The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-30 00:00:00

Pr= l to - P °rl r°if . 0 ‘l6Ol 5 116 is rd 1p bog rey 1 0 r es. Of ieS a ro t i le olo 1 rs ij r :ei of e b ed 04 0 is 1°) Or 1 0 4 0. 1 .0 44, .•• Xl 5 ,~~ ilf .. P 6 0 4 1 6 0 0 1 ~• 10 6 56 01 1 ; 1 lid o d' ise s le 6 tai d Leh os ') 4610,°. Pet ,- esk 19 9 csli 0 6 Ili 0 It ' )rt: a fo f gbt for r 9•0 0 -0 nt at SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vubitt Opinion. " Who runs may read." PORDIGN. n 01 1 Monday evening, their Majesties the King and r_ n of the French received the Russian Charge d'Af c " - es, the Minister of Marine, the Governor of Mar - Vlietie, Colonel Le Vaillant, and Messrs. Boulay (du D eputies. Pages, and Lavielle, members of the Chamber of ekputies. The King, it is said, has relinquished his in tention of visiting England this year. All Europe (says the Paris Globe of Wednesday) is J u stly attentive to the political situation we are placed ha ve Most of the Ambassadors of the :several Powers te repaired this day to M. Guizot's residence, at Au- Jiii• Lord Cowley has had rather a brig conference " 1 9a the Minister of Foreign Affairs. - r ,uo Tuesday a gr and dinner was given, at the Opera c. 4 , o use, by th e N a tional Guard, to the officers of the the who have superintended the military instruction of ee several l eg i ons o f the capital. Various toasts were drunk to the succ ess of the army and squadron acting a gainst Morocco, and some not very kind allusions were b aade to England. The Moniteur states that, in addition to the 24,000 ti ss 2orish cava l ry at t h e a ff a i r of Isly, there was a force of i r antry estimated at more than 1 2 , 000, so that the F rench, who were not 9,000 in number, were surrounded bY more than 36,000 men. • , Marseilles journal says it is informed that Marsha l •utleaud has applied for a reinforcement of 4,000 men. Several public establishments and private houses in Ms were illuminated on the receipt of the news of the victory of Isly. At Marseilles a salvo of 21 guns "e a ! fired by order of the Commandant of the military 7 211 : 11.3 fessager gives also the following, which must h ave' arrived by telegraph :—" The Orkoque, which :IV Oran on the 21st, conveyed to Algiers the colours 7, l ,'Len at the battle of Isly. She left Algiers on the 23d, Zeonvey to Marseilles Colonel Foy, Aide-de-Camp of Marshal Soult. This officer arrived at Marseilles on the and set out immediately for Paris." it days Government steamer Fulton arrived at Havre i": 1 days ago with Rear-Admiral Lassusse on boar d. •,..a the even i ng t h e Admiral proceeded to Paris, and the Fulton left for Cherbourg. Orders have been given at Rochefort to prepare the Camille corvette, and the Pylado 20-gun brig, immedi ately for sea. , t urders were received at Toulon on the 23 d to fit out "te Ducouedic brig of war with all possible expedition. The Journal du Havre announces the arrival at that Lime of the Dowager Queen of Sardinia, and his Royal &less the Prince de Montbatt. Mr. Dyce Sombre Las arrived in Paris, having re laideed some days at Boulogne. first trial of M. Andrau's new locomotive power, by rens of compressed air, was made on Monday, on the ipeailles Railroad (left bank), in the presence of uteessrs. Bineau and Baude, Commissioners appointe d b y Government, of the engineers of the railroad, and a rat number of spectators. Although the locomotive there charged upon the low pressure system, because ~_ere was not a su ffi cient power to compress the air to a Neater extent, the experiment perfectly succeeded. In ii t 'Pending two or three atmospheres, the locomotive ran The of a league with great rapidity and regularity. I•ne trial is to be repeated in the course of the next a louth, 44 /rocordato and the other Greek Ministers have re • ed, and Coletti has been commissioned by the King 10 f o n a new Cabinet. -1 - be Russian frigate the Kamsehatka arrived o n the 2 1st D at Copenhagen, from St. Petersburgh, with the W ince de Hesse, who had left Russia after the death of ' W ife, the Grand Duchess Alexandra. • LAW AND POLICIA. • A young man of respectable connections named Georg e may, was examined at the Mansion - house , c har g ed with e uezzling several sums of money, the property of his at t oployers, Messrs. Melville, Wise, and Co., of Broad , old ' It appears that the prisoner , who i s but 22 y ears 4 . •had been living,far beyond his means, and that the runt .Qf which he had plundered his employ ers was ut 450/. He was remanded till Tuesday next. At Guildhall, John Thorogood, the Church-rate mar -41% was brought up in custody, charged with stealing 0 account books, the property of Messrs. Blackie a nd , . Zne publi s h ers , Glasgow. It appeared that he had been t hem for Blackie and Co., and had some claim on t relu in that capacity, of which claim the books in ques - IP furnished the evidence. The charge was dismissed , - ` l. • Thorogood released, and the books were restored to hi nl. • 4W.,m. Franklin, charged with stealing 751. from an i r Pig-dealer, was remanded until Wednesday. h, 0 410 elderly female, named Eliza Taylor , was co mmitted hf a l Queen-square, for stealing seven sovereigns and a 4 , l _,from Mr. Goodway, a builder, of Chelsea. "r• Quinton Ingram, a fashionably -dressed y oun g xan, residing with his mother, an independent lady, at 7 , Sloane-street, Knightsbridge, was placed at the -Fr, cha rge d w i t h at t em pting to pick the pocket of Mr. Plumber, a broker, living at No. 12, B rid g e-row, -(1r:e lle° • I t appeared that the complai nant had been er Ydrunk o ve r -night, and had met the ac cused, who ad mitted that seeing the state he was in , an d bein g sc uad the with him, he had had " a lark" with him. In heed e l - e Te Policeman was so convince d it was a lark that had at fi rst re f use d t o take the charge, which was d ▪ i s missed at„once by the Magistrate. At Marlborough-street, Alfred Walker, bug-destroyer, Who stands charged with having stolen between 4001. and tOoL, in money and some jewellery, from the residence Of the Earl of Harrowby, in. Grosvenor-square, was .brought before Mr. Hardwick, for re-examination. He was remanded till Saturday week. John Bowes, Esq., M.P., charged a man, who gave the name of Thomas Thwaitas, with having obtained -ta oney from him under false pretences. The. prisoner 1 14 - 4 gone to Mr. Bowes, and after relating a depl orable •' l4 les had represented himself to -be the son of one of the r • cm• Gentleman's constituents, and bad o btained from ~I r e 31. It turned out that he was an impostor. M r. ' ls owes, however, did not press for punishment, and the Prisoner was admonished and discharged. ' ,Two horse-dealers, named Ward , were cha r g ed, at 'earylebone with conspiring to defraud Mr. Angerstein 43f115 Z, by a false and fictitious warranty of horses. The • iumers had advertised certain horses for sa le, and had w arranted them to Mr. Angerstein, who ga v e them a c heque for 1151. The horses were examined immediately prisoners and found to be unsound a nd returned. removed them, and Mr. Angerstein had never 1 4 ea s n anything more either of the horses or the mone y . • , The prisoners had since attempted to sell the horses to a ' •lentiernan at Camberwell. They were committed. Eugene Vann, a stout labouring man, and Cornelius reetnan, a private of the Royal Sappers and Miners, ;re brought up in the custody of the police at the • . oolwich Police-court, charged with being concerned I n stealing 19 brass guns from the Royal Arsenal, the ProPerty of her Majesty the Queen. Vann, who was • kitaitt e d as Queen's evidence, stated that they were ern ' l °yed in the foundry in which unserviceable guns were Melted down, and had taken advantage of their situation to steal and melt down the guns in question. At Wandsworth Joseph and James Davis, two boys of the respective ages of seven and nine years, were brought "prom Mr. Clive by J. B. Why, the superintendent of the South-Western Railway, charged with throwing It 9 o es at the trains passing on the said line, to the im , - - einent danger of . the passengers. The younger pri %toner b e i ng u nder seven years of age was discharged ; • 1 " elder prisoner was . remanded till Saturday. It ap pea.r s that several of the Company's servants have been lAjured from stones thrown at the trains in the neigh , nourhood of Wandsworth. Mr. Clive, the presiding Magistrate at Hammersmith, h eld three men, named Ayres , Went worth, and C ook, to bail on a charge of assau ltin g a man named / 3 ratt, by ducking him in the Grand Junction Canal. 01/1111'---IPASIIION III37 A II . v e ~C is said that her Majesty will honour the Du ke of Norfolk with a visit in the course of two months. Apart , toents are already being fitted up for her reception; and ' Ivo understand that the state liveries are in progress. The Duke of Norfolk left Aruudel Castle for town on .t!onclay, The Duchess with the Ladies Mary and Ade- I za, and the Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey, and Lords Edward and Bernard Howard, remain at the c astle. The Marquis and Marchioness of Blandford h a ve sailed from Weymouth in the Wave cutter yacht. Count Neseelrode arrived at Ashburnham House on Thursday morning from Brighton, and subsequently, in IriPally with M. de Berg, Secretary to the Russia n E mbassy, and M. Maltioff, enjoyed a drive round the .