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

ILIPP ocT , inds officie dondelt fi le last in3tru o h i s retur n , :e on lu r d el, were ileco. jog the Pi ri , g ; e pier of teen while ' 0 a jesty , and ,o the hour at, eket La r°s le trooPs o not i f th : d to I te , o ten t of dettell n . t o For the P". l g it of t he , Meryl tb e . it F the Aeleof two Pieces na . the e lf e ?bi le Place q. the y e - the tpf Toro , Jiff ° ,O t Qu ' r eo f way b e I drove ,st ten 13'G') qUisfirol ties of iy troel* axle 14 : 4 o f a nd II" s o Boo', ince de # Lga dore- , _ IV weed ed ;p 4 tin do eral (No reachea an r°, Wag tt T ir g f y, vl O 4 O he h ld ;d to 0 1 ) ,.440 A ct ne S e ` S A d it, Olio ad its CO r aed h er cold P re to D th en , n ce ei"" ed b i ! l°' ...aloore , !'".„b - Fr io gstie st iol# aost nef, sn a ' back t° I' thith er t yi foug orl 4 At I Ir ess A de l l l a nt-G e _ 44 ol ing _e":l74. her follo w ' trav elled 6C I intell , v were (11 :01 with 6 le ey 4 horsei 1 °: At ti °.: imilar a , . ej was ifi for l : o de 1 / 1 owing let 0 cr. 15 0 ,o-dal - de 1100 1 e tbis oce BAN' there o asv iiit „ 0 04 LrtlD °lll ;oitl' Y , - ared , eve n ° pp; nee,,peatiob disP l ' ic o oti ef the m e l i tet . w l 0 6 oolf tP ~~, ,alf•P~~ ,C10 61 !d en 00) ;jet' 11 ol d well , ;h „tea- d i to bi' er ,°' the "*' n on, W e V ;o er ris ,,;(o / ' In ;teed -11 g. Yi r ° r.) rb 0, 0 o at tooppii " .r {roodtni iero , rortoi", p 111°‘ 14 ' helgli ts . 4it oP oyAl Wave sei % " vretar Cl', SP 0 010 C Ires a er ; r ed iider i teS, ter ns ; , 0 ° IY a ° gs,y o, til a en ill 10" ( te pd ir tO N I tha P iet tit i' -1,1 O a u 9 for d fer re c oo o' ri3D 6 e ge nt isit o bicv, dig or e!) •io ti" iot er oil -1 see • f P e _ lo o° ) 60 .ee ve d red $ S/4 . f : re l ; ?,: i a i eS.i ca l , poCe ° •••••call ttvate, in unison with our most gracious Sovereign, the arts of peace. "Given under our common seal at Dover aforesaid, this 15th day of October, IS-14. " WILLIAM CLARKE, Mayor." It was received in the most graeions 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 pressed with feelings of the warmest nature, but par ticu larly as regards the general greeting and gratification which has been extended to me by all classes of her Ma jesty's subjects, and 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 and union which have ever been uppermost in my heart, an d 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- Va ntage to each other, will, I trust, equally appreciate those feelings which I have so deeply at heart—senti rrtents which I have ever so deeply felt." His Majesr:,y having replied in excellent English, conversed fm a short time with the Mayor, and ex pressed his :regret that his very early departure would Prevent his seeing again the t 4: of Dover, which he y !rY well r e membered. AO after eleven o'clock h,B Majesty and suite, among 4 whom we recognised 1,. Guizo t, the Baron Athalin, Admiral Mackau, the Count de Jarnac, and General de Rumigny, ern - bar ked, vvith the young Duke of Montpensier, on hoard the French post-offiee packet Nord, and pro ceeded to sea, accompanied by the Princess Alice, the Ariel, and the Swallow, English steamers. A guard °f. honou r from the 5 9 d Regiment, under the corn 'nand of Major Davis, was in attendance, and.a second royal s /lute was fired at his Majesty's embarkation. ,In spit of the weather the piers and wharfs were thi.° nKtd with people, and we certainly never recol lect any distinguished character meeting so truly cords ~l and enthusiastic a reception. As the steamer left the h a rb our the general and hearty cheers con tinued to the eitent of the piers; and his Majesty, , !;tt seemed ouch gratified, remained with his hat fairly ato 4 ; ‘ring to the multitude, until, he was Colonel Jones, the commandant of r i le garriso n ; t in attendance, and Captain Mercer, *M., the supi r i n t en d ent o f t h e pac k e t es t a bli s h men t re, proceeded to Calais in the Princess Alice. In shorty all classes seemed anxious to vie with each ot her in doin g h onour, an d pay i ng t h e u t most respect, to a h is Majesty, and he appeared perfectly to feel and Ppreciate their good intentions. It is expected the '‘1.°1.4 and the Pri nc e s s w ill r eac h C a l a i s soon a ft er tat vc , o clock, b ut the i r passage w i ll necessarily be a /l e r • Y . rough one. The Ariel and the Swallow accom . li t t l iQd the N ord a b out one-third of the distance, and . ea returned into the harbour for the mail duty to marrow. - C OWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. 