The Sun. — London, England, 1844-11-07 00:00:00

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This' ipatible "1. 4 : plaintiff im I with pro d . hat this wilt' ant, which 0 1 fitly with Oi l " full knor years in ttl ia : it or regal' Lng either 1 1: vas known ' and did effee- Mr. TlvJtoi s, Lrge from g r. prrAed by th e sad the pow", i'fi notice. _ A s not resoiv e " but when the , he was eon' would not b e re he brough t ordships' per rt could only the trial, so,, t. They cols' s to what he beport left.) DAY•) sting aftei 10 .! B plaintiff 4)'' DAY.) WxGWI OTHERS. i a sum of 5 5 :',' L, as a coPPe' the plainti ffs ' endants. by a pet, ?"1; " Fau s 0 on with t: The Meso; ternoster - r o " another P ub ,: r not in th e ', nade advan ce , Ti. 16s. for ti l e La alleged w x, of the vvor he krupt, and t efendants tbs a br them ; 513 0 the accouP till its riiilt Is DAY') • 1 11 orted 0 broker int o, I, month og • that the 11 1 5 rt a in ehat t `f e j ving cone j ay discharge 3A Y.) t , v e ry resP e F t h ingbain cvl Eve. complaina vi ! an op, nortu ( 1 the shop o th P o ng given Lis , ped, and ti` , holy acc° ll l w h o , he S g 011 ~.t my ; to ;ent e need a however, 13_!a opensities ,o 4 com fort, Y`, l )mmittivg wi w cow t the former 070 obably c au i, but inste of being seat atroad, he would be sent to the establishment in the Isle of Wight, and there taught a trade, by which he would be enalded to obtain his bread in an honest way. He was then committed.. CLERKEN WELL.-(THIS DAY.) Two persons named .2kP Gregor and Jones w ere charged with passing bad coin. They were captured last night, by police-constable, 405 N, after passing a quantity of bad coin on numerous shopkeepers. When the male prisoner, APGregor, was arrested he swallowed some bad money, and made so desperate a resistance that it required the combined exertions of four constables to take him to the station, several of whom he kicked and knocked duwn. A large quantity of coppers and four- Peony pieces were found on M‘Gregor, wh . ch he had obtained as change for the bad sixpences. la`Gregor said if he had a knife he would have stabbed the constable who arrested them.—They were remanded. AWFUL CONFLAGRATION—THE BARQUE NINIAN. (From the Limerick Reporter of Tuesday.) Last night, about half-past eight o'clock, this beautiful vessel, belonging to Mr. David Bannatyne, which had lain up fur the past three weeks, at the North Strand, near the Patent-slip, for the purpose of being pitched and otherwise repaired, preparatory to taking in a fresh cargo, was discovered to be on fire. alarm was instantly given and every assis tance that could be put in requisition was imme diately had. Before, however, any effective aid could possibly be at hand, the devouring and frightful element had gained the ascendant, the flames having got ahead, and having attacked the l oiszen-rnast, the rigging, and the sails, together with the sides of the vessel, the appearance was awfully sublime, exhibiting one scene of livid flame, both terrific and appalling, threatening, as it was thought, inevitable destruction to two vessels that lay quite C lose. Meanwhile, the alarm spread on every side, and assistance poured in from every quarter, and in less than twenty minutes after the first alarm, t housands were on the spot. But, by this time, the fire, which originated in the captain's cabin having reached the bulk-head and main-holt, and communi cated with the mizen-mast, imminent destruction threatened the vessel, meanwhile the St. Michael's Parochial engine arrived, but it appeared wholly im- Possible for a considerable time,toadjust it and get it to work. The West of England engine shortly after ived, and, under the conduct of Messrs. John F ogarty and Robert Anglim, commenced playing on the flame s b e f ore th e parochial engine was adjusted. The engine was worked by most efficient hands, relieved at intervals by the military under the com mand of Colonel Maunsel, who was quickly at the stightful scene, and was indefatigable in his exertions. The St. Michael's engine had now corn- i nenced work most effectually too, plied by the pa rochial firemen and civilians. The Mayor, with a large body of the police, was also in attendance, and as most i n d e f a tigable in his exertions, also Sir R. Fr anklin and Mr. Crips. Numerous tar-barrels and l obeaux blazed on the quay to drect the operations. The safety of the entire vessel, and, we may say, of r e others adjoining, was, in a great measure, owing the cutting away of the mizen-mast, ordered by r. G. Tramoereo, foreman at J. F. Russell's dock- Yard. The engines worked incessantly for two hours, and th e vessel was obliged to be scuttled before the varbeohnayd, a d a been got under : the Captain's cabin being destroyed great portion of the mainholt partly THE KILMARNOCK SUICIDES. — The mystery which bong around this melancholy affair is now partially re moved, in so far as the identification of the unfortunate individuals is concerned ; but nothing, as yet, has been elicited that can afford the slightest insight into the 'ettuses which led to the commission of such a delibe rate act of suicide. It is ascribed, by common re- Port, to misfortune in business. This, however, is con tradicted by the statement of Mr. Horton, to whom 41I usion is made in the concluding paragraph quoted fr om the Kilmarnock Herald. As expected by that Journal, he arrived in Kilmarnock on Friday, and -Proceeded to .Ayr to obtain a warrant from the Sheriff for the exhumation of the bodies in the church- Iltrd of Kilmaurs, where they were interred by order of t he authorities. We understand that, on his represen tation, the Sheriff at once granted a warrant as re quested ; and the bodies were accordingly disinterred next d ay Although the face of the male was a little 4 "omp - os . ed,yet the traits of the visage were sufficiently di stinct to serve the Purpose of identification. Mr. Lorton, however, could ns;',.. identify the female, whom he alleged to have never seen. The bodies, after this inspection, were again consigned to their resting-place. - -Ayr Observer. ACCIDENT IN THE BLACKFRIARS-ROAD. —On Mon,:ay evening last the following frightful accident oc curred in the Biackfriars-road, by which a very valuable tbe em h:irse w 35 killed on the spot, and a youogPta t°Y of Mr. Apps, the coach-builder, nearly , 1 1. 1 o i st _hi t s having r -Wed a compound fracture , slcq . e It ect hat t apears the horse, which is aote_ry sp rited was attached !•0 l it 'lltitof . Mr. Ap p's a light gig, and Was standing resin nee while the' "was ehang th a e bridle, when a let off acf etejja f e rcin oaCi an Hocked orse's head. The animal darted of t -e h fetll 4 nocked the young man down, the near wlieel ptissitt:g, 4 :er his left leg. The horse turned down Wellington-', ~,te L e t, and on nearing the east end he. ; came in contact . " 11 a brick wall with such violence as to cause almost Instant death to the poor animal. The gig was also very Mu ch damaged by the collision. The young man was tak e tct Guy' s Hospital, and is going oti favourably. has qttiet village of Blendon, nett' Bexley, the 48—etardewisted from its wonted peacefulness within days by an occurrence of a melancholy cha tactar and which at first induced a very strong belief tha t the foul crime of infanticide had been committed by tithgirl named Elizabeth Wells, who was employed in th, e eaPacity of housemaid in the establishment . of a gen rnao connected with one or the London banking firms, tr, 7 o resides in the above village. A lengthened inquiry ken place before Mr. Carttar, the Coroner for West JEt,, tl es t l on Monday evening, at the Three Blackbirds, bp; mu on, and from the statement of the witnesses it ap-, gyred that on the previous Wednesday the girl, Ellaa v.-I'u Wells, had complained of the headache, and being 4 ,1 1 'Y ill, and she went to bed about five o'clock in the bi: 111°0 n, there being at this time nottae,sjightekt sus picion entertained of her being in the falYsTesFi I At - a Went period of the evening one of thk,OPter ?Tast th.--„. .1)to the room where Wells ; wasp kitcotaLbserved a quantity of . blood upon the floor, th e other appearances, which induced her to question a l ,g l rt. wh o , a f ter some h es i tat i on g ot up, and opening tea vex that was in the room, took...out of it the ate o f an inf an t a li ve , b u t e vidently almost in a dying I mmediate alarm was given, and a messenger was ita,P2tched to Bexley for a surgeon, and Mr. Cotten- In, Of that place, promptly attended, and did all that direossible the case, but without effect, as the child the ; v :ry shortly afterwards. Upon an examination , of le t , e ' ll iant there did not appear to be any marks of vio . - hut: l , l 4 o o its body, and the death was no doubt attn.- tete° to its being neglected, and not having proper at- Pa t i e e tt at the time of its birth. The jars', after a, very the k lt and careful inquiry, returned a verdict That heiticeased child died from loss of blood, the . mother Whig alone at the time she was delivered, and ignorant w cours e she ought to have pursued towards it." tuDbls talteBaT Eit, Nov. 2.—We have had a very short of hops to-day, the quantity weighed being onl y of 2Pueisets, which realised an advance upon former rates e p, r Per cat., the currency b e i ng from 71. 10 s , to 81. 