The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-06 00:00:00

e. 11•••• tiO re all English audience. The success which attended reappearance on this occasion was most complete. 4440YD's SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.) Lo • cloud,, °N, SEPT. 6.—Wind southerly, light breezes, and Fo ster, SEPT. 5.--Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Sarah, ,ter. Matanzas. Ruevini ART MOUTH, SEPT. s.—Arrd. Finland, Cadiz for lia,gfors, with bo ws s t ove and considerable damage, 44 11 g been i n contact with a large s hi p l ast n i g ht, Port bearing W. I N., distant about eight miles. Lll P EXZANCE.—Volunteer, Mauritius ;May 25). b:1,1111POOL, SEPT. s.—Wind E.S.E., fresh.—Arrd. d oe v : l:l Pwt, Parry Bombay Iligginson, Hogg, Barba after being , ashore for an hour, but without ap lejl:llist damage. Sld. Lady Lilford and Sir Peregrine, ; Agnes, Bahia ; John Cuming, Savannah ; A t li ner, War saw , an d P rov id e nce, New York • Eliza Co!el and her M a j esty ' s s hip Al c yon, St. John's, Ltir g i i rt(, SEPT. 3.—Arrd. Fiita, Bayley, Cuba, for Ham kleta,R°;°4llA.VEN, SEPT. 2.—Arrd. Frankland, Christie, W,'' a • Off, Ennerdale, Boodle, Calcutta. .sTr.ortT, SEPT. 2.—Sld. Victoria, Quebec. ZLUST, SEPT. 3.—Arrd. Emulous, Barbadoes. CI Pl' SEPT. 4.—The Christiana, Pitcairn, from the )1 44e to Demerara, went on the rocks N. of Lady Isle, SETr oon, this morning, but is expecte d o ff next t id e . /ie E4T ° l4l BAY, AXMOUTH, AUG. 31. Arrd. Alert, Port, leaky, and must discharge. Vgas t lt\ VlCH, SEPT. s.—Arrd. Caroline, Behrendt , Very leaky, and sails damaged. The in the METROPOLIS 4tt e f t, ( Mowing are the results of 4 , A Table of Mortality kit 6. Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from Zlst A t l ses registered in the Week ending Saturday, the th: Rest, 1844." The Table is issued from the Office • AegistrarGeneral Weekly Total. Average of E • Five years. Dpl deki ;Endemic, and Contagious Diseases 225 178 0t t .,2 of variable or uncertain seat B5 111 oig i ;7 s Of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses ll9 157 It'" of the Lungs, and other Organs of "Pirati on 196 286 il e 7,+ of the Heart and Blood-vessels 23 21 0 r 7 3 . of the Stomach, Liver, and other bist B 113 , 0 f Diction 65 69 5 CAUSES OF DEATH. eiiii i ii,.: 4 of the . Adneys, &c 6 bin.- - " l th, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 8 10 bi s i-Lies of the Joints Bones, and Muscles 6 6 Oirs A es of the Skin, &c 0 1 liy v 4 ,g!, or Natural . Decay 39 71 Coience, Privation, or Intemperance 8 1 ) ecified. . L4, 1 ,...7 7 -rora all Causes 798 946 rEOI.I THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES INCLUDED UNDER THE ABOVE HEADS. Total. .... 116 C onsumption Scarlati na Pneumonia . Drop sy 12 Tooping Cough l2 Yphus 22 36 titan Pox 21 D isease of the Heart keasles 2l „ .( Poplexy 7 s u iseases of the Brain Marrlicea.. su dden Deaths Weekly Average of Five Years. 147 34 79 DISTRICTS. rWest . N-orth..." Central ''' 48t. Betttli . • ~ 129 138 ~ 158 171 .. 132 188 .. 174 207 „ 205 242 Total .............».. 798 946 Palu v n ()° , l) cocii.s.—A few days ago, the proprietor of 4 talCuill, C. P. Airston, Esq., received by an Edin• Kho o Coach, from his estate in Stirlingshire, a box o k b ' fr a nd upon the top of it, what is exceedingly rare a beautiful woodcock, the best of the three the - -a de scr ib e d b y Latham. The stranger so early 1a.041 s eason must either have returned to Scotland at ho ttture lY, or have been of a brood that remained o rlon r n,e over w i n t er . In the books it is stated truly th e 44 that the woodcock is migratory, and during kate e s _ Yele of the seasons visits a vast variety of • ti ; Generally, it leaves the countries bordering . Wis te Baltic, l a t e i n au tumn, on the appearance of to at rs-arriving not in flocks, but dropping in singly, *ll tl tor t in pairs, from the middle of October till the st:becernber. It is a great mistake, however, Il eitrr s e , as Bewick does, " that they do not remain 4 0to tt '‘e shore s to ta k e t h e i r res t l onger than a day, but 11 ;„ (41 , 1 Y find themselves sufficiently recruited to pro ttliezZtand to the same haunts they left the preceding stance So far from this, woodcocks in the first in /Pell betake themselves to the hills and moors, where th t ve Itt i t repeatedly seen them in so exhausted a state its ,would be easy to seize one by placing a bat over iligh,4" Torpidity, or an approach to it aft so long a rowrontinues nearly a week ; rest is then the git h %neat, although something may be got from pick of sza4rPrhel2ation either bushes • and it is not until after this period that Woodcocks wing their way to the iav nty -a ta an , d b_osky dells below, situated at some ten or 1 , lies distance.—Duinfries Courier. tOi ltro l LATE JOSEPH BONAPARTE.--The Debat.s ot,A -diets , on the authority of a letter from Italy, the %kJ:tient that Prince Joseph Bonaporte had bequeathed wooor. to his brother Jerome ex-lUng of Westphalia. ge left him simply a sn ff b tir4 l u ox, as a mark of his affec z , and another to Prince Louis. The fortune of s seph, the letter says, is far from being so considerable ▪ Was stated. tka, Cetintous FREAK.--As a gentleman was some Passing through Tyndall's Park, about the e of the day, he saw a shoemaker's lad coolly milk lior: -cow into a new pair of boots, which he was taking T ° ll to a customer at Clifton.—Bristol Gazette. th e , DUTIES ON BOOKS AND ENGRAVINGS.—On ih ult. an Act came into force, entitled " An Act thle - ,e , under certain circumstances, the duties pay- Ilia 'Pon books an d engrav i ngs ." Th e object of this t o e t ltgt is t o ena b le her Majesty, by Orders in Council, ti t h lt t r q out the Act of last year on international . copy tigT; to declare that the authors, inventors, designers, of -"erS, or makers of any books, prints, or other works th e r t first published in any foreign country, shall have I keh Privi lege of copyright therein, then and in every ties e ase it shall be - lawful for her Majesty, by any Or lio4:1' Orders in Council, to declare that in respect of "nd prints, or either of them, published in and toZted from such foreign country, the duties of Cuss t es, ll , e ,w' payable on the importation of books and printsltek shall, from and after a time to be named Orders, altogether cease and determine, and that in tisk thereof there shall be payable on such books or fortil& r espectively such duties of Customs as are set 1:1 4) 1 , 1 ,,,the schedule annexed to the Act. Her Majesty Nisi - T rice the duties on books and prints in favour of t h IN. Les with w hi c h h e r Majesty has treaties of reci e pro d L es The Orders in Council are to be published in 11 t1;" ( lon Gazette. By the schedule, the duty on works ,o rka l anguage of the country of export, or on original Corks that country in the dead languages, or on other tie so ," l l the dead languages, with original commenta otvhreduced in that country, to be 15s. the cwt.; on kV works published in the country of export, if t o e l l the year 1801, to be 20s. the cwt.; if printed in Illtire 1801, 50s. the cwt. On prints and drawings, Nei l O r coloured, the duty on each to be one halfpenny e o ' 4 ," on bound and sewed three halfpence the dozen. q O r C'lSlos BETWEEN S TEAMERS . —On Thursday ttv e l is _g, abo u t e i g ht o ' clock, a dangerous, and might is ue en fatal, collision took place in our river, near Pr e , wder H ouse , b etween th e S evern iron steamer, ,by LIM by the screw, and the Usk, which is propelled 10 4',dles. It appears that the two vessels, which be. li s t'o rival companies, and trade between Newport and iji 4 °, left their several ports early on Thursday morn litiviu,e Severn (screw steamer) having left Newport for aloe t 'it between six and seven o'clock, with between fifty 41 1 rist s ,„: 1 1 ...tY passengers ; and the Usk the basin, at the 4 0 k m ' ttotwells, with about seventy-nine passengers on the b , at twenty minutes after seven, in company with sZresford, bound for Swansea. On the Usk arriving poi n t Mills reach, the Severn came suddenly round the e ats;' ; and struck the Usk about the larboard gangway, las'i t ` t ig away the whole of the upper works, &c., of her 'he t X r, and forcing the frame work into her cabin the - eek is described as having been a most fearful one, ,el'a s eTarO iron bow of the Severn tearing away and It ir „ - -'og the bulwarks and timbers of the Usk like a UeQ t although much alarmed, no acci sk Loccurred to t h e passengers ; an d th e i n j u ry to the , (0 n 1 ,,,""1ng confined to the upper works, she was enabled • s'eed on h er vo y age . The Severn was compara to 4,uninjured. It would be idle in us to speculate as th le h party was to blame in the matter, which may uti e „t subject of closer investigation before a legal tri i\r•--Bristol Gazette. cty f ki l.ts.—Extract of a recent letter from this 1147 - " Ther e are severa l English families residing at Peri el aniara, the marine resort of the fashion at this Iloo l tkl „ • Lord and Lady Brabazon have just sustained a b e - „ st ic bereavement by the death of their eldest child, f ; 11 t1ful boy in the sixth year of his age. It is only I ,Wh e o n w eeks back that Lord and Lady Thomas Hay, .e•itst - n r e located there, lost their two eldest sons. The tate l s' l ld Countess of Meath are expected here next s L ady',,,to meet Lord and Lady Brabazon. Lord and alpole have lately arrived, as also the llon. ba s e ?ellew. Lady Walpole was confined a few days i lert:, l4 your readers may be interested to know that ably. '`'.,ahip and infant are both progressing favour ticath "'Ord and Lady Holland came from Florence last 1 ' 1 %4' and her Ladyship is gradually improving in bet • t -- The King and Queen are still at Castellamara, lesti l- ' s rumoured in the court circles that their Ma v4iiee; Co ntemplate shortly to visit the Emperor and Atep n -e ,ss of Austria at Vienna, after the return of their 8 0t4 r ` c al Majesties from Trieste. There is certainly tatio-,'°undation for this Royal movement, as prepa bekt;„B _ a re about to be made fur a journey the middle of -4 "Rth. , FRAMEWORK-KNITTERS' COMMISSION.