The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-01 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NE-1 AND Vat Ur Optntott. " Who runs may read." FOR.IZZGYZ, On Sunday Louis Philippe reviewed the troops in the garrison at Paris. He was accompanied by the Duke de Nemours, the Duke de Montpensier, Marshal Soult, and a brilliant staff. The Queen, Princesses, and Court, were also present. Most of the Paris papers notice the meeting of the Missionary Society held at Exeter-hall last week. It, of course, affords the opposition journals little satisfaction. The National, which burlesques the proceedings, calls the President " le sage Calling Eurdley Smith," and the Con stitutionnel simply " Sir Calling- Eardley." The Monitear announces that Admiral Parseval Des chesnes has been nominated a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, and that the three ships of war which were detached from his fleet, and placed under the command of the Prince de Joinville, had been ordered to rejoin the fleet of Admiral Parseval Deschenes immediately. The Constautionuel states that the French Govern ment was resolved to terminate the war with Morocco at any price, and that the Duke of Glucksberg had been furnished with positive instructions to that effect. The private correspondence of the Toulonnais from Algiers, of the 20th of Sept., states that fears are enter tained of an outbreak of the Kabyles on the Tunis fron tiers of Algeria, who, taking advantage of the absence of so large a portion of the army on the frontiers of Mo rocco, begin to threaten the French possessions. The Journ a l of the Two Sicilies of the 17th September has the following paragraph :—" His Excellency the Duke de Montebello, Ambassador of his Majesty the King of th e French at our Court, had the honour to present to his Majesty our King, on the sth, in a private audience, a letter, whereby his august Sovereign demands of his Majesty the hand of her Royal Highness Princess Caroline Augusta of Salerno for his Royal Highness the Puke d'Aumale. Similar letters, containing the same _t_i_einand on the part of her Majesty the Queen of the ;French, were presented on the same day by his Excel leryo their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess ( s e Sa c le an, and to her Royal llighness their daughter. . an announce that the marriage contract has been signed." A. letter fro m the frontier of Italy, published in the d ,turg Ga zette of the 25th, states that t h e D u k e umale's marriage with th e Princess of Salerno will take place in t wo months, and that Austr i a w i ll g i ve her s °Pa Hi ghness a marri age p or tio n of 200,000 florins, ecause her mother is the Emperor's sister. A Madrid letter of the 23d has the subjoined post script :" Two detonations, the cause of which is as yet unknown, have just been h ear d i n th e di rec tio n o f th e Alcala-street. Crowds of people are hastening to the !pot. Unto the moment of closing this letter it has been impossible to procure authentic information as to what is Probably but an accident. This capital is perfectly quiet." We copy the following from the Cologne Gazette of the 27th o f September :—" Frontiers of Turkey, Sept. I G.—There is now no doubt that the revolt of the poli tical convicts of Telaga was produced by despair. When Prince Bubesco arrived, several threw themselves on their knees, imploring mercy. But the Prince repelled them, and even declared to some that they had got off too easily. On this the revolt broke out. Thirteen convicts and five soldiers were killed, and twelve se riously wounded. The fate of the convicts has now be come still worse. They are obliged to paSs their nights in_ the sa l t m i nes. It is said that the Bayard Descheu has made disclosures which will gravely compromise Prince Milosch." MAW .Na POLICE. A meagre shabby-looking fellow, in a dark green coat, who stated his name to be Edward Roberts, was brought before Sir P. Laurie at the Mansion-house, in the custody of John Mitchell, City policeman 579, charged with having stolen a clock, value 41. 10s., in the house of Mr. Simpson, licensed victualler, in Fenchurch street. The prisoner confessed the theft, but as several other clock robberies have been recently committed, Sir Peter remanded him to give time for further inquiries. In the case of Maria King, who was committed for four teen days for breaking windows, Sir Peter said that the prisoner should only have the smallest amount of diet consistent with the preservation of life, as he was deter mined persons should not get fat by window-breaking. At Guildhall, William Ransom, the conductor of one of Meredith's Bayswater omnibuses, was adjudged to be imprisoned for one month for misbehaviour in misdirect ing a lady as to the route of a rival omnibus, lately started by a Mr. Norton, and which there seems to be a combi nation to run off the road. Amongst the charges brought before Mr. Henry at Lambeth -street, was one against a middle-aged female, named Margaret Healey, for stealing a piece of ham of the value of fourteenpence, from the shop-window of Mr. James Jenkins, a cheese monger, in the Mile-end-road. The accused, who, from her address and manners, it was evident had seen better d a y s, d eclared she had committed the act in order to ensure a shelter for the night. She had, she said, been turned out of the workhouse of the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square, about one o'clock on the Saturday, without a single farthing in her possession and after wandering about sh e scarce l y k new w h ere , a n being without the means of p rocur i ng a morse l of bread, or a shelter f o r the ni g ht, s h e h a d, in a moment of despair, determined to commit some act It for whi c h s h e m i g h t b e ta k en i nto custo d y. appeared that the defendant was a well-educated and accomplished woman, and had lived in several families of distinction in the capacity of travelling companion, but that fallirg into poverty, she had been ban died about from the parish-officers of St. George's to the police-officer s of Marlborough street until on one occasion she had fainted in the street from exhaustion. The magistrate directed Cooke, one of the officers, to procure her a decent lodging in the neighbourhood and see that she was provided with what was necessary, while he opened a communication with the parties in whose service she had formerly lived. At the Thames-office, Thomas Sleeman, a wheel wright, and John Sharp, a sackmaker, in the employ of Mr. Wright, coal merchant, at Ratcliff-cross, were brought before Mr. Broderip on a charge of causing the death of a girl named Alan Conolly. The deceased and her sister were stationed near Mr. Wright's coal wharf, each with a basket of fruit before them on the ground, and the prisoners commenced backing a large coal waggon, to which no horses were attached, along a de clivity leading to the wharf. They called out to the girls to get out of the way or they would be run over. The deceased stooped to pick up her basket of fruit, and at the same moment the waggon started down the incline at full speed, and overpowered the men, who were unable to stop it. The wheel caught the deceased, and she was crushed in a frightful manner between the waggon and the post. As there appeared to be no doubt but that the unfortunate occurrence was purely accidental, the prisoners were discharged on entering into their own recognisances to appear on Monday, John Farrell was charged, at Clerkenwell, with cutting and wounding Henry Bar ; and he was further charged, in company with Patrick Burke, John Milen, and Mary Milen, w i t h violently assaulting John Russell, and with assaulting police-constables 275, 398,, and 421 of the N division. It appeared that the defendants, who were all Irish, set upon a young Englishman, name d R usse ll , when Bar, interfering, was knocked dow n an d ki c k e d ; and the police-constables, whointerfered to keep the peace, were also assaulted. Mr. Combes sentenced the priso ners, in default of payment of fines, Farrell to a month's imprisonment, Burk e to t h ree weeke, , and the two - Mile na each to one week's imprisonment in 'the House of Correction. .. John T ulloch was remanded from the Insolvent Court for eight month s , for a vexatious defence to an action. CCralrli--- PiLICEIXONAIESzn. , The Duke of Wellington has signified his present in of of honouring Baron Brunnow with his company at dinner on Thursday next, upon tho occasion of the farewell entertainment in honour of Count Nesselrode, for_v.vheich cards have been issued by his Excellency. from The Duke of Beaufort arrived in town on Saturday e ladnli nton, and on Monday proceeded to the Isle of ;right, where, accompanied i Y et , his Grace will L i 1 his yacht, for the the Marquis of Wor purpose of enjo in go on board new The Earl and Cg a tew days' cruise. twining Lord Frederick of Aboyne have been enter party, at their Gordon Hallyburton, and a select C t seat ill Scotland. 