The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. STANDARD.—The measures of the present Government suffer much injustice when compared with those of almost any other Government within memery. They are distinguished from the different systems of Government measures with which we ave been made familiar in this—their not being introduced for any merely party purpose ; they are constructed for endurance. That the measures of Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet are not directed to gratify the wishes, or to promote the present interest of any party, is abundantly proved, on one side, by the resentment with which these ensures are pretty generally received by all short sighted and self-seeking Conservatives ; on the other, by the obvious fact, that the non-Conservative p arty is too weak to render the conciliation of that party an object of importance in party war fare. This process of government, with regard principally to the future, involves a consider able sacrifice of party support on the part of those who use it ; but it is the best for the country, and the most faithful even in respect to party principles. The defect in free governments — a defect which goes far to balance the great advan tages possessed by such governments in intelligence, energy, and public spirit—is the instability ofinsti tutions and the variety to which, from the nature of the democratic spirit, the policy of such g overnments is subject. Were it not for this defect, the free governments of the earth would have long since left despotically governed states much 'arther behind them, than they have done, in the career of civilisation and social pros erity. The first consideration with the wise states men of a free country, therefore, will be to remedy this defect as far as it is capable of being reme died, by placing all the valuable institutions of the nation, and all its important interests, in a position to protect and to perpetuate themselves, and to insure that into whatever hands the administration of affairs may fall, by the caprice of Prince or people, the policy to be pursued shall be that which wisdom and patriotism approve. These provisions for the future can, however, hardly be made with the entire concurrence of any tarty—for party rarely looks beyond the present moment, and almost as rarely is party perfectly rea sonable. Institutions and interests, therefore, mo dified and protected exactly in the spirit of party, will not be modified and protected so as to remain perfectly reasonable for the future, if they are so at the time when the arrangements are made ; then will come excuses for further changes, to which party interest will have supplied motives, and the work effected with too much heat en one side, will be destroyed by an opposite zeal on the other. It i 3 an error very prevalent with -common reasoners in politics, to sup pose that a people constant in principles, as the people cf England we believe are, must be so constant in a vigilant and jealous care for those principles as to re move them from all danger. We have had proof, in eleven years of Whig government, that this is very far from being the case. The people of England were as deeply devoted to the Protestant religion at that time when their Government was dealing to it " heavy blows and great discouragement," as when they dismissed the Stuarts or dismissed Lord Mel bourne, but they had rashly confided power to a bad Parliament and a bad Government, while they were led astray in pursuit of another object. What has happened before may happen again. Indeed, we have lately seen an attempt made by the same Whigs to steal again into office by a side door (an Euro pean war), and if they had succeeded in ex citing the people to the desired madness upon the particular point which they pressed, they would have come into power little obstructed by their noto rious disregard of the religious and all the other r.ost important interests of the country ; as the people, when highly excited, rarely think of anything but that which excites them. 'The Whigs, how var, in power as a popular war Ministry, would soon avail themselves of anything anomalous, cr in appearance (though in appearance only) II- reasonable, to gratify their adherents by t a sacrifice of the institution or interest is which it should be found. There is, it is true, happily, no present appearance of such a calamity as a Whig Government, hut the visitation s emed almost as distant in 1828, and statesmen said be without excuse if they did not profit 1. 2 ,- the experience of the last sixteen years. 'i hat the statesmen who occupy the seat of Government are resolved to profit by that expe rience, and to leave the country safe, even in the hands of a Whig Administration, is manifest from their exertions to settle every great institution and interest in the country, upon a footing to rotect and perpetuate itself—because on a footing so manifestly just and reasonable, and even mode 1-at', that any attack upon it must appear a de claration of war on principle against the object ;wicked, a declaration which, when the object of the attack is prized by the people, will al ways recoil fatally upon him who makes it. In one word, the policy of the reforms of the last three years has been devoted to place for ever in the wrong the assailants of all the great institutions and im.tcrests of the country, to bring these institutions l'irectly and constantly under the protection of the public opinion ; and thus to make the personnel of t I e Government a matter almost of indifference. We a I see that these reforms are effected at some cost of party support; and otherwise it is impossible to deny t. at they are disinterested and patriotic. GLOBE.—The Game-laws continue to find em- Voyment for the Buckinghamshire magistrates. Not a session of the Ashenden Bench is holden but there are cases brought before this Petty Sessions of of ft nces against the statutes " made and provided" for the preservation of game. The clergy who are in the commission of the peace seem to be the most regular ia their attendance, and most zealous in the discharge of their magisterial functions, and most severe in t! eir sentences upon the poverty-stricken creatures u ha are convicted bef .re them of poaching—that " high crime and misdemeanour" in the eyes of a game preserving 'squire, and more especially so, of a game-preserving clergyman. The cherished indig nation of the latter against the crime is sharpened by his charitable desire to reclaim the criminal. If the salutary pains and penalties of the law can stop the it rpetration of the offence, it is obvious that it be comes a special duty in the clerical magistrate to t ke care that the discipline do not fail of producing is effect, through any lack of the quantity admi m.i-tered to the offenders. This may account for the proverbial severity of clerical magistrates. It is, possibly, for this, also, among other reasons, that der vv men are selected for the office. Tne functions of the Bench, whence the law deals forth its terrors, may appear, at first sight, somewhat detrimental to the in fluence of the parish priest : it may appear incon gruous that God's messenger of mercy to sinful men should on the Sabbath preach forgiveness of sins, on the terms of forgiving the trespasses committed against them ; and, on the following day, doom to the contamination and punishment of a gaol, and their wives and children to the privations of a workhouse, a number of their erring fellow-men, who have " trespassed " on the lands of some richl man —perhaps on their own land—" in pursuit of wnne." We have often thought the two functions sally at variance with each other—that the higher and holier was in danger of being neutralised by the secular. We have wondered that clergymen will consent to compromise their sacred voca tion by holding both. The consideration we have suggested may account for their doing so—al though we are not quite sure that even this is a sufficient justification for the injury which their clerical character and influence must sustain by the association. We, however, leave the vain and unsatisfactory speculation, as to the propriety of a junction of the two apparently antagonistical offices of clergyman and magistrate, to adduce fur ther instances of the working of the Game-laws in the county which gives a ducal title to the " farmer's friend," and agricultural labourers' benefactor. We are indebted for these further instances to the vigilance of the same correspondent from whom we received those kindred statements to which we last week drew attention in an article on the same subject :—" At the Ashendon Petty Sessions yester day (Monday), before T. T. Bernard, Esq., and the Revs. George Chetwode, Thomas Martyn, and J. S. Baron—Thomas Botley, a young man, of Greed= Underwood, was brought up in custody, handcuffed, having been apprehended under a warrant on the preceding day (Sunday), charged, on the information of Thomas Plested, one of the Rev. G. Chetwode's gamekeepers, with having on the 18th October, 1843, used a gun for the destruction of game, in the parish of Boarstall. Thomas Hoperaft, one of Mr. Chetwode's lookers out,' deposed that he saw the prisoner on the day in question shoot a hare, which was picked up by a com panion of the prisoner. The complainants had been unable to eatch' defendant for this offence before. — Fined 51. ; costs, 10s. 6d.; to be paid forthwith ; in default, to be imprisoned in Aylesbury gaol for three ca lendar months, with hard labour.