— R. og tre,rulge, the Commissioner, has now been to most cite s .principal places in the county, but the inquiry ex eolerdwe or no attention. Twenty years since such a taan u i. ss ion of investigation would have caused the whole /v orl: ctu ting interest to be in motion, but now, the 4 L t i -e n, dispirited with so many disappointments and lost s ol e attempts to obtain relief from Government, have "ate I "ufidence in the upper classes of society. .This h °f fe eling is so revalent, that the Commissioner att,, e 'd recourse to summonses in compelling persons to G- to give evidence.—Nottingham Reiew. 411 " SUOOTING EXTRAORDINARY.—On 20th inst , near Longford, Henry Montford, Nv e c t: e ldest son of iienry Montfort, Esq., of Middletown, 444 ou t to shoot on his father's grounds at six o . 'clock. p er '' and returned at half-past four, having in that Cork Ss:Zt ern: E l e es p s ort t e h r tin forty-two pair of grouse.— LITERATURE. THE FREE-LANCE. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1844. The White Company of Free-Lances were a body of English military adventurers well known on the Continent, and more particularly throughout Italy, in the fourteenth century, for their skill in war, their bravery, their enterprise, their licentious conduct, and the cruel excesses with which all their victories were sullied. Owing allegiance to no one particular Power, they freely gave their services to whatever potentate would pay them highest; but at best they were troublesome, not to say dangerous, allies, and their friendship was almost as much to be deprecated as their enmity. Of this once renowned company, and the achievments of its enterprising but sanguinary leader, Sir John Hawkewood, the volumes before us profess to give an account ; the scenes for the most part are laid in Italy, where the Free-Lances perpe trated some of their worst atrocities, and of course their enterprising chief figures conspicuously among the personages of the story. This character, indeed, is drawn with evident care, and no ordinary ability, and is by far the completest portrait which the author has penned. The story throughout is alive with bustle and incident ; it is, however, singularly faulty in construction, and must depend for success solely on its stirring melodramatic character and the quick changes of its scenes. We have battles, sieges, skirmishes, and massacres in profusion ; in fact, there is no repose in the story, but a constant succession of exciting incidents which at length almost fatigue the reader. The love passages between Reginald, the nominal hero of the ,tale, and Margherita, a young Italian girl of humble birth and most changeful vi cissitudes of lot, serve to relieve by their softness the sterner features of the narrative. NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE. (From the Times.) TO RICHARD LAMBERT JONES, Ese. POETICAL EPISTLE ON THE SCULPTURE IN THE FEDI' KENT OF THE ROYAL. EXCHANGE. Dear Jones, our cits are quite at sea, Your pediment's a mystery— 'Tis something wonderful, no doubt, Do tell us what it's all about. I write to you, old friend, and not To Trotman Tite or Westmacott- In chiselling stone or cutting bricks, Those fellows may play curious tricks ; But you conceive, create, control, They're but the body—you the soul. So now, dear Jones, as you're the man T' enlighten us (if any can), Expound, we pray, the sculptur'd riddle— Who is that lady in the middle, Perch'd on a stool ? We see the words, " The earth, et cwtera," are the Lord's ; But what the lady has to do With these, we can't divine—can you ? Is she Britannia in undress, The Queen, or Lady Mayoress ? Perhaps a gentler name she owns— Do tell us—is she Mistress Jones ? Who'er she is, she seems to stand With some queer gimcrack in her band, Quite unconcern'd, with vacant stare— She can't have any business there. Look at those worthies clothed in sacks Who ungallantly turn their backs ; 'Tis clear they think it very strange The lady should be seen on 'Change. As for the gentlemen, we guess, They're all engaged in business, But why th' establishment's divided, And cut in half, we're undecided. Has our friend's genius here designed Some grand division of mankind — Two sorts of men, and only two — Those who don't pay, and those who do ? Or is this distribution meant Two principles to represent — Profit and loss, in civic tongue Synonymous with right and wrong ? To some of us who see display'd The several branches of our trade, Those gentlemen who sell and buy Wholesale and retail typify, And so the dame sans occupation At home, may stand for exportation. You've fairly puzzled us, that's certain ; Give us one peep behind the curtain— Give us, dear Jones, as Frenchmen say, Your (if you have one) grandeidee. If not, some wise interpretation Or ex post facto explanation. Give this—we've nothing more to ask. And now remains the pleasing task, To pray—may Providence protect The painter, sculptor, architect — The something more, for rumour tells You set the clock and tune the bells— May history, in future ages, With Jones's name fill folio pages— May mighty Wren himself make room, (Barry, of course, we leave to Brougham), And Inigo (Heaven rest his bones !) Give place to Richard Lambert Jones. J. SMITH. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.—DUNSTABLE, SEPT. 5.—A very destructive fire broke out here last night (Wednes day), which commenced about ten o'clock at night in the farm-yard of Mr. Henry Goude ; it first began at a straw-stack in the centre of the yard, which soon spread to the adjoining farm buildings, and from thence to the stack-yard, at the same time taking the barns and other farm premises and rick-yard of Mr. Howe, farmer, also. The large Wesleyan chapel adjoining Mr. Howe's rick yard, soon caught fire, and after raging with great rapi dity for about half an hour, fell in with a tremendous crash. By this time (about eleven o'clock, or a little after) the fire was at its greatest height, and the awful glare of the large number of buildings, on about three acres of ground, was awfully grand. It has been /ascer tained that the number of buildings totally destroyed by the devouring element amounted to the enormous number of sixty-four, including thrashing-barns, stables, cow houses, piggeries, hen-houses, ricks of wheat, barley, oats, peas, hay, straw, stubble, whiting sheds, the large Wesleyan chapel, &c. &c. It is thought by some .per sons that the damage will not be less than 6,0001. ; it is, however, fortunate that all the parties are insured at nearly the full amount, with the exception of the Wes leyan chapel, which is not insured for more than 4001., having cost about 1,2001. in the erection. The fire is still raging, but all further danger is at an end. Tile fire is supposed to have originated through the act of some diabolical incendiary. Fortunately all the valuable horses were got out unhurt ; no live stock was burnt , with the exception of a few fowls, pigeons, ducks, &c. The bookseller, Campe, of Wurtemburg, has pub lished the calculation that a woman reading sixteen hours a day, must live nine hundred and sixty-three years to peruse all the books on cookery issued in Germany. GENEVA, AUG. 30.—The influx of visitors to the Lake of Geneva exceeds what it has been for many years past. Almost all the champagnes in the neighbourhood are taken by English or Russian families. The Grand Duchess Constantine continues to reside at La Boissiere; the Prince and Princess de Radale are at the Diodati Villa; Sir John and Lady Thorold at Chatelaine. Amongst the latest arrivals are the Marquis and Marchioness of Queensberry and family, the Bishop of Rochester and Lady Sarah Murray, Lord Monson and family, Lord and Lady de Saumarez, the lion. Lady Palmer, Lord and Lady Charles Hervey, Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P., Captain and Mrs. Brymer, &c., &c. At Lausanne, Lord Vernon has taken for the season one of the most beautiful country houses on the Lake, and several English families have announced their intention of passing the winter at Vevay. The following is a list of the arrivals during the month of August:—Lord George Quin, Mr. Bailey, M.P., the Lord Bishop of Cashel, with his chaplain and suite, the Ladies Georgina and Emily Bathurst, the Rev. J. and Mrs. Leslie, -Mr. and Mrs. George Haldimand, Rev. Messrs. Irving, Mackie, Penrose, Colonel and Mrs. Milner, Miss Hob house, Lady Lilias Oswald, &c., &c. SHOCKING CASE.—The Baltimore papers of Mon day, August 12, contain the particulars of a most dis tressing case of death by violence. It seems that a young lady, living with her married sister, was receiving the attentions of a young man very obnoxious to her sister and brother-in-law. Returning home with him one evening, her lover and her sister's husband had a slight scuffle in the hall, and the young lady left the house, and stayed all night with a neighbour. The next morn ing she returned to the house by the back way to get her smoothing irons and some coal, which she had been using, and found her sister, who immediately commenced an altercation, and told her she should not have any of the coal. The other replied that she had bought a part of it and would take it, and was stooping to get it from the bar, when her sister seized the shovel and struck her twice on the back of her head. She immediately fell, and was taken insensible into the neighbour's house where she had passed the night—the lady hearing the noise, and running to see what was the matter. This was about two week's ago ; and the poor girl, after lingering great distress, died on Thursday night of last week. The names of the parties in this most lamentable transaction are withheld. On Monday last, a woman named Twomey com mitted suicide by hanging herself at Ballyvoduck, while labouring under temporary insanity. In the circum stances of her death she discovered the extreme caution and discernment of the means of procuring it which people in that most dreadful condition are frequently found to exhibit. The particular turn of her insanity appeared to be constitutional, for her mother had drowned herself. A short time previous she sent all the persons who happened to be in the vicinity of the house in which she lived upon different feigned errands, tied her own hands behind her back , and even provided that an article of furniture upon which she stood should, without the possibility of her design failing, slip freely from beneath her feet.