The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-11 00:00:00

le; SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 1'1t02,1 TUE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. STAI:D AI:CO—TUB REVFNUE.—We are most i i pae le b. ieg able to state that the public revenue for the quarter ending to-day will show a very con siderable increase on the corresponding quarter of last year. The accounts, hew - ever, not having been all received, the exact amount of increase cannot, at the time of our going to press, be ascer tained. In the Customs it is most gratifying to announce that there is en increase of between 400,0001. and 500,0001. on the account to be made up this evening, as com pared with the corresponding quarter of last year. In the important department of Excise the accounts, as far as they have been received, appear about the same as in the corresponding quarter of last year. In the Post - office there is an increase, probably about 20,0001., on the quarter. In the revenue derived from Stamps and Miscellaneous Taxes there is little variation. The Property-tax, we understand, has realised about the same amount as on former quarters, but there will appear a email de crease in consequence of the re-payment of moneys to parties who had been improperly assessed. On the whole the revenue for the quarter will exhibit a con siderable increase—a certain index that the trade and commerce of the country are improving. GLOBE.—The immense pile of buildings long known as the Fleet Prison, is offered for sale by public competition. The site occupied by them will, of course, be appropriated to w hat are usually termed " metropolitan improvements." The nature of these "improvements" will be the subject of grave delibe • ration. Whether the space thus obtained will be covered with spacious streets, formed of splendid Ames, whose windows, bedizened with bur nitherl brass, and at night illuminated by gas, wili he the admired of all beholders; or whether the favourable opportunity will be seized upon for providing some much -required means for improving the houee-accommodation of the labouring classes in that vicinity, form the topic of daily gossip or of grave discusslen in many circles. To us the present se ems to offer a favourable opportunity fur improV- In the physical condition of the labour 4 ,"g poor ins of that densely-crowded neighbourhood, who long made the lines of wretched lanes and all9ys between Holborn and Clerkenwell their resort. Previously to the demolition of the many dilapidated elwelliege whose removal was required for the new street in a line with Farringdon-street, the numbers of squalid beings which were crowded into these houses—two, and in some three, families being the occupants of a single room—generated fever, and other diseases which are produced and fos tered by filth and imperfect ventilation. The forced removal of the former denizens of the destroyed houses has driven them into others which yet remain. Such is now the crowded crmdition of these filthy receptacles of the lower classes, that the parochial officers, and others _ w hale Attention has been drawn to the subject, entere taro serious apprehensions for the public health and unless some means of providing suitable dwel lings for the surplu s population be devised their fears are likely to be realised. The evidence given before the Health of Towns Committee, among other important facts, proved that disease and death have recently increased in the localities where the lowest clais of the labouring poor chiefly dwell. Tin reason assigned by the medical men who were exa mined on. this point is worthy of attention. They agreed in opinion, that the improvements that have been made in different crowded districts of the metro ,lie had comp eked the poor people, who chiefly inha bited the houses which had been pulled down to mak, way fur these improvements, to seek admission to simi lar dwellinge in the adjacent parts. The addition of 31 many new in .mates to houses which were already mori than filled with oc cupants, generated miasma. Thus in creased disease and death were introduced; and these estfeete will continue to result, in an increased ratio, the cause be not arrested by those who are, or ough to be, invested with power to watch over and pro vide for the public safety. Death, to use an Irish phrase, stalks through many of our streets. The wonder is, not that his victims are so many ; but that —with the aids afforded to his ministers by tie neglect of the mean; by which th a y fey mbe kept at bay—the death-strickenare se few. It is in pt to leeve the question to the consnt and exclu sive care of Parliament. The Legtaislature will nol act a patriotic or enlightened put, if it do not invest the people with the power of 'nelping themselves in this, and such like matters. If part Of the mune: ex i eended in to slang, oral the care bestoo - id cm im proveng, great thorougfares, were e x t ended to ;irovid ieg nesone for preserving the health of' the poor partielly tate, by improving the dwellings they in habit, and .in peovidires others, the occasion for hospi tals, supported by public charity, and union houses. eneintained by compulsory rates, would be greatly les• eened \Vern Governieents wise; they would dimi their lebeurs. If they teare actuated by the purest and roost benevolent inteetions in all matter: they undertain , to menage, the limit which time sets to ell heman ex_Ttiene would thwart the honest pur paee. There never existed, from the creation oftin -world till new, a Government of experience so ex te, sive and vsrems, or of mind so active and rode feti-able, as to be able to conceive and grapph with the manifold wants of the community. Yet th ; is the i m possible undertaking the reepon sibTty tac which successive administrations have been arnbitieeis to assume ! There seems to be no -reason, beyond the reluctance of the rulers of the land, wily the inhabitants of every locality should no , lave the power conceded to them of dealing with mat ters diet relate to the improvement of the respective districts. Tne Parliament is barely competent to the functions of supreme government (if judgment may be formed by the snail-like pace of its proceedings) where the general interest of the nation is involved. Cat, it stop in its course of national legislation to deli b:rerate with advantage upon the peculiar condition of en-feiets ? Such a system resembles the half-fertile. hilf- desert Egypt. Its great river inundates- and fer tilises the country through which it passes; but im mense tries beyond are unrefreshed by its bounties. A country which should everywhere have competes l local authorities to watch the rising of its wants in. every quarter, and to supply them, would be as one 'muttered throughout, and at all times, by springs, streams, and rivers tributary to each other, and by their reso urces, covering the face of the land with fertility and gladness. HASWELL COLLIERY. RELIEF FljD MEETING. (From the Tyne Mercury of Wednesday, Oct. 9.) Last ni r e.Lt, a meeting was held at the Lecture room, Nelson-street, to devise means for alleviating the distress of those families whom the recent awful occurrence at Haswell had left destitute. Mr. Cho'les Parkinson, a miner, was called to the chair, and the principal speakers were Messrs. William Mitchell, Mark Dent, T. Clough (of Haswell), Francis Smith, John Hunter, Septimus Davies, and Joseph Fawcett. Forcible appeals were made on behalf of those who bad been plunged into want by this fear lid catastrophe ; and the speakers contended that it was iinperative that means be taken to Prevent the recurrence of such lamentable des truction. A better state of ventilation was neces sary, and they trusted that this dread visitation would urge on humane and scientific men to devise something for the preservation and safety of life in :mines. It was represented that the viewers, both in :Durham and Northumberland, acted quite in re verse of the suggestions of scientific men, and the Davy lamp was used in mines where the rapid cur rent of air was incompatible with its safe employ- Trent. In nine cases out of ten, the casualties in mines were the result, not of accident, but of wil ful neglect. There were mines in the two counties where it was as easy to introduce air as into that room, in which the labourers were dying by inches from inhaling carbonic acid gas. Carbonic acid gas had slain more men than had ever perished from explosion. Other evils were adduced, and it was forcibly urged that legislative interference was necessary to carry out in the coal-pits the plans of ;humane and scientific men, so that the colliers rniglit pursue their occupation in perfect safety. Resolutions were carried to the effect that a re li e f fund be started for the widows and orphans of Has well colliery; that the fund be entrusted to the ma nagement of a committee of five persons, such .committee to censist of Mr. T. Horn, Market-street; John Strachan, Barrel-bridge; Mr. William Cook, Gateshead ; Mr. Robson, Pilgrim-street ; and 3lr. Martin Jude;• and that the Tyne Mercury , New castle Cuu-rant, and other Newcastle and Gateshead newspapers, and the various banks of Newcastle, :South Shields, Sunderland, and Durham, be re quested to receive subscriptions on behalf of the fund, vontributiona to which might also be forwarded to the several residences of the committee. ADJOURNED INQUEST. HASWELL, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The adjourned inquest on the bodies of those who Il victim s to the late explosion was resumed to-day; and af;.er a very long and minute examination of wit nesses, the inquiry was once more adjourned to I?riday . next. Prjfessors Faraday and Lyall have been sent down by the Government to assist in the inquiry. Both these scientific gentlemen have arranged to go down :the Haswell pit to-morrow, to inspect the workings. DIABOLICAL OUTRAGE.