The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-17 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROH THE EVENING PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Lord Stanley's elevation to the Peerage, and Lord Ellenborough's advancement to an Earldom (the latter announced in last night's Gazette), are acts incapable of any construction that can avert reproach from the Government. They partake mire of the bravado of a bully, than of the deliberation which should precede, and the dignity which should accompany, the decisions of a Cabinet. Lord Stanley's administration of the Colonial office had been censured in the report of a Parliamentary Committee nominated by the Govern ment, and the majority of which was selected from the Ministerial side of the House. To indicate the contempt of independent judgment which the Minis try entertains, the member of the Government whose conduct in his official post had been emphatically re buked, was pitchforked into the House of Lords. In Lord Stanley's case, the adverse report of a l'arliamentary Committee on the course adopted by his Lordship as Colonial Secretary, and which ought to have caused his removal from the office he had shown himself incompetent to hold, was the precursor of advancement to the Peerage. The Colonies may complain of neglect. The West Indies and Australia may remonstrate. New Zealand may deplore the neglect of its rising interests, by which its hopes of security and advancement are frustrated ; these results may be declared by aParliamentery Committee to proceed - from mismanagement on the part of the " Executive Government at home :" What then ? The Cabinet upholds its Colonial Secretary at the expense of the interests, if not of the existence, of the Colonies ; and the complaints of, and censures passed upon, his administration, are the signals for conferring upon him honours and rewards I Immediately on Lord Ellenborough's return from the mal-administration of the Indian Government, from which he was recalled by the body best qualified to form a judgment of his administration, and its tendency to promote or injure the interests of British India, the Sovereign is advised to confer the rewards of distin guished merit upon the man who had perilled the safety of the Indian Empire intrusted to his care. So fondly anxious were Ministers to solace the wounded vanity of their protege, that a new patent of nobility, " granting to him the dignities of a Viscount and an Earl," awaited his arrival. Scarcely had the recalled Baron Ellenborough reached the shores of England, from the country where his vanity and love of military display had lavished treasure to an incalculable amount, and created perils it was fearful to contemplate, than he was saluted Viscount Southam and Earl of Ellen borough ! Such open contempt of all the acknow ledged rules of propriety—a respect for which will sometimes atone for want of honesty—will recoil upon the Government. All respect for the acts, all confidence in the virtue, of a Cabinet which thus braves public opinion, and converts merited dis grace into occasions for conferring honours and re wards, must cease. Lord Ellenborough's acts are no longer imputable to his own follies or faults. They cease to be his. Her Majesty's Ministers have boldly assumed the responsibility. They have taken the dere lict Governor-General under their special care. They have delighted to honour him whom all men else have agreed to censure. An Earl's coronet encircles the brow which might otherwise have been suffused with the consciousness of shame. Lord Ellenborough's Earldom supplies an instance of the kind of services which the Government of Sir R. Peel makes haste to honour. It holds out to others—who, like him, may be entrusted with the discharge of duties in respon sible and highly elevated posts—that stimulus to a prudent and zealous regard to the honour of their Sovereign and the interests of the empire, of which Lord Ellenborough is so bright an example; and for which he has been selected as the object of his Sove reign's gracious approbation. STANDARD.—The elevation of Lord Ellen borough to an Earldom, recorded in the Gazette of last evening, is a sufficient answer to the insinuations which have been so unsparingly indulged in to his prejudice by his Whig-Radical detractors. It may be regarded, in fact, as an intimation of the determi nation of the Government not to be influenced by other opinions than their own in their appreciation of distinguished public services, how loud soever the clamour that may be raised against the individual. Of whatever errors of judgment his Lord ship has been accused, the merits of his short but brilliant administration of the affairs of India have been placed beyond a question, by the irresis tible evidence of facts, too stubborn to -be disputed. The condition in which he has •handed over his Go vernment to his successor is one w‘lich will beer an advantageous comparison with that in which that country has been left by the most distinguished of his predecessors. The legacy of disaster and disgrace bequeathed to him by Lord Auckland was of a na ture with which no Governor- General of Indi, has hitherto been called upon to contend ; and could only have been equalled by the difficulties in herited from the Government of Lord Melbourne, b), Sir Robert Peel. He found an enormously failing re venue, and a decreasing commerce. He has restore the one, and invigorated the other. The prey P:;re which had tiaached to the British arrm in India, hail been impaired, by a defeat 04 the most calamitous description ; a disaster which the most ordinary foresight might have prevented, and which was incurred in insolent defiance of the most consumtnate experience and the soundest judg ment. The Duke of Wellington predicted the con sequences of our occupation of Aff4hanistan, in lan guage the most earnest and impressive ; hut his expe rience was disregarded, and his admonitions lsiot only did Lord Melbourne's Government persist in its insane scheme, but they employed the mos' inadequate means to carry it out, and their attempt to make a " little war" terminated accordingly in a catastrophe which shook our Indian empire to its foundations. This disgrace has been oblite rated and the influence thus wantonly sacrificed re store 1. Ten successive victories, rivalling in bril liancy the most splendid successes recorded in the annals of Anglo-Indian warfare, have not only re deemed the credit of British arms, but have placed British dominion in the East on a more secure basis than it has ever before attained. Lord Ellen borough had to encounter either open hostility tr. concealed perfidy, the natural results of the apathetic and culpable indolence of his predecessor, in several of the most important divisions of India; he has left them in a state of tranquillity, which de mands nothing beyond the most ordinary vigilance t erpetuate ; and the highest complment that coup t e paid to his policy is to be found in its adop ;ion in all substantial points by his suc cessor. Among the more useful but not very F.opular measures of his Government were the cor- section of several of the abuses which had crept into the civil departments of the service, and the sup ression of much of the corruption which had hitherto disgraced them. His Lordship's zealous and unflinch ing performance of this most difficult of his duties could not fail of creating for him many enemies ' • and to the intrig ues of th ose w h ose p ecu l a ti ons h e h a d ar rested, and whose corruption he had resisted, is mainly attributed his recal; whilst his popularity with the army has tended to increase the jealousy and to which he has been sacrificed. Whilst they have recognised a power which had long lain in abey ance, and which it was hardly expected would have been exercised, however, her Majesty's Ministers have not scrupled to proclaim their opinion of the treatment which Lord Ellenborough has experienced at the hands of the East India Company. On the first intimation of the intentions of the Directors, the Duke of Wellington expressed himself in terms of the most unequivocal surprise and disapprobation ; and the distinguished mark of her Majesty's favour w hicb, by the advice of her Ministers, she has just conferred upon his Lordship, affords irresistible proof that the opinions of the Government on the subject have rather been confirmed than disturbed. Of the circumstances which led to Lord Ellenbo- rough's recal we have, as yet, no official inform& tion. 3y some, it has been ascribed to non-ob rervanc• of that deference, amounting to something not far r emoved fr om serv ilit y , i n hi s correspon dence with the Directors, which they appear to have expected; whilst by others it has been attri buted to his too stringent attempt s t o re f orm t h e jobbing of their civil servants in India. Be the origin of his recall what it may, he has some con solation under the heavy . weight of th e i r dis pleasure. Ins conduct has received the warmest testi monials of approval from his Sovereign and her ad visers; whilst for the vigour and promptitude with which he on several occasions redeemed the burn ing - i=grace heaped upon our arms in Affghanistan, he has twice received the thanks of both Houses of Parlia- milt. The mystery will, no doubt, be cleared up when Parliament next assembles. Meanwhile, candour di !lands an abstinence from the sort of abuse so lavishly poured upon him by the organs of the Whig Government; seeing that even a recalled Governor- Gtneral cannot condescend to reclamations in any o:Fer place than that in which he can meet his aura face to face, and test the validity of the chavir they may have to bring against him by an an appearto the only tribunal to which he is legi tlmately responsible for his conduct. SIAM OF TRAWL—Owing to the apprehensions ...nerally entertained, of disputes between the work peop!e and their employers, there has been an active de mand both for goods and yarn; and prices of both, but especially of the latter, are very buoyant this week.