—Cork Reporter. TAXES' DELINQUENT.—MT. Coode, a surveyor o taxes of two districts in Nottinghamshire, has possessed himself of money (to what amount does not appear) be longing to Government, and absconded. The receiving officer, it also appears, is to make good the deficiency, he being considered blameable (though apparently done with the best motive) in allowing collectors to stand in arrear past days of receipt, and which enabled this Mr. Coode to finger the cash and afterwards decamp. This will, we should think, be a lasting lesson for other re ceiving-officers and collectors. DISEASE AMONG CATTLE.---We regret to learn that the contagious disease, which lately caused such havoc among the cattle, has again made its appearance in this district, and that some losses have occurred in consequence.—Dary Sentinel. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1844. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SEPT. 4.—The Cork Reporter of yesterday contains the following statement : There are lying at present in Cove Harbour ten of the finest ships which the merchant navy of any country in the world could produce, awaiting the embarkation of troops for service in India ; but no orders have as yet arrived that the two regiments about to be sent abroad should embark." The Earl of Devon and his brother Commissioners attended at the Court-house in Tralee on Saturday. His Lordship expressed his regret that none of the gentlemen named as witnesses were in attendance. The Com missioners afterwards proceeded to Killarney, where they examined several witnesses. CONVICTION OF SMUGGLERS. At Kingstown, yesterday, the magistrates formally sen tenced the captain and mate of the Ceres to six months' imprisonment ; and then proceeded to hear evidence in support of the charge against eight of the crew—namely, of being found on board a vessel which contained contra band tobacco. The crew, which consisted chiefly of foreigners, were then placed in the dock, and were occasionally informed of what was going forward by Joseph Wills (one of the prisoners), who, though a Dutchman, understood Eng lish very well. Much laughter was created by one of the crew who did not appear to know a word of English, exclaiming, during a portion of the evidence against him, " That is a - lie." The Magistrates, at the close of the investigation, said that the charge preferred against the prisoners had been fully proved, and sentenced each of them to be impri soned for six months. When the committals were prepared, the prisoners were conveyed to Kilmainham. The tobacco, which amounts in value to about 4,0001., will be sold, and the produce divided amongst the captain and crew of the Albert, who so gallantly captured the notorious smuggler. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST A MAGISTRATE. The Limerick Reporter of yesterday contains the fol lowing statement, which, if the facts be accurately set forth, must lead to a decided step on the part of the Lord Chancellor : - On Friday last, pursuant to seizure and advertise ment of sale, Mr. Michael Hanrahan, of Ballingarry, in this county, agent and driver of John Baldwin, Esq., of Queen's County, proceeded to the lands of Cartown, in the county of Limerick, occupied by John E. Langford, Esq., J.P., to sell the crop and stock for non-payment of rent. Hanrahan, and those who went to purchase, were prevented from going on the land by the said Mr. Langford, and a party of about twenty men, armed with bludgeons, some of whom assaulted Hanrahan, though he appealed for protection to the justice of the peace ! Among those who came to the intended sale, were Mr. James Potter, of Farm-lodge ; Mr. James Enright, Mr. John Mulqueen, Mr. Devonport, high constable of the barony, and several other respectable parties. Hanrahan, thus baffled, proceeded to the residence of the Rev. Mr. Waller, of Castletown, who took informations against such of the parties as Hanraban knew, and advised the police to arrest them forthwith. The constabulary ac cording effected their arrest, with others whom Hanrahan identified, but of whose names he was ignorant. An in vestigation is to take place before the petty sessions bench, at Pallas Kenry, next Monday. The corn was afterwards sold from the road, as the mob would not allow the purchases upon the ground, and it remains there still, as Hanrahan and those who bid for it are afraid to remove it upon peril of their lives. As for the cattle, they could not get near them even to see them. Hanrahan left a keeper in the place after he was obliged to decamp himself, and Mr. Langford ordered him to be off, or to mark the consequences. It appears that the stipendiary magistrate was not at home to uphold the law. If a poor peasant's crop was seized, would such a proceeding be permitted by the authorities? We think not. It was alleged by Mr. Langford that executions were laid on by the sheriff, but the latter had been served with a notice, and not being there to pay the rent due, Hanrahan was proceeding to sell under the instructions he received when he was defeated by violence. Hanra han has sent a memorial of the facts to the Government, praying for an investigation into the conduct of Mr. Langford as a magistrate?' VICEREGAL CounT.—The Lord Lieutenant enter tained the following party at dinner on Monday, at the Viceregal Lodge :—The Archbishop of Dublin, Sir E. Blakeney, the Recorder, Right Hon. J. F. Kennedy, Right Hon. A. R. Blake, Archbishop Murray, Sir Henry Meredith, Bart. ; Lieut.-Colonel Pane, Dr. West, Mr. Ennis, Captain Conroy, A.D.C. ; Mr. A'Court, Mr. Wingfield, A.D.C.; Colonel Bowles, and Captain Meade, Aides-de-Camp in Waiting. THE lOWAY INDIANS. A most interesting illustration of the peculiarities and habits of the red man of the " Far West" was afforded on Wednesday to a royal and distinguished party at Ealing Park. At the invitation of Mrs. Lawrence, the fourteen loway Indians, accompanied by Mr. George Catlin, Mr. Melody, and Jeffrey, the interpreter of the tribe of loways, visited Ealing Park, for the purpose of affording severa l members of the Royal Family an op portunity of witnessing their performance. They arrived at the park shortly after three o'clock ; and after exa mining the elegant suite of apartments in the mansion, they were conducted to the beautiful lawn, where they all reclined, forming a most picturesque group. At a few minutes after four o'clock, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and the Princess Mary ; also the Duchess of Northumberland and Miss Percy, Lord and Lady Prudhoe, and several other distinguished per sonages arrived ; and the whole party having assembled upon the lawn, the loways immediately arose, and the ceremony of an introduction was gone through ; after which they gave several of their dances, and concluded the first part of their performances with the ball-play, which appeared to afford much gratification to the com pany. A dinner was then provided upon the lawn for the loways—the banquet consisted of roast-beef and plum pudding, the beverage being water and cider. After they had partaken of this repast, presents of jewellery were made to them by Mrs. Lawrence, when they all strolled over the grounds. The royal visitors and other guests then retired to the mansion to partake of refresh ments. The loways afterwards finished their perform ances by giving the farewell dance, in the presence of the whole company. Neu-mon-ya (Walking Rain) t hen advanced and addressin g M rs . L awre nce, thanked her for the polite invitatio n t o mee t th e royal party, and also for her kindness t owar d s the loways. He then briefly addressed the Duke of Cambridge. He said, that he was glad the Great Spirit had allowed him the honour of shaking the royal Duke's hand, as he had heard that he was related to his Great Mother, the Queen. By shaking the hand of so great a chief, he considered that he had shaken hands with all the people of England. Whilst crossing the ocean, he had thrown into t he wa ter much tobac co , hoping to see his Great Mother's face, which they all wished to look at before they went back to their wigwams. The Duke of Cambridge again shook hands with the chiefs at the conclusion of this speech, after which the Indians left the grounds, highly delighted with their visit to Ealing Park. SUPERSTITIONS OF in stance of the sup erst i t i ous feelings of these Child ren of w the "Far West" may b e b r i e fl y ment i one d. On Wednes day morning the sky THE INDIANS.