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

1141rmi-- SUMMARY OF NEWS AND übirtt Optitton. " Who runs may read." ~'®b: c ~5~~1. On Monday evening. — theirlajesties the King and Queen of the French received the Russian Charge d'Af faires, the Minister of Marine, the Governor of Mar tinique, Colonel Le Vaillant, and Messrs. Boulay (du Var), Pages, and Lavielle, members of the Chamber of Deputies. The King, it is said, has relinquished his in tention of visiting England this year. All Europe (says the Paris Globe of Wednesday) is justly attentive to the political situation we are placed in. Mast of the Ambassadors of the :several Powers have repaired this day to M. Guizit's residence, at Au teuil. Lord Cowley has had rather a Lang conference with the Minister 6f Foreign Affairs. On Tuesday a grand dinner was given, at the Opera "louse, by the National Guard, to the officers of the Line who have superintended the military instruction of the several legions of the capital. Various toasts were drunk to the success of the army and squadron acting against Morocco, and some not very kind allusions were Made to England. The Moniteur states that, in addition to the 24,000 Moorish cavalry at the affair of Isly, there was a force of infantry estimated at more than 12,000, so that the French, who were not 9,000 in number, were surrounded by more than 36,000 men. A Marseilles journal says it is informed that Marshal Ilugeaud has applied for a reinforcement of 4,000 men. Several public establishments and private houses in Lyons were illuminated on the receipt of the news of the victory of Isly. At Marseilles a salvo of 21 guns W ELS fired by order of the Commandant of the military division. The Messager gives also the following, which must have arrived by telegraph :—" The Orenoque, which left Oran on the 21st, conveyed to Algiers the colours taken at the battle of Isly. She left y Algiers on the 23d, to convey to Marseilles Colonel oy, Aide-de-Cm of Marsh a l Soult. This officer arriv F ed at Marseilles on the 2 5th, and set out immediately for Paris." The Government steamer Fulton arrived at Havre two days ago with Rear-Admiral Lassusse on board. In the evening the Admiral proceeded to Paris, and the Fulton left for Cherbourg. Orders have been given at Rochefort to prepare the Canaille corvette, and the Pylade 20-gun brig, immedi ately for sea. Orders were received at Toulon on the 23d to fit out the Ducouedic brig of war with all possible expedition. The Journal du Havre announces the arrival at that place of the D owage r Q ueen o f S a rdi n i a , an d hi s R o y a l Wellness the Prince de Montbart. Mr. Dyce Sombre has arrived in Paris, having re rnained some days at Boulogne. A first trial of M. Andrau's new locomotive power, by means of compressed air, was made on Monday, on the V ersailles Railroad (left bank), in the presence of Messrs. Bineau and Baude, Commissioners appointed by the Government, of the engineers of the railroad, and a treat number of spectators. Although the locomotive ;l as charged upon the low pressure system, because her charged was not a sufficient power to compress the air to a treater extent, the experiment perfectly succeeded. In e xpending two or three atmospheres, the locomotive ran tsquarter of a league with great rapidity and regularity. -1 - 11 e trial is to be repeated in the course of the next Month. Mavrocordato and the other Greek Ministers have re signed, and Coletti has been commissioned by the King to form a new Cabinet. The Russian frigate the Kamschatka arrived on the 21 " at Copenhagen, from St. Petersburgh, with the Prince de his wife, the Hesse, who had left Russia after the death of Grand Duchess Alexandra. A LAW ATM POLICX. 1 , 41, young man of respectable connections named George - ittY. was examined at the Mansion-house, charged with e mbezzling several sums of money, the property of his employers, Messrs. Melville, Wise, and f Broad- Str eet. It appears that the prisoner, who is Co., but 22 years old, had been living far beyond his means, and that the a mount of which he had plundered his employers was a bout 4501. He was remanded till Tuesday next. At Guildhall, John Thorogood, the Church-rate mar 31', Was brought up in custody, charged with stealing gin account books, the property of Messrs. Blackie and publishers, Glasgow. It appeared that he had been t lt h t e ray . eller for Blackie and Co., and had some claim on t • min that capacity, of which claim the books in ques s,n furnished the evidence. The charge was dismissed, 'lr. Thome. od released, and the books were restored to biro. i „o 1,. : 'lW;_nl• Franklin, charged with stealing 751 from an - ‘ A BII Pi -dealer, was remanded until Wednesday. f ro a elderly female, named Eliza Taylor, was committed k, lll Queen-square, for stealing seven sovereigns and a a lffrom Mr. Goodway, a builder, of Chelsea. M r. Quinton Ingram, a fashionably-dressed young' nan. residi ng w i t h hi s mot h er , an i n d epen d ent l a d y, at °' 7, Sloane -street, Knightsbridge, was placed at the f r, charged with attempting to pick the pocket of Mr. pi p lumber, a broker, living at No. 12,. Bridge-row, v It appeared that the complainant had been e' admixed over-night. and had met the accused, who il;„,_, that seeing the state he was in, and being ac euaeet"heq With him, he had had "a lark" with him. In t, u Policeman was so convinced it rgwas a lark that ..)? ad a first refuse,' to take the chae, which was is" missed at once by the Magistrate. At M arlborough -street, Alfred Walker. bug-destroyer, no stands charged with having stolen between 4001. and 1 :: 1 0/., in money and some jewellery, from the residence Of the Earl of n arrow l y , i n Grosvenor-square, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, for re-examination. He Was remanded till Saturday week. John B owes , E sq ., M.P., charged a man, who gave t he name of Thomas Thwaites, with having obtained had from him under false pretences. The prisoner ea t ; „ gone to Mr. Bowes, and after relating a deplorable tale had represented himself to be the son of one of the irn• Gentleman's constituents, and had obtained from el 3 1. It turned out that he was an impostor. Mr. °w e; however, did not press for punishment, and the 'twiner was admonished and discharged. M.4w . o horse-dealers, named Ward, were charged at 7,) lebone with conspiring to defraud Mr. Angerstein i-' l5l , by a false and fictitious warranty of horses. The had advertised certain horses for sale, and had 4 rr anted them to Mr. Angerstein, who gave them a after wards, for 1151. Th e h orses were exam i ne d imme di ate l y p r isoner s an d f oun d to b e unsoun d an d returne d . prisoners removed them, and Mr. Angerstein had never Tr a nything more either of the horses or the money. e Prisoner s had since attempted to sell the horses to a einan at Camberwell. They were committed. F r ,„"ene Vann, a stout labouring man, and Cornelius `Pf s ,, --m , an, a private of the Royal Sappers and Miners, we Drought up in the custody of the police at the °° , l lv i ich Police -court, charged with being concerned pr c - Z a ting' 19 brass guns from the Royal Arsenal, the K e rtY of her Majesty the Queen. Vann, who was 411 tted as Queen's evidence, stated that they were em keYed in the foundry in which unserviceable guns were ted down, and had taken advantage of their situation steal and melt down the guns in question. tl l ;k t Wandsworth Joseph and James Davis, two boys of b et r espective ages of seven and nine years, were brought th e (4 ° Mr. Clive by J. B. Dalby, the superintendent of oalv So uth -Western Railway, charged with throwing ines at the trains passing on the said line, to the im ent danger of the passengers. The younger pri tker being under seven years of age was discharged ; pear elder prisoner was remanded till Saturday. It ap is;„' that several of the Company's servants have been 14: 1 ed from stones thrown at the trains in the neigh• Zaood of Wandsworth. 1 1 ,pr• Cliv e , t h e pres idi ng M ag i strate at H ammersm i t h , (10`11c three men, named Ayres, Wentworth, and A sk : ,to bail on a charge of assaulting a man named by ducking him in the Grand Junction Canal. X t • COMILT--PASICZONATIMIL 11 0 ,. 15 said th a t h er M a j esty w ill h onour t h e D u k e o f tee:`. °l k With a visit in the course of two months. Apart *on are already being fitted up for her reception; and iititderstand that the state liveries are in progress. 