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

SCOTCH POLITICALREFORMERS. We feel highly gratified in announcing that the foundation stone for a monument to Muir, Palmer, ' Skirving, and Gerald, the political martyrs of 1793, was laid at Edinburgh on Wednesday, Joseph Hume, Esq.. M.P., officiating as master of the ceremony, and . deposited the various documents that had been pre pared in the foundation-stone. If ever the country produced patriots who deserved a monument to their memory, it was these martyrs to! _liberty who suffered in Scotland at the period referred to. The expression of popular opinion, either through the medium of public meetings or the press, had not obtained any staple footing in Scotland at that period. Indeed, so far as newspapers were concerned, it was nearly twenty years afterwards before Scotland con tained any influential journal that would support the claim for that fair and just possession of the suffrage contended for by the Reformers of 1793. The question of popular representation and of popular rights had not been broached in this division of the kingdom, from the time it was urged in the Scottish Parliament, by Fletcher, of Saltoun, till it was taken up by Thomas Muir and his associates. It was most unfortunate for the cause, that the excesses and bloodshed which occurred about the same time in Paris afforded an excellent pretext for those whose interest or whose prejudices led them to oppose reform ; for, besides thus exciting alarm at the new doctrines, the novelty of the proposal had at the same time the mass of the people, particularly of the business and wealthy classes, to win over to it. It was amidst these disad vantages that the Convention commenced its sittings in Edinburgh; and therefore it is impossible for pos terity t ) pay too high a compliment to the bravery of those who threw themselves into the breach, sub mitting, rather than betray their principles, to be arraigned before the arbitrary, uncontrolled judges of the day, who unhesitatingly declared the British con stitution to be perfect ; that it required no reform, and that it was grossly criminal to propose amending it. After having seen so much of the success of the principles urged by the early reformers—after having seen the Legislature and the Crown fully acknow ledge the truths they contended for—one would na turally suppose that with every class of Liberals, it would now be a subject of congratulation that so de serving a tribute was to be paid. to the memory of the first patriots. In the countenance given by one Member of the Legislature, and the Lord Provost of the metropolitan city of Scotland, to the proceedings of Wednesday, we have certainly proof so far of the changes in opinion which have occurred, and of the advantages that have been obtained by the partial re form that has been effected ; still it cannot but be a subject of regret, and it proves how far practice stands aloof from profession, when out of the majo rity of representatives from Scotland, now returned to Parliament in the Liberal interest, only one came forward to identify himself with the first deeds of the champions of the cause on this occasion. It is also a subject which we think deservedly calls forth both surprise and sorrow, that while a majority of the municipal authorities of Edinburgh are decidedly Liberal—while their Chief Magistrate fully acknow ledged the merits of the martyrs of ninety-three, and the soundness of their principles, the same municipal authorities who have so much in their povver, declined to grant a suitable site for their monument. It is certainly somewhat unaccountable, that while the streets and public places of Edinburgh have been freely given up for monuments to the memory of Lord Melville, of George IV., and of Sir Walter Scott, no proper publib, site could he obtained for a moult-- Merit to these memorable sufferers for freedom, and the erection has accordingly to take place in such an obscure quarter as the Calton burying-ground—a place incapable of accommodating even one half the people who accompanied the procession on this oc casion. We cannot conclude our notice of this interesting occurrence without expressing our gratification at ob serving the name, of Mr. Moffat, the venerable soli citor, recorded. as having taken part in the proceed ings. Mr. Moffat gave his services gratis to Mr. Muir at the time of his trial, and he has zealously adhered to the defence of his memory and the cause for which he suffered from that period to the present. Wednesday must, therefore, have been a memorable day to one who has rendered so much good service to the cause. Mr. Moffat has been a principal means of obtaining the just national compliment to the me mory of the early reformers which is now paid them, and in his declining years it must be no small subject of gratification to see the principles he espoused in his youth so far triumphant, and the fame of the friend he loved and defended - so far venerated and done justice to 'as it has been.—Glasgow Saturday Post. IRELAND. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY—PRINCE ALBERT. DUBLIN, AUGUST 27.:—.At the last weekly meeting of the Council of the Royal Irish Agricultural Society, the following letter from General Wemyss, Equerry to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, was read : " Windsor Castle, Aug 12, 1844. " Sir,—ln compliance with the request communicated by you from the Council of the Royal Agricultural Im provement Society of Ireland, I am commanded by his Royal Highness Prince Albert to acquaint you that it will afford his Royal Highness much pleasure in being Aqminated a member of the society, and you will be so good as to communicate to the Council his Royal High ness's cheerful acquiescence in their wishes. " Your obedient servant, " To the. Secretary, &c. Ste?" " W. WEMYSS. Ordered,—That the above letter should he acknow ledged, and that Mr. Purcell be directed to take the ne cessary steps for announcing to his Royal Highness that he had been admitted a member of the society, and fur presenting to him the society's medal, which had been gained by him for the best fat animal in the yard at the late cattle show. IRISH CHARITABLE BEQUESTS ACT. In reference to, Mr. O'Connell's opinion on the Charitable Bequests Act, the Evening Post contains the following :—" Since the Act received the royal assent, we have apprised : the public of the settled and irrevoca ble opposition of the Irish Catholic prelates and clergy to its principle. I will be seen, by the elaborate opinion of Mr. O'Connell—who, on this occasion, writes as a lawyer, and we need not say there is no higher authority on legal questions—that in principle and in detail the measure is so obnoxious that the Catholic prelacy and priesthood cannot possibly afford their co-operation to the working of the measure, and there is now no remedy savo its repeal or extensive modification. We have learned, too, that the supreme authority in the Catholic Church, the Pope, has expressed his decided condemna tion of the provisions of the measure. The only course left fte.Ministers is to stop all proceedings under the Act, until the next session affords them, or theit succes sors, the opportunity of introducing a Bill free from the obnoxious clauses in the present Act." ''FItA.TRICIDE. - A cottage in WeaVering-street, near,3faidstone, was inhabited by an aged widow, named Weeks, her daugh ter, and two sons, John and Edward. The former son was a drunken and ferocious man, about 30 years of age, and the other of a more steady and mild disposition, three or four years younger, who has lately been work ing for the neighbouring farmers. On Saturday night Edward, having purchased some provisions at Maidstone, returned home with his mother and sister, and went to bed, perfectly sober, at about ten o'clock. The two bro thers usually slept together, and John came home drunk at about one or two o clock on Sunday morning, quarrel some and abusive, .Threw himself on the bed with his clothes on, awoke his brother, and even alarmed the neighbours by shouting and abusing Edward, whom he tried to provoke in every possible way. John went down stairs once or twice after this, still continuing his abuse,' and preventing Edward from going to sleep. The sister, 'fearing that some mischief would be done, pro cured a light, partly dressed herself, and went down stairs.' John having again laid down and continued to incense his brother, the latter, who it appears had hi therto done everything he possibly could to avoid a quarrel, at length rose, put on a part of his clothes, and went down stairs, - saying, " Well, if you've a mind for a row; come down stairs and have it." John directly fol lowed him down, and having got into the kitchen, Ed ward turned round and met him with a view to a fight. Scarcely had he thine so, when he felt a knife enter the lower part"of the abdomen, and cried out that he was killed. He seized the hand of John, and held'it whilst the sister *reached the knife from him, cutting her own hand in theict. Edward then exclaimed, " Oh, you rascal, you have killed me—l shill die, I shall die," and having reached the outside of the_door. he fell from exhaustion. John replied,;" Serve you right, 3 °lf deserved it;" but went to the next cottage and called up a labourer named Good • yer, telling him that he was afraid he had killed his brother. • John then got Edw ard some water, and Good yer ran for Mr. Power, a surgeon, who promptly arrivd. and at 'once declared that there was scarcely a chance of the wounded man's-recovery, as the bowels p rotruded , and it was feared that the k n if e h ad entered the bladder.' Every available remedy was, latter the hozver ti resorted to, and Mr. Power and his assistant, Jones, of e99visited him several times during the day,.agony.The b part which he appeared to be i n most dre adful John, after waiting till about the period when. Mr. Power arrived, was, strange as it may app e ar, permitted to pack up his clothes in a basket, and to go atlarge. He called on a person at Gid's-pond at about six o'clock in the morning, and as his person is well-know n to the police, there is little doubt that he will soon be appre hended. Or.e of his hands, it is believed the right 'one, was cut. Mr. Merrill, the constable of Boxley, was on Sunday and yesterday actively engaged in endea soaring to trace out the offender, but unfortunately with out Success. It appears that he left the house at about -the tithe when Mr. Power arrived, and went up the street. , When he returned ho asked anxiously fur the knife, and Goodyer told him that he had thrown it away and it is now in his sister's possession. It is a common -sharp-pointed pocket•;knife, the blade being about four -inches long. The unfortunate victim has frequently •expreased a wish that his " poor brother " should not be 'burt.c—Muidstone Gazette. , _ . A GOOD SHOT.