The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-31 00:00:00

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The first Act is for the regis tration, p d such ineorration, and rogulation of companies ; anal t he ethe r f or f ac ili tat i ng the winding-up the atTairs of Leh una bl e to meet t h e i r pecun i ary engage t;.me frightful ac c id en t occurre d on Tuesday opposite to the Po st - of - lice, Turnhaw-green. The driver of a :liar • ket-garclener's wagon being fast asleep, suddenly rolled and tw o o f the Wheels passed over his body and killed 1,328 persons went through Boulogne last week, and 35)4 through Calais. Of the former number 475 had etlille from, an d 85 3 left for England : 578 passed th rough Folk es t one e i t h er going or returning. A RRIVAL OF TiIE CALEDONIA. LIVERPOOL, WEDICESD AL—The Caledonia steam -814, Captain Lott, which sailed from Boston on the 16th, and from Halifax on the 18th, reached the Mersey this morning. Her advices from the United States are seven days later than those which came to hand on Monday by the Patrick Henry. The Cale donia brings upwards of seventy passengers. The excitement of the Presidential election con tinues. It is said that the " native American" party In New York and elsewhere, have combined with the W higs, which strengthens, of course, the position of Mr. Clay, while, in the same ratio, it weakens that of his opponent, Mr. Polk. Indeed, it is said, that the elections so far render Clay's success certain. Mr. Anson Jones has been elected President of Texas for the ensuing year. Mr. Jones is said to be ° PPosed to annexation, and favourable to a commer cial_ allianc e b etween his country and Great Br i ta i n. ( Ihe news of hi s success seems t o h ave cause d so m e 1 : _lftPpoint ment amongst the party in the Un i ted Sta tes favourabl e t o t h e recept i on o f T exas i n t o th e t n i°n• The new President was elected, too, in op position to General Burleson, a warm friend of an nexation. A foot-race for a thousand dollars, between a native a nd a Lancashire runner, who had come over to con test for the prize, had excited considerable stir in the Yicinity of New York. Ford, who shot a young man at St. Louis for se "tieing his daughter, had been tried for murder, and acquitted. A Gazette Extraordinary contains the formal ap pointment of Mr. Viger to be President of the Exe cutive Council, and of Mr. Sherwood to be Solicitor- G eneral for Canada East. It seems that under the ne w arrangements this latter office does not command It seat in the Cabinet. The Hon. W. De Bleury, and the Hon. W. Moffatt, are the Constitutional candidates for the city of Montreal. The latest par ticulars of election movements in Lower Canada is decidedly favourable to the Constitutional party. Prom Mexico we learn that President Houston had addressed a letter to Santa Anna, in reply to the ma n‘.ifesto of G overnor Woll, which appeared i n the Mexican official paper. Santa Anna had become in volved, it is said, in some misunderstanding with the Chamb er of Representatives, and had asked leave to _retire for a t i me. General Canligo was spoken of as b eing lik e l y to be called to the head of the Govern raeut ad interim. The accounts from Brazil state that vessels of war ' w ere bei ng actively fitted out, for the purpose, it was L oPposed, o f blockading Monte Video, and preventing aenos Ayres from taking that place. The accounts from St. Domingo state that all was quiet there. f The C a l e d onia met the Acadia about twenty miles leav ing Halifax, the latter en t er i ng as t h e f ormer was : a i v i i . og the port. u The cotton track in the United States was very Exchange on London, 1091 to 110; Paris, sf. 22 ic• to sf. 21 ic. Sp for ORTING EXTRAORDINARY. Within the last h b l° lght, John Pickernell, Esq., of Holt Castle, nehle me a n s 'en twice honoured with visits from the and tigentelemen . composing the Court at Witley, on down bxcursiona. The number of game "brought nnpreee- Y of this small party treretuften,ven in themostpreserves. closely o is ns' the watchedpe perhaps, h fi a rps occasion, twere us the slaughter has been handed o h i , in it appears that killed(..tie field, tvrenty-two brace of partridges and nine pheasants on the oj eig th h e t I;7.ted visit the extraordinary number of twenty th e e Of partridges and three pheasants were killedo_ in it.. tri‘ ea rne field ; and a forty-and-a-half brace half t f Picf c '" w ere " picked up" in two hours and aha . P Mr. press ed ernel l'a guests (amongst whom was Earl Howe) ex iqthth themselves, as may be expected, much pleased ie., thue excellent sport he had been the means of afford ') ern.-- Worce tershire Chronicle. EXTENS ION 8 „ N —lt gh,eB OF R AILW AY COMMUNICATIO .. . Pa r r us much pleasure to learn that the requ n is e it w e b._ Park a notices have been given of four i.-anches from the Glasgow and Ayr Railway, radiating, into the iwneitloeinrieLnorr two instances, a considerable distance of the country. Two of these branches - ue the means . of connecting . some very 1 tkort.ant districts in Ayrshire ; and, in addition to Whichten t ebrepnritefisintgthe will confer the Pas y s, they will, localities ,alsoee t n h s r t o i u tu g t h e a certain and profitable source of revenue to the ° li n o t d h o e u t company who intend to carry them into ih ?i3eration, from the immense stores of mineral wealth Lt,ly will eventually tend to develope. The branches larall to are as follow :-Ist. A branch from Kil lleafrietken,to ellaoisrtsnencleuch, Old Cumnock, passing by Sore, Auchinleck, and e C re atr igl in e e, to old Mauchline, b d o c lto u n m , Tabranch from the above line at Mauchline, to pa 2 s d s . b A y rbolton, St. Quivox, and to join the Glasgow and Ayr line at Prestwick. 3d. A branch from the main line at Leigh Hillington Paisley, to pass by Levern and . , Eastwood, terminating at Barrhead, Neilston. 4. A h urii r u a r n l e e h t, P fr e o i m the last mentioned branch, to diverge at sley, and to terminate at Nitshill Copperas " L'rks---ilyr Observer. .k.r:ZTESIVE ROBBERIES AT HAVERHILL AND ITS ''E hnotrahooD.—A short time since it was discovered teat the warehouse & o f M essrs. Gurteen and Son, frock rm ak ers and m anufacturers of this town, had been ontered by the use of skeleton keys, and property to a .14 usidnerrteliebnle, amount removed. By the exertions of Mr. named e and ir , jun., with the able assistance of constables Choi Llagger, three notorious characters, bi e k es Barnard, William " Tosh" Briggs, and John a v i„ "son, "ere taken into custody; also three others, , atobiZere notorious receivers, namely, George .. Cr r o a p' .. ti n- S o lil (of Clare), Charles Causton (of West . h t 44 , — A Inb s Suffol k ), and Charles Cracknell (of Wit ers sv,,r ), the whole of whom on Friday m la ß st . 8 , eonmaitted by the Rev. W. Mayd and q . er t for trial at the next Quarter Sessions at Bury th e i r dni unthc. As the gang has been carryingt ex their nefarious transactions for months " by g almost from Sudbury to Peterborough, and, pi, o , °,rganised system of plunder, and the means em toal for entering places without any traces left, it is bo fear th at ed naany parties were sufferers, as it is rep d orted rtiis .sneveral persons in the town and neighbourhoo are stol en l 'lt and property to an immense amount has beeh T . . Charles Barnard, leader of the gang in these ' 4ll , it is supposed, formerly came from Norwich, and J° short time since he entered the town of Haverhill as a ii°,,tirulleYtnan painter, in which capacity he was employed al'i l `"Le"srs- Gurteen and Son, and whilst working for the he obtained a thorough knowledge of the premises t i old the mode of fastening the doors. There are others t n i :l i cated in the transaction not yet in custody, but it is 4,47 Y , e ho Ped justice w ill spee di ly overtake them.—Cam ‘"e Advertiser. ItonatELL.—An inquest was held on the 17th inst., ltirthe Abergavenny Arms, on the body of Mary Ann, killed of John Green, labourer, who was accidentally iled by her own son. It appeared that Maurice Green, th et son, had got upon a ladder the preceding morning ho gather come grapes growing upon the outside of the °u se. He was upon the topmost step of the ladder, holding the upper - boughs of the vine in his left hand, and cutting off the grapes with his right, when the nails by Which the boughs were held gave way, and he fell hackvvards u p on his mother, alighting upon her head and stomach. The boy was not injured, but the mother fainted away. She was taken into the house, and me dical assist ance obtained ; but she died the same day. The jury returned a ver di ct o f " Accidental Death. " — , The Guardian. FATAL °amines ACCIDENT. —Mr. Payne held an inquest list evening, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the body o f James Williams, aged nine, son of a Dutch cloc k - maker, of 14, Dorset-street, Spitalfields. It ap peared by the evidence of Mr. John Perriton, of No. 1, White Conduit -street, after noon last, Pentonvill e , t h at on Monday house as he was passin g b y t h e St. Luke ' s Work , City-road, he saw a large crowd of persons in the road assembled, thinking the Queen would return from the Exchange that way, to travel to Windsor by the Great Western Railway, and some of them were throw ing apple s and pears to a number of female paupers who w urni were looking over the w or kh ouse wall. Witness, on tng round saw the omnibus pass over deceased's Oftbody. Another witness said he saw deceased running piece of br o k en apple, and in so doing he slipped, or was push e d d own by another boy, and fell forward before the near fare-wheel of the vehicle, which went over his head. The witness said that the omnibus, a Paddington one, was going slowly towards Islington, that the driver pulled up instantly, and could not have prevented the accident. The father of the child who saw the accident, said no blame whatsoever attached to the driver of the omnibus. Air. Ree a surgeon of th Ci- road, d ressed deceased's wounds, , frightful and fat e al ones at the back of the head, and sent him instantly to the hospital, in which he died immediately he was admitted. Verdict, " Accidental death." aImoCOAL TRADE. —The coal trade is at present active, st bey on d example, the number of cargoes shipped r long exc eeding the p ro p ort i on of former years. The strike is, of course, aiding to this demand.