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

Wel= POISONS—THEIR TESTS AND ANTIDOTES. At the Royal Polytechnic Institution, on Tuesday, Dr. Ryan delivered a lecture upon the important subject of poisons, mineral, vegetable, and animal—and the various modes of discovering their presence and of counteracting their effects in an animal body. He observed, that it was in the highest degree desirable that some knowledge of poisons, and the signs of their presence, should be pos sessed by every person who might be called upon to give evidence, or deliver judgment, as to the guilt or innocence of a fellow-subject accused of committing murder by the most common and insidious means. Having explained, in a popular manner, and illustrated by simple experi ments, the principles of chemical analysis, especially the formation of precipitates, by the colour of which the material held in solution is detected, the lecturer chose arsenic as his first subject, on account of its extensive use. He exhibited specimens in the solid form, and con demned the imprudence of selling, in the public shops, without any precaution, so deadly a substance, which, from its colour and appearance, might be mixed, without detection, in flour, arrow-root, and other innocuous white powders, from which, when separate, it is dis tinguishable only by the weight. There was a means of rendering arsenic easily distinguishable without im pairing its utility in the arts or its efficacy in the de struction of vermin. If three or four per cent. of prus siate of potass and sulphate of iron be added, when placed upon chalk, a blue colour will indicate the pre sence of arsenic. This we understood him to recommend as a precaution in the public sale of the drug. But as a test to discover its presence amongst other substances, Marsh's test properly applied would discover the five thousandth part of it. At considerable length, and by various beautiful experiments, he pointed out the falla cies of the liquid tests, which wore too much relied on, and often too loosely applied. Zinc and sulphuric acid both contained arsenic, and unless the chemist were very careful in applying them he might place the life of an inno cent fellow-creature injeopardy. This risk might be avoided by taking sufficient care to secure the purity of.the tests themselves. Here he mentioned incidentally that pure water in passing through lead pipes becomes impregnated with a powerful poison, the cirbonic acid evolved from the water combining with the lead to form carbonate of lead. This combination does not so readily take place when the water is impure, encrustations forming on the surface of the pipes and preventing the contact of the water with the lead. Dr. Ryan then illustrated the falla cies to which the hydro sulphuric acid may lead. The experiment was very interesting, and elicited much ap plause. On the table were placed six glasses, each containing a perfectly colourless fluid. The first contained an arsenical solution ; the second antimony in solution, the third .cadmium metal found in small quantities with zinc), the fourth tin, the fifth selenium, and the sixth zinc. To each of those in succession' a few drops of hydro-sulphuric acid were added, and the effect was such as ought to warn the inexperienced analyst against giving too positive an opinion upon the faith of his tests. The acid with the arsenic produced a bright yellow, the orpiment of the shops. With the antimony, the compound was nearly of the same colour, only rather more orange, but easily mistaken for the former, when not compared with it in juxta-position, unless the observer have a very exact memory of colours. The four remainine , compounds were so nearly of the same colour, that where the quantities are very small, any of the five might be mistaken for an arsenical compound, unless by a person ofvery rare experience and accurate eye. Fatal error in such a case might be avoided by adding ammonia when the arsenic, if present in the precipitate. would be re-dissolved. It would exceed our limits to follow the learned Professor *rough the details of this highly valuable discourse, but we will content ourselves with giving his account of the antidote m st to be relied upon in cases of poisoning by arsenic. It is the hydrate peroxide of iron, which is formed by boiling a solution of copperas in nitric acid, and adding ammonia, when the peroxide is precipitated. This combines immediately with the arsenious acid in the stomach, and forms a neutral salt, which is in- This course of lectures commenced with arsenic, because that poison is the most easily obtained, and the must frequently resorted to for the purpose of suicide or do mestic murder ; and whilst it is of importance to discover its actual presence, it is also important to guard against presuming its discovery where it is not. The next sub ject will be that of prussic acid, the antidotes to which formidable poison are much more accessible than that for arsenic. LITERATURE. NE IV QUARTERLY REVIEW. No. VIII. Smith and Elder, London, 1844. There is an elaborate article in the present Number of this new quarterly periodical on the subject of the celebrated German author, Werner, whom the -Re viewer regards as one of the greatest geniuses that his country ever produced; and alluding incidentally to his infidelity, accounts for it by the fact that, for the last seventy or eighty yeani, free-thinking has in too many instances possessed itself of ',4erman schools and universities, and planted the germs of doubt and unbelief in young minds atAhe season when they were most open to all e - ifernal influences. In the course of his criticism, the author gives translations of .portions of some of Werner's best dramatic poems, which certainly go far to bear out his assertion that he was a man of high and rare powers of imagination. In the notice of a recently published work, entitled " Revelations of Russia," which has attracted public attention.in no ordinary degree, the daily press of the metropolis is taken to task for having lavished so much flattery on the Emperor Nicholas when he last visited this country in the spring. We were not aware that the press was liable to this charge. On the con trary, to the best of our recollection, it studiously re frained from any obsequious flattery of his Imperial Majesty ; and merely expressed a wish that English,. men would receive him with cold and decent respect, instead -of hooting him from the country. At any rate, The Sun carefully abstained from paying any fulsome "compliments to the Czar, for it could not • forget his tyrannical conduct to the Poles, whom •he had first goaded into rebellion by the severity of his government, and then punished for not submitting, like abject slaves, to their Lard lot; and still less could it forget his unprincipled attempts to bring Circa.s.sia under his domination, a country to whose possession Le has not the shadow of a claim. In the essay on the " Sate of Portugal," the Reviewer justly remarks that fie crying evil of that kingdoin.—the cause which has prevented the development of her many valuable resources and which has been alone su fficient to keep her behind other countries, has been the want of communication between different parts of the kingdom.. Of the few remaining articles,- the one which at the present season will be found most accept able to the generality of readers is that "On the Present State of Morocco." ACTION AGAINST THE PRINCE OF LEININGEN.— Cowitlerable excitement is at presentcaused at Mayence, by a trial which is to be brought before the correctional police in that city, at the opening of their sittings on the Ist of November. The party inculpated in the affair is a member of a former reigning family in Germany, is related to several Royal families, and also closely allied to the Royal family of England, being the young Prince of Leining me. In the course of last month, while the drawbridee of the Rhine was raised for the purpose of various vessels passing, the-Prince of Leiningen crossed that river in a boat, and on rending, the wife 0 the toll keeper of the drawbridge, who in the absence of her husband was charged to receive the toile, demanded sneireiT the Prince, who, according to the established custom for persons passing the river in a boat„ under similar circumstances, was entitled to pay it. The Prince refused, on the ground of not having crossed the bridge. The trill-keeper's wife insisted on her right of having the toll, upon which an animated altercation arose between them, and in the heat of the moment the young Priem , raised his walking stick and aimed a blow at the woman, which, unfortunately, fell on her breast, from the effects of which she fainted. On recovering slikeinamediately lodged a complaint to the authorities, and the Prince was arrested the same day, but in the course of the evenirg was liberated on bail. The Vice. eldv , .rnor of Mayence, uncle of the Prince, and - Various members of his faissily, as' well as his friends, have of fered considerable sums of money to the plaintiff to fbrego the pr isecution, but the woman has pertinaciously sewed all and every offer of compromise, and insists on the Prince being tried for the offence, which causes some annoyance to the rely ives and friends of the defendant, the Levis in such cases being rather severe. INCENDIARY FIRES AT WEST BERGHOLT.