The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-15 00:00:00

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The Countess and Lad;• Maria Jocelyn remain for the present with their afflicted re- '4 . i)abiti . e)otiti'4. Lora Wmauclirie left town yesterday morning for " Who runs tr,ao Cowes. Lord Southampton has strived at his seat, Whittle bury Lodge, near Towcester, Northamptonshire. Sir George Cleik left town yesterday for his seat, Pennycuik, near Edinburgh. The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton and the Marquis and Marchioness of Douglas (Princess Mary of Baden), at the close of last week, left Portman-square for Easton Park, the ducal seat in Suffolk. The family will remain there some weeks before going to Scotland for the winter. The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland shortly leave town for Apethorpe, their seat in Northamptonshire. It is expected that the Earl and Countess will not depart this country for Berlin before the end of October. The Earl and Countess of Minto and the Ladies Elizabeth and Charlotte Elliot have arrived at Mint() House, Roxburghshire, for the winter. Lord and Lady John Russell are expected to visit the Noble Earl and Countess in the course of next month. The Earl of Mornington is to take possession of the Earl of Galloway's mansion, in Grosvenor-square, in the course of next month. The Noble Earl and Countess have the Lady Mary Begot and family staying with them at Orleans House, Twickenham. The Earl of March, Lord Templemore, and Lord Alexander Lennox have arrived at Gordon Castle for the autumn. The Duke of Richmond and Lord Henry Lennox were expected to arrive there on Monday last. The Marquis of Salisbury has left Hatfield House, Herts, for Scotland. Viscount Cranbourne came to town on Monday, and has since gone to Bedgebury Park, Kent, the seat of Viscount and Viscountess Beres ford, to take leave of Mr. A. and Lady Mildred Hope, previous to leaving England for his grand tour. Lord Augustus Fitzelarence has arrived on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Erroll, at Slains Castle, Aber de. nshire. romrsatrair. The Icing and Queen of the l' - ench on Sunday even lag received the Minister of Public Instruction, General Gourgand M. Jubelin, Commissary-General of the Marine, and Baron Joubert. Some of the London papers within a few days pub lished reports that the King was in a very precarious state of health ; but as far as we may judge from the frequent appearance of his Majesty in public, and the silence of the Paris papers on the subject, they appear to be without foundation. The Constitutionnel says—" The sole subject talked o f in a certain circle is the King's excursion to England, to which it is wished to impart a great eclat. It is honou r that th e Mi n i s t er o f t h e N a vy has claimed the of commanding his Majesty's naval escort ; but " M. de M ac k au i s a Vi ce -Ad m i ra l, f ewe r than eight !hips of the line cannot be placed under his command. It is hoped that they may be assembled by recalling to the Channel the four ships with which Admiral Parseval beschenes has just left for Tunis, the Algiers, now at Toulon, and the Prince de Joinville's three ships, whose presence on the coast of Morocco will perhaps soon be no longer necessary. A certain number of light vessels and steamers would be added to the squadron. Such is, at least, what is said." The Duke de Nemours arrived at Luneville in the r ec uing of th e 9th. All t h e h ouses were illuminated and orated with flags in honour of his visit. The follow ing_, morning th e P r i nce rev i ewe d the troops. After dinner the Prince went to the theatre. His Royal High ness will remain at Luneville until the 12th, when he proceeds to Metz. A grand dinner was given, on the Ist inst., by die Prince de Joinville, on board the Suffren, to the Com manders of the different foreign ships then in the road ated at Tangiers. There were also among the guests M. de Nyon, Consul-General of France ; M. Joreil, Consul at Nt --bgador ; and M. Martineau, the Neapolitan Consul, who, after the departure of M. de Nyon, took charge of the French Consulate. M. Thiers arrived on Monday in Paris, from the waters of Vichy, and was to proceed on Wednesday to Viscount Castlereagh, Sir Benjamin Hall, and Lord and L;:dy De 1 1 ,,bley have arrived at their respective shooting quavers in the Highlands. The Dowager Duchess of Bedford and Lady Rachel Russell have L-ft Campden Hid fer the Donne, the Duchess's beautiful seat in the Highlands of Perthshire. A select patty will shortly assemble there. The accounts received of the harvest throughout Prance are in general favourable. Some damage has, however, been caused in the northern parts by the late rains. The Dutch papers state that the late King of Holland Possessed, at his death, 17,000 shares in the well-known C ommercial Society of the Netherlands. The Society is !bout to purchase those shares from the present King, at e50 0 fl oo • per share, which would make an amount of about 22, La hore service, ene ralAvitable who was for a long time in the La under ' Runjeet Singh, is at present travel dab In Switzerla n d. He passed through Berne a few Y 8 sin es A Provincial journal gives the following strange story: while sherma n of Billiers (Morbihan), named Hurmant, bottom e ngaged in shrimping, a few days past, saw at the his hands of his net a smull sole. struggling to escape. Both "cis being engaged with the net, the ingenious idea oce e n rred to hi m o f secur i ng his prey with his teeth. On made his mout h, t h e fish, as if seeing a door of escape, a spring, and went clear into the man's throat, Lere it stuck fast. Tke man made various efforts to ill it back, an d en d eavoure d, b y d r i n ki ng wa t er , an d li en oil, to make it pass into the stomach, but in vain. e was seized with cerebral coneestion, and expir. d. LAW Avis 2.3 a: Xri In the Bankruptcy Court, Mr. James applied to Mr. Commissioner Fane, to re-co. sider his judgment in the ! I lse of Chappelow, a bankrupt, whose bankruptcy had been adjourned sine die. The bankrupt had been con nected with the 'Talacre Coal and Iron Company. The aPplication was founded on the fact that a jury had Verner th at the Company was a fraud upon Colonel and others, and it was alleged that the bankrupt stood in precisely a similar situation to Colonel Verner. The Learned Commissioner ordered an adjournment until the end of the month ; the applicants in the mean Mate to file an affidavit, and give security for costs. T he bankrupt to have protection while attending the Court. In the Insolvent Court, George Perfitt was discharged b y Mr- Commissioner Harris, in consequence of an ar rangement with his creditors. At Monmouth, on Tuesday, William Vaughan was in dicted for stealing a cow on the 3d of August, the pro- Party of Philip Herbert. It appeared that in conse quence of the misconduct of his wife he had for some time laboured under aberration of mind. The Jury re turned a verdict of Not Guilty, on the ground of insa nity, and he was ordered to remain in custody during der Majesty's pleasure. 131 , At the same assizes, John Brown was convicted of O tr °3' and her bour, sentenced to one year's imprisonment with d la AtLaneaster, Thomas Flitchon was indicted for a bur glary itt the house of John Bulcock, at Burnley, on the 7th of May last. It appeared from the evidence in the cause that o ne S m i t h H arg reaves had, on a former occa sion, given information to the police of a burglary, and had been a witness for the prosecution. None of the officers examined were able to say from what source the information of the robbtry was received on the present occasion. It had been given to the superintendent, from whom they received their orders. The prisoner was found Guilty. The Lord Chief Baron observed that he - .thought the police had much better have their eye on Wie conduct of this Smith Hargreaves, than their ears open to his communications. AA Guildhall, Thomas Dench, Frederick Lang ham, William Robinson, William Bowers, and George Jackson, were charged with riotous behaviour in the West Loodon Union, and assaulting the master of the workhouse, the chairman of the board of guardians, and several members of the board. It appeared that the board had ordered Dench into confinement for miscon duct, and on an attempt being made to carry the orders into effect the other prisoners attempted to rescue him, and a general skirmish ensued. The prisoners were Committed for trial at the sessions. One of them impu dently asked Alderman Johnson if he would take their oWn recognizauces for their appearance. At Clerkenwell, Catherine Lemington, the wife of a :respectable tradesman, residing in Coppice-row, Clerken 'evell, was charged with having attempted to drown her "' f• She was handed over to her friends. John Mahon e y w as charged with having violently as ar,mlAted Thomas Costello, and Mary, his wife, residing in '',Fos:.