The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-24 00:00:00

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Ilia ' ; Royal Highness the Duke D'Aiiiniae, left St. Th e on Ounday, f ur E u. C aptain Monit eur Parisien says :—" It is announced that to P t t h e 4in &eat, Gov e r nor o f t h e M arquesas , i s p r omoted grade of Commander of the Legion of Honour." M 4ll e, trial of M. de Montmorency, Prince de Robecq, ond o d istribution of seditious emblems, came on on n rii) _aY, before the Court of Assize of the Seine. The pr g ee de Robecq was defended by M. Berryer. The .. "el ltion was conducted by the Avocat-General. It theproved that there had been seized at the house of toble defendant, busts of the Duke de Bordeaux, la e b tk'ks containing entries, showing that these em- G e ' n 's of sedition, as they were styled - by the _Avoca.t ti had been distributed and sold. M. Berryer denied that there was anything political in the affa 7,6 serted, that the society was purely one of charity. b ou _jur, after deliberating only five minutes, pro- T red a verdict of acquittal. a dire new suspension -bridge over the Seine, by which of ct co mmunication is established between the town hikers, b enbl, and the communes of Colorabe and Gene e„. was opened to the public on Sunday with great in it e h in "Y, by the Prefect of the Seine and the other „.orities of the department. /I _ he i nauguration of the church of St. Vincent do took place on Mond a y morn i ng . At half-past Zen a r rti a large body o f th e c l ergy assem bl e d i n t h e Pl ace th e Y et te, and went i n process i on to t h e c h urc h, w h ere Archbishop of Pude immediately proceeded to the consecration Th e L • *to yens mail was overturned on the 16th instant, ta est e n i n _ b g down the Platrieres, near Aix. The horses it j, s aw ay, and the carriage acquired :nth velocity that T he ungovernable and felt into a ditch. _ -k_tie rank of officer of the Legion of Honour has been ye...infered' on the Abbi Coquerea, canon of St. Denis, e l 7 l _ o went out as chaplain to the squadron under the ln i rnand of the Prince de Joinville. rlonel 'hullo, Aid-de-camp to the Duke d'Aumale, In ade known to the Director of the Museutn at .I,firiseilles, to be communicated to that at Paris, that the r r i „ has sent a leopard and a male and female lion Lae Garden of Plants. The leopard is on board the li s e, and is expected from day to day to arrive at r4eille The lions were left at Bona, in care of Gene ral Randon, who will send them over by the first ePPortunit Teee journal des Chemins de Fer states that the works 4 ' f th e rail roa d from Avignon to Marseilles are being bared with such activity, that the line will in all pro y be ope ne d much sooner than was at f i rst e i pecte d. the Echo d'Alais informs us that great damage was e Gin that department last week by heavy rains. At Plet F ltn de Courbe, on the railroad, there was a com ,olnee Inundation • several of the rails were loosened, and Th ° l the work's on the line seriously injured. vete C onstitutionn e l states that the appointment of M. n 0 ;certain, Lessens as Consul-General at Alexandria is ;certain, and that he will soon proceed to his post. p t • Mitchell, th e di rector o f t h e approac hi ng English Th' ert oaeces in P ar i s , h as arr i ve d to ma k e the necessary 411 g e alente for the season, which commences at the atre Italien about the 20th of the ensuing month. thr'ebe Piedmontese Gazette, of the 15th, states that the o n t e e _ s bary shocks of earthquakes were felt at Dumonte do." 13, b, but it does not appear that any damage was done hy them. q0:„ Ille of the Madrid papers mention that the Spanish t o —r nment intends to send an order to England I*(s the ,iet4struction of three steamers and three sailing ships. et ters from C ordova of the 11t h i ns t. men tion that a q e ,landed p ropr i etor in the ne i gh b our h oo d o f Euente et II " , in the Quebr a d as , had been carried off by a troop lide ste, ra who demanded 50,000 reels ransom. The to h e or Wav arro , and seven other brigands, were said the authors of this act of violence. 7..8.107 AND POLXCZ. The lien. William Ross Touchet, who some months i i ? zeverely wounded Mr. Thomas Smith, the proa lpetor or a shootince-gallery, in Holborn, by firing.. 4 11 1 ° _ 1 at him, was tried at the Central Criminal Court 4entutte on the ground of insanity. t o ll b the I,Tedw'CourtGeorge Oberhouser, ther a fo r r tie s l t e e s a , li t n h g e IN S. of Chinese blue, value 61., and o ee l) , Nt k r tY of Messrs. De la Rue and others, his employers, eui sen tenced to be kept to hard lab our for six calendar At oa lging in t h e Guildhall Isaac Higgs, aged 1, paper-stainer, rbbght L Upper Ground-street, Lambeth, was b t Alderman Wilson, charged with committing Ivh o w ruerous assault on Robert Collins , a City policeman, tii 4tit Mon duty in St. Paul's Churchyard, on Sunday havi • The prisoner tripped u p thepothlieceheamadn, untiland h o h thrown him down beat him about . `' ll .,.Pit, i l t eseless. Ile was fully committed, and the City r was d' ected to prosecute. 4 IT s urgeo n 7t o Lewis, the wifeof C M o r n . d 3 u . i L t- e st w r i ee s, t, ve w te a r s ina r r e y . 14 1 , anded f • d Lamb's -yard, , standef_re.4l. Clerkenwell, charged with stabbing her with a fork. B idin `‘""n - squar e , William Hunt, a watchmaker, re..- i e.gai r at 67, Lower Sloane-street, was charged with il tel.,l"Yol3reapwaniril.ig two watches, which had been given to was sentenced to pay the sum of 6 1. , , i , value of the watches, and 51. penalty for the illega l as locke ug, and in default be committed three months. lle Ca p ta in s William Breeden, wail charged, at Marlbo entie. street with having committed an assault n a atr e , t tntt l named Falconer, living Isa r k• 'tile complainant walking along the Hay at No. 7, Wilto n-i r ese . t, about tvrelve o'clock at night, when he suddenly a tc :'_',°d a blow on his body from the defendant, who was stranger to him. A witness stated that ho had Y 'watched the defendant, who, as he passed to o kb' s no street, menaced persons with his cane, but ho likei Specia l care to avoid any man whose bulk appeared finelftnuseeell.l.re retaliation.. Mr . . Maltby inflicted the full At 2 two months' imprisonment. of X e inea-hall, George Henry Brenton, an apothecary, re„er%Pcrt-street, Lambeth-walk, was brought up for death of charged with assaulting and causing the result -• ,Larv, his wife, and again remanded, until the A lad the in' quest should be known. milt ed f aged fifteen, named Edwin Franks, was corn • tutti n rkial Wandsworth, upon a charge of feloniously . the ethg,,,ad wou nding_Charles Wheeler, a coal-porter, in °14 1 7 0 1 41 °f liarvey, a coal-merchant, in Clapham eeet, or • The prisoner had thrown a stone at the pro . - ' W hich had laid his eve open and smashed his ltttese ides,:vous:son Til° 1) 43u.1t7r----rjs.sl""llugito arrive at 4 Dilley / / li ke of Wellington is- expected Of a m 'ue royal banquet on the occasion of the op Monday next, from WalonerCast e le n , in t g o at the ~..eastOew, Royal Exchnge. His Grace's party w 1 'llealde Countess Powlett, Lord and Lady d Ch: ir s . . Al kere,:"„ t ue Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot, and h 11 ureville. anti t e ,P ti ke and Duchess of Leinster, and Lord O n to ; la a , '"Y Jane Fitzgerald, arrived at Carton Honse,... n., and Dot Ireland, on Monday . week, from the. 1-1 ,..! : obi dukes" of Bedford's seat, in Bedfordshir E e. dm The /tte hai since gone on a visit to Mr. 1 onnell 1 T h ~ , at Glenarm Castle. , itMat Nri s ,„ ° -uuchess of Northumberland and Miss Percy, Elehr,ttn,t Ossuiston, Lord and Lady Prudhoe, Lord Si r "' tne llon. Henry Liddell, M.P., and Miss Liddell, nd White and Lady Ridley, Sir Charles . a sna G ay 4°11 4, the He, . Cantain Grey, Lady Georgi d abotrYe%)Mr. IL Ilinde n , M:P., and Mrs. Hinde, an si ons ,--50 of the local:gentry, were present at the ses ef x u l_li at Alnwick on Thursday . last. .The Duke hon:tirtureberland was prevented by indispositionfrom Lorttilnßrtnhe gay scene by his presence . . • , qr a t to _ 13 ugham, who arrived at his residence in in tend u-street, on Tuesday night, from Brougham 1 t o .s to leave town on Saturday for Paris, on his way Learn e d estate in the south of France. The Noble and a4 c' r ti leci 14 ' 1 ' 4 Purposes to return to this country by tn , r ,ng af Parliament. t r , ue , Duke of Norfolk will entertain the Arundel Wed- The ,' 'lluea trps of Yeomanry Cavalry at dinner, next W d t.,Ny, Arundel. n..Ple Marquis of Anglesey and ILady Adelaide Paget t‘) . ""Ted at H ichinbroke, near Huntingdon, on Saturday, (I , v isit the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, and on Mo n n_-_- itn Y d left for Dow nham Hall, Suffolk, on a visit tod.Lstirnd ttlish.eacilyeirWefe r h o e vv re l . ett, who are entertaining a ' inn The --ii, M ar quis and M arc hi oness o f Cl anr i car d e, family, Maple' a at ti l ‘ le Earl of Uxbridge and Ladies Paget have arrived Bruin seat in Hertfordshire, from Gordon Castle, North den so where the Noble Earl and daughters have ,t.',',l,Rojourning some time with the Duke and Duche itaehmond. The ttr , E arl and Countess of Westmorelita e ' ned to town from Orleans House, Twickenham, where MA Y ha ve have r _ orcile:refircrhitiiitg:hstt.aying with the Earl and Countess of kt, ° , lll ngton. The Earl and Countess leave for Berlin in fr, ountess of Jersey comes to town on Saturday, expressly to be present at the entertain. in tha tc, be given on Monday next at the Royal Ex tni..nge. The Ladies Clementina and Adele Villiers rp , in at Brighton. rtkeLord Adolphus Fitzclarenco has arrived at his apart etF, in St. James's Palace, from Cowes, Isle of Wight. rtL ILSVNIZZaLINTIOiIni. So rn , w . 