—Mr. Thomas Steele has, durivg the past week, been engaged in en d eavour i ng to bring some miscreants to justice who bored with an augur holts in several merchant-Tess: s belongingi to Wales, and lying at the quay of Limerick. The Head ; Pacificator, vtih most praiseworthy assiduity, having a clua to the identification of the scoundrels, cornmlnic..ted With the Limerick magistrates, and an investigation was immediately held, and a man named Linnane placed in custody. The investigation was to have been resumed on Monday.—Dublin Packet. ► COURT OF,: COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of business. The Court was crowded, the following ootice of motion by Mr. :Moon, one of the late Sheriffs, having appeared upon the paper of business, " That a suitable address of congratulation be presented to his Majesty the King of the French upon his auspicious visit to her Majesty." There was appointed for the day other business of an important and interesting nature, of which the expected presentation of a peti tion of the inhabitants of New Bridge-street and the adjacent parishes of St. Andrew by the 'Wardrobe, St. Ann, Blackfriars, and Bridewell Precinct, against the establishment of an infirmary for the cure of cu taneous diseases in New Bridge-street, formed no in considerable portion. THE KING OF THE FRENCH. Mr.W. LAWRENCE rose to state to the Court his opi - nion that, in order to prevent the disagreeable conse quences arising from the haste with which members started against each other as leaders in moving ad tresses upon the arrival of any illustrious persons on visits to the Queen, it would be advisable to form a Committee which should have the power to appoint inovers and seconders on such occasions.—(Hear, hear.) The consideration which would necessarily be given to the subject would stamp a character of propriety upon the proceedings of the Court, which character was at present very much interfered with by the competition so vigorously exercised upon every opportunity.—(Hear, hear.) He should, in order to remedy an evil which was becoming intolerable , move hat a Ward Committee be appointed to prepare an address to the King of the French, and to select a mover and seconder from the members of the Court. Mr. WIRE most cordially seconded the motion. Mr. T. H. HALL said that such a proceeding would be against all precedent. Notice of a motion had been placed upon the paper of business, and that motion ought to be disposed of before any other question was introduced.—(Hear, hear.) It would, he was convinced, be advisable in the Court not to fetter itself with such a regulation as that suggested by Mr. Lawrence. At any rate, Mr. Moon, who lad riven the notice, had a night to insist upon prece lence.—(Hear, hear.) • Deputy STEVENS stated that the object of Mr. La ,: . -rence was to have the business of movin g ad ducted decorously. The anxiety and the Iresses '-h some gentlemen rushed forward, in caste with wn,. -Pot situations in the ceremonial a-der to obtain prom, -- ted the best intentions of )f presentation, often frusta ... considered that he majority.—(Hear, hear.) AA, qr. Lawrence had adopted, in the presen:.instance, a most judicious course. Mr. Hovr said it appeared to him that the propo ,ition, which went against the established usage of the Court, was an Irish way of doing business, and he trusted that the Court would not allow Mr. Moon to meet with any further impediment. Mr. Noasts wished to see a stop put to the race of !ompetitors which took place the moment any re narkable person visited London.—(" Hear, hear," tnd loud cries for Mr. Moon.) Mr. MOON said he hal no objection whatever to he proposition of Mr. Lawrence. On the contrary, le very much approved of the views of that gentle- Ilan ' and would with great pleasure advocate, after he ,hould submit the motion of which he had given le gitimate notice, to the Court. If it were the opinion 4' the court he would yield the right which he be ieved he possessed of moving the address, to some older nernber ; but he begged to state that he had not stirred in the business until he found that three or four days )assed away, and no member had intimated an in 'ention of performing the act of respect which he felt ,ught to be paid to the excellent Monarch who came here to visit our beloved Sovereign.—(Hear, hear.) Ie felt the utmost pride in moving that an address ')e presented to the King of the French. The Court nust feel the deepest interest in every event which sad any influence upon the welfare of Europe, and nust therefore rejoice in his Majesty's presence as t pledge of uninterrupted peace and good-will on the )art of a nation eminent in art and arms, the rival of ngland only in intellectual advancement, and her natural ally in all that promoted the happiness of nankind.—(Cheers.) The Court of Aldermen had dready expressed their unanimous concurrence in a roposition to do honour to the King of the i?reneh, and had done themselves credit by the varmly-expressed sentiments to which they 'tad given utterance in describing his character. The Court of Common Council would manifest 'tindre I spirit. They would not forget, in addressing iis Majesty, to offer their most earnest expressions of •espeet and veneration to a great Prince who had ihown'himself superior to all the difficulties of his Jig!' stations, who had conciliated the love of his . )eople, and had entit'ed himself to, and acquired the admiration of, all Europe.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. \Loon concluded by moving that a suitable address of .ongratulation be presented to his Majesty the King if the French upon his auspicious visit to her Majesty. Mr. W. LAWRENCE said he rose to second the ad- Iress with much pleasure. The visit of a King of the French people was an event of very unfrequent occur rence, and he viewed the present intercourse `)et , ,veen the Monarch of that people and the Queen of England, as an omen that a pace ' ho nourable, substantial, and glorious , would long subsist j l ,etween the two countries.—(Cheers.) The Corpora ion o London would, by their vote that day, prove ,hat trey entertained feelings of the deepest respect and admiration for a Monarch who had distinguished himself by the exercise of great virtues, as well as by he vigorous display of the other qualities which fitted him so well for the exalted station he occupied over a 2;allant and intrepid nation.—(Cheers.) They would nanifest their respect for his Majesty as the monarch )f a great people ; they would manifest their gratitude to him because he brought with him the un doubted evidences of the continuance of the blessings )fpeace.—(Cheers.) They all united in the feeling which he (Mr. L.) weakly expressed, whatever mistake might be made elsewhere, the Corporation of London combined in the warmest feeling of affection towards the King of the French and the French people.— (Loud cheering.) lie trusted that the Corporation would go farther than a mere motion for an address. lie trusted that they would not be unmindful that ;!ley had a characte7 for hospitality to support, and that they would invN_ his Majesty to dine with them in their llall.—(CheN's.) It was with the most unaffected pleasure he seconded the motion that a suit ible address of congratulation be presented to his Ma jesty the King of the French aipon his auspicious visit to her Majesty.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. R. TAYLOR declared that the cordial good-will which existed between the King of the French and Queen Victoria was calculated to fill every heart in the empire with joy. They all knew the old Latin maxim, " Delirant Regis, plectuntur achivr —" The people suffered for the folly or madness of their rulers." In the good understanding and friendship which subsisted between the Queen and the King of the French, he believed there was a security for the prosperous and happy condition of both nations.— (Cheer.s.) lie had with great pleasure read the re port of wNit had taken place in the Court of Alder men on the subject of an address to his Majesty. The members of that Court had done themselves much credit by the unanimous feeling with which they had spoken of the exalted charticter of the "oval visitor to the Queen.