The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-16 00:00:00

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DY, King's v v ue the hot ia' s his rot 1, ace on cco/ i , were a nib ring t he il y ~,he pier 0 !ueen whil e d 0 hiajesty , ta r c to the b t i o acket Li the tiOOPs.°Fof° ed T re i men t of 4 for j (l detachoer!`igen.ii en t of the m. illery, iPe'fi If the A rtilt two Pi" r ,„too end the place ° lre ay' Oil t he Yes i from the top ;hither tb Ina 0 0 ° Ai 116 ,i it Ad° li ' i ; o j e' ,nt-Ge rle g carr i46 l r csir rl o Alowe a a velled vere 411 , 1 ,4 th s let; rses t° 11°13 t i ilsr Ofe e ti j i n for o la r ° : -ing Ocz - 16 b y l a y 0 0 [owl d e o ; el° NO s ' '' wa it tb. -re te [lent° /i ! 141) : ts b ' cudd 101,i; , n de 1) : ranee , • Patch, 11 ,., Co me otelf my ti3eye pot ;Cl° c/c. t b al e 1, An d 1111. esu a S t , ,is dee to town . the Y e to , rrig e iuN On Jill E s. atlf-1 411 ; 6- th o nouv A ; B hts sn e . r°trA Ott fn 300 to ock , a tiog bf od e s•*--":4 or, 111 e t h te n der nks par Pi et ' se for t h e t Ifer rei berl ° ; f 10 11- Wh ic h 01 04 wre st ; ce $°- iteti °° reeliPir de be re' stf CD CIP THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1844. tivate, in unison with our most gracious Sovereign, the arts of peace. "Given under our common seal at Dover aforesaid, this 15th day of October, 1844. " WILLIAM CLARKE, Mayor." It was received in the most gracious manner by his Majesty, who was pleased to make the following reply " Mr. Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses, of the ancient Borough of Dover,—l leave this country with my heart im preTsed with feelings of the warmest nature, but particu larly as regards the general greeting and gratification which has been extended to me by all classes of her Ma jesty's subjects, ani the many tokens of friendship and affection which I have received at the hands of her Ma jesty. They give me a favourable opportunity of mani festing towards England those sentiments of friendship lad union which have ever been uppermost in my heart, and I am most happy to find those sentiments congenial with the wishes of the British nation, and I have no doubt but that they will be appreciated in my country. Two such nations, mutually calculated to be of such ad vantage to each other, will, I trust, equally appreciate those feelings which I have so deeply at heart—senti- Inents which I have ever so deeply felt." His Majesty having replied in excellent English, conversed for a short time with the Mayor, and ex pressed his regret that his very early departure would prevent his seeing again the town of Dover, which he very well remembered. Soon after eleven o'clock his Majesty and Suite, amongst whom we recognised Guizot, the Baron Athalin, Admiral Mackau, the Count de Jarnac, and General de Rumigny, em barked, with the young Duke of Montpensier, on board the French post-office packet Nord, and pro ceeded to sea, accompanied by the Princess Alice, the Ariel, and the Swallow, English steamers. A guard of honour from the 52d Regiment, under the com bland of Major Davis, w as in attendance, and,a second royal salute was fired at his Majesty's embarkation. In spite of the weather the piers and wharfs were thronged with p eo pl e , an d we cer t a i n l y never recol lectany distinguished character meeting so truly cordial and enthusiastic a reception. As the steamer left the harbour the general and hearty cheers con tinued to the extent of the piers ; and his Majesty, Who seemed much gratified, remained with his hat to his hand, bowing to the multitude, until he was f airly at sea. Colonel Jones, the commandant of the garrison, was in attendance, and Captain Mercer, i t•AL, the superintendent of the packet establishment here, proceeded to Calais in the Princess Alice. In short, all classes seemed anxious to vie with each other in doing honour, and paying the utmost respect, to his Majesty, and he appeared perfectly to feel and appreciate their good intentions. It is expected the Nord and the Princess will reach Calais soon after tke o'clock, hut their passage will necessarily be a v ery rough one. The Ariel and the Swallow accom tried the N or d a b out one - t hi r d o f t h e di stance, an d co returned into the harbour for the mail duty to raorrow. - - - - - -- COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN AT OSBORNE. (rayon! ODR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Cam ' 'S.—Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert arced int o Cowes roads about a quarter b e f ore e l even 43 2'3 v eiek ._. this morning. As it rained very hard the antralattY did not attempt to land immediately. The bar 13 : °k e through about eleven o'clock, when the royal t° - wit s Manned ' and the royal party proceeded in her the -e sh ore, amidst the roar of cannon from the Castle, R ore, Yacht Squadron House, Woodyear's, &c. o, er kr ...ajesty l anded at exact l y a quarter -p as t e l even Pair el°e/ t• There were two carriages in waiting, with a r °. horses in each, in which the Queen and her suite b 4°e eeded to O s b orne. Th e roya l yac h t was unattended ta y any other s t eamer or man • of-war . C ommo d ore the ri of Yarb oroug h f o ll owe d h er i n hi s yacht, as did the 4ari „,, Wilton, Sir Bellingham Gr a h am , an d severa l He re member s o f t h e R oya l Y acht Squadron. There no troops, nor indeed any one in authority, to re eetto her Majesty on her landing, and the boats and People got much nearer to the royal visitors than was pleasing to h er M a j esty. Their loyalty quite outstepped heir good breeding, to the great annoyance of those *hem they professed they wished to honour. We had d. b es Peeted to h ave seen t h e Mayor and Corporation of Port, to present a l o y a l a dd ress to her Majesty on 71 la nding in their an c i ent b oroug h , b ut they came no t. l itti ? Say that th e p art o f C owes on which her M a j es ty h oni e d la within th e b oroug h o f N ewpor t ( an d, ind ee d, th t i, Bll :"rea of the harbour), but this is only to prove tik l t Tht to receive the tolls and dues, mad for muni ‘l4. w : l 4ll arliamentary purposes. Had it been to elect their] of Parliament fur the borough of Newport, they " it Nietion would have extended over Cowes, and "eleo: til tl have thought it their duty to visit us, but 41* the r -‘ll g the Sovereign appears to be a different thing. h ave b -e was no patronage to be obtained, there might tiaues h e some chance of knighthood. The gale con that e l. r sgo with great violence. We are so sheltered ellitn l t v ' ee l not its raging, but see its effects on the mer *ater-11 that arrive, and in our streets being under tfliep;, al4 the tide being kept up at a great height should be drawing towards low water. COURT CIRCULAR. F eath er TUESDAY. —Yesterday afternoon, the Were „ r co ntinuing unfavourable, the Royal Family T h rrevented from taking their usual airings. of W' s , morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince aec o , a 'es, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, t aker; - „ t) ,, an ie, d by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, were 'der - ",. l , l ,_ring in a pony carriage, preceded by out quarts. The royal parry returned to the Castle at a tli cr befo re eleven o'clock. th f lt Val Highness Prince Alfred was taken out e ' °r ennon in the walks adjoining the Castle. fisai,74 l a ve authorit y t o s t a t e th a t a paragra ph which spEtt.Y gone the round of the newspapers with re- N I d I°, the Prince Leinengen, is totally devo id of 11 01 , 11 ,P„'on so far as Prince Leinengen, the son . o f lier sre"'"lighness the Duchess of Kent, and his fam ily, i t , ec 'oeern e d . At the period when the occurrence m ,4'elltestion is reported to have taken place at ay- 8 lit If 116 Serene Highness was residing on his estate 4 he Serene in Bavaria. ou 1:: , I tqal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,. Ivst,t-4' Progmore House, on Monday morning, b 1 to ir the?l, 'ow, to the residence of the Duke a nd .h ~t s of Cambridge, and remained to lunch w it h Duf,„."°Yal Highnesses and the Hereditary Gran lie - 1 ,and after f Mecklenburgh Strelitz. The 4/.l' uuehess ards proceeded to Kew. We is -Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe to jimarLeft Marlborough House yesterday on a visit Court," utaiesty the Queen Dowager, at Witley Their IVrcestershire. iiiil'- tnei r Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of u tohricl, e ei , 6 1 and the Hereditary Grand Duke and brid ge s of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, arrived at Cam - - ti es ge Rouse yesterday morning. Their Royal High rses returned to Kew in the afternoon. R. pe'll°4l Ellenborough had an interview with Sir R y e t Yeaterd y kii .a P t aio ilunsay, R.N., Vice-Chairman of the co burgh and Northern Railway through Fife, ac an ta t by Mr. Grainger and Mr. Webster, had of t i h rlte rview with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the o ffi ce th a - t -e B oard of Trade yesterday, on the business of Undertaki ng. cht.lia .Excellency the American Minister, and the . nesttaller Bunsen, Prussian Minister, transacted bust . yesterday at the Foreign -office. thalr. Michel Ellison, and Mr. R. J. Gainsford, on Rail s , of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction otlrwayes transacted business yesterday at the Board A deputation, consisting of Mr. John Gott, Chair- Ib io ai n, and Mr. Joseph Brooke, Director ; Mr. Atkin e "(I Mr. ins ph Solicitors ; and Mr. Grainger, juVueer, of the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester therietion Railway, had an interview yesterday with Earl of Dalhousie. a nd he Duke of Wellington , the Earl of Aberdeen, c4errtPe I t , Sir James Graham, had ' interviews with Sir e sterda °Zlh; Wi lli a m Rand and Mr. Murgatroyd, Directors Nest Yorkshire Railway, had an interview yesterday the Earl of Dalhousie at the Board of Trade Jesterd ay. ilal lr Robert Peel left his residence in Whitehall- A' e ns yesterday afternoon, for Brighton. ,o'l,deputation from the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, eststing of Mr. H. C. Marshall, Chairman ; Mr. to rs Cash and Mr. W. Williams Brown, " , Mr. Direc- Eddisoa, Solicitor; and Mr. Grainger, 1 1 , ..neert had an interview with the Earl of Da lisle yesterday. .........._ /0 11 _ .itN NER IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR LIEBIG.