The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING 1:1.1•E1tS OF YEsTERDAY. GLOBE.—We resuroc our notice of Lor l Lynd hurst's Act for simplifying' the tran , fl-r of property. We have already expres;ed our opinion of its gene tlmerits, but it -has incidental excellences which demand special acknowledgment. Besides the drastic purgative which will doubtless work so wholesome an effect upon indentures generally, Lord Lyndhurst, with that elephantine dexterity which loves to disport itself even with the picking up of a stray needle, has bent himself to the " more private and particu lar" requirements which occasionally befal us. For instance, it would sometimes happen that a score brothers and sisters might suddenly find themselves in common possession of a single patrimonial acre. As the undivided twentieth part or share of the aforesaid one acre would nut furnish the most perfectly exclusive mid unmolested title or enjoyment, it was not unusual for some mutual understanding to be come to upon the subject, without troubling the already over-worked profession of the law. But Lord Lyndhurst, well know ing tit so long as Lord Brougham lives, it is every man's own fault if he is too much overburthened with engagements, has provided that for the future, no partition, exchange, or assignment shall be valid at law unless by deed. 'Phis law has one very great advantage, which does not always balong to Acts of Parliament. It is c‘trtain to be obeyed. As no con veyancer for the last twenty years has effected these arrangements by any other means, there is no doubt they will readily obey Lord Lyndhurst's com mands that it shall always be so done for the future. To be sure there would occasionally occur cases—at least we used to be told so—in which the bast drawn deed could not be fully relied on ; and the old hands liked to have the further powers of the common law to fall back upon. But this was very unsatisfactory, as we can easily show by a precisely parallel case. A friend of ours once observed to us the facility with which the human body could balance itself under al most any contingency. He threw himselfinto a variety of attitudes in proof of his position. We showed him at once that all this ingenuity was very unnecessary, by laying him flat on the floor. And Lord Lynd hurst, having, we have no doubt, made up his own mind that the old common law principles and appli anees will never be wanted, has provided not only that they shall not be used, but that they shall cease to exist. There is a decisivenese, a final settlement, about this kind of legislation, which we relish ex ceedingly ; and of which we have seen very little of late years. We did our best, as every one knows, to defend the Whigs ; but we must confess that their Real Property Acts were very different things from Lord Lyndhurst's. It took them a long Act of some ninety odd sections to substitute other modes of assurance for the old system of fines and recoveries. To say, as Lord Lyndhurst doea, that you shall not transfer at all, is a far " sim pler" way of doing the thing. And they were so wedded to system. They never went out of their way to leave the thing they were doing. If you took up an Act, you knew at once what was its object, and never expected to find stuffed into some odd corner a section about any other matter. To he sure, they reaped the field of real property legislation pretty clean—we are glad to be able to say that; but Lord Lyndhurst takes whatever he can come at, and gleans up even the wild wheat, and a good deal of it too. There always used to be a great deal of mys tery about contingent interests and reversions, and all that sort of thing. No one knew what could be done with them, or who could do it. Nay, some of our legal Gamaliels say even now, that they cannot make head or tail of Lord Lyndhurst's measure. But with submission, this is carrying conveyance crocheti ness a little too far. It must be obvious that " any person" is now competent to convey anything, the only pre-re quisite being, that it shall not be quite certain that he has anything to convey. The disabilities of infancy and coverture are, of course intentionally, abolished at a sweep—as to uncertain interests. There seems, in fact, but one point. on which to hang a doubt. The interpretation clause informs us that the word per son shall extend to a corporation as well as to an individual." Now, which of these is a cor poration sole ? Will his Lordship be so good as to tell the public. Is the Bishop of London as individual ? Johnson, we know, says that an indi vidual is a fellow. This creates the only difficulty we feel. For the rest, we are clear, that how ever remote the contingency, General Tom Thumb may, under the Act, convey whatever expectant in terest he has in being shown some fine day for a hip popotamus. The operation of the Act is to com mence under the auspices of the new year. But there is one boon for which, as it is no doubt of great advantage, our hopes must be de ferred somewhat longer. We refer to the re conveyance of mortgaged estates by the mortgagee's executors. This it seems is not to be allowed " until no action or suit shall be depending." This really is an euphuism of which we did not suspect Lord Lyndhurst could be guilty. Why not Latter Lam mas at once ? And besides, even suppose we could venture so far into the wilderness of con jecture as to hint that the " suit" ought to have something to do with the subject matter (which, as the Act does not say, no judge could listen to for a moment), there is still a sad want of precision. It is not for us to say whether or not a suit is to be considered as "depending" during the half-dozen days' interval between his Lordship's pro nouncing a decree and the appeal to the House of Lords. We are sorry for these blemishes. We are sure the public would have forgiven Lord Lyndhurst, if the five lines which he has rendered unnecessary in all future conveyances had been lumped once for all in the Act itself. STANDARD.—The person who calls himself Captain \Varner, has, after some weeks' deliberation, published a most impertinent attack on Sir Howard Douglas, in reference to the remarks he made in the House of Commons, on the opinions falsely ascribed to him, in reference to Mr. 'Warner's invention; in which lie insinuates that Sir Howard endeavoured to get possession of his secret, for the purpose of obtaining for himself the premium to which it might be considered entitled ! Had not Mr. Warner already put himself out of court by boasting of feats _during the last war, of which there not only exists no record, but which every man of science proclaims to have been physically impos sible, we should hardly have insulted Sir H. Douglas so far as to have weighed his assertions against the grave statement of a gentleman of such uimpeachable veracity and worth as that officer. Mr. Warner's con duct has, however, rendered such course unnecessary; several of his statements in support of his inven tion having been shown to be unfounded. We all of us remember the boast of the leaper of Rhodes, and cannot but place Mr. Warner's destruction of the two French privateers and the performances of his " long range" during the last " war," of which there are no records, oral or written, in the same category of achieve ments. Mr. Warner has destroyed his own credit with the Government by attempting to prove too much, ar.d he has therefore only himself to blame for the want of confidence which they have exhibited. The only proof he has yet given of his acquaintance with the " long range" is to be found in his grandiloquent accounts of the feats he professes to have performed. But for his cupidity in requiring a larger sum for making the proposed experiment than it could or ought to have cast, the Government would, it is clear, have afforded him an opportunity of snaking good his boast; but if the destruction, on his principle, of an empty vessel of two or three hun dred tons, can only be effected at the cost at which he has estimated it, his shell will clearly prove too expensive an operation for general use. We need say nothing of the absurdity of supposing, that as it is indispensable that a certain number of persons in every fleet 'should be made the depositories of his secret, it could long remain unknown. Nay, it is all but certain that the very fragments of the missiles themselves would carry with them evidence sufficient of' the nature of the agent employed. Mr. Warner is angry with the Standard for not placing faith in the rhodomontade in -which he has indulged on the miraculous nature of his inventions, but still more for its announcement a few days ago, that the Government had declined his proposal to destroy a ship off the Good Win Sands (which he does not deny), and which he affirms they may hereafter regret. We may add, in conclusion, that the insolent tone adopted by Mr. Warner to wards all those gentlemen who have expressed an un favourable opinion of his pretensions ( some of them officers, lik e Si r Howard Douglas, possessing most complete knowledg e of the science of their profession), is little calculatedto remove the impression to which his absurd vaunts, unsupported by a tittle of evidence, have given rise. SCOTCH PO LITICALREFORMERS. We feel highly gratified in announcing Palmer,that the foundation atone for a monument to