-- JZOCIIDALE FLANNEL MARKET. —The flannel market has been again dull, and the sales limited. There is but little alteration in the wool market ; manufacturers do not appear eager to purchase, probably e x p ect i ng, before long, a fall in price.—Manchester Guardian. Such has been the effect of the mildness of the pre sent season, that in the orchard of Lieutenant John M. Li!es, near Castleisland, an apple tree. is to be seen, part in blossom, part knitting into fruit, and part bearing the full-grown ripe apple.—Trake Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 16. (Before Commissioner Sir C. F. WILLIAMS.) IN RE F. W. N. BAYLEY. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—And I now hold in my hands an agreement for allowing him time to pay creditors to the amount of hundreds. Mr. Bayley-4f your Honour will only afford me a little delay, I have very sanguine hopes that I shall have no necessity to trouble the Court again. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—I can see no objection to so rea sonable a proposition, particularly as its tendency is likely to be for the benefit of the creditors. One of the solicitors referred to, sharply said that the Court had no power to grant any delay. Sir C. F. WILLIADIS—At present I do not dismiss the petition, neither do I grant the insolvent's application; my anxiety is invariably for the benefit of the creditors, while, at the same time, I shall never press with unne cessary severity upon an insolvent ; but I shall never permit myself to be told (and that, too, all but rudely) in this Court that I have no power to grant " delay," if I should think the circumstances of the case are such as to justify it. Mr. Lewis (for a creditor) had no objection to the de lay prayed for, if the insolvent were remitted back to custody, for even at the end of a week or a fortnight he might, like a great many others, be non est inventus. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—But here are creditors to a large amount agreeing to his discharge, and your two paltry 251. debts shall not prevent,. this man from having the benefit of a short delay. Mr. Lewis—But, Sir, the debt of 6001. is disputed by the insolvent in his schedule, and we have no proof that such a debt ever really existed. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—Then you can call the party. Mr. Bayley—l came here, Sir Charles, to face my cre ditors, and with a determination to pay them as soon as I possibly can ; and the great majority of my detaining creditors have all agreed to my discharge. Besides, I respectfully submit that now being out of custody, you cannot send me back to prison. A Creditor (Mr. Reynolds)—l am a detaining creditor for 1861., and I have signed his discharge. Sir C. F. WILLIAms—My first object is the protection of the creditors, and when I do my duty to them, I shall always listen with indulgence, and at the same time with firmness, to the application of an unfortunate insolvent. Opposition may sometimes be very proper, but at other times very injudicious ; and in this case I shall pro nounce no opinion. It has been objected to the insol vent that he did not pay over the 501. a year which upon a former occasion he had consented to do i • but the in solvent's answer to that was, that the offer was made when he was editor of the Illustrated London News, but after a short time that was, to use his own peculiar ex pression, carried away from him. Thus, being stripped of his situation, he had not the means of fulfilling his promise, and common sense, common law, and common equity released him from its fulfilment, and I shall exert the powers which are conferred upoa me by the statute. Mr. Lewis—But, Sir, he was in custody, and the sta tute, I contend, gives you the power of remanding him. Sir C. F. WILLIAms—He is now here, and how et:me he here ? Mr. Bayley—l_ Atained the protection of the Court, and my dPtainirAg credidors agreed to my discharge. Sir C. F. WlLLrAms—Then I shall not remand him. Another creditor here said he wished to be heard in opposition to the insolvent, to whom he had lent 301., ' upon the faith of h:s giving up a portion of his salary upon the Illustrated London News, and that, too, at the very period when he had not been connected with it for month. I used to cash cheques for him at five guineas a week, some of which were paid ; but when I latterly Applied at the office, the cashier (Mr. Little) could nut even tell me of his whereabouts," and even the pro. prietor himself repudiated nil knowledge of him. Mr. Bayley—My editorship, Sir, ceased in January, it is true ; but still I was to be paid for such contribu ions as might he used. It is a common practice at newspapers to draw cheques for salarie3, and hand them over to other parties. Addressing himself to the last vposing creditor, the insolvent asked him if he did not know that he had bee❑ in Dublin during the trial of 11r. O'Connell ? The Creditor—l know nothing at all about .t except what you now say. It was utimutely ordered that the petition should not he dismissed, but that no day should be fixed for the " final" order, which would secure the insolvent's ere ditors. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) GUILDHALL. John Henderson and Charles Mortimer were placed before Mr. Alderman Kelly, charged with having tried to utter a forged cheque for 401. at the banking house of Stone, Martins, and Stone, 68, Lombard street. Messrs. Bush and Muliens, solicitors to the Bank Protection Society, appeared to prosecute ; and Mr. Woolf, from the office of Flower and Co., Hatton garden, attended for the prisoners. Mr. Mullens having briefly opened the case, pro ceeded to call witnesses. George Murden examined—Was employed at The Sun newspaper-office. Knew the prisoner Mor timer, who was employed by Mr. Ridgway, book seller, Piccadilly. He (Mortimer) was obliged to be at The Sun office every evening, and thus witness knew him. Witness was requested by the prisoner, yesterday evening, to present a cheque for 401. at the bank of Stone, Martins, and Stone, in Lombard street, and get six 51. notes and ten sove reigns in change. If any doubts were raised he was to show the accompanying letter. The cheque he said had been received from his brother-in-law, John Henderson, but as he (Mortimer) could not get into the City in time, he asked witness to get it cashed for him. After presenting the cheque, two con stables were sent back to The Sun office with him, and he found Mortimer there. Witness said, " Charlie, how about this cheque ?" and he replied, addressing the constable, that his brother-in-law gave it to him, and then they all walked over to No. 3, Burleigh-street, where the prisoner lived. Henderson came down, and one of.the constables said there was a bother about the -cheque. Henderson said there must be some mistake then; he had received the cheque of a gentleman last Saturday, for payment of some bets on the "Derby." They then got into a cab, and were driven to the station-house.. By Mr. Woolf—He had known Mortimer for four or five years, and always believed him an honest young man. Mortimer did everything connected with this transaction openly, and had told witness from the first that he had received the cheque from his brother-in-law. Mr. William Sangier, from the bank of Stone, Martins, and Co., said, tisat Mr. C. Stokes, whose name was affixed to the cheque, was a customer of theirs, but the signature did not at all resemble his, and the imposture was therefore at once detected. Mr. Charles W. Stokes said that he did, some time ago, reside at the Morley Hotel, Charing-cross, where the prisoner Henderson was a waiter. He had heques similar to the one produced in his pocket-book, which were often left upon his dressing-table. By Mr. Woolf—The other servants of the esta blishment had equal access with the prisoner to his room. Mr. Woolf contended that there was no tittle of evidence against the prisoner Mortimer, who had from the first acted in such a way as clearly showed that he cou ld h ave no gu ilt y k now l e d ge o f thi s trans action. His employer, Mr. Ridgway, was in court, and would state to the magistrates in what estimation the prisoner was held. Mr. Ridgway said that he had attended closely to the case, and so satisfied was he of the young man's innocence, that he would still retain him in his em ployment. He was frequently entrusted by him with large sums, and he had ever found him