—(Hear, hear.) The motion of Mr. Moon was then unanimously, and amidst acclamations, agreed to; and a Committee, consisting of all the Aldermen present, and a member from each ward, was appointed to prepare the address. The LORD MAYOR then informed the Court that the Court of Aldermen had, on the preceding day, unanimously adopted an address to the King of the French, and his Lordship handed the address to the Committee as they retired, for the purpose of delibe rating upon the subject. The Committee, upon their return to the Court, from which strangers were for some time excluded, presented an address which, we were given to under stand, was, with the addition of one paragraph, pre• cisely similar to that adopted by the Court of Alder men. The two Courts being thus completely united in sentiments on this subject, will go up together with the one address. The Court was occupied with closed doors for a considerable time in discussing the projected arrange ments for the reception of her Majesty on the day her Majesty may appoint for opening the Royal Ex change. All that we can say at present is, that the preparations will be on the most magnificant scale. ELOPEMENTS EXTRAORDINARY Within the last few days two elopements, each under rather peculiar and extraordinary circum stances, have "come off," and the parties "gone off,' in the neighbourhood of Dover. The first affair was close to Sandgate, and it is stated that the fair heroine of the occurrence, the daughter of B—, Esq., eloped from her father's residence early in the morn ing, and was traced to Folkestone, where it appears she was by Mr. C., a clerk at the railway station there, who thus desired to arrive at the terminus of matrimony by a somewhat speedier train than usually conducts to that destination. The two fugitives then set off by the first opportunity to London, the clerk and his companion, as in duty bound, patronising " the line." Doubtlessly, long before this, the lady and her lover have succeeded in getting the Gordian knot tied. The circumstances attending the flight of the young lady have created quite a sensation in the town and neighbourhood, and a good deal of specula•• tion has resulted therefrom, especially among the ladies. The second elopement took place on Wed nesday, from Margate ; the two watering-places thus getting up a bit of romance for themselves, just about the same time. In this instance the gay Lo thario was no other than the person kmiwn by the title of " Gipsy Lee," and the mode in which the a ff a i r was brought about is a stri►cing proof of trickery and imposition on the one hand, and weak credulity on the other. The lady, it seems, was one moving in a very respectable sphere in life in Mar gate. It would appear that she had had her fortune T.I SUN, LONDON,_F.RIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1844 (and it was shown, afterwards, her misfortune) told by a cunning and plotting female member of the worthy and honest Lee family. That information so :,t - Forded to the willing ears of the giddy girl was, that she would meet " a very dark young man," who would offer her marriage! Such , certainly, was the cage, for she almost immediately (and, of course, quite accidentally on his part!) met with Lee him self: He proved the dark young man who was to pop the question to her, for he went through that in teresting ceremony instanter, and found a prepared hearer for his petition. The question thus promptly popped was satisfactorily answered by a consent from the young lady, who (to prove herself a worthy partner in the affair) took from her parents a con &derable sum of money, and they then both left Margate for Canterbury, where they were soon dis covered, living as man and wife. The police were called in by the friends of the truant damsel, who had thus been entrapped, and had thus yielded to a scheme so barefaced, and she was rescued by them from the companion of her irregular flight. She was then forthwith taken home by her friends, and Gipsy Lee, not being disposed to yield his prize so easily, secured a seat on the coach within which his chere amie was being carried from the scene of their discovery. Ile resolutely mounted the same stage, declaring he would throw himself off the cliff when he reached Margate, and be thus dashed upon the rocks or drowned by the " whelming tide." The threats were regarded by the listeners with indiffe rence, and so the result proved, as no intelligence has been gleaned of the " lover's leap" taking place. LAW INTELLIGENCE. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, Oct. 10. IN RE JAMES GOMAIES. The insolvent had carried on an extensive business in Castle-street, Oxford-street, and the amount of debts which appeared in his schedule were 3,3721., and one of the items which appeared in explanation on the debit side was 3601. for loss by discount and bill stamps. Another item also which appeared on the debit side of the schedule was 400/. by loss sus tained in fitting up the royal yacht. The system which he pursued was to get one of his journeymen to wept a bill, and then, representing him to be a per son of the first respectability, induce the friends of his (insolvent's) family to discount them. Of course the bills were never paid. He had succeeded in bor rowing money from his father and grandfather to the amount of 1,5001., not one penny of which had been ever repaid to them. A host of persons to whom those bills had been passed opposed. The Learned COMMISSIONER said he had seldom witnessed a grosser or more unfeeling case of fraud ' inhumanity. his treatment of his aged anu ' - heen creel in the extreme, and nothing parents has '-.te n t than getting his journey could be more frauo,... ‘ t n aen the men were earn men to accept bills for him ce of the Court in g only 253. a week. The sent ,i date of his vesting order. was, that he be imprisoned for six Montiiil from the POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (Y ESTERD AY.) CLE.RICEIV WELL. Catherine Sheehan was charged with violently assaulting police-constable Young, 62 E. The constable's face was much torn. The magis• trate desired him to expose his right arm, and every one present was horrified at the appearance the upper part of it presented. The flesh had been literally gnawed to the bone ; it was of a livid colour, and the marks of human teeth were painfully visible in several places. He seemed to be suffering great pain, and the limb was much swollen. The constable deposed, that on the previous night the prisoner was creating a violent disturbance in Marchaiont-place, Brunswick-square, and had, by her shouts and cries, attracted a mob of 200 persons. The constable remonstrated with her, and she then went away, but in a few minutes after attacked a house in Comm-place, where the woman with whom she had been contending took shelter, and actually smashed in the door. The constable was again called upon, and, on his arrival, took her into costody. The complainant had no sooner laid his hand upon her than she threw herself on the ground, and used her arms and legs with such effect, that she inflicted several cuts and contu sions upon his face and limbs. The constable took hold of her for the purpose of raising her from the ground, when she seized him by the arm, and, forcing it into her mouth, sunk her teeth into it until they almost met in the flesh. All the force of the constable, who writhed with pain, could not dislodge her; she fastened on him like a tigress; and when at length assistance arrived, the flesh had been gnawed into a mummy. Mary Anne Murphy corroborated the constable's statement in every respect. She bore testimony to his extreme forbearance and to her ferocity. Mr. GREENWOOD said her conduct more resembled that of an enraged wild beast than of a human being. tie would sentence her to one month's imprisonment, ithout the power of releasing herself by the payment of a fine. Mr. Richard James Chapman, who described him self as an actor at Drury-lane Theatre, residing at Wellington-square, appeared upon remand to answer a charge preferred against him by his wife Emma. The preceding part of the case appeared in The Sun of Tuesday, and it will be recollected that it was postponed at the defendant's request, in order to enable him to rebut the complainant's testimony, which, he alleged, he could do by the production of witnesses. He, however, failed to convince the ma gistrate, who ordered him to pay a fine of 21. Defendant—l won't pay a farthing. Mr. GREENWOOD — Then you must go to the House of Correction for a month. Defendant—Then I will go. He was committed accordingly. WORSHIP-STREET. _ _ Yesterday a middle-aged man, of respectable appear anc, who gave the name of William Johnson Thompson, arid described himself as a general agent, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton, charged with having, in conjunction with his wife and daughter, Anne and Emma Thompson, who were likewise placed at the bar, by false and fraudulent pretences, obtained a large quantity of miscellaneous property from various tradesmea at Pen tonville. The prisoners were said to be connected with a nume rous body of swindling depredators, who have for a long time past carried on a most successful system of fraud and felony, the ramifications of which are proved to hare extended over the widely opposite localities of Camden town, Hackney, Newington, and Hammersmith, and comprised nearly every parish in the metropolis. Four ether persons, named Henry Miller, Sarah Dower, and Thomas and William Smith, the latter father and son, and who are identified as prominent members of the body, already stand remanded from this Court on a vast number of charges of a similar description preferred by tradesmen from Hackney and Hammersmith alone. Sergeant Dubois now stated, that while pursuing his ' inquiries for the elucidation of the facts in the charges against the prisoners already in custody, he on Wed nesday received information that a family who passed by -the name of Thompson , and ware of a pp arent res p ec tability, had resided for a very short ti me at the house No. 14, Hermes-street, Pentonville, and after defrauding all the tradesmen in that neighbour hood to a great extent had anddenly absconded, with out the least clue being left as to where they had gone. Directly he had received this information he received more, which indentified this family with the other pri son:." % tu'AL ascertaining that they had located them selves a Q. haus* in Northampton-place, near Bowling green-lane, 1 -‘riceriwelJ, he went there, accompanied by Ch " 'vete dales, at a late hour on the other officers, in Ph • -- 1 the h agse to b e a ver y l arge preceding night. He