The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-18 00:00:00

to - ire 0" et ci !1 51. 0, to Rob, pi p prtli SUF' MARY OF NEWS IND I,Oubltt Opinion. 0 Who runs may read." ro 2.llLitN. On Saturday evening, their Majesties the King and Queen of the French received the Neapolitan Ambas sador, the Ministers of Marine and Commerce, the Duke d'Hareourt, the Count de Colomby, and M. Bermudez. We understand that their Majesties and the Royal Fa mily will remove to the Palace of St. Cloud about the 25th, and that the King, after seeing his family in • Stalled, will go to Eu, from which place he will proceed to England. The King and Queen of the Belgians, with the Princes, Heir sons, and suite, arrived at Ostend on Saturday last. 'They are to return to Brussels on the 22d. The Constitutionnd says that their Sicilian Majesties will arrive at Paris at the end of October, and it believes that their visit is connected with the Duke d'Atunale's rumoured marriage. M. Cortina, ex-President of the Spanish Cortes, and ex-Minister, and M. Cantaro, ex-Minister of Finance, hir:e arrived in Paris. The Nuremberg Correspondent has a Berlin letter of rthe Bth, saying:—" The Empress of Russia is expected - to pass the winter at the Palace of Belle Vue, in Berlin. Our King, it is said, is to have an interview with the Emperor Nicholas, at a place on the frontier, near Tilsit." The Univers states that several French and Italian Jesuits have just embarked at Bordeaux for Madagascar, where they intend to form a missionary settlement. The Pope has appointed an auditor of rota for Spain. The appointment is provisional, but it is regarded as au indication of the approaching settlement of the differ ences between the Papal Court and the Spanish Govern ment. We read in a letter from Trieste, of the sth:—" The :Prince de Metternich has given an audience to all the foreign Consuls. The French and English Ambassadors to the Court of Austria have arrived, and it is generally reported that a conference will be held on the affairs of Italy. The Emperor and Empress of Austria have just arrived." In consequence of the failure of the harvest in Poland, from the inundations of the Vistula, the Emperor Nicholas has interdicted the exportation of corn from that country. A letter from Leipsic of the 11th inst., announces that the town of Plauen had been on fire for two days, and 'as still burning. The church, the great pharmacy, and a6O houses were already destroyed; but the town library Was fortunately saved. The Mayor of Dieppe has given notice that in con sequence of the postponement of the visit of the King and Royal Family to the chateau d'Eu, the ceremony of the inauguration of the statue of Duquesne, which was to have been honoured with their presence, and had therefore been postponed, will take place on Sunday next. The culture of rice has just been tried with full suc cess at Camargue, near Arles. The vegetation of the t'ep is so fine, that no doubt remains of the soil, Ca reargue being perfectly well adapted to it. At a recent sitting of the Municipal Council of Paris, a Vote was come to that the Prefect should be requested !co make inquiry as to the various communities formed in Paris—the Sceurs Ursulines, and others—the mem bers of which, under pretence of furnishing charitable &c., obtain admittance into families, and employ an influence which may be turned to an improper account. the Council demand that none of these societies shall °e permitted unless the law respecting them be fully conformed to. ,_A letter from Athens of the 31st ult., in the Sud of Marseilles, states that dissentions had already commenced In the new Ministry, particularly between M. Metaxa and M. Colletti, the former having manifested a deter teination to appoint only his own partisans to Govern teent offices. In consequence of this misunderstanding, the elections for the capital had been postponed. LAW AND POWC76S. Henry Steward, for burglary, and William Windsor, 4 well-known thief, for picking pockets, were respec tively sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to ten Years' transportation by the Recorder, in the Old Court:; Llnd William Franklin, the pig -dealer, who robbed an Irishman named Ward of 109/., the produce of the sale of twenty-five pigs, was sentenced to be transported for 4 sirnilar term by Mr. Commissioner Bullock, in the New Court.At Bow-street, Emily Brockwell, a servant girl, %harged with robbing Mr. William Cunningham of I ° o l. 10s. in gold, was fully committed. Caroline Stuart was again brought up at Queen- Nuare, on a charge of practising the most revolting ftuelty on three children named Tyler. The children * ere examined, and on their evidence, together with that ° I several persons lodging in the same house, she was ec lulinitted to take her trial. drover, named Edward Drake, was committed from A larylebone on a charge of horse-stealing. At Union hall, John Cooper, alias Timberlake, George Jackson, and George Weston, charged with Webbing the house of Thomas Brundall, of Agnes-street, Waterloo -road, of 12L 103., some silver spoons, and other articles, were committed for trial. They had obtained a dmittance to the prosecutor's house during his absence Y Pretending to be police-officers, acting under a search warra n t, The Gravesend magistrates continue their crusade against Sunday amusements. James Riddell, the pro prietor of a shooting gallery on Windmill-hill, was fined !Is. 6 , 1. for weighing persons on Sunday last. aerin. drive r o f a Bisickwall omnibus, named Edward at th:7 Barnes office, to fourteen days' imprisonment, for f amous driving. A3l sair IP.ILISNION I . 3II . The Duke o xma f Sutherland and the Marquis of Lorn r ears Dunr o bi n C as tle, Sutherlandshire, at the close of this week, to join the Duchess and Lady Caroline Leve -8011 Gower, at Erskine House, the seat of Lord and Lady tlantyre, near Glasgow, from whence the Noble Duke and Duchess, and Lord and Lady Blantyre, repair to 4n verary Castle. The D u k e o f W e llington is at present staying at calmer Castle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Douro, accompanied by Miss Hope Vere, are expected lo arrive there from Germany during the present week. Me Duke of Richmond, Lord John Manners, and "". Dickens, of Sussex, left Glenfiddich Lodge, his 41 °ure shooting-box in the Highlands, on Friday, and after paying a short visit to Mr. Lumsden, of Clooie, ar tired at Gordon Castle cn Monday. te;fenhee puke de Melfort, the Earl of Mansfield, his Ex the American Minister, and Mrs. Everett and liss Everett, the Earl and Countess of Sefton, the Earl °' Durham, and Ladies Maria and Alice Lainbton, the ~.otintess of Camperdown, and Lady Elizabeth Duncan, ' B 4 Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Fox Maule, M.P., a nd Hon. Mrs. Menlo, the Hon. E. J. Stanley, M.P., V iscount Ingestre, Lord Gray, Lord and Lady Bel -1-,BYen, Lord and Lady Ruthven, Sir A. Campbell, Lady tldlizabeth Moncrieffe, and Miss Moncrieffe, Viscount F ielding, Sir David and Lady Anne Baird, &c., have k_ ',en among the recent visitors of the Marquis and Mar - Neness of Breadalbane at Taymouth Castle. The Earl and Countess Poulett left town on Saturday 'or Hinton St. George, their noble seat, Somersetshire. The Earl and Countess of Cawdor and Lady Mary iiarnpbell arrived at Drumlanrig Castle on Thursday l m . , on a visit to the Duke of Buccleuch, from Cawdor Castle, Viscount and Viscountess Emlyn, the Earl and Countess of Desert, and the Hon. 0. and Lady Caro line Duncombe, who have be( n staying with the Earl in Countess at their ancient baronial family residence 41 Nairnshire, left there in the previous week. 'Viscount Melville and the Hon. Misses Dunda h ave r been among the circle invited to meet theßoyal ':isitors at Ravensworth Castle, have taken their depar ture thence, and are arrived at Melville Castle, near Edinburgh, for the season. Viscount and Lady Marianne Alford have left town ° A u a visit to the Marquis of Northampton, at Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire. Viscount and Viscountess Villiers are not expected to retur n to this country from Vienna, where they are now Zayin on a visit to Prince and Princess Nicholas Ester. 