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" TVIzo runs may read." roamarg. king"lt is quite positive (says the Revue de Paris) that the will return to Eu on Monday next. M. Guizot will hen s pend the following clay at that Royal residence, and t c ollie back to Paris." ``A. service o f steamers (says the Courier Francais) der to conv e y tw i ce a day to the Queen tidings of if is Philippe, and to the Ki ng tidi ngs o f the Queen. '. Gui zot is to ' NI rite by the sam e c h an n e l to h is col leagues, and to learn from them, in return, twice a day, what i s passing in France. Two couriers are toforstart gi n t ~".ery day fro m T report for Paris, and from Paris report. Thes e precaut i ons are to be taken during the g's whole stay in England." The Journal des Dcbats publishes a letter from a pri l'ate correspondent at Madrid, of the 3d inst., which at s, that a strong and dangerous excitement exist — "°ogst the superior classes of society, and amongst the ,Incie:rybers of the new Cortes, which had already assem °led in c onsiderable numbers in that capital. The Mi which convoked the Cortes, which made the eke ens, and re-established order and tranquillity, is at prese nt t menaced i n i ts existence by its friends and by 8 own partisans. bni 4 We l earn," says the Constitutionnel, " that the Corn ctsion charged with the re-organisation of the Poly •eceoic School, after long discussions, has decided that it ;._ was i competent to touch on the subject of scientific ..aatruct A. Berlin letter of the 2d informs us that Lord Pal -11.e?Itott had dined w i t h t h e Ki ng, and had received the ' 18 , 1 , ! of all the Ministers and the dipl oma ti c corps . i n l t .ha Peess e g i ves the following from its correspondent chant s CO •—" A prot es t h as b een s i gned by all the aver -8, 0--- of Mazatlan, E ng li s h , G erman, Spanish, French, or . : i on the occasion of an a t roc i ous outrage b y an officer the le wt garrison upon a French sailor. It appears that upe t , r i te ll had the s a il or ti e d to a post, and inflicted him to r 200 blows of a cane, after which he caused rage wa thrown into a dungeon, where a nameless out • the French 8 rPetrated upon him. It is don:otfui whether this Lef;ation has been able to se'ad an account of moment ,‘" the Government, as it arKived only at the The O hs the mail was leaving." Viee u6Bervateur du Rhin cur-mins a letter from by 13 114 °f the 30th ult., which st'ates that the offer made for t t r on de Roths c hild , to give. 40,000 florins (120,000 f.) th e ea e establi s h ment of a lit ;tyt ec h n i c sc h oo l at B runn, ib ia.t Pital Moravia, has been rejected by the States i e s ° r e ei n e t e r ti y ,7 b en y ih 2 a 2 s vo` to ale The letter mentions , A man „ 4: c us s ed nsiderable sensation. 'I th "' me t' `'' e xgeaud, who was condemned to death f ... 8 Court of i - 8. th e ..ssize of the Dordogne, for poisoning a l'eri named Iteynaud, by arsenic, was executed at step Peed ci tt Tate 3cl inst. He had a few hours before ja se ve - . t- -t4 t\'oid a public death by stabbing himself liter, .__,4l Places with a pa i r o f scissors, which he had e r',.u . "% lie suffered so much front his wounds that he farri scarcely ascend the scaffold. The wife of Reynaud, %i n ? was the accomplice of Clergeaud, was tried with leho'ertl sentenced to imprisonment for life, with bard The RevuePestr ed de Paris mentions that the Ministry ap taaind. to have renounced the idea of raising the re scri„,.`r of the loan of 450 000 000 francs by private sub „reek , v ~ l'h e P 4 7t4 to.Cientifie Congress at Milan broke up . on the ' 4l . About 1,200 savans attended the meetings. k r , LAur area POLICE. b b ' ‘,olnmissioner Pollock sat in the Insolvent . 1 ) e tors' n, - , .0g e 11 11, and committed to Newgate Thomas „.. li g ot tt, a se , g- A, s 61ing ignee of the estate of Henry Frederick Bath, : an account. We st eas .°4 was held, by adjournment, at the Guildhall, tkll s for licences licences fur dancing, music, and other en- At the of a similar kind. and Eliza, La.naion-house yesterday, Patrick . Fitzsimmons i ti d esper , Lug wife, were charged with tailor,w_o iod,,, ed a.te assault upon Charles Talor a li . The In their house in Greyhound-court, St. Mary-axe. wei }defendants are Irish and the complainant' istha lotiet ' m an- It appeared that he wished to quit the and tendered his rent, whereupon the . e 8 8" u pon him, and while one hammered hishead . wi t h .. lei, 4 eanimer the other jumped on him and beat him .that'Ai the leg of a chair. The sentence upon them committed fo ra the man should pay a fine of 405., or be commi o e t i . 1 Month 'and that the woman should pay a fine 8 .: or be committed for a week. The prisoners were dally committed to prison. ft. )An e rrand boy na me d Th omas B ryan was reman d e d h,.a Clerk enwe ll, on a charge of robbing Mr. Chertsey, 00t- maker, No. 4, Chichester-row, St. Pancras, his "Net otA,Lt Lambeth -street, William Duvall, the second mate_ bas brig Prince Osc ar , at present lying i n the London for further exa•• - "' 8 brought before Mr. Henry • , c t i ts, i4 , 4lv , s o s n the atrocious charge of " gouging.' Cap t. sneer ° n'th e victim . La,,, t on, of the savage brutality of the pri- aerii ) ,: a who is an American, was in attendance, and de- ! t ete . 1 ; 4 , 1 ;4 ferocious conduct of the prisoner, who was c0k4,4-1.--t...‘en until the 21st inst., when he will probably be „,\Viiil'q, for trial at the Central Criminal Court.. C r lte l ,rll t. lackett was committed from Worship-street, e ttclit, h ' a daring highway robbery in Austin-street, At t • Mr niee.l of 6., B erri , 41t —1 li 441 1 John Hobbs, foreman in the employ largehele o . l', an extensive contractor for the purchase aeaolo fig' was committed for embezzling - a Qt of money from his employer. W e ear n , 71, All WI. ill°lll.igeetentiejrBtl7lldivtce King of the French has been Nati o uecline the Duke of Devonshire's courteous r,eztetlot permit Chatsworth His Majesty's engagements . 434 , attr — h ' e ""t ef the King to prolong his soj . ou . rn_i y n this Poieteb. Yond Monday next, the day originally blt i s f or his Maje ty' - d-p rture. astgees4oe_ra_lly Und s e - rs s tood - a that the marriage of Lady I.,`` , and Somerset, eldest daughter of the Duke of Beau g4laist LS Excellency Baron Nieumann, the Austrian ra e e r, Will b -'• • atb . Ili a b e solminised in the course of the ensuing and Miss 0 4 1 la s t veret Y t, the American . Minister.. Mrs. Everett. Pihr44tejing TaYeaonutalive Castlearrived in town from Scotland. Mr. Everett and family t heir eti a, - on a tour of the Western Highlands, and on 4 t „klri sl a l w a o n. Uth k;01 011 . 1 r tt ouse. paid a visit to Lord and Lady Belhaven, ges s ~_ -• '...aier r hit h ine b ile d _ y, Aide-de-Camp to his Royal High -110:()yai Hi e lS :lontpensier, and several noblemen of 1, j gness s buite have arrived at the Brunswick Mouth, „sere:in-street, from Windsor Castle and Ports ei2.(hhe) g u t e tt Y a hasty visit to this metropolis. 0 of Richmond and party have returned to tiserattess,s.tiarrtlet,, f rom attending the northern meeting at kiy t • ....ne E arl and Countess of Seafield, Lord a . ncl , hibi t i oi 7 o opi s h Fra,, Q , °:,at, Lord and Lady Saltoun and the Hon. Miss of th e L.`'ir P. and Lady Mostvn and a brilliant circle \ri sco the t i no i li g i ly n ,;W g 'e a r na e e p s i . esent at that annual ex eol"iitiUntssol4:4,atrd Mherapveeth has joined the family circle at Mrs, tr(Avard, from Scotland. The Hon. Captain and arrived on a visit to the Earl and Si r „.B,of Carlisle, from the Continent. fro k itools Brooke Pechell, Bart., is so far recovered take The I. ' late i ndisposition, that he is now enabled to tria go airings. f Dow „ i ,4 w„, ager Lady Holland has returned to town "i for d, "'on Abbey, the seat of the Duke and Duchess 4 • th e 4 1 lra inar,rj e a e C til l i li g ilkale f gentlemen been held at taw, fteesi,,wa House, Mr. Cotton, the Governor of the ro s in .ralgland, in the chair, fur the purpose of e onsici e arte „ geinents for a public meeting to take into %id b e ?ort the propriety of establishing warm and di d b aths for the use of the poor in some of the most in e ocalities about the metropolis. hick ttilderstand that in addition to the stand of arms terldea'oe armoury of Chester Castle contains, it is m added': that an extensive supply of cannon shall be also s mall as to for m a complete depot of both large and rieed . A Guns, for the use o f t h e northern district, in case of up, ad . .t t. small armoury is now in the course of fitting for th„ J°l4 ing the staff o ff icer ' s o ffi ce, in the lower ward, for tf i : re eoPtion of 250 s t an d o f arms and accoutrements j a i` u s° of the ou t- pens i oners in this district. 14, 41 °rtnation was yesterday forwarded to the metropo eirentlloe, that a man named Timothy Good w i n , o f nest_ ester, escaped from the station••house at . Ciren- Gl o 7_ r e on the 7th instant, after having been committed to lie ui ester county gaol for trial on a charge of felony. sebli e s r. a labourer, and has the appearance of an old Th e I . Ite p,.. , 4 orthumberland Agricultural Society held their :Tofgelt.!onaetrpsedextahilyi:biintioan of stock, seeds, and implements, on field belonging to A. IL Fenwick, Esq., Compared with previous years, the show eirsee_onsi.dered a decided improvement in some of the th ou e! Fah regard to the general quality of the stock, The 1 1 1 point of numbers it was perhaps deficient. attoo e pinth anniversary and exhibition of stock and Coll the East Essex Agricultural Society took place ext:;chester on Wednesday. The stock and roots were due!,olled, and the rewards for industry and good con ,,',_ & c•+ were distributed in the Castle Bailey. tatneo Vicarage of Milverton, with the Curacy of tintlegfi.r9. Budville annexed, a Peculiar in the jurisdic end ....! tar: Archdeacon of Taunton, who is the Patron of 107. priator, is vacant by the death, in the island '_ 4 ettoira, of the Rev. J. T. Trevelyan, who was insti- Zt ect e the same in the year 1825. The net annual in -`4O of thi s benefice was returned in 1831 at 4491. Se teo orrien B------:------------Atix---s.