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~. ...... - 3 S T ' 6 Yr s : About on) 1 2 ... ve his re) 1 2 ;old, a nd s, ; 4lls m) 2 aided. 1 1 2 0 3 ° 0 cl f dr p eiteli ;id l er. )ffee ed ly trt r ° l bt4 6- A to 33 LY.,, ) fres' As . erfO i 06' lAb °6 i gtOlb lab °6 leAr . 0 0 i 149 6 , to 65 10 IP al r 051 too 51 1 1 to • 11 8 St 85 - II 16' , erg be er) safe! Hurl , for ef; THE WRIT OF ERROR. iIe9NNELL AND OTIIMIS TILE QUEEN. Ile opinions delivered yesterday by the Learned u•tidg% in th e H ouse of Lords give r i se to a var i ety of considerations, amongst which the following may be noticed as particularly important :- 1 . In the case of an appeal, or writ of error, is any Presumption to be made either in favour of, or against the legal validity of the judgment appealed from, or is not the proper judgment to be given as much open to be conside re d by the Court of Appeal upon Error, as by the uotirt below upon the original hearing? 2. It' in an indictment consisting, of counts A B C, where the verdict is guilty of all generally, and the c unt C is bad, a j u d gmen t th a t the defendants for the "fences aforesaid be fined and imprisoned cannot be re l'er,sed on a writ of error, upon theground that the judg tent would have been sufficient if confined expressly to count s A and B, and that a Court of Error must pre aurae that the Court below passed such judgment upon the good counts only—is there any mode of rebutting Bttell presumption and of bringing to the knowledge of the Court of Erro , r the feet that the Court below had, he r°re they gave such judgment, held upon motion in arrest of judgnient that the count was good ; and if not, h ° ll 7 can they act upon a presumption which cannot be r ebutted ? • 3 . Would it make any difference if the Court in pass ing sentence, should have actually commented upon the enormity of the offences charged in count C, and the g r eat danger in which the public would bo if such Offences should be allowed to go unpunished, and should t t hen have proceeded to pass the sentence upon the de nclant—therefore, for the offences of wh i ch you have been found gu ilt y you b e i mpr i sone d, & c . ? or cou ld suc h tungrnent, if i n wr i t i ng or pr i nt, b e j u di c i a ll y b roug h t o the knowledge of the Court of Error ? 4 . Would it make any difference if the writ of error Were brought on the judgment of a criminal Court, in hick the presiding judge had been a Peer of the realm, and it were admitted by that Peer in his place in Parlia °lent, that he had entirely, or in part, given the judg- Teent and passed the sentence upon the bad count ; or would the effect of the legal presumption now under discussion be such as to constrain him to adopt the pre tinnption th at h e h a d re j ecte d t h at count , w h en i n f act e had acted upon it ? .15. Suppose a j u d gment to h ave b een f oun d e d on t h e a d count s i n an E ng li s h C ourt, wou ld i t b e t h e d uty o f judgea Who had given such judgment to advise the th sir of L or d s t o p resume th a t th e y h a d no t founded e ir judgment on these counts ? • 6 . Would the same doctrine of presumption be made 14 the ease of a judgment of a Court of Quarter Sessions, °r .,any inferior Court of record ? p ‘• h a motion in arrest of judgment made before or t er the sentence is passed ? Is it a motion to the court to review its own judgment, given upon a bad ~,.e °llo t, or an application to the Court to abstain from Passing judgment for the offence charged in such count ? The following appears to be the form of the entry of an arrest of judgment in a civil case : " But because it appears to the Court that the declara tion • 0 ,„ ; is not suffi c i en t i n l aw f or th e plaintiff to have or isin..intttianig n his action against the defendant, therefore to give judgment upon the verdict aforesaid, it 1., t old to th e part i es b y t h e sa id C ourt , t h at t h ey go thereof without delay." i4; 9 ' Is the re not a l so a proper f orm o f en t ry i n a mi.. 0 di al case, w h ere t h e C ourt h o ld s t h e i n di ctment , or any tte of the counts, bad in law ? i q 1 1 ,. Is not th e f orm o f j u d gmen t g i v en by Lord H a l e , f n " Pleas of the Crown," vol. ii. pp. 394, 395, the ,‘.in which ought to be adopted in such case. He says, whee the prisoner excepts to the insuffieieny of the • . e Indictment, or the Court does it ex officio, the lentjudg is special, quod indictamentunz cb insufficixntiam c- lfeur, et quod the prisoner eat znde ad prcrsens sine die? ti oh ` • 18 not a motion in arrest of judgment an applica to the Court, calling on it to decide that no judg toent can be given upon the indictment, without regard or form of the judgment, whether on all the counts 0 11 , 1 3' on some? Is not the question on a writ of error et ner the j u d gme nt, i n the form actually given, can judsnatained ? If so, can cases on motions in arrest of al g i nent throw any light on the questions to be decided Writ s of error ? wh e t. If there i s a f o rm of e n try i n a cr i m i na l case , cootie the Court holds an indictment, or any count or th e , bad in la w , can a Court of Error pre su m e th a t C ourt below gave judgment only upon the good 11 ) 41 8, where there is no entry upon the record to show sid ep ule Court b e l ow , u p o n d ue cons id era ti on , ha ve con eoo,:u any of the counts insufficient in law ; but, on the Ili a "TY, have g i ven judgment that the d e f en d an t, f or I.?"ences aforesaid, be fined and imprisoned, &c. ti t) ". W ou l d i t make any d i fference as to the presump -14 to be made by the Court of Error, if the jury should ki s : actually found by their verdict, that as to the pre fends charged in the count C (the bad count), the de pe,kttg are guilty thereof, and such finding should ap reer,'„uPon the same record on which the Court below is th it i`Fd to have given judgment, or passed sentence, am • t he defendant, for his offences aforesaid, b e fined fi lid .l t npriso ne d, & c ., w i t h ou t say i ng anyt hi ng as to suc h 14 I ng upon the bad count ? t 23 ,• In the case o f th e Ki ng v . H o ll an d, 5 T erm R ep . it ,, R Lord Kenyon is reported to have said, 4, 11.1 r. Adam rai n 4e , cl that thre e things o ug ht to concur in e v ery cri b, al p r oceeding—first, that the party accused should tho Prised of the-charge he is to defend ; second, that bo ;loe u urt might know what judgmeat was to be pro ed according to law ; and thirdly, that posterity TliOo 4, 0 a, what /any is to be derived from the record. if thi s are general propositions, to which I assent." Now, 1ed,,.. from the record of the Court below as to the va • or 0 - ( : t u the count C, and whether it charges an offence 5, Coa rt ' the presumption of a Court of Error is that the jud,,, h a re judgment upon the good count only, and the ~,,se r nent be affirmed upon that presumption, how will "` - s ' . at . roy derive their knowledge of the law from the re tk'a of affirmance ? Will the record of affirmance by t Ze Court of Error specify the counts which are good and ' t iea,e which are bad, or will the judgment be general that e l J n o( l ,9;ment below be affirmed ? 41' 4 a the record of the Court of Queen's Bench in el se e no w stands, can Mr. D. O'Connell, or any one say for what offence he is now suffering imprison bett, nle,s it is fur all the offences uith which he has feu guilt}y the indictment, and of Is hich ho has foun by tbe jury 4tl ICREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. 44 visited these delightful Gardens last evening, he, t !ere highly gratified at the manner in which "oven s " B a ttl e Symphony" was performed N t the able direction of Mr. Godfrey. This noble ohl„„ o f music should be heard in the open air, in off er to live it s e ff ec t p ro p er l y a pp rec i a t e d. Th ese fists Were admirably brought out last evening. The Of the cannon, and the frequent discharges of Per e s of musketry, gave a rraisernblance to the fitv o ,, -r rilancz!, which must be wanting under less li .. amble circumstances. So perfect was the illu killa that we could almost fancy ourselves :in th e o f t a t t „ a heavy fight. The manner in w hi c h th e tre at "e Symphony' has been got up reflects the thet;est credit on Mr. G o df re y. A s l as t n i g ht was 1 11,4"iversary of the Fire of Lond on , th e py ro t ec h n i c 14 4 1 y. during the c on fl ag ration was o f a more th an P4 s , 3 brilliant character, in commemoration, we th. e " 41 °1 of the anniversary. Th e gar d ens were , as tx test ve been every night this season, crowded to - -es4 4 —LLD OF BARLEY SET ON FIRE.—On Wed -4441 3 ' forenoon, at a quarter past ten, as the first down the :I's passing through a cutting of about five feet in i 'tst' o - „ r 'sh of Rivenhall, half a mile from the Witham 1 3' 1 a spark from the engine set fire to a field of bar 41alt-,"ging to Mr. Upson. The barley was very ripe 4 c)t l' e ut, and a heavy crop both of straw and grain, k k e sS than seven quarters per acre. The flames passed 11' the than field with great rapidity, till they were stopped 4 atef: edge or bottom of the enclosure, which fortu tit was a distance of only eighteen rods. The quan „, o „ `iticli n 'slimed was about two acres, and .altogetlhesr,thiann -30/4the straw, the damage sustained is not es k "ex Herald. 4rik :-'I,IORT STORY, WIT A MORAL.—A young I t ich Bad form e d an a tt ac h men t f or a d aug h ter of a 4448i:4 f armer, and, after agreeing with his " bonnie t he went to the old fellow to ask consent, and daring 41 qs a c i ci er i t e t in i.e ° 4 11 Y, which was an awkward ono for Jonathan, meats away at a stick. The old man watched the t sll v t e o ln s of the knife, at the same time continued to s lit t , - Pea th e prospects of his future son-in-law, as he thi r ,``'sed, until - the stick dwindled down to nought He hat e st a ke as follows :—" You have fine property, you 11 114 Steady habits, good enough looking, but you can't kt,.