41111 IVAL OF THE QUEEN AT OSBORNE. oc (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) W itte T. 15 . —Her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert wei 410 into Cowes roa d s a b ou t a qua rt e r before even ock eh this morning. As it rained "very hard the s on al h p a rty did not at t emp t t o l an d i mm ediately. The ba rge w °l te through a b out e l even o ' c l oc k, w hen the royal t o as manned, and the royal party proceeded in her the ho re, amid s t th e roar o f can non from the Castle, : 4 °3 : a l Yacht Squadron House, Woodyear's, &c. o'cl ock -81 ' 1 aq' landed at exactly a quarter-past eleven p a i r of h Ther e were two carriages in waiting, with a proceede °ll es in each, in which the Queen and her suite ny : by d Iler Osborne. The royal yacht was unattended" steamer or man-of-war. Commodore the itrz 'Yarbo roug h f o ll owe d h er i n hi s y ac ht, as did th e oth of Wilton, Sir Bellingham Graham, and several m embers o f th e R o y a l Y ac ht S qu adron. Th ere to : tio troop s , nor i n d ee d any one i n aut h or i ty , to re -2 her Majesty on her landing, and the boats and if e l' l C got much nearer to the royal visitors than was • t h e as ing to her Majesty. Their loyalty quite outstepped i r good breeding, to the great annoyance of those kt ,,_ 4l they professed th e y wished to honour. We had l i vected to h ave seen the Mayor and Corporat i on of OttPort, to present a loyal address to her Majesty on I,hr landing .in their ancient borough, but they came not. °3' say that the p ar t o f C owes on w hi c h h er M a j esty ti l qed is within the bo roug h o f N ewport ( an d, i n d ee d, w til Shores of the harbour), hut this is only to prove tc: l t ight to receive the tolls and dues, and for muni o It e : 11(1 Parliamentary purposes. Had it been to elect gamer of Parliament for the borough of Newport, they:!isitictio n would have extended over Cowes, and 1 N1 64 ; 1 °41 6, d hare th oug ht it t h e i r d u ty t o v i s it us , b u t t t1 411; 4 ! the Sovereign appears to be a different thing. ti n v% lkttn 4ll o patronage to be obtained, there might lA - % to 7 44 % chance of kni g hthood. The gale con -4t we a ge With great violence. We are so sheltered 444 44 14 not its raging, but see its effects on the raer *water, a a t hat arrive, and in our streets being under h ell it 4 " the tide being kept up at a great height hO 1 -11 41 be drawing towards low water. \V 'COURT CIRCULAR. weattix:l)B°A, TUESDAY.—Yesterday afternoon, the We re sr continuing unfavourable, the . 1 . thi s 'vented from taking their usual airi t r i g ie s Prince of Iv si Norning their Royal Highnesses ae e ,: i 'es, the Princess Royal, and the Princ . ess Alice, I were tEtken an by the Dowager Lady Lytte ton, Tike airing in a pony carriage, preceded by out quarte The royal party returned to the Castle at a out- II before eleven o'clock. in th e pt°3'al Highness Prince Alfred was taken out - noon in the walks adjoining the Castle. Are has la, have authority to state that a paragraph which 'Aect el Y gone the round of the newspapers withre n - f fuo nd I° the Prince Leineno-en, is totally devoid 11,,PiToss_o far as Prince L b einengen, the son of her tire'/e". 'Ugliness the Duchess of Kent, and his family, ill 'lli ci e ticerne d. At the period when the occurrence a- e4evs.tion is reported to have taken place at I 4t //on,'s Serene Highness was residing on his estates lierueoburg, in Bavaria. °n le I-loyal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, Dent a."og Proginore'llouse, on Monday morning, buct,,„` ° Kew, t the residence of the Duke . and thei - I ' s °I Carrilaidge, and remained to lunch with I.)Z 'IVO Ifighttesses and the Hereditary Gran Ile y : i Tland buch+ of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. The Ili —tiche ss afterwards proceeded to Kew. tllelittsatrfetne Ittgliness Prince Edward of Saxe t Ma.rl4rough House yesterday on a r. visi C our e t, r w Al o a jesty the Queen. Dowager, at AN itley Thei rcestersl)ire. arnbrirrillVal Hi4hnesses the Duke and Duchess of Nei e — g e 2 and the Hereditary Grand Duke and be ki-si4so, Meektenburgh Strelitz, arrived at Cam rielsise'e --l'use yesterday morning. Their Royal High t,° s returned to Kew in the afternoon. . Peel rd Ellenborou h had an interview with Sir R. da yest g erd ay . • ,ptain Ramsay, R.N. Vice-Chairman of the tadi rib col n ,„ 11 Igb and Northern Railway through Fife, ac an inter by Mr. Grainger and Mr. Webster, had of 4 11 e te „ r v i ew with . the Earl of Dalhosie, at the office that - "oard of Trade yesterday, ono the business of u„,, r , . . -... 7 II : ~ ."-e taking. Che_!:..Excellency the American . Minister, and the , ‘ tier t unsenXrussian Minister, transacted busi ..ess yesterday at ' the Foreign- office. Air Michael--. th e • Edison, and Mr. R. J. Gainsford, on It aii Part of the Sheffield and Li nco l ns hi re J unct i on of Trade. transacted business yesterday at the Board r na A ; dellutation, consisting of Mr. John Gott, Chair & - ' n ' and Mr. Joseph Brooke, Director ; Mr. Atkin on t.,....;,,tingiatileledr,llolfr. Hesp, Solicitor s ; and Air. Grainger, the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester 4th netion the had an interview yesterday with Itanle a •i'l of Dalhousie. hrsetipjukaemeosf Wellington, the Earl of Aberdeen, peel sesterandGraham,da had i n t erv i ews w i t h Sir Mr. William Rind and Mr. Murgatroyd, Directors lyofiththe then est York s hi re Railway, had an interview Yesterday Earl of D alhousie at the Board of Trade a.a.l,!r Ifobert Peel left his residence in Whitehall os yesterday afternoon, for Brighton. eon'ls.deputation from the Leeds and Thirsk Railway, I\- e sng of Mr. 11. C. Marshall, Chairman ; Mr. t ors " . rnn it. Cash and Mr. W. Williams Brown, Direc tri ! 