% -street, H a tt on ga rden, and committed to the House o Cor,section for fourteen days. R e A t Cit Seen-square three young male paupers, named e Drake,. and Preston, were charged by Mr. Elliott,' the master of St. Margaret's workhouse, West raster, with wilfully destroying the parish clothing. t i t t r nge, 'who said the trousers were not quite new when Sys, wsre given to him, was committed for twenty-one Ys, the other two for founteen days. ea s t th e same Court, Mr. Burrell gave judgment in a nSev carriap scnue importance to flymasters and hackneymen. era' or t , Item had been summoned , for cleaning their th o , is es in a public thoroughfare. The proof was that uad cleaned them in the rear of the houses in ,costie-street, in the New-road, Chelsea. Mr. Burrell !aid, that taking the Act in its spirit, rather than the letter, he did not think it was the thoroughfare contem -I`ated ivy the Legislature. Sloane-street he considered to be s t r i ct l y the thoroughfare, the other a mews in which Pavi ng, such as that used in front of stables, had been Pitt down in order to allow the water to run off. The summonses were accordingly dismissed. At Marylebone, Richard Brisley and Charles Pearce, ° c abmen, through whose reckless and shameful con duet in racing and jostling against each other, the lives Mr. and Mrs. Danks, who were in one of the cabs, were endangered, were sentenced to two months' impri tt)raent with hard labour. Mr. Danks, in giving eel • deuce, observed that he bad experienced great difficulty 111 inducing the police to take the charge. George Watts, Frances Hines, and John Donohue, were C harged with di sor d er ly con duct at the Queen's Theatre, - s ,°tt enham-street. Watts was fined 405., and Hines and D onohue 20s. each. TwLambe brothers, named Larouche, :were remanded O hl th-street, for stealing a quantity of stays, ofi property of Mr. Moss, stay-manufacturer, the master , n one of th e p r i soners . . "-homes P er ki ns was charged at Worship-street with viol e ntly assaulting a boy named William Smith. The Prosecutor was suffering so severely from the injuries e had received that he was unable to attend, but it ap- Peered that the prisoner had asked the boy into his ouse, given him some beer, which the prosecutor sup- Posed to have been drugged, and then attacked him, r,l;ocking him down so violently as to break two of his The prisoner said the boy was attempting to make 4 ' with a w or k-b ox w h en h e attac k e d him.—The pri boner was admitted to bail. Sarah Bignell, a well-looking girl of 18, the daughter ci es l etter -sorter in the General Post-office, was brought ‘fore Mr. Cottingham, charged with absconding from 110 me, and robbing her father of is. 6d. She had been seds Iced by a midshipman, whom she was about to ac- CO mI lany disguised as a sailor to the Mediterranean. lirother had met her dressed in male attire and had causeti her to be detained. She refused to divulge the ' Mi ne •of her seducer, and she was remanded in order to give thine to make proper inquiries. Capt. Volum, of the barque Mary, was convicted at the Greenwich Police-court of smuggling, and fined 2:51. _Thorium Sutton, charged before Mr. Paynter at Wandsworth with embezzling 31. the property of his Master, was remanded. C MIXT —PILSZIONABX.33. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia will honour the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with his company at dinner on Sunday next, at Kew. The D u k e o f W ell i ngton has issued cards for a grand e tertainment at Apsley House, on Saturday next. His Royal Highness th e P r i nce of Prussia will honour t h e aiellant Duke with his company at dinner on that day, u:hen a di st i ngu i shed circle are invited to meet the illus trio:ls guest. Lo se 3 and Lady lia.therton and the Hon. Miss Little ton have. arrived at Teddesley Park, Staffordshire, from dada wn, and have been joined by the Bon. Edward and Marg e 'ret Littleton. Lady Mergers t has consented y the foundation-stone 01 the intended hew church at Bednall. The Duke of INccletich left Montagu House yester day for Leamington, from whence his Grace is expected to proceed direct to Scotland. The remains of the Lady Anne Scott w ill b e i ntsrre d at Boughton. near Kettering, -- ' °r thamptonshire, and not at Bowhill, as has been %Late& The Marquis of Worcester has left town for the grouse shooting in Wales. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn have left Staf ford House for Brighton, on V. visit to the Duke and Duchess of Aral MEN, &C. William Shaw 1 William Smith Thomas Clark Three others, not placed, also started. . Shaw and Clark, from being previous victors, were the favourites, the latter having the call of his opponents. The race was splendidly contested, the two first being neck and neck throughout, Shaw prevailing at the finish, and winning by a short length. The distance was half that of the men's, only to the middle of the Serpentine and back. At the conclusion of the latter race, th• day's sports terminated. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. At the eighteenth half-yearly meeting of this Rail way Company, held at Bristol on the 15th inst r ,, : a report was read, which we are glad to say is of it satis factory nature, and will justify an increasecL arising chiefly from the improved state of the revenue during the last six months. The receiptiltave exceeded those of the similar period in 1843, by 39,056/. ss. ld.; a proportion of which is unquestionably due to the greater length of the Bristol and Exeter itailway—viz., from Taunton to Beam-bridge, open during four months, and from Beam-bridge to Exeter during two months, with a few duys' traffic on the Oxford Railway, which was completed for use on the 12th of June. On the Great Western Railway, however, separately, without and difference of distance, the receipts have increased over the corresponding period to the extent of 24,1371.55. lid., the earnings of the half-year amounting to 299,433/. 72.6 d. The receipts for the Bristol and Exeter Railway have been 59,1601. Os. 1 ld. ; for the Swindon and Cirencester Line, 10,2861. 19s. 9d. ; and for the Oxford Railway, during nineteen days, 1,0131. 15s. 11d., making up the total revenue of 369,904/. 4s. id. The expenditure of the half-year has been 127,2351.45. 2d., or 34.457 on the re ceipt. In this sum the Government duty and parochial rates are included, 24,5221. 4s. 5d., which in 1843 amounted to 20,2201. 35., being an excess of 4,3021. Is. sd. The whole difference of charge for the half-year is only 2,497/. Os. 6d., satisfactorily showing that there has been an actual reduction of expenditure, although the extra distance worked has been equal to about twenty miles on the average of the six mouths. After deducting the rent of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and the balance of interest, there is a disposable amount of 133,243/. Its. ld., which will enable the Proprietors to order a dividend of 3i per cent. on the paid up capital of the Company. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.—Three lads in the employ of Mr. Newman, ot Patcham, near Brigh toit, were charged before the Earl of Chichester, Mr. Sergeant D'Oyky, Major Paine, and other magistrates, at the Lewes bench on Tuesday, with having, on Sun day afternoon, placed an obstruction on the railway. The boys all pleaded guilty, and Mr. H. Faithfull, soli citor to the railway company, then stated the case, from which it appeared that the boys had placed on the rails a " Jerry," that is, a truck with four wheels used by the plate layers in conveying their tools and materials from place to place on the line, and were amusing themselves by riding on it, when one of the Hassocks pleasure trains came in sight, and notwith standing the efforts of the boys to remove the obstruc tion from the rails, they were unable to do so entirely, and the consequence was that the engine struck a corner of the " larr)." The driver of the engine, however, on observing the obstruction, had reversed the steam and put on the breaks, by which means a frightful ac cident was probably prevented. The Company not pressing fur a severe punishment, the boys were fined in the lowest penalty of hi. each, and in default of payment were c:Anmitted to prison fur four days each. DRIED FRUITS.—The Lords of the Treasury having had under consideration a report of the Commissioners of Customs, on an application of Messrs. Joseph Travers and Sons and others, importers of fruit into the port ot London, praying relief with respect to the practice at present pursned by the officers of the Customs, of de manding the duty upon the difference between the land ing and export weight of packages of fruit, their Lord ships have authorised the Board to give directions that the duty on all reasonable deficiencies of boxes, drums, and baskets of figs and raisins, ascer tained on delivery for exportation from the legal quay warehouses, may be remitted upon a certificate from the landing surveyor in each case that no fraud is suspected, and that the deficiency has arisen from natural causes. Copies of this order have been furnished to the officers of the departments for their information and government. FATAL EFFECTS OF MENTAL ANXIETY.—Mr. Waleley, M.P., held an inquest yesterday at Mr. Blake's, corner ofJeckey. steps, Bedford- row, on the body of Mr. W iliiam Manly, aged sixty, a commercial clerk, late of 10, Warwick-court. From the evidence of Mr. Stevens, de. ceased's landlord, it appeared that the deceased, who had previously enjoyed what he termed "a prodigiouseonstitu don," upon returning home yesterday week complained that anxiety about business made him very ill. Last Sun day he appeared quite recovered, but on Monday morning he was found dead in bed. Mr. Wakley said that it was amazing how many persons died suddenly through anxiety produced by misfortune in trade. When a sud den change took place in their affairs, the workhouse stared them in the face, and the result was that they either died suddenly or became insane. It was a fact (continued the Learned Coroner) that many stately mansions of our . wealthiest merchants became private lunatic asylums from the same cause. Some time ago he had in his own district twenty-four cases of suicide in twelve days. Several jurors corroborated the statements of the Coroner, and subsequently returned a verdict of " Natural death." THE WEST INDIAN STEAMER TAT.