The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-12 00:00:00

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" fle ° l 5 offend s i sy , and r I Metropolis to bid Per eft ers and be if 0 , to 55 4 ' 11 4 .0 I calf sb i loi '' o° long '" 3s. 1 81; 3 18 s to 4 5 10 ditto, to Ld 489 Straw,gr loact• kinds sl° dlO 1 168 to 10 ditto, 51 1: I I •aw, 18i )er load 31 125 to 4 5 1 15 1; a d ditto, 11 P stro; 10 0 12$ Pe' -FRID A t f o . tb Theat The Il t : f ti s . per cl -n t yX 3 a intain on of 1 , 0 . 0 pe, so ho c .' ob to the h 144 (r& 44 0 51 to 53 4g 449 1 48 4 5 52 5 47 4/ 51 45 47 4 i 141 41 49 o set o wa ver • 38 0 35 59 50 v 0 , e bilo b. to s 4 0 40 57 39 55 -g 7.stc oe -04. Per Lca. LA. og• Pe are lliant rBAN, coban Ipmitioo Pul , 4 • tle me 10 i g ht offe r , wreste,At iwitted with Pip pre serve, h if ho l e 0 1 . 1, rk c FICO cation bid m * , 14 +he lett` o g ~ ,0 6 SOT P.i4 te follow [ post-° b-s° r4i f: su lette r !siddre° ed tiji° )ader .600 e rer etl .til r ye ' le ass ist :oi g thei v t' or 16 ffe ed aid Par r ' V mig ht een 1 01- 0 01 none p h ll° dr . 3 , 0 coP e , epg 4 r fp sojof to ill° coO d !' 0 1 ' a cc' f e eni o d .ch, 913 ill c °ni ci t ) o• bee SUMRIAny /tr. Birtive% rve P= AND thtbitt taptnton, " Who runs may read." rom,m. "It i s qu i te positive (says Exc the Revue de Paris) that the ' l ing will return to Eu on Monday next. M. Guizot will speed the following day at that Royal residence, and then come back to Paris." "A service of steamers (says the Courier Francais) has been organised betweeu Brighton and Treport in order to convey twice a day to the Queen tidings of L ouis Philipp e , an d to t h e K i ng tid i ngs o f t h e Queen. , Guizot i s to wr i te by the Lame channel to his col 'esgues, and to learn from them, in return, twice a day, What is passing in Franc e . T wo cour i ers are t o s t ar t eve ry day from Treport for P a ri s , and from Paris for Treport. These precautions are to be taken during the King's whole stay in England." The Journal des Debats publishea a letter froth a pri vate correspondent at Madrid, of the 3d inst., which stat es that a strong and dane•erous excitement exists amongst the superior classes of society, and amongst the members of the new Cortes, which had already assem bled in considerable numbers in that capital. The Mi nistry which convoked the Cortes, which made the elec tions, and re-established order and tranquillity, is at present menaced in its existence by its friends and by i ts own partisans. " We learn," says the Constitutionnel," that the Corn- Mission charged with the re-organisation of the Poly- Yohnie Sch oo l , after long discussions, has decided that it Was incompetent to touch on the subject of scientific instruction." A Berlin letter of the 2d informs us that Lord Pal merston had dined with the King, and had received the visit of all the Ministers and the diplomatic corps. The P resse gives the following from its correspondent in Me xico :—" A protest has been signed by all the mer enha'ills of Mazatlan, English, German, Spanish, French, f t .° , en the occasion of an atrocious outrage by an officer y t the garrison upon a French sailor. It appears that n b - ,,„ w , l. ,eteh had the sailor tied to a post, and inflicted 1 1 1„, — ,'" 111 200 blows of a cane, after which he caused it - a ;"" ne thrown into a dungeon, where a nameless out • the ' 12 4 Pe, rpetrated upon him. It is doubtful whether thi French Legation has been able to send an account of o s affair to the Government, as it arrived only at the 41911ent when the mail was leaving." Observateur d u Rhin c o ntains a letter from f` e rine of the 30 t h u l t. , w hi c h states t h at t h e o ff er ma d e o r b aron de R ot h sc hild , to g i ve 40,000 florins (120,000 f.) the the esta b lishment of a polytechnic school at Brunn, that of Moravia, has been rejected by the Stat es of tuat country by 22 votes to 16. The letter mentions that thi s rejection has caused a considerable sensation. L A man n ame d Clergeaud, who was condemned to death P 7 the C ourt of Assize of the Dordogne, for poisoning a e Ter mer named R e y nau d, by arsen i c , was execute d at Perigueux on the 3d inst. He had a few hours bofore Littenipted t o avoid a public death by stabbing himself Le several places with a pair of scissors, which he had secreted. He suffered so mach from his wounds that he co l u ld scarcely ascend the scaff o ld. Th e w if e of Reynaud, 4 0 was the accomplice of Clergeaud, was tried with , and sen t ence d t o imprisonment for life, with hard lab ur. The Revue de Paris mentions that the Ministry ap- Peared3. to have r enounce d t h e id ea o f ra i s i ng the re mainder of the loan of 450,000,000 francs brivate sub- E cliptic /1 . y p ...The Scientific Congress at Milan broke up on the 47th ult. About 1,200 savans attended the meetings. LAW AND POLICZ. Debtors'Mr. Commissioner Pollock sat in the Insolvent Do Court, and committed to Newgate Thomas ggett, assignee of the estate of Henry Frederick Bath, for not filing an account. W k Se ssion was h e ld, by a dj ournmen t, a t th e G u ildh a ll, fuleistreinster, before Mr. Witham (Chairman), and a li e l3 , ; enel l of Magistrates, for the purpose of hearing ap ter,,r°lle for li cences for dancing, music, and other en zannects of a similar kind. a n d th e I lansion-house yesterday, Patrick Fifzsimmons a d Eliza, his wife, were charged with having committed lodesPerate assault upon Charles Taylor, 'a tailor, who ged i n their house in Greyhound-court, St. Mary-axe. re defe n d ants are Irish and the complainant is a L ls hman. It appeare d t h at h e w i s h e d to qu i t t h e od g i ngs and tend ere d hi s ren t, w h e r eu p o n th e d e f en d- Witb ts set upon him, and while one hammered his head a hammer the other jumped on him and beat him With the l eg of a chair. The sentence upon them was, at the m an s h ould pay a fine of 405., or be committed fo ra month ; and that the woman should pay a fine of 10 61, 8 71 or be committ e d f or a wee k. Th e p r i soners were -a..Y committed to prison. • from An errand boy named Thomas Bryan was remanded Clerkenwell, on a charge of robbing Mr. Chertsey, me et-maker, No. 4, Chichester-row, St. - Pancras, his n-4 blaster. At Lambeth-street, William Duvall, t d mate °f the brig Prince Oscar, at present lying iii London "Oe brought before Mr. Henry for further exa mination,kswaosn the atrocious charge of " gouging." Capt. 'awson the victim of the savage brutality of the pri ? n ef, Who is an American, was in attendance, and de t-11,741)ed the ferocious conduct of the prisoner, who was r•— a nded until the 21st inst., when he will probably be --L.wteitted f or t r i a l a t th e Central Criminal Court. 07, 1 , 111 ; 4 m Blacken was committed from Worship-street, 51a41, 4 7. with a daring highway robbery in Austin-street, At °„,04 1 7 ' 4 °u-hall John Hobbs, foreman in the employ be an ' extensive contractor for the purchase "irg l e ll ,:"1 materials, was committed for embezzling a "kount of money from his employer. we otraii—r.essnixonr.a.rszas. ebli understand the King of the French has been ~rit to decline t h e D u k e o f D evons hi re ' s cour t eous ette n 4 o t t i en to Chatsworth. His Majesty's engagements cea ttl . 4 l: o, 7 h i i t s of the King to prolong his sojourn in this Ati is generall;il oeyond Monday next, the day originally ap ajesty's departure. understood that the marriage of Lady fortrsta Somerset, eldest daughter of the Duke of Beals kin; a nd his Excellency Baron Nieumann, the Austrian • .Ste h. r ,t r oi n o x o e e will l e n b c e y solemnised in the course of the ensuing Ilis t the American Minister, Mrs. Everett, I a l e i ss ve rett, have arrived in town from Scotland. Prueepae Tayrnouth Castle Mr. Everett and • family their -- "vu on a tour of the Western Highlands, and on at wa w• 3' south paid a visit to Lord and Lady Belhaven, Ishiviv Rouse. Colon hers tCe',Therry, Aide-de-Camp to his Royal High-_ Ro e -&-fue de Montpensier, and several noblemen . of tioteL y p uigness's suite, have ' arrived at the Brunswick mouth, terfayn-street, from Windsor Castle and Ports- Th e ' D ° P y a hasty visit to this metro h poli Oord„ .... i ce of Richmond and party ave returned to Lye eatstle, from attending the northern meeting at rne ss• The Earl and nountess of Seafield, Lord and rLovat, Lord and Lady Saltoun and the Hon. M . Miss of Sir P. and Lady M os ty n , an d a brilliant circle Scottishhibition of nobility, were present at that annual u ex the Highland games. ist ount Mo r p et h has joined the family circle at u owat 'e,"' from Scotland. The Hon. Captain and 11w arcl have arrived on a visit to the Earl and Sir of Carlisle, from the Continent. f J ohn Brooke Peehell, Bart., is so far recovered tak e his late indisposition,that he is now enabled to Aearriage airin f rn 00 wager Lady Holland has returned to town vv obu of jseciford rn Abbey, the seat of the Duke and Duchess A XI ISCIIMMILIIIIIOI7II. the ma ur inary meeting of gen tl emen has been held at Ban a nsiou Rous e , M r . Cotton, the Governor of, the of England, in the chair, for the purpose of ecT"tag arrangements for a public meeting to take into sideration the propriety of establishing warm and col d baths for the use of the poor in some of the most in "'gent localities about the metropolis. vp O r e understand th a t i n a ddi t i on to t h e stan d o f arms addleh the armoury of Chester Castle contains, it is in ed th at an extensive supply of cannon shall be also d —a ► so as to f orm a complete dep o t of both large and e u guns, for the use of the north district, in case of —e d• A small armoury is n ow in ern the course of fitting x A the staff officer's office, in the lower w ar d, f °r the reception o f 250 s t an d o f arms an d accoutrements or the use of the out-pensioners in this district. iitinformation was yesterday forwarded to the metropo -6411 that a man named Timothy Goodwin, of ireneester, escaped from the station-house at Ciren !..!!ter on the 7th instant, after having been committed to ucester county gaol for trial on a charge of felony. e i , la a labourer, and has the appearance of an WU i he st.ltotier. Northumberland Agricultural Society held their V,l.uua. exh ibition of sto c k, see d s, an d i mp l ements, on of dnesclay, in a field belonging to . L Fenwick, Eq., Morpeetk. Compared with previous years, the show was eonsidored a d ec id e d i mprovement in some of the elas ses with re gar d to the general quality of the stock, 'lough in point of numbers it was perhaps deficient. The ninth anniversary and exhibition of stock and foots of the East Essex Agricultural Society took place at Colchester on Wednesday. The stock and roots were ex hibited, and the rewards for industry and good con qUet, &e., were distributed in the Castle Bailey. iThe Vicarage of Milverton, with the Curacy of a ngford B u d v ill e annexed, a Peculiar in the jurisdic on of the Archdeacon of Taunton, who is the Patron o f mpropriator, is vac ant b y the death, in the island Madeira, of the Rev. J. T. Trevelyan, who was insti tuted to the same in the year 1825. The net annual in come of this benefice was returned in 1831 at 449/. Sc .;orrlsil BANKS.