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"th LlO m 11 under 35. II or tor su' 'which 6u. 6Lii• 2s• r o. c four a )03 0 a n P sup r inciples• ,eOl for s all 1 01 : p port to f ic ient irnes. idvocatet shire, lo n, Bart. Cate , 1 of OP. ii g hness a nd 0 3 ° Earl of he hares Ttl retu The field a nd two ._~~ wr ~.,,.: SUMMARY OF NEWS 6.ND VittMr eptuton♦ " Who runs may read." rour - mar. The Noniteur de l'Arrnee announces that by a royal order of the 30th ult , General Rostolan is appointed to the command of the Polytechnic School s and that by another royal order of the 29th, Lieut.-General Count Grouchy is appointed to the command of the 13th mill tarT On Sunday the full•length portrait 02 the King, pre sented by his Majesty to the town of Sevres, was put in the t own -hall. The Prefect of the Stine et Oise, the 4 aYor, and the Municipal Council, a deputation of the National Guard, and some °Ulcers and hussars quar tered in the town were present. The Mayor having de livered an appropriate ach.lress, which was greeted with tries of Vive Ic Roi I Vive la Reine 1 Vive la Famille r . - "Yale !" a grand dinner took place, at which a number n loyal toasts were drunk ,Pour of the con s pi ra t ors arres t e d a t B arce l ona were s not at ele•,en in the morning of the 30th ult., near the Convent of the Trinitarians. Pickets from each of the c n c s r Ps the garrison formed the escort. All the generals, and soldiers who were not tailed upon this duty, are confined to their barracks. x. Luml e y, t h e di rector of her Majesty's Theatre, London, passed through Paris a. few days ago for Italy. It is st ate d i n a letter from Perpignan that two soldiens of the 67th regiment of the line were drowned, on their the fro m t h at place to M acon, by the overflowing of Ine Rhone, and th a t some so ldi ers o f t h e 16t h an d a quantityof baggage acre lost by a similar calamity, in 'oe march of that regiment to Perpignan. A letter from Constantinople states that the health of the Sultaai occupies the attention of every person in that ca p i tal- His brother, Abd-ul-Azis, who, though the throne scowling Sultan has male children, would be called to the to the laws regulating the male suc h in Mahomet an 'States, was born in 1828, and is of robust const i tut i on. As muc h as t h e present Sultan ill fee ble, timid, and deprived of energy, is Abd-ul-Azis Petulant, stubborn, and self-willed. tract f The Jouevta/ des Debate publishes the following ex- from a letter dated Mentz, Ist inst.:—.. An electro magnetic telegraph, en Mr. Faraday's plan, has been attached to the Taunus Railroad, which lies between our i tY and F rankfurt-on-the -Maine, the extent of which is about 16 French leagues." entellrineida a Snntag' sister of the Countess Rossi, has just Carmelite convent at Prague. ' A • letter from Berlin, in the Augsburg Gazette, states that • In the late combats against the tribes of the Cau er,a„alls, the Russian arm y h as l os t a grea t num b er o f 'queers. The Silesi an G azette states, that in the course of the th of August last a secret association for political IPur P o ses was discovered in the kingdom of Poland, and The 11nY arr ests were ma d e a t W arsaw an d at o th er p l aces . ,_. committee appointed to inquire into the facts, after condem n e d twenty-two persons to be set at liberty, i n sih 0 :' the followie,g persons to hard labour for life Critea -e'fia:— Gervar,ius J. Jowski, assessor of the AA_ nal Tribunal at Legya; Wladislas Wieckowski, O Cate •ro and Al exan d er K arp i ns ki, Ad v o c ate. itneguhttfeoern otethners were condemned to the same s.punish was ord ere d to year The property of the condemned be confiscat. Accounts from Riga, of the 23d ult„ announce the destruction by fire of the steam-boat Riga, which ar rived there on the preceding afternoon. The flames broke ateafter she was moored on the usual ground for atte rS, and, .i n sp i te of every exert i on, cont i nue d 'bu rning till five o'clock the next morning, when she was =ed uced down to the water's edge. The disaster is sup- Posed to have been occasioned by spontaneous combus tion of the coal. A letter from Algiers, of the 30th ult., states that the m onks of La Trappe are proceeding with great rapidity In the construction of their monastery in the plain of Steoneli. A farm on a very extensive scale will form Pert of their establishment. 364:1177 £ND ?MIAMI!. The Case of the Baron de Bode again came before the Court of Queen's Bench, and Mr. M. D. Hill obtained a rule nisi to enter up judgment generally for the Baron, notw ithstanding certain of the issues had been found for t he Crown. In the Court of Exchequer, a rule nisi for a new trial . eras granted, in that case of Wood v. Ledbetter, an action brought for turning the plaintiff e off Doncaster race for defendant. course, in which the verdict had b Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, h ine been n t s h e the Court ion o o f f R B o a b n e k r, - t ? li b Inc)", issued an order for t e p aaantuster, a bankrupt, uncler th o e h av i i n s g ion n s re o d f it th n e nd s e th r and Gth Victoria, cap . . 122, tor false pretences, and improperly making away with and erahezzling property. The rule calling on Thomas Younghusband, who 30 years since had been discharged by the Insolvent Court, calling upon him to show cause why he should not now Pay those debts, was discharged. At Guildhall, two young journeymen natives of Ireland, namedi Michael Alderman me a n n a sh nd oe E m d a m ke u r n s a were brought before Mr. d . erma f n A J l oh r ns e o n n_, sa —l i a .t rged with being found on the p rb re in m a i n s , es nn o t:'`" 11 , of No. 4, Beech-street, Ba der crircum -neeB of suspicion. It appeared that the prisoners had tapered the h • for the purpose of making love to the t wn Ouse Maid servants of the prosecutor. No property was 'Maa at ,, ; and as there was no reason to doubt their Which was confirmed by the servant girls them aelvea, they were discharged. D avid Weaver, a policeman of the F division, 28, was Placed at th e b ar at B ow - street, b e f ore M r. T wy f or d, ' ch arged with having committed a criminal offence on Constantine Jones, residing at 38, Exeter -street, Strand. The prosecutrix, however, so prevaricated in her testi -I,:tPny, and con t ra di cte d herself so frequently, t h at t h e 411a gistrate dischar ge d t h e prisoner, who loudly protested oia entire i nnocence of the offence harged against . him. ra ft Ge orge Coombs, for a v i o l ent assau l t upon A nn Gam an unfortunate girl, was fined 51., or two months' Imprisonment, at Clerkenwell. Mr. Hardwicke committed an old man, named Samuel Coulthard, for one month, from Marlborough-street, for making use of indecent language to children in Kensing ton -gardens. !lThomas B urn, c h arged with stealing a child's chaise, ie property of Mr. Stephen Bland, 8, Per-passage, at athbone-place, Oxford-street, was fully committed from Maryl e b one. an At VV Orship-street, Henry Miller, Wm. Thompson, -p . ,d his wife and daughter, and Samuel and Charlotte T e whose former examinations on almost innumerable ,_l l . r s ges of fraud and felony, in all parts of the metro nationun before noticed, were brought up for final exami 0, and the cases against them having all been corn the Prisee depositions were ordered to be taken, and Sever nets were fully committed to Newgate for trial. le g " r id cab-drivers were fined at Union- hall for neglect .to wear their badges. Woolvvich, James Hawksford, charged with com p robberies at the Cadets' Barracks, was remanded. chiv ilaini nersmith, Wm. Y oung , a c ar t er i n th e emp l oy toa,,try , r : rn * Atley, market-gardener, at Hanwell, was per ged with havi ng sto l en a b unch of turn i ps, the pro his master. He was driving a load of turnips 4 _ t- garden market, and so ld one of the bundles a t that house on the road. Mr. Clive told, the prisoner strongly it was hi s duty to send him for trial, and most reprobated the practic e of the keepers of road tee houses .purchasing arti c l es f rom car t ers s t o ppi ng deelarieg that, i n hi s op i n i on, such purchases were "me as an inducement to them to come drinking there. At the Thames Court, John Mills, a man about 45 years of age, who b a d b een in custody three weeks, and on the last occasio n remanded for a fortnight, was ! al o u g h t before M r . B allantine for final examination, %Inarged with intermarrying with Charlotte Burney, his fi rst wife being still alive, and fully committed for trial. The Dulr rnr DiTdiFelljss s O l f Z l l lifrf u ch 3 ett l e g r, and Lady Olivia Montague, intend to pass the winter in Spain, for t he improvem en t o f her Grace's health, which has been for som e ti me in a delicate state. The Duke and Duchess b evy arrived at Brampton -park, on a visit to Lady Olivia Sparrow, previous to embarking for Cadiz The Duchess of Grafton mid Lady Le . Louisa Fitzroy have arrived in town from Euston Hall, near Thetford where the Duke and the Earl of Euston remaitnhoeforertnasatuf.eng: days, and then will go to Wakefield Lodge N h nap w tonshire. The Duchess leaves town early-in' week for the latter seat. _ The Dowager D uc h ess of Roxburghe has arrived at Bath, from Broxmouth, N. 8., to take the waters. The D owager Duche ss i s li kely to stay some weeks in that city, and then remove to Brighton for the winter. The M arqu i s of Winchester has left town for his seat 1a Wiltshire, on a v i sit to the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, near Salisbury. , The Earl and Cou n t ess o f Warwick and Lady Caro line Neeld are prolonging their sojourn at Ramsgate. Lord Brooke will leave shortly for Burghley House, near Stamford, where her Majesty and Prince Albert srire expected to arrive on Tuesday next, from Windsor Earl Fitzhardinge has left town for Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire. Th e N o bl e Earl repairs next week to f i ll villa at Cheltenham, and remains there while his hounds hunt in that neighbourhood. ~.. Lady De Du us t anv ill e has left Dover, and gone to alright". Lie utenant -General Sir Edward Blakeney, K.C.B. and accompanied by Lady Blakeney and arrived at Cheltenham on Monday last from Dublin.family, The Earl of Pembroke was detained by the boisterous Sta te of the weather at Folkstone, until Wednesda when th e Noble Earl embarked fur Boulogne, on his wa y ; to Paris. few The C ount de Jarnac, first Secretary to his Excel the Fre nc h Ambassador, is gone o n a tour for a .... days. Th e marr i age of the Count w i t h t h e Hon. miss Foley is expected to be sol emn i se d during the first Week in December. 