- 7 lt iS With the most painful regret we have to announce that the spirit of incendiarism has again manifested itself it this neighbourhood. About twelve o'clock on Saturday night last, an outbuilding upon the farm homestead of Mr. Bradbrook; at West Bergholt, about three miles from Colchsster, was discovered to be on fire. An alarm was instantly given throughout the neighbourhood, and a number of the inhabitants and labourers were soon 01: the spot, and rendered every assistance; and there being a plentiful supply of water, the flames were happily got under before the arrival of the engine from Colchester. At the ssme instant, a fire was seen at a distance of about hell- a-mile, which proved to be at the off-hand farm also occupied by Mr. Bradbrook. A barn was discovered tt be in flames, which burnt with determined, fury, and defied the 'exertions of the firemen, and the whole was consumed. The damage is .estimated about 3001. Mr Rradbrook is fortunately covered by insurance in the Essex Equitable office. This is the fourth instance withiu the last three years of Mr. Bradbrook's propert, being attacked and consumed in a similar manner. Then has been no less than nine incendiary fires in that neigh boUrhood within the same period, and only in one in stance has the delinquent been discovered and brought to justice. Mr. Bradbroolt is highly respected as a gooc . neighbour and kind master. Therefore nothing but the vilest spirit can have actuated the perpetrator of at diale.lieal an act. —lpswich Express. MILITARY SAVINGS BANKS By a return made during the late session of Parliament it appears that ill to March last one hundred .and eight military saving: banks had been established 'under the Act sth e and 6tf• Victoria, c. 71. The total amount deposited by soldier: to the period mentioned was 15,002/. 19s. 6Ad. ; the -amount withdrawn was 3031. Os. 50. •, the interes. a ll ow ed 98/. 16s. 3d. ; and the number of depositors wet: 1.840. The officers commandin g troops and companie. are to 'receive the savings, and t o apply them in the pub rie:‘,., e aervice. The interest to be allowed shall be 3/. 15s ~.., 4 ' t , 14 Ertoipum of a soldier's deposit in one year tots c not in the whole. By the Act o f l ast sess i oi Z o eneral savings h,nh the establish ments h a y, d - -2, opa g , I kianged let ay to depositors a suns far below th e suit e e e f -teeiaebe allow to soldiers, and at present it is understoot . -- I ` , - VicAlatitericllitirtyation has been made as to military sa v in g: -. . -- 1 - 4SikktltA,, METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE. The following instructions and orders have been issued from time to time to the New Police by the Home Secretary and the Police Commissioners. They are in general deserving of praise, and, were they faithfully obeyed, we should hear fewer com plaints against that body. They are taken from a useful publication, entitled " The Police and Con stabulary List" for October, 1844 : EXTRACTS FROM INSTRUCTIONS. POLICE CONSTABLE. Every police constable in the force may hope to rise by activity, intelligence, and good conduct, to the supe rior stations. Ile must make it his study to recommend himself to notice by a diligent discharge of his duties, and strict obedience to the commands of his superiors, recollecting, that he who has been accustomed to submit to discipline will be considered best qualified to com- mand. lie will devote the whole of his 'time and abilities to the service. He is at all times to appear neat in his per son, and correctly dressed in his established uniform ; his demeanour must always be respectful towards bis officers. lie should clearly understand what powers are given to him by law for the efficient execution of his duties. For this purpose, he is recommended to read carefully the instructions given to him respecting the general du ies of a constable. On no pretence shall he enter any public-house, except in the immediate execution of his duty : such a breach of positive order will not be excused : the publican him self is subject to a severe fine fot allowing him to remain in his house. No liquor of any sort shall be taken from a publican tvithout paying for it at the time. If during the tour of his• duty he observes in the street anything likely to produce danger or public incon venience, or anything which seems to him irregular and offensive, he must report it to the sergeant. Ile will b? civil and attentive to all persons, of every rank and class ; insolerlce or .incivility will not be passed over. While on duty, he must not enter into conversation with any one, except on matters relating to his duty. - lie must be particularly cautious not to interfere idly or unnecessarily ; when required to act, he will do so with decision and Maness ; on all occasions he may ex pect to receive the fullest support in the proper exercise of his authority. lie must remember that there is no qualification more indispensable to a police-officer than a perfect command of temper, n ever suffering himself to be moved in t he ligtitest degree by any language or thereats that may be used ; if he do his duty in a quiet and determined manner, such conduct will probably induce well-disposed by-standers to assist him, should he require it. In case of a fire taking place, the constable at the spot will give immediate alarm, by springing his rattle ; be should, as soon as possible, send information to the divi sion station, and, until the arrival of some superior officer, from whom he may receive further orders, he will exert himself in any way likely to be most useful, as. in keeping the space near the spot clear, assisting in remov ing property, sending for a police force from the nearest section residences, giving notice to the fire-offices, en gine-keepers, turncocks, &c. No man who is any great distance from the fire should leave his beat ; as depre dators may take advantage of his absence. For his exertions upon these or any other extraordi nary occasions, the commissioners may recommend him to the Secretary of State for a reward ; but on no pre tence shall he receive a gratuity from any person for anything relating to his duty ; this will always be visited with immediate dismissal. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 10, 1844, forage, for which, when a horse is necessary, a separate allowance should be made: — The chief constable's pay is to be not less than 250/. or more than 500/. a year. The superintendent's pay not less than 751. or more than 1501. The inspector's pay not less than 651. or more than 120/. a year. The weekly pay of the sergeant is to be not less than 19s. or more than 255. The weekly pay of the constable is to be not less than 15s. or more than 21s. Constables are nut to receive any fees, which, by the 17th section of the 3d and 4th Vict., c. 88, are to be paid to the treasurer of the county; but the above rates of pay are intended to be exclusive of any allowance under the 18th section of the 2d and 3d Vict., c. 93. demonstrate that they are not void of sympathy for those who have hitherto been denied the means of fur nishing themselves with that which is almost an indis pensable requisite for the maintenance of health— a cold or warm bath. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 10i per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31 . 17 s. 10F t, per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 41 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 50, it follows that gold is 0.35 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4341 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1441. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9:1 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at slime being 13 04, it follows that gold bears the same price at both places. We are requested to state, for the information of the Spanish bondholders, that the Committee are daily expect ing a reply to their letter, dated the 19th of August last, forwarded through the Foreign-office. The delay may be accounted for by the absence of Mr. Bulwer from Madrid ; and as the Minister of Finance has in a great measure satisfied the claims of the local creditors, he can scarcely refuse to give his attention to the further liqui dation of the foreign debt. A correspondence between the London and Liverpool Societies for the registration of Bristol and foreign ship • ping has just been printed. The first letter of the series, which is dated last July, is from the Liverpool Society, and represents to the London one, that the time has ar rived for defining more clearly the rules and regulations that relate to the building of new ships, and generally for revising the rules for classification, The London So ciety (Lloyd's) in answering this communication, ad mits the truth of the assertion made on the Liverpool side, that over-production of British shipping since 1838 has partly caused the depression under which this inte rest is labouring ; but while they profess their willing ness to receive suggestions, they are averse from making alterations in their rules. In a subsequent letter, the Liverpool Society, after several suggestions relative to shipping, make the following observations, which are the most important part of the correspondence : " Experience has convinced• them, that a local com mittee is essential to the public interests of the impor tant port of Liverpool, and to the merchant-shipping, which resort to it, the work of which cannot consistently with those interests be left to the mere reports of the surveyors, owing (with other reasons) to the peculiar regulations of the port and the arrangements of the public graving docks. The underwriters and merchants require this protection no less than the ship-owners. Should these views be adopted, one book of registry would be sufficient, the local committee would super intend the work of this port, and transmit the decisions and surveys to the London committee for publication. The surplus fees, after paying the local expenses, would be transmitted to London also." The answer to this letter is the communication of a resolution passed by the London committee, that no alteration can be made in the fundamental rules of the society. This of course implies that the sug gestion quoted above is not to be adopted, and the Liverpool party publish the correspondence, to show the shipping interest the pains they have taken for their welfare. A correspondent, adverting to the favourable accounts recently transmitted of financial affairs in Portugal, is of opinion that the creditors may now with propriety look for a more rapid increase of the interest on the Con verted Stock, considering that the foreign debt does not exceed 9,486,000/.