„ l nY daughter 1 Had you made 'something, nold ' 1 441 what, of the stick you whittled away, you could to It - 4411 41 her ; as it is, you cannot. Your property will 37541",91e stick did, little by little, until all is gone, and ' 44l ilY reduced to want. I have read your true th, tha act ; l e r you have my answer." Jonathan conveyed h , i t, ll aPpy news to his anxious fair one, Who, after J,o tt the story, burst out'a crying, saying, " Why, a rnal fool you, why did'nt you say you'd made a 4 a e t f ° l ll' t , if nothing more ! Git out ! I'll marry the Nl7.4lee,rltoznthpaut p p e o r i . nts - his eye at mo—l will, so boo-o-o-o." IIiEMEN'S LAND.—At Hobart Town, Van !Pit z . tett. "_,'s Land, on the 29th of April, Mr. Gregson was 4 1,r, Il e ? 5, 0001. damages by the Supreme Court, against ,Qat.,,,• ° ° s on, both merchants of the colony, for falsely 'phegg the plaintiff by letter to the Governor, Sir r anklin, with perjury and forgery. Mr. Welsh, `,ol•WtY•General of the colony, was suspended by the i n the for fighting a duel with Mr. Macdowell, also 1 „7, [The ) manage these matters differently 'ith Here - an Attorney-General may 4t.4t, Perfect impunity, whilst conducting a solemn 4 ,,: f ead Prcl eentiori, chllenge the counsel for the to po i * c t lt to mortal combat, even in the presence ,mitiZh.. u urt., and whilst that counsel was engaged , t".4dress to the jury on the part of his clients . 'Loe sta te of although we bear much of the t -411 1 4 .3 ° of manners, no such license is permitted 1) -4 tio ti '" in this distant colony there is no State prose ' aAtt orney-General is at once suspended by the doing that for which the . Irish At . t . orue e y- , Olt Si r n i as lauded ilsy the Tory faction. It is I,,is'itair,""ha Franklin had not heard of Tom Smith's of his being allowed to continue in office, thinAl, 11813. inded his own Attorney-General.]—Dublin L i trig are in active progress for shuNieh it s a e `mnnaunication through B u ry, f r o m the at 'd Brandon line, at Thetford, to the Northern f: i a ' al tll , rti at Nelvport. ' This line will place Bury out sixty-five miles of London,:and be . shorter ilia° hr 7 ,1 , ; - i; •1 , , :ill l'" -(11' ' 64 "" 1 / 4 : prusiaeiais q 't'a uw)-itittiouut uilipcessAry delay, but not Ittabd.Ything connexion with it is fully and finally " IST °':.folli Chronicle. BURIAL IN TOWNS. (From the Leicester Chronicle.) " And who would lay His body in the city burial-place, To be thrown up again by some rude sexton, And yield its narrow hoire another tenant, Ere the moist flesh had mingled with the dust, Ere the tenacious hair had left the scalp, Exposed to insult lewd, and wantonness ? No, I will lay me in the village ground ; There are the dead respected."—H. K. WHITE. We should neglect the performance of a duty, were we not to continue unceasingly to point out the evils of urban interment, as one of the many causes of public ill health. SO much happiness or misery depends upon attention to such matters as those upon which we are about to treat, that it would be criminal not to enforce it upon the community continually and determinedly. Not only must a conviction of the great mischief accruing from the practice of burying the dead in the midst of the living, be created, but that conviction must be repeatedly appealed to, and the feelings of people thoroughly aroused in detestation thereof. Rich and poor should be alike made to see that their homes are not safe from the invasion of pestilential fever—that the bodies of their friends do not lie safe, sacred, and undisturbed in their graves—so long as the shocking custom of town burial continues in existence. There is no valid reason, either, why it should be practised. Early precedent, for one thing, is not to be cited in its favour. We find from Mr. Walker's volume on this subject (the " Gatherings from Graveyards"), that in the early ages of the Christian Church burial out of the city was an obligation upon all. Tiae bodies of the deceased friends of the Christians were placed in catacombs or cemeteries situated at a distance from hu man habitations. The plan of interment within churches was commenced, it seeess, by Constantine, whose example was followed in the case of other Emperors, and of the benefactors of the church. Afterwatds, it became still more general; yet, the Christian Emperors always cen sured the custom: Theodosius (A.D. 381) especially for bade it in his code. Early councils also interfered to pre vent the practice. It was condemned, too, in an ordi nance of the Archbishop of Toulouse, couched in terms the most forcible and convincing. In 1765 the Parliament of Paris made a decided stand against the system, which had caused almost universal complaints about its noxious effects. Indeed, the French people have all along shown a greater regard for the public health and more respect for the dead than we have, as a nation, despite the charges of irreligion and immorality which arc often urged against them. In the city of New York, too, a Board of Health reported upon this subject, in 1806, and a prohibition of interment within the city was afterwards formally determined upon. The report stated that the practice " ought to be prohibited. A vast mass of deca , ying animal matter, produced by the superstition of interring dead bodies near the churches, and which has been accumulating for a long lapse of time, is now deposited in many of the most populous parts of the city. It is impossible (pro ceeds the report) that such a quantity of these animal remains, even if placed at the greatest depth of inter ment commonly practised, should continue to be inoffen sive and safe." In the course of his work Mr. Walker has accumulated a mass of evidence to prove the dangerous nature of town burial, against which it would be utterly hopeless to appeal. It would be as foolish to deny the mischievous effects of the custom as to doubt the life-destroying pro perty of prussic acid. Is the human heart so callous to right feeling that men must wait until their own parents or relations are dragged from their graves, before they will think, act, and speak out on this question ? If only this will satisfy them, let them consult the grave-diggers. They could tell them tales that would " make their blood run cold ;" they could make fearful revelations about the mangled corpses of the friends of many a man who con soles himself that his once-loved parent or child reposes undistnrbedly in the grave. But we need not go to the grave-diggers for facts on this subject. We have heard of a parent seeing the mutilated remains of his own child knocked about in the earth, and we have been told by eye-witnesses of persons having been buried near their parents, when the dead bodies of those parents fell out of their coffins, dismembered, into the newly-opened grave : and these things, too, in Leicester churchyards. How often do the vaulted aisles of our churches ring with denunciations of the infidel, the sinner, the sectary, and the Papist; yet, from day to day, and from week to week, the ministers of God's Word are themselves vio hating its most solemn behests, are themselves counte nancing, aye, and profiting by, a practice which shocks all decent feeling, and which wounds the holiest ties of hu manity! Will the inhabitants of this large town remain for ever indifferent upon this question? Are considera tions of public health, morality, and religion so feeble among us, that no movement will ever be made to abo lish the practice? Is there no latent apprehension, either, among us, that whenever another dreadful visi tation, like that of the cholera, sweeps over the face of the country, our utter disregard of sanitary precautions will bring upon us a terrible retribution? We heartily commend this work to the approval of the public, as an able, unflinching, and powerful exposure of the numerous and varied evils of town interment. To it, as well as the energetic and public-spirited exertions of its author, the country is indebted for the rise of the movement upon this subject, and to the notice which the Poonlaw Commis sioners (through Mr. Chadwick) have since bestowed upon it, although, we are sorry to say, with an ungracious and un worthy disposition to overlook Mr. Walker's labours. For some time before the Supplement to the Sanitary Report (on " Interment in Towns") was printed, Mr. Walker had been making great personal exertions, by calling public meetings by publishing works, by addressing letters to the editors of the metropolitan press, and by being the cause, in a great measure, of the appointmant of a Committee of the House of Commons, to awaken the country to a sense of the mis chiefs attending the practice we are here alluding to. 'l'o him, therefore, belongs the merit of having enlightened and aroused the public mind on this subject, and not to the Go vernment, or its agent, who would in this, as in some other cases, deprive real worth of its due—if they could. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS. FROM TER MORNING PAPERS OP THIS DAT. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. TIMES.—As the division of the Bank of England into two departments first came into operation to day under the new Act, a description of the present arrangements of that establishment may 13-J gene rally interesting. The issue department is limited to the payment of gold for notes, notes for other notes, and notes for gold coin and bullion, and silver bullion. For the purpose of carrying on the business of this department the western end of the hall has been fitted up. This arrangement is, properly speaking, the only one that can be called a new one. The banking department, from which the issue depart ment is severed, is subdivided into two sections, one under the chief cashier, the other under the chief ac countant. The cashier section embraces the drawing office for private accounts, the drawing-office for public accounts, the Bask Post Bill-office and the Dividend Pay-office, while the Accountant's section comprises all the stock offices, both for dividend and transfer. The Accountant's office for Si. notes and upwards may be properly classed as belonging to the issue department. The Bank of England deserves commendation for the attention to public convenience which they have shown in one instance. We allude to their reten tion of a quantity of silver coin in their vaults for the benefit of the public,--including not only their customers, but any one who may ask for a quantity of change in silver. This coin is said to amount to nearly 150,0001., and is reserved by the Bank with out any legal compulsion under the new Act, and of course, entirely without profit. SUN.