--A singular as cloudy, and the appearance of the weather indicated rain. As it was known to the fourteen loway Indians, now at the Egyptian Hall, that they had received an invitation to meet the Royal Family at Ealing- Park, it w as important to them that the weather should prove fine ; but as t h e i n di ca ti ons at an early hour w ere rather aga i nst it pro v ing so, Se-non-tY-yah, (Blister-feet), the great Medicine-man or doctor of the tribe, condidcred it requisite to invoke the favour of the Great Spirit, which most interesting rite was performed with much solemnity, in presence of the whole party at their rooms. This rite consists prin isnkged sundry ndry to be granted. It will be cipally of burning tobac co , utter i ng a f ew myster i ous W ords, expect e d singular movements; after which the a nd re remembered, that th e d ay proved to be a remarkably fine one, and Se-non-ty-y a h ser i ous l y b e li eves t o t h is mome nt that this was solely owing to the solemn rite w hich be performed ! a f vc . u making RENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—PerTit me shortly to notice a subject which requires public attention now—l mean rents. The country is " overstocked" with money ; it is down in point of interest value, property of course in propor tion—both will remain so — an d yet landlords cling to their former ratio of rental. This subject must be taken " moneyed class" will eat us that god of theirs, money, be What with taxing to them ? and heavy rentals, a sad end must come. September 6. t e h a e rn n e w s tit what will w t i h il e u a i u n p , g and then COURT CIRCULAR. WirrDsou, THURSDAY.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert left the Castle at half-past eight o clock this morning for the Slough station of the Great Western Railway, en route to London, attended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater and Lieut.- Colonel Bouverie. His Royal Highness returned to the Castle from town about two o'clock. _ The Queen, accompanied by the Royal Family, walked in the forenoon in the pleasure-grounds adja cent to the Castle. Her Majesty also rode for some time in the garden chair. Lord Fitzroy Somerset, Sir William Nott, and Sir Robert and Lady Sale arrived to-day at the Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. Prince Albert drove the Queen out in a pony phaeton in the afternoon, Lord Charles Wellesley at tending on horseback. The Viscountess Canning left the Castle this morn ing for town, and is expected to return in the evening to dinner. Lord C. Wellesley went this morning to town, but returned to the Castle at two o'clock. The royal Family were taken a carriage airing this afternoon, accompanied by the Dowager Lady LS ttel ton. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Countess Wratislaw, Sir George Couper, and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater and Colonel Bouverie, arrived at Buckingham Palace at twenty five minutes before ten o'clock yesterday morning, from the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railway. His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia arrived at the Palace soon after ten o'clock, and was conducted by Prince Albert through the gallery and the principal saloons of the Palace. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in-Chief, and a numerous staff, arrived at the Palace at a quarter before eleven o'clock. The whole of the illustrious party shortly afterwards departed to witness the review in Hyde Park. After the review the illustrious party returned to Buckingham Palace, where the Prince of Prussia took leave of Prince Albert, and attended by the gentlemen of his suite proceeded to the residence of the Prussian Legation, in Carlton-terrace. At one o'clock, Prince Albert, attended by Sir E. Bowater and Colonel Bouverie, left Buckingham Palace for Paddington, returning via railway to Windsor Castle. The Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy-Governor had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. Mr. Bourne had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office. The Prince of Prussia, attended by Count Puckler, honoured the establishment of Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt, in Bond-street, with a visit, soon after eight o'clock yesterday morning, and remained upwards of an hour. His Royal Highness was pleased to express himself delighted with the taste exhibited in the mag nificent and costly display of plate and jewellery. The Duke of Cleveland and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz visited the Prince of Prussia yesterday, in Carlton-terrace. Their Royal Highnesses, attended by Baron Knesebeck, returned to Kew in the afternoon. _ Mr. Brickwood, of the South Sea Company, had an interview, yesterday, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir J. Graham and other Ministers had interviews with Sir Robert Peel yesterday. Mr. H. Petre had an interview, yesterday, with Lord Stanley. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller-General to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Sir George Murray had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman. The Commissioners of the Model Prison, at Pen tonville, had a meeting on Wednesday at the Council office. THE INFANT ROYAL FAMILY.—There appears to be very little chance of Osborne House, in the Isle of Wight, being occupied by any portion of the Royal Family during the present autumn, for we hear that her Majesty has decided upon their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice taking up their abode at the Pavilion, Brighton, during the absence of their illustrious parents in Scotland. Indeed, it is ex pected that the infant Prince will also be taken to Brighton, there to remain during the same period. The Royal infants will be confided to the care of Downer Lady Lyttelton, the preceptress to the Princess Royal. PREPARATIONS FOR HEE MAJESTY'S EMBARRA.- TION AT WOoLWlCH.—Moorings were yesterday morn ing laid down in the river, opposite the dockyard, Wool wich, where the Royal Victoria and Albert steam vessel, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.C.8., will be stationed, on her arrival from Portsmouth, which port she was to leave yesterday afternoon for Woolwich. The Princess Alice steam-vessel, Master Commander Smithett, remains at Woolwich, and will form one of the royal squadron. The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master Commander Cook, arrived at Woolwich on Wed nesday, from Portsmouth, and it is probable she will be appointed to accompany the royal squadron. The Eclair steam frigate is so nearly ready for sea, that she was taken out of the basin into the river at half-past five o'clock yesterday afternoon, and will take her coals on board to <lay, and proceed down the river on a trial trip to-morrow (Saturday). The powerful armament of the Eclair was put on board on Wednesday, and consists of the following large guns :—Two 8-inch, or 68 pounders, weighing 65 cwt. each ; two 42 pounders, weighing M cwt. each, all mounted on traversing carriages ; and two 42-pounder carronades. High water will take place at Woolwich about ten o'clock on Monday next, and it is probable her Majesty will arrive and embark at an earlier hour, to take advantage of the commencement of the ebb tide to proceed to visit Scotland. It is said the royal squadron will proceed up the Firth of Tay, and anchor off Dundee. HER MAJESTY'S YACHT.--PORTSMOUTH, TRIMS DAY EVENING.—The royal steam-yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, this after noon proceeded to the eastward, having been ordered round to Woolwich to embark her Majesty, on Monday next, for Scotland. Every preparation has been made on board, not only for the reception of her Majesty and Prince Albert, and their suite, but also for the reception of the royal children, should her Majesty purpose to take them with her. Nothing can be more comfortable and convenient than the whole of the arrangements of the nursery ; the steerage and the cabins on either side hay ing been fitted up for the accommodation of the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, and their nurses and immediate attendants. There is a communication to the nursery from her Majesty's own apartment, which is placed immediately under , and forms a continuation of the royal staircase. Since t he ro y al yacht has returned from the westward she ha s been re decorated and painted, and looks remarkably well. A very interesting experiment was made on board her during her trial cruise, to ascertain the m ost expedi tious mode of recovering a man who might fall overboard while the vessel was going at full speed ; whether the better plan would be immediately to stop and reverse the engines and give the yacht stern way, or to put the helm up and wear ship. For this purpose, and while the vessel was going thirteen knots and a half through the water, a buoy was dropped overboard, and the order was immediately given to back the engines, and although the yacht had left the buoy nearly a quarter of a mile astern before she could be stopped and stern way got upon her, yet four minutes and two seconds only elapsed from the time the buoy was dropped overboard until it was picked up again. The yacht was then got to exactly the same speed, and the buoy was dropped overboard a second time. The helm was immediately put up, and the yacht wore round, and, what is very remarkable, the buoy was recovered by this mode in exactly the same time as by the previous one, four minutes and two seconds. Since the yacht has been fitted with tubular boilers instead of the old ones, there has been much greater accommoda tion in the engine-room, and the engineers have now cabins erected on the additional space gained by the change of boilers. BRIGHTON.—Since yesterday se'nnight workmen have been very busy at the Palace in making the neces sary preparations for the reception of the royal children, all of whom, with the exception of the Princess Royal — who, it is said, will accompany her royal parents—are expected to arrive here next Tuesday. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS AT BRIGHTON.