Muir, o- Sk:rvin, and Gerald, the political martyrs of 1793, .was laicrat Edinburgh on Wednesday, Joseph Hume, E k44 ,31.P., officiating as master of th e ceremony, and *sited the variou s documen t s that had been'pre ,- . pared in the foundation-stone. • If ever the country produced patriots who deserved a monument to their memory, it was these marty rs t o liberty who suffered in Scotland at the period referred to. The expression of popular opinion, either through the medium of public meetings or the press, had not obtained any staple footing in Scotland at that period. Indeed, so far as newspapers were concerned, it was nearly twenty years afterwards before Scotland con tained any influential journal that would support the claim for that fair and just possession of the suffrage contended for by the Reformers of 1793. The question of popular representation and of popular rights had not been - broached in this division of the kingdom, from the time it was urged in the Scottish Parliament, by Fletcher, of Saltoun, till it was taken up by Thomas truir and his associates. It was most unfortunate for the cause, that the excesses and bloodshed which oecurred about the same time in Faris afforded an excellent pretext for those whose interest or whose prejudices led them to oppose reform; for, besides thus exciting alarm at the new doctrines, the novelty of the proposal had at the same time the mass of the re partkularly of the business and wealthy clas:es, to win over to it. It was amidst these disad vantages that the Convention commenced its sittings in Edinburgh ; and therefore it is impossible for pos terity to pay too high a compliment to the bravery of those who threw themselves into the breach, sub mitting, rather th an bAray their principles, to be arraigned before the arbitra r y , uncontrolled judges of the day, who unhesitatingly declared the British con stitution to be perfect ; that it required no reform, and that it was grossly criminal to propose amending it. After having seen so much of the success of the principles urged by the early reformers—after having seen the Legislature and the Crown fully acknow ledge the truths they contended for--one would na turally suppose that with every class of Liberals, it would now be a subject of congratulation that so de serving a tribute was to be paid to the memory of the first patriots. In the countenance given by one Member of the Legislature, and the Lord Provost of the metropolitan city of Scotland, to the proceedings of Wednesday, we have certainly proof so far of the changes in opinion which have occurred, and of the advantages that have been obtained by the partial re form that has been effected ; still it cannot but be a subject of regret, and it proves how far practice stands aloof from profession, when out of the majo rity of representatives from Scotland, now returned to Parliament in the Liberal interest, only one came forward to identify himself with the first deeds of the champions of the cause on this occasion. It is also a subject which we think deservedly calls forth both surprise and sorrow, that while a majority of the municipal authorities of Edinburgh are decidedly Liberal—while their Chief Magistrate fully acknow ledged the merits of the martyrs of ninety-three, and - itiD soundness of their principles, the same municipal authorities who have so much in their power, declined to grant a suitable site for their monument. It is certainly somewhat unaccountable, that while the streets and public places of Edinburgh have been freely given up for monuments to the memory of Lord Melville, of George IV., and of Sir Walter Scott, no proper public site could be obtained for a monu ment to these memorable sufferers for freedom, and the erection has accordingly to take place in such an obscure quarter as the Calton burying-ground—a place incapable of accommodating even one half the people who accompanied the procession on this oc casion. We cannot conclude our notice of this interesting occurrence without expressing our gratification at ob serving the name of Mr. Moffat, the venerable soli citor, recorded as having taken part in the proceed ings. Mr. Moffat gave his services gratis to Mr. Muir at the time of his trial, and he has zealously adhered to the defence of his memory and the cause for which he suffered from that period to the present. Wednesday must, therefore, have been a memorable day to one who has rendered so much good service to the cause. Mr. Moffat has been a principal means of obtaining the just•national compliment to the me mory of the early reformers which is now paid them, and in his declining years it must be no small subject of gratification to see the principles he espoused in his youth so far triumphant, and the fame of the friend he loved and defended so far venerated and done justice to as it has been.—Glasgow Saturday Post. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A young man of respectable connexions and good previous character, named George Hay, was brought before Alderman Wood, charged with several acts of embezzlement and larceny. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and stated that the prisoner was a clerk in the house of Melville, Wise, and Co. ' of Broad-street, merchants, and also clerk to Mr. Melville, of that firm, as an underwriter, on his own account, and he contrived to appropriate considerable sums by under-casting in the books the amount of moneys received upon the part of the firm ' and over-casting the amount of pay ments. The books were produced, and the in genuity of the prisoner was described, and it appeared that he had contrived for some time to carry on the deception, sometimes keeping 9/. or 101. out of 301. or 40/. which he had received for the firm. Mr. E. S. Biddome, clerk to Messrs. Cruikshank, Melville, and Co., Austin Friars, stated that Mr. Melville, of that firm, and the firm of Broad-street also, acted as an underwriter. The prisoner re ceived moneys due to Mr. Melville on his under writing account. Witness knew Mr. John Young, who owed an account to Mr. Melville. The prisoner was in the habit of attending at Lloyd's, and accus tomed to receive cheques to the account of Mr. Melville, to be taken to the firm of Crookshank, Melville, and Co., and to be carried to Mr. Melville's account in that house. The book produced was called the bank-book of that firm, in which was entered the receipt of every cheque received, and it appeared that there was no account of a cheque of 221. 2s. 91 entered by the prisoner, as paid by Mr. Young; but the prisoner had entered it on the 31st of October, 1843, in the insurance-book, as having received it on that clay. Mr. E. Serle, boat-builder, stated that he knew the prisoner. In October last, the prisoner owed him between 61. and 71. for the hire of boats, and he re ceived the cheque for 221. 2s. 9d. from a waterman of the name of Elliott, and the witness's brother wrote the name of Cocks (his banker) upon it, and the difference between the amount of the cheque and the demand upon the prisoner was paid about six-days after, as the cheque was paid. John Elliott stated that he was coxswain of the Neptune Club, of which the prisoner was a member. In October he received a cheque from the prisoner, who requested him to pay Mr. Serle his account and bring him the balance, and afterwards witness re ceive the difference from Mr. Serle, and paid it to the prisoner. Mr. W. Ward, clerk to Messrs. Cruikshank, Mel ville, and Co., produced the bank-book of the firm, and said that no cheque was brought to him on the 12th of October, or at any other time, by the prisoner for 221. 2s. 9d. Some other cases were gone into, but in conse quence of the absence of some persons who had posi• tively refused to come forward, Alderman WOOD directed that summonses should be issued to those parties to attend on Tuesday and give evidence. Joseph 11. Clarbourn, a City policeman, stated that he took the prisoner into custody on Wednesday week at Richmond, at the Whitecross Hotel. He had a man with him who appeared to be his servant, and he had two horses at the Talbot. Witness told him what he was charged with, and prisoner said he thought it would be better to tell the whole truth. It appeared that the prisoner, who is but twenty two years old, had been living ftr beyond his means, and that the amount of which he had plundered his employer was about 4501. A person here stated that he had a horse and gig which the prisoner had left at his stable. The prisoner stated that ho had no property at all in the horse and gig. He was remanded till Tuesday next. BO W-STRE ET. Jules Bolder, a tall dark Frenchman, was placed at the bar, charged before Mr. Hall with having as saulted Auguste Trion, a fellow-countryman, by striking him several blows with his fist in a most anti-G allican manner. The complainant, who appeared much excited, and ..was not much more than half the size of his assailant, stated his case in a patois of bruken English inter larded with French expressions, which was scarcely intelligible. irom which it appeared that the two " compatriots" had been talking over the events of Otaheite, Tunis, and Mogadore, until two o'clock that morning, when they turned out thirsty and irritable. " He then want me to give him some biere. Eh Lien I refuse. He then begin box ma. Ino fight—l no box like one blaggad; and he hit me des coups de poing in de face." The prisoner here raised his eyes to the ceiling in horror at the statement of his accuser. Mr. HALL (to complainant)—Did he hurt you? Complainant (looking vacantly)—l no mosh speak An,e,./ish. ne comprends pas, Monsieur. Mr. HALL—You say he struck you. Where did he strike you? Complainant—Oh, comme 9a, comme ca —intimating by gesticulations that he had received a blow under the eye. Prisoner (turning towards complainant)—Where did I strike you ? Complainant (disdainfully avoid ing all parley with the enemy)—Oh c'est egal, c'est egal. The police proved that there had been a quarrel between the two Frenchmen, but stated that, as they spoke in. French, they knew nothing of the origin of their dispute. Mr. HALL—What have you to say, prisoner? Pri soner—He has nussin on his face, but (patting his thigh) I have somesin here.