'The Noble Earl and ess gave a grand ball at Aboyne Castle the week before last to Scotland for th their tenantry-, previous to their leaving The Earl ofelf'amilY seat in Huntingdonshire, embroke returns to this country from after nehzats. Paris the week The Earl of Jersey arrived at Osterle Park from d Lady Cleinentin:einShropshire. The Countess r a rk, Villiers arrived at Middleton i a near Bicester, Oxonon Friday, from 'Willey Pa n r The Dowager uetce.rtain ing a succession of visitors, of Bedford has been e during the last mouth, at her romantic seat in Perthshire. The Marquis of J. M. Balfour, Salisbury, who has been visiting Mr. Strathconar l M.P. and Lady Blanche Balfour, at , loss shire, is on his return to Hatfield House. Lord Eli • ot, Lady Jeminiaandthe Hon. Miss Eliot, . and _hiss Lyvon, left his I town last week for Dublin, where eordship will resu h• • duties Secretary me is official as to the Lord L . , Ir. ieutenant of Ireland. lst .d l if Francis Cavendish and Mr. George Cavendish, a visit e Guards, leave town this day for Chatsworth, on ~1. .! to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire. Ills Grace the Duke is nt at of Roxburghe at present Brortnouth on a visit to the Duchess Dowager, previous boner Grace leaving for Bath. Great alterations are tto be made in the interior of the house—so much so that it is not expected that her Grace will be able to re-cceupy it for one year at least. I direct i o n S ELS.Z.Z;EGItt 8. , By direction or the Commission ers o f W oo d s an d summitorests, w orkmen have began t o erect a p i llar upon the ,Ihart,- n of the western p ort i on of Grosvenor-gate, Hyde . llu corner, whi c h i s intended for the reception of an im inated clo c k. The clock will have two dials—viz., one facing Ryde-park, and the other fronting Grosvenor place.. A f urther improvement is in contemplation, that of removing the remainder of the brick wall which is st!inding between A!bert-gate and Kensington, and sub stituting iron palisades. ' Lord Pantnure, father of the Right Hon. Fox Maul?, 11. P., has signified it as his desire to subscribe the muni ficent sum of 500/. towards the triumphal arch proposed to be erected at Dundee, to commemorate the visit of her Ma jesty and h er i llustrious Consort. The loyal inha bitants of that prosperous town have agreed upon an arch, as was the case with the Perth people, when the Queen visited that ancient city in 1842. On S a t urday, Mr. Samuel Gray was, on application tia t he Queen's Beech Ch am b er of Dublin, admitted to bail —the Crown offering no opposition—on finding bail, himself in 1,0001., and two sureties of 2001. each. Upwards of one hundred tons of hay and straw have been shipped from Limerick to Liverpool in the course of last week. The projected railway from Derry to Coleraine in volves the reclamation from the sea of waste land, whose estimated value is 800,0001., which will be double the estimated expense. So great is the demand for Irish railway shares, that tea thousand more than could be given were solicited for the Belfast and Ballimena line. Yesterday, according to annual custom, meetings took place in the various parishes in the metropolis for the purpose of nominating persons to- fill the office of over seers for the year, passing the churchwardens' accounts, and on other parochial business. In St. George the Martyr, Southwark, a long discussion took place. The Bishop of Winchester held his annual visitation, at the Cathedral, on Friday morning. A numerous body of the clergy were present. After the customary sermon a very lengthened charge to the clergy of the diocese was delivered by the Rev. Chancellor Dealtrey. The Government contract for Irish provisions has been taken principally by Limerick houses ; the price is 255. per cwt. for pork, and 245. for beef. The report of an extensive Brevet is again circulated, but we have reason to believe on no good authority. A new regulation respecting the admission of pupils to Eton, and which has been long contemplated, has now been determined upon ; a notice having just been issued by the Rev. Dr. Hawtrey-, the head master, that after Easter next he will not admit any boy to the school who shall have completed his fourteenth year. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—FIRE OF LONDON.—We see that the last six nights of this splendid spectacle are announced. As it will be then taken down to prepare for the new subject of next season, we recom mend all who have not seen it to pay it a visit. RAILWAYS IN CORNWALL.—Considerable excite mment exists in Falmouth, and throughout the county of Cornwall, on the subject of the proposed railway or railways in that district. One party supports the line by Ply mouth, to which, it is said, the Great Western Railway Company will subscribe 150,0001., while another is in favour of a direct line from Exeter to Falmouth, in connexion with the proposed extension of the South. Western Railway. We hope that between the two the county will not suffer.—Railway Record. CITY OP LONDON GENBRAL PENSION SOCIETY.— Yesterday the annual general meeting of the supporters of the above Society, founded for providing permanent relief for decayed artisans, mechanics, manufacturers, tradesmen, and the widows of such persons, was held at the offices in Coleman-street, City. The chair was taken by John Pearson Hayward, Esq. From the re port of the Board of Directors, read by Mr. Richardson, the Secretary, it appeared that since the last anniversary her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge had been added to the list of patronesses. At the date of the pre vious report the number of pensioners on the funds was 59, to which 12 had been added by subsequent elections, and the present numbdr, deducting deaths, sixty. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Bishop of London, Trustees of the Cholmondeley Charity, had presented the Society with 501. ; Mrs. Thwaites, 501. ; the Marquis of Clanricarde,2s/., in addition to a previous donation of 50/. ; the Duke of Buccleucb, 501., his Grace having previously given sums amounting altogether to 1504 The directors continued to receive 101. per annum from the Queen Dowager, and had obtained munificent donations from several persons of distinction, including the Marquis of Bristol, the Earls of Haddington, Cla rendon, and Aberdeen, the Lord Viscount Beresford, &c. The receipts amounted to 1,8201., being 704 more than the previous year, and the expenditure left a balance in favour of the Society of 2691. The officers for the en suing year were then elected, and the meeting separated. THE FOREIGN MAILS.—The following notice was issued yesterday, at the General Post-office, St. Martin's le-Grand, and the branch offices :—" The next mails for Madeira, the West Indies, Mexico, Honduras, Havannah, St. Jago de Cuba, Venezuela, &c., will be made up on Wednesday morning, the 2d of October (to-morrow), and be forwarded by the Dee steamer, via Southampton. For Brazils and Buenos Ayres on the morning of the 2d of October, by Her Majesty's brig Express, via Fal mouth. For Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, and for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, Hong-Kong, and China, on Thursday morning, the 3d of October, by the Oriental steamer, via Southampton. By the overland closed mail to India, &c., via Marseilles, in the evening of the 7th of October. For British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, in the eve ning of the 3d of October, by the Acadia steamer, via Liverpool, Halifax, and Boston. BIRTH EXTRAORDINART.-011 Sunday last, a most extraordinary occurrence took place at the station house, in Bow-street. About half-past eight o'clock in the morning, a female, evidently in an advanced state of pregnancy, was brought to the station-house by two other females, who stated that, expecting she would be taken with the pains of labour, they had brought her there to be safe. She had lived in Vere-street, Clare market, till lately, when she had been turned out of her lodgings, and had since resided with a friend in New castle-court, Strand, but, singular to state under the cir cumstances, had been in the streets, houseless, and a wanderer, the whole of the previous night (Saturday). It being evident that she was near delivery, Mr. Boswood, relieving officer of the Strand Union, was fetched from the Strand Union-office, opposite, and he immediately dispatched a messenger for Mr. Lovett, of Vere street, Clare-market, one of the surgeons of the Strand Union, who promptly came. The end of the matter was that, soon after his arrival, the poor woman was safely de livered of a fine female child in the charge-room of the station 1 Every assistance that could possibly be ren dered to her was afforded by Mr. Sandrock and his wife. At three o'clock in the afternoon she was removed from the novel situation in the charge-room to the Strand Union, a covered stretcher, provided with every com fort, being procured. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS AT WOOLWICH.—Some time since, it was announced that gardens on the plan of the Rosherville Gardens at Gravesend, were to be laid out at Woolwich. The site selected appears cut out by nature for such a purpose. It is the hanging wood, and the deep valley and adjacent grounds directly south of the landing place at Charlton-pier, and is the property of Sir Thomas Wilson. It is proposed to raise 15,0001. for the speculation, in shares of 51. each. DEATH FROM EXCITEMENT AND ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday, at three o'clock, Mr. Higgs held an inquest at the Red Lion, Princess-street, Westminster, on the body of Samuel Cotter, aged forty-four, one of the brokers and appraisers of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. It appeared that deceased resided at 50, Prospect-place, St. George's-road, and for the last three months had been subject to determination of blood to the head, and conse quent cerebral excitement, resulting, according to rumour, from the change in the Insolvent Court effected by Lord Brougham's Bill. On Wednesday morning last the groom of Mr. Colombel, surgeon, of Canterbury-place, Lambeth, found deceased at the back of some stables, in Alfred-place, Hercules-buildings, with a razor in his hand, and bleeding from a wound in the throat. The groom took the razor from him, and having called Mr. Colombel and the police, the wound uas dressed by the former, and by the latter tho de ceased was conveyed to the Westminster Hospital. Mr. Priest, the house surgeon, said deceased was admitted in a state of insensibility, with a wound in the throat four inches long, and a quarter of an inch in depth, dividing the external jugular vein. After some hours he was at tacked by delirium tremens, andcontinued delirious until Friday morning. He then rallied for a few hours, but subsequently sank into a comotose state, and died on Saturday morning. A post niortem examination showed old and recent inflammation of the membranes of the brain, and three ounces and a half of serum and blood effused between the dura mater and the arachnoid mem brane, caused by great excitement. The effusion was the immediate cause of death, but the effusion was acce- lerated by the wound in the throat. 