The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-16 00:00:00

- - AIL red a the reso- I ex s and , con- tions, Eng- is out many A be Jkase !nate, L pro- Lsand. ist be rind ct on nTlers much ,ny of act vern g• the Lls to ation. ation, will , s on [color nt of erdal n the IS. 'ing ;er of !urn of LIM to 7v as in for illery e was loss in little msuls ij. ,, at are er the in its 17t 11 pre- Inbas some- each )firms ithout .asonS and retire Cairo iment • me ob A the le e of kbbso NEE. IS. B' ;oilW'• .ough , idol ; Flin t ' Marra► syree , Teary , wrolv 4 lover' bolf luring of th e ,r, the such , es hOala etc ,d so ,king, do of its hits hot hare ;tails 1 1 Of larlY tha L peagf upw tint SUMMARY OF EWS AND VW)Ur Optition. " Who runs may read." 1"014,111CG27. The Princess de Joinville was safely delivered of a Inuess, at Neuilly, on Tuesday night, at half-past 'twelve. Her Royal Highness and the infant Princess no* both going on favourably. The child was born on tthe anniversary of the Prince de Joinville's birth day, who has just entered his twenty-seventh year. Th e King and Queen received on Monday evening the --amuster o? Justice, Baron de Rothschild, General chrreider, de Garraube, and de Saint Simon, and M. .Paganel. We have every reason to believe, says the Phare of 'Cherbourg of the 12th, that the King will embark at * Cherbou rg , and not at Treport, to proceed on his visit to 'Queen Victoria, because Admiral de la Susse, who is `appointed to command the squadron which is to escort Majeaty to England, arrived here yesterday. After I,eiving the officers of the port and garrison, he hoi s t e d flag on board the Gomer steam-frigate, and went out the roadst ea d, rece i v i ng t h e sa l utes d ue to hi s ran k . Ills Royal Highness the Duke de Nemours arrived at Dietz from Luneville on the 12th, and was received with 'every demonstration of loyalty and respect. reparations are at present being made at the Petit 'Trianon for the reception of the Duchess of Orleans and ler children, who are about to pass there the rest of the Iturirner, ! 711 0 Minister of Finance has addressed a circular ett er to the Receivers-General throughout France, call uag on them to make known to him the disposition and ilsources of their respective departments, relative to the -"lan of 300 ,000,000 f., to be issued either by a national subleription or by th e o ld mo d e o f con t rac t w i t h some ,!Lncial body. M. Jean-Baptiste Sauzet, father of the President of 14e Chamber of Deputies, died at Lyons on Saturday 143 t. Some French gendarmes having some time back en tered the canton of Berne, and arrested a deserter who lird taken refuge within its territories, the Council of state of the canton, at a sitting held en the 31st ult., re isolved that satisfaction should be demanded from the F'r'ench Government, and, before all, to insist upon the deserter bein g restored to the place from whence he Iva& tak en. Delareche, responsible editor of the National, was condemned on Tuesday to a month's imprisonment and a tine of 200 f., for a libel on M. Pic, chief editor of the anion (le la Sartlie. 2 _ Th e Ri ng of Saxony, after having visited at Ham- Lurkili all the public establishments and other objects of 4nterest took his departure for Dresden in the morning O f - the Bth inst. The Berlin Gazette states that the Russian Govern fnetet hasjust authorised proprietors of estates to enter iitgk_areements for the emancipation of their serfs, with 'ng compelled to make them a grant of land, as -1171.1'equired by the Imperial ukase of April 14, 1842. n„sen of the celebrated Mozart has just died at Vienna Ai - f e jt' in the stomach. ,""e sitting of the States of Jutland, on the sth, the in g g oninaissioner presented a Bill to prohibit the 441 e eflottery tickets under a heavy fine. the LAW AND POLICE. tri ed ease of Jones v. Edwards and others, which was A lonmouthl before Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, and le g eT was an acti on t o recover th e va l ue o f a mare , al -412. to have been sold to the defendants, the jury found the Plaintiff, with 101. 15s. damages. cm: t Lancaster, on Wednesday, the case of the Queen v. le shaw was tried before Mr. Justice Cresswell. It T*as _ n informati on , in the nature of a quo warranto, at i _lnstance of John Rogerson, as relator, calling upon u nlas Grimshaw to show by what authority he exer s!cl the office of coroner in the borough of Wigan. The rio`lefendant had been appointed coroner by the new Cor 441°n. The relator had held the office under the old ib. lrPor at i on. The facts being agreed upon, the jury nd the m i n form in the usual way, leaving it to the o u urt above to say on these facts how the various issues Were to be decided. i ts / NY VD-14m B out l e, a h a i r -dresser, was comm i tted from — "-stre e t ' charged with having stolen a quantity of articles from Mrs. Taylor, of Craven-street, while in her eeryi ee. w .Sey eral persons were brought up before Mr. Hard- F i ck, at M ar lb orough -street, charged with having been °1 19 , c1 in a c ommon gaming house. It appeared that the police had made a descent the previous evening upon the 71?_use No. 2, Bennett -street, St. James's, and captured it.'7.prisoners. As, however, it was not proved satisfac 2ruY that the house was a common gaming house, they Were discharged At Union -hall Richard Mullett, a young man of _,sPeet a bl e family, was brought before Mr. Cottingham, cnar ged with s t ea li ng a h orse, cha i se, and harness, t h e ePerty of a livery stable-keeper, named Davis, living I.!!_W..eellington-street, Blackfriars-road. An attempt was z i . , i_ e i e olinz t ett o rb e i th t as u lvr p oilm th cao e nx d d, e o f d e . nce of insanity in this case. The alias Vines, a handsome and well dressed Young woman, whose personal appearance was 'much superior to that of her actual condition, a domestic servant, was committed from Worship-street, charged With concealing the birth of her illegitimate child. ' ll the Thames Police Court, John Riley, jun., a „rghterroan, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged friotmh tsteealing thirty- e i g ht ga ll ons o f f ore i gn b ran d y h West India Export Dock. He was committed for trial. A bankrupt linendraper, named Bannister, who had absconded to the Island of Madeira, where he was arrested, was yesterday brought up at the Bankruptcy hurt, before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, but as his surrender was not taken he still remains in custody. COURT—PASEIONII.33I.33. lThe Earl and Countess of Sh rews b ury w ill enterta i n a a r.ge and distinguished party, including their Royal hereditary the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Ste reitar Y Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh e.htz, with some illustrious foreigners, in the ensuing ,k, at Alton Towers, Derbyshire. sh v , emit Nesselrode arrived at Ashburnham House brigh ter five o'clock yesterday afternoon, from ten, and on his arrival was much affected at re relt:ng the melancholy intelligence of the domestic be the rent of the Imperial family at St. Petersburgh, by . co te e ath of the Grand Duchess Alexandra. His Ex etouciteernteiineth.,e Russian Minister and Baroness Brunnow u Count Nesselrode, Count Dimitry Nessel 6-armi and Baroness Seebach, Count Wiellintki, elrelee Berg, Miss Hall, &c., at dinner last evening; the af tewards r e p a i r i ng to t h e O pera . li et -Duke of P ort l and and the Lad i es M ary an d H er - G race - shucke are s t ay i ng at W e lb ec k Abb ey , N ot t s . Hi s in improved health. The Marquis of Titchfield vve'ekPected to leave the Abbey at the close of the ensuing 1 . . 0 „ c r a continental tour. rk r . Eliot has arrived in Dover-street from Nuneham Wall T , Lordship is expected to proceed into Corn- Th ° Q - ~'"a t urday to join Lady Jemima at Port Eliot. .weession."-rehbishop of York has been entertaining a sue _ord ( ;,t: distinguished visitors at Nuneham Park Miss e„e'D,eurne Viscount and Viscountess Howick and the „ 11 ',e,y, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington and ""'er ° '``tr• Barrington, Professor Buckland, Mr. S. *11',3 48' the non. W. Cowper, are among the guests hili t r 2 ! at Present enjoying the venerable Prelate's hos aeh4. Lord Eliot left on Tuesday. The Dowager t), Beaufort, the Earl and Countess of Gallo tir e ""e Earl of Harrowby, the Earl and Countess of thii,ilveuor, Lord Wenlock, Y' Viscount and Viscountess aknnerfishe Bight Hon. T. Grenville, &c., have been off ...e guests during the past fortnight. The Prince on usi lat e s ls expected to honour his Grace with a visit iTlnsturpgi,,,,Tni;a,yprooreTeeuesda next. His Royal Highness will e - h a '„, e ' t e in the evening, and, passing the night at d on his tour early the following morn . .. , ei ghty Venerable Archbishop, who completes his 'est o "i"enth year in October next, is in the enjoy- The ~.excellent health. briele.vl,ntess of Jersey and Ladies Clementina and The " ,sers are expected to leave Osterley Park, near for Southampton. 2 ..'L E Ed en tiri of Auckland and the Hon. Miss Eden arrived "ger ' o use on Thursday, from Pansanger, Harts, th e th e 1 11 .1 '•\obleEarl has been passing several days with t h. The T !rid Countess Cowper. l a de ' ll Bishop of Norwich, on Monday last, took Partur e f b Se at l'olll Hallsteads, Ullswater, Westmorland, "el tite Of John Marshall, Esq., where the Learned kajor. as e, b een on a visit to Mr. Marshall. 