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

SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vittltt Optuton. " Who runs may read." ron.racca. The Ring of the French will embark for England on Saturday evening, or Sunday morning next. The Princ e de Joinville arrived in Paris on Tuesday. Count Duchatel, the Minister of the Interior, has left Paris for Charente Infirieure to perform the last duties to the remains of his father. Ile 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 Moniteur 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. 92c. the hectolitre, and the lowest 16f. 19c. The hectolitre is equal to 21 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 Prussia. They were escorted to the Palace by the civil and mili tary authorities, and the population as they passed uttered enthusiastic shouts of wel come. S oon after their Majesties had entered the Pa lace, they made their appearance on the balcony before the assembled multitude, who sang the national hymn in chorus, in tok en o f the i r delight, and in testimony of their loyalty. The Cologne Gazette contains a letter from Berlin, of the 24th ult., which states that the King intended going t° Stock holm, to be p resent at t h e coronat i on o f Ki ng Oscar, and M. A. de Humboldt was to accompany him. _The Warsaw papers contain an Edict by the Emperor 91 Russia, by which the division of the kingdom of Po land is changed from its present number of governments to fiv This new division is to be effected by the union of the government of Sandomir with that of Kielce, under the denomination of the Government of Radom, aotfilvof Poldachia with Warsaw, under the denomination Warsaw the Governments of Plosk, Lublin, and Au o_prinee Waldo , are to remain in their present state. mar of Prussia, travelling under the title Coal* de Ilavensberg, left Trieste on the 16th in the proceed by aleatner Mahnioudie for Athens, from whence he will Syria, Alexandria, and the Isthmus of Sues, a nd the Red Sea, to the East Indies and China. The Paris Academy of Fine Arts awarded, on Sunday, the grand prizes of painting of 1844. The first prize was obtain e d by M. Felix B ar i as , o f P ar i s , age d twenty twen two the second by M. Jules Levepo en , o f A ngers, aged ty-five. M. Barias was a conscript, and was obliged to join his regiment, but received leave o f a b sence, i n order to b ecome a candidate for the grand prize. As this gives the right of exemption from the army, he will now be free. A melancholy accident occurred at Munich, on the 23d ult. About 100 young females had assembled at a little fete 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, an d nearly thirty of them fell i nto the water. Assistance was immediately rendered, but two of the females were drowned. The Bale 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 ho resided. He was assailed with cries of—" No more French 1 If we have Piedmontes given us, we shall receive them with BLeasure, b ut we shall drive away the French I" M. ayer 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 POLICII. Sir Charles Williams, in the Bankruptcy Court, granted a warrant for the apprehension of J. Hunter, an luso' 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 th e year 1817, he being now i n a con d i tion ' to do so. A long inquiry was gone into at the M ansion-house, iralmnn: before Si r P eter Laur i e as to the conduct of A . s the su rgeon, i n causing a Dr. Tapley to be incarcerated in a lunatic asylum, and in detaining ce rtain as thatdocumite,an,tass, the prope r ty o f t h e D octor. The resu lt admitted that Mr. S a l mon was justified in acting as a s ho s had d one , f or. t h e Doctor was undoubtedly mad ; and for the documents, they had been handed over by Mr. Salmon to the Doctor's brother-in-law. At Queen-square, Charles Lowing, h Hatton,of f king near Hounslow, was charged with hay without a license, whereby he had incurred a e a ha pen e a r l f t e y etl o y f 10L Mr. Bond observed he should like t satisfied in his own mind before he conv icted o . under p this highly penal Act, in wh ich As this o is p w ow as er mitigate t h e pens ty.given him to the w first case of the sort that had ever some b efore hi lawm,he should adjourn for a wee k , i n or d er to refer tothe hookao ntthe s i u b . t ject. Defendant was liberated on e ntering into his own reeogniaances to appear on We d nes d ay Mr. John Goodwin Barnaby, res iding awthoNod.e4s,crSibeeyd mour-plece North, Euston-square, an ___ w.. hsste as an " author," was charged before Mr. Ka linso at Marylebone, on a warrant, with having inde cently assaulted Hannah Snelgrove, a pretty looking girl, his servant. The appearance of defendant was sin gular in th e extreme ; his hair was of extraordinary len gth, and f rom his chin a sandy-coloured beard shot forth, which reached nearly as low as the top button of kis waistcoat; he wore a white hat, and a shirt collar a /a Byron ; his wife was present during the delicate inves tigation. The defendant, who is a Socialist, denied the charge. , The prosecutris., however, swore positively to the