—Tyne Merc ury. WEST BROMWICH.—THE COLLIERS' STRIKE.--The P i tmen in thi s neighbourhood, we are glad to hear, have returned to their w or k, at t h e old rates of wages— Wor ceatershire Chronicle, IS THERE ONE LAW FOR. THE RICH AND ANOTHER FOR THE POOR ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. :yifc,—The following cases were reported in The Sun of ;:_;aturday last—both prisoners were described as moving in the same class of life : THANES POLICE-OFFICE, 'UNION-HALL POLIC E- OFFICE, OCT. 25, 1844. OCT. 25, 1844. (Before Mr. Ballantine.) (Before Mr. Traill.) Donald Wilkinson was Edward Faithful was charged with assaulting, charged with assaulting, with intent, &c., Sarah Au- with intent, &c , Alice:Sarah derson, aged 14 (a servant Nott, aged 17 (daughter of of all-work), committed for a retired tradesman), com trial, but admitted to bail, mitted fortrial,but admitted himself in security for 401., to bail, himself in security and two other parties for fur 5001., and two other par -20/ each.—Total amount of ties for 2501. each.—Total bail, 801. amount of bail, 1,000/. Your police report does not give a satisfactory state ment to account for the apparent discrepancy in the amount of bail required in the two cases. Will you be kind enough to favour your readers with a solution of that which, at present, appears to be, Sir, Ilfracombe, Oct. 28, 1844. AN ENIGMA ? Accounts from Kensington Palace announce the death of the lion. Aliss Wynyard, who, it will be recol lected, was for many years bedchamber- woman and con stant companion of her late Royal Highness Princess Augusta. The deceased, who was in her 71st year, was third daughter of the late Lieutenant-General Wynyard. She was deservedly esteemed by the whole of the Bova' Family, and apartments were allotted to her in Ken sington Palace shortly after the death of the Princess Augusta. The Lord Chancellor has appointed eleven o'clock on Saturday morning next, to signify her Majesty's ap probation of the Lord Mayor elect; afterwards the Lord Chancellor will give to the Judges, &c , the usual first day of term breakfast. Each ceremony will take place at his Lordship's residence in George-street. THE ALLOTMENT SYSTEM.—LEASES.—A corre spondent informs us that Lord Weston lets about 50 acres at Kelvedon, in Essex, worth, to farm, 255. to 30s. per acre, at 41. to Si. per acre, in half acres or acres. A piece at Dedham-heath is let to poor people at 41. per acre, worth 12s. Lord Stanley (says our correspondent) recommends long leases. His Canada Corn Bill, last year, brought in 25,000 barrels of flour and 20,000 Lushels of wheat : this year about 400,000 barrels of flour and 300,000 bushels of wheat; and I think the quan tity will be doubled for some years to come. Much will be smuggled, and lower the prices, it at this time only paying ,•;;10i- per barrel ; while he and his Tory friends tell the farmers they are protected with a duty of 20s. per quarter. Who would take a lease with the present prospects ? ON THE OPENING OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.-- And the Royal Exchange was opened. The Queen was feasted in all queenly glory. The sons of Commerce — that is, the elder sons—did all that in their pockets lay to honour and be honoured. Her Majesty looked around her, and saw hundreds of men with the revenues of princes, and all paid by trade. She saw, as we have said, the elder sons of Commerce in the triumph, and flush, and fulness of their wealth. There they were, in that magnificent temple reared to their greatness. What a glorious gathering ! how full and complete the satis faction ! Nothing—no tittle—was wanting to the na tional triumph. Yes—we think—one thing. It may be thought sullen, carping in us to suggest a fault. We can not help it. Even though Laurie deem us cynical, it shall out. The elder sons of Commerce I And where, we ask, were the younger ones ; they, the brethren doomed, with treble toil, to a st arvelin g patri mony? Why was there not a deputation—a chosen few, just one small table full—from the sons of labour—yea, and from the daughters too? Some score or so of the toilsome hands, without whom England's Royal Exchange would be of no more account than a Temple of the Winds ? Surely it could not have marred the glory of the picture, but rather—properly disposed— have blended, an harmonious whole, to have had a few — just a few—of those whose sweat is, after all, the only gold of your prince merchant. It would have been pleasing to see this ; to mark the touching acknowledg ment of plethoric wealth to toiling poverty. It was, doultless, a goodly sight to the Queen to behold the mer chants, each the owner of a navy. Would her eye have frowned had she also seen—as a rep resen t ative of his class—one drudging ship-porter, only one, with his equals in labour, at the lowest table ? We think such a group would have added finish to the picture; but the Com mittee had, doubtless, better judgment. Yet, would such a homely party have had a use; for, like skeletons at an Egyptian revel, it might have mutely preached to mer chant princes one common humanity. However, at the opening of the next New Exchange—yes, in the year 2844—a1l this may perhaps be altered.—Punch. Westminster-bridge is again opened to the public. The acclivity of the carriage-way has been reduced in the centre, and the hollows filled up both on the Middle sex and Surrey ends, particularly the latter, previously inclination, almost dangerous, and it now assumes a g radual almost as level as - Waterloo-bridge ; while a similar ope ration has been performed on the footway, and which, being now much higher than the road, the foot passen gers are protected from danger by strong wooden posts, through the top of which passes a continuous line of long iron bars, all danger from falling into the road being ,thereby prevented. Mr. Richard Radcliffe, many years Town-clerk of Liverpool, died on Friday night at Leamington. DREADFUL DEATH OF A CHILD BY FlRE.—Late last evening Mr. Higgs held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Abraham NPDonald, aged five years and a half, whose parent, a widow, resides at No. 12, James-street, Kensington. It appeared by the evidence of a man named Walker that, on Tuesday evening, a little after seven, he was passing through the above street, when he saw a burning mass rolling on the pavement, and directly after a child's moans proceeded from it. lie went to it, and found it to be deceased with all his clothes on fire, and nearly burned off. With assistance he extinguished the fire, and the child having been first seen by 1)r. Merriman, of Kensington-square, it was removed to that hospital, in which it died in a few hours. The mother of deceased said she had only left her room to fetch some beer, and thought the accident was caused by the child endeavouring to take some pota toes from a saucepan on the fire. Verdict, " Accidental death." FARTHINGS AND lIALF.XARTHINGS.—It Wa..3 men tioned in this paper some months ago, that a coinage of half-farthings was in preparation ; and we may now state that a specimen of this new issue from the Mint has found its way to this quarter. On Saturday last, the treasurer of a yearly society in town received three packets from an absent member, one containing four penny-pieces, another farthings alone, and the third half-farthings, the last being all new and beau tiful as when issued from the Mint—the whole being in payment of his dues. The eccentric remit tance excited no small merriment amongst the mem bers. Although it was done perhaps in jest, it recalls serious considerations. For a long time past farthings have been in dissuetude in Dundee, for no other purpose, apparently, than to saddle purchasers of provisions and other articles with a serious tax. In all other places this useful coin is a legal tender, but our shopkeepers, very knowingly for themselves, have abo lished them altogether. The consequences are obvious— their gain in the course of a single year is immense ; for a poor man who lays out Is. for his day's provisions loses about 20. by buying in small quantities. In illustration of this, a purchaser of a quartern loaf pays 64d., for a half quartern he pays 3:}(l.—a farthing going into the baker's pocket. Salt butter is 9d. per lb, but he who buys a ilb. is charged 21d., or at the rate of 10d. per lb. Snuff was formerly lid. per half ounce, it is now lid. to ac commodate the retailer. If this inquiry were further pursued, it would be found, that on many articles is the farthing exacted. It is really the business of the public to look into this matter, and no longer submit to be gulled. Now that half-farthings are issued, let these as well as farthings be put into circulation, and let the working man have the full benefit of his hard-won earn ings. In England half-farthings are now current, and in all the towns in Scotland, we believe, except Dundee, farthings are so. Why should the retailers of this town be thus allowed to defraud the lieges ?