4 0 ,,,,e 'Juke of Norfolk left Arundel Castle for town on lis t ,''''aY• The Duchess with the Ladies Mary and Ade aa,i'-,t-tad the Earl and Countess of Arundel and Surrey, de „4-,or Edward and Bernard Howard, remain at the itB tte, Th fr om e ‘ -arquis and Mar c hioness of Blandford have s a il e d C ° )," e nt Yniouth in the Wave cutter yacht. T6nrNesselrode arrived at Ashburnham House on cos l ,, s4 aY morning f ro m Bri g hton, a nd s u b sequen tly, i n tt4 .4 °Y With M. d e B erg , S ecretary to t h e R uss i an Ir est a saY, and M.. Maltzoff, enjoyed a drive round the 14 4 ( e 1% sub ur b s of the metropolis. The Count first /t isl ;! the beautiful vill a res id ence o f th e D u k e o f D e - his p „ I r.e, at Chi sw i c k, w h ere h o h a d an opportun i ty o f Pes e -et :ng the pavilion erected by his Grace for the pur- Pr see °l e ntertaining the Emperorof Russia in June last; his t 4 e ding from thence to the gardens of the Horticul th, iociety, which, it will be recollected, closely adjoin 41 ils ti kes domain. Here the party spent a consider ttsiciPe_ riod, and upon leaving drove to Sion House, the ths, i 'ace of his Grace the Duke of Northumberland ; lti eh e e the Count proceeded to the Star and Garter, at lih o tn r oi ld, where the party partook of lunch, and after t he interval returned to town, calling on the way at gallo°l!ni Gardens, Kew. Pres and Countess of Lincoln and family are at eat st • Sir j. aYleg in the Isle of Wight. d ay f r 'lnes Graham is expected to arrive in town to yednNetherby The Right Hon. Baronet has en ace ferxocellent sport ' on the moors during his brief ab- Sir tnhis official duties. ttead o Robert and Lady Sale are expected to arrive in 9ysitr7erry the week after next, on a visit to Mr. John %c ali34 ‘ one of whose sons, an officer in the East India ! t lial 4ci li ra service, married a daughter of the distin- Public Pair . It is intended to invite Sir Robert Sale to 14 The inner during his stay in Derry. vg at hi 4 s al il. , and Countess of R o den are a t p resen t stay pslsequo, ordship' s sea t H y d e H a ll, H ert f or d s hi re. Th e ur present Powe rscourt an d h er yout hf u l f am i ly rema i n The 'sent with her Ladyship's noble parents. lies t i t ' , ad and Countess of Wilton left Ryde early on .`,.riatoi!_tnorning, in his Lordship's yacht, theXarifa, for N4te_ntl arriving at which port the Noble Earl and 'glee 2.1 s r .!' would proceed direct to Badminton, the seat of ,n." the Duke of Beaufort, in order to join the Vigq4aerabled to meet the Prince of Prussia. -coa ti . o 'rser„, t ; and Viscountess Jocelyn have arrived in rd I,..,i_eet this morning from Broadlanda, the seat of `aYian. 7Mte;;ston, in Hampshire, where they have been 6 1" e last few days. es Ls 4 Isxzso a.s..11.7(131101711. a ale 8 ,4 , 3' the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave illuirmLn_olud entertainment to Sir Robert and Lady % jute [ O . Sturt, in the Egyptian Hall, at the Man- Pla, en e u A an tt n es t ; co mmemoration of Henry Purcell took a Y morning at West m i ns t er Abbey, and the service, as usual, drew together x, vast number of musical people, who seldom have any opportunity of hearing the great English master under circumstances so honourable to his genius. . _ . The — foundation-stone of the monument to he erects on Pensher-hill, in the county of Durtnirn, to the memory of the late Earl of Durham, was laid, on Wedne3day, with masonic honours, amidst an immense concourse of spectators, assembles from all parts of the adjoining district. From recent returns, it appears that the average num ber of ,prisoners in the Milibank prison, which has been converted into a depot for all persons under sentence of transportation, amounts to 741. This morning, shortly before two o'clock, a most de structive fire broke out in the extensive buildings be longing to the Dover and Brighton Railways, at their joint station, New-cross, which destroyed a long range of sheds and several carriages. At an inquest held before Arr. Carter, several of the parties who had been summoned to appear before him as jurymen were very late in their attendance, or failed altogether to serve or account for their absence. The Coroner told the constable that the law was now in operation, and he should most certainly avail himself of the power placed in his :hands, of fining the absentees 40s. if the persons summoned on a jury failed to appear. BOW•STREET.—(THIS DAY.) A rather decently dressed woman, who gave her name as Anne Cleary, was charged with knocking down an oil painting, the property of Mr. Samuel Hart, a picture dealer, in Great Wild•street. The prosecutor stated that the prisoner, yesterday afternoon, came deliberately up to his shop-window, and knocked down a picture of Faith, Hope, and Charity, that was hanging there. She did this without saying a word, and he told her to go away, and she did so, but came bask a short time afterward+, and fastened a piece of paper on the picture, upon which was written, " Take this picture down." Mr. TWYFORD inquired if the figures in the picture were represented naked? Mr. Hart said the picture was a female and her little children, which were naked. .._. The prisoner, in her defence, said the picture was an indelicate one. Mr. TWYFOAD did not think she had a good taste. The prisoner again said that the picture had offended her sense of delicacy. She would, _however, take no notice of such a thing in future. Mr. TWYFORD said that was a very good resolve, for if she took notice of such things she would have nothing else to do. Mr. Hart said if the prisoner would promise not to go near his shop again, he would not press the charge. The prisoner gave the required promise, and was dis charged. CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) James Waller was charged with wounding John Mathews. It appeared from the evidence that on the evening of the 6th ult. the prisoner, prosecutor, and se veral other men of their trade (bricklayers) were drink ing together at a beer-shop in Compton-street, Clerken wellaMathews was standing outside the door in conver sation with a man named Doyle, when the prisoner came over, and in insulting language reproached the prosecutor with having done him an injury some time before ; the latter replied warmly, whereupon Waller seised him by the collar and threw him in the kennel, and kicked him whilst lying on the ground until he was insensible, when it was found that his right thigh bone had been fractured. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. UNION-HALL.-(THIS DAY.) Six young men in the garb of mechanics were charged with creating a disturbance in the Surrey Theatre. The defendants went into the gallery, and had not been there long before they commenced making such a noise as to interrupt the peformance, ac on the appear ance of each actor they called out, " Off, off." The policeman on duty in the theatre went up to try and prevent such an interruption ; and in his endeavours he was attacked by four of the parties, and very ill used, as also were some other persons who went to his assist ance. Mr. TRAILL inflicted fines of 40s. each on the chief aggressors, and made the others enter into their recog nisances to keep the peace. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) HAVERFORD WEST RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The South Wales Trial Stakes, of 3 sovs. each, with 15, added, two miles, were won in two heats by Mr. Lucas's Retriever, 3 yrs, beating Mr. Bower's Picton, 4 yrs—Mr. Stokes's Rowena, aged—and Mr. Bristow's Pocket Venus, 5' yrs. The Scurry Stakes, of 2 sovs. each, and 15 added, one mile and a half, 7 Subs., were won in two heats by Mr. Henderson's Greedy Sam, aged, beating Mr. Lucas's St. David, 5 yrs—Mr. Morris's Darling, 5 yrs—Mr. Phillips's Grasshopper, 4 yrs—Mr. Llewellyn's Giraffe, aged— Mr. Bower's Picton, 4 yrs—and Mr. Lewis's Pole cat, aged. The Hurdle Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, with 20 added, 3 Subs., were won in two heats by Mr. Llewellyn's Giraffe, aged, beating Mr. Griffiths's Confidence, 6 yrs, and Mr. Miller's Jenny Jones, aged. THURSDAY. The Ha'rerfordwest Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, two miles, fi ve subs.; were won in two heats b 7 Mr. Henderson's Greedy Sam aged, beating Mr. Lucas s Retriever, 3 yrs, and Mr. Miller's Jenny Jones. The Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, with 15 added, two miles, four subs., were won, in two heats, by Mr. Lewis's Polecat, aged, beating Mr. Lucas's St. David, 5 yrs, and Mr. Morris's Darling, 5 yrs. The Free Handicap of 2 sows. each, and 20 added, one mile, six subs., was won, in two heats, by Mr. Stokes's Rowena, age, Bst 121 b, be : king Giraffe, lOst 51b, St. David, lOst 71b, and three othersl TIVERTON RACES.----TuuRsDAY. The Tiverton Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 20 added. (14 Subs.) Mr. Scobell's Fox, 4 yrs • 1 Mr. Parr's Ninety-one, 3 yrs 2 Mr. J. Duntze nd Mimic, 6 yrs The Members' Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each. Heats, twice round. Mr. Scobell's Fox, 4 yrs o 0 1 Mr. Crofton's Cornopean, 4 yrs . Mr. Parr's Ninett one, 3 yrs Mr. W. Ley's Fairy Oaks, aged 3 dr The Ladies' Plate of 201., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sous. each (3 subs), twice round, was won in two heats by Mr. Wilkin's lina, 6 yrs, beating Mr. Williams' Ely sium, 4 yrs, and Mr. Downe's Usurper, aged (bolted). The Hurdle Stakes of 3 sous., with 15 added, were won in three heats by Mr. Ley's The Knight, aged, beating Icarus, Fair Penitent, and Spangle. TATTERS ALL'S—YESTERDAY. So determined a set was made against Ithuriel, that at one time it appeared " all up" with him. sto 1 was then laid to between four and five hundred pounds, and the takers, for a moment, were choked off ; 6 to 1 was than laid to upwards of 1001., but the layer refusing to go on, confidence was partially restored, and two or three other bets were booked at sto 1. Nothing less, we believe, was taken. The effect of this movement was to give most of the other favourites a lift, and more particularly Red Deer, Valerian, and Foig-a-ballagh ; the betting, however, irrespective of Ithuriel, was far from brisk. Closing prices ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure—taken & aft. offered 5 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Ithuriel—taken 7 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Deer—take 15 to 2 8 to I agst Col. Anson's Bay Momus 10 to I agst Mr. Vane's Valerian—taken 10 to 1 agst Dawson's lot 11 to 1 agst Col. Anson's The Princess II to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh 30 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey 40 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Milton. TIIE DERBY. 