1X1110.3.621'1301711. The Limerick Ch , onicle gives the following account of another aggrarian murder :—" Mr. Arthur Gloster, a vvealthy landh o ld er , return i ng from his farm, near Kit, e't li,eshen, co un t y Cl are, to his house, within a mile of this Y, Was murdered yesterday evening at the early hour of five o'clock, by two ru ffi ans armed, wh o l o d ge d s l ugs in th e b ody of the unfortunate gentleman." t The Ne nag h Vi nd i cator states that the floods caused uy the late rains have inflicted considerable damage in that nei ghbourhood—bridges swept away, houses flooded, and roads rendered impassable. The sufferings of the Poorer classes are represented to be in consequence very great. A great deal of rain has fallen in Dublin. In formation. has been received by the police th a '"lrr of provin c i a l soverein-mtikurs have rri veJ at in oion, and th at t h e money t h ey h ave with them are of the value of more than fourteen shillings each. Of 1842sovereiens are well made, and m os tl y o f t h e date ••• All the ground behind Emanuel Hospital, upr.ards of sixteen acres, is now elcared for the intended improve ments, extending from the Standard in the Vauxhall bridge-road, in a line through Mr. Elliot's pleasure grounds, in front of the Artillery beer-house, in a line through that sink of vice, the Almonry, to the Abbey. This will be one erf the most splendid improvements in London. Information has been forwarded to the various metro politan police stations of the mysterious disappearance of a gentleman named John Albon, residing at No. 21, Albion-place, Clerkenwell. It appears that on the even ing of Thursday, the 24th of October, he quitted his home for the purpose of transacting some business at Hampstead,lat which place he was last seen, at the White dear Tavern, and left about twenty minutes to twelve o'clock, to return home, since which time he hs,s not been heard of. Mr. Henderson, Recorder of Liverpool, has subscribed 100 guineas towards the establishment of a Sailors' Home in that town. LITERATURE. NEW EDINBURGII RE VIE IV, No. 11. Hayward and Adam, London, 1844. There are several interesting articles in this Num ber, and among them may be mentioned the " Auto biography of a Living Writer," in which the auto biographer gives some affecting reminiscences of a Dissenting minister, named %Vhitehead—a gentleman who had passed through the greater portion of his life beloved and respected by all who knew him, until in an evil hour, in the autumn of his days, the devil— who, as . we arc told, is always prowling about seeking whom he may devour--placed temptation before him in the shape of a seductive young girl whom he had been selected to instruct in the great truths of religion and morality. Unfortunately, Mr. Whitehead could not resist this temptation, so he sinned and fell, and the consequence was that he was ever after shunned by his neighbours, and died a victim to remorse and a keen sense of humiliation. The autobiographer calls him a " fallen angel," but Dissenting ministers —so far as we have been able to perceive —have little of the cherubic essence about them. In the brief sketch of " Louis Philippe," the writer states that " he belongs to the class of Earl Grey and Lord Lansdowne." Surely this is a very hasty and inac curate statement! The French King is notorious for his political tergiversations, whereas Earl Grey is celebrated for nothing so much as his undeviating po litical consistency, which resisted for full forty years all the temptations of office, and maintained an almost Spartan inflexibility of principle. " Social Doctors" compares the views of the Political Economists with those advocated by the party styled " Young Eng land." The article is tolerably impartial in its esti mate of the comparative merits and influence of these two sects, and thus expresses on the subject of the latter's deserts : " For the spirit of Young England we have a lively sympathy ; it is genial, youthful, joyous ; it is our own spirit, but more romantic and historical. Mr. D'lsraelt, who appears to be the head of the new college, is a clever—perhaps maturing into an able man ; ambitious —we take it—and upward-looking ; humbling himself to be exalted ; of too large dimensions—though the fail ing is too common to be noticeable—in his own esti mate ; and who will finally settle down somewhat be neath the highest peak. The same miniature represen tation may pass for the Hon. G. S. Smythe and Lord John Manners ; abating a little of the strength of the deeper tints, and infusing more sweetness, fancy, and genuineness into the colouring. However we like the trio well—feel grateful to them ; they are doing a work long heeded by rousing the torpid benevolence, social fellowships, and generous sympathies of England. They have got hearts, which can never be safely predicated of a thorough Benthamite or political economist, and thus supply an essential element in the national elixir. Next we welcome them most cordially for repudiating old political parties, exclaiming with Dr. Hook, the vicar, Away with party to the winds—away with any go vernment that shall be so debased, so lost to the princi ples of humanity and religion, as to say that they will oppress the million that the few may grow rich on their oppression !' Not that parties may not be sometimes needful ; Young England itself is a party; nothing great was ever done without leagues, unions, or associations ; but that which is disclaimed are the worn-out confede rations that have ceased to be banded upon any intelligi ble principle, or for any national object. Holland House is doomed, and with it rest the thrice-told tales of the great Lord Chatham,' Pitt, Fox, Burke, and Sheridan — able men, good men, perhaps, some of them ; but their faded glories and aristocratic feuds are inapplicable to our time, which cannot be served by rhetoric only, the glitter of eloquence, gorgeous abstractions, philanthropic maxims never meant to be practical, or aught, save po pular traps, for oligarchic supremacy. The difficulties that beset us are home questions, neither constitutional, forensic, nor collegiate, but the sudden efflux and conflict of material interests ; and the first step to the reconcile ment of these perplexities is to apply a little galvanism, as Young England is doing, to the sectarian and icy cal culus which has frozen the genial springs of social life, and benumbed, with its opiate influence, the soul of the community." THE ATTACHE. 2 Vols. Bentley, London, 1844 . " Ecce iterurn Crispinus !" We have here our old friend Sam Slick, the Yankee Clockmaker, again, throwing out his drolleries, conceits, witticisms, and shrewd, sententious aphorisms, with a careless profu sion that would almost-induce one to believe that his resources were inexhaustible. He is now arrived in England, in the quality of Attache to the American Embassy, and being a keen and caustic observer of men and things, gives his impressions of English society, prejudices, tastes, habits, &c., in a spirit that is more to be commended for its homely, truthful plain-speaking, than for its complimentary character. The present volumes, which, it seems, are the last of the series, though hardly equal in freshness and ori ginality to their predecessors, are yet well worth the reader's perusal—more especially if he happen to be of a worldly, satirical, practical turn of mind, for their views of human life are marked by uncommon sagacity, and here and there we meet with a philo sophical reflection, referring to the bustling every day world about us—for Sam Slick seldom or never deals in metaphysical abstractions—worthy of old Johnson, when in one of his happiest conversational moods. But the Clockmaker is not only a sayer of smart things, but he possesses, in addition, descriptive faculties of no ordinary character, and s given us sketches of humble, provincial life in the Canadas, that in their truth and force of detail remind us of those masterly ones which abound in the late Mr. J - ohn Galt's novel of " Laurie Todd." We quote some pertinent reflections which Mr. Halliburton has put into the mouth of his hero, the Clockmaker, while attending the funeral of Thomas Campbell in West minster Abbey : Ah, poor Campbell ! he was a poet, a good poet, a beautiful poet ! He knowed all about the world of ima gination, and the realms of fancy ; but he didn't know nothin' at all about this world of our'n, or of the realm of England, or he never would have talked of the Pleasures of Hope' for an author. Lord bless you 1 let a dancin' gal come to the opera, jump six foot high, light on one toe, hold up the other so high you can see her stays a'most, and then spin round like a daddy-long legs that's got one foot caught in a taller candle, and go s pinnin' round arter that fashion for ten minits, it will touch Peel's heart in a giffy. This spinnin' jinny will be honoured by the highest folks in the land, have diamond rings, goold snuff-boxes, and pusses of money given her, and