—Committed." There are several circumstances in this short narra tive which deserve to be specially noticed. The ma gistrates present were three clergymen arid one layman ; the offender was "handcuffed • , ". 28 though charged with on e o f th e most heinous crimes known to the law; to secure whom from the possi bility of escape, the most stringent precautions were necessary. The sanctity of the Sabbath had been violated by the constables; who, doubtless, held themselves fully justified in neglecting their re li duties to apprehend and secure so great a criminal. The Rev. Mr. Chetwode and the other clerical magistrates who were associated with him on Monday in convicting this poacher, do not seem to have reproved the constables for neglecting their church on the preceding day; they probably, when enforcing the observance of the fourth com mandment, make a special exception in favour of luirwal . 4 k persons to whom the apprehension of poachers is entrusted by warrants issued by themselves. The lapse of time since the commission of the offence does not seem to have been considered by these magistrates. The man might have obtained work, and by plying his powers of labour be now able to maintain his family. This seems to have had no effect in obtaining for him the favourable consideration of the Bench. The mag trates sent him to the county prison for three months. The abolition of the Game-laws must form a part of any comprehensive and efficient series of legislative mea sures for the improvement of the social condition of the people. We feel persuaded that the temptations which they offer to the labouring part of the agri cultural population to the commission of offences which will never be regarded by them as breaches of the law of property ; and the estrangement of affection from the landlords which the punishments inflicted upon the poor half-starved labourers produce, and the indignation to revenge which they supply, are at the root of many of the crimes against property that have prevailed of late in the agricultural districts. While these crimes, when their perpetrators are de tected and convicted, must call forth severe punish ment, it is the duty of the Legislature to place as many obstructions as possible in the way of their commission, and especially to see that the poor are not driven, by desperation, to seek what has been de signated, " the wild justice of revenge." STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) A fair amount of business was done in the yarn market yesterday; the buyers, who had been pre viously holding off in the hope of obtaining a conces sion on account of the recent decline in the price of the raw material, having come pretty freely into the market at previous rates ; and prices are very firm. The goods market presents no change from last week. The demand for printing cloth is still moderate ; but nearly all other fabrics are in fair request, and firm in price. We are glad to learn, also, that the country trade is exceedingly brisk for the season. No doubt the good harvest, which has just been secured, and the moderate prices of the leading neces saries of life, exercise now, as, indeed, they invariably do, a very favourable influence upon this market. The drapers, from all parts of the country, agricultural or manufacturing, buy more largely than they have been accustomed to do for some years past, a pretty sure proof that the condition of the labouring classes has been materially improved by the decline in prices. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, SEPT. 3O.—The market to-day has been flat, and the demand for flannels very limited, but without any material change in prices. In the wool market there is no variation to report. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Carnatic, Soames, from Madras, in the Downs, sailed May 2, St. Helena Aug. 1 ; Penyard Park, Weller, from New South Wales, off Dartmouth, sailed from Sydney May 20 ; Prince of Waterloo, Elder, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed March 22, Algoa Bay June 27, St. Helena July 31 ; Courier, Burke, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed April 25, St. Helena July 30; Corea, Kerr, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed May 17, St. Helena July 29. Arrivals at St. Helena—Ophelie and Amor, Barker, July 28, from Ceylon, and sailed 29th to London • Numa, Tullock, from coast of Africa ; Clarendon, Stoddart, from China ; Recherché, from Bourbon ; Gambia, from coast of Africa ; Maid of Mona, from the Cape, and sailed 29th to Rio ; Cleofrid, 29th, from coast of Africa, and sailed 31st to Liverpool ; Velox, 29th, from the Cape ; Brahmin, from China, and sailed Aug. 6, to Liverpool ; Warlock and Pearl, from Bengal. Arrivals at Sydney—Governor Philip, May 12, from Norfolk Island ; Sir A. Campbell, from Port Nicholson ; Clarence, 14th, from the South Seas ; Ariadne, 15th, from Newcastle ; William, 16th, from Launceston ; Caroline, from the South Seas ; Johnstone, 17th, from Port Philip ; Velocity, 18th, from Swan River and Ade laide ; her Majesty's ship Hazard, from Oahu and Ota heite ; Equestrian, from Hobart Town. Departures from Sydney—Navigator, May 11, to Guam ; John and Charlotte, and Louisa, to Hobart Town ; Christina to Port Philip ; L'Grange, 13th, to South Seas ; Lady Leigh, 16th, to Port Nicholson. Arrivals at Hobart Town—Tuscan, April 30th, from London, and sailed, May 6, to New Zealand ; Caroline, May 5, from Sydney ; Comet, Bth, from New Zealand ; Bella Marina, 11th, from London. Departure from Hobart Town—Emma Eugenia, May 9, to Lombock. NOTICE TO MARINERS. ERECTION OF A BEACON ON BAINES ISLET, NEW SOUTH WALES, AND SAILING DIREC- TIONS FOR TORRES .STR A ITS. " Admiralty, Sept. 30, 1844. " Sir,—l am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to transmit to you herewith, for the information of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, an extract of a letter from the Governor of New South Wales, relative to the erection of a beacon on Baines Islet, and also copy of a notice respecting the passage through Torres Straits.-1 am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " JOIIN BARROW. " W. Dobson, .E , !5 , Lloyd's." The communications referred to above can be seen by those interested in the navigation of that part of the world, on application at Lloyd's Subscriber's-room, South Sea-house, Threadneedle-street. LAW INTELLIGENCE. JUDGES' CHAMBERS, Oct. 2. (Before the Lord Chief Baron POI.LOCK.) Yesterday morning William Nash, an omnibus proprietor, whose omnibuses run between Bayswater and the City, was brought up on habeas from the New Westminster Bridewell, to which prison he had been committed by Mr. Jardine, one of the magis trates of Bow-street, for the period of one calendar month, on a charge of furious driving, opposite St. Clement's Church, in the Strand, in the custody of William M'Ken, one of the warders of the prison. William Ramsden, a conductor of one of the Shep herd's-hush omnibuses, was also brought up before the same Learned Judge on habeas, from the City Compter, in order to be discharged, from a conviction of Mr. Alderman Farebrother, charging him with wilful misbehaviour in having deceived a passenger relative to his destination. Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, attended on behalf of the prisoners, and the magistrates' clerk of Bow-street, and Mr. Martin, from the office of the City Solicitor, appeared to support the convictions. It appears that the magistrates of the different police-offices throughout the metropolis have come to a resolution, in consequence of the numerous cases of complaints of furious driving, as well as misbehaviour of omnibus drivers and conductors, in order to pro tect the public from danger, imposition, or incivility, that in every instance where the offence is fully made out to their satisfaction that they will commit the parties complained against to prison, for the period of one or two months, instead of inflicting a fine, which the magistrates maintain is not an adequate punish ment, as the fines, however heavy, are invariably paid out of a fund established for that purpose. The City magistrates have also come to a similar resolution, and during the last two days, the two prisoners having been convicted, were accordingly committed for the above term. Mr. Lawns, on behalf of the prisoner Nash, now argued at some length that the conviction was lost on the face of it, and that the complaint should have been made, in accordance with the terms of the Act of Parliament, within seven days after the offence had been committed. In this instance the cause of com plaint arose on the 20th ult., and that therefore, tak ing the following seven days, the complaint should have been made before the 27th, instead of which it had been made eight days after, and the magistrate had no jurisdiction. Mr. Lewis cited a great number of cases in:support of his argument, independent of which he said he had two other objections to the con viction, which conviction he was inclined to think that his Lordship would at once say was bad in law. The commitment did not describe the description of vehicle that he was furiously driving ; and the complaint alleged to be on the oath of Mr. Bain bridge and others, and the commitment did not specify that the oath was administered in the presence of the magistrate, or by him, and therefore he contended that the magistrate had not shown that he had any jurisdiction. In the case of "Regina v. King," Mr. Justice Patteson had clearly laid it down that the jurisdiction must be distinctly shown, and in that case, where the want of jurisdiction was apparent on the face of it, the Learned Judge said that he could not assume that the magistrate had jurisdiction, and it was a defect which rendered the conviction bad in law, and his Lordship consequently discharged the prisoner. The Lord Chief BARON intimated that it would be the more convenient course to hear Mr. Lewis in Ramsden's case before he gave his decision. Mr. LEWIS informed his Lordship that some of the points were the same, which he would not again argue ; but he would principally rely, that the com plaint was made after eight days, and also that the party alleged to have been deceived with respect to the route of the omnibus was not the complaining party, and consequently it was not an offence under the 28th section of the Metropolitan Carriage Act. His LORDSHIP overruled most of the objections, but said that as there were one or two very important points for consideration, he would not at present pro nounce on the legality of the conviction, but would take a day or two to consider, and should, therefore, adjourn the case till Saturday, when the prisoners could again be brought up. The prisoners were then removed in custody. A few days since a pike was caught in the moat of Leeds Castle, Kent, by the son of its:respected owner, C. W. Martin, Esq., M.P., measuring three feet seven inches and a half long, 20k inches round, and weighing 25 pounds. A Board of Admiralty will leave town for Ports mouth, on the occasion of the visit of the King of the F r ench tc Olio country, to receive lga Idageaty.. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. Mr. Frederick Salmon, the superintending surgeon to the Charter House-square Infirmary, appeared be fore Sir Peter Laurie, to answer the complaint of Miss Rosetta Philadelphia Tapley, and (according to the wording of the summons) to show cause why he detained certain papers and other property, being the property of William Tapley, M.D., of whom the com plainant is the daughter and legal personal repre sentative. Mr. John Walmsley, of North-street, Westminster, solicitor, stated that he appeared upon the part of the complainant, and it became his duty to detail some remarkable transactions in exhibiting the merits of his client's case. Dr. Tapley, some time ago, went down to Gravesend for the benefit of his health, and until he repaired to that place he had exhibited no aberration of intellect. Within the list few weeks, however, he had not only been pronounced insane, but been removed altogether, together with his bonds, documents, and plate, from that place to town by Mr. Salmon and Mr. Burford, the Doctor's brother-in-law, as a person of disordered intellect, and finally placed in Doctor Warburton's asylum upon the strength of a certificate. Now, the object of the young lady was to obtain possession of the papers, &c. &c., as next of kin to the Doctor. Sir PETER LAURIE—I wish to state, before you proceed further, that I granted this summons as the subject matter is connected with a lunatic asylum, and I knew that every case of alleged insanity ought to undergo the most complete investigation. I feel the more strongly on an occasion of the kind in conse quence of the recent exposure of the case of the son of my old friend Campbell the poet, and I am convinced that inquiry, as far as is practicable in cases of alleged intellectual malady by every magistrate, is calculated to effect great public good. Mr. Salmon entirely agreed with Sir Peter Laurie in the opinion as to the necessity for the most scru pulous investigation into all cases of insanity, but could not refrain from expressing himself with the utmost indignation at being summoned to answer charges, the mere mention of which reflected a most intolerable imputation upon his character. He trusted that as the Alderman had granted a summons, the whole of the circumstances would be most minutely gone into. For his own part, he should waive all technical objections and difficulties. Sir P. LAURIE intimated that he should not swear any witness, as, if it so happened that his interference would prove ineffectual, the case must necessarily go before a different sort of tribunal. He was led to adopt such a course as the present, as he had often, by seasonable interference, checked the fierce impulse of an attorney's bill, for which those on both sides thanked, and had good cause to thank him. The summons having been read, Sir P. LAURIE called upon Mr.Walmsley to produce the authority upon which he appeared to act for Miss Tapley. Mr. Walmsley produced a letter, which he swore was in the handwriting of Miss Tapley, and which Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, read, and stated it to be a legal sanction. Mr. Salmon wished the letter to be publicly read, in order that everything connected with the charge, absurd and contemptible as it was, might be as public as the charge itself. Mr. Walmsley said he would not, by any means, allow the letter to be read. Mr. Salmon—Here is Mr. Burford, the uncle of the young lady. He wishes to say something in relation to that letter. Mr. Burford—l have seen my niece since she wrote that letter, and she assured me that she exceedingly regrets that such a course as this has been adopted. Mr. Walmsley—l have reason to know that she does not regret it ; and I have witnesses to prove that Mr. Salmon has acknowledged that he was in posses. sion of the property she seeks. Mr. Salmon—Possession of property ! Produce your witnesses. Sir PETER LAURIE—I have before stated that I shall not hear any witnesses upon oath. Mr. Salmon, I collect from the statement made by Mr. Walmsley that Miss Tapley accuses you, first, of having given a certificate, by means of which her father is detained in a lunatic asylum; and, secondly, of having in your possession certain bonds, papers, plate, Sc.c., which she claims as next of kin. Mr. Salmon, whose appearance and demeanour expressed the very highest point of indignation, stated that the gross misrepresentations which had been uttered were made against a person who had acted from the purest and most humane motives, in a painful extremity to which an old and valued friend had been reduced. " I admit," said Mr. Salmon, " that I went toseeDr. Tapley ; that I considered him insane ; that I caused Doctor Sutherland and Doctor Burroughs to examine him, and that, with the consent and the certificate of these two eminent men, Mr. Burford, his brother-in-law, and I caused him to be placed in Dr. Warburton's asylum, where he now is, but where we do not think he will be long, us he ap pears to be recovering from the melancholy condition in which we saw him. I went to him at the solicitation of Mr. Burford, who had reason to apprehend that, if medical relief were not afforded, the poor man would destroy himself with prussic acid. Drs. Sutherland and Burroughs were of opinion that it would be dangerous to leave him to himself. It appears that he was afflicted with the fancy that he was full from the bowels up to the neck, and that his food must be stuffed down his throat. Finding him in so deplorable a condition, I resolved to do everything in my power to render ser vice. I made all the necessary arrangements, and I put into the possession of Mr. Burford all the papers and other property of which he seemed to be possessed at Gravesend. I have done everything I could to al. leviate the affliction of Dr. Tapley. I have written everything about him to the members of his family, and here I am foolishly and wickedly charged