-The k,lti•blie di nner in h onour of Dr. Jus Lie Pi ozessor Chemistry in the University of tus Giessen b , ig, which has Ohtll for some time in contemplation, took place last in the Trades' Hall. The Right Hon. the Earl of I,4inton and Winton occupied the chair, supported by Thetn t e s a o r Liebig, the Lord Provost, Lord Blantyre, &c. Ten croupiers were James Oswald, Esq., M.P., and John r e nilli nt, Esq. The Hall was filled by one of the most Vectable and intelligent audiences we ever saw as bled d in Glasgow on any occasion.— Glasgow Satar 0Y Post. Ta w ezhiC'-' MERTIITR IRON TRADE. --The Merthyr works reti L'it considerable activity, and notwithstandig our th2„eti°ll ill price, and in the teeth of the Germanic im ,4oa of 50 per cent, on British iron as compared with yi' or Belgium the works here at least are carried on t°rotisy • • olier itti - Y. The Victoria w orks arelikely cm 'Diu. - - Ifigahman. to be put in SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY. The arrivals this morning by the special and other conveyances that the railway authorities had provided for the occasion, although far below their calculations, were more numerous than could reasonably have been expected after so complete and unwelcome a change in the weather. The increase, however, was sufficient to fill the taverns almost beyond their means of accommoda tion, and to call every disposable hack and fly into requi sition ; under the latter head, in fact, there was a defi ciency, and in consequence great numbers were exposed during the four hours the racing occupied to the vicissi tudes of the weather, their discomfort being in no small degree increased by the risk cf being either ridden or driven over by the reckless host that Alma Mater in variably sends forth on " grand (lays" at Newmarket. Unfortunately for all, and most particularly for the class, the elements were unpropitious, the rain which had fallen heavily in the morning set in again after the second race, and continued to the close of the racing. But to retrace our steps to the town, which for some time previous to the race was a scene of considerable ex citement. The Ratan affair was the principal topic of discussion with those who, having " backed their fancies" far the Cesarewitch, were enabled ta." bestow their dull ness" on other matters, and various were the opinions hazarded as to the probable result of the inquiry. None seemed to doubt the culpability of Sam Rogers, and the approver, Braham ; but towards the other parties, whose conduct had been impugned, the feeling was more favour able, the majority conceiving that as they had done no more than has been done over and over again by men of all ranks, they would pass through the ordeal with no other damage in public estimation than would accrue from having turned a custom, admitted by all to be in defensible, to a profitable account. Of the progress of the inquiry we are not in a position to speak; it com menced at the appointed time, and was adjourned at half past twelve until after the races. The only parties examined were Rogers and Braham. The interest excited by this matter extended to the ring, but not to the prevention of betting on the Cesare witch. On the fluctuations on this event we need not dwell ; it will be enough to state that business was flat, and that the only horses in whose position any change was noticeable, were tha Souvenir filly at 6 to 1, Wil liam le Gras at 7 and 8 to 1, Lightning at 8 and 9 to 1, Venus at 15 and 16 to 1, and lonian at 18 and 20 to f— all in great favour. 6to 1 was offered against the Irish horse. Sir Joseph Hawley, the owner of Venus and Vibration, declared to win with the former. By one o'clock the town was deserted for the Heath, which exhibited display of company that reminded us of the best d iys of Newmarket ; and we must not be understood as speaking simply to numbers. Two or three familiar faces were missing, the muster, nevertheless, of the old and most influential supporters of the turf, ifibrded a gratifying proof that our frequent allusions to the rising prosperity of the Newmarket meetings have not been made upon false data. For the present we must content ourselves with a selection of the principal visitors : Duke and Duch6s of Beauf)rt, Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Duke of Rutland, Marquis el' Exeter, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Albe marle, Earl and Countess of Miltown, Earl Stradbroke, Earl of Glasgow, Earl of Sandwich ; Lords Caledon, Maidstone, Newport, W. Powlett, Edward Russell, Charles Manners, G. Bentinek, Huntingfield ; Count Bathyany ; Sirs G. Heathcote, Joseph Hawley, Minto Farquhar, William Codrington ; Honourables Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Captain and Mrs. Rolls, Geo. Fitzroy, II Forester, Captain Spencer, Captain Stanley, F. Vil liers, H. Pitt, Admiral Paulett, General and Mrs. Grosvenor, Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, Colonel Knox ; Messrs. G. Moore, Shelley, Delme, Newton, Payne,_ C. Greville, H. Greville, Batson, Jaques, De Voeux, 3lev rick, S. Graham, Morley, Cox, S. Stanley, Irwin, M. Campbell, Worrell, Ra msbottom, Waddington, Cockerel], Hawker, Lowther, Phillitnore, Mytton. The first race in the list was A Match, 501., h ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Iluntingfield's Mario, 5 yrs, 9st slb (Boyce), beat Mr. Barne's c by Slane, out of the Warbler, 2 yrs, 6st 41b.-5 to 2 on Mario. Won by a neck. The Slane colt pulled up lame. The Royal Stakes of 200 sous. each, 120 ft, for colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 2th. A.F. (10 Subs.) Lord Exeter's Algernon (Mann) 1 Duke of Portland's Welbeck Duke of Portland's cby Bay Middleton, out of Thebes 3 7 to 4 agst Algernon, who made all the running, fol lowed, until half-way up the hill out of the bottom, by the Thebes colt, and thence to the end by the favourite, winning cleverly by a length. The Cle;:rwell Stakes of 30 sovs. each, '2O ft, for two yrs old colts, Bst 7lb ; and fillies, Bst 51b ; the winner of the July Stakes 71bs extra. T.Y.C. (31 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Refraction (E. Edwards) 1 Colonel Peel's Hersey 2 Mr. Payne's Sir Francis . _ _ The following also started, but were not placed : Duke of Bedford's Prologue (Robinson), Lord Eglinton's Plaudit (Marson), Lord Exeter's Tunick (Mann), Lord W. Powlett's c by Jerry, out of Zeal (Bartholomew), and Mr. F. Walters' Arthur (Marlow).-5 to 4 agst Refraction, 4 to 1 agst Prologue, 5 to 1 agst Plaudit, sto 1 agst Sir Francis, and 7 to 1 agst Hersey. Re traction and Hersey laid together throughout the race, the former always having a slight lead, and winning, after a pretty race up the cord, by a neck. Sir Francis made his effort a few strides from the chair, and was beaten for second by a head only ; Arthur a moderate fourth, and Plaudit fifth. The pace was good. 111 atch. 500, h ft. T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's Espoir, Bst 71b (Robinson), beat Lord Exeter's Merope, Bst 71b (Mann), by a head.-4 to lon Espoir. The Cesarewitch Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with 300 added, the second to receive 501., &c. Cesarewitch Course, about two miles and a quarter. Mr. Irwin's Foig-a- ballagh, 3 yrs, Bst. (Bell) 1 Mr. Dawson's Lightning, 3 yrs, 6st 51b Sir J. Hawley's Venus, 4 yrs, Bst 3 The following also started :—Lord G. Bentinck's Dis cord, aged, Bst 416—Lord G. Bentinck's John o'Gaunt, 6 yrs, Bst 41b—Mr. A. Johnstone's William le Gros, 5 yrs, Bst 21b—Mr. Jaques's Semiseria, 4 yrs, Bst—Sir J. Hawley's Vibration, 5 yrs, Bst—Lord Albemarle's The Emperor, 3 yrs, 7st 131b—Lord Miltown's Scalteen, 5 yrs, 7st 101b—Mr. W. Scott's Heslington, 6 yrs, ist 716 —Mr. Buckley's David, 5 yrs, ist 71b —Mr. Ramsbot tom's Pine Apple, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Col. Peel's lonian, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—Lord Albemarle's The Brewer, 4 yrs, 7st— Lord Glasgow's Give-him-a-Name, 6 yrs, Est 121 b Lord Exeter's Albion, 5 yrs, 6st 111b—Mr. G. H. Moore's The Bride, 4 yrs, 6st 111b—Mr. Dixon's Jamal, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Col. Anson's Marquise, 4 yrs, Est 21b — Lord Sandwich's Plantaganet, 3 yrs, Est 21b—Duke of Portland's f by Beiram, out of Souvenir—Sir C. Monck's Glossy, 4 yrs, 6st 21b—Lord G. Bentinck's Croton Oil, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Lord Exeter's Algernon, 3 yrs, sst 91b— and Lord G. Bentinek's Coal Black Rose, 3 yrs, sst 51b. Betting-11 to 2 agst the Souvenir filly, 6 to 1 agst Foig-a•ballagh, 7 to 1 agst Lightning (t), 9 to 1 ag t William le Gros, 14 to 1 igst Glossy, 18 to 1 agst lonian, 20 to 1 agst Give him-a-Name, 20 to 1 agst Venus, 20 to 1 agst The Emperor, 20 to 1 agst Scalteen, 25 to 1 agst Albion, and 25 to 1 agst Croton Oil. Won in a canter by three lengths. Venus a bad third, The Emperor fourth, and Algernon fifth. The Boarding School Miss was mounted, but bolted with the lad, ran into the town, and did not return to start. Further par ticulars in our next. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT The large sum (at least 18,0001.) won by the Foig-a ballagh party, has proved so complete a " sedative" to the betting fraternity, that speculation for the present, is at a stand still. The race itself, was the most brilliant triumph ever achieved by a three•year-old, in this or any other country. " Fog," as he is familiarly termed, without ever having been stretched, winning so easily, that another stone on his back wouli not have stopped him. He is in the Cambridgeshire, and will carry the same weight as he did this afternoon. There are only three races for to-morrow, viz. :—The Town Plate, for which Jamie Forest, Anonyme, Robin/a, and Priscilla Tomboy are named ; the Steppingly Stakes, for which Prologue and Old England are likely to be the vole competitors, and the Bretby Stakes, for which Longitude, Zahra, Full-sail, Fallacy, the Mary Ann, and Estelle fillies stand in. Lord Glasgow's He-has-a-Name pays forfeit to Prince of Wales. TICKIIILL RACES-MONDAY. The Desert Service for three•yrs-olds and upwards, one mile, was won by Mr. Naylor's Fanny Ternan, 4 yrs, beating Mr. Fisher's Blue Bonnet. _ _ The Town Plate, one mile, was won in three heats by Mr. Walker's Claret, 5 yrs, beating Mr. Woodcock's Bob Sawyer and Mr. Pigott's Tomboy. The first a dead heat. The Pony Race was won in two heats by Mr. Booth's Miss Fanny, beating Mr. Foster's Creeping Jane and another. The Cup, one mile, was won by Mr. E. Smith's Don John, beating Mary Frances, Moonlight, and Fan. The Dinner Service, one mile, was won in two heats by Don John, beating Coffee. RUNNING MATCH FOR TWENTY POUNDS A-SIDE.— 011 Monday th e great matc h b etween B a d coc k , o f Bir mingham, and Maxfield, of London, came off near the Bald-faced Stag, Wimbledon. Both men had acquired great celebrity, and drew together a large assemblage of persons. Badcock received thirty-five yards' start. The ground having been measured, the men entered into the contest at great speed, and at half a mile Max field succeeded in overtaking his opponent, and then went a-head, which position he maintained, and won the race by twenty yards. The one mile was run by the winner in five minutes and twenty-eight seconds. In betting Badcock was the favourite, and large sums of money changed hands. THE STORM.—On IVednesday evening last the Argyllshire coast was visited by a severe storm, whi c h did considerable damage to the shipping there. We have been informed that several vessels were driven ashore, or otherwise injured by the fury of the hurricane. Amongst others, the steamer Victor, from the Clyde, was torn from her moorings and driven among the rocks at Lamlash, from which, however, she has since been removed. The storm extended to the Irish coast, and, we believe, has done much injury to vessels connected with the coasting trade. In addition to the loss of pro perty, we regret to hear that several persons have lost their lives owing to the violent nature of the storm.— Glisgow Saturday, .Post. We are very happy in being able to announce that the herring fishery off the South Foreland has, up to the time of the present gale, been very successful, and that many of our boats have participated in the success. We trust it may continue, and that it may be followed by good fishing during the next month, when the boats will be at home, where the earnings are so much required. Brighton Guar dian There is no truth in the report that the Baroness Le Despencer is about to be married to Mr. Boscawen. The Earl of Burlington will preside at the meeting of the North Lonsdale Agricultural Association, which takes place at Ulverstone, Lancashire, on Tuesday next, the 22d instant. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert purpose, according to the arrangements at pre sent given out in the Court circles, to return to Windsor Castle from Osborne House, on Saturday next. Trinidad was visited by an earthquake on the 30th of August, about three A.M. No material damage was sustained. THE REFORM CLUB. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SIR,—I am directed by the Committee of the Re form Club to give the most unqualified contradiction to an article copied into the Times of Monday last from a Sunday newspaper. lam desired further to add, that the finances of the Reform Club are in a perfectly satisfactory state, and that Mr. Barry's claim has been finally settled by arbitration, and paid. The members are more numerous than they have been since the formation of the Club. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. BOND, Secretary. Pall-mall, Oct. 15, 1844. DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF MR. HAMPTON'S BALLOON. (From the Dublin Evening Mail of Monday.) DREADFUL ACCIDENT.-Mr. Hampton, the celebrated aeronaut, made an ascent this afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, from the Portobello-gardens, the balloon passing over the city in a north-easterly direction. When in the neighbourhood of the North Strand, it was observed de scending with great rapidity, and, notwithstanding all Mr. Hampton's exertions, it continued to do so, until it came into collision with the top of a house, and struck the chimney, which Was thrown down ; the balloon, at the same time, exploding, by some sparks from the flue, he was thrown to the ground with great violence, and we understand, seriously injured. He was removed on a car as soon as possible. The balloon was totally destroyed. MEDICAL REFORM BILL. Last night a meeting of members of the medical profession was held in Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate-street, to take into consideration the Bill lately submitted to the profession by Sir James Graham. Dr. Cook was called to the chair, and in his opening address shortly adverted to the necessity of a sound system of medical education as the only safeguard for the public. Legis lation could not, he thought, do so much as people generally imagined, and if the profession rested on anything short of a sound education, they would rest on a most sandy foundation.—(Cheers.) It was of the utmost importance that the profession should be protected from the encroachments of uneducated per sons, which the measure in question unfortunately bad a tendency to occasion. It had been argued that the exigencies of remote districts of the country re quired cheap relief in cases of sickness ; but that was a very poor apology for non-qualification. Nothing could justify the want of professional knowledge in the medical practitioner, and, therefore, every measure which tended to encourage this should be opposed by those who had the reputation of the profession and the interests of the public at heart. Objectionable as the measure was, he must however say, that Sir J. Graham was entitled to the fullest credit for having fairly submitted the measure to the profession, and for giving such ample time for its consideration. A letter from Dr. Joseph Toulmin, who had been requested to preside, apologising for non-attendance, but at the same time cordially concurring in the ob jects of the meeting, having been read, Dr. ANSEL'. moved the first resolution, deprecating the opening clause of the Bill. The welfare of the public and the interests of the profession, he said, were equally disregarded in the measure, which called for their strongest opposition. He was old enough to know what was the state of the profession prior to the passing of the Apothecaries' Act in 1815, when the profession held a rank in public estimation much lower than it held now. If such was the case then, what would it be now if this measure were to pass ? (Cheers.) Dr. Ansell concluded by proposing a re solution to the effect that, though the provisions of the various legislative enactments relating to the me dical profession were in many respects imperfect, still any unconditional repeal of them (as was sought by this Bill) would be most injurious. Mr. Toumasx seconded the motion, which was carried. Dr. GAVIN, after commenting on the impropriety of placing the appointment of the council of health in the hands of the Government, thereby rendering it subservient to political purposes, moved a resolution deprecatory of the proposal, which was unanimously agreed to. — Mr. NzcnoL moved the next resolution, affirmatory of a system of medical registration, if placed on a proper basis, which was seconded by Mr. WALLIS, and carried. Mr. MILES, in a very excellent speech, exposed the system of empiricism carried on by druggists, who acted as general practitioners. He entered at con siderable length into the details of cases * which had come under his own observation in the district in which he practised (Spitalfields), which, from the poverty of the great bulk of the inhabitants, gave peculiar facility to the prevalence of this system of interference by unqualified persons. He contended that such quackery should be proceeded against criminally, and not by the present unsatisfactory process of an action at law, concluding with