—Dundee Advertiser. THE SCOTT MONUMENT.—On Saturday this splen did monument of genius was completed by the placing of its topmost stone on the structure. On its being fairly placid in its position, the workmen greeted it with three hearty cheers, and the Union flag was displayed from it daring the remainder of the day. In the course of the afternoon a number of the Committee, and other citizens, went to the top, hoisted up through the main scaffolding by the steam engine. A bottle of brandy was also drawn up, and the firss glass dedieated to this chef d'oeuvre of architecture—" The Monument to Sir Walter Scott." The building is now 200 feet from the level of Princes-street, and about 5 feet above the spire of St. Andrew's Church. It has been entirely built by six masons, four of whom have been employed upon it from first to last. The joiner work of the main scaffolding, which has been much admired, was put up under the direction of Mr. Lhind, the contractor, by one man. There has not been the slightest accident during the whole progress of the building ; and in the course of a few days a considerable part of the scaffolding will be taken down. There is still much to be done, however, before the monument is completely out of the bands of the builders. In connexion with this subject, we may mention that the vessel at Leith, which contains the marble block for the Scott statue, was on Saturday brought up to Mr. Maxton'.i yard. —Edinburgh Ad vertiser. DANGEROUS BITE FROM A RAT. -- Yesterday morning, about three o'clock, the family of Mr. Roderick, the proprietor of an ale and stout- house, at the corner of Southwark-bridge-road and Union-street, %ere much alarmed owing to one of his children and himself being severely bitten during the night by a rat. The child, a little girl about three years old, was lying in a cot ad joining her father's bed. The latter heard the child scream several times in the night, and exclaim " Don't." The latter being uneasy for some time was taken into her father's bed, where she also kept on crying for some time. About three o'clock Mr. Roderick was awoke by something biting his fore-finger on his right hand, in a dreadful manner. He immediately got up, and having procured a light, found the bed clothes covered with blood, which was flowing from one of the child s ears, which was dreadfully bitten, as was also his own finger. On searching the bed an immense rat was discovered, which after some trouble was destroyed. Both the wounds on the child's ear and Mr. Roderick's finger are in a very painful state. THE EXCHANGE BELLS. —The smallest (or highest toned) bell in the tower of the Royal Exchange is B flat, and not E fiat, so printed by mistake on Monday. The actual compass is from E flat, third space in the bass, to B flat, on the third line in the treble stave, comprising twelve notes of the diatonic scale, in the key of E flat, with A natural and D flat in addition, as accidental or casual notes, so as to render the chime ca pable of playing tunes in the keys of E, B or A fiat. rIIE SUN. 1,0ND01 4 1, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31 1844. IRELAND. SUBSCRIPTION FOR FATHER MATHEW. Dumas, OCT. 29.—The Duke of Leinster has for warded a subscription of 501., distinct from his pre vious contribution to the Mathew Testimonial. His Grace has intimated that he holds a subscription of 25/. from Earl Fortescue towards the fund for reliev ing Father Mkthew from his pecuniary embarrass ments. The following communication has been addressed to the Dublin Evening Post:— " 3, Smith's- buildings, Oct. 28, 1844. " Sir,—l have been requested by the Dowager Countess of Clanricarde to place in your hands a 101. note to be applied to the fund now being collected for the relief of Father Mathew's difficulties. It is with great pleasure that I comply with her Ladyship's re quest. I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, " CHARLES GRANBY BURKE." Dr. Shell, of Ballyshannon, has received the fol lowing letter : " Cork, Oct. 25, 1844. "My dear Friend,—l want words to express my gratitude for your untiring zeal in the sacred cause of temperance, and your great kindness to myself. " Teetotalism owes much to your exertions, and I partly attribute to your example the strict fidelity with which the pledge is observed in Ballyshannon and the surrounding districts. " By coming to my aid in the hour of my embar rassments, when many were inclined to abandon me to my fate, you have added to the obligations already expressed.. With fervent prayers for your happiness, I am, dear Dr. Shell, yours mort sincerely, " THEOBALD MATHEW. " To John Shell, Esq., M.D., Ballyshannon, County Donegal." THE COMMISSION COURT. The Lord Chief Justice and Chief Baron Brady took their seats in Court at ten o'clock. CHARGE or MURDER.—Elizabeth ill'Donnell was charged with the wilful murder of her infant child, at Palmerstown, on the 20th August. The indictment contained twelve counts. Mr. Brewster, the Hon. Mr. Piunket, and Mr. M‘Kane attended for the Crown ; Mr. Curran for the prisoner. The first witness called was a little girl, of appa rently eight years of age, the daughter of the accused. She was taken to the table weeping bitterly, and when the mother and her child were confronted, the scene became extremely distressing—both cried bit terly ; the grief of the former being exhibited in the most agonising exclamations of sorrow and despair. The CHIEF BARON asked Mr. Brewster if it was the child who had lodged information in the case ? Mr. Brewster replied in the affirmative. The CHIEF BARON observed that the child was very young, and, probably, instead of coming into Court from a sense of justice, she was acting from what she conceived to be a pressure of obligation, the weight and influence of which she did not understand. Mr. Brewster admitted he felt a difficulty in the case, but the indictment was preferred from a sense of duty. The CHIEF BARON said the child was a passive in- strument in the hands of the Crown. Mr. Brewster admitted such to be the fact, and was willing to act as their Lordships directed. Mr. Curran said, that if the prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge of "concealing the birth of her child," the Crown would, perhaps, abandon the charge for the capital offence. Mr. Brewster consented to the proposition—his own feelings concurred in it, and his opinion was that the case would end in the manner suggested. The CHIEF BARON said that, on reading the infor mations he felt it would be difficult to maintain the case against the prisoner. The CHIEF JUSTICE observed, that there were many circumstances in the case tending to throw much sus picion and doubt upon it, and to lead to the impression that the allegation could not be fully and clearly sus tained. The indictment for murder was then withdrawn, and a verdict returned of " guilty of the concealment," and the prisoner was removed. TRIAL OF HENRY MURPHY, SOLICITOR.—Henry Murphy, one of the attorneys, was charged with burn ing several original documents connected with a suit in Chancery, in which the prosecutor here was the plaintiff. These documents were receipts for rent, and necessary in the progress of the suit. Mr. Mur phy claimed from Captain Richardson the sum of 50/. as the balance of a bill of costs, which it was alleged he never furnished, and when the legality of his charge was questioned, be wrote to the captain to say, that he would burn one of the documents every day until he received the money, and until all were con sumed. _ _ _ The case was stated by Mr. Brewster, and the let ters formed a remarkable portion of his address to the jury. It would appear by the letters of the prisoner that he burned four documents, as he wrote on four occasions to Captain Richardson, enclosing the ashes of burned paper, with a small portion of each docu ment to satisfy him that they had been actually destroyed. Thomas Morrin, one of the conducting clerks in the Rolls Chancery-office, produced the bill in the cause of Richardson v. Preston, for the purpose of showing the court the nature of the suit in which Mr Murphy was engaged. Captain Richardson deposed that he had handed Mr. Murphy all the documents necessary for conduct ing the suit in Chancery. He identified the portion of a burned receipt, which he received enclosed in a letter, in the handwriting of Mr. Murphy. He also identified portions of other material documents sent to him in letters, written by the traverser. Some of the ashes of paper was contained in each letter. Mr. Curran objected to the reading of the pieces of paper which purported to be receipts, inasmuch as they were not stamped. Mr. Brewster held they were " exhibits" in the cause—as such were described in the indictment— and should be received as legal evidence in this pro. secution. Mr. Curran contended that the case did not come within the meaning of the Act under which the pri soner was indicted, as that Act only contemplated the protection of records in public offices. The CHIEF BARON, in charging the jury , expressed his opinion that the documents were public, inasmuch as they formed part of a suit pending in a superior court. The jury, after an absence of seven minutes, re turned with a verdict of—Guilty. The prisoner was then removed in custody of the gaoler. DISTURBANCES IN GALWAY.—The steam frigate Cyclops has gone round from Tarbert to Galway Bay to assist in quelling disturbances arising out of dis puted rights of fisheries. ATTEMPT AT MURDER IN IRISHTOWN.