assault, and as neither of the parties had any wit nesses to produce, Mr. Rawlinson 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 'placed at the bar at Worshi street, befo re M r. B roughton for final examination p 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. He had been served with a bason of soup in the r efreshment-room, and when he left the spoons were missed. into a pawnbroker's in the The w a it er , on going The caught the Prisonerthan in the the act of pledging Ow spoo ns . A policeman stated prisoner had shaved 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 be enabled ,to bring forward other charges against him. He was remanded accordingly. Ann Smith, alias Watson, alias Mary Anne Stow, a 'dressmaker, carrying on business in Brand-street, Greenwich, was fully committed from the police -court of that place, on six different charges of shoplifting. A man named Thomas Wood, about forty years of age, who w as formerly a foreman in the docks, and latterly a labourer in the employ of Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare, at Blackwell, was fully committed from the Thames -office, on a charge of highway robbery. He had knocked down an old man in Bow-lane, and robbed him of a bundle and other articles. OLTILT--PAISSIOWALIMIL The Duchess of Kent arrived at Frogrnore 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 stateion, and posted thenc e to Uxbridge, where the 1)u les' horse s and carriage were in waiting to convey her Royal Highness and suite to Frogmore. Her Royal Highness was accompanied by the Countess , Wratislaw, and attended by Lad y Charlotte Jo sephin e Dundasana Colonel Sir George Cowper. The Duke of Cambr idge arrived at Edinburgh on Monday. The Duke of Wellington, accompanied by the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, arrived at Apsley House, yes terday, from Walraer 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 the Queen. Lady Charles Wellesley also arrived at Apsley House, yesterday, from the Right Hon. H. Pierrepont's, Conhalt Park, Hants, to meet Lord Charles, . who is expected to arrive to-day in her Majesty's suite, in the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht, from Dundee. The Duke and Duchess of Lemster, and Lady Jane Fitzgerald have arrived at Caston House, near Maynooth. The Duke and Duchess of St. Albans have arrived at Brighton from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Mor ley, in Devonshire. His Excellency Baron Brunnow entertained at dinner on Wednesday evening, the Prince and Princess Radzi vill, Baron and Count Baroness Gersdorff, Baron T a ll eyran d , rode. Jarnac, and M. Loganoff, to me e t C ount N essel- The Baroness Seebach and Count Dmitry Nessel rode Exc were also i nc l u d ed in the circle. Ts evening Excellency gives a farewell entertainment in honourhis of Count Nesselrode, which it is expected will be honoured with the presence of several of the Cabinet Ministers. His Excellency the Count de 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, Nor thamptonshire, where their Graces will receive a succession of visitants during the hunting season. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton and the Misses Eger ton are expected to arrive in Belgrave-square on Wed nesday next, from Worsley Hall, near Manchester. Professor Liebig is expected in Scotland soon, and the magistrates of Edinburgh have resolved to confer the freedom of the metropolis on that eminent chemist, in consideration of his important discoveries in science. 71CLISCIISZLANNIOUS. tes The ' accounts from Dubli n o f t h e state of Lady Hey burys heal t h are very ho unfavour a bl e , an d b ut little pe is entertained of her recovery. On Wednesday a special meeting of the commissioners of pavement was held at Gravesend, for the purpose of memorialising the Homeasffice to remove certain per sons from the commission of the peace for this borough, on the ground that they notoriously desecrated the Sab bathy by employing touters i n t h e Star Pack et -office On the '(the being thems e l ves di rectors of the Star Company) mate Sunday s d ur i ng divine service. After an ani d discussion a Committee was appointed to draw tip a memorial to Sir James Graham for the removal rum the commission of the gentlemen in question. Between Oxford -street and Holborn, the new line of street is rapidly progressing towards completion. A sewer has been constructed for the whole distance, and is now being connected with the Oxford-street'and Tot tenham-court-road sewers. It is about 1,800 feet in length, and in depth from the surface fifteen feet, and has been about two months in execution. The workmen are now forming the footpaths on each side of the way, and shortly the gravel which has been excavated in the course of the formation of the sewer will be removed. It is exneeted that in a few weeks the Commissioners of Woods and Forests will issue their proposals for the erection of the new houses, for which purpose the whole distance 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 wkieh it is provided that the space be tween Bolton-street in the