1 _, weelcs since William Howlett, an aged labourer, P ilt i i ; cla ila r rg v ed , at the Hatlington Petty Sessions, by Mr. L air ' 'nag Keen, farmer, of Chinner, with having gleaned p en k y i nt of beans, his property, of the value of one The bench expressed their disapprobation of and left it to stand over till the next. sessions, , e tng that Air. Keen would not pursue it. At the next , t ;''lns the c4rge was renewed, and the old man was th r :mitted to Oxford gaol for trial at the sessions. At to sessions on Tuesday, the Chairman, in his address tke tne grand jury, said " he was sorry to see the case in ,i ,easlenda ; and they ignored the bill. rice t week, a girl, named Martha David, in the ser te(' of Mr. Thomas, of Walton West, in Pembrokeshire, atirdie.ertook, for a Willing wager, to carry a quantity of . A Y, ot the enormous weight of 5001b5., a distance of Y Yards which she a ccomp li s h e d , w i thout being in the I N , t distr ssed. A,, T . e ; annual meeting of the West Surrey Agricultural q"; a " e4 i ` at t ion, took place on Tuesday, at the Red Lion, 414:1 ` n g , J. M. Molyneux took the chair. There were, 11 1.'0 present Mr. Trotter, M.P. ; Mr. Mangles, ""-- k , ..'.. ; Mc.ssrs.- Drummond, Leach, Currie, Lieut. Ward, l' " 1 •; the Rev. Mr. Boys, and a number of other gen ;,92len. of the neighbourhood and nearly 200 of the "'itinciPal farmers belonging to this division of the county. " •° " 1( laY, pursuant to a requisition to the High Con- LONDONn THURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 24 1f144, COURT CIRCULAR. Wispson, `WEDNESDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed walk this afternoon in the slopes. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken their usual airing in the course of the day. The Earl and Countess of Westmoreland arrived at the Castle in the afternoon, on a visit to her Ma jesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, the Countess Wratislaw, and Colonel Knollys, joined the royal dinner circle at the Castle this evening. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards wore in at tendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended at the Castle, and performed the remainder of the evening. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday morning from his seat, Beechworth House, Surrey. The Right Hon. Gentleman had an inter view with Sir James Graham. _ _ A deputation, consisting of • Messrs. Leadbetter, Miller, and Bannatyne, the chairman, engineer, end solicitor of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway, on the subject of that railway ; a depu tation, consisting of Messrs. Learmouth, Miller, and Bannatyne, the chairman, engineer, and solicitor of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, on the subject of the proposed branch to Stirling, and on the subject of the Caledonian and Scottish Central Railway, as competing lines to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, and its proposed branches; a de putation from the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, on the subject of their pro posed branches to Barrhead, Mauchline, and Cum noch ; and a deputation from the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and -Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, and Ayr Railway Company, on the subject of a proposed line to connect these railways, and also communicating with the harbour of Glasgow, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Mr. Higham, Secretary and Comptroller to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and Captain Boldero, had interviews with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. OPENING OF THE ROYAL EXCIIANGE. The members of the Corporation who are to take part in the procession have been allotted their respective places in it, and Sir Peter Laurie is to have the control of the procession, It will he formed as follows : Police officers on horseback. State carriages of the Sheriffs. Carriages of the Aldermen. State carriage of the Lord Mayor, The two City Marshals mounted. 12 members of the Common Council in their mazarine gowns on horseback, and with an attendant. Sheriffs Sidney and Hunter in their scarlet gowns and chains on horseback, each attended by a sergeant and a groora. The Aldermen in their scarlet gowns, those past the chair in their chains, on horseback, each attended by a beadle , and a groom, placed as follows :-- Mr. Alderman Hooper Sir George Carroll Mr. Alderman Johnson Mr. Alderman Wood Mr. Alderman Farchrother Sir P. Laurie _ Sir J. Key, Bart. Sir C. S. Hunter, Bart. Mr. Alderman Lucas Mr. Alderman Gibbs The Common Crycr on horse- The Sword bearer on horse back, carrying the back, bearing the cap City mace of maintenance. The LORD MAYOR, _ _ . in a crimson velvet robe and collar of S S, on horseback, and bearing the City sword of state, attended by three footmen in liveries. His Lordship will immediately precede HER MAJESTY. The joint Committee of the Corporation and of the Mercers' Company, attended by Mr. Tite, the architect of the new Royal Exchange, were engaged at Mercers'- hall up to a late hour last evening, in arranging tho ne cessary preliminaries for the reception of her Majesty. It is understood, however, that considerable difference of opinion existed among them with respect to several im portant details connected with that event, and the bal lotting glasses wero on several points called into requisi tion. The tesselated pavement in the centre of the grand quadrangle was yesterday completed. All ob structions necessary to the completion of the works were entirely removed from the portico and the vicinity of the grand western entrance of the Exchange, and already workmen have commenced the arrangement of the tables and chairs for the dejeuner, and which continued to arrive in van loads throughout the day . The order issued is for the accommodation of 1,500 persons. The pavement on the northern side *or the Exchange, facing Bartholomew-lane, is now completed, and Cornhill, which has been for some time blocked up for the pur pose of laying down the wood paving, was yesterday thrown open to the public. Now that the whole of the scaffolding and other obstructions are cleared away, the .plendid encaustic painting of the Merchants'-walk ap pears to great advantage, and gives to the entire build ing a light and very pleasing effect. The great gallery erected on the summit of the Bank of England, for the accommodation of the Directors and their friends to witness the reception of her Majesty on her arrival, was yesterday covered in with a thick roofing of tarpauling, and is fast approaching completion. It is understood that it will be fitted up with drapery, and will present a very pleasing appearance. The galleries around St. Paul's Churchyard, and all the other places along the lino of route, are also rapidly progressing, and great pre parations aro now manifesting themselves for an illumi nation in honour of the event. It is now arranged that the horses on which the Aldermen and the members of the Gresham Committee arc to rids in the procession will be supplied from the Royal Artillery. The Subscription-room of Lloyd's, in which, as we have previously stated, the royal entertainment is to take place, is in a very . forward state, most of the tem porary decorations having been finished. It is now in tended to have four tables, instead of three, as was at first contemplated, in addition to that at which the Queen and Prince Albert are to partake of the dejeuner. The south end of the banquetting-room has been hung with crimson draperies, festooned at the top in graceful folds. There is an enormous mirror, and the royal arms sur mount it, denoting the place at which her Majesty is to preside at the festive table. On each side of the large looking-glass it is proposed to have the British standard and ensigns. The royal table at the south end of the room is to be on a raised flooring, so that her Majesty, and the distinguished personages selected for the honour of meeting the Sovereign at luncheon, shall be so situated as to command an uninterrupted view of the room when the whole of the company have assembled, for it is determined there is not to bo a throne or canopy in that room, but merely two gilt state chairs for the Queen and her Royal Consort. The dais, or raised flooring, is to be covered with rich carpeting, the room to be covered generally by a less costly material. The library, or reading-room, is to be appropriated as an au dience chamber or throne-room, in which her Majesty is o receive the City address. BRIGHTON. WEDNESDAY.