—(Laughter.) Mr. HALL—Do you mean that he kicked you ? Prisoner—Oui, Monsieur, yas ! dat is it. Ino speak Anglish. Ino able to say all he do. But I tell as I can.—(Laughter.) He bad man ; he been in de prison ;he men tss his wife wid de knife. He " keek" me ; I give him des coups de going. I can't receive somesing for nussing.—(Laughter.) Mr. HALL--You are countrymen, and if you can't meet without you had ut civarrellibneguryeounhoat speakif dbett to eachernotmect; or youother. (To Monsieur prisoner)- nsielirßoui yu are et m o akeshis discharged. best bow, and retires, while M. Trion looks chagrined at the result. UNION-HALL. Two ill-looking young fellows, named William Taylor and Matthew Smith, were brought before Mr. Cottingliani, charged with breaking into the Pagoda-tavern, Bermondsey New-road, and stealing THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, i 844. several bottles of wine, the property of James C. P. Lowe, the landlord. Police-constable, 226 M, said that about twenty minutes past five this morning he was passing the Pa goda-tavern, when he beard a noise in the lower part of the house. He then perceived the cellar-flap partly open, and heard the rattling of bottles. He opened the flap, when he perceived Smith about to get out with a bundle in one hand. On seeing him about to descend, Smith went down again, and crossed the cellar. He then called the assistance of Ward, 220 M, who remained outside, while he awoke the land lord and searched the premises with him. They dis covered the prisoners in the middle of the cellar, each drinking a bottle of port wine; They seemed quite unconcerned. The floor was strewed with broken bottles, and the wine was running about. lie then secured the prisoners, who were quite drunk, and conveyed them to the station-house. Mr. Lowe said that after the prisoner left the house he minutely examined the cellar, and found that the flap had been wrenched up with a crow-bar, and the chain which fastened it down had been broken. In the middle of the floor he found a crow-bar, a piece of candle, and some matches. In the fining cask, which had the head out, he found six bottles of port wine tied up in a pocket handkerchief, which had been seen in the possession of Smith by the constable. On examining the door which communicated with the interior of the premise., he found that attempts had been made to force it open. The crow-bar which was found on the floor corresponded with the marks on the door post. He (Mr. Lowe) considered that about three dozen bottles of wine had been destroyed. 226 M remarked, that as soon as the prisoners found they were discovered, they began to break the bottles. Mr. COTTINGUAM asked Mr. Lowe whether he knew the prisoners ? Mr. Low replied he had no recollec tion of ever seeing them before. In answer to the charge, Smith said that he was drunk, and not aware of what he was doing. Taylor made the same defence. Mr. Lowe said that they were seen loitering about his house by the man at the toll-bar at three o'clock. They were then perfectly sober. Mr. COTTINGIIIM said, that there was not the least doubt that their intention was to rob the interior of the premises from the marks upon the door, which corresponded with the crow-bar found near where they were found. He should remand them until Wed nesday next, to give the officer an opportunity of making inquiries into their characters. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE LATE ROBBERY AT THE EARL OF HAR. ROWBY'S.—Alfred Walker, bug-destroyer, who stands charged with having stolen between 400. and 500/. in money and some jewellery from the residence of the Earl of Harrowby, in Grosvenor-square, was yes terday brought before Mr. Hardwick for re-exami nation. The detective police have been unsuccessful in ob taining a clue to the place to which the bank-notes have been conveyed, but they have acquired informa tion sufficient to satisfy them as to the mode in which the robbery was effected. Mr. Pelham, who appeared for Mrs. Tarbox, the housekeeper, to whom the whole of the stolen money and goods belonged, said, as there were other wit nesses to be brought forward who could speak to important facts connected with the charge, he had to apply for a remand in order to afford a sufficient time to perfect the evidence. Mr. HARDWICK said, on the understanding that the police would be prepared with fresh evidence at a future day, he would remand the prisoner until Saturday week. A person, who attended professionally for the pri soner, hoped the Magistrate would remand to a shorter period. Mr. HARDWICK said there was the strongest ground for suspecting that the prisoner was implicated in a very serious robbery, and therefore he felt bound to give the police a sufficient time to complete their in vestigations. The Solicitor then asked for the money to be given up which was found in the prisoner's lodgings, as the prisoner was without money to conduct his case, and his family were in distress. Mr. Pelham said he was always sorry to oppose an application for funds to enable a prisoner to avail himself of professional advice, but in this instance he was obliged to object to the request. There were five sovereigns found between the mattress and bed of the prisoner. A considerable sum in gold had been stolen from the residence of the Earl of Harrowby. The prisoner had stated that the gold he had re ceived in payment of the job which he had been employed to execute at the residence of his Lordship was the gold found under the mattress. On a future day he should be prepared to prove that the money found was not the money received as stated by the prisoner, and as the state of the gold found in the prisoner's room would form an ingredient in the case, he must object to the gold being parted with. Mr. HARDWICK concurred in this view, and made no order. OBTAINING MONEY.—John Bowes, Esq., M.P., charged a man, who gave the name of Thomas Thwaites, with having obtained money from him under false pretences. Mr. Bowes said he lived at No. 54, Conduit-street. About the beginning of August he received a note commencing "Dear sir," in which a request was made to see the writer, who represented himself to be a native of Durham, which place he (Mr. Bowes) re presented. He saw the writer, who proved to be the defendant. The defendant said he was the son of Mr. Thwaites, of the 'Waterloo Inn at Durham, and that he had been very useful to him at the last election. He said when the last strike among the pitmen took place he left Durham and had come to London. Having heard that his wife had been taken ill, he was anxious to go down to Durham, and he hoped a sum sufficient to carry him there would be advanced. He (Mr. Bowes) gave the defendant 21. 10s., and the defendant went away. On the 19th of August he received a second letter, stating that the writer was sorry to have to come upon him a second time, but after receivin the• money advanced on the first interview he had been taken ill, which he attributed to a change in his food. He had got better, and wishing to go home he wanted 255. more advanced, which sum he should be able to repay as soon as he ranched Durham. He (Mr. Bowes) sent an answer back that he could not see the writer. A day or two ago the defendant sent a third letter. It commenced " Dear friend," and went on to say that the writer was sorry to trespass again, but being unable to get work, and his wife having come to London, leaving him poorer than he was before, he was obliged to bog the loan of Ti., which should be faithfully repaid at a future time. The writer ended by declaring that he had ventured his life for him during the last election for Durham, and that when another election took place he would do all he could, being satisfied that he (Mr. Bowes) would never have it said of him that he allowed a freeholder and a freeman of Durham to re main in London without food. Mr. Bowes said before he received this last letter he had written to a friend in Durham to make inquiries into the truth of the defendant's story. The answer to this letter stated that the writer had asked Mrs. Thwaites, of the Waterloo Hotel, and she had told him hat the person was an impostor. Mr. Thwaites had also declared that he had no son in London who was a car penter or joiner, and that Mr. Boxes had been im posed upon. In order to make certain, he (Mr. Bowes) put the question to the defendant that morning, hav ing previously sent for a policeman, and the prisoner again declared he was the son of the landlord of the Waterloo Hotel. When the prisoner was given into custody, he said he was a relative only of Mr. Thwaites. It was not his wish to have the defendant punished, if it should turn out that he was a respect able man ; but as Members of Parliament were im posed upon to a very great extent by representations similar to those made by the defendant, he thought that something should be done to put a stop to such a system. The defendant admitted that he had received 3/. from Mr. Bowes, and had applied for money, but he denied having represented himself to be the son of Mr. Thwaites, the landlord of the Waterloo Inn. Ile had stated himself to be Mr. Thwaites's cousin, which was true. Mr. Hannwicx said it was clear the defendant had obtained money under a false and fraudulent pre tence, and had subjected himself t o punishment for this offence. Mr. Bowes said, as it would put other parties to great trouble, he would not press the case. Mr. HARDWICK cautioned the defendant (who said he had also written to Lord 11. Vane) against conti nuing the practice, and, after a suitable admonition, dismissed the case. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday George Henry Ward, alias Jockey Ward, and George TVard, alias Glass, the former between 40 and 50, and the latter about 20 years of age, were brought up in custody, and placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, charged with having con spired together to defraud the public, and with having by a false and fictitious warranty of horses advertised for sale, obtained the sum of 115/. 10s. from Mr. Wm. Angerstein, residing at present at North Cray-place, near Bexley, Kent. Mr. Ballantine, the barrister, attended for the pro secution ; and a gentleman from the office of Mr. Humphreys for the prisoners. Mr. Angerstein, on being sworn, said, at the period of my having the transaction with the prisoners, I lived at Blackheath, but am now living near Bexley. Having seen an advertisement in the Times respecting three horses which were for sale at stables in Glou cester-mews West, I went there on the 9th of last month, and on entering the stables I saw the younger prisoner, George Ward, by whom I was shown the animals, two of which were described as phaeton horses, and the third as a brougham horse. In a short time the first prisoner came in, the other having told me that Mr. Ward would be there presently ; and while I was examining the horses he (George Henry Ward) informed me that the animals had belonged to a deceased gentleman named Lloyd, of Stratford upon-Avon, and that he was commissioned by the family whose property they then were to sell them upon commission. They were taken out, and after a certain time I agreed to give him 1151. 10s. for them. I handed to him a cheque for that sum upon Glynns, my bankers, and to )k from him a receipt for the amount, as also a warranty, which set forth that the horses were sound, fit either to ride or drive, and quiet either in single or double harness. It was further stated, that if not approved of and returned within seven days, the money paid for them would be refunded. Mr. Ballantine—Having made the purchase, as you have stated, what happened next ? Mr. Anger stein --The horses were all brought away by my groom and the younger prisoner, and by my direc tions they were taken to the Veterinary College im mediately after the, purchase. In a short time after this I received a communication from the College that the horses were not what they were represented to be, and I accordingly sent them back to the stables from which I had had them, together with a letter. On the next morning I went to the stables, which I found locked and deserted, the horses having been removed away ; the prisoners too were gone. Mr. Ballantine—Had the younger prisoner told you at any period of the transaction who he was ? Mr. Angerstein—Yes, he described himself as having been a servant in the late Mr. Lloyd's family. He had also undertaken to assist my servant in conveying the animals to Blackheath fur me. Mr. Angerstein, in his cross-examination by the solicitor for the prisoners, said, I drove one of the horses a short distance myself, and did not then dis cover that it was unsound. The contract was corn- pleted before the younger prisoner made a represen tation as to who he was. William Wistler, groom to Mr. Angerstein, corro borated a great portion of his master's evidence. Mr. Ballantine—Since you took the horses back to the stables in Gloucester-mews West, have you seen them any where else? Witness—Yes, I have since seen all three of them in Fitzroy-mews, Fitzroy- square. Hannah Potter examined—l am a widow, and my husband let stables to the elder Ward in Gloucester mews. The younger prisoner was continually there with him, and they occupied the said stables 15 weeks. Mr. RAWLINSON—What did you understand their names to be ? Witness—Ward; and I have heard the young one say that the other was his uncle. Mr. Ballantine—State all that you know further about the matter ?—I recollect the three horses going away. I cannot say how long they had been in the stable. I remember also their being brought back, and a letter being left with them. Mr. Ballantine_When were they taken away from your stable ? Witness—The next morning, quite early, by the younger prisoner. Mr. Ballantine.:—Did he leave any address with you ? Witness—No, Sir. By the Solicitor for the prisoners—They (pri soners) have been at the stable since, but I can't say how often. Elizabeth Hembrow, 4, Boston-mews, Dorset square, gave evidence to the effect, that on the 10th of July (the day after the sale of the horses to Mr. Angerstein) she let stalls to the elder prisoner, who brought three horses there, and left on the 28th, taking the animals with him ; he had not paid a single farthing for rent. Mr. Ballantine—What do you know of the younger prisoner ? Witness —He was frequently at the stables with the other, and they seemed to be acting together. George Weldon, 26 stable, Fitzroy-mews, stated that five weeks ago he let a three-stall stable to the elder prisoner, who brought with him three horses, and they remained there until the police came and took both the prisoners into custody last Tuesday. To prove that a second sale of the horses had been endeavoured to be effected, Mr. John Prior, of Herne-hill, Camberwell, was then examined, and his evidence was as follows : On Monday last, from an advertisement which was inserted in the Times, respecting some horses which were for sale, I went 26 stable, Fitzroy-mews, and there saw both the prisoners. I looked at the horses there, and said, " Are these the horses belonging to the widow ?' " (meaning the lady alluded to in the advertisement) ; to which the younger prisoner re plied, " Yes." I examined two of the animals, which according to the description given of them in the paper I thought I should like to purchase, and while I was looking at them I observed two persons stand ing by in plain clothes ; they afterwards proved to be policemen who had been in quest of the prisoners. It was also shown that, the two horses which Mr. Prior was about to purchase, was part of the " lot " for which Mr. Angerstein had paid. Mr. J. Burt, assistant professor at the Veterinary College, said he had examined the three horses pur chased by Mr. Angerstein, and found that one of them was a " roarer," another had been unnerved in both fore feet from a chronic disease, and the third was also lame ; all these diseases and defects in the animals must have been in existence antecedent to the 9th of July. By prisoner s solicitor.—l consider that the horses would not at Tattersall's, in their present condition, fetch more than 121. each. I think they would be sold well at that price ; but if the same parties were to get hold of them again, with the view of disposing of them in the best manner they could, they might perhaps be able to make more money of them con siderably.. The prisoners solicitor contended, that as common prudence had not been used by Mr. Angerstein in his dealings with regard to the horses, an indictment at common law could not be sustained, and that the only course which could be at all open for the com plaining party to adopt was an action upon the warranty." Mr. RAWLINSON committed both the prisoners for trial, but expressed his willingness to take bail (with 48 hours' notice), each in his personal recognizance and sureties to the amount of 2001. tg FURNITURE-BROKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. —Yesterday the annual meeting of the subscribers, &c., to this Institution was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand. James Winter, Esq., t h e Treasurer, presided. The object of this Institution is the establish ment, by donations and subscriptions, of a fund for the relief of decayed and distressed furniture-brokers (being members of the trade) and their widows, and orphan children of members of the Institution. It appears that the Society was formed on the 29th of June, 1839, a nd enrolled according to Act of Parliament July, 1840. Since its commencement the proceedings of the Com inittee have been attended with much success. The pen sioners receive 15/. each per annum. The Secretary read the report for the last year, which congratulat ed the subscribers on the continued prosperity, there b ein g altogether an available balance of 1,000/. after the deduc tion of all expenses ; 8001. of the same is invested with th e Commissioners for the Reduction of the National D ebt, 2001. being in the hands of the Treasurer. An addi tional sum of 100/. had been added to the amount of s tock during the past year. The report having b een re ceived and adopted, the meeting proceeded to the election of additional pensioners, after which a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, who, having acknowledged the compliment, dissolved the meeting. FATAL CURIOSITY.