east, and Park-lane on the 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 schedule, the mansion occupied by Baro❑ Rothschild, and belonging to the Crown, is mentioned as requisite for the improvements. On Wednesday a Court of the Governors and Sub scribers to the Scottish Hospital was held at the Hall of the Scottish Hospital, Crane•court, Fleet-street, to re ceive and confirm the by-laws, &e., Mr. Nisbet in the Chair. A proposition, moved at the previous Court, to insure the picture of King William the Fourth (by Wilkie) for 3001., another of Mary Queen of Scots for 300/., and the whole of them for 6001., was agreed to. Professor Donaldson moved that at a future Court they should insure the pictures for seven years, which would effect a great saving to the hospital. Tho by-law were confirmed and adopted. Th• 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 TUE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. 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 Punjaub 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 Har dinge are individually as different men, perhaps, as could be found to succeed each other; but their po licy is the same. Their policy is the same, because it is neither's own policy. Sir H. Hardinge finds his course cut out for him as soon as ever he gets to India. He 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 Governor-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 jaub 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 feuds ; 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 Kban, with a third, Yar Mehemet, the usurper of Herat., have, it is said, formed an alliance, and made arrange ments with Lieera 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 for a soldier's life, acted the comrade, and looked forward to being the favourite and admired of the Indian 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 iii 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 this; and though he did it in a way invidious to the civil service, and contrary tt 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 meet favourable impression of himself in the eyes especially of the na tive gentry. He 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 proo 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 be revived there, having been dropped ever since Lord William Bentinck'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 cavil authorities of the Indian Government, we did not credit behaviour so marked with spite, disgrace, and impollcy. 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's 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 ama zemen t th a t his Lordship should not have been prepared for the strong disap probation which hie whisk round to a war policy must have excited in England. We are not now gOin g t o di scuss th e mer i t o f the battle They are may the merely grea t r e e s m t s a l r u k r , s t u h p a o t a t h h i e s gloriesEllenborough. is7a n tion in . were glories, because won over enemies equal or su perior to us in number's, enraged and emboldened by our own rashness and injustice. We perilled 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 f eted him • excites neither our surprise Tier our censure. But no words can convey condemnation strong eno hug upon an individual, placed in the rank of th Q c ueen's vice regent and representative in India, who would he represented a s exc l us i ve l y delighted with all he had seen in camps—who, having undertaken such high, such immense administrative and political 1 duties. confi. _ _ ses that hA never Got hi... is THE S" [N, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER A, 1844. as in cantonments and camps, and that he leaves behind him in India no thing or person worthy his regret., save the military What a member of a British cabinet, or of the Senate of a constitutional country We exclaim loudly against Frenchmen, 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 clamations, and listen to his account of what he loves best and alone, we cannot believe that he is an 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 IL Hardinge declined attending the military dinner at which hispredecessor 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 view o f th e rea l i n terests ohndia." 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 pectations/are accordingly formed of what the mili tary intimate of the Duke of Wellington will do, when his civilian Imategi 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 sepoys, 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 EngliAman, may not prove idle, vi z ., th a t Si r 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 due 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 times 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. OPENING OF THE SESSION OF 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 be enabled to inform you of it ; but we are particu larly indebted to the Powers 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 likevrise duly provide for the splendour of our holy religion. We shall uphold