„ W estern suburbs of the metropolis. The Count first Tithed the beautiful villa residence of the Duke of De ,V°l:ughire, at Chiswick, where he had an opportunity of • H:ePecting the pavilion erected by his Grace for the pur • , Pace of entertaining-the' Emperor of Russia in June last; 1 3 roctseding from thence to - the gardens of the Horticul- Attral society, which, it will be recollected, closely, adjoin 1.12 e Duke's domain. Here the party spent a consider , perio,i, and upon leaving drove to Sion House , the - residen ce , 31 ' 1 i ' his Grace the Duke of Northumberland ; • th ence„ the Co.'int proceeded to the Star and Garter , at 4 iellmond, where the party partook of lunch, and after C , sh ort interval returned to town, calling on the way at t he Botanical Gardens, Kew: se Earl and Countess of Lincoln and famil y ire at Present stayieg in the Isle of Wight. Sir Janes Graham is expected to arrive in town to , ItY *Om Netherby, The Right Hon. Baronet has en -1 • ' l° Yed excellent sport on the moors during his brief abe , , a enCe from his official duties. Sir•S Robert and Lady Sale are expected to arrive in L ondonderry• -i\ the week after next, on a visit to Mr. John Z.,,Ysart, one 'of whose sons, an officer in t h e East I n d ia uPepany'a service,. married a daughter of the &son ' leu 18 -ed pair. It is intended to invite Sir Robert Sale to public dinner during his stay in Derry. The Earl and Countess of Roden are at present stay -7014 his Lordship's seat Hyde Hall, Hertfordshire. The Vi scountess Powerseourt and her youthful family remain Thepresent with her Ladyship's noble parents.- ii „Earl and Countess Ot Wilton left Ryde early on ''KuLy morning, in his Lordship's yacht, the Xarifa, for Bristol, • . on arriving at.which port the Noble Earl and h is Abyss would proceed direct to Badminton, the seat of s e i re rrace the Duke of Beaufort, in order to join the vi e s t e tesembled to meet the Prince of Prussia. cu. _ aunt and Viecountess Jocelyn have arrived in Inn`street this morning from Broadlands, the seat of. ;Lord Palnierston, in Hampshire, where they have been "la Y in g for the last few days. • NeissozzaralgEOUS. ' ret "clay the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave s jae,ry hplendid entertainment to Sir Robert and Lady and 4Sturt, in the ggyptian Hall, at the Man lion elousel . 111 ,1 11 e annitl commemoration of Henry Purcell took Yesterday toping at WeDtsum . ster Abbey, and the • - , BOW•STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A rather decently dressed woman, who gave her name as Anne Cleary, was charged with knocking down an oil painting, the property of Mr. Samuel Hart, a picture dealer, in Great Wild-street. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner, yesterday afternoon, came deliberately up to his shop-window, and knocked down a picture of Faith, Hope, and Charity, that was hanging there. She did this without saying a word, and he told her to go away, and she did so, but came back a short time afterwards, and fastened a piece of paper on the picture, upon which was written, " Take this picture down." Mr. TWYFORD inquired if the figures in the picture were represented naked? Mr. Hart said the picture was a female and her little children, which were naked. The prisoner, in her defence, said the picture was an indelicate one. Mr. TWYFORD did not think she had a good taste. The prisoner again said that the picture had offended her sense of delicacy.. She would, _however, take no notice of such a thing in future. Mr. TWYFORD said that was a very good resolve, for if she took notice of such things she would have nothing else to do. Mr. Hart said if the prisoner would promise not to go near his shop again, he would not press the charge. The prisoner gave the required promise, and was dis charged. CLERKENWELL._(THIS DAY.) James Waller was charged with wounding John Mathews. It appeared from the evidence that on the evening of the 6th ult. the prisoner, prosecutor, and se veral other men of their trade (bricklayers) were drink ing together at a beer-shop in Compton-street, Clerken well.UMathews was standing outside the door in conver sation with a man named Doyle, when the prisoner came over, and in insulting language reproached the prosecutor with having done him an injury some time before ; the latter replied warmly, whereupon Waller seized him by the collar and threw him in the kennel, and kicked him whilst lying on the ground until he was insensible, when it was found that his right thigh bone had been fractured. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. UNION-HALL.—(THIS DAY.) Six young men in the garb of mechanics were charged with creating a disturbance in the Surrey Theatre. The defendants went into the gallery, and had not been there long before they commenced making such a noise as to interrupt the peformance, as•on the appear ance of each actor they called out, " Off, off." The policeman on duty in the theatre went up to try and prevent such an interruption ; and in his endeavours he was attacked by four of the parties, and very ill used, as also were some other persons who went to his assist ance. Mr. TRAILL inflicted fines of 40s. each on the chief aggressors, and made the others enter into their recog nisances to keep the peace. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) HAVERFORDWEST RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The South Wales Trial Stakes, of 3 sovs. each, with 15, added, two miles, were won in two heats . by Mr. Lucas's Retriever, 3 yrs, beating Mr. Bower's Picton, 4 yrs—Mr. Stokes's Rowena, aged—and Mr. Bristow's Pocket Venus, 5 yrs. The Scurry Stakes, of 2 sovs. each, and 15 added, one mile and a half, 7 Subs., were won in two heats by Mr. Henderson's Greedy Sam, aged, beating Mr. Lucas's St. David, 5 yrs—Mr. Morris's Darling, 5 yrs—Mr. Phillips's Grasshopper, 4 yrs—Mr. Llewellyn's Giraffe, aged— Mr. Bower's Picton, 4 yrs—and Mr. Lewis's Pole cat, aged. The Hurdle Stakes, of 5 soya. each, 2 ft, with 20 added, 3 Subs., were won in two heats by Mr. Llewellyn's Giraffe, aged, beating Mr. Griffiths's Confidence, 6 yrs, and Mr. Miller's Jenny Johes, aged. THURSDAY. The Haverfordwest Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, two miles, five subs., were won in two heats by Mr. Henderson's Greedy Sam, aged, beating Mr. Lucas's Retriever, 3 yrs, and Mr. Miller's Jenny Jones. The Sweepstakes of 2 soya. each, with 15 added, two miles, four subs., were won, in two heats, by Mr. Lewis's Polecat, aged, beating Mr. Lucas's St. David, 5 yrs, and Mr. Morris's Darling, 5 yrs. The Free Handicap of 2 sovs. each, and 20 added, one mile, six subs., was won, in two heats, by Mr. Stokes's Rowena, aged, Bst 121 b, beating Giraffe, lOst 51b, St. David, lOst 71b, and three others! TIVERTON RACES.--Tuunspa.Y. The Tiverton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 20 added. (14 Subs.) Mr. Scobell's Fox, 4 yrs Mr. Parr's Ninety-one, 3 yrs 2 Mr. J. Duntze nd Mimic, 6 yrs The Members' Plate of 50/., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 SOTS. each. Heats, twice round. Mr. Scobell's Fox, 4 yrs 0 0 1 Mr. Crofton's Cornopean, 4 yrs . Mr. Parr's Ninety- one, 3 yrs Mr. W. Ley's Fairy Oaks, aged 3 dr The Ladies' Plate of 201., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each (3 subs), twice round, was won in two heats by Mr. Wilkin's Ima, 6 yrs, beating Mr. Williams' Ely sium, 4 yrs, and Mr. Downe's Usurper, aged (bolted). The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs., with 15 added, were won in three heats by Mr. Ley's The Knight, aged, beating Icarus, Fair Penitent, and Spangle. TATTERS ALL'S—YESTERDAY. So determined a set was made against Ithuriel, that at one time it appeared " all up" with him. sto 1 was then laid to between four and five hundred pounds, and the takers, for a moment, were choked off ; 6 to I was then laid to upwards of 1001., but the layer refusing to go on, confidence was partially restored, and two or three other bets were booked at sto 1. Nothing less, we believe, was taken. The effect of this movement was to give most of the other favourites a lift, and more particularly Red Deer, Valerian, and Foig-a-ballagb ; the betting, however, irrespective of Ithuriel, was far from brisk. Closing prices : . ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure—taken & aft. offered 5 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken 7 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—take 15 to 2 8 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Bay Momus 10 to 1 agst Mr. Vane's Valerian—taken 10 to 1 agst Dawson's lot 11 to 1 agst Col. Anson's The Princess 11 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh 30 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Milton. TILE DEItIIT. 25 to I agat Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken & aft. offered 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger—taken. FLANDERS and HAMBURTGII MAIL (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, Ana. 27.—1 t is generally known at Ant werp that the number of Belgian sailors is not sufficient for our merchant service, and that our shipowners are almost always obliged to engage foreigners to complete their crews. In order to remedy this inconvenience and to procure for the country a number of sailors equal to its wants, it had been agreed between the departments of the Marine and of Justice to take in the depots of mendieity all the youths of good character and robust constitution, and put them, with the consent of their parents, on board Belgium ships as cabin boys for a term of eight years. Of course, the Government will choose only such lads as have not been condemned for theft or other serious offences. The Russian Government, in order to obviate in future accidents on the railroad, has constituted, at Berlin, a school for the special purpbse of giving instruction in the art of conducting locomotives. The number of pupils is fixed at 400. The annual payment to be made by each pupil is very moderate, and the course of instruction is completed in one year. FRONTIERS OF SERVIA, Ana. s.