trust worthy. Finally, the case was remanded till Saturday, and Mortimer was admitted to bail, Mr. Ridgway and Mr. Young, of 112, Strand, being his sureties,, in 1001. each. _ _ Alderman LUCAS remarked that the very fact, that two gentlemen of such respectability having so wil lingly offered themselves as sureties in such amounts, spoke volumes in the young man's favour. Henderson was then reconducted to the cell, and Mortimer discharged for the time being. The insolvent is the well-known author of several popular songs, and as being a general contributor of the lighter species of literary articles to the different pe riodicals as well as certain of the newspapers of the day. He this day came up for his interim order, having pre viously petitioned the Court, and consequently been dis charged from custody. He was described as an author, and residing at Nelson-square. His debts and lia bilities were stated to be 4,323 L, and his assets 3841., but he observed that his real debts were only 7501. After some preliminary conversation, Mr. Bayley said, as he had no Counsel :present, he trusted that he might be allowed to make a proposition to the Court, and perhaps the Learned Commissioner might have heard of his name before. Mr. Lewis (a solicitor)—The insolvent was in this Court before, and made a proposition to pay 50/. a year, but from that day to this his creditors have never received a farthing. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS—Then I shall take care not to be deluded. Mr. Bayley—My former proposition was that of the Learned Commissioner (Evans), and I acquiesced in it, but that depended upon the contingency of my engage ment at the Illustrated London News. I wish, Sir Charles, to pay all my just debts, and I therefore pro pose to pay five guineas a-week up to the Ist of Juno next, and from that period ten guineas a-week until my debts are entirely liquidated ; and from recent circum stances, I have every reason to hope that I shalllbe able to fulfil my promise. Sir C. F. WILLIAMS —Are there any other creditors of the insolvent here, who wish to oppose his application? Two solicitors here started up for their respective clients, and both of whom said, almost in the same breath, that they opposed for clients, to each of whom the sum of 251. or 261. was due. CLERKEIV WELL. Yesterday an elderly gentleman, of gigantic frame and stature, named Joshua Wilson, who &scribed himself as a captain in the Royal Navy, was charged with assaulting and threatening to murder Mr. Richard White, a pianoforte-manufacturer, residing in Woburn-buildings, Woburn-square. The complainant deposed that the defendant had been lodging in his house for some years, but latterly becoming very turbulent, and getting into arrears of rent, Mrs. White did not send him up the kettle of boiling water for breakfast on Sunday morning. When witness returned home from church, hearing this had not been done, he at once sent the servant up stairs with it ; but the captain, after abusing the ser vant in unmeasured language, ordered her to take it down stairs instantly. Witness then went up and said, " Well, Captain, what a strange sort of man you are ; out of compassion, I sent up the kettle to you." The captain immediately started up, and rub bing his forehead very hard with his hand, exclaimed, " You will make me do something very terrible." Witness replied that he ought not to be going on so ; upon which the prisoner seized him in a violent manner by the shoulders. Witness ran between his legs. The cap tain's spectacles dropped off, whereupon he commanded witnessto take them up ; being a good deal alarmed, he did so, and placed 'them on the drawers. Some other sctrffies ensued between the parties, and the captain finally expelled the pianoforte-maker. After some conversation between the magistrate and the captain, he was ordered to pay 10s. The captain—l have not got a farthing in my pocket. Mr. Comma again asked him if he would leave the premises on that day, but still persisting in refusal, the magistrate said he must commit him for a week. Captain Wilson, on his way to the cell, exclaimed, " And is this the way a veteran officer, who has served his country for sixty years, is to be treated ?" lle was, however, liberated in a few hours after, the fine and costs having been paid by one of his friends. UNIOAT•HALL. HIGHWAY ROBBERY NEAR THE VICTORIA THEATRE.—Two powerful-looking young fellows, named Charles Byford and George Williams, alias Luxton, were brought before Mr. Traill, charged with robbing Mr. Charles Powerie, a grocer and cheese monger, of Camberwell, of a knife and comb. Prosecutor stated that about 11 o'clock last night he was passing the Victoria Theatre, in the Water loo-road, and when near the Victoria Tavern he was accosted by Byford, who asked him whether his name was Jones. He replied in the affirmative, thinking that it was merely a lark, when, to his surprise, Byford seized his hands, while Wil liams put his hand in his left-hand pocket, which fortunately contained only his comb and knife. They then wanted him to enter the public house and partake of a pot of beer, which he declined. They then attempted to have a dip in his other pockets, when he broke away from them and went in search of a policeman. He met 140 L in Webber-street, to whom he related the circum stances ; they then returned to the public-house, when he gave the prisoners into custody. He in formed the magistrates that if they had succeeded in emptying his right:hand pocket, they would have had a good haul, as he had twenty sovereigns depo sited there. By ford denied ever seeing the prosecutor before. Williams said that he was in the public-house, wait ing for a gentleman, when the policeman entered and took him into custody. Mr. Powerie said that the latter prisoner was the man that put his hand in his pocket, and Byford held his hands. He was quite certain they were the men. Mr. TRAIL asked whether the prisoners were known!? —Coombs, 94 L, said that Byford was convicted at this court on the 21st of August last, for picking pockets at Camberwell fair. Williams, whose real name was Boatwright, he knew to be an associate with thieves of the worst description. Mr. TRAILL inquired whether there was any per son who saw the prisoners surround the prosecutor ? Mr. Powerie said that two lads witnessed the whole of the transaction. They promised to attend the court this morning.; Mr. TRAILL said that he believed Williams had been convicted before for a similar affair. He re quested the officer to institute inquiries respecting him. For that purpose, and the production of wit nesses, he should remand the prisoners until to morrow (this day).—They were accordingly remanded in a very proper and respectable manner since Mr. Preece kept it. He had witnessed the performances, and never saw anything improper. Cross-examined—There was dancing and music going on when he went to th e h ouse . The dancing was upon a stage, which, upon examination, he found to be a sort of large table, about four feet high. There were some young women performing dressed in boys' clothes, and boys dressed as girls. There was no band, and the only music was a pianoforte. Witness went to the house by order of the Commis sioners of Police, in consequence of some complaints that had been formerly made, but there had been no complaints within the last twelve months. Witness was present when Mr. Preece applied for his spirit license, and he heard Mr. Puckle, one of the magis trates, recommend that the stage and the performances should be done away with. Mr. SCRIVEN—And after this, the stage was taken away, and the "table," as you call it, was put in its place ? Witness—Yes. Cross-examination continued—Did not think the performers dressed themselves under the table.— (Laughter.) The ladies dressed on one side, and the gentlemen on the other. He had never seen any im proper characters present at the performances. Wit ness was aware that Mr. Preece only had a spirit license, but it was not the duty of the police to inter fere with the performances in the house unless they had orders to do so. .Mr. CORNER, at the conclusion of the evidence, ad dressed the Court in support of the application, and said that there was no intention to deny that there had been music and dancing carried on in the house, but he submitted that this ought not in any way to affect the application, and that as it was proved the house had been conducted i n a creditable and re spectable manner, the license prayed for ought to be granted. Mr. SCRIVEN then addressed the Court in opposi tion to the application, and said that the bench had refused the license last year, and the only new fact now brought forward was, that since that period the applicant had, in defiance of the magistrates, persisted in carrying on the performances. It did not appear that the applicant wanted any license, for he had been doing all that the license would have empowered him to do, and the only object of the present proceeding appeared to be to get a bill of indemnity from the magistrates for having infringed the law. The Learned Counsel then proceeded at some length to ' comment upon the facts that had been adduced in support of the application, and concluded by express ing