it, and develop 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 moans, 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 on 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 mo s t 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. "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 soil, and including ,a small enclosed fen, several open greens or commons, and the hamlet of 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, &0., were enclosed about ten years ago, and the fen about 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 of James the First to Philip The and William Blake. It passed to the Mosel e y s i n th e ear l y part of last century, together with the Adeowson of the Rectory. The Cocksedge, Boldero, Mudd, Winson, Canham, Eaton, Firnian, Pettit, and some other families, have estates in the parish, and the soil is mostly freehold. The church (St. Nicholas) is a neat edifice, with a tower containing five bells, and iurmounted by a spire. The rectory, valued in K. 13. 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 sentation. 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. " Let us, therefore, by acting together with sincerity and prudence, strive to maintain and improve that which you have won by your heroic deeds and immense sa crifices. DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Last evening, shortly before five o'clock, the lucifer-match factory, belonging to Mr. ['yams, 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 for the as sistance of the fire-engines. Engines 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 greater damage than consuming the building in which it originated. The damage, notwith standing, is very considerable. The origin of the fire could not be explained, but there is no doubt it arose from over beat. Unfortunately, Mr. flyams is unin sured. " 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-opera tion. Let us all implore the Almighty to vouchsafe his support to our common efforts. •' I now declare the session of the Chambers for the present year opened." 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 Afghanistan. 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 13. Solomons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly, have s ucceeded i n e ff ec ti ng a mos t sc i en tifi c 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 Len ses of is much less magnifying power, n o r will they require the frettuent changes to further helps as the Spectacles now in common use. Also newly-in vented Achromatic Waiscoat-pocket Telescopes and Opera Glasses which are 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 transparent brilliancy ; the Lenses of a o r f e th so e gr m ea o t st an ci d r the Lenses so bright and bril -1 liant that minute objects at an extraordinary distance ' are brought completely under 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 eases of deafness. Caution.—Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, are not in an way connected w i th a p e r s on of the same name in their immediate neighbourhood, nor in any part of the country. To prevent mistakes, bo cautious, and observe.—Only to be had at 39, Albe marle-street, Piccadilly, opposit e t h e Y ork Hotel. BRIGHTON, OCT. 2.—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 one 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 has taken a house at Kemp Town from the Ist of October, but is not expected to arrive till next week. The Countess and the Ladies Cadogan took their de parture yesterday from the Marine-parade, for London. Lady Harle7, Mr. and Lady Goding, Sir Samuel Clarke Jervoise, Sir Charles Des Nrceux ' 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. Ax ENIGMA.—The 11Rja Moorshebadai 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 astrologcre, 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, theref ore , t o b e pa id 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), nod that year he raid the ITISII CO the Itet England and Pl . ' 5611 *ns WEEKS. BRANS. ..............1, rs ol ' 1 3$ 10 Z $7 0 I 38 I 37 S f 37 3 5 - I 38 8 3 3 Hs su • (4 ' Nin , ....•.... 6 ' e a, , ABC ....•... 9, S DAY.) 31 lOs to 4110 91 land ditto, 5 1,16 Straw, 1189 1 0 per load. 3/ 153 to 4/10 1 ditto, 512 s ti traw, 118 a to " r load. SuP2 /1 318* to 4110'= nd ditto, 5 1 1 Oat Stray6_,.' 1 12a per low uiry. 'at stock bell tout heavy, 011 . ill, however, .1 from ." Its 6d ° )3,:t0 sink t' ; Calves, 591 aratirely littia tied about sir Mutton, IS 61 I 6d to 4s 2 (11 Lckling Coll s to 206 ; $l3 19/ each. Ad readily, 11 dull ; Beef, 5d to 43 ; d to 3s iom 4 a ; ' and rot rind a slugglv ry little but terms —Bed s; Veal, 3 901 lbs. Suckllog ;s, 166 to 1 931 it to 19/ each* L NEWS' THREE. yester -Dover. Shams were heal' egistered, Lancaster 0 1) ,. 1 r, 203; Kellar 09} ; Sheffield ;outh-Easte rli i t I Lyons, 211 orning. Colonial all ter is Ina= ements. timber. Th e .one off W 9 rile stead, t so briik 11. nd there b° till, howee t ' Consols for id for Time' purchased' 7 mium , • 1 3 ° ; and Fi° )lerably ant ze Three P c ' o the tobsec ° have,ior .ock is fill* and ChiNO Dutch TO' to be it the quott be divideo' CLOCL . 