2 ,241 E 1 4 t-Telleral Sir William Nott, G.C.8., the hero of rki t , and Affgbanistan, as soon as his health will an t 0 , Will leave town for Carmarthen, where the gal e 4irmee.ervresided before his departure for the East. _ t apt ain r , • Forbes, Captain Nesham, Major Clarke, S fig' let-'emett, Mr. Garland and family, and M. Sar- Leaden yesterday morning, by the General 41avigation Company's steam-ship Soho, for T wer ph el a the enjoTi n rc l u is of . Granby and Lady Adeliza Manners e It, ol a cruise in the Duke of Rutland's yacht, utters, off the Isle of Wight. de,, The Utmost laTitacELMA.NEious. foa„ Pltt tnent s :activity now prevails throughout all the tth - hu n d r et Deptford Dockyard. Between three and mechanics and others, are employed daily, prigs O£ the hands are fully employed . in the re hltabe es n l . P h s o2n i x , the building of comparatively small % Te r Lae construction of the giant war-steamer at n „,_ rune, This vessel when completed, which it is es s t e' s i t t will be by April in next year, will be the r a n _ 0 .. steamer afloat in the Government service of this _othoer country. ed t r-law in Ireland appears to be as much dis tiard‘"e upper as the lower classes. Not a single Ilion attended the board-room of the Castlebar ettus le rk er ° d e Sturday, the usual day of meeting. The ner rea the supplies required by the master, and Tlt c. s r h'rnled all the functions of the board himself. aal oft.u_lnoured that his Royal Highness Prince Wil ,ay n ex , , 9 l ssia will pay a visit to Portsmouth on Mon neßtou. in company with his Grace the Duke of Wel aturda Y, the 17th i ns t ant, i s the anniversary of the s ho w: 5 37 1. " h er Royal Hi g h ness the Duchess of Kent, sth ornin 1786, a n d consequently has attained her Vea r. I tr e iets e n PLit o ish and Foreign schools for the extensive dis u en 0 rselydown and Bermondsey have at length Was P ell e& Some months since the foundation stone ra tan by Lord John Russell, assisted by Mr. Alder- A eluery p Sei quadrill • B.'e• "‘e. Re th e Other wag —not danced, but—swam in the river the „ -e ether % 1 k g% bakingdaY party, in gentle i men, in one of endi d band of establishments in Paris. There was a er nsele es 4 9 ef music, and the swimmers acquitted It appea_s with much ability. ef t h e u .,.;frora a mport of the proceLdings at a meet t ,I,6neaster Town Council, held on Tuesday 4 4 tale - grAut of I,OOOL for the services vi the races of 1845, was agreed to. No amendment was moved to the proposition, although there were certain expressions of dissent by some of the members present, It is the in tention of the stewards to have only one assembly at the ensuing races for the present year. The extensive prerni4es in Southwark, adjoining. St. George's church, and formerly known as the MaNhalsea prison, have at length been announced for sale. They have been unoccupied for a considerable period. It is stated that several of the other metropolitan prisons will shortly be disposed of in a similar manner. The adjudication in the Sheriff's Court last week, in which 3,9851. was awarded to the trustees of Sir George Duckett's estate for 21 acres of land, has removed the chief obstacle which has for some time impeded the com mencement of operations for the formation of the Vic toria-park. Although no operations have yet com menced, all the surveys for laying out and plantations have been made, and as soon as these obstacles are re moved, and the purchase land is restored by the tenants who have been allowed to resume occupation until Octo ber, active operations will at once commence. On Monday and Tuesday last, the carts of the Marquis of Londonderry were busily engaged in removing the ejected families of the pitmen, of rensher and neigh bourhood, back to their own dwellings—as ninety of the men belonging to the " new pit," Shiney-row, had left the union and returned to their employment. DEATH OF PLACIDO. HAVANNAII, JULY 16.—The curtain has just fallen on he execution of the chief conspirator, Placido, who met is fate with heroic calmness. Nothing was positively knoxn of the decision of the Council concerning him, till it was rumoured a few days since that he would proceed, along with others to the "chapel" for the condemned. On the appointed day a great crowd was assembled, and Placido was seen walking along with singular composure under circumstances so gloomy, smoking a cigar, and saluting with graceful ease his numerous acquaintances. Are you aware what the punishment of the " chapel " means ? It is worse a thousand times than the death of which it is the sure precursor. The unfortunate criminals are conducted into a chapel hung in black, and dimly lighted. Priests are there to chaunt in sepulchral voice the service of the dead, and the coffins of the trembling victims are arrayed in cruel relief before their eyes. Here they are kept for twenty-four hours, and are led hence to execution. Can anything be more awful ?—and what a disgusting aggravation of the horror of the common death ! Placido emerged from the chapel cool and undismayed, whilst the others were nearly or entirely overcome by the agonies they had already under gone. The chief conspirator held a crucifix in his hand, and recited in a loud voice a beautiful prayer in verse, which thrilled upon the hearts of the attentive masses which lined the road he passed. On arriving at the fatal spot he sat down on a bench, with his back turned, as ordered, to the military, and rapid preparations were made for his death. It was well known that in some affecting poem written by Placido in prison, he had said it would be useless to seek to kill him by shooting his body—that they must strike his heart to make it cease its throbbings. And now the dread hour had arrived— at the last moment he arose, and said "adios monde" (adieu world), and sat calmly down. The word was given, and five balls entered his body. Amid the mur murs of the horror-struck spectators he got up, and turned his head upon the shrinking soldiers, his face wearing an expression of superhuman courage. " Will no one have pity on me ?" he said. " Here (pointing to his breast), fire here !" At that instant two balls pierced his breast, and he fell dead, whilst his words still echoed in our ears. Thus has perished the great leader of the attempted revolt. Nineteen were shot at the same time with Placido. They all dial miserably. WHITECHAPEL IMPROVEMENTS.—Wednesday work men were employed in pulling down the mansion in Essex-street, Whitechapel, which was in the occupation of the Earl of Essex, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth, shortly before his death. In a few days nothing will remain of the building. It is situated on the east side of Essex-street, and was at the rear of the houses form ing that street. It is three stories high. The attic windows are latticed, and the rooms on the first and second floor are about fourteen feet square. There is a part of the spacious staircase remaining, and the joists and girders are in as good preservation as when originally placed in the brickwork. The property was sold a few days ago by order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, with twenty-five other houses, which are to be taken down for the improvements in that neighbourhood. At a short distance from this spot, be. tween Elliston-street, Petticoat-lane, and Houndsditch, is another large mansion, which will be demolished for the purpose of having new buildings erected on its site. This was the palace where Queen Elizabeth occasionally resided. The building, the walls of which are very strongly constructed, is four stories high, and some of the windows are latticed. Tha ceilings of the ground and first floors are ornamented with different devices, coats of arms, figures, &c., among which may be distin guished roses, fleurs-de-lis, and the word "Britannia." There are also several Latin inscriptions, scarcely legible. There is a quantity of oak panuelling in various parts. The premises were for some years latterly used as a common lodging-house, were beds were let out at three pence a-night, and it was known as the " big house." The rooms are now used as carpenters' workshops. This property belongs to Mr. Hutchinson, who, at the last general election, contested the borough of the Tower Hamlets. HORRIBLE DEATlL—During the visit of the United States sloop of war Saratoga to the Island of St. Thomas, off the coast of Africa, May 24th, the coxswain in charge of the Captain's gig, straining too hard upon the tiller, broke it and fell overboard. While in the act of swim ming towards the ship, he was seen suddenly to disap pear, and thereupon the fins and tail of a huge shark emerged from th• water, and splashing for a few mo ments, sunk beneath the surface. I saw, says a spec tator, nothing but a crimson stain of blood and a hat floating at a short distance. Not a cry was uttered, it was so sudden. Again the splashing of the shark oc curred, another was seen to seize the hat—two boats reached the spot, but too late—scores of fish were leap ing about for the torn pieces of the poor sailor.—. New York Republic. THE ANCIENT HOUSES IN WEST -STREET, SMITH FIELD.—MORE SKELETONS DISCOVERED.