—TRYING WHAT THE SENSA• TI ON OF HANGING Is.—On Saturday night last, C. Swann, Esq., held an inquest at Mr. Smith's, the sign of the Wrestlers, Sneinton, on the ,body of Frede rick Smith, 14 years of age. It appeared deceased was Mr. I Richard Morley's servant-boy, and was of a lively, cheerful disposition, happy in his place, and not at all likely to commit suicide. In the evening of the day Saville was executed, he asked Thomas Hallam, Mr. Morley's farming-man, if he had been to see the exe cution ; he told deceased he had not, and here the con versation ended ; but the same morning, he said to Wm. Keep, the farming-servant, " I wonder how that man will feel as he was goig t o be hung. On Sa turday last it seems he d e termine tr d . to a n gexratify this foolish and dangerous curiosity, by ying pe riment, which proved fatal to himself, as it has done to many other thoughtless lads. William Straw, Mr. Morley's gardener, deposed to telling deceesed to , water some trees about four o'clock in the af ternoon of Saturday, and to discovering him hanging , under a shed, in the orchard, about an hour and a half afterwards ; he gave an alarm and the body was immediately cut down, but life was extinct ; his hands, face, and arms were quite cold. Mr. Burrows, surgeon, was soon in attendance, but of course all attempts to re store animation were fruitless. The witness Hallam saw the cord was is four or five doubles, but was not quite round deceased's neck, and the otherend was fastened round a spar of the shed. His shirt, acket collar, and j frock were between the cord and his neck, and the cord was not in a running noose. The witness Hallam said he believed deceased took the cord with which h e hung himself off a post, near to the shed. There is some timber lying near to the p lace where he was hanging ; witness thought, by some dirt which he saw, that de ceased had stood upon th e timber to tie himself up, and then swung himself off. The jury, having fully consi dered all the circumstances, re t u rned . the following ver dict:—"Hung himself accidentally, in trying what the sensation of hanging was , and not with an intention to destroy himself."—Nottinyhani Mercury. EDINBURGH Towx COUNCIL. —At a meeting of the town council on Tuesday, the Lord Provost (Mr. Black) called the attention of the c ouncil to the present trans mission of the London mail t o the city, which he thought admitted of great improvement. At present it came round by Carlisle, and occ u p ied twenty-eight hours in the journey; whereas, on the Newcastle Railway, the train only occupied fourteen hours fourteen minutes between London and Newcastle, and the coach to Edin burgh occupied only ten hours more—making . in all twenty-four hours fourteen minutes. But if the mail h e i v p it to were transmitted by Newcastle, letters might easily be delivered in Edinburgh at latest by . twelve o'clock— whereas at present they were not delivered till 'about four o'clock. It would appear, .indeed, as if the autho- T pr h e e pa c r o e u a n n ci d l rities had looked for the longest taste td of the shortest road. He suggested that it should be remitted to a committee to prepare a memorial . to the Postmaster at General, ene e a g p r r ee ay d i praying for aat h a ee remedy h tot Lordship i transmit a memorial to the effect referred to. SANGUINARY AND BRUTAL ASSA ULT. Late on Saturday evening last a number of Irish- I men, who are at present employed at theth=e iron-works near Kilbirnie, called at a public-houie kept by a respectable old man named Peter Hughes, on the road to Dairy, and ordered some whisky. After i they had been supplied, they rose to go without having paid for the spirits. Hughes attempted to detain them, when the miscreants set upon him an I his wife, and commenced beating and mal treating them in a most shameful manner. The cries of the old people brought a neighbour to their assistance, and on his attempts to interfere he was likewise attacked with equal fury. The son of this person, a stout young man, came in at this juncture, and having seized a poker, he knocked se veral of the ruffians down one after another, but was at length overpowered, and the poker taken from him. He with difficulty escaped from their hands, and having returned with some of the noighbours, whom I he had called to the rescue, they found the whole of the windows burst in, and the furniture broken to pieces. Hughes and his wife were in a state of in sensibility ; the former had his legs broken, and his body covered with contusions ; his wife also had been dreadfully maltreated ; and the young man's father had his skull fractured, and was otherwise very much bruised. The whole three remain in a very precarious state. The county police were speedily on the alert, and early on Sunday morning suc ceeded in capturing four persons, who un derwent an examination before a magistrate on Sunday. Two of them were instantly identified by the young man, and their persons bore the marks of hadthe blows he inflicted on them with the poker. The party who made the attack consisted of seven, and it is expected that they will all shortly be in cus tody. Four very suspicious characters, whose accent betrayed that they were Irish, were seen on the grounds of Grangehill, belonging to Captain Reid, on Sunday morning; but before the police arrived, they had disappeared. They are strongly suspected to have been of the party ; and it is said the clothes of one of the four were stained with blood. We under stand that the inhabitants of the district complain greatly of the riotous conduct of some of the parties engaged at the iron-works • and it is hoped measures will be adopted to prevent tile recurrence of such out rages.—Scotch Paper. SUBMARINE OPERATIONS AGAINST THE WRECK OF THE EDGAR AT ! SPE 'MEAD. These have been proceeding with RITA vigour under the able and ze.tions superintendence of Li,su tenant Barlow, the executive engineer. The great mass of timber imbedded in mud, composing the centre of the hull of the Edgar, which was discovered _ _ on the 23d of May, and which from an accurate sur vey taken by that officer stood 13f feet higher than the general level of the bottom, has been lowered ten feet by the continual removal of pieces, which have Dither been loosened or fractured when necessary by frequent small explosions. The quantity of gunpow der expended in this manner, from the commencement of the season to Saturday, the 17th instant, inclusive, was more than 3,9001b3. Amongst the large masses of wreck recovered, the greater part of which has been piled either on the watering island in-the dock yard behind the rigging -house, or on the island in the• harbour, near Clarence victualling-yard, 401 feet in length of the keel has been' sent up. Thirteen more guns have been recovered since our last notice of these operations, of which nine were sent up in one week, from the Bth to the 13th of July. The first of these guns was discovered by sweeping, and the others found not far from it, at the distance of from twenty to twenty-five fathoms nearly north-east of the two lighters then moored over the hull. Of these guns Corporal Jones sent up four, viz., one 32-pounder, two 18-pounders, and one 12-pounder. Lance-Cor poral Girvan sent up one 32-pounder, and one 6-pounder ; and Private Herbert, of the East India Company's Sappers and Miners, sent up two 18-pounders, and a very large fragment of a 24- pounder, wanting only three feet near the muzzle of its total length. On the 10th instant, the volunteer seamen of the Excellent, who had been practising diving for two months at Spithead, taking it in their turns for one day,at a time, ceased to be employed, and afterwards returned to their ship with a certificate from Major- General Pasley, chiefly in consequence of the favour able report of Lieutenant Barlow, but also partly from his own occasional observation, not only of their being well qualified as divers, and of their zeal and diligence as workmen, but also of their regularity and good conduct when off duty, and of the friendly manner in which they had behaved to the sappers and miners, riggers, and pensioners, and others employed in the same service. In this satisfactory communica tion, addressed to Sir Thomas Hastings, their com manding officer, the fact of one of their number, Quartermaster Germain, who took the place of one of the constant military divers when ill, having on that occasion sent up a piece of the keel of the Edgar, was noticed. Lieutenant Fairholme, R.N., an officer of the Excellent, also had authority from his com manding officer to remain at Spithead one week with Lieutenant Barlow, with the laudable view of learn ing the art of diving, as well as the use of the voltaic battery for submarine explosions, &c., and went re peatedly