—The Earl and Countess of Kinnoul have taken a large house in Brunswick-square, and are expected in the course of the week with their family. M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Ambassador, and Madame Van de Weyer, have arrived at the Albion Hotel. They have taken a house on the Marine-parade. Lord and Lady Granville are expected at the Dake of Devonshire's house in Kemp Town at the end of the month. General Sleigh has arrived from Southampton and taken a house in Re gency-square. Baron Alderson arrived on Tuesday; and took his departure the same day for Dieppe, by the General Steam Navigation Company's packet the Menai. The Honourable Mr. Wellesley (son of Lord Cowley, our Ambassador at Paris), and his family were passengers in the same boat. Sir Matthew and Miss Tierney arrived yesterday at their residence on the Pavilion-parade, from London. Lord Mountford arrives on Monday, in Oriental-place. The Earl and Countess of Beauchamp have left the Albion Hotel for Worthing, Baron Brunnow, the Russian Ambassador, is at the York Hotel; the Countess of Erroll, Lady Frances Hay, and Miss Georgiana Poore have left the Norfolk Hotel, for Southampton ; Lady Heytesbury and the Countess of Glengall are continuing their stay at the Bristol Hotel; Sir Hugh Palliser and the Hon. Mrs. Lockart have arrived in the King's-road, from Cheltenham; Lady Hotham and Miss de Trafford have returned to her Ladyship's residence,Western House, from a continental tour. _ THE WEATHER--TAB CROPS.—For the last week the weather has been most favourable for harvest work, and we learn with much satisfaction that it has gone on rapidly through the country districts. The wheat har vest is nearly everywhere finished, and the yield is de scribed as being productive, and the crop in good con dition. Indeed the complaints of any crops are not of a character to cause uneasiness or apprehension, and should we be favoured with a continuance of the present genial weather, everything promises to go well with the agriculturist in the south of Ireland.—Cork Southern Reporter. LONDON and CROYDON RAILWAY Yesterday the eighteenth half-yearly meeting of the Proprietors of this concern was held at the London terminus, William A. Wilkinson, Esq., in the chair. From the report the Directors submitted to the meeting, it appeared that the " spoil banks" in the Forest-hill cutting had been relieved of a consider able quantity of earth during the summer, and were now in a very satisfactory state. The line from the Bricklayers' Arms to Croydon was opened on the Ist of May, according to contract, and the number of trains nearly doubled ; the gross receipts were almost twice the amount, and the number of pas sengers trebled in the first month, compared with the corresponding month of last year. The toll for each passenger averaged about lid. ; if it had been 40. the amount would have equalled half the gross receipts ; but the result, however satisfactory, was no criterion of what may be expected in future. So far as the Directors of the Greenwich Railway were concerned, the question in dispute had been settled by their agreement to a proposition for bringing the atmospheric railway to London-bridge. In con sequence of the terms agreed upon, the tolls payable to the Greenwich Company, averaging lid. per pas senger, were more than double those produced in the same space of time from a rate of 4d., and the gross receipts, at reduced fares, were slightly increased, but as the great bulk of the traffic had been to Lon don-bridge, the Greenwich Company were chiefly benefited. Since the last meeting, the Brighton and Chichester, the Brighton and Hastings, and the Croydon and Epsom lines had received the sanction of the Legislature ; and the London and Chatham, and Chatham and Portsmouth Junction, had been brought under the notice of the Directors. One of these, the Epsom line, had been obtained after a hard struggle, but the South-Western Railway Company threatened another attempt to carry out a rival pro ject. This the Directors thought was sufficient to justify the course they had pursued, and intended still to persevere in. Failing, as the Directors have, in their attempt to form a junction with the South- Western line, they had received overtures for a direct line from Portsmouth to London, and satisfied of the facilities of the atmospheric system, they have directed Mr. Cubitt to make a preliminary survey between Epsom tnd Portsmouth. This line Mr. Cubitt reports to be free from difficulties, being nearly stright from London on the one hand, and to Chatham on the other, and effecting more perfectly than had been contemplated the original object of the London and Chatham, and Chatham and Portsmouth lines, in connexion with that of Croydon and Epsom. The Directors repudiated the idea of interfering with the interests of other concerns, but did not consider they were bound to forward the interests of others if they ran counter to those of their own Company ; for, while respecting the rights of others, they were bound to forward those of the Proprietors, and, as the Proprietors of the South-Western Railway had armed their Directors with fall authority, they trusted the same confidence would be placed in them. The accounts presented an increase of the Croydon traffic, as compared with the corresponding half-year, of 2,5001.; upon the toll of the Brighton Company of 1,500/. ; and upon that of the Dover Company of 2,300/. ; and, although the expenses had slightly in creased, and 7,000 new shares were now participating, the sum devisable might safely be greater by 25 per cent. than in the corresponding half-year. The Directors therefore recommended a dividend of ss. upon 40,000 shares, free from the income-tax. After the statement of the Directors had been re ceived, several resolutions were agreed to, approving of the report and the recommendations it contained ; after which a dividend of ss. a share was agreed upon. A vote of thanks to the Chairman was then passed, and the meeting separated. DIE CHURCH MILITANT.—The Univers publishes a pastoral letter of the Bishop of Chalons, ordering prayers throughout his diocese to thank the Almighty for the recent successes obtained in Africa, particularly before Tangiers and Mogadore, and at the battle of Isly. "What an admirable spectacle," says the prelate, "it must have been to see his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville advancing proudly at the head of his fleet to take up a position under the fire of the place op posite formidable ramparts, and thence, by the thunder of his ships, silence all the batteries, which, not withstanding an obstinate defence, were soon converted into a heap of ruins. All this is sublime and worthy of the French name. We accordingly salute most cordially, and with transports of admiration, the noble Snffren, all the ships of the fleet, all our brave seamen, and offer to Heaven in their favour our most affectionate wishes. We vow a similar homage to the brave army of Marshal Bugeaud, which, although so inferior in numbers, per formed prodigies of valour, and witnessed the disap pearance before his intrepid battalions of legions of barbarians, who, by that severe lesson, will have been taught to know and respect France. In order to testify our gratitude to the Almighty for so signal a victory, and secure for ever His protection to our land and naval armies, all the clergymen in the diocese shall recite at the holy mass, during eight days, the orison, collect, and post-communion, pro obtenta victoria. The parish priests will read this letter on Sunday next to their parishioners. Let us not forget often to invoke during the present war the great St. Louis, the model of warriors and kings, who also fought valiantly in Africa, and left to us everywhere such noble examples to imitate." CHELSEA OUT-PENSIONERS.—A recent Parliamen tary paper contains the provisional instructions for staff officers of pensioners (who are to muster in a few days for inspection), relative to fines and penalties as framed by the Secretary at War, under the Act for the enrol ment of out-pensioners. There are twenty instructions respecting fines and penalties, new enrolments, and bil leting and messing. The following rule has been laid down for billeting and messing:—" In case the enrolled pensioners in any district are called out in aid of the civil power, or otherwise placed in circumstances render ing it impossible for a time to return to their houses, the staff-officers must, if no temporary accommodation can be afforded them in barracks, or other public buildings, make arrangements for their being billeted in the same way as if they belonged to the regular forces of her Ma jesty, as authorised by the 6th clause of the Act of 6 and 7 Vic., c. 95; and with the view of providing for their being properly subsisted on such occasions, the staff-office shall, during every day on which these pen sioners continue to be so employed, advance to the ser geant or other non-commissioned officer in charge of the squad, such sum not exceeding one-half of the day's pay, as will be sufficient to purchase the materials for three good and sufficient meals of like quantity and quality as are usually enjoyed by her Majesty's troops serving at the station, or of superior quantity and-quality, if the majority of the pensioners wish for it; and in the event of the said pensioners being called out on such duty, at any period after noon, a sufficient sum shall be advanced to provide a dinner and supper for that day, or if called on such employment after sun-set, then sufficient only shall be issued to provide supper for that evening ; all such sums shall be expended, by the sergeant of each squad, accompanied by one of the pensioners selected for the purpose, who will, when practicable, take re ceipts for such expenditure, and account to the staff officer for the amount advanced, and, at the conclusion of each day's duty, the staff-officer will pay over to each pensioner the balance due to him, after deducting his share of the sums thus expended, and any fines that may have been incurred," &c. THE IRISH SOCIETY.