The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-08 00:00:00

lAL N W S ro THREA 'relay were 5,0 00 ulation, and 500 a in prices or in Surat, at 2ifit ° , 'OO Egyptian, 6: d ; and the rer rket is generabi )ver and Frenc h ' and Holyhead+ as t ern Countie s + rand Junct i°li ' nd Windermere' er and Prest° ll ' hester Quart s, 34A- ; Un t ., North 13rit 15 ,.'" 96. Scu t ' . ant Valley, 9 1 ; 'aris and 10 00 ' ranee, 72. t ult. state i 44 lverein had er gh, which VI ! negotiations ; other adYa ll , .ing the flag ° same privileg e ' ;o as to prone° ime conuner,c ~ much credit not expect tb . e rected a trea t) ; of a great P I ; r a ti ve ly to th e u ard, is not to the s look for the -cantata mart force must portion next only to na any quartet leing carried O . hope that t be observed o I ,: r one—SiPO, afforded a tre and counting; is presumed , Ikea for Dem occasion, L Y xchange, beiti on. ather flat will' tor immedia te le 1001, rat h „: HI 75s to b• loners have o $ c for AceOu n of 1726 boll ie close of a le prices to rul° and the TV' aColonibt in 50 to _ d i' ind-a-Llalf r generally thel O'CLOCK. IooNS iooA 96 209% 91 9 —.. 100% 4cl. pm. i 77 pm. O'CLOCIC .... 14% 5014 5014 118 N 11834 = O'CL BI 9i OCIL L SHAWL to 18 00000 • to •-• • to to -- to to ....... : to to to —. ...... to .... sy b to 4 to 6 to •-• U) tO tO ..... 6 ......... ........ c o 1 05 to ..... t° •••••• to --* 7.—We ba re alteration le. premium! 16 ; FAlf; ter. No. 1, 731. and De lla central, 211 Sheffield sec! ; Boulogne ..... rpni• leg i g, id 15 r -77 P 5ll WO% • """ ent ...... ••••••••• ••• t • ••••••••• 4•••••••••• • 000000 MOO. 00000 •••••• 34 164 00000 ••••••• —r. ,c. ..«.. f. - C , t•••••• 62 .7, • ••••••• 98 7. . 264 1 . _. i% 12% 4" 12% 9% :3% 2 2% DA li r ') oon, SS' ns, Cubs. P, Wilsoth rrd. Mari* ; llaws° l3 ' .st ; H. ••,-; itiuberlanu, Sid. tons, with ated wl3 lO very light , rived here' oderate. - s t. H e len! I Aug. 1 : larlestorl ! 4th ult.)," n's. OP, , lehaboel with WI ends 20th P llheler Gleaner, Eclipse ► vonshiret George, Board 0 1 •otecting ured, fer, ries, en d se a Po" e of the ,o wow,- irelest s rat sates' raise the by re: u ess Am" rederi Cib ' 1030 We. d op t° inea for id wh ich ire 18 5111 ;Wl* se woo ❑d p er : gr osg 0 be re• AND Vutiltr 14 ptitton " Who runs may read." ronmaGar. S UGAR. —There has been COLONIA ra her more doing in British Plantation, about 850 hhds having been sold at fully pre vious prices. The public sales have consisted ehiefly of 99 0 bag s B engal and 13,446 bags Manilla. The Bengal found buyers at about former prices, but being in small lots, it affords no guide to the market generally. About two-thirds of the Manilla sold briskly (for export) at 19s 1 93 6(1 for mid to good mid greyish yellow, washed and da mps 17s 6d to 19 5, b e i ng the extreme value: low soft to ntid dry brown were t a k en i n at 15s to 16s, and a small sortion of fine y e ll ow at 22s 6d. The stock of British 20 hhds lant ation in th e port of London on the Ist inst., was 587 3,185 tierces, against 23,577 hhds 3,515 tierces at the same time last year. The stock of Mauri tius is about the same as last year, but that of Bengal Plaand East India is much larger. The import of British ntation this y ear has been 6',934 hhds 8,945 ti erces , May nearly the same as last year. The import of us and East I n di a has increased. (British COFFEE.I,I2O b ags Ceylon, 116 bags 13 casks Ri o Pl antation kind) were offered by auction. to About 700 bags of t h e Ceylon were disposed of at 51s 57s 6d for c ommon mixed good or d to fi ne or d , and good fully 2s ood ord at 53s to 545, whi c h pr i ces esta b lish a decline O to 33. All the Rio was withdrawn. The rock of British Plantation in the port of London is 4,044 ftnds 4,255 barrels and bags, against 4,389 hhds 1,854 Darr e l h -8 increase ags at this time last year. The importation l! larg er instanltt itu than at this time la,t year. ----The stock in the port of London on the Ist Puna 3 9 ;;as 1,1 1 puns 3,118 hhds, against 18,400 port h a ' s rallebhds thise same time last year. The im -81:let,. n off year. Pi nient '1,052 bags Sumatra Pepper, and 153 bags biac, v, the value ;viz,, in alto 0 were offered at auction. The Pepper was taken at 24d to 20 for ord to good p i _ 1c Sumatra, being held for the latter price. The to usn,,et:to partly found buyers at 3ild to 4id for ord ..90 qualty, being again a shade dearer. TALLOW._4I3 3d .y.c • is steady at 41s for old, and to 41s 6d for new, per cwt, on the spot, and tow 3d 45s er cwt. TRA....... L • Le market is firm, with moderate deliveries. FLANDERS MAIL. (RECEIV ED THIS DAY . ) 20th BRUSSELS, Om 5 .—A. letter f rom Verviers, of the of September, published in the Universal German Gazette, has the following account of the attempted suicide of the celebrated Polish General, Uminski : All the inhabitants of the town are afflicted . by the misfortune which has befallen General Uminski, who is so well known for the part whieh he acted in the Polish revolution. The General resided at Spa, at which place the Commissary of Police caused him to be arrested, and conducted on foot, and under escort, to the prison at Verviers, for a trifling debt General U m i nski, who is sevent contracted at Brussels. y years of a ge , cou ld not en dure to li ve after this disgrace. He first aempte to han g hi mself with his cravat, but w as cut down the by the keep er ; he then opened a vein in both arms, and though he has received a ll possible assistance he is not yet out of danger. While the old General is on the point of expiring on a bed of straw and his son-in-law ,and in p r i son , hi s daughter are living is opulence, and all his former friends have abandoned him. The b sale of th e fir me British Q ueen h as not been con y the Government, as we said would probably be the case. The sum of 170,000 franca, for which it ,Was kno c k ed down to M. Vande Leemput, was indeed bel ow the estimate which was made by order of the Government t o ascerta i n the intrinsic value of the ve It is presumed that it will be shortly put up to e ale again. Mr. Alderman Copeland directed the City Solicitor to support the Magistrates' orders, which had been appealed against, in two cases of affiliation. Just before the closing of the Queen-square police court, a labouring-man, named Joseph Cripps, was placed at the bar, charged with having caused the death of a child. He was driving a cart slowly in Peter-street; child who was crossing caught its pinafore in some baskets standing in the road, and the wheel of the cart passed over it. As no blame attached to the prisoner he was discharged. At Marylebone John Tanzan, a foreigner, was placed at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, charged by Mrs. Frances Elizabeth Plummer, residing at 46, Berner* street, Oxford -street. with having stolen from her person a reticule, containing a silver snuff box, a white cambric handkerchief, &c. The prisoner snatched the reticule from her arm and ran off with it, but was pursued and captured. He was fully committed. At Lambeth -street, Robert Murray, an able seaman on board the Westminster, American line-of-packet-ship, was charged with smuggling 251bs. weight of manufac tured Cavendish tobacco. He was convicted in a penalty of 100 L, and imprisoned in default of payment. Thomas Hume, a Scetchman, applied to Mr. Broderip, at the Thames-office, to request his assistance in reco vering 71. 125., wages due to him from Charles Freeman, the American Giant. The Giant had engaged Hume as his servant in Edinburgh, had taken him to Paisley and Dundee, and brought him up to London in the Elbe packet and discharged him, promising to pay him his wages next day. The applicant's luggage, as well as that of his master, was detained, as their passage had not been paid for. He had since frequently seen Free man at Tom Spring's, in Holborn, but could get no money from him. Mr. Broderip directed an inquiry to be made for the purpose of ascertaining what could be done. BELGIAN FUND 3 .—Bensseis, OCT,i. Actua Debt, 2% per Cent., - Loan Loan, Five per Cent. Loan of Thirty Millions Four per Cent....... 9B 141 """-----.—__ Three per Cent....: — '''''-----.. Thirty-seven Milli, no, ditto ......- '76% ......._____—____--__—____ ( 1840 ) lo3}g ...-___.____ i ft44 ••••••••«ree 00000 .•••••••••• " lO4 ••••"* Loan of Cit y, 1843, Four per Cent.•• _ _ . 102 Society of Commerce, For -- • • Jur and Bank of Belgi um , F ive per Cent a Half per Cent. Issue of 1841 . . .. ••• 6 •••••• ••••••••••••••••••••• ' 1 —Brussels Papers. Oct.t • t itIAN 11vD&CPT. 31. Five par C en t s. M etalliques Four pzr Cent 5.......,. 110 ............. Three per Cents.. . Bank Shares ••• AUgemeine Zeilung. Oct. •••• •••••••• .. . ••• ... •••••• 3. LITERATURE. 4tici, IfARDINGE. 3 vols. Bentley, London, 1844. 1 C O novelists of l' his tale is a sequel to one which its author, . the de of the most indefatigable reclay-brought out last year. It possesses o a f ll d h ia is . zeoulial.qualities—his dramatic power and life h :act - e e l : " 13 4ceurate and consistent portraiture of c ivi a d - . ne s , of and, above all, his singular force and v shines with description, in which he confessedly so i 'ut ail equal. It is not, however, quite h. forgerer"le' in point of incident, as many of . . is Amtoproii:ityries ; and, in places, it exhibits a disposition Which mars the effect of some of its most sted e Seene s• The sea-slcetches are all, as might xPected, clearly pourtrayed • and a battle between a French and English vessel, is described with much 4of that exact and vigorous which was so ..sPiuous a featur e in the "felicity Pilot. In his preface, hisr Cooper, as usual, tells some stern home-truths to countrymen, and makes a pungent allusion to the repudiation system of Pennsylvania, which will be loore highly relished by Sidney Smith, than those to Whom it is addressed. _____ _ Some ietnarlts have been made on the fact that the Bank of England have changed their interest on loans four times vvithin a month, the rates being respectively, q, 2,2 i and 3 per cent, per annum during the period, `while they have been discounting bills at 2f per cent. , per annum. The present rate on loans, which is, ac cording to the last notice, 3 per cent., is attributed by Some to a desire to check the speculation in railway shares. All these remarks seem to proceed from a mis understanding of the to to which the different rates refer. Those lower than 3 per cent. have nothing whatever to do with the loans under the quarterly notice, but merely refer to advances made for a specific time, b ut a very short one, in anticipation of the divi dends, while the loans under the quarterly notice are for periods that must exceed 10 days. In fact, these ad vances at love rates precisely answe r to what in discount houses vrould be termed lending for the " call," except ing that here a day for making the "call" is fixed. The notion that the Bank are endeavouring to check specu lation in railways, or in anything else, can scarcely be correct, now the present charter has entirely deprived them of their character of managers of the currency, and left them, as far as the employment of their means is concerned, only in the condition of private bankers. Their object is probably no other than to employ their resources at the best profit, and it appears vain, under the present sirs the to ascribe to them ulterior motives. , LANCASTER AND to RAILIT-kr.