—lntelligence has just been received that Prince Masoevitz, formerly English Consul at Novi-Bazar, has been assassinated by the Turks about two miles from the Servian frontier, on the road to Mokro Gora. His attendant, a Christian from Herzegwina, escaped. The family of the murdered Prince has lived for some years in Belgrade, in a 'very retired manner, and is universally respected. WARSAW, Aro. 21.—8 y an Imperial rescript just published, the inhabitants of Poland, of both sexes, are not to have passports for foreign countries till they are full twenty-five years of age. The exceptions are mer chants, their agents, carriers'. children accompanying their patents or tutors, and, wives travelling with their husbands. Sons, however, from the age of ten to eighteen, are not to be taken abroad without a spe cial permission, for which application must be made to the Governor, and which is not to be granted except for important reasons. 'All persons, except those who are sent abroad by the Government, and some others, must pay for their passports. AUSTRIAN FUNDIIO—VISSSs, AUsh. 21. Five per Cents. 1101 Four par 0000000 000000 100 Threeper 000000 76 Bank Shares .• 0000000000 •••••• 11101 cfllgemeine-Zeitung. Aug. 95. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE. Ave 27. Bills. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank Shares.... —.... Anglo-Russian 'Loan 113% 1133. Russian 5 per Cent., Ist series, Certificate." 104% 1114% Inscription; Ist ser ies 105 Russian a per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series its • .. r o o • •••••••••011 40, •.. Ditto in Certificates New 4 per Cent. (1840) OOOOOOOOO Nooo 90 90 Dutch Actual Debt, 2)4 per Cent ...... 59% W% Ditto 5 per Cent. - Anglo-Danish Lean, 3 per Spanish. New per Cents Polish Bonds. .......... ....•... ......... , Noi l W TraBtl l .• r. ......... t.ww“.sse service, as usual, drew together a vast number of musical people, who seldom have any opportunity of hearing the great English master under circumstances so honourable to his genius. The foundation-stone of the monument to be erected ' on Pensher-hill, in the county of Durham, to the memory of the late Earl of Durham, was laid, on Wednesday, with masonic honours, amidst an immense concourse of spectators, assembled from all parts of the adjoining district. From recent returns, it appears that the average num ber of eprisoners in the Millbank prison, which has been converted into a depot for all persons under sentence of transportation, amounts to 741. This morning, shortly before two o'clock, a most de structive fire broke out in the extensive buildings be longing to the Dover and Brighton Railways, at their joint station, New-cross, which destroyed a long range of sheds and several carriages. At an inquest held before Mr. Carter, several of the parties who had been summoned to appear before him as jurymen were very late in their attendance, or failed altogether to serve or account for their absence. The Coroner told the constable that the law was now in operation, and he should most certainly avail himself of the power placed in his :hands, of fining the absentees 40s. if the persons summoned on a jury failed to appear. THE SUN, LONDON, FRID GRAVESEND POLICE. AUG. 25.—Samuel Rowe and George Reid, servants of the Star Steam-packet Company, appeared before the bench of Magistrates at the Justice-room, Graves end (present L. P.! Staff, Esq., Mayor R. Oakes, C. Spencer, R. P. Cruden, E. Tickner, and J. Smith, Esqs.), to answer certain ,complaints made by officers appointed by the Commissioners of Lamps and Pave ments, under their Act for the prevention of nuisances and annoyances. The charges in the summonses were for standing within the doorway of the Star Company's offices delivering bills, and directing the passers-by to the Terrace-pier and Star boats. There were five offences charged against Rowe, and one against Reid. The Justice-room was densely crowded, and among the number present were the major part of the Directors of the Star Company, two of whom, Messrs. Cruden and Tickner, were on the bench as Ma g istrates of the borough. Mr. South gate attended as solicitor on the part of the com plainants, Mr. Matthews as solicitor for the defen dants. Samuel Rowe having been called, Mr. Cruden, addressing his brother Magistrates, said—Mr. Mayor, before this case is called on, I wish to address a few observations to my brethren on the bench. Situated as I am (Chairman of the Star Company), I have come to the conclusion not to ad judicate upon the subject of the complaints now about to be brought before you; my observations, there fore, will be directed to the general character of these proceedings. These cases, like the preceding ones, have arisen from the reduction of the steam-boat fares, and the competition of the piers. The reduction of fares by the Diamond Company was necessarily followed by a similar reduction in the packets of other companies. The Diamond Company took passengers from the Town-pier for 9d. each, and in their advertisements engaged to carry passengers to London, calling at Blackwell, but not informing them that an extra charge would be made for their journey by the railway to London. Not so the Star Company; their announcements were, that the fare throughout, by boat and rail, to London, was 9d. also. It be came an act of justice to the public, to inform them of the deception attempted to be practised upon them by the Diamond Company, who are under the pro tection of the Corporation. The Town-pier is made subservient to that Company ; even the pier bell is in their keeping. (Upon some observation being made by Mr.:Oakes), Mr. Cruden observed—Mr. Mayor, Reasonable argument I can respect, but I cannot, and will not, endure rude interruption. Mr. Oakes is perfectly welcome to enjoy his pleasure and amuse himself, but not by playing a running bass to my treble. I feel that I am only doing . my duty to the borough, and to the `public at large, in entering upon the subject. Another of the delusions practised by the Diamond Company, was the announcement on the Corporation boards, at the Town-pier, that the " Ruby," their crack boat (and I am very happy to bear my testimony to the high character of that boat), would leave the pier at a certain hour, when, in fact, that vessel was not at Gravesend, and even when she was off the station for repair, an old discarded boat is substituted, and the passage is consequently a very long one ; the deception practised is a most unworthy and often repeated expedient, yet the Corporation never interfere to protect the public. The defendants are summoned for attempting to counteract these frequent delusions as to the fares, and for giving the useful and necessary information that the boats from the Terrace.pier do, as their an nouncements express, convey the public without the possibility of extra charge from Gravesend to London by the route of the railway. For this offence these persons have been and are now again brought here, and the summonses, being multiplied in the way we now observe, appear to me to savour much of perse cution. I feel, therefore, that I am acting rightly, even at this eleventh hour, in interposing to make a proposition to the Bench. The defendants complain that the decision of this Bench is not likely to be guided by that justice they ought to receive and have a right to demand. On former occasions, of a like nature, evidence has been extorted from the witnesses against the defendants by leading questions put to them most unfairly from the Bench. Now these witnesses, being your officers or servants, street keepers, or what you like to call them, ought to be permitted to act without intimidation, and without these efforts, at least from the Bench, to elicit testi mony adverse to the defendants, and from which they (the defendants) are led to question the impartiality of the Bench. The defendants have previously re quested that their alleged offences might be ad judicated by the county Magistrates; the applica tion was refused upon the plea that one of the county Magistrates was an interested party, being a Direc tor of the Star Company. Is Rochester justice to be measured by the Gravesend standard? My brother Magistrates have moreover upon former occasions hesitated to adjudicate upon similar charges that had been preferred, from an apprehension of the pecuniary liability they might entail by the expenses of sustain ing the convictions upon appeal. But a public body is set in motion—the Commissioners of Pavements came most opportunely to their aid with the public purse. And I must be allowed to say, without for one moment being supposed to question the integrity of Mr. Southgate, that it does seem a little odd that the secretary of the Diamond Company should be found here as the solicitor of the Commissioners pro secuting the present defendants. I have my doubts as to the legality of the decisions in the previous cases. The defendants, I contend, have committed no illegal offence ; for, if so, by a parity of reasoning, every shopkeeper who, within his own doors, announces his goods for sale, is offending. And the plea that the in timation given by the defendants caused a crowd to assemble on the footpath is untenable ; for, in this case every picture or carricature shop in London, or pre mises making a display: of goods for sale, create the same inconvenience, and yet we hear of no prosecution in such cases. One of the very Commissioners, pro secutors now; is equally an offender by placing him self upon the pavement in front of the door of the Star office, and byoccupying the footpath compelling passers by to turn into the road. Under all the