11% Eddison, Solicitor ; and Mr. Grainger, h o s l . 4 °er, had an interview with the Earl of Dal usie yesterday. 11111bINNIER IN HONOUR OF PROFESSOR LIEDIG....The lie dinner in honour of Dr. Justus Liebig, Professor Chemistry in the University of Giessen, which has r erl for some time in contemplation, took place last f ;;lint~nthe in the Trades' Hall. The Right Hon. the Earl of N i l f tl ton and Winton occupied the chair, supported ) Th ''sor Liebig, the Lord Provost, Lord Blantyre, & c. t i ,_ a croupiers %ere James Oswald, Esq., M.P., and John 47_1:atl Eq. The Hall was filled by one of the most a 41111)b,e(tble and intelligent audiences we l ever s s ‘ t r_ 1 1 in Glasgow on any occasion.— G asgow ael du Y post, t _ ' fi r . ii.t MERTHYR IRON TRADE. —The Merthyr works I.:1111)Q considerable activity, and notwithstandig our poalLttion in price, and in the teeth of the Germanic i!n -th4tl(P,:if r() per cent. on British iron as compared with • c). i)egium, the works here at least are carried on Nor i 15118',Y. The Victoria works are likely to be put in cllilttt)4oV4ll.. ---. Weishman. ~~ 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 dnririg the four hours the racing occupied to the vicissi tudes of the weather, their discomfort being in no small degree increased by the risk of being either ridden or driven over by the reckless host that Alma Mater in variably sends forth on " grand days" 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" for the Cesarewitch, were enabled toe " 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, tht feeling was snore 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 ting, 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 tho Souvenir filly at 6to 1, Wil liam le Gros 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 1— 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 lys 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 o f the turf, afforded 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 Duchess of Beauf art, Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Exeter, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl mid 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. bons, Geo. Fitzroy, H. Forester, Captain Spencer, Captain Stanley, F. Vit.- ' hers, H. Pitt, Admiral Paulett, General and Mrs. Grosvenor, Colonel and Lady Alice Peel, Colonel Knox ; Messrs. G. Moore, Shelley, Delme, Newton, Payne, C. Greville, 11. Greville, Batson, Jaques, De Voeux, Mey rick, S. Graham, Morley, Cox, S. Stanley, Irwin, M. Campbell, Worrall, Rams bottom, Waddington, Cockerel], Hawker, Lowther, Phillirnore, Mytton. The first race in the list was A Match, 50/., h ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Htmtingfield's Mario, 5 yrs, 9st 51b (Boyce), beat Mr. Barne's c by Slane, out of the Warbler, 2 yrs, 6st 41b.-5 to 2on Mario. Won by a neck. The Slane colt pulled up lame. The Royal Stakes of 200 sovs. each, 120 ft, for colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. 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 Clearwell Stakes of 30 soya. each, 20 ft, for two yra old colts, Bst 71b ; 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 3 _ The following also started, but were not placed Duke of Bedford's Prologue (Robinson), Lord Eglinton's Plaudit (parson), 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. Match, 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 sous. 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) I Mr. Dawson's Lightning, 3 yrs, 6st 51b Sir J. Hawley's Venus, 4 yrs, Bst The following also started :—Lord G. Buntinclr's Dis cord, aged, Bst 41b—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, 7st 71b —Mr. Buckley's David, 5 yrs, 7 st 71b—Mr. Rarusbottom's Pine Apple, 4 yrs, ist 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, 6st 121b — 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, 6st 71b—Col. Anson's Marquise, 4 yrs, 6st 21b— Lord Sandwich's Plantaganet, 3 yrs, fist 21b—Duke of Portland's f by Beiram, out of Souvenir—Sir C. Morick . s Glossy, 4 yrs, 6st 21b—Lord G. Bentinclr'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 ngst Glossy, 18 to 1 agst lonian, 20 to 1 agst Give him-a-Name, 20 to I 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. Wou 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 prc;ved 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 woull 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, Anouyme, Robinia, and Priscilla Tomboy are named ; the Steppingly Stakes, for which Prologue and Old England are likely to be the sole 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. TICKHILL 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.