with having committed acts of baseness." Mr. Walmsley, in answer to Sir Peter Laurie, said that no doubt Dr. Tapley might have been insane. He did not dispute that, but had submitted that Miss Tapley ought to be put in possession of the property which had been taken when the Doctor had been con veyed from Gravesend. After a considerable time occupied in the making of statements which more strongly showed the neces sity of the course adopted towards Dr. Tapley as re garded the restraint put upon him, Mr. Burford, who said that he had married Doctor Tapley's sister, declared that he came to London from a distance of upwards of 200 miles to do justice to Mr. Salmon, whom an attempt was so foully made to injure. Mr. Salmon had acted from the best motives, had protected and served Dr. Tapley in every pos sible way, and had put into his (Mr. Burford's) pos session every paper and other property belonging to the patient. All that had been taken away was in his (Mr. Burford's) possession, and he held it for the Doctor or his daughter, who was next of kin, be lieving that it would be much better under his care than under the care of lawyers. Sir P. LAURIE, after having heard all that is above stated, and a great deal more, with much patience, said that Mr. Salmon was certainly justified in acting upon ,the certificate of Doctors Sutherland and Boroughs, and that as for the papers and other pro perty which Mr. Salmon was alleged to have been possessed of, it was evident that Mr. Burford had taken possession of, and was responsible for, them. Mr. Walmsley said it was satisfactory to know in whose hands what was sought by Miss Tapley lay. Mr. Salmon again reprobated the feeling which could have dictated such an insult as had been offered to him. Sir PETER LAURIE, at the same time that he exone rated Mr. Salmon from the charge of any kind of improriety, said he felt gratified with the public state ment of the case. He knew that it was the practice of the owners of houses for insane people to keep their guests as long as they could, in consequence of the large profits arising from the business, and he hoped soon to see the establishinent of a large institution, in which there would be no temptation to detain patients longer than was necessary. MARYLEBONE. Yesterday, Mr. John Goodwin Bamby, residing at No. 4, Seymour-place North, Euston-square, and who described himself as an " author," was charged before Mr. Rawlinson on a warrant, with having indecently assaulted Hannah Snelgrove, a pretty looking girl, his servant. The appearance of defendant was singular in the extreme. His hair was of extraordinary length, and from his chin a sandy-coloured beard shot forth, which reached nearly as low as the top button of his waistcoat. He wore a white hat, and a shirt collar a-la Byron. His wife was present during the " deli cate investigation." Complainant stated that she entered upon her situa tion on the 12th of September, and that on the fol lowing day defendant laid hold of her, and asked her to go up stairs with him. She refused, and threat ened to tell her mistress. In about a week afterwards, as she was coming down stairs, he took liberties with hex, and in consequence of his behaviour she had quitted the house. Mr. RAWLINSON—What is your master? Com plainant—He is what they call a Socialist, sir. Defendant, in a written statement which he read," denied the truth of what had been alleged against him, and dwelt strongly upon the fact of complainant not having mentioned a single; syllable to his wife with regard to any impropriety of conduct on his part. Neither of the parties had any witness to produce, and, Mr. RAWLINSON ordered the defendant to enter into his own recognisance in 20/. to appear at the sessions, in the event of complainant thinking fit to indict him. LAMBETH-STREET. Yesterday William Sefton, a powerful seaman, was brought before Ur. Henry, upon his own confession, of being a deserter from the 66th Regiment of Foot twenty years ago. The Prisoner, it appeared, had given himself up to the sentry on duty in front of the Royal Mint, Tower hill, as a deserter, at an early hour on Tuesday morning, and was locked up. When brought before Mr. Henry, the prisoner, who appeared perfectly col lected in his manner, acknowledged that what was said was perfectly true ; that he had enlisted in the 66th Regiment at Hull about twenty years ago, and after remaining three weeks with the regiment, had deserted. In reply to Mr. Henry's questions, he said that immediately after his desertion he went to sea, and from that time up to the present, had been serving in her Majesty's and the merchant service. He also said his reason for giving himself up was that he had acknowledged being a deserter to the crew he had last sailed with, and being on unfriendly terms with many of them, he strongly suspected that one or the other of them would give him into custody as a deserter, and he therefore thought his best course was to give himself up. Mr. HENRY said he thought the case a very un usual one, but still he felt bound to detain the prisoner and report him as a deserter. He added that from his age (forty years) and the nature of his occupa tion for twenty years, he thought him of little use to the army, particularly as he must have entirely for gotten the slight exercise he acquired in three weeks drill. The prisoner was here about to be removed from the Court, when the sergeant, in reply to the latter remark of Mr. Henry, observed that while in military custod,y, the prisoner talked a good deal about marching and countermarching, and endeavoured as well as he was able to keep the step with the soldiers. This circumstance struck Mr. Henry as indicative of mental aberration, and he in consequence again questioned the prisoner very closely. His replies to many of the questions were perfectly rational, but, upon being pressed about his difference with his late shipmates, he said he was in dread of their waylaying him, in company with persons they had employed for the purpose, and giving him a desperate thrashing. Mr. HENRI-, satisfied from this that his mind was wandering, directed that he might be taken to the station-house for the night, and that the person at whose house he lodged, as well as anybody else know ing anything about him, should be in attendance on the following day. Yesterday Mrs. Conne ' the prisoner's landlady, at tended, and said she had known the prisoner for many years, and that he had been in the habit while in London of lodging at her house. He had always been an exceedingly well conducted and sober man, and she had never observed any peculiarity in his manner until Saturday night last. On that night he had very much alarmed herself, husband, and family, by his extraordinary conduct, and they were com pelled to sit up with him all night. He kept scream ing out that a steam-frigate was coming over the houses for him, that in every moment he expected the Horse Guards, and was in the act of throwing himself out of the window, when her husband caught him. Mr. HENRY, on hearing this, felt quite satisfied as to the state of the poor man's mind, and ordered his immediate removal to the parish workhouse, prepara tory to his being sent to a place of proper security. GREENWICH. Yesterday Ann Smith alias Watson alias Mary Ann Stow, a dress-maker (of very respectable connec tions), carrying on business in Brand-street, Green ich, was brought up for final examination, charged with stealing goods from the shops of numerous linen drapers, silk-mercers, and other tradesmen in Green wich and Deptford, under the following circum stances : Charles Harris, haberdasher and linen-draper, Brunswick-place, Greenwich, identified two pieces of cotton print, consisting respectively of 14 yards and 171 yards, recently missed from his stock. These articles had heen traced by the police to the shop of Mr. Delany, a pawnbroker, in Church-street, Green wich. Witness had no recollection of the prisoner coming to his shop. Daniel Riordan, shopman to Mr. Delany, said that he took the articles produced in pledge from the pri soner. She had often brought piece goods to pawn, and gave the name of Smith, George-street. On the last occasion she gave the name of Watson. William Hardman, linen and woolen - draper, Blisset-street, Greenwich, deposed that he had lost goods out of his stock. Knew prisoner, who was in the habit of purchasing goods at his shop. This witness identified a piece of unbleached calico, mea suring 60 yards when in his stock, which had been pledged by the prisoner for five shillings. Mr. D. Riordan, shopman to Mr. Delany, de posed that he advanced money upon it on the 23d of September. The prisoner had since denied having pawned it, or any knowledge whatever of the article. Emily White, of No. 19, Blissett-street, wife of a carpenter, deposed that she saw the prisoner pass from Mr. Hardman's, with a large