—We understand that Sir James Graham intends shortly to take a house here, near to tho resi dence of Sir R. Peel, in Eastern-terrace. Lady ll°!land, Sir Thomas: Fremantle, the Dowager Lady Brownlow, and Lord Aylesford, are also shortly expected for the winter. Lord Aylesford has taken a house, and Lady Holland is in treaty for one. Lord and Lady Francis Egerton will take their departure from Brighton on Monday next, and Baron Gurney, who has been staying for the last six weeks on the Marine Parade, will leave for town in a day or two. Chief Justice D oherty,i who has been staying for the last fortnight at the Norfork Hotel, has taken the Regency Ilouse. Lady Mary Leslie, and Sir Edward and Lady Knatch bull, arrived yesterday at the Norfolk Hotel. The Marchioness Wellesley is staying at the Albion Hotel, and the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, at the Bristol HoteL Lord and Lady Bridport and Mr. and Mrs. Sergeant Channell are also at the Albion Hotel. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's have arrived in Kemp Town. The Dowager Countess of Chichester has arrived in Regency- square, where Lady Longford is expected in the course of the week. The Dowager Lack Longford is also shortly expected, to pass the winter in Brighton. Lord and Lady C. Paulet left Regency-square yesterday, fur their seat, Wellesbourne, Stratford-upon-Avon. The Countess of Cardigan returned from Franco last Thursday, via Dieppe and Brighton, by the General Steam Navigation Company's packet the Menai. On the following day, the Company's packet, the Magnet, brought over from Dieppe about sixty passengers, in cluding Count Montholon, who lvas taken prisoner with Prince Napoleon, but who was included in the amnesty reoenty granted by Louis Phillippe. The Count is stay ing at Brighton. The Magnet-returned from Dieppe this morning with about sixty passengers, among whom were Sir Charles Duff Gordon. Sir William do Bathe has also returned from the Continent. MARRIAGE IN limit Lun.—Yestorday, at St. George's, Ilanover-square, was solemnised the marriage of Captain the Ilonourablo Robert Edward Boyle, second surviving son of the Earl of Cork and Orrery, with Miss Georgiana Robarts, youngest daughter of Abraham Robarts, Esq., a well-known banker. The ceremony was a very gay one, a largo number of the friends of both families attending the happy pair to the altar. The service was performed by the lion. and Rev. Richard Boyle, Rector of Marston, Somerset ; and, at its con clusion, the parties retired to the vestry, to sign the register, Lord Fitzroy Somerset bring ono of the wit nesses. Th o bride, who has not yet attained her twen tieth year, was attired very richly, and being exceedingly beautiful, attracted much attention. After the cere mou, a numerous circle of friends partook of a defamer at 3lr. Rnbarts's residence, in Hill-street, Berkeley ' squara. Vie bride anti bridegroom left town during the afternoon. The arrangement is at length completed between M. Laurent and Jullien for the opening of the prome nade eoneerts at Covent Garden. They will commence on the 15th of November, and positively close on the 15th of December. Aftt r that period dramatic perform ances will be attempted. We believe a foreign company is already engaged. OPENING OF THE BELGIAN CHAMBERS, SPEECH OF THE KING. The following appeared, only in part of our im- . pression of yesterday : On Tuesday his Nftie4y . ,the Kinkel ( the ,Belgians opened the.parliainentary session for 1844-45. The Rue Royale and the Rue Ducal° were lined with detachments of the civic guards, infantry and ca • vairy, and with a few troops of the line. The Queen, accompanied by the two young Princes (the Duke of Brabant and the Count of Flanders), arrived at the Palais de la Nation (the Parliament house) about one o'clock, and was shortly after wards followed by the King on horseback, who was dressed in the uniform of an Officer- eneral of the Civic Guard, and accompanied by ieutenant-General D'Hane, by the General-in- Chief of the Civic Guard, by the military Governor of Brussels, and by a numerous staff. The escort was composed of half a squadron of the Regiment des Guides, and a squadron of the Civic Guard on horse back. The space near the Parliament-house was occupied by a company of 'artillery of the Civic Guard. Their Majesties were respectively received with marked respect throughout their passage to the Palais de la Nation. A discharge of artillery an-, flounced their departure from the royal residence. 'The following is a translation of the speech delivered by his Majesty:— GENTLEMEN, —I have anticipated the ordinary epoch of your session. I was desirous of enabling you to vote the budgets before the commencement of the year to which they apply, and to complete the exa-' rnination of several Bills which you have already dis cussed. You meet under auspicious circumstances. I con gratulate myself on , the sentiments of cordiality and reciprocal confidence which prevail in our relations with the various Powers. In the preceding session you decided on the conclu sions arrived at by the committee for judicial investiga tion (enguete) appointed four years ago. The law which you voted will occupy an important place in our national legislation. The commercial suggestions which you forwarded to the Government have been the object of my most serious attention; some of them I have realised. The measures which I thought necessary to take will be submitted to you; I doubt not tkat they will obtain your approbation. By the aid of the commercial policy which you have sanctioned, I have concluded with the German Zollverein (Association Allemande des douanes), a treaty of navigation and commerce, which secures our mutual interests. The examination of this treaty will be the object of your first deliberations. By a recent convention, the postal communications between Belgium and Great Britain have been regu lated on a basis at once more extended and more fa vourable to commerce. The charge on letters has been reduced, and special advantages have been stipu. lated for the transmission of foreign correspondence.— (Expedition des Correspondances Etrangem.) A broad and liberal entrepot system, combined with new facilities of transit, will be likely to assist in the development of our international relations. A Bill having this object in view will be presented to you. It will also remain for you to consider other measures likely to increase our distant con nexions and exports. The harvest, which caused some momentary alarm, has turned out satisfactory; no exceptional measure appears necessary. The Provincial Councils have con tinued their deliberations on the measures to be adopted for clearing the uncultivated parts of our territory ; it will be soon possible to determine what assistance is to be required from the legislative power. Some improvements have been made in the course of the Mouse, the Government introducing some also with respect to the other rivers of the country. The important works undertaken in the Campine and in the Flanders continue to be actively pursued. The increase of traffic on the railway, and of the receipts, has surpassed expectation. This state of affairs may become even more prosperous by perfect ing the conditions of circulation, which the incomplete state of the lines and of the stations renders difficult and expensive. The re-organisation of modes of carriage, irre spective of the railway, is also an urgent subject for consideration. A law relating to the remuneration of the members of the judicial order has been presented to you. The state of our finances removes all necessity for adjourn .. . ing the discussion of that law, the propriety of which you will acknowledge with me. The government of the prisons has already under gone some useful modifications, and I am desirous that additional measures shall be taken to complete them. The benevolent institutions have not failed to re ceive a portion of my solicitude. My Government is resolved to introduce into them all the ameliorations which humanity claims. Your aid will, on this occasion, be requested in an especial manner towards the reform of the establish ments for the insane. Some propositions will be laid before you to cor rect the vices and to fill up the gaps (lacunes) which experience has brought to light in certain portions of legislation. Thus will the revision of the codes which has been prescribed by the constitution be gra dually effected. The army, that essential element of our national existence, commands all our solicitude. I am delighted to be able to acknowledge that it shows itself deserving of it by its devotedness, its discipline, and the excellent spirit which animates it. It remains for you to decide upon the Bill which has been already laid beforo you, the details of which are so important for its organisation (that of the army). _ Some change in the laws relating to the militia have become necessary ; they will be proposed to you simultaneously with a new law on the organisation of the Civio Guard. y t successfully,Yu to ni Thanks to the consolidati on o f ou r credit, the Governmentand without powers allnwed ac it co t r o de n d ffe b e shock (sceousse) two grand financial operations ; their results have been the reduction of the and of the capital of the public debt. You will join with me in congratulations that the expenditure has been made to balance with the re ceipts ; the beneficial results for the treasury of the last loan, and of the conversion of the rent, the in crease in the receipts