— On Monday the great match between Badcock, of 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 bands. THE STORM.—On Wednesday evening last the Argyllshire coast was visited by a severe storm, which 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,— Glasgow Saturday Post. We are very happy in being able to announce that the herring fishery otrthe 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 Guardian. ON, SUMMARY OF NEWS AND thtbltt 44 ptitton. " Who runs may read." PORMIGN. 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 Prince, with conformity to the decree of th e 24th M ess id or , An. XII., on honours and precedence. The Algerie states that the civil hospital of Algiers is so full that the directors are daily obliged to refuse the admission 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 Assize 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 punishment, 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 225,000 f., and the contract was awarded on Saturday to M. L 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 0€1,260 declared against their admission. T.ALW AND POLICE. At tte Surrey Quarter Sessions, held at Kingston, 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 quantity 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 cleetad 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* value, as there were only three remaining of thuet. ~. 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 violently 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, was 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 .5/. for the assaults on the servants, and .5/. 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 Dowall, 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. cows-rAsruomerszn. 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 anal Princess Radzivill and suite have left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris, after a lengthened stay in this country. It is the in tention of his Highness to revisit London during the ensuing spring. The Countess Flahault (Baroness Kaith 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, Jerilyn- 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. DIESOMIAL&NEOTTS. 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, ha s b een ra i se d 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 the great Bible, poynted as it shall be sayd or song in Churches. With the Morning and Evening Prayer, and certaine additions of Collects, and other the ordi narie service, gathered out of the booke of Common Du t very_ D u handsome near Calcutta, Prayer." "Imprint e d a t L on d on , b y Willi am S ores , Anno 1569." y the monument b is corps s g erected uf Bengal at Artillery, to the memories of those officers and men of that regiment who fell at - Caubul,duringi the insur rection there in 1841, and the subsequent retreat in January, 1842, EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1844, ED 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. 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, Pall-mall, O c t. 15, 4 WILLIAM IB4. H. BOND, Secretary. 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. ANOTIIER ACCOUNT. The balloon descended safely in a field adjoining the small cottages at Bay view 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.—1 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 I circulated in all quarters of the town, that an attempt had been made to shoot a landing-surveror at the 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 l eav i ng 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'Gaffey, who presented a loaded pistol to his breast, and, as we understand, pulled the trigger. Fortunately the contents were not discharged, as the pistol 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 the spot in the course of a few minutes. M'Gaffey, who made 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. Ile 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 thaiatter gentle man was the landing surveyor ov er 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, ft examination, when the evi. deuce having 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 about 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 1121. 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 :is. ! 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,Taundesandsdoamyee : who wnianrg, d oof gave 6dc the a honest kdoni a 6d. — Caledonian I, tt i t the rc ury . still more h riFaeTr,aLandAtlcvcomENT ON LANCASTER SANDS. — On as other John n Moor e, men, of t he j namesu , oof Flookburgh, voodbur n 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 111 EramoitruosE.