—The Funds closed firmer than they were about mid-day, though they did not reach the opening point of the morning. Consols were 98i- sellers for Money, and buyers for Account. Exchequer Bills were 755. to 735. premium. The Three per Cents. were 921 to Ex chequer Bills were worth 755. to 735. premium. The Spanish Securities left off much the same as they opened. Spanish Three per Cents. were 33i and the Five per Cents. 22i 1. Old Portuguese Stock was at 801. Chilian Deterred Bonds were at 50. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents. were 618 to The additional transactions have been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 25 ; Eastern Union, .11 ; Great Western, 66 ; Ditto, Fifths, 12i ; Croydon, 5 to 41 ; Lynn and Ely, 2-.1- ; Manchester and Leeds, 53 ; Ditto, Half, 214. Newcastle and Darlington, 25 ; South- Eastern, 5 ; Ditto, New, 81 ; York and North Midland, Scarborough Branch, 22 ; Ditto, Selby Scrip, 36 ; Paris and Orleans, 17 ; Ditto and Rouen, 174 ; and Rouen and Havre, 8 premium. Blackwall, 9-1 ; Brighton,ll, to 2 ; and Thames and Medway, 9i to discount. Aus tralasia Bank Shares were 9i premium. The following letters have been addressed to the agent for New Granada, to . which his Excellency has not deigned to reply:— " 18, Austin Friars, Aug. 14. " Sir,—The Committee of Spanish American bond holders beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the sth inst. " By a letter received from you by this Committee, dated Paris, July 22, 1843, it appeared that you had then under your charge the sum of 291,621 dollars, which had been from time to time remitted to England for the purpose of being applied to the payment of the interest on the portion of the Colombian Foreign Debt appertaining to New Granada, the same being derived from the portion of the Custom-house revenue appro priated by Congress to this purpose. "As this fund has of neces s ity rece i ve d some augmen tation during the intervening period, th e Committee are desirous of now being informed what the sum at this moment is in your custody. That this information should be withheld from the bondholders, the Com mittee :are persuaded you will, on consideration, see there can be no ground whatever. The money in question has been set apart by a decree of the Congress of New Granada specially for the payment of the bond - holdet:, it has been remitted to England for that pur pose; and that information should Ise withheld from the bond-holders of the amount thereof now in hand in London, is a circumstance for which the Committee could not have been prepared. The Committee earnestly request the favour of a distinct communication in answer to their inquiry for the information of the bondholders. —I have the honour, &c. " Id. Dl. Aloaquera, Esq." " 13, Austin Friars, Aug. 22. " Sir,—l am directed by the Committee of Spanish American bondholders to request the favour of an answer to their letter of the 14th inst. I have the i.,,n " M. M. Mosqucra." The Committee of Spaiiish American bondholders, from whom these letters emanated, ought not again to put themselves in correspondence with M. Mosquera. HAMBURGH MAIL. COBLENTZ, AUG. 19.—0 n the afternoon of the 16th there was a fall of snow• in the vicinity of Rhense, on the Rhine. CARLSRUIIE.—The Journal Vorwarts, published at Paris, is prohibited at Carlsruhe. DANTZIC, AUG. 24.—Quarter to Nine P.M. :—His Majesty the King has this moment arrived here. The city is brilliantly illuminated; all the bells are ring ing ; and the enthusiasm of the people is boundless. BRUNSWICK, AuG. 27.—An ordinance, dated the 22d instant, announces that the Duke has assumed the title of Highness (Holier°, instead of that of Serene Highness (Durchlancht), which he has hitherto borre. BERLIN AUGUST 26.—During the visit of the King to one of the Silesian Spaa, a circumstance is said, on good authority, to have taken place, which, to prevent misrepresentation, requires further communication. Among the number of persons who flocked from all quarters, and wh-) testified the most sincere loyalty and attachment to his Majesty, there appeared, it is said, a man in female attire, who attracted general attention by his gigantic stature, and took advan • tage of an opportunity to mix some shameful And disrespectful words with the general acclamations. He was arrested on the spot, and proved to be a cri minal from the House of Correction. On the 22d the documente respecting the treason able attempt of Tschech were laid before the tribunal to pass sentence. His counsel, M. Valentin, repre sents his client as insane, and on that account re quires his entire acquittal. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Ave 30. Bills. Money. Austrian S per Cents. Bank Shares 1630 .77. Anglo-Russian Loan 11 3 34 113 g Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate...." 1047 10% Inscription, Ist series ,— 105 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series _ 9S Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) ..... ...... ................ 90 93 1 98 — Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.............. 6J 59% Ditto 5 per Cent. ....... - Anglo-Danish Loin, 3 per ..... %Ss3i Spanish, New 5 pa Cent 5........... ......«......... 16% Polish Ronda OOOOOOOOOO New Tickets — PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—Bitato, Atio,29. Bills. Money St. Sehuld 5ch.,"3% per cent 1016 ILO% Prussian English 130nd4,1830, t per cent. Exchange on London Prussian State Gazette. Aug. 30 AUSTRIAN FU AUG. 24. Five per Cents. Metalliques,.. . 110% Four psr Cents. lOO Three per Cents Bank Shares ••- ..... .......... 1600 Allgenteine Zeitung, Aug. 27. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausszta, Atm. 30. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent , Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent lO2 Loan of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent.... Three per Thirty-seven Milli. ns, ditto 76% ......... 11 , 12% 184-4.•.- ....... •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 103% - Loan of City, 1843, Four per Cent. 102% Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent. Bank of Belgium, Five per Cent 61% Issue of 1841 —Brussels Papers, Aug. U. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3 1844. PILCHARD FISHERY. MOUNT'S BAY.—During the past week, the drift boats have taken nightly about a hogshead of fine pilchards. The seams have not been shot. ST. Ivss.—During the week six reins have shot, and have taken about 850 hogsheads of pilchards, which are landed and the nets taken up. Several other shoals have been seen from the hills, and f rom the quantity seen by the driving boats there is every appearance of a prosperous season. Some of the drift boats have brought in a number of very fine mackarel, which sold at 15s. per six score. ST. AGNES.—On Tuesday night, the " Towan" sean enclosed a large shoal, but the fish tore the net, and got off again. FERRAN PORTH.—lmmense quantities of pilchards have been seen off this place and St. Agnes, and, on Thursday, the 22d inst., the Farmers' sean shot, and drew safely on shore 500 hogshea is. On Monday last, there were three seans shot—the Union taking about 700 hogsheads, the Miners' about 500, and the Farmers' about 400. The greater part has been sold out fresh, at 2s. the basket, con taining nearly 300 fish. Should the present fine weather continue, there is every reason to hope for more catches, as the fish still continue in the bay.— West Briton. [ADVERTISEMENT.] THE MEDICAL PROFESSION RR=l QUIRE THIRTY MILLION POUNDS j PROM THE COUNTRY AS COMPENSA TION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In the Lancet of last Saturday, the 31st of August, at page 712, you will find a letter from one G. J. Perry, claiming compensation from Parliament to the tune of 30,000,0001., because Sir James Graham has not thought fit se far to interfere with the medical liberty of the subject as to put down the sale of patent medicines. This demand of Mr. Perry's is a pretty good proof of how the wind blows. How far it accords with what we are told by doctors, viz , that they have no interest in the matter, and that it is solely for the public good that they desire the suppression of patent medicines, we leave the public to decide. Mr. Perry cites, as a precedent for the claim, the 20,000,0001. paid to the proprietors of slaves. What a splendid analogy ! (Issued by Morison, Moat, and Co., of the British College of Health, New-road, London, for and on be half of the body of Hygeists, who contend that since all diseases proceed from one cause—viz., an impurity of the blood—they should be treated by the Vegetable Universal Medicine, which being a compound of in nocuous ingredients, can be used by all persons, with out the assistance of any doctor.) P.S. Doctors had better, on the meeting of Balla. ment, obtain a law to prevent people eating and drinking what they please without their advice. Loss OF VALUABLE HORSES. The steam-ship Queen of Scotland, Captain Cape, arrived on Wednes day, after a Tough voyage to and from Hamburgh. her cargo home included seventeen baskets plums and four teen head of cattle, three of which had to be slaughtered on board. Of the valuable cargo of horses which she took out, on Saturday week, we are sorry to state that she lost ten, in the severe storm of the following day, 120 miles from the Humber. Four belonged to Mr. Strauss, of Vienna, four to Mr. Bamberg, and two to Mr. Furstenberg. Mr. Strauss's loss included two very large aril valuable dark brows mares ; a bay mare with a long star, which was purchased at a high figure, and another splendid hunting mare. He has also two other horses remaining at Hamburgh, which were so much injured, as not to be able to travel for a month. Mr. Furstenberg's lot consisted of two fine bay mares, out of a lot of' eight, and the remainder will not be able leave Hamburgh for a fortnight. Mr. Bamberg, out of fourteen horses, besides losing four, had four others much mutilated and severely injured. We are assured that the whole of these heavy losses may be attributed to the overloading of the ship, to meet the wishes of the owners of the horses, who had repeatedly crossed the German Ocean with valuable studs. A delay of three or four days would have saved some hundreds of pounds. Of Mr. Strauss's lot of thirty-one, in the Queen of Scotland, on her passage to Hamburgh, not one cost leas than 100/., and for several 1501. and 1701. were paid.