—Yesterday morning as the labourers employed to pull down the houses for the Clerkenwell improvements, were digging out the foundation of the house, No. 3, West-street, known formerly as the Old Red Lion Tavern, they dis covered at the north-east corner of the building, about a foot below the surface of the cell, two perfect skeletons in a high state of preservation. Upon being removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and carefully examined, they were pronounced to be both males, of remarkably tall stature, one measuring from head to foot above six feet, and the other only a few inches shorter. The po sition in which they lay, and the particular part of the premises where they were discovered, confirm the opinion of many persons who viewed the house, that they must have become the victims of the lawless wretches who inhabited this den of infamy, and after being waylaid, robbed, and murdered, were thrown through a trap .door which stood imme liately over the spot, and thus accounting for their dis covery. Many reports have been in circulation as to the (late of its first existence : we are enabled to give the 4ubjoined, which may be relied upon. The house, No. ,0, West-street, formerly called Chick-lane, was built in - be year 1653-4, by a man named M'Willen, or INl`Wel land, chief of a tribe of gipsies, under the pretence of a tavern, called the Red Lion, but for the more direct pur pose of concealing stolen property, and harbouring convicted thieves. This practice was successfully car ried. on for a period of fifty or sixty years, when, for some reason unknown, it was suddenly suppressed by Government authority. From that period (about the year 1740) no correct account can be given ; suffice it to say, that it has been occupied from the first of its ex istence to some few weeks since, by the lowest and most abandoned class of society. We can find no account whatever of its ever being the residence of Jonathan Wild ; his houses being in the Old Bailey, and Wych street, Drury-lane; there is not the slightest doubt, however, that it might have been one of his principal haunts, from its favourable position, and the fact of its existing in his time. A most rigid search is still being carried on by the labourers, under the superintendence of Mr. Wakelin. IMPROVEMENTS AT WINDSOR.—It has just been determined by her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, to take down the old and dilapidated houses in the Lower Ward of Windsor Castle, the resi d.ences of five of the military knights, and known as the " Lower Foundation." It is in contemplation to form a noble terrace on the site of these houses, to be open to the public, affording extensive and highly picturesque views over St. Leonard's, and the Great Park. It is also in contemplation, we understand, to restore the Sa lisbury Tower, agreeably to the original plans of the late Sir Jeffrey Wyatville, and as they were approved of by George the Fonrth. When this has been accom plished it will afford a convenient residence for three of the military knights on the Lower Foundation. The remaining two knights on that foundation will have apartments provided for them at the upper end of Henry the Eight's gateway. No one unacquainted with the locality of the Royal residence can form an idea of the splendid view which will be thrown open from the upper grounds of the Castle by these arrange ments being carried into effect. It is hoped that, amongst other improvements, the unsightly and ruinous Horse-shoe cloisters will be razed to the ground, so that the terrace may be extended beyond the Bell-tower. It will then only remain to restore the Garter-tower, in order to effect one of the greatest improvements ever produced in this portion of the erections connected with the Castle. Several of the houses in Thames-street, (portions of which are built over the old ditch of the Castle) have been recently purchased by the Crown, and the materials sold. The whole of the remainder of the houses, on the Castle side of the street, will also be pur chased as soon as the necssary arrangements are made, from time to time, with the owners of the property, by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests. The northern and eastern. terraces will then be extended round the Castle. DEATH OF THE GRAND DUCHESS ALEXANDRA OF RUSSIA.—We lament to announce the premature demise of the Grand Duchess Alexandra, fourth daughter of the Emperor of Russia, and consort of his Royal High ness Prince Frederick of Hesse, eldest son of the Land grave William of Hesse. The melancholy news reached the Russian Embassy yesterday morning, from St. Pe tersburgh, by a special courier. The Imp erial famil y were prepared for the sad termination of the Grand Duchess' s illness, which, it is well known, was the prin cipal c ause o f th e E m p eror ' s h as ty departure from this country. The young princess, so prematurely cut off by death in the prime of life, was born June 24, 1825, and was married last September to the Prince Frederick of , Hesse. The C ourts o f t h e H ague, S axe W e i mar , Wur tembum and H es e, are plaezd in mourning by the de -o,Laud THE NAVIGATION of the THAMES. Yesterday the Committee again assembled at Guildhall for the purpose of hearing the objections to suggested regulations for the government of steam-vessels on the Thames. The Lord Mayor took t'le chair. There were present Messrs. Aldermen Lucas, John Johnson, Kelly, Farncomb, and Mus grove, several members of the Navigation Committee, steam-vessel owners, and the Master and Wardens of the Watermen and Lightermen's Company (for which Company, Mr. Cooper, the honorary secretary, at tended). Mr. SIIADBOLT, the solicitor to one of the steam vessel companies, objected to several of the bye-laws, and said that he should call witnesses to prove that, if carried into effect, they would greatly prejudice public and private interests. He then argued against the stringent regulations to check the speed of the steam ers, to limit the number of passengers, and in other respects to interfere essentially with a traffic of such immense importance. Alderman Lucas said he wished to make a few observations with reference to an attack which, ac cording to the report in the Times of what had taken place on Saturday l ast b e f ore the Comm i ttee, M r. Cruden made upon th e Company of Watermen and Lightermen, whom th a t gent l eman d es i gnate d as wholly unfit to carry out the regulations. He consi dered that he wa s repre h ens i ble for not having at tended on the day M r . C ruden took the opportunity histmo u ch!leal e t health had anxiety tisweepingontsee interfered rh a e n ed accusation,Cvvoiutrhto hisf Aldermen n b e u n t t o t n h . e right s i t i a e t e f e i o l nt f the eyes of the public, if Mr. Cruden's remarks upon the Watermen and Lightermen's Company had made any impression to the disadvantage of the Court, re flecting as they did upon the capabilities of the body to decide upon the subject of licenses. He was a member of the Watermen and Lightermen's Com pany, to which some of the first shipowners in the country belonged, and if the Committee would look into its rules, they would find that, in &awing up these code of laws, they had exer cised a judicious and discreet power in taking care of the public. Everything, in fact, had been done to give security to life and property. It was, in fact, the only Company in which the freedom was attain able by servitude alone, for those who managed it knew how dangerous it was to confer an authority of such a nature upon one who had no knowledge of the duties and labours of the calling. Other com panies admitted to their freedom by patrimony and redemption, as well as by service ; but the Watermen and Lightermen's Company were strictly restricted to the regulation which made the knowledge of the river, and a service of seven years, indispensable to the candidate for the freedom. Now it happened oddly enough that Mr. Cruden, the gentleman who had objected that the Watermen's Company were wholly ignorant, had himself endeavoured to obtain his freedom in that very Company, and been disap pointed.—(A laugh.) The fact was, that Mr. Cruden, although he had been bound apprentice to a waterman, did not become qualified by service, and upon his application to be made free, he was opposed before the Master and Warden of the Company, and rejected. Whether that refusal operated upon Mr. Cruden's feelings towards the Watermen's Com pany, he did not know, but certainly the terms in which Mr. Cruden spoke of them, appeared very much to resemble the language in which it was usual to designate a grudge.—(Laughter.) There is another rather curious circumstance connected with the accusation. It happened that there was not a man on board any of the boats, either of the Star or Diamond Steam Packet Company, with the exception of the engineer and the stoker, who was not a freeman of the Watermen and Lightermen's Company; and he would ask those around him, whether men of such experience and knowledge as those he had de scribed, were not qualified to judge of the competency of applicants for licenses, and fit to to act under the authority of the Court of Aldermen ? In his opinion, the practical knowledge and experience of the mem bers of the Company placed them in a position which of - the peculiar duties. After farsome surpassed the eligibility of any oth er b o d y t o t h e performance further observations in defence of the Watermen and Lightermen's Company, Alderman Lucas spoke in favour of the suggested regulations, and declared that in comparison with the views and opinions of all practical men the objections were mere moonshine ; that the masters of the steam-vessels were freemen of the Company, and two of the beadles of the Company had been masters of steam-vessels, and that nearly all the river pilots were freemen of the Company. Mr. SUADBOLT then called Captain Mophet, who stated, amongst other matters, that the plan of having coloured lights on board the steam-vessels was liable to objection, inasmuch as the usual light was much more conspicuous, and that one light at the funnel and another at the bows were better calculated to prevent collision than the suggested alteration. He was of opinion that such a restriction of the speed as the regulation involved would be attended with evil, and that danger was likely to result from it. Mr. JOHN GRAVES, master of Waterman No. 11, stated that he did not consider the plan of limiting the number of passengers was advisable. He had had 800 persons on board his vessel, and he was of opinion that the closer the passengers were together the safer they were. There was no necessity for re strictions at all as to speed below Cuckold's Point. He had never