1 o Theh wt ' There were 119 pockets weighed :in the week W eek, sort of old hops sell at more money than last o , Aron ' TE RELs•—Within the last few days several there flights of this highly-esteemed migratordystrfiecat-s aro visitant have been observed in the hilly st u l d iud Andover. The shepherds, who are proneto Qllsi th e tt h et a . b t i i t l s ey of such birds of passage who visit that ve range of downs called Salisbury Plain (upon Jell la are th e the may be also said to spend their lives), follovving trite saying among them, and as t tretrided as to the management of their flocks, in e a 11 0 d t mea sure, by the signs of the seasons, there can oubt but that the adage carries some weight with it. W hen dotterel do first appear, it shows that frost is very nearßut when that dotterel do go, then you may look for heavy snow." /Vooiscocits.—A fine woodcock was shot on the 2 1.1 6 1 th nit., by Captain Grierson, of Rockhall. The fea ered stranger had taken to the high grounds in the -.eat role instance hisleii , and to all appearance had newly arrived no;the fi g e Id j ° I last e year ,CaanPdt., G., w s i u n p t p h o i s s e, respect,itot s second the present. Two days later Capt. Irving shot s a jee birds of the same species, on the estate , of Earl th`-'_nr, Borgn e ; and we have been informed on good au _ ity that various specimens of the tribe have been n since in Locher Moss.—Durstries Courier. Th e warded t Worshipful Company of Grocers have for , _ he munificent donation of 100/. towards the fund 1 ,2 w collecting for the establishment of baths and wash ''ultses for the poor. fr4lleste am ship Brit ann i a , C ap t a i n H ew itt, sailed Liverpool o n T ues d ay a f ternoon, w i t h t h e ma ils, a nia passengers for Canada and the United States. CTEM BELGIA N T ARIFF AND THE M ANCHESTER nsainEtt of ComaxacE.—We un d ers t an d that a spe -1 meeti ng of the b o a r d o f th e M anc h ester Ch am ber 0 Conunerce and Manufactures was held on Saturday ,anstt, at the offices of the Chamber, King-street, to take blO c onsideration the impending alterations in the Bel on tariff, particularly as regards the differential duties cee ut to be established on British printed and dyed call th: ; when it was determined to send a deputation to Board of Trade, to call their especial attention to t he e subject. Th e d eputat i on, we believe, consists of ears. Leo Sch as t er , Ed mun d P otter, Salis Schwabe, 'John d'llauregard, and Alexander Glendinning. It was =Petted that the diputation would have an interveiw with the Board of Trade yesterday. Manchester Guardian. Sir Robert Peel is expected to return to town to 41°1'row from Brighton, and on Saturday will dine at Guildhall. WALMER CASTLE.—The Marquis of Salisbury 'eaves. the Castle to-morrow, for town, expressly to dine at the civic banquet at Guildhall on Saturday. The Earl of Ellenborough closes his visit to the Duke of Wallington at the end o f th e wee k, an d t h en goes to his tri Gloucestershire. The Countess Paulett, tine Right lion. Charles Arbuthnot. Lord and Lady Charles elksley, and M r . Al gernon G rev ill e are staying with the Noble and Gallant Duke. To RESUSCITATE A MAN APPARENTLY DEAD...- t o search his pockets—if that don't bring him to, no vrilL SU *MARY OF NEWS AND Publtr (4) ptnton. " Who runs may read." PORMIQW. It is reported, says the Constitutionnel, that the King will on Sunday next pass in review, in the Place du Carroussel, the regiments lately arrived in Paris. The company of the Opera Comique on Monday night performed the opera of the Macon at the theatre of the Palace of Sr. Cloud, before the King and royal family. A grand dinner was given by their Majesties preparatory to the opera. At twelve o'clock the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Joinville, and the Duke d'Aumale, set out for Compiegne. The Duchess de Nemours and the Princess de Joinville are expected to arrive there in the course of to-day. The Illoniteur states that accounts have bee❑ received of the arrival at Canton, on the 18th Sept., of N. La grenee, the French Ambassador. The Duke d'Aumale is to leave Paris for Naples on the 10th or 11th of this month, accompanied by his bro ther, the Prince de Joinville. The marriage of the Duke d'Aumale witk the Princess of Salerno is to take place on the 25th of November, which is the anniversary of Louis Philippe's marriage. The principal law courts at Paris were opened for the season on Monday, the 4th. M. Bonnesceur Bourginiere, member of the National Convention in 1792, of the Conseil des Anciens in the year IV., and of the Chamber of Representatives in 1815, died at Mortain on the 2d instant, in the 90th year of his age. The Journal du Havre states that the election of M. Anson Joones to the Presidency of Texas in place of M. Houston, a partisan of the accession of Texas to the United States, has created much surprise in the Union, and has even disappointed a certain party. The new President is opposed to the accession, and inclines to what is termed the English interest. Paris is now beginning to fill with public men. The Ministers have all returned to their posts. M. Thier2, M. Odilon Barrot, M. Vivien, M. Billault, and several other leaders of the Opposition have also returned to the capital. M. Gnizot, who had been suffering for some days from the effects of cold and fatigue, is now fast recovering, and is able to attend to public business. A Vienna letter of the 26th states that the Duke de Bordeaux has accepted an invitation to visit the Prince de Rohan in Bohemia. The writer adds, that the Duke has grown very corpulent, and looks more like a man of forty than twenty-four. The distinguished Russian infantry general, Count Tolstoy, President of the Council of Military Affairs, died at Moscow on the 10th ult. He was Military Go vernor of Moscow, and occupied the highest position in the military departments of the empire. The Gazette of the Senate of St. Petersburgh, of the 14th ult., publishes a treaty between Russia and Persia, by which it is agreed that the subjects of either country arriving without passports signed by their respective Governments shall be arrested, and given up to the nearest authorities. We learn from Alexandria that the Pacha of Egypt has given a magnificent reception to Prince Waldemar of Prussia, to whom, he said, it would be utterly impos sible for him ever to testify, in a sufficient manner, to Europeans his gratitude for the kind treatment expe rienced by the members of his family who have visited Europe. One of the grandsons of the Pacha has been travelling in Germany, and has every where received the most marked attention. LAW AND POLICE. In the case of " the Sheffield Canal Company v. the Sheffield Railway Company," the Lord Chancellor gave permission for the filing the supplemental bill, reserving the costs of the appeal until the hearing of the cause. A rule nisi for a new trial was granted in the Court of Queen's Bench in the case of" Exeter College, Oxford v. the Parish Officers of St. Michel's. The point in dispute is as to the liability of the college to be rated to the poor. An old Frenchman named Jonas Legrand was brought up at the Mansion-house, charged with having picked a lady's pocket of eighteen-pence, and committed for trial. He had been formerly imprisoned in the Compter for picking pockets, and had amused himself, while there, in giving lessons in conveyancing to the younger pri soners, one of whom had actually picked his tutor's own pocket. Legrand had made an awful disturbance in the prison at this breach of " honour among thieves." Mr. Garrett, a surgeon at the east-end of the town, was summoned to appear at Guildhall for assaulting Sergeant Cale, of the City force, on the day of the open ing of the Exchange. He was bound over to appear at the sessions, and the City Solicitor was directed to prosecute. At Marylebone Joseph Proctor, a canal boatman, charged with having assaulted Thomas Suffield, one of his own fraternity, was fined 205., or fourteen days' im prisonment. James Pearce was charged, at Woolwich, with having been guilty of most outrageous conduct, on board the Ariel steamer. He embarked at London-bridge, and VAle on board went down into the fore cabin, and cora- Menced abusing and striking the passengers ; and in attempting to strike one of them, he thrust his fest through a pane of glass. Mr. Jeremy ordered the pri 'sthier to pay a fine of ss. ; and added, that if the person 'it'llaulted had attended to prefer the charge, he should tittve fined him severely. COVIIT-P.A5810N.8.3311111. - - The Marquis of Salisbury leaves Walmer Castle for town; expressly to dine at the civic banquet at Guild hall, on Saturday.: The Earl of Ellenborough closes his visit to the Duke. of Wellington at the end of the week, and then goes to his seat in Gloucestershire. The Right Ron. henry Pie; reyont, who has been staying on a visit to the Duke and Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, has taken his departure for Conholt Park, the Right Hon. Gentleman's seat near Andover. Countess Paulett, the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, Lord and Lady Charles Wellesley, and Mr. Algernon Greville, are staying with the Noble and Gallant Duke. The Lord Chancellor entertained Lord Denman, Lord Langdale, Sir Lancelot Shadwell, Sir N. C. Tindal, Lord Chief Baron Pollock, Baron Parke, Justice Patteson, Baron Alderson, Justice Coleridge, Mr. Erle, Mr. H. Twigs, Commissioner Barlow, and r. Stewart, at dinner on Tuesday evening, at the Noble and Learned Lord's private residence in George-street, Hanover-square. The Lord Chamberlain and Countess Delawarr and Lady Mary Sackville West, arrived on Wednesday in Upper Grosvenor-street, from Buckhurst Park, Sussex, ttnct in the afternoon left town, accompanied by the Hon. Idol-timer West, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Yerulam, at Gorhambury, where a fashionable circle has assembled. _ _ The Duke of Leeds arrived at Hornby Castle, York shire, last week, from Mar Lodge, the Noble Duke's shooting quarters in the Highlands. The Duchess had previously arrived from Scotland. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston arrived from Germany late on Monday night, and have gone to Brocket Hall, on a visit to Viscount Melbourne. The Marquis de St. Aulaire, the Duchesse de Cazes, and the Baroness Langsdorff have arrived at Man chester House, from Paris, on a visit to the Count and Countess de St. Aulaire. The Duchesse de Cazes is ac companied by her daughter Mademoiselle de Cazes. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely and the Ladies Anna and Catherine, Loftus, and Lords Adam and Henry Loftus, have left Thomas's Hotel for Richmond. The Earl and Countess of Malmesbwry, who have been on a visit to the Earl of Derby for some days at Knowsley, Lancashire, have arrived in Whitehall gardens, and shortly intend to proceed to Heron Court, Hants. The Earl of Uxbridge and Ladies Eleanor and Con stance Paget, passed through town on Tuesday, from Hinchenbrooke, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, to visit the Earl and Countess of Winclielsea, at Eastwell Park, Kent. The Earl of Cardigan's shooting party at Deane Park, Northamptonshire, is broken up. The Noble Earl has arrived in town. Viscount Hill has arrived in town from Hawkestone, Shropshire. Lord Stanley is expected to arrive in town from Knowsley, on Friday. His Lordship has accepted an invitation to (line with the Lord Mayor and Corporation at Guildhall, on Saturday next. Miss Burdett Coutts arrived in town from Germany last week, and has left Stratton-street, for St. Leonard's. DR. WOLFF. Captain Grover has just received the following etter from the Rev. Dr. Wolff:— Meshed, month of Shahan, 23d. My dear Grover,—Not venturing when at Bokhara to keep a journal, I have forgotten the date of the Christian month After the infamous Nazib Abdool Summut Khan had forced from me the promise to pay him 6,000 tillas, I should, after all, have been put to death, if Abbas Kulli Khan, the Persian Ambassador, had not saved me. lam now arrived in Persia, broken down in constitution, robbed of everything I had, and with a debt of 6,000 tilla-s (2,5001.), which I am to pay to the brother of the Nazib Abduol Sumrtiet Khan, who is to accompany me to Tehran. You thought that 4,0001. could be collected for my purpose ; if you can now assist me in paying the debt above-mentioned to the infamous Nazib, who forced the promise from me in his garden, surrounded by his guards—well. If not, I shall be obliged to go to prison in Persia. _ _ The King has also sent with me an Ambassador, who is to go to England ; and the Nazibhas forced me to pro mise to pay the expenses of that Ambassador out of the money he advanced me. That same Ambassador has excited the Turcomans of Mawr and Sarakhs against us, i.e., against Abbas Kulli Khan and myself, on our way to Meshed, and forced Abbas Kulli Khan to pay him, and the other Ambassador appointed for Penda, ]5O tillas in the midst of the desert !—Yours, affec tionately, JOSEPH WOLFF. Meshed. The above, though dated from Meshed, was written at Mostroon. lam now at Meshed, and, two hours after me, your Ghola►n, Ali Ahmed Beyk, arrived. .e found me broken down in Mullah Mehdee's house. I will only add that the Nazib wants only the in terest of the above money, to be paid to his son when of age. The Ambassador from Bokhara is also here ; be has letters and presents for the Shah, the Sultan, and Queen Victoria. The Nazib has settled with the King that I should bear the Ambassador's expenses, from the money the Nazib expects to be paid back. I am not yet out of danger, but am too confused to explain all now. Mullah Mehilee will do it for me. Lieutenant Wyburd has been murdered at Bokhara. JOSEPH WOLFF. 142807BSZANEOVII. --- - From a recent return made by order of the vestry of St. Marylebone, with respect to assessments in Oxford street, it appears, that in the year 1777, a house situated on the north-side of Oxford-street, near Orchard-street, was rated in the parish-books at 151. per year ; in the present year (1844) the same house lets at 220 L, and is rated in the books of St. Marylebone at 120 The cost of rebuilding the Royal Exchange, together with the improvements in its immediate vicinity, is stated to be upwards of 400,0001. The total number of letters dispatched from Bombay on the Ist of August by the Akbar for England amounted to 38,277, and newspapers, 9,257, filling 50 boxes. The fifty-third anniversary of the London Maritime Institution was celebrated by a dinner on Wednesday, at the London Tavern, G. F. Young, Esq., in the chair. Among the subscribers were the Honourable Trinity Company, 105/. ; Sir George Cockburn, 5L ; George Byng, Esq., 101. ; Curling Young, Esq., 10 guineas ; J. Jones, Esq., 10 guineas ; London Dock Company, 21/., besides an annual subscription of five guineas ; Baring Brothers, 101. ; Rear-Admiral Young, three guineas ; together with numerous other subscriptions, amounting to upwards of 400/. The rental of the Royal Exchange is estimated at about 14,0001. per annum. The Royal Exchange Assur ance Company is rented at 2,400/. ; Lloyd's at 2,000/. ; and the London Assurance at 1,4001. A course of lectures on the Physiology of the Passions was commenced on Wednesday evening at the Western Literary Institution, in Leicester-square, by Dr. Millen gen, who is well known as the author of " The Curiosities of Medical Experience," and other popular works. ARRIVAL OF Slit Wkr, FARKER.—The Cornwallis, 72, with the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, K.C.B. (blue at the fore), Capt. H. Richards, arrived at Spithead on the 4th instant. Sir Win. Parker landed at noon on the following day, and paid his respects t„,l th e Commander-in-Chief. Sir William is looking well. lle arrived in London on Tuesday. The Cornwallis had a long passage honaQ fr,Qtp the Cape, and experienced very heavy weather in the Criaaad, with foul winds. She left the Cape the 31st of August, having 1.)e):43. there eight days. THE WEST' Ttippita ALMANACK, 1845.—A capital historical almanack, which typats copiously of the West Riding of Yorkshire, with a good engraving of York Cathedral, and extremely cheap. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 184;. NOTE BY CAPTAIN GROVER. Lieutenant Wyburd, of the Indian navy, is another diplomatic victim. This talented officer was sent on a secret diplomatic mission to Khiva in the year 1835, and has never since been heard of. This un fortunate man, it is right to say, was not altogether abandoned to his fate by the British Government, for in a letter written to me by Lord Aberdeen's direction, I find it stated that on Colonel Stoddart's being sent on his mission to Bokhara, in 1838, he was instructed to inquire after Lieutenant Wyburd. I have not, however, been able to learn that any effort has been made in his behalf since that time. I directed Dr. Wolff to obtain all the information he could con cerning this unfortunate man, and to purchase his freedom should he be in slavery. The Doctor says he has been murdered at Bokhara, but it remains to be seen on what evidence that assertion is made. I am advised to state an interesting circumstance that occurred to me at St. Petersburgh, as it will show that the good Doctor's mission has not been entirely useless. I authorised Dr. Wolff to draw upon my private fortune for the ransom of any Christian prisoners he might find at Bokhara. In the first batch he pur chased were ten Russians, and this circumstance was fortunately known before my arrival in Russia. A message from his Imperial Majesty was brought to me by the British Minister, expressing his Majesty's thanks and wish to reimburse me. My reply was, " That I considered it a very great honour to have been in any way instrumental in the release of his subjects, and that re-payment was quite out of the question." _ _ I am glad to take this opportunity to publicly thank his Majesty for his kind declaration, conveyed to me by the British Minister, that he would do everything in his power for the relief of Dr. Wolff. JOHN GROVER, Captain Unattached. Army and Navy Club, Nov. 6, 1844. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. - The Queen and Prince Albert took their early morning walk in the pleasure grounds and the Home Park. On the return of her Majesty and her Royal Consort, his Royal Highness went to shoot in the royal preserves, attended by the Earl of Morton, Colonel Wylde, Captain Meynell, and Mr. Anson. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert promenaded in the Home Park for some time. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken out for an airing on their ponies this morning, and afterwards walked for some time on the eastern ter race of the Castle. At noon his Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken an airing. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon took their departure from the Castle to-day. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Phi lippstahl returned to Fenton's Hotel, St. James's street, from a visit to their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at their residence at Kew. The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town from Kew yesterday, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. A deputation from the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway, consisting of Dr. Buchanan, Mr. James Andus, Mr. William Moxon, Mr. J. B. Favell, Mr. Harris (engineer), Mr. Leeman (solicitor), and Mr. Shepherd (Parliamentary agent), had an inter view with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday, from Beechworth House. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had interviews with the Right Hon. Gentleman, at his offiicial resi dence in Downing-street. The nomination of Sheriffs for the English coun ties for the ensuing year is appointed to take place on the 12th inst., in the Court of Exchequer. A deputation respecting the Norwich and Yar mouth, and the Norwich and Brandon Railways, in cluding Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Borrett, and Mr. Bid der, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the Board of Trade. Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Dispatches were also received from the Governor of Sierra Leone. SHIPPING INTEREST. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The public sale of the Hartlepool Union Shipping Company took place to-day, of part of their ships, and it was one of the largest public sales ever held in the North. Amongst the company were J. I'. Wawn, Esq., M.P. (South Shields); E. T. Wawn, Esq. ; Peter Dale, Esq ; Messrs. 11. N. and J. Wright, and a numerous assem blage of respectable shipowners from Sunderland, New castle, and parts adjacent. The competition was very great, and evinced a great spirit of revival of the mari time prospects. The vessels sold as under : Agility, 196 tons, 1834, sold for 8001.—Mr.Riehardson. Anna Maria, 223 tons, 1829, sold for 9201.—C. A. Wawn, Esq. Albatros, 216 tons. 1837, sold for I,o3sl.—Mr.Taylor. Eliza Liddell, 261 tons, 1834, sold for 1,4801.—Mr. M. Easom. Hart, 214 tons, 1838, sold for I,32sl.—Wright, Bro thers, and Co. HArmonis, 223 tons, 1837, sold for I,37ol.—Ditto. Ann Emma, 246 tons, 1838, sold for 1,6204—Mr. Measom. John Burrell, 24 - 3 tons, 1838, sold for I,3Bsl.—Erring ton Bell. The Margarets was not put up. After so much depression in shipping affairs, the pre sent prospects are very cheering, and no doubt the ship ping interest is on the way to rapid and fair remunera tion for capital.—Nov. 5, 1844. EARL RADNOR ON THE ALLOT MENT SYSTEM. (From the Economist.) Dear Sir,—ln the Chronicle of the 23d there was a letter signed " W.," on " Allotments," which begins by stating that " the public attention is now occupied, but still with hardly sufficient sense of the importance and merits of the scheme, with the allotment system." Changing the words " importance and merits" into " mis chievousness and demerits," I quite agree with " W." ; and, thinking as I do, that, with some plausible points, very likely, when not fully considered, to capivate the benevolent and kind-hearted, it is full of danger, arid directly contrary to every principle of good government and of political economy, I trouble you with these lines on the subject. _ _ _ In the first place, I would ask the friends of the sys tem whether they think the granting of allotments is a matter of obligation, or of favour and kindness ? If of obligation, I would then inquire— First, on whom the obligation lies ? On all the land lords of a parish, or only on some of the principal ones? If not on all, who is to settle the persons on whom it lies, and the proportion in which it falls on each ? If on all, what is to be done in the case of such landowners, whose proportionate allotment might not be sufficient to raise a cabbage upon ? Secondly, in favour of whom is this duty to be per formed ? Of all the labourers in the parish, without re ference to their circumstances, to their wages, to their families (whether single or married, and whether having large families or small), to their character, or ability or inclination to make good and profitablo use of their allot ments ? If these things are not to be attended to, how unjustly and partially will the system work ! If they are attended to, who is the person to consider these matters ? The persons lying under the obligation, each for himself ? This would be opening the door to fa vouritism, partiality, and jobbing. The magistrate ? How long would it be before the regulating of the allot ment system at the petty sessions would lapse into the old system of making up wages only by a method more complicated and difficult of adjustment ? But, supposing all these difficulties satisfactorily got over, and the system fairly at work, I hold that nothing but evil would ensue. _ _ I. It is clearly ascertained that agricultural employ ment does not increase commensurately with agricultural population or even agricultural produce, It is likewise certain that the demand for workmen in the manufac turing and mining districts is greater than the natural supply ; it is, therefore, most desirable for both parties that the superfluous people of the one district should supply the want of population in the other. The natural indisposition of the agricultural labourer to leave his home and the law of settlement raise considerable and unfortunate difficulties in the way of any migration for this purpose. Is it wise to concoct new ones ? and what can be more likely to bind a man to his parish than the occupation of one of those allotments ? " W." talks of making labour scarce and dear by these means ; is it not clear that where it is already cheap and too abun dant, it will be rendered more so under the operation of his system ? 11. It is, I believe, generally understood that certain rules are to be laid down for the regulation of those to Thorn allotments are given —that they shall cultivate them according to a particular system—shall forfeit them if convicted of any legal offence, or of drunkenness— that they shall be observers of the Sabbath, &c. Does not this lead directly to a system of spying and control on the one hand, of dependence and cant and hypocrisy on the other ? To me all these systems of management and direction are most distasteful. The English labourer is a free man, and capable of managing himself and his own affairs, or he is not. If he is, leave him to his own management, direction, and discretion. If he is not, then most assuredly, those who have the care of him are much to be blamed for his present condition. " W." says that allotments to the English agricultural " serfs are their provision grounds ; and the English slave holders show the same fear of the result which their West Indian brethren did." What a strange confusion of ideas ! It was the slave who had provision grounds, and clothes, and care, and superintendence ; the eman cipated negro works for wages. " W." would give the English labourers provision grounds, and care, and superintendence—that is, would put them on the same footing, with regard to their employers, as were the slaves in the-West Indies. I think that from what I have said, it is clear that the system of allotments will really aggravate the evil which it is supposed likely to cure—first, by in creasing the supply of agricultural labourers, and by impeding the free market of labour ; and, secondly, by making the labourer moro dependent. Is it not manifest, too, that it must lead to a great subdivi sion of occupation of land ? Indeed, some benevolent persons anticipate such subdivision and the creation of small farms as great improvements ; they call it a re turn to the custom of our ancestors. But can it be doubted that if we return to the practice of our ances tors in the matter of occupation of land, we shall also return to their practice in the matter of cultivation ? and that all the improvements which have taken place, by which the produce of the country has been greatly increased (not, indeed, in the same ratio as the popula tion, but still greatly increased), and which require skill and capital, will soon be lost ? And, if so, we shall then have, not an increasing produce to supply, in some degree, the demands of an increasing population, but a population increasing in a still greater ratio, and de pendent on a diminished and diminishing supply. This will, I think, be the unavoidable consequence of this measure of short-sighted benevolence—of this charity not directed by wisdom or principle. When this scheme is recommended by worthy people, it is always matter of astonishment with me, that they do not look to Ire land. There their favourite system is carried on as ex tensively as they can desire. Ireland is the land of al lotments and of small farms ; is it not also the land of bad farming, poor farmers, low wages, and a distressed people ? there are many other reasons which might be urged against this plan—the unjustifiable interference with property, the direct tendency to an agrarian law, its utter inconsistency with that which, in all things, assists, promotes, and increases production—the division of la bour ; but I hope I have said enough. At all events, I will not further intrude upon your space at present.— I remain yours faithfully, RADNOR. Oct. 25, 1844. The following notices appeared to-day at the Ge neral Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—By command of the Postmaster-General.—Notice to the Public, and Instruction to all Postmasters.—General Post-office, Nov., 1844.—0 n and after the Gth instant, the following offices will be opened for the issue and payment of money orders :—Alford, Lincolnshire ; Burslern, Staffordshire; Chesham. Buckinghamshire ; Cromer, Norfolk ; Fleet wood, Lancashire ' • Hanley, Staffordshire ; Keighley, Yorkshire ; Lane End, Staffordshire ; Linton, Devon shire ; Malmesbury, Wiltshire ; Minehead, Somerset shire ; Redditch, Worcestershire •, Staley Bridge, Lanca shire ; Stoke, Staffordshire ; Todmorden, Lancashire ; Westerham, Kent. The next mails for Malta, Greece, and the lonian Islands, via Southampton, will be dis patched from hence on the morning of the 14th instant, and for Egypt and India on the 3d December. The next mails for India, &c., via Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence on the 7th instant (this evening). The Severn will take out the West India mails of the morning of the 18th instant. Caledonia for the American mails of the evening of 18th instant." SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. HURST, M.P.