—The county of Inverness, at a general meeting held on the Ist inst., unanimously agreed to a series of resolutions, deprecating any altera tiOn or restriction of the present currency of Scotland, and callin g upon the Members of' Parliament fur the county and burgh, in conjunction with the other repre sentative:4 of Scotland, to give determined resistance to 831 3' measure which may tend to change the present mstern of banki ng and currency. The resolutions were oved by Mr. M acp h erson 6rant, you cialloh, and second e d b y M r. Sheriff Ty leer, of Bailin- Her. o Ii SES FOR EXPORTATION.—Within the last few a ys a number of v a l ua bl e horses have arrived at Mr. Colley's, Paragon Inn stables, where a further collection is daily expected. They consist solely of en trre:horses for the King of Denmark, and have been tee.Zected by one of his Majesty's stall-keepers, and Mr. -Rib): Nicholson, of Beeford. A buyer from the estab lishuren.t of Mr. Bomberger, of Berlin, has also arrived to make further purchases before the season closes.— nail Advertiser. nAt the dinner lately given to Mr. Clifton, the new lip. for N orth Lancashire, covers were laid for 300, at only 6 7 gentlemen:attended, a significant exemP li fica" ue•—.Ltedi Titnfil I COMMISSION OF LUNACY. A writ do bnurt;on inquirondo was ()poled on Thursday, 0. Li. jury Uf seventeen gentlemen, to consider whether Mr. Robert Bloor, of Bond-street, London, and of Derby, porcelain manufacturer, was of sound mind, or whether he was in such a state as to be incapable of managing his affairs. Messrs. Jessop and Barnaby appeared in support of the writ. The Learned COMMISSIONER, after explaining to the jury the nature of the inquiry, stated that the medical gentleman who had been attending Mr. Bloor, was of opinion that the unfortunate gentleman was not in a fit state to be brought into the room, but as it was essential that he should be seen by some of the jurors, a deputa tion might visit him, and put such questions as they might deem necessary. The following witnesses were then examined:— Mr. James Thompson said he had managed Mr. Robert Bloor's business in Derby, for twenty-nine years, and had seen him very frequently during that time. During the last fifteen or sixteen years he had been sub ject to fits of mental aberration. In October, 1828, he went with his wife to Broadstairs. He then acted very strangely. He refused to leave London, although his business required his presence at Derby. At the desire of Mrs. Bloor, witness went to London, and found Mr. Bloor at lodgings in Piccadilly. He was in bed, and under the influence of liquor. Persuaded him to go to Derby; he refused at first, but ultimately arranged to meet witness at his warehouse in Bond-street, agreeing to proceed to Derby. When he returned to Derby, his conduct became worse—he insisted upon being supplied with liquor. He fancied that people were talking about him in the streets, and that bullets wore flying through the windows. He was placed under the care of Mr. Swift, at Spandon, from whence he went to Stafford, under the care of Dr. Knight, who considered the case hopeless, and merely recommended kind treatment. He was ulti mately removed to Hathern, where he had ever since remained. He was subject to various extraordinary de lusions. He said he was in possession of a valuable se cret, that of making persons at a great distance off hear what he said by means of blowpipes. At another time he said that Dr. Bent, his medical attendant, had written to the Emperor of France about him. He fancied that he was the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Norfolk, or some other great person. He made no inquiry respect ing his affairs after he came from London. Had been in the habit of drinking to excess previous to his illness. Dr. Bent stated that he had attended Mr. Bloor for nearly twenty years. His first malady was delirium tre mens, brought on by excessive drinking. Had seen him about three or four weeks back. On that occasion he fancied he was a Duke. He called his wife Duchess, and his daughters Lady Sarah, Lady Charlotte, &c. When asked how he was, he replied, "Pretty well, considering all through." He said that he was doing homage to the Royal Family, who were then visiting him. He said that Lord Halford (Sir H. Halford) was attending him. When asked if he had disposed of any of his property, he said he had not, but, on the contrary, he had been adding to it every year. He said that he had recently bought the whole town of Liverpool, and that he was to come into possession on the 29th of the next month, when he would be entitled to receive the rents. He said that Lord Gurney (the Gurneys of Norwich) and the Society of Friends managed his affairs, and that the Lord Chancellor and Lord Althorp audited the accounts. Dr. Bent gave it as his decided conviction that Mr. Bloor was of unsound mind, and wholly incapable of managing his affairs from the Ist of December, 1828, since which he had no lucid intervals. Mr. Huggins, surgeon, gave nearly similar evidence. The principal delusion under which Mr. Bloor constantly laboured was that he was some distinguished personage. He frequently said that inferior people envied him, and had even threatened to shoot him. When addressed as Mr. Bloor, he felt offended, as it was below his rank. He insisted that he was the Duke of Norfolk. Mr. Hunt, surgeon, who had also attended Mr. Bloor in September last, said there could be no possible doubt of his insanity. When the witness first visited him he said he had no occasion for his services-as he was under the care of Sir Henry Halford. Mr. W. Swift, of Hathern, stated that Mr. Bloor had been an inmate of his house for fifteen years, during which time he had been subject to delusions of various kinds. He frequently went to bed a lord, and rose up a duke. When asked if he would go to Boss's (the house where the inquiry was held), he replied, " They want me to go to Boss's, do they ? Boss them, I'll tickle them if they catch me at Boss's." At times he was very violent. He said he had one hundred ships at sea, and had lately received a `ship-load of nutmegs. When he was told of a difference in the Government, he said he would fix them, he would sow a ship-load of hemp seed, and when it was grown, Swift (the witness) should hang them all. The Learned COMMISSIONER, and some of the jury • then visited Mr. Bloor, who refused to answer any ques tions, except that Lord Brougham had undertaken the management of his affairs. The jury returned as their verdict " That Mr. Robert Bloor is of an unsound state of mind, and had been so from the 26th of February, 1828." RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : 4.1.4 F, 4 &tm t7or tr '6.E 190 2,099 749 474 641 2,564 3,921 1,353 930 9,007 1,750 14,889 4,471 17,532 870 5,047 675 6,848 756 3,237 6,422 9,971 NAME OF RAILWAY. Oct. 5 4 Arbroath and Forfar •• • •••• • • • Birmingham and Giouceste - • • • • Braudling Junction . _ _ _ Bristol and Gloucester . • • • • • • • • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • • • • • Dublin and Drogheda• • • • • • • • • • • • • Dublin and Kingstown • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . .. Durham and Sunderland ..... ........ Edinburgh and Glasgow . • • • • • • • • • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern.. Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock • • •• • • •• • • • • • Grand Junction • Great North of England • Great Western . • • • - • • • • •• • • • • • • Liverpool and Manchester • . London and Birmingham . •• • • •• •• •• London and Blackwall.... •• • • •• •• London and Brighton. • London and Croydon. . • • • London and Greenwich .•... • • •• • • •• London and South Western. •• •• • • • • Manchester, Bolton, and Bury • • • . • • Manchester and Birmingham• • • • • • • • Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc•• Midland Counties. •• • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • 5 Newcastle and Darlington • •••• • • • • 5 Newcastle and Carlisle • • • .. • . •- .• • • 6 Newcastle and North Shields...... •. North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbeil, and 0r1ean5........ • • 7 Paris and Rouen . Preston and Wyre . •••••• 5 . 6 6 5 Sheffield and kanchester...... South Eastern Taff Vale Ulster . • • .. Yarmouth and Norwich •• •• •• •• •• York and North Midland . •• •• •• •• •• 200 3,140 1,227 585 706 924 645 2,536 4,629 1,546 918 8,834 2,272 17,477 5,189 17,298 985 6,203 1,464 813 7,306 963 3,532 8,045 11,988 1,143 1,9G9 391 6,287 757 6,720 972 329 3,183 FRENCH RAILWAYS.—The excitement produced by the adjudication of the French railways, and during the period when the intelligence of the fact was expected, is compared by the stock-brokers to the excitement pro duced years ago on the appearance of the foreign loans. Now the tender of Messrs. Mackenzie, Patterson, and Co., for the Orleans and Boadeaux Railroad is accepted, the premiums paid by speculators on the success of the other competitors will of course be entirely lost. With respect to return of the deposit no difficulty, it is ex pected, can arise. M. I)rouillard and Count d'An thouard had both guaranteed the return of the deposits, in case they did not succeed in obtaining the contract ; and on Messrs. Rothschild's contract no deposits have been paid. The greatest loss in the shape of premium will be incurred by the speculators in Messrs. Roth schild's tender, since to the last moment the most san guine hopes were entertained of their success, and pur chases were made as high as 2 premium. On the other two proposed contracts the premiums were but small.