gracious knows what. " Let Gineral Tom Thumb come to London that's two foot nothin', and the Kentucky boy that's eight foot somethin', and see how they will be patronised , and what a sight of honor they will have. Let Van Amburgh come with his lion make him open his jaws, and then put his head down his throat and pull it out, and say, What a brave boy am I 1' and kings and queens, and princes and nobles will come and see him, and see his lion feed too. Did any on 'em ever come to see Campbell feed ? he was a great lion this many a long day. Oh, dear he didn't know nothin', that's a fact ; he thought himself a cut above them folks : it jist showed how much he know'd. Fine sentiments ! Lord, who cares for them ! "Do you go to Nova Scotia now, and begin at Cape Sable, and travel all down to Cape Canso—the whole length of the province, pick out the two best lines from his Hope,' and ask every feller you meet, Did you ever hear these ?' and how many will you find that has seen 'em, or heerd tell of 'em ? Why a few gals that's sentimental, and a few boys that's a-courtin', spooney like, that's all. " But ax 'em this, Master, if that house cost five hundred dollars, and a barrel of nails five dollars, what would a good sizeable pig come to ? — do you g ive it u p ?' Well, he'd come to a bushel of corn. Every man, woman, and child, would tell you they heerd the clown say that to the circus, and that they mind they larfed ready to kill themselves. Grinnin' pays better nor rhymin', and ticklin' the ribs with fingers pleases folks more, and makes 'em larf more, than ticklin their ears with varses—that's a fact." THE STAR OF ATTEGHEL Moxon, London, 1844. The preface to this little volume of poems informs us that it is the production of a young . Irish lady, named Brown, who composed it under circumstances of great discouragement, having been blind almost from her youth, and consequently having acquired knowledge with infinite difficulty, and only by the kind agency of others, who read to her works of history and poetry, and prose fiction, which seem to have made an indelible impression on her mind. From her own brief, modest account of her early struggles and aspirings, we should judge Miss Brown to be endowed with superior energy of character, and to be stimulated to renewed exertions by obstacles, rather than to be depressed by them. Alluding to this subject, the Editor of the present volume, who has introduced the Authoress's memoir into his pre face, justly remarks—" The energy displayed from her childhood by this almost friendless girl, raises at once the interest and the character of her muse. There is something touching—and teaching, too—in the picture of that perseverance which has conquered for itself an inner world of thought in lieu of that outer world so early withdrawn from the sense. The bard gathers dignity from the darkness amid which she sings, as the darkness itself is lightened by the song. There are lessons to be drawn from both, and the Editor believes that this little volume has a variety of titles which should promise it A sure and extended popu- THE SUN, LONDoN PRIDAY ltirgNlNG, VOIIRM4IIIIR larity." The volume has incited claims on the favour= able notice of the public, for the poems contained in it—the shorter ones especially—are distinguished . by uncommon ease and sweetness of versification, and though they are for the most part of a melancholy character, yet there is nothing maudlin in the tone of sentiment that pervades them: The irk - lager) , through out is chaste and apposite to the subject, and occa siomtlly, though not often, we meet that strike us by their brown has ino earnest and weighty power `.l4tn and subtlety. Miss oouf gre flection that Miss Barrett possesses, nor has she the same intense passionate sensibility, but she is far su perior to the ordinary run of Parnassian singing birds, and by a diligent training and husbanding of her powers —which are yet but immature—she may ere long produce something which the " world will not willingly let die." We subjoin her poem entitled " I have Missed my Destiny!" which are the words said to have been spoken by Napoleon, when he was compelled to raise the siege of Acre : Ah ! why were such words in thy weariness spoken, Thou sleeper, whose memory fades not away ? Were they Hang from thy heart, like an early-sent token Of clouds that should darken the close of thy day ? And oh ! was it thus, when the flood of thy glory The walls of old Acre alone might resist, Thou savv'st thine own niche in the temple of story, Still bright—with the promise thy fortunes have missed ? We know not :—but who, that ha' looked on the pages Of wisdom which brighten the volume of time, — And traced, through the far-fading twilight of ages, The feeble who sink, or the mighty who climb— Hath heard not thy words, in the power of their sadness, Arise from the depths of the heart or the grave,— Re-echoed from fields trampled down by the madness Of battle, or borne from the wrecks of the wave ? For weary and wide were the wastes they have wandered, Whose names have been highest in glory's proud list, — And bright were the treasures of hope that they squandered Who perished—and saw but their destiny missed ! They sought for the stream—when the fountain was near them, They pined for the shade when the forest was green ; And sunshine, that rose on the desert to cheer them, But brightened the cloud that came darkly between. Alas ! for the brightness that beckons to danger, Where love cannot lighten or friendship assist, — For they went, as they came, with the heart of the stranger, And left us to gather the gems they had missed. The prodigal knows not the wealth he has wasted, Till only the husks and his hunger remain ; The mariner mourns not the fountain untasted Till nothing is left but the brine of the main : And thus it is, still, with the world's brightest dreamers Who rise in its tumults, or fall in its strife, Too late comes the light that reveals the false-seemers, Too kite, in its wisdom, the lesson of life ! But green grows the grave, in its silence, before them— It leads to the land where no deserts exist ; And only eternity's spring can restore them The glory and hope of their desiiny missed ! THE IRISH QUESTION. London, Longman, 1844. The author of this somewhat bulky and verbose production is Viscount Wellesley, and his chief object in writing it, is to show the injurious consequences that are likely to result from the recent deci sion of the House of Lords in the question of the Irish State prosecutions. "On the Continent," observes the author in his preface, " the effect of their Lordships' decision will be a belief that the Crown has no authority beyond mere pageantry ; that the exercise of its highest prerogative is only show under the guidance of lawyers ; and that the noblest order in the State is but a splendid form after all, waiting upon the rules, and bowing to the decisions of a few Law Lords, who came there by political, and not by here ditary right." From this specimen, the reader will get a very fair idea of the animus in which the volume is written. THE GAMBLER'S WIFE. 3 Vols. .Newby, London, 1844. This story—as may be surmised from its title—is of a deeply tragic character, and regards the sufferings and vicissitudes, and ultimate death by a broken heart, of Maud Sutherland—a beautiful, high-spirited young girl, who, at the opening of the narrative, is represented as being on the eve of marriage with her cousin, Arthur Balfour, but is soon afterwards in duced to break off the match, and accept the hand of a fascinating young gambler and roue, Harry Percy. Of course, her life with him is one protracted scene of agony and humiliating reverses, and she dies of grief, while her too late repentant husband takes a strong religious turn, and at the close of the narra tive is described as being on the eve of departure as a missionary to some of the more unfrequented tracts of Australia. The tale is written with feeling, and in places with vigour, but the subject is a hackneyed one, nor is there anything in the incidents to redeem them from the charge of common-place. TYPE-FOUNDING IN THE NORTH.—We understand that a respectable firm of type-founders in Edinburgh, employing upwards of a hundred workmen, have applied for ground in the borough of I)ornoch, Southerlandshire, for a stance whereupon to build a type-founding esta blishment. The reason assigned for this strange step is said to be the annoyance and loss the house has been subjected to by the union men, and the constant " striking" among the workmen. We would rather be inclined to think that cheapness of labour may tempt them thither. Trades' unions may follow them across the Meikle Ferry.—John o' Groat's Journal AN IMMENSE Loss.