a strong resolution to the effect that the public, and the poorer classes especially, required protection against the intrusion of unqualified practitioners, which was carried. In the course of the evening several other addresses were delivered, and resolutions passed, condemnatory of Sir James Graham's measure. LAUNCII OF THE GLADIATOR WAR STEAMER AX WoOLlVlClL—Yesterday afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, this splendid sea boat was launched from her Ma jesty's dockyard, Woolwich, in the presence of about 1,000 persons, the company present consisting of the principal inhabitants of the garrison, together with a larger number of naval and military officers. She was christened by a lady whose name did not transpire—a friend of the Captain-Superintendent of the yard, Sir Francis Collier ; and the vessel, from the plans of Oliver Lang, Esq., the master shipwright, glided without the slightest accident into the bosom of Old Father Thames, amidst the hearty cheers of those present. The vessel was decorated with the royal standard at the main, the Admiralty flag at the fore, and the union jack at the mizen peak. She is eleven hundred and ninety tons burden, is bored for twenty guns, and will carry a com plement of one hundred and seventy-five men. She is built after the model of the Sampson, which was launched yesterday fortnight from the same yard, and is less in length by eleven feet than that ship. Her di mensions are as follow :—Length between perpendiculars 203 ft. 6in. ; keel for tonnage, 178 ft. Sin. ; extreme breath, 37ft. 6in. ; tonnage breadth, 37ft. ; moulded breadth, 36ft. 4in. MARRIAGE OF MRS. NlSBETT.—Yesterday fore noon Mrs. Louisa Cranstoun Nisbett, the distinguished actress, was married to Sir William Boothby, Bart., Comptroller of her Majesty's Customs, at SL Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Fulham. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Sparks Byers, M.A., incum bent of the chapel, in the presence of several of the friends of both parties. The hon. bridegroom, who is in his 70th year, in addition to holding a very lucrative situation under Government, possesses estates in Der byshire and other counties, and also, it is stated, in In. - land. The bride is but in her 30th year, and has scarcely attained the age of some of Sir William's daugh ters by a former marriage. The ceremony excited much interest in the neighbOurhood. At the conclusion, Sir William and his bride proceeded to the Grange House, the residence, for some time back, of the latter, and having partaken of refreshment started, in a coach and four, driven by postilions, for Chatsworth, in Derbyshire, where they will pass the honeymoon. Sir William is a remarkably fine looking man for his age. Mrs. Nisbett, on entering the church, wore a wreath of orange flowers, and was otherwise most richly attired. Her former hus band, who was a Captain in the Life Guards, was killed some years back, while proceeding from London to Rich mond in his gig, by the horse violently kicking him on the head. This occurrence induced her once more to adopt the stage as a profession, she having left it on her marriage with Captain Nisbett. The Rev. Gentleman who performed the ceremony was formerly in the army, and served in the Peninsula, India, &c. ; he also filled the office of chaplain to the late Marquis of Hastings. The season at Baden is rapidly drawing to a close. The Badenblatt is filled with grand details of the boar hunting last month in the forests which surround Baden. On these occasions, the fetes under the green trees were distinguished for luxury and good taste ; and the caval cade of ladies and cavaliers on the return to Baden with music and trophies, is described as a sort of triumphal procession. The courage of the ladies is much spoken of in these wild and perilous exercises, and the English ladies are said to have especially distinguished them selves.—Court Journal. THE FIRE AT . NEW- BOSS: FURTHER PARTICULARS. —The exact amount of property destroyed, as well as the extent of insurances, are as follows :—The octagonal building, as well as the fitting-house, which was 120 feet long by 30 wide, were insured in the Westminster Fire office for 4,6001, and the contents in the Phcenix-office to the amount of 9,5001, making a total of 13,600/. There were in the octagon six engines and three tenders, the former valued at 1,3001 each, and the latter at 2001 each. It will cost an enormous sum to reinstate the machinery alone. The Company estimate the damage under 20,000/. At first it was apprehended that not sufficient engines were left for working the line, but we were assured that such was not the case, and the traffic will not be in the least retarded by the calamiiy. The cause of the fire has been traced to the spontaneous ignition of some vegetable black, which was stowed in the paint room. LORD ELLENDOROUGII.—This Noble Lord, on whom the Government have conferred an Earldom, waited upon the Duke of Wellington yesterday, at Apsley House, and was engaged for a lengthened period with the Noble and Gallant Duke. On leaving the Duke of Wellington his Lordship went to Sir Robert Peel, at the Right llon. Baronet's private residence, in Whitehall-gardens, and had a protracted audience. There is not the slightest foundation for the report that his Lordship will go to Ireland to succeed the present Lord-Lieutenant, Lord Hey tesbury ; as we are assured that Noble Lord, notwithstanding his recent domestic bereavement, has not the remotest idea of vacating that high office. CITY ANTIQUITIES.—Yesterday afternoon, as some men were employed in Maiden lane, Wood-street, Cheap side, excavating a sewer, they found several large stones, which were moulded into shape, and which are supposed to have been part of the windows of the church of St. Zachary, which stood at this spot, and which was one of the many sacred buildings that were burnt down during the great fire of London. Many human sculls were also dug up, but there were no signs of any coffins. They were within about two feet of the surface. A few days ago, in Maiden-lane, where they are digging to form the vaults for the new houses, the men discovered, at a depth of about fourteen feet, between three and four feet of tcsselated pavement. It was in good preservation, and was of a black and white diamond pattern. MAGISTERIAL JURISDICTION.—At the Uxbridge Petty Sessions, yesterday, Mr. Gardiner, solicitor, gave notice, on behalf of a Mr. Tollett, who, for having used some expressions towards another person while giving evidence, had been convicted in the penalty of 40s. by the magistrates, that the conviction would be appealed against, there having been no information laid, or sum mons issued, as a foundation for it. lie contended that the room in which the magistrates were sitting was not a public place. The words of the Act of Parliament . were, " That every porson shall be liable to a penalty of not more than 405., who, within the limits of the me tropolitan police district, shall in any thoroughfare, or public place, use any threatening, abusive, or insulting words, or behaviour, with intent to provoke a breach of the peace, or whereby a breach of the peace may be oc casioned." He would also contend, that neither the Po lice Act nor Police courts Act gave the magistrates power to convict on sight, the justices having power to punish for contempt of court. Mr. Woodbridge (clerk to the bench) said he doubted if the Police Act gave Mr. Tollett any power to appeal, the penalty not amounting to 3/. as required by the Act. Mr. Gardiner would in that case have the conviction removed by a writ of certiorari into the Court of Queen's Bench ; he had only out of courtesy tC) the bench informed them of his intentions. COURT OF SEWERS. A special meeting of the Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of Westminster, and part of the County of Middlesex, was held yesterday, at the Court-house, Soho-square, to receive tenders for general contracts for works on the sewers, and to take such steps thereon as might be deemed expedient. John Leslie, Esq., was called to the chair. The Court proceeded to open the tenders for the eastern division, and it was discovered that, among the candidates (five in all), the former contractors' (Messrs. J. and W. Bennett) tender was the lowest. The same result followed upon the western division, and the Counter's-creek and Ranelagh districts. The tenders having all been received, The CHAIRMAN wished to know if any Hon. Com missioner had any observations to make upon the offers they had just examined ? Mr. IVlLLouciinr saw no reason to depart from the practice formerly observed by the Court, namely, to accept the lowest tender. The Messrs. Bennett were, in this case, the lowest, and the Court knew them to be responsible men, and as far as he (Mr. ‘Villoughby) had observed, their works were admi rable. He was aware of no objection to lead them to overlook them on that occasion, and he should, there fore, move that their tender for the eastern division be accepted. Mr. BAYLIS would, before the motion was put, ask a :question of their Chairman. He wished to know whether the numbers on the paper would be those really required in the operations of the Court for the succeeding year ? He should like to have the Chair man's opinion upon this subject, as he had, upon several previous occasions, brought before the observa tion of the Court certain matters connected with the Messrs. Bennett's previous