— Times. SCOTTISH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.—At their meeting on Monday last the Town Council of Perth agreed, by a majority of three to one, to invest 1,000/. of the city funds in shares of the projected Scottish Mid land Junction Railway. This line will run from Perth to Forfar.—Railway Record. BOLTON, WIGAN, AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.—A railway with this name has, within the last few days, been brought before the public. Its main feature is to open up the rich mineral district through which it passes. The length is about 27 miles, and the estimated cost 800,0001., which it is proposed to raise in 501. shares, with a deposit of 41. At the head of the Provisional Committee is the Earl of Balcarras. Mr. Crosthwaite, of Liverpool, is also a member. Sir John Macneill and Mr. James Thomson are the engineers.—Railway Record. FATAL ACCIDENT AT SEA.—During the tre mendous gale of Wednesday, the schooner Undine, bound to Belfast, whilst coming into Falmouth harbour, unshipped her boom, which, in its fall, struck one of the crew on the head, and killed him on the spot. The poor fellow's brains were knocked to atoms. The cheeks of the boom went out through the bulwarks on one side, and the peak the other. An inquest was to be held the following day on the body. The captain sustained a Severe injury in one of his arms, but no bone was broken,— IVest Briton. The artlrle in the Quarterly Review in favour of the Czar and 1113 policy, is said to be from the pen of the Russian Minister, Baron Brunnow. Church and State Gazette. -- CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY, OCT. 14.—At a Con gregation just holden, the following officers were ap pointed for the ensuing year :—Froctors--The Rev. Joseph Thackery, M.A., Fellow of King's College ; Chas. Wycliffe Goodwin, M.A., Fellow of St, Cathe rine's Hall.—Taxers—The Rev. James Hildyard, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Christ's College ; the Rev. Stephen Glas Fawcett, M.A., Fellow of Magdelene Hall.— Scrutators—The Rev. Wm. Keeling, 8.D., Fellow of St. John's College ; John Cocker, M.A., Fellow of St. Pe ter's College.—Moderators—The Rev. Samuel Black ball, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College ; the Rev. Harvey Goodwin, M.A., Fellow of Caius College.—Au ditors—The Rev. William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College ; the Rev. Nicholas John Temple, 8.D., Fellow of Sidney College ; the Rev. Barnard Smith, M.A., Fellow of St. Peter's College, At the same Con gregation the following Degrees were conferred s—Ba chelor of Divinity—Charles Paglar, St. John's College.-- Master of Arts—John Tagg, Pembroke college; Martin Stephen Cole, Christ's College.—Bachelors of Itrts— Charles Auber, Trinity College ; James Bell, Catherine Hall ; Robert Warner Wheeler, Jesus College. The barracks at Newport, Isle of Wight, were officially inspected last week, relative to the stabling for a troop of cavalry, to be stationed theFe during her Majesty's contemplated visit to that island. , THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY LV KING, OCTOBER l2, 1844, THE SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL. IRELAND. Yesterday afternoon the Quarterly General Court of this Institution was held in King William-street, City. John Labouchere, Esq., was called to the chair. The SECRETARY read a statement, from which it appeared that the number of seamen admitted to the Dreadnought, at Greenwich, since the Ist of July, was as follows :—From her Majesty's ships, 22 ; and from British and Foreign vessels, 572, which, together with 169 which were on board on the Ist of July, made 763. There were 161 at present on board, and three were convalescent, and three fit for duty. The number discharged since the first establishment of the institution in 1821, was 48,126. The number of out patients since July was 491. During the past quarter the expenses had been 1,2601., and a balance now re mained in the hands of the treasurer of 2401. The Jupiter, steamer, from Glasgow to Dublin, put ' into Bangor, in the county Down, where she landed all her passengers, many of whom have arrived in town. The vessel escaped injury, and is expected in the river this evening. A great deal of the large timber growing on the pro perty of Mr. Vernon, Mr. Gresham, &c., along the northern coast of Clontarf Bay, is blown down. The Dodder, the Dargle, and the Tolka rivers rose beyond the level of their banks, and flooded the lower grounds in several districts. POLICE SPY SYSTEM—CLOSE OF THE IN QUIRY. DUBLIN, OCT. 10.—The inquiry ordered by Govern ment respecting the conduct of the constabulary at Shin rone district, King's County, closed this day at half-past (Ate o'clock, having occupied eleven days. Sir William Lynar, the stipendary magistrate at Shinrone, was ex amined to-day, and denied the imputations against him. At the close Mr. Corballis, Q.C., announced to the coun sel and agents on both sides that he would, without delay make his report to the Government. ANOTHER MAGISTERIAL EXHIBITION. The Cork Examiner, of yesterday, contains the fol lowing account of a scene in the board-room of Kanturk Workhouse, the chief actor being Mr. Allen, the magis trate who so recently distingnished himself in the petty sessions' court of the same town:— " On Monday, the 30th of September, the following magistrates assembled at the board-room of the Kanturk Workhouse, for the purpose of electing ex-officio guar dians for the ensuing yesr:—Edward Deane Freeman, D.L., William Barry, William Allen, Daniel Leahy, M'Carthy O'Leary, Edward Stannard, Jonathan Bruce, John Warren. We are gratified to be enabled to state that no injury has been done to the Drogheda Railway, notwithstanding the tremendous action of the sea on the embankments at Clontarf and Malahide. The Kingstown Railway was not affected by the storm, which was from a point that could not do it injury. SEIZURE FOR MINISTERS' MONEY. After a protracted struggle on the part of the pa rishioners, Archdeacon Torrens, a rich pluralist, succeeded in obtaining the sanction of the Privy Council for the levy of tithes in the district of Rathmines, previously free from such an infliction. The inhabitants—most certainly the Catholics—did not require the spiritual aid of the Archdeacon or any deputy of his ; but some hundreds per annum were to be added to his great rental from the church, and he persevered, accordingly, in his attempt to make a parish of Rathmines, and levy tithes in the dis trict. Several of the inhabitants, regarding the claim as utterly unjust, and observe that Mr. Sergeant Murphy had last session obtained a Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of ministers' money, still deter mined to refuse payment. A late Act having relieved the churchwardens from the painful duty of enforcing so obnoxious a tax, the onus was thrown upon the Arch deacon himself ; and, by his authority, a distraint was made this day at the residence of Mr. James Fitzsimons, Rathmines-road, from which the bailiffs of Archdeacon Torrens took away half-a-dozen chairs. The following is the warrant of the Archdeacon : The CHAIRMAN said he was happy to state that the amount now invested in the Funds in the name of the Company was 73,0001.—a very gratifying circum stance.—The meeting then separated. " Mr. 'William Allen, of Liscongill, as the senior ma gistrate present, took the chair, and with peculiar mo desty opened the proceedings, by stating that he did not expect to be elected an ex-o ffi cio guardian, and even if he were he would decline to act. " The election then went ;Tin the usual way, viz., by ballot, and lists of the magistrates eligible to act distri buted by the clerk. The several magistrates present having returned the lists to the clerk, he was proceeding to ascertain the persons elected, when Mr. Allen, the chairman, rose from his seat and walked out of the room, declaring as he went along that the whole proceeding was quite irregular and illegal. The magistrates re quested of him to remain a little longer, until the return was made out; but he said he could not do so, and re tired. In consequence of which, the next magistrate in seniority was voted to the chair, and had just taken it when Mr. Allen again presented himself, and moved up towards the chair, which the other magistrate instantly vacated for him. "I, the Venerable John Torrens, D.D., Archdeacon of Dublin, Rector of the parish:of Tawney, Rathfarnham, and St. Mary's, Donnybrook, and Vicar of the united parishes of St. Peter's and St. Kevin, in the city of Dublin. do authorise and empower Wm. Adams, of Ha rold's-cross, and Richard Waters, of Mountpleasant avenue, both in the county of Dublin, or either of them, to distrain for all such composition for tithes, minister's money, and ecclesiastical dues, in the parishes of Tawney, Rathfarnham, and St. Mary's, Donnybrook, &c." Thus this rich pluralist, not content with all the fat livings above enumerated, has opened a campaign against the Catholics of Rathmines, where, being an absentee, he is only known by an expensive litigation in which he had involved the residents of that district. The goods distrained have been sent by the Archdeacon to Mr. Bennett's auction-room in Dame-street.