'Verdict, " Died from inflammation of the brain, having, whilst labouring under its effects, inflicted a wound in the throat." RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Last Sunday night, as a gentleman was waiting for the up-train on the Eastern Counties Railway, which arrives at Ponder's-end, be tween eight and nine o'clock P.M., he fell from the plat form at Ponder's-end the moment the train arrived, and would have been killed by the train, which was still on the motion, had he not been caught by two persons, who held him rmly grasped until the engine stopped. Had he made the slightest motion death would have been inevitable. When released from his perilous situation, he was so terrified that he could scarcely speak. He attributed the accident to another gentleman having put his umbrella before him, as he was endeavouring to make his way towards the train as it approached. The treatment which the public experienced by this train on Sunday night was the subject of general complaint. At Waltham-cross it actually went under the bridge, and allowed the passengers, at the risk of their lives (there not being many inches between them, the wall, and the bridge) to get into the carriages the best way they could, without regard to whether they paid first, second, or third-class fares, many of the first being glad to get into the last ; and even this they were compelled to do by climbing over the bolted doors, there being no offi cers to attend them. Along the whole line to London the difficulty increased, and the first and second carriages having been crammed, all were compelled to get into the third-class, so that in ono of them sixty men, women. and children, were jammed together. Upon the ar rival of the train at Shoreditch, those who paid first class fares, and were in the third-class carriages, were com pelled to remain in the open carriages until they were all emptied and their tickets examined. The complaints on all sides were loud and deep. BRIGHTON, MONDAY.--The Prince of Wales and the Princess Alice were taken out in an open barouche this morning by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Her Ladyship gave directions to drive to the Pier, where the clerk of the Pier Company was in attendance to receive their Royal Highnesses. The Prince and his illustrious sister remained on the pier nearly an hour, running about the whole of the time. A great number of per sons were on the cliffs, who appeared much interested with the playfulness of the royal children. Their Royal Highnesses are to leave Brighton on Wednesday after noon by a special train of the London and Brighton Railway Company for New Cross. We are happy to state that their Royal Highnesses continue in excellent health. Sir Robert Peel has been to the Palace to see the royal children. Hops.—The picking will be brought to nearly a close this evening throughout this district. The crop is mostly equal to anticipation, in some cases it has fallen short; it is everywhere a top crop. The size of the fruit is small, but the quality good. The weather for the gathering has been, like that of the corn harvest, re markably propitious. The district duty is estimated at 17,000/.; the general duty at 130,0001. — Hereford Times. John Richardson, of Gateshead Fell, lately took from his garden a stalk of potatoes having at the roots thirty-one large potatoes, and being of the uncommon weight of Bilbs.—Aewcastle Journal. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. THE CESAREWITCH STAKES. 6to 1 agst Duke of Portland's Souvenir f—t. freely 11 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's The Brewer 12 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Glossy—taken freely 12 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Jamal—taken 15 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campanero—taken 15 to 1 agst Mr. Hook's Una 18 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Albion 18 to 1 agst Lord Miltown's Scalteen 18 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Give-him-a-Name 20 to I agst Mr. J. Hampson's Lightning—taken 20 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Marquise—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Bateman's Haitoe 20 to 1 agst Capt. Colquit's Pickpocket 20 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Foig-a•ballagh 20 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's The Bride. Of the above only three were in any force, viz., the Souvenir filly, Jamal, and Glossy, who were severally backed for large stakes ; 10, 11, and 12 to 1 was taken about The Brewer, but at the close the layers were in a majority. The following eight were taken against the field in an even bet—Souvenir filly, The Brewer, Glossy, Jamal, Campanero, Albion, Una, and William le Gros. 1,000 to 30 laid agst Campanero winning this race and the Stamford Cup. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Chertsey—taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Alaric—taken. Mr. Evans, of the Grand Hotel, Covent-garden, at tended at Tattersall's, and stated publicly that he would pay immediately all the prizes in his St. Leger Sweeps upon receiving an indemnity from the parties for any ac tion which might hereafter be brought against him on account of said St. Leger Sweeps. The death of the Duke of Grafton disqualifies Lord Lonsdale's Zeal and Turquoise colts, and Mr. Charlton's Dublin colt for the Derby ; and the following fillies for the Oaks—Mr. Booth's New Year's-day, Mr. Payne's Rigolette, Lord Lonsdale's Sister to Canadian, and Mr. Worley's Sophy Dawes. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING," OCTOBER 1, 1844. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. We last week gave the fixtures for the ensuing meet ing ; a list from head quarters, dated Sunday evening, now enables us to add the names of the horses in train ing in the town for the following stakes :—Grand Duke Michael—Robinia, Panther, Rhino, Crosby, Antenor, Merope, Zenobia, Foig-a-ballagh, Red Deer. Bucken ham (one to the post)—Adrianople, Deodava, Pil ' grimage Monimia c, Hersey, Mary Ann filly, and Sister to Cameleon. Hopeful—Alexandrina, Linnet filly, Maid of Orleans, Deodava, Piccolina, Stamp, Pastille filly, Sister to Cameleon, Virago colt, Fair Helen colt, Laird o' Cockpen. Match—Desperation and Piccolina ; both on the spot. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs., one to the post— Panther, Crosby, Homccopathist, Scarmentado. St. Leger—Antenor, Oliver Cromwell, Freystrop. Rutland Stakes—Tisiphone, Prologue, Tunick, Zeal colt, Legend filly. Arrivals since Saturday—Semiseria, Ashted Pet, Siroc colt, The Great Mogul, Revel, and Sister to Potentia. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, MONDAY EVENING. The Trial Stakes did not fill. The Hopeful Stakes—Alexandrina, Longitude, Kitten, Linnet filly, and Refraction, have paid. Grand Duke Michael Stakes—All are scratched but All-round-my-Hat, Merope, Foig-a-ballagh, Zenobia, and Red Deer. The Buckenham—The following are left in :—Adrian ople, Monimia colt, Hersey, Versatility filly, Mary Ann filly, and Cowl. Two Hundred SOTS. Sweepstakes (Wednesday)—Pan ther and Brush have been scratched. IRELAND. MINISTERIAL MEASURES FOR IRELAND. DUBLIN, SEPT. 29.—Rumours, traceable to official Tories, are in circulation here of very decided measures for this country to be proposed by Sir Robert Peel early next session. One of these measures, it is said, will be the establishment of a new Lay College, on an extensive foundation, for Roman Catholics and Dissenters; another has reference to Maynooth, which, it is stated, is to re ceive an increased grant, with stipends for the pro fessors. THE ARMY. LINERICK, SATURDAY.—Lieutenant-Colonel Cator, R.N., Lieutenant- Colonel G. Higgins, R.H. A., and Major Kelsall, RE., returned yesterday in the Flamer steamer, to this garrison, from the inspection of the forts on the Lower Shannon. A military force from this garrison was under orders yesterday, to proceed to the lands of Shewer, near New port, to protect the representatives of the late Dr. Dug gan in levying a distress for non-payment of rent, but as the recusants entreated a parley, time was given to settle the dispute with the agent, Mr. Mills. The cavalry, therefore, were countermanded. Two companies of the 72d (Highlanders) from Butte vant arrived at Cork, yesterday, to replace the 61st, marching to Templemore, and three companies of the 72d marched into Cork barracks this day. Head-quarters of the 11 th Hussars (three troops) Lieutenant-Colonel the Earl of Cardigan, arrived at Dundalk yesterday from Dublin. Head-quarters of the Bth Hussars, under Lieutenant- Colonel 141‘Call, marched from Dundalk yesterday for Dublin, where two troops of the regiment arrived this day, and occupy Portobello barracks. THE MARQUIS or DONEGAL.—WO are happy to be able to state that his Lordship has fir the last day or two been rather easier, and that there is some reason to anticipate a change for the better.--Belfast Chronicle. Mr. O'Connell is to be a sponsor to the new-born son of W. S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P. CANADA. THE NEW APPOINTMENTS.