his opinion that the magistrates would not, under such circumstances, think of granting a license to the applicant. Colonel CRALLONER said, he thought the fact of the license having been refused last year ought not to weigh at all with the Court, but they should merely be guided by the merits of the case as it appeared he fore them. He was extremely favourable to the granting of licenses of this description, because he felt convinced that amusements of this description tended to increase morality among the lower orders, and induced habits of sobriety. He thought they were bound to pay attention to a petition signed by 286 respectable inhabitants of the neighbourhood, who might very reasonably be supposed to be better ac quainted with its wants than they were ; and when they recollected that the petition was also signed by a great number of guardians of the poor, and that an officer of police had borne testimony to the fact of the house being conducted in a respectable manner, he considered they were bound to grant the licnese, and he begged to p ro p ose , therefore, that it should be granted. Mr. Hawn, in seconding the motion, said it would not be denied that Mr. Preece had acted wrongly in continuing the performances in his house without a license after the caution he had received, but still he did not think thieought to influence the Court in their decision. They should only look to the public in terest ; and when they saw so many respectable persons sign the application for the license, he thought they were bound to grant it. There was, he believed, a very great improvement in the moral condition of the labouring classes, and also a strong movement in favour of temperance among them; and it was their duty to provide the poorer classes with recreation and amusement, to enable them to occupy their minds innocently, in lieu of going to public-houses, and in juring their health and character by drinking to excess. Mr. Puoimis opposed the grant of the license for music and dancing, on the ground that, if it were legally sanctioned in such a neighbourhood, it would be productive of great mischief. It had been said that there was nothing more improper done at this house than at the Opera. He (Mr. Puckle) did not know much about the Opera, but this he must say, that if a little public-house in St. George's-fields was permitted to imitate the Opera, he did not think it likely to advance the cause of morality. Mr. Puckle then remarked upon the fact of the applicant having continued his performances for the last twelve months in defiance of the magistrates, and he said he thought this was an additional reason why the license should be refused. If he di- , continued those performances at once, and his house was conducted in a proper manner, and next year he applied for a music license only, it was probable that he (Mr. Puckle) should not oppose the application. After a few words from Mr. Best and the Chair man, the question was put, when the Court, by a majority of two, refused the license. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1844, RAILWA Y INTELLIGENCE. EDINBURGH AND NORTHERN RAILWAY.—A very full meeting of the Provisional Committee of the Fife Railway Company was held in the Company's chambers, Queen-street, Edinburgh, on Wednesday last, the Right Hon. the Earl of Leven and Melville in the chair. The statements submitted were of the most encouraging character, and everything seems now in a satisfactory train for obtaining the Par• liamentary sanction to the undertaking at an early period of the ensuing session, the preparations for which are now actively going forward. Applica tions for shares upon the remodelled prospectus have been received to such an extent as fully to warrant the Committee in the decided and active course they are now pursuing. Though the whole amount of shares have not yet baen allocated, the list of subscriptions is such as to assure, after an elabo rate scrutiny of the lists, that none of the stock will remain undisposed of, and the Company will thus be in the favourable position of proceeding to Parlia ment with the usual deposits paid up upon the full extent of its capital. We observe the shares already quoted in the brokers' lists of Liverpool and Edin burgh are at a premium of five shillings per share. On the motion of the Earl of Leven, the name of the Earl of Glasgow was added to the Provisional Com mittee. The meeting to be held in Culler, we un derstand, was postponed till the 7th of November.— Fife Herald. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—The negotiations between the Caledonian Railway Company and the Monkland and Kirkintilloch, and Glasgow, Garnkirk, and Coat bridge Railway Companies, were brought last week to a successful and satisfactory conclusion, and the formal deeds of agreement among the contracting parties were executed and delivered. Similar ar rangements were completed some time ago with the Wishaw and Coltness Company. According to these agreements, the three existing Companies have be come bound to widen the guages of their respective lines, so as to correspond with the gunge of the Cale donian Railway, and in all other respects to improve their works to the satisfaction of the engineer of the Caledonian Company. The Caledonian Company have made advantageous terms with the promoters of the Clydesdale Junction Railway, for the use of their line and stations for the traffic of the Caledonian. This completes the connexion with the south side of the city, and With the harbour of Glasgow and the Paisley and Greenock Railways. —Glasgow National. RAILWAY FROM INVERNESS TO PERTH.—We are glad to understand that satisfactory progress is making with the preliminaries of this most important undertaking. The requisite means are taken in getting the necessary funds subscribed for defraying the outlay attendant on the survey and other inves tigations ; and, meantime, in reliance on the public spirit, and public apprehension, on the part of our northern community, of the vast advantages of such a great work, responding duly to the call upon them, Mr. Mitchell, the engineer, in order not to lose the season, has two parties actively employed in the survey, and the results hitherto are most encourag ing. The eutting, as far as the survey has ad vanced, will be comparatively inconsiderable, and that through grounds of a loose gravelly forma tion, and easily removable. .Mr. Mitchell finds that, from the Findhorn, where the line will cross the Farness, the preferable route is to the east of Lochin dorbh, fronting Dave, and passing through the open ing between the loch and Grantown, which village it will approach within three miles, thus connecting Strathspey as far down as the Avon at least, and the upper districts of Banffshire, both with the south and north. By this circuit, too, a gain of about two hundred and sixty feet of lower elevation than the Pass of Slochmuicht will be achieved, which is, in deed, a mighty object. As far as we understand at present, we believe the line will skirt Craig-Ellachie Rock, behind and above Aviemore, and sweeping along the base of the terraced banks of Loch Insh, and be yond, and just high enough .to be out of reach of floods, will pass in front of the manse and village of Kingussie.—lnverness Courier. HORSHAM RAILWAY MEETING.—One of the largest and most influential meetings ever remembered here was held at the Town-hall on Saturday, to take into consideration the proposed line of railway from Lon don to Portsmouth via Horsham. R. H. Hurst, Esq., M.P., having been called to the chair, a series of re solutions were passed, pledging the persons present to support the proposed line, and calling on the Members for the Western Division of the county, and the Mem bers for the Rape of Bramber and borough of Hor sham to support it in their places in Parliament. A deputation from the Company of another projected line were in attendance, as were also Captain Kelly and Mr. H. Faithful, on behalf of the Directors of the London and Brighton Railway, who pledged themselves to bring a branch from the Brighton line to Horsham; but the meeting unani:nously rejected their overtures, the speakers observing that they had promised the same thing for the last five years, with out any performance, and that the town had no faith in them. A local Cotninittee was appointed to con fer with the Directors of the proposed line.—Brighton Guardian. The propo3ed Tavistock Railway has merged into ;he South Devon line, and will now forma branch of he ratter undertaking.—Devoizport Independent. SALE OE THE LATE DR. DALTON'S EFFECTS.