—We learn from a private letter received by the Hibernia yesterday morning, that the Royal West India Mail Companys steamer Tay, while on her way from Kingston to Ha vannah, with the mails from England, on the 2d of June, by some mischance or other, went ashore on a dangerous reef ot rocks on the Havannah side of Cape Antonio, cal ed the " Coleradoes." The mail agent, immediately after the accident, started in an open boat, and delivered the bags on the 15th of July at Havannah. A Spanish Government steamer, and the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company's schooner Lee, then went to her assistance. The steamer succeeded in getting her off, and she en tered the harbour of Havannah on the 17th of July, making three feet of water per hour. All the quick- th silver, anchors, cables, and hea v y stuff on board, wi the exception of about twenty tons of coal, had pre viously been thrown overboard. —Liverpool Courier. A GOOD OLD AGE. —Thomas Lovering, of Gert, in the parish of Combmartin, now in his hundredth year, joined his workmen in the harvest field on Fri day last, and is in good health. •He has occupied the same estate for more than half a century.— Western LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—May I he; of you to give publicity to a gross extortion, pr practised upon me at the Watford station on the London and Birmingham Railway. Yesterday I went to meet a lady with her infant, who were to arrive at that station from the north of England, but was informed by one of the porters that I must obtain the leave of the clerk at tl►e station to assist the lady in alighting from the railway carriage and obtaining the luggage, but that I had only to make the request to have it granted. The clerk (Mr. Lukin), however, refused me the permission, unless I would state the lady to be an invalid, which I would not do, as I did not know her to be such, although if I had made such a statement it would have been perfectly true. Having travelled by every railway in -England, and never having met with, or heard,of any obstacle, on any railway, to the friends of a passenger, whether male or female, receiving him or her, and knowing such to be allowed on the Lon don and Birmingham Railway, both at Euston-square and at Birmingham, I stated such to be the case, and insisted as a right on what I had before requested as a faiour, when the clerk told me if I would use my eyes I might see an order against such being allowed on that station. I did use my eyes, but could not see any such order. The clerk then ordered one of the porters to show it me ; this porter, after some search, found, and showed me a board with the fol— lowing writing on it :—" It is requested that to lid= son pass this gate without a ticket ;" -the=:bOard, how ever was not at the gate leadinge , on to the railway, but against a wall, and withsthe side on which the re quest was paintedpdeid next the wall, so as not to be visible. I their told the clerk this was no order or re , gulatiOh;"but a mere request, and insisted on being allovV'ed to receive my friends ; but he said I should hot, and again referred me to the board. It then be came apparent what he meant, viz., that I should pay for a ticket; and as he continued to refuse me per mission to receive my friends, I was compelled to, and and did pay three shillings (the fare to London) for a ticket, to enable me to pass the gate and descend to the railway. Upon the arrival of the train I found my assistance most acceptable to my friends, after journeying for fourteen successive hours, and who, in the change of carriages which had taken place at York, had been deprived of a carpet bag and its contents, which, up to the present time, have not been recovered. I enclose my card for your own satisfaction, and am your very obedient servant, VERAX. August 13. --- - THE NEWS VENDERS' WEST-END PROVIDZINT INSTI TUTION.—Yesterday a like body of the most influen tial members connected with the newsvending trade, who had formed themselves into a new society to promote the objects of affording relief in sickness and old age to the more humble members of the trade, made their first ex cursion on board the Laurel steamer, to the Rose Cottage Inn, Richmond Hill. The present society has started into exertion, in consequence of the failure of an excursion some time since, to augment the funds of the parent institution, when circumstances rendered the trip unproductive, leaving a loss to their already but too slender funds. At half-past ten in the morning, the party, consisting of nearly 200 persons, including the Committee, Messrs. Swallow (treasurer), Walker, Wilson, Hilton, Holl, Wells, Horne, Wright, Duncombe, Ayres, Byfield, and Hutton, embarked at Waterloo-bridge, and proceeded up the river to Richmond, accompanied by an excellent brass band, who enlivened the passage by the performance of the most popular country dances, to the great delight of the female portion of the company. At half-past two the party reached the town of Rich mond, and proceeded at once to the Rose Cottage Inn, where 180 persons sat down to dinner, the remainder of the company spreading themselves into pie-nic parties throughout the spacious grounds. Mr. Hutton was called to the chair, and Mr. Wright, vice. The customary loyal and patriotic toasts were given and responded to with great fervour, and the Chairman (Mr. Hutton), in a brief address, stated that the new Society had com menced with no feelings of envious rivalry, but with the more laudable spirit of adding to the comforts of their necessitous brethren, and promoting an interest in the diffusion of mutual good feeling. The company re-em barked, and arrived in London at ten o'clock. From the unusually large number of tickets disposed of on the oc casion, a handsome sum will be realised to the infant Institution. SINKING OF A VESSEL AND LOSS OF LIFE OFF RAVEsEND.—Yesterday an inquiry was instituted before Mr. Carttar, Coroner, at the Town-hall, High street, Gravesend, respecting the death of Mr. William Jackson, aged 44, master of the Providence sailing smack, of Milton, near Chatham, who lost his life by the sinking of that craft, under the following circum stances. From the evidence of a lad named James Buck, an apprentice on board the Providence, it ap rears that early on the morning of the 3d inst., as the above vessel was proceeding down the river with a cargo of bricks, and when off the Clifton Baths, close to the Essex shore, a brig was noticed a short distance a-head, and her sails being set, the deceased imagined that she was under weigh, and beating over to the opposite shore. Such, unfortunately, was not the case, she being at anchor at the time, and before the Providence could be brought up, a most fearful collision took place between the vessels, the deceased's brig, the smallest one, receiving the greatest injury, so much so, that she immediately began to fill. The apprentice and his captain instantly got into the boat that was hanging at the stern, for the purpose of saving themselves, but before they could remove the rope that held her, the Providence gave a sudden lurch, and went down head foremost, dragging the boat with her unfortunate occupants down with her. The crew of the brig rendered the most prompt assist ance, and on the lad rising to the surface of the water he was picked up and saved. The deceased, however, was never seen afterwards, and the supposition is that he was unable to extricate himself from the wreck. The Coroner and jury being satisfied that there was no blame to be attributed to the persons in charge of the brig, a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. The wreck lies in a very dangerous part of the channel, more par ticularly at low water, and to prevent any accident, the Brethren of the Trinity House have caused to be placed a beacon to signalise her track, and in a few days attempts will be made to raise her. LICENSED VICTUALLERS AND POLICE INFORUA - TlONS.—Henry Jeremy, Esq., the presiding Magistrate at the Greenwich and Woolwich police-courts, in a police information against a licensed victualler, which was dismissed, remarked that it was wrong to make out the information with " knowingly permitting," Etc., with out it could be clearly proved that the landlord knowingly suffered such to take place, which in most cases was not done. For instance, a lawless mob might rush into a house, create a disturbance. and the land. lord do his best to eject them from his premises, and yet the police m i ght pass at the time and see them. It must be satisfactorily proved that they have received liquor or beer iu the house whilst in a state of inebriety, or been there to get so, that the licensed victualler would be liable to be fined if he served them in that state. He much wished this point should (meet the at tention of the Police Commissioners in all future cases, which would save time and trouble to both parties in cases of this description. The remarks from the worthy magistrate have given great satisfaction to the licensed victuallers of these towns. JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES.—We were in error in stating the other day that Captain O'Brien had been appointed Principal Registrar under the provisions of the Joint-stock CoMpanies' Bill. Mr. O'Brien has been appointed to the railway department of the Board of Trade, an office which, from his business habits, he is well qualified to fill.