—On Sun day a man named Francis Beddy, who resides at Irishtown, whilst at dinner with his wife, attempted to murder her by stabbing her with a knife in the side. The alarm was given, and the culprit was at once secured. The woman was taken to Vincent's Hospital, Stephen's-green, where she remains under the care of Surgeon Ferran. The wound is of a very serious nature, but the doctors hope not of a vital character. The prisoner was brought before the ma gistrates of College-street office yesterday, and re manded for further examination until the result of the injury can be satisfactorily ascertained. A SECOND CROP OF FRUlT.—About three weeks ago, some strawberry plants in the garden of Mr. J. Bancroft, a retired farmer, of Mayfield-cottage, .Wilton, near Northwich, were observed to be a second time in flower, and though there was but little expectation that the blossom would ripen and mature into perfect fruit, the gardener induced Mr. Bancroft to let the plants alone, even at the risk of losing their produce next summer, in order to see how far they would progress in the ripen ing of the fruit at this late period of the year. Accord ingly the plants were let alone, and on Monday last we had brought to our office some very fine strawberry blossoms, and two large strawberries ; one, measuring upwards of three inches in circumference, was scarcely mature, but the other was quite ripe ; and we found it to be much better flavoured, and containing more saccha rine matter than this fruit possessed on the average during the last season. We understand that upwards of a pint of strawberries were gathered in the garden on Sunday last. It is right to state that these plants were not protected or sheltered by walls, nor close to any source of artificial heat, but were in the open garden, on a slope near a fish-pond, having, however, the advantage of the sun's rays during the morning and the middle of the day. With the strawberries and blossom was also brought from the same garden a small twig of a black currant bush, with fruit upon it, passing from the green into the darker colour which betokened ripening. The tree on which this fruit is now exhibiting a second crop this season is not near a wall, but only has the morning sun. There is not a forcing-gla s s about the premises, and the only manure applied during the year, an d t h at only once, either to the strawberry-plants or the currant bushes, was some horse-dung. The bush was well covered with fruit but we understand that one or two frosts during the night last week have caused it to fall in considerable quantities, and what remains cannot of course be expected to become ripe. —Manchester Guardian. A Court Leet of the Savoy precinct was hell yes terday, the proceedings of which were rendered worthy of public notice only by the very creditable conduct of the Chairman of the Court, Sir John Dean Paul, who refused to receive the presentation of the jury until they had reported the nuisance of several print and book shops of an improper character which have recently sprung up in the Strand—in the very face of the greatest thoroughfare in London—and he adjourned the Court, in ,rder to give the jury an opportunity of performing what ne considered a part of their duty to the public. MILDNESS OF THE SOUTII WALES SEASON.—The " duck and green peas," so dear to gourinanderie, is a daily dish with us here at the end of October. In the garden of Mr. Morgan, of Dark-gate, there are now some of the finest peas we have ever seen. Several of our gardens look like spring. In Mr. Brodribb's, of Bellevue school, for example, there are budding straw berries, and more than one of the apple trees is in bloom. —Welshman. SADLERS' WELLS THEATRE. The play of the City Madam was produced at this theatre last evening, with the most brilliant success. The hills announce it as Massinger's play of the City ; Madam; hut we are almost inclined to demur to this tide, for the play h-ls been so attend i the course of adaptation that we doubt whether, if Massinger were to be recalled to life, and taken to Sadler's Wells, he would be enabled to recognise his own production. The character of the Astrologer is altogether omitted, and thus the key t o th e c h aracter o f L a dy Frugal is therefore lost. Sh e i s waywar d , capr i c i ous , tyran nical, haughty, and vain, and she forces her daughters to become the same, because the Astrologer has fore told for them all the most brilliant destiny, and she has implicit faith in his predictions, and despises her husband, as bigotry only can despise, for his want of faith. The daughters are reduced to mere walking ladies ; and one of them, Mary, is made a pattern of kind-heartedness—the sentimental heroine of the piece, who calls her uncle " Good Master Luke" while in his dep en d an t s t ate, an d brings tears into his eyes by her kindness. This kindness is made good use of in the denouement. In the last scene, Luke is about to turn his brother's wife and children into the street to starve, when he sees Mary—the remembrance of her "g oo d mas t er L u k e " rushes back upon his mind : he pauses, and in agony of tears, hugs her to his bosom—recals her mother and sister, repents of his cruelty, and when his brother enters, kneels at his feet, and entreats his forgiveness. This scene, to make use of the stage phraseology goes re inarkably well, and, act e d as i t was l as t n i g ht —Phelps and Miss Cooper wer e very e ff ec ti ve —b u t it is not Messinger. Nay, more, it is contrary to the cha racter of Luke. The Luke of Massinger is one of the most original characters in the whole range of our English drama. It would not have been unworthy of Shakspeare himself. He is the impersonation of a self-seeker—the embodiment of what the French call _Egoisnze. Inheriting an ample fortune, he is licen tious, profligate, extravagant, vicious ; reduced to poverty, he is humble, obsequious, time-serving, hy pocritical—a dependent on his brother's bounty, yet conniving at schemes of robbery. Love of approba tion is also, as a phrenologist would say, remarkably developed in Luke. During the whole course of his profligate career he seems to have been most popular with his debauched companions. In his days of ad versity he is humble with Lady Frugal, and although she treats him with the greatest tyranny, yet we doubt whether Luke is not, in consequence of rendering himself useful to her, less ill-treated by her than any other person with whom she comes in contact: with Sir Maurice Lacy, heis the repentant sinner full of moral sayings and self-denial, the pleader for mercy for other men; with his brother's apprentices he is their tutor in dishonesty, their pander in debauchery. He understands the nature of those by whom he is surrounded, and by minister ing to their failings becomes the favourite of all. He becomes at once possessed of his brother's immense wealth. Those very men who had been by him begged off, while they were debtors to his brother, are by him arrested and thrown into gaol when he becomes the creditor. Sir John Frugal, while con senting, at the instance of Luke, to give them longer time, desires that it may not be men tioned on 'Change, as he should be laughed at. Master Luke having succeeded to his brother's position, determined he will not he laughed at, and therefore he revokes that grant of further time which his brother had made at his instance. He has learned prudence, not virtue, by adversity, and thus exhibits himself as a miser and solitary debauches. He does not turn his brother's wife and children into the street to starve, had he done so " the world would have talked," and Luke is one of those who would fain stand well with the world ; but he would also fain be revenged on Lady Frugal, and get rid of the expense of her main • tenance and that of her daughters; and therefore he endeavours by promises of a brilliant alliance with an Indian Prince to induce her and her daughters to go to Virginia with certain Indians, having p rev i ous ly arranged with the Indians that they shall be sacrificed on the instant of their arrival. These Indians are his brother and his brother's friends in disguise, and thus the denouement is brought about in the original. Thisis certainly a very dif ferent character to the Luke of last evening ; the Luke of Messinger would never have been driven from his purpose by a " good master Luke." The City Madam, as acted at the Sadler's Wells, is a very clever and a very effective play; the interest is well sustained, and it deserves to have a long run, but the City Madam of Massinger has yet to be revived. Phelp's Luke was an impersonation full of energy and power—very effective throughout, but occasionally wanting repose; for instance, he gave the beautiful soliloquy, descriptive of the treasure he had inherited, more like a man who had been robbed of his riches than one who had just come into possession of them. If he would in this scene be a - - little less energetic the audience would be better able to appreciate the beauty of the language, and the exquisite rythm of Massinger, who in this soliloquy has given us one of the most magnificent descriptions in the whole range of English poetry, in:comparison with which even Spencer's " House of Riches" must be admitted to be inferior. In the last scene he was admirable. Every sneer told with withering effect, and the transition from hate to tenderness on the sight of Mary, was given with a power which belongs to none but an artist of the highest order. He was called for at the conclusion, and loudly and deservedly applauded. George Bennett, as Sir John Frugal, was very effective ; it was the most evenly acted character of the night. There were none of those brilliant flashes by which the Luke of Phelps was distinguished, but it was perfectly sustained through out—it was faultless. Mrs. Warner was most amusingly viragoish as Lady Frugal, and the other characters were well sustained. The house was crowded. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.—The Queen went in a pony carriage this morning to the riding-school, accompanied by Prince Albert, and attended by Major-General Wemyss and Colonel Bouverie. Her Majesty returned to the Castle on horseback with his Royal - Highness. The Judge Advocate-General arrived at the Castle this morning, and had an audience of her Majesty. Sir Robert and Lady Sale arrived at the Castle to day, on a visit to the Queen. The Earl of Ellenborough had an audience of the Queen this afternoon. Sir Henry Wheatley arrived yesterday evening at the Castle, and took his departure to-day. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Earls of Liverpool and Ellenborough, and Sir Robert Peel, walked out in the Home Park and the pleasure grounds. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Charlotte Dundas, Countess Wratislaw, the Rev. Edward M oore , and Sir George Couper. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards were in at tendance during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended at the Castle, and performed the remainder of the evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Meek lenburgh Strelitz, a rr i ve d at K ew on Tuesday even i ng from a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailes bury, at Tottenham Park, Wilts. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal High ness the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday, at Glou cester House. His Royal Highness afterwards left town for Kew. The Lord Chancellor has appointed eleven o'clock on Saturday morning next, to signify her Majesty's approbation of the Lord Mayor elect. Afterwards the Lord Chancellor will give to the Judges, &c., the usual first day of term breakfast. Each ceremony will take place at his Lordship's residence in George street. Her Majesty's Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms at tended at the opening of the Royal Exchange, and lined the Throne-room, commanded by Lord Forester. The Hon. Sir Edward Butler, Lieutenant ; Mr. J. B. Curling, Adjutant; Mr. Wils on , th e H ar bi nger , and Sir Benjamin Smith, C. S., were on duty. Dispatches from the Governor of Malta, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also from the Governor o f Gibraltar; wer e rece i ve d yes terday at the Colonial-office. PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER FOR ONE HUNDRED POUNDS. —Yesterday the fight between Paddy Gill and George Holden (of Birmingham) came off, in the pre sence Lon i d t o s n of pugilistic them en fay,a nncland, from th e we ll-known mace of a great assem bla g e of the Birmingham and the heavy stakes pending the result, much interest was created. In betting, sto 4 was laid on Gill. A ring having been formed, the combatants, with their seconds, entered, and immediately commenced the contest, both displaying great science and hard hitting. When the contest had occupied thirty minutes, it was quite apparent the battle was in the hands of Gill, but Holden continued to fight with great courage, and ultimately, Gill came off the winner. PUBLIC PARKS AND WALKS.---We have already noticed the handsome contributions of Mark Philips, Esq., M.P., and of Sir George Philips, and we have now the pleasure to record the subscription of the clerks, salesmen, warehousemen, and porters, in the ware house of the firm of which our excellent representa tive is a member—Messrs. J. and N. Philips and Co., Church-street. Including all classes of employees, youths, porters, &c., we find that ninety individuals in this establishment have contributed the very large and liberal amount of 2211. 2s. in aid of the fund for public parks I We regard this as one of the most remarkable contributions yet made towards this admirable object, and we have no doubt, that it is by no means the first in point of time—though the largest in amount—yet recorded, so it will have a long line of worthy followers in no spirit of envious rivalry, but rather in that gene rous and benevolent impulse of honourable emulation, in which it is not only allowable but commendable to " provoke to love and good works." —Manchester Guardian. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TII^ CA3IBIUDGESIIIRE STAKES.—From inquiries made since the details of this race were stint up, we have reason to believe that the favourite was not one of the six or seven horses that got well off ; on the contrary, so bad was the start, he and ne,:rly a dozen others lost three or four length:, and from the severity of the pace from end to end, run under disadvantages that could not be surmounted. The starting in two or three races on Tuesday was equally open to objection. The reported trial between Evenus, The Altered One, to which we made allusion, never took place ; the actual trial was between Venus, the Altered One, Bishop of Romford's Cob, and Vibration. NEW MATCHES. Tit URSDAY.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, 9st 61b, agst Lord G. Bentinck's Naworth, 7st to b. T.Y.C. 2CO. Sir J. Hawley's Venus, 1 Ist 31b, agst Mr. Osbaldes ton's Sorella, lOst 71b. D.I. 200, h ft. Arrivals.—The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Duke of Rutland, Mar • quis of Exeter, Earl of March, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of Stradbroke, Earl of Miltown, Earl of Glasgow, Lord E. Russell, Lord Maidstone, Lord Howth, Lord W. Powlett, Lord C. Manners, Lord G. Paget, Lord G. Bentinck, Count Bath] any, Sir Charles and Lady Vaux, Sir W. Codrington, Sir W. W. Wynne, Sir J. Hawley, lion. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Captain and Mrs. Rous, Horace Pitt, George Fitzroy, F. Villiers, H. Forester, General Grosvenor, Colonel and Lady AlicePeel,Colonel Knox, Colonel Charritie, Colonel Hall ; Messrs. H. Peyton, Booth, Griffiths Bristow, Phillimore, Irwin, Greville, Lowther, S. Graham, S. Stanley, Worrell, Ramsbottom, Payne, Campbell, Jaques, Newton, Batson, Shelley, Alagennis, Hawker, Portman, Greene, Wad dington, Wigram, Powell, Meyrick, R. Peel, Bastard, Goddard. Departures.—The Earl of March, Earl of Glasgow, Captain Bastard, and Captain Newton. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK AT NEWMARKET, ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE LATE DUKE OF GRAFTON'S BROOD MARES AND STALLIONS. Gs. Tontine, covered by Redshank Problem, do lB Legend, do lOO Turquoise, covered by Plenipo and do 73 Oxygen, covered by Redshank Bik in by Blacklock, out of Pope Joan, covered by Redshank Dublin, ditto Rhodope, ditto Nameless, ditto 260 Balance,ditto 135 Currency, ditto 3OO Delhi, ditto 13r in by Dr. Syntax, out of Problem, ditto Utopia, 5 yrs, ditto Memoir, 4 yrs, ditto 155 Ch m by Plenipotentiary, out of Tontine, covered by Montreal Montreal, by Langar, out of Legend... lB5 Cataract, 4 yrs, by Hornsea, out of Oxygen The following lots, belonging to other parties, were also sold : Gs. Ch f by Beiram, out of Souvenir BO B c by Bay Middleton, out of Thebes, 3 yrs 66 Lady Sale, covered by Montreal 5B POISONS, THEIR TESTS, AND / ANTIDOTES. At the Royal Polytechnic Institution, yesterday, D:. Ryan delivered to a very numerous audience the second of hi , proposed series cif lectures on the nature of poisons, the tests tor discovering their presence, and the mst effectual means of counteracting their effects. It seems preferable to give his valuable discourse as mueh as possible in his own words, although it is impossible to detail his experiments or the in • structive observations with which they were ac companied. The importance of the subject to the whole public, and the popular and intelligible style of the Professor, render his lectures equally desirable in the columns of a newspaper as in the merely scientific jour nal. lle said—Our former attempts to give a popular view of some of the most dangerous mineral poisons, and especially arsenic, having been well received, we have been induced to continue the subject, fer the purpose of giving a brief outline of some of the acid poisons, such as prussic or hydrocyanic acid. In bringing these lectures Move an audience necessarily composed of many non-professional individuals, we must deprecate at once anything like a disposition to pander to the moi bid appetite of those who love to feed upon the horrible ; cur objects are, we trust, legitimate and honourable, and worthy an institution which professes the diffusion of knowledge. Our objects then are simply to satisfy the rational curiosity of those who wish to know something of the many disguises under which an enemy may lurk—to point out the means of detection and of remedy in cases of emergency, and, as in the lecture on arsenic, to guard the honest juryman against the dangerous fallacies that may accompany medico legal investigations. We feel it our duty also here to remark that although we shall be anxious to bring the most important and prominent features before our audience, yet we shall avoid as much as we can unne cessary scientific detail, and if we fail in rivetting the attention by the usual brilliant experiments of the lec ture to all, yet we trust that the object we have in view may lead our audience to forget the spectacle in the value of the information given. It is my intention, in this lecture, to divide the poi sonous acids into two distinct parts :—First, those result ing from certain natural processes—as respiration, com bustion, animal and vegetable decomposition. Secondly, those which are found native, or are the result of art. However, before we proceed to detail, it may be as well for me to give a brief explanation of an acid :-1. As the term indicates, an acid is generally sour, although some acids are not sensibly so. 2. They generally redden the vegetable blues, having precisely the opposite action of an alkali. 