roll of linen under her arm on the 21st ult. Witness lives opposite to Hard man's, and knew the prisoner for some time past, though not acquainted with her. She was surprised at the moment at seeing her carry so large a parcel. John Low, of the firm of Thomas Wilkinson, Ker shaw, and Low, linen-drapers and silk-mercers, Lon don-street, Greenwich, identified two pieces of Irish linen, 14 yards of gros de Naples, two mouselaine de laine dresses, and two pieces of cashmere for dresses, comprising 22 yards. Mr. John Dawson, pawnbroker, Skelton-lane, Greenwich, proved lending 15s. upon one of the pieces . of Irish linen, on the 23d of September. The pri-' soner gave her name Watson, George-street, Green % ich. He had also advanced money on a piece of cotton on the 30th of August, on a piece of cashmere 65., on another piece of Irish linen 125., and a roll of silk 17s. Other cases having been adduced, Sergeant Lovell said he had a vast number of du plicates in his possession still, which he had found about the prisoner's apartments, which she had hid away. They consisted of books, scarfs, tea-kettles, fire-irons, brushes, flat irons, bedding, &c., nearly all new, and which he had very little doubt were also stolen property. Mr. JEREMY asked the prisoner what she had to say to the charge ? The prisoner declined to say anything. The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute, and the prisoner was fully committed for trial. THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT THE HAS'IV ELL COLLIERY. HASWELL, TUESDAY EVENING, SEVEN °CLOCK.— The inquest was resumed this morning at ten o'clock, and continued all the day. The following evidence was taken. It creates immense interest in the dis trict, and numbers of people from all parts continue to flock to the place, to ascertain particulars on the spot. This is the most fatal colliery explosion that ever happened in the Durham coal-field. Mr. MARSHALL said he was instructed by the owners to state that they were anxious for the fullest inquiry, and after hearing the evidence produced, if the coroner and jury think it necessary that the pit should be viewed by impartial professional men, they will readily afford every facility for that purpose. Mr. Roberts said he would merely repeat the appli tion he had made last night, that persons approved by the pitme n should make an examination as to the con dition of the mine. Robert Beaney lives at Haswell, and is a miner. He worked at that part of the mine where the acci dent occurred. He was there on the morning the accident happened, and has worked there for six weeks previously. Was at work in the low headways on Saturday morning, and lei it about ten o'clock in the morning ; the ventilation was then good. Has worked seven years and a half in the colliery. The whole part of the coal is worked with candles, which he considers safe ; the broken is worked with lamps. Has always considered the pit one of the safest he has ever been down. When he left work he met with about fifteen other men leaving their work, and not osle of them expressed any fear of a pproaching danger. De puties go down the pit with every fresh shift of men ; the duty of the deputies is to go round and timber the places where the m en ar e at work, and to see that everything is safe, and as a proof that they do this, one of the sufferers, George Hall , was in w i t ne s s 's place a little before he left work for the purpose of examining that place. Has not been further than the flat since the accident happened, and cannot speak as to its cause. Up to the time he left there had been no want of ventilation, and where he worked he had a sufficiency of air. Has been in the habit of taking out juds and when falls of stone have frequently taken place, but cannot say that any inflammable gas es caped at those falls, because he never saw any such appearance on the lamp. If any came it was taken off by the current of air that was flying through the pit at the time. The current of air in this pit has always been stronger than in any other pit in which he has worked. Has seen a Geordie lamp, but never saw it used. Has alway s considered the Davy lamp a safety to him if the indi ca ti on s it gives when gas is present are attended to—there is then time to get away. The Davy lamp i s sa f e , so long as the gauze is uninjured, if it be properly attended to. When the lamp indicates gas, their orders are to come out im mediately into the fresh air. Can attach blame to no one, neither individually nor collectively, for this sad occurrence. I have heard men working in the whole part of the mine complain of too much air, and when working in narrow places the current of air was fre quently so great that the men had to request the de puty to leave the brattice back a little, which would have the effect of throwing less air into the workings. At that part he considered the ventilation too strong for a man to work. By Mr. Roberts—When he speaks of ventilation, he speaks of the parts in which he has worked, but he has worked in various parts at different times. Was last in the pit about two A.m., on Sunday last, the air was then rather thick and coarse at the place where the accident occurred, but a strong current of -- fresh air was then travelling; the air was not so foul as to ignite at the lamp. Foul air may collect in a waste, and men working in other parts of the pit may be unaware of it. When a fall takes place, and any quantity of gas escapes, it is generally called a blower ; has seen gas come off at other collieries where there was no fall at all. Cannot say when the blows have come off that any previous indication was given. Re collects one coming off at Waldridge Fell pit, and no previous indication was given when the man left who was at work at the place. Has not been through every part of the pit where persons were killed since the accident. Has only been through a small part of the pit, as far as the Meadows flat and Brockley Whinns flat. It is possible the accident may have occurred in some part of the pit where he has not been since. In the part he has been, has seen no in dications of the accident having arisen there. Thinks the explosion has taken place in parts where he has not been. Only speaks as to the state of the ventila tion where he has worked. It is his opinion, when he left work there was a suffi-Aent current passing to carry off any gas that might escape. There is a person appointed to examine the lamps when they go into the pit to work to see that they are safe, and this has always been done. The deputy locks the lamp if he considers it in a safe state. All the lamps he has seen at the colliery have had locks upon them. Boys who are plate cleaners have lamps, and boys of twelve or thirteen years of age, use them when they are employed as helpers up. It would not be safe for the boys to have candles. Way cleaners carry the lamp, but helpers up suspend the lamp on a prop. Boys under fifteen or sixteen years of age would do badly without a lamp ; it is necessary for them to have a light to work with, and a lamp is decidedly safer than a candle. The way cleaner's work lies from place to place, and it is necessary for him to move his lamp with him. Has seen way cleaners stick up a candle and work away till they were in the dark, and then shift it, and the same with the lamp ; he means the candle in the whole, and the lamp in the broken—this was in other collieries. Has never seen way cleaners do their work without lights. There were no inexperienced men working in the broken where the accident occurred—that is, men who were not pitmen previous to the strike. Has never heard any complaints from the men as to the boys having lamps. Has heard pitmen since the strike complain of men, not practical workmen, being employed in the waste. There were men to inspect them, and therefore no responsibility rested on the strange men, and, if any danger was there, these strange men were not aware of it. These complaints were made in the course of conversation. These persons did not express themselves as apprehensive ofdanger from the strange men working there. If they did apprehend danger, it would be their duty to complain to the master wasteman. The murmuring he has heard if there was danger, those men not being aware of it, they might hazard their own lives and the lives of all down. Never heard the master waterman say he had taken three strange men into the waste. If the hewers had any complaint to make they should have made it to the first deputy overseer they met with. If the men generally in the pit apprehended danger from the waste, it was their duty to complain to the first officer they saw. Does not know any man who would not have the courage to make a report of danger when he thought such was about to occur. Never knew Mr. Forster refuse to examine into the complaint of any man upon the col liery. If each