— Considerable excitement prevailed in this town (Hors ham) on Thursday last, on its being ascertained that R. H. Hurst, Esq., our Member, had left with his family, for France, having previously discharged all his ser vantF. It has long been apparent to the tradesmen that the honourable gentleman's circumstances were much embarrassed, but none were prepared for his leaving the place on so short a notice. The household furniture and farming stock, &c., are intended to be sold by auction. Many of our tradesmen and others, we are concerned to add, are sufferers, to the amount of several thousand pounds.—[We hear, from other sources, that Mr. Hurst's liabilities exceed 150,000/., and that his son, Mr. R. Hurst, jun., has become responsible for his father's debts to the extent of 80,0001. The estates acquired by purchase by the late Mr. Robert Hurst are strictly en tailed, and Mr. Hurst and his son only take life interest under the late Mr. Burst's —Brighton Guardian. BRIGHTON.-WEDNESDAY. Earl and Countess Cowper are expected to-day on the Marine-parade for the winter. Apartments are taken at the Albion Hotel for Lady Holland, who is expected at the beginning of next week. The Countess of Rothes arrived on Monday at the Norfolk Hotel, on a visit to Lady Mary Leslie. The Countess's daughter, Lady Elizabeth Wathen, is expected in a few days. Viscount and Viscountess Galway left the Norfolk Ilotel yesterday for London. Lord Bridport left the Albion Hotel on Monday; Lady Bridport remains in Brighton. Lord and Lady Granville, the Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's, the Hon.. Mr. and Lady Calthorpe, and Lord and Lady Petre, intend to remain in Brighton during the winter. Chief Justice Doherty has taken a house in Bedford square. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely are expected next week at the Clarence Mansion. The Countess of Buckinghamshire has arrived in Re gency-square. The Countess of Jersey and the Ladies Villiers, Mr. and Lady Emily Foley, Sir James Baird, Bart., and the Countess of Glengall, are at the Bristol Hotel. Mr. and Lady Harriet Drummond, Lady Campbell, Sir R. and Lady Dallas, Sir W. and Lady Russell, Mr. and Lady Louisa Rabett, Sir G. and Lady Larpent, and Sir 11. and Lady Webster, are among the arrivals this week. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. General Steam Navigation Company's Office, Lombard-street, 6th Nov., 1844. Stit,—ln your paper of last night you state, under the police report, that the Steward of the Ocean steamer from Rotterdam was charged with having a great quantity of smuggled tobacco in his possession ; and as the said report is entirely false and without the least foundation, I will thank you to insert this in your valuable paper as a contradiction to the same, never having been charged before any magistrate for smuggling, and consider my station in life to be too respectable to be mixed up with any such transaction. I am, Sir, your humble servant, ROBERT HALE, Steward of the Ocean, to and from Rotterdam. P.S. I consider that your report is likely to do me serious injury if not contradicted. TIIE LATE STATE TRIALS.—THE QUEEN'S BENCH. -It is very currently rumoured, that an application will be made, this day, at the sitting of the Court, in the Queen's Bench, on behalf of the defendants in the late State trials. The nature of the motion we understand to be, that the recognisances of the gentlemen proceeded against should be abated, and that they be discharged from all further attendance upon the Court. Our readers may not, perhaps, be aware, that upon the occasion of the traversers in the late State trials giving bail before the Hon. Justice Burton, in Oc tober, 1843, the condition entered into was, that they should attend in the Queen's Bench, from Term to Term, to answer any charge made against them by the Crown. The result of the writ of error absolved those gentlemen from the punishment adjudged by the Court of Queen's Bench; and the nature of the application to be made to-day is, that the obligation to attend the Court should be voided, the accusations made against the defendants having been pronounced by the highest authorities groundless and illegal. Application will also be made to the Court, to have the judgment of reversal by the Howie of Lords entered up.—Freeman's Journal of yesterday: ' ----- A:VFOENEYS.—dUICIIAELMAS TERM.—One hun dred 'and ninety-four gentlemen have given notice of their intention tic; apply tb be admitted to practise during the present term, and there are tvi . enty- , one Notices for re §Amissiop. EXETER HALL. I THE SCOTTISH BANKS. The Sacred Harmonic Society commenced their Our columns this day contain additional evidence series of winter concerts last night at Exeter Hall, of the feeling that is excited throughout Scotland, by and with the best work that could have been chosen the more than suspected determination of Sir Robert to manifest the colossal power of the body—Handel's Peel to meddle with our one-pound notes. The Israel in Egypt. The performance of the oratorio 'county of Renfrew and the county of Fife have both requires but few remarks, the public who have been passed strong resolutions in deprecation ofany change. in the habit of attending the Society's concerts being It has been said that the Scottish people are more in perfectly familiarised with the style in which it is i different to it than they were in 1826 ; and it has rendered by the body. Excepting as concerns the bear said a!so, that at present any great movement addition of some noisy and inappropriate instru- upon the question would be premature, inasmuch as mental parts to the score, and the interpolation of the determination of the Government is only sus one or two equally inappropriate vocal pieces, nothing I pected, but not known ; and that it will be time but praise is due to the exertions of the society on to stir when we are sure of the danger. The this occasion. The splendid and characteristic cho- first allegation of the indifference of the Scot ruses went in most cases better than we have yet tish people, if believed in England, would soon heard them at Exeter Hall, and the band did its duty prove the death-blow to our currency ; and most efficiently. The " Hailstone Chorus" was en- we shall duly chronicle every meeting that cored, and all the most popular pieces were received takes place, whether of county or of town, of Cham with enthusiasm. The solo singers have so little to ber of Commerce, or of Guildry, of employers or of do in this great choral work, that a word or two will employed, to show that the indifference, if it ever dismiss their claims to notice. Miss Delby gave her existed, is rapidly giving way to a feeling more akin first air, " The land brought forth frogs," very im- to indignation, th a t th e w h o l e i n d us t r y o f a p e aceful pressively ; and her last, " Thou shalt bring them," and uncomplaining country, should be sacrificed for the so charmingly and with such musicianlike feeling as theoretical whims of crotchet mongers or currency to bring down an encore of unusual unamity. Miss quacks, whether in office or out of it. As regards the Barrett made a highly favourable debut; her air, second allegation, Sir Robert Peel has, over and over " Thou didst blow," was very sensibly delivered, and again, in Parliament and elsewhere, expressed his her last solo, " Sing ye to the Lord," was remark- disapproval of the Scottish banking system. He is able for its certainty and clearness. Miss Cubitt had backed, moreover, by some great financial pam only one duet, to which she aid full justice. The phleteers, both Whig and Tory, and by a strong duet " The Lord is a man of war," was to have been majority of English Members, who will pay but a sung by Mr. Machin and Mr. Atkins, but the latter slight regard to a question on which they are unir.