—The county of Inverness, at a tt „ eral meeting held on the I st inst., unanimously , mreed to • of , . 44 t i a series resolutions, deprecating any altera cr restriction of the present currency of Scotland, e cn , c alling upon the Members of Parliament for the e - m r itY and burgh, in conjunction with the other repre ,totitatives of Scotland, to give determined resistance to , Y Measure which may tend to change the present i t a teln of banking and currency. The resolutions were a v ": 1 by Mr. Macpherson Grant, younger, of Bailin- K O , an and seconded by Mr. Sheriff Tytler. tdottiilviee°7B 11.0 a EXPORTATION. —Within the last few 43 et number of valuable horses have arrived I\ll ' 1 ' C° . leY s, Paragon Inn stables, where a further n b.y is daily expected. They consist solely of en ti„_ arse for King of Denmark, and have been l i t it r ;. e i e l ei eld: one of his Majesty's stall-keepers, and Mr. lish4 Nicholson of Beeford. A buyer from the estab to !neat of Mr. Banaberger, of Berlin, has also arrived iluladiked further purchases before the season closes.— A„h ert'Ber. k a ,. r e dinner lately given to Mr. Clifton, the new dui oar North Lancashire, covers were laid for 300, dip 67 gentlemen:attended, a significant exemplifies - { c l4 11114411 COMMISSION OF LUNACY. A writ de lunatico inquirendo was opened on Thursday, at Hathern, before F. Winslow, Esq., and a jury of seventeen gentlemen, to consider whether Mr. Robert Bloor, of Bond-street, London, and of Derby, porcelain manufacturer, was of sound mind, or whether he was in such a state as to be incapable of managing his affairs. Messrs. Jessop and Barnaby appeared in support of the writ. The Learned COMMISSIONER, after explaining to the jury the nature of the inquiry, stated that the medical gentleman who had been attending Mr. Bloor, was of opinion that the unfortunate gentleman was not in a fit state to be brought into the room, but as it was essential that he should be seen by some of the jurors, a deputa tion might visit him, and put such questions as they might deem necessary. The following witnesses were then examined:— Mr. James Thompson said he had managed Mr. Robert Bloor's businesF in Derby, for twenty-nine years, and had seen him very frequently during that time. During the last fifteen or sixteen years he had been sub ject to fits of mental aberration. In October, 1828, he went with his wife to Broadstairs. He then acted very strangely. He refused to leave London, although his business required his presence at Derby. At the d .. ,, gre of Mrs. Bloor, witness went to London, and f:-.,tind Mr. Bloor at lodgings in Piccadilly. He w- .. 5 in bed, and under the influence of liquor. Persuaded him to g' oto Derby; he refused at first, h ultimately arranged to meet witness at his wars louse in Bond-street, agreeing to proceed to Deity. When he returned to Derby, his conduct worse—he insisted upon being supplied !yid?. hr i aor. He fancied that people were talking about him In ',,ne streets, and that bullets were flying through the windows. He was placed under the care of Mr. Swift, at Spandon, from whence he went to Stafford, under the care of Dr. Knight, who considered the case hopeless, and merely recommended kind treatment. He was ulti mately removed to Hathern, where he had ever since remained. He was subject to various extraordinary de lusions. lie said he was in possession of a valuable se cret, that of making persons at a great distance off hear what he said by means of blowpipes. At another time he said that Dr. Bent, his medical attendant, had written to the Emperor of France about him. He fancied that he was the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Norfolk, or some other great person. He made no inquiry respect ing his affairs after he came from London. Had been in the habit of drinking to excess previous to his illness. Dr. Bent stated that he had attended Mr. Bloor for nearly twenty years. His first malady was delirium tre mens, brought on by excessive drinking. Had seen him about three or four weeks back. On that occasion he fancied he was a Duke. He called his wife Duchess, and his daughters Lady Sarah, Lady Charlotte, &c. When asked how he was, he replied, "Pretty well, considering all through." He said that he was doing homage to the Royal Family, who were then visiting him. He said that Lord Halford (Sir H. Halford) was attending him. When asked if he had disposed of any of his property, he said he had not, but, on the contrary, he had been adding to it every year. He said that he had recently bought the whole town of Liverpool, and that he was to come into possession on the 29th of the next month, when he would be entitled to receive the rents. He said that Lord Gurney (the Gurneys of Norwich) and the Society of Friends managed his affairs, and that the Lord Chancellor and Lord Althorp audited the accounts. Dr. Bent gave it as his decided conviction that Mr. Bloor was of unsound mind, and wholly incapable of managing his affairs from the Ist of December, 1828, since which he had no lucid intervals. Mr. Huggins, surgeon, gave nearly similar evidence. The principal delusion under which Mr. Bloor constantly laboured was that he was some distinguished personage. He frequently said that inferior people envied him, and had even threatened to shoot him. When addressed as Mr. Bloor, he felt offended, as it was below his rank. He insisted that he was the Duke of Norfolk. Mr. Hunt, surgeon, who had also attended Mr. Bloor in September last, said there could be no possible doubt of his insanity. When the witness first visited him he said he had no occasion for his services as he was under the care of Sir Henry Halford. Mr. W. Swift, of Hathern, stated that Mr. Bloor had been an inmate of his house for fifteen years, during which time he had been subject to delusions of various kinds. He frequently went to bed a lord, and rose up a duke. When asked if he would go to Boss's (the house where the inquiry was held), he replied, " They want me to go to Boss's, do they ? I'll Boss them, I'll tickle them if they catch me at Boss's." At times he was very violent. He said he had one hundred ships at sea, and had lately received a ship-load of nutmegs. When he was told of a difference in the Government, he said he would fix them, he would sow a ship-load of hemp seed, and when it was grown, Swift (the witness) should hang them all. The Learned COMMISSIONER, and some of the jury then visited Mr. Bloor, who refused to answer any ques tions, except that Lord Brougham had undertaken the management of his affairs. The jury returned as their verdict " That Mr. Robert Bloor is of an unsound state of mind, and had been so from the 26th of February, 1828." RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : NAME OF RAILWAY. Week ending Oct. 5 4 Arbroath and Forfar •••••••• • • • • • • • Birmingham and Glouceste• . • . • • • • • Brandling Junction . • . • • . • • • Bristol and Gloucester • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . • • • • • • • ....... Durham and Sunderland .• • Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • • • • . • • • • . Eastern Counties and North Eastern • . Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr . • • • • . Glasgow and Greenock. • • • • • •• • • • • • Grand Junction • • .• • • • • • . • . .. Great North of England • • • • • • Great Western . • • . • • • • . • • . • ..... • • • Liverpool and Manchester ••• • • London and Birmingham .. • • • • London and Blackwall• • •. • • • • • • • • • • London and Brighton . ... •.• • • London and Croydon . .. London and Greenwich . • • • • .• London and South Western . • • • • • • • • Manchester, Bolton, and Bury . • Manchester and Birmingham • • • • • • • . Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc— Midland Counties • . • • • • • • • • • . Newcastle and Darlington • • • • • • • • • • Newcastle and Carlisle • • Newcastle and North Shields • • • • • • North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans Paris and Rouen . • • • •• Preston and Wyre • • • • . Sheffield and Manchester • • • South Eastern Taff `ale •.••.. Ulster . • • • ... Yarmouth and Norwich • • • • • . • . • • • • York and North Midland . • • • .. • Last week. 200 3,140 1,227 585 706 924 645 2,536 4,629 1,546 918 8,834 2,272 17,477 5,189 17,298 985 6,203 1,464 813 7,306 963 3,532 8,045 11,988 1,143 1,969 391 6,287 757 6,720 972 329 3,183 FRENCH RAILWAYS:—The excitement produced by the adjudication of the French railways, and during the period when the intelligence of the fact was expected, is compared by the stock-brokers to the excitement pro duced years ago on the appearance of the foreign loans. Now the tender of Messrs. Mackenzie, Patterson, and Co., for the Orleans and Boadeaux Railroad is accepted, the premiums paid by speculators on the success of the other competitors will of course be entirely lost. With respect to return of the deposit no difficulty, it is ex pected, can arise. M. Drouillard and Count d'An thouard had both guaranteed the return of the deposits, in case they did not succeed in obtaining the contract ; and on Messrs. Rothschild's contract no deposits have been paid. The greatest loss in the shape of premium will be incurred by the speculators in Messrs. Roth schild's tender, since to the last moment the most san guine hopes were entertained of their success, and pur chases were made as high as 2 premium. On the other two proposed contracts the premiums were but small.— Times. SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—At their meeting on Monday last the Town Council of Perth agreed, by a majority of three to one, to invest 1,000/. of the city funds in shares of the projected Scottish Mid land Junction Railway. This line will run from Perth to Forfar.—Railway Record. BOLTON, WIGAN, AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.