of the railway, and of several branches of public revenue, have contributed to facilitate this happy equilibrium. Some efforts, nevertheless, are necessary to cover the new expenses which the public interest may re quire, and by a permanent excess of revenue to a rrive successively at the extinction of the floating debt, and the creation of a reserve fund. You will assist me t o attain this object, which a prudent foresight renders obligatory on us to pursue. Gals TLEMEN,—The country may have confidenee in itself. Its elements of moral activity and material prosperity are freely developing themselves. I doubt not that this favourable situation will be strengthened and completed by the support which the Government will find in your patriotism and loyal concurrence. Shortly after the Speech was delivered, her Ma jesty and the young Princes left the House, and proceeded to the Palace by the Rue Royale. In a few minutes after their arrival they presented them selves in the balcony in front of the Palace, and waited there till the King had returned from the Parliament. His Majesty entered the Palace for a few minutes, and shortly afterwards returned on horseback to the open space in front of the Palace, and reviewed the whole of - the Civic Guard, who defiled before him. Ho was saluted repeatedly with cries of Vice le Roi which he frequently acknowledged by lifting off his hat. The Volunteer Regiment, who occupied the posts of honour, displayed their flag, which they bore at the time of the revolution. NEWPORT, MONMOUTINUIRE.—(From 8 COlTCS pondent.)—We feel great pleasure in announcing that the Lords of her Majesty's Treasury have been phased to raise this port from a sixth to a fifth class port, and also to sanction an additional number of officers, in consequence of the very great increase in the general trade of the port ; and we have every reason to believe that should the trade increase as it has of late, we shall soon have to announce that Newport has been raised a class higher in the classification of ports. A new lino of railroad is n a ow in contemplation froin this town to ront-y-pool nn ; the surveyorp are daily surveying the pro posed line. IRELAND. SUBSCRIPTION •FOR FATHER MATHEW. DUBLIN, OCT. 22.—A very- creditable movement has commenced to relieve Father Mathew from the p, - cuniary enabarmesmente produced by his sacrifices in promoting the cause of temperance. Lord Cluncurry has just forwarded 50/. as his sub . scription. - The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains a list of subscriptions, including 1001. from the Earl of Arundel and Surrey ; 20/. from G. S. Kendrick, Esq., West Bromwich, Birmingham; 51. ss. from J. S. Buck ingham, Esq.; 51. from Mr. Gore Jones, stipendiary magistrate, Thurles ; and 10!. from Messrs. J. and E. Grundy, Bury, Lancashire. Amongst the contri butors in this list are two English clergymen of the Established Church, and an Irish Unitarian clergy man, the Rev. J. Vixon Porter, of Carrickfergus. The Temperance Societies in Cork, and other parts of the south, are making arrangements to co-operate in the good work. Before many weeks, a fund amply sufficient to rescue the Rev. Mr. Mathew from his pecuniary en gagements will have been obtained. SEIZURE FOR MINISTER'S MONEY. The following notification has been served upon Mr. Fitzsimons, upon whom a seizure had been made by the bailiffs of Archdeacon Torrcns : " Take notice--That the following articles dis trained for minister's money—viz., six chairs—will be sold at the public auction-room 14, Dame-street, on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1844, for the said tax. " W. ADAMS, Collector. "'l'o MrcVitzsimons, 17, Rath/nines-snail." Thus Archdeacon Torrens has determined to push matters - to 'extremities, in the attempt to entorce tithes in the most obnoxious form, in the rural district of Rathmines. When the appeal against the Archdeacon's appoint ment had been before the Privy Council, one of the c items disallowed was 18s., the annual tax, demanded for a house then in progress of building, for the future residence of the parish priest find his curates'. , The house not been roofed at the time, the Privy Council compelled Archdeacon Torrens to delay his claim for minister's money, as against the Catholic clergy, at least until the house should be in tenant able order.— Dublin Evening Post. FATHER' MATHEW. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Observing the statement in the public papers relative to the pecuniary circumstances of the Rev. Theobald Mathew, I beg to inform you that the Committee of this Society have instituted the neces sary inquiries into the subject ; and, should the re ports be correct, and Mr. Mathew be willing to re ceive any assistance, the Committee feel assured that the public will most cheerfully afford such aid as the case may require. Mr. Mathew has hitherto refused to allow any so cieties or individuals to contribute to his vast expenses, from a fear of injuring the cause in which he has so long and so disinterestedly laboured; and if he should now find it impossible to proceed without such aid, I trust the English nation will avail themselves of the opportunity of showing their respect for this real be nefactor of Ireland. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, THEODORE COMPTON, Sec. The National Temperance Society, 39, Moorgate-street, Oct. 22. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times " Sir,--Perceiving from a letter in your journal of to-day that the National 'temperance Society has ap pointed a committee to inquire into the alleged pecu niary embarrassments of Father Mathew, arising from his great expenditure in promotion of temperance, you will, perhaps; permit me to save the time of such inquiry, and the consequent delay of the requisite relief, by giving you the strongest proof of the reality of the case, in a letter I have this morning received from Father Mathew himself, as I felt it my duty, on first hearing of his embarrassments, to write to him on the subject, enclosing some trifling aid, as the direct transmission of such assistance as can be given is generally more acceptable than the dilatory and expensive process of committees and public meetings, though both may be useful. " Your publication of his letter in your extensively circulated journal will bring his case more speedily and more effectively before the eyes of thousands than any other channel of communication ; and I can bear my personal testimony, from intimate acquaintance and co-operation with this excellent man, as to his conduct being as pure and disinterested as that of any philanthropist who ctm be named.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM. " 13, George-street, Hanover-square, Oct. 23." " Cork, Oct. 20. "My dear Mr. Buckingham,--4 am fully aware of the many claims upon your benevolence, and deeply regret that my embarrassments have added to them. It was after much importunity and with great reluctance that I consented to have my pecuniary difficulties made public by the Rev. Mr. Ilineks, the .editor of the Inquirer. It is unnecessary in writing to you to vindicate myself from the charge of impru denco—you well 'know the unavoidable expenditure attendant on a great popular movement. With the exception of 1001. sent to me some years ago by the Marquis of Lansdowne, I never received aid from any one. " A report, propagated by the antagonists of tem- , penance, of my having amassed wealth, increased the calls upon me, and, I must confess, prompted me to exceed my resources to rebut the calumny. " I had, it is true, large sums of money offered to me whilst I was in England, but I wished to act in dependently, and refused them. . " Accept, dear Mr. Buckingham, my grateful ac knowledgment of your gift, and have the kindness to add to the many obligations you have already con ferred by explaining to my friends how free I am from any imputation of either prodigality or avarice. " All my own private resources have • been ex hausted. I have drawn to a large amount upon my brothers, and all this to promote that sacred cause to whose success I have devoted, my existence. " To your good and amiable lady, to my dear Leicester, and every member of your family, I pre sent my affectionate remembrance, and with fervent prayers for your happiness, I am, with profound re spect, dear Mr. Buckingham, yours gratefully and devotedly, " THEOBALD MATHEW." MORE COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS. NEWCASTLE :UPON-TYNE, TUESDAY. Another explosion of fire-damp—so frequent in this district—occurred last night at Wallsend. The explosion took place in a drift at the end of a " board," on the underviewer going in to examine the workings. It ap pears the board had been carried forward to a dyke or trouble, the stratum of coal rising at this part some feet, and the drift was made by excavating the roof, to reach and continue the seam of coal The underviewer going in with a candle, the gas fired, and he and another party were severely burnt, but no other injury took place. On Wednesday last another accident occurred at lletton Colliery, and, indeed, explosions aro almost of daily occurrence, though rarely so fatal as that at Haswell. CALAMITOUS EXPLOSION AT ROWLEY REGIS. ELEVEN LIVES LOST. Oa Saturday last a most calamitous explosion of fire damp took place in a coal-pit belonging to Mr. Darby, at the Five Ways, Rowley Regis. The number of persons at work in the pit at the timo of the explosion is under stood to have been seventeen or eighteen, and of these, wo lament to state, no lees than eleven have fallen vic tims to this lamentable occurrence. Immediately after the explosin, the effects of which were perceived for some distance, the most active measures were takem to afford assistance to such of the workmen in the pit as might be alive,*and six of them wore as soon as possible„extricated from their perilous situation. In a short Limo the bodies of eight workmen also were got out, those of three others being 1, ft in the pit in consequence of the foulness of the air. The six poor fellows who were got out alive aro sli more or lees injured, but not, we are happy to state, to such a degree as to endanger their lives. The awful extent of this calamity has occasioned a most mournful feeling throughout the neighbourhood.