—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 ment, 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 ! 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-wolfship is still to be seen in the Jardin des Plantes, having been converted, alas ! into a watch-dog, thanks to the sad mutability of sublunary affairs ! We are not told whether the perpetrator of this practical joke has been dealt with as ho deserves, if indeed he has been arrested. KENNINGTON-GREEN .—The triangular . piece o ground near Kennington-cross, which, during many 3 ears, 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 longer 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 yr ithout trenching on the health of the inhabitants of the manor. The Marquis of Normanly, iu 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. TILE WEATHER 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 almost 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.—Glasgow Herald of Monday, MIGDICAL 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 thi utmost importance that the profession should be protected from the encroachments of uneducated per sons, which the measure in question unfortunately had 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 thee fur 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. ANSELL 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 1813, 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. Ansel' 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. TouLMIN 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. Nicuor, moved the next resolution, affirmatory of a system of medical registration, if placed on a proper basis, which was seconded by Mr. WALus, 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. LAUNCH OF THE GLADIATOR WAR STEAMER A T WooLwien.—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 consistin g of th e 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, 3Gft, 4in. MARRIAGE Or 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 St. Mary's Episcopal Chapel, Fulham. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. Sparks Byers, 111. 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 Ire 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 llastings. The season at Baden is rapidly drawing to a close. The Bad enblatt 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- ROSS: FURTHER PARTI CULARS . —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 4,6004, and the contents in the Phcenix-office to the amount of 9,5001., making a total of 13,600/. There wore in the octagon six engines and three tenders, the former valued at 1,3004 each, and the latter at 2001 each. It will cost an enormous sum to reinstate the machinery alone. The Company estimate the damage under 20,0001. 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 ELLENIIOROUGII.—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 Bight /lon. 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 Heytesbury ; 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, the) 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 tesselated 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. He 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 person 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 eto power to convict on sight, the justices hsivinimN (clerk %r punish for contempt of court. Mr. , Woodbridge to the bench) said he doubted i f the 1 oi . ice Act gave Mr.. Tollett any power to appeal , the p enalt y not amountin g 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 to the bench informed them of his intentions, COURT OF SEWERS., I 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. WlLLouGnnv 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, Willoughby) 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. Barns 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 Cons 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. WiLLouGuny 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 ehould 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 these were observed, 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. llunt'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. HAWKES 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, &c., 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 ont the objects of the society. It is to be hoped, that not a single man will be found in the city, who will not join this interesting association.— Philadelphia Paper. 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 5001. 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. He 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 inanzorato. 