3. They combine with bases to form salts. It was the opinion of some of the earlier chemists that an acid was necessarily the union of a combustible base with oxygen—hence the term—but although oxygen is found in most acids, it does not exist in all. The two great acidifiers are oxygen and hydrogen. We may di vide acids, therefore, into two great classes—oxacids and hydracids. The oxacids have oxygen as their acidi fying principle ; the hydracids have hydrogen. Alter a number of beautiful experiments, illustrating the various acids of these two classes, and their effects— including especially hydro-sulphuric acid, or sulphuretted hydrogen, copiously and most perniciously disengaged from our drains and other numerous sources of mi asma, he stated, one-eight-hundredth part of this poison kills a dog, one-two-hundred-and-fiftieth a horse, and one-fifteen-hundredth part a bird. The antidote is chlorine. lie then proceeded to the immediate subject of this lecture. Hydrocyanic acid is an organic product, either of the animal or vegetable kingdom. Its synonimes are prussic acid, because it exists in Prussian blue; zootic acid, because of its animal origin; and hydrocyanic acid, because it is a compound of hydrogen and cyanogen. Cyanog,en is a compound of two volumes of the vapour of carbon and one of nitrogen ; so that our most extensive compounds, as well as our most active poisons, contain nitrogen . Prussic acid, or rather its base cyanogen, may be found in many vegetables, espe cially in the amygdalem and pomefe, bitter almonds, apple-pips, kernals of peaches, apricots, cherries, plums, and damsons. In the flowers of the peach, cherry laurel, and bank cherry—in the bark of the latter and the root of the mountain ash. Laurel water has long been used as a poison. It is also found during decomposition, as in old cheese. It is developed (luring the combustion of blood, hoofs, &c., in an iron pot. It is not my place to go into the various methods of making it. Its history is briefly told. Prussian blue was accidentally discovered by Diesbach at the commencement of the eighteenth century. In 1746 Dr. Brown Langrish published on laurel-water. In 1752 Macguire announced that Prussian blue was an oxide of iron and some colouring principle. In 1787 Bertholet discovered its composition. In 1801 it was first used in medicine. The acid of the shops contains 98 per cent. of water and 2 of Prussic acid. The tests by which its presence may be discovered are :—first, its peculiar odour ; secondly, the formation of Prussian blue. Add caustic potassa to the suspected liquid, then add a protosalt of iron, and eventually a few drops of muriatic acid. Thirdly, the formation of cyanide of silver, by adding nitrate of silver to the suspected liquid. The cyanide is distinguished by its solubility in hot nitric acid. Fourthly, by the formation of cyanide of copper, and its conversion into a dicyanide. This is done by adding caustic potassa to the suspected liquid, then introducing a few drops of solution of sulphate of cop per, the cyanide is formed of a yellowish green. On the ad dition of muriatic acid, a white dicyanide is precipi tated. And fifthly, by the action of tincture of guia cum. Add the tincture to the Prussic acid liquid, a white resin is precipitated. Then introduce a few drops of solution of sulphate of copper, and a beautiful blue re sult -4, made more intense by the addition of alcohol. A fallacy may occur here, as tincture or guiacum will produce a similar blue colour with spirit of nitric rather. Sixthly, where the odour is not detected, distillation will discover the acid. The antidotes are chlo rine, ammonia, cold effusion, artificial respi ration, and finally, the recently discovered method of the celebrated chemists, Messrs. Smith, of Edin burgh. Their antidote is thus prepared:—Boil sulphate of iron with sulphuric acid and water, and add a few drops of nitric acid. In this way a proto persalt of iron is formed. Give to the patient first of all a solution of carbonate of potassia, and then a dose of the protopersalt of iron. The change which takes place is a most beautiful and effective one, resulting in the formation of Prussian blue, which being insoluble, is consequently inert. The audience, at the conclusion, expressed their satis faction by applause, and several gentlemen stated, that as they had not heard the lecture upon arsenic, they hoped the Professor would find an opportunity of re peating it. A TOO COMMON TALE.—A young girl of eighteen previously of unexceptionable chaiecter, and who lived about seven years in two places in Maidstone, was about August last discharged from her place, on account of her being in the family-way, and came home here (Boughton Malherbe) to her friends. About a month since a full grown child was found by two boys in a pond at some distance from the house, and was suspected by the parishioners to have come from the cottage where she lived. This was strenuously denied by the mother, who, however, admitted that her daughter had recently mis carried, and said that evidence of this fact would be found in the cesspool of the house. A coroner's inquest was held on the child. A surgeon who had been called in to examine the young woman, could not give an opinion as to whether she had been delivered or had miscarried. Her mother attended before the coroner, and stated that her daughter had never been in the family-way, and there being no satisfactory evidence to connect the young woman with the body found, an open verdict was returned. Still, the case was of so suspicious a cha racter that the respectable parishioners determined on prosecuting the inquiry. The cesspool was searched, and no evidence of miscarriage found therein. The young woman underwent a second medical examination by the same surgeon who had examined her before, and who now inclined to the opinion that she had been re gularly confined. The unhappy girl herself, weakened by her situation, and doubtless agitated by grief, shame, and remorse, became alarmingly ill, and we are told, closed her miserable life on Wednesday week, in a state of delirium, calling fur " her poor boy." She is now " where the wicked cease from troubling, and the weary are at rest." We regret to be obliged to add, that the reputed father of the child, and, we fear we must say, the destroyer of this unfortunate girl, is a married man living in Maidstone. This melancholy affair has cast a deep gloom over our usually peaceful and happy hamlet, and it is to be hoped that it will serve as a warning in other places against reckless and immoral indulgence in these first acts of thoughtless indiscretion, which involve consequences so terrible as those we have been called upon to relate.—Maidstone Gazette. FATAL WAGGON ACCIDENT.—Last evening Mr. Higgs held an inquest at St. George's Hospital, on the body of William Ricketts, aged thirty-five, carman in the service of Messrs. Taprell and Holland, upholsterers to her Majesty, in Marylebone-street, St. James's. It ap p , ared from the evidence of the two fellow-servants of deceased that they were retiring from Windsor Castle on the night of Tuesday, the 18th inst., with a waggon laden with furniture. The night was wet and boisterous, and the two witnesses took shelter on the waggon be neath the tarpauling, and when they were between Brentford and Hounslow they felt that the wheels had passed over some obstruction, and instantly heard de ceased cry out, " For God's sake come down, I am run over." They descended from the waggon and found de ceased in the act of rising from the road and standing on his left leg, the right one being useless and bleeding. They wished to take him to the first surgeon's, but he refused to go, preferring the hospital, to which they con veyed him. lie was slightly intoxicated, and they thought that his sitting on the shafts and falling off caused the accident. Mr. 0. Cundy, house surgeon, said deceased was admitted with extensive laceration and fracture of the small bones of the right foot which rendered instant amputation of the toes necessary. Mortification ensued two days afterwards, accompanied by delirium tremens, which continued until he expired on Tuesday last. Ver dict—" Accidental death." A curious and somewhat amusing incident occurred in the Strand during the passing of the royal procession. It is usual on all such pu blic occasions to have many of the police stationed in different parts of the streets dressed in coloured clothes, in order the more effectually to keep an eye upon thieves and pickpockets. One of these men had discovered a common thief in the act of picking the pocket o f a student of King's College, and took him into custody. At the same moment, as s ome of the constablesho were keeping the line were about to pounce upon him, mistaking their broth er o ffi cer in the coloured clothes for a friend of the thief's who wished to rescue him, they began to belabour him with their staves ; and it was not until after lie had received several very severe blows on the head that he_ succeeded i n mak ing them believe that h e was what he represented him self. The thief was, however, secured, Mr. P. H. Bovvriilg, son of Br, Bowling, M.P., ' bas beeg elected fellow 91 Trinity College, Cambridge. WEDNESDAY'S RACES. The completion of the settlement on the Cambridge shire Stakes commenced yesterday, and (postponed from the early hour at which the members of the ring were summoned to the course) was accomplished with general satisfaction