25 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken Sr aft. offered 25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Newsmonger_taken. FLANDERS and HAMBURGH MAIL. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) BRUSSELS, Aua. 27.—1 t is generally known at Ant werp that the number of Belgian sailors is not sufficient for our merchant service, and that our shipowners are almost always obliged to engage foreigners to complete their crews. In order to remedy this inconvenience and to procure for the country a number of sailors equal to its want., it had been agreed between the departments of the Marine and of Justice to take in the depots of mendicity all the youths of good character and robust constitution, and put them, with the consent of their parents, on board Belgium ships as cabin boys for a term of eight years. Of course, the Government will choose only such lads as have not been condemned for theft or other serious offences. The Russian Government, in order to obviate in future accidents on the railroad, has constituted, at Berlin, a school for the special purpose of giving instruction in the art of conducting locomotives. The number of pupils is fixed at 400. The annual payment to be made by each pupil is very moderate, and the course of instruction is completed in one year. FRONTIERS OF SERVIA, AUG. s.—lntelligence has just been received that Prince Masoevitz, formerly English Consul at Novi-Razar, has been assassinated by the Turks about two miles from the Servian frontier, on the road to Mokro Gora. His attendant, a Christian from Herzegwina, escaped. The family of the murdered Prince has lived for some years in Belgrade, iu a very retired manner, and is universally respected. WARSAW, Auc. 21.—8 y an Imperial rescript just published, the inhabitants of Poland, of both sexes, are not to have passports for foreign countries till they are full twenty-five years of age. The exceptions are mer chants, their agents, carriers' children accompanying their parents or tutors, and wives travelling with their husbands. Sons, however, from the ago of ten to eighteen, are not to be taken abroad without a spe cial permission, for which application must be made to the Governor, and which is not to be granted except for important reasons. All persons, except those who are sent abroad by the Government, and some others, must pay for their passports. AUSTRIAN YU NDS.—Vnuoia, Ausl. 9l. Five per Cents. Motalliques •.......N«.N«......N..NN 110 Four per Cents. Three per Cents . ......... Bank Shares ... .......... . . 1001 sillgerneine ........ • Aug. - 95. HAMBURGH BORSENHALLE, Ave 27. Balls. Money. Austrian 5 per Cents. Bank 5hare5........... 1630 ..... Anglo-Russian Loan 113% 113 Russian 5 Der Cent., Ist series, Certificate 104% ung Inscription, let series lO5 Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series .. . . ........ ge 98 Ditto in Certificates 99 9 6 New 4 per Cent. (1840) 9O 90 Dutch Act; i Debt, 9' - 59% Jut. .ual . 14 per Cent. ........ 59', 5 9 % Ditto 5 per Cent - Anglo-Danish Lean, 3 per Cont. 8.% 65% Spanish. New 5 per Polish Bonds. .... ......... New Tickets .. .. ..... 11.11.1 ...... mita -'. could believe that any Magistrate would convict from interested motives; he should, therefore, op pose the application for the dismissal of the sum monses. Mr. Oakes—Mr. Matthews seems to complain of the pertina?ity of persons seeking convictions against servants of the Star Company. Let them refrain from continuing the annoyance, and the prosecutions would cease. Mr. Matthews —But my clients say, that handing a bill and giving useful information is not an an noyance. Mr. Oakes--I can see no reason to grant the ap plication. I, for one, will certainly adjudicate, and enforce the penalties. The Mayor and Mr. Spencer agreed with Mr. Oakes. Mr. Tickner and Mr. Smith concurred with Mr. Cruden is the opinion that the matter should be referred to the county Magistrates. Mr. Matthews said that, as the Bench were equally divided in opinion, and as Mr. Oakes and Mr. Spencer were determined to act, he should leave them to do as they thought proper, and would merely request the Magistrates' clerk to receive notice of appeal, in the event of convictions, in the'same manner as before. Mr. Southgate said, acting for a public body, he could be no party to anything but the usual leegal course, that of paying the penalty on entering the appeal. Mr. Matthews said that was the first time he had heard of calling for the penalty, when notice of appeal had been given ; it was too mnch to expect that penalties to a large amount should be enforced, which might lead to incarceration for a lengthened period in the event of convictions. What use would there be to enter an appeal whidh the law gave four months to effect, during which the applicant might suffer his whole term of three months' imprisonment, in default of payment of the penalty. Mr. Oakes said that he should certainly order the penalties to be enforced. Messrs. Cruden, Tickner, and Smith hereuponileft the bench, and Mr. Matthews again requested Mr. Pearson to take notice of appeal in each case where a conviction might ensue, and to take a note that three Magistrates, had desired to refer the case to the county Magistrates, by whose decision, he again repeated, his clients were willing finally to abide; and then ob served that he should, without meaning any disrespect to the Bench, retire, leaving, however, a gentleman to take notes of the proceedings ; and thus give the re maining Justices free scope to exercise their judgment on the cases, unrestrained by the presence of himself or his clients. Mr. Matthews then desired Reid and Rowe to leave the Court, upon which Mr. Oakes, manifestly mortified at this apparent contempt of his high authority, inquired, in an under tone, of the clerk. if they could not detain the defendants, to which Mr. Pearson replied that it was only a summons. Mr. Matthews and his clients then left the Court, which was almost immediately deserted by all but Messrs. Oakes and Spencer, Messrs. Southgate and Pearson, the police, and reporters. One of the cases against Samuel Rowe was then proceeded with. J. Adams being sworn stated, he was a street keeper binder the Commissioners of Lamps and Pave ments ; he was on duty at the bottom of High-street, near the Star-office, about a quarter before one o'clock in the day of Sunday, the 18th i ns t an t. S aw th e defendant standing within the doorway of the Star office in High-street. Heard him call to persons " Turn t o th e r i g ht , l a di es an d to the ' flyi ng M e t eor '— s i xpence gentlemen; passing a and thisw reprising, y a each including the railway." W. Cove, also a streetkeeper, corroborated the evi dence of the previous witness, and deposed to the defendant delivering Star bills to the passers-by, stating the times of the departure of the boats from the Terrace-pier. A bill produced he saw given to a person from whom he received it. The Bench unhesitatingly considered the case proved, arid ordered the defendant to pay a penalty of forty shillings, including costs, or twenty-one days' imprisonment in default. Four other charges of a similar nature were then heard against the defendant Rowe, and a penalty in each case of forty shillings, including costs, inflicted, or twenty-one days' imprisonment for each separate offence. George Reid, another servant of the Star Com pany, was charged by Adams, the street-keeper, with creating a nuisance in East -street on the 20th inst. The complainant deposed to the defendant sitting within the window of the Star-office, looking into East-street, about twenty minutes before seven o'clock on the evening of the 20th inst., delivering bills, and directing people to the Terrace-pier, say ing, " Straight on, ladies and gentlemen, to the railway boat : only sixpence each.' This was corroborated by the witness Cove, and the defendant was convicted in the penalty of 405., including costs, or 21 days' imprisonment. Mr. Southgate applied for immediate warrants of distress against the goods and chattels of the defend ants Rowe and Reid, which were granted, to be levied immediately after the application for the penalties in the event of their not being paid. To render the above account of proceedings at Graves end more intelligible, we append the following obser vations :—The resort of visitors to that town, at tracted by the facilities of steam navigation, and the cheapness of the fares, has reached the enormous extent of an average of more than 12,000 persons passing and repassing daily during the present season. The principal packets are those of the Diamond and Star Companies, betwe en w hi c h b o di es a most active rivalry has always sub s i s t e d , b ut i t i s kept up wi▪ th increased energy under present circumstances. There are also two rival piers a t G ravesen d— t h e Town-pi▪ er and Terrace-pier. The former is the senior, and being situated at the o ld part o f t h e town, rece ives the greater support from the shopkeepers, who are jealous of the increasin g i mportance an d attr actions of Milton. The Diamond boats use the Town-pier; the Star's the Terrace-pier, which leads to the new town. The Directors of the Blackwall Railway b e i n g de sirous of inducing a greater resort of packets to that station, at the commencement of this (as of the last) season offered a prefe rence to such packets as resor t e d thither exclusively (that is, without any intercourse with the piers above Blackwall), by allowing them the privilege