— The sale by auction of the furniture and other effects of the late Dalton took place; at the house in which he resided for some years before his death, No. 27, Faulkner street, on Thursday and Friday-last. The first day' s sale comprised the furniture, and calls for no particular notice. The books generally fetched good prices, and there was cons id era b le competition for some of the more valuable works. The principal purchasers were Mr. Eaton Hodgkinson, F.R.S. (chiefly for the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society) ; Mr. P. Clare, F.R.A.S. and Mr. Valentine Heywood, of Blackley. We understand that the Council of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society had authorised Mr. E. Hodgkinson to purchase books for that society to the extent of 501. ; but his pur chases did not much exceed 30/. Amongst them were the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of Lon don, from 1822 to 1838 (with nine parts to 1843, and numbers), which sold for 6s. a vol ume ; Thompson's Annals of Philosophy, 28 volumes ; Nicholson's Na tural Philosophy, 36 volumes in 18 ; Thompson's Che mistry, 5 volumes ; Horseley's Newton, 5 volumes 4t0. ; Traite de Chimie, 4 volumes ; Biot's Preci s El mentaire de Physique, 2 volumes ; La Place's System du Monde, 4to. ; and a great number of smaller works, includ ing a collection of pamphlets and brochures on scien tific subjects. The Doctor's herbarium, consisting o f twelve parts 4t0., filled with botanical specimens, many of them gathered by himself, was sold to Mr. Valentine Heywood, for 6s. a part. A small piece of wood, part of the keel of a vessel, perforated in all directions by some testaceous animal, apparently much larger than the common teredo, fetched the sum of 225. The meteo rological and other philosophical instruments were not offered for sale, it being understood that they are all to be presented to Dr. Charles Henry. DISTRESSING AND FATAL ACCIDENT.—On the farm of Linton Bog, two boys (cousins), while assisting in the harvest operations, came upon a well-loaded pea-stalk, which had grown among the standing corn. When the boy who made the bands stooped down to lift the pea-pods, the other in sport gave him a gentle push, from the effects of which he fell a little way forward. As the scytheman employed had drawn his instrument before he knew what had oc curred, it came round in the direction of the poor boy, and cut him in the lower part of the abdomen, right under the haunch bone. As the effects were most stunning, the unfortunate sufferer was carried into the farm-house, and medical aid instantly sent for from the village of West Linton. The boy's father, a respectable tradesman, was also apprised of what had occurred, and, as may be supposed, proceeded to the spot in breathless haste, but before either he or the doctor had arrived, the sufferer fainted. From this fit he re covered a little, but he gradually became weaker • a second swoon supervened, whi c h we d eep l y gr i eve to add, consigned him to the sleep of death. Next day, when the wound was examined, it was found that the artery leading to the thigh having been cut, a profuse hemor rhage followed, which no external application could arrest.—Scotsman. CLoss IMITATION.--It will be observed that the Established Synod of Glasgow and Ayr met, according to immemorial usage, in this city (Glasgow) on Tues day last. The " free " and easy were, it seems, deter • mined not to be behind hand with them. So they held what they were pleased to call a " Free Synod of Glas gow and Ayr" meeting on the same day—thus showing . how fain they are to imitate the sederunts of the old calumniated Residuary! Then the old established Synod agreed to an overture for the appointment of a day of thanksgiving for the late abundant harvest, and the second Sunday of November was fixed to be set apart for that purpose. As if to be upsides with them in this respect, the " Free" also appointed a day of thanksgiv ing for their harvest. Good. We notice this to show how emulous the free-and-easy are beginning to be of the movements of their old Established friends. They lately stigmatised them as being everything that was wicked, abandoned, and bad. Now we see them closely imitating their outward examples, and we wish they could enjoy their inward peace.—Scotch Reformers Gazette. REMARKABLE SCARCITY OP WATER.—Water was never known to be more scarce in Presteign than at this time, and it has been so all along the summer. Every well and pump, with a few exceptions, is at this time dry, and th e water i n most i nstances i s carted from the river,Lugg to Broad-street. The Well-house took its name from the beautiful and pure spring of water that the spot supplied to all the lower part of the Broad street, Church -street, and all the parts adjacent; when a kettle of the purest water was required, the well at the Well-house was " sure ,to furnish the party wanting. No town in -the kingdom can boast of purer water than the town of Presteign, but now the well referred to is dry and covered up. The•e rec ti on o f the county shi re -h a ll, an d th e draining of the founda tions, completely emptied the above old well, and a break out of the spring took pace , nearly forty yards below, which has in a great measure supplied those most wanting the article. Formerly the water only ran into the gutter, to the great inconvenience of the poor people in this part of the town. That inconvenience, however, has been removed within the last feiv weeks by Mr. Robert Lewis, who has, at his own expense, sunk an efficient well, and put down an excellent pump on the above aite.—Hereford Journal. BATHS AND WASH-DOUSES FOR THE LABOURING CLASSES. A numerous and most respectable meeting was held yesterday at the Mansion-house, for the purpose of forming an institution for the establishment of baths and washing-houses for the use of the working classes and the labouring poor. A great number of ladies were present, and on the platform we observed the Bishop of London, Archdeacons Wilberforce and Ihle, Mr. Byng, M.P. for Middlesex, Lord D. C. Stuart, and several other noblemen, Members of Par liament, and dignitaries of the Church. The chair was taken at two o'clock, by - The LORD MAYOR, who said that he had received a . requisition calling upon him to sanction a meeting in that hall, for :the object mentioned in the adver tisement. He would not enlarge upon the advan tages of establishing baths and wash-houses for the poorer classes, as many gentlemen were present who had devoted their attention to the subject, and would, he had no doubt, prove the utility of the proposed in stitution.—(Applause.) The Bishop of 401 , 1D0N, amidst much applause, came forwar d to move the - first resolution, which was to the effect that "great advantage would be conferred upon the working-classes and the labouring poor by the establishment of baths and wash-houses, of which they could have the use at a stall expense." As the resolution simply stated a matter of fact, it would not be necessary for, him •to occupy the meeting with many , observations. But he ,would briefly state the reasons which had induced several benevolent individuals to propose raising subscriptions for the object, which had been circulated and made extensively known by advertisements. The object might seem, upon a first view, to be of atrifling kind; but viewing as to its probable e --he would say, certain results—he would not hesitate to describe it as one of the very first importance,s-(Hear, hear.) The crowds who thronged the streets of this great and rich metropolis, and who were surrounded at every step by the evidences of its wealth and grandeur, were not aware of the wretchedness which was occa sioned by that splendour.—(Hear, hear.) ' They were little aware of the misery which surrounded those magnificent shops, filled with the riches of the world. The merchant princes of the City were not themselves aware of it. No one was aware of it, except those who were brought into hourly contact .with it, by the duties of their professions—the medical men, and the ministers of religion. A great part of that misery arose from the crowded habitations of the poor, which precluded them from those habits of decency and cleanliness which were necessary to health and mo rality.—(Hear.) Upon that ground it was impos sible not to see the necessity of mitigating, if not of altogether removing, the misery which existed in the metropolis and all large towns.—(Hear.) Indeed, he thought that the mind of the public was now pretty well made up upon the subject. A great deal had been effected by the inquiries instituted by the Government as to the sanatory condition of the great towns, the result of which showed the misery, squalid wretchedness, and compulsory barbarism, in which a large number of our fellow-creatures were placed in the midst of redundant wealth.—(Hear, hear.) Great credit was due to the Government, and those who assisted -them in their painful investigation, as to the extent and causes of the physical and moral degrada tion of so important and deserving a portion of the people.—(Applause.) It was not necessary for him to trouble the meeting with any observations of his own, but he would read the observations of a benevo lent gentleman who had devoted much time and professional skill to the investigation of the subject—he meant Dr. Southwood Smith.—(Applause.) The Right Rev. Prelate then real an extract from Dr. Smith's work, to the effect, that "a clean and orderly house has a moral effect upon the inhabitants, and tended to form habits of propriety and order in themselves, and of respect to each other, which no laws could produce; whereas, in squalid and filthy houses, the decencies of life could not be observed."