—Dubin Evening Post. " The election then proceeded as it commenced, and the clerk read out the names of the magistrates elected, and the several votes given for each, when it appeared that Mr. Allen had but one vote (very probably his own) upon which he again stated that the whole pro ceeding was illegal from beginning to end, and that he would not, as chairman, sign the necessary certificate. " The magistrates remonstrated with Mr. Allen re peatedly, but to no effect, as, he said, not having exa mined the lists himself, he could not conscientiously sign the certificate, and that he would instantly quit the chair again, it being an illegal meeting. But on being asked in what respect it was so, he did not deign to en lighten his brethren. To remove every pretext on the part of the chairman, one of the magistrates here pro posed that the names selected from the lists by the clerk be ex-officio guardians for the ensuing year,' which was unanimously carried. Notwithstanding which, the chairman still persisted in declaring the whole transac tion illegal, and refused to sign. " Some of the magistrates hereupon gathered round the chair, and besougt the chairman to sign the certi ficate, as it had always been done before by all former chairmen, and not to have it go abroad that such a dis creditable proceeding could occur amongst gentlemen, but the worthy chairman took no notice whatever of the remontrances, and still refused to sign the certificate. " About two hours had now been consumed in an un availing endeavour to get through an objection which, under other circumstances, would not have taken ten minutes. The meeting began to grow stormy, and the magistrates to lose all patience, when " Mr. Freeman said that this was frittering away the public time, matters had gone too far, and that such pro ceedings were shameful and disgraceful, and had never before taken place at any meeting of magistrates, which every one at the meeting reiterated. " Still the chairman persevered, but, after a little time, stood up, and singling out Mr. Freeman (who sat to wards the end of the table) said, that if he (the chair man) were a young man, Mr. Freeman would not dare speak to him in that way. " Mr. Freeman observed that, even if Mr. Allen were young, he would not condescend to notice anything he said. " Mr. Allen, after reclining in his chair for a short time, again stood up, and in the most deliberate and emphatic manner said, I beg to remind you, Mr. Free man, that you are A MOST INFAMOUS SCOUNDREL,' upon which Mr. Freeman at once retired from the meeting. " All the magistrates now remonstrated with the chair man, with respect to the great insult he had offered Mr. Freeman, and declared they would represent 'the chair man's conduct to the Government that very night. This was the best argument used yet, and had the effect of inducing the worthy chairman at length to sign the ne cessary certificate ; and the magistrates, delighted at being released from such a disgraceful and unheard-of scene, broke up. Mr. Warren retired early. " The following magistrates were elected :—Sir W. W. Beecher, M'Carthy O'Leary, William Barry, Edward D. Freeman, Daniel Leahy, N. P. Leader, John Warren, Edward Stannard. " A memorial to the Castle has been signed by all the magistrates present, stating what occurred ; and it is said they will all resign unless this matter be taken up by the Government. " It is said that Mr. Freeman will not allow the matter to rest here, and that this affair will be transferred to the Queen's Bench." REGISTRATION OF POOR-LAW GUARDIANS. The Guardians of Limerick Union met on Tuesday, Wm. Monsell, Esq., in the chair. There were twenty four members in attendance, including the Right lion. the Earl of Clare and Augustus S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P. A letter having been read by the Commissioners, de clining to rescind the 41st article of their regulations, a resolution was proposed calling on the elected guardians to retire, and the ex-qfficios to withdraw from the board, which was unanimously adopted. TIIE MAGISTRACY OF MAYO. The Earl of Altamont, Vice-Lieutenant of the county Mayo, is determined to use his best endeavours to pro cure a regular attendance of magistrates at petty ses sions. We subjoin a circular letter he has addressed to the magistracy : . " Westport, September 30, 1844. " Sir,—On my arrival in Mayo, I heard that the petit sessions at Castlebar had been frequently adjourned without adjudicating on a single case ; and on calling for returns from the clerks of the different petit sessions in this county, I find that such has been the case in almost every Court-house in Mayo during the six months pre cedilla. Sept. Ist. " fhave also received from his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant a notice that complaints have recently been forwarded to him on the subject, and in which he calls my attention to it. The number of magistrates for the county of Mayo is very great, an d w i t h , I bel i eve, ever y facility for at tending the petit sess i ons, an d yet these adjournments have taken place more f requent l y , I imagine, than usual in other counties. It i s unnecessa ry to call your atten tion to the serious injury inflicted on the poorer classes by such a proceeding, after the various parties have come to answe r summonses or g i ve evidence, f rom a distance frequently, I believe, exceeding seven or eight miles. " Finding these adj ournmen ts very frequent, and only to be avoided by some exertions on the part of the magistrates of the county, I cannot refrain from entreat ing you to attend with regu l a rity such petit sessions as may be within reach of your residence, and so, as far as in your power, prevent a recurrence of such adjourn ments. "I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble servant, " ALTAMONT, Vice-Lieutenant, Mayo. DESTRUCTIVE STORM AND LOSS OF LIFE. The weather, which had been lowering and broken from the commencement of the present week, became very . severe yesterday evening, and the wind continuing to rise from about four o'clock ; and about eight a violent storm raged, and continued without abatement for nearly two hours. The wind was from the S.E., and throughout the whole storm it brought down tor rents of rain. The hour of high water on the bar was 9h. 5m., but the wind acting on the water caused it to rise in the river Liffey several feet beyond the ordinary level of spring tides before that hour, and, as it flowed over the quays, great consternation was felt by the inhabitants on the Coal-quay, and other populous quays along the river. The water, however, did not appear to rise much after half-past eight, which was so far fortunate, as a very few inches more would have submerged hundreds of dwell ings, and done extensive damage. The shipping in the river suffered considerable damage, principally in the rigging, from the way they were knocked together. In Halpin's Pool, at the North Wall, where steamers and vessels of large tonnage find water at all tides, a serious amountlof loss has been sustained. A schooner, laden with oats, is a total wreck. She is named the Thistle, of Wick, sixty-four tons burden ' and dropped down to the Pool in the early part of the day. She was riding at anchor when the storm rose, but, owing to its violence, she dragged the anchor, was driven against the wall, and soon filled with water. Her larboard side is entirely stove in. The crew are engaged taking out her stores and rigging, and it is suppo se d th a t th e cargo will not be altogether lost. The Thistle is insured. Another remarkable proof of the violence of the storm is seen in the same Pool. The fine steamer the Shan non, which plies between Dublin and London, was anchored a good distance from the wall ; but in a very short time she dragged her moorings, and was thrown nearly dry upon one of the slips. One of the wheels and a paddle-box are destroyed. The Shannon, it is as serted, ran foul of the Good Hope, laden outwards with bones for New Quay, which will have to discharge for repairs. Loss of LIFE.—The most calamitous result of the storm on this coast, as far as we have learned, was at the island of Clontarf, where a man named Christopher Cromwell, and his son, a lad of twelve or thirteen years of age, lost their lives. Cromwell was a very industrious man, and well known to bathers. He rented the island, and kept boats which plied from the opposite wharf, and during the bathing season he received a good deal of money. He had a small, but strongly-built wooden house on the island, in which he, with his son William, usually slept, until winter set in. At ten o'clock last evening the policeman on duty missed the house, and as soon as he could reported the fact at the station.house. An extra body of men were forthwith dispatch( d to the scene of the catastrophe, but neither Cromwell nor his son could be seen. The house, with its inmates and fur niture, were evidently carried away by the sea, which had swept over nearly the whole surface of the island. At two o'clock to-day the vicinity of this calamity was thronged with persons. The wife of Cromwell, with two young children, were present, and the poor creature could not be persuaded her husband and son were los t., It was expected that, in about an hour aft erwards, when the tide fell, the bodies would be found. Several small pleasure-boats have b een w recked in the Bay o f Clontarf, DEATH OF JOHN OVERS. DOVER HARBOUR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 1 In these days of improvements in all directions and ot SlR,—When Mr. Charles Dickens wrote his able and all manners and kinds, the ancient town of Dover is not eloquent preface to John Overs' " Evenings of a Work- entirely backward in the marh of amendment. Not ing Man," his philanthropic desire was to enlist the sym• content with restoring the fine old church of St. Mary at pathies of the public in behalf of that talented mechanic, a very large cost, and adorning the•town and neighbour to enable him to provide " for a sick wife and very young ' hood with new buildings of all classes, Dover will soon family." Since that feeling appeal, poor Overs has gone . possess a vastly increased and improved harbour. It to his last home, leaving an unblemished character and was, indeed, at one time contemplated to make it a har no small degree of fame as a self-taught genius. But, hour of refuge, and it is well known that the Duke of alas ! he has also left, to struggle with the difficulties Wellington (who, as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, has