—D. B. Viger, native of Lower Canada, advocate, large proprietor at Montreal, many years a distinguished member of the Lower Canada Assembly and Legislative Council, twice sent to England on public business; in gaol at Montreal eighteen months in 1838-9; member of Canada Legislative Assembly for the County of Richelieu, voted generally with the late Administration, uncle to L. J. Papineau, late Speaker. D. Daly, native of north of Ireland, about twenty years in Canada, came out as a private individual, was acting secretary and registrar of Lower Canada for a number of years, afterwards was promoted to the office. Took little share in politics. Appointed by Lord Syden ham one of the provincial secretaries under the Union Act, and elected member for Megantic. Since Mr. Har rison's resignation he has been sole provincial secretary. Has property in Quebec. William Henry Draper, Attorney-General for Upper Canada, a native of the north of England, formerly in the navy, has been upwards of twenty years in Upper Canada; studied law at Toronto, we believe, with the present Chief Justice; was many years a distinguished member of the Upper Canada Assembly, and practitioner at the bar ; was in England on public business some years ago. Appointed Attorney-General and Executive Councillor by Lord Sydenham, resigned in September, 1842, and since Legislative Councillor and Queen's counsel. William Morris, Receiver-General, a native of Ren frewshire, Scotland, came to Upper Canada about 30 years ago, engaged in trade ; was a conspicuous mem ber of the Upper Canada Assembly, and a Legislative Councillor under the Union Act ; a wealthy proprietor and of good practical talents. Denis Benjamin Papineau, Commissioner of Crown lands, native of Lower Canada, member for the county of Octava, brother to L. J. Papineau, Speaker of the Lower Canada Assembly, has had the management of the Seigniory of Petite Nation, on the Ottawa, well in formed and good abilities, but his hearing imperfect. James Smith, Attorney-General for Lower Canada, was formerly in partnership with Mr. Fisher, as advo cate at Montreal; in good practice; supposed to be a native of Montreal. None of the new executive councillors had any inti mate connection with the executive councillors in Upper and Lower Canada before the Union Act, but were rather opposed to them. TUNBRIDGE WELLS, SEPT. 30.—Notwithstanding the advanced period of the season this place continues full, and balls and concerts are still proceeding. The last of these was Madame Puzzi's annual concert, which took place at the Assembly Rooms on Saturday, and was attended by all the principal families, she being well known and much esteemed here. Among the artists were Mr. and Madame Balfe, and it would be difficult to describe the sensation the former created, it being his first appearance here ; everything he sang was encored. Madame Balfe was also encored in her ballad, " When I hear thy voice," which she sang with much taste. The wonderful extent and brilliancy of Madamoiselle Favanti's voice was greatly admired in " Il Segreto " and other arias; and Mr. H. Chatfield executed scientifically a very difficult cavatina of Pacini. Signor Brizsi, who is an old favourite here, sang " La terra ci divisera," with that pathos peculiar to him. Signor Puzzi, who has been an extraordinary traveller lately, obtained the same success which everywhere attends him. In Balfe's ballad, " You'll remember me," ho expressed so entirely the meaning of the melody, that the audience forgot that the horn cannot speak. _ _ IMPROVEMENTS IN PICCADILLY.—Yesterday, by direction of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, workmen were employed in the erection of a pillar upon the summit of the western portion of the gate at Hyde-park corner, which is intended for the reception of an illuminated clock. The clock will have two dials, viz., one facing Hyde-park, and the other fronting Grosvenor-place. This, doubtlessly, will be as useful as it will be ornamental, a public timepiece having long been wanted in that immediate locality. The plan for widening the road has also at length been begun ; it is said, however, that it will not be completed until the en suing spring. The removal of Lady Gordon's house, and the garden which belonged to it, together with the appropriation of a small portion of the Green-park, will occasion that section of the important thoroughfare to be of equal width, from the residence of the Duke of Grafton to the archway at Hyde-park corner. A further improvement is in contemplation, that of removing the remainder of the brick wall which is standing between Albert-gate and Kensington, and substituting iron palli sades. The parish of St. George, Hanover-square, agree to keep the roadway in repair, as far as the encroachment on the Green-park is concerned. _ _ On Saturday, a French man-of-war barque, Pre voyante, and a man-of-war cutter, Favourite, stood eff our harbour, when eight of the officers and a boat's crew of the sailors landed, and made a tour through the streets of the ancient town. The uniform worn by the officers was similar to that worn by those of our own navy, but their personal appearance at once bespoke them foreigners, and hence they attracted some observa tion. After making some purchases of provisions, they returned to their vessels, which, in the afternoon, sailed for the south. They had been to the north of this, and, on the Sunday, and again on the Wednesday previous, were in the Leith Roads. Their object was the protec tion of their herring fishery.—Berwick Advertiser. CRICKET. THE AMATEURS WITH HILLYER AND MARTINGELL V. THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, WITH A. MYNN, ESQ., AND Pacir.—This was the seventh annual match between these distinguished elevens, and was played at Abridge, in Essex, on rriday week (by an accident the score did not come to hand until last Saturday), upon which occa sion there was much fine play exhibited. The singular feature in this match was the different results upon the score, in reference to the given men ; for whilst Hillyer and Martingell, on the part of the amateurs, marked respectively 16 and 13, Mr. A. Mynn and Pilch placed two round 00's between them. But the bowling of Hillyer and Martingell was of the finest character, and it is not at all unlikely--for such a thing is possible— that they may have played too much lately, or a pair of " spectacles" would not have been manufactured by such players as Mynn and Pilch. It was a " one day's" match, however, only, and therefore the amateurs won by 54 runs. NOTTINGHAM V. GRANTHAM.—This was an excellent contest for the display of scientific hitting, but it will be remarked that the Grantham folks stood not the " gho3t of a chance" against the splendid batting of Mr. F. Noyes, Morley, Billyeald, and Galloway, nor could they make any effective stand against the admirable bowling of Mr. Cresswell and Redgate. It unfortunately hap pened that the weather, after the contest had occupied the greater part of Monday and Tuesday, became so bad as to induce the parties to abandon all idea of playing the match out. LUTTERWORTII v. WALCOTE.—The match between the clubs of these places was played a few days since, when, in coasequence of the excellent slow under-hand bowling of Wilson of Lutterworth, his party were de clared to be the winners by 23 runs. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord and Lady Lurgan, at the George's Hotel, Albe marle-street, from Brighton ; Captain and Mrs. Steven son, at ditto, from Dover ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. John stone, at ditto, from Paris ; Lady James Graham and family, from Cowes, Isle of Wight, en route to Netherby Hall; Mr. and Lady Harriet Merton, in Connaught place ; the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, in Lower Grosvenor-street ; Captain Sir J. Hastings, R.N., from Portsmonth. DEPARTURES. The Rev. Seagrave, Mrs. Soagrava, and family, from the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, St. James's; the Earl of Belfast, from Ca,dogan-place, for the Marquis of Do negal's seat, Donovan Park, near Belfast ; Sir John Conroy, Bart., and Mrs. and Lady Alicia Conroy, for their seat near Wokingham, Berks ; General Vincent, for Hyde, Isle of Wight ; Mr. and Lady Louisa Tenni son, for their seat in Ireland ; Mr. Harcourt Powell, for Cowes, Isle of Wight. CHANGES. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle, at Newmarket, from Quiddenham Hall, Norfolk; the Bishop of Kilmore, at the Episcopal Palace, from a visit to Viscount Lorton, at Rockingham Castle, Sligo ; the Earl and Countess of Erne, from Crom Castle, Fermanagh, for his Lordship's estates at Lifford ,• the Archbishop of Armagh, from a visit to Viscount Lorton, at Rockingham Castle, Sligo, for the Archiepiscopal Palace ; Prince and Princess Doria Pamphili, family and suite, from Paris, for their palazzo at Rome ; Miss Burdett Coutts and Miss Mere dith, at Paris, from Dieppe ; Sir Montague Cholmon delay, Bart., from Easton Hall, near Grantham, on a tour in Ireland. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your frequent advocacy of the right of the poor to enjoyment, as well as the rich, induces me to address you. As there is now so much talk of new parks and pro menades for the people in town and in country, I think we ought to see that the people do enjoy what at present they have a right to. This morning, going into St. James's Park (the inclosure), two men were before me, apparently mechanics; they had not, however, proceeded many yards, when they were very unceremoniously turned back by an official. They had no baskets of tools with them, bags, or anything else in the shape of goods. A gentleman passing at the time, and I suppose feeling the poor men were treated harshly, asked the gatekeeper why he turned the men back. He was anything but civil to him, but said he acted under orders. On another question or two being put, he (the official) said he had a " discretionary power," and acted accordingly. Dis cretionary power in a gate-keeper ! Yes, so far that that power be exercised not to admit dogs, all very good; but let us not admit discretion further. Two men dressed in fustian are refused admittance into the in closure, while two thieves, if dressed, pass the gate without challenge. I am an assistant draper, and perhaps we may hear of a rule next week to prohibit young men from going in who wear white cravats.