-- Hull Advertiser. TEE METROPOLITAN PARLIAMENTARY REVISION/A.' —We understand that Mr. T. J. Arnold has been sgrl pointed by Lord Denman the revising barrister of thei, lists of electors for the City of London, and has appointed' to hold his first Court in the Court of Common Piers. Guildhall, on Monday, the 16th inst. The . proceedims of the first day's silting will be occupied in receiving from the Secondaries the lists of the livery, and from the overseers the lists of the 101. householders. After Oda formal proceeding the discussion of the different Aims and objections will be proceeded with in the order which, at its earliest sitting, will, no doubt, be appointed by the Court. In the letter of appointment issued by Lord Denman, in his capacity of Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, the names of Mr. Lancelot Shadwell, son of the Vice Chancellor of England, and Mr. D. C. Moylan, are associated, and it is presumed that on* of those Learned Gentlemen will take the revision of the county of Middlesex, and the other that of the boroughs of Finsbury, Marylehone, and the Tower Hamlet". As yet, however, no definitive arrangement has been made. CHEAP RAILWAY TRAINS.—NORTII lJzciozc.—A writer in the Preston Chronicle says—" One of the nu merous proofs of Mismanagement urged by the Buihnoy Record against the North Union Company was the ab sence on that line of cheap trips. We have had, since the articles appeared, a cheap trip to Liverpool—thanks, not to the North Union Company, but to et small knot of teetotallers in the town—and far more persons wanted to go than could be accommodated. Of course on woeld say, the Company would take advantage of this feertag, and have another trip immediately. Nothing of the itbrt! Persons go by hundreds and thousands to Fleetwood and Blackpool, and they may continue to go there for any possible chance there is of the North Union Company favouring them with a trip to Liverpool," He is of opi nion the if d cheap train CO Liverpool were adver#4ol, in connexion with a cheap , steam excursion, for about three or four days, to Menu-bridge, Beaumaria, Canal von, and other enchanting spots in North Wales, 11w dreds would gladly embrace the of We think se too, Railway Record. EXTRAORDINARY RAILWAY TIIARUL:" -- SUMIIII morning being the last day for the cheep excursions t o Brighton and back, the terminus at London-hedge wee literally besieged by nearly 3,000 people, At seven o'clock, they commenced sending them Orin Wale. The first lot consisted of 700 people, who were conveyed in 25 carriages, propelled by three pgineaLimmetitstely after, another, consisting of 20 carriages, Con dpi and at eight o'clock, a monster train of 40 vantage% containing 1,000, left the terminus for Brighton, where they arrived in two hours. The latter train wag pro pelled by six powerful engines. The whole of them returned home by ten o'clock at night in two monster trains without encountering any accident. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SHERBORNEe—AbOUt eight o'clock on Wednesday night the extensive coach factory of Mr. llill, on Green-hill, was discovered to be in flames. In less than an hour the factory, with all its contents, was entirely consumed. The dwelling•house was next consumed, and a house on the opposite aide, tenanted by Mr. Bustard, a Wesley an minister, was very much damaged, as were also several tenements in the rear of the factory, belonging to poor families. A por tion of the furniture was removed to the houses opposite. —Sherborne Journal, MESMERISM. Last 'evening, the . Marquise St. Simon . Tecman gave another grand soiree mesmerique, at her resi dence in Baker-street. The company was very nu merous, and the experiments varied and striking. A paralytic patient (a lady) being apparently thrown into the condition called the mesmeric trance, by the manipulations of Madam Tecman, and being ascer tained to be insensible to every sign and sound, and to every object around or in contact with her, at a motion of the Marquise's hand from the opposide side of the room, rose from her chair without assistance and walked steadily towards the Marqui e, and then followed her about the room, although the patient was manifestly in a state of sleep or unconsciousness more profound than ordinary somnambulism. On being restored to the ordinary state, the lady stated that she was progressively recovering the use of the para lysed side. The Marquise herself was, in the course of the evening, subjected to the mesmeric influence, in which state she possesses, or is supposed to possess, the mysterious specialiti called " clairvoyance;" and, indeed, the revelations which she made to those who, last night, consulted her were surprising, and wholly inexplicable by any ascer tained laws of nature. To some she described mi nutely the condition of their own .health, and the seat, extent, and duration of disease, if any. To others she described the appearance, stature, age, health, and character of friends at a distance, respecting whom they put questions to her; and to one gentleman, of whose occupations and connections, friends or ene mies, she could not by possibility know anything, the Marquise (all the time in a profound sleep) de tailed, occurrences which happened to him in a distant country years ago, named the country, and accurately explained a train of painful sensations to which he is subject; and, to cr:.wn the whole, described to him the persons, at a distance, who at the moment occu pied his thoughts. To account for these things, and much more that were witnessed on this occasion, is impossible, but th e y seeme d to b e b eyon d t h e suspi cion of colluiion or deception. NEW ASSOCIATION OF SOLICITORS. Yesterday a meeting was holden at the Gray's-Inn Coffee-house, which had been called by the Solicitors in London, for the purpose of taking into considera tion the inroads that had been made upon the pro fession by recent legislative enactments, and to form an association for mutual protection. D. Willa, Esq., took the Chair. The meeting was not very fully attended. The CHAIRMAN explained the- object of calling together the members of the profession, which he did by reading a rather voluminous advertisement, and animadverting upon the different topics which it contained. The meeting, it appeared, had been the result of a private meeting which had been convened at the chambers of Mr. Clarke, solicitor. The Chair man said there already existed a Law Association — but besides that being liable to be considered as chiefly limited to the aristocracy of the profession, and that consequently young practitioners had not a proper standing, there was another reason for instituting another association—there was reason to believe that the Law Association had been rather remiss in guarding the interests of the profession. He said it might be thought by the public that the object of this meeting was selfish on the part of the profession, and he would at once admit such was the case ; and he contended that they had certain privileges conferred upon them by the Legislature, to qualify them for that which they had to undergo—severe examinations to be passed be sides the large price of stamps for articles, fees of ad mission, and annual licenses, by which they so largely contributed towards the revenue, and on these grounds he contended they had a right to protect their privileges. He was one of those who would always be a law reformer, and he was sure that every respecta ble member of the profession would go with him in that, and had the profession been consulted, that they would have given their support and advice in the promulgation of useful reform in the law ; but that which had been recently introduced, and which was called law reform, had not improved the profession, but, on the contrary, had detracted from it, by intro ducing men to practice who were without character. Ile thought it, therefore, right that they should watch the Acts in future brought in by men who were not practical lawyers themselves, and who never were qualified to be legislators. He drew a contrast be tween the Acts that were passed in former times, which could all be easily understood, and when a practitioner might have carried with him the number passed in one session in his pocket, with the present time, when the result of each session would nearly load a cart, and each Act realised the saying that " a coach and six might be driven through it." He alluded to the conduct of Lord Brougham, who, like many more, turned round upon the members of that branch of the profession by whose means he had at tained his elevated position, and who now wanted to bolster his fallen state by creating a reputation that he