- vocalist did not arrive in time, and so another gentle- formed, and to a people in whose concerns they take man volunteered his services under favour of a depre- little or no interest. To wait till the Bill is catory pleading beforehand. He succeeded extremely introduced will be to wait till the Bill is car well, and an encore was the consequence. tied ; and we would urge upon all those who are so inapprehensive and unsuspicious, that they must delay till the hand is in their pocket before they will grapple with the robber, however well known his character, or menacing his gestures; that there is more than sufficient evidence of the intentions of Government to justify not only alarm, but some thing better—speedy and decisive action to avert the evil. Scotland, which has but a small number of re presentatives in Parliament, and which has been so peaceful and so prosperous under her present banking system, as not to occupy the thoughts of the Legis lature (except at grouse-shooting time), should, fur that reason, be more jealous when the Government does condescend to notice her, more especially when the notice is uncalled for, and a grievance instead of a benefit. It becomes, therefore, the paramount duty of all who are interested (and who in Scotland, be his circumstances and avocation what they may, is not ?) to join together and remon strate strongly and firmly against any interference. It is well that the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce should take the lead in the movement ; and that the Corporations and Guilds of Edinburgh should also raise their voices in the same cause ; and that Ren frew and Fife, and even Ross and Inverness-shires, should speak out their opinions ; but it would also be well if some other counties and the great cities would speak out;—if Lanarkshire, for instance, would tell Sir Robert Peel to let it alone—and if the citizens of Glasgow would, to the number of twenty or thirty thousand, let the Premier know that the feeling ex pressed in various parts of Scotland is not that of moneyed men alone;—not of proprietors of lands, or mills, or shares in banks only, but the opinion of the sensible and hard-working people. If this were done, as we have no doubt it will be, some impression might be made in the right quarter; and we might be able to say now, in 1844, with as much truth as Malachi Malagrowther said in 1826—" To whatever deep and passive slumber our native country may have been lulled from habits of peaceful acquiescence, the Government have now found a way to awaken her. The knife has gone to the very quick, and the comatose patient is roused to most acute possession of his feelings and his intellect. The heather is on fire far and wide; and every man, woman, and child in the country are bound by the duty they owe to their native land to spread the alarm and increase the blaze. The city of Edinburgh has uttered a voice be coming the ancient Queen of the North. The law bodies and the gentry of Mid-Lothian have set the example of petitioning Government and proclaiming their sense of the measure designed; it has been fol lowed in other counties, and I trust to see it soon spread into the smallest burghs, into the most wild districts of Scotland. There are none which the im pending misery will not reach—there are no Scotch men so humble that they have not a share in a na tional insult, so lowly that they will not suffer from a national wrong—none that are uninterested in main taining our right both individually and as a people— and none, I trust that have not spirit to do so by all legal and peaceable means." The pen of the gifted writer of this stirring appeal would, if he were still amongst us, have been again employed in the same cause, but his spirit remains in his written words : " Scotland," said he, in 1826, " has not felt the slightest inconvenience from the want of specie— nay, it has never been in request among them. A tradesman will take a guinea (sovereign) more un willingly than a note of the same value—to the peasant the coin is unknown. No one ever wishes for specie save when on a journey to England. In occasional runs upon particular houses, the notes of other banking companies have always been the value asked for—no holder of these notes ever demanded specie. The credit of one establishment might be doubted for the time—that of the general system was never brought into question. Even avarice, the most suspicious of passions, has in no instance I ever heard of, desired to compose her hoards by an accu mulation of the precious metals. The confidence in the credit of our ordinary medium has not been doubted even in the dreams of the most irritable and jealous of human passions." Such an opinion, coming from such a quarter, would force] conviction even upon the mind of a Minister, if the men of the present day would back it, and let him know, in language not to be mistaken, that its truth has not been affected by the eighteen years that have elapsed since it was uttered. He might also be reminded, that during those years England has gone through several severe financial struggles, and seen the failure of banks in every part of the country, but that Scotland, with her one-pound notes, odious as they may be upon the Stock Ex change of London, and in the bureaus of Down ing -street, has been free from panic, and never once raised a complaining voice upon the matter.—Glas gow Argus. THE REV. W. G. PENNY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—lf you deem the annexed impromptu worthy of a nook in your paper, it is at your service. Athenaeum, Manchester, Nov. 5. R. P. " The Rev. Wm. Goodenough Penny, M.A., Student of Christ Church, and Perpetual Curate of Ashendon, Bucks, has resigned his studentship, on conforming to the Roman Catholic faith."—Sun, Nov. 4, 1844. IMPROMPTU ON THE ABOVE. Our English Church is wealthy yet ! As rich, indeed, as any ; And therefore need not feel regret At parting with a " Penny." The Church of Rome, perhaps, is poor, And won't the boon reject, Though 'twill not much increase their store, Nor add to their respect. They'll find, moreover, by-and-bye, This " Penny " no great treat, For when his sterling worth they try, He'll prove a counterfeit. Too bad for Oxford ! let him go And seek some other home ; He need not wander to and fro, He's " Goodenough" for Rome. EARLY CLOSING or SHOPS.—Last night a public meeting of the assistants of London employed in various trades, was held at the Percy Hotel, Rathbone-place Ox ford-street, Mr. Lancaster in the chair, for the purpose of forming a new London Association of all trades, on the principles of the Linendrapers' Association, to pro cure, if possible, an earlier closing of their respective warehouses and shops. Resolutions of a mere formal nature were agreed to, the society was formed, a com mittee appointed, and several members enrolled. The chair was not taken until ten o'clock, and the parties, in consequence of the present system, were not able to ex emplify the principle of early closing. WINTER ASSIZES.—It having been finally decided to hold an additional gaol delivery at the following places, the Judges met on Tuesday, and made the following ar rangement. The days for holding the assizes have not been appointed :—Mr. Baron Alderson will preside at Winchester, Exeter, and Wells; Mr. Justice Patteson, at Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, and Warwick; Mr. Baron Gurney, at Liverpool and Chester; Mr. Justice Williams, at Norwich, Bury, Chelmsford, and Maidstone; Mr. Justice Coleridge, at York and Durham; Mr. Jus tice Coltman, at Stafford, Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Gloucester. A. m HE J. RACEY PEERAGE.—NOVEL INQUIRY.-01 . 1 Monday last an inquiry was held at Castlebrack church yard, before Captains Tibeaudo and Warburton, George Newcombe, J. W. Tarleton, and Samuel Sheane, Esq 9., magistrates, relative to the genuineness or the tomb stone, by which James Tracey, Esq., proves his title to this long-disputed Peerage ; and which the House of Lords decided in his favour, subject to their proving of this stone. A great number of respectable people at tended to give evidence, as well as to hear such a novel inquiry. Mr. John Rafter, a stone-cutter and builder, proved that the four pieces of stone produced must have originally been in one—they all corresponding with the grain, breaks, and letters, when laid together closely to form one stone ; and it was his opinion that the said stone was the original one belonging to the family, placed tt.ere as a tombstone ; in which other witnesses also con curred, and signed declarations to that effect.—Leinster Express. HEARTLESS ROBBERY.—On Tuesday night :a. cottage in the Moat-road, occupied by widow Barter, was entered by means of a pane of glass being taken out of the win dow, and robbed of a quantity of pork amounting to 401 b., a silk shawl, two dishes, bread, cheese, butter—in fact everything the thieves could lay their hands on, so that on getting up in the morning the poor woman found herself completely stripped and pennyless. Some salt was amongst the booty, droppings of which were traced some distance, and it is suspected the thieves lived not far off. The circumstances of the poor woman make the occurrence still more distressing to her. Her husband, who was employed at the brewhouse of . Messrs. Brench ley and Co., as a carpenter, recently died prematurely from the effects of a splinter which ran into his hand and rapidly produced mortification, since which bereavement the poor woman has been confined, the expenses attend ing which completely absorbed all the little resources she had by her. To complete her destitution her cottage was stripped, as we have stated, of its winter's store of provisions, not leaving her even a crust of bread. The case is one well deserving the attention of the benevo lent, and we trust that the subscription set on foot for the purpose of providing the bereaved widow with a mangle to enable her to earn an honest, however humble, maintenance for her family will be liberally supported.— Maidstone Journal. THE STEAM HORSE.