—The editor of the Concordia (La.) Intelligencer estimates the loss of cotton this year in the lowlands of Arkansas, Mississippi, and those of the Concordia district in Louisiana, by the great over flow of the Mississippi river, at 139,105 bales, valued at 4,173,150 dollars. Other actual losses, such as injury to buildings, fences, levees, destruction of corn, stock, &c., are put down at 2,503.890 dollars, making a total loss of 6,670,000 dollars. " This immense sum," remarks the writer, " is lost, gone, sunk, absolutely destroyed —with drawn from the active capital of the country—and falls, too, upon one particular and not very extensive region." These statements are based upon personal examination, as far as practicable from data furnished by individuals residing in the inundated district. Fifteen per cent. upon the amount lost devoted to improvement of the Mis sissippi would, it is stated, have protected the region. — New York Journal. _ O E cl . ~. , 75 ...,- INCENDIARISAI IN BEDFORDSIIIRE. — On Sunday night, in the neighbourhood of Crowland, flames were ' discovered in a barn on the farm of Mr. John Hall, of Whasley-end. The building was detached from the stack-yard, or the entire homestead must have been consumed, as there was a smart wind, and no water could be had. A large body of the la bourers were present, but they could render no service, the flames having completely encircled the building, which, together with its contents, the produce of eleven acres of wheat, beside a quantity of beans, was de stroyed. From the isolated position of the barn, and the fire having broken out full twenty-four hours after any person having entered it, it appears to have been the act of an incendiary, though at present no suspicion is attached to any person in particular. The owner of the property, in common with the majority of the princi pal farmers in the parish, pays the average rule of wages, Bs. a week, and in many instances the practice of yearly hiring obtains, but since the close of the harvest a large number of supernumerary hands have been discharged, and these men are wandering about the district without visible means of subsistence. Poaching and petty rob bery are becoming very prevalent in this district. — Cambridge Chronicle. A sad accident happened at 'Wells on Saturday last, the weather was very stormy, with rain and a high sea on the bar, when James Smith, an old fisherman be longing to this place, with his son Daniel Smith, and a lad named Creed, went out into our bay in a small boat after fish, when a sea struck the boat and filled her. Daniel Smith being a strong fellow, after swimming a long way gained the shore at Holkham, but the poor old man and Creed were unfortunately drowned ; the body of the former and also the boat have been picked up and brought on shore at Wells.—Norwich Mercury. Pumcn IN A FRIGHT.—The humble petition of Punch to the Greenwich Guardians, showeth—That your petitioner last week read a report of a meeting held by your board, in which your vice-chairman proposed a motion for the establishment of a lending library in the union-house. The motion was carried. Fears were ex pressed by one very sapient member of your board that Punch might find his way into the ,pauper's library, if this sort of philanthropic humbug, as he thought it, were countenanced : Your petitioner accordingly fears that he might be taken in, and considers he should certainly be taken in if " an order to go into the house" were left at the office of your petitioner. Your petitioner is attached to his wife Judy and his child, notwithstanding his ap parent harshness to the latter, and would by no means consent to a separation from them in his old age. Your petitioner lives by his jokes ; but he would not have the heart to joke in a workhouse, and doubts if, after a week's residence therein, he would ever joke again. Your petitioner is in the habit of speaking the truth, and calling a spade a spade ; he is, therefore, clearly unfitted for residence in a union workhouse. Your pe titioner would be apt to use his baton on the heads of an oppressive governor or pursy beadle, and has no reason able doubt of being urged thereunto in case of misbeha viour of said governor or beadle, to the subversion of discipline in said workhouse. Your petitioner is used to the open streets, and cannot bear confinement. For all which reasons, your petitioner hopes that he may not be taken in by your hon. board. And your petitioner will ever pray.—Punch. The King of Prussia has purchased the two cele brated race horses Our Nell and Crucifix, both winners of the Oaks, and the latter also of a 2,000 guinea stake at Newmarket. Both were shipped at Hull on Monday last, in the Leeds, steamer, for Hamburgh. ISLAND OF ISLAY.—Loss OF LIFE.—On Thursday the 24th ult., being the " fast day" in the parish of Kil choman, Mr. R. M'Laurin, teacher, near Port-Charlotte, at the request of Mr. M'lsTabb, minister, left the latter place early on that day, for the purpose of leading the music in the parish church in Kilchoman. He arrived at Kilchoman in due time, and presented at both the English and Gaelic services, and left there for home a little before dark. He had to cross a muir of four or five miles, which lies between the above places, but before he got more than half way on, he was either seized by sudden illness, or fainted from fatigue, and the place being very lonely, he perished before any assistance came. He has left a widow and an only child to lament his loss. Mr. M‘Laurin was for several years pre centor in the Gaelic Church, Duke-street, Glasgow.— , Glasgow Chronicle. UOUILT CIECWJLAR. (4leen and l f rince Albert took their accustomed walking, exprhise this morning in the pleasure;grciun'cis and Ito#n® On the returnthb ttoym iietily his Royal Highness Earl of Mort(, n , ihreht out hunti ng with his harriers, attended by the CO, W y ld e, an d M r G . E. A nson . In the afternoon h er M a j es t y an d P r i nce Albert went to take equeatrkxn exerc i se i ti th e ridi n g -school, attended by the Equerries, Colonels Arbuthnot and Wylde. The Earl of Liverpool (Lord Steward) arrived at the Castle last evening, on a visit to the Queen. The Earl Delawarr arrived to-day, on a visit to her Majesty. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken for equestrian exercise on their ponies, and after wards for a walk on the Terrace. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, and the Countess Wratislaw, joined the royal dinner circle at dinner to-day : Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the Castle after dinner. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester entertaixed their Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippstahl, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and a select party at dinner yesterday even ing, at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re turned to his residence at Kew yesterday afternoon. Dispatches for the Governor of Gibraltar were sent off from the Colonial -office on Wednesday evening. THE EARL OF ELLENBOROUGH. His Lordship reached Winchcomb on Wednesday, on his way to Southam, his seat, near Cheltenham. He was received by the yeomanry and people of the neighbourhood, and an address was presented to him by the corporation, congratulating his Lordship on his return from India, and paying a high compliment to his exertions for the relief of the poor in that dis trict. His Lordship made the following reply, which would do honour to " Young England": " Gentlemen,—lt is extremely gratifying to me to receive from you these kind congratulations on my return home. " I shall have great pleasure in renewing my friendly acquaintanc with you all, and in co-ope rating with you-in measures for assisting our poorer neighbours in their honest endeavours to maintain their families in independence and in comfort. " In this favoured district we have before us the bright example of the poor themselves, in their con stant kindness towards each other. "In our intercourse with them we become ac quainted with some of the most respectable of men ; and the future must bear no resemblance to the past, if we encounter a single instance of ingratitude. On the contrary, whatever we do will be estimated by them beyond its merits. " Thus proceed in our accus tomeda coarse,encouraged and end w ea e vo wll u l rto draw still closer the bonds of mutual good-will which happily here unite the proprietor, the tenant, and the labourer." LORD MAYOR'S DAY. ORDER OF THE PROCESSION, Nov. 9, 1841. Police Constables to clear the way The Boys belonging to the Royal ➢urine Society, with banners City Marshals' Man Six Police Constables . _ _ Marshal of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, bearing the Shield of the Arms of England Two Junior Stavesmen of the Company, with their Insignia of Office Two Junior Stavesmen, with their Insignia of Office. 'The Band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot' Guards The Royal Standard The Arms of the Gold- The Arms of Mr. Alder- smiths' Company man Copeland The Arms of the City The Royal Badges and of London Cipher The Union Flag The Arms of The Arms of Sir Hugh Sir Martin Bowes Myddelton, Bart. The Bargemaster, in his State Dress, Supported by Watermen in the Livery of the Company The Company's Beadle The Clerk of the Goldsmith's Company The Gentlemen of the Livery Watermen The Gentlemen of the Court of Wa' Assistants, and The Wardens of the Company, in their Carriages Attendants The Prime Warden, in his Chariot, Attendants attended by his Chaplain The Porter of the Worshipful Company of Stationers The Barge Master's Mate, in full uniform The Band of the Scots Fusilier Guards The Barge Master, in his State Dress Watermen, bearing the following Banners :- 1. The Royal Standard. 