84 3', g until the first week in Nove P mber. astrISCIELZULPIEOII7II. The white marble statue of her Most Gracious Ma- Jests, which arrived in the St. Katharine's Dock last Reek by the schooner Effort, from Leghorn , has not °en landed, as reported, but still remains on board the 'vessel which is lying at the rear of the Dock-house. The t ! f hite marble statue of his Royal Highne ss P rince Al bert, arrived upwards of a month before that of the Queen, having been brought to the St. Katharine's Dock ° ,,u the 9th ult., from Leghorn, by the schooner Mary 1- 'idgway, Captain Traill. It was immediately landed and safely conveyed to Buckingham Palace. Two ladies, of the sect of the White Quakers, were a Pprehended in the streets of Longford, where they dis- Played themselves in the supposed costume of Eden, viz., garment of leaves twisted together, and covering them r ° l ll the waist to the knee. Lieutenant Richard Nantes, on half - pay of the 55 th r egiment of foot, has just been appointed one of the military knights of Windsor, in the room of the late Major Anderson, who died in the early part of last month. au r. O'Connell has caused the bed on which he slept rin g hi s incarceration to be removed to Merrion rquare, a nd has supplied Mr. Cooper, the deputy-go- Zernor, with a new one instead , declaring that he wou ld "IP it as a memorial for his children. I ,The Recordership of Cork is vacant by the death of Robert Bennett. The appointment is vested by the Irish Municipal Act in the Lord Lieutenant. The situation of Counsel to the Irish Office, vacant by A 11 ;, 2 recent death of Mr. O'Hanlon, has not yet bee n "'fed up. We have heard that some new arrangements, With respect to the transaction of business in the Irish office, are in contemplation. At a most numerous meeting of the men of Wexfor d, h eld on Thursday last, a befitting address to the Libe rator was adopted amidst the greatest enthusiasm. iAmongst the gentlemen who spoke at the meeting were Mr- M a y or ( c h a i rman ), Very Rev. Doctor Sinnott, Rev. 44 r- Murphy, Messrs. Greene, Kenselah, Macslonnell, &c. , enkin Morgan, who, with Frost, Williams, and Jones, g as sentenced to be hanged at the Monmouth Special C ommission in 1840, for the Newport riots in 1839, but W nose sentence was subsequently commuted to irnpri ;°,ureent in the Millbank Penitentiary, has been lately o lleased. When he was arrested he was the proprietor w .three houses, had a well-stocked farm, and was other s ' i se most comfortably situated. Upon leaving the pri son he found himself and his family houseless, and is no w endeavouring to raise a subscription to enable him t Support his wife and children. _ Earl B a th urst , on S a t ur day last, caused thirteen sho p,l o to be distributed amongst the labourers in his em h arvest for the purpose of commemorating the old English u arYeet home." 0 I i aide s °f mod e ' a open tp t prese'ri , to Pe r ' nds 90s. 5. brisk er. a nd t h° L obtoi ° 1 WO Bra zd 1 Din h ew P aid UP' Kr- „ iliSVl' 20 l oa 90 to ":",;th te 417. Co to to to to to - to THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER is, .844, Hi :R MAJESTY at BLAIR ATHOL. BLAIR ATHOL, MONDAY, SEPT. 16. a 'he rain continued to fall without intermission thee ughout the wh , .)le of yesterday, but the incle ment of the weather did not deter her Majesty from attendin g Divine service at the village A dumber of workmen had been engaged until 5 l o t e hour on Saturday night in fitting up th , ci chief t ain's pew, which, on this occasion, was des tiPell for the use of her Majesty. Fresh cushions were placed on all the seats, and it was lined thro 'aghout with red velvet, - and every preparation that the most careful attention could devise was mad ‘, to render it fit for the reception of its illus triou s occupant. With that punctuality for which every member of the Royal Family has been so emi nentl3 distinguished, her Majesty arrived at this humble place erf worship a f ew m i nu t es b e f o re the eotimnieocemer .t of Divine service. Lord and Lady Gle nlyon, iv, their britschka, preceded the royal party,. and shortly after the arrival of his Lordship, one of:. the royal close carriages, with a pair of horses and a. -single outrider, was seen driving rapidly down the avenue which leads from the prin cipal entrance to the castle. The guard of Athol liighlf tnders, who wore stationed at the gate which has be, in recently erected presented arms as the royal carriag e drove atong the road ; and Lord Glenlyon, accompanied by several of his noble relatives and clansriu :n, including the Master of Strathallan, Sir David, IDundas, Kier of Kindroggan, Oswald of Dun nikie r, Captain Drum mon d, & c ., a ll of whom were attic( KI in the national costume, were drawn up out side the poach of the village church to receive her Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, Viscountess Canning, and Lady Caroline Cocks, were also in the royal carriage. On a lighting her Majesty was conducted by her noble ha .st to his Lordship's pew, and shortly after the arrival of her Majesty, another of the royal car riages d rew up to the church, containing Lord Aber deen, I Liverpool, Lord Charles Wellesley, Mr. G. E. _Anson, and Sir James Clarke, all of whom occupied places in the back of the royal pew. Upon these feudal principles also, which, even upon the pre sent o ccasion, were not departed from, places were assign ed in the back of the pew for Lord Glenlyon's stewar cl, and some few of the principle members of his Li irdship's household. The Highland Chieftain, with 'Lady Glenlyon, sat beside Lady Canning in the front seat with her Majesty. Divine service then commenced according to the Presbytirian form of worship. A psalm was first sung, in, excellent time and tune. The clergyman, Mr. Irvine, then delivered an extempore prayer, after which as other psalm was sung, and the sermon fol lowed, :Mr. Irvine taking his text from the thirteenth verse of the fifth chapter of Matthew, " Ye are the salt of the earth." Mr. Irvine's sermon was a plain, straightforward discou tse, devoid of all flourishes of rhetoric, and was de livered in a broad Scotch accent, but Mr, Ir vine's enunciation was so clear and distinct, that every word was perfectly intelligible to the English portion of the congregation. We were happy to find that the clergyman had the good taste to abstain from those pulpit panegyrics and personal allusions, which, on former occasions of a similar nature, have been so distasteful to her Majesty. In the short prayer which followed, the sermon, and which concluded the service, the Que en and the Royal Family were mentioned, as a matte.o of course, but beyond this there was no al lusion, either directly or indirectly, to the presence of the Sovereign amongst the congregation. After the service, according to a custom still exist ing in some parts of Scotland, wooden boxes attached to thin poles, and called " ladles " by the Scotch, were handed into all the pews, in order that every member of the congregation might contribute his mite towards the support of the parochial poor. Her Majesty ap peared to look with great interest at this method of collecting alms, and Prince Albert was evidently anxious to contribute, but a plate being placed at the kirk door, at the entrance to the chieftain's pew, enabled her Majesty, the Prince, and the members of the suite, .to leave their donations on going out of the church. At the conclusion of the service her Majesty was conducted to her carriage by Lord Glenlyon, an umbrella being held over her Majesty to protect her from the rain, which continued to pour in ceaseless torrents. Her Majesty was fortunately provided with india-rubber goloshes, or she would have infallibly caught cold, as the thick muddy newly-laid gravel, through which her Majesty was compelled to pass, was but little adapted for lightly-shod ladies. Her Ma jesty wore a black silk dress with a mantelet of the same material, and a white drawn crape bonnet. Prince Albert wore a white hat with a crape, and all the members of her Majesty's suite also wore the Court mourning. At four o'clock the mists were seen scampering away from the mountain tops, and the rain suddenly ceased; her Majesty availed herself of the propitious change in the weather, and left the castle in her garden chair, drawn by two servants in plain liveries ; her Majesty was accompanied by Prince Albert, and proceeded through the grounds to view the Falls of the Tilt and the Pender which had derived additional grandeur from the recent heavy rain. Her Majesty returned to the castle shortly before seven. There was no addition to the royal dinner circle last evening. At an early hour this morning her Majesty walked abroad with the Prince to enjoy the fresh morning air. The rain had entirely ceased during the night, and as the day dawned the sun shone forth in all its splen dour, and showed the surrounding scenery in all its beauty. Her Majesty and her illustrious Consort were accompanied in the morning walk through the grounds by the Princess Royal, who was mounted on a Shetland pony, and attended by a groom and servant. After breakfast the Prince left the castle with Lord Glenlyon to shoot grouse on the hills around the castle, which have been hitherto strictly preserved. The birds having remained unmolested on their native moors are far from wild, and will lie like stones, so that the sportsman may walk over them. The Prince will return early to the castle to ac company her Majesty in her drive this afternoon. The carriages are ordered to be ready at tw o o'clock. — Post. (From the Glasgow Argus.) Her Majesty, we may state generally, is living in the most perfect retirement, and it is honourable to the district, as well as to the strangers who have resorted to the neighbourhood, that no attempts have as yet been made to intrude within the precincts of the Castle grounds. A better locality for securing the privacy she desires it would be almost impossible to se lect, for, without having her path crossed by a solitary stranger, she may ride miles upon miles amid scenery of the most pleasant and picturesque description. In dependently of the pleasure-grounds, which are of vast extent, there are