—On the first day of the grouse shooting season, A. Baker Cresswell, Esq., shot, on the Moors, Inverness-shire, the. property of Sir GordonCuntnaing, Bart., fifty-five brace, the next day, forty brace, and the third day, thirty - roe ; making, in all. two...hundted apd fitty-t . T e Mercury. t ~. , ELECTROTYPE, CALOTYPE, DAGUERREOTYPE. Mr. Vaughan Palmer, electrotypist to the Poly technic Institution and the Art-Union, has just pub blished a small volume, descriptive of the three valu able applications of modern science to the arts, of which the titles are prefixed to these remarks. He clearly details all the processes and the materials em ployed, so that, with ordinary attention, the reader may be enabled to exercise, for his profit and amuse ment, each of those important arts. Perhaps very few are aware of their whole importance—for instance, that of electrotype. It may be appreciated from one example, thus :—Suppose an engraved plate, executed by one of our first engravers, should be given into hands of another equally skilful, with directions to engrave a similar plate, mathematically correct, line for line, point for point, each to be of the same abso lute length, breadth, and thickness, such a command, we know at once, if even a whole life were to be devoted to the task, could not be complied with. But there is not a touch of the graver, no flower of the hedge or meadow, nor cultivated ornament of the garden, whose intricacies of form are not transferable to metal by this interesting process. As a mode by which any number of duplicate plates may be obtained with unerring certainty, it is a subject of deep interest to the lovers of the fine arts, and espe cially to the societies denominated Art-Unions, which could not by any possibility supply, through any other means (as does the London Art- Union), so many as 12,000 copies of the same plate, all equal to proof! The electrotyped plants, flowers, fruits, and insects , deposited by Mr. Cox and Captain Ibbotson, in the theatre of the Polytechnic Institution, are beautiful specimens, which cannot be beheld without admiration. The,calOtype, for transferring pictorial objects to paper, is next described in a brief but satisfactory manner. Mr. Talbot, the, inventor, has changed the name to .a compound from his own, and now calls the art the " Talb p type." He certainly seems to ha•fe'-niare right to do so than M. Daguerre can claitn . (as Mr. Palmer shows) to call the photogra phie,"or light-delineating, art, in its present perfec tion, after his name. The little work of Mr. Palmer places the question as regards the claims of Mr. Beard, of the Polytechnic Institution, who holds the English patent, is a light in which they are not ge nerally understood, and shows that M. Daguerre, notwithstanding all his honours and rewards, lists after all done no more than assist in promoting the art a step beyond the advance at which he found it. In 1802 Sir H. Davy and Mr. Wedgwood made ex periments in photography, but could not fix the pic tures they obtained. In 1814 M. Niepce, of Chalons,. took up the subject, and made considerable progress. Subsequently he and ,M. Daguerre who had been some time similarly engaged, united their labours, which led to the beautiful discovery, " absurdly," says Mr. Palmer, " called the Daguerreotype." - The author tells us that Daguerre was not very successful in taking portraits from life, in consequence of the tediousness of the process, and the necessity for the sitter to be fixed for a long time in one position, with one expression, and without moving a muscle. The first next step towards the practicability of taking' portraits from life, by the agency of light, was made by Mr. Woolcott, an American. But it was not until Mr. Beard, assisted by Mr. Goddard, expended large sums of money and much, time in endeavouring to make his patent under Daguerre pradically available,, that the art was brought to its present state of perfection, beauty; Those exetnisite ,specimens of Mr. Beard's skill, with which the public are now fa miliar, are produced in a few seconds. The original process of Daguerre required hours of irksome sitting for an imperfect production. The pamphlet says nothing of Mr. Beard's last improvement as to giving colours to his portraits, which seems to be a great omission. Yet, if the author had gone much, further in his details, we could not, as the interest of The sub ject has drawn out these 'remarks already to a great length. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.--WQOLWICII, AUG. 28. The Black Eagle steam-vessel, 'Master-Commander S. B. Cook, 14ft Woolwich yesttitgoa,y for Portsmouth. The name of . the vessel built unikthe title of the Infernal has been changed to Eclair,luid she has been commis sioned by Commander W. G. B. Estcourt, and the fol lowing offieers . have beee appointed to her :—Lieutenant P. A. Halket; master, H. D. Burney; paymaster and purser, T. R. Hallett; gunner, William Hust; boatswain, John Warren; acting carpenter, Evan Crowther; and master's assistant, John Gowan. The Volcano steatite vessel, Captain Sir William Dickson, is expected ,at Woolwich from the coast of Ireland to have her defects made good. The Princess Alice steam-vessel, Master- Commander L. Smithett, arrived at Woolwich on Sunday from Dover, and will leave early next week for Ports mouth to join the Royal squadron. HARBOUR DuEs.--A return being required in pursuance of an address of the House of Commons to her Majesty for " a copy of the receipts of every harbour in the united kingdom for each of the last three years, stating the several heads of income, the authority by which the same are levied . ; and of the expenditure fur each of the same years, stating the several heads of ex penditure, and the amount of each head in each of those years;" orders have been issued to the collectors and controllers at all the ports of the kingdom, in pursuance of directions to that effect from Sir James Graham, Secretary for the Home Department, to furnish a list of the several harbours in the United Kingdom to which the above address will apply, with the parties from whom the information called fur by the House of Commons can be obtained with respect to each harbour (so far as they have the means of procuring this information), in order that measures may be taken for obtaining the re turn required. THE FIXING OF THE LONGITUDE.—The observa tions connected with this most interesting subject are proceeding with the greatest success at Valencia, in this county. The actual_ observations at Valencia are Doff conducted by Lieutenant Gossett, of the Royal En gineers, and it is gratifying to know that the scientific part of this most interesting and long-looked-for opera tion is conducted with the utmost diligence and accuracy. The greatest interest has been exercised in the adjoining country by these scientiffc operations, and numbers flock to the heights upon which they are conducted. Lieutenant Gossett entertained a select party of the neighbouring gentry on the 21st instaut, at a sumptuous banquet on the summit of his mountain, where there was supplied every luxury which could be furnished from the county, and from the cities of Limerick and Cork. This singular feast, at a height of nearly 900 feet above the level of the sea, created extraordinary interest, asso ciated as it was with the display of the magnificent, if not unequalled panorama of mountain scenery which is commanded from the position on which this astrono mical encampment is placed.—Kerry Evening Post. THE NEW BANE CHARTER ACT.—In The Sun of Wednesday the several clauses of the Bank Charter Act which will come into operation on Saturday next were mentioned. There are other provisions, which came into force on the 19th of July last, when the Act re ceived the Royal assent, and there are others to which future periods are fixed, so that the entire Act cannot be in actual motion until January next. By the 23d section it appears that there are forty-three bankers who have ceased to issue their own' bank-notes under certain agreements with the. Bank of England, and it-is provided that on the 31st of December next such bankers are to receive a composition by way of compensation, which is by the Act to continue until August, 1856, - if not previously determined.. In January in every year a return of the number of partners, &c., in every banking establishment is to be made to the Commissioners of Stamps, under a penalty of 501., and the Commissioners are required, on or before the Ist of March every year, to publish in some newspaper circulating within each town or county respectively, 'a copy of the return so made by every banker, company, or partnership carrying on the business of bankers, within such town or county re spectively, as the ease may be. NEW CARRIAGE 01' GERERAL TOM THUMB.