—l remain, your constant reader, Fleet-street, Sept. 30, 1844. VERAX. THE CiESAUEAN OPERATION.---The following ac count of ono of the most extraordinary occurrences in the annals of sporting has been sent us by a highly re spectable correspondent, Mr. John Lufkin, of Frating:— On Wednesday, the 11th inst., I went to Little Bentley for the purpose of having a day's shooting, and having put up my horse and cart proceeded in my pursuit, and after having several hours' good sport I was making the best of my way back, when, as I was crossing the last field, up jumped a hare before me, which I shot, and on picking her up I took my knife and made an incision under the belly, to let the lad who was with me carrying my game take out the intestines (which is d thing I fre quently do). On this occasion, however, I found three young ones, which I saw from their coat and general ap pearance were very near the time of their birth. I made my lad carry them, and put them on straw at the bottom of my cart; and as I rode home the sun was shining very bright and warm, so that by the time I had proceeded two or three miles the young hares were quite dry and crawling about the bottom of my cart. As I passed through the village of Great Bentley I gave them to a blacksmith whose name is Almond, who I knew was fond of bringing up all kinds of young animals, and he immedi ately procured some new milk and gave them, from a bottle with a quill put through the cork, and by which he is successfully rearing them: he is supplied with what milk he wants from the Rev. Mr. Heath's, who lives just upon the spot, and they take about half-a-pint daily, beside vegetable food, which they begin to eat freely. I saw them myself on Wednesday last, quite plump and healthy, and .1 should say quite as large as they would have been had they been yeaned and reared in the natural way. You will find from the dates that they are now just a fortnight old.—Essex Standard. DEATH OF A RECENT PRISONER IN THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION.—Yesterday Mr. W. Baker, jun., held an inquest at the White Horse, Goswell-street-road, on the body of Mary Ann Daly, aged 22, recently a pri soner in the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields. It appeared that on Thursday week last deceased was dis charged from the House of Correction, in which she had been imprisoned a month, for disorderly conduct on the streets, within the jurisdiction of the Clerkenwell Police court. Half the term of her imprisonment she passed in the prison infirmary, her ostensible malady being palpi tation of the heart ; and although Mr. Wakfield, the prison surgeon, wished her to remain until she should be convalescent, she would not, and left on the day above named. She was accompanied by one of the prison matrons, and taken to her lodgings, No. 14, Peartree street, St. Luke's, and was about to become an inmate of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, when she died on Wednes day last. Mr. Mungo Park, a surgeon, who had opened the body, said deceased died from inflammation of the lungs and mortification of the extremities, caused by a disease which shame prevented her from discovering to the prison surgeons. Verdict in accordance with the medical testimony. DARING RORDERY.—Yesterday morning, about a quarter i past eight o'clock, a d ar ing robbery was com mitted n the shop of Mr. Samuel Kilby, general dealer, 2, Talbot -court, Gracechurch-street. Three men, re spectably dressed, and one of them carrying a dark coloured cloak or coat over his left arm, were seen by the waiter at the White Lion Tavern, in Talbot -court, to stop when they got abreast of Mr. Kilby's shop ; but, as they had the appearance of travellers, no particular notice was taken of them. It appears, however, that one of the party went into the shop, leaving his two companions at the door, and purchased a sheet of letter paper from Mrs. Kilby, who was the only person serving in the shop at the time, the husband being absent on business. Mr. Kilby has been in the habit of keeping his cash-box in the private sitting-room on the shop floor, placed on the mantel-piece over the fire, or upon a table in the room. It was on the table yesterday morning when the paper customer entered. On his leaving the shop, his accomplices entered, and asked to be served with two sheets of letter-paper, which was done. After they had left the shop about half an hour, it was dis covered that the cash-box, containing about 461., had beeen stolen. The thieves appeared to be about forty years of age. No trace of them has been got. N o doubt, the theft was committed while the two customers were being served. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On the evening o f W e d nes d a y last a very melancholy affair occurred at Dollerie, two and a half miles east from Crieff, arising from the in cautious use of fire-arms. It would appear that two young lads, one of them the eldest son of Mr. Mill, who occupies Dollerie-house, and the other also in his ser vice, had both gone out in the dusk of the evening, for the purpose of shooting a roe, which was proving rather destructive by its frequent attempts upon some of the corn stooks. Mr. Mill's son was to start the roe, while the other lad was to use the gun, which he had loaded ; both separated for a time, and while the former was en gaged beating up at a bush, or small thicket, the latter made his appearance, and seeing the bushes moving, thoughtlessly concluded that the roe was there, and im mediately fired off the piece. His error was now, how ever, lamentably apparent ; the young man lay upon the ground in great distress, having received the con tents of the gun in his abdomen. Intimation of the ac cident was immediately . conveyed to the house, when Mr. Mill had his son carried home, and a mess enger in stantly dispatched to Crieff for a surgeon. In a short time Dr. Shaw, with Messrs. Leitch and Maxton, sur geons, were in attendance ; but the wound was of so fatal a nature that all medical skill was of no avail, and he lingered on, enduring great sufferings, till next day, when they terminated in death. The deceased was six teen years of age, and by this sad event a large and re spectable family have been plun ge d i nto th e d eepest sor row. The boy has since been taken into custody, and examined before the Procurator-Fiscal ; but was ulti mately released, until further inquiry be made on the subject.—Perth Paper. FATAL ACCIDENT ON WESTMINSTER-BRIDGE. Yesterday afternoon, betwe9 four and five o'clock, a young woman, whose name is at p resen t un k nown , was run over, whilst crossing Westminster-bridge, by a cart loaded with hay, which was going towards the Middlesex side. On being taken up she was found to be dreadfully injured, and blood was streaming from her person. She was immediately conveyed to th e W estm i nster H ospita l, but she expired on the way. LITERATURE. HISTORY OF TEN YEARS. Chapman and Hall, London, 1844. The present Part of this History of France, by M. Louis Blanc, commences with the Royalist insurrec tion of the Duchess de Berri in 1832, and closes with the trial of Armand Carrel for sedition, before the House of Peers, in the year 1832. The history is written with remarkable spirit and eloquence, and in a tone of bitterness, as respects Louis Philippe, that proves the author to be a most inveterate opponent of that crafty monarch's system of policy. Not less de termined is he in his prejudices against the Bourgeoisie, to whose malign influence he attributes in a great de gree much of the humiliation which he represents France as having endured since the establishment of the Throne of the Barricades by the Revolution of 1830. M. Blanc is a decided Republican of the school of Armand Carrel—a school which during the last six or eight years has been subject to considerable fluc tuations in point of moral and numerical influence, and is now, we believe, at a lower ebb in France than it has been at any time since the accession of the pre sent King to the throne. The author's account of the rise, progress, and final extinction of the i nsurrec ti on of the Duchess of Berri, and more especially of the sanguinary riot that took place in Paris during the funeral of General Lamarque, when the Orleans dynasty was within an ace of being overthrown, and a republic proclaimed on the ruins ;—these matters are detailed with much graphic vigour by M. Blanc, and are enlivened by characteristic anecdotes which greatly add to their interest. We quote his portrait of Mar shal Maison, and of the course of conduct pursued when nominated French Ambassador to the Court of St. Petersburgh : " Habitually rough and abrupt from his soldier's life, but retaining all the shrewdness of an intelligent peasant, he had no sooner arrived at St. Petersburg than he formed the resolution of taking his stand there as an in dependent plain dealing, plain spoken man. His first in terview with the Emperor passed off auspiciously. A number of Russian officers and noblemen were waiting in an ante-room, where were also the Marshal's two aides de-camp, MM. Delarne and Chasseloup Laubat ; but, though the former had before visited Russia, and formed an intimacy with several persons of the Court, none of them ventured to recognise him until they had taken their cue from the looks of the Emperor. By and bye, their master entered, looked graciously at the two aides de-camp, advanced towards M. Delarue, whom he had