— Wolverhampton Chronicle. LANDSLIP. TIIREATENED• DANGER OF TIIB CUSTOM-HOUSE.—One of the consequences of the storm which visited Dublin on this night week, has been a land-slip between the south front of our beautiful, but neatly useless, Custom-house, and the river. The first appearance of the occurrence was noticed on the morn ing of Thursday last, when a sinking of the earth was observed between the carriage-way and the granite wall with which the quay is faced. Since then a gradual de pression and loosening of the earth has been going on ; but early this morning a rent took place, and the earth sank in some plaCes, and disappeared in others, to the extent, in one instance, of full twenty feet. The line of quay along which the rent has taken place is about 170 yards, and compriseaan extent of bank exceeding the whole area of the south front of the entrance, with its noble portico and ponderous dome, and the water of the river is now only some twenty feet from the flagway at the base of the-Custom-house. The wall still stands cut, with the water at both sides of it ; but it is thought that the subsidence of the very high tide to-day will sweep it out in the river, although it is strongly 'mopped, and lighters are busily engaged in emptying stuff against it, in order to support it against the power of the back water.—Pilot. TIIB WRECK OF THE SLOOP JANn WASKIL Or BELFAST.—We regret to learn that this vessel, was driven ashore at Annal on during the gale of the filt h ult., has become a total wreck. She was laden with freestone, flagging, and salt, and was on her way from R unco rn to Dublin. The master, John We.ls,.h,w. was also the owner, has w ritten a letter to us, e,,p,essmg th e deep gratitude he feels to T ord Newry and Morne for the kind interest he ev inced in his behalf since the wrvck of his vessel. He mentions that at the auction of the materials on the 12th ult., a great portion of them was purchased by his Lordship with the - view of do pc ,. s i ng of them again to better ayiyantgzo in behalf of the owher. add 9 that he, experienced' frothing hut sympathy an d hindiiess in the neighbourhood.-IY9rtitern w4 39, LORD STANLEY'S SPEECH AT LIVERPOOL. +,,.,.. (From the Times.) The debates of the agricultural societies have been enlivened by a speech from Lard Stanley. Matters were certainly getting uncommonly prosaic—flat and dull indeed were the orations delivered to the best prize servant—or over the broadest backed bull, or the most unnaturally-magnified potato; and the dis sertations upon the social causes and conditions of falling rents and ill-farmed lands were becoming daily more humdrum and more monotonous. Into the midst of these common-places Lord Stanley has descended like a living man into a company of dummies, and has astonished the good people of Liverpool with a real bona fide extempore harangue. We publish his Lordship's address in another part of our impression of this morning. He has not, indeed, been able to make that which' was old itself new again, or to tell us much on the worn-out subjects of which he treats, which all the world did not know before. But he has washed the faces of all the old musty " association" topics, bur nished them all up, and set them all going again with renewed life and vigour. On the rather tender question of improvements, for instance, Lord Stanley breaks into the following graphic reproduction of a very well-established though, like most others, also a double-edged truth : " Some of the old farmers in this country—l mean the real old claws—(A laugh)—shrug their shoulders and say, What is the need of all this stir about im provement, and limiting the land grow so much more ?' 13y-the-by, it is not so much making it grow more, as snaking it grow different crops—making it grow wheat instead - Of weeds.—(Hear.) 13ut some say, ' What is the use of all this? It is not a question for the farmer. We shall only have our rents increased the more productive the land is.' " If the " real old farmer" were to use such an ar gument as this with respect to improvements in the cultivation, or any expenditure for increasing the fer 'tility of the land, made at his landlord's expense, and the increased annual return of which, for however short a time it should last, would he manifestly and .palpably pro tanto an advantage to himself; or, even were the argument used with respect to aimprove ments" to be effected by the tenant at his own expense, and were it also used without reference to the proba bility, or improbability, of the capital expended being again recovered before the anticipated rise in the rent—then, or in either of these cases, we should cer tainly be very much disposed to answer the " real old farmer" as Lord Stanley does : " Such an argument, allow me to say, is the climax of absurdity. 'lo use a very common phrase, it is ' cutting off one's own nose to spite one's face.' Why should I undertake an improvement because my land lord will benefit by it,' appears to me a very incon clusive and absurd argument. lam not here to dis pute the fact, that every improvement in value, every addition by science to the productive power of the land, everything which adds to its fertility, must in the long run be an advantage to those in whom the fee simple is vested.—(llear.) But the question is, at the same time that it is an advantage to the land lord, is it not also an advantage to the farmer who occupies the land, and makes his livelihood out of it ? I ask no man to undertake an improvement if his own good sense does not lead him to do it. I ask no man to apply any improved mode of cultivation if it does not appear that his own individual advantage would be promoted by so doing ; but when farmers argue that because at the expiration of their tenantcy their rents may be increased, it is not worth while to adopt improvements, I must say they take a very short sighted view of their own interests, and must think their landlords very great fools and blockheads." • But if the capital laid out is to be wholly the capi tal of the tenant, it is, of course, also manifest, not withstanding Lord Stanley's undoubtedly just reply to the opponents of improvement, that it is unfair to call upon the tenant to begin paying to the owner of the soil his per centage on the profits of the invest inmit, until the capital is first returned. The matter is, indeed, not very complex, and it is no great task, perhaps, for the united wisdom of an agricultural association to discover what is fair and equitable as between landlord and tenant in the matter of money expended in improvements ; but these are things which it must be admitted, are somehow sometimes for gotten. Lord Stanley has, at all events, the merit Gf being undeniable. "Give your tenants leases, gentle wen, if you persist in expecting any great and per manent improvement of your land' to be undertaken by them ; but if you wish to have your land really productive, and well in your own hands, improve it your selves& and then you can fairly let it:as:you like." "If improvements are to add a permanent value to the land, they ought to be undertaken by the landlord him self, charging on the tenant such an amount of inte restas may repay him for the outlay he has made, and at the same time afford a reasonable profit for the tenant." We have no fault to find, as we have already said, with this'sort of advice, and we only wish that more id this kind of practical inculcation of what is already a great deal better known than acted upon, would find its way into the speeches of the agricultural asso ciations. Lord Stanley. has certainly kept himself safely within the proper limits of his subject. Ile has considered the question before him to be simply what is the best and fairest mode for all parties of gaining legitimately the greatest quantity of produce from 4 given quantity of land. lie has not needlessly travelled into the ulterior questions of the t•ocisl condition of the people, or expatiated upon the political bearings of the associations over which he was presiding. He has simply considered their object to be that of increasing to the uttermost the available power and value of land. Whatever is beyond this, as the political weight, the position, and the happiness of the agricultural popu lation, will of course be influenced by an alteration