foul., , eri n a, s own and respectable one, with the e " by it : :all ethoer windows. Finding that they here were, Johnson, he knocked and asked fur Mrs. Jut— - vi; at ' s. male prisoner made his appearance, and said she out ; but hearing a suspicious bustling noise in the kitchen, he called in several tradesmen who were with him, and in spite of the male prisoner's clamour and re sistance, which drew a large mob around the house, forced him down stairs into the kitchen, in which were several women, but not the elder female prisoner. The place was searched for her, and she was at last pulled out of the coal-cellar in the front area, at the back of which she had secreted herself. She then sat down in a chair, and immediatly after put her hand into her pocket, and, drawing something out, was trying to pass it to the younger female prisoner. He ran across the room and seized her by both her arms, but she struggled so violently that the table was thrown over, the light ex tinguished, and all left in confusion in the dark. He fastened all the parties into the room, and, a light hav ing been procured by one of the officers, he proceeded t o sea rch the place. The back kitchen, the two parlours, and what ought to have been the drawing-rooms, were entirely destitute of furniture, as was, in fact, every other part of the house, with the exception of one of the back bed-rooms, in which there was only one bed, and that lying upon the floor, In a closet in this room he found four new bonnets wrapped up in paper, belonging to a tradesman whom he should call ; fifty or sixty du plicates, for articles of all descriptions ; and washing tubs, and other articles, of which other tradesmen had been defrauded. On finding the bonnets he asked the women in the house if they claimed them, but, although he thrice repeated the question, all remained silent but Emma Thompson, and she merely demanded the riband on one of the bonnets. All the prisoners were then taken into custody. He had ascertained they had only been in this house, which they had taken for three years, since the 23d ult., the very day they had absconded from Hermes-street, the keys of which they had sent back by the Parcels Delivery Company, and that they had ac tually had three houses in their possession at the same time, at all of which similar practices had been carried on. Five tradespeople in Pentonville, named Davey, Shaw, Shalcroft, Heeks, and Ash, proved that the prisoners had ordered goods of them to a considerable extent at a late hour on Saturday, the 21st ult., while residing in Hermes street, where they hal been but a very short time, although this house was also taken for a term of three years, and that on taking the goods to the house of the prisoners, they either received fresh orders or shuffling excuses for the payment of the articles on the following Monday ; but that on calling at the house on the Mon day morning, they found it entirely stripped of every thing, and that the prisoners had absconded, no one knew where. Nearly all the articles produced by the ser geant and officers were identified by the witnesses as DUTCH MAIL. LEIPSIC, SEPT. 29.—1 must acquaint you with an affair which causes a great sensation here, because ill disposed journals may very likely spread all sorts of false statements resp.2cting it. His Majesty the King of Saxony, before his journey to England, made purchase of a Jewish jeweller to the amount of 30,000 dollars for presents. On distributing them it appeared that most of the stones were false, for which reason the return of all th? presents is requested. THE HaauE, ()cr. B.—Java. TEA.—If, as appears by a letter from Calcutta, the competition with Java indigo, which, on account of its good quality to other indigoes, begins to alarm the indigo merchants at Calcutta, our trade in Java tea begins, in like manner, to alarm the Chinese tea merchant, and they can find no better means to discountenance it with the opinions of the consumer, than to deny it the good qualities which are acknowledged in Europe. Then the Semaphore Free Press, in its number of the 2d of May last, says that, in 1842, Java tea was sold at such a low price that it seems to be hardly worth while to cultivate it ; and it concludes with affirming that the cultivation of Java tea has completely disap p tinted the expectations that had been conceived of it The spirit of rivalry is but too manifest in this article, and aeoordingly M. Jurobron, Inspector General of the tea plantations in Java, has victoriously refuted the assertions of the Semaphore Free Press. So long as the Chinese tea had no rival, people were obliged to make use of it. Thus congou has been sold for souchong, the latter for pekoe, which teas have been found to be injurious to health. Not long ago speci mens of Chinese teas, having been chemically analysed, were found to contain deleterious ingredients, aml this is the case with almost all the green teas of China. —Dut la papers, Oct. 9. CARLSRUHE, SEPT. 28.—The Minister of Finance has issued an ordinance, dated the 14th of September, by which, from the Ist of October this year, coals may be imported into the Grand Duchy of Baden duty free, it having been agreed between the Governments of the several States of the Customs' Union, that it should be left to each of them to reduce, or wholly to abolish, the import duty on coals, as should appear to be necessary.—Hamburgh Borsenhalle, Oct 5. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. THE CESAREWITCLI STAKES 9 to 2 agst Dawson's lot—taken 6 to 1 agst Duke of Portland's Souvenir filly 11 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's lot—taken 11 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Glossy—taken 12 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Jamal 12 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Feig-a-ballagh—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. J. Hampson's Lightning—taken 16 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vibration—taken 16 to 1 agst Mr. Hook's Una—taken 16 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Give-him-a -Name 25 to 1 agst Lord Albetnarle's Emperor—taken 25 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Marquise 25 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Scalteen—take 30 to 1 30 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Mania—layers 30 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Johnny—ditto 100 to 80 on Emperor agst Scalteen. A good deal of business wa s done on the above race, at quotations that in several instances differed essentially from those returned on Monday. Thus Jamal, on that day second favourite, after two or three bets at R and 9 to 1, receded to 12 to 1, and left off without friends ; Glossy, who on the same day was 20 to 1, again com ing strongly into fa vour, and closing second to the Duke of Portland's filly ; Foig-a-ballagh was also backed freely in several quarters, and finished at 12 to 1, takers. Lightning came next, a strong commission to back him having been executed at 12 and 13 to 1. The Souvenir filly was frequently backed at 7 to 1 (no layers at the close), Vibration at 14, 15. and 16 to 1, Una at 16 and 17 to 1, and Give-him-a-Name at 15, 16, and 17 to 1. The betting in other respects was devoid of interest. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen—taken The report of Alaric's death is confirmed. The following horses have arrived at Newmarket in the course of the week:—Discord, Gaper, Naworth, Duke of Cornwall, The Black Gentleman, Alva, Nat, Physalis, Priscilla Tomboy, New-Year's-day, Skeleton, Syntaxina, David, Julia, Aristotle, &c. Several of the Duke of Richmond's, Lord G. Bentinck's, and Mr. Payne's, passed through town yesterday for the same destination. YORKSHIRE UNION HUNT CLUB MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Champion Plate given by the Club, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, pp, for three yrs old, lOst 41b ; four yrs, list 21b ; five yrs, list 1016 ; six yrs and aged, 12st 21b ; winners once in 1842 or 1843, Sibs ; twice, 71bs extra ; entire horses, 31bs extra. One mile and three quarters. (5 Subs.) Mr. Salvin's The Cure, 3 yrs (Captain Williams) 1 Lord Milton's hl or br in by Confederate, 4 yrs Col. Thompson's Hamlet, aged 3tol on The Cure. Won by two lengths. The Gold Cup given by the Club, added to a Sweep stakes of 10 sovs. each, pp., for maiden horses not thorough bred, three yrs old,. lOst ; four yrs, list 21b; five yrs, Ilst 121 b ; six yrs and aged, 12st 41b ; entire horses, 31bs extra. Two miles. (3 Subs.) Mr. B. B. Thomson nd the Hawk, 6 yrs Mr, E. H. Reynard nd Ranger, 5 yrs 4tol on Hawk. Won by half a length. The York and Ainstey Handicap of 20 sovs each, with 50 added. Ono mile and a half, (4 Subs.) Millepede, 6 yrs, list Illb 2 Mr. Wormai,.... ' 12st half A length. Mr. Bell's Winesour, , t 05 added 2tol on Millepede. Won The Dinner Stakes of 5 sovs. each, pp., w •1 - by the Club ; three yrs old , lOst yrs, ; fou g r " lOst 91b , five yrs, 1 tst 31b ; six yrs and aged, l ihd a half.orses not thorough-bred a ll o wed 71b. One mile an (5 Subs.) Mr. Cookson's Crikey Billy, 4 yrs ..(Hon. S. Erskine) I Col. Thompson's Hamlet , ag ed Mr. E. G. Reynard nd Frea, 5 yrs 3 Mr. Salvin's Brother to Cantle, 3 yrs 4 Mr. Lawley's St. Hubert, aged Even on Free 2 to 1 agst Brother to Cantle, and 4 to I agst Crikey Billy. Won easy by four lengths. I'IGBURN RACES.