—It is with pleasure we have to announce that a deputation from the Honourable the Irish Society, consisting of Alderman Humphery, M.P., the Governor of the Society ; Mr. William Jones, De puty-Governor ' • Alderman H. Hughes, Messrs. Wil liam Laurence, William Collingwood, Thomas B. Hall, and John Ebenezer Davies, the popular and efficient secretary, have arrived in this country, and been em• ployed in visiting their estates in Ulster. We look upon it as a great advantage that the citizens of London should be so connected with Ireland as to give them an interest in turning their attention to a consideration of its wants and resources, and it is still more important that there should be such lords of the soil to set an ex ample in a country not famed for generous and conside rate landlords. The Irish Society is truly a pattern in its dealings with its tenants, even to good landlords, and if it has not done all that might be wished, the blame is to be attributed to some of the London Companies, who, we trust, will be shortly made to account for their mis appropriation of the public revenue.—Dublin World. SUPPLEMENT TO THE " DISPATCH."—The pro prietors of the Weekly Dispatch, in addition to the Sup plements already given, and which comprise the whole d the proceedings in the Irish State Trials, with the view of rendering those Supplements complete, have deter mined upon presenting to their subscribers, on Sunday next, a concluding Supplement of eight pages (gratis), containing the whole of the arguments in the House of Lords upon the Writ of Error, from Thursday, the 4th of July, up to Wednesday last, September the 4th. This Supplement will contain the brilliant speeches of Counsel on both sides ; and the decision of the Law Lords, in volving the reversal of the judgment in the case of Mr. O'Connell and others, and consequent release of all the " conspirators," together with the memorable speeches of Lords Denman, Cottenham, and Campbell, and the ob servations of Lord Brougham, the Lord Chancellor, &c. Orders received by all Newsvenders in town and coun try, and at the Dispatch Office, 139, Fleet-street. THE MINERS.—The extensive combination of the pitmen in our principal coal districts, and the unexam pled length of time it continued, have turned public at tention towards their organisation and true character, and much inquiry has been directed to the subject ; but it is impossible that a view of these mischievous unions could be given more graphic and complete than will be found in the September Number of the New Monthly Magazine, in the form of a narrative tale called " The Miners, a Story of the Old Combination-laws," very powerfully written, that displays the selfishness of the leaders and concoctcrs of such combinations, and the base purposes to which they employ their influence. The story is one of deep interest, and is likely at the present time to be very generally read. MR. HUME, M.P.—A meeting of the constituency of Arbroath took place on Thursday, in the Town•hall, to hear an address from our worthy r epresentative in Parliament, at present on his way north. The hall was well filled on the occasion, the larger proportion of the electors being present. Mr. Hume was accompanied by the provost and bailies, and rapturously received by the audience. REPRESENTATION OF NORTH LANCASHIRE.—We hope a Liberal candidate will be immediately selected to come forward for the vacancy created in the representa tion of North Lancashire by Lord Stanley's acceptance of the Chiltern Hundreds. LOOKER ON. THE BEACON ON THE GOODWINS. —Captain Bullock, in the Porcupine, has b een occupied during the late spring tides in planting, Mr. James Stewart's " pon derous-footed beacon . ' on the Goodwin Sands, under the and anchors, and again left in its pro immediate superintendence of the inventor ; but as it could not immediately talcu root, it fell the next day. latter means of security was not con- On Saturday last, with no trifling exertion, it was raised from the horizontal to the vertical position, secured with projector, but applied by Cap tain Bullock simply . h dio r bn o y. ud t t sanguine to protect it temporarily from the ravages of the insidious. and undermining tides which chains,pt e e m r p p i es t i e s t traverse the Goodwin Sands from one extreme to the other, and which have ever proved a serious annoyance to those numerous speculators who d es i re to i mmorta li se themselves and enrich their country with the treasures which have been for ages hidden beneath the treache rous surface. This onerous and unsatisfactory service has imposed upon Captain Bullock and the officers and crew of the Porcupine, anxiety and fatigue which we feel convinced it was never intended they should suffer. When the " ponderaus• footed beacon" was l ast seen i t had again a visible inclination to prostrate it se lf on the sands. Captain Bullock intended to go out to it once more and tighten .the stays, after hich lie would be compelled to leave it to his fate, and proceed on his sur vey. In the meantime only a small portion of Captain Bullock's beacon has been erected, but it w ill b e pro ceeded with at every opportunity.—Kentish Observer. ABSCONDING SLAVE.—A female slave, belonging to the lion. Alexander Barrow, United Stat es sena tor, from Louisiana, stopping with his wife at the United States Hotel, in this city, was discovered to have de camped yesterday afternoon. A trunk, which contained her wearing apparel, had been taken from her room and placed in a closet used by D. Fisher, a coloured waiter at the hotel. Fisher was arrested and brought before the mayor, by whom he was committed for further hear ing, in default of 500 do llars bail, on the charge of larceny of the trunk and contents as the property of Mr. Barrow. —Philadelphia Times, Aug. 7. THE HARVEST. EAST LOTHIAN.—During the last eight days there has been such glorious sunshine, and everything has proved so favourable for harvest operations, as almost to have obliterated from the mind the previous long train of dull, damp, and disagreeable weather, which threatened to blast the hopes of the farmer. Fortu nately the change took place in the very nick of time, as another wet week must have been highly detri mental to the quality of the grain. The greater part of the winter wheat, barley, and oats, is now cut down, and, during the last two days, some of the earliest cut fields have been cleared. The bulk of wheat is scarcely so great as was anticipated before being cut ; and there are but few fields, if any, having that prodigious crop of straw which was so frequent last season. Barley is bulky, and an excellent crop. Oats have cut up much better than was anticipated ; the straw is a fair length ; the stooks are thick, and they ap pear corny. A considerable number of samples of new oats and barley were yesterday in Haddington market, the quality of both fine, and it is under stood that the yield per acre is not to be complained of. Turnips continue to thrive, and though there are some indifferent looking fields, caused principally by disease, a worm attacking the root of a small pro portion of the Swedish, and a green fly the leaves of the white ; yet, taking the country as a whole, this crop has rarely, if ever, promised better. This, joined to the rise in wool, and the increasing prosperity of the manufacturers, has enhanced the price of lambs for feeding considerably above last years rates ; and it is probaide that the demand, during the season, for feeding stocks of all kinds, will be good, and at prices remunerating to the grazier.—Scotsman. GIN AND PIITSIC.—At an inquest held a day or two ago, at the Freemasons' Arms, Great Suffolk-street, King's-cross, before Mr. Wakley, a conversation arose respecting the merits of medical men. One of the jurors told the coroner that a publican hard by, whose name he mentioned, was the best doctor in the parish. What ! said Mr. Wakley, you don't say that he practises as a physician ? The juror —Yes, Sir, I do. He keeps a gin-palace at one corner of his house, and a doctor's shop at the other. His bottles cost 3s. 4d. each, and excellent medicine it is, too. A second juror—His " an tidolorous oil" cured me of lumbago. A third—He also sells " cures" for the gout, diseased spine, and rheuma tism. Mr. Wakley—Does the landlord of the house you mention prescribe also ? Juror—No ; but he has in his shop a person that does. This strange amalgation of publican and doctor seemed to surprise the coroner. AN UNREHEARSED SCENE.