—a small sum in proportion to the re sources of the country. The interest on this sum at 21 per cent., the rate which Portugal has paid for the last three years, amounts to 237,6501. sterling ; and our let ters from Lisbon state, that by the economical plans of Baron Tojal an annual saving of 118,0001, or half the amount required for interest, has been effected, with every prospect eioua pla plans. fresh Under benefits these o t i o r e b u e m a derived tan e f i r t o i m a n n o e t w u n j u r e d a i sonable for creditors to hope top articipate in the general prosperity. In consequence of the attention which is now paid to this stock, we subjoin the article of the Portuguese decree of the 2d of Nov., 1840, regulating the rate at which the SPIRIT of t h e PUBLIC JOUhNALS. moil THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. STANDARD.--Well, the Tractarians are, we hope, satisfied with the result of yesterday's trial of strength at Oxford; they challenged the trial, and they have been beaten by a majority of somewhere about four to one. They cannot pretend that they had not every qollateral advantage in the contest. They chose their own time and their own battle-field; and undoubtedly the time was well selected—a season when so many of the out-voters were known to be at a sufficient distance to secure their absence on the day of POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) BOW-STREET. A young man, who gave his name as Henrich Spurt; was brought before Mr. Jardine, charged with assaulting a police-officer in the station-house, at Bow-street. The prisoner intimated by signs, that he could not speak English. The officer stated, that about a week ago, the prisoner was convicted of assaulting an officer, and Mr. Hall Fentenced him to pay six shillings, or be imprisoned for five days, He was accordingly sent to prison. Yesterday he came to the station-house ' and intimated that he wanted to see the inspector. He was taken into the station-house, and from his gesticulations and words in broken English that he uttered, it appeared, that he believed, that having served the five days' im prisonment he was entitled to the fire shillings.— (Laughter.) He gave them to understand, that he had been put to pick oakum, and that for this he was to have the five shillings. They told him that he was not en titl4'd to it, and he immediately struck the officer. Mr. JARDINE (to the prisoner)—Where do you come from ? Prisoner—Five shelling.—(Laughter.) Mr. JARDINE—Oh, you can speak better English than that, for you spoke to me in the street yesterday. I be lieve you are an imposter. The prisoner made signs that he had been set to pick oakum. battle, but when the corps of the Tractarian party, Con sisting, we are sorry to say, for the most part of resi dent private tutors and other resident members of the University, were upon the spot. Had the contest been delayed a month, there is little doubt that the majority would have been more near to eight to one thaa four to one. An attempt is made to palliate the disgrace of yesterday's defeat by a reference to the mock defection of Doctor Hook. This stratagem, however, will not avail. Doctor Hook's detection was but a mockery, designed in part, no doubt, to serve this very purpose of palliating the defeat which the Reverend Doctor inadvertently con fessed to be inevitable, when he wrote his silly letter, principally designed, however, to disarm the vigilance of the orthodox members of Con• vocation, by creating an opinion that there would be no contest ; and, to some extent, this manoeuvre succeeded. So lately as on Monday night, we were assured by a dignitary of the Church—zan upright and sensible man, of sound principles—Ahat all idea of opposing Dr. Symons had been abandoned, and that the Tracta rians had beaten the chamade in Dr. Hook's letter. Mr. JARDINE—WeII, I shall send you to prison again for five days, and in the meantime I will make inquiries about you. Prisoner—Me five shelling. He held out his hand for the money ; but the gaoler removed him from the Court, and he was sent to enter into another engagement to pick oakum. He is a Dutchman, it seems. The gentleman in question did not go to Oxford yesterday, and we have little doubt that Dr. Hook's letter operated to prevent many going to the Con vocation to support Dr. Symons, by creating an impression that the . Tractarians would be re presented only by their leaders, as Dr. Hook said would be the case. There were, however, 183 of them at Oxford, and it rests upon the Tractarians to show that one of their body, ex cept Dr. Hook himself, was absent ; that there was one Ilookite except the Reverend Dr. Hook. Our Tractarian Contemporary, the Times, is sorely puzzled how to treat the Untoward event of yesterday. Our Contemporary has an article upon the subject which we do not pretend to understand, but which we submit to the curious in enigmas. To us it seems to resemble nothing we have ever seen so much as an old engraved diagram of the vortices of Des Cartes, all violent whirl and confusion, without begin ning or end. Here and there, indeed, we pick up, flung off from the maze, a detached sentence that seems to have an independent meaning, for example—" An event most remarkable, we may almost say unprecedented, in the annals of the University, took place yesterday in the Theatre at Oxford. The gentleman who came next by order of rotation for the office of Vice-Chancellor was op posed." The absence of precedent may be true enough, and it is much to the honour of Oxford that it is true, for it proves, first, that the Vice- Chancellors offered have always been unexception able men—secondly, that in the long succession of centuries the members of the Convocation have been uniformly reasonable and just per sons, until Tractarianism corrupted some of them, for any one mad or mischievous member might, by simply calling out two words—" peto scru tinium," at any time raise an opposition, and with &out aa -inucti — prospect of success as the oppo sition was raised yesterday. But though the perverse minority yesterday no doubt departed from precedent, as the perpetrators of new crimes and the movers of new mischiefs always do, and in doing so, earn a certain fame for themselves (vide the case of the Samian in Longinus), the vast majority of the ConvoCation adhered to pre cedent, for they approved of the "gentleman next in rotation, Scc:" What, then, have the Tractarians taken by their motion ? Nothing. that any one of them could not have taken single-handed. 'they have put the gentleman nominated to assert his right, it is true, but only just in the same way in which about every three months some poor madman or mad woman puts Queen Victoria to assert her right, by preferring a claim to the Crown of England. We certainly do not quote what follows as having any independent meaning, or any meaning at all, but as a symptom of the utter bewilderment of our Con temporary—" If the self-elected nominee of a rota tion (!) for centuries is once subjected to the ap proval of the mass of the University, and goes on, notwithstanding, being exactly what he was before—if this fact disappears without leaving any traces whatever ,on the officer who has felt it, it will be remarkable proof of the sterility of the ground on which it has fallen." Shade of Cob bett ! this is " the admirable writing of the Times," eulogised by so many provincial toadies. We confess that we do not remember ever to have read anything like it but the celebrated excursus of Squire Thornhill, in the "Vicar of Wakefield," " Very well," cried the squire, speaking very quick, " the premises being thus settled, I proceed to ob serve that the concatenations of self-existences pro ceeding in a reciprocal duplicate ratio, naturally produce a problematical dialogism, which in some measure proves that the essence of spirituality may be referred to the second predicable." " Hold, hold, cried Moses ;" and hold, hold, cry we. We confess ourselves as completely confounded by the Times, as the parson's son was by the squire. Never theless we thing that the mystic oracle of our Contemporary, in darkness beats poor Goldsmith's jargon hollow. We come back, however, to the realm of daylight, if not of good sense, in the following passage :—" We must remind them (the hebdomadal board, we believe, but are not quite sure) that the office of Vice-Chancellor is, in spits even of the halo of a majority, considerably lowered in dignity by such contests as the present." This, again, may be all true enough, but who is to blame for im pairing the dignity of the Vice- Chancellorship, if not the party provoking the contest by which it is " impaired ?" .Would the dignity of the office have been less lowered had the Tractarians succeeded ? The Times says no, for it is by the contest, not by the event, the lowering is. effected. Here, then, our Tractarian friend confesses that the Tractarians have been lowering the dignity of the great executive g4vernor of the University, and lowering it to no practical end. rbe University must be grateful to -them. We will, however, give the Times some con solation from a quarter from which, probably, it expects none. Many who lately thought very ill of the Tractarians, now think less ill of them, and it is this contest which has made the change. Many who believed that the Tracta rians are the pupils and tools of Jesuits think so no longer, for . of a certainty no Jesuits ever did anything so stupid as to embark in a contest like this, in which the Tractarians wantonly plunged— a contest in which their inexorable absurdity has caused them to reject the protection of that eeneral impression, that the peace of the University was best preserved by conniving at their practices—an impres sion to which they owe their permitted existence as members of the University so long—and a contest by which they have set a precedent that must for ever exclude Tractarians, or the abettors of Tractarians, from the office of Vice-Chancellor. No, the Jesuits never trained such blockheads. GLOBE.