and hardships of poverty, an amiable wife and six ehil- at different times taken so active a part in matters con dren, the eldest not ten years of age, one an infant, and nected with the welfare and advancement of the town) another labouring under great bodily affliction, and the has ever been in favour of such a desirable object being poor widow herself is delicate health. effected. The work, however, would be of so expensive a It is but to make this distressing case known, and I nature that nothing short of national means could hardly feel assured the public will not withhold their sympathy. hope to accomplish it. His Grace is understood to have When the death of Overs was announced to me I . remarked, "We will improve the existing harbour; but deeply deplored the absence of Mr. Charles Dickens from such a work as that must be done by the nation:' Yet, England, and I still regret that he is not at hand to ad- i it appears, it is not likely Dover will be converted into a vocate the cause of this distressed family ; but although harbour of refuge ; but the town commissioners, it is I cannot urge their claims so eloquently and forcibly as declared, are determined to do all in their power to render he would have done, yet I can and do as earnestly appeal the harbour as useful and perfect as possible. It is to the benevolent, that they will contribute liberally to well known that at present it is not very good, yet it can enable the widow to make some provision for her family. I now accommodate ships of 500 tons. It is chiefly used I have the permission of Messrs. Bouverie and Co., for sailing and steam-packets to and from France. Im bankers, 11, Haymarket, to state, that they will kindly manse sums have been expended upon this haven, from receive subscriptions ; and I shall also be happy to do the period of Henry VIII. ; but it is so imperfectly the same at 72, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square. formed at the present time that a vessel coming in with lam sure it is unnecessary for me to do more than a direct south wind would be driven against the walls, as bee the favour of your giving this a place in your there is neither room to turn nor for the ship gradually columns ; for when a charitable action is to be advo• to expend• her force before reaching the extremity of cated, the Press of England has ever generously lent its the docks. The harbour has been undergoing repairs ot aid.--I have the honour to be Sir, your most obedient various descriptions almost constantly for many years, servant, T. C. NEWBY. but, early in this summer, an extensive improvement SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED. and enlargement was decided upon and commenced that Mrs. Atkins £l 0 0 is well calculated to remedy many of the most important Pouncey, Esq 1 0 0 objections now existing. Thus " the poor haven, such Anonymous OlO 0 as it is " (rather derogatively termed in an old descrip- Miss M'Callan 0 10 0 tion thereof), is likely to be materially raised in the A Friend.. 0 5 0 rank and utility of harbours upon the southern coast of T. C. Newby 2O 0 0 England. It is to be so extended by another wing, as it were, being added, th a t a vesse l may en t er in ful sail, and have room to turn and come gradually to its stop page, an object that cannot now be attained. A large piece of land to the east of the existing h ar b our and be tween it and the parade has been purchased for the pur pose of enlarging the docks, and gates are to be added. Upon the land so appropriated stood, until quite recently, building yards, houses, &c. There also remains as yet upon the site (although they will be removed in the course of the speedily-approaching alterations), a battery, containing several cannon, and buildings that have been used as a magazine, guard-house, &c. A great portion of the space to be converted to the enlargement of the harbour is now in an advanced stage of excava ' tion, and some parts are already being walled in. It was originally intended to have wooden walls for this addition to the haven, but a wiser, though more imme diately expensive, plan has been adopted, and stone is to be used instead of the former more perishable material. " Wooden walls" have for many ages proved good de fences for old England ; but a harbour intended to en. dure requires something more substantial. Some notion of the important nature of these works may be formed when it is mentioned that no less a sum than 100,000 L is proposed to be laid out upon them, in addition to the large amounts that have been spent upon the docks during the last few years. The time which has been specified for the alterations to be completed is three years ; but, ex tending regard to the magnitude of the improvements, and the difficulties that are so often met with in like under takings, it seems more than probable that they may not be finished until a somewhat longer period has elapsed. The effect, even now, is advantageous, as it gives more room in some portions of the harbour ; but eventually it cannot fail to be most important to Dover, in advancing in no slight degree its prosperity as well as utility.— Times. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. OCT. 4. Stormfinch yawl, Lieut.-Colonel Bowers, from Falmouth and Weymouth. 7. Noran cutter, Sir H.B. Houghton, Bart., from Dublin. 9. Turquoise cutter, C. 11. Coote, Esq., from Vigo Bay. SAILINGS. OCT. 4. Zephyretta schooner, Henry Hope, Esq., for the Mediterranean. 11. Nymph cutter, Sir John Bayley, Bart., for Ports mouth, to lay up. YACHTS AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Ketch—Kestrel, Commodore Earl of Yarborough. Schooners—Georgian, Xarifa, Circassian, Flirt, Gem, Jack-o'-Lantern, Hawk. Cutters—Phantom, Whim, Ariadne, Intrepid, Tur quoise, Wave. Yawls—Stormfinch and Nautilus. MEETING OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AT BRISTOL. Yesterday a very full meeting of the medical profes sion of Bristol, to take into consideration the new Bill brought in by Sir James Graham, was held in the theatre of the Philosophical Institution. Mr. W. MORTIMER, having been called to the chair, briefly opened the proceedings, and called upon Dr. SIMMONS, who, in moving the first resolution, said he thought they were greatly indebted to her Majesty's Government for having introduced the measure . Si r James Graham was the first Minister of the Crown who had brought forward so general and extensive a measure of medical reform. He thought the Bill, as a whole, had been carefully framed, though is was faulty in some of its clauses. There could be but one opinion as to the advantages which would arise from the appointment of a central council of health; an authorised register of legally qualified practitioners would be also highly ad vantageous. But, while he thus confessed his ap proval of the Bill as a whole, he was not blind to its faults, the principal of which was the want of proper protection to the qualified practitioner. They ought, therefore, to demand such protection, and that the charlatan or contraband practitioner should be subject to penal consequences. lie knew it might be said, the register would be open to the public, who might 'thus select properly qualified practitioners, and that it was a part of the liberty of an Englishman to select whom he pleased ; for, if they were foolish enough to select unqualified persons, they would them selves suffer for their folly. But he would ask, was it just for the Government to encouruge imposture, or was it correct for a Government to allow the public health to be placed at the mercy of unskilful pretenders ? They certainly ought not to go before the Government with an argumentum ad niisericordiam, but they ought to speak firmly, but respectfully, and demand that protec tion to which they were entitled from the toils, the diffi culties, and the expense of the ed u c a ti on w hi c h they had to acquire before entering on practice. They all knew that the medical practitioners had to toil from early dawn to dewy eve, and'were often deprived of their rest for perhaps three nights in the week, and if for this any one of them obtained a remuneration equal to that ob tained by some person who ministered only to the arti ficial tastes of mankind, they were considered to be re ceiving a wonderful income. Dr. Symmons then moved the following resolution : " That this meeting has great pleasure in expressing its obligation to Sir James Graham and her Majesty's Government for bringing before the Legislature the long-agitated question of medical reform, and also for laying the Bill for the better Regulation of Medical Practice throughout the United Kingdom' on the table of the House of Commons, so that it may be well con sidered by the medical profession during the Parliamen tary recess." Mr. COLTHURST having seconded the. resolution, it was carried unanimously. Mr. J. C. SWAYNE, in moving the second resolution, said that having been in practice for several years pre vious to the passing of the Apothecaries Act, he could bear testimony to the many benefits which had arisen from it. Nothing could be more marked than the de cided improvement in the education and respectability of the medical practitioners since that period ; although when the profession endeavoured to get an Act, it was not intended to give the Apothecaries Company the powers they afterwards obtained under the Act, yet they had found in that company men of intelligence and in tegrity, who having once undertakes the task had car ried it out in a most exemplary manner, and had in stituted regulations, and examinations, which hadgreatly raised the character of the profession. By the Apothe caries Act powers were given of legalising practitioners, and of punishing those who practised without passing the proper examinations and having pursued the pre scribed course of study, and he for one thought the for mer part of that Act would have been of very little use but for the power of punishment ; besides, it was well known that many medical students, as well as other per sons, would shirk the labour of the extreme study which they had to undergo, and the expense also, if they found that unlicensed persons could practise as well, without either the trouble or expense. It might be said that the penal clauses were to be abolished in the present Bill, because they had not altogether cured the evil, but that would be an argument against penal clauses in any case, for what penal enactment was there which they could say had been altogether successful,? Still, however, those penal clauses had had a most beneficial effect, and he thought they should be transferred to the new Bill, having been so altered as to make them simple and effective. He then moved— NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. WOOLWICH, OCT. 11.