10040 . semi 99% 211 ,100% ,288 ps!. • pm. pm. CLOCK. MN 4 afig i-5% Zsi is% 5 ° via 4°S 12N I ti ev%%% 'CLISCIC. HARM .•••• t• to ••• tO ••••• t° I ••• tO tO to to-4 P•••• tO » to .00 to to 218 to • to 47)6 •••• to --- • to 77 • to— to to ▪ to - Ito to 10 .••. ▪ to •-• ▪ to ▪ to to tO •••• *Gm tO ...to ~.tor ..1111 to 33 to 363 ,to L 3 , to •.• to— P., to Oa. Dee tO ..... 2.—Ther e prices are I Atnienst t ; Ditto , Is. ; Lan - South lift(); Six', iester an d mingbato ern, 401; Aar and iptt4in F. ites past 5 follow nd Vigo• Eibraltar , th ; and tar—lier ypherol l9 er Heels rdjstein: corvette le ship., off Cape London, ; fifteen itlemant Earl of is, whet' ponsible severs! painful ,endsnte 1, where of the enjoyed he most bt stow shore- 14 ss I° so .0 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. Rous, Col. Anson, Hon. H. Forrester, Sir M. Farquhar, General Grosvenor, Col. Peel, Col. Knox, Col. Hall, Messrs. Groville, Batson, Payne, S. Stanley, Newton, Magennis, Newcombe, Portman, Sutherland, Irwin, Worrell, Higgins, Delme, Thorpe, &a 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 com 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 the dis tance, that a continuance of fine weather for many hours can scarcely bo 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 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. D.I. (6 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Pastoral (Nat) 1 Mr. Dixon's Oliver Cromwell 2 Mr. Bristow's Freystrop 6 to 4 on Pastoral, who made his own running, and won cleverly by about twelve lengths. Sweepstakes of 200 SOTS 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 2 Even betting; Scarmentado for choice. The mare made all the running, and won easy by two lengths. 501.; for 3 yrs old ist 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 2 Lord Exeter's Revocation, 5 yrs 3 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. CESAREWITCH 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 Albemarle'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 ar i st 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 agst Mr. Gully's Maid of Orleana—taken. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CESAREWITCH STAKES. 4to 1 agst Dawson's lot 16 to 1 agst Catnpanero 7to 1 agst Souvenir f 20 to 1 agst The Brido 12 to 1 agst Jamal—taken 20 to 1 agst Aristotle 12 to 1 agst Glossy—taken 25 to 1 agst Haitoe—taken 14 to 1 agst The Brewer 25 to 1 agst Rowena—taken 15 to 1 agst Give him a 25 to 1 agst Foigh-a-ballagh Name —taken 15 to 1 apt Vibration 10 to 1 agst Una and Haitoe 16 to 1 agst Pickpocket —taken DE, 5 to 1 agst Scott's lot—t 16 to 1 agst hedger T. 30 to 1 agst Old England 35 to 1 •gst Fitzallen—t ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. __ _ Queen's Plate. _ _ Ma Mie, Preistnitz, Wee Pet, Scalteen, Pastoral, Oliver Cromwell, Robinia, Eclogue, and Plantagenet. Town Plate. Pastoral, Merope, Candidate, and Eclogue. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, winner to be sold for 70Z The Great Mogul, 3 yrs, Caractacus, 2 yrs, and Alexandrins, 2 yrs. Handicap of 15 soya. each, for 2 yrs old. Laird o'Cockpen, Bst 71b ; Seakale filly, 7st 111 b ; and Petrowna, 7st 21b. UPTON-UPON-SEVERN RACES—MONDAY. The Upton Handicap of 10 sows. each, h ft, &c., with 30 added ; the second saves his stake. Heats, mile-and s-half. Mr. Parr's Europe, 4 yrs (owner) 2 1 1 Sir C. Cocker€ll's Aurunzebe, 4 yrs The Severn Hurdle Stakes of 3 sm. 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 SOTS. 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 soy& each, and 10 added, win ner to be sold for 25L, second to save his stake, once round and a distance, were won in two heats, by Mr. Hewitt's Maid, 4 yrs, boating Mr. Cowley's Adrian, aged. AN INGENIOUS DEVICIL—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 Gf 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." Here, 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 may concern. GLOUCESTER AND FOREST OF DEAN RAILWAY.— We are happy to state that the projected Gloucester and Forest of Dean 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 PLER.—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 ses, 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 " bard," 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 POLICE.—Mr. Charles May, the newly-appointed superintendent of police at Hong-Kong, and Stnithers and Macgregor, the inspectors, will take their departure from England on Tuesday next, for the scene of their official duties. The Oriental, which left the river yesterday, and will call at Southampton, will convey them to their destination. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTII, OCT. I.—The Mayor of this borough, Mr. E. Casher, leaving written to Sir Robert Peel upon I 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 Comte a reply, he (Sir 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 (I), as also are three brigs from Chatham—the Mutine, Cruiser, and Espiegle. Tn 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, &c.