2. The Union Banner 3. The Arms of the City of London 4. The Arms of the late 5. The Arms of Mr. Ald. a )-3 Lord Mayor Moon 6. The Arms of Ald. Sir 7, The Arms of Alderman rp 0 J. Key, Bart. Crowder 8. The Arms of the Stationers' Company 1 ) , The Beadle of the Company, in full costume a The Junior City Marshal, on Horseback Whifflers The Liverymen of the Wor- Whifflers g shipful Company of Stationers c/a The Clerk of the Company, in his Chariot The Court of Assistants, in their Carriages ' The Wardens, in their Carriages 1 .4 The Master, in his Carriage The Lord Mayor's Beadle The Lord Mayor's Barge Master, in his State Dress The Bargemen, bearing the various colours The Banner of the Lord Mayor The Captain of the Thames Navigation Barge The Principal Assistant Water Bailiff The Watermen with colours A GRAND MILITARY BAND The Two Under Sheriffs The City Solicitor The Remembrancer The Comptroller The Two Secondaries The Four Common Pleaders Constables The Judge of the Sheriffs' Courts Constables The Town Clerk 51 r r i m izg ermen Police Police _„ The Common Sergeant The Chamberlain ANCIENT HERALD llabited in a tabard with the Arms of England, and Plumed Farrier on Horseback Farrier on Horseback Guard on Horseback Kettle Drums Guard on Horseback Trumpeter;onHorseback Trumpeter TrumpeteronHorseback Guard on Horseback on Horseback Guard on Horseback Standard Bearer, in half armour, bearing the bawler of his Esquire, in Half-armour,Knight E sq uire, in Half-armour, bearing the Shield bearing the Sword Yeoman of the - Yeoman of the Guard ANCIENT KNIGHT, Guard Mounted on a charger, armed cap-I-pie, in a suit of polished steel Armour, and Plumed Armourer Armourer Guard on Horseback Guard on Horseback Mr. SHERIFF SIDNEY, in his State Chariot Trumpeteron Horseback Trumpeter Trumpeter onHorseback Guard on Horseback on Horseback Guard on Horseback Standard Bearer, in half-armour, bearing the Banner of his Knight Esquire, in Half-armour, Esquire, in Half-armour, bearing the Shield bearing the Sword Yeoman of the Yeoman of the Guard ANCIENT KNIGHT, Guard Mounted on a Charger, armed cap-A-pie, in a suit of burnished brass scale-armour, and Plumed Armourer Armourer Guard on Horseback Guard on Horseback Mr. SHERIFF HUNTER, in his State Chariot The Aldermen who have not passed the Chair THE RECORD ER The Aldermen who have passed the Chair THE LATE LORD MAYOR Trumpeter onHorseback Trumpeter TrumpetefonHorseback Guard on Horseback on Horseback Guard on Horseback Standard Bearer in Half-Armour, bearing the Banner of his Knight Esquire, in Half-Armour, Esquire, in Half-Armour, bearing the Shield bearing the Sword Yeoman of the Guard Yeoman of the Guard ANCIENT KNIGHT Mounted on a Charger, armed cap-a-pie, in a suit of Polished Steel Armour, and Plumed Armourer Armourer Guard on Horseback Guard on Horseback City Marshals' Man THE LADY MAYORESS, In her State Carriage, drawn by Six Horses, Will join the Procession on its return from Westminster Trumpeter on Horseback Trumpeter Trumpeter on Horseback Guard on Horseback on Horseback Guard on Horseback STANDARD BEARER, In Half-Armour, bearing the Banner of his Knight Esquire, in Half-Armour, Esquire, in Half-Armour, bearing the Shield bearing the Sword Yeoman of the Guard _____ Yeoman of the Guard ANCIENT KNIGHT, Mounted on a Charger, armed cap-it-pie, in a suit of Burnished Brass Scale Armour, and Plumed Armourer • Armourer Guard on Horseback Trumpeter on Guard on Horseback Trumpeter on Horseback Horseback Trumpeter on Horseback The Lord Mayor's Servants in State Liveries The Band of the Life Guards mounted The Upper City Marshal on Horseback Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's Household THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR, in his State Carriage, drawn by Six Horses, Attended by the Chaplain, Sword-bearer, Common Crier, and the Water Bailiff Guard of Honour, on Horseback The procession will move from Guildhall at eleven o'clock, and pass from King-street, Gresham-street, Princes -street, King William-street, Cannon-street, Walbrook, Charlotte-row, the Poultry, Cheapside, and Queen -street, to Southwark-bridge ; from thence by water, to Westminster, and will return from Westminster to Blackfriars-bridge, and pass through New Bridge street, Ludgat e -hill, Ludgate-str ee t, St. P au l' s Church yard, Cheapside, and King-street, to Guildhall. At the Ob e li s k, B r id ge - s t ree t, th e process i on , on i ts return, will be joined by the Ambassadors, her Majesty' s Ministers of State, the nobility, judges, Members of Parliament, an d ot h er persons of distinction, invited to the banquet at Guildhall. PUBLIC NOTICE. Yesterday the following notice was placarded at the principal entrances to the City, namely, " That tho several streets and thoroughfares between Guildhall and London-bridge, and King-street, Cheapside, Poultry, Cornhill ; also Moorgate-street, King William-street, and Cannon-street, will be closed at nine o'clock, on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 9, 1844 ; also the streets from Backfriars-bridge, near Temple-bar, to Guildhall, will be closed at two o'clock P.M.. on the same day, and that no coach, dray, or carriage of any description whatever, will be permitted to remain therein under any pretence, without producing a ticket from Guildhall." THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE. (rrtira the Morning Chronicle.) , It is Announced & we see ; that the Anti-Corn-law Leiig-,de ha§ talon Covent-garden Theatre for the next Season, at a rent of 3,0001. And yet the Government organs will have us believe that the League is dead ! About this time last year, the Times called it a " great fact," and was pretty well scolded for the truism by the Tory journals. One thing, however, is clear, that the spirit of ftee•trade burns as energetically as ever; that it alarms Protectioniat in counties as well as boroughs —that the Duke of Richmond fears it in Sussex, the Duke of Buckingham at Aylesbury—that her Majesty's Cabinet are piloting their courso by farthing rushlights stolen from it—that Mr. Gladstone feels its strength in every hole and corner of his department—that Sir R. Peel is a disciple in rus, ready to attorn and conform himself to its practices as well as axioms, as soon as his extrication from the lease-at-will on which he stands puts it in his power—that Young England, aye, and the Post itself, are on the same highway. If this be death, we know not what is life. If annihilation mean success, many things besides the League have been annihilated. By a similar course, Sir R. Peel destroyed the agitation for the Test Act, and the agitation for a Catholic Relief Bill. The cry for Parliamentary Reform was suppressed by like means; yet nobody at that time of day said that Mr. Attwood had given up the ghost, because Birmingham and its union carried the Reform Bill. We see in the two schedules abundant proof of his vitality. We see proofs scarcely less of that of Mr. Cobden, in the bit by bit reductions of Sir R. Peel, and in the universal turn towards agricultural emulation which has been called into life by the proceedings of Mr. Cobden. It is quite true that Lord Tweeddale invented tiles, and it is quite true that Mr. Smith, of Deanston, has given excellent opinions upon draining ; but, as it was said in former times that many brave men lived before Agamemnon, but were doomed to oblivion "carent quia vate mem," so agriculture has not been a theme unstudied and unsung before the Hegira of a Deanston and a Tweeddale. Scholars will be reminded of the Georgics—economists of ono Arthur Young. The rides of Cobbett are not without valuable matters, although he lived in times when Professor Leibeg and guano were unknown. Mr. Cobden, however, is their Homer. He has breathed the vital spirit of emulation into the terrestrial crania of the squires. He has taught them the great, the only lesson, that competition is the breath of the nostrils of agricula ture as well as trade. He is fertilising, with appliances more remunerating than ammonia or guano, the neg lected grain fields of broad England. He is raising men's hopes by an original operation on their fears. There are symptoms of this batter sort of feeling every- I where. In the place of languid and sentimental com monplace about their hardships, patriotism, loyalty, and burdens, the, manly minds of Englishmen aro bracing themselves to nobler conflicts. In the course of their improvements, they forget their fear ; it was the begin ning of their wisdom, but it dissipates itself in the efforts it has produced. Who could have believed that a con troversy would have arisen on the power of Great Britain to export grain ? The hands are no longer wrung, the breasts of dejected agriculturists are no longer beaten. Squires do not tear their hair at county meetings. It is no longer in good taste to be lugubrious. The knights of a sorrowful countenance arc comforted by orators whose elegiacs are no longer the staple elo quence of half a county. But when these things are notorious, it is a little too much to say it comes from Lord Tweeddale and not from Mr. Cobden. The tiles might have rested in their argillaceous bed for ever—the patent might have slept with unremunerating results on the long files of the Attorney-General—Lord Tweed dale might have been known as a sensible gentleman, a great captain, or an accomplished letter-writer ; but his claim to immortality, in the cause of agriculture, is due to . the. great exertions of the best friends of agriculture mean the. free-trade party ; it is due to those who akinipreasing the minds of a large class of agriculturists with'ii,,just and becoming sense of their true position — who are lifting them up from mean and narrow and sel fishirieys; to a more comprehensive range of thought and a wider sense of their responsibilities and rights ; it; is due. to the _ free-trade confederation which, amidst -some. mistakes and occasional errors of class intetest, - has preached, upon the whole, the large and embolic • doctrines of universal amity and inter course ; it is due to commerce, which burns to take its sister science by the hand, and to teach that sister the arts by which such vast acquisitions have been gained for itself and for the world. For ourselves, we have given the League, in its main objects, from its com mencement to the present day, a consistent and disin terested aid ; our addictions to free trade rendered any other course impossible. We have not, however, scrupled to point out errors, nor was it to be expected that so vast an association, under the influence of leaders who were making their first campaigns in public life, could be exempt from imperfections. It was in this spirit that we discussed, in no unfriendly terms, the course taken by Mr. Cobden on the sugar question. In a like spirit we remonstrated against a policy which would have handed over every small borough, represented by gen tlemen who take Lord John Russell's views on corn, into the hands of the partisans of a sliding-scale. We saw no use in quarrelling with free-traders for the sake of a chimera, when the quarrel was sure to end in getting no free-trade at all. As it is impossible in free states to act without party, we could not see the wisdom of driving Liberal gentlemen who have scruples about corn into the Tory ranks. Without undervaluing the corn-law ques tion, we always felt that there was such a place as Ire land, and that there were questions of foreign policy, the advocacy of which was quite compatible with the most devoted attachment to free-trade. We objected, therefore, to give up such men as Lord Worsley, when a rupture with him would have ne other consequence than the introduction of another Tory into the House of Com mons at his expense. We did not choose to break with such men as Mr. Byng, because they continued to exercise an independent judgment somewhat different from our own on a single question. So also on allot ments. We do not plead insensibility to the obvious arguments against them; we are as fully impressed as Lord Radnor himself of the impossibility of adopting them as a system; but we can assure the League that our allusion to them is not tainted with a shade of Toryism. FOOT-RACE FOR TEN POUNDS ASlDE.