numerous beautiful rides. Glentilt is within a few minutes' walk of the Castle, and here her Majesty may find ample scope for contemplating nature in her most sublime and magnificent aspects; the glen containing some of the finest scenery to be found even in the Highlands of Scotland. The demesnes of the Castle present many other attractions; and beyond them the celebrated pass of Killicrankie, the falls of Brewar, and other places of note which it is said her Majesty intends to visit, afford sufficient room for gratifying the most ardent curiosity. That it is the wish of the Queen almost entirely to devote her self to the peculiar pleasures which the scenery of the district affords, is shown by the fact that no company is to be invited to the Castle during her stay there, and that she has provided herself with scarcely any of the ordinary means of amusement. There is not even a band of music in attendance—all the usual concomitants of Court life have been abandoned, and her Majesty lives with as much simplicity as the most humble gentlewoman in her kingdom. Prince Albert is the constant companion of the Queen in every little walk and excursion; but it is the intention of his Royal Highness to devote a por tion of every day, when the weather will permit, to field sports. The Prince is described as an excellent shot, having from infancy been accustomed to prac tise with his gun, under the direction of his father, who was one of the most keen and experienced sports men on the Continent. On Thursday a large quantity of powder and shot arrived at Blair for the use of his Royal Highness ; and in order to follow out his fa vourite amusement as much as possible in the costume of the district, he has provided a shooting-jacket, with ' a plaid to match, of the Murray tartan. The Prince appears to be in more robust health than when on his last visit to Scotland. The Princess Royal is very frequently seen riding, or running about the policies, and as the Highland guard, whenever she approaches them, present arms, they are much more frequently called upon to dis charge the duty towards her than to either of her royal parents. She is almost constantly attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and two servants. Her Royal Highness is a stout active girl, and appears to be in the enjoyment of the most perfect health. Not a single soldier has been retained at Blair Castle, nor indeed in the district, the guardianship of the royal party being solely entrusted to the Athol Highlanders, an exceedingly fine-looking body of men. There are in all about 160 of them ; but they take duty in rotations of twenty each. Their dress and accou trements, which are of a very superior kind, have been provided by Lord Glenlyon, but the expense of their maintenance falls upon her Majesty. They are accompanied by five or six pipers who, at stated in tervals, serenade the inmates of the castle, being the only kind of instrumental music heard within the grounds. As to the future proceedings of her Majesty in Scotland, we may state that they are either uncertain, Or kept a profound mystery. The member, of the household are as much in the dark upon this point as the rest of the world ; and it is needless for us to be throwing out mere conjecture on the subject. ANCIENT REMINISCENCES OF ATHOLE. (From the Perthshire Constitutional.) History, not of a very remote date, shows us that Kings and Queens have, ere this, visited these romantic regions. Lindsay, of Pitscottie, gives some interesting details of former royal movements on this remarkable arena. The following quotations will not be devoid of interest at the present time : " In the summer of the year 1529, King James V., accompanied by Queen Margaret and the Pope's ambassador, went to hunt in Athole, where he remained three days, most nobly entertained by the Earl of Athole, and killed thirty score of hart and hvnd, with other small beasts, as roe and roebuck, wolf and fox, and wild cats. The Earl of Athole, hearing of the King's coining, made great provision for him in all things pertaining to a Prince, so that he was as well served and eased with all things necessary to his estate as he had been at his own Pa lace of Edinburgh. For I heard say, this noble earl gart make a curious palace to the King, his mother, and the ambassador, where they were so honourably lodged, as they had been in England, France, Italy, or Spain, concerning the time and equivalent for their hunting or pastime; which was builded in midst of a fair meadow, a palace of green timber, wound with green birks, that were green, both under and above, which was fashioned in four quarters, and in every stilarter and nuke thereof a great round, as it had been a block-house, which was lofted and geisted, the space of three house height; the floors laid with green scharets and spreats, medwarts and flowers,that no man knew whereon he zied, bnt as he had been in a garden. Further, there were two great rounds on ilk side of the gate, and a great portcullies of tree falling down with the manner of a barrace, with a drawbridge, and a great stank of water of sixteen feet deep, and thirty feet of breadth. And also this palace within was hung with fine tapestry, and eras ses of silk, and lighted with fine glass windows in all airths ; that this palace was as pleasantly decored with all necessaries pertaining to a prince as it had been his own royal palace at home. Farther, this Earl gart make such provision for the King and his mother, that they had all manner of meats, drinks, and delicates that were to be gotten, at that time, in Scotland, either in burgh or land— viz., all kind of drink, as ale, beer, wine, &c.; of meals, with fleshes, &c. ; and also the stanks that were around about the palace, were full of delicate fishes, as salmonds, trouts, pearches, pikes, eels, and all other kinds of delicate fishes that could be gotten in fresh waters, and all ready for the banquet. Syne were there proper stewards, &c. ; and the halls and chambers were prepared with costly bedding, vessel and napry, according for a king ; so that he wanted none of his orders more than he had been at home. The King remained in this wilderness at the hunting the space of three days and three nights, and his com pany, as I have shown. I heard men say that it cost the Earl of Athole, every day, in expenses a thousand pounds. All this sumptuous edifice was purposely consumed by fire on the King's departure." —Lindsay of Pitscottie, History of Scotland, p. 225, ed. 1778. Another old writer thus describes a grand royal Highland hunting match. It is to be hoped this may not frighten our own beloved Queen from braving the dangers of Glentilt : " In the year 1563, the Earl of Athole, a Prince of the blood-royal, had, with much trouble and vast ex pense, a hunting match for the entertainment of our most illustrious and most grcious Queen. Our peo ple call this a royal hunting. I was then a young man, and was present on that occasion. Two thousand High landers, or wild Scotch, as you call them here, were employed to drive to the hunting-ground all the deer from the woods and hills of Athole, Badenoch, Mar, Murray, and the counties about. As these Highlanders use a light dress, and are very swift of foot, they went up and down so nimbly, that in less than two months' time they brought together 2,000 red deer, besides roes and fallow deer. The Queen, the great men, and others, were in a glen, when all the deer were brought before them. Beiieve me, the whole body of them moved forward in something like battle order. The sight still strikes me, and ever will, for they had a leader whom they followed close wherever he moved. This leader was a very fine stag, with a very high head. The sight delighted the Queen very much, but she soon had occasion for fear. Upon the Earl's (who had been accustomed to such sights) addressing her thus, Do you observe that stag who is foremost in the herd ? There is danger from that stag; for if either fear or rage should force him from the ridge of that hill, let every one look to himself, for none of us will be out of the way of harm ; for the rest will follow this one, and, having thrown us under foot, they will open a passage to this hill behind us.' What happened a moment after confirmed this opinion—for the Queen ordered one of the best dogs to be let loose on one of the deer—this the dog pursues, the leading stag was fright ened, he flies by the same way he had come there, the rest rush after him, and break out where the thickest body of the Highlanders was. They had nothing for it but to throw themselves flat on the heath, and to allow the deer to pass over them. It was told the Queen that several of the Highlanders were wounded, and that two or three had been killed outright; and the whole body had got off, had not the Highlanders, by their skill in hunting, fallen upon a stratagem to cut of the rear from the main body. It was of those that had been separated that the Queen's dogs, and those of the nobility, made slaughter. There were killed that day 360 deer, with five wolves and some roes."