to the bottom, as Lieutenant Barlow had also done. On one occasion Lieutenant Fairholme met with one of the regular: divers at the bottom, and from want of experience went round him before he returned to his own ladder, in consequence of which his breast or signal line became entangled with this man's, and on being hauled up his feet were upper most. This accident, which only caused him a tem porary headache, was another confirmation of the su periority of Mr. Siebe's improved diving apparatus. Had the same thing happened with the original diving apparatus of Deane's pattern, in which the helmet is open at bottom, this valuable officer must inevitably have been drowned. An accident had previously occurred on the 12th of June, by an air-pipe separat ing from the pump on deck, whilst one of the volun teer seamen divers was at the bottom ; but no injury was done to the individual in consequence, as the safety valves with which that and all the other helmets had been fitted by General Pasley's directions, and• which at the time were all in perfect order, prevented the air from escaping, and the man was drawn up perfectly unconscious that anything was amiss. The same accident happened to Lance-Corporal Girvan, on the 27th of July, whose air-pipe on deck separated from the pump, on which, being fully aware that Something had gone wrong, he made the signal, and was drawn.up sensible, but much injured, especially about the throat and head, as the air rushed violently out of his helmet, in the Same manner as if no safety valve had been attached;' to it. General Pasley, on receiving the report of 'this accident—the third that happened in the course of three seasons from the same cause—was very much grieyed, and at the same time surprised. The first two accidents alluded to were easily accounted for, as' the helmets of the divers had not been all provided with safety-valves at that time. But this last accident at first appeared in some mea sure unaccountable, fur no report of the state of the helmet had been made in announcing it. But as soon as the helmet was carefully examined, the cause became apparent. Owing to the safety-valve not having been taken to pieces since the commencement of the sea son, it had - become• clogged with verdigris, so that it could not shut properly, and a great portion of the air was enabled to escape in consequence. Girvan was imme diately sent to Haslar Hospital, and, under the excellent ' advice and treatment there, is rapidly recovering, his general health fortunately not having been injured, and his eyes only remaining weak and bloodshot. After this accident, Lieut. Barlow had the safety valves of all the helmets taken to pieces and cleaned, and this practice, which has thus been proved to be .indispensable, will be repeated once a-week for the future. Before this occurred, even the divers them selves placed such confidence in these valves, that they were not aware of the necessity of overhauling them. Another accideit, but of a less serious nature, after ' wards occurred to Private Sticklen. After having done his work at the bottom, whilst being hauled up by signal to the lighter whence he had descended, his helmet struck against a pig of ballast attached to a diver's rope-ladder hanging over the side, which broke one of his three glass eyes, so that the water rushing in filled his dress and rose nearly to the top of his helmet ; but, as this occurred near the surface, he sustained no injury or inconvenience, except swallow ing some salt water. Besides the volunteers of the Excellent, three vo lunteer seamen of her Majesty's ship Collingwood, now at anchor at Spithead, and carrying the flags of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, were instructed in the art of diving under Lieutenant. Barlow, and the system followed was personally inspected and ap proved by the Admiral himself, whose ship is provided with a complete diving apparatus. The air-pumps had always been examined and cleaned ; the necessity of which, if neglected, constantly forces itself upon the attention of the divers and their assistants, but the state of the safety-valves, unless periodically exa mined, could only be known by an accident. The operations at Spithead were much impeded and retarded by such very violent gales of wind in the early part of the month of August, that the divers were prevented from working from time to time. The Success frigate, in which they were quar tered, rolled and pitched violently. The Drake sail ing lighter was obliged to take refuge in Portsmouth harbour, and the operation of sweeping for guns and wreck, which was carried on at all times when prac ticable, by Major-General Pasley's orders, was necessarily suspended; but on the 23d of August when he again visited Spithead, he was pleased to find that an 18-pounder had been sent up that morning by private Sticklen, of the East India Company's Sap pers and Miners, which was discovered by sweeping at the distance of about 15 fathoms to the north-east of the lighter. Next day, when he repeated his visit, a large floor-timber, broken by some of the previous explosions, was sent up by Corporal Jones, who after - wards took down a large crate, in which he sent up, besides staves of casks, &c., 91 shot of various sizes, chiefly 32-pounders, lying over a mass of shingle; for no other sort of ballast was then used at the time when the Edgar was fitted out. It now seemed almost cer tain that the whole of the remaining woodwork would be removed this season ; but doubts were entertained as to the guns until the evening of that day, when, at the last slack tide, a 32-pounder, discovered by sweep ing, was sent up by private llerbert, of the East India Company's service. This gun was found at the dis tance of about 80 fathoms to the northward of the position of the hull of the wreck, over which the lighters are moored, and only twenty fathoms south of the Success frigate hulk, and, as other guns had previously been found twenty fathoms south of the lighters, it follows that the explosion of the magazines of the Edgar had scattered the guns of that ill-fated vessel to the distance of 100 fathoms from each other. The cause of this explosion is as much a secret as the so-called invisible shell by which Captain Warner recently destroyed the John o'Gaunt off Brighton ; but the fact of the Edgar's guns being thrown to such unexpected distances by the force of gunpowder, which is not to be despised, renders it possible, that by extending the sphere of action of the boats employed in sweeping, most, if not all of the missing guns, may be discovered in the course of the season. The number of those now re maining at the bottom is nineteen whole guns, and three small fragments of guns broken to pieces by the explosion of the magazines ' • certainly not by any of the submarine charges fired by Lieutenant Barlow, to separate the parts of the wreck. The removal of the lighters from their moorings being exceedingly troublesome and inconvenient, they have remained in the same position over the hull of the' Edgar ever since it was discovered, whilst a launch has been de tached to a distance with a diving apparatus to search for guns, which, if found, are got up by means of the masthead tackle of the Drake sailing lighter. In sweeping for guns and wreck a great number of sinkers, or large stones, by which the wreck buoys were moored, have been discovered, and sent up from time to time by the divers, at considerable distances from each other, and even from the wreck ; for one of them, with a chain and the skeleton of a buoy attached to it, was found at the distance of 50 fathoms to the north-east of the- spot where the remains of the hull—that part of the wreck MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE. We have been furnished by a respectable corre spondent (who sends us his name, and who was an eye witness of the facts up to Sunday evening), with the following details of a melancholy and strange acci dent, caused by foul air : " On Saturday last, as a man named Scanlan, was raising earth on his land, at Gabard, about three miles from Ballybunion, county Kerry, he discovered the entrance to a subterraneous passage, which he en tered, accompanied by two other persons, but a con siderable time having elapsed without their re-appear ance, they were followed by six others, who went in fur the purpose of bringing them out. Those, also, not ap pearing, the apprehensions of their friends, who were outside, became excited, and intimation of the circum stance having been conveyed to the Rev. Mr. En right, C.C., he immediately repaired to the spot and entered the cavity with a view of rescuing those who preceded, but he had not gone far from the entrance, when he fell senseless under the noxious influence of the atmosphere, and was with difficulty brought to the surface. The alarm of the by-standers now be came excessive, and further efforts having been made, three of those who had gone in were brought out ap • parently lifeless, but have since recovered. The scene at this time was heartrending, from the cries of the relatives of those who remained within, and this was further increased by the non-appearance of a man who ventured in in search of his son, against the entreaties of his friends. " The Gunsborough police were in attendance during the night, and succeeded in bringing out the bodies of four, amongst whom was that of a man who went in search of his son, with the body of the latter clasped in his arms, having apparently perished in at tempting to bring him out. Crowds of the country people having collected yesterday, renewed exertions were made to discover the bodies of two persons stilt missing, and, about five o'clock, three men having descended for the purpose, two returned in a state of exhaustion, leaving the third, who was unable to come with them, to share the fate of the others. "A number of men are engaged in excavating the ground, about twenty feet from the surface, hoping to reach the extremity of the cavern. This appears to be a work of great difficulty, as the opening is at the foot of a high bank on the side of a hill, and the passage leads downwards. Although the entrance is not more than two feet in diameter, the interior is lofty, and arched with masonry."