—The equipage of General Tom Thumb is unequalled in point of magnificence. It is the chariot style, and is made to correspond in size with the General. The body of the chariot is but twenty inches in height, and eleven inches in width. The arms arc Britannia and Liberty, supported by the British lion and American eagle, sur mounted by the rising sun, with the British and Ame,- rican flags crossed. The motto, " Go-ahead." The carriage is by Mr. S. Beaton, 16, Denmark-street, Soho. The harness, which is heavily mounted, and of the most perfect finish, was manufactured by Mr. Filling ham, 278, Whitechapel, and 78, Fenchurch-street. The ponies are only twenty-eight inches in height, and were purchased from Mr. Batty, of Astley's Royal Amphi • theatre. The coachman and footman, two lads, are dressed in livery, appropriate to such a magnificent turn-out. The equipage will be sent to the General at Birmingham, on Monday next, and can be seen on Sa turday evening next, Aug. 31, at Astley's Royal Am phitheatre, in the course of the performances. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEIRANCJI OF • LADY.—The police have since Sunday last been most actively engaged in endeavouring to discover the retreat of a lady whose connexions are of the highest respectability, and reside in the neighbourhood of Hanover-square. The lady in question, who is Mary Jackson, thirty years of age, had, it appears, been for some time in a low, desponding state mind,of and at the recommendation of Dr. Sutherland, she was, a short time since, placed under the care of Mr. South, No. 1, Alpha-road, Regent's-park. On the morning of Sunday last, about a quarter past ten o'clock she was suddenly missed from the house, and all inquiry as to where she was gone has, up to the present time, been fruitless, beyond the fact, which has been ascer tained, that immediately on leaving the house she took the cab No. 1,000, in the Alpha-road, in which she. was driven t o t h e term i nus o f t h e Dover R a il way , w h ere s h e known. chang e d a W . Bank of England note. She t h en, i t i s believ e d, d rove away n i Greatn t fears e sa me are,cab , butit in under stood, nde r what direction is not stood, entertained by her relatives that she will commit suicide. Gonnoi CArms.—Since the Duke and Duchess of Richmond's arrival, his Grace has been entertaining a , number of noble and distinguished friends. Among those at present enjoying the Noble Duke's hospitality are the Earl of Uxbridge, the Ladies Paget, Lord and ._ Lady Templemore, Colonel Richardson and Colonel , Smith of the Royal Horse Guards, Colonel Rotton, Major Udny, Mr. Cox, of London, Mr. Baillie, Mr. Russell, Mr. Roby, Mr. Ricardo. Of his Geacerelemily, the Earl of March, the Lords Henry, Alexander, Mott George Lennox, the Ladies Caroline, Augusta, and Cecilia Lennox, are also At tipa Castle. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 30,1 844. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—We resume our notice of Lord Lynd hurst's Act for simplifying the transfer of property. We have already expressed our opinion of its gene ral merits, but it has incidental excellences which demand special acknowledgment. Besides the drastic purgative which will doubtless work so wholesome an effect upon indentures generally, Lord Lyndhurst, with that elephantine dexterity which loves to disport itself even with the picking up of a stray needle, has bent himself to the " more private and particu lar" requirements which occasionally befal us. For instance, it would sometimes happen that a score brothers and sisters might suddenly find themselves in common possession of a single patrimonial acre. As the undivided twentieth part or share of the aforesaid one acre would not furnish the most perfectly exclusive and unmolested title or enjoyment, it was not unusual for some mutual understanding to be come to upon the subject, without troubling the already over-worked profession of the law. But Lord Lyndhurst, well know ing that so long as Lord Brougham lives, it is every man's own fault if he is too much overburthened with engagements, has provided that for the future, no partition, exchange, or assignment shall be valid at law unless by deed. This law has one very great advantage, which does not always belong to Acts of Parliament. It is certain to be obeyed.' As no con veyancer for the last twenty years has effected these arrangements by any other means, there is no doubt they will readily obey Lord Lyndhurst's com mands that it shall always be so done for the future. .To be sure there would occasionally occur cases—at least we used to be told so—in which the best drawn deed could not be fully relied on ; and the old hands liked to have the further powers of the common law to fall back upon. But this was very unsatisfactory, as we can easily show by a precisely parallel case. A friend of ours once observed to us the facility with which the human body could balance itself under al most any contingency. He threw himselfin to a variety of attitudes in proof of his position. We showed him at once that all this ingenuity was very unnecessary, Iby laying him flat on the floor. And Lord Lynd hurst, having, we have no doubt, made up his own mind that the old common law principles and appli ances will never be wanted, has provided not only that they shall not be used, but that they shall cease to exist. There is a decisiveness, a final settlement, about this kind of legislation, which we relish ex ceedingly ; and of which we have seen very little of late years. We did our best, as every one knows, to defend the Whigs ; but we must confess that their Real Property Acts were very different things from Lord Lyndhurst's. It took them a long Act of some ninety odd sections to substitute 'other modes of assurance for the old system of fines and recoveries. To say, as Lord Lyndhurst does, that you shall not transfer at all, is a far "sim pler" way of doing the thing. And they were s . wedded to system. They never went out of their way to leave the thing they were doing. If you took up an Act, you knew at once what was its object, and never expected to find stuffed into some odd corner a section about any other Matter. To he sure, they reaped the field of real property legislation pretty 'clean—we are glad to be able to say that ; but 'Lird Lyndhurst takes whatever he can come at, and 'gleans up even the wild wheat, and a good deal of it too,. There always used to be a great deal of mys tery about contingent interests and reversions, and 'all 'that sort of thing. No one - knew what could be done with them, or who could do it. Nay, • sonie of our legal Gamaliels say even now, that they cannot make head or tail of Lord Lyndhurst's measure. But with submission, this is carrying conveyance crocheti ness a little too far. It must be obvious that "any person" is now competent to convey anything, the only pre -re quisite being, that it shall not be quite certain that he has anything to convey. The disabilities of infancy and coverture are, of course intentionally, abolished at a sweep—as to uncertain interests. There seems, in fact, hut one point on which to hang a doubt. The interpretation clause informs us that the word 'per son shall _ extend to a corporation as well as to an individual." Now, which of these is a cor poration sole ? 'Will his Lordship be so good as to tell the public. Is the Bishop of London an individual ? Johnson, we know, says that an indi vidual is a fellow. This creates the only difficulty we feel. For the rest, we are clear, that how ever remote the contingency, General Tom Thumb may, under the Act, convey whatever expectant in terest he has in being shown some fine day for a hip popotamus. The operation of the Act is to com mence under the auspices of the new year. But there is one boon for which, as it is no doubt of great advantage, our hopes must be de ferred somewhat longer. We - refer to the re conveyance of mortgaged estates by the mortgagee's executors. This it seems is not to be allowed " until no action or suit shall be depending." This really is an euphuism of which we did not suspect Lord Lyndhurst could be guilty. Why not Latter Lam mas at once? And besides, even suppose we could venture so far into the wilderness of con jecture as to hint that the " suit" ought to have something to do with the subject matter (which, as the Act does not say, no judge could listen to fur a moment), there is still a sad want of precision. It is not for us to say whether or not a suit is to be considered as "depending during the half-dozen days' interval between his Lordship's pro nouncing a decree and the appeal to the House of Lords. We are sorry for these blemishes. We are sure the public would have forgiven Lord Lyndhurst, is the five lines which he has rendered unnecessary in all future conveyances had been lumped once for all in the Act itself. STANDARD.