— (Hear, hear.) He then read an extract from the report of the Inspectors of Prisons in Edinburgh, which recommended the establishment of baths and wash-houses in all large towns. . In two ways sickness and squalidness, induced crime —by enfeebling the man, and forcing him to seek a living by the easiest means, and' by cutting short the lives of virtuous parents.—(Hear, hear.) He had seen lately some laudable efforts made to ameliorate the condition of the poor, by improving their habita , tions ; and, in proportion as that was effected, those who visited them fur their moral and religious inte rests found it more easy to impress them with a sense of their duties. He feared, however, that it would be a long time before those efforts could be attended, he would not say with complete success, but with any great extent of success. But were they to be de terred in the meantime from doing something to alle viate the condition of the poor in their present habita tions ?—(Hear, hear.) Two modes of doing so were proposed by the resolution which he held in his hand —the establishment of public baths and of public wash-houses. He would not enlarge upon the value of the frequent use of baths. They were found to be Of great benefit to the rich—they would be much more so to the poor.—(Hear.) There was no fact in pathology better • established, than that nothing was more conducive to health than frequent ablution ; and he need not say that whatever promoted the health and comfort of the labouring classes, increased their usefulness in society.—(Hear.) The Righi Rev. Prelate then went into details respecting the public baths and wash-houses at Liverpool, .in which it ap peared, that although the baths were on a con tracted scale, 220 labourers bathed in one day. One man told him, after he had a bath on a Saturday, that he felt himself able to do another week's work.— (llear, and a laugh.) Surely if he felt so much re.. freshed, he would be more able and more disposed to,attend to his soul's health on the Lord's day.—(Hear, hear.) The clergy around him would bear him out, that there was no greater cause of the neglect of Di vine service on that day by the labouring classes, than the compulsory filthiness in which they lived.— (Hear, hear.) It had been objected to the proposed institution that there were already baths in the me tropolis which "the poor could use at a small ex pense. But it was not the object of the society to make large public baths, but such as each man could use by himself, and in private, with an unlimited sup ply of hot and cold water—(Hear, hear)—as was the case in Liverpool.—( Rear.) This was not to be re garded in the light of a luxury, but of a necessary refreshment, which could not be dispensed with.— (Hear.) The next object was the formation of public wash-houses. In reference to this part of the subject, he would observe that the crowded and unwholesome state of the dwellings of the poor was admitted. No w he would remind those who possessed property in this great City, and who were engaged in the honourable and lucrative pursuit of commerce, that every im provement in the streets increased the wretchedness of the poor.— (Hear, hear.) In St. Giles's many thou sands had been displaced by the recent improvements, and these were driven t o increase the overcrowded population of the poorer districts—(Hear, hear) — therefore those who took pride in the improvement of the external appearance of the metropolis, were bound to do something towards alleviating the evils which those improvements brought upon the poor.—(Hear, hear.) A few years ago, a benevolent nobleman, Lord Sandon, employed per sons to visit the wealthy parish of St. t4-eorge's, Hanover-square, and it was found that there were in that seat of opulence 929 families living in one room for each family; and he himself knew of 64 indi viduals of 16 families, occupying one house of 16 rooms, in the City.—(Hear.) In Whitechapel and Bethnal-green the case was worse. Not only was it impossible, under such circumstances, that the mother of a family could properly attend to the washing of the clothing, but whatever washing was done in the crowded room must be attended with injury to the health of the poor inmates, by the damp which it occasioned. Besides, he had the testimony of medical gentlemen, that the difficulty of obtaining water was such, that the clothes were washed in filthy water, and with substitutes for .soap which c ou ld no t b e mentioned in that meeting. Would it net be an incal culable benefit to those people to provide them with the means of well washing and drying their clothes at a small expense ?—(Hear.) It was said the women would do mishief to one another when they met at the public wash-house. But the experience at Liverpool proved that they were too much occu pied to do so ; and even if they did talk over their grievances, he, for one, could see no harm in that.— (Cheers and laughter.) After some further observe. aons of the same tendency, the Right Rev. Prelate concluded, amidst much applause, by moving the resolution. Mr. BYNG, M.P. for Middlesex, who was greeted with repeated cheers, seconded the resolution. He said, that a few weeks ago, when he was absent from town, he received a letter, signed " W. C.," and from the good sense and good feeling with which the letter appealed to him, he ventured to take upon himself toseni the answer to the Governor of the Bank of England, and to tell him how happy he should be to join in the many good works o'f this noble City— (Cheers)—which he had always looked upon as the first in the world. Therefore he determined to appear there that day, not thinking that he was to have the happiness of seconding the resolution. This was .a blessed City, and it was promoted by the Almighty above all other cities, who favoured men and institu tions according to their good works.—(Hear, hear.) Having, for a greater number of years than any other person, had the honour of representing the county of Middlesex, which included London, h e owed a large debt to the City, and he hoped the vernor of the Bank would allow him "to subscribe in the amount to which his fifty-four years' Parlia mentary connexion entitled him.—(Cheers.) Mr.'GREoG begged leave to state, before the reso lution was passed, that he had erected baths . for the use of the poor in St. Luke's parish, at an expense of 1,000/.—(Hear, hear.) The resolution was carried untsnimously. THAMES POLICE. Yesterday, Mr. Sharpe, proprietor of the North Briton public-house, Stepney, appeared to answer the charge of permitting riotous and disorderly conduct in his house. A woman of the town, whose name our reporter did not catch, deposed that she was in the house when a scuffle took place. A man named Miles insulted another named Andrews very much, and then a scuffle ensued in front of the bar. There were four rounds, after which some per son asked was not that enough ? to which Miles answered, " No." They then set to again, when Miles fell and cut his head. The landlord was inside the bar. Some persons, and among others the witness, tried to go inside the bar, but the landlord pushed them out. lie objected to their fighting, and said, " We'll have no more of this." He did not come between them, having enough to do to keep the people from the bar. Mr. Pelham, for the defence, said the North Briton was what is commonly called a night-house, and was open to an early hour in the morning for the purpose of affor3ing refreshments to persons frequenting the Pavi lion Theatre, the principal place of amusement to those residing at the eastern end of the metropolis. It could not be expected that persons frequenting the bar of such an establishment should be the most respectable, but for a house of the kind the landlord had, for a considerable time, conducted it in a highly creditable manner. The parlour was frequented by gentlemen and tradesmen for the purpose of social entertainment. (Some of whom he called to speak to the transaction, and to show that the defendant did all be could to check the disturbance.) After hearing them, Mr. BALLANTINE said, that though well disposed to make every allowance for that kind of house, it was clear that a serious disturbance had taken place. There were prostitutes and other disorderly persons at the bar, in addition to which a man had been seriously wounded, and none of the respectable tradesmen and gentlemen looked after him, a poor wretched prostitute being the only person who looked after him, by going fur a cab and taking him under her care to the hospital. He would mark his sense of the proceeding by inflicting the highest penalty, namely 51. The - defendaitt, through Mr. Pelham, gave notice of appeal. Mr. John William Gray, plumber in the Commercial road, was charged with assaulting a lad named Christo pher James Lewis, who had been bound to him from the parish of Limehouse. Lewis stated, that on Monday last his master charged him with idleness, and took up a rope, with which he beat him in a most cruel manner. His back was sore ever since. Douglas, the warrant officer, examined the boy's back, which was nearly black all over. His arms were also black, and he seemed to have been punished cruelly. Daniel Murphy, in the employment of the defendant, said the boy was idle and negligent. He was sent with a mesaage on the previous Tuesday, and stayed away so long that he was fined 2a., being at the rate of 3d. an hour. The lad said he was ill and obliged to go home. He had already suffered for his illness by the tine. Murphy added, that besides being idle and negligent, he was also very insolent. Mr. BALLANTINE said that did not warrant such ex treme ill-usage. It was evident that the boy had been very cruelly beaten, and the defendant must pay a fine of 40s. The money was instantly paid. SURREY QUARTER SESSIONS. KINGSTON, Oct. 16. (Before E. PENHRYN, Esq., Chairman; J. TROTTER, Esq., B. lawns, Esq., M.P., Colonel CHAU-. LONER, T. PUCKLE, Esq., &c.) The Court this day proceeded to hear applications for licenses for music and dancing. Mr. WALLINGER made an application on behalf of Mr. Joseph Key, of the Southampton Railway Ta vern, at the Kingston station, for a license to have music and dancing at that establishment. The ap plication was signed by the churchwardens and parish officers, and there was no opposition to it by any party. The license was accordingly granted. Mr. LOCKE applied for a renewal of the license for Vauxhall Gardens in the name of William Fowler.