--On Thurs naY last the foundation stone of the monster bridge, which will consist of seven arches of sixty feet span each and upwards, of one hundred and four feet high, and intended to cross the river Lowther, at a beautifully ro- Mantic spot, called Yew's Crao., near Brougham Hall and the villag e of Clifton, near in the presence of several of the Directors, lir. Stephenson, undertkers, and workmen, together with a large concourse of re spectable people from Penrith and the surrounding die tticts, who seemed anxious to be spectators of the inte resting event. The massive stone having been lowered to its destination, and Mr. Larmer, the engineer of the line, having adjusted it with a mallet, the company gave 11iree hearty cheers, which aroused the echoes in Lowther the surrounding. Whilst Mr. L. stood on the stone, ~.41e Direct and contractors partook of brandy and ' l ne, each wishing success to the undertaking, and the H o ek did the seine who were regaled with two or throe barrels of ale, ' BTostbrowas, SEPT. 19.—The sloop Delight, of St 'rorray Capt. Wm• Robertson, in making for the 114thour oeLochinaddy, on the night of the Bth August, Wiwi away her foresail, and the w' gust, blowing a gale ~tothe time, she was obliged to bear away for Collar. Littl, nen near -the entrance of that harbour, owing to the ',sl'kness of the night and a heavy sea running at the e she struck upon the rocks of Fludda More, and eatti a complete wreck. Mr. Macdonald Balronald, 'actor for the island of North ITist, on hearing of the ts.ituation nf the yesiel, with the most praiseworthy xer ihiOn, of hhnsaslf, and about ten boat,' crews of the natives " that quarter, immediately repaired to the spot, and Stleceeded in getting the cargo of slate on shore, and also the whole of the materials of the vessel. Although the lavhole of the cargo and materials lay on the shore for hol e days and nights, in the open field, not a single article was missing.=—lioss-shire Advertiser. GLOUCESTER 13auTON FAIR. —Saturday last being tr'4,lQ great annual fair for the sale of Cattle of all descrip -I,l°N, was, if anything, more plentifully supplied than it ithas been fur some years past, but the sale very dull. -1 , he cheese fair was' not so full as on former °em r. t ' ) . , s, th© average price for best making being about , to 565. per hundred. Onions, of which there w,,re great samples, Is. 6d. a peck. The number of Il_ ll 'WS and gambling- tables from the highest to the i_nyrest description, were ont of number ; the latter of :,,nßlliieh seemed to have had their share of gain from e weak and unguarded. And, according to a very •standing custom, this celebrated fair has not lost its ,',lracter by the annual visit of the light-fingered gentry te;iri'4"9 were in attendance to a very great extent ; and harvest, though not so abundant as in former atbut fi n as extensive, and would have been more so, 41 "or the vigilance of the police. The statute fair, or ,41)nP' was held on Monday, and never was it more fully I,l:lcied, frorn ot►the highest situation in agricultural pur 8, to the cart and plough -boy ; but hiring, on the bri4: l t e, was remarkably flat, and good and tried servants tned their situations. Several trains arrived from cis, / ton g °l nd Birmingham, so that the streets of the old °to tairalted sene.—Clifkoßkam Ecastieer. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) RAY ZefEiRIEZTS. SMI TFIFIELD.—Coar se M ea d ow Hay, 31 12s to 418 s ; SUM MA R Y OF NEWS Useful ditto, 41 l Os to 5/; fine Upland ditto, Si 2s to Si 58 ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 11 8s to 1/ los ; Wheat St raw , 1 / lOs to 1/ 12s per load. Both iiii. and Straw moved off freely, at the above quotations. CUMISERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 15s to 4110 s; - Useful ditto, 41 12s to 51; fine Upland ditto, 513 s to 51 8s ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 6/; Oat Straw, 11 7s to 11 98 ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 13s per load.. Supply but moderate, and trade rather brisk. WRITECITAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 10s to 418 s; Useful ditto, 41 lOs to 51; fine Upland ditto, Si 3s to 51 63 ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 6/10s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 11 12s per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand. Prices fully stationary. Louis Philippe has issued an ordonnance dated Eu, Oct. 4, granting a pardon to fifty political prisoners, mostly belonging to the Republican party. It appears that there was no truth in the rumour cir culated on the Bourse on Saturday, that Messrs. Roths child had concluded a contract for the loan of three hun dred millions. The return of the Duke de Glucksberg to Morocco with the ratification of the treaty concluded with the Emperor is officially announced. The Prcsse affirms that his Imperial Majesty was quite willing to pay the expenses of the war in annuities, which were to cease on Abd-el-Kader being delivered up, when instructions from Paris arrived, which marred the profitable negoti ations, and left France to pay the expenses of the war. The journals have accounts from Naples of the 27th ult., when the two nephews of General Pepe, and other persons arrested in May last, has just been restored to liberty. The Journal du Huvre of Saturday mentions the death of Mr. Gordon, the British Consul at that place. The Prince de Join ville having expressed a wish that the squadron of operation against Morocco should be represented in the escort which is to accompany the King to England, the Minister of Marine gave orders to the Pluton steamer to join the flotilla at Treport, and Captain Bouet left Paris on Saturday morning for Eu, to take the command of that vessel. The Indicator of Bordeaux, of the 4th, gives the fol• lowing account of the state of the vintage :—" The vin tage is going on favourably in this quarter. The weather is good and the grapes are well ripened. In the country between the Garonne and Dordogne, called Entre. les deux Mers, the weather has been very warm, followed, it is true, by some storms, but the rain not having been continuous, the grapes have preserved their succulency, and their quality is excellent." Letters from Rene. state that the Pope will shortly repair to Castel Gandolfo. The Archbishop of Cologne, Baron V. Droste Bischering, intends to remain in the Holy City some time, having taken a private residence. The Bishop of Passau has also arrived at Rome. MAW AND POLICE. In the Insolvent Court the case of John W. Turner, a market-gardener, was adjourned for the production of an account-book, with an intimation on the part of Mr. Commissioner Pollock that he would pass judgment on the insolvent for a vexatious defence. A bench of magistrates assembled yesterday at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell-green, for the purpose of taking the rentals of the several parishes in the county of Middlesex. Joseph Charles Paton, a clicker, in the employ of Mr. Sharman, a bootmaker in Gracechurch-street, was re manded from the Mansion-house, charged with obtaining goods under false pretences in the name of his master. It was intimated ,that, a charge of bigamy w ou ld a l so b e made againstisisat: . George Murphy, a matt about 50 years of ago, who hart been employed for many years as porter, by Messrs. Perrott and Watts, calenderers, Tenter-street, Moor fields, was brought before Mr. Alderman Copeland at Guildhall, charged with robbing his employers. He was committed for trial. COVXT-P/U3BZONABLIS. The Duke of Cambridge and his illustrious son-in-law the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz remained at Etal House three days on a visit to Lord Frederick and Lady Augusta Fitzclarence, who invited a distinguished circle to meet the Royal guests. On Thursday their Royal Highnesses honoured by their presence the annual games at Etal ; the Duchess of Roxburghe, Hon. Lady Stanley, Lord Elcho, and a brilliant party of the local nobility and gentry being likewise present. Lord and Lady Blantyre left Inverary Castle on Friday last, on their return to Erskine House. Lord Morpeth also left on the same day, for Castle 'Toward. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, with the Marquis of Stafford and the Ladies Leveson Gower, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lorn, the Ladies Charteris, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell (of Islay), and the Hon. Misses Stewart, are among the 'visitors at present enjoying the hospi tality of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, at Inverary Castle. Durant St. Andre, Consul-General of France in Eng land, with Messrs. Leine, French Consul at Liverpool, Deserro, French Consul at Edinburgh, Dillon, French Consul at Newcastle, and Frederic Gautier, Vice-Consul in London, left town on Monday for Portsmouth, in order to accompany his Excellency the French Ambassador, and to be in readiness to receive his Majesty the King of the French, their august Sovereign. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Louisa Churchill have arrived at Blenheim, near Oxford, from the Noble Duke's shooting quarters in Perthshire. The Earl and Countess of Stair have been on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Camperdown, at Caliper down Castle, near Dundee. The Countess of Antrim left Eaton-place on Saturday, for Chisborn Castle, on a visit to her father, the Earl of Macclesfield. The Dowager Lady Bolton performed the interesting ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the intended new church at Kingsclere, Ilants, on Friday last. Lord Rokeby has left Montague House, Portman square, for the Continent. Hi s Lordship purposes to pass the winter in Italy. Lord Jeffery on Friday afternoon last left the Crown Hotel, Penrith, Cumberland, where his Lordship had been staying a couple of days, for Hawick, in Scotland. The Hon. George Smythe, M.P., who only arrived in England on Wednesday last, has been visiting the Ger man Spas, Geneva, and Paris. Mr. Baillie Cochrane, M.P., is now staying at Cad lands, and is shortly about to lead to the hymeneal altar the eldest daughter of Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Drum mond, and granddaughter to the Duke of Rutland. BUSCEIMAIN33OI7B. In the course of Saturday afternoon her Majesty pardon was received at Newgate by Mr. Cope, the governor, for the discharge of Captain Petrie, who was tried at the last February sessions of the Central Crimi nal Court, before Mr. Justice Coleridge, and sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment. Her Majesty's ship Resistance left Cove on Thursday for Plymouth, where a Court-martial will be held on the boatswain and one of the men. These parties having had an altercation a few weeks ago, the boatswain knocked the man down; the man:instantly seized a hatchet, which he threw at his adversary, who had a narrow escape for his life. There was not a sufficient number of officers at Cove to form a Court. Mr. E. J. Irwin's filly, the Pride of Kildare, arrived in Dublin, per steamer, from Liverpool, on Monday last, and has gone down to the Curragh. Her fortunate owner is said to have won a larger sum in bets on Mickey Free in England, than he did on the winner of the Great St. Leger. A smart shock of an earthquake was experienced in George-town, Demerara, about half-past three o'clock in the morning of the 30th of August, but it does not ap pear to have been attended with damage to buildings or loss of life. Guano has become an article of import to Demerara. Mrs. Pritchard, with her three daughters, have ar rived in London. They came home on board the barque Cape Breton, Captain Caerr, which left Valparaiso on the 11 th of June, and arrived at Cork on the 3d of October, bringing Government dispatches from the master of the Basilisk, on board of which Queen Pomare has taken refuge, and from Admiral Thomas on the South American station. Mrs. Pritchard and her daughters reached Bristol on Saturday, and London the same even ing. They are under the roof of the Rev. James Sher man, minister of Surrey Chapel. Mr. T. S. Warne, assistant -master of the Bristol Diocesan Schools, has been appointed head master of the Chatham National Schools. The General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Trident arrived at Brown's Wharf, Poplar, from Edinburgh, yesterday morning, at the early hour of half past seven o'clock, having performed the passage from Granton Pier to London, and landed her exceedingly numerous passengers, under forty hours. A farmer in Leicestershire found a wasp's nest the other day on the roof of his house, and he put it, wasps and all, into a sack, intending to throw the whole into a pond. Some thieves stole the sack from the door of the farm-house, and on their opening it to inspect their booty, the wasps flew out, settling on them and amply punishing them for the theft. The last time King Louis Philippe visited England was in 1815, during the hundred days. When Louis XVIII. went to Ghent the Duke of Orleans took refuge in England, where he remained until the Battle of Wa terloo enabled him once more to return to the Palais Royal. Louis Philippe has entered the 72d year of his E!ge, including the last, having boon born on the 6th of Ootober, 1 rn3. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDson, MONDAY.—The Queen held a Privy Council this afternoon at the Castle. It was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Lord Wharncliffe, the Lord President ; the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, Com mander-in-Chief; Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the Treasury; the Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; the Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer ; the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Steward ; the Earl Delawarr, Lord Chamber ' lain ; and the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse. At the Council Parliament was ordered to be fur ther prorogued from Thursday, the 10th inst., until Thursday, the 12th December. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Gainsborough, Lady in Waiting; Viscount Sydney, Lord in Waiting ; the Hon. Nelson Hood, Groom in Waiting; and Major-General Wemyss, Equerry in Waiting. The Prince was attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. After the Cou nc il Lord Wharncliffe, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, left the Castle for the Slough station, travelling to town by the Great Western Railway. Others of the Ministers and Officers of State also left the Castle. The Queen walked in the Royal Gardens at Frog more this morning, attended by the Countess of Gainsborough. • Prince Albert went out shooting in the forenoon in the royal preserves. His Royal Highness was attended by Mr. G. E. Anson and Col. Bouverie. The Royal Family were taken for their accustomed airings, walks, and pony exercise, in the pleasure grounds. SUR TRE. A new three act military drama, entitled The Eve of Battle ; or, A Woman's Nerve, was produced here last evening with complete success. The piece is evidently an adaptation from the French, and the interest turns upon the fate of two, Antoine (Mr. E. F. Saville), and Eugene (Mrs. Henry Vining), both of whom have been drawn as conscripts. Antoine is impetuous, honest, an d open -h earte d ; E ugene, imbecile, we ak-minded, but kindly-natured. Their father, on his death-bed, has commended Euge ne t o Antoine's care , and Antoine obeys his father's dying injunctions. Antoine loves Therese (Mrs.R.Honner), and is beloved in return. Therese pities Eugene's forlorn condition, and thus raises Antoine's jealousy. The conscripts are placed on guard at a fortress, in which is confined an important prisoner, the General of the enemy. Therese has appointed to meet Eugene there; to prevent the meeting, Antoine induces Eugene to desert his post, and then, horrified at what he has done, seeks to b r i ng hi m b ac k , l eav i ng the post unguarded. Therese comes, assumes Eugene's cloak, cap, and musket, and shoots the prisoner, who is endeavouring to escape. An alarm is given, and Therese, in answer to the hurried inquiries of those who rush in at the report of the musket, says it is Eugene who has done the deed. In the next act we find Eugene promoted and honoured for his courage, but the imbecile lad, unable to comprehend what has occurred, at once states that he had deserted his post and fallen asleep. He is arrested, tried, and condemned to be shot. The agony of An toine may be imagined; he, through his ill-founded jealousy, is , in fact, the murderer of his brother. Midnight arrives—the procession, preparatory to the military execution of Eugene, is formed, the poor boy is kneeling on his coffin, when Antoine rushes before him and shields him with his body. At that instant a mine is sprung, which blows up a portion of the fortress, and the troops rush in with Therese at their head. She has discovered a plan of the captive Gene ral's to betray the fortress to the enemy—bathed it so that the enemies' troops are destroyed by their own mine, saved the fortress, and, as her reward, receives the life of Eugene and the hand of Antoine. The whole weight of the piece fell upon Mrs. Honner, Mrs. H. Vining, and Saville, and they sustained it nobly, Saville announcing it for repetition amidst the loud applause of a crowded house. There is a comic under plot, in which Neville, as an Irish sergeant, Miss Terrey as a villag e coque tt e , an d L ew i s as a conscript determined to be a hero, kept the house in a roar. Vale was announced for this last part, but was unable to appear in consequence of severe indisposition. Lewis, however, was a most efficient deputy. In the afternoon their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken a car riage drive, and the Princess Royal was taken out walking in the Slopes and grounds adjoining the Castle. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived at the Castle to-day on a visit to the Queen. Sir Robert Peel and the Earl Delawarr remain at the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Countess Wratislaw, and Sir George Couper, will join the royal dinner party at the Castle this evening. The Hon. Mrs. Anson is going on well. His Majesty the King of the French is expected to arrive early to-morrow (Tuesday) morning at Ports mouth. His Royal Highness Prince Albert will leave the Castle by an early train to receive his Majesty. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar rived in town yesterday mo •• • Ite tv. His Royal Highness returned to in the evening. The Commissioners for the eduction of the Na tional Debt had a meeting yesterday at the Treasury. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy-Governor, were present. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller- General, attended. Mr. J. Strettell Brickwood, Public Work Loan Office, South Sea House had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -street. A deputation from the West Cornwall Railway, consisting of Air. E. Turner, M.P., Mr. F. Ricketts, Chairman ; Mr. Louis Vigurs; Captain W. S. Moor som, Engineer ; Mr. J. M'Donnell, Secretary ; and Mr. Francis Edwards, Solicitor, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. DREADFUL FIRE. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) WELLS, OCT. 7.—lt is with feelings of the deepes► regret that I record the account of a melancholy and fatal catastrophe, which has just occurred in this city. The facts are as follows :—About one o'clock this afternoon a fire was discovered in an outhouse con tiguous to the residence of W. G. flay ter, Esq., M.P. The city engines were immediately in attendance, but owing to the shortness of the supply of water and the awkwardness of the situation, they ,were of little avail ; consequently, the flames being unchecked, proceeded with great and awful rapidity, .and fears began to be manifested for the fate of the noble mansion adjoining. At this juncture it was deemed advisable to demolish a high wall which stood between the outhouse and the road, and which prevented the engines from throwing any considerable quantity of water on the flames. But whilst this was in progress the fire reached the extremity of the outhouse, and immediately caught hold of the mansion, amidst the shrieks of thousands of spectators. The engines had by this time got into play, but not withstanding their efforts, the fire proceeded with fearful rapidity, and threatened destruction to the entire building. Messengers were dispatched for two neigh bouring engines, but before they had arrived the roof over the servants' bed-room, in which lay an invalid, fell in with a tremendous crash. The fire now raged with redoubled violence, and workmen were busily engaged in removing the furnitnre that still remained. About three o'clock the two engines arrived, but not before the greater part of the building was laid waste. Owing, however, to the active exertions of the firemen, the de vouring element was subdued by half-past four o'clock, when all further danger was banished. The firemen then proceeded to view the ruins, in search of the servant who lay ill at the time the fire broke ont, when, awful to relate, after an hour's diligent search, they discovered the missing body burnt to ashes, and still mouldering beneath the ruins. Her remains were immediately re moved to the Globe Inn, not far distant, there to await the inquest. She was about twenty-five years of age, and was her surviving parents' only support. This fatal affair has cast the greatest gloom over the city, and the inhabitants are in doubt as to the cause and origin of the fire, but it is supposed to be the work of an incendiary, from the fact of a quantity of lucifer matches and some gunpowder being found on the grass plot adjoining. It is impossible as yet to form any accurate idea as to the damage done, but it has been estimated as exceeding 3,0001. The building and furniture are insured, to my knowledge, in the West of England, and I have reason to suppose that some other offices will share a portion of the loss. Sir Robert and Lady Peel arrived at their resi dence in Whitehall-gardens yesterday morning, from Brighton. The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yester day evening, for his seat, Beechworth House, Surrey. Dispatches from the Governors of the West India Colonies were received yesterday at the Colonial office. Dispatches were also received from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, from the Governors of Malta and Gibraltar, and from the Go vernor of Ceylon. A deputation from the Blackburn, Burnley, and Accrington Extension Railway, consisting of Mr. Ashton, Mr. Cawley, Mr. Grundy, and Mr. C. H. Parkes, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the Board of Trade. A ROYAL Prussmser.-We find the following in the Gazette des Beaux Arts :-" The album which his Ma jesty Louis Philippe intends to present to Queen Victoria, in commemoration of her visit to Eu, is on the point of being terminated. It would have been difficult to have executed with more magnificence, perfection, and ex quisite taste, a work of which the idea is the perfection of delicacy, and which will contribute to place the works of our cotemporaneous artists amongst the wonders of Windsor. The album is of uncommon dimensions-18 inches by 28, and 4 inches thick. The water-colour drawings, of which there are 32, are encased in Bristol boards, to prevent them from being rubbed. The fol lowing are the subjects represented in the drawings :- 1, the Queen arrives within sight of Treport ; 2, the King proceeds from Tripod to board the Queen's yacht; 3, the Queen receives the King of the French on board her yacht ; ,4, the Queen of the French receives Queen Victoria at Tr6port ; 5, Presentation of Queen Victoria at Tr6port ; 6, Arrival at the Chateau d'Eu ; 7, Queen Victoria is saluted by the National Guard and the troops in the Court of the Chateau ; 8, the apartments of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at the Chateau d'Eu-the Queen's drawing-room ;9, the Queen's bedchamber ,• 10, the Queen's cabinet ; 11, PrincelAlbert's bedchamber ; 12, presentation to Queen Victoria in the gallery of the Guises ; 13, Pavilion of MontpenEier in the park of the Chateau ; 14, the Queen of the French's bedchamber ; 15, Madame Adelaide's i bedchamber ; 16, promenade to Mount Huon and to Tr6port ; 17, return by the park ; 18, family parlour ; 19, breakfast at Mount Orleans, in the Forest d'Eu ; 20, departure from the forest-return to the Chateau ; 21, concert in tho gallery of the Guises ; 22, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, conducted by the Prince de Joinville, the Dukes d'Aumale and Montpensier, to a review of the lat Regiment of Carabineers ; 23, gallery on the ground-floor of the Chateau ; 24, chapel of the Chateau d'Eu ; 25, Church of Saint Laurent; 26, Crypt of the Church of Saint Laurent, the tomb of the Counts d'Eu ; 27, a relay of post.horses at the Prince's Tree in the Forest d'Eu ; 28, breakfast under Saint Catherine's Oak in the forest d'Eu ; 29, the grand staircase of the Chatea d'Eu ; 30, breakfast parlour in the Chateau ; 31, Queen Victoria quitting Tripod in the King's barge; 32, Adieux on board the Royal yacht Victoria and preciousA Al bert-Thursday, er t - aTlbhuamrsdisayr,emSaerpkta. remarkable eTxahenibeiinteditnagste ; of this the o g r r n o a u m nd en is te o d f w fi i n t e h m g o o r l oco d fil l i e g a r t e h e er w , arms of England. Th e a lb um i s enc l ose d i n a r i c h case, covered with violet-c o l oure d morocco , an d embroi dered with the arms of England." Her Majesty has commanded new school-rooms to be built at Cumberland Lodge, which are expected to be completed by Christmas, with separate buildings for the master and mistress. The site of the building is a short distance front Cumberland Lodge. THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.-A new carriage of a most splendid description has been constructed for the use of her Majesty on the South-Western Rnilway, upon the design of Mr. Beattie. The interior of the carriage is divided into two compartments, one of which is devoted to her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the other to the royal nursery. The furniture and trim mings are of the most costly and elegant description. The larger compartment, devoted to her Majesty and her Royal Consort, contains two couches placed longi tudinally, cne intended for the Queen, and the other for Prince Albert. The carriage is lined with beautifully figured Irish poplin of a very light drab colour, exqui sitely trimmed with lace ; the ceiling is decorated in the same manner, but more elaborately. A flat crown or naments the centre of the ceiling, which, being with drawn by an ingenious contrivance, exhibits a wreath of the three national emblems-the rose, the shamrock, and the thistle. This crown and wreath are so artistically arranged, that by them a large amount of light can be admitted when required. Light is also admitted at either end by embossed glass, which affords to the in mates of the royal carriage the opportunity of enjoying the scenery, whilst persons from without are prevented indulging their idle curiosity in watching the royal movements. The windows are guarded by gauze blinds and figured satins, ornamented with gold brackets ; car , pets of the Axminster manufacture are laid down ; the floor is also protected by coatings of India rubber and corkwood, and a double flooring has likewise been pre pared, due care being taken to prevent v ib ra ti on . Th e exterior of the carriage, which is 17 feet long by 7 feet wide, consists of the th ree b o di es-viz., two toupees neatly and luxuriously lined, and the centre body shielded by her Majesty's arms, executed in a most tasteful style. The panels are of a light lake colour, as desired by her Majesty, and an observable novelty in its con , struction consists of wooden wheels (Beattie's patent), in the place of iron ; much inconvenience in travelling will be obviated, as it is anticipated, by this application of wood. The whole is surmounted by a splendid crown. The design was submitted to her Majesty, and approved, after some slight alterations, previous to the construc tion of the carriage, which will be brought into use for the first time on the occasion of her Majesty's approach ing visit to the Isle of Wight. The Great Western and Southern (Irish) Railway Company have decided upon the extension of the line to Cork and Limerick, with a view of carrying out and con necting the contiguous undertakings, so that they may fully participate in the traffic derivable from all points. It is estimated that the railway will run through and be available to places containing in the aggregate a popula tion of upwards of 3,000,000. MR. HAMPTON'S BALLOON ASCENT AT DUBLIN.- The Dublin papers of Saturday report, with considerable length and enthusiasm, Mr. Hampton's balloon ascent from the Portobello Gardens, which seems to have been extremely fine and imposing. The weather was un favourable for a pleasant and easy trip, and at one time Mr. Hampt on was over the sea, but with great skill he w into to over a tlho:•elrancdu.rreTnhteof descentair, anwdaew fortu nately masadeond e s c en dbel blown the grounds of M. Callaghan, Esq., Artane House, where Mr. Hampton was most hospitably treated. Mr. Hamp ton will ascend again in a few days from the same Gardens. FIRE AT STRATrotto.