or increase in this available power ; but Lord Stanley loaves this influence to the indirect operation of that change and improvement, which alone he is directly seeking to make. This is so far well. As far as it goes, it places agricultural associations in certainly a less objec tionable light than heretofore. It excludes, at any rate, the high and sacred social duties which are in volved in the relations of master and servant—rich and :poor—lord and labourer—from the bandying of public meetings, and the machinery of associations. But we doubt whether Lord Stanley's speech is a trustworthy index of the real state of the case ; in fine, that it can hardly be said to represent the senti ments andlprinciples of one single agricultural asso ciation. We shall be truly glad to hnd that we are deceived; but in the meanwhile, and until Lord Stanley's example has been more generally followed, we must be allowed to cherish our own misgiv ings as to the object and spirit of the meeting " agri cultural." stable of Brighton, a public meeting was held in the Town-hall, in order to consider the propriety of peti tioning the Queen in Council for a charter of incorpora tion for the borough. A notice has been served, by order of the Corporation Of the Trinity-house, on Mr. Bush, the projector of the " Light of all Nations," on the Goodwin Sand, respect ing the proposed light. Tho Corporation claim, under the 38th of Elizabeth, the sole right to erect beacons and lights fur the sea, and conclude by giving notice to Mr. Bush, and all persons acting . under him, that the exhibit ing such light is unauthorised and illegal, and they are warned to desist. This notice, it is understood, is a mere assertion of right ; permission, it is added, will be given, for the purposes of carrying the object into effect. Mr. Rook, the composer of the successful opera Amelie; or, Lore Test, is now busily engaged in arranging a new opera, for the purpose,of introducing cm of his most dis • tinomished pupils. The young lady possesses a remark ably fine soprano voice, with considerable professional accomplishments as well as personal attractions, and is likely to be a very successful competitor for public favour. On the Bth instant Miss Bassano made her debut on the Italian stage at Varese, a town within twenty miles of Milan, the autumn residence of the Milan noblesse. The part she selected was that of Amina, in Bellini's La Sonnambulu, and so decided was her success, that she was called no less than twelve times before the cur tain to recelvo the enthusiastic congratulations of tba audience. The borough of Wexford is to be incorporated forth with. The Parliamentary boundaries aro to be the limits, and the town divided into three wards, with two aldermen and six councillors to each ward. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. )EPTFORD CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. TUESDAY. The Great Western Cup, value 3201., for Puppies of 1843. Mr. Gordon's Logic! beat Mr. Ilitchcock's Honesty ; Lord Eglinton's Agitation beat Mr. Palmer's Jim-along- Josey ; Mr. Hole's Taglioni beat Mr. Parkinson's Samp son ; Mr. Lawrence's Linchpin heat Mr. A. Graham's Rougher ; Mr. Biggs's Belvidere beat Mr. Meyrick's Mystery ; Mr. Bagge's Top beat Mr. Bowles's Brummel ; Mr. Fowles's Feathers beat Mr. Naish's Cowslip ; Mr. Miller's Transit beat Capt. Daintree's Kentish Fire; Mr. Rake's Rebecca beat Mr. Agg's Henbane ' • Mr. F. Par kinson's Pirate beat Mr. Dobede's Deptford ; Mr. Wight wick's Wild Roe beat Mr. Branker's Nave ; Capt. Wynd ham's Weberga beat Mr. Tyson's Filagree ; Mr. Foley's Shawnbouya beat Mr. Goodlake's Princess Royal ; Mr. Etwall's Egaliti beat Sir G. Quentin's Lucy Locket. The Fisherton de la Mere Cup of 320 sovs. Mr. W. Etwall's Wild Rose beat Mr. French's Falvey; Mr. Dobede's Dispatch beat Mr. Long's Ceres ; Mr. Par kinson's Sandlark beat Mr. Naith's Cruiskeen ; Mr 13. Smith's Saffron beat Mr. W. Etwall's Witchery ; Mr. A, Graham's Why So beat Capt. Wyndham's Witchcraft; Mr. Biggs's Benevolence beat Mr. Foley's Brocade ; Mr. Fyson's Ferrand beat Mr. Rake's Ruma ; Mr. F. Parkinson's Pioneer beat Mr. French's Fog ' • Mr. Brun ker's Whirlwind beat Mr. Dobede's Davie Deana ; Dr. Curtis's Bostheon beat Mr. Hitchcock's Mignionette; Mr. G. Hodson's Humphrey Clinker beat Mr. Gordon's Ga zelle ; Mr. Palmer's Palestine beat Mr. Hole's Vampire; Mr. Bagge's Traveller beat Mr. Fowles's Fly ; Mr. R. Bagge's Thorn beat Mr. Bowles's Brocade ; Mr. Agg's Nell beat Mr. Long's Sam Slick ; Capt. Daintree's Kotzebue beat Mr. Jones's Perseverance ; Mr. Good lake's Floss beat Mr. Clowes's Countess ; Mr. Etwall's Empress beat Sir G. Quentin's Vesper. . (RECEIVED THIS I)AY.) DEPTFORD INN CHAMPION MEETING. WEDNESDAY. First Ties for Great Western Cup of 320 sovs. Rebecca beat Wave; Feathers beat .Dispatch; Linch pin beat Shambough ; Walberga beat Logic ; Agitation beat Belvidere; Taglioni beat Egalitit; Pirate beat Tran sit; Wild Rose beat Top. First Ties for Fisherton de la Mere Cup. . !Floss beat Sandlark; Whirlwind beat Bosthorn ; Nell beat Saffron; Kotzebue beat Humphrey Clinker; Bene volence beat Thorn •, Empress beat Vampire; Pioneer beat Ferrand; Why So beat Traveller. The Elston Stakes of 80 sovs. Mr. Wightwick's Wizard of the West beat Mr. Et wall's Eu; Mr. Fyson's Flash beat Mr. Bowles's Bald rich; Mr. Clowes's Cataract beat Capt. Wyndham's Wei van hoe ; Mr. W.Etwall's West-End beat Mr. Foley's Imp; Mr. Lawrence's Beau Brummel beat Mr. French's Sam Weller; Mr. Long's Chieftain beat Mr. hake's Ruby; Mr. A. Graham's Notatore beat Mr. Agg's Almaviva; Mr. Fowles's beat Mr. Biggs's Ben-y-Ghlo. The Elston Sakes of 80L, for 16 bitch puppies of 1843. Mr. W. Etwall's Wits'-end beat Mr. Smith's So-so ; Mr. Biggs's Brunette beat Captain Wyndham's Wilhel mine; Mr. Meyrick's Hibernia beat Captain Wyndham's Witchcraft; Mr. Bowles's Blessingten beat Mr. Long's Gipsy; Mr. Fowles's Fancy beat Mr. Rake's Rhoda ; Mr. Parkinson's Souvenir beat Mr. Agg's Allspice ; Mr. Etwall's Entre-nous beat Mr. Foley's Fawn ; Mr. Lawrence's Bawbee beat Mr. French's Fanny. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The Revolt of the Harem, that most successful and splendid of ballets, was revived at this theatre last even ing for the purpose of introducing Mademoiselle Plunkett to a Drury-lane audience, as Zulima. We have frequently had occasion to speak in praise of the choregraphic per formances of this very talented young lady during the course of the two last Italian Opera seasons. Gradually has she been rising in her profession, until she now has obtained a position which has secured to her an Euro pean reputation. But we are much mistaken if Plunkett has even yet reached the height which she is destined to attain. There is a spirit, a neatness, and a precision in her steps, which proves that she is perfect mistress of the mechanical part of her art; but there is also a grace, an abandon, and an enthusiasm, an intellectuality about her style, which shows that she is fully aware that cher ography is merely another phrase of poetry, and that as such it must be studied and developed. If wo mistake not, the time is fast approaching when she will take her rank as a premiere danseuse par excellence. Her first pas last night secured her the favour of the audience, and at its conclusion she was loudly called for to receive their congratulations. From that moment the ballet was for her a succession of triumphs. She was admirably supported by Clara Webster and Montessu. At the fall of the curtain all the three were called for. The Revolt of the Harem has been revived with more than its pris tine splendour, and no doubt it will have a run. DINNER TO CHARLES KEMBLE, ESQ., AT MAN. CHESTER.—On Tuesday evening a dinner was given to this highly-talented gentleman, by a number of directors and other members of the Athenaeum, desirous in this way to mark their respect for him, and their high grati fication at the great intellectual treat which his series of twelve readings of the plays of Shakspeare has afforded to the members generally, and to hundreds of others. About five-and-twenty gentlemen sat down to an excel- Int dinner in the new saloon of the Albion Hotel, under the pre.lidoicy of Mr. T. B. Potter ; Mr. Malcolm Ross was the vice-president. Mr. Kemble sat at the chair man's right ; and amongst the gentlemen present, were Messrs. B. Watley 11+ P. Berlyn, James Edwards, L am pert, C. Duffield, Stern, H. Capes, Alexander Ire land, John Chapm'an, Matthew Curtis, Benjamin Syd dell, James Barton, Thomas Ashton, jun., &c. After the usual loyal toasts, the Chairman proposed " the Health of Charles Kemble, Esq.," in appropriate terms. The toast was received with the greatest enthusiasm, and was responded to in a neat speech, in which Mr. Kemble avowed his deep love fur the drama ; adverted to its influence on the mind, and expressed the gratifica tion lie bad experienced at his reception here, and espe cially at the great attention paid him by the intelligent and discriminating audiences of the Manehester Athe no3um. After a few more toasts and sentiments the party separated, highly delighted with an agreeable, in tellectual, and social evening. BOLTON.—INCENDTARISM.....ATTEMPT TO DESTROY A TIMBER-YARD BY FIRE.