—The Blazer steam-vessel, Captain J. Washington, one of the vessels of the Royal squadron, returned to her surveying duties at Harwich on Monday. The African steam-vessel left Woolwich on Tuesday for Chatham. The Monkey steam-vessel, second-master W. Bryant, left Woolwich on Tuesday for Sheerness. The Volcano steam-vessel, Lieutenant Commander E. Miller, left Woolwich on Tuesday for Portsmouth. The Stromboli steam-frigate, Commander the Hon. E. Plunkett, left Woolwich on Tuesday for Cork. The Widgeon steam-vessel, Master-Commander T. S. Striven, is ordered round from Dover to Woolwich to have the defects in her boilers made good. The Gladiator steam.vessel, building at Woolwich Dock-yard, and originally ordered to be launched on Saturday, October 12, is now to be launched on Tuesday next, the 15th inst. The Apollo troop-ship, Commander W. Maclean, has had a number of workmen employed upon her, to make her ready for sea, and is expected to embark three com panies of the Royal Artillery —one for Gibraltar, one for Malta, and one for the lonian Islands. CHATHAM, OCT. 11.—The Trafalgar, 120 guns, fitted as an advanced ship, was put out of dock this day. She was taken alongside the sheer hulk to be masted imme diately- ; she will then be navigated to Sheerness. Yesterday the Menelaus quarantine ship, from Stan gate-creek, was brought into harbour by the African and Monkey steam-vessels. She goes into the same dock as the Trafalgar leaves. As soon as her repairs are completed she will be navigated to Portsmouth, to serve as a quarantine-ship at the Motherbank. The Eagle, 50 guns, razeed from a 74, which has been fitted as an advanced ship, was masted yesterday. She is now taking in her sea ballast, also her gun-carriages are being put on board. She is for commission. The Cumberland, 70 guns, is ordered to be taken into dock when the Menelaus goes out ; she is to be fitted for an advanced ship. The Diligence, naval transport, Martin, master, arrived here yesterday from Deptford, with stores for this dockyard. " That this meeting cannot concur in the justice or propriety of abolishing the existing enactments against unqualified practitioners, upon the plea of their ineffi ciency, but urges the practicability of making the law in this respect more simple and effective." Mr. STAPLES seconded the resolution, which was passed unanimously. Mr. WALDO moved the third resolution : OPENING OF THE ROYAL EXCIIANGE.—Great pre parations are making, not only in the Royal Exchange itself, but at the Bank and several houses in the vicinity, for the forthcoming visit of her Majesty to the City of London. Not less than fifteen ladders, at Smith, Payne, and Smiths and adjoining houses, and men were engaged cleansing and painting the fronts. The Commissioner of the City Police is engaged drawing up a code of re gulations which will be issued. Already instructions have been given to engage 600 special constables, who are each to wear the'. great coats of the existing City police force, each man of whom is requested to in troduce for a special constable such person as can wear his great coat. The wooden pavement in Cornhill is nearly completed, and in a few days that thoroughfare will be re-opened. The area of the western front of the Exchange, whereon stands the Wellington statue, is nearly completed, and the boarding will be shortly re moved, when the whole building will be thrown open to the public. MR. WILSON'S IMPRISONMENT.—OR Saturday last a meeting of the friends of Mr. Wilson was held at his house, Prospect-place, at which it was unanimously agreed that a subscription should be opened, and an appeal made to the British residents, to enable Mr. Wilson to sue out a writ of habeas corpus, so that be might test the lawfulness of his mprisonment, and take take such other measures to vindicate his rights as the law might afford. The meeting was a private one, hence it was not numerously but respectably attended, at tended, and the parties gave liberally in furtherance) the object. It is intended to employ Mr. Sergeant Wilde to move the Queen's Bench, on the opening of the term, at the beginning of next month.—Jerse3 f News, Oct. 5. " That this meeting considers the appointment of a Council of Health and Medical Education' to be highly advantageous, but that its constitution is uns a ti s fa c to r y, inasmuch as the " Licentiates of Medicine and Surgery' are not adequately represented." Carried unanimously. Dr. O'BRIEN moved the fourth resolution : SCULLER S MATCH FOR 1001. TO 801.—A match has been made between Robert Coombes and Henry Clasper. of Newcastle. It appears when the Newcastle men;wern in London, at the Thames Regatta, that Coombes chal lenged Clasper to row a scullers' match for 100/. to the latter's 801., which should either take place in London, Newcastle, or some intermediate water with which neither were acquainted. Coombes to pay Clasper IN. for expcnces in coming to London, or receiving that amount if he went to Newcastle. Several letters have passed between the parties, and the challenge has been accepted by Clasper, and although the place aria time of rowing has not been yet fixed, that and all other requisite arrangements will be effected in a day or two. The contest will take place before the close of this month, ESTABLISHMENT OF METROPOLITAN BATHS.-.. Yesterday a preliminrry meeting of gentlemen took place at the Mansion-house, Mr. Cotton, the Governor of the Bank of England, in the chair, for the purpose of making arrangements for a public meeting, to take into consider. ration the propriety of establishing warm and cold baths for the use of the poor, in some of the most indigent localities about the metropolis. Mr. Bullar, the honoe racy secretary, stated that the Bishop of London, anti several other dignitaries of the Church, as well as num . bers of influential merchants and bankers, had writter in answer to the invitations to attend and support reso lutions for carrying into effect the object of benefiting the necessitous part of the population, by supply ing them with baths, and the means of washing their clothes, that they would most readily attend a ge neral meeting, and advocate so admirable a plan. tis contemplated: a erect.baths and washing-places in S in so me of the most miser. able Giles's Saffron-hill, &c., B: pa c r . ts T o h f e l p V r e e s ii t ln m i i n n ar st y er, n : eetin agreed' unanimously - s hould be called for Wednesday t n h e a x t t, th o e n p w u h b ic li h c d m ay eet ; n he meetin ggßght Hon. the Lord May or w ill take the chair. it is ed. i d that the meeting will bc. mos t numerously attend ed. The Column erected on Moel Femme, Denbighft s hire, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of th e re i gn o f George the 3 d, is tumbling to the ground.—Shrew s . bury Chronicle. ARRIVAL OF LORD ELLENBOROUGIL—His Lord• ship arrived at Portsmouth yesterday morning, in the Locust steam-ship, Lieut. Commander Lunn. The ves. sel is performing quarantine at the Mother bank. Cart, Rowley, the flag captain, immediately went alongsidetu pay his respects, but, of course, did not go on board. ANOTHER GREAT CHESS MATCH IN PARIS.—() the 17th of this mont h , another chess match will tak place at the Pari s Ch ess C lub, between M. St. Amaecie si the French, and Mr. Staunton the English play er, t o 1001. In the l as t matc h in which these two cetebrated players were: engagod for the same sum, twenty-one games were played, but on the next there will be but thirteen, the winner of the first seven to be declared conqueror. The betting in this country is considerably in favour of Mr. Staunton, who, it may be recollectel beat his opponent in the last match ; while in Paris the chess players have great hopes of M. St. Amand, and, notwithstanding his former defeat, bet largely upon hit, 413noADsTarns.—Our herring fishery commenceti last week, with every prospect of a profitable smolt, both to the catchers and buyers, as an unprecedentes. quantity have already been taken ; many of the West fishermen say they never remembered, thus early .n the season, so bountiful a supply. The prices vary t'rom l(4 to IV, per last. —Kent Herald. " That this meeting views with much satisfaction the beneficial results that must accrue from an authorised register of licensed practitioners, especially if such bo compulsory and published annually." Carried unanimously. Mr. SMEnDON proposed, and Mr. STANTON seconded, the fifth resolution, which, after some discussion and the addition of some words, was passed in the following form : " That this meeting believes the penal clauses will be inoperative in defending her Majesty's subjects from the mischievous practices of ignorant and unskilful pre tenders, as expressed in the preamble of the Bill, unless they include all those who act in the capacity of a me dical man without legal qualification, for the purpose of gain. And that we hereby call on the Government to introduce a stringent clause into their Bill prohibiting unauthorised practice by a penal enactment, to be car ried into effect by some cheap and easy proceeding before a bench of magistrates, or by any other mode of access." Petitions were then adopted to both Houses of Par liament, and the meeting, which was a most respectable one, broke up. THE VOYAGES AND SERVICES OF THE NEMESIS t .:7; A new, cheaper, and greatly improved edition of _ n hl a now standard work, is just published, comprised i map o f the single volume, and accompanied with anew alone as a Chinese Seas. The volume, while it stands modern