—Limerick I?eporler. ARUNDEL.—It is now quite certain that her Ma jesty will honour the Duke of Norfolk with a visit in the course of two months. Apartments are already.heing fitted up for her reception ; and we understand that the State liveries are in progress.—Brighton Gazette. TILE WIDOW OF 'BANIAL—We observe that most of our London and Dublin contemporaries have fallen into a mistake in saying that the mother of the late Mr. Banim is in reduced circumstances in consequence of the death of her grand-daughter, who had is persion from Government. The mother of Banim is long since dead, and it is his wife who is in distressed circumstances in consequence of the death of her daughter, who had a pension from Government. We think it is unworthy, of any Government to be guilty of so paltry an act as to withhold a trivial support from the widow of the man whom it deemed worthy of a pension while he lived. It is unseemly that her few short years should be embit tered with poverty and distress. Indeed the Irish peo ple themselves, for the honour of their country, and of him who, though dead, yet lives and speaks in his impe rishable works, ought not to permit such a national dis grace to exist for one hour.—Limerick Reporter. ENGLISH NEWS FROM ABROAD.—The Augsburg Gazette of the 23d inst. publishes the following extract from a letter dated London, 16th inst. :—" Orders have just been given to arm several ships of war and frigates. The number of seamen at present receiving pay amounts to 36,000 men ; the war steamers represent a force of 13,500 horses. It is not doubtful that in six weeks a fleet would be ready to assemble at Spithead. The turn which affairs have taken between France and England favours the views of the Emperor of Russia. The pro posals made by that Sovereign when in London have been renewed by Count Nesselrode. lam assured that the French Government is fully informed on this subject. The Court of St. Petersburgh is said to have offered to the Queen of England an alliance offensive and defensive in case of war with France. The Emperor added, that he would place his entire land and sea forca at the dis posal of the allied Powers. It is easy to divine the answer of the English Government. It expects that the Cabinet of the Tuileries will yield to the equitable and moderate representations of England, and that it will not be necessary to have recourse to war. If, however, tranquillity should be interrupted, it would be the in terest of all the European Governments to put an end to it as quickly as possible by displaying an imposing force. It is therefore beyond all doubt that in case of war there would be a Russian-English alliance." SERIOUS BREACH OF THE PEACE. --We regret to understand that a series of personsl attacks was on Tuesday committed by a party of sappers and miners recently employed near Glenluce, in taking the levels of the line between this and that district, upon- our excellent road surveyor and townsman, Mr. Murray, who had been on duty near Glenluce, but on his return, on horseback, was attacked by three of these engineering worthies, near Challock. The assailants laid hold of the horse, and repeatedly struck it, and also Mr. Mur ray, who fortunately acted with exemplary forbearance, and sought shelter in the house of Mr. Paul, farmer, in Whitecrook. The soldiers followed him there— took possession of the horse—afterwards entered the house, and assaulted both Mr. Paul and Mr. Murray. Fortunately the men servants came to the rescue, and proving an over-match for two of the three assailants, took them into custody, their companion taking leg bail for his good behaviour. Mr. Gibson, of Mains of Park, J.P., was sent fur, while a fresh rein forcement of sappers and miners came out from Glenluco to the rescue of their gallant comrades. Matters now looked serious, but a goodly muster of buirdly plough men, constables, &c., headed by Mr. Gibson, as a magis trate of the district, and Mr. Murray, had a salutary effect, and the three assailants were seized and carried off to gaol for examination. As the case is under legal investigation, we refrain from saying more at present. — Galloway Advertiser. DISCOVERY OF A CAVE NEAR KENDAL.—On the through the hug a north-west low arch s w id ay e o i f nt A o rn a side cavern Knot. tw en I twenty feeten te 30th of last month, Mr. J. R ut h ven, t h e i ndefat i ga bl e geologist, of Kendal, di scovere d a s i ngu l ar cave, half way up u in length, and from four to five feet high. In the floor were several holes, down one of which a candle was lowered, and a deep chasm was discovered running into the hill in a south-eastern direction. gr. Ruthven let himself through the hole, and succeeded in safely de scending to the bottom, which was formed of angular' fragments of limestone, cemented together with stalag mite. The roof 'and sides were beautifully covered with calcareous depositions, clothing the rocks with drapery, and hanging from the roof in long translucent stalactites. Six yards from the entrance the fissure swells out into a cave six yards in length, three yards in width, and five yards high. At the further end is a narrow passage, five yards in length, terminated by a wall of rock, preventing all progress in that direction On the left side of the passage a hole was discovered, through which Mr. Ruthven squeezed himself into a beautiful circular chamber, the arched roof covered with transparent stalactites, and the floor with stalagmites, rising towards the roof in the most fantastic shapes ; the whole forming a most beau tiful natural grotto. Last week, Mr. E. Whitwell and Mr. Ruthven visited the cave, and commenced a diligent search for bones. They were successful in finding several beautiful specimens of the bones, claws, and teeth of extinct animals. Some of the teeth have been sent to Professor Owen for examination. There is no appearance of the action of water ; and as the cave forms part of a fault which runs through Arnside Knot, it probably was once an open fissure into which the ani mals have fallen. G. Wilson, Esq., has taken the means to preserve this interesting place from injury, by placing au iron gate at the entrance. He will, however, kindly afford every opportunity for scientific investigation.— Kendai Mercury. which was most dangerous to ships' anc hors—W er. situated. A number of small anchors has also be sent up by the divers, probably bekinging to fishin,g; boats that have become entangled from time to Ote in the remlins of the Edgar , owing to the inacc all ,e position of the wreck buoys.- The Edgar must WI sunk ..sith her head to the eastward, because her rlits der, which is Low on board the Success, nearly Pf,:, feet, was found to the westward of the wreck of `P f ; hull. In former years it had been proved that divek, could make each other hear at the bottom, by sce, 0 ing very loud; but not so as to hold a conversau.u, conveniently. This year, it was found that writol.t might be distinctly read at the bottom ; for a u l r e : sage on a piece of parchment, sent down by Lier m nant Barlow on deck to Lieutenant Fairholme bo°,b, was read, and an appropriate reply in writing `r, same piece of parchment was sent up by the latter, who was provided with a pencil. It was found, wards, that very small print may be read distinc'oi at the bottom, but pencil-marks, made on comm paper or on a card, become obliterated. HP ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF T '- REV. DR. CARSON, OF TOI3ERMORE., at t It is our melancholy duty to announce the ` d ` this disintinguished and venerated divine, took place on the 24th instant. The circumstanee'd Dr. Carson's decease, which were in all respect s trying and affecting, are as follow :—Having co for a few weeks in England, where he bad gea e te ecclesiastical business, he was about to retur n b ° wards on the 16th instant. He reached the enal', which he was to take the steamer to Belfast, a ao, siderable period.. before the hour of sailing ; while walking leisurely upon the wharf, he 1 3 0 13 out his watch to ascertain how long time a, elapse before the vessel would leave the. bar ire, While in the act of looking at the tinsel d o he unconsciously approached too near the t y and, in an instant, was precipitated int o bile tide. The fall to the water was about nine feet, s v fee t the depth of the liquid element was twenty-five t oll more. No sooner, however, had he sunk than Vol boat from the quay was pushed off,rand, on his rising to the surface, he, was safely place His arm, which had been dislocated at the sh°ripel was speedily adjusted, and the injury sustained di; 0 appear so great as to forbid his being conveyed td berth in the Falcon, then about to sail. The 0- . f „e, was unusually long, extending to about twentt hours ; and, although every attention was paid 0 1 0 while on board, it was found, on his arrival ill 1 3e SO that he was in a state of extreme debility, althe a :o was not conceived of danger. He was remove d oo residence of the Rev. Mr. Wilson, Baptist where he remained till his decease. He had ne,, ' 4 4 long there till symptoms of congestion of blood the lungs presented themselves ; but, under the,ledii! cious treatment of Drs. Moffatt and Purdon, jei: a tit; his son, Dr. Carson, of Coleraine, it was exPec t , en i4, the attack would be arrested. On Friday e,` however, an unfavourable change presentet.,o and, on the morning of Saturday, he breathed „il l 0 10 He retained the full vigour of his mental lac" throughout his illness, and evinced the greatestoil ness and composure under the visitation. rie the 68th year of his age.