—The person who calls himself Captain Warner, has, after some weeks' deliberation, published a most impertinent attack on Sir Howard Douglas, in reference to the remarks he made in the House of Commons, on the opinions falsely ascribed to him, in reference to Mr. Warner's invention ; in which he insinuates that Sir Howard endeavoured to get possession of his secret, for the purpose of obtaining for himself the' premium to which it might be considered entitled ! llad not Mr. Warner already put himself out of court by boasting of feats during the • last war, of which there not only exists no record, but which every man of science proclaims to have been physically impos sible, we should hardly have insulted Sir H. Douglas so far as to have weighed his assertions against the grave statement of a gentleman of such uimpeachable veracity and worth as that officer. ' Mr. Warner's con duct has, however, rendered such course unnecessary; several of his statements in support of his inven tion having been shown to be unfounded. We all of us remember the boast of the leaper of Rhodes, and cannot but place Alr. Warner's destruction of the two French privateers and the performances of his " long range" during the last " war," of which there are no records, oral or written, in the same category of achieve ments. Mr. Warner has destroyed his own credit with the Government by attempting to prove too much, and he has therefore only himself to blame for the want of confidence which they have exhibited. The only proof he has yet given of his acquaintance with the " long range ' is to be found in his grandiloquent accounts of the feats he professes to have performed. But for his cupidity in requiring a larger sum for making the proposed experiment than it could or ought to have cost, the Government would, it is clear ' have afforded him an opportunity of making good his boast ; but if the destruction, on his principle, of an empty vessel of two or three hun dred tons, can only be effected at the cost at which he has estimated it, his shell will clearly prove too expensive an operation for general use. We need say nothing of the absurdity of supposing, that as it is indispensable that a certain number of persons in every fleet should be made the depositories of his secret, it could long remain unknown. Nay, it is all but certain that the very fragments of the missiles themselves would carry with them evidence sufficient of the nature of the agent employed. Mr. Warner is angry with the, Standard for not placing faith in the rhodomontade in which he has indulged on the miraculous nature of his inventions, but still more for its announcement a few days ago, that the Government had declined his proposal to destroy a ship off the Goodwin Sands (which he does not deny), and which he affirms they may hereafter regret. We may add, in conclusion, that the insolent tone adopted by Mr. Warner to wards all those gentlemen who have expressed an un favourable opinion of his pretensions (some of them officers, like Sir Howard Douglas, possessing most complete knowledge of the science of their profession), is little calculated to remove the impression to which his absurd vaunts, unsupported by a tittle of evidence, have given rise. DEATH OF THE CHAMBERLAIN OF THE CITY OP LONDON.—We regret to have to announce that Sir William Heygate, Bart., Chamberlain of the City of London,died on Wednesday, at Roecliffe, Leicestershire, in the 63d year of his age. The deceased Baronet was only elected to the Chamberlainship about fifteen months since. Mr. Alderman Brown has offered himself a can didate fur the vacant office. SUICIDE.—On Wednesday Mr. Walcley held an inquest at the Middlesex Hospital on the body of Anne Baker, aged . 60, wife of Mr. Baker, shoemaker, 16, Great St. James-street, Lisson-grove. From the evi dence of Messrs. Batteley and Bishop, house-surgeons of the hospital, and several other witnesses, it appeared that the deceased had for years, and especially daring the last six months, suffered greatly from a pain in her head. About nine o'clock last Sunday night she put a baby she was nursing to bed, and, taking the candle, went to the attic, where a window opened up on the roof, which she ascended, and, passing to the adjoining one, flung herself over the parapet wall into the street. In her descent she fractured the sternum and both arms, broke several ribs, and "gloved the liver. Her body was otherwise frightfully mongleil. She was brought to the hospital, when she ,almoat" instantly expired. The jury returned a verdict " that the fle.cessed had destroyed herself, but that there wiiit no tp , ittlenco of her state of mind when she . did do. - LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 29. (Before Mr. Commissioner PANE.) There were a considerable number of cases of insol • vents for hearing before his Honour, but as they were all unopposed, nothing of interest was elicited in the course of the proceedings. In the case of an application in the matter of Adams, an insolvent, the solicitor for the creditors stated, that the official assignee had refused to take pos session of the insolvent's furniture, and he therefore hoped that his Honour would allow a creditors' assignee to be appointed. Mr. Commissioner PANE said he did not wish to inter fere with the duties of the official assignees, for they were not, in such cases, remunerated for their labo - ars, and he had no power of ordering such remuneration to be granted them. If it happened, also, that the official assignee bad created a difficulty by taking property not belonging to the insolvent, he (the Commissioner) conid not afford protection from the consequences of the error. He therefore, in such cases, allowed them to act for themselves. The Solicitor said that he wished merely that his Honour would allow a creditor's assignee to be ap pointed. Mr. Commissioner PANE had mistaken the appli cant. He thought the application was that he (the Commissioner) should give certain instructions to the official assignee. The late Act was so indefinite upon the subject, indeed, he might say, so apparently opposed to reason and to common sense; that he had considerable difficulty in explaining it. It stated that the creditor's assignee was to be appointed after the passing of the final order, so that, in effect, the persons who ought to watch over and conduct the proceedings for the benefit of the creditors was only to be appointed after the busi ness was over. He (Mr. Commissioner Fane) had no objection to name a day for appointing an assignee, but there were so many Acts now bearing on the subject that it was exceedingly difficult to steer between them. The Solicitor suggested that his Honour might rescind the final order. The HoN. COMMISSIONER said the process was tedious and unsatisfactory. He would, however, appoint a day for the naming of a creditors' assignee, but, they must adhere as closely as possible to the forms and practice of the Court of Bankruptcy. The subject then dropped. Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque did not sit till a late hour. SUMMER ASSIZES. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, Aug. 27. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice CRESSWELL.) WOOD V. MONK. The trial of this case was resumed this morning, and several witnesses were examined on behalf of the de fendant, from whose evidence it appeared, that what ever might heve been the conduct of the defendant, that of the plaintiff was by no means without blame. It was sworn that he was in the habit of beating and -otherwise grossly ill-treating his wife ; that he had been in the habit of consorting with other women to the neglect of his own wife, and had behaved altogether in such a man ner as to leave little or no hope of obtaining more than nominal damages, if that, at the hands of the jury. The Learned Counsel on both sides seemed to think that it was high time the disgusting detail was put an end to, and the controversy was at length closed by both parties consenting to withdraw a juror. A juror was accord ingly withdr awn, and no verdict given for either, each party being left to pay his own costs. WILLOCK V. GREEN THr YOUNGER. This was an action to recover damages for an assault and battery committed by the defendant upon the plaintiff: Mr. Roebuck and Mr. Cardell appeared for the plain tiff, and Mr. Martin for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff.wasn servant in th e em ploy of a Mr. Siingshy, and acted as a cattle-driver to that gentleman, who, it seems, is an extensiv e agricul turist in Yorkshire. The defendant is the son of a cattle dealer, who, on the day of the assault, had, toge ther with his falter and the plaintiff, been at a cattle show at Fishpool to exhibit their stock. It happened that the defendant's father succeeded in obtaining a prize, to the disappointment of the plaintiff. There did not, however, appear to have been any between them; but having aftera ards adjourned to an inn, as they were standing in the yard the plaintiff drew his whip across the legs of the defendant's father, saying at the same time, - 17 - e o up, old boy." The defendant's father said, " Don't do that again, my legs are sere." On which ,the plaintiff said, " I beg pardon, I won't." " Then don't," said the other. Plaintiff replied, " I don't mean to hurt you," and they shook hands, and went into the inn and sat down at the table. Some time after the landlord went out, and meeting the defendant said, " Here's old Willock been whipping your father." On which the defendant ran into the house and was about to beat the plaintiff. One of the company said, " No, no, you must not do that," and prevented him. On which the defendant took up one of two heavy metal candle sticks which stood on the table, and hurled it at the plaintiff as if he had thrown it at a bullock. The candle stick struck the plaintiff in the face, cut his