had the misfortune to run over a man, and he never passed a passenger yet, except in case of necessity, and did everything in his power for the accommodation of the public. Captain 111outis, of the Trident, belonging to the General Steam-boat Company, stated that sand barges and sometimes coal-barges in the river were so much loaded that the water actua'ly washed the decks. In fact, all barges were overloaded. The regulation as to the speed of the steam-vessels ought to be at the discretion of the captains, who could best judge when it was necessa r y t o c h ec k th e ra pidity of the motion. He disappr ove d o f th e sys t em proposed. James Bell, a pilot, an d severa l ot h er w it nes ses, we re called by Mr. Sh a db o l t, to test i fy to t h e pro b a ble inefficacy of the regul a ti ons. Lieutenant Rous, o f t h e Royal Navy, s t a t e d that he kept the boys' school at Greenwich, and he brought to town 750 boys in two of the Greenwich steamers, and returned to Greenwich with them in one, he be lieved, Waterman No. 11. He was sure there was not the least danger. Lieutenant STONE, one of the harbour-masters, was called by the L or d M ayor and as k e d hi s opi nion of the regulations. He spoke most strongly in favour of dim, and sa id t h at about a mon th ago one of the Greenwich steamers bore down upon him dan gerously while he w as i n hi s boat engage d i n adjust ing the colliers, and when he remonstrated with the for a h ar b our master. " — (A laugh.) crew, one of them cri e d out c , D-- you, I wanted to make avacancy The captain of on e o f t h e boats of the W aterman ' s Steam-packet Comp any d eclared, that if any one o f the persons employ e d b y them made use o f such words, his suspension s h ou ld take place, an d, in all probability, be followed up by his dismissal. The LORD MAYOR presented a petition from 900 ticket porters praying that the Committee would carry into effect regulations for the control of the steam-vessels. Mr. Newbon (for the Waterman's Steam-packet Company) submitted that it was too hard upon the s‘hvhoouldhafdallsuupcohnsereiomu.s responsibilities, that upon the captains, there would be th -- all to the publi c . LORD MAYOR informedsr captains, teT. Ifihran e.tfines cooper declared th at i f the penalt i es were no t inflicted s protec tion ee t hos e who nno were in terested, that the Committee would immediately take into consideration the objection which had been made, and adopt a course which he had no doubt would be favourably received by the public. Mr. Cruden was not present during the day. The following observations, which he has expressed a great anxiety to see published, were made by him in the course of his address to the Committee, at the meeting on Saturday:.—" The rulers cannot claim any authority to regulate steam packets under their Act (7 and 8 Geo. IV., cap. 75), for the subject was designedly excluded from it, as I happen to know, from being in communication with th e l aw officers of the Corporation of the City of London when they framed the Act. Their assigned motive for this omission being to avoid an oppo s iti on which any attempt to give the rulers such jurisdiction would have excited at the time. After the deplorable loss of the Rothsay steamer on the west coast of England, a Committee of the House of Commons, in the year 1831, investigated the circumstances, with a view to precautionary regulations, and, in the same year, Alderman Matthew Wood introduced a Bill to regu late steam-vessels on the Thames, in which he failed, as well as in several subsequent sessions, when he repeated the attempt. In 1835 a meeting of directors of several steam-packet companies was held at the London Tavern for the purpose of urging the expe diency of making provision for regulating those vessels. On the 17th of December in that year a de putation from the meeting obtained an interview with Lord John Russell, then at the head of the Home Department, when they suggested that the subject should be taken up by Government, the individual exertions of Alderman Wood having failed ; and it was remarked that the proceedings of the Aldermen were to be considered as an indication that there ex isted no legal authority for the City to interfere by municipal regulations. Lord John Russell undertook to communicate with the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, and signified that Government would in troduce a measure for the regulation of steam-vessels. In the year 1836, at the suggestion of the Vice- President of the Board of Trade, a Select Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to inves tigate the state of the port of London. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen Matthew Wood and Thompson were members of the Committee, and the following is the concluding paragraph of the report, dated the 12th of August, 1836 [t further appears to your Committee that, as a precaution, any measure, and THE EIWSDON, FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST 16, 1844. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TunasDAY.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess .Alice were taken a drive in a carriage this morning, and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal took equestrian exercise on a pony. In the afternoon the Royal Family were again taken airings in the pleasure grounds of the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert left the Castle at twelve o'clock, attended by Mr. G. E. Anson and Colonel Bouverie, for the Great Western Railway station at Slough, en route for London, by a special train. His Royal Highness and suite returned to the Castle from town at twenty minutes past four o'clock. The Prince, after his return, walked out in the plea sure grounds about the Castle. Among the nobility and gentry who entered their names at the Castle to-day, were Lady Malcolm and the Misses Malcolm, Admiral Sir John and Lady West, Captain Codrington, Mr. and Mrs. Foster and Miss Foster, Captain the Hon. Augustus and Mrs. Liddell, Captain and Mrs. Forbes and Miss Forbes. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. George E lward Anson and Colonel Bouverie, left Windsor Castle shortly before twelve o'clock yesterday for the Slough station of the Great Western Railway, and travelled to town by a special train. On arriving at the Paddington terminus his Royal Highness andsuite immediately proceeded to the re sidence of Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, and paid a visit to his Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia. Prince Albert afterwards went from his Excel lency's residence in Carlton-terrace to Buckingham Palace. The Prince, during his stay in town, inspected the new summer temple in the royal gardens. At twenty minutes past three o'clock his Royal Highness, attended by Mr. G. E. Anson and Colonel Bouverie, left Buckingham Palace for the Paddington terminus, and returned to Windsor Castle by a special railway train. His Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia, attended by Count Konigsmark and Captain Meynell (Groom in Waiting to her Majesty), visited the Duke of Wellington at Apsley House yesterday morning. The illustrious visitor remained half an hour with the Noble Duke, and afterwards returned to the residence of the Prussian Minister, in Carlton terrace. Prince William, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, honoured the establishment of Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt, in Bond-street, with a visit at an early hour in the forenoon. In the afternoon his Royal Highness Prince Wil- Liam of Prussia, accompanied by Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and attended by Count Konigsmark and Captain Meynell, left Carlton-terrace in one of the Queen's carriages, and proceeded to Westminster Abbey, the gentlemen of his Royal Highness's suite following in another royal carriage. The Earl of Westmoreland met the Prince at the Abbey, and ac companied his Royal Highness during his inspection of the sacred edifice. The illustrious party afterwards visited Westmin ster Hall, where the Prince viewed the collection of frescos and sculptures. His Royal Highness also was conducted with his suite over the different works of the new Palace at Westminster. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar then took leave of his Royal Highness, and the Prince and the gentle men of his party took a drive through Regent•street, and round the circle of the Regent's Park, returning to the residence of the Minister through some of the principal squares at the West-end. A select party had the honour of dining with his Royal Highness. Last evening his Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia, attended by his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, the Count Konigsmark, and Capt. Meynell, and other gentlemen of his suite, honoured the performance of the Italian Opera with his presence. His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz arrived in town yesterday from the Isle of Wight. His Royal Highness paid a visit to his Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia at Carlton-terrace. The Hereditary Grand Duke afterwards went to Kew. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester had a dinner party yesterday at the residence of his Ma jesty the King of Hanover at Kew. Sir Robert Peel left town yesterday for his seat, Drayton Manor, Staffordshire. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet previous to his departure. Mr. Hart Davis, Deputy Chairman of the Excise, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Countess of Glengall, in Grosvenor-street, from Brighton ; the Hon. Lindsey Burrell, at the York Hotel. Albemarle-street ; Mr. T. S. Duncombe, M.P., in the Albany, from the Norfolk Hotel, at Brighton ; Captain Scott, 31st Regiment, and Mrs. Scott, at the York Hotel, Albemarle-street, from a tour ; H. Villebois, Esq., and family, in Gloucester-place, from Regency House, Brighton ; Lord George Bentinck, at Harcourt House, Cavendish-square. DEPARTURES. The Countess of Effingham, for the Park Hotel, at Norwood ; Lord Edward Chichester, from Norfolk street, Park-lane, for the Bedford Hotel, Brighton ; the Hon. Thomas Browne and Mr. Valentine Browne, from the York Hotel, Albemarle-street ; the Hon. Vice- Chancellor Wigram and the Misses Wigram, from Port land-place, on a tour ; Lady E. Hope Vere and Miss Hope Vere, from Park-lane, for Brighton ; Miss De Capel Brooke, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea ; the Earl of Wemyss and Lady Jane Charteris, from Stratford place, for Gosford House, Haddington, North Britain ; Colonel Campbell, from the York Hotel, Albemarle street, on a tour ; Count Holyski, from ditto, for Paris ; Lord Clements, from the Earl of Leitrim's, Cumber land-place, on a tour in the north ; Bourke, Esq., from the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-street ; Sir C. Burrell, Bart., M.P., from Richmond-terrace, for Knepp Castle, Sussex ; Captain Rochfort, R.N„ and family, for Cheltenham ; the Russian Baroe Fredericks, Baron L'amsdortf, and the officers of the Russian frigate Aurora, from the York Hotel, Albemarle-street ; Majoribankq, Esq., and Mrs. Majoribanks, for Field House, Eastbourne ; Lord Northwick, for the Albion Hotel, Brighton ; Mr. Bailey, M.P., for Glanusk Park, Brecon ; the Right Hon. Sir Charles Vaughan, for Brighton ; Mr. J. IL Campbell, M.P., and Mrs. Camp bell, from Montagu-square, to Hampshire. CHANGES. Lord Henry Bentinck, from the Duke of Portland's, Welbeck Abbey, Notts, for the moors of Fifeshire ; Sir A. and Lady Corbet and family, at the Warrior, St. Leo nard's-on-Sea, from their seat, in Shropshire ; General Sir W. Kier Grant, at Brighton, from a tour ; the Hon. Captain and Lady Susan llotham, at Oakfield Lodge, from Brighton ; the Earl of Harrowby, from a visit to Lady Grenville, at Dropmore Lodge, Bucks, on a tour ; Lady Blakeney, at Twickenham, from Suffolk square, Cheltenham ; Sir W. P. Gallwey, Bart., at Cowes, in his yacht the Charm, from a cruise off the coast of Ireland ; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sugden, at the Victoria Hotel, St. Leonard's-on-Sea, from a tour ; Lady and Miss Arbuthnot, from Cheltenham, for Liverpool ; the Earl and Countess of Winchilsea, at Eastwell Park, near Ashford, from Brighton ; Hon. W. Browne, from Chel tenham, on a tour ; Don and Donna Ysidro Lopez de Arse, on a visit to the Hon. and Rev. Leland Noel, Exton Vicarage, from the Rev. J. Gill's, Scraptoft. RAILWAY TO HARWICH. A meeting of the Shareholders in the original line of railway from Colchester to Harwich, was held yesterday at the offices of the Harwich Railway Company, in Ab church-lane, William Adam Smith, Esq., in the chair. The attendance was highly respectable. This line was originally planned in connection with the Eastern Counties, but, from some cause or other, it was not actively proceeded in. Two other lines were submitted to Parliament during the last session, one planned by Mr. Braithwaite, the other by Mr. Locke ; and against these two the present line was incidentally brought under the notice of the Committee. The pro moters of Mr. Braithwaite's and Mr. Locke's lines, after contesting each other's plans for several weeks, ulti mately united, but this step did not win the con fidence of Parliament, by whom the desired Act was refused. The promoters of the original plan at their meeting yesterday, after hearing addresses from W. A. Smith, Esq., Sir Henry Webb, Mr. Gunston, and Mr. Myles, unanimously passed resolutions expressive of their unabated confidence in the excellence of their line, and of their determination to apply to Parliament during the ensuing session for an Act authorising its construction. The line is to commence from the Eastern Union branch, about two miles to the eastward of Col chester, and to run thence direct to Harwich, the gra dients throughout being of a very easy character. The principle landowners on the line are stated to be most favourable to the project ; and the entire expense of its construction is guaranteed by the engineer (Mr. Hocking) not to exceed 125,0001. After ordering the resolutions of the meeting, the report of the engineer and that of the secretary (John Thompson, Esq.) to be published in the newspapers, thanks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. JUDGES' CHAMBERS.—Yesterday Mr. Justice Maul e made a number of orders for the discharge of persons in prison on debts not exceeding 201. As many as twenty five affidavits were yesterday made in Whitecross-street prison, and taken to the Judges' Chambers, on which the parties were discharged, his Lordship only requiring an affidavit with a copy of causes to satisfy him that the debt did not exceed 201.,. to grant the application, leav ing the parties to apply to the Court out of which the judgment was obtained, if the discharge was procured in fraud, or if the conduct of the party rendered him liable to be taken as specified by the 59th section of the Act. By the discharge the debt is not extinct, and all property is liable to be taken in execution to pay the same. Pry ment of a debt can be ordered by instalments. NEw IRON STEAM FRIGATE.—Messrs. Ditchburn and Mare have been favoured with an order from Go vernment to build a new iron steam frigate, to be called the Trident ; the name is chosen from the GenQral Steam Navigation Company's ship Trident, now running on the London and Edinburgh station, which ship had the honour of conveying her Majesty and Royal Con sort from Edinburgh on our Sovereign's late to So.)tLuci. with a view to the preservation of life, the rate of speed of steam vessels navigating between Deptford and London-bridge should be at a reduced rate, and that the attention of proprietors of steam-vessels fre quenting the river Thames should be called to this subject, as well as to the number of passengers which are received on board those boats, until the sanction of Parliament shall have been obtained to such reme dial measures as shall hereafter be deemed expedient.' It was also submitted to the Committee that if regu lations, for steam navigation on the Thames were to be manufactured from time to time at the suggestion of the rulers of the wherrymen, it would tend to paralyse the exertions now constantly in progress for the improvement of steam navigation, as parties would no longer be found who would apply their , capital to be subject to such harassing control. A copy of a notice, issued some years since under the authority of the Lord Mayor, for the regulation of the speed of steam-vessels, with instructions to the harbour-masters to see them carried into effect, was produced, and it was suggested that this should be brought into operation until further lawful authority should be obtained. Mr. Cruden concluded by disclaiming altogether any design to obstruct the formation of a code of rules and orders for the regulation of steam naviga tion on the Thames." MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT HIGH EIGHTON. A most cruel and horrid murder was perpetrated at the above place, in the county of Durham, on Sa turday last. It appears that a potatoe field, belong ing to Mrs. Mitcalfe, of High Eighton, h a d su ff ere d severely from depredators of late, and Mr. Fleck, manager of the farm, had placed a watch to pre vent a recurrence of these losses. On Saturday night last he had sent a young man, named Yarrow, to watch; and he, in company with two other men, had proceeded to the brakehouse of one of the pits of Ravensworth colliery. Yarrow, as far as we can learn, had stayed in the brakehdase till the brakesman, Thomas Robson, and J. Jefferson, had gone to see that all was right. While they were pro ceeding along the top of the field, Jefferson observed somebody in the hedge, but went on without speak ing ; the brakesman also observed one, and called out " Iloilo," upon which the villain instantly fired a pistol at him, and he staggered a few yards and fell dead. His comrade was so paralysed by the dreadful deed, as to be completely deprived of his faculties, and he also fell, and remained in a state of stupor for a con • siderable time. At length Mr. Fleck came to the spot, and found them as described. Robson was quite dead, his heart having been partly blown out of its place, and his breast dreadfully shattered. On Monday an inquest was held before J. M. Favell, Esq., County Coroner, and a most re spectable jury, at a farm-house on the Team Col liery, where the deceased had held the situation of a brakesman. The testimony of the youth Jefferson, Mr. Fleck, and Mr. Davis, a surgeon, were taken, but the result of the examination only left this cold blooded murder involved in still deeper mystery. Mrs. Mitcalfe's potato-field in High Eighton looks upon the public road, from which easy access is gained and according to the statement of Jefferson, he and the deceased Robson were passing through the field on Saturday night, on their watch, when a man who was sitting under the hedge, wearing a hat and round jacket, discharged a weapon at them, and struck his companion. Robson staggered a few yards, and then fell dead on the ground. Mr. Fleck afterwards came up and found Jef ferson in a state of great alarm. Seeing some thing lying on the ground, he asked Jefferson what it was. Jefferson replied, it might be a white cat. Fleck then went up, and saw Robson, as he fancied, asleep, but he soon found out that he was dead, and then Jefferson told him that the deceased had been shot. The body was removed, and a me dical man called in, but of course the deceased was beyond all aid. Mr.f Davis, the surgeon, and another medical gentleman, took a post mortem examination of the deceased. The apex of the heart was shattered, and no fewer than 187 shots were found in his body, the greater part of them being in the back part of the chest, and many of them were flattened by coming into contact with the ribs. The Coroner said that no time had yet been allowed to the police to make in quiry into the circumstances, and therefore he would adjourn the inquest till Friday morning, at ten o'clock, in order that more information might be pro cured. The inquest was then adjourned. Many rumours are afloat, which it would be premature at present to mention.