circumstances, of the case, with the well known fact that all the inhabitants of Gravesend are more or less biassed as regards the two piers, or the two great Steam-packet Companies (and if Mr. Oakes and Mr. Spencer are not influenced by such bias, I will venture to assert that they are the only persons in the town exempt from it), I feel it my duty to recommend that the summonses be withdrawn, and that the cases may be taken before the county Magistrates, with whose decision, adverse or favourable, the defendants would be satisfied; and as a further reason for sug gesting this course I may state that negotiations be tween the Diamond and Blackwell Railway Directors are in progress, by which probably an end may be put to the existing competition and consequently to the practices complained of. Mr. Matthews, the solicitor to the Star Company, then made a formal application to the bench to permit the five informations against Rowe, and the one against Reid, to be adjudicated by another tribunal. Mr. Southgate, for the complainants, said he should claim the right to oppose such a measure even if the Magistrates expressed a willingness to accede to the application. Mr. Matthews, in continuation, observed that the grounds of his application involved a question of revenue to the two piers and the two Steam-boat Companies. The Magistrates on .the bench were directly or in directly interested. The Mayor' is a Commissioner, of Lamps and Pavements and - principa l p rosecutor:" Messrs. Oakes and Spencer are bondholderS on the Town-pier, and as such are interested in a pecuniary manner by the exertions of the defendants tending to promote the success of the rival pier. When the tide of public favour set towards the Town Pier, no officers appeared, no complaints were made; but when the public were informed that the passengers by the Diamond Company's boats had to pay the rail in addi tion to the advertised fare, disgusted with the de ception practised upon thorn, they sought the Terrace pier boats, because they were cheap, and their arrangements were carried out with good faith. The giving the public this information, which they re quired and ought to receive,, is the offence with which his clients were charged. They contend that the subject of complaint was not an offence in law, yet if, after a proper consideration and adjudication, they were con sidered guilty, they would bow to the decision and abate the practice ; but such proper consideration could not be given by Magistrates who were inter ested. He could not conceive it possible to obtain justice under such circumstances. There was another ground upon which he rested his application for hav ing the cases heard before another tribunal, whiCh necessarily compelled him to state, that upon a recent conviction in ^a similar case, which he attended to defend, the Mayor and Mr. Oakes acted in a manner in their magisterial capacity with which he did then and must again express himself greatly dissatisfied. After the examination in chief of the witnesses for the complainants, and without waiting for the cross examination, these Magistrates chose to interfere with leading questions in a most objectionable man ner, by which answers to the prejudice of the de fendants were obtained. Their self-interest would, he trusted, lead the Bench to consider the delidacy of their situation, and allow the cases to be heard before the county Magistrates. They had the undoubted power to do so if they thought fit. In answer to an observation from Mr. Southgate, Mr. Matthews said that he did not doubt the le gality of the Mayor, being a Commissioner, sitting to adjudicate. Mr. Southgate said that he had never adverted to the circumstance whence had arisen the nuisance complained of. The offences charged against the de fendants were an evasion, of' the statute, as the Com missioners had been advised by counsel. He had merely to prove that the acts complained of were com mitted by the defendants, not whether they arose from steam-boats or rail, and that they were offences against the law. For the judgment and integrity of the:llench he had the highest opinion, and he never could believe that any Magiitrate would convict from interested motives; he should, therefore, op- pose the application for the dismissal of the sum- monses. Mr. Oakes—Mr. Matthews seems to complain of the pertinacity of persons seeking convictions against servants of the Star CJmpany. Let them refrain from continuing the annoyance, and - the prosecutions would cease. Mr. Matthews—But my clients say, , that handing a bill and giving useful information is not an an- noyance. Mr. Oakes--I can see no reason to grant the ap plication. I, for one, will certainly adjudicate, and enforce the penalties. The Mayor and Mr. Spencer agreed with Mr. Oakes. _ _ Mr. Tickner and Mr. Smith concurred with Mr. Cruden fa the opinion that the matter should be referred to the county Magistrates. Mr. Matthews said that, as the Bench were equally divided in opinion, and as Mr. Oakes and Mr. Spencer were determined to act, he should leave them to do as they thought proper, and would merely request the Magistrates' clerk to receive notice of appeal, in the event of convictions, in the same manner as before. Mr. Southgate said, acting for a public body, he could be no party to anything but the usual leegal course, that of paying the penalty on entering the appeal. Mr. Matthews said that was the first time he had heard of calling for the penalty, when notice of appeal had been given ; it was too mach to expect that penalties to a large amount should be enforced, which might lead to incarceration for a lengthened period in the event of convictions. What use would there be to enter an appeal which the law gave four months to effect, during which the - applicant might suffer his whole term of three months' imprisonment, in default of payment of the penalty. . . Mr. Oakes said that he should certainly order the penalties to be enforced. Messrs. Cruden, Tickner, and Smith hereupon' left the bench, and Mr. Matthews again requested lir. Pearson to take notice of appeal in each case where a conviction might ensue, and to take a note that three Magistrates had desired to refer the case to the county Magistrates, by whose decision, he again repeated, his clients were willing finally to abide; and then ob served that he should, without meaning any disrespect to the Bench, retire, leaving, however, a gentleman to take notes of the proceedings ; and thus give the re maining Justices free scope to exercise their judgment on the cases, unrestrained by the presence of himself or his clients. . Mr. Matthews then desired Reid and Rowe to leave the Court, upon which Mr. Oakes, manifestly mortified at this, apparent contempt Of his high authority, inquired, in an under tone, of the clerk: if they could not detain the defendants, to which Mr. Pearson replied that it was only a summons. Mr. Matthews and his clients then left the Court, which was almost immediately deserted by all but Messrs. Oakes and Spencer, Messrs. Southgate and Pearson, the police, and reporters. One of the cases against Samuel Rowe was then proceeded with. J. Adams being sworn stated, he was a street keeper under the Commissioners of Lamps and Pave ments ; he was on duty at the bottom of High-street, near the Star -office, about a quarter before one o'clock in the day of Sunday, the 18th instant. Saw the defendant standing within the doorway of the Star office in High-street. Heard him call to persons passing and repassing, " Turn to the right, ladies and flying 'Meteor'—sixpence g e e n n h tle i m nc e l n u ; di t n h g is the W. Cove, also a streetkeeper, corroborated the evi dence of the previous witness, and deposed to . the way ay ra t i o iw th a e y: defendant delivering Star bills to the passers-by, stating the times of the departure of the boats from the Terrace-pier. A bill produced he saw given to a person from whom he received it. The Bench unhesitatingly considered the case proved, and ordered the defendant to pay a penalty of forty shillings, including costs, or twenty-one days' imprisonment in default. • Four other charges of a similar nature were then heard against the defendant Rowe, and a penalty in each case of forty shillings, including costs, inflicted, or twenty-one days' imprisonment for each separate offence. George Reid, another servant of the Star Com pany, was charged by Adams, the street-keeper, with creating a nuisance in East-street on the 20th inst. The complainant deposed to the defendant sitting within the window of the Star-office, looking into East-street, about twenty minutes before seven o'clock on the evening of the 20th inst., delivering bills, and directing people to the Terrace-pier, say ing, " Straight on, ladies and gentlemen, to the railway boat : only sixpence each. This was corroborated by the witness Cove, and the defendant was convicted in the penalty of 405., including costs, or 21 days' imprisonment. Mr. Southgate applied for immediate warrants of distress against the goods and, chattels of the defend ants Rowe and Reid, which were granted, to be levied mmediately after the application for the penalties in the event of their not being paid. To render the above account of proceedings at Graves end more intelligible, we append the following obser vations :—The resort of visitors to that town, at tracted by the facilities of steam navigation, and the cheapness of the fares, has reached the enormous extent of an average of more than 12,000 persons passing and repassing daily during the present season. The principal packets are those of the Diamond and. Star Companies, between which bodies a most active rivalry has always subsisted, but it is kept up