known as aide-de-camp to the Duke de Ragusa, and taking him apart into the embrasure of a window, con versed with him in a marked tone of favour. The next moment, M. Delarue was the object of the most eager and universal attentions ; everybody came up to him, everybody asked him questions, everybody remembered that he had seen him on a former occasion, everybody remembered that M. Delarue had honoured him with his friendship. This scene, the very puerility of which is fruitful of reflections, distinctly announced that the French Embassy was about to assume, at the Court of St. Petersburgh, a better attitude than before. And so it turned out, for the position of Marshal Maison, from the very first day, grew more and more important. Certain private circumstances contributed to this effect, which, at first sight, might seem to have been calculated to produce quite a different result. One day, at a grand dinner party given by the French Ambassador, the conversation having fallen upon the first wars of the Revolution, the Marshal found occasion, incidentally and without the least affectation, to mention that he was the son of a peasant of Epinay. It is easy to imagine the effect pro duced upon a circle of aristocrats, nurtured in idle vanities, by an admission such as this, made with per fect ease of manners, nay, with the pride of a man justly proud of having owed all to himself. The Emperor was very speedily made acquainted with what bad taken place, and it probably increased his esteem for the Marshal. Even the very faults of the Marshal were of service to him. He had retained, from his soldier's life, a license of manners which he took no pains to conceal, and age had not extinguished in him the fires of youth. At St. Petersburgh, a passion for a dancer took posses sion of him, and he disdained to make a secret of it. The imprudence of this was great ; for Nicholas, careful of his dignity, affected extreme austerity. But he liked the Marshal's open ways, his military frankness ; and the escapade was not only overlooked, but there was established between the Emperor and the Marshal an intimacy, wherein a freedom of conversation was per mitted, which no Russian courtier, however great his credit at Court, ever dreamed of aspiring to. There is a severe chastisement which pride in high places re ceives at its own hands—ennui • and the haughtiest sovereigns are so much the wearied slaves of their own lofty and isolated majesty, that, to relax a little, they are sometimes compelled to descend. Whether from this weariness of supreme rank, or from exceptional tolerance, the Emperor came at last to lend an affable ear even to the most free spoken temerities of Marshal Maison, and the latter profited, as ambassador, by the influence which was accorded him as soldier." MEDICAL REFORM BILL.--CMATMAM, SEPT. 30. The members of the medical profession resident in the borough of Chatham convened a meeting for the purpose of petitioning the House of Commons in the next session of Parliament, against the Medical Reform Bill pro posed by Sir James Graham, when it was contended that the Bill in question would be productive of the most disastrous results, both to the medical profession and the public, by opening the practice of medicine to all un qualified persons without restraint. A petition was then drawn up, and the chairman, Mr. Archibald Robertson, submitted it to the members; it was unanimously agreed on, and has since been transmitted to the Right Hon. G. S. Byng, the Member for the borough. A copy of the petition has also been forwarded to the Members of West Kent, with a request to support its prayer. BONDED GOODS.—It having been discovered upon a recent inspection of the goods deposited in the bonding premises at one of the quays legally approved for the deposit of goods under bond, that the landing marks upon many of the packages were nearly obliterated, and that great difficulty has in consequence been experienced in ascertaining the identity of the goods, the Commis sioners of the Customs have directed that the landing surveyors and other officers do take care in future that the initials of the importing vessel and the master, the date and the weight, be marked in a more legible manner on all packages of bonded goods at the time of the same being landed. FROST, WILLIAMS, AND JONES.—On Monday even ing there was a numerous meeting, principally composed of the operative classes, held at the Guildhall, Newcastle, the object being to petition the throne for a recal of Frost, Williams, and Jones from banishment.—Tyne Mercury. CARICATURING TUE CLERGY.—" I believe," said Lord Eldon to Mrs. Forster, " I have preached more sermons than any one who is not a clergyman. My father always had the Church service read on the Sun day evenings, and a sermon after it. Harry and I used to take it in turns to read the prayers or to preach. We always had a shirt put oii over our clothes, to answer for a surplice!"—Twiss's Life of Lord Eldon. SOUVENIR FOR A SAILOR.—" What can I give you for a keepsake, my dearest John ?" sobbed out a senti mental girl to her scapegrace lover, the Hon. Jack V—, about to join his ship in warlike times. "Give, my dearest angel," cried Jack, in some confusion, " why, why, you haven't such a thing as a 51. note about you, I suppose ?"—Aberdeen Herald. The King of Prussia has been graciously pleased to confer on Mr. Martin Farquhar Tupper the gold medal for science and literature, in token of his Majesty's high approbation of the " Proverbial Philosophy." FOLKESTONE.—We have much pleasure in being able to announce a continuation of increase, not only in the steam traffic at this port, but also in the arrival of several vessels of large tonnage, two with about 14,000 sleepers for the railway, besides large balks of timber, and others laden with coke, coal, salt, &c., the whole of which will tend materially to benefit the South-Eastern Railway Company as well as the town. When it is more generally known that vessels drawing 15 or 16 feet of water can enter our harbour, there is no doubt but that many owners of ships who have been hitherto ignorant of the advantage our port holds out to them will be induced to send large freights. Our passenger traffic, to and from Boulogne by the steam-packets now averages about 1,000 to 1,200 each week, being a considerable increase, not only upon past weeks, but also upon the corresponding weeks of the last year, when the novelty of a passage from this place and Boulogne induced many persons to visit France who otherwise, perhaps, would not have done so.—Canterbury Journal. LAZARETTE ESTABLISHMENT IN SOUTHAMPTON WATER.—The Mayor has received an intimation, that the application from the Town Council to her Majesty's Treasury, praying for the establishment of a Lazarette in the Southampton Water, has at length been acceded to. The Lazarette vessel will arrive here on the sth of October, and there will be accommodation for the recep tion of 8,000 packages. This will be a very important advantage to the commerce of the port, the want of a Lazarette establishment having forced the Peninsular Company to send their ships with freights from the Levant to Standgate Creek, and thence to London, in stead of discharging them here. There will be, of course, a considerable establishment of officials in con nexion with the Lazarette.—Hants Independent. EXPORTATION OF lIORSES.—Mr. Dyson, the Lon don dealer, being commissioned to purchase forty-two brood carriage mares for the Prussian Government, twenty of his selection having arrived at Colley's Para gon Inn stables, were shipped on Saturday last, by llerr Von Nathurius, per the Transit, Captain, Dickinson, for Hamburgh, en route for Hundisburg. The remaining twenty-two, selected from the horses assembling for Howden fair, arrived at the Paragon stables yesterday, and are intended to be shipped to-morrow for the same destination. The demand for English horses still con tinues in Prussia. Mr. Furstenberg, of Berlin, is again here to attend the fair ; and Mr. Bilton Clappison, of Filling, is purchasing for Mr. Bamberger, the other principal Prussian dealer. A party of stall-masters, from the stables of his Majesty the King of Denmark, are also here selecting entire horses for the royal stud.— Hall Packet. THE WOODEN PAVEMENT.—OH Saturday last it was agreed to unanimously, at a vestry held in the parish of St. Marylebone, that part of the wooden pavement in the said parish should be removed, and that a granit e pavement should be substituted. THE LATE MURDER AT DOVER.—Various rumours have been prevalent during the week respecting the cap ture of the murderers of police-constable Couchman, but we are glad to hear, from good authority, that at last such a clue has been obtained of the lurking place of the three Clarks, that, if not already in custody, there is but little doubt of their being apprehended before to-morrow (Tuesday).