—Evening Paper. DREADFUL ACCIDENT IN DEPTFORD DOCKYARD. —On Tuesday, between the hours of one and two o'clock, p.m., as Jacob Pope, a shipwright, was employed in moving a heavy piece of African oak on board her Majesty's ship Phoenix, he met with an accident by which he was crushed to death in a most frightful man ner. It appears that the deceased was adjusting a piece of oak timber, weighing about two tons, from a crane into the hold of the ship, and by some unforeseen cause it swung round, and catching his temple, crushed his head with great force against another timber, which had been made fast beneath the deck. The poor fellow was im mediately relieved from his perilous situation, and re moved to the Dispensary in the Victualling-yard, under the care of Dr.. Browne, the medical storekeeper. On he arrival of the surgeon, a minute or two afterwards, it was manifest that life had become extinct within a few seconds of the unfortunate occurrence, his skull, on examination, being found crushed like a broken egg. His clothes and the place from which his body was removed were literally deluged with bl ood. An inqu(st was held yesterday, before M r. Carttar and a respectable jury, in her Majesty's Victualling - yard ; and a f ter a l ong an d patient investigat ion of the circu mstances, a verdict was re t urn ed of " Accident al Death. ,. The deceased was twenty-nine years of a g e, and has left a widow far ad vanced i n pregnancy, and two childre n t o d e pl ore hi s untimely death. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—An accident, which it is feared may be attended with fatal results, occurred on the evening of Tuesday last, to a private in the 2d Bat tallion of the Soots Fusilier Guards, stationed at Windsor, named Hannent. The unfortunate man, in a tt em pt ing to climb up the ragged pieces of granite of which tl , pedestal of the bronze equestrian statute of George (on Snow-bill, at the extremity of the Long-walk) is composed, unfortunately missed his footing, and fell from a height of upwards of twelve feet, terribly shattering himself against the projecting stonework, before he reached the ground. It was feared that his back was broken, and he was conveyed to the hospital, with as little delay as possible, in the most excruciating torture. Up to yesterday afternoon he was consider e d t o b e i n a tate. From the man in • manner which the most dangerous s stonew ork of the pedestal is constructed it is a feat at tended with extreme danger to climb to the summit ; but it is next to an impossibility to descend again (how ever great the caution used) without the aid of a rope or ladder. This is not the first accident of a similar nature which has occurred at the statue, arising from fool hardiness. On Saturd ay night ch err i es were cried in the streets in Shoreditch at one farthing per pound. There was a terrible encounter on the 23d July, in the morning, on Wall-street, Louisville, between Dr. Holland and a chap pretty well known in these parts by the fancied cognomen of " Judge Rowan." We under stand that the fight was for a long time of doubtful issue, but that the Ju d ge finally bore off the Doctor's spectacles as true trophies of victory. Expectation of a duel is now all on tiptoe,--New York Paper. COURT CIRCULAR. The following most gratifying bulletin was issued this morning : "Windsor Castle, August 14, 1844. • Eight, A M. " The Queen is convalescent. " The infant Prince continues well. JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. " R►OBERT FERGUSON, M.D." " Her Majesty's recovery is so far advanced, that no more bulletins will be issued." His Royal Highness Prince William of Prussia ar rived at the Castle to-day from town, to pay a visit to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. His Royal High ness travelled by the Great Western Railway, arriv ing at the Slough station twenty minutes before one o'clock. The Prince and suite entered one of the Queen's carriages and. four, which was in readiness at the station, and immediately proceeded to "Windsor Castle, where he arrived five minutes before one o'clock. His Royal Highness was atended by his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister ; the Count Konigsmark ; and Captain Meynell, Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. On alighting from his carriage his Royal Highness was received by Col. the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Waiting to hp.-Majesty, and the Earl of Hard wicke, Lozitia - Waiting. His Royal Highness Prince Albert (attended by Col. Bouverie, Equerry in Wait tng)' received his illustrious visitor in the entrance hall of the Queen's entrance. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at the Castle soon afterwards, from her residence, Frogmore Lodge. A dejeune was served to tieir Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and Prince Wil liam of Prussia. At a quarter-past three o'clock Prince William of Prussia took leave of Prince Albert, and quitted the Castle, attended by his Excellency Chevalier Bunsen, the Count Konigsmark, and Capt. Meynell, in one of the royal carriages and four, and proceeded to Bushy House, Bushy Park, to pay a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager; and from Bushy Park proceeded to the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at Kew. _ _ _ iieDucless of Kent returned to Frogmore Lodge. Sir Robert Peel arrived at the Castle from town this afternoon, and had an audience of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. The Right Hon. Baronet afterwards took his departure for the metropolis. His Royal Highness Prince Albert took a drive in a carriage in the afternoon, attended by Mr. George Anson and Colonel Bouverie. The Earl of Hardwicke left the Castle this afternoon. Sir James Clark and Dr. Ferguson took their de parture from the Castle to-day. Among the nobility and gentry who made in quiry yesterday and on Tuesday at the Castle after the health of her Majesty were, the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord and Lady Bloomfield, Admiral Sir Edivard Codring ton, Miss Maria and Miss Emma Codrington, Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Hon. and Rev. Henry C. Cust, Colonel Sir George and Lady Couper and Miss Couper, Rev. Dr. Keate, Mr. Ralph Neville, M.P., Mr. Filcher (ex-Sheriff of London), and Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt. _..._ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited ;he Queen this evening, and dined with his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager at Bushy Park, on Tuesday (her Majesty's birth-day). their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, also paid visits of congratulation to the Queen Dowager. A dejeune was served to the Illustrious party in the afternoon at Bushy House. At five o'clock, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took her departure on her return to Frogmore Lodge. The other royal visitors also left for their respective residences. Sir Robert Peel left town yesterday morning for Windsor Castle. The Right Hon. Baronet returned to town about five o'clock in the afternoon. A deputation from the Clothworkers' Company, accompanied by Sheriff Musgrove, had an interview with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Lord Wharncliffe left town yesterday for Cowes. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Torrington, from the Isle of Wight ; Mr. A. Greville, at Apsley House, from Hillingdon, near Uxbridge ;Count and Countess . Seebach and suite, in 9 Dover-street, from Russia • the Hon. Capt. A. Gordon, Grenadier Guards, at Lord Aberdeen's, Argyll House ; the Rev. E. S. Ireland, from a tuur on the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Hughes and Mr. and Mrs. Hazeldine, at Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place, from Dover ; Rev. E. Pemberton and Mrs. Pemberton, at ditto ; T. Sweeten ham, Esq., at ditto ; J. Robinson, Esq., and Mrs. Robin son, at ditto, from Bury St. Edmund's ; A. Chichester, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent. DEPARTURES. _ _ The Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn, from Stafford House, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, at Easton's-terrace, ,Brighton ; Major Elrington, for Hyde, Isle of Wight ; Lord Forester, from Charles-street, Berkeley-square, for Longshawe Lodge, Derbyshire ; Charles Beauclerk, Esq., from the Rev. Lord F. Beau clerk's, for Bexley Hall, near Maidstone ; the Hon. IL Ashley, M.P., for his villa at Clewer, near Windsor ; the Italian Prince Tschitella and Princess Ruffano, from the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn street, for Naples ; Sandes, Esq., and Mrs. Sandes, from ditto, for the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Elliott, from ditto, for Tempsford Hall, St. Neot's ; G. Gough, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland ; Pery, Esq., from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle street, on a tour ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tolle mache, from Charles-street, Berkeley-square, for the M ar ine-parade, Brighton ; H. M. Morgan,lEsq., from Nelson's Hotel, Portland-place, for Houghton Lodge, Stockbridge ; T. Dakeyne, Esq., from ditto, for Lin coln ; Mrs. Alleyn and Mr. M'Culloch, from ditto, for Liverpool. CHANGES. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn and the Ladies Hamilton, at Arverykie Lodge, Laggon, Inver ness-shire, from Bentley Priory, Stanmore; the Dowager Lady O'Brien, at the Granby Hotel, Harrogate, from a visiting tour; Lord and Lady Beauvale, at the Baths of Ems, near Biberich, Nassau, from a tour ; the Hon. Leeson, from Roberts's Hotel, Hulyhead ; the Duchess of Buccleuch, from Leamington Spa, for Dalkeith Palace; the Dowager Viscountess Gort, on a visit to the lion. Colonel and Mrs. Smyth Vereker, at Portrush, from her seat; the Duke of Leinster and the MarqUis of Kildare, at Carton House, Maynooth, from Kingstown; the Duke of Rutland, at Longshawe Lodge, from Bel voir Castle; A. Stafford O'Brien, Esq., M.P., at Crattoe Woods, from Sir C. H. Coote's, Bart., M.P., Ballyfin ; the Earl of Egmont, at Cork, from his seat, Burrow, near Epsom; the Marquis and Marchioness of Ely and Lady A. Loftus, at the Giant's Causeway, from Ely Lodge ; Lord In gestre, M.P., from the George Hotel, at Portsmouth, on a tour; Sir Charles Taylor, Bart. from a visit to Lord Brougham, at Brougham Hall,Westmoreland, on a tour; Lord Ranelagh and the Hon. Miss Jones, on a visiting tour in the Highlands, from Glasgow. BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM. Yesterday . a Special General Meeting of the Di rectors and Subscribers to this Institution was held in the Board-room, Abchurch-lane, for the purpose of considering the propriety of altering certain portions of the rules affecting the admission of candidates, W. P. Harrison, Esq., in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said the meeting had been con vened to consider whether it might not be advisable, for the interests of the Society, to so modify and alter the rules as to allow that all votes given to a candi date in the election of children at one election should be registered to its credit at a subsequent election, and also that in all cases of an equality of votes, the Chairman should have the casting vote. This sub ject had been under consideration at least three years ago, and as at that time another institution having in view almost kindred objects with the British Orphan Asylum wag making a similar experiment, they considered it better to delay the adoption of this course until the result of the other experiment was known. He was now happy to say that from all he could learn the experiment had been successful, and he thought in the present case it would do much good. On the motion of Mr. GREEN, seconded by Capt. HALL, it was resolved—" That all votes given to any candidate in any one election should be registered to his credit at any subsequent election, and that the Chairman should have the casting vote in all cases where the votes were equal between rival candidates." Mr. CUNLIFFE trusted that this resolution would not be retrospective. The CHAIRMAN replied in the negative. After some further desultory conversation, a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, and the meet ing separated. e WE'RE A' NODDIN:—It is singular how seldom the astute conductors of our diurnal journals commit themselves by anything like an oversight of an impor tant fact. If one, in the multiplicity of cases,'and some slight imperfections in its system, should perpetrate an error, the others are prompt to correct it ; but it very seldom happens that all are so oblivious of public pro ceedings as to repeat the blunder, even where a trifling matter is concerned. We have, however, an instance of this rare forgetfulness in the papers of the past week. The Herald, of Tuesday, stated, on authority, that the Government had it in contemplation to dispatch the mails to India once a fortnight, instead of once a month. The Chronicle and Post copied the article as a piece of news ; the Times did the same, adding that " the story had been repeated at intervals for the last two years. Now, it appears to us passing strange that all these journals should have overlooked the fact of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer having distinctly declared, on Friday week last, that this increased communication with India should take effect from January next. He stated in his place in Parliament ; the different daily papers reported his announcement in two places—the debates and the summary in the leading column ; the Atlas repeated it, and we dare say that other weekly papers did the same. Yet, two days afterwards, it is Igiven by all the diurnals as an original piece of n ews Lyon the great Homer some times nods. ZXISCEMMIL:di MO US. On Wednesday, the master, wardens, and assistants of the Clothworkers' Company, waited upon the Prime Minister to present to him the livery and freedom of the Company. Sir R. Peel received the deputation at his hou-e in Privy-gardens, at half-past 10 o'clock, in the most cordial manner. The gentlemen who formed the deputation were—Alderman Musgrove, the master of the Company ; Mr. G. N. Driver, Mr. L. Fa]kener, Mr. J. Carter, Mr. W. Kemp, wardens ; Mr. J. Ward, Mr. P. Perting, Mr. S. Houston, Mr. T. M. Alsager, Mr. E. Driver, Mr. R. Clarke, Mr. T. Horne, Mr. C. Francis, Mr. J. R. Bousfield, Mr. E. Gregory, Mr. S. Blaxland, Mr. H. Alsager, assistants; and the chief clerk of the Company. The Right Hon. Baronet having taken the oath of a freeman, thanked the deputation for the honour conferred on him, and assured the Company that he con sidered the privilege which they had bestowed as an ad ditional obligation upon him to render all the service in his power to the admirable institutions of the city of Lon don. The deputation then retired. The sale of the Sussex Library still continues. On Wednesday the number of .lots disposed of was 256, making in the three days 761 out of 1,523. The prices of the different lots were remarkably low ; and one lot in particular, which cost the late Duke 11/., only brought in 10s. 6(.1. ; and another only brought 3/. 35., which at a previous sale Mr. Pettigrew purchased at 13/. for his late R .yt,l Highness. Grisi, Furanti, Mario, F. Lablache, and others, sirnr at a concert, in the Town Halt, Birmingham, on the 230 instant, given by Mr. 'Machin, the vocalist, under the patronage of her Majesty and Prince Albert. On the Ist of July last there were in the Royal Navy 89 steamers of all classes in commission, 12 in ordinary. and 26 on the stocks ; the total horse-power of which was, in commission 13,941, in ordinary 3,167, and 9,526 building. This is an increase, since September 1, 1841, of 36 vessels, 12,843 horse power. In Norway there are 72,624 full owners of land, to 30,563 farmers and 32,974 labourers. In France there are 10,296,682 owners. In Ireland only 10,000. The Dublin Evening Mail says that, for some unex plained reason, the repeal button has been entirely dis continued. NATIONAL SWIMMING MATCHES The morning yesterday, being somewhat showery, had the effect of thinning the attendance, but, notwithstand ing, there was a considerable number present, including several ruspeebble individuals, and a sprinkling of the ho apreLired t. regard the scene with some interest. On the usual s ignal being given by Mr. Strachan, the competitors jumped into the river. The swimming was excellent, and indicated much improve ment, all being close at the finish. The usual society's men were at hand, in the event of accidents occurring to any of the competitors, but it is gratifying to state none happened. The following is the result : SILVER MEDAL ?Olt MIN. Joseph Townshend 9 Chatles Farmer James Ford 3 Two others, who were, however, not placed, started. The distance was across the Serpentine and back. The three detailed went off together, and so kept throughout, Tovvnshend finally winning, Farmer being a close second, and Ford an excellent third. On coming in, they were loudly applauded, and the winner was congratulated on his success. SECOND RACE-SUBSCRIPTION PURSE FOR BOYS, YOUNG HIGHLAND SOCIETY. (From the Palladium, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.) A special general meeting of this Society was held on the 2nd ult., at the Royal Hotel. The Hon. the President laid before the meeting the following letter:— " Secretary's Office, March 28, 1844. " Sir,—l am desired by the Lieutenant-Governor to inform you, that in consequence of recent public measures with relation to the Government-house, his Excellency deems it necessary to withdraw his name from the several public institutions of the island. And I am therefore directed to request, that his Excellency may no longer be considered as Chief of the Highland Society of this island.'—l have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient, humble servant, (Signed) "T. 11. HAVILAND, Secretary. "The Hon. Charles Young, President of the Highland Society." Whereupon, the meeting came to a resolution as fol lows, which was carried by a majority : Resolved, That the Society regrets that his Excellency the Lieutenant - Governor should have withdrawn himself from it as its Chief; on account, as he alleges, of recent public measures with relation to the Government-house; that this Society being in no way identified with these public measures, and having no connexion therewith, c oncurs that his Excellency had no just grounds for the withdrawal of the influence of his name as its Chief. The Society then proceeded to the election of a Chief, in lieu of Sir Henry Vere Huntley, resigned • when R. C. 111‘Donal'i, Lieutenant - Colonel o f t he Castle Tioram Regiment, was duly chos n Chief of the Highland Society of Prince Etlward Island. Ordered, That Lieutenant-Colonel M'Donald be fur nished with a report of the proceedings of this meeting, and a notification of his appointment as Chief.—The meeting then adjourned. By order, CHARLES YOUNG, President. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRXSYONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. THIRD DAY, WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14. For a Sdbscription Cup value 501. At twenty-six minutes past eleven o'clock seven yachts started ; it was intended that they should have started exactly at eleven o'clock, but the badness of weather kept the yachts from their stations. They got under weigh together, the wind blowing strong from W.N.W. The Mystery came round the first. the Guloure second, the Champion third, Phantom fourth, and the Gnome fifth, when the gave in and came into harbour. The Blue Belle, in a heavy squall, carried away her bowsprit. The four vessels continued the match a second time round the buoys, weathering the gale in a very hand some manner, and came in as follows : H. H. H. Mystery 2 13 30 Champion Gulnare Phantom There was only two seconds between the Champion and the Gulnare. The match was a most interesting one, but the weather could not have been worse—nothing but rain till the match was nearly over, when it cleared, and a more beautiful afternoon could not have been wished for. The Royal Yacht Squadron dinner is expected to be very fully attended this evening. To-morrow—Fire works. Friday—The ball. Saturday—The Queen's Cup. Lumincay. correspondent we learn that the s p ort on the moors in THE TWELFTH or AUGUST. - F rom a Cumberland Cumberland and Westm oreland, on Monday, was most excellent. Birds were plentiful, but it required the x greatest ingenuity to come within range of them, they MARGATE, AUG. 14.--FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) being universally strong OH the wing. The Hon. Col. —The weather here for the last week has been very un - Lowther, Sir James M'Adans' W. Holmes, Esq., and settled, with continued rains and high winds. Th e town other ge ntlemen, on Shap and Birkbeck Fells, the pre is very flat, and half the lodgings are untenanted. This serves of the Earl of Lonsdale, made a tolerable good is partly owing to the unfavourable weather ; but pro- day's sport. Colonel Lowther bagged sixteen brace, but bably more so from the exorbitant price demanded for hi s s porting companions were not quite so fortunate. Sir lodgings in good situations, which is proportionably Georg e Musgrave of Eden Hall , Ba rt., Ca p t. Salmond, and higher than in other places on the Ke ntish or Sussex others, were more successful on the worthy Baronet's coast. The occupiers of the lodging-houses are not so blameable for their charges as their landlords, who re- preserves, on the moors near Kirby Stephen, in Westmoreland. Sir George, we understand, brought ceive nearly the same rents for their property now as in down twenty-five brace, and the other gentlemen of his former times, when no railway communication existed company made some excelle nt s p ort. W. Marshall, Esq., between the metropolis and Brighton , Southam p ton, M.P., who was accompanied by three other gentlemen, Dover, &c. These gentlemen will, however, soon find on Crossfvll, traversed ma n y a wear y mile, and on their it their interest to reduce their rents. Provisions are return to the shooting box on the Fell, in the afternoon, also dearer here than in Ramsgate, Dover, Brighton, or were well loaded with fine birds. H. Howard, Es q ., of Hastings. The crops in the Isle of Than e t are most Greysteke Castle, and his friends, were on Skiddaw abundant, and if Providence should favour us with a Forest, where the birds were numerous , b ut bein g p acked fortnight's fine weather, most of the grain w ould be together in large numbers, they were difficult to come carried. at. However, by unwearied perseverance, they made a CAUTION TO LICENSED VICTUALLERS: A most good day's sport, killing eight brace each on an average. systematic plan of plunder has been recently carried on, Accounts received from several other moors say that the by which licensed victuallers have been severe sufferers, birds are numerous, but, in consequence of the long both in the metropolis and the suburbs, by having their continued dry state of the weather during the hatching billiard-boards robbed of the whole set of balls, which season, they are packed and remarkably wild. cost at least 30s. Two stylishly-dressed young fellows MEMORIAL TO THE LATE EARL OF D URHAM.-- walk into a house, and ask to be shown into a billiard- On the 28th instant the foundation-stone of this tribute room, where they commence playing, at the same time to the late Peer will be laid on Pensher-bill, with paying for the liquor ordered; should there be none else masonic ceremonies, by the Earl of Zetland, the Grand present, one of them takes his departure, shortly after Master of the order.—Tyne Mercury. followed by the other; and of course no suspicion being OLD GUNS FOR THE Towßß.—One of the three raised on account of their respectable appearance, the long brass guns brought from Aden to this country , an d balls are not missed till required , and the delinquents too deposited in the Royal Arsenal at Woo lw ich , has be en far gone, escape detection. Licensed victuallers cannot selected for conveyance to the Tower, to be permanently make their servants too cautious to watch strangers vi- deposited amongst the other specimens of engines of de siting their houses; for the fellows, if not convenient to struction in that ancient fortress. There is a lengthened take all, will leave one or two about the board, which inscription near the breach of the gun, in Persian or lulls suspicion, and leads the waiter to suppose all is Hindostunee characters ; and some idea of the value of right, by the others being in the bags. We are happy to this piece of ordnance may be formed, when it is known state, one of the fellows, named Danes, was committed to that it weighs 7 tons 5 cwt. and 191b5., and is 17 feet in Newgate for trial, and convicted, for stealing the bags- length. The value of ordnance is calculated at 1831. ton. The other two brass guns brought from Aden and deposited in the Royal Arsenal are each about the same per telle balls front a pu blic -house in the Bath-road. The 1 landlord had suspici on, thou g h dressed so well; the I o ther escaped out of the h ouse, but it is su p posed he is dimensions as the one intended for the Tower. An iron 1 making a tour through K ent, as a p erson answering his gun, about eight feet long, recently brought home from description was seen to pass through Greenwich, Dept the Isle of France, and having the fleur-de-lis and cap of kilogramme. denoting, it The iron thatgun ford, to Woolwich, and on to the Dover -road. No doubt liberty engraven near the breach, has been set asid e f o r he will ere long take up the same q uarters as his coo- the same destination. It is numbered 11, and the fi gures panion, the convict. 2,300 are g s cutthat a number u t h m e b ebrr breach, a o c f b, Lord Saltoun has arrived on a vis it to his mother, it weighs at Ness Castle, Inverness-shire. The safe return of the , must be, from its appearance, at least half a cen.ury old, Noble Lord to his native country, from his command in and is a very close approximation in pattern and in every China, was celebrated by bonfires and all the other de- other respect to Monk's guns, and tends to confirm the monstrations by which the Highlanders are accustomed old adage, " there is nothing now under the sun." to express their joy. His Lordship and his brother-in- L ATEST FROM AMERICA.—" Did you present your law, Mr. Grant M'Dowall, of Arndilly, have been en- account to the defendant ? " inquired a lawyer of his joying th e sport s of salmon fishing in the Ness, previ - ' client. "I did, your Honour." "And what did b e say? ,, onsly to the com mence m en t o f the grouse season, at his 1 you "He told me to go to the Devil." " And what did do shooting quarter of Coignelern. I then ?" " Why, then I came to you." THE PROPHETIC ALMANACS AND THE " WEATHER CYCLE." FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The period is approaching for the announcement of the almanacs for the ensuin g year, and presents a fit opportunity for devoting a few passing observations on a subject universally canvassed, and on that ac count alone entitled to attention—namely, the weather. ' What may be advanced in these observations is in tended by way of caution to the public—caution against those moon-and-star struck impostors, the weather prophets and astrologers, who still infest the community, and endeavour, by artfully playing upon the natural disposition of all men to pry into the future, to abuse the public mind with absurd specu lations as regards the weekly or daily weather, and with debasing superstition as respects astrological predictions. Any explanation, however, on the subject of the coming seasons, simply yet philosophically treated, certainly ought to command more serious attention than seems to be bestowed upon it. It is a matter highly interesting in itself, and there is little doubt that when stripped of all mystery, it may, upon further investigation, be rendered familiar to the most ordinary capacity. It is worthy of considera tion, if on no other account than that it is impossible for any one, learned or unlearned, to live through the year, or even through the month or the day, without feeling the influence which the weather has upon his own comfort, and upon the state of all things around him. In this country, where the changes are so fre quent, and the contrast so striking, the subject is con stantly before everybody; and be it in the city or on the common—in the palace or in the farm-house—in the garden or on the wide-extended moor—the weather of the season or the day forms the sure preliminary topic of conversation. No observation is more common, and on no oc • casion, perhaps, is the almanac so frequently consulted, than in forming conjectures on the state