with increased energy under present circumstances. There are also two rival piers at Gravesend—the Town-pier and Terrace-pier. The former is the senior, and being situated at the old part of the town, receives the greater support from the shopkeepers, who are jealous of the increasing importance and attractions of Milton. The Diamond boats use the Town-pier; the Star's the Terrace-pier, which leads to the new town. The Directors of the Blackwall Railway being de sirous of inducing a greater resort of packets to that station, at the commencement of this (as of the last) season offered a preference to such packets as resorted thither exclusively (that is, without any intercourse with the piers above Blackwall), by allowing them the privilege of remaining alongside the Bruns wick-wharf for half an hour, thus giving them the chance of p assenge rs by two trains. The Star Company closed with this office, which was re ; jected by the Diamond; hence the "tug of war. Angry at the consummation of this agreement, the Diamonds reduced the fares ; the Star and other Companies necessarily followed, and an arrangement was entered into by which the public with one pay ment could avail th emse l ves o f th e p ass age by boat or rail, or vice versa, between Gravesend and London. From participating in the benefits of this arrangement the Diamond Company have excluded themselves. The Star Company, to sustain themselves in the con flict, placed their servants a t th e d oors o f their office, which is near the Town-pier at Gravesend, to hand bills announcing the hours when their packets leave the Terrace-pier, and to inform the public of the superior advantages by the saving of time and money offered by the Bl ac k wa ll R a il wa y r o ute, the Star packets conveying their passengers (free of the rail way fare) from th e T errace - p i er , G raves end, to the Fenchurch-street terminus, London, and charging f o r the whole distance the same fare as lo vaaf t c is e , the. Dian:l94a Charge, leaving their vassengen who may land ,at Bl ac k wa ll t o pa y th e railway-fare in addition. That th e pu bli c apprec i a t e th e com li is -manifested by the numbers as given tiv b e e a w to counteract the powerful in ducements of thi s su p er i or accommo d a ti on and cheaper conveyance; that the partisans of the Town. pier are set in motio n , an d th e p u blic bodies of the borough . (consisting chi e fl y o f t ra d es m e n in the old town), are brought upon th e s t age , as prosecutors, aradnt . judges, and juries, upon all occasions of invented complaints against the successful Stars. NUMBERS LANDED; ♦ND EMBARKED AT THE GRAVESEND. Town 'Fier. ' 1844 Terrace Pier. - - June . ' July .• .......... • • 167,072 224,635 Of which have passed by the Blackwell Railway route June ....... ; 209,571 July 253,474 Leaving only in June ........... . • .. . 122,168 July ............ . ....... 138,23 3. who have landed or embarked at the other wharfs and piers upon the river above Blackwall. F O REIGN IA REAT.—In consequence of the contem plated rise of duty upon foreign wheat, last week there quarter, and by the Saturday's return it was an immense deal done previous to Saturday, in the clearing off stocks. The duty during the last average On the Friday one house paid 2,000!. of Paper. tv'do'llastseieltsBo;si9pasle.tr-ogether, during the week ending Friday, foreign wheat, amounting to 7,9281. of duty was cleared BELGIUM.—A very yli made on Sunday a l a t r EXPORTATIONCge em us b t 2ertlunsoeo; again-f—HilEoordusiiss:vra morning last at the St. Katharine's Wharf, Tower, •on board the steamer Antwerpen. They were the property of Mr. Francois, the Belgian horse-dealer, and were principally purchased at Horncastle fair. The ship, under the command of Captain Jackson, arrived at Ant werp sufficiently early on Monday morning to allow the' passengers to remain in the town several hours before the departure of the train which gets to Cologne in the evening. Shcreturned here yesterday m orn ing, the fol lowing esrosf distinction being a mongs t h e r nume. rous : --General Sir Andre w Barnard, t,ho p passengers:--General Ron. Colonel and Lady Georgiana Cathcart and family, Sir Joseph Radcliff and Lady, with family ; General Ogilvie, Sir Charles Forbes, & c . The Directors of the Midland Railway Company have determined to connect the town of Stamford with their line by a branch railway,—Derby Reporter... .--- ~ -~ ...e..r... y, , ,, ; ~-. EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1844, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.... _ PORTSMOUTH.--THR EXPERIAIHNTAL BRIGS.— These vessels remain in statu quo,, , ready! for being commiisioned,--aad consist of the--.l)Nring,••Osprey, and Flying Fish, at this port, newly built,. with the Waterwitch, Pantaloon, and Lily. The general be vlief,is that the pendant not be, hcisted., in these .vetsels...gatn the preser3: Warlike .aspesl 41411 have Captain-Manley Dixon (son of the late Adtuiral;Sir Manley Dixon) -is , appointed. to the•ootninand of the' ships in ordinary. at Plymouth ; and Captain Hen derson, at this port, will shortly be superseded from the like service, his period having expired. . The cutter Sylvia,. Lieut. Tumour, has arrived from Jersey, to be stored. and re-fitted, and is in the harbour for this purpose. A. letter from the Inconstant, 36, Capt. Fremantle, of the 23a July, reports her arrival at" Jamaica from Barbadoes, having recently been employed in convey in.. the Governer of the Leeward Islands to and from the several_ places within his command. The, only ships_ ht Port Royal were the Spartan, 26 and steamer Hermes, which vessel had been sickly. The steam-ship Firebrand will be commissioned shortly by Captain ?'Court for the broad pendant of Commodore A: L. Corry, to superintend the evolu tions of the experimental brigs. 'The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, is 'still at Plymouth, and is not ordered to the coast of Mo rocco, as reported. She is kept in readiness, however, for immediate departure, if necessary. • The surveying ship Thunder, and brigantine. Spy, are to be re-commissioned at Chatham as soon as ready, 'the former to return to the West Indies, and the latter to the coast of Africa. The Thalia, 42,' Captain Hope, and - Champion, 18, may be expected shortly from the' South American station, with a large ' amount of dollars on account of merchants. - The Royal yacht came into the harbour on her' re turn from the trial cruise on Sunday, having pre viously landed the Hon. H. T. L. Corry, one ' of the Lords of the Admiralty, at Cowes. Sir William Symonds, the surveyor of the navy, returned in ber, , and her speed is reported as considerably increased by her new machinery and boilers, fifteen knots per hour having been accomplished. If this be true, the Vic toria and Albert: is unquestionably the fastest vessel in the world. _Her speed under canvass could not be properly ascertained, as the winds fell light on her starting, and continued until her return to port. She is now moored up the harbour, and will in due course be inspected" by the Lords Commissioners, now on their official visit of inspection. - ' The Neptune, 120, and ,several other ships, are being masted and otherwise brought forward, for ser vice, if.required. . • • . The America, .50, Captain the Hon, - John Gordon, .had not arrived at Rio de Janeiro from _Rnglan4 on the 10th July, but was daily looked for.. • 'THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY AT PORTS -MOUTH. The Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, Admiral Sir George Cockburn, the Secretary of the Admiralty, attended by Mr. Woolley, of the private office of the Admiralty, arrived at the Port Admiral's house in the dockyard on Tuesday evening. The Right lion. H. T. L. Corry joined them early on Wednesday morning, arriving in the Rocket steamer from Cowes. The Board of Admiralty proceeded on WednesdayMornhig to make their annual inspection of the do'ckyard, attended by Captain Brandreth, Director General of -Works, Sir W. Symonds,Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Beatson, R.E.; Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, &c. They proceeded to inspect the Prince Regent, razeeing, the new brigs in the basin, the Scourge, building ; and they Occupied considerable time in viewing the Royal Frederic, .110, and Princess Rc;yal, '9O, building, on which vessels the shipwri,7,!As are now at work ';• they then pro ceeded to view the new ships, anti the excavations for the steam basin. Aftor inspecting the.other depart meats of the yard, the Board, about noon,' repaired to the , Adrairal's ' house for refreshment, ' anti at half past one embarked in the Admiral's barge with Rear . Admiral Superintendent Hyde Parker, C. 8., the Admi raltyflag' flying in the boat; and pieceeded up the her- - hour to the Victoria and Albert, the Queen's Royal yacht; which 'I vessel was minutely . inspected, Lord Adolphus Titzelarence receiving .their Lordships, and hoisting the Admiralty flag. The 'Board then; repaired -W the Neptune, 120, advanced ship, to inspect her ma• '-gazine and other fittings. The barge, then returned to the Admiral's stairs, and landed some of the party, Lord ,Haddington and the Hon. S. Herbert proceeding in the barge to Spithead, to visit the 'Collingwood, 80, on board which ship Rear-Admiral - Sir G. Seymour re ceivedhis visitors, with manned yards, and a salute of 13 guns ; not visiting her officially as a Board of Admiralty, no AchriiraltY,flag was hoisted. The party, after remaining on board a considerable time, returned on shore. Lord Haddington; We are sorry to say, is slightly indisposed, which prevented his Lordship dining with the Admiral Superintendent on Wednesday evening. The other members of .the --Board, with the heads of the depart ment,.,availed themselves of the hospitality of the gal lant Admiral. Yesterday morning the Board 'of Admiralty resumed their 'work, of inspection, but the Earl of Haddington's indsiposition prevented his accompanying them in their tour. - They went over the Royal Clarence Victualling yard, and the Royal Hospital at Hasler, and in the afternoon went off for the Excellent. The firing of the shells fromihis ship at the Swiftsure to try their effect, will not - take place for a week or ten days, in consequence of some bulk-heads aid some arti cles which are ordered to be cleared out of her. To-day the Earl of Haddington will hold a levee at the Royal Naval College, when his Lordship will see officers who shave not attended any levee since August last. In the evening it it expected the Board will return to London by railway. We are sorry to hear that our galltint and worthy Commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Rowley, has been prevented from attending at his post at the visit of the Board of Admiralty, by reason of another and very se vere attack of his old comiplaint. ' • • LORD BROUGHAM.- IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. TO THIS EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. ' - Broughatu,'AuguSt 25, 1844. Sili, -- Vana again induced to trouble you, with the design o giving information to the poor debtors still in prison, and also to those owing larger sums. The former (small - debtors) have nothing to do with the Bankruptcy C'Ourt. They have only to mak - eaffiaavit 'of the debt with the particulars, and get any person in London to present it to the Judge at chambers. My Learned' and expellent Friend Mr. Justice Munk is - most anxious to give every facility possible to this proceeding, con sistently with a correct execution of the Act. If a poor debtor knows do one in London; which is the case will many, led him only send his petition and affidavit to me - - at No. 4 - , Grafton-street, so that-I may receive it on or before. Tuesday next, the 3d of. SeEternber, and I will undertake to present it. - - I _have no power of giving the -same facilities to those whose debts are abDve 201. The Learned Commissioners have construed the -Act differently from me ; they may be right, though I am unable to see the grounds of their. decision ;-I have, therefore, no means of eying those dehtdrs the benefit of an attorney's assistance, which I find some at least of the 'Commissioners require. It may also, for anything . I know, be quite right for the Com missioners to require to• be approached only on parch inent, moreover, on parchment of , a certain size ; but I recommend debtors in the meantime to comply with this requisition ; to enable them to do so, I shall here men tion that there - lies - before -me a notification from the Chief Registrar's office to a poor debtor, that he may -obtain the proper form and size by applying at Mr. Wood's, stationer, Basinghall-street, - or, it is added, " any other. stationer who may have them " (the forms). H eu o r w e r to era,plplryectoo mr recommend ' ' debtors, that th e yavtheatoehonour, m a 8c may be c. a e - ' - ' =. 4 - BROUGHAM. ---- - MOM N— 'l l O THE LATE EARL OF'DtIRHAM: - IsTuWCASTIX-UPON-TYNE, WEDNESDAY.—The foun dation-stone of the monument to be erected on I'ensher. hill, in the county of Durham, to the memory of the lite Earl of Durham, was this day laid with masonic honours, amidst an immense concourse of spectators assembled from all parts of the adjoining district. In a field on the south side of the hill a large pavilion was erected for the accommodation of the masons, and here a provincial grand lodge was opened by'the Earl of Zetland, the worshipful Grand Master. After the usual ceremonies, the masonic brethren formed into procession, with a band of music in front, and - proceeded by . a wind iii to the summit of the hilt. All having been arranged, the foundation-stone was elevated a little by means of a winch placed for the pur pose, and the lower half (it being divided into two) having been adjusted, the Grand Secretary . read aloud the inscription, engraven on U 'brass plate, intended to inclose a cavity which had been formed in the stone; its follows " This stone was laid by the. Earl of Zetland, Grand Master of the Free and Accepted Masons of England, assisted by the brethren of the province of Durham and -Northumberlandon the 28th-of Au4ust, 1844, being the foundation -stone of a; monument to be erected .to the memory or John Gderge Earl of Durham, who, after rePresenting the county of Durham in Parliament. for fifteen years, was raised to the Peerage, and subsequently held the offices of Lord Privy Seal, Ambassador Extrq orditiary and Minister at St. Petersburgh, and Governor- General of Canada. He died on the 28:h of July, 184_,), in the -49th year of his age. This monument is erfthed by the private subscriptions of his fellow-countryfr;.en, admirers of his public principles and , exemplary priy a te virtues.", The ceremonies usual on such occasions havir A g been completed, the Rev. Robert Green, of Newc•attle, the I!ronncial Grand Chaplain, offered up an appropriate prayer ' which closed the interesting proceed i ngs of the day. roautEN DEATH crr .CAITAIN"FIBIIEF" StirElLlN rgiitEgt or SIIVEIiNTS S DOCR:: YARD'. —OnWodnes da y , aboht noon, Captain Fisher, for many . years Captain- Superintendent of the part dock-yard, Sheerness, and Fhb had - preitiously bten in his accustomed good state of health, ,was auddi>alr attacked; by paralysis., Meaical r .aid was . promplly in attendance, but uotwithstandiug the best advice. axid asaistanc2 were given, the unfortunate g, eutleMan expired a few minutes tefare four o'clock in the - afternoon. When Captain Fisher was attacked, he superintending the docking of one of the advanced slips selected to, be brought forward' for commissipn. Captain Fishek has left a numerous family to bewail his premature death, which is generally regretted by a wid e male of "friends and acquaintances., COURT CIRCULAR. :Wornsoit,r iTnnustatr.—His! Royal _Highness Prince- Albert deft- the-- Castle - this morning -at seven o'clock for the ~t 'arnborpogh. stagoo, of , the South Western alt Way; en-route-to Osborne rouse, Isle of Wight The'Prince was attended by Colonel Wylde and Mr. G. E. Anson . , His Royal Highness is ex pected to return this evening, travelling by the same route, to dinner. 'The Queen walked in the pleasure-grounds of the Castle this forenoon, atttended by the Viscountess Canning, Lady in Waiting. The Royal Family were taken for their accustomed, pony exercise this morning:: theafternoon her Majesty, accompanied by the Royal Family, 'And' attended - by 'the DoWager.Lady Lyttelton, took an 'airing in a pony carriage. The Hon. Colonel Grey,. Equerry in Waiting, was in attendance on horseback. _ . _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty at the Castle to-day. The Lady Caroline""Somers Cocks and the Hon*. Miss Devereux, the' Maids' of Horioui in Waiting on the Queen, arrived at the Castle' this afwrnuott:' The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday , morning from his — l-Aide/Ice at Kew. His Royal Highness h'onburetl - thd Ntrater`Colour Exhibition, in Suffolk street, Pair-mall East, with a visit; and in the evening left Cambridge House -on his return to Kew. Count de Jarnac, French Charge d'Affaires, tram acted business mterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign, Affairs. ors VISIT .OF HIS, ROYAL HI6IINtSS PRICE ALBERT TO . THE" ISLE OF WIGHT. Poirrsmoutn; -AUG, :29e- 1 -This ,morning his Royal; Hightiesa:.Prinee - Aber‘ accompanied by Mr. G. E. Anson, Private - Secretary to his Royal Highness ; Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting • and two.servants of the Royal Household; arrived at the Gosport terminus of the South-Western Railwarat. 18 minutes to eleven o'clock, in a special train, which left the Farnborough station. at 12 minutes .to nine o'clock. The:special train, was accompanied as far as Farnborough station by. Mr. Chaplin, the chairman , : of the South-Western Railway Company,. and by. Mr. CA:!Sterin,. the general manager ; Messrs. Martin and ;pouch, engineers.• and , several others of the principal officer s of the • - lauth.Vestern Railway. The visit of his Royal Highness was strictly •private ; not an individual; excepting the officers of the railway, was. in waiting at the ternatnus _to receive his Royal Highness; who, with the ,few attendants, ap peared in private dress, - and totally Unaccompanied by *any outward insignia of royalty. 