of remaining alongside the Bruns wick-wharf for h a lf an hour, thus giving them the chance of passengers by two trains. The Star Company cl ose d w i th this office, which was , re jected by the Dia mon d ; hence the " tug of war. ' Angry at the consu mmat i on of this agreement, the Diamonds reduced t h e fares ; the Star and other Companies necessarily f o ll owe d , an d an arrangement w as entered into by which the public with one pay ment could avail themselves of the passage by boat or rail, or vice versa, between Gravesend and London. From participatin g i n the benefits of this arrangement the Diamond Company have excluded themselves. The Star Comp any, to sustain themselves in the con flict, placed thei r servants at the doors of their office, which i s near the Tow n - p i er at G ravesend, to hand bills announcing the h ours when their packets leave the Terrace-pier, and t o i n f orm the public of the superior advantages by the saving of time and money offered by the Blackw a ll R a il way route, the Star packets conveying their passengers (free of the rail way fare) from the Terrace-pier, Gravesend, to the Fenchurch-street terminus, London, and charging for the whole distance the same fare as the Diamond boats charge, leaving their passengers who may land at Blackwall t o p ay th e ra il way- f are in addition. That the public apprec i ate the cora ls manifest e d b y th e num b ers as to counteract the p ower f u l in ducementsgpiantvreaicom- parativeo below. . advantages, of l t this superior accommodation and cheaper conveyance,i that th e par ti sans o f t h e Town pier are set n motion, and th e pu bli c b o di es of the borough (consisting chiefly of tradesmen in the old town), are brought up on t h e stage, as prosecutors, judges, and juries, upon a ll occasions of invented complaints against the successful Stars. NUMBERS LANDED AND EUDARRED AT THE GRAVESEND PIERS:— 544 Town Pier, Terrace Pier, 14,5,150 June July Of which have passed by the Blackwell Railway route : June July ................................... 253,474 Leaving only in June . ......... 122,168 July .................................... 138,233 who have landed or embarked at the other wharfs and piers upon the river above Blackwall. FOREIGN WHEAT.—In consequence of the contem plated rise of duty upon foreign wheat, last week there w was an immense deal done previous to S a t ur d ay, i n the clearing off stocks. The duty during th e l ast average was 18s. per quarter, and by the Saturd p a t y ti ' d a return o it f a . r fdo o ur s te e i ieg t s o n; 19usl wheat,.t altogether, g eOnt amounting n, li n e dt Fiunrrgii during g a o Friday the 9 n 2 e houseeek ending Friday, 31 of duty w as c l eare d at the Custom-house.— Edinburvih Pap er . EXPORTATION OF HORSES TO Iletnium.—A very large embarkation of horses was again mad e on S un d ay morning last at the St. Katharine's Wharf, T ower, on board the steamer Antwerpen. They wer e th e property of Mr. Francois, the Belgian horse-deal er , an d were principally purchased at Horncastle fai r . Th e sh i p, under the command of Captain Jackson, arrived at Ant werp sufficiently early on Monday morning to allow the passengers to remain in the town several hours before the departure of the train which gets to Cologne in the evening. She returned here yesterday morning, the fol lowing persons of distinction being amongst her nume rous passengers:—General Sir Andrew Barnard, the Hon. Colonel and Lady Georgiana Catheert and family, Sir Joseph Radcliff and Lady, with family ; General Ogilvie, Sir Charles Forbes, Etc. The Directors of the Midland Railway Company have determined to oonnect the town of Stamford with their line by a branch railway.—Derby Reporter. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINEIr, AUGUST 30, 1844. GRAVESEND POLICE. AUG. 25.—Samuel Rowe and George Reid, servants of the Star Steam-packet Company, appeared before the bench of Magistrates at the Justice-room, Graves end (present L. P.' Staff, Esq., Mayor ' • R. Oakes, C. Spencer, R. P. Cruden, E. Tickner,, and J. Smith, Esqs.), to answer certain complaints made by officers appointed by the Commissioners of Lamps and Pave ments, under their Act for the prevention of nuisances and annoyances. The charges in the summonses were for standing within the doorway of the Star Company's offices delivering bills, and directing the passers-by to the Terrace-pier and Star boats. There were five offences charged against Rowe, and one against Reid. The Justice-room was densely crowded, and among the number present were the major part of the Directors of the Star Company, two of whom, Messrs. Cruden and Tickner, were on the bench as Magistrates of the borough. Mr. South gate attended as solicitor on the part of the com plainants, Mr. Matthews as solicitor for the defen dants. Samuel Rowe having been called, Mr. Cruden, addressing his brother Magistrates, said—Mr. Mayor, before this case is called on, I wish to address a few observations to my brethren on the bench. Situated as I am (Chairman of the Star Company), I have come to the conclusion not to ad judicate upon the subject of the complaints now about to be brought before you ; my observations, there fore, will be directed to the general character of these proceedings. These cases, like the preceding ones, have arisen from the reduction of the steam-boat fares, and the competition of the piers. The reduction of fares by the Diamond Company was necessarily followed by a similar reduction in the packets of other companies. The Diamond Company took passengers from the Town-pier for 9d. each, and in their advertisements engaged to carry passengers to London, calling at Blackwell, but not informing them that an extra charge would be made for their journey by the railway to London. Not so the Star Company; their announcements were, that the fare throughout, by boat and rail, to London, was 9d. also. It be came an act of justice to the public, to inform them of the deception attempted to be practised upon them by the Diamond Company, who are under the pro tection of the Corporation. The Town-pier is made subservient to that Company; even the pier bell is in their keeping. (Upon some observation being made by Mr.:Oakes), Mr. Cruden observed—Mr. Mayor, Reasonable argument I can respect, but I cannot, and will not, endure rude interruption. Mr. Oakes is perfectly welcome to enjoy his pleasure and amuse himself, but not by playing a running bass to my treble. I feel that I am only doing my duty to the borough, and to the public at large, in entering upon the subject. Another of the delusions practised by the Diamond Company, was the announcement on the Corporation boards, at the Town-pier, that the " Ruby," their crack boat (and I am very happy to bear my testimony to the high character of that boat), would leave the pier at a certain hour, when, in fact, that vessel was not at Gravesend, and even when she was off the station for repair, an old discarded boat is substituted, and the passage is consequently a very long one ; the deception practised is a most unworthy and often repeated expedient, yet the Corporation never interfere to protect the public. The defendants are summoned for attempting to counteract these frequent delusions as to the fares, and for giving the useful and necessary information that the boats from the Terrace.pier do, as their an nouncements express, convey the public without the possibility of extra charge from Gravesend to London by the route of the railway. For this offence these persons have been and are now again brought here, and the summonses, being multiplied in the way we now observe, appear to me to savour much of perse cution. I feel, therefore, that I am acting rightly, even at this eleventh hour, in interposing to make a proposition to the Bench. The defendants complain that the decision of this Bench is not likely to be guided by that justice they ought to receive and have a right to demand. On former occasions, of a like nature, evidence has been extorted from the witnesses against the defendants by leading questions put to them most unfairly from the Bench. Now these witnesses, being your officers or servants, street keepers, or what you like to c a ll th e m, ought to be permitted to act without intimidation, and without these efforts, at least from the Bench, to elicit testi mony adverse to the defendants, and from which they (the defendants) are led to question the impartiality of the Bench. The defendants have previously re quested that their alleged offences might be ad judicated by the county Magistrates; the applica tion was refused upon the plea that one of the county Magistrates was an interested party, being a Direc tor of the Star Company. Is Rochester justice to be measured by the Gravesend standard? My brother Magistrates have moreover upon former occasions hesitated to adjudicate upon similar charges that had been preferred, from an apprehension of the pecuniary liability they might entail by the expenses of sustain ing the convictions upon appeal. But a public body is set in motion—the Commissioners of Pavements came most opportunely to their aid with the public purse. And I must be allowed to say, without for one moment being supposed to question the integrity of Mr. Southgate, that it does seem a little odd that the secretary of the Diamond Company should be found here as the solicitor of the Commissioners pro secuting the present defendants. I have my doubts as to the legality of the decisions in the previous cases. The defendants, I contend, have committed no illegal offence; for, if