—A correspondent of an American paper gives the following quaint description of the locomotive :—" I love to see one of those huge creatures, with sinews of brass and muscles of iron, strut forth from his smoky stable; and saluting the long train of cars with a dozen sonorous puffs from his iron nostrils, fall gently back into his harness. There he stands, champing and foaming upon the iron track, his great heart a furnace of glowing coals, his lymphatic blood is boiling in his veins ; the strength of a thousand horses is perving his sinews ; he pants to be gone. He would snake' St. Peter's across the Desert of Sahara if he could be fairly hitched to it ; but there is a little so briety, tobacco-chewing man in the saddle, who holds him in with one finger, and can take away . his breath in a moment, should he grow restive and vicious. I am always deeply interested in this man, for begrimed as he may be with coal diluted in oil and steam, I regard him as the genius of the whole machinery, as the physical mind of that huge steam horse." " Some days since," says the Gazette des Tram days, when having e Del e t h M. of naux " a clerk in the emp lo y ment of M. Delessert, the banker of Paris, lost a sealed p arcel containing 3 7,000 f. tappearance sser had in securities, payab le to bearer. The unfortunate loser m ade every search to recover the parcel, but in vain. a b an d o ned all hopes of recovering his p ro p er ty, an aged After a an a p cladse of i n some ag s , and suffering complete destitution, called a t hi s b an k, and m l , addressed him in the following term s I have heard, Sir, that you have lost some valuable papers, and I have found a parcel which perhaps is your's ; but as I have not mentioned my discovery to any person, I cannot be certain to whom it belongs. There is the parcel, and if it be yours I am delighted that it has fallen into my hands; M. Delessert took the parcel, and found to his astonishment that the seal had not been broken, which he remarked. It is quite plain,' said the poor man, ' he who would break a seal would break open a door, and I am not that man.' He was about to withdraw, when M. Delessert observed to him, that he did not appear to have been - favoured by fortune. Alas !' said the poor man, it is but too true.' You have a right to a reward,' said M. Delessert ; what do you w i s h for ?" I am old, as you see , Sir,' replied the man, and unable to work ; and if you would use your in fluence to obtain admission for me into the charitable institution of the well-conducted poor, I would be truly grateful.' M. Delessert, profoundly affected at so much probity joined with so much misery . , gave him sufficient money to supply his present necessities, and finally esta blished him, with his wife, in a comfortable lodging, and placed his children as apprentices. In the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday Mr. Commissioner Pane decided that the bringing of an ac tion, without ally reasonable prospect of being able to pay the costs, is a fraudulent contracting of a debt. His Honour, in consequence, adjourned the final order sine die. This decision will operate as a warning to a numerous class of pennyless speculators in actions at law, who, having nothing to lose in the event of failure, com mence actions against respectable parties, in the expec. tation of being able to extort money from their fears of being saddled with their own costs, even though they obtain a verdict. Let it be generally known that the Court of Bankruptcy holds such groundless actions as a fraudulent contract of debt, and the fear of imprison.. ment will give a powerful check to such dishonest expe riments. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon, a young man, whose name we have not learned, was killed on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, in the imme diate vicinity of Linlithgow station. It appeared that lie was an occupant of one of the third-class carriages by the three o'clock train from Edinburgh, and that after being more than once warned by the guard, he persisted in sitting on the top of the front part of the carriage. While doing so, the unfortnnate man lost his balance, and fell over, when the train passed over him, crnshing his head in a manner so dreadful as to cause instant death. I,Je was accompanied by his father, who had to per f ov ni 4he melancholy duty of returning by another train with the dead bodT of hisson.—G(asyow Courier. A NIGGER'S IDEA Or TETE MOON.—" Cuffee, which do you consider de most useful of de planets—de sun or de moon?" " Well, Sambo, I tink the moon orter take the fus rank in dat ar"tickler." " Wha, wha, wha, why you tink so, Cuffee?" " Well, I tell you—kaze she shines by night, when we want light, and de sun shines by day, when we do not!" " Well, Cuffy, you is the g reatest nigger I knose on—dat's a real fac." EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF PROPERTY.—From a recent return made by order of the vestry of St. Marylebone with respect to assessments in Oxford-street, it appears that in the year 1777 a house, situated on the north side of Oxford-street, near Or chard-street, was rated in the parish books at 151. per year. In the present year (1844) the same house lets at 2201., and is rated in the books of Marylebone at 1201. DEMOLITION OF GUY IN THE STREETS.—A most amusing incident occurred on Tuesday in Guildford street, near the Foundling Hospital. It was the anni versary of gunpowder plot, and, with a laudable wish " to produce something novel," many of the itinerant fruit sellers had, for the nonce, converted their fruit-carts into a Guy Fawkes vehicle. The carriage was di awn by a donkey, and upon the " plafond" of the same, sat a living and highly dressed impersonation of Guido himself, look ing as great as Mr. Thompson's King in Hamlet ; the " steed " was led by his confederate. Now, one of these luckless pairs of wights happened to meet in Guildford street a party of rolicking Irishmen, who " happened " to be armed with rather stiff shillelaghs ; and some way or other, also happening to have Popish predilections, did not feel pleased with the oration, which ended with " Halloo ' boys ! halloo boys, God save the Queen ;" and without ceremony or intimation set to work and knocked poor Guy off his peach, nearly demolishing cart, donkey, and all. The affair, though only the work of a moment, excited no little amusement. Yesterday morning, an accident :occurred in the workhouse garden, which was followed by a fatal result. The directors and guardians determined, a short time since, to build some cottages adjoining the workhouse, for the use of aged married couples who might become inmates ; and, yesterday morning, some labourers were employed in removing the garden wall at the back of the workhouse, for the purpose of clearing the site of the intended erections. In order to effect this object, the earth had been cleared away from one side of the wall to the foundation, a depth of about three feet ; and one of the labourers, named Sidney Smith, was stooping to pick up some stones, when the wall, which from the foundation to the summit was about six feet high, began to totter. Mr. Bartlett, the Governor, who had just come up to the spot, observed the motion, and shouted to the deceased to take care. One step would have placed him out of danger ; instead of which he raised himself from his stooping position, and looked towards the wall, only in time to see a sec tion of it, 15 feet long, strike against the lower part of his body. He was knocked down and crushed by the falling mass ; as soon as he could be extricated from which he was taken to the Infirmary. Mr. Rugg, sur geon, was sent for, and promptly attended the sufferer ; who, however, was so severely bruised that he only sur vived till ten o'clock. Deceased was between forty and fifty years of age ; he was a widower, and resided in Pimlico.—Brighton Gazette. EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF SAGACITY IN A ii —A fox, which was kept chained in a kennel of a gen. tleman in Newark, a few night ago slipped its collar, and in the morning, though every endeavour was made to find it, no traces could be discovered for the whole of that day and the following one ; but on the morning of' the third day, greatly to the astonishment of the owner, the animal was found in its kennel, having evidently.tra yelled many miles during the time it had been away. What makes the fact more extraordinary is, that the animal has been domesticated ever since it has been a cub, and therefor© could not possibly have the slightest knowledge of tho surrounding country. LITERATURE. ST. JAMES'S. 3 Vols. Mm timer, London, 1844. As this is merely the republication, in three volumes, of a tale that has already appeared i n suc ce,sive Numbers of Ainsworth's Magazine, and been the subject of more than one monthly notice in The Sun, we need say nothing more of it on the present cccasion, than that it is not unworthy of its author, though, as a whole, it can scarcely be reckoned among his most successful productions. It is decidedly inferior in portraiture of character, and skill in the handling of plot, to " Crichton," and in graphic vigour to " Rookwood," but it is superior to the " Miser's Daughter," and worth at least a whole cart-load of such coarse, flash romances, as " Jack Sheppard." EPHEMERIDES. Ncwby, London, 1844. There are many sensible reflections scattered throughout this volume, which is a collection of essays —or rather fragments of essays—copied out, appa rently, from the author's common-place book. A great variety of subjects is discussed, and among them is that of " Clerical Celibacy and Auricular Confessions," to both of which practices of the Romish Church the author professes himself decidedly hos tile; and to do him justice, we must say that he gives good and sufficing reasons for the faith that is in him. We have been pleased with the following remarks, which occur incidentally in a sketch of Soult and Wellington :—" In reading history we are almost tempted to believe that the chief end of Government in promoting internal quiet, has been to accumulate wester resources for foreign hostilities. Bloodshed is the staple of history; and men have been butchered and countries ravaged, as if the human frame had been constructed with such exquisite skill only to be mangled, and the earth covered with fertility only to attract the spoiler." IRISH BEGGARS..