, amounting to 25,779/., which was divided under four branches, in the following manner : —ln places where the population was 2,000 and upwards the income was raised to 150/., in 261 livings, which amounted to 16,722/.; where the population was 1,000 and upwards, the income of 96 livings was raised to 120/, making 4,374/.; where the population was 500 and upwards, 80 livings were augmented to 1001., making 3,253/. ; and in instances where the population was below 500, in 59 livings the income was increased to 80/., making a sum of 1,430/. It further appears that grants have been made by the Commissioners to meet benefac tions when the income was below 2001., in 43 livings. The Commissioners have local claims upon tithes, &e., in 29 livings, and in ten livings the incumbents have claims for compensation for the loss of fees surrendered to new churches. The aggregate number of after deducting 21 included in more than one schedule, which have been augmented, number 562, and they amount to '9,809/. It thus appears that, un der the pro visions of the Cathedral Acts, 562 livings have been augmented by the sum of 29,80 9 /. lannum in b expended per petuity, and that sum is exclusive and promised to meet benefactions or of - money building and pus , chasing houses of residence fur incumbents whose annual incomes are below 2001. BUSINESS DOWN SOUTll.—Messrs. J. 11. Bondurant and Co., negro-dealers at Mobile, Alabama (and tvi o o f the most furious Democrats, as the swindling cant is, in that city), inform the Alabama planters that they will not be able to give a high price fur human cattle until Texas is admitted into the Union—after which, they feel confident of selling at prices which will satisfy their breeding customers. We insert the regular business card of these distinguished Democrats, for the edification of their northern brethren :—" J. H. Bond uran t and Co. will constantly keep on hand a large and well selected lot of young negroes, of all descriptions, which they will sell low for cash. They will also receive and sell negroes on commission. They will occupy the hotue formerly occupied by J. E. Zuntz, No. 66, St. Michael street, Mobile. J. H. BONDURANT and J. E. WHITLEY. July, 1841."—New York Tribune.