cheek and mouth, and knocked out two of his teeth, which dropped into his hand. His mouth bled for two or three hours, and the next morning was so swollen that he was unable to eat. Mr. MARTIN addressed the jury for the defendant, and. contended that the whole of them were a rough set of p eo pl e , who could not be expected to deal as gently with. each other as men in a better state of society ; and he believed that the plaintiff would never have stirred in the matter if it had not been for Slingsby, who probably was chagrined more by his cattle being beaten by the defendant than he was by the plaintiff's teeth being knocked out, and h 7 hoped the jury would think very small damages sufficient in the case. The Learned Juva u . summed u p th e case , an d i n re• ference to what had fallen from the Learned Counsel re specting the gentleness of the parties, observed that perhaps the jury would think that— Who drives tame oxen should himself be tame," and ought not to conduct himself as if he were driving wild bulls. The jury consulted for a minute. and returned a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages, 10/. CROWN SlDE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) Timothy. o'l3l i en was indicted for cutting and wound ing Will:am Jones. Mr. Cardwell was fur the prosecution ; Mr. Wilkins for the defence. The prosecutor was, it appeared, in the month of June last, an assistant to the officer or the Borough Court of Liverpool, and on the 11 th of that month he his superior, and some o th ers , to execute went with a pursuant to a judgment in eject lnrnt pri soner i n th e Borough t h ioj a bf n tp a a( l i) i ns a es n ed , s (gol Court of Liverpool. I he pri soner k ept a prov i s i on shop in Charter-street, in this town. On -Shanahan going into the shop,,before he could produce his warrant, he wa s attacked by the assistant with an iron bar, such as his assi:itanee, .ere ass a iled by the de that with which they taste shutters, and the ti ther offi knife, an d d r i ven f rom t h e s h o p. It large e ral of th em were woun d e d. Th e pro secutor had the thumb of his left hand cut clean away. He had a f r i g htful gash quit e across t h e p a l m of his rig was for some time seriously Guilty of woundin neck, a nd o th er i n juries, He with intent to maim and do grievous n b d a o , dil s y t stab in a the.—g , harm.—Sentenc e w as deferred. August 28. The Lord Chief Baron finished du) Crown business of these assizes yesterday afternoon, and leaves fur London this mornino - . The civil business will not be completed for several days, as, at the rising of the Court last evening, there remained for disposal no less than 24 common and 12 special jury cases. Mr. Justice Cresswell has now been sitting nearly ,a fortnight. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. SENTENCES AND SESSIONAL RESULTS. The following are the principal sentences, results, and adjudications of the Court at the late session : TRANSPORTATION BEYOND TUE SEAS. Fur Life—W. Scarborough, W. Watts, J. Wildley, J. Ashford, J. E. Lingard, P. Larkin, J. Middleditch. For Twenty Years—Sackville Sackville. For Fifteen Years—J. Ingram, alias Walker, G. Ed wards, W. Fisher. _ Fur Fourteen Years---J. Smith. For Twelve Years—B. Jones and Elizabeth Jones. For ten Years—C. Ottenday, T. Woodcoc k . J. Tenni son, J. Beaumont, P. Yellen, J. Errice, R. Mullett, W. Woodward, B. Scruthorpe, C. Manning, H. Harrison, W. Wright, T. Bintle, T. Brown, G. Gray, J. Davis, F. Beth Dub o i s , J ane R o bi nson , Rider, and IL For Seven Ye ars —M a ria Lewis, Mary Burk, Eliza.- Cart wright; R. Wilson, A. Hallifax, C. S almon, W. Harvey, J. Fitzgerald, S. J. Barratt, J. Bushell, W. Bradshaw, J. Jones, G. Goulding. Death Recorded Against—W. Berridge. The undermentioned were sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour in the Houses of Correction fur the counties where their offences where alleged to have been committed, for the following periods, viz.:— For Three Years—T. Wfiite. For Two Years—Faith Bowerman, Sarah Hyland, C. Lamb, T. Clements. • For Eighteen Months—J. Sullivan. For One Year—Mary Woodman, J. Portsmouth, Mary Ann DaVies, W. Mackintosh, J. Wiston, J. It. Downes, E. D. Vine, B. Williams, W. Bamfield, G. Doughty, J. Stnith,'R. Cole, W. Morgan, J. Barrett, J. Brown, J. Faller, G. Hatwell, Ann Stevinson, C. Davis, J. Jones, E. H owe , W. Morgan, G. Hagan, J. Smith, J. R. Downes. For Nine Months—J. M•Donald,.E. Gurling, J.-Lacey, W. Burton, Mary Eyre, W. Robinson, J. Joyce, T. Bridgon, S. Carter, T. Murphy, B. Allen, Ellen Murphy, Emma Cook, H. White. For Eight Months—A. Menzie, T. Whelan, T. Brown. For Six Mon:lts—Ann Wilson, H. Smith, G. Smith, Ellen Dearle, J. Hodges, Mary Donovan, Mary Lock, Mary Jakine, Ann Thompson, Ma r y Ann Smith, Jane , Smith, T. Smith, J. Baker, J. J. J.. La Roche, W. Duncan, W. Hickey, D. Mulleday , Mary Ann Smith, J. Henderson L. Phillis, M. Mitchel l, W. Mullins, R. Rawlinson, J. Barker, p W. W. Dawson , J . Wri g ht, G. Ben nett, W. Henderson, .T. Roberts, C. H arris, J. Boyle, J. Lovell, J. Bull, 13. Hall, R. Doyle , W . Smith, J. Barber, W. Powers, J. Weeks, W. Jone s, F. Whiten, H. Hutchings, W. Evans, J. Kirby, J. R y an, 3. Williams, J. Phillips. For Four Months —Julia Bailey, Eliza Wilson, Ann Page, J. Tunnicliffe, S. T. Burroughs, T. Davis, C. Smith, T. Hurtwayte, T. Smith, T. Hunt, and S. Tilley. For Three Months—T. Bullen, C. Norman, Harriet ' Smith, Eliza Alpin, Harriet Thompson, Charlotte Thompson, Harriet Griffiths, Agnes Fitzgerald, J ane Kenney, Ann Fitzgerald, Mary A. Mortimer, R. Sutton, W. Payne, W. Honor, G. Collins, T. B3rtrum, M ar y Crawley, Ann Stevenson, Louisa Goulon, Jane Grey, W. Stevenson, C, 11. Thompson, T. Blackburn, T. Thomms, S. Pearce, W. Alicock, C. Collier, W. Cole, G. Collins, W. Neville, R. Johnson, C. Beaumont, P. Law less, T. Hughes, W. Thackam, T. Whitbread, T. Marks, T. Kirby, T. Brown, T. Clark, T. Moore, T. Hurlhy, Ann Fowler, and 11. Pratt. For Two Months—Mary Beardman, L. Carroll, W. Johnson, W. Murphy, and C. Lewis. Imprisoned and kept to hard labour one month Imprisonment in Neagate for fourteen days and under 10 Privately whipped and discharged 2 Judgments resiiited upon _ 11 Acquitted by petit jury Discharged by proclamation on ignored bills Acquitted on the ground of insanity I Traversed to the next session . Fined Discharged on rccognizances to appear 1 The Court, at its rising, adjourned till Monday, the 16th of September 'text. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. A young man of respectable connexions and good previous character, named George Hay, was brought before Alderman Wood, charged with several acts of embazzlement and larceny. Mr. Clarkson appeared for the prosecution, and stated that the prisoner was a clerk in the house of Melville, Wise, and Co. of Broad-street, merchants, and also clerk to Mr:Melville, of that firm, as an underwriter, on his own account, and he contrived to appropriate considerable sums by under-casting in the books the amount of moneys received upon the part of the firm, and over-casting the amount of pay • ments. The books were produced, and the in genuity of the prisoner was described, and it appeared that he had contrived for some time to carry on the deception, sometimes keeping 91. or 101. out of 301. or 401. which he had received for the firm. _ _ Mr. E. S. Biddome, clerk to Messrs. Cruikshank, Melville, and Co., Austin Friars, stated that Mr. Melville, of that firm, and the firm of Broad-street also, acted as an underwriter. The prisoner re ceived moneys due to Mr. Melville on his under writing account. Witness knew Mr. John Young, who owed en account to Mr. Melville. The prisoner was in the habit of attending at Lloyd's, and accus tomed to receive cheques to the account of Mr. Melville, to be taken to the firm of Crookshank, Melville, and Co., and to be carried to Mr. Melville's account in that house. The book produced was called the bank-book of that firm, in which was entered the receipt of every cheque received, and it appeared that there was no account of a cheque of 221. 2s. 9d. entered by the prisoner, as paid by Mr. Young; but the prisoner had entered it on the 31st of October, 1843, in the insurance -book, as having received it on that day. Mr. E. Serle, boat-builder, stated that he knew the prisoner. In October last, the prisoner owed him between 6/. and IL for the hire of boats, and he re ceived the cheque for 22/. 2s. 9d. from a waterman of the name of Elliott, and the witness's brother wrote the name of Cocks (his banker) upon it, and the difference between the amount of the cheque and the demand upon the prisoner was paid about six days after, as the cheque was paid. John Elliott stated that he was coxswain of the Neptune Club, of which the prisoner was a member. In October he received a cheque from the prisoner, who requested him to pay Mr. Serle his account and bring him the balance, and afterwards witness re ceived the difference from Mr. Serle, and paid it to the prisoner. Mr. IV. Ward, clerk to Messrs. Cruikshank, Mel ville, and Co., produced the hank-book of the firm, and said that no cheque was brought to him on the 12th of October, or at any other time, by the prisoner for 221. 2s. 9d. Some other cases were gone into, but in conse quence of the absence of some persons who had posi• tively refused to come forward, Alderman WooD directed that summonses should be issued to those parties to attend on Tuesday and give evidence. Joseph H. Clarbourn, a City policeman, stated that he took the prisoner into custody on Wednesday week at Richmond, at the Whitecross Hotel. He had a man with him who appeared to be his servant, and he had two horses at the Talbot. Witness told him what he was charged with, apd prisoner said he thought it would be better to tell the whole truth. It appeared that the prisoner, who is but twenty two years old, had been living f.