—Tyne Mercury. ANOTHER OTAHEITE IN THE THAMES. (From Punch.) At the very time Otaheite was being a bone of con tention abroad, the Thames was almost set on fire by the flame of discord at home. The affair at the So ciety Islands has found a parallel in a series of pro ceedings at the Eel-pie Islands, where a sort of Queen Pomare has long held peaceful dominion in the person of a respectable landlady. It appears that a party of Frenchmen landed a little while ago on the Eel-pie, and endeavoured to make themselves masters of the island. The Twicken ham policeman, who acts as a sort of chargé di affaires, merely watched the proceedings without taking any o f p r a o r m t m t e h e t re () , t i b m u e t ht to e t r h e o p s o o r o t e t d of w g h o a v t o r w n m a s go e nt a i going g t h o n station-house. The civic consul, who acts as British resident to look after the swans belonging to the cor poration, kept a jealous eye on all that was being done, but observed for some time the strictest neu trality. A little while after lamplight the Frenchmen be came exceedingly noisy, and a shot was fired from a pea-shooter, which shivered to atoms the glass of a clock, and stopped the minute hand, so that the inha bitants were prevented from ascertaining the hour. A scene of riot then ensued, the French were in a state of fierce intoxication, and the landlady, the Pomare of the Eel-pies, screamed for help, upon which the Frenchmen offered their asssistance, and at once proclaimed a French Protectorate. Poor Pomare fled for succour to the only British vessel, which happened to be a coal-barge ; for it will hardly be believed that such has been the apathy - of the Government, there was not even a steamer on the station. The French, then finding themselves matters of the island, began to insult the helpless natives, and the civic consul having advised resistance, was at once seized and shut up in a small boat-house, where he was kept a prisoner until Captain Snooks, of the Vivid, having arrived, demanded his release in the name of the Civic Government. Mrs. Pomare remains on board the coal-barge, where she bears her misfortunes with becoming dig nity. The following scene in the Twickenham Vestry will throw some further light on the affair, which it is hoped may yet be arranged satisfactorily : Mr. Swaddles, see i ng th e Ch urc h war d en in his place, would ask if there was any truth in the dispatches that had been laid upon the table from the Eel-pie Islands ?—(Hear.) The Churchward en sa id that advices had certainly been received which had caused some embarrassment; but in the present state of affairs he was unprepared to say anything. Mr. Swaddles would only ask whether it was true that the only force we had at the Eel-pie was a coal barge ?—(Hear.) The Churchwarden replied it was true that a coal barge was at one time our only force, but a punt had since been sent out, and a wherry of observation had been commissioned for the Eel-pie service. —(Cheers.) Mr. Swaddles was of opinion that there should have been a steamer on the spot. It was wilful neg ligence to leave the Eel-pie exposed to the chances of surprise. The island might be sacked in a few hours ; and if that were done, what was to prevent Twicken ham falling into the jaws of the foreigner ?—(Hear.) The Churchwarden thought that if it became a question of jaw, there could be no fear while the Vestry could boast of the Honourable Member's countenance.—(A. laugh.) The subject here dropped, and the Vestry adjourned. CIIEESEMONG ERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITTJTION.—The members and friends of the above institution held their annual festival yesterday, at the White Conduit Tavern, when about two hundred gentlemen sat down to an ex cellent entertainment, at which Mr. R. D. Rea presided. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts were given and duly responded to, which were followed, by that of " Pros perity to the Cheesemongers' Benevolent Institution ;" after which the chairman addressed the meeting at some length in an eloquent and energetic speech, intimating that the institution had been established for granting annuities and otherwise relieving distressed members of the trade. The institution had, by the exertion of its friends, gradually progressed, and should such exertions be continued, they would soon be enabled to assist a greater number as well as to establish the contemplated alms-houses. The eloquence of the chairman's address, followed by a donation of 101. 103., had the effect of pro ducing contributions to the amount of 3001, in addition to the annual contributions of 7001 The present funded stock is about 6,5001., and there are at this time thirty two annuitants at 241. per annum. The evening was spent in general hilarity, and the health of the chairman, and of Mr. Simpson, the secretary, &c., having been drank and duly acknowledged, the company broke up. NOTTING II AM.—A Romish 6 ' cathedral," on a larger and more magnificent scale than any built in England since the Reformation, has been recently erected in this town, and will be " opened" on Wednes day, the 28th instant. A large number of the Roman Catholic gentry, including the Earl of Shrewsbury (who has been a principal contributor), Lard Arundel, Lord Camoys, Lord Dormer, Lord Newburgh, Viscount South well, the Hon. C. Clifford, the Hon. T. Stoner. Sir P. Mostyn, Sir E. Vavasour, &c., aro expected to be pre sent, and the solemn pontifical mass will b" presided over by Dr. Wiseman. The architect is Mr, Pugin. MURDER AT MANCHESTER. MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENlNG.—lntelligence of a shocking murder, within the last few hours, com mitted on the body of a married woman named Jane Miller, the wife of a cotton operative, residing in Brad shaw-street, Hulme, in this borough, has reached the police. It appears that all the inmates of the house, ex cept deceased and a young man named George Evans, a machine maker from Clifton, near Bristol, went out be fore six o'clock this morning to go to work, and deceased was seen alive at seven o'clock, and again at nearly eight o'clock, when she took her husband's breakfast. When her husband went to dinner, however, at a little past twelve o'clock, he found the door fast ; but he soon afterwards obtained admission, along with a lodger. named Birmingham, by the back window. The hus band had no suspicion of anything untoward having happened in consequence of the door being fast, but thought his wife, who was labouring under indisposi tion, had gone to bed. He went up stairs, therefore, and Birmingham, who found that his dinner had not been set out as usual on the table, proceeded to open the door of a small closet in the back parlour, that served at once as a coalhole and larder, when he was astonished to find the unfortunate woman lying upon the floor within it, her feet towards the door, and quite dead. He at first thought that she had committed suicide ; but on examination of the body two fractures on the back of the skull were discovered, and a severe wound on the left temple, as if received from some blunt instrument. A bruise was found also, as from a severe blow, on one side of the mouth, and much discolouration of the throat and neck, as if strangulation had been at tempted. Marks of blood were then found on the back parlour floor, near the fire, and on an oilcloth which partially covered the floor, but which had been in some degree removed by an attempt to wash the places. Two ragz, which had been used for this purpose, were found, one in the closet, and the other up stairs. Evans, who had been drinking for several days, and who had been left in bed that morning, was then sought for, but not being found in the house, he was inquired for of the neighbours. The result was such as to leave but little doubt but that he was the author of this atrocious murder, and that his object was the trifling money de ceased had about her person, and the plunder of the house. Several of the neighbours stated that they saw him leave the house about ten o'clock, and that soon afterwards a hackney-coach was driven to the door, into which he took a corded box, and was driven away. No disturbance or noise of any kind had been heard in the adjoining houses, and consequently his de parture created no suspicion at the time of anything wrong. From the description given of the box which Evans had taken away, it was discovered to belong to Birmingham, the other lodger, and it was then found that three suits of Sunday clothes, one belonging to Birmingham, one to deceased's husband, and one to her son, had been taken away. The deceased's pocket was also discovered to have been partially torn off, and to be turned wrong side out, and from this it is supposed the murderer obtained a sovereign and some silver. An instrument which had been made by Evans some time before, called a life preserver, being a thick piece of steel about a foot long, and the thickness of a man's wrist, with a thong at one end to wrap round the wrist, was then searched for. It had been latterly hung on a nail near the back parlour fire, but