was the poor man's friend. But it ought to go forth that there were poor creditors, as well as poor debtors, that wanted protection at the hands of the law. He had known instances of oppression by imprisonment, but be had known many instances of men who had been kept in prison because they would not do justice to their creditors. Ile was desired, before he sat down, to state that the public had not yet made up their minds that Lord Brougham was right in his last Act of Parliament. Ile held in his hand 200 petitions for the repeal of that Act, abolishing imprisonment for debt for sums under 201., from towns, if not including the very part where Lord Brougham was domiciled— Kendal, Carlisle, and other towns. The petitions had been hurriedly got up, yet they enrolled 15,000 sig natures. Mr. GOODARD moved the first resolution, which was in purport that steps should be taken to prevent any one from practising , not duly qualified. He thought the profession al a right to that protection. At present there were practising, in England and Wales, 15,000 attorneys. They had contributed, in stamps for their articles, to the revenue, 1,500,0001• ; for their certificates, 100,0001. more, besides their annual licenses. Mr. LEWIS LINCOLN seconded the resolution, which was unanimously carried. Resolutions were then putand carried unanimously, forming an interim Committee to carry out the objects of the Association, and a num b er presen t en roll e d themselves as membe rs , th e annua l su b scr i pt i on b e i ng one guinea. A C CIDENT I N THE Q , about six A.- QUEEN'S EiSoN.—On Satur day evening, o'clock, the following singular b u t serious accident o c c urred heguoo to .s i l e g n e n n h tl p mn ri a in n n. nam Th ed e Jackson, an inmate of the who is a fine young man, about 7 -- I ....._rovz , it te imm„ bal oeais l t, ea i e y.ven in t, vi ,d o i M n lettnrtb.teje.contactapcicergreatest unfortunate gentlem an , gained, falling two or three en ' twenty-four years of a having raised the ball, it re wish another debtor, 4 1 e, was playinga game tratite" yards behind him, and near *revs his opponent stood, at the same moment • The latter than struck it, s s o o u n turning with tihtahe whnh h yi osi,nm face, es hl he II perceiving 01 . 7 1 4 * b out tr ,....te,o,vering it with his hands and ' -on of hey e3.e 8 00—rny eye's out !" The ~.... - blood oozing through his fingers, and to thei , w h e re he was attended er wee lyini Completely out of its socket on his , D ,,...„,.., a surgeon :._ th e the medical o ffi cer, and Mr. :::The: r b e e l ev i . n ee l t : t h n e p ic ad la te y le :n e togto floater, the o r e, af r er s r_ neighbourhood, who, having the sight to befres......,_tr' fi , 1 _I examioation,pronounced wax via to the se -- - fitli ...- Trk gestroyed. Every attention tbe ia irv al l a ase i s t ter to n R h a tt i ve l. prison con sa d c a boutku IK c a t G C s ) 'li the : departure, from yesieedior continued t o ex ": thzowgbout the night and pain. A somewhat similar the most excruciatin g ?h uts , Paddington terminus, o o n ff d se:e lou ral gfr o her Majesty i s n je g s re ty k 's t d r i e s: , the Ear l r t i ngu i t ,hea visitors, and e i ! . ,e carriages and four, from tihneel)rmeamdiunneiscsautipoonn (thustheir the Royal Hotel at SleugAh,mmtooodoge s o t f those personages who arrival at that station. 0 n o r r e s a e c b h a i e n k g . Slough) availed themselves of this losing not a moment's time on b s o n f d w C e o l u li n n t g e t s o s n Dela were the Earl of Liverpool warr, Sir Robert Peel, R Baron An thony Rothschild, Count Nesselrode, &c. The Duk e pro ceeded to the Castle from Slough islands o f Hoy and turned og l luoEnvdnreoedawd,Oxford, and two e f f rom Reanic, in a On Friday afternoon last, as M boat took in so much Robert Turnbull, merchant, Scallovvay, Mr. Standen, r. Le boat - men, were returning to Seall m ow i ' d ay sailing boat, and while about channel , between the .nt t o, h w e lo.ok for hMr. Turnbull and his unfortunate I mmediately on the boat one another, and seeing that , and d the danger was dib t i a sim W taa t gi r n w nefi a e o enl s i. m ted t , oe;snfifelflrwiaternhar.geensndtdfarnodme Standen, swam off a little COMpanions, who were clinging to aid from him was hopeless, as, being encumbered with he , uttering terrific cries of despair, b ut sacl feeling the weight of them seriouslyary coat and boots, elertiona to save himself, he was, therefo re, impeded his • strike out for the nearest land, which compelled to a was about a mile P I distant. To himself, however , the p os sibility of swim ming so far, encumbered as he as tog ether with th e 1 coldness of the water, the wind bein g st rong from th e north, appeared impracticable; but t heat moment when hope almost fled, to his inexpressible • oy a vessel was a fewj seen making towards him, and in minutes more a beat from her arrived, and took him • in , landing him shortly thereafter at Scalloway, much exhausted.— Perth Journal. 1 THE FIFTH FUSILIERS.—The sergeants of this corps, previous to leaving Dublin garriso n, presented a splendid silver cup, with a suitable inscri pt ion, to Colour sergeant G. Miller, on his leaving that r egiment, e in tes timony of the high estimation in which h e was held by them, for a period of twenty-two years and upwards.— Northern Whig. An inhabitant of St. Denis, wh o a was evidently insane, lately committed suicide instrange manner. He bad for some time employed himself i n endeavouring He i to imitate an egg in pasteboard. took thi s egg, filled it with gunpowder, placed it in his mouth, and then with a match which he bad got from his wife, as if to light a cigar, touched the powder, and with the explo sion blew bis brains ogt. - STATE OF THE ENGLISH NAVY. (PROM A NAVAL CORRESPONDENT.) DEVOINPO RT' AUG. 31.—A short time since we paid off our Mediterranean squadron, except one sail of the line, and reduced our navy in commission below that of France. We now see the inconvenience of this measure, and the dilemma in which it has placed us, for, while the two fleets remain as they are, we must only trust to French moderation ; and if we adopt effectual measures to restore equality between them, those measures will create alarm, and possibly provoke hostile feeling. This may account for the apparent apathy of Ministers on so important a point ; but still the interests and dignity of England r( quire her to resume tha maritime preponderance essential to her positions, and which should never have been abandoned. The following is a correct statement of our whole disposable force (line of battle ships only) in Europe : At Portsmouth there is no ship of the line full manned (unless we reckon Sir G. Seymour's flag ship, under orders for the Pacific); the Queen, 110, is slowly manning, and may be complete in a few months. At Plymouth there is no ship of the line except the Portsmouth flag-ship (St. Vincent, 120), sent there for the nonce, the Plymouth flag-ship being at Lisbon ; nor is there any other ship of war, except one steamer. At Sheerness and Chatham there is one line cf battle ship ; I know not if she is full manned. Of course, I do not count ordinary ships, as the Vic tory and San Joseph, which are not seaworthy. Also we hive the Formidable and Albion at Gib raltar, the Caledonia at Lisbon, and that is all. We are attempting to raise men for " general service," hut the whole would not man a frigate. If we com mission four or fire line of battle ships, there is no reason to think they would be less than eight months in manning. What an attitude for a country seek ing redress for an outraffe! '.Phis is not demand ing satisfaction, it is suing for it in brinli pauperis. SOUTH WALES COMMISSION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. the catalogue of grievances collected by Mr. Frankland Lewis and his brother Commission( rs, and published in their report, the following do not appear:— The multiplication of appeals as to the settlement of paupers, which are generally got up by interested attor neys and a few leading litigious persons in each parish. The amount of poor-rates squandered in this discredit able species of litigation has been enormous, and it is high time that an (rid should be pat to the system. The bad expenditure and misapplication of the Church, road, and other rates. It frequently happens that the parish officers and surveyors are allowed to continue in office for several years together, without any accounts being called for or rendered, the collection of the dif ferent rates going► on all the time. The difficulties which are experienced by prosecutors and witnesses in obtaining from the parties concerned in prosecutions, what has been allowed and received for them from the county treasurer for expenses, a portion being frequently withheld, and sometimes the whole, and legal redress is difficult to be obtained. The committing justices and the officers of the different courts should, before allowing such expenses, see that what is charged in the prosecution bills has actually been paid to the parties entitled to the same. The magistrates in quarter-sessions should ascertain that all assault and other fines payable in aid of the county rate, are actually banded over to the treasurer, and it is a duty incumbent on them to exercise judicious economy in county financial matters.