—A railway with this name has, within the last few days, been brought before the public. Its main feature is to open up the rich mineral district through which it passes. The len_g th is about 27 miles, and the estimated cost 800,0001., which it is proposed to raise in 50/. shares, with a deposit of 4/. At the head of the Provisional Committee is the Earl of Balcarras. Mr. Crosthwaite, of Liverpool, is also a member. Sir John Macneill and Mr. James Thomson are the engineers.—Railway Record. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SEA.—During the tre mendous gale of Wednesday, the schooner Undine, bound to Belfast, whilst coming into Falmouth harbour, unshipped her boom, which, in its fall, struck one of the crew on the head, and killed him on the spot. The poor fellow's brains were knocked to atoms. The cheeks of the boom went out through the bulwarks on one side, and the peak the other. An inquest was to be held the following day on the body. The captain sustained a severe injury in one of his arms, but no bone was broken.— West Briton. The article in the Quarterly Review in favour of the Czar and his policy, is said to be from the pen of the Russian Minister, Baron Brunnow. Church and State Gazette. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, OCT. 14.—At a Con gregation just holden, the following officers were ap pointed for the ensuing year :—Proctors—The Rev. Joseph Thackery, M.A., Fellow of King's College ; Chas. Wycliffe Goodwin, M.A., Fellow of St. Cathe rine's Hall.—Taxors—The Rev. James Hildyard, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Christ's College ; the Rev. Stephen Glas Fawcett, M.A., Fellow of Magdelene Hall.— Scrutators—The Rev. Wm. Keeling, 8.D., Fellow of St. John's College ; John Cocker, M.A., Fellow of St. Pe ter's College.—Moderators—The Rev. Samuel Black hall, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College) the Rev. Harvey Goodwin, M.A., Fellow of Caius College.—Au- ditors—The Rev. William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College ; the Rev. Nicholas John Temple, 8.D., Fellow of Sidney College ; the Rev. Barnard Smith, M.A., Fellow of St. Peter's College. At the same Con gregation the following Degrees were conferred :—Ba chelor of Divinity—Charles Paglar, St. John's College.— Master of Arts—John Tagg ' Pembroke College; Martin Stephen Cole, Christ's College.—Bachelors of Arts — Charles Auber, Trinity College ; James Bell, Catherine Hall; Robert Warner Wheeler, Jesus College. The barracks at Newport, Isle of Wight, were officially inspected last week, relative to the stabling for a troop of cavalry, to be stationed there during her Majesty'sCollteMplMsd visit to thttt iieloci. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EV ING OCTOBER 12 ) 1844. e 4 190 2,099 749 474 641 2,564 3,921 1,353 930 9,007 1,750 14,889 4,471 17,532 870 5,047 675 6,848 756 3,237 6,423 9,971 2,631 THE SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL. Yesterday afternoon the Quarterly General Cvizrt of this Institution was held in King William -street, City. John Labouchere, Esq., was called to the chair. The SECRETARY read a statement, from which it appeared that the number of seamen admitted to tb , , Dreadnought, at Greenwich, since the Ist of July, was as follows :—From her Majesty's ships, 22 ; and from British and Foreign vessels, 572, which, together with 169 which were on board on the Ist of July, made 763. There were 161 at present on board, and three were convalescent, and three fit for duty. The number discharged since the first establishment of the institution in 1821, was 48,126. The number of out patients since July was 491. During the past quarter the expenses had been 1,2601., and a balance now re mained in the hands of the treasurer of 2401. The CHALRAIAN said he was happy to state that the amount now invested in the Funds in the name of the Company - inee ii ng t h en separate d . was 73 ,(n0/.—a very gratifying circum stance.—The IRELAND. POLICE SPY SYSTEM-CLOSE OF THE IN. Q UIRY. OCT. 10.—The inquiry ordered by Govern ment respecting the eondttrt of the eanstabulary at Shin rene d;strint, tong's County, closed this day at half-past ote o'clock, having occupied eleven days. Sir William Lynar, the stipendary magistrate at Shinrone, was ex amined to-day, and denied the imputations against him. At the close Mr. Corballis, Q.C., announced to the coun sel and agents on both sides that he would, without delay make his report to the Government. ANOTHER MAGISTERIAL EXHIBITION. The Cork Examiner, of yesterday, contains the fol. lowing account of a scene in the board-room of Kanturk Workhouse, the chief actor being Mr. Allen, the magis trate who so recently distinguished himself in the petty sessions' court of the same town:— " On Monday, the 30th of September, the following magistrates assembled at the board-room of the Kanturk Workhouse, for the purpose of electing ex-officio guar dians for the ensuing yesr:—Edward Deane Freeman, D.L., William Barry, William Allen, Daniel Leahy, M'Carthy O'Leary, Edward Stannard, Jonathan Bruce, John Warren. " Mr. William Allen, of Liscongill, as the senior ma gistrate present, took the chair, and with peculiar mo desty opened the proceedings, by stating that he did not expect to be elected an ex-officio guardian, and even if be were he would decline to act. " The election then went on in the usual way, viz., by ballot, and lists of the magistrates eligible to act distri buted by the clerk. The several magistrates present having returned the lists to the clerk, he was proceeding to ascertain the persons elected, when Mr. Allen, the chairman, rose from his seat and walked out of the room, declaring as he went along that the whole proceeding was quite irregular and illegal. The magistrates re quested of him to remain a little longer, until the return was made out; but he said he could not do so, and re tired. In consequence of which, the next magistrate in seniority was voted to the chair, and had just taken it when Mr. Allen again presented himself, and moved up towards the chair, which the other magistrate instantly vacated for him. " The election then proceeded as it commenced, and the clerk read out the names of the magistrates elected, and the several votes given for each, when it appeared that Mr. Allen had but one vote (very probably his own) upon which he again stated that the whole pro ceeding was illegal from beginning to end, and that he would not, as chairman, sign the necessary certificate. " The magistrates remonstrated with Mr. Allen re peatedly, but to no effect, as, he said, not having exa mined the lists himself, he could not conscientiously sign the certificate, and that he would instantly quit the chair again, it being an illegal meeting. But on being asked in what respect it was so, he did not deign to en lighten his brethren. To remove every pretext on the part of the chairnian, one of the magistrates here pro posed that the names selected from the lists by the clerk be ex-officio guardians for the ensuing year,' which was unanimously carried. Notwithstanding which, the chairman still persisted in declaring the whole transac tion illegal, and refused to sign. " Some of the magistrates hereupon gathered round the chair, and besought the chairman to sign the certi ficate, as it had always been done before by all former chairmen, and not to have it go abroad that such a dis creditable proceeding could occur amongst gentlemen, but the worthy chairman took no notice whatever of the remontrances, and still refused to sign the certificate. " About two hours had now been consumed in an un availing endeavour to get through an objection which, under other circumstances, would not have taken ten minutes. The meeting began to grow stormy, and the magistrates to lose all patience, when " Mr. Freeman said that this was frittering away the public time, matters had gone too far, and that such pro ceedings were shameful and disgraceful, and had never before taken place at any meeting of magistrates, which every one at the meeting reiterated. " Still the chairman persevered, but, after a little time, stood up, and singling out Mr. Freeman (who sat to wards the end of the table) said, that if he (the chair man) were a young man, Mr. Freeman would not dare speak to him in that way. " Mr. Freeman observed that, even if Mr. Allen were young, he would not condescend to notice anything he said. " Mr. Allen, after reclining in his chair for a short time, again stood up, and in the most deliberate and emphatic manner said, I beg to remind you, Mr. Free man, that you are A MOST INFAMOUS SCOUNDREL,' upon which Mr. Freeman at once retired from the meeting. " All the magistrates now remonstrated with the chair man, with respect to the great insult he had offered Mr. Freeman, and declared they would represent the chair man's conduct to the Government that very night. This was the best argument used yet, and had the effect of inducing the worthy chairman at length to sign the ne cessary certificate ; and the magistrates, delighted at being released from such a disgraceful and unheard-of scene, broke up. Mr. Warren retired early. " The following magistrates were elected :—Sir W. W. Beecher, M'Carthy O'Leary, William Barry, Edward D. Freeman, Daniel Leahy, N. P. Leader, John Warren, Edward Stannard. " A memorial to the Castle has been signed by all the magistrates present, stating what occurred ; and it is said they will all resign unless this matter be taken up by the Government. " It is said that Mr. Freeman will not allow the matter to rest here, and that this affair will be transferred to the Queen's Bench." REGISTRATION OF POOR-LAW GUARDIANS. The Guardians of Limerick Union met on Tuesday, Wm. Monsell, Esq., in the chair. There were twenty four members in attendance, including the Right Hon. the Earl of Clare and Augustus S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P. A letter having been read by the Commissioners, de clining to rescind the 41st article of their regulations, a resolution was proposed calling on the elected guardians to retire, and the ex-officios to withdraw from the board, which was unanimously adopted. THE MAGISTRACY OF MAYO. The Earl of