—Mr. Nisbett, in the chair. A preposition, moved at the previous court to insure the picture of King William IV. (by Wilkie), for 300/, another of Mary Queen of Scots for 2001, 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. Gd. 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 or CREDULITY.—On Tues day week, Mr. Irwin, the special high constable for the hundred of Becklow, 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 ther services in his behalf; finally; they agreed to " rule his planets" for him, and by so doing would be 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. One preliminary, however, would be necessary, namely, be 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 60L 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 OE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL COUNT BRAHR.— Intelligerme has ben tecciVed 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 Kitt 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, he 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. UrALASHIELS 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 Corumittee# and te learn the nature of the proceedings in which they had been eng , which the Committee an • nounced wereY e a d highly satisfactory nature. Wil liam Hastie, Esq., banker, was unanimously called to the chair, who read a report of all the Deeteed ings of the Committee connected with the projected undertaking ; and from it, it appetirs ttkt till tigr7Ment has h`Nfl t'iltUCti into ine original projectors (Ina the elairman and Directors of the North British Railway Company, the latter having agreed to pay all r the expenses , lready incurred, to obtain a Bill from pa - Bement. to take all the necessa r y ste p s, with the least tic 3 1. er e Ar S rad s obi l , ti to;i l ec t ik.a i d 4:ih e u l t a le y, ttoo t s o uth c z o msapulbseu.tccecoeititshsmefuiltittidremfroitnraakbtiinroigiti.g.ltiGiretetsiiii CROYDON FAlR.—Yesterday the above fair, the most favourite of all the suburban fairs (excepting Greenwich), commenced, and from an early hour the trains conveyed great numbers of persons from London to it. The fair itself was of the usual character, there being amusements to suit all tastes. The police arrange ments were under the direction cf super intendent ISl'Lean and Inspector Collier, of the i tliv.sion, who rigidly prevented gambling of every deir:titi cn taliina 1111 - Inn C_,_ v. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR WEDNESDAY.—Their R oya l Hi g h nesses the Prince Of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the Princess Alice, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry to her Majesty, arrived at the Castle at half-past five o'clock this afternoon, from the Pavi lion at Brighton. The royal party travelled from Brighton by a spe cial train to the :Lrew-eross station this afternoon, and from the station proceeded in three carriages and four to the Paddington terminus of the Great West•crn Railway, where the royal party arrived at twenty five minutes before five o'clock, leaving by a special train for Slough, and from Slough proceeding in three carriages and four to the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent is ex • pected to arrive at her residence, Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor this evening, from the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, Witley Court, Worces tershire. A deputation on the Cornwall Railway, consisting of the Earl of Falmouth ; Mr. Turner, M.P. for Truro; Captain Moorsom, Engineer; and Mr. W. H. Bond, Secretary to the Company, transacted business yesterday, at the Admiralty. The members of the deputation had also an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the office of the Board of Trade. Captain - Fitzgerald had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. A deputation, including, Mr. W. Ormsby Gore, M.P., the Hon. R. 11. Clive, M.P., Mr. W. R. Col lett, M.P., and several other gentlemen, accompanied by Sir John Rennie, Capt. Moorsom, and Mr. Ray, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yes terday, at the Board of Trade, upon the plan for making a railway from Shrewsbury to Birmingham, by Wellington, Shiffnal, Wolverhampton, and Dudley. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governor of South Aus tralia. Dispatches were also sent off for the Governor of Gibraltar. 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 thi3 comedy presentable before a modern audience. The adapter, however, has done his part most judi ciously. lie has managed to cut out all the non presentable matter without interfering in the least with the development of the plot, leaving at the same time all the brilliant smartness of the dialogue unin jured. The cast was immensely strong. Farren was Moneytrap, the miserable mean-spirited old miser ; and Strickland was the vulgar choleric old Bully Gripe. Mr. C. Mathews was quite at home in Brass, as was his fair lady in the character of Flippanta ; and Miss P. Horton and Mrs. a Yarnold did full justice to the characters of Clarissa and Ar minta. Miss Julia Bennett appeared as Co• rinna, and has a dd e d grea tl y t o h er a l rea d y 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 from 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 mice en scene beyond all praise. 