so, by a parity of reasoning, every shopkeeper who, within his own doors, announces his goods for sale, is offending. And the plea that the in timation given by the defendants caused a crowd to assemble on the footpath is untenable ' • for, in this case every picture or carricature shop in London, or pre mises making a display: of goods for sale, create the same inconvenience, and yet we hear of no prosecution in such cases. One of the very Commissioners, pro secutors now, is equally an offender by placing him self upon the pavement in front of the door of the Star office, and byoccupying the footpath compelling passers by to turn into the road. Under all the circumstances, of the case, with the well known fact that all the inhabitants of Gravesend are more or less biassed as regards the two piers, or the two great Steam-packet Companies (and if Mr. Oakes and Mr. Spencer are not influenced by such bias, I will venture to assert that they are the only persons in the town exempt from it), I feel it my duty to recommend that the summonses be withdrawn, and that the cases may be taken before the county Magistrates, with whose decision, adverse or favourable, the defendants would be satisfied; and as a further reason for sug gesting this course I may state that negotiations be tween the Diamond and Blackwell Railway Directors are in progress, by which probably an end may be put to the existing competition and consequently to the practices complained of. ' Mr. Matthews, the solicitor to the Star Company, then made a formal application to the bench to permit the five informations against Rowe, and the one against Reid, to be adjudicated by another tribunal. Mr. Southgate, for the complainants, said he should claim the right to oppose such a measure even if the Magistrates expressed a willingness to accede to the application. Mr. Matthews, in continuation, observed that the grounds of his application involved a question of revenue to the two piers and the two Steam-boat Companies. The Magistrates on the bench were directly or in directly interested. The Mayor is a Commissioner of Lamps and Pavements and principal prosecutor. Messrs. Oakes and Spencer are bondholders on the Town-pier, and as such are interested in a pecuniary manner by the exertions of the defendants tending to promote the success of the rival pier. When the tide of public favour set towards the Town Pier, no officers appeared, no complaints were made; but when the public were informed that the passengers by the Diamond Company's boats had to pay the rail in addi tion to the advertised fare, disgusted with the de ception practised upon them, they sought the Terrace pier boats, because they were cheap, and their arrangements were carried out with good faith. The giving the public this information, which they re quired and ought to receive, is the offence with which his clients were charged. They contend that the subject of complaint was not an offence in law, yet if; after a proper consideration and adjudication, they were cen sidered guilty, they would bow to the decision, and abate the practice ; but such proper consideration could not be given by Magistrates who were inter ested. He could not conceive it possible to obtain justice under such circumstances. There was another ground upon which he rested his application for hav ing the cases heard before another tribunal, which' necessarily compelled him to state, that upon a recent conviction in a similar case, which he attended to defend, the Mayor and Mr. Oakes acted in a manner in their magisterial capacity with which he did then and must again express himself greatly dissatisfied. After the examination in chief of the witnesses for the complainants, and without waiting for the cross examination, these Magistrates chose to interfere with leading questions in a most objectionable man ner, by which answers to the prejudice of the de fendants were obtained. Their self-interest would, he trusted, lead the Bench to consider the delicacy of their situation, and allow the cases to be heard b e f ore the county Magistrates. They had the undoubted power to do so if they thought fit. In answer to an observation from Mr. Southgate, Mr. Matthews said that lie did not doubt the le gality of the Mayor, being a Commissioner, sitting to adjudicate. Mr. Southgate said that he had never adverted to the circumstance whence had arisen the nuisance complained of. The offences charged against the de fendants were an evasion of the statute, as the Com missioners had been advised by counsel. He had merely to prove that the acts complained of were com mitted by the defendants, not whether they arose from steam-boats or rail, and that they were offences against the law. For the judgment and integrity of the:Bench he had the highest opinion, and he never NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH. ---THE EXPERIMENTAL BRIGS.— These vessels remain in statu quo, ready fur being commissioned, and consist of the Daring, Osprey, and Flying Fish, at this port, newly built, with the Water witch, Pantaloon, and Lily. The general be lief is that the pendant will not be hoisted in these vessels until the present warlike aspect shall have pass€d away. Captain Manley Dixon (son of the late Admiral Sir I r Manley Dixon) is appointed t o th e command of the ships in ordinary at Plymouth; and Captain Hen derson, at this port, will shortly be superseded from the like service, his period having expi re d. The cutter Sylvia, Lieut. Turnour, has arrived from Jersey, to be stored and re-fitted, and is in the harbour for this purpose. A letter from the Inconstant, 36, Capt. Fremantle, of the 23d July, reports her arrival at Jamaica from Barbadoes, having recently been employed in convey ing the Governor of the Leeward Islands to and from the several places within his command. The only ships at Port Royal were the Spartan, 26, and steamer Hermes, which vessel had been sickly. The steam-ship Firebrand will be commissioned shortly by Captain A'Court for the broad pendant of Commodore A. L. Corry, to superintend the evolu tions of the experimental brigs. The St. Vincent, 120, Captain Rowley, is still at Plymouth, and is not ordered to the coast of Mo rocco, as reported. She is kept in readiness, however, for immediate departure, if necessary. The surveying ship Thunder, and brigantine Spy, are to be re-commissioned at Chatham as soon as ready, the former to return to the 'West Indies, and the latter to the coast of Africa. The Thalia, 42, Captain Hope, and Champion, 18, may be expected shortly from the South American station, with a large amount of dollars on account of merchants. The Royal yacht came into the harbour on her re turn from the trial cruise on Sunday, having pre viously landed the Hon. H. T. L. Corry, one of the Lords of the Admiralty, at Cowes. Sir 'William Symonds, the surveyor of the navy, returned ire her, and her speed is reported as considerably increased by her new machinery and boilers, fifteen knots per hour having been accomplished. If this be true, the Vic toria and Albert is unquestionably the fastest vessel in the world. Her speed under canvass could not be properly ascertained, as the winds fell light on her starting, and continued until her return to port. _ She is now moored up the harbour, and will in due course be inspected by the Lords Commissioners, now on their official visit of inspection. The Neptune, 120, and several other ships, are being masted and otherwise brought forward, for ser vice, if required. The Anierica, 50, Captain the Hon. John Gordon, had not arrived at Rio de Janeiro from England on the 10th July, but was daily looked for. THE LORDS OF THE ADMIRALTY AT PORTS- MOUTH. The Right Hon. the Earlof Haddington, Admiral Sir George Cockburn, the Secretary of the Admiralty, attended by Mr. Woolley, of the private office of the Admiralty, arrived at the Port Admiral's house in the dockyard on Tuesday evening. The Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry joined them early on Wednesday morning, arriving in the Rocket steamer from Cowes. The Board of Admiralty proceeded on Wednesday morning to make their annual inspection of the dockyard, attended by Captain Brandreth, Director General of Works, Sir W. Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Beatson, R.E., Captain Sir Thomas Hastings, &c. They proceeded to inspect the Prince Regent, razeeing, the new brigs in the basin, the Scourge, building ; and they occupied considerable time in viewing the Royal Frederic, 110, and Princess Royal, 90, building, on which vessels the shipwrights are now at work ; they then pro ceeded to view the new ships, and the excavations for the steam basin. After inspecting the other depart ments of the yard, the Board, about noon, repaired to the Admiral's house for refreshment, and at half past one embarked in the Admiral's barge with Rear- Admiral Superintendent Hyde Parker, C. 8., the Admi ralty flag flying in the boat, and proceeded up the har bour to the Victoria and Albert, the Queen's Royal yacht, which I vessel was minutely inspected, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence receiving their Lordships, .and hoisting the Admiralty flag. The Board then repaired to the Neptune, 120, advanced ship, to inspect her ma• gazine and other fittings. The barge then returned to the Admiral's stairs, and landed some of the party, Lord Haddington and the Hon. S. Herbert proceeding in the barge to Spithead, to visit the Collingwood, 80, on board which ship Rear-Admiral Sir G. Seymour re ceived his visitors, with manned yards, and a salute of 13 guns ; not visiting her officially as a Board of Admiralty, no Admiralty flag was hoisted. Theparty, afterremaining on board a considerable time, returned on shore. Lord Haddington, we are sorry to say, is slightly indisposed, which prevented his Lordship dining with the Adniiral Superintendent on Wednesday evening. The other members of the Board, with the heads of the depart ment, availed themselves of the hospitality of the gal lant Admiral. Yesterday morning the Board of Admiralty resumed their work of inspection, but the Earl of Haddington's indsiposition prevented his accompanying them in their tour. They went over the Royal Clarence Victualling yard, and the Royal Hoipital at Haslar, and in the afternoon went off for the Excellent. The firing of the shells from this ship at the Swiftsure to try their effect, will not take place for a week or ten days, in consequence of some bulk-heads and some arti cles which are ordered to be cleared out of her. To-day the Earl of lladdington will hold a levee at the Royal Naval College, when his Lordship will see officers who have not attended any levee since August last. an the evening it it expected the Board will return to London by railway. We are sorry to hear that our gallant and worthy Commander-in-Chief, Sir Charles Rowley, has been prevented from attending at his post at the visit of the Board of Admiralty, by reason of another and very se vere attack of his old complaint. LORD BROUGHAM. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. Brougham, August 25, 1844. SIR, I am again induced to trouble you, with the design of giving information to the poor debtors still in prison, and also to those owing larger sums. The former (small debtors) have nothing to do with the Bankruptcy Court. They ha ve on l y t o make affidavit of the debt with the particulars, and get any person in London to present it to the Judge at chambers. My Learned and excellent Friend Mr. Justice Maule is most anxious to give every facility possible to this proceeding, con sistently with a correct execution of the Act. If a poor debtor knows no one in London, which is th; case with many, led him only send his petition and affidavit to me at No. 4, Grafton-street, so that I may receive it on or before Tuesday next, the 3d of September, and I will undertake to present it. I have no power of giving the same facilities to those whose debts are abave 201. The Learned Commissioners have construed the Act differently from me ; they may be right, though I am unable to see the grounds of their decision ; I have, therefore, no means of giving those debtors the benefit of an attorney's assistance, which I find some at least of the Commissioners require. It may also, for anything I know, be quite right for the Com missioners to require to be approached only on parch ment, moreover, on parchment of a certain size ; but I recommend debtors in the meantime to comply with this requisition ; to enable them to do so, I shall here men tion that there lies before me a notification from the Chief Registrar's office to a poor debtor, that he may obtain the proper form and size by applying at Mr. Wood's, stationer, Basinghall-street, or, it is added, " any other stationer who may have them " (the forms). However, I recommend debtors, that they may be se cure, to apply to Mr. Wood.--I have the honour, &c. BROUGHAM. MONUMENT TO THE LATE EARL OF DURHAM. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, WEDNESDAY.--The foun dation-stone of the monument to be erected on Pensher hill, in the county of Durham, to the memory of the late Earl of Durham, was this day laid with masonic honours, amidst an immense concourse of spectators assembled from all parts of the adjoining district. In a field on the south side of the hill a large pavilion was erected for the accommodation of the masons, and here a provincial grand lodge was opened by the Earl of Zetland, the worshipful Grand Master. After the usual ceremonies, the masonic brethren formed into procession, with a band of music in front, and proceeded by a wind ing path to the summit of the hill. All having been arranged, the foundation-stone was elevated a little by means of a winch placed for the pur pose, and the lower half (it being divided into two) having been adjusted, the Grand Secretary read aloud the inscription, engraven on a brass plate, intended to inclose a cavity which had been formed in the stone, as follows : " This stone was laid by the Earl of Zetland, Grand Master of the Free and Accepted Masons of England, assisted by the brethren of the province of Durham and Northumberland, on the 28th of August, 1844, being the foundation-stone of a monument to be erected to the m, Lemory of John George Earl of Durham, who, after representing the county of Durham in Parliament for fifteen years, was raised to the peerage, and subsequently held the offices of Lord Privy Seal, Ambassador Extra ordinary and Minister at St. Petersburgh, and Governor- General of Canada. He died on the 28th of July, 1840, in the 49th year of his age. This monument is erected by the private subscriptions of his fellow-countrymen, admirers of his public principles and exemplary private virtues." The ceremonies usual on such occasions having been completed, the Rev. Robert Green, of Newcastle, the Provincial Grand Chaplain, offered up an appropriate prayer, which closed the interesting proceedings of the day. SUDDEN DEATH OF CAPTAIN FISHER, SUPERIN TENDENT OF SHEERNESS DOCK-YARD.—OR Wednesday, about noon, Captain Fisher, for many years Captain- Superintendent of the royal dock-yard, Sheerness, and who had previously been in his accustomed good state of health, was suddenly attacked by paralysis. Medical aid was promptly in -attendance, but notwithstanding the best advice end assistance were given, the unfortunate gentleman expired a few minutes before four o'clock in the afternoon. When Captain Fisher was attacked, he was superintending the docking of one of tho advanced ships selected to be brought forward for commission. Captain Fisher has left a numerous family to bewailihis premature death, which is generally regretted by a wid e circle of friends and acquaintances. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY. His Royal Highness Prince Albert left the Castle this morning at seven o'clock for the Farnborough station of the South Western Railway, en route to Osborne House, Is'e of Wright. The Prince was attended by Colonel Wylde and Mr. G. E. Anson. His Royal Highness is ex pected to return this evening, travelling by the same route, to dinner. The Queen walked in the pleasure-grounds of the Castle this forenoon, atttended by the Vi scoun t ess Canning, Lady i n Waiting. The Royal Family were taken for their accustomed pony exercise this morning. In the afternoon her Majesty, accompanied by the Royal Family, and attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, took an airing in a pony carriage. The Hon. Colonel Grey, Equerry in Waiting, was in attendance on horseback. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty at the Castle to-day. The Lady Caroline Somers Cocks and the lion. Miss Devereux, the Maids of Honour in Waiting on the Queen, arrived at the Castle this afternoon. 'he Duke of Cambridge arrived in town yesterday morning from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness honoured the Water Colour Exhibition, in Suffolk -street, Pall-mall East, with a visit, and in the evening left Cambridge House on his return to Kew. Count de Jarnac, French Charge d'Affaires, trans acted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 29.—This morning his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Mr. G. E. Anson, Private Secretary to his Royal Highness ; Colonel Wylde, Equerry in Waiting ; and two servants of the Royal Household, arrived at the Gosport terminus of the South-Western Railway at 18 minutes to eleven o'clock, in a special train, which left the Farnborough station at 12 minutes to nine o'clock. The special train was accompanied as far as Farnborough station by Mr. Chaplin, the chairman of the South-Western Railway Company, and by Mr. C. Stovin, the general manager ; Messrs. Martin and Gouch, engineers ; and several others of the principal officers of the South-Western Railway. The visit of his Royal Highness was strictly private ; not an individual, excepting the officers of the railway, was in waiting at the terminus to receive his Royal Highness; who, with the few attendants, ap peared in private dress, and totally unaccompanied by any outward insignia of royalty. His Royal Highness walked, without loss of time, accompanied by his attend ants, to the Royal Clarence Victuallin g -yard, a short distance from the railway terminus, whe re the august party was received by the Captain Superintendent of that establishment, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C. 8., superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, and the members of the Hon. Board of Admiralty, now on their annual visit of inspection to this port. The barge of Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker was in waiting at the stairs of the Royal Clarence-yard to receive the royal visitor; into this he stepped, and, accompanied by his suite, was speedily alongside the Admiralty steam-vessel Black Eagle, Mr. S. B. Cook, Master-commanding, which arrived from Woolwich in the night, and was moored in the harbour with her steam up, all ready at a moment's warning. Immediately on the embarkation of his Royal Highness a royal salute of 21 guns was fired from the several ships in harbour, which