contract. The CHAIRMAN said that he considered the numbers as nearly correct as possible. He should feel it his duty to call the attention of the Court to Rule 30 of their bye-laws, where it was ordered that all con tractors should be disqualified from tendering for works ordered by the Court of Sewers, provided such contractors had any relative in the first or second degree a Commissioner in that Court. Now he had mentioned to Mr. Bennett in that room, and he would again state, that Mr. Hunt, the brother-in-law of the Messrs. Bennett's, was actually named in their Com mission, and was regularly summoned to that Court as a Commissioner. He felt bound, as their Chair man, to lay this fact before them, and he would now call upon Mr. Hertzlett, their clerk, to read the rule he had referred to. The rule was read by the clerk. Mr. WILLOUGHBY thought that the rule did not at all apply in that case. The mischief it was intended to provide against was this, that no gentleman should sit there who would be likely to sacrifice his public duty to his private interests. But how stood this case before them ? A man was not a Commissioner because his name was included in that Commission. He must have a freehold of a certain value, and he must qua lify himself by taking the oaths in that Court. These things, together, qualified for the duties of a Commis sioner; and when all th ese were o b served, then he came within the meaning of the Act. He (Mr. Wil loughby) therefore respectfully submitted that this gentleman, who had no freehold to qualify him for a seat there, was really no Commissioner. It would indeed be a very hard case for those gentlemen that they should be excluded from this contract because they happened to have a relation whose name had at some period been placed upon the Commission, that relation not being qualified for the office. Mr. HAWKES followed on the same side. The CHAIRMAN said that there could be no question of Mr. Hunt's being a Commissioner to every intent and purpose. His name was inserted by the Lord Chancellor, and he could at any time take the oaths in that Court, and his place at the table. After some further discussion, in which several motions and amendments were presented, but after wards, by consent of the Court, withdrawn, Mr. WILLOUGHBY moved, Mr. HawicEs seconded, and it was ultimately carried, unanimously, " That the Court adjourn the choice of contractor until it has decided on the objection to Messrs. J. and W. Bennett in the 30th bye-law, and that the considera tion of such objection be entered on upon Friday next at two o'clock, and that notice be given to the Com missioners accordingly. The Court was then declared adjourned. THE ANTI-TAKING-BABIES-INTO PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES-SOCIETY. A meeting of this highly respectable association was held at their rooms. Mr. Job Smith, a worthy and athletic bachelor, was called to the chair, and the usual quantity of vices and secretaries appointed. The committee, appointed at a previous meeting, re ported the following, as the principles of the society :- 1. 'We consider the practice of taking infants into public assemblies, concerts, kc., as an evil that cries aloud for remedy. 2. 'While we would not breathe the faintest re proach towards the highly respectable class of the community, who officiate as nurses, we strongly pro test against their taking their babies into public meet ings, &c., knowing, as we do, that it can only be done by a resort to arms. 3. While we acknowledge that a large majority of our fellow-creatures are, or have once been, babies, we consider it to be a fact, that it is a very small mi nority who support these crying evils. 4. We cannot shut eur ears to the numerous evidences of this evil ; indeed, we have known instances of late, where it was found impossible, with the largest church organ, to drown (not the child itself) but the shrill, organic notes of the child. We protest against those notes. 5. We pledge ourselves to use our utmost exertions to carry out the above principles. After the reading of the principles of the society, Mr. Dunn Brown rose from an inverted cradle, on which he was sitting, and moved their adoption, which motion was unanimously carried, amid the shouts of the assembled bachelors. A committee of fourteen was then appointed, whose duty is to carry out the objects of the society. It is to be hoped, that not a single man will be found in the oity, who will not join this interesting association.-- Philadelphia Paper. 'SUMMARY OF NEWS AND tittbitt Optutott. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. By an order of the day issued by the Governor- General of Algeria, on the 30th ult., he announced the expected arrival of the Duke d'Aumale at Algiers on the 10th or 11th inst., and prescribed that honours were to be rendered to the Ffince ' with conformity to the decree of the :24th Messidor, An. XII., on honours and precedence. The Algy!rie states that the civil hospital of Algiers is so full that the directors are daily obliged to refuse the adtniseion of fresh patients. The number received during the last month amounted to more than 1,800. Letters have arrived from Algiers to October 7. The troops which took part in the campaign of Mo rocco had just gone aboard three packets. It was said that a part of the army would shortly be em ployed in the draining of the Metidja. There is no country in the world in which the changes of Ministry have been so frequent as in Spain. Between the 7th of June, 1835, and the sth of May, 1844, there were twenty Cabinets ; giving an average duration of five months and twelve days for each. The King of Prussia has just given 50,000 Prus sian crowns towards the completion of the Cathedral of Cologne. The Silesian Gazette states from Poland, Oct. 1, that about twenty students had recently been ar rested at Warsaw on a charge of being members of a secret society. The younger of them, who were only from thirteen to fourteen years old, were, it is added, sent into the interior of Russia, but the others were sent to the army of Circassia as common soldiers. An extraordinary trial for swindling took place last week before the Court of As3ize for Paris. A person named Hue de Marsenay and his wife were charged with having obtained, by fraudulent means, more than 500,000 f. from different persons, of which, however, 450,000 f. were from a M. Gosse. Marse nay was originally a captain in the army. The various persons swindled gave evidence on the trial, which lasted four days, and the prisoner being found guilty, Marsenay was sentenced to eight years' im prisonment with hard labour, and his wife to five years of the same punishthent, and both to stand in the pillory. Five tenders were presented for the contract for the rails of the first section of the Paris and Northern Railroad. These works were estimated at the maxi mum of 225,0001., and the contract was awarded on Saturday to M. Barbier St. Ange, at 8 per cent. below this sum. M. Guichon de Grandpont, chief of the administra tive service at the islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, has just arrived at St. Malo, being ordered home by the Colonial Council, who have suspended him from his functions after a quarrel between him and the Governor, in the course of which both parties are said to have come to blows. It appears by letters from Athens of the 27th ult., that, in the first discussion of the Chamber of Depu ties on the verification of the qualifications of Depu ties, and other subjects of a nature to test the Minis terial influence in the Chamber, the Cabinet had large majorities. Lucerne has made a strong demonstration against the installation of the Jesuits in that town. At a grand convocation of the inhabitants, held lately, 769 of them out of 1,260 declared against their admission. LAW AND POLICE. At the Surrey Quarter Sessions, held at Kingston, Mr. Meymott, the surgeon of the county gaol,Horse monger-lane, expressed an opinion that the practice of confining prisoners closely to their room, except during the hours of divine service and meals, on Sun days, was calculated to be injurious to their health; and the surgeon of the Brixton House of Correction, in his report, stated that there had been a great many cases of itch in the gaol, and the great majority of them were persons who had come from union work houses. A young woman named Sarah Baker was placed at the bar at Bow-street before Mr. Jardine, charged on suspicion with stealing five china cups, a dessert dish, a qu :laity of glasses, and other articles from Saint James's Palace the property of his Majesty the King of Hanover. In her defence, she stated that the arti cles had been given her sister, who was a servant at the Palace. The sister stated that she had certainly given her jellies and pastry in the cups and plates, to take home, but that she had always intended the pri soner should return them. It appeared that the sis ters both bore excellent characters, and had been fill ing situations of great trust, and the housekeeper of the Palace having stated that she did not believe the articles had been taken with any felonious intent, as when the King was last in town the hospitality ob served was such as to cause the superfluities to be given to the servants, which might account for the dessert plate, it being of no value, as there were only three remaining of the set. The magistrate ordered the prisoner to be discharged. At Clerkenwell, John Gill, a stylishly-dressed