'His Royal Highness walked, without loss of time, accompanied by his attend ants, to the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard, a short distance from the rail Way terminus, where the august •party was received by the Captain Superintendent of that establishinenti , Bear•Admiral Ilyde Parker, C. 8.; superintendent of Per tstneuth Dockyard, and the members of th e Hon.Boa,rd of Admiralty, now on their annual visit of inspection to this p!irt The - barge of Rear4dinirel Hyde Parker was in waiting at the stairs of the Royal Clarence-yard to receive,the royal . visitor; :into this he stepped, _and, accompanied by his suite,- was speedily alongside the Admiralty akin-vessel Black Eagle, Mr. S. B. -Coolt,"MistereOtiimanding,' which arrived from Woolwich in the night, and was' moored 'in the harbour with her steam up,, all ,ready at a moment's warning. Immediately on the embarkation of his Royal Highness a royal salute of2l guns was fired from the several ships in harbour, which holited the royal standard, and manned their yards, bat-so unlooked for was the visit, that no one knew to whom. the honour was paid, but all supposed - to the, Lords of the Admiralty. The - royal standard floated froil i the mast-head of the Black Eagle, WhiCh went . ottfl l tif hitrhoui without a moment's' delay. On passing the-Platform -Battery-,no salute was fired; but on nearing the Collingwood the royal standard was run up to the main, the yards. manned, a salute of 21 guns fired, aricrthree hearty cheers, heard high above the roar, greeted the splendid vessel and her noble freight. In .twenty;: minutes after :his,,Royal _ Highness landed- at Co weal hqt,furtber4han thatiis Royal High ness's,,visit relates t ,. the ,tittroaching fegidence , of her Mejest - !sleet Wight, and that he lid Come td conclude the :necessary arrangements for her Majesty's reception, we' :were unable to ascertain,. :the visit and negotiations „peing, strictly: private. The Prince left the island about -- tirenty. minutes to three . o'clock on his return to the - railwdy station, where the train which conveyed his -Royal _ Highness was .ordered to be j 4 readiness by four. Vast numbers of respectable persons assembled on the pier at Ryde, to witness the return of the royal party, and every glass wits in requisition, -and pointed to the general object of interest. On leaving Ryde, the Black Eagle was steered alongside the Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, when, his Royal Highness went on board, accompanied by Colonel - wyrad and Mr. Anson, and inspected the internal fittings' of that noble ship. His Royal High ness was received on ,the quarter-deck by Rear-Adnural Sir George Seymour,, whose flag she carries, Captain Smart, Commander Broadhead, and a distinguished 'party of officers and" lales: His Royal Highness par took of refreshment, and at twentl7-five minutes to four re, embarked on board the Black Eagle. On leaving the Collingwood t the yards were again manned, and a reyal salute again fired. On nearing Portsmouth, .the inhabitants, having become acquainted with - the visit of his Royal-illighuegs, crowded the walls, anxious to 'gain a glimpse, if not of his Royal Highgess, of the . beautiful vessel which carried him, .and being at the part of the day *Ben the' stteet'sltre generally crowded, the spec tacle- •was "Most enlivening,. thousands of spectators 1, having assembled. -.This time the. Platform Battery poured forth a salute of 21 guns, the.royal standard floated from the King's bastion, and the scene was one of the most enlivening description. The steamer passed up the harbour at a' quarter. past 'four o'clock, and was saluted with 21. guns from the Victory, Queen, and Ex oeJlent, with yards manned. On arrival the Prince - disenabarked at the Royal Cla rence-yard, and at a few minutes before five o'clock re entered the train for Windsor.- MARSHAL BUGEAUD' ' 4 , 0 ; 1 PATCHES. 7 - • The Messayer of Tuesday night anus ;..ias at)itia.o French Government has received dispa !-Z -shal Bugeaud, dated the llth =and 13th i .s' three - - days before and the evening preceding the iattbaaof,-Islf. - On the 11th the Marshal writes : " I received thialiatortlinVet half-past sii4l4, ,Plenama„ . , Ghasaoutit, a dispatoh.i - froni 'his Itdyal Highness Prince de.Joinvllei. dated the '6th. It :informs ma that in the morning of that day his -noial highness, after having become acquainted with the result of the mis - sion of Mr. Ijay, attacked Taagiershthat his fire was an awered by eightfotir:Pieces • Of ettitheit, and that_ in an hour the fire.of- the enemy was s il ence d ) t h e 'biteriea disrdaritkd, and the guns • dish:ton/WI; and that we had a dozen men :killed wounded. .His Royal Highness was preparing to go and. attack Mogadetre. This deter mination of his aloyal Highness does him Much .tonour. All Europe will recognise our right to punish the Moors for their perfidious condact, and their attacks and re peated outrages.. From a signal -station which I have established on an elevated spot at the west of Lalla Ma grania, we perceive the Morocco camp, whictrippears to be on the hill's of.the right bank of the Waal* leagues from Ouchda. It indiateili considerable numerical force. Yesterday a thousand . of their cavalry came . towards us to reconnoitre they presume& perhaps, tat we had quitteeV.the environs of Lela Magrania, because fops days' before I hid removed my cart "to the junction of the Ouedel-Abbess and the Otuirdefets, in a wood, where mrtroops were sheltered from'the great heat of the urn. The enemy's horSe crossed the encampment whicSt I had quitted, and exchanged Shotslor half an hour.with fifty ehasseurs who observed them: -It was , they - aeho com menced the fire, and their first shot Vikaindedfa trumpeter. I thought they had &design, on the .convoy - Which was coming froin.:Nedroma, 'stud, to protect it, caused three battalions to advanee on lulls on; my.right. The convoy arrived in the .evening without having been at tacked. 'On their returnthe enemy Set fire to our houses bet Ween Ouelida and Lalla-Maga'aiala. Therwcan be no d'oubt,-‘therefore, that thalloors serio u sly iaaend war ; they have aaseinbled numerous - trod'aiS near atichda, and .are.expecting Others. - ruder --theie circumstances, apd in the expectation of a great affair, I have thought it right to send NI. General Bodeen, and I expect that he 'will be here the day after tei , rnorrOw, on the l evening of which day IShall move forward: IlZave the- honour to address to you,asketekkepresentinOhe order of march and battle whiehl haie..xesolved tas--adopt against the Morocco troap., whose great strength is in Cavalry. 'lt was in this way that Ifotight on the 34 of July." On the 'l3th;-the Marshal writes : For several days past I: ad 7beec' t informed by the subjected Arabs of the Salida Xedrotaa and the Vpper Tafna, that the camp of the Emperor's son was beingTdaily reinforced. The absence 'of all communication with our friends of Ouchda,' the salles of artillery arid r4uslietify which we hear night and morning in &3'e enemy's camp, and the spirit of bravado and presumption _which we know reigns in that camp; announce to us hostilitprojects on - a large scale. It. is- not, .as yott may suppose, to make us evacuate our poSt of Latta' Magrania, the) all the preparations are ma'kirm,y nothing less is propcised, according to. what is said:Wile camp, than to take from us the greater part of.' Algeria,.; it is riot even supposed that we could resist for - a tittle - instant. This Morning a spahi has arr i ved, who . has gone through all the camps. They are, according - to him, dine in number, and extended on the Isly front Djerf-el-Akhdar to Conditt sidi-Abderrahman, a space of two leagues. Four of these camps are said to beeomposed of troops of Morocco or Makhezen ; a fifth contains the household, of the son of the Emperor, his concubines, baggage, horses, &c. &c. This camp is said to, be nearly as large as ours ; the four other camps. are., compesed -of - the contingents of tribes. Other Arabs, who have seen the camps on the hills, say that there are only five, but that others are daily . arrivingi . The' number of men is estimatedat 40,000 The Spahis say that they have nine pieces of cannon, six of which are mountain guns, and there are 'disco two mortars. Another,Camp is. e.xpee a tecl, commanded by the Emperor's second son:— I have-judged that we. cannot remain much longer on the defensive without incurring great danger,` the least of which is the:enemy-being con stantly reinforced, but the most to .fear is that he may send detachments by my' flanki, and raise the, country inrity rear:" It is also to be apprehended that-a longer suspense mayear ant the!good-will. of the tribes who form• my convoys &bin Tlemcen and Djemma Ghazaouat. lifivizigyeiterday been joined by General,Bedeau, I de termined upon moving . , forward this Cloning. I shall march three leagues on , . the plain, thus passing the time till the night, as if was only foraging. shall there halt in marching order, give ,my columns time to sleep for several hours, and to-mor :raw, at the-first break of day, I shall arrive at the Isly, two leagues from the head of the enemy's - camps. I shall make'a halt there for an' hour, if we do not meet with an enemy, in order 'to allow our men and cattle to drink. I shall then move on-and make my attack, if the enemy is still in the same place. If he lies fallen back, it ds probable I may stop at Djerf-el-Akhdaraill the heat of the day is passed, and attack in the evening, or at latest the next day. I have about 8,500 infantry, 1,4001 regular cavalry, 400 irregular horse, and sixteen pieces of artillery, four ofavhich are field . gims. It is with this small numerical force' We are aboUt to attack this multi tude, which, according to every account, reckons 30,000 horse, 10,000 foot, and eleven guns. But Ty army is full of confidence and ardour, and -relies, as- well as its General,upon gaining. the 'victory. If we obtain it, it will be a ,new example that success thies not always belong to the greater battalions, and it will be no longer aljoWable to say that war is nothing but game of chance. , I shall have the h'Onour of .writing:. : again as scion as the battle is over, relating precirselyile result, whatever it may be." THE' SULTAN ABDUL MBDSCIIIIY'S WATCH Messrs. Hart and Son. of Cornhill; have just completed for the Sultan Abdul Medschid, a most splendid . watch, one of two watches for which an order was given to them thraugh the Turkish . Embassy, about sixteen months ago. The other watch is.nearly completed, but riot,yet;ioi state sufficiently perfect to be sent with the One -first mentioned to "Constantinople' immediately. This watch is of the diameter of five inches, according to the order