it had been re moved. It was ultimately found in a table drawer, one and of it covered ;with blood, and no doubt it had been used as the instrument with which the murder was committed. Evans had served part of his apprenticeship at Bristol, but had come to finish it at Messrs. Etherington and Co.'s, Manchester, and he is said to have received about 7s. a week wages. His intemperate habits had led to increased poverty of circumstances, and he was some what in debt at his lodgings. The police, on hearing that he had gone away in a coach, made inquiries, and traced him to the station of the Liverpool and Man chester Railway. On the murderer arriving there the ten o'clock train was just starting ; he paid the cabman, and went into the office to inquire at what time the next (second-class) train started. He was told twelve o'clock ; whereupon he said, " Well, I must go by the eleven o'clock first class train, as my business is urgent." He remained at the station for a full hour, apparently with as much coolness as if nothing had happened, and at eleven o'clock left for Liverpool. Two of the most active offi cers of the Manchester police are in pursuit of the mur derer. They have issued the following description of his person :—He is about 21 years of age, 5 feet 5 inches high, rather stout, left eye sore, particularly at the cor ner, and requires often to use a handkerchief ; dark brown hair, short behind and long at the sides ; no whiskers, round face ; dressed in dark moleskin jacket and trousers, dirty green cloth waistcoat, dark cap, with braid round it. Ho had in his possession a silver lever watch, double bottomed, No. 2,017, that he stole from the above house, and a large blue box about one yard and a half in length. Supposed to be a native of Bristol. ALLEGED MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS. The return of the ship Thomas Bennett to Liverpool, on Wednesday, in consequence of the murder of the cap tain by the cook, was mentioned briefly in our paper yesterday. The following are the painful details : It appears that the Thomas Bennett, a fine American ship, of 483 tons burden,: sailed from Liverpool for Charleston on the 3d instant, with a general cargo, worth about 30,0001. Her commander, Captain Halsey, who was also a part owner, was an American, and a married man of respectable family and connections. The cook, John Kent, an able-bodied fellow, with fine blue eyes, and rather well looking, is a native of Liverpool, and has a wife residing at 27, Great Howard-street. The dread ful occurrence we are about to relate seems to have taken place in the afternoon of the Bth :inst, five days after the vessel had left Liverpool. She was at the time in the Bay of Biscay ; and upon the eventful day in question the captain, according to the account of the crew, had swallowed no less than a pint and a half of brandy, and had been more or less intoxicated from the date of his departure from the Mersey. At the moment of the occurrence, three o'clock on the Bth, they des cribe him to have been quite drunk, and very abusive in his language, as well as violent in his demeanour. The immediate cause of his irritation was either a delay in getting his dinner ready, or some fault in cooking it. He proceeded from the cabin to the cook-house on deck, in which the steward and cook were employed in dress ing the victuals. The cook was in the act of peeling potatoes, and had a large sheath knife in his hand for that purpose. The captain, in the first instance, seems to have abused the steward about the preparation of the dinner, and then snatched a large table-knife out of the steward's hand, and ordered the latter out of the caboose. He then seized the cook with his left hand by the throat, and dragged him out upon the deck, What occurred at this moment does not appear to have been exactly wit nessed by any of the crew ; and therefore we are unable to corroborate that part of the rumour which goes to say that the captain made an attempt, with his knife, upon the cook's life. If, however, the attempt was made, it must have been unsuccessful, for the cook es caped without having received the slightest injury. There is no doubt, upon the other hand, but the cook used his knife with a very effective and determined purpose ; fur scarcely had he been dragged upon the deck when the captain fell at his feet a wounded, bleed ing, and mangled corpse. The mate had hardly time to run from the after part of the vessel and lift up the cap tain's head, when life was completely extinct. The body was then examined, and no fewer than nine deep stabs were discovered. Three of those were on the breast ; three others on the neck ; one on the jaw ; one on the left side of the body ; and one on the shoulder. The cook was immediately secured and placed in irons ; and the mate, having taken charge of the vessel, deemed it the most judicious course, as she was so much nearer to Liverpool than to Charleston, to put her about and bring her back to the former port. She accordingly arrived at the Rock Lighthouse yesterday morning ; and was soon boarded by several boats' crews, who brought the dis astrous intelligence to the police-office. IR a short time several constables were sent out in a pilot-boat, and they, having taken the cook into custody, safely lodged him in Bridewell. The remains of the captain were con veyed to the dead-house. In the course of the afternoon the cook was brought before Mr. Rushton on the charge; but as lie alleged that he had no money to fee a solicitor, wished to see his wife, and prayed for a postponement until to-day, the hearing of the case was adjourned until eleven o'clock this morning. The Coroner and a re spectable jury proceeded to view the body yesterday ; and then the inquest was adjourned until one o'clock on Thursday. SUICIDE IN THE MILLBANK PRISON.—A SEVERE SENTENCE.—Yesterday Mr. Higgs held an inquest in the Millbank prison, on the body of Thomas Bentley, aged thirty-two, an inmate. Mr. Hatchard, the deputy governor, stated that deceased was admitted on Monday last from Stafford gaol, having been convicted at the last July StafThrd sessions of stealing rabbits, and sentenced to seven years' transportation. The certificate of the previous character of deceased was good, and it stated that he had been a blacksmith, and worked for ten years under the same master. When received into the prison he did not seem depressed in spirits, and exhibited no symptoms of insanity. Thomas Higgins, a prisoner, said that the deceased had told him (they were both tried for different offences at Stafford) that he was in nocent of the crime for which he was convicted, and that it was committed by another man, who had been only sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Previ ous to the robbery of the rabbits, the man in ques tion had asked deceased, he said, to participate in it with him, but he refused. Deceased first ap peared as a witness against the man, but something came out during the trial which caused the chairman of the sessions to tell deceased that he was the more guilty of the two, and lie was placed at the bar, tried, and sen tenced to seven years' transportation. Deceased also said the principal evidence against him was a little blood and some rabbits fur found in the pocket of his jacket. li e his throat. I h l i e madeeat ht authorities n lik e wise stated that he had been married b ut two months, and that e N i N r , c a u s m e s n t zh es, t -c o o m up a l k e e d h l i N tn severityith eu t t he the above statement in Stafford gaol, and the es havin g heard of it, he w as not qllow ed to re as, m ain in a cell by himself. Mr. Ilatchardcofined i said if he had e known this lie would not have n ll a separa t e cell. William Trevelt, a night-guard ht ( - gcueaarsded of i the g p r ison, proved finding deceased early on Wednesday morning in his cell, suspended by the neck from a clothes peg in the wall by means of his handk erc hi e f. H e was c ut down, and Mr. Sunman, the resident surgeon, was calke e d m , p w o l r i a o r s y a s h a e n i h t a been dead some hours. Verdict, T The Duke of Rutland commenced grouse shooting on Tuesday, at Longshawe Lodge, near Batewell, where his Grace is enterta L in o i r n d g a party of friends, including the Ea rl of ertorrsoe:o - a half brace on ' thC‘ rst d j Forrester, ,ri Lord George Man ners, Mr. &c. a e y. par ri ty i s li G ag r Le e d w fg forty-five enter tain a succe e s n siz n, of distinguished visitors at Longshawe during the month. NEW INSOLVENT DE, 9 TORS' ACT. I A PLEADER'S Airs. rAKE. TO THE EDITOR OF Ta. 7 40 LIN, Nz Sre,—About two years since I wa „ n2 PPS i tracles-:%, \ man, in a flourishing way of busines at . :°' 3 , 4 4t , ha0 . ..pt62 '`... ~. I had, however, the misfortune to ve ri!eclit.,t ,a.O -- -' , individual calling himself a gentlernEd, - : 1 4.. _,_., cii.r.:'-•;:ti 4catit i tentatiously in a splendidly-furnisherY h01..10e,e ; x . 16 'fai4 ::..,,„ distant from me. My account a tuipalt --: • , When I applied to him kr it he propo ' : a bill at three months, payable at lit[l* - Ar . 