Altamont, Vice-Lieutenant of the county Mayo, is determined to use his best endeavours to pro cure a regular attendance of magistrates at petty ses sions. We subjoin a circular letter he has addressed to the magistracy : " Westport, September 30, 1844. . " Sir,—On my arrival in Mayo, I heard that the petit sessions at Castlebar had been frequently adjourned without adjudicating on a single case ; and on calling for returns from the clerks of the different petit sessions in this county, I find that such has been the case in almost every Court -house in Mayo during the six months pre ceding Sept. Ist. " fhay s e also received from his Exoellency the Lord Lieutenant a notice that complaints have recently been forwarded to him on the subject, and in which he calls my attention to it. .." The number of mag i strates f or t h e cou nty of Mayo is very great, an d w i t h , I believe, every facility for at tending the petit sess i ons, and yet t h ese a d journmen t s have taken place more f requently, I i mag i ne , th an usua l in other counties. It i s unnecessary to ca ll y our atten tion to the serious injury inflicted on the poorer classes lsy such a proceeding, after the various parties have come to answer summonses or give evidence, from a distance frequently, I believe, exceeding seven or eight miles. " Finding these adjournments very frequent, and only to be avoided by some exertions on the part of the magistrates of the county, I cannot refrain from entreat ing you to attend with regularity such petit sessions as may be within reach of your residence, and so, as far as in your power, prevent a recurrence of such adjourn ments. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble servant, " ALTAMONT, Vice-Lieutenant, Mayo. DESTRUCTIVE STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE. The weather, which had been lowering and broken From the commencement of the present week, became very severe yesterday even i ng, and the w i n d cont i nu i ng to rise from about four o'clock ,• and about eight a violent storm raged, and continued without abatement fer nearly two hours. The wind was from the S.E., and throughout the whole storm it, brought down tor rents of rain. The hour of high water on the bar was Oh. 5m., but the wind acting on the water caused it to rise in the river Liffey several feet beyond the ordinary level of spring tides before that hour, and, as it flowed over the quays, great consternation was felt by the inhabitants on the Coal• quay, and other populous quays along the river. The water, however, did not appear to rise much after half-past eight, which was so far fortunate, as a very few inches more would have submerged hundreds of dwell inns, and done extensive damage. The shipping in the river suffered considerable damage, principally in the rigging, from the way they were knocked together. In Halpin's Pool, at the North Wall, where steamers and vessels of large tonnage find water at all tides, a serious amountlof loss has been sustained. A schooner, laden with oats, is a total wreck. She is named the Thistle, of Wick, sixty-four tons burden, and dropped down to the Pool in the early part of the day. She was riding at anchor when the storm rose, but, owing to its violence, she dragged the anchor, was driven against the wall, and soon filled with water. Her larboard side is entirely stove in. The crew are engaged taking out her stores and rigging, and it is supposed that the cargo will not be altogether lost. The Thistle is insured. Another remarkable proof of the violence of the storm is seen in the same Pool. The fine steamer the Shan non, which plies between Dublin and London, was anchored a good distance from the wall ; but in a very short time she dragged her moorings, and was thrown nearly dry upon one of the slips. One of the wheels and a paddle-box are destroyed. The Shannon, it is as serted, ran fool of the Good Hope, laden outwards with bones for New Quay, which will have to discharge for repairs. Loss OF LIFE.—The most calamitous result of the storm on this coast, as far as we have learned, was at the island of Clontarf, where a man named Christopher Cromwell, and his son, a lad of twelve or thirteen years of age, lost their lives. Cromwell was a very industrious man, and well known to bathers. He rented the island, and kept boats which plied from the opposite wharf, and during the bathing season he received a good deal of money. lie had a small, but strongly-built wooden house on the island, in which he, with his son William, usually slept, until winter set in. At ten o'clock last evening the policeman on duty missed the house, and as soon as he could reported the fact at the station-house. An extra body of men were forthwith dispatch( d to the scene of the catastrophe, but neither Cromwell nor his son could be seen. The house, with its inmates and fur niture, were evidently carried away by the sea, which had swept over nearly the whole surface of the island. At two o'clock to-day the vicinity of this calamity was thronged with persons. The wife of Cromwell, with two young children, were present, and the poor creat o u s r t e . could not be persuaded her husband and son were lh the w h t expected eset a iv s deeraflelsl m,talhel tphhlodeaati,seurisnewa-obbuooluadtst be e n hour afoveunbd after wards , e.en Day 9 icl9utirf. w recked t h e ne The Jupiter, steamer, from Glasgow to Dublin, put into Bangor, in the county Down, where she landed all her passengers, many of whom have arrived in town. The vessel escaped injury, and is expected in the river this evening. A great deal of the large timber growing on the pro perty of Mr. Vernon, Mr. Gresham, &c., along the northern coast of Clontarf Bay, is blown down. The Dodder, the Dargle, and the Tolka rivers rose beyond the level of their banks, and flooded the lower grounds in several districts. We are gratified to be enabled to state that no injury has been done to the Drogheda Railway, notwithstanding the tremendous action of the sea on the embankments at Clontarf and Malahide. The Kingstown Railway was not affected by the storm, which was from a point that could not do it injury. SEIZURE FOR MINISTERS' MONEY. After a protracted struggle on the part of the pa rishioners, Archdeacon Torrens, a rich pluralist, succeeded in obtaining the sanction of the Privy Council for the levy of tithes in the district of Rathmine3, previously free from such an infliction. The inhabitants—most certainly the Catholics—did not require the spiritual aid of the Archdeacon or any deputy of his ; but some hundreds per annum were to be added to his great rental from the church, and he persevered, accordingly, in his attempt to make a parish of Rathmines, and levy tithes in the dis trict. Several of the inhabitants, regarding the claim as utterly unjust, and observe that Mr. Sergeant Mirphy had last session obtained a Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of ministers' money, still deter mined to refuse payment. A late Act having relieved the churchwardens from the painful duty of enforcirg so obnoxious a tax, the onus was thrown upon the Arch deacon himself ; and, by his authority, a distraint was made this day at the residence of Mr. James Fitzsimons, Rathmines-road, from which the bailiffs of Archdeacon Torrens took away half-a-dozen chairs. The following is the warrant of the Archdeacon : "I, the Venerable John Torrens, D.D., Archdeacon of Dublin, Rector of the parish:of Tawney, Rathfaraham, and St. Mary's, Donnybrook, and Vicar of the mited parishes of St. Peter's and St. Kevin, in the city of Dublin. do authorise and empower Wm. Adams, cf Ha rold's-cross, and Richard Waters, of Mountpleisant avenue, both in the county of Dublin, or either of them, to distrain for all such composition for tithes, minister's money, and ecclesiastical dues, in the parishes of Tawney, Rathfarnham, and St. Mary's, Donnybrook, &c." Thus this rich pluralist, not content with all tie fat livings above enumerated, has opened a campaign against the Catholics of Rathmines, where, being an absentee, he is only known by an expensive litigation in which he had involved the residents of that district. The goods distrained have been sent by the Archdeacon b Mr. Bennett's auction-room in Dame-street.—Du6in Evening Post. RAILWAY MONOPOLY. (From the Morning Herald.) The Morning Chronicle, which, from the known con nection of some of its principal proprietors with at least one existing railroad, should have been the last journal to interfere in such sort, has kindly tendered to the Go vernment some rather important advice with reference , to the existing mania for new undertakings of this de scription. The Chronicle very justly observes, that, were all the new railway projects to be carried forward, it would be scarcely possible for capital to be found fur their completion, without great risk, and almost the cer tainty of much distress in other departments of industry. The Chronicle, however, indulges in more alarm than is warranted by the facts. Projects for railways requring 100,000,000(. of capital may be put forth ; but it 53 , no means follows that even if entire liberty were granted there would be any serious endeavour to proceed with all these at once. In fact, to grant the whole, would 5e the surest way to put an end to the half of them. There is at present one railway to Portsmouth. Three new ones are projected. But can any man imagine that if Farlia went were to pass all these three Bills, the projectors would be mad enough actually to create three new rail • roads to one single southern port ? No, the Chronicle may quiet itself on this point. The present proposals are but in the position of candidates, of which only one will be selected for each line ; and in this way the total amount of capital required will be far below any estimate that might be formed from the schemes as they now appear. The Chronicle partly sees this , and it next proceeds to advise the Government and the Houses of Parliament how to choose out of the present schemes. And here the Chronicle shows itself at once the undisguised advocate of the