—The first thing that gives the stranger an idea of the poverty of Ireland, is the im mense numbers of mendicants who besiege him for a few pence. They meet him wherever he goes ; they cross his path in all directions. They are generally most deplorably clad. Clothing, properly speaking, they have none. Your philosophy is puzzled to know how they continue to keep together the mass of rags which is attached to their persons. You are afraid they will drop oif their backs while soliciting your charity. I could not resist the suspicion, that many of the Irish mendi cants are actually in love with their rags, and that to put them into a suit of new clothes would be to render them altogether miserable. Of this I am quite certain that they would never rest satisfied until they had made a number of holes in their coat ; for a coat would seem to them incomplete without a few holes in it. You are struck with the fact, that many of the large per forations which you see in their apparel are very easily susceptible of being mended, and that if they were patched up, the appearance of this class of persons would be greatly improved. The use of the needle, however, is comparatively unknown to the Irish mendi cant. Nature has not made him a tailor, and he has no notion of attempting to set at nought the purposes of nature. That, he thinks, would be a reflection on her. lie seems to find a peculiar pleasure in his tat tered garments. You will always see more holes in an Irish beggar's coat than buttons on it. And yet, amidst all his rags, there is the absence of that actual misery in the Irish mendicant which you see in the English beggar. You are surprised at the jolly-looking and often ruddy countenances which you see associated with so much outward seeming wretchedness. No one can be half an hour in Ireland without being impressed with the convic tion, that the Irish possess constitutionally all the ele ments of happiness, and that, if their social condition were but ameliorated, they would be the happiest people on the face of the earth.—lmpressions of Ireland and the Irish. A very serious accident was admitted into the Sus sex County Hospital early on Thursday morning. At about half-past two that morning several men were em ployed in removing some earth on the railway near flay. ward's Heath ; and as the engine used on the oe'easion was passing from one set of rails to another, it knocked down the breaksman, John Hobbs, a fine muscular fellow about 24 years of age. The engine passed over his arm, and while he was falling must also have caught his head, on which a large scalp wound was inflicted, laying bare the bones of the skull on the left side. The poor fel low's right thigh was also broken, and the right arm was so smashed that it was necessarily amputated imme diately he was brought in at half-past five. Hobbs is, of course, in a dangerous state.—Brighton Guardian. I3oaouGn OF MORPETH.—A seizure of pepper, be longing to three respectable tradesmen, having been made by the officers of Excise stationed there, about five weeks ago, and a report of the proceedings, calculated to do them serious injury, having been industriously circu lated, it is right to mention that the article so seized has been tested in the usual manner, and that the owners have received an intimation, during the present week, that it is genuine and unadulterated.—Tyne Mercury. INFANT SAPPIIO.-I'he concert given under the patronage of the Mayor and Mayoress, at Clifton, on Saturday last, was numerously and fashionably attended; and on Monday, such was the anxiety evinced to be pre sent at the closing performance of this interesting little warbler, that the Assembly• room, Prince's -street, was crowded in every part, 1,100 persons being present. The Infant Sappho is now at Bath, but will, we under stand, pay another visit to Bristol.--Bristol Mercury. The public will be glad to learn that ax arrange ment has been made, by which the letter-bags between this city and Oxford will be carried by the Prince of Wales coach in place of by carts. This will amount to a restoration of t he old Oxford mail, the absence of which has been severely felt upon the road.— Worcestershire Chronicle. CIDER AND PERRY.—SO plentiful is cider and perry this year, that both articles are now being offered in this town at 255. per hogshead, and many of the pub licans are retailing it at 2d. and 3d. per quart.—Worces tershire Chronicle. ALTERATION or POLICE DISTRICTS.—SoIIIe ma terial alterations are contemplated in several of the police districts of the metropolis, which are at present widely scattered and badly distributed. Sir James Gra • ham has issued orders to the Chief Magistrate at Bow street to make a survey of his district, in order to ascer tain its extent, and the second clerk and messenger intend measuring it during the ensuing week. On Thursday and Friday last Mr. Henry, one of the Magis trates of Queen-square, was closeted with Mr. Hall, the Chief Magistrate of the metropolitan districts, for several hours, examining each other's districts by the " Post office Directory," and preparing a report to be presented to the Home Secretary. As far as we can learn it is intended to increase the Bow-street district by adding Leicester-square, Pall-mall, Haymarket, St. James's street, and part of Piccadilly ; the present district being bounded by the east side of St. Martin's-lane. It is very clear that the Bow-street district will bear increasing, for its size, as compared with any other district in the metropolis, is most absurd. It would appear almost impossible that three Magistrates should find anything to employ their time in a district scarcely a mile square— commencing at Temple •bar and finishing at Charing cross, bounded by the Thames, and running up St. Mar tin's lane to Broad-street, St. Giles's, thence along Hot. born to the top of Chancery-lane, and concluding in Lincoln's Inn ; while two Magistrates have to do the duty of districts like Marylebone and Clerkenwell many miles in extent. Yet it is a fact, that Bow-street has a greater number of night charges than any other office in the metropolitan districts, owing to the fertility in Drury-lane and St. Giles's for pugnacity. On Monday mornings there have been continually from 50 to 75 night charges, many of which, however, ought not to have been sent before the Bench. The Bow -street district will, however, well bear enlargement, and we have little doubt such is the intention of Sir James Graham with respect to it, as well as Queen-square. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.--A farmer named Lishman, of Fenwick, Stamfordham, Northumberland, was on the 29th ult., whilst riding upon his horse, dragged from the back of the animal by six men (disguised), who robbed him of two pocket-books, containing 105/. in 5/. notes of the Bank of England and of the Union Bank of Newcastle on-Tyne, a stamp receipt for 100 L, and two receipts of the Northumberland and Durham District Bank for 2001. and 500/. REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF LONOEVITY.—John Richards, who has attained the astonishing age of 110 years, is now staying at Mr. Heslop's, the Bricklayers' Arms, New Quebec- street, Portman-square. Although the old man has long passed the term Scripture assigns as the duration of human life, his faculties are little impaired, and his appearance is that of a hale man of seventy or eighty. For more than forty years he followed the occupation of a sawyer ; he has known poverty, suffered no little from accidents, and not very long ago was run over. Notwithstanding all this he looks as if his life was not yet at its close, and his cheerfulness is as remarkable as his years. The evening of his days, or it might be more proper to say the midnight (a clear midnight it is), is rendered comfortable through the liberality of a gentleman in his native county, Devon. We trust Richards will equal the longevity of Parr or Jenkins. EDUCATION.—Last evening a public meeting was held at Trinity Chapel, Trinity-square, Southwark, for the purpose of taking measures for the promotion of " popular and unsectarian education." The announce ment that Mr. Pritchard, the late British Consul at Ota heite, would attend, drew together a large concourse of persons. From statements made by the Rev. James Sherman, a Dissenting mihister, who took the chair, it appeared that British schools had been erected in the neighbourhood, in which some hundreds of children were in course of instruction. Still much remained to be done, as thousands were labouring under the sad effects of ig norance. Large subscriptions in aid of educational ex tension had already been received, and grants had been made by societies. Mr. Pritchard gave a long biogra phical account of himself, from the time he engaged as Sunday-school teacher till the recent disturbances at Otaheite. At the close of his address a collection was en tered into, and a subscription of 250/. was announced. At an election dinner, lately, a voter said he had never received a bribe to the extent,of a farthing. Oh ! Smith, how can you say so?" observed another voter, " when I know that Mr. W. sent you a hare."—" Aye, that's true enough ; but it was full of maggots."— " Well, then," was the rejoinder, "if it were not bribery, it was corruption." GUANO.—IMPORTANT..--We understand. by war rant from the Right llon. the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, dated the 17th ult., guano, im ported from Ichaboe, or other places on the west coast of Africa, in British ships, and sold for the first time, is directed to be passed free of the auction duty of one-half per cent., hitherto charged on the sale of that articley, and that the Commissioners of Excise have issued diree- L ti.olls to their officers accordingly.—Liverpool Courier,