—Yesterday the running match between Ned Wild (of London), and Cook (of Greenwich), came off at the Rosemary Branch Grounds, at Camberwell, in the presence of a large con course of spectators. The contesting distance was one mile, Wild giving his opponent forty seconds, at the start; and preliminaries being arranged, the men started, Cook maintaining the lead throug,hout, and winning easily by 200 yards. The London fancy were consider able losers, Cook having proved himself no novice in pedestrianism. PUGILISTIC CONFLICT FOR 1001.—On Wednesdy the great fight between Ben Terry and Tom Davis, two well known pugilists, came off in the presence of a strong muster of the " milling fancy." The weight of the men was limited to ten stone and a half. In betting, five to four was laid on Terry. Preparations having been made. and a ring formed, the combatants entered, and after shaking hands together in the accustomed manner, they put themselves into fighting attitude, and commenced hostility with great severity, and displaying fine science and courage. It soon became manifest that Terry was the best " general," but ambition for pugilis tic honours led Davis to prolong the contest, which, having occupied one hour and twenty-five minutes (half minute time), all hopes of victory for Davis were lost, and ho was withdrawn from the ring and Terry pro nounced the winner. The fight was determined and well contested, and the Birmingham school lost large sums of money. CAUTION TO MOTLIERS.—Last evening Mr. Carter held an inquest on the , body of an unbaptised female child, aged three weeks, whose nurse stated that the mother said she had given it some syrup of poppies, which witness had fetched for her on the Sunday. De ceased was quite insensible, and she went to Mr. Jeffry, the surgeon from whom she had bought the stuff, and who, on seeing the child, said too much had been given it. The child died on Wednesday. Mr. Jeffry found the child insensible, and the mother bad said that she had given it five or six drops of the syrup of poppies ; but he believed she had given it more, from the appear ance of the child. He used every remedy to cause a re action of the system, but from the outset he had no hope of preserving its life ; and the cause of death was the over-dose. He added, " When the nurse came to me for the opiate, I asked her the age of the child, and told her to be exceedingly careful ; but on hearing it was for the infant, I told her she ought to be ashamed to give it to so young a child, when she replied, that it had some on Sunday, as its bowels were bad." After some further discussion, the nurse was recalled, and admitted that she saw her mistress give deceased half a tea-spoon ful of the syrup, although she told her that Mr. Jeffry said she must not give ithnore than a third of a tea spoonful. The Coroner in strong language adverted to the impropriety of persons administering drugs of this description to infant children, and the danger in which they placed themselves in a criminal point of view in consequence. After admonishing the nurse never to do so in future, the jury returned a verdict " That the deceased died from the effects of an over-dose of syrup of poppies, inadvertently administered to her by her mother." EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF CHEQUES, &C.—Yester day information was received by the police of a cash box, containing cheques to a very largo amount, having been stolen, under mysterious circumstances, from the cashier's office on the premises of Messrs. Grissell and Peto, the extensive builders. From circumstances which have transpired, it is supposed the robbery was com mitted between the hours of half-past eleven A.M. and half-past eight P.m., on Thursday, the 31st ult. The cash-box contained amongst other cheques, one for 601., one for 261., two for 1001. each, one fur 71., one for 101., two for 1,2501. each, two for 501. each, one for 11/. 55., one for 91. 12s. 2d., a dock warrant ifor a pipe of wine, and 101. in gold. The police are actively engaged in en deavouring to trace the thieves. FOREIGN CABLES.—The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, having referred to the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury a memorial from an eminent house, relative to the lengths into which old rope has hitherto been cut, which they have been in the habit of receiving from foreign vessels in part payment for chain cables, supplied by them to these vessels, their Lordships have authorised the Commissioners of the Customs, in conformity with the suggestions contained in their report on the subject, to charge the duty at the rate of 101. per cent. upon old cables taken from foreign ships, under the conditions prescribed in the Board's order of lath May, 1840; viz., that the same be rendered wholly unserviceable by being reduced into lengths not exceeding three fathoms. The previous order alluded to directed the delivery of these old foreign cables, on the conditions mentioned, on payment of the ad valorem duty of twenty per cent. Copies of this order have been fur nished to the several departments in London, and trans mitted to the collectors and comptrollers at the various outports of the United Kingdom, for their information and government. THE LATE DREAD.Fu,..' ACCIDENT AT DERBY. INQUEST ON THE BODIES. On Wednesday morning an inquest was held at the Town-hall, before Mr. B. T. Balgay, coroner, on the bodies of the six unfortunate labourers who were killed by the falling of an arch at the Slitting Mill Brook. After the jury had been sworn, and viewed the bodies, the CORONER addressed a few observations to them upon the duty they would have to discharge. The question they would have to inquire into was, by what means the unfortunate men came by their death, and whether any blame attached to any party—whether, in fact, it was a case of accidental death, or of manslaughter ; and he (thcCe - oner) was quite sure they would give the case a calm consideration, and arrive at such a verdict as would satisfy their own consciences. Mr. Alderman Johnson here stepped forward, and stated that he, as chairman of the Committee appointed to see the works satisfactorily carried out, together with Dr. Baker and Mr. Jessopp, were deputed at a meeting of the Committee, held the previous evening, to attend the inquest, and give every Information in their power. They were prepared to lay the whole case before the jury. The Foreman of the jury objected to Mr. Johnson being hoard; and the Coroner proceeded to call the first witness. Mr. Flewker took his seat at the table, stating that he appeared on behalf of the relatives of the deceased, and commenced taking down the evidence. Samuel Dawson sworn—l am a labourer, and reside in Queen-street. On Wednesday last I was employed by Mr. Harpur, the town surveyor, to superintend the works going on at the Mill Fleam in the Morledge, and to see that the materials to be used were composed and properly mixed up. I was at the works yesterday morn ing : I went at six o'clock, left for my breakfast at eight, and returned to the works at half-past eight. I had been at the works after breakfast perhaps about twenty minutes, and Rag standing at the new arch on the side near to Sutton's wharf when the accident hap pened. I had control over the mixing of the materials for mortar, and was directed by Mr. Harpur to see that they were properly beat—the proportions were three of lime and one of sand. I have been used to mixing mortar before; that has been my principal employ ment. I was with Mr. Thompson four years. J had no reason to compain that proper quantities of sand And lime were not mixed. Yesterday morning was fixed for striking the centres of the arch, which has been com pleted since my superintendence. The persons employed on the occasion were the deceased Thomas Brown and others of Mr. Sim's workmen—namely, Thos. Walker, George Walker, George Bancroft, Joseph Wardle, and Charles Bagguley. My attention was drawn to the works, and I observed a settling Just over the springers at the backing up of the arch : the settling was, how ever, not more than a quarter of an inch : I was vratch ing to see if it got any wider, and my attention was taken off by hearing a crash. I cast my eye along the top of the arch, and saw the arch fall in. I was too near the arch to observe who were under it when it fell in. I saw Samuel Henchley and John Harlow come from underneath the arch not snore than five minutes before the accident ; and also saw deceased, Charles