—Barclay's Contra Monarchomacus. In ancient times, the heads of various and remote clans were accustomed to meet at certain periods, and in appointed places, attended by a number of followers, and commenced a rigorous campaign against all the inhabitants of the forest, which never failed in pro ducing a most abundant slaughter; but fond as the Highlanders were of the chace, and useful as it was to their subsistence, they did not pursue it to the neglect of more important avocations. "'Though hunting," says their proverb, " be a good help, yet the chace is but a poor livelihood." The great hunting matches were the means of preserving a social intercourse between tribes who lived far distant from each other. A ge neral hunting match has been frequently the method by which their greatest enterprises have been sug gested and matured, without a suspicion being ex cited beyond the mountains. Huntings were often given in compliment to the visits of friends, and the vassals were summoned in suitable numbers. The chief could, of course, muster his clans by hereditary right, and they were, besides especially bound to hunt with their superior, the Highland servitudes being hunting, harting, watch ing, and warding. The gallantry of the ancient Caledonians led them to honour a stranger with the danger of the chace ; in other words, he was allowed to expose himself to the greatest hazard, and hence have the opportunity of gaining the most renown. MANNING THE NAVY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—To our insular position may be ascribed, per haps, through ages, our integrity as a people and em pire. Essentially it has had to do with—has indeed formed us—a maritime people. The sea has not only been a natural defence for us, but as the necessary medium of access to other nations, it has invited us to its bosom, made us familiar with its sportings, and has formed the basis of our greatness and strength. To our outgoings upon the seas must be ascribed our commercial greatness, and our political influence among the nations. The growth of our marine is the natural result of our geographical situation ; and the matchless strength of the naval—the right arm of our country—and its successes, are the legitimateproducts of its necessary continual exercise. For such power lodged with us we may be thankful, and of it justly proud; and our delight, as a people, should be in its nurture, and the full maintenance of its efficiency and supremacy. Indeed, the intelligence and the com mon sense of the country, if consulted, would with united voice cry out, " Uphold, increase, at whatever cost—by all possible means—the naval power and re sources of the kingdom," as at once the secret and the guarantee of our prosperity and safety. It is within the province of sober calculation to conceive of our superiority at sea being subjected to even more severe tests than any to which hitherto it has been exposed. Attention to the formation and possession of pow erful navies, by more than one or two of the most powerful nations of the earth, and not directly de pendent, as we ourselves are, on this particular "arm of service," for their political importance, should suggest to us, very forcibly, in what an enlarged state of efficiency our navy should always stand, and that whatever can be made subsidiary to it, should secure encouragement from the Government and the nation. We boast, and j us tl y, o f our reg i stere d seamen. 4'e proudly number them by hundreds of thousands, as if at the first no t e o f approac hi ng war t h ey were certainly ours to command. But how widely does commerce scatter them to other lands. What num bers of them are yearly given to add strength to other navies than ours; and what difficulties are encoun tered in moments of peril, to man, with full comple ments, our " wooden walls." It is true we have our coasting vessels in numbers—particularly in the coal trade—on which we rely with some confidence for a considerable supply of brave and seasoned sea men ; but, notwithstanding all these, it strikes me that a school might be formed, of such vast extent and utility, and possessed of such self-sustaining power, as well as producing immense current benefit to the country at large, as would prove of the last ser vice in case the empire should ever be pressed, in its most vital quarter, by a coalition of powerful foes. Now, for the formation of such a school as that I am about to propose, there are many concurring fa vourable circumstances, and some urgent reasons be yond what I have already stated. We have a rapidly increasing and necessitous po pulation. The demand for, and the consumption of, food is in an increased corresponding ratio. It is supposed, perhaps truly, that double the present amount of provisions supplied to our hungry and teeming masses, could be consumed by them with vast advantage and infinite satisfaction. The facilities and general intercourse i with mankind at large, pro mote such supply ; but immediately and among our selves, the progressive extension of railroads, the almost universal intersection of the entire country by them, present an easy and swift mode of transit to the interior, and every part of these islands, of the products, not only of other lands, but of the neigh bouring seas. Vast attention has been paid to increase the pro ductive powers of the soil, and with the aid of science and cspital much has been accomplished ; but how little attention has been bestowed upon that endless depository of food for human subsistence, the sea, where are exhaustless treasures of food to be had along all our coasts, and to which, by its very abun dance, Providence calls upon us to take, eat, and be full. So scanty, is the supply of fish, excepting on our sea board, that in many of theinterior parts of the king dom the people scarcely know how to prepare it for the table, yet it constitutes a most acceptable, de sirable, and nutritious article; and were it only taken and supplied in abundance, as easily it might be, the general comfort would be promoted, and the means of the community at large very much in creased, for, instead of its being offered for sale in limited quantities, in only some localities, and at high prices, it might be in every market, in vast abundance, and at exceeding low prices. Admitting, then, that such vast supplies of an ex cellent and nourishing food are at hand —may be had i along our whole coast for the trouble of taking t up from our seas—would not the formation of fisheries, co-extensive with our extended sea-board, be equally as worthy the attention of scientific societies, of the wealthy, and of the Government itself, as are agri cultural or any other societies whatever ? But to re ?urn to the argument with which I set out—the policy and necessity of keeping up the full and commanding efficiency, the naval power and capabilities of our vast empire—would not this, indeed, prove a nursery of men, of men not removed at the bidding of commerce to every quarter of the globe, but of men— seasoned men, fearless and brave, around our own homesteads, at our very doors, and pre senting such a front of preparedness as any Government might glory in, and account strength ? To give efficiency to such a b o dy, it s f o rmation being accomplished by due en couragemen t, l e t th e id ea o f drilling our militia, only, in this case, at sea instead of on land, be carried out. Let proper seasons for the different sections of our coast, the least productive on such lines of coa s t b e c h osen , f or t a ki ng u p a ll th e enrolled eligible men of the class for ship practice for a limited period, say one month annually, and within our own seas. F or i n d ucement, let bounties be given. Let Government sanction be afforded, and a new ele ment of national strength will spring into existence, which, concurrently with those already existing, will constitute us, at all times, a prepared and increasingly strong nation. This prepared for every contingency, we shall best avoid war, and peacefully and triumphantly march on to fulfil the high mission which Providence has assigned us, of advancing and extending civilisation, commerce, religion, and good-will to all men, until all the earth shall be bound up in the bonds of one common interest and brotherhood. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Stirling, Sept. 13, 1844. CHARGE OF FORGERY. STOCKPORT, MONDAY NIGHT. (Before the MAYOR, Sir RALPH PERDLEBURY, Knt., CHAS. BALER, Esq., JONATHAN THORNHILL, E sy s TE l s T E RZAs WALMSLEY, Esq., and RICHARD Mr. John Kenyon Winterbottom, who was appre • hended in Liverp oo l a f ew d ays ago , a ft er h av i ng b een absent from this neighbourhood since August, 1840, was charged with forgery upon the Pelican Life As surance Society, for the sum of 5,0001., which was payable to the family of the late John Isherwood, Esq., of Marple Hall, upon his death, and which sum was received by the prisoner on his presentation of an authority purporting to be signed by Mrs. Isherwood a nd her three dau g ht ers. Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the Bankers' Association for the Prosecution of Forgers,' attended on the part of the Pelican Office ; and Mr. Brandt, barrister, of Manchester, assisted by Mr. Reddish and Mr. W. Vaughan, solicitors of this town, was engaged for the defence investigation was co n d uc t e d i n th e committee rooTmheofi the Court-house, to which only the reporters and the parties interested in the case were admitted. The prisoner seemed extremely dejected, and fre quently wept during the inquiry. Mr. William James Tate said—l am agent to the Pelican Life e ni s en s r u st r hm a a n tr c . e s ffl tlat e i e o'n in December, 1839. Know th and reside in Man chester. Winterbottom, and was well acquainted with h im. On the 20th December, 1839, I had a conversat ion with him respecting the life as surance of the late Mr. John Isherwood, of Marple Hall, Cheshire. The in surance was for 5,0001., and I had received o rders fr om the principal office in i p pri so ner, so A London to pay the insurance. Had printed forms filled up, but do not know where they are. Had had directions to pay the executrix or administratrix the sum of 5 , 000 /. Had no conversation with Mr. Winterbottom and Mrs. Isherwood jointly; it w as entirely with Mr. Winterbottom ; and had reason to believe h e was the agent to the executrix of the late Mr. Isherwood. The prisoner produced the policy, stating that he was authorised to receive the money, He applied for the usual forms to be filled up, Mr. Isherwood being dead. When he announced the death, he did not at the same time produce the policy.He returned the forms to me properly filled 11 - 1 ,. Saw him several times before payment. On the 20th December, 1839, payment was made on his producing the policy to me, and feeling satisfied, from the evidence he ten dered, that he had a right to receive the money upon the death of Mr. Isherwood. The probate had already been forwarded to London. I then gave him a bill for 5,0001. at seven days on London. I remarked, when Mr. W. called, that I had no stamp in the office, and having no person I could send, lklr. Winterbottom went out and pur chased the stamp himself, and the bill was drawn out. I paid him for the stamp afterwards. In drawing the bill out I had omitted to insert the words " or order." The prisoner directed my attention to it, and said without the words " or order" the bill would be useless. I interlined the bill with those words. I explained to him at the conclusion that it was neces sary to have the real indorsement of the individuals to whom the insurance was made payable, and not by procuration ; and if he did not obtain the individual signatures the bill would not be- paid. He then left me, taking the bill so drawn, and depositing with me the policy; it was numbered 11,012. Saw the bill in the hands of Mr. Lilly, late Secretary to the Pelican Office, some months afterwards. Mr. John Jackson—ln December, 1839, and pre viously I lived in the borough of Stockport; and was the Manager of the Bank of Stockport. Knew the prisoner, Mr. Winterbottom, at that time, being in the habit of transacting business with him. Re member receiving, under cover, and a note, the bill now in Court ; it was early in January, 1840 ; and it was addressed to me in the handwriting of Mr. Winterbottom. I have since looked for that corer, but have not been able to find it. It is three years since I left the bank. When I received this bill there was another bill of the kind between us. It was in December or early in January he drew part of the amount upon this bill ; the remainder went to the credit of his account, which he had opened with us. Previously to that there was a balance of 300/. due to the bank. He drew bills to a large amount. His account remained open for eighteen months after the receipt of this bill. This would be after he absconded. The cover, or note, was written. The note accompanying the bill in question requested me to place the 5,000/. to his ac count, and to give him drafts for certain amounts. He drew the whole, or the greater part of this parti cular bill of 5,000 i. The bill Iso received with the note is signed " Elizabeth Isherwood," " Miriam Isherwood, " Ann Magdalene Isherwood," " Anna Maria Bellairs," and "J. K. Winterbottom." I be lieve the signature, " J. K. Winterbottom," is in the prisoner's handwriting. The bill, I believe, was paid in London, in the course of business. I have not the slightest doubt of it. Mrs. Elizabeth Isherwood said—l am the widow of the late John Isherwood. I have examined the bill authorising the payment of 5,0001. by the Pelican Life Office. The indorsement, " Eliza Isherwood," is not mine. I never gave Mr. Winterbottom authority to sign any bill or receipt in my name, or to receive the money. Never gave him any authority to sign for my daughters. Mr. Lilly first showed me this bill. The bill, I believe, was for a sum between 4,0001. and 5,0001. I think it was 5,0001. Cross-examined by Mr. Brandt—l am one of the executrixes. The prisoner has paid bills on account of my husband's estate. He paid some wages to the servants. He also paid a trifle of the funeral ex penses ; only about 2s. I was never consulted by my daughters as to their legal advisers, or who should draw out their marriage settlements. They might have consulted Mr. Winterbottom; believe they did. Miriam Isherwood, who resides with her mother, said that the signature, " Miriam Isherwood," behind the bill was a forgery. She also denied having au thorised either directly or indirectly, any person to sign her name, or receive the money. In the cross-examination the witness admitted that Mr. Winterbottom acted as attorney and general adviser for her and her sisters. He attended her father's funeral. Mrs. Magdalene Lloyd (late Miss Isherwood) gave similar testimony; and was confirmed by Mrs. Bel lairs, another daughter, living at Coventry. Mr. Brandt admitted that the evidence justified the bench in sending the prisoner for trial; and there fore, as his remarks in this painful matter would be more appropriately and perhaps more effectually ad dressed to a jury, he should reserve his defence until he appeared before another tribunal. Mr. Winterbottom was then fully committed to Chester Assizes for trial. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TEE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 94 per aline, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 2.' 39 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 474, it follows that gold is 0.33 per cen'. 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 31.175. 14(1. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9:1 ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 10i, it follows that gold is 0.35 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 1091 per cent, and the par of exchange between Eng land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follow s that the exchange is 0.18 per cent. in favour of England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the above difference. With respect to French Companies competing for lines of railway, it is understood that the French Ministry consider that a deposit of so small an amount as 11 per share would hardly hold the Eng lish capitalists in case of national difference. The adjudication will, therefore, be in a great degree in fluenced by the commercial stability and character of the representatives of the Companies in Paris independently of the English direction. The nature of French railways is such, that capitalists are always eager to embark in them, but the ignorance which prevails respecting the peculiar laws affecting them is liable to give opportunity to unscrupulous speculators to make an excellent harvest of this temporary advantage. The state of our share market for the last few days fully demonstrates the truth of this, • for it will be observed that the stock of the majority of the new lines introduced stand at a high premium. An opinion was expressed the other day that the ne gotiation of the shares of the Orleans and Bordeaux Railway in the piiblic market would operate against them in the forthcoming adjudication. That opinion was founded on the words of the Bth article of title 3 of the Act dated the 26th of July lait, which states " that no company shall issue shares negotiable before they shall be legally constituted a societe anonyme." A letter re ceived from the Company says the Directors have no thing to do with the transactions; they hold the ori. ginal subscribers liable to the extent of three-tenths (or 61. per share), whoever may be holder. The question is, whether the French Commissioners will be satisfied with this explanation. A resolution has been adopted in another company (the Anthouard) of freeing the shareholders from all liabilities by taking on themselves the expenses, should they be defeated in the competi tion. The atmospheric line between Bourglareine and Orsay has been adjudicated to the St. Germain Company. SUN.—The English Securities leave off firmly to-day, Consols being 992- for Money, and 99i for Account. Exchequer Bills touched 765. premium, Bank Stock continued at 204 to 205. There was not much doing in Spanish Bonds, but they continued at about previous rates. The Five per Cents. were 23i to 24; and the Three per Cents., 34/ to Venezuela Bonds were 42 to 4; Chilien Deferred, 50 to ; Buenos Ayres, 35 to 36; and Greek Bonds, 124. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these:—Bristol and Exeter, ex div., were 10 to 9i; Chester and Holyhead, 1i f; Dublin and Belfast, 3 i l Dublin and Cashel, 81; Great Western, Half, 37; Lan caster and Carlisle, 1 /; Liverpool and Manchester, 107; Birmingham Thirds, 34 ; Ditto Quarter, 224 ,to 23; Croydon, ex div., 3; London and York, 34 Man chester and Leeds, Half, 221 to 23; Midland, 6; South Devon, 41; South-Eastern, 54; Trent Valley, 7; York and North Midland, 53 to 55; Ditto Half, 27; Paris and Lons, 7; Paris and Orleans, 181 4; Rouen and Havre, premium. Brighton have been 24; and Blackwall, 94 discount. The Shares unissued of the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux (D'Anthouard's) Company, have been sold to day at 4 premium. The Foreign Exchanges generally were very firm this afternoon. The following is the official return of the exports of Bullion from the port of London, for the week ending Thursday last:— Silver Bars to Rotterdam very ridiculous and erroneous idea, because I do not believe that any person so ill-treating his sensitive body as to commit suicide, cares one straw how that body is treated when dead. In the case before you. I ask, whether it is possible for you, with the evidence you have, to determine the state of mind the 1 woman was in when she took the poison ? I am of opinion that it is impossible, and I think it would be a mark of insanity to come to any determination of the sort. lam also of opinion that tie proceeding. of our law courts are tin ge d w ith insa ty. Counsel, in cases of murder, plead that the murderer acted under uncontrollable impulses, and the plea succeeds, and the culprit is pronounced insane and provided for during life; but if a poor lad suffering from hunger, and I think such privation most likely to produce un controllable impulses, steals a loaf of bread, the plea of insanity will avail him nought, and the House of Correction will be his lunatic asylum. Think you, if M'Naughten, instead of murdering the unfortunate Mr. Drummond, had stolen his horse, or his ox, or his ass, or anything that was his, would be guilt less of the crime on the plea of insanity ? No, gentle men. I advise you, then, in cases of this sort to pass a medium verdict--one neither of sanity or insanity." The jury instantly acquiesced, and said, " Deceased had destroyed herself, but the state of her mind when she did so was not known to them." PARLIAMEN TARP PAPER. EMIGRATION. Return of Ships, their Names and Tonnage, em ployed in carrying Emigrants since the passing of the Colonial Passengers' Act. Ordered by the house of Commons to be printed, July 17, 1841. No. 503. This return does not suggest to us any more favourable impression of the advantages derived from the establishment of what is called the "Land and Emigration Commission" than we have found our selves able to announce on former occasions. It is difficult to perceive why the Colonial Department should have been relieved at all of a branch of busi ne=s so legitimately corning under their cognizance as the superintendence of free emigration from this country; and it is not less difficult to discover in what consists that superior management and energy of official administration which shall reconcile the country to the cost of maintaining such a Commission and its staff. This return comprises-- 1. A Return of all Ships, with their Names and Tonnage, that have been employed in carrying Emi grants from the United Kingdom since the passing of the last Colonial Passengers' Act, as far as the same can be made up ; together with the number of such ships of which the Emigration Commissioners have had information of or noticed. 2. A Copy of all the Correspondence which has taken place between the Public Boards and Public Officers, in the year 1843, respecting the emigrant ships Catherine and John and Robert, conveying emigrants to Cape Breton and Canada. 3. A Return of the Number of Emigrants, distin guishing men, women, and children, shipped on board the ship Catherine; and a similar return of emigrants transhipped on board the ship John and Robert. Now, No. 2 regards the case of a party of emigrants from Tobermorey, one of the poor and overpeopled estates, if we mistake not, of the Duke of Argyll. The second letter of Lieut. Stark does appear to us to disclose facts which called for some very signal repre hension on the part of the Government Commission. But we subjoin both this gentleman's letters, that our readers may form their own judgment on the matter " Government Emigration-office, Belfast, August 24, 1843. " Sir,—l beg to acquaint you, for the information of the Board, that the ship Catherine of Belfast has just put into this port in a very leaky state. She sailed from Tobermorey for Cape Breton and Quebec upwards of four weeks ago. A store is provided for the reception of the poor people, and of course they will receive the requisite provisions, according to the Act, until the defects of the ship are either made good, or another ship prepared for their reception. They amount to about 220 adult passengers.—l have, &c. _ (Signed) " PETER STARK. " Stephen Walcott, Esq." " Government Emigration-office, Belfast, August 26, 1843. " Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that some of the loor people in. the Catherine (rep or t e d b y me i n my etter of the 24th instant to have put in here in dis• tress) having determined to return home, requested I would endeavour to get their head-money restored to them. Upon my urging them to proceed, and that they had always the ship's allowance of a pound of bread a day to depend upon, a most extraordinary in fringement of the Act was disclosed. "It appears that the bread in the master's charge was paid for by the passengers themselves, and in such proportions as their means admitted of. Thus, the greater number received half a pound per day, some few the whole pound, and others none. I at once compelled an issue of the full allowance to all for three days, and finding I could obtain no other redress, I consulted with the magistrates as to whe ther they would grant me a summons against the master, with a view to the recovery of the head money, as well as to make good the deficiency of the bread withheld. It being their opinion that they could not enforce it or assist me to obtain my object, I then demanded a summons against that individual for the infringement of the 6th clause of the Act, which was at once granted, and which had the effect of such an arrangement being made with the com plainants as to render my summons completely null, as I could not procure any evidence ; the passengers in a body acknowledging they had no cause of com plaint; that they were satisfied, and had been well treated by the captain in all their trials, &c. " Many of the poor people embarked from four to five weeks previous to the ship's departure, during which period they neither received provisions nor any other compensation. Every possible exertion is being made to get a ship just returned from Quebec ready for the pas sengers, and I hope to get them off at the farthe.lt upon Wednesday next.—l. have, &e., (Signed) "PETER STARK. " Stephen Walcott, Esq., &c., &c. " P. S. It is almost superfluous to state, that I will take care the necessary water, provisions, &c., Ace., for the full ten weeks is made good, ere the required certificate is granted for the ship's clearance." A more diluted affair than the response of Mr. Walcott, the Secretary to the " Colonial Land and Emigration Commission," we have not often chanced upon:— _ _ " Colonial Land and Emigration-office; 9, Park-street, Westminster, Aug. '29, 1843. " Sir,—l am directed by the Board to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 24th and 26th inst., on the subject of the arrival of the Catherine at Belfast in a leaky state from Tobermorey on her way to Cape Breton and Quebec. " With respect to provisions during her detention at your port, while the Commissioners regret that your summons against the master failed from want of evidence, they are glad to perceive that arrangements have been made in consequence, which are satisfac tory to the people ; and they approve of your inten tion of requiring that the full allowance of provisions and water be made good before the ship be permitted to renew the voyage." What possible object was to be gained by the printing of so very satisfactory and remedial a reply to Lieut. Stark's communication, we cannot divine. Our admiration, too, at the usefulness of the Commis sion itself waxes stronger and stronger on perusing such important announcements as these. It is grati tifying to learn, however, that those of the Tobermorey intending emigrants who persevered in their original design, safely reached their Canadian destination. "Extract of a return from the Chief Government Immigration Agent at Quebec, on the ship John and Robert : " A good vessel, and all well supplied according to law, and landed in good health. The passengers by this vessel are a part of the unfortunate emigrants who embarked from the Western Isles in the ship Catherine in the month of May, and put into Belfast in distress, when they were re-embarked on board this vessel.