—l am, Sir, &e., Aug. 31, 1844. SILURIUS. THE DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL. Perhaps there is not a single Member of Parliament who, in his place in St. Stephens's, has rendered more important services to the country, than Mr. Thomas Slingsby buncombe. At a time when opposition seems almost to have been absorbed by bland Minis terial influences, and when, at the close of a session remarkable for shabby legislation and broken pro mises, we find Lord John Russell complimenting the Tory Premier, Mr. Thomas buncombe, by his gallant and in.lependent bearing, his indefati gable exposure of abuses, and decided avowal of great principles, has not only atoned fur the short comings of those with whom he is sometimes com- Pe • lled to act, but has given an impulse to public opinion which cannot fail hereafter, when apathy and indifference have died away, to have the best results. In the session just past he has defeated the Masters' and Servants' WI, which would have made a breach of contract by an English labourer a worse offence than picking a pocket ; and exposed the fraud, forgery, and espionage of the Post-office--an act alone entitling him to the lasting gratitude of his countrymen. Nor can we forget how ably, in 1842, he resisted the abominable doctrine of the Home Se cretary that a constable was a proper judge of sedi tion—a doctrine which, had it prevailed, would have placed public meetings for the expression of opinion at the mercy of the police, as effectually as if direct powers were given to them to prevent altogether the exercise of one of our chief Constitutional privileges. And, concurrent with these efforts by which the Hon. Member has so signally distinguished himself, he has done more even than the press itself, to bring down upon Sir James Graham, the apostate Whig, and most insolent and heartless of Ministers, that public odium which his every act has so richly merited, and which must eventually, if there be any force in a universal popu'ar feeling, drive him from the power he has disgraced and abused. These are the obliga tions which we owe to Mr. Duncombe, and to him alone And whenever those who have identified them selves...with great principles—freedom of trade, more cotnty*nsive political franchises, equality and jus tice to Ireland—hare brought such questions to the test of Parliamentary discussion, Mr. Thomas bun combe has invariably supported hem by his vote, and not unfrequently by his manly and straightforward eloquence. With this estimate, theretbre, of Mr. Duncombe's public career, when we heard that it was the inten tion of his constituents to offer to him some public testimonial of their gratitude, we felt that it was our duty to co-operate. We have never sympathised with the mock delicacy which would prevent a pub lic servant accepting from the public an adequate recompense for h's services. Chatham, Fox, Grat tan, and O'Connell —names as eminent and patriotic as our history can record—never hesitated thus to derive additional powers of public usefulness from those whom they served ; and, to specify a humbler, yet a memorable instance, Harriet Martineau, who so nobly refused a pension from the Government, did not scruple to accept the voluntary tribute of her ad mirers and friends. 'ilre repeat, then, that we have no sympathy with the spurious delicacy which would reject an ack n o w l e d g m en t as h onoura bl e to those who e'er it as to him to whom it is offered. What the exact nature of Mr. Duncombe's testimonial may be, must depend, we presume, upon the amount of subscriptions collected. We observe that a highly respectable committee of gentlemen of the borough of Finsbury have already commenced operations. But as Mr. Duncombe's services have not been local, neither should the exertions to re quite them be local. We trust that in every city, town, and borough throughout the country, a similar committee will be formed, and that the central com mittee, in the metropolis, will put itself in communi cation with the provincial branches. There can be no doubt of the result, if the machinery be but com plete; and this is the end to which Mr. Duncombe's friends should direct immediate attention. The sub scription to the testimonial has already begun, and from what we have learned, is progressing most fa vourably in all quarters. We have given this pub licity to it in our columns in order that here and elsewhere, such measures may be adopted as to make the Duncombe testimonial a worthy exhibition of na tional feeling. —Liverpool Journal. EXTENSIVE SMUGGLING AT ROCIIPORD.—Some excitement was created in the usually quiet town of Roch tea in this county, on Thursday last, by the apprehen sion of William Lacell, late the contractor of her Ma esty's mail in that lace, and James (cojnmonly known by the name of Cad) Bishop, carrier, under warrants from the Commissioners of Customs, for having been concerned in the smuggling of a large quantity of tobacco, which was landed in the Broom Hills river, near that town, some time since, and con veyed by them to London. The detective officers from the Customs visited Rochford again on Friday, having warrants against several other individuals charged with being Concerned in the same transaction, but at present they have not made any other capture. Lacell and Bishop we axe infbrmed have rendered themselves liable to penalties to the amount of 10,000/, and as it is not likely they will be bailed out, they will await their trial in confinement. We understand that one of the parties has impeached, and that several respectable houses in London being implicated, proceedings have been taken against the proprietors.—Essex Hr, ald. VERDICT OF MANSLAUGHTER.—An inquest was held last evening at the Grange Inn, Carey-street, Lin coln's Inn-fields, before Mr. Higgs, on the body of James Brookes ' aged 45, who expired on Saturday i n Ki ng ' s College Hospital, from the effects of injuries received under the following circumstances:—lt appeared that on Saturday morning deceased was driving a cart laden with potatoes to Covent-garden market, when, upon reaching the middle of Great Queen-street, he was in the act of passing another cart, driven by Charles Dilla, a carman in the employ of Mr. Thompson, farmer, of Tottenham. Dilla crossed the road with hi s t eam , forc ing the horses in Brookes' cart upon the pavement. A collision taking place, deceased was crushed between the two wheels of carts. He was conveyed to King's College Hospital, where, in spite of all that could be done for him, he died. W. Watts, another carman in the employ of Mr. Thompson, and who was in company witk Dilla at the time of the accident, stated that de ceased endeavoured to pass them in Queen- street, when Dilla pulled his horses on one side, and a collision took place. He heard deceased call out, but could not say whether he was run over, or jammed between the wheels of the carts. Police-constable 150 F gave similar evi dence. The jury, after a long consultation, delivered a verdict of " Mans'aughter against Charles Dille," who was removed iu the custody of the police, and the wit nesses were bound over to prosecute. NORWICH AND BRANDON RAILWAY.—The ter minus for this line is now in course of erection, and the permanent rails have been laid as far as Carrow• road bridge.—Norfoih Chronicle. PAUPER LUNACY IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. ` r:-a.. The following " Report of the Committee ap pointed to inquire into the state of Pauper Lunatics in the county of Middlesex, and to report to the Court of Quarter Sessions the best means of pro viding for the complete and efficient accommodation of such lunatics," has just been printed for circulation amongst the county magistracy, &c. : " In obedience to the directions of the Court, your Committee have investigated the state of pauper lunatics in this county, and beg leave to state, that notwithstanding there were in September last in the asylum at Ilan well 858 patients belonging to parishes in the county, and 127 county patients, the existing accommodation was by no means equal to the num bers requiring admission, as at that period there were no less than 444 persons whom it was found impossible to receive ; of whom 204 were in licensed houses, fourteen residing with their friend s , four boarded out in lodgings, and 222 in workhouses, notwithstanding the 45th section of the Poor-law Amendment Act, which e:iacts, that No thing in this Act contained shall authorise the deten tion in any workhouse of any dangerous lunatic, in sane person, or idiot, for any longer period than four teen days ; and every person wilfully detaining in any workhouse any such lunatic, insane person, or idiot for more than fourteen days, shall be cleaned guilty of a misdemeanour.' Your Committee find that at the date of these returns such was the want of accommodation in the county for the insane poor, that some parishes were under the necessity of sending patients to an asy lum at Peckham; the county, and all private asyluies open fur the reception of the insane poor in Middle sex, being full. From the Ist of January to the end of March in the present year 40 cases were refused ad mission at the asylum, so that there is in reality little chance of recent cases gaining admission at Hanwell; and hence, not only is the cure of a patient much pro tracted, but his ultimate recovery rendered more doubtful ; the patient thus frequently becomes a per manent, instead of a casual charge upon the parish. This, indeed, the records of the Hanwell Asylum abundantly testify; where timely assistance has been afforded, a speedy cure has been frequently effected ; while, without such prompt attention, not only the patient, but his whole family, remain chargeable. " In making the above statements as to the want of existing accommodation, your Committee by no means wish to convey the impression that the afflict ing malady is increasing beyond the relative increase of population ; they only desire to impress upon the Court the fact that some hundreds of the insane poor are at this time deprived of the comfort and means of cure which the benevolence and liberality of the. county afford in the establishment at Hanwell. " Your Committee forbear enlarging on this branch of their inquiry, and would conclude by stating it as their deliberate opinion, that additional accommoda tion for the pauper lunatics of the county is abso lutely necessary, and should forthwith be provided. " In order to ascertain the best means of effecting this desirable object, your Committee