transmitted to the makers. It is in a double gold case,. the gold being of the:standard ortvventy-two carats ;' the back external case is lieautifully4enamelled with flowers, with a border of arabesque, serfilling. This part of the workmanship is Aterrexqiiisit4; 'the brill. Kaifu of the'colours and the delicacy of- the pencillin being superior to anything of the sort ever produced in this country, and surpassing anything we:have seen of the kind ; in foreign manufacture. The dial is white opaque enamelled on Copper, similar to English watches in general, but the-figures are Turkish Characters. The hands are of blue steel set,. With - diamonds. The one hand represents a dart, the other a shorter daft or arrow with the crescent at one end. The movement is dtsplex, with a chronometer balance, and jewelled in ten ruby holes. The watch „strikes the hours. and. quarters by Itself, as the time represents, which striking is repeated, together with the minnteS, by pushing uptirds a small gold slide. The.inner bottom is of crystal, it order to ihow the:repeating mechanism 't through - the crystal ate two holes to wind . tip the striking part and the move tnent. • Wires, instead of the . old method by a bell, are lased, and the sound is most harmonious and powerful, and as , near the tone of a collegiate or cathedral clock as 'can be imagined. - The pendant, or handle, is formed by fi4 scions, beautifully, cn.rated, and 'shaped pyramidi early. The watch, as a whole, is perhaps. the most costly and elaborate piece of mechanism to: measure time yet produced by English workmen, and does great credit to the makers. It was shown on Wednesday morning last to her Majesty the Queen and to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, both of whoM expressed 'their high ad mirationnt its elegance and the good taste which was dis played in the enamelling, &c. The price of the pair is 1,200 guineas. It will leave this country in a few days .for Constantinoplei.Where it will, no doubt; form an ob- E..ct of surprise and astonishment to the inmates of the 'dice of the Sultan. :41 . - . PURCELL COMMEMORATION.—The annual COMM nwration of Henry Purcell took place yesterday in West minster Abbey. These celebrations afford the opportu-,, city of hearing, at least once it 'year, .eherch music sung as it ought to be ; for the members of the Purcell Club volunteer to give effect to the - works of the eminent com poser. The performance of Purcell's fine compositions within the edifice where they first became .appreciated also serves to give additional effect' to the '6ommemora tions. ,The usual vocal strength of the Abbey choristers was yesterday increased nearly twofold; and the cathe dral service was performed by them in a manner that Showed they fully comprehended the compositions of their master. The effect was more impressive than those Who hear the service as ordinarily chanted can conceive. The anthem vas sung with much feeling, and with it concluded the commemoration. All the seats in the before one Abbey were occupied, and the aisles were crowded. EXTEN S 1 V E • FIRE ON TILE d g t e , : e a trf f o e t: v n iv d e on m fir n , e tttes RAILWAY.—th i s i i and Brighton Railway, situate 'near /he terminus ' New Cross. The premises wet elzeiit 200 feet at o th 'c e loc pi k -e 2 m a iL e s r) be '' long, by near 70 feet wide, and were. s od • ' as carriage-sheds. At the time Of. the outbreak' there were several carriages ~ rapidity in the building. • Owing to _the . e with which the fire spread there was not su ffiment time to rescue much of the-proper t y. contained t herein. Itf a short space of flamestime the burst through' every part of the buildiag, and illuminated. the_ n eighbourhood _ for miles round. The engines of the of Mr. nr.nithrood,Bi,ade,luender the, superintendence with . -t i West --of England and County-office - engines, _ with Messrs: ' Connerton and Liarwood, were with all speed at the scene, but by the time they arrived. the entire range of premises presented one immense sheet of flame. . None otthe engines could 'be got tn'work in consequence of a scarcity of water. One machine belonging to the Railivsy Company was supplied by means of blickts of water from a distant pond, but the flames were too strong to be conquereey so small a quantity of water. : Towards • two o'clock the fire was nearly ont. The wreaks of the several carriages could be seen - amidst the ruins ; the -number, however, destroyed, could not be exactly ascertained. The whole of the men's working-tools appears to have been con burned,:ns n§ - Well as nearly every article in the place be 'lobging..to the Company.. The superintendent Of the line was sent 'for, but owing to thelateness of he the ause hour he was not able to institute an inquiry into t c neither could he tell with certainty 4hether or not the premises were insured. Ilis ? pinion was that no one was in the sheds when the fire broke out:, DEATH Or LADY AN,tiABELLA MACLEOD.—We re gret to announce the death of Lady Annabella Macleod, which took place at the 'baths-of Lucca, on the 14th instant. ller Ladyship was daughter s of Arthur first Earl - of Mountnorris' and eight -ViscomaYalentia, and Lucy, daughter'-of the' celebrated Geoliff Lord Lyttle ton.- • I-ler Ladyship married in .1802 General Norman Macleod, C. 8., by whom ( t: who died i 1831) she has left a a numerous family... .. . 1 COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (F/COM Ma OWN COARIESPONDIiNT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE, - - • AIIRIVALS4. Aug. 24.--Ariaclne , entter, 14. J. Higgins, Esq., from 1 Weymciuth. - 26.—Reindeer cutfdr, John "Moune, Esq., Torquay ; Petrel cutter; Earl of Ilchester,- Eastward. • • 27.—Charm cutter, Sir. Wm. Galway, Bart., Boulogne. 28.—Flirt schooner, Sir B. H. Graham, Bart., Ply mouth ; Zephyretta schooner, Henry Hope, Esq., Ply- Mouth ; Spider cutter,4oha E. Lacbn, Esq., Plymouth ; Corsair cutter. -John Congreve, Esq.,•,P-lymouth. SAILINGS. . . Aug. 26.-09rey, cutter, John.Petre, E n ., for Ports-. mouth (to ley up) ; Xarifa' schooner, Earl of Wilton, Plymouth. • • 24,—IIebe cutter, A. W. Corbett, Esq., Southampton .(left for.the season), 29,—Camilla schooner, Thomas Hallifax, jun., Esq., We'stijard; ori a eruise ; Charm' cutter, Sir Wm. Gall way, Bart., Plymouth. , - . • _ AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. . . Cutters—Pearl, Phantom, Sparrowhawk Alarm,. Pe trel, Reindeer, Sea-flower, Aurora, Romulus, Corsair, Spider. • Schooners—Ariel, Flirt, Zephyr ette. • . • • Yawl--Breeze. IN HARBOUR. Ariadne, Therese. ' • ROYAL VISIT TO COW.ES, AUG. 29. The Royal yacht steamed down from Portsmouth this morning, and landed Prince Albert and his suite at Os borne House. After viewing the house and ground's his Royal Highness re• embarked in the Victoria and Albert. . Her Majesty is expected on Tharsday next. Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence has taken apartments on the Ma rine• parade. Lord Ernest Bruce has a house on Castle terrace. The Duke of Montrose arrived from Scotland on Tuesday. Many of our fashionables have left in pur suit of the partridges, but the town is fast filling spin.' Lord Fitzhardinge gave a silver cup, value 501., to be stilled tor`by seven yachts yesterday, but there was too little wind to expect much sport. The winning yacht did not get in till nine A.M. this day. LITERATURE. THE POPULAR MEMBER.: 3 Vols. Bentley, LorAdon,lB44. Of the lour tales of which these volimes consist because the most natural and affecting, is a short one: entitled " True Love," which details the rise and] progress of an unsophisticated . girl's affections for a man who, after winning her heart, deserts her in order to marry a lady of rank with whom he is continually unhappy ; and on her death, which does not take place till years after.. their marriage,. - he is • unexpectedly throvhi into contact with his first love, - and finding that, notwithstandins his neglect, 'she still preserves her attachment for him, he makes her the only repara tiqn it is in his power to Make —namely, an O'er of his hand, which she readily accepts, and both parties, albeit in the autumn of their lives, are left at the close of the story in .a state Of, supreme felicity. This tale exlialits more unaffected tenderness than Mrs. Gore • usually shows in her works of fiction: but: it scarcely 'oe, so Much liked by the Po .el4eading per!. lion of the community as the " Popular Member, " , .wh' i ch has far- more bustle and Variety Of incident and vpigrammaticoint of descr i p tion. • Of the second tale, " Blanks and Prizes," we shall c ontent ourselves with observing that it has a lread y appeared in the pages of Tait' s Magazine. JOHN :111AIVESTY. 2 Vols. Mortimer, London, 1844. ' This is a republlcation, in two small, lightly-printed volumes, of a posthumous tale by the late Dr. Maginn, wh io, a ppeared. in speessive numhers of Ainsworth's Aigaz i ne . As ,we noticed it from time to time in The bun, sve need say nothing more on the present , o ccasion than that if is a very readable story, and con tains some clever sketches of religious fanatics and hypocrites. embellishments . The .are from the pencil of T !qt.Y;RP, .01" Royal Highness the 4. - •rince' of Prussia 'and - sate arrived at the Swindon station yeateirday" 'afternoon; 'about four' o'clock, by . a Special trai n , on th e i r r o ute fromPaddington to Badmin ton; the se a t o f t h e Duke of Beaufort. His Royal High-, .tress and suite alighted there,lind partook of luncheon in `the 'refreihn(ent rooms at the station, when he -was pleased - to-express groat admiration at the .spleUdour of the rooms, and his entire satisfaction at,his reception, which wa., quite atezipectod. . ,t; ,