—Some attention has been directed with in the last few years to the adoption of an improved sanatory system with reference to the dwellings of the less wealthy claSses occupying. large towns. Parks for their recreation have been commenced in Man chester, London, and other extensive congregations of the human family. One of the earliest benefactors to the working classes in this respect was the late Mr. Strutt, of Derby, who set apart for the recrea tion of the inhabitants of that town some twelve or twenty acres (we think it was) as an Arboretum. Magnificent donations have been made towards the proposed Manchester Parks, as large a sum, we per ceive, as twenty. thousand guineas being now sub scribed for that purpose. Another eminent benefac tor of his fellow species in this respect was the late Sir John Ramsden, who has left a large sum by will for the improvement of the borough of Huddersfield. It is only a few months since that extensive baths _were begun in Edinburgh for the comfort of those who are not able to pay dearly for that whole some luxury. The foundation of the new works was laid with all due.pomp, the noble, the dignified, and the wealthy, combining to give eclat to the proceed ings. We are glad to find that London is at length awakening from its slumbers on this point, and that the Lord Mayor, acting on the requisition of some of our most eminent bankers and merchants—amongst whom we find foremost the Governor of the Bank of England, the Rothschilds, Barings, Gurneys, Wi grams, Hoares, _Goldsmiths, &c. &c.—has named an early day for holding a public meeting within the Mansion-house, "for the purpose," as they express it in their requisition, "of promoting the establishment of warm and cold baths and washing-houses for the Labouring classes." We hope a numerous attendance of those whose wealth and public spirit enable and induce them to do good to their fellow-beings will interest is to increase : " Article 5. The interest on the new stock will be pay able half-yearly on the Ist of January and Ist of July each year, at the rate of 2} per cent. per annum from January, 1841, to December, 18 44 ; 'of 3 per ce n t . from 1845.t0 1848 ; of (per cent. from 1649 to 1852 ; of 5 per cent. in the following eight years, from 1853 to 1860; and of 6 per cent. from 1861, as long as may be neces sary for the integral reimbursement of the part of the interest unpaid during the first 12 years, returning af terwards to the rate of 5 per cent. until the stocks lai( be completely redeemed." MIDDLESEX REGISTRATION. (Before Mr. SFIADWELL, Revising Barrister.) In the list of St. Michael le Querne, Mr. James, on behalf of the Liberals, objected to the name of Alfred Sirdefield, whose qualification was described in the lis as " Ditto." It appeared that the list sent by the overseers to the Clerk of the Peace was correct, and that the list affix: d to the church was incorrect. The Revising Barrister therel ire took the register of the previous year. Mr. Payne then contended that the objection of Mr. James would not reach the Claimant on the register, in which his qualificatimi was described as " freehold house," -because Mr. James , had only objected to the claimant on the list in which the qualification was de scribed-as " Ditto." Mr. James said he did not think there was anything in Mr. Payne's answer, as there was sufficient informa tion in the notice of the party that he could either object to The register or to the list. The REVISING BARRISTER said it did not signify whe ther the objection was taken to the list of voters or to the register, for the objector had the power of objecting to either on the same objection.: Mr. Payne not being able to prove the claimants' quali fication, the name was expunged. In the parish of St. :Swithin, London -town, Mr. Cop pock objected to the name of John Rogers. It appeared that John Rogers, the elder, who was on the list since 1832, died, and his son, also called John Rogers, made a verbal application to have his name inserted in the list, which was done by the overseers. Mr. Coppock and Mr. James contended that there should be a written claim with the name of the party attached. The REVISING BARRISTER agreed that there ought to be a written claim, but as the overseers for whose pro tection that written claim was required, were satisfied with a verbal one, he did not think he ought to expunge the name.—The name was accordingly retained. There were 53 objections taken to-day by the Liberals. They sustained 42 and failed in 11. By the Conserva tives 19 objections, out of which they sustained 13, and failed in 6 ; thus leaving a majority on the day of 29 to the Liberals. O s es n(,)fboththe d c ay o s ur h t t e e L on ib e e iu ra d l e s i ob s t h a c i r n t e i d y aamftear j or T it h y e of b l u 9 si l n . one o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. to. (Before Sir C. F. WILLIAMS.) IN THE MATTER OF BENJAMIN CARPENTER: The insolvent, a licensed victualler, formerly of Saf frCin-hill, but lately a prisoner in the Queen's Bench, 'welled by his attorney for his interim order. On his name bein called, the attorney stated that he wai not then in attendance. Sir C. WILLIAMS said he feared it was another of the cases . of insolvents' getting out of prison on filing a peti tion in that Court, and who, the moment they were free, absconded, and left the creditors to do the best they might. Such cases were, unfortunately, too frequent ,• and the case with which such fraud could be committed was so m. estrous, that something must be done, and that immediately, to correct it. Mr. STURGEON observed, that considering the exten sive gaol delivery which had taken place such instances were comparatively few. Mr. Bucuatirterr, who attended for the creditors, prayed that the insolvent's petition should be dismissed. One of his clients was a detaining creditor, and were it not for that Court the insolvent would now have been safe in the Queen's Prison. Sir C. WILLIAMS decided that the insolvent should have half an hour allowed him, and at the end of that period he entered the Court. On being examined by Mr. BUCHANNAN, be stated that the debts on his schedule were 2961. ; that a sum of 5L 15s. 2d. for costs upon a debt was not inserted ; that a debt of 1201. to Messrs. Meux, the brewers, was in a former schedule inserted at between 3001. and 400/. Sir C. WILLIAMS—Stop, stop. How comes that dif ference ? Insolvent—The attorney told me to put far more than the real debt in the schedule. Sir C. WILLIAMS said that proved that the business of that Court ought to be transacted by respectable par ties. He was determined to put down the pettifogging system which was now occasionally brought to light. Mr. BUCHANNAN would not trouble the Court further, as its jurisdiction in this case did not apply to debts over 3001. The petition, after a severe admonition to the insol vent, and to a friend whom he had often consulted in court (an attorney's clerk), was dismissed. _ . -- -- -- to his crime, and was sentenced to one months' imprison- of the Act. In respect to the appellant in the case I MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDAY . )• ment with hard labour. I wherein he was concerned, the simple question, and --op-- A number of other prisoners were tried and found indeed he believed the same question would arise in all ; CORN-EXCHANGE. guilty of stealing various small articles ranging in value other cases was, whether there had been a sufficient Since Monday very little Engli 4 b Wheat has come t , ( 1 ) from 2d. to id., and pleaded a like excuse for their visiting of prostitutes in the house to bring the owner ;hand, and the show o f sam pl es was c onsequently srna' offences. within the operation of the Act, and so render him liable Fine (pantie, sold steadily at frill Inci , S. In other kinds. James Connelly, a young fellow of desperate appear- to the penalty. The appellant here was William , len, s'QrY little i' a< doing. Foreign W beat sold sitiwlYi ye t d ance, was indicted for stealing a violin, the property of the landlord of the Yorkshire Stingo, in the New-r,,,,,. the (fools' ion , were supported. rl a r!,. N . a nd Malt tri''v c John Archibald Morrison. i That person had a theatre upon his premises, 'out the off sl,,cly at lute rates. Oars, From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner present offence had no connexion therewith. The cluie ii , dear. walked boldly in the day light into the shop of the pro- appellant had been convicted of having allowed prosti- • F secutor, took up the article, with which he attempted to totes and persons of disorderly character to drink in his • xgliih ! make his escape by rushing past the shopman, but was house — against that conviction he appeale d . Irish. . stopped after a desperate struggle. The Learned JUDGE said that, looking at the g rea t Foreign l . )-.en s, and Mess were The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty, constitutional principle of this country, which said that when a previous conviction having been read against him, I a man should not be subject to be twice convicted for The ASSISTANT JUDGE said the prisoner was too no- i the same offence, and therefore liable to two pi-nalties, torious and dangerous a character to remain in this he had no hesitation in giving it as his opinion that a country any longer, and the sentence of the Court there- licensed victualler did not come within the operate to of fore was, that he b transported for s( ven years. this Act. It was quite clear that the licensed victualler The prisoner on Ewing r e moved from the bar, touched i was amenable to the LLenied Viotnallers' .'c; f, , r any his forelock, and bowing to the Bench said, " Thank infringement of its provilons, and the f.ta of 'n,tri)our you, my Lord." ing disorderly characters was one of titose violations f ,r which the party was liable to punishment. The. plain object of this Police Act was, that it should ex(end to, and therefore operate upon, " other houses of public re sort," not that it should extend to lic-nsid victuallers, whose violations of the law were previously pr ,vi(kci for. The words "other houses of public resort. were used • in contradistinction to those of " licensed victu..ll(.rs." Upon the principle, therefore, that a man should not be twice punished fir the same offence, he should hold that a licensed victualler did not cum, within the operation of this clause of the Act of Parliament. The conviction, therefore, must be quashed. The other convictions of a similar character were then ordered to be quashed upon the same grounds. Wheat. tqo qrs. ARRIVALS. riftuf 133 J, 1 „7q . n. i 1 . 