►r beyond his means, and that the amount of which he had plundered his employer was about 4501. A person here stated that he had a horse and gig which the prisoner had left at his stable. The prisoner stated that he had no property at all in the horse and gig. He was remanded till Tuesday next. The complainant stated, that the prisoner was a lodger in his house, and that for some time past he had grounds for supposing that his wife and the pri soner were on very intimate terms, as he (complainant) was compelled to be absent from home on business very frequently. His fears with regard to their intimacy were verified, for on returning home on Monday week he found that his wife had gone off with the prisoner, taking with them a quantity of property, principally consisting of clothes. He lost no time in making inquiries, and at lE ngth discovered that the guilty pair had taken lodgings in Charles street, Blackfriars-road, where they passed as man and wife, and occupied the same bed-room. As com plainant found seycral boxes at the lodging with his property in them, he gave the prisoner into custody. Evidence was then adduced to show, that at the time the complainant's wife absconded from home the prisoner assisted in the removal of the goods-, and also to show that he and she were living together as man and wife in the lodging they occupied, after their flight from complainant's house. 'The complainant was cross-examined by the pri soner's solicitor with a view to show that the wife left home with his consent, and that he had desired her to quit his house and to take her things with her on the morning she left home. The complainant, however, denied that such was the fact and declared that he was amazed and shocked on finding she had gone off with the prisoner. The complainant's wife was in attendance and ab solved the'prisoner from all blame in the transaction. She was prepared to take all the responsibili:y of the act upon herielf, so as the prisoner was acquitted of the charge. The prisoner, through his solicitor, declared that he was led to believe that the complainant and his wife had agreed to a separation, and that he was not even aware of the description of property removed by the wife. The MAGISTRATE said that an opportunity should be afforded the complainant of prosecuting the prisoner if he thought a jury would convict, and for that purpose he should make the defendant enter into his own re • cognizance in 1001., and find sureties of SOL, to appear at that Court the day preceding the next Central Criminal Court sessions. A young man, dressed like a drover, who gave the name of Williain Franklin, 3, M‘Dowall-rlace, White more-road, Hoxton, wes placed before Mr. Alderman Hunter, on a charge of stealing from the person of James Ward, an Irish pig dealer, the sum of 741. 10s. The prosecutor said that he was a pig dealer, from Drogheda, and had sold in Leighton Market, on Tues day last, a lot of pigs, for 751. 14s. 64. He met the pri soner there, and was persuaded by him to come as IHr as Watford by the railway. They there got drinking,ami commenced to walk up towards London. They over took a Waggon, and the prisoner said they wete tired, and asked if th y might ride. The waggoner consented, and the prosecutor and prisoner stt pped inside, the driver sitting on the outside. The prosecutor fell asleep, and awakened at a 'few minutes before six in the waggon, which had . and at the Ram yard, in Smithfield, between one'nd two that same morning. He found the prisoner gone, and his money, *amounting he thought to 74/. 10s., gone also. The money was in two purses ; one contained a tO/. note, three 5/. notes, and a sum in gold. The other purse contained the silver. He could not say how much gold or silver there was. He gave information of the robbery to po lice-constable 215, and described the prisoner, who, within half an hour, was taken by that officer.. • City. police-constable, 215, said that he observed the priSoner walking across Smithfield towards the " Ram," ain: took him into Custody. When searched, he had in a purse 341. in pld, and 21. Bs. ad. in silver.' He gave his proper address at the station-house, and witness afterwards ascertained that he had been home, leaving the prosecutor asleep in the waggon. There was a key found upon him which, he said, opened his trunk. He also stated that he had left it in some public-house in Hoxton, but could not say where. The trunk, he ad mitted, contained a large sum of moncy., Alderman HUNTER said he should . remand the case till Wednesday, and directed the constable to look after the waggoner, and, if possible, find out the trunk de scribed by the prisoner. PERIPATETIC PREACHERS.—The quiet parish of Glcnbucket, where all the parishioners have adhered to the Established Church, had, the other week, a visit from one of those peregrinating parsons who have been sent from-the south to enlighten the darkness of this northern quarter of the kingdom. On Sunday fortnight, a Free Church preacher in a neighbouring parish came to pre pare the way—an advanced post, or a straw thrown up to give notice how the wind blew in the district of Glen bucket, lie, however, stood "alone in his glory ;" few went to listen to the worthy man's ministrations. On the Wednesday a body of cavalry was observed ap aroaching from Towie. The good folks had got notice, on Sunday, that a certain southern pulpiteer would visit them, but the crowd that now approached looked more as if an attempt was to be made to spread the Gospel by the arm of flesh, than like the quiet, meek manner o modern days. The fears of the people on this score— if any existed—were, however, soon dispelled. It was found that no hostility was intended—no forcing of creeds, or the only alternative, cold steel into their sto machs. The crowd that appeared on horseback was only composed of quiet, peace-loving people—a peripatetic audience accompanying the peripatetic preacher; the latter worthy, having anticipated that he would get few to appreciate his eloquence in Glenbucket, and thinking it a pity that so much breath should be lost to the world, took the wise precaution of carrying a congregation along with him. It is a common way and a good plan. It makes scarcity of, attendance less apparent, and numbers more conspicuous. —Aberdeen Hera. FATAL CURIOSITY.—TRYING WHAT TILE SENSA TION OF HANGING IS.—On Saturday night last, C. Swann, Esq held an inquest at Mr. Smith's, the sign of the Wrestlers, Sneinton, on the body of Frederick Smith, 14 years of age. It appeared deceased was Mr. Willard Morley's servant-boy, and was of a lively, cheerful dispesition, happy in his place, and ne.t at al; likely to commit suicide. Iti the evening of the day Saville was executed, he askel Thomas Hallam, Mr. Morley's farming-man, if he had been to see the exe cution ; he told deceased he had not, and here the con versation ended ; but the same morning, he said to Wm. Keep, the farming-servant, " I wonder how that man a ill feel as he was going to be hung." On Sa turday last it seems he determined to gratify , this faish and dangerous curiosity, by trying an expe riment, which proved fatal to himself, as it has done to many other thoughtless lads. William Straw, Mr. Morley's gardener, deposed to telling deceesed to water some trees about four o'clock in the af ternoon of Saturday, and to discovering him hanging under a shed, in the orchard, ahem an hour and a halt' aftere girds t . he gave an alarm and the body was immediately cut down, but life was extinct t' his hands, face, and arms were quite cold. Mr. Burrows, surgeon, was soon in attendance, but of course all attempts to re store animation were fruitless. The witness Hallam saw the cord was is four or five doubles, but was not quite round deceased's neck, and the other end was fastened round a spar of the shed.' His shirt, jacket collar, and frock were between the cord and his neck, and the cord was not in a running noose. The witness Hallam said he believed deceased took the cord with which he hung himself off a post, near to the shed. There is some timber lying near to the place where he was hanging ; witness thought, by some dirt which he saw, that de ceased had stood upon the timber to tie himself up, and then swung himself off. The jury, having fully consi dered all the circumstances, returned the. following ver dict:—" Hung himself accidentally, in trying what the sensation of hanging was, and not with an intention to destroy himself."—Nottinyham Mercury. SUICIDE OF A LADY AT ELTFlAM.