this morning, and this, with the sales by Messrs. Tattersall, occupied attention till the sportscom menced at one. It was pretty generally known that the inquiry into the Ratan affair had been closed, and the report drawn up. The result is to be reported to the members of the Jockey Club this evening, and will, no doubt, receive early publicity. The morning was lower ing, and the weather throughout the day dull ; but the abundance of racing produced a sufficient degree of ex citement to " keep up the steam" among the sporting fraternity, and there was no diminution of speculation till the last struggle was completed. The spectators were numerous, and included many persons of distinc- Sweepstakestcli ai o 4rDm n . yeul yk o ff s.efts. Boi quartered" nssfttt 2aßholneebf lde;followinglyfo Bedf o rd ' s rssv i doec n , vs yr et7rhnseeoi each; cni or n hnddt uu g rf7rp h :o,swr b_ t ourliood. The events upwards, r a h,. d t brs. 7 : e l b ABy , brt; 7xtol received lb.d.7ostat f 7h r o 1 T.Y.C. fbmt.; Winner to be sold for 1501. (7 Subs.) Mr. Ramsbottom's Brush, 3 yrs - (E. Edwards) 1 Mr. Phillimore's Syntaxina, 6 yrs 2 The following also started but were not placed:— Mr. Payne's Johnny, aged—Mr. Death's Isleworth, 5 yrs —Lord Albermarle's The Brewer, 4 yrs—and Mr. Bris tow's Freystrop, 3 yrs. 5 to 2 agst The Brewer, 3 to 1 agst Johnny, and 7 to 2 agst Freystrop. Syntaxina, Johnny, Freystrop, and the winner, started nearly abreast, and ran in company for about one hundred yards; the running was then taken . up by Freystrop, and carried on to the cords, where he was beaten. Johnny gave in half-way up, and Brush, challenging the mare, defeated her cleverly at last, by half a length. Johnny was an indifferent third. Subscription Plate of 501.; for two yrs old, 6st 71b ; and three, Bst 10. T.Y.C. Lord Lonsdale's Brother to Chummy, 2 yrs...(Pettit) 1 Mr. Copeland's My Mary, 2 yrs Col. Peel's Zeaobia, 3 yrs • 3 The following also started, but were not placed : Lord Exeter's Merope, 3 yrs—Lord G. Bentinck's Cro ton Oil, 3 yrs—Mr. Phillimore's Physalis, 3 yrs—Mr. S. Scott's b c by Caesar, dam by Teresias, 2 yrs—Mr. May's My Mary Ann, 2 yrs—and Mr. Booth's New Year's day, 2 yrs. 'lotting-6 to 4 agst My Mary ;4to 1 agst the winner ; 5 to 1 agst Zenobia ; - 6 to 1 agst Merope ; and 7 to 1 agst Croton OiL—Thare were three or four false starts for this race. In the first the Caesar colt and My Mary Ann got away, and, bearing to the left, jumped the fence into the turnip , field, in which the colt was stopped ; the filly, dislodging her jockey, went across the next two or three fields, and was stopped at Mr. Brant's barns. In the actual race she bolted, and was pulled up. Zenobia, Merope, and Physalis started together, and made alternate running into the cord, where Brother to Chummy and My Mary passed them, and had the race to themselves, the colt winning easy by a length, Zenobia third, Physalis fourth, and New Year's-Day fifth. The winner was claimed. Match •, 200, h ft. T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst 71b (Robinson), beat Mr. Beresford's The Altered One, 7st 71b (Nat), by two lengths.-2 to lon Oakley. Handicap Plate of 501. ; for three yrs old, &c. A.F. Mr. Drinkeld's Vol au Vnt, 3 yrs, sst 21b (A. Day) 1 Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss, 3 yrs, 5 si 61b 2 Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 3 The following also ran :—Mr. Payne's Mania, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Sir G. Heathcote's Khorassan, 4 yrs, 7st 91b— Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Mr. Shaftoe's Portobello, 4 yrs, 7st—Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, 3 yrs, Est 71b—and Colonel Peel's c by Slane, out of Jason's dam, 3 yrs, sst 71b. 5 to 2 agst Mania, 4 to 1 agst Boarding-school Miss, 5 to 1 agst Vol au Vent, and 5 to 1 agst Wee Pet. Vol au Vent made all the running, followed by Boarding-school Miss, went to bis head at the cords, but gave way in a few strides, and was beaten cleverly by a length ; Mickey Free a good third, and Mania fourth. (Alatch ; 200, h ft. T.Y.C.—Mr. Salvin's The Cure, Bst (Hesseltine), beat Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Rom ford's Cob, Bst (Nat), by a head.-5 to 2on The Cure. Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie, Bst 71b, received from Mr. Ford's Attorney, 6st 71b. T.Y.C. 300. Lord Eglinton's Lycurgus received from Colonel Peel's Seaman, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. 500, h ft. Duke of Bedford's Glen Fishie, Bst 71b, received from Lord Eglinton's Britannia., Est 41b. T.Y.C. 200, h ft. Colonel Peel's Orlando, Bst, agst Lord Exeter's Merope, 7st 71b. T. Y.C. 200, h ft.—Off by consent. Match, 100, h ft, T.Y.C.—Mr. Shelley's Prince of Wales, Bst 71b (Nat), beat Lord Exeter's Pergularia, Bst 21b (Mann), by three lengths. Betting, 7to 4 agst the winner. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BETTING UP TO TEN O'CLOCK. NURSERY STARES (FIRST CLASS). 3 to 1 agst Rose of Cashmere 14 to 1 agst Ciim Con. LBY. 40 to 1 agst Anti-Repealer 40 to 1 agst Lycurgus 40 to 1 agst Collier 1,000 to 15 agst Miss Whip colt—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Idas—t 1,000 to 15 agst Sister to Laundress colt 18 to 1 agst Forth's lot—t 11 to 1 agst Alarm 16 to 1 agst Kedger 20 to 1 agst Cobweb c 25 to 1 agst Rebecca c—t 28 to 1 agst Brother to E.O. 33 to 1 agst Pantasa 40 to 1 agst Young Eclipse OAKS. 12 to asst Refraction—taken. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. D.I. Plate.—Alice Hawthorn, 6 yrs, 9st 101b—Wine sour, 4 yrs, Bst 81b—Aristetle, 5 yrs, Bst 41b—Revoca tion, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Mickey Free, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—I-am not-aware, aged, 7st 21b—Glossy, 4 yrs, 7st—Anonyme, 4 yrs, 6st—Algernon, 3 yrs, 6st—Croton Oil, 3 yrs, sst 131b—Well-a-day filly, 3 yrs, sst. D.M. Handicap for two yrs olds.—Gamelass filly, Bst 71b—Crim Con, Bst 41b—Carissina, Bst 41b—Carac tacus, 7st 71b—Pastille filly, 7st 21b. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, winner to be sold for 250, &c. A.F.—Priscilla Tomboy, 5 yrs—Pine Apple, 4 yrs—Mania, 4 yrs—Walpole, 3 yrs—Barricade, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, winner to be sold for 80, &c.—Sevens'• the-main, 3 yrs—Mainstay, 2 yrs— Teresa, 3 yrs—f by Hornsea dam by Sultan, 2 yrs— Hedgehog, 2 yrs—St. Domingo, 2 yrs—Jessie Hammond, 2 yrs—f by Slane, out of Mary Ann, 2 yrs—Dr. Hill, 2 yrs—Landlord, 2 yrs—Wild Roe, 2 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs olds. T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 150, &c.—Full Sail—f by Hornsea, dam by Sultan—and Glee. HER MAJESTY'S BILL OF FARE AT THE ROYAL Ex- CHANGE.—The Illuminated " Bill of Fare," and which her Majesty was pleased to request might be forwarded to Windsor, was executed by Mr. John Sherrin, in the establishment of Messrs. Harding and Smith, Pall-mall. SINGULAR FACT FOR THE NATURALIST .—A person in this town, while preparing a piece of plane-tree for the back of a violoncello, observed a small rise about the centre of the plank, and planing it very carefully he g ently broke a cell , s pecies lay embedde d, The insect was alive and crawled in which a fly of the long and b rown off the board, but did not seem capable of using its wings. From the age of the wood the insect must have been en tombedreckne b t the e owr t r h e wi ecah:' itt s a coo s fu a raj speciesnhga , v eT s u bsequentlyl e c r a e p wasn ot able of for upwards of a c entur y , as it could onl y have boredg t het doing so.—Perth Courier. slightesten a c enclose d s e e t rmwa w h en N FATAL ACCIDENT in P.' ''g , thirta 7 MENTAL VINES at A TRAM CHATHAM, OCT. 30.—The pub' 9-*eAlrcady awate, that a sham siege has teen fur s days Mast going , T 7: on up )n the Chatham Lines, in tl the casemate barracks, where Cap niA,V4rine; i 9f4fak:> Royal Engineers, is attacking the 4 - 4.1761,440r4ti cation, which Lieutenant Pemice, is defending. Previous to this day se‘eral explosions have taken place without any important result or ac cident, and it was generally understood that others would take place to -day. In the early part of the afternoon great sensation was created in Bronspton, Chatham, and the neighbourhood, by the rumour that a serious and fatal accident had talon place in the mines, and on proceeding to the spot it was found that the report was but too true. From information obtained on the spot, it appears that in the course of the morning a charge of 2.501b5. cf gunpowder was fired in the right branch of Lieutenant P,nrice's countermines, and about half-past one o'clock a smaller charge of about 511,5., besides sorn;,! loos, powder, was exploded. After air had been pumped into the mines for some time, three men, namely, James Sullivan, a private in the East India Com pany's Sappers, and Harris and Bailey, two privates in the Queen's service, entered the branch where the explosion had taken place, for the purpose of digging out the loose earth. In a few minutes Bailey came out of the mine, saying that the foul air so affected his head that he could not stand it any longer. Sul livan and Harris not making their appearance, some alarm was excited, and corporal Dent and private Murphy entered the mine in search of them, when they found them lying at the further end of the branch in a senseless state. Corporal Dent, although seriously affected by the vapour, succeeded in getting Harris out, but Murphy was unable to assist Sulli van, and fell senseless in the passage, completely choking it. Some delay occurred in extricating Murphy, and when that was effected, Lieu tenant Muggeridge, who was in charge of the party, led his men in to rescue poor Sullivan, who was lying on his face at the extreme end of the branch. lie immediately got out, and Mr. Weeks, a surgeon, of Brompton, being sent for, was promptly on the spot, and applied remedies, but in Sullivan's case without efreet, as, owing to the delay in getting him out, he was quite dead. Murphy and Harris were conveyed on stretchers to the hos pital in Brompton barracks, where they are doing well. Several of the party who entered the mine the last time were more or less affected, and the Lieute nant himself was partially delirious for some minutes after he came out. Immediately after the accident all further operations in the works ceased, and it is understood will be totally abandoned. Mr. Ilindes, the coroner of the district, will hold an inquest on the deceased, who was much respected .in the corps, and the inquiry is looked forward to with some anxiety, as it is asserted that the pumps used for the purpose of forcing air into the mines were defective ; but it is proper to say, that judging from the great care with which all the operations were conducted, that asser tion will, no doubt, be found to be untrue. EAST INDIA COMPANT'S MUSEUM.