210 I 16,5 !I:I Malt. 8:o aia VITIEVETIZCZ:APEX... Ye had only a mo,.ertre supply of .Mica' un salt', yet the dernali•l a a:: :s v. r, sta!, , ra tr,m 44 to 3s 4 . 'Mutual. 95 ut , to :Is 8i ; Veal. 35 4,1 to 4s 40 ; ard Prk '2 l . o. '4 l V) 3 10 , i 811,s. by th,, ,;,teas-. IRELAND. RUMOURED RESIGNATION OF LORD HEYTESBURY. DUBLIN, OCT. 7.—lt is very generally stated that Lord Ileytesbury, in consequence of the domestic dfliction under which he is now suffering, has determined to re sign the high and important office to which he ha been so recently appointed. It is understood that his Excel lency, on the outset, had been very reluctant to under take the duties of Viceroy in this country, and that it was only on the earnest solicitation of Sir Robert Peel that he accepted the office. It' Lord Heytesbury should resign, the selection of his successor, under present circumstances, would be a work of no ordinary difficulty. His recent reply to the Re tnonstrant Synod of Ulster, and, indeed, other evidences of the tendency of his opinions, prove that he was dis p,:sed earnestly to attempt a change of policy in Ireland: We noticed last week a Tory rumour—an utterly ab surd speculation—that Lord Ellenborough is to be sent to Ireland us Lord Lientenant. It is curious that several military officers in Dublin are to-day repeating the re port, which they appear to believe. MR. O'CONNELL. We have today seen a letter from Derrynane Abbey, dated on Friday evening. Mr. O'Connell never was in better health. His pack of beagles are in prime condi tion. The Hun. and Learned Gentleman hunted them on Thursday, amidst his native hills, and enjoyed a fine day's sport. BALLINASLOE FAIR. The sheep fair closes on Saturday. Wedders were slightly reduced, but ewes maintained the advance of the previous day, from 3s. to 4s. per head. The entire number of sheep sold on Friday and Saturday was 61,859. The number sold was 8,45. Total, 70,404. Altogether, the sheep fair was a remunerating one to the breeders. The black cattle fair commenced this day. A reduction of prices is anticipated. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. The usual weekly meeting of the Association was held this day in the Conciliation Hall. The Hon. G. H. Hutchinson in the chair. tit )P INT i•,;N (' E. (From the Muitlstlnte Journal.) MAIDSTONE l'he hoppi..g , W he said t 0 he br,•uv.ht, to a close, soice toe few Troitieis where p:cking is s'il: fining ~ti ii ms hed ‘iithin day or two. Mr. E•lis' , .Intiiti• 1:s re all c leared last ek, an.l hi , arm of koi rs, a .eounting r° • nearly 2,000, pail ~ 11 and d;sei!acg-d. From very y. careful and extensive iiiquiry we feel gait, warrant 2 l . in sayitig :hat this disf,ric!, as a whole, including 0., : Kent generally, from which it roust be rememberen the duty is this year al mo• t entirely made LW, h as fallen sflor!. its e.stimated Fo•lutp ; in many instances, the crop being one-thrd, aid in others we coula name full one-half below what was confidently Col' culated on. Many instances have been reported to• us where; instead of six bags per acre, only four ha ve been realised—where seven were looked for, only fiv., have been got—in another case a growth laid at ni nety ': bags produced only sixty, and so forth. It stands t° , reason that the duty must yet come down, and tin",,' prices ought to go up. FARLEIGII.—Picking is over, and we have evert . reason to be satisfied with the result. lluNToN.—Our picking will he completed i n s ! day or two. We are not so well off as our ne i g h" ; bours as to quantity, but our quality is excellent. LINTON.—We have finished picking here with 0,73. exception, and we may fairly challenge the w ho ' county for the quality of our samples. MARDEN.—The plantations in this parish ini v : • varied much in their yield, a large portion cool ie s"' extremely short. TONBRIDGE.—Our plantations are now nea ri t cleared; the sample is excellent, and will, we trus t ?, .cotnpensate for any deficiency in quantity. SEVENOAKS.—The picking in this neighbourhona is now done, and most of the growers Wive:. weighed off. In taking a view of the past seast will reference to the duty, it appears that ti!!' hops generally looked well up to the coming out Ia . bur, when, from some cause which has baffled the re; searches of all the growers in the neigh'oourho od, most serious blight took place from Underrivers the east to the utmost limit of the county westwor,,,,, below the hill, which has so reduced the growth. in many instances they have not been picked at 6 "1 In the more immediate vicinity of Sevenoaks a e I . t Westerham towns the planters have done well, b ut , is computed that not more than 8 cwt. will be rri, average growth. The mould has, as we have b e° stated, made sad havoc, still there are some verl: choice samples left. One gentleman has sold sole d very fine Sevenoaks hops for upwards of 111., 21 , 1 d _ Underrivers (the whole g 1 7 rowth) have realised The opinion is the duty will not exceed 127,000 L. The HON. GENTLEMAN briefly addressed the meeting, dwelling on the absolute necessity there existed for car rying on the registry with vigour •at the approachieg sessions. It would be, he considered, of the utmost im portant that the Irish people should be in such a po . sition as would ettaWe tht m to return, at the next general elec tion such a number of itepeal.rs as would give wei4ht to their party in the II use of Cominteis. Mr. CREAN read the minutes of the last day's pro ceedings, Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL corn cenced the proceed ings of the day by saying that his letters from Derrynane stated that , the Liberator was in the enjoyment of excellent health and epiri's. lbs father had informed him that he had intended to have written to the Association lest wt ek, but he had not been ab!e to get his letter ready ie time for post ; they would. however, have a Ling lever from him next week.—(Cheer , .) The lion. Grencl..inan then an nounced the receipt of several remittances ; amongst them 12/. from Nee. Brunsw!ck, 141. from til tsgow, an.i 51. from the Isle of Man, tr en the ltev. Mr. :lagruth. In reference to the last remittance, he remarked that the bad laws which had been exterminated from every part of the British dominions, seemed to have found shelter in the Isle of Man, fir at that moment there were to be found on the statute books of that island penal laws of the most stringent nature against Roman Catholics. One of those enactments to which he referred imposed the penalty of transportation from the island on any Catholic priest who dared, in the exercise of his ministry, to per form the ceremony of marriage.—(Hear, hear.) He, therefore, considered that the Rev. Gentleman in ques tion was entitled to their warmest acknowledgments for the zeal he had shown on behalf of his country, as he thereby incurred the risk of calling down these penalties on him. Mr. O'NEILL DAUNT handed in 151. from Clonmel, 501. from Ennis, with several other sums, and read various letters which accompanied the remittances. Mr. M. J. O'CoNNELL handed in his usual weekly contributions from the London wards, and stated that the sum of 1,8601. had been subscribed by the Repealers of that city for the present year. The Hon. Gentleman then addressed the meeting on the usual topics in his accustomed strain, and on concluding was loudly cheered. Mr. M. O'CONNELL, in moving a vote of thanks to the Learned Gentleman who conducted gratuitously the late registry in the city of Dublin, on behalf of the re peelers, stated that it was the intention of the Associa tion to carry on the registry with vigour in all parts of the country through the agency of the repeal wardens ; and he had not the slightest doubt but their ultimate hopes would be crowned with success. Mr. O'NEILL DAUNT seconded the motion, and then proceeded at considerable length to review the prospects of this country and its relations with England, He con tended that Sir Robert Peel would attempt to carry out the principle of divide et impera, which had been always acted upon in this country, but he thanked God the popular party were too powerful to allow him to do so. The people of Ireland had set their hearts on a domestic legislature, and were determined to have it. They knew that without an independent Parliament English inter ests would necessarily predominate in the country. Captain Broderick, Mr. Langley (barrister), and Mr. Grattan, M.P., severally addressed the meeting. At the termination of the proceedings, Mr. M. O'Com. NELL announced the rent for the week to be 6301. I ls. lod. CHAS. BIANCONI, Esq.. was then called to the chair, and the usual vote of thanks having been passed to the former chairman, the meeting adjourned. dr: STATE or TRADE.