—Throughout the whole of Tuesday this little village was in a state of the greatest excitement in consequence of the following melancholy affair :—Shortly after twelve o'clock as a yoUng man named Bently was crossing some fields of his master's, he discovered a fashionable tuscan bonnet, trimmed with blue and white satin ribbon, lying amongst the rushes on the bank of a small but deep pond, which, on picking up, he found contained a pocket and a number of letters. These he took to his• master, oho sent for Sergeant Osborn, 13 R, of the Eltham police, who pro ceeded to the pond, and from a number of female foot prints being round it he concluded that some one was in the water. There being no drags in the village, he was compelled to wait until a smith had made a brace of hooks, with which, after a short period, he drew out the body of a person, apparently a woman about 30 years of age, but from the circumstance of there being a great quantity of hair upon the chin he imagined it was a man in woman's clothes. The body was conveyed to the Crown Inn, Court-yard, Eltham, when it proved to be that of a woman, and evidently had not been long in the water, as a handkerchief in the hand was quite dry in the palm. She was elegantly attired in a pale green plaid silk gown, and cape to match, trimmed with black blonde. • lier linen was marked " M. W. j," She had also a valuable gold watch, name " Harlfriend, 157, Regent-street." On a subsequent examination of the pocket, it was found to contain a considerable sum in • gold and silver, a letter addressed to her mother, " Jackson, Hanover-street," several talkiresed to " Miss Jackson," and others to her friends at Bath and Ber iek, taking a farewell of them. There was also a will bequeathing property, to which she is entitled, to the amount of Some thousands. Wednesday afternoon Mr. C. J. Carttar, Coroner for West Kent, hilt] an int Fest ou the body of the deceased, Miss Mary Ward Jackson, aged thirty years. Mr. Isaac Henry Tym, of 13, Beau- • fort-buildings, Strand, said he was well acquainted with the deceased. On Sunday three weeks he dinA with her f,t Osborne's Hotel, Adalphi. SNs was then very unwell, and had ben so since last July. On Monday witness heard that she was missing. He was satisfied that her 'pied was impaired. After some further evi dence had been gone into, Mr. Alexander John Suther land, physician, of Fludyer-street, Westminster, said he had seen deceased several times. She was decidedly of unsound mind. Verdict —" Insanity." WooDcocxs.—Last year we noticed that two wood cocks' nests were discovered in Melkinthorpe Woods, . near Lowther, by Mr. George Harrison, gamekeeper to the Earl of Lonadale, and that in both instances the eggs were all hatched. At that time both Mr. Harrison and his brother (his Lordship's principal gamekeeper) ex pressed their decided opinion that many of these delicate , birds, if unmolested in their favourite retreats after the beginning of February, would become naturalised and breed in this part of the country. In support of their opinion we have now to report that five young birds, strong upon the wing, were sprung a few days ago in the same locality. As these woods are strictly and carefully preserved, and seldom entered during the summer months, probably many more breeds yet remain to be discovered.—Lancaster Guardian. • • - • - I MARKET NEWS. (YESTERTY O) EAT TWIZZETS. 41; Snirrn ! ' FIELD.—Coarse Meadow Bay, 31 10s t , 1 to 45 Useful ditto, 414 s to 4112 s ; fine Upland ditto, 4 1 ', li 51; Clover Hay, 4/ 155 to 6/6s ; Oat Straw, 1/65 8s ; Wheat Straw, I/ 8s to 1/ 10s per load. average supply. and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 153 to 414/ „ 1 1 Useful ditto, 416 s to 41 14s; fine Upland ditto, 411 55 513 s ; Clover flay, 4/10s to 6/; Oat Straw, 117 s t ° o 9s; Wheat Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12 s p e r load. Sl* gof.d, and trade dull. WIIITECIIIPEL—Coarse MeadoW Hay, 31153 to 4 , 1 1 1 Useful ditto, 416 s to 4/ 12 5 ; fi ne Upland ditto, 41 lip 51; Clover Hay, 41 15s to 6/ 10 5 ; Oat Stray! , ,J os t to 1/ 8s ; Wheat St raw , 11 8 s t o 1/ 10 5 Per_L f t Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at the ow" ( quotations. , • soi New Meadow Hay sold at f rom 31 to 41; - New Clover, 41 to 515 s per load. • =MAT BICALEZZTS. d SOUTHiLL, AUGUST 118.—The supply of each fat stock on offer here to-d a y was , th e t i me - o f-year c ,l l ste' l sidered, good. Prime old Down s comman ded a 3 0 sale at fully last week's prices, but otherwise the 0 , 0 ,j ruled dull. Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 1041 ; Mutton, 2i '4 ; to 4s ; Lamb, 3s 8d to 4s $d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 40 0 and Pork, 2s 4d to 3s 8d per Bibs. to sink the „), Supply :—Beasts, 51 ; Sheep and Lambs, Calves, 50 ; Pigs, 60. f tr y ROMFORD, AUGUST 28.—Although th e supplf ° -5 od this morning was rather limit e d, th e gener al dero ito ruled inactive on the following terms :—Be',S. f fid 2s 8d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4 5 ; g to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pr o rk, 2/ ti t erges I 3s 8d per Blbs. Sucking Calves, 18s t o 32s ; old Store 16e to 20s; and . 51 B;4). Cows, with t " small Calf,Thyet 161 to 191 each. LEWES, AUGUST 27.—; from 2s 6d tn Mutton, 2s 8d to 4s ; 3s 6d to 4s 6dt: 4l 34 4d to 4s 2d ; ar..Cl Pork, 2s 6d to 31 6 ° 8113 s. Supply mokrate, and trade dull CORN AVERAGES. nt 4 ' ti EN ERA L AVER co AGE PRICES OF BRITISH _pi , For the Weeit ended Aug ui t 24,1844. made up them the geL",l5 , tiie Inspectors , n the different Cities and Towns in Ent , '" Wales. per Imperial quarter. '• • sia Wheat....... 50i. 4d. 1 Oats ....».. 30s. 4tl. 335. 3d:l Rye .. ...... 365. lid 1. 1 Pea5e.......« •FERAGIS OF THE LAST 1111 WEEK& ,00 1 Weeks ending.'wustat BAIRJALI oil's. 1 EEL SEAN& July 51. 1 34 21 4 36 4 37 e l at 3 7 27 62 9; 34 2 Mt 10 113 9. 3: 5 Aug. 3 5l 0' 34 'lO 20 3 37 I 34 1 . 10 4B 10 34 41 20 1 35 9 35 w 1 17 ;49 1 34 6 20 0 36 11 • 116 • 7 24 5O 4 39 3 23 4 28 6 . 05 10 d i !MeIt:MAL AGIBILIOATE •TIZAORS OF THE XII 51.. ed. , Oats ..... 20s. ell 5ean......... tcarle , ••..•.•• 34 A i Rye ..... 36.. 01.1 Pea5e........ 01 DUTIES OH IOSIDIN COIN. Wheat les. Od. I Oats ••••••••• ocl.l Beans...». 7. .s. ••••••«•• 01. i Rye •••••••••6ti Bd.! Pease .......• . t o ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF "I' REV. DR. CARSON, OF TOBERMORE It is our melancholy duty to announce the ileac) of this disintinguished and N enerated divine. w: 0 1 took place on the 24th instant. The circumstan c e Dr. Carson's decease, which were in all re-pee" to trying and affecting, are as follow :—Having for a few weeks in England, where he had gon e , pe , ecclesia-tical business, he was about to return h o ' td wards on the 16th instant. He reached the e° 3 ),'' o , which he was to take the steamer to Belfast, siderable period before the hour of sailing ; while walking leisurely upon the wharf, he P s ' e e out his watch to ascertain how long time 'L ti r, elapse before the vessel would leave the 11 0 '70, While in the act of looking at the time-PIA he unconsciously approached too near the the and, in an instant, was precipitated int ° 1 1 00 tide. The fall to the water was about nine feet , ° fee t the depth of the liquid element was twenty-fiv e 0 more. No sooner, however, had he sunk than a te lf boat from the quay was pushed off, and, immed i l o it, on his rising to the surface, he was safely place d j c ier, His arm, which had been dislocated at the sh ot .' A t o; Was speedily adjusted, and the injury sustained d i " appear so grea as to forbid his being conveyed W fi ge berth in the Falcon, then about to sail. The Po ss fot was unusually long, extending to about twentY hours ; and, although every attention was paidt ° l o while on board, it was found, on his arrival P ` bit that he was in a state of extreme debility, altboug was not conceived of danger. He was removed toter, residence of the Rev. Mr. Wilson, Baptist Irvin itel) where he, remained till his decease. He had nteo long there till symptoms of congestion of bloo d :70 the lungs presented themselves; but, under dolor cious treatment of Drs. Moffatt and Purdon• th° t his son, Dr. Carson, of Coleraine, it was expect n i n s , the attack would be arrested. On Friday n ve "" r el l ' however, an unfavourable change presente d ,I jot, and, on the morning of Saturday, he breathed i° s lt iet He retained the full vigour of his me ntal fue n „i t i , throughout his illness, and evinced the greatest Plo ness and composure under the visitation. lie the 68th year of his age.—Banner of Ulster. Ladies travelling, or temporarily subjected -°,Af deviation of equable temperature, will find in liotr e al' Kalydor a renovating and refreshing auxiliary, "Id ling the cloud of langour from the complexion:oi immediately affording the pleasing sensation stvu - od restored elasticity c,f the skin. The distressing ,Ise unsightly varieties of cutaneous eruptions 1 0 , n ye promptly eradicated by the Kalydor. Spots, ro to r it , freckles, di,colourations, and sallowness, Yiel a ,4o o specific qualities, and are succeeded by a snot" 00 and transparency of the skin, giving rise to senst 4 ll/ of the utmost pleasure and surprise. Being unive;to preferred, its consequent great demand excites cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give I; 0 0 of "Genuine" Kalydor to some compounds of tbeh manufacture, of the most deleterious chareder:o the taming mineral a •tringents utterly ruinous " 0 4 co.),plexion, and by their repellant action en( 1011 ,/ r , health. It is, therefore, imperative on purchn° 4 ;tba .ve th a t the words " Itolt land's Kalydor are , ° l l wrapper. All other., are fraudulent counterfei" ' 5 NEWLY IN VENTED SPECTACLES, TELESCOIIt: at' —ln consequence of the great inconvenience i°,iu tbs, t .nded with injurious effects to persons' eyesig ht s uite' ) country, by their not being enabled to be properif ier the with spectacles, &c., and which have come and sol°' notice (to a great extent) of the Messrs. S. and m o per mons, Opticiar=, 39, Albemarle-street, PiceadillYt site the York Hotel, they have contrived means IV A ?)e individuals, at the most remote'part of the gleb e tottni suited with their Newly Invented Spectacles, bk g the their age. and, if making use of Spectacles , non l i f length of time they have done so. Inunedin te rfe es Newly Invented Spectacles are placed before 111 ,. 