existing companies against the public. It protests against "putting in jeo pardy, without the strongest reason of public conveni ence, such enormous investments as are represented in the existing trunk accommodation." And therefore it broadly advises the aggrandisement of the existing com panies, and the discouragement of all new ones. Thus, the present Birmingham, Derby, and York line is to b e enabled to proceed to Edinburgh ; the Great Western to South Wales, and the Southampton to Guildford, or by a new line to Portsmouth ; but no direct York line, or direct Portsmouth line, or any other scheme which may place "in jeopardy existing investments." Now we say that this is arguing for some six or eight great compa nies against the public. And the duty of an independent public journalist is to take the other side. We have at present three or four "great monopolies." The Great Western Company prescribes the terms on which we may travel, as regards one quarter of England. The Southampton rules aver the southern district, while, as for the whole of the midland and northern counties, they are absolutely inaccessible except through a great gateway in Euston-square. And this close system is daily becoming closer. Every month we are hearing of some new junction or " understanding" between some of thecompanies ; the object of all which junctions or companies is to rivet the chain only so much the tighter on the neck of the public. A very little more of this " understanding" would laud us in a "central board," sitting permanently in London for the regulation of all fares and all rates of charge throughout England. The safety of the community requires that, as rapidly as possible, new outlets and new lines shall be opened. At present, there is actually no competition in this line of business. Nor need they talk of " putting in jeopardy their enormous investments." They are already making, in almost every case, far larger dividends than they originally promised the pro prietors. By the expedient of creating new shares and similar devices, some of them, the Grand Junction in particular, are at this moment paying their original shareholders nearly 20 per cent. on their first invest ments. We contend, therefore, in opposition to the Chronicle, that the interests of the public require that, with all convenient speed, two lines should be established in each direction. Without this, competition is a mere name. By this course, and only by this course, will the public obtain that practical security which they have in all other trades—namely, that if they are not well served in one shop, they can leave it and go to another. THE TIDES.—At the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the Astronomer Royal gave an account of the tidal observations on the coast of Ireland, which had been conducted during two months, from June to August, at twenty two stations. The levels in Ireland having been well ascertained by the Ordnance survey, the results arrived at were more accurate than they could have otherwise been, as great facilities were thus afforded in ascertaining the levels of the tides. It was observed that along the southern coast from Dunmore, to the south-west extremity, there was no difference in the times of the diurnal tides. The diurnal tides along the western coast were also found to be simultaneous, but towards the north the time of high water became later, and at the north-eastern coast there was a difference of six hours ; it being high tide at one place when it was low tide at the other. From these circumstances it was inferred that the tide came in from the south-west, and that the current of water was impeded in passing through the narrower channel on the north-east. The most re markable place in the world as to tides is Courtown, on the south-eastern coast, for, in consequence of the ac tion of the two currents from the north and from the south-west, there is scarcely any observable tide on that coast. The time of high water at Kingstown, and at Ardglass, on opposite sides of the coast, was found to be the same. Another remarkable fact connected with the tides on the coast of Ireland is, when the tide is irregular on the east, by not rising so high as usual, it is irregular in the west exactly in the same proportion. It was found also that water on the north coast of Ire land is one foot higher than on the south. Mr. Airey stated the amount of elevation of the water due to the sun and to the moon, which varies at different places and times, and he laid down some algebraic formula by which the tides might be calculated. Mr. Scott Russell made a final report on the tides of the coast of Scotland, which noticed the correspondence of irregularities on that coast, in the same manner as they had been ob served on the coast of Ireland. Old father Thames was yesterday again the scene of much bustle and excitement, Mr. Barry, one of the clowns :at Astley's Theatre, having a second time an nounced that he would sail from Vauxhall to Westmin ster-bridge in a washing-tub drawn by four geese. To add to the attraction of this strange feat, it was stated that Mr. Carter, the " Lion King," would follow the clown in an open boat with one of his beautifulfigresses. In the latter respect, however, the spectators were dis appointed, for no tigress was to be seen. By an altera tion in the plan originally agreed upon thousands of per • sons were decived. On account, it was said, of the tide, the clown sailed from the Red-house, Battersea, to Vaux hall-bridge, instead of from the latter to Westminster. The crowd was on this much greater than on the pre vious occasion. The whole distance from Westminster bridge to a spot opposite the Red-house was lined with people, while an immense number collected on the wharfs on the opposite shore. At five o'clock Mr. Barry em barked in his " frail vessel," the geese being regularly yoked to it in shafts, and thus he proceeded, driving " four in hand," amidst the laughter and cheers of innu merable water-parties preceding or following him, and the music of a large brass band playing " Rule Bri tannia," and " See the conquering Hero comes." Some mischievous fellows caused the buffoon some uneasiness by endeavouring to " foul" him and his geese, that is, to run against him with their boats, but his clownship was on the look out for such attacks, and escaped without injury. At Vauxhall he got into a common boat and rowed to 'Westminster, where the crowd, expecting to see him arrive with his tub and geese, gave vent to their displeasure in that kind of hissing vulgarly termed all possible goose," and Mr. Barry got into the thea tre with possible speed. BLACKHEATH FAlR.—This fair was held yesterday. A large supply of stock was on the ground at an early hour, consisting of horses, cows, and pigs. Of the former which realised excellent prices. Some there were but few plocdh with calves at their side, fetched from 15 n L e m to l l6l.los. each. The show of pigs wa s considerable, consisting of all sorts and sizes. About _ two hundred of very beautiful Berkshire porkers sold at high prices in the morning, but towards the end of the fair the dealers were glad to take about 4s. per stone. The inferior sorts went off at 3s. to 3s. 6d. per stone. The day being very fine much company attended, and, upon the whole, the sales were good and nearly all was disposed of. DEATH OF JOHN OVERS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. , Sin,—When Mr. Charles Dickens wrote his able and eloquent preface to John Overs' " Evenings of a Work ing Man," his philanthropic desire was to enlist the sym• pathies of the public in behalf of that talented mechanic, to enable him to provide "for a sick wife and very young family." Since that feeling appeal, poor Overs has gone to his last home, leaving an unblemished character and no small degree of fame as a self-taught genius. But, alas ! he has also left, to struggle with the difficulties and hardships of poverty, an amiable wife and six chil dren, the eldest not ten years of age, one an infant, and another labouring under great bodily affliction, and the poor widow herself ix delicate health. It is but to make this distressing case known, and I feel assured the public will not withhold their sympathy. When the death of Overs was announced to me I deeply deplored the absence of Mr. Charles Dickens from England, and I still regret that he is not at hand to ad vocate the cause of this distressed family but although I cannot urge their claims so eloquently and forcibly as he would have done, yet I can and do as earnestly appeal to the benevolent, that they will contribute liberally to enable the widow to make some provision for her family. I have the permission of Messrs. Bouverie and Co., bankers, 11, Haymarket, to state, that they will kindly receive subscriptions ; and I shall also be happy to do the same at 72, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square. I am sure it is unnecessary for me to do more than beg the favour of your giving this a place in your columns ; for when a charitable action is to be advo• cated, the Press of England has ever generously lent its aid.—l have the honour to be Sir, your most obedient servant, T. C. NEWBY. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED. Mrs. Atkins £l 0 0 Pouncey, Esq 1 0 0 Anonymous 0 10 0 Miss M`Callan 0 10 0 A Friend....... 0 5 0 _ T. C. Newby 2O 0 0 COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (ntom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. OCT. 4. Stormfinch yawl, Lieut.-Colonel Bowers, from Falmouth and Weymouth. 7. Noran cutter, Sir Hp. Houghton, Bart., from Dublin. 9. Turquoise cutter, C. H. Coote, Esq., from Vigo Bay., SAILINGS. OCT. 4. Zephyretta schooner, Henry Hope, Esq., for the Mediterranean. 11. Nymph cutter, Sir John Bayley, Bart., for Ports mouth, to lay up. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Ketch—Kestrel, Commodore Earl of Yarborough. Schooners—Georgian, Xarifa, Circassian, Flirt, Gem, Jack-o'-Lantern, Hawk. Cutters—Phantom, Whim, Ariadne, Intrepid, Tur quoise, Wave. Yawls—Stormfinch and Nautilus. COURT OF SEWERS. ----- A special meeting of the Court of Sewers for West minster, and part of the county of Middlesex, was held yesterday, for the purpose of taking some mea sures to restore the dilapidated part of the Ranelagh Sewer, in Gloucester-road, Paddington, T. L. Do naldson, Esq., in the chair. The report of Messrs. Tire and Rennie, upon the causes of the failure, which they partly attributed to the form of sewer, and partly to the untradesmanlike construction of it, having been read, The CHAIRMAN asked the contractor, Mr. Bird, who was present, if his solicitor, Mr. Garrard, was in attendance ? Mr. BIRD said that he was not. He (Mr. Bird) said that he was not aware that the report would have been received that day ; and the only intimation he had was received that morning, which left him much too little time to communicate with his solicitor. Mr. LESLIE thought in that case, as the Court was so very small, that it might adjourn, in order to have the report printed. A discussion ensued upon the point, Mr. Hawkes taking Mr. Leslie's view of the matter, and a majority of the Court thinking, with the solicitor, Mr. Smith, that if a copy were sent to Mr. Garrard it would answer every purpose, as it might be reasonably in ferred that the report itself was only intended for the guidance of the solicitor in the approaching actions. Mr. WILLOUGHBY said that he must recal the at tention of the Court to what this question really was. The question now was, what were they to do to pro • tect the public from inconvenience ? It was certainly time to put the sewer into a state of repair. They had now got all the evidence necessary, in the event of ulterior proceedings, for the report that day read had agreed with the opinions advanced by their own officers, and therefore the real and only business be fore them, was to adopt measures to get the sewer into an efficient state as soon as possible. He would therefore move, "That some immediate steps to taken to restore the Ranelagh Sewer, in Gloucester-road, Paddington, under the direction of Messrs. Tite and Rennie." The motion was seconded by Mr. J. H. JOHNSON. Mr. LESLIE thought that, if some little time were given, the report read that day would have the same effect on Messrs. Bird and Garrard as it had on him self, and perhaps induce them to agree to peaceable measures. The CHAIRMAN would wish the Court to come to some definite resolution upon the subject, and not procrastinate to any longer period the settlement of the question. Mr. LESLIE said that the motion implied that some immediate steps should be taken for the renovation of the sewer. The CiLtiamAN explained that, even at the earliest, ten days must elapse before any steps could be taken, and before that time Mr. Bird might be prepared to offer some suggestion to the Court upon the subject. Mr. J. WHITE objected to the reconstructing of the sewer according to the old form, or with the ma terials at present i n use . E ven th e able gentlemen who had furnished the report had stated that the con struction was bad; and why then, he asked, should they go on in the same stated course, when that had been ascertained to be a bad one ? le would move, as an amendment, that a sewer be constructed of a different form and material than that which had already been found so faulty. The CHAIRMAN wished to call their attention to this simple fact. Were they to allow a dangerous state of these works to continue, to the detriment of the public business, and to the great loss of the pro prietors of houses near the line of sewer ? Had that Court not waited long enough to enable it to ascer tain the condition of, and cause of, its failure ? He certainly thought the Court was now in full posses sion of all the facts necessary to that knowledge.— (Hear, hear.) He would also call Mr. White's at tention to this point. It was the interest of the Court to put Messrs. Tite and Rennie in posses sion of all statements, that they might not blindly give an opinion which they would not be able, at some future time, to substantiate. It was a matter of justice to the public, of justice to the Court, of justice to the gentlemen who had furnished the re port, and ofjustice to the contractor himself, that they should now come to some absolute decision. He thought, therefore, they ought to adopt the reso lution propounded by the Hon. Commissioner (Mr. Willoughby). After — some discussion, in which Mr. Cantwell, the Chairman, Mr. Leslie, and Mr. White took part, Mr. I-LiwiiEs, in an effective speech, seconded Mr. White's amendment. Mr. LESLIE again proposed that time should be given for the consideration of the report ; and the original resolutions and amendment were then put from the chair, when the former was carried. The further consideration of the subject was de ferred, and the Court adjourned. THE CASE OF THE MISSES JOHNSTONE.—It may be recollected that in August last two sisters, named John stone, who had endured the most severe trials and priva tions, commenced a small school at No. 27, Charlotte street West, White Conduit-fields, in which they failed, and became indebted to their landlord for rent, when the youngest sister died in a state of insanity, brought on through the anxiety attendant on the school, grief, and want of nourishment. Their distress having been acci dentally discovered through the death of the sister, and the particulars having been detailed in The Sun, the utmost sympathy was manifested, and we rejoice to state that the case, after being investigated by some clergy men, &c., was found deserving, and the surviving sister is now placed in comparative comfort, although in deli cate health. FATAL ACCIDENT AT VAUXHALL GARDENS. — Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Coach and Horses public-house, Flood-street, Dean's-yard, before Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for Westminster, on the body of Robert Hunt, aged fifty years. The deceased, for fifteen years, had been employed as a lamplighter at the Gardens, and about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night last, as he was standing on a stage, five feet two inches from the ground, in one of the covered ways, reaching over to the last lamp he had to light, he overbalanced himself, and fell on to the back of his head, fracturing his skull on the right side from the top to the base. He was conveyed to Westminster Hospital, and died at five o'clock on the following morning. This is the only fatal accident that has occurred at Vauxhall Gardens during the last torty years. Verdict—" Accidental death." INCENDIARISM IN SUFFOLK.—lncendiarism in this county appears at the present time to be alarmingly on the increase. A most destructive fire took place on Wednesday evening last in the parish of Whepstead, on a farm in the occupation of Mr. Holden. It was discovered in the stack-yard, and in a short time ten stacks of diffe rent kinds:of produce were burning at once, illuminating that part of the country for many miles. The Suffolk fire-engines soon after arrived, but, strange to say, the largest of them went without the necessary pipes, and when it reached the spot the men in attendance were obliged to send down to Bury in a cart for them before they could render the slightest service. The fire in the meanwhile raging with such unchecked fury, that it became evident it would be useless to attempt to save the stacks, the attention of the firemen was therefore directed to the dwelling-house, which was within a short distance, and which by continual damp ing was saved from any material damage. This makes the fourth incendiary fire which has taken place in the neighbourhood of Bury St. Edmund's since l as t F r id a y —a fire taking place that day at Cheveley Park, belong. ing to the Duke of Rutland; one at Waltham de Willows, on Saturday; another at Hengrave (which we believe was extinguished), on Wednesday afternoon; and a fire at Whepstead on the evening of the same day. The in habitants, generally speaking, are is a state of great alarm, and the destruction of property is immense. SUICIDE :THROUGH DRUNXENNESS.—Thursday Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Bell, York-street, Lam beth, on the body of Elizabeth Pearson, aged 48, the wife of a sawyer, residing at 38, York-street, who, it appeared from the evidence of her son, a lad about 17, who was deeply affected, that, about four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, he came home, and found his mo ther, with a cord round her neck, suspended to one of the bed posts. Medical assistance was instantly pro cured, but she was quite dead. She had for a long time been accustomed to drink gin immoderately, which had about three months since caused her to complain of pains in the head and back, when she was attended by a sur geon, and advised to discontinue spirits ; but she drank to greater excess, which impaired her mind, and drove her no doubt to commit suicide. This testimony having been corroborated by other witnesses, the jury found that "Dece ase d d es t roye d herself while of unsound mind, produced by the excessive use of ardent spirits." The Coroner observed that this was but one of many si milar cases which had recently come under his notice. A serious accident occurred at the station of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, Gloucester, on Monday evening. By an arrangement, which appears to us ob jectionable, the immense concourse of persons, 1,500 or 1,600 in number, who had arrived here by special train, when the time for returning approached, were shut out of a w n a d s , o t o h n a f t n n o i n o n t h t o e ogka place,te s bei a n g n d o p oneen e na d, an a , tremendous in a the yard till a l most the last moment. The consequence tte mp ti n rush s t h o force his way into a carriage, was pushed backwards, and falling on the buffer, broke his thigh. He was car ried to the infirmary, where he still remains.