times, may complete and ample record of perhap n s series of events that have occurred i with matter at the same time be cited as more pregnant ' and consequently more the most important than any work of the like extent rich in entertainment, the last twenty years. The of general interest and curiosity, which has appeared durin g comprises months" adventures " of the being devoted to three several departments ; the fir:t first iron steamer narrative - that ever crossed the line ; the second, comprising the most lucid and complete retrosp ec ti ve w extant of the history and causes of the Chinese war up to the date of the Nemesis' arrival on the scene of a ction; and lastly, the third d e p ar t ment presents us with. incomparably the most disti nc t, detailed, and i n t e ll ig ib le account of the proceedings following the arrival of the Nemesis till the conclusion of the war, that can any where be found in print. —New Monthly. Sir George Hayter arrived in London from the Continent on Tuesday morning, having passed the last three weeks at Treport with his daughters and grand children. The melancholy news of the sudden death of Lady ITayter, at Brighton, on Sunday last, from the effect of a paralytic attack, was the cause of his sudden i return to England. COURT OF SEWERS. A special meeting of the Court of Sewers for 'West minster, and part of the county of Middlesex, was held yesterday, for the purpose of taking some mea sures to restore the dilapidated part of the Ranelagh Sewer, in Gloucester-road, Paddington, T. L. Do naldson, Esq., in the chair. The report of Messrs. '.rite and Rennie, upon the causes of the failure, which they partly attributed to the form of sewer, and partly to the untradesmanlike construction of it, having been read, The CHAIRMAN asked the contractor, Mr. Bird, who was present, if his solicitor, Mr. Garrard, was in attendance ? Mr. BIRD said that he was not. He (Mr. Bird) said that he was not aware that the report would have been received that day; and the only intimation he had was received that morning, which left him much too little time to communicate with his solicitor. Mr. LESLIE thought in that case, as the Court was so very small, that it might adjourn, in order to have the report printed. A discussion ensued upon the point, Mr. Ilawkes taking Mr. Leslie's view of the matter, and a majority of the Court thinking, with the solicitor, Mr. Smith, that if a copy were sent to Mr. Garrard it would answer every purpose, as it might be reasonably in ferred that the report itself was only intended for the guidance of the solicitor in the approaching actions. Mr. WILLOUGHBY said that he must recal the at tention of the Court to what this question really was. The question now was, what were they to do to pro tect the public from inconvenience ? It was certainly time to put the sewer into a state of repair. They had now got all the evidence necessary, in the event of ulterior proceedings, for the report that day read had agreed with the opinions advanced by their own officers, and therefore the real and only business be fore them, was to adopt measures to get the sewer into an efficient state as soon as possible. He would therefore move, "That some immediate steps to taken to restore the Ranelagh Sewer, in Gloucester-road, Paddington, under the direction of Messrs. Tite and Rennie." The motion was seconded by Mr. J. H. JouNsoN. Mr. LESLIE thought that, if some little time were given, the report read that day would have the same effect on Messrs. Bird and Garrard as it had on him self, and perhaps induce them to agree to peaceable measures. The CHAIRMAN would wish the Court to come to some definite resolution upon the subject, and not procrastinate to any longer period the settlement of the question. Mr. LESLIE said that the motion implied that some immediate steps should be taken for the renovation of the sewer. The CHAIRMAN explained that, even at the earliest, ten days must elapse before any steps could be taken, and before that time Mr. Bird might be prepared to offer some suggestion to the Court upon the subject. Mr. J. WHITE objected to the reconstructing of the sewer according to the old form, or with the ma terials at present in use. Even the able gentlemen who had furnished the report had stated that the con struction was bad; and why then, he asked, should they go on in the same stated course, when that had been ascertained to be a bad one ? ie would move, as an amendment, that a sewer be constructed of a different form and material than that which had already been found so faulty. The CHAIRMAN wished to call their attention to this simple fact. Were they to allow a dangerous state of these works to continue, to the detriment of the public business, and to the great loss of the pro prietors of houses near the line of sewer ? Had that Court not waited long enough to enable it to ascer tain the condition of, and cause of, its failure ? He certainly thought the Court was now in full posses sion of all the facts necessary to that knowledge.— (Hear, hear.) He would also call Mr. White's at tention to this point. It was the interest of the Court to put Messrs. Tite and Rennie in posses- sion of all statements, that they might not blindly give an opinion which they would not be able, at some future time, to substantiate. It was a matter of justice to the public, of justice to the Court, of justice to the gentlemen who had furnished the re port, and of justice to the contractor himself, that they should now come to some absolute decision. He thought, therefore, they ought to adopt the reso lution propounded by the Hon. Commissioner (Mr. Willoughby). After some discussion, in which Mr. Cantwell, the Chairman, Mr. Leslie, and Mr. White took part, Mr. HAwKEs, in an effective speech, seconded Mr. White's amendment. Mr. LESLIE again proposed that time should be given for the consideration of the report ; and the original resolutions and amendment were then put from the chair, when the former was carried. The further consideration of the subject was de ferred, and the Court adjourned. THE CASE OF THE MISSES JOHNSTONE.--It may be recollected that in August last two sisters, named John stone, who had endured the most severe trials and priva tions, commenced a small school at No. 27, Charlotte street West, White Conduit-fields, in which they failed, and became indebted to their landlord for rent, when the youngest sister died in a state of insanity, brought on through the anxiety attendant on the school, grief, and want of nourishment. Their distress having been acci dentally discovered through the death - of the sister, and the particulars having been detailed in The Sun, the utmost sympathy was manifested, and we rejoice to state that the case, after being investigated by some clergy men, &c., was found deserving, and the surviving sister is now placed in comparative comfort, although in deli cate health. FATAL ACCIDENT AT VAUXHALL GARDENS. — Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Coach and Horses public-house, Flood-street, Dean's-yard, before Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for Westminster, on the body of Robert Hunt, aged fifty years. The deceased, for fifteen years, had been employed as a lamplighter at the Gardens, and about eleven o'clock on Tuesday night last, as he was standing on a stage, five feet two inches from the ground, in one of the covered ways, reaching over to the last lamp he had to light, he overbalanced himself, and fell on to the back of his head, fracturing his skull on the right side from the top to the base. He was conveyed to Westminster Hospital, and died at five o'clock on the following morning. This is the only fatal accident that has occurred at Vauxhall Gardens during the last forty years. Verdict—" Accidental death." INCENDIARISM IN SUFFOLK.—lncendiarism in this county appears at the present time to be alarmingly on the increase. A most destructive fire took place on Wednesday evening last in the parish of Whepstead, on a farm in the occupation of Mr. Holden. It was discovered in the stack-yard, and in a short time ten stacks of diffe rent kinds:of produce were burning at once, illuminating that part of the country for may miles. The Suffolk fire-engines soon after arrived, but, strange to say, the largest of them went without the necessary pipes, and when it reached the spot the men in attendance were obliged to send down to Bury in a cart for them before they could render the slightest service. The fire in the meanwhile raging with such unchecked fury, that it became evident it would be useless to attempt to save the stacks, the attention of the firemen was therefore directed to the dwelling-house, which was within a short distance, and which by continual damp ing was saved from any material damage. This makes the fourth incendiary fire which has taken place in the neighbourhood of Bury St. Edmund's since last Friday —a fire taking place that day at Cheveley Park, belong• ing to the Duke of Rutland; one at Waltham de Willows, on Saturday; another at Hengrave (which we believe was extinguished), on Wednesday afternoon; and a fire at Whepstead on the evening of the same day. The in habitants, generally speaking, are is a state of great alarm, and the destruction of property is immense. SUICIDE :THROUGH DRUNKENNESS.