hoisted the royal standard, and manned their yards, but so unlooked for was the visit, that no one knew to whom the honour was paid, but all supposed to the Lords of the Admiralty. The royal standard floated from the mast-head of the Black Eagle, which went out of harbour without a moment's delay. On passing the Platform Battery no salute was fired; but on nearing the Collingwood the royal standard was run up to the main, the yards manned, a salute of 21 guns fired, and three hearty cheers, heard high above the roar, greeted the splendid vessel and her noble freight. In twenty minutes after his Royal Highness landed at Cowes; but further than that his Royal High ness's visit relates to the approaching residence of her Majesty at the Isle of Wight, and that he had come to conclude the necessary arrangements for her Majesty's reception, we were unable to ascertain, the visit and negotiations being strictly private. The Prince left the island about twenty minutes to three o'clock on his return to the railway station, where the train which conveyed his Royal Highness was ordered to be in readiness by four. Vast numbers of respectable persons assembled on the pier at Hyde, to witness the return of the royal party, and every glass was in requisition, and pointed to the general object of interest. Oa leaving Ryde, the Black Eagle was steered alongside the Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, when his Royal Highness went on board, accompanied by Colonel Wylde and Mr. Anson, and inspected the internal fittings of that noble ship. His Royal High ness was received on the quarter-deck by Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, whose flag she carries, Captain Smart, Commander Broadhead, and a distinguished party of officers and ladies. His Royal Highness par took of refreshment, and at twenty-five minutes to four re-embarked on board the Black Eagle. On leaving the Collingwood, the yards were again manned, and a royal salute again fired. On nearing Portsmouth, the inhabitants, having become acquainted with the visit of his Royal Highness, crowded the walls, anxious to gain a glimpse, if not of his Royal Highness, of the beautiful vessel which carried him, and being at the part of the day when the streets are generally crowded, the spec tacle was most enlivening, thousands of spectators having assembled. This time the Platform Battery poured forth a salute of 21 guns, the royal standard floated from the King's bastion, and the scene was one of the most enlivening description. The steamer passed up the harbour at a quarter past four o'clock, and was saluted with 21 guns from the Victory, Queen, and Ex cellent, with yards manned. On arrival the Prince disembarked at the Royal Cla rence-yard, and at a few minutes before five o'clock re entered the train for Windsor. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. _ Aug. 24.—Ariadne cutter, M. J. Higgins, Esq., from Weymouth. _ 2o.—Reindeer cutter, John Moone, Esq., Torquay ; Petrel cutter, Earl of Ilchester, Eastward. 27.—Charm cutter, Sir Wm. Galway, Bart., Boulogne. 28.—Flirt schooner, Sir B. B. Graham, Bart., Ply mouth ; Zephyretta schooner, Henry Hope, Esq., Ply mouth ; Spider cutter, John E. Lacon, Esq., Plymouth ; Corsair cutter, John Congreve, Esq., Plymouth. SAILIN S. Aug. 26.—Osprey cutter, John Petre, Esq., for Ports mouth (to lay up) ; Xarifa schooner, Earl of Wilton, Plymouth. 28.—Ifebe cutter, A. W. Corbett, Esq., Southampton left for the season). 29.—Camilla schooner, Thomas Halifax, jun., Esq., Westward, on a cruise ; Charm cutter, Sir Wm. Gall way, Bart., Plymouth. AT AND ABOUT THE STATION. Cutters—Pearl, Phantom, Sparrowhawk, Alarm, Pe trel, Reindeer, Sea-flower, Aurora, Romulus, Corsair, Spider. 'Schooners—Ariel, Flirt, Zephyretta. Yawl—Breeze. IN HARBOUR. Ariadne, Therese. ROYAL VISIT TO COWES, AUG. 29. The Royal yacht steamed down from Portsmouth this morning, and landed Prince Albert and his suite at Os borne House. After viewing the house and grounds his Royal Highness re• embarked in the Victoria and Albert. Her Majesty is expected on Thursday next. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has taken apartments on the Ma rino-parade. Lord Ernest Bruce has a house on Castle terrace. The Dake of Montrose arrived from Scotland on Tuesday. Many of our fashionables have left in pur suit of the partridges, but the town is fast filling again. Lord Fitzhardinge gave a silver cup, value 50L, to be sailed for by seven yachts yesterday, but there was too little wind to expect much sport. The winning yacht did not get in till nine A.m. this day. LITERATURE. THE POPULAR MEMBER. 3 Vols. Bentley, London, 1844. Of the four tales of which these volumes consist, because the most natural and affecting, is a short one entitled " True Love," which details the rise and progress of an unsophisticated girl's affections for a man who, after winning her heart, deserts her in order to marry a lady of rank with whom he is continually unhappy ; and on her death, which does not take place till years after their marriage, he is unexpectedly thrown into contact with his first love, and finding that, notwithstanding his neglect, she still preserves her attachment for him, he makes her the only repara tion it is in his power to make—namely, an offer of his hand, which she readily accepts, and both parties, albeit in the autumn of their lives, are left at the close of the story in a state of supreme felicity. This tale exhibits more unaffected tenderness than Mrs. Gore usually shows in her works of fiction : but it will scarcely be so much liked by the novel-reading por tion of the community as the " Popular Member," which has far more bustle and variety of incident and epigrammatic point of description. Of the second tale, "Blanks and Prizes," we shall content ourselves with observing that it has already appeared in the pages of Taits Magazine. JOHN AMNESTY. 2 Vols. Mortimer, London, 1844. This is a republication, in two small, lightly-printed volumes, of a posthumous tale by the l a t e D r. M ag i nn, which appeared in successive numbers of Ai nswort h' s Magazine. As we noticed it from time to time in The Sun, we need say nothing more on t h e present occasion than that it is a very readable story, and con tains some clever sketches of religious fanatics and hypocrites. The embellishments are from the pencil of George Cruikshank. THE PRINCE OF P RUSSIA.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Pru ss i a and suite arrived at the Swindon station yesterday a f ternoon, a b out four o ' clock, by a special train, on their route from Paddington to Badmin ton, the seat of the Duke of Beaufort. His Royal High ness and suite alighted there, and partook of luncheon in the refreshment rooms at the station, when he was pleased to express his great admiration at the splendour of the rooms, and his entire satisfaction at his reception, which was quite unexpected. MARSHAL BUGEAUD'S DIS PATCHES. The Illessager of Tuesday night announces that the French Government has received dispatches from Mar- Yhal dated the 11th and 13th inst., viz., three days before and the evening preceding the battle of Isly. On the 11th the Marshal writes : "I received this morning, at half-cast six, by Djemma Ghazaouat, a dispatch from his Royal Highness the Prince de Joinville, dated the 6th. It informs me that in the morning of that day his Royal Highness, after having become acquainted with the result of the mission of Mr. Hay, attacked Tangiers ; that his fire was an swered by eighty-four pieces of cannon, and that in an hour the tire of the enemy was silenced, the batteries dismantled, and the guns dismounted ; and that we had a dozen men killed or wounded. His Royal Highness was prep iring to go and attack Mogadore. This deter mination of his Royal Highness does him much henour. All Europe will recognise our right to punish the Moors for their perfidious conduct, and their attacks and re peated outrages. From a si,gnal•station which I have stablish«l on an elevated spot at the west of Lulla Ma grania, we perceive the Morocco camp, which appears to be on the hills of the right bank of the Isly, two leagues from Ouchda. It indicates a considerable numerical force. Yesterday a thousand of their cavalry came towards us to reconnoitre ; they presumed, perhaps, that we had quitted the environs of Lalla Magrania, because four days before I h a d remove d m y cam p t o the junction of the Ouedel-Abbess and the Ouardefoa, in a wood, where my troops were sheltered from the great heat of the sun. The enemy's horse crossed the encampment which I had quitted, and exchanged shots for halt' an hour with fifty chasseurs who observed them. It was they who com menced the fire, and their first shot wounded a trumpeter. I thought they had a design on the convoy which was coining from Nedroma, and, to protect it, caused three battalions to advance on the hills on my right. The convoy arrived in the evening without having been at tacked. Oa their return the enemy set fire to our houses between Ouchda and Lalla-Magrania. There can be no doubt, therefore, that the Moors seriously intend war ; they have assembled numerous troops near Ouchda, and are expecting others. Under these circumstances, and in the expectation of a great affair, I have thought it right to send for General Bedeau, and I expect that he will be here the day after to-morrow, on the evening of which day I shall move forward. I have the honour to address to you a sketch representing the order of march and battle which I have resolved to adopt against the Morocco troops, whose