requested the opinion of the visiting justices of the Hanwell Asylum, and beg to subjoin their reply, to the main features of which your Committee desire to express their cordial agreement. They therefore, in conclusion, trust that authority will at once be given by the Court to se cure land fur the intended building, in order that measures may be taken early in the ensuing year to provide for the complete and efficient accommodation of all the pauper lunatics of the county. " HENRY POWNALL, Chairman." REPLY OF THE VISITING JUSTICES OF THE HANWELL ASYLUM REFERRED TO IN THE ABOVE REPORT. " The question having been referred to the visiting justices as to how far it was practicable to afford ac commodation in the Asylum at Hanwell for all the pauper lunatics of the county, they beg to report that the present building contains very nearly a thousand patients, and that for the pnrpose of admitting this number the basement story was fitted up, which was not originally intended for patients, and in which it was not desirable that patients should have been placed, if it could have been avoided, without being subject to the far greater evils of remaining in workhouses and private asylums. In applying the basement to its present purpose, the visiting justices felt that they were meeting an exigency in the best way that they were able, without incurring any very great expense by additions to the present building. But experience has since taught that the appli cation of the basement story to sleeping apart ments for an increased number of patients presents some inconveniences, and that the desire to econo mise, and to afford pauper patients the benefit of superior comforts, and a more humane treatment, the whole establishment has become inconveniently large, so as to interfere with the proper subdivision and classification of the patients. So far, therefore, from there being accommodation for the remaining paupers of the county, it would be more desirable rather to relieve the present building from a portion of its numbers. "On consulting with the medical officers of the establishment, the visiting justices find that it would be unadvisable to add to the present Imilding, either by an additional story, or by additional wings. They think, and the visiting justices concur with them in opinion, that for the purpose of classification and pro per ventilation, another building should be erected in the immediate vicinity of the present, calculated to hold at least 500 patients. This would properly accommo date all the patients of the county, would enable the officers to separate the incurable and violent from the curable and convalescent, and to secure that perfect ventilation which is so necessary to bodily health. By a more complete separation of the peaceable and the convalescent, many advantages of medical impor tance would be gained ; and, besides this, if the two establishments were in the immediate neigh bourhood of one another, there would be the eco nomical advantages of being supplied with gas from the same works, of having a dock common to both, and an abundance of excellent water from the same springs ; and though it would be necessary to have additional medical and other officers and attend ants, they might be conveniently placed under the control of the governor, and subject to the direction of one visiting physician. "The visiting justices think that this plan would be preferable to building another asylum at a distance from the present. For laying out of consideration the above mentioned advantages, which would be gained by having two asylums near one another, the inconveniences would be great if they were at any considerable dis tance. It would seriously interfere with the proper classification of the patients, nor could the different parishes ascertain, without considerable trouble and expense, to which asylum a patient might require to be sent. Endless difficulties and mistakes might arise, all of which would be obviated by having two asylums in the immediate neighbourhood of one another. " The visiting justices beg to state in addition that they have reason to believe that a sufficient quantity of lands immediately adjoining the grounds of the asylum might be purchased at a fair price, well adapted to secure the advantages which the visiting justices have pointed out. " CHARLES AUGUSTUS TULK." RAILWAYS AND CANALS.—Mr. Laing, of the Board of Trade, stated in his evidence before the Select Com miltee, his opinion that as yet the average profit on rail- ways has not been higher than that on canals. In a subsequent part of his evidence, Mr. Laing said he did not think it probable that railway property would ever attain the same height of prosperity as some canals, unless Parliament should grant the former an immunity from competition. lle said be had known 1001. canal shares sold for 3,000 L, whereas the highest price for railway shares of the same amount bad been about 230/. —Railway Record. FRENCH EXPEDITION TO TUNIS.—The Fretich fleet which sailed for the coast of Tunis, to resist the Turkish fleet, had its labour for its pains, the Turkish fleet having never come nearer Tunis than Beyroat, its Syria, which is 600 or 700 miles distant. The Turkish fleet consists of one ship of 120 guns, three of 100, three of 74, a frigate of 60 guns, two of 44, and a brig of 20; total, seven line-of-battle ships, three frigates, and a brig, carrying 810 guns. MIDLAND RAI LWATS- EXTENSION se—The Directors of the MidlandßailwayCompany have issued a statement relative to the proposed extensions into Lincolnshire. A special meeting is to be held early in October, to take the subject into consideration.---Railway Record. • SUNDAY RAILWAY EXCURSION.—The oheap train to Brighton and back on Sunday consisted of 88 car riages. The arrangements were the same as last week, the Company sending off portions of the passengers as fast as they could be seated. At twenty minutes before nine o'clock 20 carriages arrived at Brighton; a quarter of an hour later, 24 more reached the terminus ; and two other lots of 23 and 21 carriages arrived af after the lapse of similar intervals, the whole being in Brighton before a qnarter to ten o'clock. Show IN THE DOG DAYS.--CODLENTZ,. AUG. 19. —On the afternoon of the 16th the tilitherineen. It i l . asa s a a ll lm of es s t n i o n w in the vicinity of Rhense, on . credible that snow should fall in the dog days, on the banks of the Rhine. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE KEEPER OF EXETER H ALL , WHILE BATHING.—On 1. Saturday Gordon, keeper morning, about of half-past Exeter o'cloc k, as I been ' Will iam lodging at Mr. Kirkhani's, oxe r e i i a h l t l in Edward-street, Brighton, for a change of air, was bathing in the sea, be was suddenly taken with a fit and fell in the water. lie was immediately assisted into the machine from which lie had been bathing., and was at tended by an assistant of Mr. Cordy Burrows, surgeon, but life was extinct. An inquest was held before Mr. F. H. Gell, coroner for Efrst Sussex, on Saturday even ing. Verdict, " Died of apoplexy." Deceased's wife was waiting on the beach when he was taken with the fit which ended in his death. THE FIRST EXCURSION TRAIN FR OM LONDON TO ExETER.—The Great Western Railway's first excursion train from London to Bath, Bristol, Taunton, and Exeter, left Paddington yesterday morning at seven o'clock, with nearly 5 00 passengers ; the fares, for the holvday travellers, having been reduced one-half. At Slough, Reading, and th e several stations along the line, the numbers were considerably increased, amounting in the aggregate to nearly 1,000 passengers. I EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE. c The neighbourhood of Henhain-psi k, the country scat of the Earl of Stradbroke, was thrown into a state of, 1 great excitement on Saturday morning last, Au7uiii3l, by the rumour being spread that his Lordship's -Lama: keeper, whose name was Easey, h a d d estroye d himself. 'Phis. report, on inquiry, was found to be but AOO true. About eleven o'clock on the morning of that:day the .. , il. 2 'i unfortunate man, it appeared, whose chant ter for quietness and general worth was high, left his sittage, , ''-' i a . ;.•.> which is situate on the Henharn-park est a t e , taking a 1 /ea' s k/ double-barrelled gun with him. He proceeded so riapot --- ; ‘ .I c.013. 1 v at the back of his house, where grow a q uan tit y o f lined' • ' rushes; and of these he managed in an ingeaious and most original manner to form the means of his death and fearful mutilation. From the relative positions in which the body and gun were fund, it would seem that he had fixed some of the rushes acro,'S the two triggers of his piece, and placed hi s l ust upon the end of those rushes in such a manner as to triable him, having put the end of the barrels in his mouth, to fire off the gun! The effect of this most extraerdinary and determined act of suicide was, of course, the imme diate death of the unhappy man. The whole of the head was shattered in a frightful manner, particularly the left side, which was blown completely away. The brain was found in a tolerably perfect condition, at a distance from the corpse. A inure resolute and horrible mode of sell-slaughter can scarcely ever, if ever, have recurred. As may be imagined, the circumstance has created greet excitement in the immcdia'e vicinity of the park, and indeed around th a t p ar t o f t h e country; and the varieus circumstances attending the melancholy act are sup h as to be well calculated to increase the pecular and painful interett of the ease. From the situation held by the de ceased he necessarily had the chief care and dirfetien of the Esrl of Stradhroke's game preserve s; and as the Noble Lord was expected to arrive on Saturday at Henham Park with his family, Eafey was anxious to have all duly prepared for his reception and . sporting amusement on Monday. H o w ever , f or s o me toe last the poachers