of the weather; but the general remark goes no further than this—that changes from wet to dry, and from dry to wet, usually happen at the changes of the moon. A reliance upon such a theory would lead to the supposition of the moon having some influence upon the currents in the atmosphere, as well as on the currents and tides in the ocean ; but to say the least of it, this subject is involved in great doubt and ob scurity, and is one which can only be elucidated—if ever it can be proved—by long and careful ob servation. _ _ If the moon be supposed to have such influence, why not the sun ? This point has been started and is maintained by Lieutenant George Mackenzie, of Perth, in his System of the Weather," who has discovered, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that there is a cycle of the weather—that there always has been such a cycle,—and that there ever will be correspond ing cycles. We require no further evidence of this fact than the personal knowledge of many living in dividuals, of the periodical recurrence of dry summers and wet summers, and of mild winters and winters of long-continued storm. Mackenzie affirms that no conclusion as to the character or the state of the weather can be arrived at by lunar periods, and although he seems disposed to admit that the moon may be the source of a certain quantity of the wind that blows, yet he insists that the weather of itself is a solar, or rather a magnetic effect. We are gratified to find that the discoveries of Lieut. Mackenzie, and his frequent explications on this very interesting sub ject for upwards of twenty-five years, have recently been adopted and followed up by the British Associa tion for the Advancement of Science. Upwards of forty years ago, when he began to record his obser vations—which are highly valuable, and founded es sentially on the magnetic principle—that gentleman fixed upon the Ist of November as the commencing point of the weather year; and Sir David Brewster, in a communication to the Secretary of the Associa tion, published in the Athenaum, on the 31st of August, 1839, states, " that at the new stations ap pointed for observing the weather, the observations commenced on the Ist November (preceding), the beginning (as he then called it) of the meteorological year." Professor Whewell, while in the chair at the Plymouth meeting of the Association in 1841, seemed so strongly impressed with the importance of the new light thus thrown on the system of the weather, that be stated in his address "we ought to have me teorological observations and observers distributed over the face of the globe"—a suggestion, by the way, which has been only partially adopted. Of late years a magnetic apparatus has been erected near the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, under the able superin tendence of Professor Airy and Mr. Glaisher ; and besides several other stations throughout Great Britain, we have similar establishments in North and South 'imerica, the Cape of Good Hope, &c. Some thing ought to he elucidated from the united observa tions thus in progress at a vast expense ; but if the results be not placed before the public in a popular form—a form adapted to the reasoning faculties and understandings of the people—then the inevitable concluson is, that the parties entrusted with this im portant duty have not succeeded in discovering the elements of the subject of inquiry ; and persons are thus unfortunately compelled, for want of anything tangible or authentic, to fall back upon the usual predictory schemes of the weather-almanac-makers, though there are unquestionable grounds for believing that these are altogether unfounded and absurd. With regard to the analogy between the lunar in fluence on the tides of the ocean and on the atmos pheric currents insisted on by some writers, we are in possession of one fact worth a hundred disquisi tions—namely, that M. Bouvard examined more than 100,000 observations made at the Royal Observatory of Paris, embracing a period of eleven years, and he found beyond question that the tides caused in the atmosphere by the action of the moon were so small, or rather so imperceptible, that it is utterly impossible to reckon upon them for any purpose of experimental or practical application. Thus, our scientific friends must look elsewhere than in the influence of the moon for a solution of the phenomena producing the weather, and account in some other way for the cer tain and periodical recurrence of favourable or un favourable seasons. On this subject, we have seen a private communication from Mr. Mackenzie, wherein he says— " I am very curious about the keen pursuit upon the subject of magnetism, because this property of the earth is the sole foundation of the weather, for, without it, there would be no weather whatever. Its first sensible effect is to operate upon the loadstone or compass needle, which is sensible to the sight; the next step, or property, is on the winds, which is sensible to the feeling, but not to the sight; then come the clouds, rain, and all the phenomena belong ing to the weather. Perhaps the professors expect to discover the laws of the weather from continued ob servations upon the mechanical (so to say) variations of this recondite principle upon certain bodies. In this, I believe, they will be disappointed, since the cycles of the winds embrace every moment of time, and every part of the surface of the globe, and fully explain the coming changes on all these periods (of time), and in all places. When I mention that the magnetic principle is the foundation of the weather, I should have stated that this property is wholly de rivable from the solar action. It may be true that half the winds are produced by the lunar body ; yet the weather has no reference to lunar influence. So far, this is certain ; and as the weather recurs in cycles by the solar, or calendar months, the influence of the moon is so ar settled." That there are cycles of the winds, and that they have been discovered, as stated by Mr. Mackenzie—as there are cycles in every other system of nature—we have every reason to believe to be the case. We know—indeed for centuries it has been known—that, at the end of every eighteen years, the new and full moons happen at very nearly the same times of the year, with all the recurring phenomena of the heavenly bodies at their regular times. The great error in forecasting the weather seems to have origi nated in connecting and combining a system which is purely a property of the earth with the planetary re volutions and appearances, which have as little influ ence on the weather as they ever had on the destinies of man—this last being a system of gross astrological superstitious prediction and imposition, at once de structive of the intellect and morals of mankind—by which the reason and common sense of the people were rendered completely useless —the good and the bad depending upon an ideal destiny, no it_a effort on the part of the man having power 1 to a de basing and delusive system , which e is helped to be perpet uated in certain almanacsand publications, edited by person s of whom better things might be expected. With respect to the winds, it may not be amiss, in concluding this notice of Mackenzie s discovery, to advert to the opinion of M. Alphonse Blanc, who ob serves that the winds are mostly, if not always, caused by the expansions on condensation of the air due to changes of the temperature. Between the tropics the winds are very regular, the cause being perma nent, and the equilibrium constant. From this regu larity it may justly be concluded that the north and south winds which we have originate in the north ; for we cannot for a moment suppose that a south wind should come to us from a quarter where the contrary wind is constant. On this view, the south wind is caused by a condensation, and the north wind by an expansion, of the polar atmosphere, and the b aro meter ought to fall w ith south winds, and rise with north winds—the effect, indeed, usually ob served. In other words—and as has been long ago explained—it may be demonstrated that, owing to the unequal distribution of heat upon the surface of the globe, and the gradual decrease of temperature from the equator to the poles, the elastic fluids of the at mosphere must perpetually circulate between the colder and the hotter points, flowing from the former Ito the latter on the surface of the earth, and return ling from the latter to the former in upper opposite currents. Owing to various causes, but chiefly to the unequal distribution of water and land upon the sur face of the earth, the course of the winds is by no means so regular as is assumed i n thi s propos iti on but this grand system of balancing currents is be lieved certainly to exist, and being g overne d i n parti cular regions by varying circumstances, give rise to minor systems of compensating currents. This is the substance of Mackenzie's discovery ; and any one, in deed, may convince himself that such systems prevail in the atmosphere, by watching, as he has done, the progress of the clouds ; for in this way he will be able often to detect more than two such currents ex isting together. Upon more minute observation, it will be found that one of these streams of the air be comes suddenly checked, and that the others will continue to flow on for a time in their primary di rection, on account of their original impulse ; and as a deficiency of the aerial fluid is thus produced in one part of the atmosphere, an equivalent accumulation must at the same time result in some other part, which is the supposed, and indeed the only feasible cause, of all storms, tornadoes, and other extraordi nary phenomena in the system of the weather. "The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north : it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits."— Eccles. We regret that it should be necessary, at this time of day, in the nineteenth century, to notice the . new " Stellar" philosophy, propounded and lately advocated by certain meteorological journals. This we look upon as the revival of the follies, the absur dities, and superstitions of astrology; and if the in fatuation were to be encouraged, we need not wonder to find the destinies of mankind subjected to the same fertile source of imposture as they were in the darker ages of the world. To counteract such an error, it is imperative to repeat, again and again, that all the changes in the moon's appearance are satisfactorily explained, upon the simple facts of the motions of the moon and earth ; and therefore they neither have, nor can have, any of those influences which superstition— the child of ignorance—ascribes to them. Tha planets being all much more remote from the earth than the moon is, and having little difference in their appearances, saving what arises from their own mo tions, and those of the earth round the sun, have nothing whatever about them that claims attention as connected either with the weather, or the appear ances of the year. Influence upon the earth, upon the changes of the seasons, or upon anything that in any way affects the comforts or the ordinary pursuits of mankind, they have none whatever ; and therefore, the explanations of their appearances and motions are very properly left to the further study and improve ment of astronomical research. We will examine the "cycle" more particularly on the publication of Lieutenant Mackenzie's Annual for 1845, which usually makes its appearance long be fore its brethren—namely, about the Ist of October —an announcement for which the public ought to be indebted to us, as it will afford them an opportunity of satisfying themselves on the subject of this im portant discovery. DERBY AND LEGER SWEEPS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu,—The public, no doubt, will view with sur prise and disgust the machinations of the common informers to suppress these " harmless speculation,s," established and tolerated for the last ten years. Suddenly have these despicable beings pounced upon the licensed victuallers, and are now sueing them for penalties, in some instances amounting to 2001., for permitting the drawing of Derby and Leger Sweeps in their houses. This interference is abominable. A friend of mine was served with a writ on Monddy last, and the informer had no less than twelve or fourteen others in his possession. In many cases these sweeps have been productive of great good, and have been the means, to my certain knowledge, of establishing several fortunate members in a respect able way of business. These "harmless speculations" are not attempted to be suppressed upon public grounds, but by the aid of those despicable beings, common informers. No work is too dirty for them; but I wish to impress upon their memory the fate of the " Qui Tam" actions. The perusal may teach them a salutary lesson. I am credibly informed that they have obtained no less than 100 or 150 writs against licensed victuallers ; in fact, they intend issuing writs against every person who has suffered those sweeps to be drawn in their houses. Upon a certain party remonstrating with the informer, he had the effrontery to tell him that he had no occasion to find fault ; that his neighbours were in the same predica ment ; and intended, after they had finished their rounds in London, to pay a visit to Manchester, Sheffield, &c. This is a pretty consolation for our country friends. The press is a powerful organ when it devotes its energies for the protection of the public, and you will confer an inestimable good upon the country, and obtain the thanks and support of the community at large, by calling attention to the subject. Again, I would propose a society to be founded for mutual protection, upon the principle of that excellent one, " The Licensed Victuallers' Pro tection Society," and subscriptions raised to exonerate the landlords of all sporting houses from loss ; to meet the actions upon fair and open grounds ; also to em ploy the first legal talent in England, if necessary, to defend these actions. Thousands would respond to the call. I am secretary to one of the clubs, and hundreds have expressed their determination to sub scribe. I would recommend no party to compro mise the matter, for by compromising you " furnish the enemy with the sinews of war." I question whe ther these persons will have the audacity to appear in a public court of law. In my opinion that is not their object, but extortion. I am sorry to add, they have succeeded in one instance. Will any gentleman of the bar condescend and lower himself in the esti- oration of his brethren and the public by advocating the cause of these despicable prowlers? I appeal to the licensed victuallers of England, as a powerful, in telligent, and influential body, not to succumb to these abominable doings, but unite and be deter mined to frustrate the designs of common informers. I inclose my name and address, also that of the in former, for your satisfaction. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, J. AL Lambeth, Aug. 14, 1844. DRUNKENNESS. A return has been made during the present session of Parliament on this subject, which cannot fail to excite interest, as it is one which is, in a statistical point of view, illustrative to a certain extent of the moral condition of the people of this vast metropolis. The returns moved for by Mr. Hume were " of the number of persons taken into custody for drunkenness, and for disorderly con duct, by the metropolitan police, in each . year from 1831 to 1843 f both inclusive, distinguishing each, and stating the population of the metropolitan police dis trict in the years 1831 and 1843 ; and a similar return for the City of London." From this document we glean the following sin gular results :—The maximum amount of persons taken into custody for drunkenness is to be found in the years 1831, 1832, and 1833, and the minimum in 1843 : In 1831 they were, males and females ... 31,353 1832 ditto ditto ... 32,636 1833 ditto ditto 29,880 Taking the population according to the census of 1831 at 1,515,585, then the number of persons taken into custody for drunkenness was in these pe riods respectively as about 2 1-15th, 2 1-17th, and 14 and a fraction out of every 100. In 1843 the number of persons taken into custody for drunken ness fell to 10,890, which, taking the census of 1841, say 2,068,107, was in the proportion of little more than in every 100. In the City of London also the same gratifying result is shown In 1840 the numbers were 5,113, which, on the estimated population of 124,876, was in the enor mous proportion of full 4 1-10th out of: every 100. In 1843 the numbers were 2,595, which, taking the official estimated pupulation at 125,273,; was in the ratio of 21 to every 100. Let us hope, from these facts, that temperance is becoming mere general among the labouring classes of the metropolis. Its beneficial influence on the social condition of the people must be evident to every man. LORD ELDON.—" On one occasion,", relates his Lordsnip, " I heard Lee say, I cannot leave Fawcett's wine : mind, Davenport, you will go home immediately after dinner to read the brief in that cause that we have to conduct to-morrow.' Not I,' said Davenport ; leave my dinner and my wine t 3 read a brief ! No, no, Lee —that won't do.' Then,' said Lee, what is to be done ? Who else is employed ?' Davenport---' Oh ! young Scott.' Lee—' Oh ! he must go. Mr. Scott you must go home immediately, and make yourself ac quainted with that cause before our consultation this evening.' This was very hard upon me ; but I did go, and there was an attorney from Cumberland, and one from Northumberland, and I do not know how many other persons. Pretty late, in came Jack Lee, as drunk as he could be. I cannot consult to-night—l must go to bed,' he exclaimed, and away he went. Then came Sir Thomas Davenport: Wecannot have a consultation to night, Mr. Wordsworth,' shouted Davenport, don't you see how drunk Mr. Scott is ? It is impossible to consult.' alt ult. Poor me, who had scarce had any dinner, anci my wine, / was so drunk that 1 could not vb consulo lo owing to a verdict was given against us, and it was all anew trial, lawyer Fawcett's dinner. We moved must e , say, for Le teh and nhdo Sir nou Thomasr f the bar, av e t n h p a e t those paid wa all agnend I tlem n expenses between them of the fir d s . t d. tri N a v l. e m lt o is ve t d hP fo o r nly instance I ever knew, but they e new trial (on the ground, suppose,l of the counsel not Davenport, it was granted. When it came eg on n n t t b h e eir fel s l e e n w s i e n s g ), and year the judge rose and said' Is Gentlemen, did any of you dine with lawyer cause till Fawcett yesterday ? for if you did I will not hear next cause Eldon . There was great laughter. ughter. We gained th e L IV ERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING.—The Thomas y t e h a a r t : time. , '—Lye of Bennet, lately commanded by Captain Halsey, which sailed hence the 3d instant, for Charleston, has put back into this port, the Captain having been murdered in the Bay of Biscay. The murderer has been liven into the custody of the authorities here, and will, it is supposed, Le Qxamiued to-day, CA , it3im /9_ Z - Ae