--The neighbourhood of High-street, Stratford, was, yesterday morning, aroused in consequence of a destructive fire, and which was nearly attended with a frightful loss of life, breaking out in the premises occupied by Mr.:D. Holdforth, grocer and cheesemonger, No. 28, in the above thoroughfare, near the Yorkshire Grey Tavern. From inquiries insti stuted on the spot, it appears that a passer-by first dis covered the fire, soon after twelve o'clock, through seeing smoke mounting over the roof of the premises. At that period the proprietor and his five children were asleep in the place. An immediate alarm was raised, but a considerable time elapsed before the inmates could be made sensible of their great danger, and before that was accomplished th e fl ames h a d gain ed the staircase, up which they were ascending with terrific violence. The whole of the parties, happily, succeeded in effect ing their escape r and without meeting with any injury. The fire was eventually subdued. The damage done is very considerable, nearly the whole of the stock in trade and furniture, together with the major part of the pre mises, being destroyed. The adjoining house, No. 27, is likewise seriously injured by fire. The whole of the furniture belonging to Mr. Haller, broker, Scc., No. 29, High-street, was removed into the open street, and is, in consequence, much damaged by hasty removal and breakage. MANSLAUGHTER IN THE ALKONRT, WISTMINSTER. —Last evening Mr. Higgs, the coroner, held an inquest at the Red Lion, Princes-street, Westminster, on the body of Hannah Edwards, aged thirty-eight, servant to a man named Brown, the keeper of a house of ill-fame in the Great Almonry. Sarah Richmond, of No. 20, Nowway, Westminster, said that, on the 23d ultimo, she was standing with the deceased at the door of her house in the same street, when Brown, her master, ap proached, and told her to go away, that she (the de ceased) should not remain there. Deceased refused to go, saying that she had nowhere else to go. Brown went in doors, but soon returned, and spoke to her harshly about her having taken some of his sheets. She denied that she had taken them, attributing the theft to the lodgers, and was standing by the door, refusing to go away, when Brown pushed her with such violence, diet she fell backwards and struck her head on the stones. Deceased was stunned by the fall • and when witness raised h er , s h e saw h er bleeding profusely from a wound in the head. After remaining for some time insensible, a female acquaintance took her to the West minster Hospital, where she was immediately attended to. Until Monday, the 30th ult., she attended as an out-patient, and she was then found to be in such a dangerous state, that her removal into the wards of the hospital was considered necessary. The deceased was rather the worse for liquor at the time she was pushed, but Brown was perfectly sober, and did not render the least assistance. Sarah Johnson, of No. 18, Nowway, corroborated the above evidence, and stated in addition, that when the deceased was lying insensible on the ground Brown endeavoured to kick her. The next morning he induced her to return to his service. Mr. R. Bowman, the house surgeon, said that deceased was an out-patient until Monday, the 30th ult., on which day she was admitted as an in-patient, suffering from a scalp wound on the back part of the head, and erysipelas spreading over the surrounding parts. She died on Saturday last, and from a post mortem examination made that day, he found that she died from the erysipelas. He considered that she died from the consequences of the injury to the head ; b u t erys i pe l as d oes sometimes arise from natural causes. At the request of Brown, several witnesses were examined to show that he did not push her with such violence, that she had robbed him to some extent, and that she provoked him by using the foulest language. The coroner then summed up the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of " Man slaughter against William Brown." The prisoner was committed to Newgate upon the coroner's warrant, SUDDEN DEATH OF A BRIDB.—A most distressing death, under th e p ecu li ar c i rcumstances of the case, took place on Saturday, the 17th instant, in the township of Darling. It appears that on Friday evening Elizabeth Cameron had been united by marriage to a person named Peter Barr, a farmer in that township. That night was a night of joy and gladness to the bridal party : music and dancing were kept up till three o'clock on Saturday morning, when the bride, who had danced a good deal during the night, complained of illness and shortness n s of breath. She gradually became worse, and the friends who had assembled to witness the marriage ceremony, were also witnesses to its awful dilsolut , io lo n c by o t iat egim hand of death. About half-past nine o even ing she breathed her last, and thoseeoun c tenances which beamed with joy and gladness the evening before were made sad : their laughter was turned into mourning. The bride's cake was made with her own bands ; but little did she think, when doing so, that it would be used at her funeral, and handed round to those very persons who had partaker of it at her marriage festival ; yet so it was, and it was a melancholy reflection to them. The young woman, we are told, Ras not in good health, and had been consumptive for some time previous to her death.—Bathurst Courier (United States). Foanicx CATTLE.—Fifty-five head of horned cattle hare been imported from Hamburgh since our last- 7 -thirty-two by the Hanseatic steam ship Leeds, and twenty-three by the Helen Nl‘Gregor.—Hull Packet, October 4. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1 DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. One of the most destructive fires that have occurred in the metropolis since the burning of Topping's wharf occurred last evening, shortly before eight o'clock, and resulted in a loss of property to a very serious amount. The scene of its operation was a large space of ground behind the London-road, Southwark, on which was erected a number of shops, occupied by various trades men, and known as St. George's-market. The exact spot in which the fire commenced could not be with certainty learned. One of' the inhabitants said that, whilst he was passing through the market, his attention was suddenly directed to a stable in the occupation of a Mr. Bennett, a carcase butcher, situate on the south-east corner, by perceiving an immense sheet of flame breaking through the roof. lie immediately raised an alarm ; but, before any persons had time to get out of their houses, the flames extended to a long range of butchers' shops on the west side of the same row, all of which were speedily on fire. Tho flames next reached three or four tall houses on the opposite side of Butcher row. The different brigade engines, under th e super intendence o f Mr. Braidwood and Mr. Henderson, the district foreman, promptly arrived, and so did the West of England and County engines, under the direc tion of Messrs. Connorton and Garwood. Some time was lost in waiting for water, but as soon as that could be obtained the engines were worked with full vigour. Owing, however, to the firm hold the flames had pre viously obtained, a long time elapsed before the least impression was made upon them. Meanwhile the fire continued its course with unparalleled fury, destroying in its progress sundry other stables, sheds, and slaughter houses. It next attacked a large warehouse belonging to Mr. Floyd, in Market -street. The scene towards half-past eight o'clock was indeed awfully grand. The flames next broke through the windows of an extensive house belonging to a chairmaker, and owing to the very inflammable nature of the stock contained therein the building was, in the almost incredibly brief space of ten minutes, one completely burning mass. Notwithstanding that the firemen were beset on every side by the continual falling of roofs and heavy beams, they worked, without the least intermission, until nine o'clock, when it at last became apparent that the flames were yielding beneath the power of the anta gonist element. In the course of another half-hoar all further danger of the fire extending was dissipated. The total number of buildings destroyed cannot at present be ascertained, but at a moderate calculation they must amount to upwards of thirty; some were certainly in a very ruinous and dilapidated condition. Among the sufferers we can only at present enumerate Mr. Bennett, stables destroyed; Mr. Parrott, chair-maker, building and contents consumed; Mr. Johnson, fruiterer, shop and contents burnt down; Mr. Foreman, a range of stabling destroyed; Mr. Powell, chairmaker, stock and building consumed ; Mr. Babb, chairmaker, similarly damaged; Mr. Floyd, premises partially destroyed. In addition to which the whole of the butchers' stalls and greengrocers' shops, in Butcher-row, are levelled with the ground. The greatest praise is due to Mr. Braid wood, the superintendent of the brigade, for the manner in which he directed his men in subduing the flames. The same remarks will apply to Mr. Connorton and Mr. Garwood, the head of the IVest of England and County offices. The origin of this fire, like most others, cannot be learned. 