of the three strangers in the waste had an old pitman with them, he would not consider any danger was then possible, and is aware that there are experienced pitmen working with the three strangers in the waste. A great responsibility rests on keeping the waste clear. By Mr. MettsuALL—Thep place where the way cleaners are is the most unlikely part of the mine for gas to accumulate in. The way clearers have fre quently to nail the tram plates when they are loose, which would be difficult to do without a light. This witness, who was upwards of two hours under exami nation, gave his testimony in a very satisfactory man ner, and though subject to a very annoying cross examination, nothing material was elicited from him bearing on the facts. Joseph Short lives at Haswell, and is a pitman, and has been employed eight years and a halt in this pit. Was last at work on Saturday morning, and came up about half-past eight o'clock. Was working the Brockley Whinns course, and had worked there six weeks previously. Had worked in the third wide board at the Brockley Whinns Flat. The state of the ventilation previously, and up to the time he left, Was as good as it could be. Had not the slightest apprehension of danger from any cause. Worked with a candle in the whole part. There had not been the slightest indication on the candle of inflammable air. Has been down the pit since, about half-past four o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Has been in the broken at the Meado - ws Flat. The distance from there to the place where candles are used is some hundred yards. There was no danger in working that part of the pit whey ;he was with candles. Had not worked in the broken since the strike. Has not been quite so far as the Meadows "Way-end since the explosion, and cannot say where it commenced. Con siders the Davy lamp a perfect safeguard if the indi cations it gives are attended to. Would rather prefer the Davy lamp to any other. Has carried his lamp from place to place through a strong current of air, and has never seen the flame forced through the gauze by the current. When he was down the pit he saw no indications where the explosion commenced. Has always found the ventilation good in those parts of the pit where he has worked. Has never heard during the eight and a half years he has worked in the pit any complaints made by others that the ventilation was bad. It was one of the safest pits he was ever in ; but has been in other pits where as little gas was given off as in Haswell pit. Mr. Roberts rose to say that he had no wish to hear any more evidence of the same character. Mr. Marshall was ready to gain all the evidence they could from the men who worked in the pit, particularly those who left it a few minutes before the explosion took place. Thomas Joplin—Lives at Haswell, and had been employed two years and a half on the Haswell pit previous to the explosion, and on Saturday last left the pit about twenty minutes before the explosion, Had been working in the Brockley Whinns flat, on the third board of the rise side, and has worked on that board for the last month. When he left work he saw no fault at all with the ventilation, and had no fear of an explosion. Came out by the Brockley Whinns flat, and sat five minutes talking to the keeker, and took his /ow with him as he went along, and if there had been any gas it would have been indicated by the candle, but he did not see any such indication. The ventilation was as good as possible. When he came out from the Brockley Whinn's Flat, he met the current of air at the Meadows Way-end. The current was strong. Knows the rise side of the Meadows Flat, and thinks the current of air was sufficient for that flat. Has never had occasion to complain of want of ventilation in that part of the pit where he worked, and has never heard others complain. 'Went down to the pit again about four o'clock on Saturday, and has since been at the Meadows Flat, and the Brockley Whinn's Flat, and saw twenty men lying dead there in the straight on headways of the flat. The bodies were not burnt at all. Nicholson, who was at the heed of the flat, was burnt on the head. Nicholson was putter in that flat. Did not see any appearances in that part of the pit that the explosion had commenced there. Thinks the explosion had commenced at the Meadows, because all the stoppings had been blown in by over towards Brockley Whinns Flat. If the explosion had taken place in the Brockley Whinns Flat, the stoppings would have been blown the contrary way. Knew these stoppings before, and the purpose for which they were made, and never thought that they were not suffi ciently strong. Knows what a dam is, but never knew one put in for the purpose of a stopping; dams are only used to keep the water back. A dam put in would not be more effectual than a stopping. If the stoppings had not been blown down the lives of all the men in the Brockley Whinns Flat would have been saved on the dip side. Could not, from what he saw, judge where the explosion took place. Since he has worked in the pit, there has been no want of attention to the ventilation of the pit, and, as far as he has seen, every possible attention has been given to proper ventilation. From what he has seen, as far as he is able to judge, the explosion has been the result of accident, and not negligence. By Mr. Roberts—The stoppings were blown in wardly. The stoppings were sufficiently strong to keep the air right; that is the only purpose for which they are made. By Mr. Marshall—He is a hewer in the colliery, and had the misfortune to lose his brother by the ex plosion. By the CORONER—In his opinion blame was not attributable to any person. William Farish—Lives at Haswell Colliery, and has worked nearly three years at the colliery. Was at work on Saturday, and left at ten o'clock in the morning, and worked in the ninth headway, and two bodies were found in the same spot where he had been previously working—these persons followed him to work in the same jud. This is in the same place where Williamson was taking down the jud, and at the very same place where he had been working. When he left the place the ventilation wa s gcod. The air was usually good, and there was no deficiency. The pit, he thought, was one of the best ventilated pits he ever knew, and he is upwards of fifty-three years old, and has been a pitman about forty-four years. Has not been at the place since the explosion. When he left there was no appearance of gas. In his opinion the late explosion was purely accidental, and not caused by negligence. As far as he can judge, nothing could have prevented it. By Mr. Marshall—has worked in his life for nine collieries, and never saw one better ventilated. Lost a son by the explosion. By the CORONER— Does not believe the explosion took place for want of ventilation. By Mr. Marshall—When they were at •work on Saturday morning, they heard a noise like thunder in the goaf, and had never before heard such a noise ; we thought it was above where we were working, and we left the place, and when it ceased we returned. The goaf is the place where all the coal has been re moved. At that time the Davy lamps did not indi cate the presence of gas. The same noise was heard shortly after again when they went in ; it was not so loud as the first noise. They told one of the charge men of the occurrence, and he said it was caused by the falling of one of th e old boards, and that they saw themselves. The person to whom they told this was John Williamson, the deputy, who was killed. Ralph Errington—Has been employed nearly eight years in Haswell Colliery, and work with last wit ness, and left at ten o'clock on Saturday morning, when the ventilation was as good as possible. Can form no opinion as to the cause of the explosion, and cannot tell whether it was the result of accident or negligence. Nothing could have been done, in his opinion, by anticipation, to have prevented the acci dent. Where they were working the current of the air was so strong that they could scarcely keep their lamps burning. By Mr. Roberts—lf there had been a current of air going through the place where the accident oc curred it would not have happened. Where he was working is the place where the accident is generally supposed to have commenced. The evidence of this witness was generally a corroboration of that pre viously given. Thosnas Scott—Lives at Haswell, and has been a pitman twenty-three years, eighteen of which he has been a hewer. Haa been seven years and a half at Haswell pit, and has worked in the waste six years and a half. Was at work in the waste on Friday night, and left at two A.m. on Saturday. Was not at work at that time in the little pit. For a month previously had been working in the waste of the little pit—a month previously to Monday before the acci dent. Was through the whole of the waste during that time. The ventilation