Bagguley, and Joseph Wardle, go under. I also saw Mr. Sims, the contractor, come from under the arch, probably two or three minutes after Henchley and Harlow. It could not be more than two minutes after Sims had left the arch that I heard the crash. Mr. Sims came and stood by me, and then re turned to the bed of the river to watch the men at work. Besides Bagguley and Wardle, I knew that others were under the arch at work, but who they were, or of what number they consisted, I did not know at the time. I had not been under the arch myself ; that was no part of my duty, which simply was to see if the materials were properly mixed. Ino sooner turned my eye to the spot where I heard the crash I have spoken of, than the arch fell in. Before it fell I saw the arch sway a little on the opposite side to where I was standing—that is, on the side near Mr. Evans's warehouse. All who were under at the time of the accident were buried in the ruins. At the time it fell there were two persons upon I the arch, on the opposite side to where I stood ; their names were Berrestord and ,Whittingham. I assisted in extricating the bodies from the ruins, and saw the de ceased Brown, the two Walkers, Bancroft, Bagguley, and Wardle got out ; they were all dead. Ido not con sider any person to blame. Jacob Berresford—l am a labourer, and for the last two months have worked for Mr. Sims. I was working with him yesterday morning. I went at six o'clock, and remained on until eight, at which time I went to my breakfast, and returned at half-past eight, when I recom menced work. I had been employed stacking bricks, and having finished, went to look at the men who were working under the arch. Thomas Walker, George Bancroft, Charles Bagguley, George Walker, Thomas Brown, and Joseph Wardle were the persons. I went under the arch about a yard. I saw Thomas Brown with a hammer in his hand, in the act of striking a prop underneath. I also saw Thomas Walker doing the same in another part of the arch. The other four were stand ing up looking on, as if to give their opinion. I did not exchange words with any of them, but in about two or three minutes withdrew and returned to the top of the arch, on one side of which, near Sutton's, and the end near to the cast-metals, I began levelling; and there was a man (I believe of the name of Whittington) ramming. Whilst so employed I felt something soft under my feet as if I was going down, and on looking saw that the arch was going. I immediately gave the alarm and jumped off. As far as I can judge the crown of the arch fell first. When the arch had fallen, I heard the deceased Thomas Walker, who was underneath the ruins, cry out three times, " I'm dying fast—l am nearly done for." I assisted in removing the ruins, and extricating the bodies of the parties who were underneath, and whom I had just previously to the falling in seen alive. James Sims—lam a builder, residing in Traffic-street, and engaged to build an arch over the Mill Fleam in the Morledge, and had got one length of arching in, which was completed on Friday night. It remained for the purpose of settling with the centres under, until yester day morning. I considered the centres might be then safely struck. On Monday night I received orders from Mr. Harpur to strike the centres •, and yesterday morn ing, my son-in-law, Thomas Walker, and Charles Bag guley were employed for that purpose. I superintended the work, and both Mr. Harpur and myself had been present from the first blow being struck. Mr. Harpur, who is the town surveyor, was appointed to superintend the work, and see that my work was done according to contract. From the commencement of the work he at tended daily, sometimes four or five times a day, and at times half a day together. I considered I worked under his direction. We worked by plans and specifications, to which we strictly adhered, unless requested by Mr. llarpur to deviate from them. I meant trying one length of centres first to see what I could do with it, and to ascertain whether I should require any more. I was under the arch not more than half a minute before it fell in, and I did not observe any indication of danger ' • the first notice of this accident I had was the crash and fall ing in of the arch.—(Mr. Sims cried bitterly during his examination, and was an object of general sympathy.) After the examination of Mr. Samuel Harpur, surveyor to the Commissioners under tho Derby Improvement Act, the jury retired to consider their verdict. In about five minutes they returned, and delivered in a verdict of " Accidental death," with a deodand of is. upon the centre of the arch, the expression of a regret that two centres were not employed instead of one, in order that the work might have had more time to set, and a recom mendation that in future all such works should be car ried on with not less than two centres.—Abridged from be Derby Reporter. THE DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT OLDHAM. ADJOURNED INQUEST. OLDHAM, LANCASHIRE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The inquest was resumed, pursuant to adjournment, at two o'clock this afternoon ; and, taking into considera tion the respectability of the jury, and their peculiar capacity to judge accurately of all the varied features of the case, together with the well-known practical ex perience of Messrs. Fairburn and Bellkouse, whose pro mised joint opinion was looked for with the utmost anxiety, involving, as it was expected to do, questions of vital importance to the public at large, as well as the great millowners in the world—taking all this into due consideration, there have, perhaps, been few investiga tions of the kind that have possessed so large a portion of general interest. The preliminary business having been gone through, Mr. Fairburn said, that the object both he and his coad jutor, Mr. Bellhouse, had in view was twofold—in the first place they had to satisfy the minds of the jury as to the true causes of the accident which had been un happily attended by such extensively fatal results, and secondly, it was their anxious desire to place such a statement on record as might be calculated to prevent a recurrence of such accidents in future, though in so doing they should be under the necessity of going more minutely and at greater length into the subject than was customary on such occasions. Mr. Fairburn then pro ceeded to read a lengthened report, and commented on the different parts of it as he proceeded. It was then arranged that the jury should retire to consult on th© mode in which their reception and ap proval of the report should be embodied in their verdict, and they withdrew accordingly. _ _ _ After a consultation of tipwards of an hour in dura tion, the jury again took their seats in the Court, when, after a short discussion on a few points of technicality, the following verdict was returned : "Accidental Death, caused by the falling of tho build ing ; and the jury are unanimously of opinion that the causes of the accident are fully pointed out by the able report of Messrs. Fairburn and Bellhouse." MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE IN THE RIVER LEA.-- Last evenink, Mr. Balcej• bola . an inquest at the Crown, Orchard II:Ose;Blackwall; On view of the body of Char lotte Garwood, aged twenty-six years. It appeared by the evidence,..that deceased resided with her mother and sister, at No. 9, Leamouth-place, Blackwell. She ob tained her living as a sempstress. She had latterly, with out any apparent cause, become very reserved. On Tuesday evening she took her supper , a s usual, with her family, of which she partook very heartily, and afterwards seated herself by the fire, and began to converse. She shortly afterwards rose abruptly from her seat, and went out of the back door. Not return ing, search was made for her in vai n, until the following morning, when her body was found embedded in the mud of the river Lea, where it had been left on the re • ceding of the tide, within a few yards of her mother's door. A sister of deceased said, she cou ld not account for her committing such an act. The Coroner remarked upon the mysterious nature of the occurrence, and said, that as there was no positi ve ev id ence, although t h ere could be but little doubt of th e f act, t h at the deceased threw herself i into the water, it wou ld b e b etter to return 11. a open verdict of " Found d rowne d , " w hi c h was accord , ngly recorded. MONEY MARKET and Cll'Y NE - WS:4 * .!•,- FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAtii\: , : c---- \ ‘:-' 4• * -- CITY, THURSDAY EVEN ;#l4,‘ -i -11, .ALD.