—TUESDAY. A match between Mr. Armstrong's Gipsy (Owner) and Mr. Aldred's Miss Fanny, was won by the former. The Handicap was won by Mr. Lord's Mischief, 6 yrs, I 2st (J. Pearson), beating Mr. Fisher's Blue Bonnet, 4 yrs, lOst 12119—Mr. G. Birley's Kate Kearney, 5 yrs, llst 121b—Mr. Broughton's Jenny, 3 yrs, 9st 71b—and Mr. Armstrong's Mrs. Darby, aged, lOst 101 b, easily. Match—Mr. Ledger's He-has-a-Name, 3 yrs (Owner), beat Mr. Lumley's Fanny Eden, 5 yrs, by a head. Match—Mr. Branche s grey pony, aged (Hutton), beat Mr. Fisher's black pony, cleverly. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION AT BROMPTON.--. (From a Correspondent.)—Benjamin Bond Cabbel, Esq., whose name appears so conspicuous in almost every metropolitan charity, has qualified himself life governor by the; handsome d onat i on to t h e h osp i tal of th i rty guineas. It is expected that the lew building now iu progress will be ready for the admission of patients early in the ensuing year. The recent munificent dona ti,,n of the sum of two hundred guineas, in addition to a previous donation of one hundral, from the Rev. E. l fel hind and MN. Holland, of Hyde Park, added to the suc cessful exertions of the Rev. Robert Montgomery, M.A., both at Ramsgate and at Cheltenham, afford and en courage the most cheering prospect to the benevolent founders of this much required metropolitan institution. having been obtained frwn them by fraudulent pre tences. _ _ _ Oa being called upon for their defence, all the pri soners declined saying anything. Sergeant Dubois prayed for a week's remand. as he had a great number of other Aarges of a similar de scription to prefer against the prisoners, and he was completely exhausted by his incessant exertions. Mr. BROUGHTON considered it had been proved that the prisoners were in the habit of taking respectable houses, in which they placed no furniture, and that they afterwards stocked the houses and defrauded the trades men around them to a scandalous extent by false and fraudulent pretences. They were all either principals or participators in the offence, and he should commit the two elder prisoners for felony, to be brought up again on Wednesday next ; but the younger prisoner might be delivered to her aunt, who was present, on her engage ment to produce her at the next examination. IRELAND. LORD WESTMEATII:S PROSECUTION AGAINST THE PRIESTS. DUBLIN, OCT. B.—The inquiry directed by the Government has terminated in a decision against Lord Westmeath. The particulars will be found in the fol lowing report:— " COLLINSTOWN ADJOURNED PETTY SESSIONS, OCTO BER 7.—The case of the Marquis of Westmeath against the Reverend Michael Coghlan, the Reverend E. Carey, and several others, for riot and conspiracy, and which had been adjourned from the 26th ultimo to this day, in order to take the opinions of the law officers of the Crown on the informations sworn on that day, came on before the magistrates who heard the evidence on the 26th, viz., Captain Despard, Mr. Batty. the Reverend Thomas Smythe, and Mr. Evans. Previous to the sitting of the court, Captain Despard and the county in spector (Mr. Walsh) proceedlld to the chapel at Fowre, to view the passage' to it, where the house had been eructed by Talbot (the Marquis of Westmeath's tenant), for the removal of which, in a peaceable and legal manner, the people had been charged with riot and con every member of the family, old and young, was con sumed. A coal of fire was put into the thatch, and, what is must remarkable, a stream of water which flowed by the house was dammed up, and the water directed in a different course some perches from the house. No doubt it was the work of an incendiary, and it is gene rally believed that it was done by Paddy M‘Kews bribed to effect the job. " If any doubt could exist, such was removed by the occurrences of last night. Four houses, one at the end of the village of Dunkerrin, within a few perches of the police barrack, three others, within half a mile, were wrecked in the best style of the " Killyman wreckers." Stones flung in through the windows in the direction of the beds ; one or two women had almost miraculous escapes. The names of the householders are Martin Kinally, of Dunkerrin ; Darby Coonan and Michael Tierney, both of Castleroan ; and Michael Lanigan, of Loughane. Comment on these is useless. The whole community proclaim it part and parcel of the atrocious Cooraclavan plot. Some half-dozen are well known to be as well paid and lectured as White proved himself to have been. These recent outrages are committed at this particular moment to act as a sort of set-off against the awful dis closures made, and to appear as a sort of justification of the police. "The Boman Catholic clergy are indefatigable in their exertions to check crime and restore peace. The exer tions made by our highly gifted Prelate during his visi tation in this porticn of his diocese, to inculcate peace, order, and charity, is beyond all praise. His well-known eloquence was never more powerfully exercised than in this parish on Tuesday, the Ist inst. ; he made a deep and lasting impression on a vast assemblage, in a dis course the most powerful, the most energetic, and irre sistible I ever heard delivered. The spy system got a death blow, and as a last exertion to perpetuate crime, and traffic on the blood of innocent persons, the above outrages were perpetrated on the two next nights. Being about to go home, I now write in the greatest hurry. When I return in a few days you will hear again." begged, however, to make a few observations in anti cipation of such inquiries. The Proprietors would see, with pleasure, the increase in the receipts of freight and passage-money, and that the items were separated in conformity with the wish expressed by a former meeting. The accounts showed an increase in both those items to an extent which justified the ex pectations of the Directors, and which, he hoped, would prove satisfactory to the Proprietors. The debt of the Company was now reduced to 50,0001., and it was the wish of the Directors that it should be cleared off at the earliest period, because it would show the means at the power of the Directors, and would relieve the Proprietors of any fear of being called on for money, at the same time that occasions might arise, in a large concern like that, where a large sum of money might be required and borrowed, with the certainty of an in creasing income to pay it. With regard to the Tay, he was unwilling to enter into the painful details connected with it. The Proprietors would be glad to learn that the whole of the expenses of insurance were within 10,0001., though they had appropriated 2,5001. to meet casualties. That was a good proof of the care ful working of their service. He was now speaking up to the time that they received the latest accounts, which was nine months of the year. The Directors wished, on that occasion, to express their obligations to the assistance rendered them on the occasion of the accident to the Tay, by the Spanish authorities, and their acknowledgment of the zeal and activity of their agent, Mr. Crawford.—(Hear, hear.) 'With regard to the contract entered into with Mr. Pitcher for the repair of the Company's transatlantic steam-vessels, he might say at once that the annual amount paid to Hr. Pitcher was 22,0001., and, as the report stated, they had every reason to be satisfied with the manner in which he performed his work.-- (Hear, hear.) He was happy to say that the plan of packet routes had given satisfaction, and that the manner in which the vessels of the Company per formed their services gave the greatest satisfaction; but as the Admiralty Board required it, they would be obliged to build another steam-vessel, which would be a cause of considerable expense ; but it would be spread over a considerable period, and he hoped that the increasing income which would be derived there from would be found sufficient to meet the expense without encroaching on that surplus which would be applicable to a future dividend.—(llear, hear.) The meeting would observe that the item of coals had been very much reduced, and though the distance over which they steamed in the last corresponding half-year was greater, yet there was a considerable reduction in the expense of this item under what it was in the last half-year of 1843, when the distance travelled was not so great. This was to be attributed to improved management, greater economy, and the various alterations made in their machinery by the engineer, Mr. Mills, who had done his duty to the perfect satisfaction of the Directors. There was some increase in the ship, engineer, and saloon, and also in the pilotage, but it was not a real in crease. There was also a slight increase in the salaries in London and Southampton, but this was but reasonable, as the business had in creased. He begged leave to state that the gratitude of the Company, as well as of the Directors, was due to the Board of Management, which was comprised of Capt. Mangles, Capt. Chappel, and Capt. Lind. In deed, he was happy to say, on the part of the Direc tors, that their thanks were due to the officers, agents, captains, and clerks of the Company generally, with some few unfortunate exceptions. He hoped that all parties interested in the undertaking would remain united, because it was by the union of all parties that they could hope to prosper, and he trusted that, like other speculations entered into by private individuals, this would become one of national importance, and a secure and profitable one for those who invested their money in it. He woul I now call on the Secretary to read the report which he proposed for their adoption. The Secretary then read the report, of which the following is the substance :—The report stated that the Directors had much gratification in submitting to the present meeting a working account for the first half of the current year, showing that the expectations formerly held out have been fully realised, and that the concern is, in every respect, steadily and surely improving. That the surplus of the half-year, ended in June last, considerably ex ceeds that of the corresponding period for 1843. The Shareholders will doubtless learn with satisfac ticra that, since the last meeting, the debt of the Com pany has been further reduced 20,000/. ; and the Directors have given notice that at the end of the term, on the 4th of February next, they intend to pay off the loan of 50,000/. borrowed in the year 1842, being now the remaining balance of the Company's debt. The report went on to say that the casualty to the Tay, however blameable, was likely to prove less injurious to the Company than might at first have been apprehended. The Directors deem it due to Mr. Pitcher to express their entire satisfaction at the manner in which he was carrying out his agree ment. The plan of packet routes had given great satisfaction both to her Majesty's Government and the colonies, the ships arriving and departing from their several places with the greatest regularity. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having re quired that the mails to and fro between Jamaica, Santa Martha, Carthagena, Clarges, and St. Juan de Nicaragua, be conveyed by steam, the Company would have to build a new steam-vessel. Mr. CARTER seconded the adoption of the report, which he said was most satisfactory. Captain Wuiscif concurred in the opinion that the report was, on the whole, satisfactory, and expressed himself highly satisfied with the Board of Management which he had recommended. Mr. RIDGWAY said that he did not think the report was as satisfactory as it ought to be. He thought the accounts were meagre and unsatisfactory. There had been a great deal of congratulation at the dimi nution of the expenses in coals and wages. He thought that a great reduction might be made in the salaries of the officers of the Company. The officers of the Company were going on most prosperously till the calamity which befel the Tay, anti he thought it was but fair that a report of the circumstances attending that accident should he laid before the Company. He was aware that Mr. Pitcher gave every satisfacs tion, but he thought that 22,0001. was a great sum of money to be paying yearly besides the sum to cover insurance. He also complained of the carelessness of some of the officers of the Company in leaving pack ages behind them, and thought that the Company ought to consult more the comfort and conveyance of passengers. He should move that a report be made of the circumstances attending the casualty to the Tay. Mr. COATSWORTII, a Director, said that since the accident to the Tay every vessel belonging to the Company had been more full of passengers than before. The CHAIRMAN said that an investigation took place into the circumstances connected with the casualty to the Tay before four captains, and they took legal advice as to whether their report might be published ;' but they were told that if they did so, they would be subject to an action, for truth was sometimes a libel. The only re me d y they had in their power they applied, and that was to dismiss the captain, At the same time, it was bnt fair to him to say that his previous character and con was such as to justify the Directors in reposing no to the time of' this accident. He "AT, „ v . he had passed an nded a spiracy. "On the assembling of the court, Captain Despard stated that he had a communication to make to the ma gistrates, and that it was necessary the court should be Cleared, which was accordingly done. " After about half an hour's deliberation by the ma gistrates, the court was opened and the public admitted. " Captain Despard (as Chairman of the Bench) ad dressed Mr. James D. Scully (who attended as counsel for the accused parties), and stated, That the informa tions had been submitted to the Attorney-General, who had declined giving any opinion whether the magistrates ought or ought not to receive the informations, but left the matter entirely to their discretion ; and that the magistrates having taken into their consideration that it appeared in evidence before them that the way' in question had been used for a long period by the people, and assuming they had a legal right to do so, and, con sequently, to remove any obstruction to their exercise of it, and inasmuch as the magistrates were of opinion that there was no violation of the law in the mode of the re moval of the walls of Talbot's house by the people, the magistrates declined receiving the informations ; and, as a further reason fur suck decision, Capt. Despard stated that their decision would not preclude the Marquis of Westmeath (if he thought proper) to send up bills of in dietrae.st to the grand jury at either the quarter sessions or the assizes.' " Captain Despard further stated that he had received a letter from the Marquis of Westmeath this day, stating that he did not intend, in any event, to have proceeded against the Rev, Michael Coghla,n or the Rev. Mr. Carey. " Thus ended the absurd attempt of the Marquis of Westmeath to try aright of way' to a Catholic chapel, by the institution of a criminal proc,ieding." IMLLINASLOE HORSE FAIR. BALLINASLOE. MONDAY NnauT.—The horse fair came off to-day, and first-rate animals, of eliaraeter, well-bred, and in good healthy condition, brought very long prices. There was a brisk demand for weight-carrying hunters, some of which, to our knowledge, went at 40 high a figure 1)3 1501. Among those who purchased rather extensively, and laid out large sums of m iney on war ranted six-feet-wall junipers, cf4rrying fourteen and fif teen stone, were several English gentlemeo, and a pretty considerable sprinkling of jobbers fro m the sister coun try, who calculate on d i sposing of their purchases at the other side of the Channel, in the midland counties. Well matched carriage horses were in requisition, but the supply fully maalled the demand. One gentleman. from Roscommon, refused 400 guineas for a pair of highly bred chesnat foursyear olds, and he subsequently sold them to an officer of the Guards for 350/. The Hon. Martin Ffrench, R.M., Ballinamore, had an uncommonly pretty set of dashing dark chesnuts, well suited fur a britzka or ehaeiot, They were very much looked al, er, and bought, as we were informed, for something over 150/. Mr. Eyre, of Eyrecourt Castle, sold one of his tip-top hunters for 130/. ; and Mr. Patrick Balla, of Southpark, disposed of a dark bay mare at a shade over 100/, Mr. John Birmingham's three-years old colts were purchased by a military gentleman at 80/. It appears to be the opinion of very competent judges that the show of "crack" horses has never been exceeded at Ballinasloe; and that this great emporium for the sale of cattle was never on any former occasion thronged to such an extent with animals of an exceedingly inferior description. We do not remember to have seers at any English or Irish fair so many hundred decidedly bad, broken down, : spavined " nags." The fair-green and streets are literally blocked up with horses, mares, foal., fillies, and colts, that would be more " at home" in some of the Galway fox-hound kennels. As may be supposed, very little business was transaated in this branch. Heavy draught horses were very much looked after, and met with a ready sale. Lord Clancarty, Lord Clarina, the Earl of Lucan, Joseph Lambert, Esq., George O'Malley, Esq., and some English brewers and farmers, were among the purchasers. One superb animal 17 hands high, and powerfally limbed, brought 601. The military contractors for the cavalry stationed in Ireland laid out large sums of money on some good young chargers; and a person who was pointed out to be Louis Philippe's maitre-de-clieval, made extensive purchases. Mr. Marshall, of Limerick, submitted to public compe tion on the fair-green to-day several horses, hounds, and vehicles, the property of the late Bernard Browne, Esq., of Mount Bernard, county Galway. The colts and mares by that famous sire lladiestl, out of a famous huntress, and Musician dam, sold well. POLICE ESPIONAGE. Whilst the atrocities at Shinrone are still the subject of a Government investigation at the Castle, and the public are astou nded by the revelations made from day to day of the secret agencies for the manufacture of crime, we find, by the subjoined correspondence between Lord Clements and the constabulary authorities, that a system of prying and espionage, without the sanction, or even the forms of legal authority, is in actual operation throughout the country, on the pretence of making up some kind of census, different from that so recently com pleted by the Government commission : " Lough Rynn, October I, 1844. " Lord Clements begs to be informed by what autho rity a police-constable entered his house this day, for the purpose of taking down in writing the name of the inmates. " To the Sub-Inspector of Police, Mohill." " Mohill, October 1, 1844. " Mr. Kerin, sub-inspector, begs to inform Lord Cle ments, in reply to his Lordship's note of this day, that by his directions the constabulary are taking a registry of householders ; such registry to be copied into a book, to be kept for the purpose at each post in the district. Mr. Kerin begs further to inform bis Lordship that he is acting by authority of the Right'Han. Inspector-Gene ral's circular, dated 11th instant, which directs, where not already done, immediate steps to be