0 P e e th e vision, that mist and dullness which appear be f r b pd eyes is at once removed, every object becomes elf * ghl distinct, so that the most aged imperfect sight limpte° to its youthful, natural, and original state. Z,S;e 4 Achromatic Telescopes, Opera Glasses, ItlicrosceP . et of the same kind of Lenses, to surpass any ever) o f ( vented. Their Sound Magnifiers, Invisible 1 7 1 9 i c43 , 0 3 ° ductors, will enable persons at an advanced ag e ' 0, t a t forty . and fifty years standing of extreme desc e e ; join in general conversation they are not in ' a 5 0 1 perceptible, nor more uncomfortable than having eof diece of fine wool in its place. Sent, catTiage ra p 1b istance.—Caution : Messrs. S. and B. Salotaon 'rs,,o3 cians and Aurists, are not in any way conneet e &bol! f : person of the same name in their immediate ne t t Ol t hood, nor in any part of the country. To prev e bt el takes, be cautious, and observe—only to be ~ Os, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly,opposite the Yer: s O' [ADVERTISEMENT].—A STARTLING HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.—A gentleman named late of the West Indies, but now residing in Y• ti t h ac road, Liverpool, had suffered for many years wt' t he ceased stomach, with flutterings and a sinking l' or tel of the stomach, and palpitation of the heart, s'!_ i foo of breath, with a continual craving after substano% l et together with a depression of spirits bordering s-:btoill' lancholy. He paid hundreds for advice without 001, ing the least benefit, but, however extraordinary:Vs'' appear, he was radically cured in about six wel so fr.; his ailments by these wonderful pills. Sold le, l 'ob s j fessor Holloway's Ointment) at Professor Holloot'be tablishment, 224, Strand (where advice may 400 3 gratis), and by almost all respectable vendor sine throughout the civilised world. BIRTHS. of Jo 0, On the 22d'inst., at Aire, near Geneva, the lad)' °f of 69° 0 • re Charles Thorold, Bart., of Syston-park, Lincolovilwls.o°' On the 24th inst., at St. George's-terrace, 1 - IYcl e. ` Mrs'. Price, of a son. 0 . j it eg- f T, On the 25th inst., at Dover, Mrs. R. Bennett, 01 - w ife °' On the 26thinst., at Park-hill, Clapham, t he Je Dunnage, Esq., of a son. the On the 27th inst., at Lower Tul-e hill Storey' t he of Mr. T. Thompson, of a son. On the 27th habt., at Cambridge-terrace, Calu wife of Mr. Edward Doyle, of a daughter. 10 6 1 On the 26th inst., at Higlifield, Exmouth, the _Ad C. Cole, Esq ~of a daughter. at P D- On the 26th inst, the wife of Alexander Aliso, wick-terrace, Ilackney-road, of a daughter sc O ,t r i t t u t! , enl4etsi:l th° to i t ' , s t l i; I i a z t a youngestb i t t ,t : h lJ , ll° t lß l t i n e j:6l.D r°6' Christopher Atkins, Esq.. of Blackwell. Ise 4 '....111''' On the 27th inst., at Trioity Church, Upper Ch of ist• o t sonby Arthur, eldest son of the Rev. Henry moo , ,bte_ A r , hale. Kilkenny, to Augusta Sophia, younges t da' ,, k kt: *.li 3ltijor-General the Hon. William - Henry Gardn r ' - I 5 0 " gan place. Aug li iii On the 27th inst., 4 St. Pancras Church, oueee Frederick Hamilton, Esq ,of Kentish-town, to 1 1 . 10 . ,Y;„ 1 ,4 Pi se . ' daughter of the late a Richard. Een of B e " - -, --.., .., th ° Hampstead-Tod. nu e,— ha + On the 27th inst., at St. George's, Ilannver's4,oCtitZ, Rev. Edward Baines, Rector of Bluntisham, Han„t s ..lo ' o , PP' rine Eularia, youngest daughter of the late J. P * , .1. Church, dual,ar,ghBt tee; !Orb. w e l i 4 it* 4%, 0f . , 1% S T, of Shooters-hill, Kent. On the 27th inst., at Twickenham, Mr. G. R° - -' ' o f for' cot-place, Lambeth, to Elizabeth, eldest daughter .Bowyer, of TWickenham. lO DIED. • r.l°.' Samuel nuetlhße Brooke, Esq., ata3gleadr3g4a.te, Henry, third sopne:: s On the 22d inst., at Chiswick, Middlese%t Es.., late of the city of Dublin. m nsett F.,110 0 4311 OP 22d just., in Fenchnrch-street, S, M arg a ret, - On the 22d Inst.; at Gosport, Elizabeth ill ef of the late John Lowes, Esq. rik ar a • Dawso n • b On the 25th inst., at the house of Captain f lite , n m e n3 ar me S , b E re sq w . sbury, Edward William , third Li s n o t ::: yotaco t On the 25th inst., at Clapham , ThOEflaS son of the Rev. Charles Bradley. , G , of --------- 4, ITRDO Tk lii*. 15 / London; Printed and Published b P. W nfbOh + 1 ** se 0 & No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TI Silo a, y ~. cow Strand, in the Precinct of they oy, lil , I Middlesex, Friday, August 30. - ~ ' BOW-STREET. Jules Boulet, a tall dark Frenchman, was placed at the bar, charged before Mr. Hall with having as saulted Auguste Trion, a fellow-countryman, by striking him several blows with his fist in a most anti-G allican manner. The complainant, who appeared much excited, and was not much more than half the size of his assailant, stated his case in a patois of broken English inter larded with French expressions, which was scarcely intelligible, from which it appeared that the two " compatriots" had been talking over the events of Otaheite, Tunis, and Mogadore, until two o'clock that morning, when they turned out thirsty and irritable. " He then want me to give him some biere. Eh bien! I refuse. He then begin box me. Ino fight----I no box like one blaggad,' and he hit me des coups de going in de face." The prisoner here raised his eyes to the ceiling in horror at the statement of his accuser. Mr. HALL (t) complainant)—Did he hurt you ? Complainant (looking vacantly)—l no !nosh speak Anglish. Je ne comprends pas, Monsieur. Mr. HALL—You say he struck you. Where did he strike you? Complainant—Oh, comme ca, comme ca—intimating by gesticulations that he had received a blow under the eye. Prisoner (turning towards complainant)—"here did I strike you ? Complainant (disdainfully avoid ing all parley with the enemy)— Oh c est egal, c'est egal. The police proved that there had been a quarrel between the two Frenchmen, but stated that, as they spoke in French, they knew nothing of the origin of their dispute. Mr. HALL—What have ycu to say. prisoner? Pri soner—He has nussin on his face, but (patting his thigh) I have somesin here.—(Laughter.) HALL---Do you mean that he kicked you ? Prisoner—Oui, Monsieur, yas ! dat is it. Ino speak Anglish. Ino able to say all he do. But I tell as I can.—(Laughter.) He bad man ; he been in de prison ; he ruclulss his wife wid de knife. He " keek" me; I give him des coups de going. I can't receive somesing for nussing.—,(l,aughter.) Mr. HALL—YOU are countrymen, and if you can't meet without quarrelling you had better not meet; or if you meet you had better not speak to each other. (To the prisoner)—You are di , charged. Monsieur Boulet makes his best bow, and retires, while M. Trion looks chagrined at the result. UNION-HALL. Two ill-looking young fellows, named William Taylor and Matthew Smith, were brought before Mr. Cottingham, charged with breaking into the Pagoda-tavern, Bermondsey New-road, and stealing several bottles of wine, the property of James C. P. Lowe, the landlord. Police•constable, 226 M, said that about twenty minutes past five this morning he was passing the Pa goda-tavern, when he heard a noise in the lower part of the house. He then perceived the cellar-flap partly open r and heard the rattling of - bottles. He cpened the flap, when he perceived Smith about to get out with a bundle in one hand. On seeing him about to descend, Smith went down again, and crossed the cellar. He then called the assistance of Ward, 220 M, who remained outside, while he awoke the land lord and searched the premises with him. They dis covered the prisoners in the middle of the cellar, each drinking a bottle of port wine l They seemed quite unconcerned. The floor was strewed with broken bottles, and the wine was running about. He then secured the prisoners, who were quite drunk, and conveyed them to the station- house. Mr. Lowe said that after the prisoner left the house he minutely examined the cellar, and found that the flap had been wrenched up with a crow-bar, and the Chain which fastened it down had been broken. In the middle of the floor he found a crow-bar, a piece of candle, and some matches. In the fining cask, which had the head out, he found six bottles- of port wine tied up in a pocket handkerchief, which had been seen in the possession of Smith by the constable. On examining the door which communicated with the interior of the premises, he found that attempts had been made to force it open. The crow-bar which was found on the floor corresponded with the marks on the door post. He (Mr. Lowe) considered that about three dozen bottles of wine had been destroyed. 226 M remarked, that as soon as the prisoners found they were dicovered, they began to break the bottles. Mr. COTTINGHAM asked Mr. Lowe whether he knew the prisoners ? Mr. Low replied he had no recollec tion of ever seeing them before. In answer to the charge, Smith said that he was drunk, and not aware of what he was doing. Taylor made the same defence. Mr. Lowe said that they were seen loitering about his house by the man at the toll-bar at three o'clock. They were then perfectly sober. Mr. COTTINGIIAM said, that there was not the least doubt that their intention was to rob the interior of the premises from the marks upon the door, which corresponded with the crow-bar found near where they were found. He should remand them until Wed ne4day next, .to give the officer an opportunity of making inquiries into their characters. Wednesday John Leigh, an engineer, was brought up for re-examination, charged with absconding with the wife of John Townsend, a linendraper, and steal ing various articles, his property.