middle-aged man charged by Mr. Haynes, Mortimer, arms, Tottenham-court-road, with having viol en tl y assaulted him, was fined 31., or one month's imprison ment. Thomas White, a journeyman in the service of Mr. Robert Galloway, of 30, ➢Milbank-street, Westminster, baker, was charged at Queen-square, with grossly misconducting himself while engaged in his employ ment. The prisoner had gone out with a truck to deliver bread, had got drunk, strewed the loaves about the street, and wheeled the truck over them. He was sent to the House of Correction for fourteen days' hard labour. At Marlborough-street, Benjamin Cox, a private in the second battalion of Coldstream Guards, wa s brought before Mr. Maltby, charged with having wil • fully broken a square of glass at the White Horse Tavern, Regent-street ; with having assaulted the waiter and the cook ; and also with having resisted and assaulted the police in the execution of their duty. The prisoner had entered the house drunk, and in attempting to eject him the assaults had been com mitted. He was fined 51. for the assaults on the servants, and Si. for assaults on the police, or two months' hard labour. Michael Lee, alias Molloy, a labourer, between forty-five and fifty years of age, charged with having murdered his wife, Ann Lee, by drowning her in the Paddington Canal, was remanded from Marlborough street, in order to give time to procure further evidence. A man named 'William Woolston, a mat-maker, was charged, before the Hon. G. C. Norton, with causing so serious an injury to the person of Eliza beth Dowell, that her life is at present in serious jeopardy. The prisoner was drinking beer out of a bottle in the gallery of the Garrick Theatre; the bottle slipped, and fell on the head of the girl, who was in the pit. The prisoner, who had been given into custody by Mr. Gomersal, the manager of the theatre, was admitted to bail. COITZT-PASIIIONALEIZa. Her Majesty and Prince Albert disembarked from the royal yacht yesterday about half-past ten and proceeded to Osborne House. - Louis Philippe embarked on board a French steamer at Dover about eleven o'clock yesterday, for Calais. He was accompanied by the English steamer Princess Alice, and though the weather was very tempestuous, and the sea high, he reached Calais in less than three hours. The Prince and Princess Radzivill and suite have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris, after a lengthened stay i❑ this country. It is the in tention of his Highness to revisit London during the ensuing spring. The Countess Flahault (Baroness Keith and Nairne) accompanied by the Hon. Misses Elphinstone Fla hault, have also left town for Hastings. Baron and Baroness and the Misses Dimsdale have arrived at Mivart's Hotel, from a lengthened tour of the north of England. Monsieur Achilles Fould, Member of the French Chamber of Deputies, and Monsieur A. Lupin, have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn- street, on their way to Newmarket. Yesterday morning the Lord Bishop of Ely conse crated a new Church, recently erected on Hill's-road, in the parish of St. Andrew the Less, Cambridge. The Bishop was attended to the Church by several of the principals and fellows of colleges, and the cere mony was witnessed by a large number of under graduates, term having just commenced. The Church, which is a neat and convenient structure, is dedicated to St. Paul. DZISCELL/LNSOI7II._ The Gladiator war steamer, of 1,190 tons burden, and pierced for 20 guns, was launched on Tuesday at Woolwich. She will carry a complement of 175 men. The cause of the fire at the New Cross station has been traced to the spontaneous ignition of some vege table black, which was stowed in the paint-room. Lord Ellenborough, as a reward for his services in India, has been raised to the rank of an Earl, with the titles of Viscount Southam and Earl of Ellenborough. There is in the possession of J. Biggenden, Esq., of Walbrook, a very curious old Prayer-book, which has been a sort of heir-loom in his family for nearly 300 years. The title-page is as follows :—" The Psalter, or Psalmes of David, after the translation of n t ac he nahrdui gerecresehreateratsvi. service, avl gathered a , dt th p i ht eto y hrn n eesd t ei‘odiof Morning nt s it lon feg s c h tt hs a a ade b b n 0 o e d s o ak Evening d oe rf or cr theros Common deo i irn n . Prayer." "Imprinted a t L on d on , by William Seres, Anno 1569." A very handsome monument is being erected at Dum-Dum, near Calcutta, by the corps of Bengal Artillery, to the memories of those officers and men of that regiment who felkat - Caubul,duringi the insur rection there in 1841, and the subsequent retreat In January, 18424 ANOTHER ACCOUNT. The balloon descended safely in a field adjoining the small cottages at Bayview Avenue, and Mr. Hampton securely alighted from the car, and every assistance was rendered to secure the balloon, when, by a sudden shift, it came in contact with a cottage chimney, which, by the collision, fell; sparks were perceived immediately to as cend from the chimney, and almost instantaneously the balloon was in a blaze, and in a few minutes reduced to ashes. ANOTHER COAL-PIT EXPLOSION. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, OCT. 15.-I have only a mo• ment to communicate the intelligence that has Just reached Newcastle of another coal-pit explosion. It is now past twelve, and the post leaves at one, therefore I can merely prepare you for further particulars upon my return from the scene of this second catastrophe. I shall express my communications if the matter is of sufficient importance. The colliers of these two counties are not an ungrateful, though an oppressed class ; and they still cherish the recollection of your advocacy of their cause while on strike, and they, therefore, look to your journal for a correct report of all matters connected with their movements and their interests. I shall write you full particulars on my return from the pit. ATTEMPT TO SHOOT A LANDING SURVEYOR AT LIVERPOOL. Considerable sensation was excited about three o'clock on Saturday afternoon last, by a rumour, rapidly circulated in all quarters of the town, that an attempt had been made to shoot a landing surveyor at th e southern entrance to the Prince's Dock. It appears that about the hour mentioned, Mr. John William Arkle, landing-surveyor in her Majesty's Customs, was leaving the Prince's Dock, and that when he had got from under the end of the eastern shed, and was approaching the southern gate, he was met by M'G a ff e y, w h o p resen t e d a loaded pistol to his breast, and, as we understand, pulled the trigger. Fortunately th e contents were not discharged, as the p istol missed fire, in consequence of the cap, which was a size too large for the nipple, having fallen to the ground. The utmost consternation, as might be supposed, was created by the alarming circumstance. An immense crowd of persons from the surrounding quays were upon thn,spot in the course of a few minutes. M'Gaffey, who mado'no attempt to escape, was almost immediately arrested by a Custom-house officer, the same man who apprehended Martin Walsh for shooting Mr. Southgate in the Old Custom-house-yard. He was at once conveyed to Bridewell. He is a low-sized man, apparently about 45 years of ,age, and was formerly em ployed as a locker in the customs. From being a locker he was reduced to the less lucrative situation of weigher in the customs, owing to his confirmed habits of intoxi cation, and lately, for the same cause, he was dismissed from the Customs altogether. His dislike to Mr. Arkle was in this manner originated ; for, as the latter gentle man was the landing surveyor over him, he received the reports of his drunkenness on duty, and had, of course, to make those reports, in his official capacity, to higher quarters. Mr. Arkle is a tall, stout man, apparently about 35 years of age. On Monday the prisoner was brought before Mr. Rush ton, at the Police-court, for examination, when the evi dence haling been gone through, he was fully committed for trial at the next assizes. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE ORWELL.—TWO LIVES LOST.—On Sunday last three engineers, who have been employed by Mr. Billingsley in erecting a steam-engine for the purpose of manufacturing cement at Harwich, took a small sailing-boat with an intention of visiting Ipswich. They put in at the Butt and Oyster, Pin Mill, and left that place shout three o'clock in the afternoon for Ipswich; they had proceeded but a little way when the boat was upset. Mr. Benjamin, the head engineer of the works, had the helm; he by great exertion swam for about half an hour, and was saved by catching hold of a skiff. It is supposed that Mr. Hunsted, of London, and the other, who was from Birmingham, got entangled with the sails, and went down with the boat. Their bodies have not been found. We lament to add that Mr. Hunsted has left a wife and two children, and his companion has left a wife and seven children.—lpswich Express. HONESTY NOT REWARDED.—On Monday morning George Hume, a drayman with Messrs. Campbell and Co., brewers, when crossing Dean-bridge, found a pocket book, containing a sum of money in bank-notes, amount ing to 112/. The pocket-book contained a letter which led to the discovery of the owner, to whom the man went on the instant, and delivered up the money. The poor but honest drayman was rewarded with the handsome sum of ss. ! About a fortnight ago, another poor man, while walking along Prince's-street, picked up a lady's bag, containing a large bundle of notes. A letter in the bag disclosed the owner, to whom the property was re stored, and who gave the honest man the still more handsome reward of 6d.