—The following extra ordinary scene occurred in the Plymouth Theatre, dur ing the performances of Mr. Charles Mathews, on Tues day night. The piece was Used Up, and it had gone on to the second or third scene of the play, where Sir Charles Coldstream (Mr. Mathews) is engaged in an after-dinner conversation with Sir Adonis Leech (repre sented by Mr. Melville), and the Hon. Tom Saville (Mr. Edgar), when suddenly the performer last named was brought to a nonplus, being unable to go on with his part. In vain the voice of the prompter was heard in a tone loud enough to be audible at the front door of the theatre, suggesting the words which the Hon. Tom Sa ville should himself have spoken, and equally vain was a similar attempt made by Mr. Mathews, for whether it was that the Hon. Tom was suddenly affected by lock-jaw or not we cannot say, but certain it is he did not open his mouth, until the titter first excited amongst the audience changed into manifest symptoms of dis pleasure, which being pretty freely expressed, led Mr. Mathews, in the height of vexation he felt at being placed in such a ridiculous position, to throw himself upon the consideration of the house, observing that he had done all in his power to prevent the exposure of the deficiencies of the company with whom he was unfortu nately at present associated, but how far he had suc ceeded in so doing the audience would judge by the scene then presented. He bad attended at the theatre from morning till night, to lend his aid to the company, in order to make them fit to appear before the public, but without effect. He confessed he was at a loss to know what now to do. Sir Adonis Leech, who had up to this moment looked on without attempting in the time of need to help his unfortunate friend out of his difficulty, here appeared to think it time he should say a word or two—so he commenced by informing Mr. Mathews that it was neither honourable nor gentlemanly so to expose the company before the house. For his part, he was quite perfect in all he had undertaken, and the performers generally had been up early and to bed late, that they might properly support Madame Vestris and Mr. Ma thews in the pieces in which they were announced to appear. They had done their best, and he hoped the public, knowing this, would kindly overlook the imper fections they might notice. This speech provoked a reply from Mr. Mathews, who observed that when Madame Vestris and himself engaged to appear on the Plymouth boards three things were required. First, a public ; second, a company ; and lastly, a wardrobe. A public—a kind, most kind and generous public, they had met with ; but as for a company and a wardrobe—here Mr. Mathews very significantly stopped, and then, in a moment afterwards, asked whether any one would be pleased to suggest what course he should take, for never having been before placed in such a position he was really at a loss to know how to proceed ; he was regu larly " used up."—(A laugh.) "Go on," " Bring on the prompter," " Music," " Give us a song," were the re spective remedies suggested from various parts of the house, and Mr. Mathews remarking that the last idea was, he thought, the best, struck up a song, which being ended the piece proceeded, and the performances during the remaining part of the evening passed off as well as could be expected under the circumstances.—Plymouth Herald. MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—The neighbourhood of Borrisoleigh has been greatly excited by a mysterious occurrence, which has taken place there within the last few days. On Thursday morning a man of the name of Thomas Doolan, a quarryman, was found dead—his brains scattered about—in a quarry near TJpperchurch. It is said by some that a part of the quarry fell in upon him while he was engaged at work, but strong suspicions are very generally entertained that he was inhumanly murdered, and rumour has it, by parties not strangers to him.—Tipperary Vindicator. QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE BAR AT ALABAMA. — After the formality of an introduction, the judge said " Well, Mr. C., you want to be examined for admittance to the bar ?" " Yes, sir." " Well, sir, let's take some thing to drink. Barkeeper, give up two juleps." After drinking the juleps, the judge said " Mr. C., can you swim ?" " Yes, sir, I can," said C., greatly surprised. " Well, sir, let's take another drink. Barkeeper, two cocktails." The cocktails vanished, and the judge said, " Mr. C., have you got a horse ?" " Certainly, sir," said C. " Very good," said the judge, as soberly as though charging a grand jury. " Mr. C., if you please, we'll take a drink. Barkeeper, two toddies." The toddies disappear, and C. owns he began to feel queer. " Mr. C.," said the judge, " can your horse swim ?" " Yes, sir, he can, for I have tried him from necessity." " Then, sir," said the judge, with increasing gravity, • your horse can swim, and you can swim, and by I think you are well qualified for an Alabama lawyer. Give me your commission, and I will sign it. Meanwhile, bar keeper, give us two punches for my friend Mr. C. and myself. Mr. C.," continued the judge, "I drink success to your admission to the Alabama bar."—Boston Times. DETERMINED SUICIDE FROM BLACIEFRIARS ratIDGE.—Last night an inquest was taken before Mr. Payne, at the Horseshoe, Friar-street, on view of the body of David Williams, aged 25, who precipitated himself from Blackfriars-bridge last Monday week, and whose body was found on the Friday following, at a short distance below the bridge, on the Middlesex shore. It appeared from the evidence, that the deceased was most respectably connected, but from his unfortunate habits he had not been seen by his most intimate rela tions for the last three years. About six months ago he took a situation as pot-boy at the Flower Pot, Brick lane, Bethnal-green, and while there he formed an attachment to a young woman, whose christian name was Amelia, and. who resided with a female of the name of Wilson, in Whitecross-street, Bow, with whom he was desirous of forming a matrimonial connexion, but which was objected to on the part of the friends of his sweetheart. The deceased, it is supposed, took this disappointment to heart, and for some weeks past he had been very desponding. Last Monday morn ing he left home, with a man named Vendomme, with whom he drank freely, from the effects of which they were both inebriated. On reaching Blackfriars- bridge the deceased placed in the hands of V endomm e a hand kerchief, which he had received from his Amelia as a pledge of her love, and which he desired him to take to her, and he also gave him a newspaper for the barwoman at the Flower Pot, after which he leapt over the bridge. Several persons looked for him, but he never once rose, and was not again seen till he was found on Friday morning last.—Verdict, " Temporary insanity." OFFICE 01' CITY CHAMBERLAIN.—MF. Alderman Humphery having retired at a little before four, the con test remains between Mr. Alderman Brown and Mr. Heppel. There remains, therefore, no interest in the contest, as the first day's polling will .sufficiently attest the respective strength of the parties. AIELANCUOLY SUICIDE. —Tuesday moilamiiidigwi, the annel lancholy suicide was committed by m landlord of the Ship public - ho use, in J. Vauxhall bridge-road. He rose at the usual time, appeared in good spirits, and went down to atter went he nd his business at stairs the u bar. Shortly afterward s, 11 9 ev again ; and his wife wondering at p his absence, went up to look for him, and w as horrified at discovering that he lie a had cut his throat wit h a razor. was man much re , spected by his neighbours, and the cause of the dreadful act is not known. I MMEN SE QUANTITIES OF GAME ON TILE ROYAL PRESERVES AT WINDSOIL—Game of every description was never known to be so extremely plentiful on the Royal preserves at Swinley, the Norfolk and Flemish farms, in the Home and Great parks at Windsor, and at Rapley farm, as this season. Some idea may be formed of the immense number of pheasants now on the Crown preserves When it is stated that not less than 2,250 phea sants were reared by hand, having been hatched by barn door fowls, in the spring, at the several farms belonging to the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in dependently of the very large number which were bred w ild. These 2,250 pheasants, which were reared chiefly under the superintendence of Mr. Turner, of Virginia water, her Majesty's h ea d game -k eeper, were turne d out on the royal preserves, at the proper time, and have since thrived amazingly. It is now no unusual sight, while walking during the evening in the vicinity of the preserves in the park, to see from 30 to 40 pheasants feeding at the same spot. Hares and partridges a re also most pl en tif u l. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Al bert and Prince William of Prussia bagged upwards of 50 braces of partridges during the short time they shot over the preserves on Monday last, the first day of the season. THE CALEDONIAN ASYLUM. Yesterday a general Court of the Governors and Sub scribers to the Caledonian Asylum took place at the Freemasons" Cavern, for the purpose of confirming the minutes of a previous court, with respect to the appoint ment of a master to the Institution, who should be a member of the Established Church of Scotland, and on other business. The Duke of Buccleuch, the President of the Institu tion, occupied the chair, and was supported by the Mar quis of Bute. Sir C. Forbes, Sir A. Grant, General Aitcheson, Captain Forbes, The Chisholm, the Ilon. Captain Kincaid, Rev. Dr. Cumming, Rev. J. Hamilton, Colonel Wigratn, Dr. Stewart, Sir R. Campbell, &c. The room was densely crowded, and the meeting excited con siderable interest, on account ofits being understood that an attempt would be made, on the part of the Free Church party, to non-confirm the minutes.. The Noble CHAIRMAN having requested that the minutes referred to should be read, submitted them to the meeting for confirmation, when Mr. GILLESPIE said, as a member of the Free Church he felt it his duty to allude to the imputations which had been put forth against his party, and which were utterly groundless. On a previous occasion the Court had de cided that the offices of the Institution should not be filled by other than members of the Established Church of Scotland. Now, however much be and those gentle men who belonged to the Free Church party differed from that resolution, it was not true, as stated in some of the public journals, that vigorous efforts were to be made by the friends of the Free Church to upset the re solutions of that day. Mr. N'lsnET also denied this assertion, and amidst some confusion, Mr. GILLESPIE again role, and declared that the con- dust pursued by the Established Church party was most ungracious, seeing that the Free Church party were the greatest subscribers to the charity., The Crum()Liu rose to order. He denied the latter assertion of Mr. Gillespie, and thought the course he had pursued was the most unusual, to attack a whole body for that with which they had nothing to do.