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 TRH 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 &tuners 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 I , will, of course, be made. From thence, it is under- ' stood, he will proceed, via the South-Western Railway, 1 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, for the purpose of furnishing the subject of an historical painting for the French Court, of the interview which will take place between the two Sovereigns, amongst whom aro 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 ho for some time fulfilled the comparatively humble oc cupation of mathematical tutor at Dr. Nicholas's aca demy, Hayes, 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 polls 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 Chula of Scotland) was held in the Tem perance Hall, 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 Rev. 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 andßible 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 the Rev. Gentleman drew forth the marked sorrow of the meeting, and a resolution conveying the strongest sympathy for his sufferings in the sacred cause in which he was engaged, was unanimously agreed to. THE (he AND CHURCHES.--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 livingg, made by unconditional grants an annual augmentation, amounting to 25,7791., 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 1501., in 261 livings, which amounted to 16,N2L i where the population was 1,000 and upwards, the income of 26 livings was raised to 1201, making 4,3741.; 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 1 in 59 livings the income was increased to SOL, making a sum of 1,4301. It further appears that grants have been made by the Commissioners to meet benefac tions when the income was below 200/., in 48 livings. The Commissioners have local claims upon tithes, ac., in 29 litings t and in ten livings the incumbents ere _ claims for compensation for the loss of fees sur.re__ld_n,i,d, to new churches. The aggregate number ofBellie:_,,e, after deducting 21 included in more than one I . I d which have b B c o e 9 n l amount to 29, • •iislonJ of the Cathedral Acts, 562 livings have been augmented, It t thus app e n a t r i s m t i l ) l e a r t, su6n2d'erantidielll)'rtol ' augmented by the stun of 29,8091. per annum in per tietnitZ and that lull) is ex-lusivo of money expended and promised to mat henefacti9ns for building and pur chasing houses of residence for inctimlnjs whose annual incomes are below 2001. BUSINESS DowN SOUTlL—Messrs. J. H. Bondurani and Co., negro-dealers at Mobile, Alabama (and two of the most furious Democrats, as the swindling cant is, in ( that city), infniin the 1 ‘..:ailama planters that they will not be able to k,ive tt 11. gii titlti , ) fur human cattle until Texas is admitted into • the Union—artct which, they 1 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. 11. Bondurant and Co. will e3nstantly 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 occu py the h.-use I fnrmorly occupied by .T. E. Zuntz, No. 66, St.__ Michael- (... :; , /S. M 1 I, i. Z„ ;~~ RM r-- AL AMENITIES of the MAGIS4 • i ktis,- - -,i.- ~ BENCH. ;;;; -) 1:4 4 4ci.1 c u The Cork Examiner publishes the folloti Oid:* ..*:" it calls " the latest exhibition of a magiiteri 0 terfield." The scene in Court took place at Kan lir' Petty Sessions on Saturday : " The case of Honora • M'Aulifie against Mr. Patrick Savage was one of the first called, when Mr. T. O'Callaghan said he appeared for the defendant, and requested the Court to postpone the case for a few minutes until he could send for his client. " Shortly afterwards, Mr. Savage came on the table, and Mr. O'Callaghan applied to have the wages case, remaining open, gone into. " Mr. ALLEN (magistrate)—lndeed I will not ; you must appeal. " Mr. O'Callaghan—l respectfully request, sir, that you will take the sense of the bench on my op. pl ication. " Mr. ALLEN-I will not, " Mr. O'Callaghan—May I beg, Mr. Allen, to know whether, in refusing to go into this case, you are influenced by any pique towards myself? " Mr. ALLEN—I'II not tell you. " Mr. O'Callaghan—lt appears, then, you are in fluenced by a feeling towards me, when you refuse to disavow it. " Mr. ALLEN-It is a falsehood. " Mr. O'Callaghan—Those who know Ls both, know well who is most capable of falsehood. I have not a character for lies, whatever you may have, and I call upon you to retract your words. " Mr. ALLEN (to a policeman, and pointing to Mr. O'Callaghan)—Put that mail out of court. " The policeman did not stir from his position, and Mr. O'Callaghan said (turning to Mr. Allen) — Neither he nor you dares do it; and I again call on you to retract the words you have applied to me. " Mr. ALLEN (at the same time putting out his tongue at Mr. O'Callaghan)—l will not,. " Mr. O'Callaghan—That's a very judicial and dignified act, indeed, putting out your tongue. " Mr. ALLEN—You are a liar, I did not. " Mr. O'Callaghan—l call on you to retract those words. " Mr. 