—l have, &c., (Signed) " ' A. C. BUCHANAN, " ' Chief Agent.' " SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. The last flower show of the Royal South London Flo ricultural Society for the season was held at this very attractive place of amusement yesterday, and was both numerously attended and well calculated to sustain the character of the establishment, as one combining a greater diversity of rational entertainment than is to be found almost at any other place of public resort in the metropolis. To the ordinary recreations of the gardens there is added, on the occasion of these flower displays, an enjoyment of the most elegant kind, and the lovers of nature have the opportunity of gratifying a refined taste by the contemplation of some of the most choice and exquisite productions, brought to the highest per fection of which they are susceptible by culture and skill. The fruit and flower show, the principal feature of t h e day, was rich in the most luxuriant and refreshing , p e cimens that can be raised at this period of the yea r . - the rarest flower or the most luscious fruit, but had its Not re presentative there, while the presence of the ore un pretendingclasses of these productions showed the perfec tion,tahne most industryme meagre in e that may be attained by skill the cultivation of objects ev en o f promise in their ordinary asp ect. and delicate dahlia to the marigold —from the aristo.• erotic pine to the homely onion, or the rustic potato—all was in apples, pples , perfection apricots, r eases fuchsias, coxcombs, grapes, i a ed t with dimensions which, if an rtistatt'ee tn ae p h te o d th t e o r e i m n a ti l n at t e s , an h d a he would be liable t o be taxedwith exaggeration. If it be allowable to individualise where so many objects were deserving of equal distincoions,honemirhtnoin these (1 apitiieebe a blood pine —of real English (1 - s of Nest India importation grovth was really whichlly refreshing to . behold. . The several marquees in which the specimens were laid out w ere crowded during the day by throngs n g i so a f animated spectators. . _ . The first prize in the list, that of ilia rge silver meda I fur the twelve dahlia s , di ss i m il ar bl ooms, . was awarded to Lady Paget. Extra prizes were dins tii2 t)tt6d " — ' A large silver medal, given by M r . Groom fur the . b est h spe cimen of liliutn lancifulium (of which th a t gen tl emu li himself several splendid examples), .to Schro.:'erj The Linnamn medal, given by Mr. Ilifff or th e heaillot.'' device, to Mr. llenbrey, jun. A prize of 54, given- 'by Mr. Tyler for the best fifty-eight dahlias, • dlcsinflisr blooms, to Mr. Thomas Brown ; and a silver cup,:iialtte 51. :;s., fur the hest twenty-four to Mr. John Cook. The Directors of this Society judiciously encourage enterprise and competition amongst all grades of contri butors ; for while they stimulate the eniulation of amateurs with the prospect of silver cups and medals, they are willing to commute the honorary reward for a pecuniary premium, which, to many of the professional exhibitors would no doubt. prove a mere influential in.- centive. Altogether the arrangements of the day's ex hibition were of the most gratifying description. The day's entertainments were closed with the " Great Fire of London," represented with appropriate eclat, and with a startling resemblance to reality. These who have not yet seen this vivid representation, would do well to seize an opportunity of visiting it before its final with drawal, at the close of the present season, as it seems that preparations for the ensuing compaign are already in prog ress ; and a subject (said to have been suggested by his loyal Highness Prince Albert, and to be of uni versal interest, and treated in a novel and magni ficent style) is destined to supersede the present gorgeous exhibition. VERDICTS OF INSANITY. At an inquest held by Mr. Wakley, M.P., on the body of a woman aged 22, a sempstress, who had taken an ounce of oxalic acid, and who, although she continued to suffer the most excruciating agony until her death on Saturday last, did all she could to pre vent her life from being saved, and would not swallow voluntarily tea or coffee, lest some remedy should be mixed with it, the Coroner said, the de termination of some persons to die was wonderful. Some time since he held an inquest on a woman in Clarendon-square, who had swallowed the strongest preparation of sulphuric acid, who had lived nine teen hours afterwards, suffering the direst corporeal torment—for her tongue, palate, throat, and stomach, must have been seared as if a red-hot iron had been passed over them—yet she never acknow ledged what she had done—kept the act a secret from her medical attendants ; and it was not till after death that the truth was discovered. " Gentlemen," con tinued the Coroner, " the present is one of those cases in which there is no evidence of insanity, though some persons think that the very act of taking poison is an evidence of unsound mind. Such an opinion is very dangerous, for a person having taken poison, and labouring under its effects, might commit murder, and be on such an opinion acquitted on th e p l ea o f insanity. It will be found that persons who commit suicide adopt the means best calculated for the end they have in view. I think it is a very dangerous practice for coroners' juries to come to the conclusion that persons who destroy them selves are insane. The very same jury may be called to the Old Bailey, and placed in very great difficulty in trying a man for murder when insanity would be pleaded, because no motive for committing the murder could be proved, and divers eccentricities could be shown in the previous life of the murderer. They might be told that they had just before returned a verdict of insanity in a case of' suicide committed without motive, having taken that as well as previous eccentricities of character into consideration, and they might be told that want of motive and eccen tricity in case of murder should weigh equally in their minds, and induce them to record a verdict of insanity, I want to get rid of the dangerous practice of return ing verdicts of insanity when the evidence does not fully justify them. On the other hand, we are told that there should be a verdict of self-murder where there is no evidence of insanity, with the view of pre venting suicide by the dread of burial at midnight, without funeral rites, and in an unhallowed grave—a COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation from. the Direct Portsmouth and London Railway had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. His Excellency M. Dedel transacted business at the Foreign-office, yesterday. Sir James Graham arrived in town on Monday from the Isle of Wight. Mr. Chaplin and a deputation from the Portsmouth and Chichester Railway had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the office of the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday morning at the Colonial-office from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, from the Governor of the Mauritius, and from St. Helena. Dispatches were received in the afternoon at the Colonial-office from the Governor of New Zealand. BRIGHTON-TUESDAY. Shortly ofter nine o'clock this morning the Dowager Lady Lyttelton ordered the carriage, and directed the attendants to drive to the Pier. The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were in the Royal carriage, but the weather was too hazy for the royal infants to be taken out. On arriving at the saloon their Royal Highnesses were takes out of the carriage, and the Prince of Wales and his sister walked to the outer plat form of the Pier, where they amused themselves for above half an hour by running about. On returning to the carriage the Prince seemed much struck with one of the towers, and, of his own accord, stopped to look at it for a few moments. The Dowager Lady Lyttelton led him to the carriage, and, on seating herself, took him into her lap. A strong mist was falling at the time, but it did not prevent them from taking their accustomed airing on the cliffs. The playfulness exhibited by the royal children was exceedingly interesting to a great number of persons on the cliffs immediately opposite the Pier, who seemed very desirous of obtaining admission to the Pier; but during their Royal Highness's prome nade no one was allowed to go on. The Prince wore a black silk velvet pelisse and a leghorn hat and feathers, and the freshness of the sea breeze imparted additional bloom to his countenance. . _ _ Baron Brunnow and Count Dmitry Nesselrode accom panied Count Nesselrode and his daughter to Buckhurst yesterday. Baron Gurney has just taken a house here ; and the Countess Cadogan has removed from the Albion Hotel to a house on the Marine Parade. Braham and his sons sung at a concert here last night, which was exceedingly well attended. The veteran English singer was encored in several of his songs. J. Wallack commenced an engagement at the theatre yes terday evening in Rolla. Mr. Charles Buller was among the passengers for Dieppe last Friday. M. Rosales, the French Charge d'Affaires at Chili, left Brighton this afternoon by the packet for Dieppe: Braham and his sons are on the point of visiting Ire , land and Scotland, and it is said they will, on their re. turn, proceed to Holland and Germany. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS: It has been pointed out to us that in the remarks on the Bank of England returns inserted last Mon day, no account was taken of the item of " seven clays and other bills," amounting to 1,030,354/. The de scription of notes comprised under this designation is chiefly composed of those generally termed " Bank post-bills," the principal difference between which and ordinary notes is, that the former are payable to the " order" of a certain party, and the latter payable to " bearer." This species of note was formerly in cluded among the general ma, of " circulation" in the old returns, but is now classed under a separate head. To find the actual circulation at the present time, in order to compare it with previous periods, we must take from the new return the amourt of notes issued .... £28,351,295 Deduct notes with the banking branch .......... 8,175,025 £20,176,270 1,030,354 Add seven days' and other bills Total " The last published return for the month ending August 17, was 21,980,0001., showing a decrease in the circulation of about 780,0001. The increase in the amount of the securities ap pears to be satisfactorily accounted for by the fol lowing explanation :—At the period of the last re newal of the Bank Charter, the debt due from the Government was about 14,500,0001., and one-fourth part of this was paid off by a transfer of an equiva lent amount of stock. This stock was not divided among the shareholders, but was left as so much as sets on which interest was annually received ; and as it formed no portion of the basis of the currency, but merely part of the capital of the Bank, in the same manner as the remaining part of the debt of 11,000,0001., it was never included in the published averages. But in the present returns, one part of which is intended to show the position of the Bank in relation to the shareholders, the whole of the property and assets of the Bank, so far as capable of having a numerical value attached to it, must neces sarily be inserted ; and thus the securities are sud denly increased, as compared with a 1 former returns. The only part of the new returns which is defective is the item in the Ranking Department called " other securities," which, as we have noticed during the dis cussion on the Act, should have been divided into two—namely, "bills discounted" and "other securi ties." The portion required separate from the rest is the " bills discounted;' and the following table, taken from the report of the last Bank Committee, will show the importance of the subject : Other Securities First week in Discounts. and Loans. March, 183 9 £2,937,000 1833 1,241,000 ....... 2,839.000 1834 1,751,000 1833 2.470,000 1836 2,901,000 1837 11,217,000 1838 3,292,000 1839 3,296,000 1840 4,321,000 The second col umn in this table does not include the investments which in the new returns are classed under the head of " Government'securities," but are merely private and temporary securities, embracing East India and City bonds, mortgages, and advances on Exchequer-bills, stock, &c. And the sudden and great fluctuations which have taken place, both in the discounts and the loans or advances, will clearly show that the publication of the aggregate amount in one line will afford but little information. The present apparent disposition of the Bank of England to extend its discount opera tions by the lowering the rate of interest, renders the subject of much greater importance than in former periods. However much this omission is to be re gretted in a measure which in other respects appears to be highly satis4'actory it appears for the present to be without remedy; and the increase in the amount of bills discounted, if any, must be estimated from other sources.— Times. EXTENSIVE FIRE.— SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM.— Between the hours of twelve and one o'clock this morn ing, the neighbourhood of West Smithfield was thrown into the utmost state of excitement, in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a most destructive fire upon the premises belonging to Messrs. Daveness and Co., bird importers, &c., carrying on an extensive business in Turnmill-street, Clerkenwell. The first discovery ap pears to have been made by a person through seeing a great column of smoke and sparks mounting over the roofs of the dwelling-houses. An instant alarm was spread, and the inmates were aroused from their slum bers. It was then perceived that the fire was raging in the centre of a building filled with hay and straw, over which were erected a range of promises con taining upwards of 150 dozens of live pigeons. An attempt was made to save them, but the fire being so powerful, the parties were forced to make a precipitate retreat. Fortunately, the horses, were all got out in safety. About eight engines of the Brigade, under the superintendence of Mr. Braidwood, with one or two more from the pairish stations, were remarkably quick in arriving, and were followed by the West of England engine and firemen, with Mr. Connorton. Water was obtained in abundance, from which several engines were set to work, but the firemen, although they exerted themselves to the utmost, were unable to confine the fire to the premises where it began, and very speedily a longe range of building, nearly 70 feet deep, became ignited. The engines were worked with full vigour until two o'clock, when it became evident that the flames were succumbing beneath the exertions of the firemen, and in the course of another quarter of an hour or so they were completely subdued. The damage done is considerable, for besides the destruction of the 150 dozen pigeons, a great number of fowls perished in the fire, and the whole of the buildings above named are gutted. The origin of the fire is not precisely ascer tained, but it is the opinion of one of the firemen that it was the work of some vile incendiary. The present is the third fire upon the same premises within nine months. The loss will be covered by an insurance is the Hand in-liand-office. AstuslNG INCIDENT.—A gentleman, one of a party recently on a tour through the Highlands, writes us:— " llaving passed a delightful morning on that swiftest of steamers the Dolphin, commanded by Captain Mackillop, we proceeded to touch at Ballachulish, with the intention of making an excursion to Glenco. We endeavoured to land at the slate quarry, but as often as our rope was thrown over to secure the vessel, it was flung back to the steamer. A body of natives soon collected from the quarry, and seemed determined to prevent our landissg, regarding with a jealous eye what they considered an in trusion by the Sassenach. Most fortunately we were provided with two six-pounders, one of which we in stantly pointed in the direction of the enemy, and, under its protection, a sailor landed and secured our rope. The natives scampered off in all directions over the slates, the rolling of which, added to their shouts, caused no little addition to the ludicrous nature of the scene. Our piece of artillery was well directed, and the very sight of it sent a number of slaters rolling down the banks of their own quarry. Th that o they take e any yp instantlyrs stood t d i n at th t h e e f t te o tda p , ak. o n f ± the couldd s q s quarry attack.—Russ-.hire . 3 et , r eady to come to the aid of their comrad es b e l ow , were Ab s panic-strickenocdvienrlt u. Advertiser . to .( PROJECTED BRANCH RAILWAY FROM THE GRAND JUNCTION LINE AT MADE LEY TO THE P OTTERIES .—W e understand that circulars have been sent to a number of influential persons in the Potteries, inviting them to at tend a meeting, before w hi c h p ro po sa l s f or th e formation of this railway by th e G ran d J unct i on C ompan y will b e laid. Meanwhile, the parties who contemplate the line from the Potteries to Crewe are proceeding with their surveys, and it is expected that the plan will shortly be laid before the public by an independent company,— /Vol th Staffordshire Mercury. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE TURN OF LIFE !—CURE EXTRAORDINARY BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—A respectable woman, aged 47, named Grahain, residing in Scotland-road, Liverpool, was in the most critical and dangerous state for nine months, being sometimes almost choked with phlegm, with shortness of breath, palpitation of the heart, toge ther with a general derangement and debility of the whole system. Her life was in the greatest danger when she commenced the use of these miraculous pills, which restored her to the highest state of health in five weeks. They are the finest medicine in the world for females of all ages. Sold (also Holloway's Ointment) Professor Holloway's be (t he re;idvice may be and by almost Strand al 4 mos.t.all respectable medicine vendors throughout the civilised world. A HINT TO OUR CABMEN.—According to a report of the Prefect of Police of Paris, the hackney -coach drivers of that capital &posited in the hands of th e au thorities 18,097 1 . in money, and articles to the value of 92,710 f., in all 40,816 f., left by mistake in their vehicle: during the year 1843. to to -