—Gloucestei Journala MEETING OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AT BRISTOL. Yesterday a very full meeting of the medical profes sion of Bristol, to take into consideration the new Bill brought in by Sir James Graham, was held in the theatre of the Philosophical Institution. Mr. W. MORTIMER, having been called to the chair, briefly opened the proceedings, and called upon Dr. Simmons, who, in moving the first resolution, said he thought they were greatly indebted to her Majesty's Government for having introduced the measure. Sir James Graham was the first Minister of the Crown who had brought forward so general and extensive a measure of medical reform. He thought the Bill, as a whole, bad been carefully framed, though is was faulty in some of its clauses. There could be but one opinion as to the advantages which would arise from the appointment of a central council of health; an authorised register of legally qualified practitioners would be also highly ad vantageous. But, while he thus confessed his ap proval of the Bill as a whole, he was not blind to its faults, the principal of which was the want of proper protection to the qualified practitioner. They ought, therefore, to demand such protection, and that the charlatan or contraband practitioner should be subject to penal consequences. Ile knew it might be said, the register would be open to the public, who might thus select properly qualified practitioners, and that it was a part of the liberty of an Englishman to select whom he pleased ; for, if they were foolish enough to select unqualified persons, they weuld them selves suffer for their folly. But he would ask, was it just for the Government to encouruge imposture, or was it correct for a Government to allow the public health to be placed at the mercy of unskilful pretenders ? They certainly ought not to go before the Government with an argunzentuni ad misericordiam, but they ought to speak firmly, but respectfully, and demand that protec tion to which they were entitled from the toils, the diffi culties, and the expense of the education which they had to acquire before entering on practice. They all knew that the medical practitioners bad to toil from early dawn to dewy eve, and were often deprived of their rest for perhaps three nights in the week, and if for this any one of them obtained a remuneration equal to that ob tained by some person who ministered only to the arti ficial tastes of mankind, they were considered to be re ceiving a wonderful income. Dr. Symmons then moved the following resolution : " That this meeting has great pleasure in expressing its obligation to Sir James Graham and her Majesty's Government for bringing before the Legislature the long-agitated question of medical reform, and also for laying the ' Bill for the better Regulation of Medical Practice throughout the United Kingdom on the table of the House of Commons, so that it may be well con sidered by the medical profession during the Parliamen tary recess. Mr. COLTHUREIT having seconded the resolution, it was carried unanimously. Mr. J. C. SwAYNE, in moving the second resolution, said that having been in practice for several years pre vious to the passing of the Apothecaries Act, he could bear testimony to the many benefits which had arisen from it. Nothing could be more marked than the de cided improvement in the education and respectability of the medical practitioners since that period ; although when the profession endeavoured to get an Act, it was not intended to give the Apothecaries Company the powers they afterwards obtained under the Act, yet they had found in that company men of intelligence and in tegrity, who having once undertaken the task had car ried it out in a most exemplary manner, and had in stituted regulations, and examinations, which hadgreatly raised the character of the profession. By the Apothe caries Act powers were given of legalising practitioners, and of punishing those who practised without passing the proper examinations and laving pursued the pre scribed course of study, and he for one thought the for mer part of that Act would have been of very little use but for the power of punishment ; besides, it was well known that many medical students, as well as other per sons, would shirk the labour of the extreme study which they had to undergo, and the expense also, if they found that unlicensed persons could practise as well, without either the trouble or expense. It might be said that the penal clauses were to be abolished in the present Bill, because they had not altogether cured the evil, but that would be an argument against penal clauses in any case, for what penal enactment was there which they could say bad been altogether successful.? Still, however, those penal clauses had had a most beneficial effect, and he thought they should be transferred to the new Bill, having been so altered as to make them simple and effective. He then moved— " That this meeting cannot concur in the justice or propriety of abolishing the existing enactments against unqualified practitioners, upon the plea of their ineffi ciency, but urges the practicability of making the law in this respect more simple and effective." Mr. STAPLES seconded the resolution, which was passed unanimously. Mr. WALDO moved the third resolution : " That this meeting considers the appointment of a Council of Health and Medical Education' to be highly advantageous, but that its constitution is unsatisfactory, inasmuch as the " Licentiates of Medicine and Surgery' are not adequately represented." Carried unanimously. 1)r. O'BRIEN moved the fourth resolution : " That this meeting views with much satisfaction the beneficial results that must accrue from an authorised register of licensed practitioners, especially if such be compulsory and published annually." Carried unanimously. Mr. SDIERDON proposed, and Mr. STANTON seconded, the fifth resolution, which, after some discussion and the addition of some words, was passed in the following form : " That this meeting believes the penal clauses will be inoperative in defending her Majesty's subjects from the mischievous practices of ignorant and unskilful pre tenders, as expressed in the preamble of the Bill, unless they include all those who act in the capacity of a me dical man without legal qualification, for the purpose of gain. And that we hereby call on the Government to introdece a stringent clause into their Bill prohibiting unauthorised practice by a penal enactment, to be car ried into effect by some cheap and easy proceeding before a bench of magistrates, or by any other mode of access." Petitions were then adopted to both Houses of Par liament, and the meeting, which was a most respectable one, broke up. THE VOYAGES AND SERVICES OF THE NEMESIS. — A new, cheaper, and greatly improved edition of this now standard work, is just published, comprised in a single volume, and accompanied with a new map of the Chinese Seas. The volume, while it stands alone as a complete and ample record of perhaps the most important series of events that have occurred in modern times, may at the same time be cited as more pregnant with matter of general interest and c uriosity, and consequently more rich in entertainment, than any work of the like extent which has appeared during the last twenty years. The narrative comprises three several departments ; the first being devoted to the eight Months' ' adventures " of the first iron steamer that ever crossed the line ; the second , com prising the most lucid and complete retrospective view extant of the history and causes of the Chinese war up to the date of the Nemesis arrival on the scene of action; and lastly, the third department presents us with incomparably the most distinct, detailed, and intelligible of the e arrival of the account of the proceeding . : Nemesis till the conclusion that can any where Sir a p r t i print.—New r t . . y arrived in London from the Continent on Tuesday morn' w Monthly. three weeks at Treport withinhgisha d ving passed the last The melancholy grand children. u news of a t u h g e h s t u e d rs de a n nd a Hayter, at Br i ghton, , effect of a paralytic attack, ' Lady , w o a n s t S he un e d a a a y ae la o s f t, hi f s ro s m udd th en e I return to England, S U N . rft. 44 .• DOVER HARBOUR. , . . ,l i i:sl In these days of improvements in all direc 611 s and, o l' ,:'- 1, 1 .... 5 7-:. :., all manners and kinds, the ancient town of D ye: Is 11010 ; ~!..i.',/.' entirely backward in the marh of amendm t. N 9 1?. .- --___7 - - ---- -A t o content with restoring the fine old church of StliravY-- ' \- 7 - - --` a very large cost, and adorning the town and neVitiMurlil SMaY hood with new buildings of all classes, Dover will 0 3 ° 11 possess a vastly increased and improved harbour. It f was, indeed, at one time contemplated to make it a har- 4 Lour of refuge, and it is well known that the Duke of [ Wellington (who, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, hag at different times taken so active a part in matters con-- fleeted with the welfare and advancement of the town ) has ever been in favour of such a desirable object being effected. The work, however, would be of so expensive asi nature that nothing short of national means could hardl , r hope to accomplish it. His Grace is understood to halo remarked, " We will improve the existing harbour; but. such a work as that must be done by the nation." Yet, , it appears, it is not likely Dover will be converted into a. harbour of refuge ; but the town commissioners, it is: declared, are determined to do all in their power to render the harbour as useful and perfect as possible. It is well known that at present it is not very good, yet it cart e now accommodate ships of 500 tons. It is chiefly used for sailing and steam-packets to and from France. Im mense sums have been expended upon this haven, from tke period of Henry VIII. ; but it is so imperfectly formed at the present time that a vessel coming in with* a direct south wind would be driven against the walls, apt there is neither room to turn nor for the ship gradually to expend her force before reaching the extremity of the docks. The harbour has been undergoing repairs of - various descriptions almost