44. ARRIVAL OF MRS. PRITCHARD AND FAMILY. (From the Patriot.) We have great pl easure in announcing the safe arrival of Mrs. Pritchard (the lady of Mr. Consul Pritchard), with her three daughters. They came on board the barque Cape Breton, Captain Caerr, which left Valpa raiso on the 11th of June, and arrived at Cork on the 3d of October, bringing Government dispatches frem the master of the Basilisk, on board of which Queen Pomare has taken refuge, and from Admiral Thomas on the South American station. Mrs. Pritchard and her daughters came over to Bristol on Saturday, and reached London the same evening. Mrs. Pritchard left Otaheite towards the end of April, and arrived at Valparaiso on the Ist of June, staying there ten days. The day before leaving Otaheite, she went on board the Basilisk, and had an interview with Queen Pornare. Her Majesty had been very unwell, but was then recovering. She is accompanied on board the Basilisk by her husband and three children (who are eight, six, and two years of age respectively), and also by her mother, aunt, and household servants. She is totally without money or provisions, the French Go vernor Bruat having strictly prohibited all communica tion with the shore. Whatever supplies, therefore, she obtains through the loyalty and affection of her people, must be eonveyed by stealth, and at the imminent risk of detection and consequent punishment. The com mander of the Basilisk, however, allowed the ketch's boat to visit the shore, and bring off supplies of provision de posited there for the purpose. The conduct of the French authorities towards Queen Poinare continued to be extremely annoying, and even threatening. Several reports had reached the sloop, of an intention on their part to seize her Majesty by force, and of course to imprison her on board their own ship ; and the actual conduct of the French officers had, on more than one occasion, been so audaciously insulting, that Lieutenant Hunt felt it necessary to hold himself in readiness for every contingency. In spite of all these provocations, Queen Pornare still inculcated upon her people a pacific and forbearing policy, invariably accom panying these instructions with expressions of her con tinued steadfast reliance upon the good faith and gene rosity of England. Under the circumstances, however, her Majesty was entirely at the mercy of her barbarous and unscrupulous enemies, the Basilisk being the only armed vessel to defend her, and of course quite unable to cope with the three French frigates supported by a war -steamer and a corvette. Nevertheless, to whatever extent the commander of the Basilisk might be able to resist the French, her Majesty's reliance upon that officer is well founded ; for he will not, in any circumstances, surrender her person into the hands of her enemies with out a struggle. The probability is that she will not bo further molested ; since her constant inculcations of for bearance upon her people preclude all pretext for an attack ; and since, were the French to proceed to ex tremities, even our submissive Ministers might possibly be roused to retaliation and resistance. The information which Mrs. Pritchard brings of the state of the island is most distressing. She confirms to the letter, and indeed beyond it, the details given in our last number, of the battle of Mahena, especially with re ference to the ultimate defeat and extensive loss of the French. Nothing can surpass the courage and determi nation of the poor Otaheiteans. Theyprotest that so long as a single Frenchman remains upon the island, they will fight; and, that even if they themselves were re duced to the last man, he and the rascal Mcerenhont, were he the single survivor of the French invaders, should fight it out. Such are the answers to all the overtures of the French Consul. As an illustration of the patriotic feeling, it may be mentioned, that the son of one of the renegade chiefs, who made over the island to the French, had declared that he would be the first to shoot his perfidious parent. The number of natives who have been induced to side with the invaders is very small, not exceeding twenty ; while, as a counterpoise, a much greater number of French soldiers had deserted, and passed over with their arms to the ranks of the Ota heiteans. The mass of the natives were in the mountain fastnesses, with plenty of provisions; and the fort, which uas abandoned by the French after the battle of Ma hena, was held, as before, by the advanced post of the patriotic forces. ---...., ..-.........--. ...,-........... THE LATE MYSTERIOUS CASE OF POISONING AT STEPNEY. ADJOURNED INQUEST. Yesterday furenoon, at ten o'clock, the investigation touching the death of Mr. Samuel Cornish, aged 56 years, late steward of the Royal Mail steam-packet the Dee, who died on board that vessel on the 17th ult., and whose death it was alleged had been caused by the ad ministration of poison, was resumed at the Alfred Head, Alfred-street, Stepney, before Mr. 'William Baker, De puty Coroner. The former part of this mysterious case appeared in The Sun of Friday last. Mr. Cullington, as before, attended on behalf of the relations of the deceased; and Mr. Pelham now appeared for the accused, Mrs. Sutherland, who was in an adjoin ing room. On the re -assembling of the jury the following addi tional evidence was adduced : Jolii Rundle, City policeman 556, stated that he lived at No. 28, Seething-lane, Tower-street. He had known deceased between seven and eight years. He used fre quently to call at witness's house. On Thursday, the 12th of September last, he came about one o'clock, and stopped to dinner. He had mutton broth and potatoes, but no pudding. He was then quite well and cheerful. Witness had not seen him since, and he did not know of his death until he saw the report of the proceedings of the Coroner's inquest in the newspapers. In the month of March, 1842, deceased told him that Mrs. Sutherland had put some laudanum in his beer, but as soon as he had put it to his lips he smelt it, and he re fused to drink it. In the month of April in the same year he again told witness that Mrs. Sutherland had given him coffee with laudanum. On that occasion he had quitted her house, and had gone to lodge with Mr. Ellis, a former witness. Witness was well ac quainted with Mrs. Sutherland, and had no doubt de ceased kept up a criminal intercourse with her. Witness had frequently seen her walking the streets with other men, in the manner of a common prostitute. Deceased generally called Mrs. Sutherland his niece, and his "little Devon," in allusion to her being a Devonshire woman. 'Witness was certain there was no relationship between them. Witness, upon being informed by deceased that she had given him laudanum, wished to take her into custody, but deceased would not hear of it. He repeatedly said to witness that Mrs. Sutherland would do for him in the end. Deceased was a dull, heavy man, and easily led away. Mr. John Young Gibbs, undertaker, 83, High-street, Poplar, deposed that, about seven o'clock in the morning of the 18th of September, Mr. Bromage called upon him, and ordered a coffin to be made for deceased at twelve o'clock that day. Witness said the time was short, when Bromage replied that they wanted to re move the body from the Dee as quickly as possible. The body was interred in the Beaumont Cemetery on the 20th. The reason assigned by Mrs. Sutherland for hastening the funeral was that Mr. Bromage and herself were going the next day to Southampton. Mrs. Suther land would not see the body before it was screwed down, saying she could not bear to look at him when he was dead. She spoke in affectionate terms of him, and said he had been as good as a father to her. The CORONER here asked Porter, the constable, if he had any other evidence to offer ? when he said he had other witnesses, but they could give no farther testimony 1 than those who had already been examined. Mr. Pelham then said that he could call witnesses as to the deceased's veracity. H o had letters to produce, written by deceased to Mrs. Sutherland, couched in terms of affection, of as late a date as 1843, and tendered the evidence of Mrs. Sutherland herself, should the Coroner think proper to examine her. Mr. William Turner, clerk to Messrs. Mangles, of Wapping-wall, being sworn, produced the letter of the 7th November, 1843, which has already appeared in The Sun, in the report of the examination at the Thames Police -court. He said he had known deceased upwards of twenty years. He had endeavoured to do all he could to befriend him, but deceased had treated him as an enemy, by spreading false reports against him. He was a man of no principle, and witness placed no reliance on his word. He considered he was labouring under some delusion, from his innate depravity. Witness had laid out 100/. for the deceased, 701. of which h© paid for Mr. Sutherland, the husband of Mrs. Sutherland, at the re quest of the deceased, on the Ist of June, 1842. Witness said he never paid Mr. Moffatt any rent for deceased. He knew Mrs. Sutherland, who he understood to be de ceased's niece. Mr. John Moffatt, 44, John-street, Commercial-road, was then examined. Ile stated that Mrs. Sutherland had lodged with him upwards of twelve months. Deceased and Mrs. Sutherland came together on the 12th of Sep tember, 1843, and took two rooms. Ho represented her to be his niece. Mr. Turner paid the rent the first part of the time, and Mrs. Suth er l an d l atter l y. On the 14th September deceased came to Mrs. Sutherland, and com plained of being very unwell. He wished to go to Mr. Rose, a surgeon, and they both went out together. A man, named Smallden, used to visit Mrs. Sutherland nearly every day. John Smalden examined—Had known deceased for fourteen years. Believed him to be his uncle. His mother told him he was. On the 11th September last, witness was at Mrs. Sutherland's, and Mr. Bromage also. Deceased came in, and said he'had had such a t uc k out of apple d um pli ng h o was ready to burst. Ile asked Mrs. Sutherland to come on board the Dee to dinner the next day. Witness never saw deceased after that day, until he had been disinterred under the coroner's warrant. The first time he heard about his being poisoned was on the Saturday following his funeral, when Mr. Blackmore (a former witness) came to Mrs. Sutherland, and said she had poisoned him. Witness subsequently spoke to Mrs. Sutherland about it, who de nied all knowledge of it, saying, "It is very unlikely that I should do such a thing, for deceased was her only support." Witness afterwards went to Mr. Rose, the surgeon. This being the whole of the evidence the Coroner was about to address the jury, when Mrs. Sutherland came into the inquest-room, and stated that she wished to be present. She was accordingly accommodated with a seat. The Coroner then went through the whole of' the de positions, commenting upon those parts which bore more immediately upon the case ; and the jury, after a con. sultation of about half an hour, returned a verdict o " Wilful murder against some person or persons en known." When Mrs. Pritchard left