have been active on the estate, and great quantities of the game have been destroyed and taken by them, including several of his Lordship's favourite breeding birds among numbers of pheasants that have fallen before these illegal sportsmen. The vexation and annoyance causcd to the deceased by these predatory acts have been very great.. Persons who had seen and conversed with him during the past week all remarked how unusually dull and depressed his manner was. It is imagined by his wife and those most intimate with him that this has been the cause of that state of mind which led to the commissien of the fatal deed, combined with the expectation of meeting his master so semi, and the fear excited that the Noble Earl would impute blame to hint for negligence of his duties in permitting ,the continuance of such robberies of his preserves. %ne ther such were really the origin of the suicide or not it is, of course, quite impossible now to decide ; but it would seem to afford a very probable and likely cease for the melancholy circumstance in the absence of any do mestic and private motive for the act. It is also stated that he was to have been a witness at the examination of some poachers, who will be brought before the magis- trates on Wednesday. These men he saw leave with game in their possession, he being afraid to attack them, they being four or five in number. This may have added to the troubled state of mind under which the un • fortunate man had evidently for some days laboured. It was expected that the inquest would be held yesterday (Monday). \ CAPTAIN WARNER AND TILE GOVERNMENT.---011 Saturday the correspondence which has taken place be tween Captain Warner and the Government, respecting his inventions, was printed by order of the House of Commons. The first letter was dated the sth of Octo ber, 1841, awl the last on the 9th of November, 1843. It appears that Captain Warner, who in 1841 complained that he had suffered ten years' delay, sus pense, and disappointment, demanded 200,0001 for his invisible shell, and 200,0001. for his " long range," and in graphic terms speaks of their destructive powdre on sea and land ; at the same time he states, that the dis appointments he has endured hare involved him in pecu niary embarrassments, alluding to the commands of the late King, that he should not leave the country, and the expectations he had formed that his inventions would have been accepted. In the first letter from Sir Robert Peel to Sir George Murray, the Right llon. Baronet re quests that great caution should be used in the negotia • tions, and declares the sum to be " exorbitant, at least large in amount," and refers to a letter shown him by Lord Ingestie, that 300,0001 would be no obstable from a foreign Power to secure the inventions. It would seem that in October last it was arranged that the " long range" invention should be tested. Captain Warner offered to procure 1,5004 and the Government consented to pay 5001. The farmer was, however, unable to raise his portion, and the negotiations were abruptly closed at the end of the month. The public are aware of the recent experiment, and the discussion which has occurred bathe House of Commons, which discussion is likely to be con tinued in consequence of the information which is now afforded by the Parliamentary document of the corre spondence, which contains a great many letters, and ex tends to seventy printed pages. Preparations have commenced at W'itley Court, the rent of Lord Ward, which the Queen Dowager rents, but nu precise Feriod has yet been named for the ar rival of her Majesty and suite from Bushy. Sir Roger and Lady Palmer, family, and suite, left London yesterday, by the Antwerp( n steam-packet, on a tour through Germany and Switzerland, and intend passing the winter in Italy. GRAND JUNCTION Pt AILWAT.--We are glad to learn that this Company have at last to far complied with the wants of the public as to intimate that they are about to make arrangements for putting second-class carriages on the line, so as to meet those of the Birming ham and London at Birmingham. This is an important alteration that ought long ago to have been enforced. Yesterday evening, between five and six o'clock, the body of a full-grown male child was found down the area of Mr. IVhittingham printer, Took's co ur t, Chan cery-lane. It was wrapp e d in a dirty coarse black apron, and appeared to have bean born alive. '1 he body was conveyed to the workhouse, where it awaits an inquest. THE HARVEST IN THE WEST OF IRELAND.— Every species of grain crop, through the whole western district of this county, with the exception of a row patches on poor ground and mountain fields, has fallen b. neath the sick. The farmers on every side, from here to Bandon, have been for the last fortnight cutting down, and the yield of wheat and oats, though net atundant, has been found to give a fair average crop. The wheat, generally, is good, clean and free from smut, &c., though the head is rather light, and the straw shot t. The oat crop has not been found so productive, and in many places, patches of that grain in the field have been left standing, while other parts have been cut down ; this may have beer. owing to bad tillage; but what with the quantityin this state, and the portion that has been laid by adverse wind and rain, the crop does not appear to be one that will repay the farmer. There are, of course, many exceptions, particularly on the farms of extensive landowners. From Bandon to Clonaleilty, Dunmanway, Rosscarbery, Skibbereen, &c., the same state of things appears ti exist, varying only with regard to certain localities, and modes of culture. But one remarkable feature that strikes the observer in passing through the west is, that that most useful process, draining, appears to have been adopted, for not a bit of ground, however small, stony or ill-conditioned, that has not been anbjectel or is in course of subjection to it. The farmers, ton, appear to understand it now, and those who tried it last year speak in high praise of its value, and regret their inability to apply it in its most perfect and imPros(ei form to certain portions of their ground reclaimable by no other method. The late potato crop promiies an abundant yield, and the - glorious sunshine that has con tinued for the last ten or twelve days is hailed as a happy harbinger, after the late rains, bringing promise of a bountiful supply of " the poor men's crop." Barley ap pears to have taken its final leave of the west, and to be as little known or cared for as intemperance ; indeed, it would appear that in proportion as the blessings and benign influence of teetotalism forced its onward marsh. and spread its all-conquering power over the land, so did Barley, like a beaten and retreating foe, cower before the victor, and ultimately left him in undisputed possee sion.—Cork Southern Reporter. ETON COLLEGE , AUG. 30.—Her Majesty having graciously expressed a desire that a week's holyday should be granted to the Eton boys, in commemoration of (lie birth of the infant Prince, the Provost has given this week, in addition to the present holydays. The school, therefore, will open for the collegers and lower oppidans on Saturday, the 21st of. September. SUDDEN DEATH.--Yesterday, about one o'clock, an awful instance of sudden death occarred in Upper John-street, Hoxton. The deceased, a man about - fifty years of age, was engaged in carrying coals to the house of lir. Smith (No. 14), when, after emptying a sack into the coal-cellar, Mrs. Smith observed to him that his nose was bleeding. He endeavoured to reply, but was rk e oe, where was a conveyedconeus unable, in consequence of the rap i d fl o w of blood both will to from his nose and mouth , and had just strength left to gain the door,' when he fell do wn and instantly expired. j immediatelyinques he be held. It a p pears b y th e statement of some fellow-workmen (wh o were un able h‘ S a n d ( j ust) eoitc recovered workhouse, h from a severe Illness, n a g n m d e tha tt his widow i s now confined to her bed with to givewitha his an attack of rheumatism, w i t h out any means ror of B lsl B ll g rt. rr FAlR.—This fair, which is considerably the largest for cattle throughout England, takes place on pbl beasts sy brought mottled with up tbi s bl ack year eacattle. is Wednesday next. Th e f ace of the whole of the pasture grounds for a mil e and more around the town is com orTehenunmnmerobeusr o t f ha W n e h ls as h been the case for the lust two years past, and the kine, on a general scale, appear extremely healthy and in good order. The Welsh drovers affirm that they have been very lucky this season, compared with what they were two years ago, their beasts having been more free from the fatal effects of the epidemic which carried off such numbers of them at that period. The number of buyers already arrived is pretty numerous, and there is a fair prospect of some business being done upon the occasion. Barnet, which, since the completion of the Birmingham line, has been almost deserted, is just now assuming a bustling appearance, and the various innkeepers, who have suffered so severely in consequence of the traffic to the north of England being thrown into a different channel, are now taking their annual benefit in good arrest, upon which they chiefly depend. It may be as well, by the way, to caution sell ers of stock to secure these curl!,thhte xt(l ' s of the same against the dexte rit y o pre e tirgered fraternity, who at Barnet fair arc always busy • in:pursuing their furtive avocations. We regret to learn that an attempt was made on Tuesday morning last, about fo ur o' clo c k, to set fire to an outhouse upon Woodland's Farm , Woodham Walter, in this county. The miscreant selectei for his diabolical purpose an outbuilding near the dwelting-house, but for tunately the extent of damage was very limited. liberal reward has been offered for the detection of the offender.—Essex Herald.