—As might have been anticipatad, a tomi- 4- .J J.. p rog re,4sively taking place in ;.the d \, ( l c. siderni7le chtnige is discount business in the City. Formerly the Bank - cif ~ k nlac in that category ' England opened discount SCCOULL tS ti ed Winile houses ~ :Tec ,ll,l favour conferred only in special cases, and to be towed an oblige might rather be considered a the Bank by the Bank, than that the customer lib.' . in cases - tion on them, by giving them his imaineb.: - - Many per- sons had, therefore, drawing accounts with that could obtain no discounts, and it was only of emergency in the Money Market that they dep,.?xted. from that rule. The Bank of England is now, bowsur,• a competitor for business with the other banks of the metropolis and the large discount houses, and they are no longer so fastidious about the position of parties,. provided the paper presented for discount is considered:. satisfactory. There is much less ceremony also in the modes operandi, the bills being taken or refused most frequently off hand at once, instead of be'ng detained some time for consideration, as was invariably the former practice. The present terms for first-class meeantile paper, it is already known, are at present 21 per cent. , • and on these conditions the Bank has greatly extol 'led their operations within a month past. The other banks, joint -stock and private, are naturally' feeling the effect of the competition, but it is cutting in , still more directly on the Lombard-street discount houses. There is one point of difference which gives the Bank of England a preference even when the rate of discount is a small fraction higher. Parties make sure that their paper will not be hawked about or exposed to other persons, or run any risk of being passed off in re-discount. There are other banks, it is true, in the metropolis, who strictly adhere to the same rule, but confidence that they will not deviate from it is not so generally established. At present the rate of discount; on first-class bills, falling due within the present year, is from 21 to 21 in the market, so that the increase of the business of the Bank of England is a proof of the pre ference above alluded to. We understand that the greater part of the gold which has lately been withdrawn from the Bank of England has been the operation of the banks of issue in the provinces, This is the result of the restriction of the issues, these banks requiring an additional amount of money, pre ferring to take out gold, in order that the Bank of Eng -10,0 notes may not become too familiar in the circula tion of lbe neighbourhood. The policy of this is easily seen throlig::, and we believe is one of the results fore- - seen by the Prt? pier to extend the metallic base of the currency. . TIMES.—We mentioulAd a few days ago the rumour that the Bank of England y; as going to charge a corn mission for transmitting money y*? different parts of the country by means of the bran ches. AT: is understood that this measure has been definitively deo. `lam on at the Court Court of Directors held to-day, and it is oposed that the plan will come into operation within a foal:ight. No details have as yet transpired, but in charging the com mission a distinction will probably be made in the I:'ite, according to the circumstance of the person who make.s the payment keeping or not keeping an account. Tho measure forms another instance of the determination of the Bank of England to assimilate their operations to- • those of the private bankers. A report having been circulated that the Spanish Go vernment has created and clandestinely issued (or has contemplated issuing) a large amount of Three per Cent. Stock beyond the amount required for capitalising the coupons duo on the Active stock to the end of 1840, Senor Borrajo, the President of the Spanish Finance Commission in London, has addressed a letter Olated the sth inst.) to Mr. R. Thornton, the President of the Com mittee of Spanish Bondholders, in which, after expresigY stating that there is not in circulation nor in reserve 11 single Three per Cent. bond for which equivalent has not been given in coupons, he adds, to avoid all misun derstanding, that not a single coupon belonging to the Spanish Government has been converted, but that the • conversion has related exclusively to the stock in the hands of individual creditors. SUN.—Consols closed firmly at 1001;1 for Money and Time. India Stock fell from 288 to 2861. The Three per Cent. Reduced were 991 1. Exchequer Bills were 655. prem. The Foreign Investments generally supported their value. Spanish Actives were 2411 ; and the Deferred, 15 to i. Portuguese Converted brought 551 to 56- Chilian were 101 ; Chilian Deferred, 53 ; Belgian, 102; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 621 i. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 91 ; Cam bridge and Lincoln, it ; Chester and Holyhad, 1 ; Churnct Valley, 11 ; Ely and Bedford, 1 ; Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 5 ; Kendal and Win dermere, 3/ 1 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 3 ; Birmingham, 1131 • Croydon, 21 ; London and York,} ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 16 ; Newcastle and Darlington, 281 to 271 ' • Sheffield and Manchester, 17 ; South-gastern, 9 ; 1 York and North Midland, Scarborough Branch, 27 ; Ditto, Selby Scrip, 59 ; Boulogne and Amiens, 2 -, Paris and Orleans, 191 ; Paris and Rouen, 191; and Paris and Strasbourg, i premium. Eastern Counties have been 111 discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 61, and Union of London, 21 1 prem. COMMERCIAL NAVIES. The Austrian Lloyd publishes the following statement of the commercial navies of the European states:- States. Ships. Tonnage. . Great Britain France 13,845 Russia Austria Prussia Hanover Mecklenburg . . Hamburg+. Lubeck Bremen Holland Belgium Norway and Sweden 5,450 ,.. 471,772 Denmark Spain Portugal. Sardinia Roman States Two Sicilies Lucca Tuscany lonian Islands Greece Turkey NEW LIVE-BOAT.—THE KAMTTULICON.—Yester day morning a large number of ladies and gentlemen assembled at the wharf of the Elastic Pavement Com pany, in the Commercial-road, Lambeth, to witness the launch of a new life-boat, the invention of Lieutenant Walker, R.N., F.R.S. The boat, which is destined for the service of the Belgian Government, is composed principally of cork and India ribber, the gunwale, keel, seats, and fittings being of wood. She is 34 feet long and 12 feet wide, end is 4 feet deep in tiip midships from gunwale to keel ; she is fitted with four victualling boxes, and 10 air-boxes, covering an area of about 19 feet by 10 feet, which may be fitted up at will Other with air or water—with air, of course, when increased buoyancy is required, and with water when extra ballast is required. She is capable of holding about 50 persons, and though an open boat, with no sails or rigging of any description, little doubt is entertained of her capability to live in the roughest sea, the specific gravity of the material of which she is composed being so small that she would not sink if full of water. At eleven o'clock the ceremony of christening was performed in the usual manner by a lady, who named the boat the " Kamptuli con." The blocks were then struck, and she glided into the water amid the shouts of the persons assembled. On board at this time were the crew, consisting of Captain Sever, and twelve sturdy rowers ; Lieut. Walker, the , inventor ; Mr. Richardson, the builder ; Mr. Bagster, Mr. Ancona, Mr. Braithwate, Capt. Crosier, and others, amounting to thirty or forty individuals. She was pulled up on the top of the tide to abreast of the New Houses of Parliament, when she returned also with the tide to her moorings. The trial afforded general satisfaction, Mr. Walker and Mr. Richardson expressing themselves perfectly satisfied with the experiment. The boat weighs about two tons, and draws fifteen inches of water when . her crew and passengers are aboard. CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday forenoon an in quest was held before Mr. W. Carter, Coroner for Ease Surrey, and a jury, at the Globe, Regent-street, Lam- , both, on the body of Sarah King, aged 85, for many years a well-known mendicant in Lambeth, who was • supposed to have died from starvation. The demised had for the last four years occupied an attic at No. 99. East-street, which since her death has been locked up by the parish authorities, and the key having been mis laid, on the jury going with the Coroner to view the body, the door had to be burst open. The scene which then presented itself was of the most appalling &scrip.., tion. The room contained scarcely a vestige of furni ture, not a particle of food, and was in the most filthy condition. On the floor lay the body of the deeeased co vered with the rags she usually wore, her couch being formed of an old mattress, and her pillow of potatoe peel• ings. Johannah Pumming had known deceased for twelve, years. She had been a mendicant about Lambeth for many years, and was most eccentric in her habits. Between one and two o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday a young . woman living in deceased's house came and told witness. something was the matter, and on going to her room shoo found her on the floor with her head lying under the table. She was quite sensible, but was unable to speala or take some hot coffee which was offered her. Mr, Wagstafl; one of the parish surgeons, attended on being, sent for, and tried to administer medicine, but she could, not take it, and died at seven o'clock the same evening.. Mr. Matthew French Wagstaff, one of the parish sur geons of St. Mary, Lambeth, deposed to being called in to see deceased on the day in question, and that she was lying on the floor apparently paralysed, and in a dying g s a t ne a dn t tc:. ventricles ea l l tyr le ihele h ea a sl d toh s fy i t n , hcbeeudt brain, e t a h t e h r ea e n‘ x v d a a m s i h n e e d serous samet he fluidab p o p d i enya. the ha en l e t v ee w si i the region of the head and pericardium. There was the appearance of very little food in the stomach ; bat, taking all the circumstances i n t o cons id erat i on, it was his opinion that death had been occasioned by the accumu lation of the serous fluid alluded to. Verdict, "Died from natural causes." TILE GAME Laws.—A policeman, about half-past threo o'clock in the morning of yesterday, saw two men leaving Uxbridge, and knowing them to be suspicious characters, they having been several times convicted of offences, he watched them for some time, and eventually questioned them, and, their answers being most evasive and unsatisfactory, he took them to the station-hou3a. There was-found in the pockets of one a gun, such as is used by poachers, taken to pieces, and a bag of shot, and on the other a powder flask, containing a quantity of powder. The Uxbridge bench fined them in the full penalty of 5/. each. In default both prisoners were com mitted to hard labour in the House of Correction for erg)" . month each, )CL l_