the island, nearly all the missionaries had gone. The Rev. J. T. Jesson, with his wife and family, and the Rev. Mr. Thomson, with his wife and child, had gone to Huahine, intending to leave them there and return. The Reverend Mr. Joseph had taken his wife and family to Raiatea ; and the Re verend Mr. Al• Kean had taken his wife and family to Tubas. The only peraons connected with the mission who were actually on the island at Airs. Pritchard's de parture, were believed to be the Rev. Messrs. Moore and Darling, Mr. Buchanan, schoolmaster, and Mr. Smee, printer, who by the way, was compelled to print the French proclamations. The people having nearly all retired to the mountains, congregations formerly con sisting of 1,500 or 1,600 souls, were reduced to less than twenty persons each. The mission, therefore, may be regarded as in a state of complete suspension. The Roman Catholic mission had been strengthened by the arrival of four sisters of charity, who came in good time to attend the wounded of their own country men, but of whose services, as of those of the priests, not a singie native could be found willing to accept. The sympathising disposition of the merchants, not of the French n a ti on , may b e est i mated from a single anec dote. One of the natives applied to a merchant to sell him some gunpowder. He was immediately referred to the proclamation of Governor Bruat, forbidding the sale of that article. The native, with ready wit, sug gested that the sale only, and not the gift of powder, was prohibited ; when the good-natured merchant, acknowledging the distinction, permitted him to help himself. Such is the sense of insecurity, that nearly all the English and American merchants had placed their families and their valuables on board the merchantmen and whalers of their respective nations. HER MAJESTY'S SHIP GORGON. ship G Extract wg oonf, daatledette2r3dfrjeumne,anlBo4ffit,ceNroorfthh-sehrorMe,ajAcisotnyt'es Video Bay : " For your amusement I shall write a rough account of our plans. The pampara which drove us on shore was the heaviest that has been experienced for twenty eight years, and the tide, which is always influenced (as you well know) by the wind in this river, is proportion ably high. When the weather and tide abated, we were firmly fixed upright on our keel in the sand, to the depth of eight feet fore and aft Nearly all around the ship was quite dry, about four feet under the stern, the surface of the water came up to the eight feet water mark on our stern post, and as we drew 16 feet of water you will observe that we are now eight feet above, or higher up in the world than we wish to be. The main difficulty in getting her off is, that when the water rises three or foar feet, so as to afford a prospect of heaving off, the wind must blow right in, aad soon fills up all our excavations round the ship which have been making for the purpose of freeing her from the sand, the adhesion of which is very great ; however, we persist in digging daily and improve our plans of banking out the sand. You know the character of ori ginality and ingenuity by which sailors are so distin guished, and our operations hero give us full scope for them, We have two or three times dug away the sand from the ship as far under her as was safe to go ; we are driving piles on each side, to prevent fresh sand from washing in ; that which we have removed being carried high up the beach, and by measurement it amounts to much more than 5,000 tons. Under the bilge on each side we have placed ways of large timber bolted together. About five yards astern of the ship the sand ends and mud commences, so that should we be enabled to move her about half her own length, all will be safe, although she will not be afloat until hauled out nearly a mile, as the water now is ; but mud does not hold a ship's bottom in the sucking and adhesive manner that sand does. To haul off by we, have two 24-inch cables, attached to anchors of 60 and 74 cwt. and backed by others of 50 and 35 cwt. ; one cable is taken to one paddle shaft, and a single whip (the fall being a 17-inch cable), one part secured low down to the stern post, and the other paddle shaft. This rnaticeuvre is for the purpose of lifting her stern as well as hauling her on end ; the engines of course work these our principal purchases. We have two heavy treble purchases from our starboard bow to anchors sunk in the sand near her starboard quarter, and worked by two capstans and 100 men, the capstans being sunk in the sand. As the ship is not end on the beach, but nearly at an angle of 45 degrees with it, her starboard being the inshore side, we have anchors and cables laid out on the port quarter, which have pur chases on them, and are worked by the ship's capstans. Under the bows we have six or eight powerful serewsi (such as are used for lifting great weights, pressing wool. cotton, &c., the largest lifts eighty tons, and the smallest.l twenty tons), placed so as to lift and force the ship a$ the same time astern. It would take sheets of paper tq describe them all, so you must use your imagination tai supply the place of a better description. The ship si!se upright on her ways, her masts and bowsprit are out, fact everything but the engine. We have taken tons out of her, and, should all other means fa il, he engines must come out ; they weigh 2 3 7 tons. W e must . then place the ship nearly on her broadside, on cradle prepared for the purpose, and thus launch her with battened hatches. If our present plans succeed, which there is every reason to expect, we shall get off whenever it blows a good pampara, and as it is now be ginning of winter here, we shall haveplenty of them soon. It will then take us two months to refit for England, and about the same time to get there. If the engines come out, you may expect us about three months later. We have every assistance from the foreign rmokhasffiael übss n cono - erdt o rhea f asmin w ,:m ; r ; anchors, cables, &c., and 130 men from our own squadron, n ch nd ak a3m i r iso l isa,doa n c3 l tid, l loiac a nn ; se7, n ,e) t tnf i ri t cret)u 3 lat Oistn, Sunday living noNN(miaway.aemyao o r de n eaixt b sc3,ft o :ree. a per edTu.doeh.fneutlimVsii, Phis Nani h ,ths a aAi night mud d d hehevitivelantteranida they are singing away, pile driving, mud ' a sand digging, as happy as possible. s e h ra ip l Or hei i a b; has kindo en a c n o d l da,t attentive e ere to ne iis, t Gen he ashore in that been most part of the bay which is in his possession.—Hanipshire Telegraph. DR. WoLFF.—(From the Malta Times, Sept. 24.) •" We fully exp ec t e d b e f ore t hi s to have received some favourable news of the safety of the Rev. Dr. Wolff, the intrepid and philanthropic traveller to Bokhara. When the Rev. Gentleman arrived here on his way to Con stantinople, we expressed a doubt whether, ie the event of his arriving in safety, ho would ever be allowed to quit it. The Khan of I3okhara would not like the secret of his prison -house to be unfolded ; and he, like the cruel usurper, who expiated his crimes upon a solitary rock, is well aware that dead men tell no tales.' These are gloomy foreboding —would that we could indulge in happier ones ! We trust another packet will give us the pleasing intelligence that this intrepid man is on his re turn, safe and sound, to his beloved wife and family, and the kindred affection of a great and grateful nation. We perfectly well recollect, when, ten years ago, Dr. Wolff set out from Malta on a journey to Central Asia, rpatro nised by, and principally at the expense of, the Right Hon. John Hookham Frere, a name renowned in Malta, as the patron of enterprise, and the benefactor of the unfortunate, the poor, and the needy, many prognosti cated that the Rev. Gentleman would never return, but he did, after undergoing a series of sufferings which would have daunted the stoutest heart, and deterred it from again undertaking such a mission, especially when the nature of it was considered." EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE AT ST. MARY'S CHAPEL, LAMIIETIL—Since the old church has been under repair marriages and christenings have taken place in the above -named chapel. During the last few days the following extraordinary scene took place : A lady and gentleman, about twenty-three years of age each, were early in attendance to be made one, and were accompanied by a sister of the intended bride. The license had been procured in duo form ; the clerk, Mr. Gawler, was punctual, and nothing was wanting but the attendance of Mr. Brown, the minister, to tie the happy knot. The parties were waiting in the vestry room, and in all probability arranging where th e y should spend the ho ne y moon, when all of a sudden a cab drew up, out of which rushed an elderly gen tleman, who made the best of his way to the vestry room. lie, however, no sooner entered than the sister of the intended bride exclaimed "My father !" and instantly fell to the ground. With the aid of water, &c., she soon recovered, and the father then instantly insisted on both his daughters leaving with him in the cab, adding that the intended bridegroom had perjured himself, by swearing that he had been a resident of Lambeth, whereas he had arrived the previous day from the coun try. At first the ladies said they would not return home, but they eventually left the sacred edifice with their father, followed by the gentleman. On reaching the street, the former became excited, and used the word "scoundrel," &c. After the females entered the cab, the would-have-been husband made his way towards it for the purpose of giving his " ladye love " a kiss, when the father, thinking lie was about to rescue her from his custody, seized him by the collar of his coat, and hurled him against the railings. The father then de sired the cabman to drive with full speed over West minster-bridge, the ladies calling out at the top of their voice, "Foll ow us , d ear, in another cab." This he pro mised to do ; but there not being one at hand, he was soon left in the rear. It is said that the lady is entitled to some property, and that the gentleman is a surgeon practising about thirty miles from London. The cause of the objection on the part of the father did not t tran spire, spire, and we were unable to learn the name s o f f t parties. P otESCAPE F F OF IL a. A all the police-offices, that a few days ago a woman, POLICE-OFFlCER.