was always very good. No men have been working in that waste since he was in. Has been a little way into the waste since the explosion took place, and it was in a good state to day at twelve o'clock. Could see no indications where the explosion took place. The Haswell pit was con sidered the best ventilated pit on the river Wear. Has worked in all parts of the pit, and never found any want of ventilation. Has frequently heard the men complain that there was too great a current of air in all parts of the pit. The three strange work men in the waste are under the charge of three ex perienced pitmen, to whom they are only assistants, and in no way responsible for the work done ; the ex perienced pitmen are alone responsible, and if any thing happens they are accountable. The men that are with them have to take charge of both them and their Davy lamps. It was possible enough for the explosion to have taken place if there had been a cur rent of air into every part of 'the pit. If a heavier body of gas came off than there was air to overpower, an explosion might be the result, and it is his opinion that was the case in this accident. It was possible for a 'sufficient quantity of gas to have come off from the removal of the jud as would cause the explosion. Has never seen any gas in the course of six years and a half in Haswell waste. He has known in the Charlie pit, at Lambton, the air as clear as in a bell, and in half an hour the Davy lamps were rolling full of gas. Considers the Davy lamp very secure—as secure, or more so, than any other that he knows anything about. Is very certain every care is taken that is possible in the air courses in the waste. Edward Fenwick Boyd, colliery viewer at Urpeth, near Chester-le-street, is not connected with Haswell colliery, nor the owners. Has been down the Has well pit since the explosion, and has examined the ex ternal parts of the Meadows Flat, particularly the re turn of the air ; has found a good air travelling in the direction of the return drift. The marks upon the wall sides and the timber indicate an explosion ; the marks were all in one direction, indicating the force of the gas ; has also examined the stoppings, and air crossings in the rolley way, which are forced in a contrary direction from the working places. Part of the timber and some large stones in the rolley way had fallen down ; there were large falls of stone. The inferences to be formed from these appearances are, that the explosion must have taken place near the highest headway course, of which he had no doubt, and near to the faces of the working places. Also examined a few boards of the Brockley Whinns Flat adjoining to that way, and found the indications of fire not so strong in that direction, but the blast had gone in that direction. The other observations are similar to what is already in evidence. As check viewer he has been in the habit half-yearly of going down to view the pit, particularly the district where this misfortune has happened, and has had opportuni ties of travelling different portions of the waste, and also had opportunities of comparing it with about twenty-five other colleries which he in spects, and, except one, it exceeds all the others as to the quantity of air, and the direc tion and general attention to it. Considered the ventilation of the pit admirably good. In Wallsend colliery, 38,000 cubic feet or 40,000 cubic feet, is passed in a minute, and this may be compared with the ventilation of this pit already in evidence. There are no known better means of ventilation than what are in use in this pit. The temperature of this pit is as good as any other. On the 26th of January this year the temperature was taken by him on going into the pit. At the surface it was 46 (leg., and at the bottom of the pit, 165 fathoms down, 53 deg. The return, just before going on to the furnace, 61 deg., and at the face of the workings where th e men wor k, 58 deg. In one instance he found the temperature at the furnace cooler than when the air went in. It was on the back, on a warm day, 67 deg., and at the re turn 61 deg. Is of opinion that the explosion was caused by a light coming in contact with the foul air. A current of air will carry the flame through the wire of a Davy lamp when the wire is red hot. Has seen seven or eight lamps blown out by the fall of stone on drawing a jud. If the stoppings could have been built strong enough to have resisted the blast is fearful the worst result might have taken place. The two shaft-doors between the downcast and the upcast shafts might have been thrown down, and the result would have been the losing of the whole of the men in the other pit as well as those who suffered. Having space to spread in it consumed itself for want of a supply of gas and air. It was quite possible to have done greater harm. The inquest was agreed to be adjourned till to morrow. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS The following are the results 'of "A Table of Mortality in the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes registered in the Week ending Saturday, the 28th of September, 1844." The Table;is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General:— Weekly CAUSES OF DEATH. Total. Average of Five Years. 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CONGREVE MATCHNS.—The extent to which the manufacture of these useful articles is now carried may not, perhaps, be generally known. One firm alone in London (Blackwell and Williams, of Whitechapel), manufacture weekly, two tons and a half, containing ten millions, eight hundred thousand matches. This immense quantity, if placed lengthways, would reach a distance of 426 miles, or, in twelve months would nearly make the circumference of the globe, and weigh ono hundred and thirty tons. To make this quantity, 7i miles of plank, three inches thick, and eleven inches wide, would be required, and nearly two hundred hands, including men, women, and children, besides two stoam engines kept constently employed. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. (From Punch.) This Association having met at York, science is, of course, being advanced in that favoured city, and such is the determination of some of the more active members to keep science on the move, that they have resolved on pushing it to the very last extremities. Science has taken a very considerable round in the hands of this very able body, and we should not be as tonished to hear of its eventually going to Jericho. What will become of the British, &0., for the advance ment, &c., it is not our business to inquire. What the British, &c., &c., &c., &c., is actually about at the pre sent moment, is the point to which we shall confine our selves. The Committee having met, Colonel Sabine — no relation, we believe, to the historical Sabines—came forward to read the report in his character of General- Secretary. It is worth while to observe that the Asso ciation for the Advancement of Science has advanced the secretary, by making a colonel into a general—for General-Secretary is the title which the Colonel goes by in his connexion with the Brit. Ass., as the sapient body occasionally calls itself. Colonel-General-Secretary SABINE, having cleared his throat, and sent for his spectacles from the President of the Optical Section, who had borrowed them in order to try some experiments in reading books—Colonel-General- Secretary Sabine hating, in a style worthy of the Archi tectural Section, placed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, began to read the report, of which the following is a summary:— " Your Committee have great pleasure in stating that they have tried an experiment with a captive balloon—" Here the Secretary was interrupted by a new member inquiring what was meant by a captive balloon. Was it a balloon that had caught on the railings of a house, as Mr. Hampton's generally did ? or was it a balloon seized and become captive on account of the damage done by its descent, which happened occasionally to Mrs. Graham and other intrepid aeronauts ? Colonel SABINE having paused for some time, and having looked out the words " captive" and " balloon" in Johnson's Dictionary, replied that he could not answer the question. He would, however, refer it to the Lexi cographical Section, if the Hon. Members desired it. The report was then proceeded with. " Your committee having had some maps, have drawn some lines showing some good spots for some canals, some Artesian wells, and some other advantages." The new member inquired whether the lines did not disfigure the maps ? COIOIIOI SABIICTE--itatller. NEW MENDER—Then Cui b0)/0 ? The PRESUSENT here interfered.—" If," said he with much warmth, " the association is to have the cui bone test applied to its proceedings—if we are to be asked what is the good of this or that, we may as well dissolve the body."