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 imme diately after retired, when Mr. Gilkrest addressed the bench, and said that he was employed in several cases 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. lle should feel himself degraded if he practised there while Mr. Allen sat on the bench, unless he publicly retracted the improper expressions and in sulting conduct he had used towards Mr. O'Callaghan. When one professional man was told from the bench that he was a liar, and that what he stated was a falsehood, it was an insult to the whole of the profes sion, and should be resented by every member of it. Mr. Gilkrest, therefore, called on Mr Allen to re tract the language used towards Mr. O'Callaghan. " Mr. Allen refused to retract, and said he was justified in using the language, as he was goaded to it ; and it was contrary to custom to rehear any case. "Mr. Daly—lt has been constantly done here; and the very last case tried this day, of Doolin, of the Pawn-office, you let stand for the defendant for over tw•o hours. " Mr. Gilkrest, and the other professional gentle. men, then retired from the court, Mr. Gilkrest say ing, that he doubted if Mr. Allen would not offer to retract when it would be too late. " Mr. ALLEN, with his hat on in the chair, and whilst the oaths were administering, then proceeded to hear and decide on several cases, occasionally whis 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 Mr. 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 tho greatest nonchalance." A GANG OF THIEVES BROKEN UP. (From the Cambridge Advertiser.) _ Inspectors Barnes and Good, of the hefts 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 Puckeridge, 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 fur a large quantity of wool, 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 c o o f ns t e h q e u p e a n r c t e y , , resolvedand,for that upon watching the movements purpose planted themselves upon the road, where early one morning loaded cart was observed to leave the premi ses . Th e 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, Leadenhall 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 Bishopsgato 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 coin, besides some memoranda affording information relative to their original abode. From the Bishopsgate station the risoners 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 Hue 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 in 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 for 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 have been most extensive, and one of them, named Jerry Logden has actually a banking account at Stamford. ---- --- MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.--PLYMOUTII, OCT. 1.-- A melancholy and fatal accident occurred in Plymouth Sound, under the Mo unt Ed g ecumbe shore, last night, on the b y, e i cd e i e e s i , g b s; t t t s m c a e ll , s c e h n i d l d , ret this s have y about a quarter before ECWCII o'clock, attended with the loss of five lives, and by been rendered orphans. It appears that the five per eety's ship Queen, lying in the Sound, sons, three women and two men, having a friend on Davenport, and rowed alongside of that Nboh-eirsaesreddLahfebrrLoaallivw:•tjhence they proceeded to Cowsend, where t h e y partook of some refreshment, and took the boat again at about half-past six o'clock in the evening to re turn home to Plymouth, the weather at that time being fair and the water quite smooth. About a quarter of an hour after quitting Cowsend, they were proceeding along near the Mount Edgecumbe shore, in consequence, it is supposed, of the tim:dity of the females and of the dark ness of the night, when the boat struck on a rock, and the whole party were capsized, awl before assistance could be rendered they had perished. The bodies were immediately afterwards picked up by some Cowsend boatmen, four near the spot where the boat sunk, and the other on the Mount Edgecumbe shore, and in the course of the evening they were recognised by their friends. An inquest will be held before A. B. Bone, Esq., county coroner, The names of the deceased parties were Mr. and Mrs. Fowler, Mrs. Morgan, Miss Ryder, and Mr. Knowles. They ali resided in William-street, in this town. The person they had one to see on board the Que e n was a brother to Mrs. Alorgan, a sweetheart to Miss Ryder, and friend to the other parties. There was no waterman in the boat at the time the accident occurred. 111PROVEMENT IN TIIE TOWER.—The wooden bsr• tier on the parade, in front of the late small armouries in the Tower, has been Oinpleted; but the exhumation of the remains of those interred beneath the stone pare• ment on the east side of the Royal Chapel of St. Peter has not yet commenced , i n conse q uence of the new vault Ludt at the rear of the ch a p el not being con h se e cratwed. rri,„ rzidinn of London is expected );4 perform te.