—There was a very good - mand for yarn on Tuesday ; and, as the market was ve .e rt bare of stock, raeher hitg)i r prices were in many 00,, obtain , d, and puecha,ers were desirous of making 0 0 ' tracts :or fware delivery. The g00d,.. market, also , e ., very firm, an 1 full prices were paid for nearly all ne.. scrip ions of cloth.--ltecriDALF. FLANNEL MARE‘.; MONDAY, Oc - r. 7.—There has been another dull mark to-day, demand very lirnitel, and prices ra theewaverl There is the •ame inletivity in the wool marke t ; v pric..s role tin firm. —illitche:ter Guardian. la ell ADVANTAGES OF SAVINGS.—A calculation has been made by the actuary of a savings' bank. by .h:c if the labourer could be prevailed on to save two shal, a week from the ago of twenty to thirty, he wmi d .,i s t enabled, with a trifling assistance, to purchase an a n° "'„f of ten shillin g s a we , k a f te r he arrived at the a g v sixry.—Sevinys' Bunk Circular. T'uBs di* ? A FORTUNATE NlAN.— About one on -- • i morning a geteleman (whose name did not tra ns P ibe in a state of the utmost excitement, went r o a r .' station-house of the M division of police in jay work-bridge-road, and informed the inspector 00 h ot (Mr. Cowling) that he had lost his pocket-book, 13atik contained, b, sides other property, about 26 01 - in or of England notes. Whether he had been robb had left the pocket-book in a cab he was unable ° ed seeded Upon hearing this statement, the inspvctor Pternd e to question the gentleman, who, in reply, av` n i n the at a late hour in the night, he met two vio n se w here Borough, with whom he went to a public-r z od there they had some refreshments ; they relna`ft- gre ed until the house was closed, and it was then a they should adjourn to one of the night-hottSq " t i Darkhouse-lane, Billingsgate. Here he ordered a un,: a tie of wine. After leaving the house, he and tP . ' women walked to the cab-stand opposite to Fishtnoo - where he took a cab, and drove hot Directly after he had • entered his residence he discovered that his pocket-book was missing, tti whether he had left it in the cab, or had been robing of it, he could not say. Upon Inspector Cow l i n ii . hearing the above statement, he asked the aPPl icsli a if he should know the cab again in which b ed had been driven home, when the gentleman rer; he that he should know both the cab end driver. Inspector Cowling then remarked t n d from the lateness of the hour, in all probabilit, the cab had returned to the stand at London-bri% and advised the gentleman to go there, sending w,lhe him a constable. On examining the last Gab o n rank the gentleman at once identified it as the 56 7,, which had conveyed him home, when, calling to the constable, he proceeded, by means of the light the lantern, to examine the interior, and to kia..,ed treme gratification he found his pocket-book j arn lot between the cushions. To remove and open it Was ho ia the work of an instant, when it was found that the W_ou of the money was safe. By what means the pocket-butte came in the position described was a mystery, a s big gentleman had no recollection of removing it out 0' pocket. c o p [A D VERTISEMENT.] —A POOR MAN'S LIFE o' 4 te r BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Jeremiah Laughlin , a Pvw'ith about the quays of Dublin, was afflicted for years irr. shortness of breath, spitting of phlegm, night per s Pi t a, Lions, and general weakness of body, a want of aPr,.;, e r. sick head-ache, besides suffering much from the liana This man was in the second stage of consumption nett not expected to live three months, when he corame n he ir the use of Holloway's wonderful Pills, and by . I I 00,/ means alone he is now as strong, as hale, and as weoins ever he was in his life. Sold (also HellowaY's 2 44, merit) at the Establishment of Professor Hollowail.„ o 4t Strand (where advice may be had gratis) , and by an'l,4, all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the 01 ised world. WILL OF THE LATE MR. 13ECKFORD.—The wil of this celebrated man (whose singular history is wel, known) has been proved at Doctors'-commons. At ten years of age he succeeded to the enormous income of 100,0001. a year. He expended 273,0001. upon Fonthill, which he made a place of unparalleled magnificence. In December, 1842, the greater tower fell, destroying a con siderable part of the mansion, which was rebuilt at great expense. In consequence of excessive expenditure end other circumstances, he sold this property, which was purchased by Mr. Farquhar for 333,000/. ; and Mr. Beckford, with his diminished fortune, retired to Bath. His property has been sworn to as under 80,000/. The will has been proved by the Duchess of Hamilton and Brandon (wife of the Duke of Hamilton), and R. S. White, Esq., solicitor to deceased. He gives to his daughter, the Duchess of Hamilton, the bulk of his pro • perty, and leaves his executor, Mr. White, 5001. He also gives annuities to servants and other persons, and de sires to be buried near Lansdowne Tower. The will is very short. The Gazette of Thursday contains a notice from the Poor-law Commissioners, appointing Samuel Hitch, E,q., to be an Assistant Commissioner for the period of twc nty one days, from the 11th of October, for the purpose of inquiring specially into the condition a nd treatment of the lunatic inmates of the workhouses at Birmingham and Leicester. HARRow ScuooL.—Her Majesty has been pleased to confer upon the Rev. Dr. Wordsworth, Head Masser of this Institution, the prebendal stall in Westminster, vacant by the death of the Venerable Archdeacon Bayley. Two other prebends in Westminster Abbey are vacant, but, according to the regulations of the Ecclesiastical Commission, are not to be filled up. An annual residence of three months being required, Dr. Wordsworth resigns his present post. which, therefore becomes vacant at the end of the present year. The present Head Master has held this important station among the chief leaders of public education since Easter, 1836, his predecessor, Dr. Longley, having been then elevated to the Episcopal bench, and being now Bishop of Ripon. That Right Rev. Prelate had held the office of Head Master of Harrow for seven years, having sue- DIED. 'O O seeded the present Very Rev. the Dean of Peter- his passage to Madras, F rede ji ll ig b On the 23d of July, on borough, Dr. Butler, who had occupied the same posi- youngest son of John 14\ eale, Esq., of Castle-bi, ll ' ser vic,e; lion twenty-four years. - Wycotnbe, a cadet in the Ht.' n. East India Comai At 1.0...: FATAL ACCIDENT.—An account was received on On the 4th of August, at A innednugger, Frederick ~ n ow Wednesday, at the Customhouse, of the death of a Richardson, Esq., assistant-sufgeon to ger, the Hon. Ea.' ' p gentleman named Taylor, holding a high situation in Comany. • Job e On the 12th of August last, at Vangalore, Captain of the Controller-General's office in that establishment, and who had been about thirty-five years in the service Baird, 15th Hussars. Wolf 0 On the 2d inst., at Southborough, Kent, Eliza, W . ~ftli of the Crown, having commenced his duties at the earl age of sixteen. It appears that the body of the unfor- Bengal Army, aged 49. 3' the late Major Gavin Young, Judge Advocate-Goner v inf iPS tunate gentleman was found in the river, somewhere On the 2(1 inst., at Boppard-on-the-Rhine , near Barking-reach, on Sunday last ; and as the whole daughter of D. Lewis, Es q., of Stradey, C a rmartlt_e_Us; res re, v of his apparel was found on the bank, it is supposed On the 3d inst., Sarah, the wife of the Rev. W that he was bathing, and that being seized with the Epping, aged 71. at T eices ter-square, R. Frazer, Es c i' be d ' cramp, or getting too far out of his depth, he was On the 3d Inst., , . c. . y liz s On the 3d inst., at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, ... _ i drowned. He had been to Gravesend for the purpose relict of the late Ralph Arehbould, Esq., aged 76. Oa v of seeing his son, who is an officer on board of an East On the sth inst., at Holloway, Maria 1,1 arg a r et, 1. Indiaman, leave for Ceylon. The melancholy affair has Benjamin Pitts Capper, Esq. 10 caused universal regret, as the deceased gentleman was On the sth inst., in Quality-court, Chancerylane, elite. .f tile i much esteemed throughout the department by 3411 who W r ight, aged 84. ' Dir. -$ were acquainted with him. On the sth inst., at the East India House, lO C SEAL HuNTnta.—On Friday night last, Mr. Cummins, aged 54. , late Richard Tredwen and party, of Padstow, succeeded in On the sth inst., Jane, the eldest daughter of tb Buxton, M.D. killing six seals, in a cavern near Harlyn Bay. rilhe On the 6th inst., Thomas, second son of Mr. Thorn° largest was nine feet long, six feet round, and weighed Est' ham, of Doddington-grove, Kennington, aged 21. , to , a quarter of a ton. Mr. Tredwen killed thur more at (Al the 6th inst., Sarah, the wife of Joseph WW l° the Kline pl ice a short time since, maltitig ton Wltl , lll R Of En lit•ld, Middlesex, aged 80. m.0.th. Seals. in attar neighb.tut hood, have t, ry to .ch .._... inertased of late, and me scarcity of g , oiled fi.ii ~ at tributed to that cause. The large ones contain from seven to nine gallons of oil, and the skins are very beau tiful,— West Briton. BIBTHN ~re p On the 13th of May last, at Karori, near Wellington, Zealand, the lady of Mr. Justice Chapman, of a son. !fo ot On the 25th ult , at the baths of Lucca, the wife a P Cook, Esq. , of a daughter. On the 3d inst., at the Vicarage, Cleobury ivfort.