—(Much cheering.) Colonel SABINE then proceeded—" Your Committee have sent out Professor Forbes with a dredging tea chine." NEW MEMBER—A what ? Colonel SABINE (continuing)—" A dredging machine for the purpose of dredging the lEgean Sea." NEW MEMBER—Oh ! that's too rich—ha, ha, ha The PRESIDENT—The Hon. Member is right. It was the richness of the .2Ecan Sea that induced this Associ ation to dredge it. G'o on, Mr. Secretary ; what does the report say as to the result of the dredging ? Colonel SABINE (reading)—", Your Committee feel much cestacy in stating that Professor Forbes has d r edged up several buckets of mixed stuff, which have been laid before the Analytic Section, and found to contain 150 species of animals, all new to science. NEW MEMBER-150 animals ! Let's have their names. The PRESIDENT (interfering)—We should be glad to afford every information, but these interruptions are lm proper. NEw MEMBER—WeII, let's have a few of the names of the 150 animals all new to science. The PRESIDENT—WeII—I don't know ! Suppose We say the Cockleius Scollopccoculus, 'or " Cockle good for scolloping." That's one ! I can't think of any more just now. Pray go on with the report, Col. Sabine. Colonel SABINE (winking at the President)-- ,, Your Committee wished the Government to publish the result of this dredging ; and Sir Robert Peel agreed to print 500 copies, if there were any means of getting rid of them. 100 were at once carried away by a celebrated professor." NEW MEMBER—What became of the remainder ? The PRESIDENT—That's an unfair question. I don't know. A CLERK—The cheesemonger— Colonel SABINE and the PRESIDENT (very vehement!! to the clerk)—Silence, Sir ; silence. You are steppig far beyond your duty, Sir. hold your tongue, Sir. Colonel SABINE (continuing'to read)—" Your Cora' mittee have received 1,0001. from the Treasury for t l4 publication of Lalande's catalogue of the stars." NEW MEMBER—What a rum catalogue! Lot one , Mr. Macready, I suppose. Eh ? Colonel SABINE (stuffing his pocket-handkerchief into his mouth, and coughing)—Shall I go on with the report or not ? The PRESIDENT—Pray go on. Colonel SAnINE (continuing)—" Your Committee , finding they could do no good with the collections illus; trative of the railway sections, h av e g i ven them a" away." .I\EW MEMBER—AII Colonel SABINE —Every one. They were of no ' l°e to us. NEW MEMBER—What did they cost ? The PRESIDENT—That question must be referred t ° the mathematical section. tion ?—(Loud cries of "bluntdeviclenieth is l NEW MEMBER—Yes, „am th id e st pa w y h in ie g h e t e be e " new member sat down.) Colonel SABINE-64 Your Committee beg to say, in conclusion, they have got several invitations f o r nes t year, and amongst others Cambridge was anxious fur the honour of taking them in—and doing for them 1" The report having been read, a warm discussion took place on a Daddy Longlegs, the point of dispute beih4 whether the Daddy should be referred to the zoologicel section, or whether an ethnological sub-section shook' be formed fur the purpose of placing the Longlegs in th e hands of a separate committee. It was ultimately agreed to look upon the Daddy Longlegs as a subject for the zoological section atpresent. The meetimg then broke up' FRIDAY. The business to-day was quite of an übstraet nature. In section A, Professor LONG read a paper on infinit 4 ,. series, &c., or series without end ; ie iikustration 0 1 which he read some observations, which see me d a s i , they never would end, and, even when concluded, no OA was come to. Section B.—Mr. WEET read a paper on mineral waters► founded on experiments with a bottle of soda water. Mr. HUNT read a paper on the influence of light on plants, which he proved to be deleterious. He had held a buttercup over a lighted candle, and, though the buttercup was not melted, the flower was considerably damaged. Dr. - 13ABINEun read a paper on the mode of detecting, the adulterations in tob acco . li e h a d smoked seve ral penny Cubas, and detected adulteration in every one ° f them. Professor FoRBES and Mr. lIELISTON jointly r ead II paper on the tertiary formations of the Isle of Wight' As they both read at once, it was to us the most i n ter' esting paper we had heard at the meeting. Section E.—Medical Science.—Dr. IIEmING describe d a peculiar disease of the tongue, attended with great constitutional di s t ur b ance . It was f oun d a goo d des among Radical Members of Parliament and Chartist demagogues. The tongue was generally very bad iri these cases, but the constitutional disturbance generally insignificant. BIRTHS. On the Ist inst., in Hannover-terrace, Mrs. Longman, O f a daughter. On the 29th ult., at Anglesea, Hants, the Hon. Mrs. B. C' Trench, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at the Vicarage, Abbot's Langley, Hat e ' the wife of the Rev. R. Gee, of a son. On the 28th ult., at Taliaris, Carmarthenshire, the lady of William Peel, Esq., of a daughter. On the 29th ult., at Judd-place, New-road, the lady of Wakefield, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., at Preston Candover, Hants, the lady ° F. Jervoise Ellis, Esq., of a son and heir. On the 29th ult., the wife of Thomas Gribble, Esq., jun., ° f St. John's- wood-road, of a son. On the 30th ult., the lady of Isaac James, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On the Ist inst., at Trinity Church, Stepney, Frederick , third son of George Green, Esq., of Blackwall, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Dr. Fletcher, of Stepney. On the Ist inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Algern° l/ William Bellingham, eldest son of A. G rev ill e, E sq., o f N o rth Mynims (late Captain in the Rifle Brigade), to Margaret, youngest (laughter of A. Petty, Esq. DIED. On the 3d ult., -at New York; Frederick, son of the late J• Pittman, Esq., of Warwick-square. On the 27th ult., at Sarsgrove, Henrietta Maria L a ngston' On the 29th ult., in Lower Brook-street, Ipswich, Ann a Maria, the second daughter of the late J. P. Smith, Esq. On the 30th ult., in Albany-street, Regent's-park, Eliza Eleanor, eldest surviving daughter of Darius Davey, of th e Island of . Antigua. On the 30th ult., at Reigate, Rebecca, third daughter of Mr. Hart, solicitor, aged 21. On the Ist inst., at Fenchurch-street, Ann, relict of th e late Nathaniel Ponder, Esq. On the Ist inst., Mr. William Waters, Anchor-terrac 4 ' Southwark-bridge- road. MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUARY Major-Generals—Biggs, East India Company's Servic e ' Cawnpore ' • Fearon, East India Company's S erv i ce , Cawnpore• Colonel Logan, 63d Foot, Aide-de-Camp to the Que en ' Dover. Lieutenant-Colonels Carmichael, Unattached, Fort es ' N.B. ; Dalles, K. 11., half-pay Macdonald's Recruiting Con' s ' Greenhithe, Kent. Majors—Urmston, 31st Foot, Bengal; Carter, East Company's Service, Delhi. Captains—O'Reilly, 85th F oo t, B ar b a d oes ; Halliday, 86til Foot, Hyderabad; Pack, 2d West India Regiment, Gambia.; H. M. Dixon, half pay, 88th Foot, Kensington ; Bowie, 1 1311 pay 103 d Foot, Quebe c • J. Hammill, late of the 9th Fo ot ' Portsmouth ; Robert M'Leod, late of the Royal Marines. ~z Lieutenants—Lane, half-p a y 3d D ragoon G uar ds; Gibbon, half. pay 23d Foot, Plymouth. Second Lieutenant and Ensigns—Nugent, Royal Dig i neers, St. Kitts; llaslewood, half-pay 89th Foot; Stev erill ' half-pay Elford's Corps. Paymaster Amey, half-pay 6th Line Bn. German Legion, Bath. Quartermaster Martin, half-pay 3d Dragoon Guards. Commissariat Department—Deputy Assistant Conlin' sary-General Brock, half-pay. Medical Department—Surreon Robertson, halipay' 4 11 Foot, Montreal, Canada ; Surgeon Dr. Cavanagh, half-P 62d Foot, Wexford ; Surgeon Fogarty, half-pay St. 'le l° Regiment; Apothecary O'Hara, Dublin. -------- - ol Lontlon: Printed and Published by 11-11.11=XAD No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TLe thin Office, 01 Strand, in the Product of the Savoy, in the Coot" Middlesex, Thursday, October 3,1844. GRA ntfly (eat, eari—ton Mar 01114 ROT, TLS • it , to LONGAI hutration • • Utt _at a Quart,' 1.0 la 0,, POlgOlirll I X ruling§ ?flue. p ro Molls. 7% Ig_TDRO-111 as•--Tia 1)86. wlcr S•rics is tin•• compl ttklrg. Tr td Lie fu r 11. taint, 61114 get♦ the{. 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NI 6.16641 seen at the 13 Y Pang Parce' Mersa Carve Ditto Dilinci Deduct Cot expense Bring abo Geatlen 50/. e ac h enact take Dated I T 1 1, afi o A LLO bolo. 1 00, lie *tit in a 4.1,. lb - IRJ possesaton h cone ltefs, cccu all that n bottler to followitig rrsult Of PILL or course of nev,r fou oystret fri I *a, th Meas. 1" avid calve most vala credit t. fhb FRA The an losavolod from theii Eot put to Pilions ar ants, iiiddlnese Ileartbnr Two el ofect a. • atop of and testa strength, wt ll be th ACCOliflpao Sold by r Kingdo m „Ask fc haute an GOVeltro THE SUN, _LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 3, 1844