— Granted. The licenses for the Bower Saloon, the St. Helena Gardens, Rotherhithe, and the Castle Hotel, Rich mond, were also renewed without any observation. An application was then made by Mr. Richard Preece, of the Grapes, Great Suffolk-street, for a license to have music and dancing. Mr. Knapp and Mr. Corner supported the applica tion, and it was opposed by Mr. Striven. Mr. KNAPP, in support of the application, put in a memorial, signed by the churchwardens, overseers, and guardians of the poor of Southwark, testifying to the respectability of the applicant, and the excellent manner in which his house had been conducted. There were also the signatures of 286 persons of respectability residing in the immediate neighbour hood, all of whom expressed their opinion that if the license was granted, it would be the means of afford ing innocent recreation to the poorer inhabitants of the neighbourhood. The Learned Counsel, in the course of his address, said that the application had been made last year, and was refused, but he trusted that on the present occasion it would be more suc cessful. Mr. Knight was then called to prove the signatures to the petition. He said that he was himself formerly a member of the Board of Guardians, and that during the time he had known Mr. Preece the house had always been very respectably condu c t e d. Cross-examined—Witness had been to the per formances at the applicant's house three times. The words " Grand Harmonic Hall" were written over the door. He was not aware that the condition upon which Mr. Preece received his spirit license on the last occasion was, that he should take down a stage that was erected, and discontinue the perform ances in his house. He believed that money was taken at the doors. There was a stage at present in the room, and persons danced and sang upon it. Threepence was the sum charged for admission, and the performers were dressed in the same way as they were at the theatres. Re-examined—He never saw any indecent con duct, and the style of dancing was not a bit more in decent than might be seen at the Opera.—(A laugh.) Mr. Yates, an inspector of the metropolitan police, deposed that the house in question had been conducted AFFECTING STORY. At the Maidstone Petty Sessions, Snrah Greengrove, a girl about fifteen years of age, was charged with steal. ing ten turnips, value 4d., the property of Mr. Charles Frederick Baxter. James Smith, a man in the employ of Mr. Baxter, stated, that on going into the field yesterday (Tuesday) morning, about six o'clock, he observed the prisoner pulling turnips ; he went up to her, when sho dropped them and walked away, but was apprehended in the course of the morning. The girl denied taking ten, but stated that she had come from Marden that morning, where she had been hopping, and being very hungry and thirsty, went into the field and drew four turnips. Mr. ELLis said, there was no direct evidence of her having taken ten turnips, but from her own admission she had taken four under the circumstances stated. It did not appear that she was one of those that had com mitted depredations there before, and he should leave it for Mr. Baxter to use his own discretion in going any further with the case. _ Mr. Baxter said he wished to press the case, as he had lost a great many turnips, and he had been subject to several severe depredations lately on his farm. Mr. ELLIS thought this a very different case to that of an old offender. Mr. Baxter said they had a gr ea t diffi cu l ty i n catch i ng them, and ho was determined to make an example of the first one. Mr. ELLis regretted very much that his appeal to Mr. Baxter had no effect, for he felt e x t reme l y sorry to b e obliged to send her to prison ; but as Mr. Baxter seemed determined to press the charge they had no alternative but to do that. She was then sentenced to pay 4d., the value of the turnips, 3s. 6d. costs, and 6d. penalty. Prisoner said she had no money, and was ordered to sit down. Shortly after a boy entered the Court, crying bitterly, and on going towards the bench said that he had taken his shoes from off his feet and pawned them to pay for his sister. He then gave the money to the magistrates' clerk, Mr. Case, and the girl was discharged. We understand that the money was refunded to the boy, and he immediately went to redeem his shoes. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals—Symmetry, Maekwood, from Ceylon, in the Downs, sailed July 6, St. Helena Aug. 30 • Hindoo, Granberg, from China, i n th e D owns , sailed June 7, Batavia July 20, bound to Amsterdam ; Achilles, Nicholas, from Ichaboe, at Plymouth ; Curlew, M`Lean, from Algoa Bay, off Penzance, sailed July 16, St, Helena August 9 ; Kent, from the South Seas, in the Downs ; Pera, from Ichaboe, at Liverpool, sailed Aug. 17 ; Harriet, from Ichaboe, at Cork ; Cecilia, Burrell, from Port Philip, in the River, sailed June 4 ; J ane Geary, Birnie, from Mauritius, in the Downs, sailed off Margate, He ie na u June 26, St. H e l ena A ug . 9 ; Frances Anne, Wardle, from Arrivals Singapore , at St. saailliefelaxJ, Aug. 26, fromune 2, St. Hel ena Aug. 24 ; M onarc h , B oot h , f ro m Bombay, at Liverpo o l, sailed May 29, S t. H e l ena A ug , 16. Ichaboe, and sailed 27th ; her Majesty's ship Hyacinth, 270, from the coast of Africa ; Letitia, 28th, from Cal cutta ; Barossa, from Batavia • Buenos Ayrian, f rom Calcutta ; John Calvin, 28th, irom Bombay, and sailed 20th to London ; Berkshire, 29th, from Bombay ; Sphynx, 30th, from Ichaboe. Departures from St. Helena—Her Majesty's steamer Hydra, Aug. 26, to Ascension ; Bangalore, 26th, t o London ; Virginia, to Gett,enburg ; Charles, 28th, to Plymouth ; Unity, to Departure from Batavia—Royal Tar, July 18, to Cowes. Arrival at Madeira—Tasmania, Black, Sept. 24, from Woolwich, and sailed on the 27th to Hobart Town, Arrival at Melbourne, Port Philip—Ellen, Wilson, May 27th, from Hobart Town.—The Isabella, Hardie, for London and Leith, to sail June 10 ; Sea Queen, f or Liverpool, June 30. Long- OlNT nyleyli,oryjawgAya'te [ADVERTISEMBNT.]—AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFI DAVIT MADE BEFORE THE LORD MAYOR CONCERNING A M SU E R N P T RI A S N IN D G pCILLURsEI Ditton, made an affidavit before the Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house, on the 14th instant, to _Efl it E m C e T s ED sta ß the purport that be bad been upon crutches, and bad for two years, with 26 holes in one leg . and 14 in the other ; that he had been into two hospitals and got no relief ; and that, after every other means had failed, he had been radically cured by "Holloway's Ointment and Pills." Sold at the Establishment of Professor Holloway, 244, Strand (where advice may be bad gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of medicine throughout the civilised world. , SUNDAY TRAVELLING.—That it should be a day of greater leisure than other days, and of the suspension, so far as it m a y b e, of the co mmon business of life, I quite allow ; but then I believe that I should have much greater indulgence for recreation on a Sunday than you might have ; and, if the railway enables the people in the great town to get out into the country on the Sun day, I should think it a very g rea t good.—Dr. Arnold, " 7 • • • - The Rev. Archdeacon WILBERFORCE, in quent speech, whi c h was much applauded, 111°‘.,10 second resolution, the effect of which was, tbatt it desirable to extend the benefits of the instita all parts of the metropolis. e Lord D. C. ST U ART, who was also Leoro applauded, seconded the resolution, w hich was c as the former. lia tit On the motion of the Rev. Archd eacon s2conded by Sir G. LARPUNT, a c om mittee sti: pointed to carry the previous resolutions into ero Thanks were then voted to the Lord gaP' the meeting separated. • ........ UNIVERSITY INTELaCriII UNIVERSITY OF LONDOD4. 13" EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF LOR OF ARTS.