— 8 , Shropshire, the lady of E. M. Moultrie, of the Middle Tenor EsOn q., barrister- at- law, of a son. the sth inst., at Offley Holes, Hitchin, Herts, the of Thomas Pplwell, Esq.. of a son. On the sth o in p bt. e , at Dorking, S urrey, the lady of H est 11 Young, Esq., of a son. a W . On the sth inst., at Springfield, Wandsworth -rosw Henry Aston, of a on, still-horn. On the 6th inst., 'Mrs. W. Chaffers, jun., of a son. ~1011 On the 7th inst., at Bedford-street, Bedford-square, w" of Nathaniel James Whitcombe, Esq., of a BRIE D. -c f rotOr On the 3d inst., at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Ai7.;;,ter ton, by the Rev. George Pocock, LL.B., incumbent N'W.a., of St. Paul's Chapel, St. Marylebone, Franklin Hudson , '7ot . of Alexander-.square, Brompton, to Sarah, eldest daughteton, George Gunthorpe, Esq., of Newington-place, Kensilig Surrey. clpote On the 3d inst., at St. Pancras Church , Alfred nites Field, Esq , surgeon, of Reading , to Eliza Barron', dalig of the late John Lainson, Esq., of Euston-square. D or On the 3d inst., at South Hackney Church, Thous tls . v ing stall Wood, Esq., of Bermondsey , to Isabella , o nl y cur et , child of the late William Wright, Esq., of Thames-street*,jort On the 3d inst., at S.. Mary's, Monmouth , John TMiter Esq., of Ely-place, Holborn, to Anne Leach , eldest clallg of the late Joke Nichc las, Esq., of Poolholm, Monmou t 4 4 . 00„ On the 3d inst., at Norwood-green Church, Willia m u' os Esq., of Gordon-ctreet.. Gordon. square, to Mary, daug the late Joseph Thi*upp, Esq., of Paddington. orr On the sth inst., :11, f".t. George's, Hanover-squar e, Der of King, Esq., of Sout hatopton, to A nn , o nly daugb" the late John Dingle, Esq., of Pimlico. of „.. OUr jig, - LOit4 L lA. • L:unshed by MURVO IsTo. of No. 112,. Strand, Printer, at Th• Sun °Bice', 01 L'e ..s tran d, in the Procifict of the Savoy, h i the Thursday, October 10, 1844. EX TRACTS PROM ORDERS. The commissioners direct that in future the inspectors on duty shall not take into custody any person brought in by a police constable on the vague charge of " ob structing the constable in the execution of his duty." If such charge is to be made, it must be accompanied by a specification of particulars. The commissioners have to draw the attention of the whole force to the frequent recurrence of charges, " ob structing police officers in the performance of their duty ;" the commissioners wish to discourage this prac tice, and expressly state, that the police constable is not authorised to take any one into custody without being able to prove some specific act by which the law has been broken. No constable is justified in depriving any one of his liberty for words only, and language, however violent towards the police constable himself, is not to be noticed ; the constables are particularly cautioned not to answer angrily, or eater into altercation with any per sen while on duty. A constable who allows himself to lie irritated by any language whatsoever, shows that he has not a command of his temper, which is absolutely necessary in an officer invested with such extensive powers by the law. 'The inspectors on duty are to examine strictly all cases of this sort brought .before them, and upon every occasion explain to the constable the necessity of discre don and forbearance in an officer of the law. The com missioners will feel themselves compelled hereafter to punish with the utmost severity any disobeliencaor neglect of this order. The commissioners having received information from various sources, that the constable.; are in the habit, while on duty, of entering into conversation with ser vant-girls and other females, it is necessary to call to the notice of the constables that such conduct is directly contrary to the orders of the 20th of April last ; and if any one should be reported hereafter for misconducting himself in this way, he will be dismissed from the police force. The commissioners perceive, from several cases that have lately come before them, that a proper degree of order is not preserved in the watch or station-houses ; that parties coming there on business have not met with that civility and attention which ought to be shown to every one. It is now ordered, that in future, a police constable shall be posted at the door of the station-house, and he is to answer in the first instance any one who comes there ; if the party has business there, or otherwise wishes it, he is immediately to be shown to the inspector on duty, who will give him the necessary information, or direct him where he is to apply. No one shall be allowed to remain in the station-house, except for the necessary time his business requires ; and the inspector is to be immediately informed, should any one remain contrary to these orders. The commissioners have again to point out to the police constable the impropriety of interfering with per *ens for standing or talking together in the streets. It has appeared in several instances lately, that people who were merely talking together have been desired to " move on ;" and much opposition to the police con stables and bad feeling towards them, has been in conse quence created. The constables are also to recollect upon all occasions, that they are required to execute e t„heir duty with good temper and discretion ; any instance t pf unnecessary violence by them, in striking a party . in their charge, will be severely punished. A constable must not use his staff because the party in his custody is violent in behaviour or language. The constables are not to use language towards parties in their custody cal culated to provoke or offend them ; such conduct often creates a resistance in the party, and a hostile feeling amongst the persons present towards the constable. The constable is always to bear in mind that, in taking any One into custody, he is not justified in doing more than is absolutely necessary for the safe custody of the par ties. whilst he conveys them to the station house. The commissioners take this opportunity of acquaint ing the police force, that they have heard, from several quarters, praise of their conduct at the former levees; and the commissioners wish strongly to impress on their minds the necessity, on all such occasions, of their acting with the utmost temper and forbearance towards all per sons, and giving assistance to all who may require it.; the people should be treated with good humour and civility, and no severity used, except in cases of the tamest necessity. The commissioners think it right again to caution every man in the police force, at a time when an attempt is made to create a strong prejudice against them, that they should do their duty with every possible moderatio# - and forbearance, and that they should not furnish a just ground of complaint against themselves by any mis conduct. This caution is to be understood as applying to all occasions, but particularly to those on shich they are called out in large bodies. It is highly desirable that the constables should not use their truncheons in any manner that msy cause annoyance or irritation, except when absolutely necessary. The prisoners in every place of confinement under the charge of the police are to be visited once every hour ; the cells are to be entered, and a particular observation of each individual made by an officer appointed for that purpose, who is to report to the inspector or officer on duty the state all the prisoners are in. Immediate attention is to be given to any case requiring assistance or medical aid. The commissioners feel it necessary again to call the attention of the inspectors on duty at the station to the orders repeatedly given respecting the treatment of par ties coming on business • to the station-houses. The in spectors may rest assured, that whenever it shall appear that there has been a want of calmness and propriety of manner by them of the utmost civility to all persons, the commissioners will mark by severe punishment their sense of so great misconduct. A constable is not authorised to arrest or assist in ar resting, or to take into custody a person charged with an assault, when the assault was not committed in the pre eence, or within view of the constable ; but if a person has been cut or wounded, and gives into custody the party charged with having cut or wounded him, the constable is authorised to take- the party into his custody, and keep him in safe custody until he can be brought before a magistrate. EXTRACTS anion RULES AND REGULATIONS. SERGEANT OR CONSTABLE. Qualification.—His age must not exceed forty years. He must not be less than five feet seven inches high without his shoes. He must be able to read and write, intelligent and active, and certified to he free from bodily complaint, and of a strong constitution ; and recommended as of irreproachable character and connexions. If a candidate for any of the above offices has been previously employed in any branch of the public service, civil or military, he shall not be eligible for appointment, unless he produces satisfactory testimonials of his con duct in such service ; and a person who has been dis missed from any police, shall not be eligible for appoint ment in any other police force. No person shall be appointed or retained in any of the preceding offices, who shall hold any other office or em ployment for hire or gain (sec. 10, 2 & 3 Viet. cap. 9); or who shall sell or have any interest in the sale of any beer, wine, or spirituous liquors. When vacancies occur in the office of superintendent; inspector, or sergeant, it is desirable that encourage ment should be given to meritorious men serving in the subordinate stations, by their promotion to the higher stations, when they are qualified. Pay.