—Thursday Mr. Carter held an inquest at the Bell, York-street, Lam beth, on the body of Elizabeth Pearson, aged 48, the wife of a sawyer, residing at 38, York-street, who, it appeared from the evidence of her son, a lad about 17, who was deeply affected, that, about four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, he came home, and found his mo ther, with a cord round her neck, suspended to one of the bed posts. Medical assistance was instantly pro cured, but she was quite dead. She had for a long time been accustomed to drink gin immoderately, which had about three months since caused her to complain of pains in the head and back, when she was attended by a sur geon, and advised to discontinue spirits ; but she drank to greater excess, which impaired her mind, and drove her no doubt to commit suicide. This testimony having been corroborated by other witnesses, the jury found that " Deceased destroyed herself while of unsound mind, produced by the excessive use of ardent spirits." The Coroner observed that this was but one of many si milar cases which had recently come under his notice. A serious accident occurred at the station of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, Gloucester, on Monday evening. B y an arrangement, w hi c h appears t o us ob jectionable, the immense concourse of persons, 1,500 or 1,600 in number, who had arr i ve d h ere by s pecial train, when th e time for returning approached, were shut out of the yard till almost the last moment. The consequence was, that on the gates being opened, a tremendous rush and confusion took place, and one man , i n attemp ti ng to force his way into a carriage, was pushed backwards, and falling on th e b u ff er , b ro k e hi s th i gh. He was car ried to the infirmary, where he still remains.—Gloucester - Journal, RAILWAY MONOPOLY. (From the Morning Herald.) The Morning Chronicle, which, from the known con nection of some of its principal proprietors with at least one existing railroad, should have .been the last journal to interfere in such sort, has kindly tendered to the Go vernment some rather important advice with reference to the existing mania for new undertakings of this de scription. The Chronicle very justly observes, that, were all the new railway projects to be carried forward, it would be scarcely possible for capital to be found for their completion, without great risk, and almost the cer tainty of much distress in other departments of industry. The Chronicle, however, indulges in more alarm than is warranted by the facts. Projects for railways requiring 100,000,0001. of capital may be put forth ; but it by no means follows that even if entire liberty were granted there would be any serious endeavour to proceed with all these at once. In fact, to grant the whole, would be the surest way to put an end to the half of them. There is at present one railway to Portsmouth. Three new ones are projected. But can any man imagine that if Parlia ment were to pass all these three Bills, the projectors would be mad enough actually to create three new rail • roads to one single southern port ? No, the Chronicle may quiet itself on this point. The present proposals are but in the position of candidates, of which only one will be selected for each line ; and in this way the total amount of capital required will be far below any estimate that might be formed from the schemes as they now appear. The Chronicle partly sees this ; and it next proceeds to advise the Government and the Houses of Parliament how to choose out of the present schemes. And here the Chronicle shows itself at once the undisguised advocate of the existing companies against the public. It protests against " putting in jeo pardy, without the strongest reason of public conveni ence, such enormous investments as are represented in the existing trunk accommodation." And therefore it broadly advises the aggrandisement of the existing com panies, and the discouragement of all new ones. Thus, the present Birmingham Derby, and York line is to be enabled to proceed to Edinburgh ; the Great Western to South Wales, and the Southampton to Guildford, or by a new line to Portsmouth ; but no direct York line, or direct Portsmouth line, or any other scheme which may place "in jeopardy existing investments." Now we say that this is arguing for some six or eight great compa nies against the public. And the duty of an independent public journalist is to take the other side. We have at present three or four " great monopolies." The Great Western Company prescribes the terms on which we may travel, as regards one quarter of England. The Southampton rules over the southern district, while, as for the whole of the midland and northern counties, they are absolutely inaccessible except through a great gateway in Euston-square. And this close system is daily becoming closer. Every month we are hearing of some new junction or " understanding" between some of thecompanies ; the object of all which junctions or companies is to rivet the chain only so much the tighter on the neck of the public. A very little more of this " understanding" would land us in a "central board," sitting permanently in London for the regulation of all fares and all rates of charge throughout England. The safety of the community requires that, as rapidly as possible, new outlets and new lines shall be opened. At present, there is actually no competition in this line of business. Nor need they talk of " putting in jeopardy their enormous investments." They are already making, in almost every case, far larger dividends than they originally promised the pro prietors. By the expedient of creating new shares and similar devices, some of them, the Grand Junction in particular, are at this moment paying their original shareholders nearly 20 per cent. on their first invest ments. We contend, therefore, in opposition to the Chronicle, that the interests of the public require that, with all convenient speed, two lines should be established in each direction. Without this, competition is a mere name. By this course, and only by this course, will the public obtain that practical security which they have in all other trades—namely, that if they are not well served in one shop, they can leave it and go to another. THE TIDES.—At the British Association for the Advancement of Science, the Astronomer Royal gave an account of the tidal observations on the coast of Ireland, which had been conducted during two months, from June to August, at twenty-two stations. The levels in Ireland having been well ascertained by the Ordnance survey, the results arrived at were more accurate than they could have otherwise been, as great facilities w e re th us afforded in ascertaining the levels of the tides. It was observed that along the southern coast from Dunmore, to the south-west extremity, there was no difference in the times of the diurnal tides. The diurnal tides along the western coast were also found to be simultaneous, but towards the north the time of high water became later, and at the north-eastern coast there was a difference of six hours ; it being high tide at one place when it was low tide at the other. From these circumstances it was inferred that the tide came in from the south-west, and that the current of water was impeded in passing through the narrower channel on the north-east. The most re markable place in the world as to tides is Courtown, on the south-eastern coast, for, in consequence of the ac tion of the two currents from the north and from the south-west, there is scarcely any observable tide on that coast. The time of high water at Kingstown, and at Ardglass, on opposite sides of the coast, was found to be the same. Another remarkable fact connected with the tides on the coast of Ireland is, when the tide is irregular on the east, by not rising so high as usual, it is irregular in the west exactly in the same proportion. It was found also that water on the north coast of Ire land is one foot higher than on the south. Mr. Airey stated the amount of elevation of the water due to the sun and to the moon, which varies at different places and times, and he laid down some algebraic formula by which the tides might be calculated. Mr. Scott Russell made a final report on the tides of the coast of Scotland, which noticed the correspondence of irregularities on that coast, in the same manner as they had been ob served on the coast of Ireland. Old father Thames was yesterday again the scene of much bustle and excitement, Mr. Barry, one of the clowns :at Astley's Theatre, having a second time an nounced that he would sail from Vauxhall to Westmin ster-bridge in a washing-tub drawn by four geese. To add to the attraction of this strange feat, it was stated that Mr. Carter, the " Lion King," would follow the clownin an open boat with one of his beautiful tigresses. In the latter respect, however, the spectators were dis appointed, for no tigress was to be seen. By an altera tion in the plan originally agreed upon thousands of per sons were decived. On account, it was said, of the tide, the clown sailed from the Red-house, Battersea, to Vaux hall-bridge, instead of from the latter to Westminster. The crowd was on this much greater than on the pre vious occasion. The whole distance from Westminster bridge to a spot opposite the Red-house was lined with people, while an immense number collected on the wharfs on the opposite shore. At five o'clock Mr. Barry em barked in his " frail vessel," the geese being regularly yoked to it in shafts, and thus he proceeded, driving " four in hand," amidst the laughter and cheers of innu merable water-parties preceding or following him, and the music of a large brass band playing " Rule Bri tannia," and " See the conquering Hero comes." Some mischievous fellows caused the buffoon some uneasiness by endeavouring to " foul" him and his geese, that is, to run against him with their boats, but his clownship was on the look out for such attacks, and escaped without injury. At Vauxhall he got into a common boat and rowed to Westminster, where the crowd, expecting to see him arrive with his tub and geese, gave vent to their displeasure in that kind of hissing vulgarly termed " goose," and Mr. Barry got into the theatre with all possible speed. BLACKHEATH FAlL—This fair was held yesterday. A large supply of stock was on the ground at an early hour, consisting of horses, cows, and pigs. Of the former there were but few goo d ones, which realised excellent prices. Some fine milch cows, with calves at their side, fetched from 151. to 161.105. e . ach. The show of pigs was co nsiderable, consisting of all sorts and sizes. About two hundred of very beautiful Berkshire porkers sold at high prices in the morning, but towards the end of the fair the dealers were glad to take about 4s. per stone. The inferior sorts went off at 3s. to 3s. Gd. per stone. The day being very fine much company attended, and, upon the whole, the sales were good and nearly all was disposed of. 2,631 Week ending Last week.