taken to have the registry completed. Mr. Kerin requests his Lord ship will be so good as to inform him if the constabu lary are now at liberty to take the registry on his pro perty. " The Right Hon. Viscount Clements." " Lough Rynn, October 2, 1844. " Lord Clements will be much obliged to Mr. Kerin to send him a copy of the circular to which he refers. " To the Sub-Inspector of Police, Mohill." " Mohill, October 2, 1844. " Mr. Kerin, SI., begs to inform Lord Clements, in reply to his note of this date, that the circular referred to being marked confidsntial,' he regrets not feeling himself at liberty to send his Lordship a copy of it. " The Right Hon. Viscount Clements." " Lough Rynn, October 2, 1844. "WA Clements is not satisfied that the police have - 'horsy or gq.ylawful right to enter any man's ''t itiqui4itorigl questions to its inmates ; ` it the polies will confine themselves -.tables, 444 will pot attempt ‘ 4 o.ieut warreat so any at. house, and p,.. and it is his desire to their lawful duties as co.._ to enter any house without a su... doing. " To the Sub-Inspector of Police, Mohill." " Lough Rynn, Oct. 2, 1844. " Sir,—A policeman entered my house yesterday, for the purpose of taking down in writing the names of the inmates. I have applied to the sub-inspectil. in Mohill, his immediate officer, to know by what authority this liberty has been taken, and I have been informed by him that he gave directions to the policeman, under autho rity of a circular from you, bearing date the 11th of last month, but declines giving me any further information, stating that the circular is marked confidential.' I, therefore, beg to be informed by you by what authority you have ordered my house to be entered for any such inquisitorial purpose. " I am your obedient servant, (Signed) " CLEMENTS. " To the Inspector-General of Police, Dublin." "Constabulary-office, Dublin Castle, Oct. 4, 1844. "My Lord,—ln reply to your letter of the 2d inst., I beg to acquaint your Lordship, that having had reason to believe from the ignorance of several of the police re specting their districts, that the instructions contained in the printed regulations of the force, which were framed in 1837, respecting the registry of householders, were not sufficiently attended to, directions were lately forwarded to them recalling their attention to the sub ject. But I regret to observe, from your Lordship's communication, that the policeman referred to mistook the nature of his orders by intruding into your house ; for, to guard against such an occurrence, I directed that the men should not make formal visits to the houses in their sub-districts, the•object of which might be misun derstood; but that the required information should be gathered incidentally. And these directions I shall take care to reiterate.—l have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's most obedient, humble servant, (Signed) " 1). G REG OR. " Viscount Clements, &c., &c." " Lough Rynn, Mohill, Oct. 5, 1844. " Sir, —I have had the honour of receiving your letter of the 4th of October. It appears that you have no authority for having violated the sanctity of my roof, and those of my neighbours and frit nds ; in short that you have been guilty of an illegal act; and the redress which you now propose to me is, that in future your espionage shall not be conducted so openly, but in a confidence in I._ was an officer of the Royal examination at the Trinity House, steam-vessel for some years between liiiinburgh and Hull, so that the Directors had every ground to pi . t : confidence in him. He did not think that the Ron. Proprietor ought to bottle up his wrath for these half,, yearly explosions, and if there was anything to com plain of, he ought to state it distinctly, and not confine himself to vague generalities.—(Hear, hear.) In answer to a question from Mr. kONTAGUE, Mr. MAYNARD, the solicitor of the Company, stated that no dividend was made to any of the creditors from Acreman's estate. Mr. MONTAGUE suggested that the Company should follow a rule adopted by the Corporation of London, of making a yearly inquiry into the responsibility of securities. A PROPRIETOR wished to know what class steamers the Directors intended to build? The CUAIRMAN slid one between 1,000 and 1,100 tons. Mr, MONTAGUE then proposed, and Mr. CARTER seconded, a vote of thanks to the Directors for their exertions and energy on behalf of the Company. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. _ . FROST, IN ILLIAIES, AND JON ES.—A memDrial re cently agreed to at a meeting at Gateshead, was trans mitted to the Secretary of State for the flotnu Depart ment, with a view to obtaining the pardon of Frost, Williams, and Jones ; but Mr. Phillips replied, on be half of Sir James Graham, that the Right Hon. Baronet expressed his regret that there was no sufficient ground to justify him, consistently with his public duty, in ad vising her Majesty to comply with its prayer. ---,...,.....---- more obscure, and not less offensive manner. I beg to ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET THE WELLINGTON STATUE AT inform you that I object to its being carried forward in COMPANY. GLASGOW. either form, and you will be pleased to remember that . A meeting of the Proprietors of the Royal Mail (F•: , 1-. n the Gl f sghw Constitutional of Wedm sday.) your printed regulations can have no authority unless Steam-Packet Company was held ve§terday at the E ,rly yester.-1 ,e morning, and indeed during the c ourse they ate in conformity with the law of the land. London Tavvrn, Bi-tnrsgate-stre, , t, / 111911:at; Baring, of the wholt , ni h previous, prcparat s ',,, , ,e rirl busily for w.: d, " I ant, your obedient servant, (Signed) " CLEMENTS. Esq., M.P., in the chair. "To the Inspector-General of Police, Dublin Castle." The notice convening the meeting having been L ~.y the bas reliefs, harrea,fing per. tions of the stl,-, , ts in the vicinity for the accommodation ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN TIPPERARY. read by the Secretary, or lathes, the Committee and subscribers to the monu- A letter from Roscrea states that the driver of Mr. The CHAIRM AN rose and said, that in consequence meat, and f or th e conven i ent v i ew o f t h e pu blic, as Latouche, residing near Waltown, was fired at on Sunday of the absence of the Chairman and Deputy-Chair- everybody seemed to take a deep interest in the proceed ings.. During the morning a beautiful white camp night, and wounded mortally. man, he regretted that the duty of filling the chair SPY SYSTEM—FURTHER OUTRAGES. covering was lowered by a pulley fixed on the summit The Evening Post contains the following extraordi devolved upon him. He was sure, however, that the o f t h e Royal Exchange, and this having been previous li nary statement from a correspondent : Proprietors would extend to him every indulgence. fitted to cov e r t h e statue an d t h e pedesta l mos t corn: MONEYGALL, OCT. 4.—As you are likely to take The Proprietors were aware that this was not the pe- plet e ly, a ll t h e sca ff o ldi ng an d b oard i ng w i th w hi c h IS " Hod at which the general accounts were made up, or had previou s ly b een surroun d e d was remove d. As the notice of every fact connected with the investigation which has been carried on at the Castle, respecting the at which they went into a general statement of de- day proceeded the scene became exceedingly animated infamous spy system, perhaps you would allow me to tails, which was fixed for the time when the balance- —the housetops and windows, as far es the eye direct your attention to some attempts to revive it in a sheet of the Company was considered. He hoped the could reach , became filled with anxious company, a nd new shape. statement which had been put before the Proprietors the streets very soon became impassable. Flag s "On the night of Wednesday, the 2d instant, a dwel- was, upon the whole, of a satisfactory character, and flaunted from the windows and housetops, and ensigns, planted ar o un d th e statue , to ld o f victories twentY ling-house, the residence of an honest and industrious if th ere were any ques ti ons w hi c h t h e Proprietors gained by the ill us t r io us D u k e . The old military c olours, farmer, living -at Cramlin, about one mile and a half w i s h e d to put upon it, he would be happy to answer w hich had waved over th e heads of brave men, and from Dunkorrin, was burned ; the entire of the furniture, cheered them on when our country was in danger, new them to the best of his power and information. He beds, bed-clothes, and the entire of the day covering of - - - hung listlessly and peacefully from every eminence , in commemoration of the auspicious day on which honour was to be done to the Conqueror of War! A 5 the bole for removing the veil from the statue drew near the anxiety to get admission to the places which had been appropriated to the ladies, the Committees, the sub scribers to the monument, and the subscribers to the Royal Exchange, became intense, and agood deal of con fusion took place, in consequence of the people occuPY . ing these places prematurely ; but there was nothing to speak of, the whole cause of the little temporary commo• lion arising from the anxiety of twenty thousand specta tors to see, where four thousand could scarcely be ac commodated. Soon after one o'clock the Scots Greys made their appearance, followed by th e 92d Hi g hlander! with about 200 retired officers and soldiers who had served under the Duke, all wearing their well-earne d medals and other testimonials of good conduct. Befor e us there is now moving