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") 1)r. STEWART suggested, to bring the matter to a close, the best way would be to enter their protest against the proceedings altogether, and which he now did.— (Cries of " Oh, oh.") There could be no doubt but such a motion as this entirely shut out Mir. Lightfoot, the present excellent master, from becoming a candidate. In taking this course, however, he begged it to be un derstood, that it was without the intention of making any attack on the Established Church.—(Hear, and Oh, oh.) After some further discussion, the minutes were put and confirmed by a large majority. On a resolution being submitted, that the office of secretary, now vacant, should be placed in the hands of the Directors, and to invest them with the power of electing a person to fill the office, The CuisHoLm rose to move an amendment, that such power only be granted to the Directors on the condition that the person elected should belong to the Established Church of Scotland. He said he was induced to do so as he had been given to understand that attempts might be made in the directory to defeat the resolution which the court had previously come to. Mr. GORDON DUFF said that would place the Directors in a very awkward predicament, as One of the six can didates was a member of the Church of England. He thought that in this respect the question mattered very little, as the secretary would have nothing whatever to do with the education of the children. Mr. NISBET said, the Hon. Gentleman need have no fears on the matter, when he informed him that not one of the six candidates admitted was a member of the Free Church of Scotland.—(Hear, hear.) The CHISHOLM said, under these circumstances, he would withdraw his amendment ; and the resolution was then carried. The Rev. Dr. CUMMING then rose and said, he wished to bring before the Court a subject of immense import ance as related to the education of the children. It had been the practice, until the last year, that the annual examination of the children should be conducted by the ministers of the Scotch Presbytery of London, but on tho last occasion that course had been deviated from, and the question he wished to ask the Noble President was whether all future examinations were to be conducted ex officio by the ministers of the Scotch Presbytery of London to be extended, as was the case during the last year, to the ministers of various denomination. The Noble PRESIDENT said, as he gathered it from the prospectus and regulations of the Institution, he had no doubt but the right of examination was peculiarly the province of the ministry of the Church of Scotland. The Rev. Dr. CUMMING said, if that principle was laid down he should be most happy to see it carried out. He had no desire in mooting this question, still further to disseminate the unfortunate feeling which of late had existed in consequence of differences in the church, and in order to provo that such was the case he was most desirous that the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, the Rev. Mr. Lorimer, and other gentlemen who differed from himself should be present during such examinations. All he wished was, that the official examination should be un derstood to be vested in the Presbytery. Mr. DALLAS regretted that the Rev. Gentleman had mooted such an:importantsubject on the present occasion. It was a mere question of detail, and he thought the Directors of the Institution were not at the present mo ment in a condition to answer it. General AITCIIESON said he thought the question was a very simple one, and was easily answered ; he had himself become a subscriber:to that Institution, believing that the education of the children was conducted solely on the principles of the Established Church of Scotland. He found that such was prescribed by the laws made fur its government, and he denied the right of the Board of Directors to deviate from the principle laid down. The Rev. Dr. CE/MMING said that, for ten years pre ceding the last year the ministers of the Presbytery of London had conducted the various examinations of the children, but last year it was thrown open to ministers of other denominations. He was extremely desiro u s of ascertaining the opinion of the Court in the matter. Mr. A. ROBERTSON said, he had been a member of the Institution since its foundation, when it flourished under the auspices of their Royal Highnesses the Duke's of Kent and Sussex. The very spirit of the institution, as laid down by those most distinguished and gifted members of the Royal family were upon the most ex tended principles of liberality, upon principles entirely adverse to the exclusive principle now suggested by the Rev. Gentleman. It was understood that the children should have no restriction placed upon the religious opi nions in which they had been brought up, and even if the parents were Roman Catholics and wished their children educated in the tenets of that religion, no ob stacle was to be thrown in their way. They had no rub whatever to guide them except that which he had quoted, and which was, that the most perfect liberty in religion should be allowed. If, therefore, they adopted any resolution upon the suggestion of thelllev. Gentle man they would be departing from the original prin ciples upon which the institution was founded.—(Rear.) Mr. GILLESPIE remarked, that if a resolution, founded on the suggestion of the Rev. Dr. Cumming, were passed, it would be as much as to tell those who were members of the Free Church that neither their money nor their services were wanted.—(No, no, and Hear, hear.) . The Duke of BUCCLEUCII said, after the resolutions which the Court had confirmed that day, he took it to be as a matter of course that the ministers of the Pres bytery of the Church of Scotland in London must b© ex officio the examiners of the children in the Asylum. The CHISHOLM said, if it was not considered as a matter of course, he should, to set the matter at rest, move it as a substantive resolution.—( Hear.) The meeting assented to the decision of the Noble President without a division. On the motion of Mr. NISBET, seconded by Mr. GOR DON DUFF, a resolution was proposed to alter by-law 41, which prevented a girl and boy of one family becoming candidates fur admission at the same time, and substi tuting in lieu thereof one which would do so. General AITCUESON moved an amendment in the ne gative, which was lost, and the motion having been adopted, thanks were awarded to the Noble Chairman, who briefly acknowledged the compliment, and the meeting separated. THE REVIEW.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert came to town yesterday from Windsor Castle, to witness the review in Hyde-park. His Royal High ness the Prince of Prussia and the gentlemen of his suite, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, Commander in-Chief, and a numeroue staff of military officers were present. The illustrious party . arrived on the ground at eleven o'clock when the review immediately commenced. THE EIGHTON MURDER. —TWO PERSONS ARRESTED ON SIISPICION.—On Wednesday last, at the Justice room, Goat Inn, Gateshead, before J. H. Williamson, Esq., and J. A. Ramsay, Esq., the inquiry into this mysterious affair was renewed, John Fleck and James Jefferson were brought up at the instance of Mr. Ingo su p e rintendent of police for the Bishop Aucland dist r i c t , charged on suspicion with having shot Thomas Robson, on the night of the 10th of August. The prisoners were apprehended on Monday evening in consequence of some further evidence being obtained, contradicting their statemcnts made to the jury relative to the unfortunate death of Robson ; and this day they appeared before the Court, but no further evidence them they;were discharged. The B e e i n n e g h i o n if f e o r m ed ed a i a lec ins k t and - Jefferson, that although there had been some further evidence obtained by the police, yet it was not of that suf ficient nature as would warrant their taking the case out of the coroner's hands at present, and they were there fore no longer in custody. Fleck and Jefferson then withdrew.— Tyne Mercury. FRIGHTFUL ACClDENT. —Yesterday afternoon a shocking accident occurred in the Edgeware-road to a man named Poulton, the driver of a waggon belonging to Mr. S. Roche, of lloddesdon, near St. Alban's. It ap pears that Poulton was returnine. from London w ith the waggon heavily laden with goo ds,t when a large cask of porter, which was lashed with a rope to the hind part of the vehicle, becoming loose, ho attempted to secure it, and in doing so the rope gave way, and the cask fell with all its force upon him, the sharp edge of it nearly cutting off one of his feet above the instep, and crushing it in a most frightful manner ; in addition to which the poor fellow sustained very severe internal injuries from the cask falling on him. He was picked up in great agony, and the attendance of a medical gentleman having been obtained, he pronounced it as his opinion that to savp,the man's life amputation of the limb would be absolutely necessary. It is stated, but we trust it may prove other wise that the above accide nt occurred from a trick which had been played by some mischievous fellow, who had cut and loosened the rope which was used for fasten• ing the cask to the waggon. If such is the fact, we sin cerely hope the party will be discovered and punished for his wanton mischief. O'CONNELL'S LIBERATION.—The members of Cogers' Hall, established in 1756, have resolved, it is stated to us, to celebrate, with a dinner, the triumph of British law in favour of public liberty, in the ea - se of O'Connell and his fellow traversem and the DV' the ?ge r ' nd be re rein Tier bar' Ka rr' Oitl" A ileu'llg, of , ,N, ollf )11.1" b° sett ) I r ec i s 5 ° ,be° Prot ait" ,tioo 40 0 ' ; J ife• the be lki ;0 111 ' ni o e r ro . 0 ;p6" rer de l, ~ of 1 013 j