—lnformation o F n R FROM has T HE bee n C e c r T c O u D I a T t. e o d F to A named Ann Rogers, who escaped from the custody of one charged with felony, one of the metropolitan • police-officers, named Freshman. The woman had been given into custody on a charge of felony, and the police given in n conveyed her to the station-house at Worship- s t reet. police man was taken over to the charge-room for the purpose of being introduced to the presence of the magistrate, and on the number of the charge being called by the Inspector on duty, it was found that she had decamped, and she has not since been heard of. The police are in search of her. RAILWAYS IN PORTUG AL.—A proposal has been t ed o t f o a thelin eofa rirailwayf rom , Government a of r o Lisbon for t the o has (bz e t e eon: s tl u u b p con structionlromig h Santar em an d Coimbra. The ro l ject o h warmly taken u p b y many influential capitalists a at Lis bon,e as also by parties connected with Portugal in this country. The necessary capital is t o b e ra i sed, half in England a n d h a lf in Portugal ; the Government will guarantee a fixed rate of interest until the line is com pleted, and certain privileges will be granted to the Com pany fOr a limited period.—Railway Chronick, THE PRESIDENT STEAMER.— It seems the state went that a bottle had been picked up tw e l ve m il es o ft Dover ye s t er d ay week, containing a note signed "Len nox," purporting to have been written on board this fated vessel, and which we last Saturday gave as a ru mour merely, is unworthy of credit. Before we inserted the rumour we saw the person (H. Drayson, street, Dover), who says he picked up the bottle with contents, as reported in our last, when he persisted in thee correctness of his statement before several witnesses; but as he has not yet forwarded the original note at> picked up to our office, as he promised to do last week, to convince us of the truth of his story, we conclude it to have been altogether cruel and wanton fabrications —Dover Chronicle. STRAND THEATRE. The bills announced for last night a new farce, under the name of Yankee Land, which belongs rather to the class known upon this side of the Atlantic by the comprehensive name of " drama." It is by no means ill-contrived or ill-written, and it would suc ceed for a time by its own merits, if these derived no additional force from the acting of Mr. Daniel Marble. The notion that an American comedian, par excel knee, must be a caricaturist of his own countrymen, is happily contradicted by this gentleman, whose per formance as Lot Sap Sago last night, convinced every , one that he did not depend upon provincialism or mannerism. He imitates local peculiarities with the truth of life ; but he expresses also the common feel ings and passions of man with equal and much rarer truth. He might abandon Yankeeism for ever, and be at once a favourite upon the English stage in the most touching characters of our native comedy. If he chooses to remain with us a season or two longer, he will draw as crowded houses, and receive as much applause in Tyke, in David, aye, and in Dennis Bulgruddery, as in all his Yankee characters together. There were some awkward apologies, and some un explained omissions, in the entertainments of last night. It is to be hoped they will not occur again. Whether such mistakes occur from sulkiness or acci dent, they are as prejudicial to the artists and the manager, as they are painful to the audience. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE Mr. Wilsone, late of the Haymarket, has become the lessee of thi s p l easan t littl e th ea t re, -and has very judiciously pl ace d it un d er th e management ' of Mrs. Walter Lacy. Free trade in the drama is already beginning to produce its effects. At Sadler's Wells Shakspeare has extinguished Ainsworth. Lessons of virtue have superseded lessons of crime—genuine poetry has taken the place of bombast and absurdity — Jack Sheppard has been deposed and Hamlet reigns in his stead. At the City of London a change of a very similar nature has taken place, the only differ ence being that while Melpomene is the 'goddess to whose worship Sadler's Wells is devoted, the City of London Theatre is the temple par excellence of her sister Thalia. An exeellent comedy company has been engaged, and the theatre opened last evening— not as of yore with Dick Turpia, nor any drama of the flash, swindling,' or blue fire school—but with The School for Scandal, with Mrs. Walter Lacy as Lady Teazle. In making these observations, it is far from our intention to cast any reflections on the former managers of these establishments: they did but as the then law compelled them to do, and the law and its makers and upholders were alone in fault. It was said by the supporters of monopoly that the people have no taste, that they preferred spectacle and nonsense, and that the legitimate drama would never pay at a minor theatre. Let the brilliant success of Sadler's Wells, raised solely by the legitimate drama from the very depths of ruin to respectability and prosperity—let the crowded audience at the City of London last evening answer the calumny. The fact is, the people have infinitely more taste for genuine poetry than the aristocracy. They love, they understand, they appreciate Shakspeare; they are proud of him too—he was one of themselves; he speaks' at once to their hearts, for they have hearts to speak to; while, for the luxurious and the super-refined, Shakspeare is as a sealed book—he is too intellectual for them ; they require excitements more sensual to rouse them from their apathy. We were delighted with the attention which w as ex hibi ted last evening during the whole of the perf ormance of the comedy. It was acted through out very r es p ec t a bl y —in crowe Seldom wert hy has She r id an 's chef louvre been performed to a mor e 'wdeadt watch shall , the never progress toa m of ur . more a a . r t ts ll t e o v m e n , e i :a s a u b p d l r y ii s ce . W experiment with great interest, and he has our best i wishes for its success. CEY MARKET and CITY NEWS, PROM TIER MORNING PAPERS Of TRH DAT. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. TIMES.—We have been informed that in some . parts of the country a notion exists that a banker who issues Bank of England notes is in some degree more worthy of credit than one who issues his own paper. This no tion, which seems founded on some kind of vague belief that the Bank of England is responsible for the liabilities of these particular bankers, will appear ridiculous to all who are acquainted with the real state of the case ; but as the impression is prevalent enough to render it worth while for some country bankers to signify by large placards that they issue " Bank of England" paper, an explanation of the rel a ti on of the parties will not be thrown away. The Bank of England has nothing what ever to do with the credit and responsibility of these es tablishments ; it does not even make them advances, unless indeed it discounts their bills, in which case they are only in the position of any other bill-holder. Setting this case aside, it is in return for gold and silver, or for other Bank of England notes sent in by the agents of the country bankers, that the Bank of England issues its paper, by which it is obvious that it does not increase the i currency one farthing, but only allows the country banks ' to have that money in the form of bank-notes which they previously possessed in another form. Here the transaction ends, as it would with any person who might hand over 100 sovereigns at the Bank counter and take a 1001. note in return. As for the contract by which a per centage is allowed to the country banker for keeping out the circulation of Bank of England paper, that is an af fair with which the public have nothing to do. The Bank of England is responsible for its own notes, and for no thing else, except to its own customers ; and the depo sitors who fancy that they have a superior security be cause they deposit their money in a bank that uses these notes, are under a most singular delusion. A b ank issuing Bank of England paper may be just as good or just as bad as one that issues its own. SUN.—Stocks closed tolerably well this afternoon, Con sols being 1001 for Honey, and 100# for Time. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 104 'without the dividend for the opening. There was no other change. _ Spanish Bonds continued flat up to the close. The Five per Cents. were at 23 f, and the Th ree per Cents. 341 a. Portuguese Converted were 50 to 501. M ex i can Bonds receded to 34i 1. Colombian were 141 to -a. Brazilian rallied to 86 and 87, and Belgian were 103. The additional transactions in Railway Shares hare been these :—Bristol and Gloucester were 16 to 1; Chester and Holyhead, 3 ; Dublin and B e lf ast, 21 ; Dublin and Cashel, 81; Eastern Union, Ito 1 ; Edin burgh and Glasgow, 131; Great North of England, 231 to 26; Kendal and Windermere, 2; South-Western, 34i; Croydon, 24 to 1; London and York, 11; Midland 9 to Newcastle and Darlington, 27 to 1 ; Northern and Ellstern, 12; South-Eastern, 7 to 1 ; York and North Midland, 551; Ditto Selby Scrip, 40; Central of France, I-a; Boulogne and Amiens, 2to 1; and Orleans and Tours, 1 to I . premium. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings have been 1 ; Eastern Counties, Ili; Green wich, 2f t o 1; and Midland and Birmingham and Derby, 21 discount. London and Westminster Bank Shares were 61; and Union of London, 1 premium. BRIDE OP STRONG WIND. --We stated last week, on the authority of the Sentinel that the English bride of the Ojibbeway Indian had returned to the pa rental roof, in consequence of the parties not having been able to agree. A gentleman, who called upon us a few days ago, has informed us that this report is incorrect, he having seen a letter, which the bride had written to her father, stating that the happy couple had landed at New York, and giving evidence that they were living on the most affectionate terms,.—.,,Liverpool Albion.