along the gallant array of bravo men, very many of whom 'did duty " a t W ater loo, and the whole being headed, most appropriately, by our oaal Glasgow citizen, with his noddin g pl umes , an d brews t covered with honourable orders—a soldier of - whom w e always feel proud to speak—the Commander-in-Chief for Scotland, the gallant Sir Neil Douglas. All was ne n ' ready, and a mighty buzz of anxiety ran through th e crowd, when Sheriff Alison mounted on a table in front of the statue, supported by Sir Neil Douglas on the right; and the Hon. the Lord Provost Lumsdeu and Colone l Fleinino• on the left. Sheriff' Ausosr then, in the absence of the Duke a i f Hamilton, the Lord Lieutenant o f th e county , d e livered an appropriate and most eloquent address, touching wi th his usual power upon the milit ar y career o f t h e Dith . ' of Sir Neil Douglas, the C omman d er o f t h e Forces to Scotland, Scotland, and upon the services of the Scots Greys se, the Gallant 92J. Glasgow is the sec o nd city in empire which has done honour to the Duke, and shown its gratitude by the erec,ion of such a testimonial. Immediately on the conclusion of the Sheriff's speech the covering was slowly raised, and exposed to the view of an admiring public one of the most wonderful a° beautiful pieces of sculpture which has ever adorned an) city. Amidst the surprise and cheering elicited by t he sight of this noble statue, a park of artillery kept thee* dering away in Bell's Park, with mighty eff e ct. 113 0 , e military then marched pa s t w ith t h e i r b an d s plaYl " See the conquering hero c omes ," b u t t h ousa nds n people lingered on the gro un d, anxious to get a g liwPi e of this magnificent statue. Amongst the company we observed Lady Belhave n ; Sir Thomas Wilde, late Solicit or -G enera l, Si r Jame s Campbell, Mr. Wilde, and a host of others. Letters of regret and apology for non • at t e ndall were received from the Duke o f H am il ton t h e Margot of Douglas, the Earl of Glasgow, the Ear; of Eglintoet Lord Belhavt.m, General Darroch, &c. Immediately after the ad.lress of the Sheriff, v, ra Provost LUDISDEN, at the request of the Select Coal inittee, made a few observ a ti ons , w hi c h were l ou dly 0 1: 1 plauded. His Lord s hip o b serve d t h at t h e ass emble d thousands of his fallow citizens, while that day adeairi n i the splendid specimen of art which had just been exrs to to view, and which he hoped was destined for ages o adorn our city, w ou ld nu t d eem i t too muc h t o give o f expression of their admiration of the eminent scuill d , who had displayed suc h grea t acqu i rements . His Lo rd ship then, amidst loud a ppl ause , propose d th re e ch,e: A for the Bar o n, w hi c h were g i ven w i t h no or di nar y o' - '" and tremendous applause. Amidst the bustle and anxiety which prevailed ito nle ; diately after th e i naugurat i on to get a peep at t he st 3tn i we must be excused, in the mean time, for the followle rather meagre description : THE STATUE. ' O S The pedestal, which is of Peterhead granite, and a half feet high. On this the statue is Pi 5 i of resting on a flour of bronze. The horse is the "'L i ne a bold and masterly hand. Th e an i ma l h as just Zoe to a state of repose, and seems as if listening t°. : t o distant sound. The head i s th at o f an Arab, wlt'witb broad forehead and wide nost r il s , an d i s standiogr-eias fore feet a little in advance, in an easy posture, th e o r a lying slack. The .position of the D u k e is th* ta ken General reviewing his troops. Th e lik en ess Ls, art ist when the Duke was in the prime of lif e , a nd the has avoided the very general fault of caricte G r ace's features. The likenes s h as b een d ec l are d by " 115 A re asea brother, Lord Cowley, t o b oper f ect . Th e h er o Is ",, e ' a rit in the full uniform of Fi e ld-M ars h a l, wi th hi s diner':i i , orders, the whole being most lifelike and beautift" executed. TILE BAS RELIEFS. These are the most wonderful pictures we have er er had the fortune to look upon. They are placed on the south and north sides of the pedestal, and represent tt`f first and last victories of the Duke, namely, th at er: ' Assaye, fought on th e 23 d of September, 1803, and " t terloo, on the 18th of Julie, 1815. The scene t o th e l e f t of the relief, in the victory t°( Assaye, rep resents t h e submission of the native chief. °a Colonel Wellesley, and it is portrayed with a force Ir e , tt truthfuln ess f ur a b ove a l l the praise which we ca n u l a stow. The d ogge d submission of the conquere d ° is chief, as he slowly moves forward to do obeisannet,bo inimitable. lie seems most unwilling to go through humiliating task, although one of his own officers ere whispering the necessity o f th e case i n hi s ea r. T u t he is likewise the figure of a Highl an d so ldi er , leading o ff horse of a captive Prince, and one o f W aki ellingt introducing him—very fine, especially the c ountentiip of the Highlander. Colon e l W e ll es l e y i s re present e d the middle of the bas relief on a beautiful steek a ;i r , holding up his hand, in th e ac t o f rece i v i ng the sur tt le. sion. The right side of the pi c t ure re p resen t s the bb de, In the foreground are two h ors , s , i n s t rong re lief, ur 0 0 ing a piece of artillery on a carriage ; and this seer °s ol easy task. The driver is flogging the off horse , b y spurring the near one at th e same ti me , throwing l iog body well bask, and the animals are evid ntly strugg with all their power to get the gun out of the diffi l eti Behiiid the gun the t roo p s are seen to advance, ie„dgli, by an officer carryi ng a fl ag , an d cheering, The "rose ground is, of cour se , ent i re l y A s i at i c, with 0°6,14 minarets, &c. We feel it quite imp..a able to do anY,;ol' like justice t o thi s sect i on o f t h e monument. New "0' ties arise a s we gaze upon i t , and se should not h, r e b - e re prised to learn t iat it is unequalled in Europe. will be plenty of time to study it in time coming. TEE BATTLE OF WATERLOO r ffs' Here we have a rep resen t at i on o f t h e Ch urc h 0 f t he terloo, to the left, with Hougomont, in flames, in ` distance, broken gun s an d carr i ages , & c. Th e Ill h g • seized upon i s s u pp ose d t o b e t h at w h en the 6 041 °". was ordered, and when the Duke is said to ho /e r t he claimed, " Up. Guard s , an d at 'ern I" A party ° f tee , Guards are in advanc e , w i t h t h e D u k e i n the c e 7, of mounted and wearing a m ilit ary c l oa k . The Marcliiher, Anglesey (a very fi ne lik eness ) , L or d , Hi ll, and 010 officer, all mounted, follow behind, .in a groPig' , e likenesses here are e xce ll en t, an d a l so thp horso* . alri s * presented in acti o n, w i t h t h e greatest skill. There 'col' dying soldier attendpd by a surgeon, and tro c ror lowing behind, Thi s i s a l so a most a ff ect i ng an - terly group. f The small bas re li e f s on t h e east an d west en ds o t he pedestal repre sen t t h e so ldi er ' s return. The fathe- r liii seen sitting in his arm-chair, by the fireside, re ading All Bible, and the wif e i s fl y i ng to meet her hiist)and o ;0 01 , uplifted hands, in t o k en o f joyful surprise, its the but honest soldi e r" o p ens Use door, This is OPO'O touching piece, and tells its t a l e lik e one of pictures. b tlli The other represents peace and agriculture, wit soldier at th e pl oug h, a f ter all his labours, 0114 r-of having saved hi s coun t ry f rom the inroads o f the ('e The plough horse s are excee di ng l y f i ne. Th e desn of the artist in this picture seems to be the cultivatioo to peaceful occupations, as the final and best concluii°oe. war's alarms ; and he has certainly succeeded to t1.20e, BIRTHS. ; t o , l! On the 22d of April, at T',., - ; - 4:ston, Van pipman ,• 1 0 iee' t the wife of Captain John Snodgrass of the }46th goo,. of a Oa the 20th of August, at Parama r ib o , SgrinaM, urly of F.,dward Windham; liarringion Scbenley, Esq., her nic Majesty's Commissioner, of a daughter. f t 'S On the Bth inst., the wife of Mr. Jos e ph Snelling, o Mary Cray, of twins, sons. et ' ile On the Bth inst., the wife of the Rey. J. M. Sumps", . of' North Waltham, of a daughter still born: iv' o„ ji li 5,±!! in in Clifton-place, the lady of Fre .- Trower, F.K., of a daughter. -- el , a , Rth inst. .t Upton,the widow of the late Wi l l i t-iti pi.; , -,,,. ~ , .... ,e4e st , o4s -Pr,y, g sq., a 4 iiiitigmm I MARRIED, , Albe A On the Ist inst„ at Bruetz, Mecklenburg Schwerin, A l bw Fredertak Christopher, second son of Hofrath Pr. o l Dahlmann, of Wismar, to Adelaide, y ounger daught e r A. Levy, Esq. of Upper Gower-street. On the Bthinst., at Cheltenham, George French , coin's Inn, Esq., barrister-at-law, to Emma, young?t ter of the late Robert Law, Esq., of Laurist9pi 1 . • iPI• At On the 19th of June, at ydnoy, Francis Kemble , , V „iit"- - On the 14th of September last, a t Z an t e , Deputy•l"" . Commissary-General Tennant. O)% l P i. On the Ist inst., Mr. P. Nappi, o f N ewman -street, - atig htOr street. o f (- tt le file ate ~, o int. , - - On the 4th inst., Lieutenant John Lewis, 48th D c e p is. „i• i i d e t , Tr o t , , l o a r t g C e llf i t a o i n e7n G cti e o o , rgiann, youngert 4 1 Mndres Native Infantry, only son of Rear-Admiral 1A.," Oa the sth inst., at Great Malvern, 'William .With , ei? 1 Worcester, aged 79. e ph $ ll On the 7th inst., Ch ar l o tt e , th e w if e o f Mr. J°s-- 09 ing, of St. Mary Cray. Air• On the 7th inst ,at St. Vincent-place, City r oad, 0, L. Andrews. aged 68. 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