—We have already detailed the particulars of a diabolical attempt to destroy the workshop and timber-yard of Mr. Thomas Graham, joiner and builder, Bridge-street, in this town, on the night of Friday, the l lth inst. The fact of the fire being the work of incendiaries was clearly proved by the testimony of a female servant of Mr. Pendlebury, sur geon, who saw two men get over the yard wall just at the time the fire broke out. They ran in the direction of Bark-street, from which there is a road into Deans gate, and shortly after a sawyer, named Richard Leach, was taken into custody on suspicion of having been concerned in the crime, lie having entered the King's Head public-house, with three other sawyers, about a quarter of an hour after the fire was discovered. No evidence, however, could then be found to w ar r ant the magistrate in sending him for trial, and he was con cer - sequently discharge d. Subsequently, howeyer, tain facts were discovered, through the activity of the police, and Leach was again apprehended and brought before the magistrates, at the Borough Court, on Saturday last. The additional evidence was that of Richard Mason, assistant to Mr. John Scowcroft, drug gist, Deansgate, who stated that about a quarter or half past nine o'clock on the night of the fire, the prisoner came to their shop and bought a pint of spirits of tur pentine, which ho put into two pop bottles. He was in his shirt sleeves at the time, and appeared to be in a great hurry. The same fact was also proved by an old man, named Thomas Marsden, who happened to be in the shop at the time. Mr. Mason could not swear psi.- tively to the n o ttles, but ho gave such a description of them, as left doubt upon tho minds of those present that they were the same as they found in the timber yard with turpentine in them. It was ten minutes past eleven o'clock when the two men were seen coming over the wall out of the yard, and the prisoner and thrco other sawyers we nt into the King's Head, in Dean sufficient sgate at twenty-five minutes past eleven, just allowing time to go the distance, The pris oner er was co mmitted for trial at the nex t assizes.—Afanch Guardn. SERVANTS' INsTITUTION.---Yetterclay, special meeting of the supporters of the ß ov e soyleb c one- iety street, was held at the committee-room, Greaar t a ke into considerati on the propriety of granting pen wereps ns re o d uscuecdh tomembers ec a e s s , s t f y r o o m f r ill c e h iv e n l t g h r e o l r i e old age m . White having taken t he chair, resolutiono to effect the object of the meeting were carried unanimously. ted to The report stated that the receipts last year amoun 3801. 2s. Sid., and the expenditure to 8011. Os. 5d., leaving a balance in f avour of the society of 291. 2s. 3id. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and thp meeting separated. Awreir. SUDDEN DEATII.-1111S morning at elei r en o'clock, Mr. James Bennett, managing clerk to Messrs. Yates and Turner, of 24, Great G.eo r g e,street, Wece,st minster, came in his usual hea lth and s p irits to the offi and whilst in the act of speaking to one of the clerks; he fell to the floor, and an effort being made to raise bim he was found insensible and helpless. A messenger was immediately sent for medical aid, and Mr. M`Cann, sur geon, of Parliament-street, promptly attended, and pro nounced him dead. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l observe by an advertisement in the Dublin Evening Mail of the 21st, that the promoters of a rail way, called " The Irish Great Western from Dublin to Galway," haTe discontinued in their new prospectus to publish, amongst the members of their Provisional Com mittee, the names of Andrew IL Lynch, Simon Boileau, William Newcombe, and George M'Bride. Now, as I subscribed to that undertaking partly on the faith of those names I should be glzd to know whether they have, like Sir John Macneil, the celebrated engineer, disclaimed any connection with that company; as, if so, it is essential that any persons who, like myself, have applied for shares upon the faith of those highly re spectable individuals, should be informed at once how the facts are, as otherwise muck mischief and less may arise to innocent and misguided parties. London,. Oct. 23, 1844. FAIR PLAY. I, CORONER'S INQUEST.—.e RIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN THE WEST INDIA DOCKS.—Last evening, Mr. Baker held tin inquest at the London Hospital, on the body of John Phillips, aged 17 years. William Tulley deposed, that deceased was a seaman on board the ship Prince' Albert, lying in the West India Export Dock. On Friday last, deceased went aloft to the main royal mast head, for the purpose of clearing an ensign which had , become entangled in the haulyards. Ile was in the act ST RANGE CASE.—Yesterday an inquest was held of doing so, when the small flagstaff to which the flag on the body of a female child, who had on reaching home was attached, suddenly snapped with deceased's weight, from school, where sbe had appeared perfectly well, been and he fell from the top of the mast to the deck, a height seized with violent vomiting, which' continued for two of upwards of 100 feet. In his fall, be alighted upon hours; and though medical aid was afforded she died another seaman of the vessel, and the latter was thrown next day. On a post ',torten examination it was found with great violence on the deck. Both of the unfortu- that the brain and lungs we re s ufficiently congested to nate men were immeditely picked up, completely insensi- cause death . : no trace of poison could be discovered, ble, the deceased bleeding profusely from a dreadful iho4n from the state of the stomach the surgeon was of wound on his head, and from a severe fracture of the 1 opinion some active poison had been taken. Witnesses right leg, the bone of which was protruding. The other ' were examined at considerable length, including a ser mon had no visible injury. They were promptly con- vent at the school, who stated that one of the scholars eyed to the above hospital, where deceased died on had been in the habi h t a orgiving deceased paints . to play Monday last. The other man was much injuued inter- with, though !lope d been . seen for some time in the child's possession. The jury found that " the death nally, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. Ver. from congestion of the lungs and brain, and diet—" Accidental death." proceedednot from violence." Louis PHILIPPE'S VISIT TO ET4CLAND.—The We learn by letters from Athens that the fate of King, in his late visit to England had made extempore the King of Greece was celebrated with great pomp replies to the corporations of Portsmouth and Windsor; the 30tIr ult. On this occasi M M on . etaxa received the but having learnt that it was customary to communicate Grand Cordonof h 0d t e rer of the Saviour On the before hand in writing the royal words addressed to the sth inst. the Kin and Queen left the . Lord Mayor of the City of London, ho said, laughing,. capital to make a tour of leasure g RuthT " This time I shall act as a Constitutional Bing; let M. p .in lid. Their Majesties were to Guizot write my answer." The Minister of Foreign pass the first night at the Palace of Criscotis, at Calcide, Affairs set to work, and then gave the answer to M. de and then proceed to visit Thebes, in Livadia, the Straits Jarnac to translate. The nwrceau being finished it was of Thermopylm, and the fortress of Zeituni, on the pass s ent to the ICing , who re q uested Queen Victoria to frontier. On their return, they were tothrough peruse it and give him her opinion (.f it, Iler Majesty the mountains of Helicon and Pernassus, touch at Va approved of the speech, observing only that there were 1 nitza and Missolonghi, and return to Athens on the some words in it that were not quite English. She. then 17th or 18th. The ' tool; up her pen, and herself corrected it. The King was horseback. General whale journey was to be made on extremely cheerful durinc , his passage from Dover 'the Grivas came out of quarantine on Calais. Covered with Macintosh,a ' he hummed a song to 6th, and landed at the Piraeus. of M. Vatout deriding such poor passengers CIIESTER.—THE CHEESE FAIR.—At this fair on from sea sickness, What rendered it piquant as suffer , Wednesday, about 250 tons were piled for sale at the M, Guizot was a prey to _the mi ' series . was that 1 Linen Hall, and a larger quantity at the Commercial has ridiculed / t — .3f.vue de Pari s. which M. Vato u t H a 11 than has been seen there on any.lstevious occasion. P This year's cheese, it was generally remarked, is not so ...3IEFFIELD AND MANCIIEST I Directors of this railway have' . dry with the Midland Counties - Manchester and Bi • lease of the above ER tAILWAY.—The i i:erward in ripeness as it should be, a circumstance which come to en arrangement ; la no doubt attributable in some way or other to the Railway Company, and the I ness of the late season. Common qualities met with a Birmingham Railway to be called immediatel ' ' Company, for the I ready sale, but in consequence of the lowness of the line. A meeting of the Proprietors is prices offered, the best. sorts hung heavily on hand. yto confirm the terms which have Prices ranged from 455. to 60s. ; in one or two instanoes been agreed upon. i prime lots fetched 635., which was the highest figure els ' tained.