—Dover Telegraph, MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKTVOOD'.S . MAGAZINE. The recently published "Diaries and Correspondence of the first Earl of Malmesbury" form the subject of an enlightened notice in the present Number of this Magazine. The Earl, it is well known, was for many years British Ambassador at the Court of St. Petersburgh, in which situation h e h a d f requen t op portunities of acquainting himself with the public and private character of the reigning Empress, Catherine the Second. The Reviewer, alluding to this portion of the Ambassador's diaries, takes occasion to speak of Catherine in terms far too eulogistic, extolling her to the skies as a Queen, and making no further men tion of her crimes as a woman than by just stating that " the unhappy transactions of her private life are matters of painful record." Now, when we bear in mind that the Russian Sovereign—to say nothing of her being the most criminally vicious potentate of her age—was a murderess, an adulteress, a rank atheist, and a woman who laughed at everything like political honour, and who broke the most binding treaties just as often as it suited her convenience; witness her conduct to Poland, and to Turkey, pre vious to the siege of Ismail ;—when, we say, we bear these things in mind, we are somewhat at a loss to account for the exceedingly lenient manner in which the Reviewer speaks of this most abandoned woman and unprincipled Queen. In every other respect the article is fairly and candidly written ; and the cur sory sketch of the notorious Prince Potemkin is in strict accordance with the truth of history. The "Great Drought" is a story that exhibits no inconsi derable powers of fancy, though the colouri ng a n d the incidents are in places much too exaggerated. " Thierry's History of the Gauls " i 3 an elaborate review of one of the most thoughtful and sagacious historical works of the day. M. Thierry is not so philosophical a writer as Guizot—who stands alone in this respect among modern French authors—nor has he the vivacity, the terseness, and the picturesque power of narrative possessed by Thiers ; but he is superior to them both in the art of sustaining a con tinuous interest throughout his work; and when oc casion calls for the display—as in his sketches of the wars of Cresar—he can exhibit a high degree of elo quence and graphic spirit. "My Last Courtship, or Life in Louisiana " is touched off in that careless, dashing, off-hand manner, which formed so conspi cuous and agreeable a feature in " Tom Cringle's Log "—a series of descriptive sketches that appeared some years since in the pages of this periodical. " Poems and Ballads of Goethe " are cleverly trans lated. We quote a specimen, entitled the " Artist's Morning Song :" My dwelling is the Muses' home— What matters it how small ? And here, within my heart, is set The holiest place of all. When, waken'd by the early sun, I rise from slumbers sound, I see the ever-living forms In radiance group'd around. I pray, and songs of thanks and praise Are more than half my prayer, With simple notes of music, tuned To some harmonious air. I bow before the altar then, And read, as well I may, From noble Homer's master-work, The lesson for the day. He takes me to the furious fight, Where lion warriors throng • Where god-descended heroes Whirl In iron cars along. And steeds go down before the cars ; And round the cumber'd wheel, Both friend and foe are rolling now, All blood from head to heel ! Then comes the champion of them all, Pelides' friend is he, And crashes through the dense array, Though thousands ten they be ! And ever smites that fiery sword Through helmet, shield, and mail ; Until he falls by craft divine, Where might could not prevail. Down from the glorious pile he rolls, Which he himself had made, And foemen trample on the limbs From which they shrank afraid. Then start I up, with arms in hand, What arms the painter bears ; And soon along my kindling wall The fight at Troy appears. On ! on again ! The wrath is here Of battle rolling red ; Shield strikes on shield, and sword on helm, And dead men fall on dead I throng into the inner press, Where loudest rings the din ; Fur there around their hero's corpse, Fight on his furious kin ! A rescue ! rescue ! bear him hence Into the leaguer near ; Pour balsam in his glorious wounds, And weep above his bier. And when from that hot trance I pass, Great Love, I feel thy charm ; There hangs my lady's picture near— A picture yet so warm ! How fair she was, reclining there ; What languish in her look ! How thrill'd her glance through all my frame The very pencil shook. Her eyes, her cheeks, her lovely lips, Were all the world to me ; And in my breast a younger life Rose wild and wantonly. Oh ! turn again, aad bide thee here, Nor fear such rude alarms ; How could I think of battles more With thee within my arms ! But thou shalt lend thy perfect form To all I fashion best ; I'll paint thee first Madonna-wise, The infant on thy breast. I'll paint thee as a startled nymph, Myself a following fawn •, And still pursue thy flying feet Across the woodland lawn. With helm on bead, like Mars, I'll lie By thee, the Queen of Love, And draw a net around us twain, And smile on heaven above. And every god that comes shall pour His blessings on thy head, And envious eyes be far away From that dear marriage-bed ! BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. We received this Magazine at so late an hour yesterday, that we are compelled to be brief in our notice of it. The Number seems to be a very fair one, though we have but cursorily glanced at its contents, and cannot therefore speak with positive ness. Mr. Smith resumes his " Fortunes of the Scattergood Family," and furnishes us with a whim sical sketch of Mr. Glenalvon Fogg—a minor actor of first-rate ability in his own opinion. " A Few Pages from My Journal in Greece, Turkey," &c., are from the pen of Mr. Fynes Clinton. The author glves a spirited description of his voyage down the Danube, and alluding to the present Sultan, whom he saw at Constantinople, pourtrays him " as a pale and ill-looking youth, without a spark of intelligence in his face." " Miss Pif kin's Benefit" is an agree able prose sketch by the author of "Richard Savage." " Sketches of Legendary Cities" gives some legends and historical reminiscences connected with the cu rious old city of Chester. The " Two Fortune Hunters of Galway" contains one or two diverting incidents ; but the story halts in places, and, as a whole, is much too long. A little judicious abridg ment would have greatly improved it. " Smoking Robin" is chiefly deserving of notice as forming the subject of an excellent illustration from the pencil of Leech, who has grouped his characters with singular ease and freedom. In his " Physiology of London ' Life" Mr. Murray gives several animated descrip tions of the various tea-gardens in the immediate vicinity of the metropolis ; but we prefer quoting his account of the death of a waggon horse in the streets, and his conveyance to a knacker's yard : " Crack—crack—crack—into his flanks goes the whip cord with right good will—he brinks up a bit—ithw he stumbles again—crack--crack—he goes on his knees— ' he is whipped on his feet—he falls over on his side—he never gets up again. Crack—crack—Oh ! very well— whip away till you aro black in the face—th e poor ani mal s time is up—his slavery is over—he will never drag wain more. he mob comes up, as usual, through the chinks of the stones, or else drops down from the sky ; but there it is, talking, shouting, giving advice, loosen ing the traces, dragging away the waggon shafts from poor old Dobbin, whose glazing eye, and short, heaving breath, shows that his heart is broken. The whip — that universal horse medicine, is applied to head, withers, and flank ; but it won't do ; Dobbin merely lifts his head, as he would say, let me die in peace, winces under the lash, and lays himself doan again. " The knacker is sent for. Dobbin cannot 1?e. horn' are to die in peace—a dead horse and a hi! k le e rl t— h the are two different things in the . cat's -meat admires knacker's cart arrives in double t i uick 7 tlim in o a b r Knacker the cart, the royal arms, and the inscription,ka, swll knacker to her Majesty.' The royal knac cr in cords and tops, with a bit of_a . butcher s apron, just as big as a bishop's—merely to distinguish his profession— pole-axe in had, descends f rom his vehicle ; the de. lighted mob closes in , e ager to witness the scientific operation. The pole -axe is driven at one blow th roug h the frontal bone of the expiring animal ; a willo w wan d. finger thick, i s pushed into the h o l e , an d tw i sted about i n t h e brai n -pan with great dexterity ; th e an i ma l i s f ear f u lly convulsed, writhing in the most intense agony —the mob is quite in raptures at every kick of one brute and twist of the other—fainter and fainter become the death-struggles of D u bbi n — another turn or two, as a finisher—he is dead. N ow a c h a i n i s fastened to the dead horse's neck, and m a d e f ast at the other end to a windlass, with rack and pinion fixed between the shafts of the knacker's vehicle ; this is tilted up, and Dobbin slowly ascends, amid the facetious remarks and jocose , sallies of the gratified spectators. Sasseagers,' exclaims N one fellow—(A laugh)—' Real Epping,' shou c 6, 4 —(Laughter) Polonies,' shrieks a thir. , laughter)—' Small Germans,' Leg of boO,'"t • puddins,' and a pr o f us i on o f ot h er a ll us i ons • bable esculent qualities of the respected de,Ciiied,.. few extempore fights, got up by rival pot-boya,divksifi, the entertainment ; the royal knacker disappears;l4l) mob maketh it se lf a i r, i nto wh i ch it vanishetb, and you - walk off, greatly pleased with th e ex t reme sencibilityi :: 1 , 1,1 : 1 and innate dislike of anything like cruelty, which so emi nently distinguishes the true-born cockney." NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 'We have here more " Conversations with the late Mr. Beckford." They exhibit that gentleman's social qualities in a very amiable light, but they are far from impressing us with any exa l te d not i on of his superior powers of intellect. Few of his observations rise above common-place, and as for his passing criti cism on Byron, it is shallow to a degree that we should scarcely have expected from the author of " Vathek." " Social Piracy" is the continuation of a series of lively sketches of every-day life in the middle classes, that were commenced in the last month's Number of the New Monthly Magazine. The " Last of the Contrabbandieri" is a tale of deep tragic interest, professing to be founded on truth. It relates to the adventures of Paul Moro, a good hearted, bold, reckless Italian smuggler who, while taking a walk one evening