constantly fur many years, but, early in this summer, an extensive improvement: and enlargement was decided upon and commenced that; t is well calculated to remedy many of the most important, objections now existing. Thus " the poor haven, such, as it is " (rather derogatively termed in an old descrip tion thereof), is likely to be materially raised in the rank and utility of harbours upon the southern coast of England. It is to be so extended by another wing, as is were, being added, that a vessel ma y enter in ful salt, and have room to turn and come gradually to its stop page, an object that cannot now be attained. A large piece of land to the east of the existing harbour and be tween it and the parade has been purchased for the pur pose of enlarging the docks, and gates are to be added. Upon the land so appropriated stood, until quite recently, building yards, houses, s ze. There also remains as yet upon the site (although they will be removed in the course of the speedily-approaching alterations), a battery, containing several cannon, and buildings ttlat have been used as a magazine, guard-house, &c. A great peition of the space to be converted to the enlargement of the harbour is now in an advanced stage of excava tion, and some parts are already being walled in. I t was originally intended to have wooden walls for this addition to the haven, but a wiser, though more imme diately expensive, plan has been adopted, and stone is t , ) be used instead of the former more perishable material. " Wooden walls" have fur many ages proved good de fences for old England ; but a harbour intended to en dure requires something more substantial. Some notion of the important nature of these works may be formed when it is mentioned that no less a sum than 100,0004 is proposed to be laid out upon them, in addition to the large amounts that have been spent upon the docks during the last few years. The time which has been specified for the alterations to be completed is three years ; but, ex tending regard to the magnitude of the improvements, ant the difficulties that are so often met with in like under takings, it seems more than probable that they may not be finished until a somewhat longer period has elapsed. The effect, even now, is advantageous, as it gives more room in some portions of tke harbour ; but eventually it cannot fail to be most important to Dover, in advancing in no slight degr ee it s prosper i ty as well as utility.— Times. ~°<~/.y NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WOOLWICH, OCT. 11.—The Blazer steam-vesser, Captain J. Washington, one of the vessels of the Royal squadron, returned to her surveying duties at Harwich on Monday. The African steam-vessel left Woolwich on Tuesday for Chatham. The Monkey steam-vessel, second-master W. Bryant, left Woolwich on Tuesday for Sheerness. The Volcano steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander E. Miller, left Woolwich on Tuesday for Portsmouth. The Stromboli steam-frigate, Commander the Hon. E. Plunkett, left Woolwich on Tuesday for Cork. The Widgeon steam-vessel, Master-Commander T. E. Striven, is ordered round from Dover to Woolwich to have the defects in her boilers made good. The Gladiator steam-vessel, building at Woolwich Dock-yard, and originally ordered to be launched ou Saturday, October 12, is now to be launched on Tuesday next, the 15th inst. The Apollo troop-ship, Commander W. Maclean, has had a number of workmen employed upon her, to make her ready for sea, and is expected to embark three com panies of the Royal Artillery—one for Gibraltar, one for Malta, and one for the lonian Islands. CHATHAM, OCT. 11.—The Trafalgar, 120 guns, fitted as an advanced ship, was put out of dock this day. She was taken alongside the sheer bulk to be masted imme diately ; she will then be navigated to Sheerness. Yesterday the Menelaus quarantine ship, from Stan gate-creek, was brought into harbour by the African twit Monkey steam-vessels. She goes into the same dock as the Trafalgar leaves. As soon as her repairs are completed she will be navigated to Portsmouth, to seri e as a quarantine-ship at the Motherbank. The Eagle, 50 guns, razeed from a 74, which has been fitted as an advanced ship, was masted yesterday. She is now taking in her sea ballast, also her gun-carriages arc being put on board. She is for commission. The Cumberland, 70 guns, is ordered i.o be taken into dock when the Menelaus goes out ; she is to be fitted for an advanced ship. The Diligence, naval transport, Martin, master, arrivel here yesterday from Deptford, with stores 10. r this dockyard. OPENING OF THE ROYAL VCIIANGE.—Great pre— parations are making, not only in the- Royal Exchanger!: itself, but at the Bank and several hotises in the vicinity, for the forthcoming visit of her Majesty to the City 01 London. Not less than fifteen ladders, at Smith, Payn and Smiths and adjoining houses, and men were engaged cleansing and painting the fronts. The Commission Jr of the City Police is engaged drawing up a code of re. . gulations which will be issued. Already instructions have been given to engage 600 special constables, who a ' are each to wear the; great coats of the existir g City police force, each man of whom is requested to i a troduce for a special constable such persOn as can We sr his 'great coat. :The wooden pavement in Cornhill is nearly completed, and in a few days that Lhoroughf ire will be re-opened. The area of the western front of the Exchange, whereon stands the Wellington a:tattle% is nearly completed, and the boarding will be shoOlY re moved, when the whole building will be thrown open to the public. Ma. WILSON'S IMPRISONMENT.-011 Saturday lasf a meeting of the friends of Mr. Wilson was held at his house, Prospect-place, at which it was unanimously agreed that a subscription should be opened, and an appeal made to the British residents, to enable Mr. Wilson to sue out a writ of habeas corpus, so .that he might test the lawfulness of his mprisonment, and take take such other measures to vindicate his rigl its as the law might afford. The meeting was a private one, hence it was not numerously but respectably attended, at tended, and the parties gave liberally in furtherance the object. It is intended to employ Mr. Sergeant Wilde to move the Queen's Bench, on the opening of the term, at the beginning of next month.—Xersey News, Oct. 5. SCULLER S MATCH FOR 100/. TO 801.-A match has been made between Robert Coombes and Henry Clasper: of Newcastle. It appears when the Newcastle meniwerti in London, at the Thames Regatta, that Coombes chal lenged Clasper to row a scullers' match for 1001. to the latter's 801., which should either take place in Loncha. Newcastle, or some intermediate water with wh . ch neither were acquainted. Coombes to pay Clasper 1 Jr. for expences in coming to London, or receiving that amount if he went to Newcastle. Several lett s ers have passed between the parties, and the challenge has been accepted by Clasper, and although the and` and time of rowing has not been yet fixed, that and all other requisite arrangements will be effected in a day or two. The contest will take place before the close of this month. ESTABLISHMENT - OF METROPOLITAN BATHS.-. 41 Yesterday a preliminrry meeting of gentlemen took Otte at the Mansion-house, Mr. Cotton, the Governor of the Bank of England, in the chair, for the purpose of making arrangements for a public meeting, to take into conside• ration the propriety of establishing warm and cold bathe for the use of the poor, in some of the most indigent localities about the metropolis. Mr. Buller, the b 000• rary secretary, stated that the Bishop of London, anti several other dignitaries of the Church, as well as num bers of influential merchants and bankers, had written in answer to the invitations to attend and support repo.' lutions for carrying into effect the object of benefiting the necessitous part of the population, by I. iippl i. ) ll l :4 them with baths, and the means of washing thei r elo al meeting, that they would most readily attend tf I isg:ontemplatedt and advocate so admirable a plan. erect and washing -5 Giles's, Saffron-hill, able parts of Westminster, in meeting agreed unanimously &c., &e. The prelimin ary ould be called for Wednesday that the public ineetiog! the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor wit( place.snin_tomte of the most miser. next, on which day numerously attended It is expected that the meeting will be most d on Moel Famma, Denbi4teb tak ri e l t e he c c o h lu a 1 ire to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the reign shire, the 3d, is tumbling to the ground.—Shroo3o of George bury Chronicle. m it. n erected ARRIVAL OF LORD ELLENI3OROUGH.—HIS Lord. ship arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning, in the Locust steam-ship, Lieut. Commander Lunn. The yes. sel is performing quarantine at the Mother bank. Capt, Rowley, the flag captain, immediately went alongsidett pay his respects, but, of course, did not go on b oar d. ANOTHER GREAT CHESS MATCH IN PARIS.-01 the 17th of this month, another chess match will take place at the Paris Chess Club, between M. St. Amand a the French, and Mr. Staunton, the English player, foto IOUL In the last match in which these two celebratoti players were: engaged fur the same sum, twenty-one games were played, but on the next there will be but thirteen, the winner of the first seven to be deelarel conqueror. The betting in this country is considerably in favour of Mr. Staunton, who, it may be recollected. beat his opponent in the last match ; while in Paris the chess players have great hopes of M. St. Amami, anti, notwithstanding his former defeat, bet largely upon him, SBROADSTAIRS.—Our herring fishery commenced last week, with every prospect of a profitable season. both to the catchers and buyers, as an unprecedentod quantity have already been taken ; many of the oldest fishermen say they never remembered, thus early in the season, so bountiful a supply. The prices vary from 104 to 13/. per last.—,Kent Herald. h ill ,00r rage' our ° asilY