—Chester Courant. ty• r e CRIMINAL COURT—. tSTERDAYjiv NE W COUR (Before Mr. Common-Sergemkt Npititi - oxisp.) George Obohoueer was indicted for filohitAit. , int:, at the parish of St. Luke, Old-street, in the county o f Middlesex, on the 25th day of May, 1844, one cask, of the value of 35., and 841bs. of a certain colour called Chinese blue, of the value of Cl., the goods and chattels of Thomas De la Rue and others, to whom he was servant. Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Alfred Fry conducted the pro secution, and Mr. Ballantyne appeared for the.prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON having stated the case, Henry Turner was called and examined by Mr. Fry, and deposed as follows :—I am in the employ of Messrs. Dickinson and Co., wholesale stationers, in the Old Bailey, in the. capacity .of warehouseman. I have seen the prisoner once ; it was at the end of May or in the beginning of June in this year. He brought a cask of colour about that time to Messrs. Dickinson's ware house. I received an invoice with it ; there was a ticket or kind of card on it, marked 65, Old Bailey. I received the cask from the prisoner. I took possession of it, and gave it to our carman to go down to the mills, to Home Park mill, King's Langley. That is one of the mills belonging to Messrs. Dickinson. I wrote Home Park mill "Home P. mill," I think, on the card. The card being afterwards shown to the witness with the writing, he said " that is my handwriting." Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTYNE—I know no• thing of the colour myself. I delivered the invoice to Mr. Patrick. Thomas Patrick called and examined by Mr. Cuing. sox—l am a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Dickinson and Co. On or about the 25th of May last an invoice was presented to me; -I cannot say whether by the por ter or the prisoner. The prisoner was the man who came to the wa.iaihotise. (The invoice was here pro duced by Set:vgriti•Brannan, and handed to witness, who, having. I( at it, said that was the bill of parcels presented to me while the prisoner was in the house.) I paid the prisoner the amount, O. 9s. 6d. The bill underwent the ordeal of being sent down to be examined, and having come back with the signature of the person who received the goods, theamount was paid. _ Cross-examined—Messrs. Dickinson are very large paper manufacturers. lam not in the working depart.. meat, nor do I think there is any one here in that de partment. James Brannan called and examined by Mr. CLARK ' sort---J am the same Brannan who is here so often. I am a sergeant of the G division of police. On Friday, the sth of September last, I went to Messrs. Dick inson's warehouse in the Old Bailey, and there received the bill of parcelsnowput into my hands. In consequence of what I then k arnt I went to the mills of Messrs. Diekin on and Company, at King's Langley, and the servant there pointed out the cask now produced. Inspector Shaekell marked it in my presence. I then took the card now produced from the cask, and also a sample of the blue, and the cask was produced at the next examination or, the following day. Joseph Shackell called, and examined by Mr. FRY—I am an inspector of police. I went with the last witness on the sth of September, in this year, to Messrs. Dick inson's Mill at King's Langley. I marked the cask in his presence, and took a sample from it, which I brought up to town. Mr. Warren De La Rue called, and examined by Mr. CeanxsoN—l am one of the prosecutors—the firm con sists of four persons. lam a member of the Chemical Society. By the COURT—One of the partners is named Thomas, and is my father. By Mr. CLARKSON—The making of coloured papers ii one branch of our trade—it is a chief branch. I have turned my attention to the manufacture of Chinese blue. There are a great many Chinese blues, which all the trade use. I have turned my mind to the manu facture of a superior colour, of a constant tint. It is a great fault with-the common blues that they are not of a constant colour. The Chinese blue I make is manu factured by a process of my own. No one out of my firm has any knowledge of the means by which I make it. In September I received information which induced me to send for the prisoner. He was a grinder, an ink grinder, and confidential storekeeper of colours. The colour is not ground, but he assisted me in making it. In consequence of what I heard I asked him if he had sold ally blue to any person in the trade. He said " No." I asked him if he had sold any to Messrs. Dickinson.. He said, " No." I then asked him whether he had made any blue. He denied having done so. My father was present. I then told ,him we had a person in the next counting-house ho could prove he had sold some. He then admitted he had sold some. He said he had sold some, and made it at home. I then asked him to describe the process by which be had made it, if he made it all, and the quan tities of the materials ho had used ; and he told me the wrong proportions. I asked him the proportions, which he told me, and I wrote them down on this paper (pro ducing it). They are 71bs. of prussiate of potass, Vbs. of copperas, 71bs. of sulphuric acid, one-third of 141bs. of copperas, one-fourth of 141bs. of sulphuric acid, and one-fourth of 1 llbs. of nitrous acid. I also asked him to describe the apparatus he had made it in ; and he de scribed having made use of an iron pot, and a few tubs he had by him. I then asked him, whether any one in the house knew he had made it ? He said, " No." I asked him if his wife knew of it ? He said, "No ;" he made it when she was in bed. And knowing that largo portions of nitrous fume are given on; and it would be impossible for any one in the house not to know it was being made, as it would almost suffocate them, I sent for a policeman, and gave him into custody. I afterwards sent down the officers to King's Langley, to see what he had sold to Messrs. Dickinson. I cannot say the tub produced is our tub, but we have such tubs. I have no doubt that article is my manufacture. According to the account the prisoner gave me, I am sure he could not have made it. By his process it would have seemed green. I have DO doubt the colour produced is mine. Cross-examined: by Mr. 13ALLANTYNE—At the tii d ie questioned the prisoner I wrote the paper I he.-,re just read from. I wrote that very paper. I will allow you to look at it. My father was present at the time. I remembered all these matters at the psAce-court. I told my solicitor of this conversation and also the magistrate, but he stopped Inc. This is the memorandum I made at the time; it has not been touched since, but kept in my pocket-book. The altera tion you mentioa of oil of vitriol for copperas was a mis take—copperas stands for oil of vitriol. It is not the same article, although called copperas in the paper. it was the oil of vitriol. There is no other mistake that I am aware of. Sulphuric acid is mentioned again in the other part of the process ;" it is mentioned in two distinct parts. I can recollect the exact proportions of the materials I use ; but I would not communicate them. I could tell them one after another, if you were to ask me. I have been making this colour about two years. The prisoner knows nothing of the mixing of colours. I have employed him merely as a labourer. He used to assist me, and was always present when I made the colour. There are two things it is composed of he never saw me weigh. The least proportion of sulphuric acid, and nitrous acid.—(The rest of the answer was not given. The question having been ob jected to by the witness's counsel.) We make a cwt. of materials at once. We manufacture it in our own; yard in Bunhill-row. That is where we give off these nitrous fumes. Bunhill-row is a thick densely-populated neigh bourhood with mealy poor people round us. There is no inconvenient result that I know of in the neighbourhood from the making of the colour. It has never been complained of. About 11b. of each of the materials will make 211bs. of the material. We don't sell the blue, we use it simply for the manu facturing of our own paper and cards. We don't part with it to any one. There is one material that is very expensive. The prisoner said he had used 71bs. of it at a time. At first hand it is now Is. 10d„ sometimes 28. 6d. per lb. in large quantities, We do not use a steam-en gine, but make it in large vats and steam pipes. Re-examined by Mr. CLanicsoN—Prisoner was hi our employ and receiving our wages on the 25th of May, and had been for five years. He was a weekly servant, employed from morning till night. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. BALLANTYNE then addressed the jury for the prisoner ; after which The COMMON SERGEANT summed Up. The jury having consulted for about twenty minutes, returned the following verdict :—" Guilty; but we re commend the prisoner to mercy ; and we are of opinion that there is a great want Of caution on the part of Messrs. Dickinson ill purchasing of a common labourer." There was another indictment against the prisoner, which was not pressed. The CommoN ►SERGEANT sentenced him to six months' imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Corree• tion, observing, that had the prisoner not been a fo reigner the punishment would have been much severer.