4 NI London, which suiting me as well as cash, lat once accepted in liquidation of my debt. Time rollot l on, my debtor remained in his habitation, the bill' was duly presented for payment, and returned dishonom *ed. I took it up, although at that time it was a seriox is inconvenience to me. I then instructed my attorne - to take the necessary legal steps, which he did, and I obtained a verdict. One morning after this event my attorney hurriedly entered my shop ; he came not w ith his usual smile ; there was a darkness upon his countenance which alarmed me. Unfolding some papers, he said, " I am sorry to inform you that in the case we tried a day or two since, a rule nisi has been obtained for leave to enter a nonsuit." lam not quite sure, but I think these were the words he used. What for ? I eagerly demanded. "On the ground of informality in the declaration." I clearly saw " that forthcoming events cast their shadows before them. In Hilary Term, 1842, the case was argued before the Court, when my Lord Abinger said "he could not look to the equity of the matter, but must keep to the law; he, however, regretted the Court were compelled, under the recent decision of Holies V. Johnson, to make the rule absolute for a nonsuif - , which was done accordingly. Here was " a change o'er the spirit of my dream"—my hause, home, and family in Jeopardy. Look to this, ye lawyers of England, ye legislators of this free land! I had ob tained an execution against m ) - - debtor for goods and chattels sold him ; he had now obtained an execution against me for costs, and had also set my debt aside, the pleader having omitted certain words in the de claration, or certain matter in the declaration not having been proved. Yet I obtained a verdict! The costs of the nonsuit were taxed at 941.! Frantic with de spair, bewildered at my dreadful position (low the tide had turned), I explained it to my landlord; he removed part of my goods, and my other cre ditors took the remainder. With a kind and endearing wife, and four helpless children, r was wrecked on the shore of this inhos pitable world, without a solitary meal to comfort us, or a torn rag to shield us from the chilly night air; I was bereft of every means, and nought but the workhouse stood before us. We were penniless, and" a prey to all the sad sensations that oppressed us. A few days after my arrival in London, I was arrested by my debtor ! ! and consigned to the Surrey County Prison. The governor of that Englishman's grave soothed my feelings. He saw my terrible excitement„ and begged I would keep myself quiet. It was mer ciful he did so, or I should have destroyed myself, even in the presence of my family. I was, by the kindness of some old friends, removed by habeas to the Bench, where I have been for two years. The day I entered Horsemonger-lane Gaol was the last I ever saw my unfortunate wife. In a few words, the sudden change broke her heart ; she died, and how I have since lived, the God of Heaven only knows—l am not far removed from a madman. Be it known to the world—be it known to the iron-heartstrings ofmydebtor! —to the ruthless destroyer of my happiness—and to his accursed attorney—that I implored, that I entreated and beseeched, he would grant me the melancholy consolation of following my devoted wife to the grave. He refused. Oh, God! that flesh and blood should he so cheap. Forgive me, Sir, for trespassing so much on your valuable space. Permit me to inquire, through the medium of your columns, if my case does not come within the meaning of the new Act, which recites that where the sum recovered shall not exceed 201. and COSTS, the parties shall be entitledsto discharge ? I am detained for nothing else but costs, and there is no other debt. —With the greatest respect, your obliged servant, A PRISONER. IRELAND. CATTLE SHOW OF THE ROYAL IRISH AGRI- CULTURAL SOCIETY. Dummr, Ana. 14.—The annual show of cattle, farm ing implements, &c., of this Society commenced to-day, and was held in the Coburg-gardens, a field of nine acres at the rear of St. Stephen's-green and Harcourt street, in this city. The quantity of all kinds of stock, exceeded any similar exhibition ever held here, but upon a close inspection, it appeared that a large portion of the cattle was of an ordinary kind, the superior and first class animals being comparatively rare. But certainly there were several very fine bulls, and many cows of the primest kind. The arrangements for the exhibition were on a scale of great magnitude. The stalls for the cattle exhibited ran round three sides of the ground, serving the purpose of an inclosure, and the centre of the area was literally covered with farming implements, sheep-pens, &c. The judges appointed to adjudicate the premiums in the various classes and sections were :—Messrs. Booth, of Killerley; Watson, of Keyler; Kirkaldy, Charge, Dud geon, _Archbold, Roberts, &c.; and though these gen tlemen commenced the discharge of the difficult task assigned them at an early hour this morning, they had not completed their labours until long after one o'clock, the hour at which the public were admitted. The con sequence of this was, that no one present, with the ex - ctption of the judges themselves, knew to what animals the prizes were assigned. It was a very general remark that the Irish breeding-stock was of the most superior description. The prizes will not be declared until this evening at the council dinner, but it is understood that the following are amongst the successful competitors:— Mr. Robert Borrowes was awarded the first prize of thirty sovereigns for his short-horned bull Narcissus, four years old, as the best of his class; and also the challenge cup, given by Mr. Peter Purcell, as being the best bull in any class. The Hon. A. F. Nugent, of Pallas; Mr. John Camp bell, of Louth; Mr. Alexander Bannerman, of Lanca shire; Mr. Robert Borrowes, of Kilcullen, also obtained prizes for the bulls entererd by them. His Royal Highness Prince Albert's cow, of the Bake well breed, five years old, was assigned the first prize, as being the best in its class. Mr. William Henry Carter, of Kilcullen ; Mr. Martin Winder, Dunlavin ; Mr. Samuel Winter, Tullaghard, Trim; Mr. William Garnet, Donover House, Moynalty; and Mr. Wade, also exhibited animals, which obtained prizes. The show of horses, sheep, swine, poultry, &c., was extremely good, but we were unable, for the reasons above stated, to ascertain the names of the persons who received premiums. The Lord Lieutenant arrived at three o'clock, and, attended by the Marquis of Downshire, and other mem bers of the council, went through the exhibition. His Excellency seemed much struck by a Kerry bull, one year old, named Paddy Blake, bred by the Rev. B. O'Connor, parish priest of Miltown, the sire from the Knight of Kerry's stock, the dam from that of the late Maurice O'Connell, Esq., of Derrynane Abbey. This animal, although a very fine specimen of the Kerry breed, was not much larger than a good Newfound land dog. The attendance of visitors throughout the day, not withstanding the heavy showers which fell at intervals, was very numerous. Among those present we observed :—The Marquis of Dc.vnshire; the Earls of Clancarty, Charlemont, Erne, and Miltown; Lords Farnham and Castlemaine; Sir Lucius O'Brien, Sir Joseph Copley (of Yorkshire), Sir Arthur Brook, M.P.; Honourable Henry Cole, M.P.; Robert Archbold, Esq., M.P.; Archdeacon Torrens ; William Rathbene, Esq.; John H. Talbot, Esq.; William D'Arcy, Esq.; J. Garnett, Esq.; Sir R. Langrishe, Sir John Power, James Power, Esq., M.P.; Sir Robert Bateson• ' Duckett, Esq.; Robert Bourk e, Es q . ; George Woods, Esq.; Thomas Seymour, Esq.; Rev. Henry Westby. LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION. The Land Commissioners are about visiting this dis trict. They have fixed upon this day (Wednesday) for Birr, to-morrow for Roscrea, and Friday for Nenagh. With what extraordinary velocity do they not go through their unaccountable movements, and what a libel is it upon the common sense of the 'country to suppose that the least possible amount of good can be anticipated from the hurried, and necessarily crude, investigation of these gentlemen Commissioners. —Tipperary Vin tor. THE KINGVULTURE.—VULTURE PAPA.—Two of these beautiful birds have recently been added to the collection at the Surrey Zoological Gardens. The gen tleman who imported them had three in his possession, but on his arrival at Rio de Janerio he was induced to part with one, to the Emperor of the Brazils, they being considered the finest birds ever brought from the interior. A very beautiful specimen of that rare and singular bird, the Toucan, Rhamphastus Picatus, has also been placed in these gardens ; the remarkable size of the bill, and the beauty of the plumage, excites very great admira tion. Two splendid Emus, Struthio Casuarius, the finest ever brought to this country, have been purchased by the proprietor within a shirt time. In fact, by far the largest portion of valuable animals and birds re cently imported have been purchased for these garlens, which now boasts a collection second to none. Hannoutt DUES.—The Treasury have called for a return of the several dues and charges of every . kind levied on shipping at each port, harbour, or creek, in the United Kingdom, stating the rates of the several dues levied per ton on each vessel, and whether under autho rity. of Acts of Parliament, and what Acts ; whetherte orders of municipal corporations, and of what or whether by charter, consent, prescription, or any d e o v t e h r e y r authority, so as to exhibit the entire charges of g g 'inshtihNegharbour only, o k f ind th o e n charges upon vessels taking United vessels at K e i a n c g h do o m f , th e di l s N t l i r n b harbours, in part ; and also on vessels t the charges levied for foreign trade ; distinguishing alsoth from those upon vessels d e li ve r r e i f n u i g t e t h h i e e c c o a as rg ti o ng in o w r h i o n le th e e r Ballast Board, and the of the Trinity House, Northern Lights), the charges for Commissioners of local lights and beacotnhseinlreiasch port (exclusive of those pilotage into and out of each harbod what Board the same, and the charge for ballast, and whether under any an are levied. The Earl Ireland, to attend the funeral of their lamented of Roden and Viscount Jocelyn havo:left •,verscourt. The Countess of Gainibo roug h arrived Dover-street yesterday, and will remain, for a relativet e o ww town i a y infi at P° ly b her 4ftlieted sister.