—Caledonian Mercury. FATAL ACCIDENT ON LANCASTER SANDS.—On Tuesday evening, as John Moore, jun., of Flookburgh, carrier, and t wo ot h er men, of the names of Woodburn and Bell, from Lindale-in-Cartmel, were crossing from Hest Bank to Flookburgh, with two horses and carts, they were overtaken by the tide while attempting to ford the main channel, and Moore and Woodburn un fortunately drowned, as also the two horses. Bell, after clinging to one of the carts for some time, during which his cries for assistance were heard on shore, was res cued from his perilous situation by a man in a small boat, and when picked up was nearly exhausted. He was removed to Silverdale, where he now lies in a very precarious state. The body of Moore was found on Thursday morning, close to the channel, below Cartmel. He has left a wife to lament his premature death. Wood burn was a single man.--Lancaster Guardian. A STARTLING METAMORPHOSE.—A Paris paper of Sunday last relates a ludicrous incident which occurred at the Jardin des Plantes, the Parisian Zoological Gar dens. In one of the dens or cages of that establish • meat, the visitors frequenting the gardens had been accustomed to notice an animal gifted by nature (as they thought) with a beautiful glossy skin ; on the front of its den were inscribed the words " Black wolf of Europe." One fine day, however, the neglectful keepers forgot to take the wolf his pittance of provisions, when, to their alarm and dismay, the half-famished animal sig nified his displeasure by breaking out into a loud bark ing I The murder was out ; the supposed " Black wolf of Europe" was discovered to be " a wolf in sheep's clothing ;" in other words, he was pronounced a dog of magnificent species, which, it appears, had been painted over by a mountebank, -and dignified by the sonorous name already mentioned, for the purpose of thereby obtaining for the animal a better situation in the gardens. His ex-wolfsiiip is; still to be seen in the Jardin des Plantes, having been converted, alas I into a watch-do g , thanks to the sad mutability of sublunary affairs ! 11e are not told whether the perpetrator of this practical joke has been dealt with as he deserves, if indeed he has been arrested. KENNINGTON-GREEN.—The triangular . piece o ground near Kennington-cross, which, during many years, has formed an open space, conducive to the health of the surrounding inhabitants, has been let on lease by the officers of the Duchy of Lancaster for building. Thirty or forty houses are to be erected, and Kenning ton-green will no lonFer be a pleasant spot for the eye to rest on, but a mass of brickwork, rendering the neigh bourhood close and unhealthy. The inhabitants have petitioned against this proceeding as an inroad upon their comfort. Marlborough-place and Cardigan-place will be deprived of the agreeable view of a garden which they have so long enjoyed from their windows. No answer to the petition has been received. Economy in conducting the revenues of the Prince of Wales is said to be the cause of this building speculation, but the manorial rights of the Prince might be made profitable without trenching on the health of the inhabitants of the manor. The Marquis of Normanty, in the course of last session of Parliament, drew the attention of Parliament to a re port of the bad and unhealthy state of the metropolis, and proved that the want of a free circulation of air in confined districts was the cause of disease. After the report to which we allude, it is really remarkable that the Duchy should consent to allow an evil which the Commissioners of Health are actively employed in re moving. THE FATHER IN SCOTLAND.—The weather has been very unsettled during the past week—high winds and heavy rains having alternated with occasional sun shine. Yesterday, however, was a charming day, with the brightness and warmth of early summer ; and the birds, which had been for some time alcuost mute, were again vocal in the woods. There are still insignificant patches of grain exposed in stook in the higher districts. Around the city the farmers have nearly completed the lifting of an abundant crop.—Glaegow Herald of Monday. HINTS TO WIFE HUNTERS. Under this head the Dublin Freeman's Journal gives an account of an unfortunate denouement which attended an advertisement inserted in a Dublin paper some time since. The advertisement was from a gentleman in search of a wife, and dressed up in the usual style of such productions. " Fortune,' said the advertiser, "is not absolutely requisite," but he had no objection to from 500/. to 1,500/. if thrown in by way of" tilly" with the sought-for bride. That sum could be settled on the lady for " pin-money." The whole statement concluded thus :—"The utmost honour and secrecy may be relied on—none but prin cipals will be treated with, and the applicant must send her credentials in her own handwriting." It so hap pened that the document met the eyes of a gentleman who resides at S-- M—, who was able, by the help of a " crow quill," to imitate the lady's " choice Italian" hand ; he thought it would be a capital joke to answer the advertisement. Ile accordingly did so, stating that he was a lady, and possessing all the re quisites to make the wooer happy. The fair one announced that she would walk on the Strand at Sandymount on a certain day (weather permitting), and would be dressed after a certain fashion, at the same time requesting the gentleman to carry a bouquet of flowers in his hand, in order that she might more easily recognise her expectant inamorata In the meantime the writer had apprised his " five hundred friends, who were on the ground," to see the fun. The appointed evening came, and as the time of the assignation drew nigh the utmost anxiety prevailed, but at last suspense was relieved by seeing a gentle man emerging from a covered car, who was dressed in the pink of fashion, and sure enough he had a bou quet, and such a bouquet! Poor Reeves never ex hibited a greater when enlivening us with his comical " Agricultural Wife." On he marched amid the sup pressed laughter of the inhabitants of the neighbour hood, for by that time the dogs of the town were aware of it. He poked his head and his daisies under the bonnet of every lady he met, and ran reveral risks of being slapped in the face for his intrusive curiosity. At last a lady did come; sure it must be her. " The dress is like," muttered he, "it must be her." The lady in question, who was a stranger, and ignorant of the affair, had been walking with her brother, who, stopping to speak with some friends, had permitted his sister to proceed on her walk. The " Ccelebs in search of a wife" walked directly up to the lady, presented his miniature flower-plot, and with a low bow said, "My dear, is it you ?" The lady passed on, fol lowed by her new admirer, who became very , impor tunate, and, although warned several times toa-‘irbehaonftd; he persisted, until in the act of saluting he: h u e w b • as saluted seieral himself smart applications ate o, and of this the be v r wag f b f r o u l followed p y s stick over his shoulders. This brought him to his se greater renc violencesucceeded,ontreamid ai,a scene of th andsticktheemost waslaid e bo nn is sN ; e e is r ri o l u s mirth from the hundre d s who were in the secret, and who had now collected about the parties. A couple of police-officers coming up charges and cross charges were preferred, but after some time an ex planation took place, and so the matter ended. The gentleman proved to be a Mr. residing in F-- street, near one of the squares. lie got into his covered cart, and drove away amid a hurricane of laughter. We are led to believe he has not heeded a hundred other answers to his advertisement. The Rev. B. C. Kennicott, 8.A., of Oriel College, Oxford, and C ura t e o f W oo dh orn, h as been appointed by ,Sir Robert Peel, upon the recommendation of the Bishop of Durham, to the district of All-Saints, Monk wearmouth. recently created under the Church Endow ment Act. The Episcopal Chapel, in Broad -street, Monkwearmouth, will be the chapel for this new district, hich comprises the townships of Aionliwearmouth and A EXPERIMENTAL TRIP IN A s N TE.I MER PROPELLED BY A "FAN." Since the great and splendid invention of the steam engine as applicable to navigation, the lightness of its machinery, the concentration of its propelling power, and the economy in the use of fuel, have ever been considered objects of the very highest importance ; and from the first introduction of steamers, their side-paddles and boxes have been thought cumbersome, and particularly unsightly to the nautical eye, accustomed to the beautiful and graceful propor vessel. From the var i ous applica tions of a sailing tions to which steam-power is susceptible it is still in its infancy, though already the development of its capabilities has very far surpassed what was even contemplated by the immortal inventor himself. The immense power of steam is unquestionably esta blished ; but its appliances to different kinds of machinery are still very limited. In regard to side-paddles, many attempts have been made to do away with them, as they are found to be much in the way, to hold a great deal of wind, and to impede the steamer's speed, especially in crowded rivers and narrow