—The following rates of pay are intended to be exclusive of any expenses for the purchase oft horse or MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Before the ASSISTANT JUDGE and a full Bench of Magistrates.) This day being appointed for the trial of felonies or misdemeanor, the Court sat at an earlier hour than usual. The calendar, although numerically heavy, was not marked by any crimes of a serious nature. The number of names which appeared on the calendar was 64, of which 55 were for felonies, and the remainder on charges of misdemeanor. The grand jury having been sworn, The ASSISTANT JUDGE, in addressing the jury upon the usual topics, alluded to the recent junction of the criminal jurisdiction of the Westminster and Clerken well districts, by which a large saving to the county would be effected. Westminster was without a corpo ration, and, comparatively speaking, not a very populous district, and, therefore, he thought, and he was sure the gentlemen of the grand jary would agree with him that the Government had acted wisely in effecting this change with respect to the nature of the cases which would come before them, they were of ordinary nature, and required no comment. Margaret Devine, aged ten .years, and Anne Dobbetts, aged thirteen, who were convicted, at a former sessions, fur stripping children,. were both sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, with hard labour, in the West minster Bridewell. A fine powerful -looking young man named Timothy Little, was found guilty of stealing a pair of scissors of the value of 2d. lie pleaded distress as the incitement EXTENSIVE FIRE, The usually quiet village of Merstham, in Surrey, about twenty miles from London, was on Monday even ing last alarmed in consequence of the outbreak of a fire, of a very destructive character, upon the home farm contiguous to Merstham House, the seat of Sir W. G. H. Joliffe, M.P., for the borough of Petersfield. The first discovery was made by Sir William's gar dener, about ten minutes before eight o'clock, who ob served a large sheet of flame bursting through the roof of the stabling, an extensive stone and brick building. It may here be necessary to state, in order that the reader may correctly understand, that the farm, of which the stables formed a part, is bounded on either side—on the west by the splendid mansion, on the north by the rectory, belonging to the Rev. Mr. Manley, the minister of the parish; on the south by a row of magnificent elm trees; and on the east by the turnpike road. No sooner was the fire perceived, and before sufficient time had elapsed to raise the necessary alarm, than flames were seen breaking through another part of the same building at some distance from where they were first discovered, and separated from it by an extensive stone arch. A long loft passed over the whole, which contained articles of a very inflammable nature, such as hay, straw, &c. Fire once communicated to such combustible commodities, it is unnecessary to state that the progress of the flames be came unusually rapid. In a very brief period the whole pre. seated a fearful aspect; the flames travelled with almost the swiftness of lightning, not leaving sufficient time to save any of the stock contained therein. The picturesque village by half-past eight o'clock was brilliantly illu minated, and vast numbers of the inhabitants from Rei gate and the more distant hamlets were to be seen wending their way towards the desolating scene. From the first, it became apparent that the flames could not be extinguished without the aid of engines, and expresses were therefore dispatched for them to the neighbouring stations. Without delay two excellent working engines arrived, one from Reigate, and the other from the seat of the Countess of Warwick at Gatton. Unfortunately a lack of water retarded their efficiency, the only supply that could be procured being from a pump some distance from the seat of the fire. The mill stream near was so low that the water was not sufficient to turn the mill. Shortly after the engines were gut to work the roof of the stabling gave way, and fell with a fearful crash, when the blazing embers. and myriads of sparks were sent flying in every direction. Some of them fell upon the thatch of a range of shedding, upwards of 100 feet long, all of which speedily fell a prey to the fury of the destructive element. There were at this period a great number of horses, oxen, and pigs, in the sheds, and it was with the utmost difficulty that any of them could be got out. As it was, notwithstanding that every exer tion was made, a valuable bull, brought from Germany for the purpose of increasing the value of the English breed, fell a sacrifice to the fury of the flames, as well as two horses, and from 12 to 18 pigs, and a couple of sprincr carts, with a valuable assortment of agricultural implements. The fire continued to burn for several hours, but, owing to the exertions of Sir William and Mr. Currey, the distiller, and numerous ether par ties, the flames were prevented from extending any fur ther, although at one time it was greatly feared that several stacks of wheat, barley, and other produce stand ing at the rear would be destroyed. Had the wind only been in the opposite direction, nothing but almost su perhuman efforts could have prevented their destruction. Owing to the judicious arrangements of the parties en gaged in subduing the flames, a spacious granary was saved, as indeed was several thousand pounds worth of other property. The most lively apprehensions were en tertained during the time the fire was at its height lea some of the burning flakes should fall upon the noble mansion ; fortunately it escaped uninjured. Upon the intelligence reaching town, two active firemen, Carter and Paul Gerrard, were sent by Mr. Braidwood, the Su perintendent of the Brigade, to render assistance in pre venting the extension of the fire, who arrived at an early hour in the morning. Up to a late hour last afternoon the engines were still engaged in pouring water upon the smouldering ruins. The precise amount of the damage is unknown, but it must amount to some hundreds of pounds. The respected owner is only partially insured, and that in the Norwich Union-office. As to the origin of the fire nothing with certainty is known, but the fact of it breaking out in two distinct p laces leads to the sup position that it was the work of some incendiary. METROPOLITAN POLICE ACT and the LICENSED VICTUALLERS. —.-- In the list of cases called on for hearing at the Mid dlesex Sessions yesterday (before Mr. Serjeant Adams, Assistant Judge), there were a number of appeals from licensed victuallers against convictions of the magistrates at the various police-courts, under the provisions of the 2d and 3d Victoria, cap. 47, sec. 44, of which the preamble and proviso run thus : " And whereas it is expedient that the provisions made by law for preventing disorderly conduct in the houses of licensed victuallers be extended to other houses of public resort ; be it enacted, that every person who shall have or keep any house, shop, room, or place of public resort within the metropolitan police• district wherein provi sions, liquors, or refreshments of any kind shall be sold cc consumed (whether the same shall be kept or retailed therein, or procured elsewhere), and who shall wilfully or knowingly permit drunkenness, or other disorderly conduct in such house, shop, room, or place ; or know ingly suffer any unlawful games, or any gaming what soever therein; or knowingly permit or suffer prostitutes or persons of notoriously bad character to meet together, and remain therein, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty of not more than SL, provided always that if the offender be a licensed victualler, or licensed to sell beer by retail, or to be drunk on the premises, this enactment shall not be construed to exempt him from the penalties or penal consequences to which he may be liable for committing an ottence against the tenor of the license to him granted." Before any individual case was entered upon a conver sation arose between the Learned Judge and Messrs. Clarkson, Bodkin, M. Chambers, and Wilkins, the coun sel concerned in hem, from which it appeared that there was a great desire on the part of the Commissioners of Police, as well as of all other persons in any way affected or supposed to be affected, by the Act, to obtain the opi nion of the court as to the construction which ought to be put upon the statute in repect to its applicability to and operation upon licensed victuallers. During the dis cussion it appeared that the learned gentlemen of the bar whom we have named, with the exception of Mr. Cham bers, had been retained to advocate the same side of the question, namely, on behalf of the respective appellants. The Learned JUDGE thereupon said, as that was the case, he should be glad to hear what that Learned Coun sel had to urge in support of the conviction in the case in in which he was engaged. Mr. M. CHAMBERS then rose, and observed, that he appeared not so much in the character of one who was retained simply for the purpose of pressing heavily against the appellant by obtaining a confirmation of the conviction, but rather in the latter capacity, with a view of eliciting from the Learned Judge an opinion as to the proper construction of the statute, for the information of the police magistrates and the Commissioners of Police. It would seem, that up to the present time very considerable doubts had existed—indeed still existed— as to whether a licensed victualler was amenable to this Metropolitan Police Act. There was no doubt but that he was liable to very much heavier penalties under the " Licensed Victuallers' Act" than were inflicted by this new Act ; but hi en offence. meaning and Act,Pr inasmuch n h adoucn a tl erchi i d . echne aegy b as I e e 9sAnancl e n niietadbu. a in i licensed swn, a ..r u e tede e henr s naeov t cli nt i ti question ,f , oa n t, gucf beatt ofhtel the doubtoifesefrsthhf,e iweposition, Legislature. subjectmrbi seteil to the u i a being t liable gutthrhhegeaee. minds of some of the authorities whether these parties htp O oao n dl ic t eo h teno e vA p isc a ceouat r tfm t i rmet o nuhi f pt the noh e r at t a ht appellants e hgse l er l oacuonanfftssede offences fas u t understood under di r : s ee : irs tt d hde i tvw accordinga, fellten dweditht Victuallers' hiwithin athat, t Licensed s u a c l o 1 n et ot the law of the land, could not be twice punished for one withinand meaningt h e th s keeping a " house of public resort" came within the licensed victualler did not necessarily take him from . 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