-184 4 . FIRST DIVISION. • Barker, Thomas Witham, Spring Hill College. Beovor, Thomas, University. Blount, Henry Joseph, St. Gregory's, Downside. Cahill, Patrick, Carlow. Cooke, Charles, Stonyhurst. Creak, Albert, Spring Hill. Dolan, Lawrence John Baptist, St. Edmund s ' ' Edger, Samuel, Stepney. Field, Leonard, University. Hall, Thomas, University. Hercy, Thomas Joseph,-S . t: Paul's, Prior Per k ' Hutton ' Joseph Henry ' Lijilv ersity. "Jtts-el, Edward; University. Kelly; Joseph Aug u sti ne , St': ' Y Mar 's, °sca t- , Lockwood, John, Rotherham:. Martin, James, Stepney: Reynolds, Henry Robert, University. Rymer, Frederic, St. Ed mun d' s , Ware. i f Sweeney; ~Tames, St. Gregory's, Downside. , V6llis, Joseph, Baptist, Bristol. Wright, John, Manchester.. • - SECOND DIVISION. • Anderson, John, University. - Gifford, Joseph, Baptist, Bristol. Lewis, Walter Clapham, University. Russell, Charles Joseph Stewart, University. Sherlock, Peter, Stonyhurst. Smith, Philip Anstie, Bristol. Spicer, Thomas Trevethan, University. Sutton, Stephen Brain, University. Young, Cuthbert George, Spring Bill. MORTALITY in tile METR°p Oi lug The following are the res u lt s o f , 6 A Table of to in the Metropolis, showing the Number of, l) ,„ r Ba dAY all Causes registered in the Week ending 3 . „ l— tbe 12th of October, 1844." The T4ble is issued fro m of the Registrar-General:— AS P CAUSES OF DEATH. • . • Epidemic, Endemic and Contagious Diseases 29 i, l ! Diseases of variable / or , uncertain} seat 124 1/ ‘ Diseases of the'.Bram, Nerves, and Senses 162 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of 282 291 91 Respiration Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 3l Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion- • 53 Diseases of the Ktlneys, &c 7 17 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c....... - 4 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles... Diseases of the Skin, &c - 57 1 #. Old Age,ror, Natural Decay - • m By Violence, Privation, or Int em p erance ••• 15 n Causes specified 1017 9s j Deaths from all Causes ...... DEATHS FROM THE PRINCIPAL DISEASES 1N ,,,, t/ OP - f d THE ABOVE HEADS. we e, ~ glf ) 0 4 of l ' i' 14 1 5 4 7 9 55 Total. Consumption 132 Scarlatina lO2 Pneumonia. Dropsy ..... ..... Hooping Cough Typhus Small Pox Disease of the Heart Measles Apoplexy Diseases of the Brain.. Diarrhcea.. Sudden Deaths DISTRICTS 36 30 West North.. Central. East ... . South... 144 196 • 194 241 . 243 Total .... ...........1018 Baron de•Nieurnann, Austrian Minister, tram,; business yesterday at the Foreign-office. o il) MRS.TROLLOP E 'S N Ew NoyEL, " Y° 1356 e str ° If there is a subject that recommends itself nle thor,li and more immediat e ly t o t h e f e eli ngs than a n° a f in ,j that which Mrs. Trollope lizs made chni,F e forthcoming novel, bearing the 'attractive til' e „ ° ,. o duei Love." 'We learn that in this work she lui s u r n - e r story in which she has c on t ras t e d, in f l her se.'? be expected from her inti ma t e knowledge ,-a ~,L e ag,, self-denying and purely id ea l aff e ction 01 , - apii " perfectly uns o phi s ti ca t e d g i r l, w h o has r a - , - , l ecntri in the seclusion o f a coun t ry h ouse, w ith the ,001; and heartless pas s i on o f Loudon beauty, "'";ipat`' ceived all the honours, an d en d ure d a ll th e aisla• to attendant upon a long succe s si on o f seaso ns The work is stated to be a t ruer p i cture of fa s r e" sf' life at the present day than has issued from th e , r„. 0 0`.. a long time, - ; and to contai n some cur i ous reve'3't specting ladies of high rank, which have hith er.° carefully kept behind th e curta in . re:e ;: v ST. ANDREW'S—CHAIR OF .--- "" HUMANITY den death of the late Dr. Gill es pi e h a ving ~e iverf vacancy in the Chair of Hu m an i ty in the of St. Andrew's, the important, duty devolc : patron, the Duk e o f Portland, of appnii' 4 7oe v i cessor A number of distinguished teacho' f . p n acknowl&igd talents and acquirements, and s , X sional experience, offered themselves as candidster, among these, the patron. has selected Wm. PYl ic o ci who, for many Years; liar beam oLe of the able3t 3 b . e, Y I ; successful teachers in the High Se t liool of Edinbur!,; 6 0 y scholar and 'an instructor of yoiith, Mr. PYP er ili as. t y are appreciated and acknowledged as univer s3 . o ,o private ch arac t er i s es t eeme d. With the val .l oo i terns of education, whether in this country 0 r Continent ; and with the best methods of tetur ti ol know him t o b e intimately acquainted. In a practical kno w l e d ge o f th e G ree k an d R o man u`v d to , 0 : has few equals ; but his knowledge is not confu le 4lt guages, it is general, diversified by a wide t ort; study, combined with a sound judgment, and n 3 ',de 9 4 ,' the successful labours of a distinguished ° t i l e ; 0 0 career. Whoever takes the trouble to peruse . r er o d menials given in his favour, by professors. c' e ir t srj schoolmasters, and indeed by the whole body ° f men ill every department of literature in Seou 4 ,', e o:l satisfy himself that his high claims have nc' t :ice„o aggerated, and that the noble patron of the CD" not have made a better selection. His a ppeinl e e flects credit not less upon hims laboured, and elf than upon he re) tution where he has so long e vi digb;''' merits as a teacher were fullytdeveloped.- - i' e p Advertiser. 00" 0 10 It may be in the recollection o f our readers tio the same day, in March la s t y ear , on which t i.ac: 3 o ' t and Elizabeth, of this port, was lost at the Co the harbour, when all on boa r d p er i s h e d, the e re ' 0 0 ,0 Norwegian schooner was r escue d f rom th e san le to, the life-boat, manned by twel ve seamen belongLedsl7 place, who received 6L for their exertions from i oti re boat Association. • It gives us now gr eat P le :0 11e learn that the Swedish and N orwegia n G e— t bis, 6 ' ' have instructed Robert Millar, E sq ., C on sul fe r , % , e 7 4 trict, to repay the 61. to the ass oc i a tion, and 211 most generously awarded one hund re d dollars kl. fr -Ir to be divided equally among the crew of the ' 1 Li It is gratifying to have to record such liberahri:s o ;oo part of the Government of Kin g O scar , whose °` er iro'i , jects expose their lives so f ear l ess ly f or the Pres_, of others along the d angerous coas t o f Norwa y rose Review. , BIRTHS. , On the 10th inst., at Wellington-terrace, St Johdr 0 1 MTilLstone, Mrs. of a son. cY , On thr 13th A. A S IC.es wi 1 lie ic. _ inst., a, Jt. John's Parsonage, , of' wife of the Rev. Frederic Myers, of a son. ail"' On the 14th inst., at He Mnii.John S. Tan c l - of J , daughter. On the 14th inst., at the Cir cus , G reenw i c h, the ' Wife a ,' C. Templer, Esq., of a daughter. Wilit°' r On the 14th inst., the wife of Jolui Meadows ~ill' Lee, Kent, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., in Gordon-place, Mrs. Sadle r ; of ii ' born daughter. Out " On the 15th inst., at Kensington, th e w ife of Ar c. ,,0 .e..sts" burton, Esq., of a dau g hte r . On the 15th inst., Mrs. John Vickers of Ston el ,Il Southwark, of a son. lady of I°ll On the 15th inst, at Lave n d er -hill, the la-J .0. Gurney, Es.,h inst., at Clapham of a daughter. On the I q st New-park, the la d ' Laurence, Esq., of a daught er . • e ARR. - •0 0 On the Bth inst.; at S t. Mary lED, Islington, Char. 1 e 3 s Clgri ill Esq., of h er M a j es t y ' s C us t oms, to ' J u li a Sophia lif, niece of P. Squires, Esq., Mulbarton Hall, Norfolk-, AO , Itl On the 12th i ns t., at St. M ary Abb o tt' s , Kensine, tl B. Rix, Es q ., of Matching, Essex, ,to Laura A n t Y Y daughter of the lat e W. B on d, E sq ., o f Ashford, gen,,re,Nr, On the 14th i ns t., a t S t. G eorge ' s, Hanover-sq l ,"; r oi,' Hayman, E sq ; t o Henrietta Maria," eldest clang,'" e lO Rodwell. of New Bod- street. cv..94' On the 15th inst., n at St. Pancras Church, the 13 it, May, of Hanw e ll, t o Ell en, d aug h ter of I saac Seabr° ° .it of On gßeent-square. lo p to the 15th inst., at St. Mary's Church, F i L s Pi t h e 't4 William Boothby, Bart., of Ashbourn Hall, Der''} islis'e Louisa Cranstoun, relict of the late John Alexander Esq., of the Ist Life Guards. col'f,ll DIE On the 14th i ns t., i n Chapel-street, Bilgrave-sq ua , r , c ;rP' , Sir Samuel G or d on Hi gg i ns, K .C.H., Equerr y to - e 5 Highness the Duchess of Gloucester. : • t i s° On the 21st of September, at Madeira, Lie d u a t :f 3 c l ld• i i ll: Gordon Caulfeild, eldest son f Major-General Ca ~ter of On the llth inst ., at Brighton, MissPohie, ac late James Dobie, Esq., solicitor, London. JO On the 11th inst., at Upper Tulse - bill, iVilliaill si i, Esq , aged 75. 10 511 On the 12th inst., at Kingston-upon-Hull, John 3 4e.. Esq., late of h e inst Essex. ," On the 13th inst., at Hastings, John Frcslon, th e : 10130 son of Mr. John Bunton, of High Holboin• pg. On the 13th inst., at Hinxworth, Herts, the of Lafont, Rector of the above. er , St lif On the 14th inst., Jane Theophil a , wife of '''°', iste Nunn, Esq., surgeon, of Colchester. ' -„ , o f the On the 14th inst., at Walworth, Ant, re" e ".6. Mr. Edward Edwards, of G rea t St. Helm's, aged u ; ° 1 t - i -- Aly,,p — r n l Loniion: Printed and Publi e hea . u..—d TO 1 0 % 11 0 No. 112, Strand, Printer, a t Th e Sun Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, ill tile 4 Middlesex, Tuesday, October 17,1844. 4 11 t AT stn N te • Ny betel are REAI " ter gums ; 11 er e , Bonds, t est Warra int! 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