streams. In deed, steam-navigation in narrow waters and canals is almost impossible, in consequence of the space the paddles and boxes take up, which cover a width equal to that of the vessel herself. Besides, the steamer's paddles and boxes abutting out on either side are ever liable to injury. The repairs which they incessantly require, form a very expensive item in the annual accounts of the wear and tear of steamers,and show that they are constantly liable to injury. War-steamers in action would ever be in danger of being " winged," and rendered powerless. The paddles of steamers must also be seriously in jured, and frequently becoine useless when navigating seas, lakes, rivers, and streams occasionally covered with floating ice. It has been considered that the ill starred President, steamer, sooner after leaving port, encountered large masses of floating ice, which jammed her in and crushed her paddles, when, alas ! down she went. It is on record, that at the time she was lost other steamers and sailing-vessels on their passage across the Atlantic fell in with immensely large and mountainous icebergs. The real truth, however, may never be known. The Archimedean screw (no new invention, for it was in use by the ancients), which is fixed to the stern of a steamer, was the first attempt to supersede the we of side-paddles; but its propelling power is weak compared to that possessed by common steamers, and it is, therefore, considered, in that degree, nearly a total failure. But still the immense importance of a concentrated propelling power acting under water, beyond the reach of shot, and all liability to accident, has become at once apparent. For these various reasons, engineers and other scientific men have been studying how to effect an object so grand and invaluable in every point of view, by endeavouring to invent a propeller so concentrated in one focus, which would efficiently act under water out of all danger from accidents, and still equal or exceed the speed at present attained by side-paddles. This great desideratum, it would appear, is on the point of being accomplished. A beautifully-con structed boat, about 50 tons burden, has recently been launched at Greenwich. Her engines—a pair of tens —were made by Messrs. Penn and Son, of Greenwich. They are fixed lengthways in the vessel, and are remarkably light and handsome. The propeller is on the " fan ' principle, similarly con structed to the fan of a windmill, and, like the screw, is fixed to the stern. It possesses a twofold action— the one perpendicular, which regulates her speed, and the other horizontal, which describes half a circle, and regulates her steerage. This latter action of the " fan" is of such admirable power, that while it supersedes the use of a rudder, it can wheel the boat round as if she moved on a pivot, and continue to spin her round and round like a top, without making head or stern way, except what little the tide or wind may effect. This peculiar, clever, and in valuable action of the "fan" is most ingeniously contrived, and is the sole invention of Mr. llunt, the engineer, of Greenwich. The " fan," combined with this fine principle of action, can be attached to any sailing-vessel, from a line-of-battle ship down to a collier, and can be worked by hands totally uncon nected with steam. Its power, though it could not be so great us when worked by steam, is such that it would enable a ship of the line to bring b o th h er broadsides to bear against an enemy in about two minutes. The vessel is named the Mystery, and although she was not quite finished, it was determined to give her an experimental trial down the river on Thursday, the 3d of October, to meet and greet the Queen and Prince Albert on their return from Scot land. Messrs. Hunt and Holl, the owners, invited several friends to accompany and enjoy the excursion with them. The day opened gloomily, rough, and stormy. The tight little steamer, however, daunt lessly started from Greenwich-pier at a quarter-past eleven o'clock, A.M. Her engines worked admirably, and she made her way over the waves, impelled by an invisible power, as buoyant as a cork, scarcely disturbing the water. Just as she reached abreast of Grays, near Gravesend, the Black Eagle, closely followed by the Royal Victoria and Albert yacht, hove in sight. The weather at this time was cloudy and tempestuous, but as the royal yacht rounded the point from Nod Meet, the sun shot out from an opening in the clouds upon her full broadside with magnificent splendour, and his rays were concentrated in a halo of light around her. At that moment she was a most beautiful and splendid object. The Mystery now veered round, and slackened speed in order to await the approach of the royal squadron, to whose officers and crew she became an object of much curiosity. She then continued leading the way, somewhat after the fashion of a pilot fish, till Woolwich was reached, at about two o'clock, P.M., when she brought-to to witness the landing of her Most Gracious Majesty and her Illus . - trious Consort, when all on board joined in the hearty shouts of " Welcome home." The distance from Greenwich-pier to Grays and back to Woolwich was performed in exactly two hours and three quarters. After the landing of the Royal pair, the Mystery proceeded up the river as far as Chelsea. This part of the voyage afforded a fine opportunity for testing the advantages springing, not only from the non-use of side-paddles, but from the fecilitous and admirable way she answered to the helm, in which point she has no equal. She wound in and out barges, rafts of wood, colliers, and ships, with such ease, precision, and certainty, that she astonished every beholder. She gave the go-by to several loolwich and other steamers which were compelled to slacken speed, ease, stop, and back, in consequence of the crowded state of the pool, and the fear of inju ring or smashing their paddle-boxes and paddles by collision. There could not have been a finer day for the expe rimental trial. The wind blew strongly from the westward, and with or against it she proved herself to be a capital sea-boat. The trial proved most satis factory and successful throughout ; she bounded over the water like magic, without a sail or any pereep-, tible propelling power, and almost without her self creating a ripple—she, however, possesses * propelling power, equal in the ratio, to any other steamer on the river. Her propeller, certainly, reaches perfection nearer than any other now in use; it is impossible to injure it by shot, collisions, ground ing, or any other casualty whatever. One or the other paddle of steamers navigating the wide ocean is frequently out of the water, but the fan propeller can never cease performing its functions but through some casual derangement in its own machinery. The Mystery is now fast approaching completion in all its various appointments, when a more efficient trial will be given. OPENING 01' TILE ROYAL ExCllANGE.—Official notice has been issued to the corps of the Honourable Artillery Company, of which his Royal Highness Prince Albert is Captain-General and Colonel, that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to direct that they shall attend as a Guard of Honour, upon her Majesty's visit to the City, upon the occasion of opening the new Royal Exchange. INFLUENCE 01' THE PRICE OF FOOD ON WAGES.... 1" Cheap food," says the m onopolists, " means low bearing upon it ? W.rhy, ju st f eturin districts h wages.' Such is the assertion. ;th b e u se t_w t h h a a t t, are as foodte facts has fallenrisen i 1 ; 1 . a p s r ? l e e , have risen. This has been shown on many recent occa pv‘r.aicgeesojfnfotohde has n become m g od erate, wages botwogEliyeraloyr If ntshtearneceis, anyin acdornannecce . all in the relation to each other of cause and effect, their tion between prices of food and wages, if they stand at o si f o u n . s a , g a e n s d a w t operation must be exactly the reverse of that described in the allegation, of which so much use has been made by the supporters of the corn-law ; and it would be quite correct to say, that " cheap food means good wages." This is an important truth ; and the working clas ses , notwithstanding the sophistry to which they have been exposed, will ere long thoroughly understand h.—Liver pool Erper. HUMANITY CHAIR, ST. ANDREW'S. —We RTC gm tified to learn that Mr. Pyper, of the High School, Edin burgh, and long esteemed as an eminent classical teacher, has been appointed to the above chair by the Duke of Portland, the patron. This selection, in which his Grace was solely guided by the very preponderating testimony in favour of Mr. Pyper, is well calculated to sustain the fame of this ancient University ; but as the Lord Pro vost has hinted, the task will nut be so easy to procure an adequate successor to Mr. Pyper in the High School. —Caledonian Mercury. • EARL OF WAstiiNGToN.—The Baltimore Amerwan, in noticing the anniversary of the battle of North Point, says :—" A fact has just come to our knowledge, which it may not be inopportune to mention at this time. We learn from a reliable source, that the British Govern ment had actually made out the papers constituting Gen. Ross ' Earl of Washington,' in consideration of the cap ture of the American capital, and the destruction of the public buildings. The death of General Ross at the battle of North Point, which took place about three weeks afterwards, most effectually frustrated the inteu• tion of his Government." ]