great strength is in cavalry. It was in this way that I fought on the 3d of July." On the 13th, the Marshal writes : " For several days past I had beer: informed by the subjected Arabs of the Sahel of Ne . oma and the Upper Tafna, that the camp of the Ern/xi-el.'s son was being daily reinforced. The absence of all communication with our friends of Ouchda, the salvos of artillery and musketry which we hear night and morning in the enemy's camp, and the spirit of bravado and presumption which we know reigns in that camp, announce to as hostile projects on a large scale. It is not, as you may suppose, to make us evacuate our post of Leila Magrania, that all the preparations are making ; nothing less is proposed, according to what is said in the camp, than to take from us the greater part of Algeria ; it is not even supposed that we could resist for a single instant. This morning a spahi has arrived, who has gone through all the camps. They are, according to him, nine in number, and extended on the Isly from Djerf-el-Akhdar to Condiat sidi-Abderrahman, a space of two leagues. Four of these camps are said to be composed of troops of Morocco or Makhezen ; a fifth contains the household of the son of the Emperor, his concubines, baggage, horses, &c. &c. This camp is said to be nearly as large as ours ; the four other camps are composed of the contingents of tribes. Other Arabs, who have seen the camps on the hills, say that there are only five, but that others are daily arriving. The number of men is estimated at 40,000 The Spahis say that they have nine pieces of-cannon, six of which are mountain guns, and there are also two mortars. Another camp is expected, commanded by the Emperor's second son. I have judged that we cannot remain much longer on the defensive without incurring great danger, the least of which is the enemy being con stantly reinforced, but the most to fear is that he may send detachments by my flanks, and raise the country in my rear. It is also to be apprehended that a longer suspense may wear out the good-will of the tribes who form my convoys from Tlemcen and Djemma Ghazaouat. Having yesterday been joined by General Bedeau, I de termined upon moving forward this evening. I shall march three leagues on the plain, thus passing the time till the night, as if I was only foraging. I shall there halt in marc hi ng order, give my columns time to sleep for severaihours, and to-mor row, at the first break of day, I shall arrive at the Isly, two leagues from the head of the enemy's camps. I shall make a halt there for an hour, if we do not meet with an enemy, in order to allow our men and cattle to drink. I shall then move on and make my attack, if the enemy is still in the same place. If he has fallen back, it is probable I may stop at Djerf-el_Akhdar till the heat of the day is passed, and attack in the evening, or at latest the next day. I have about 8,500 infantry, 1,400 regular cavalry, 400 irregular horse, and sixteen pieces of artillery, four of which are field guns. It is with this small numerical force we are about to attack this multi.. tude, which, according to every account, reckons 30,000 horse, 10,000 foot, and eleven guns. But my army is full of confidence and ardour, and relies, as well as its General upon gaining the victory. If we obtain it, it will be a new example that success does not always belong to the greater battalions, and it will be no longer allowable to say that war is nothing but a game of chance. I shall have the honour of writing again as soon as the battle is over, relating precisely the result, whatever it may be." THE SULTAN ABDUL MEDSCHID'S WATCH Messrs. Hart and Son, of Cornhill, have just completed for the Sultan Abdul Medschid, a most splendid watch, one of two watches for which an order was given to them through the Turkish Embassy, about sixteen months ago. The other watch is nearly completed, but not yet in a state sufficiently perfe,:t to be sent with the one first mentioned to Constantinople immediately. This watch is of the diameter of five inches, according to the order transmitted to the makers. It is in a double gold case, the gold being of the st an d ar d o f twenty-two carats ; te back external ease is beautifully enamelled with flowers, with a border of arabesque scrolling. This part of the workmanship is very exquisite ; the bril liancy of the colours and the delicacy of the pencilling being superior to anything of the sort ever produced in this country, and surpassing anything we have seen of the kind in foreign manufacture. The dial is white opaque enamelled on copper, similar to English watches in general, but the figures are Turkish characters. The hands are of blue steel set with diamonds. The one hand represents a dart, the other a shorter dart or arrow with the crescent at one end. The movement is duplex, with a chronometer balance, and jewelled in ten ruby holes. The watch strikes the hours and quarters by itself, as the time represents, which striking is repeated, together with the minutes, by pushing upwards a small gold slide. The inner bottom Is of crystal, in order :4) show the repeating mechanism ; through the crystal are two holes to wind up the striking part and the move ment. Wires, instead of the old method by a bell, are used, and the sound is most harmonious and powerful, and as near the tone of a collegiate or cathedral clock as can be imagined. The pendant, or handle, is formed by five scrolls, beautifully engraved, and shaped pyramidt cally. The watch, as a whole, is perhaps the most costly and elaborate piece of mechanism to measure time yet produced by English workmen, and does great credit to the makers. It was shown on Wednesday morning last to her Majesty the Queen and to his Royal highness Prince Albert, both of whom expressed their high ad• miration at its elegance and the good taste which was dis played in the enamelling, &c. The price of the pair is 1,200 guineas. It will leave this country in a few da3s for Constantinople, where it will, no doubt, form an ob ject of surprise and astonishment to the inmates of the Palace of the Sultan. PURCELL COMMEMORATION.—The annual comme moration of Henry Purcell took place yesterday in West minster Abbey. These celebrations afford the opportu nity of hearing, at least once a year, church music sung as it ought to be ; for the members of the Purcell Club volunteer to give effect to the works of the eminent com poser. The performance of Purcell's fine compositions within the edifice where they first became appreciated also serves to give additional effect to the commemora tions. The usual vocal strength of the Abley choristers was yesterday increased nearly twofold, and the cathe dral service was performed by them in a manner that showed they fully comprehended the compositions of their master. The effect was more impressive than those who hear the service as ordinarily chanted can conceive. The anthem was sung with much feeling, and with it concluded the commemoration. All the seats in the Abbey were occupied, and the aisles were crowded. EXTENSIVE FIRE ON THE DOVER AND CROYDON RAILWAT.—This morning, a few minutes before one o'clock, a very rapid and destructive fire broke out upon the premises belonging to the London, Croydon, Dover, and Brighton Railway, situate nea r the ter m i nus a t New Cross. The premises were about 200 feet long, by near 70 feet wide, and were used as carriage-sheds. At the time of the outbreak there were several carriages in the building. Owing to the rapidity with which the fire spread there wa s not su ffi c ient time to rescue much of the property containe d therein. In a short space of time the flames burst thr ough l every part of the build' i rif and illumin a t e d the neighbourhood for miles round. The County -office nes of the Bri ga d e , un d er th e super i n t en d ence of Mr. B ra id wood, with the West of England and c ouy engines, with Messrs. Connerton and Garwood, were with all speed at the scene, but by the time they arrived the entire range of premises presented one immense sheet of fl a me. N one o f th e eng i nes cou ld be got to work in consequence of a scarcity of water. One machine belonging to the Railway Company was supplied by means of buckets of water from a agent pond, but the flames were too strong to be conquered by so small a quantity of water. Towards two oclock the fire was nearly out. The wrecks of the several carriages could be seen amidst the ruins ; the number, however, destroyed, could not be exactly ascertained. The whole of the men's working-tools appears to have been con sumed, as as well as nearly every article in the place be longing to the Company. The superintendent of the line was sent for, but owing to the lateness of the hour lie was not able to institute an inquiry into the cause ; was that n o or one et was t he n pr e e it m h i e s r es co li u ,e l r d e h i e ns t u e r ll ed w . ith llis ce o r p ta ii i i n k t i ); in the sheds when the fire broke out. DEATII OF LADY ANNABELLA MACLEOD.--We re. gret to announce the death of Lady Annabella Macleod, which took place at the baths of Lucca, on the 14th i ns t an t. Her Ladyship was daughter of Arth: L r oyr n i t t first laen- Earl of Mountnorris and eight Viscount Valentia, and tLoune.y,HdaeurghLatedrysohfipthmearcreileedbraintedlBGoe2orgeLoni General Macleod, C. 13., by whom (who died in 1$31) aim 45 left a numerous family. iL I Jig 1 1 bir d 43 5 "; 1i 1 4 r Tii °l l . 16 6 6' 10 5t° s )itb s r dull' 14111' in, 60. ut Pr e ' 9 "' i' Coo; 13%4 per e . 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