among the mountains with a young girl to whom he is passionately attached, is betrayed by her into the hands of the local military authorities. The consequence is, his imprisonment for life ; but after a protracted confinement, lie con trives to make his escape, and by the merest acci dent again encounters the girl who had betrayed him, and who is so shocked and remorse-stricken by the sight of her credulous victim, that she falls dead on the spot; and Paul, a prey from that moment to hopeless grief and despair, joins the French in their war against the African Arabs, where, after gal lantly distinguishing himself in many severe actions, he meets his death. The story is forcibly and un affectedly told. "Africa in .France" is a sprightly quiz on the Parisians for their present fancy for wear ing long beards and moustachios. "When a party of young Frenchmen approach," says the author, "it is like the advance of a herd of goats, or the moving of a forest. If Macassar has done this, mighty is Macassar. Bear's grease it can hardly be, witless Ursa Major himself has been immolated to manure the moustaches of Monsieur." We quote the follow ing passage from the " Recollections of Beckford :" " The apartment in which we were now standing, was a long room, well proportioned as to width and height, with a deep red drugget running ro un d the floor- 7 a splendid Persian carpet in the centre, extending itself until it reached the drugget, and spreading its deep rich purple fringe upon its surface. From the floor, rising to about six feet in height, there was a range of oaken bookcases all round, filled with every kind of work, handsomely bound, and of the finest editions— travels, histories, biographies, in every European lan guage, with observations by the author of Vathek,' written at the end in the same language. A little bit of purple cloth, tipped with scarlet geranium, about two inches in depth, was suspended from each shelf, so as to exclude the dust, whilst the ever-subdued colour of the oak was here and there relieved by a little gilding. Above the bookcases, the wall was covered with a silk damask of a red tone, richer and lighter than that of the drugget, and upon this wall was hung portrait after portrait, the likenesses of great and historical charac ters, painted by the most eminent old masters, Holbein, Velasquez, Titian, Rembrandt, and Vandyke ; then above these was a gold cornice which supported the ceiling, with a slight blush of rouge in it. Opposite the window stood a most costly Florentine table inlaid with various marbles, and which were fashioned into flowers and ornaments. On this table was set a splendid and graceful enamelled vase by Jean Cousin, after designs by Annibal Carracci. On the solid marble chimney piece of this room, were gold candlesticks, after designs by Holhima, and finally, at the extreme end there was an open doorway, apparently leading somewhere else, but whether to Paradise or to the infernal regions, was upon the first look doubtful, in consequence of . the in tensely brilliant, and fiery-looking colour which the atmosphere assumed. As this apartment, with its blue, and purple, and scarlet, seemed to be the great hall of literature, and the great tabernacle of learning, we looked more at the books than at the other things sur rounding. He pulled down many editions of different works to illustrate his conversation—it really was some thing extraordinary to see with what facility he would find any particular passage in an author. I asked him if he had a catalogue of his endless collection ? " Oh, gracious goodness ! what do I want with a catalogue?—l know every book in my possession, and where to put my fingers upon it.' " This I afterwards proved to be correct, for I never asked him if lie had such or such a work in his posses sion, but that he instantly went and got it and placed it in my hands. He inquired of me if I was fond of reading. "I told him particularly so, and that I was at that time studying Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy.' " Strange work,' Mr. Beckford replied; it is filled with deep reading—half your modern works are decanted out of it. " Perceiving Q. fine copy of Junius's Letters,' I asked him if he thought those forcible productions were from the pen of Lord Chatham? Most decidedly not—none of us (for he always spoke of the Pitt family as if he were Ono of them) ever for a moment thought that they were, and if they had been we should have certainly known it. There is much in them which resembles the peculiarities of Burke, and many of his admirers entertained tho opinion so positively, that Burke felt himself called upon solemnly to disclaim the imputation. My opinion is, Dr. Wilmot was the author.' " ' Dr. Wilmot !' I reiterated, with surprise. " Ay, Dr. \Wilmot ; no man had better opportuni ties ; he was a good scholar, a sincere Whig, and a most intimate friend of Lord Chatham's. He had oppor tunities of being fully acquainted with everything, from his enjoying such an exclusive confidence of George 111., which arose from the following singular affair : George HI., when Prince George, fell in love with a beautiful Quakeress of the name of Hannah Lightfoot. She resided at a linendraper's shop, at the corner of Market-street, St. James's -market. The name of that linendraper was Wheeler. As the Prince could not ob tain her affections exactly in the way he most desired, he persuaded Dr. Wilmot to marry them, which he did at Kew Chapel, in 1759—William Pitt, afterwards Lord Chatham, and Ann Taylor, being the piles wit nessing ; and, for aught I know, that document is still in existence.' " AINSTVORTH'S MAGAZINE. Mr. Ainsworth opens the present Number with a new romance entitled the " Revelations of London," of which, as the two first chapters only are yet before us, we can give no other opinion than that it promises fairly enough. The " Prologue," as the author quaintly calls his introductory chapter—gives an account of the sayings and doings of a notorious conjuror who, while looking out of his balcony on London-bridge one fine night in the year 1599, finds, to his infinite astonishment and disgust, a sack thrown in at the window containing the heads of his son and grandson; and presently afterwards is walks his great grandson, w ho has been wounded by the warder of the bridge in attempting to take down his kinsmen's sconces from the poles on which they have been stuck. This may be justly styled a family meeting, under " very peculiar circumstances." Pass ing the absurdity of the incident, however, we must, in justice, observe that the descriptions of the con juror's den, and of his own St. Leon-like raptures, when he fancies he has at length succeeded in con cocting the Elixir of Life, which his own great grand son with infinite effrontery and ingratitude drinks off before his face,—these descriptions are replete with vigour and even fancy, and of their kind, are superior to anything Mr. Ainsworth has lately attempted. ,, The " Notice of the Collected Works of James, a brother novelist, is also, we presume, from the pen of the editor, and is penned in a very generous spirit. The " Gipsies' Tragedy" is by Mr. Downes ; it is a Welsh story, and though it contains more than one passage characterised by strong earnest feeling and strength of expression, yet it is little to our taste, for the incidents are of the most painful and repulsive na ture, and horrors are heaped on horrors with a harsh munificence that at length becomes quite wearisome. " A Leaf from my Theatrical Recollections" is a di verting series of professional anecdotes by Meadows, who has told them with great unction. A " Story of the Gentilities" is a lively little tale, worked up gracefully out of the slenderest possible materials. " A Few Passages on Dreams" is an ingenious at tempt to account for many of those fantastic visions and night-noises which have at times perplexed even the soundest and wisest heads. We quote a ghost story, together with its explanation : " In 1807, a Baronet, now living , school ledyen l to a townhavig arrived n on tll coast, s late h where a ivjhal abli mmoned from father hadtiunext (Tu di e d suddenly. anusted heir wti requestedtha the journey, pected lo s a s n ldich hadis spiritsst a being dn the . young to be shown to his bedroo d m, sl ewhereep the h his sorrow of wand agi tation were soon lu hurt mnds.' Between one and two o'clock in the mornin g , he i was awakened by a low, wailing sound, dirge-like (so 6 it seemed to half-slumbering senses) ; lie lifted himself pillow and listened. It was no dream. The m oaning fhis noise continued, and grew louder and louder. While our youth looked about, by the gleam of a night lamp in his chamber, the two haves of a folding-deor opposite him sv.ung open as if to give space for the entrance of a ghastly pageant. - It was as startling an announcement as that which in Spenser's Faery Queene' was made to liritomart when, in chearelesse night, the yron wicket open flew, As it with mighty levers had been tore ; And forth yssewd, as on the ready Here Of some theatre, a grave personao- b e.' " Having remained awhil e fi xe d with dismal appre hension, the young Baronet crept out of bed, and stole breathlessly into the adjoining room. The first object that niet his view was a figure in white drapery, and with a visage of the same colour as its robes. It seemed ad vancing towards him, face to face. Being for a moment terrified, the youth dared not proceed ; and as he stopped, the spectre became immoveable. But this was not all that encountered his gaze in that grim apartment. A coffin was there ; and on it were plumes of black fea thers, waving and bending as if supernaturally forced to take part in some dreary ceremony. The lamenting sound—the sudden swinging open of folding-doors, seem ingly by their own impulse—the white figure—the coffin