—Banner of Ulster. Ladies travelling, or temporarily subjecte‘Ato°losllk deviation of equable temperature, will find dish Kalydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliary, ling the cloud of langour from the complO i foill immediately affording the pleasing sensation 11 `.,,",, , restored elasticity of the skin. The distressi; unsightly varieties of cutaneous _eruptions a m 1 1; promptly eradicated by the Kalydor. Spo ts q to 4 freckles, discolourations, and sallowness, Yie'ootboAtr specific qualities, and are succeeded by a s t ' a as st! fit and transparency of the skin, giving r i se to se.nv 0 er SPJ 4 of the utmost pleasure and surprise. Being a °l 4 preferred, its consequent great demand el te ibei l , t cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give be ie, of "Genuine" Kalydor to some compounds of tar, c'w manufacture, of the most deleterious characte to !"( taming mineral astringents utterly ruinou s el complexion, and by their repellant action ent e ts Al health. It is, therefore, imperative on pus h on see that the words " Rowland's Kalydor I / y wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfo'r ' Of 0. NEWLY INVENTED SPECTACLES, TELOC ° ot —ln consequence of the great inconvenien ce 1 ,09 tended with injurious effects to persons' eYe' sj gif 5 0 0 country, by their not being enabled to be pr o p er o t with spectacles, &c., and which have come notice (to a great extent) of the Messrs. S. nut oik mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Pic' site the York Hotel, theyhave contrived mean k ,', 170 ~ individuals, at the most remote part of the g l°", ; suited with their Newly Invented Spectacles, _7, 71 ' jog ; It their age, and, if making use of Spectacles, Inicelf? length of time they have done so. Trom eu ial g Newly Invented Spectacles are placed before,efotioi vision, that mist and dullness which a ppear l' cie st) eyes is at once removed, every object become s ., bro ß od distinct, so that the most aged imperfect sight becomes., to its youthful, natural, and original s tate. ~"1 1' Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, of the same kind of Lenses, to surpass any i e r v dce Ji vented. Their Sound Magnifiers, Invisible Irs ductors, will enable persons at an advanced forty and fifty years standing of extreme d eg oe Microseujietel join in general conversation ' • they are not la, perceptible, nor more uncomfortable than lis" n e piece of fine wool in its place. Sent, Carriage os distance.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Soloo3° ,ed to o t clans and Aurists, are not in any way collo° e ighb`o' person of the same name in their i m mediate ” o pt i hood, nor in any part of the country. To 13re takes, be cautious, and observe—only to ifor i, ' t t 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the J o/ Of , [ADVERTISEMENT]—A STARTLING Flow.oway's Illus.—A gentleman na me ' Va n dr late of the West Indies, but now residing ia road, Liverpool, had suffered for many ye ar f it 9 ,61° ceased stomach, with flutterings and a sinking. ,Dovi,cii of the stomach, and palpitation of the hear!nosi oe of breath, with a continual craving after suho.rtco, t/ together with a depression of spirits bordel' ot s 0P 0 0! lancholy. He paid hundreds for advice wit' or y is o foP ing the least benefit, but, however extraoralt:oelit appear, he was radically cured in about six (51019; his ailments by these wonderful pills. S a °l , 4 lo ol ' fessor Holloway's Ointment) at Professor ' l ;4 b e t 0 0 11 tablishment, 224, Strand (where advice dot e gratis), and by almost all respectable Yen ~11 dl tine throughout the civilised world. P srl ;e‘ l u'et ihe 0 PERIPATETIC PREAC H ERS.—The (1- 1 s n.-. ; Glenbucket, where all the parishioners h 3ve vi sl who n rtbis ro ' f lc r i the Established Church, had, the other wee, / '; ‘ : bee . se o , one of those peregrinating parsons from the south to enlighten the darkness - 0 quarter of the kingdom. On Sunday for"c-„,pe Church preacher in a neighbouring paris h tbr ° , e lf pare the way—an advanced post, or a stir:_ict of„ to give notice how the wind blew in the d.:",,,ic,ry! bucket. He, however, stood "alone in r ti roioti!A aP went to listen to the worthy man's mi alb ober fev olo c; the Wednesday a body of cavalry W as ad e,°tl,lol'fo Broaching from Towle. The good fol ks h er bs on Sunday, that a certain southern puiPi te d 100 1 ',% - vel t d them, but the crowd that now approach!, the Gl' o ;er j as if an attempt was to be made to spreau io o o .oe t t the arm of flesh, than like the quiet, Me n e pit/ modern days. The fears of the peoPle if any existedwere, however, soon disP 0 f , 0 0 found that no hostility was intended; to bel t creeds, or the only alternative, cold steel i h . or ie.4 t it maths. The crowd that appeared on only composed of quiet, peace-11"s 1 0 p et i l c r i pol to peripatetic audience accompanying , t preacher; the latter worthy, havo: l * c ion hr 0 that he would get few to appreciate bo o to ac ot ioll o o Glenbucket, and thinking it a pit), tha t , s should be lost to the world, took th e a," carrying a congregation along with bin': of ' It " ( way and a good plan. It wakes scarcity to/ less apparent, and numbers more con s p iea° Herald. " -On the 25th . inst., at Down- H place, 13'r ushire, O .40 1 , , coo ol Mrs On the 27th inst.,. Fitzmaunce, of at a T son e-wells' . Ils, Lad}'T fr'' g 10 5. of , of a son. , • A to-n , f .s. On the 22d inst., in Belgra,ve-place. Prix' gaol d Sherriff, of a son. ad , ar r '' le 4 ' i' On the 22d inst., Mrs. Dowse, Gary; , t the d of a son. On the 25th inst., at Ventnor, Isle o r i ns . / .., of s °' ' i ie I ' 4l Captain H. W. Hadfield, late Madras s r- ..'t,shir e ' e lr Doi'' e, th On the 26th inst., at Gillingham, . A „,, 0 the Rev. W. L. Collett, of a daughter. v e nkrwe 00 On the 27th inst., at the Parsonage , ' of G' of the Rev. Joseph Salt, of a daughter. la dy 0 ,, ' Ile On the 27th inst., at Teigumouth, the , f the j i f e o Esq., of a son. ire On the 27th inst., at Wilton, Norfolk, t b _...-- W. H. Hanson, of a daughter. elel gat Ci fl MARRIED. ,ra pli f 0 1 , t oe' On the 27th inst., at Westbury-u_pna-lri t a 13ein I V ' I` A son of the late Edward Strachey Esq. 1:1 s'• ''. ov' Service, to Elizabeth, daughter' Of the ' late Re r °° r oh son, of Woodbury,Cambridgeshire. , os , s , ftepo e ,„ On the 27th inst., at the Church of' at. Ja4,t, tfot t r.) , sey, Mr. Joseph Haycra ft , of Deptford, ''' ot liePde , Yr ' youngest daughter of 111 r. G. Bayly, of Baal . , y. Sit t er ° On the 27th inst., et Battersea. .itd° l l 3l ,T s 't dal i g" 0 0 ' of Battersea-fields, to Charlotte .Arnelia, ela' ~ ilt , e 7, P. Hulme, Esq., of the Clapham-road. ~o b ert ;60 o ° On the 27th inst., at Portsea, the Bev. -D:dge, to o f son, 8.A., of Corpus Christi College, Ca ntbri d 944 Bronncker, second daughter of W• Atgel ' House, Southsea, Hants. DIED. P e n ton-ptf illes O . On the 26th inst., at York-pla" , Ball, aged 73. v of S li tea ly ( On the 26th inst., Archibald Little, J-. 5(1 " t! - . 0 a g o f i f On the 26th inst., at Burton Lodge, .-. 0 1 ,elf General Lord Keane. Oi ° tit. tr On the 22d inst., at Mudeford, nant s ' ti 131, - ,r .° W. Adair Bruce, Esq., of Lansdown-nrsce,to, o f 0 ° On the 23d inst., William Potter, bonkse" b ite,' cA V Leicester. square, aged 44. , VI" - I, On the 25th inst., at Crow Trees, It of r i "" $ 6 ir's il°ti 0 1 infant daughter of Captain Atherton, lie Jricl shire. Treherd ° :SAP" On the 25th inst., at Southampton, that ',. borccelt- Alderman, and many years Magistrate of _ ...t IA 00 ,0 f On the 26th inst., at Lansdown-crescaa , e 4 Po 0. 1, Allan Thompson, Esq., aged 83. Geo rgia ° , • C.. tol l On the 27th inst., at Corsham, Wilts, _ gi ctf , l ,ol daughter of the late Major-General Geore c 0,0 , On the 27th inst., at Southampton, " ~....' Esq., late of Topsham, near Exeter. ,00,190, DO 1 "10. 0 1 1 - ; g" fie , t/ London : Printed and Published 7 is , ,0 ' 0 0 No. 112, Strand, Printer , at The u in the b e SAVOY, Strand, in the Precinct of t iliddlelex, Friday, Aug 3 0 , 1844' Of i able to cepi Qom de!, BB doh at I Sep 4 *4l 6th ltl ati kli thi Sitl 4 4 , Dly 1 1 41 Wit Vi 4