—(From a Cor respondent.)—The above Institution has recently expe rienced several important alterations and improvements, and has received some valuable additions from the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. The horns pertaining to different animals have been judiciously arranged, and may now be seen to far better advantage than they were before, when they were indiscriminately huddled together. Two newly discovered specimens of cervi have been lately introduced into the museum ; one of them was presented to the Directors by Major Harris, which that gentleman procured whilst he was proceeding on his mission to Shoa. It is a species of antelope, and is boldly and elegantly striped with white annular zones, si milar to the zebra. The horns of this beautiful animal are two feet in length, and spirally formed. It would ap pear to have heretofore escaped the notice of naturalists. The other is a red deer (a male), shot in the valley of Munnipore, in the Raj-Mal district. The antlers of this latter animal are out of all proportion to the size of its body, and present a very formidable front. It is stated to be exceedingly fierce and untractablc. To the ornitholo gical department some interesting additions have been made. Several novel species of falcons, cranes, and divers have been received peculiar to Northern India. The bat (vespertilio) family has been considerably augmented. The most extraordinary feature in the entomological collection is the " animated leaf"—the very curious in tra•connecting link between the animal and vegetable being—which has recently been received by Dr. Hors field, the curator of the museum, from a friend resident in Bengal. This wonderful production of nature so critically in every particular resembles a faded leaf, that the most scrupulous observer would find a difficult task to decide to which order of the creation it belongs,. It is said to be the only specimen of the kind in this coun try, and it certainly forms a most interesting and unique feature in natural history. DARING BURGLARY.—CAUGHT IN THE FACT.-011 Sunday evening a daring burglary was committed in the house of Miss Parry, of St. Pam's-street, North, which ended in a most unpleasant denote anent at the expense or the depredators. It seems that on Sunday afternoon, 'Miss Parry and her partner left home about three o'clock, to take tea at the house of a relative; a ledger in the house also left about six o'clock to go to chapel, and no soeuer was the coast clear than four well-known characters: commenced operations in hopes of gaining a rich booty, One of the party first knocked at the door, and F,edince no answer, they concluded it was all right and separated, two taking their stand as watchmen at either end of St. Paul's-street, and the others, named • Beard and Smith, proceeding by the back way to effect an entrance to the premises. It appears that the thieves well knew the habits of the inmates, and that Miss Parry, attending St. Paul's church, was seldom home much before nine. On this occasion it so happened she did not go to church, but coming hastily home about eight o'clock, saw a light in the front room, and applying her eye to the keyhole, saw a fellow roaming about the passage in search of plunder. With great presence of mind, Miss Parry hastened quietly over to an opposite neighbour, and th e a l arm quickly spreading, before the thieves had any suspicion of their danger, they were pounced upon by the deck way, and the spoil found upon their persons. Being had before the magistrates on Monday they were fully committed to the assizes. As they were caught on the premises, there is little doubt of their con viction, and as they have each gone through a similar ordeal once before, there are strong hopes that their re turn to Cheltenham will be guarded against for one seven years at least.—Cheltenham Examiner. TILE LIVERPOOL PRESS AND THE BIRKF:SHEAD FESTIVAL.—The past week has been a busy one with the Liverpool press. Never, within our Tec,election, has any great event in this part of the emit:oT set so many editors, reporters, and compositors in motion, or caused so many columns of matter to be piled upon each other, as the Birkenhead Festival. Our Cheshire neigh bours have unquestionably no cause to complain, as correspondents often do, of want of notice, or as some egotistical speakers are in the habit of saying, that all their elegant specimens of rhetoric were either burked or cur tailed. On the contrary, length—interminable length of space was devoted to the festival, and the consequence was, that for half-a-crown this week and last, a man might purchase 72 columns of the M ercury, an d a map; 72 columns of the Mail, intersperse d with plates ; 42 columns of Gore's Advertiser; about 51 columns of the Standard, and a plan; 60 columns of' the Chronicle; and 63 columns of the Courier, with a lithographic view— making, in all, the enormous number of 360 columns! enough, we should think, to gratify the greatest newspaper gourmand that ever lived for any one week of his mortal career. Then, look at the walls of the town! walls literally covered with newspaper placards, of all sizes and shapes, from the double doubles crown to foolscap quarto, and printed in types varying from 50-line pica antique down to great primer. Such a week for bill-stickers ! Never, in the hottest period of a contested election, had the lords of the brush and paste such a glorious harvest-time ! A stranger entering the town towards the end of last week, and casting his eyes along the walls and the gable-ends of the houses, might well be pardoned for imagining that business was at a stand, and that all the community had betaken themselves to their houses to read about Birkenhead and its docks—its banquets, its balls, its processions, and its fireworks, as the same were set forth, in a " full, true, and particular " manner in the newspapers ! And verily, he would not have been. far wrong, for, we believe, the newspapers never had such immense sales, and, of course, if they had buyers they must have had readers. In short, the press has immortalised Birkenhead to such an extent that it must now " go a- head " faster than ever.—Liverpool Courier. CAPTURE OF THE DOVER MURDERERS IN STOCK.. BURY WOODS.—Our readers are aware that a reward of 701. has been offered by Government for the apprehen sion of the men charged with the murder of a police man at Dover. Much interest was excited in the neigh bourhood on Thursday, by a report that ;two of them, John and William Clarke, had been captured in the woods at Stockbury vallies, about four miles from Maid stone. The report, on inquiry, turned out to be true. The following are the particulars :—On Tuesday last, Mrs. Deacon, the eldest sister of the prisoners, went to the shop of Mr. Worster, a li wholesale ter o r s ifshe toy-dealerhall in London, and being asked by s rs. Worster heard of her brothers, s ming the bereple a ld yt•ietsi, place)antl a t n a give them some money going to meet them r han geo f clo him e f s „' ' 0 Worster, on her husbanadn'sd a change informed return, w gat bad passed, and he decided on following the woman Dea con to the place she had named; forwhich purpose, having obtained the assistance of another dealer, named Sharp, he proceeded on Thursday morning, in a four-wheeled carriage to Stockbury valley, en the road leading f ro m Maidstone to Sittingbourne. About a mile before reaching the Squirrels public-house, they saw the woman Deacon with two men behind a hedge. On this and jumped over a stil e . ‘,l lO ran off to they stopped their vehicle, They were observed b y t h e two men, wards the wood ; but beit„ , ov( 'stake!), surrendered without me any statet resistanceliate,y and have were tal,kieing nth nitoceul d s , t o o o dy s . The since the occurrence, but strongly deny any participa tion in the mur d er. They further state, that being quite tired of this mode of life, they had determined on giving themselves up to the polic e at D over nex t wee k. John Clark was well disguised, being dressed in a good suit of black. William was in a labourer's dress, but much altered from that worn when he left Dover. They deny having heard anything of their brother Thomas since he left them on the 9th of September ; and both of them appeared extremely harassed and trembled violently. The prisoni. rs V. ere taken, to Dover, and after being examined before the magistrates on Fri day morning, were fully committed tQ Maidstone gaol.- 14stkisione Journal,. n.