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 to " be off," he persisted, until in the act of saluting her fair hand, he was saluted himself a tergo, and this was followed up by several smart applications of the brother's stick over his shoulders. This brought him to his senses—a rencontre succeeded, and the stickwas in aL cn with greater violence amid a scene of the the boisterous mirth from the hundreds who were in . Aseccroeut,plaenodf police-officerswh o nowhad collected bcotm . up about chargesth the npda cross rties. charges were a m ft g er p some time an ex planation toporkopvpreeldafecretro,eadnb,de so a tp l e r. m l a l t — ter_e , n r d e e s d id . gentleman The ing in F street, near one of the squares. He 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 Curate of Woodhorn, has 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, INhich comprises the townships of Monkwearmouth and SDAY e steam -aww.-510. A EXPERIMENTAL Tx I'll" IN A 8 N Sinc T e E th ' e lll g i r E ea ß t alcli p P I E e n L d L id E D in v ß e l n c i t "FAN." engine as applicabl e t o nav i ga ti on , th e li g hts.'e's of its machinery, the concentration of its propelling power, and the ec onomy i n th e use o f fuel have ever been considered o bj ec t s o f th e ve ry 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 tions of, : e sailing vessel. From the various applica tions tot-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 iminense 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 -deamer's speed, especially in crowded rivers and , narrow streams. In deed, steam-navigation in narrow waters and canals is almost impossible, fit consequence of the space the paddles and boxes take 1:1), which cover a width equal to that of the vessel lie, ,self. Besides, the steamer's paddles and ,boxes abtetting out on either side are ever liable to injury. The repairs which they incessantly require, form a veryexpensive item in the annual accounts of the wear anl. tear of steamers, and show that they are • constantly liable to injury. War-steamers in action would ever he in danger of being " winged," and rendered powerless. The paddles of steamers must also be seriously in jured, and frequently become 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 Nees 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 use 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 imporL'nce of a concentrated propelling power acting under water, beyond the reach of shot, and all liability to accident, has become at once apparent. Fur 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. Hunt, the engineer, of Greenwich. The " fan," coinbined 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 net be so great as when worked by steam, is such that' it would enable a ship of the line to bring both her 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 1;2 1 d Albert yacht, hove in sight. The weather at this. time was cloudy and tempestuous, but as the royal yacht rounded the point from Northfleet, the sun shoe 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 fashi on o f 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 front 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 vary of the voyage afforded a fine opportunity fox testing the advantages springing, not only front the non-use of side-paddles, but from the fecilitoug and admirable way she answered to the helm, be which point she has no equal. She wound in and out barges, rafts of wood, colliers, and ships, with suds ease, precision, and certainty, that she astonished every beholder. She gave the go-by to several Woolwich 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 exp 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 percep tible propelling power, and almost without her self creating a ripple—she, however, possesses a 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 frequently out of the water, but the fan propeller call 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 OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.—Official notice has been issued to the corps of the Honourable Artillery Company, of which his Royal Highnefl Prince Albert is Captain-General and Colonel, that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to direct that the 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 OF THE PRICE OF FOOD ON WAGES.•-• " Cheap food," says the monopolists, " means low wages." Such is the assertion ; but what are the facts bearing upon it ? Why, just these—that, as food has risen in price, wages in the manufacturing districts have fallen ; as the price of food has become moderate, wa g es have g es el have risen. This has been shown o o s i f o lg n y s a ,a e n s and we at If A tion between prices of food andoytihz n i t i s h t m e a r n a e n j i s recentai a y ee advance ne e. w ages, if they stand at nows hto n s r supply e r another that described operation must olich so much use has been made in the allegation, of I ;and itwould supporters of the corn-law all in the . relatiobneteoxeaacethiyottillieerreovfeersaeusoe and effect, their by the car r tant truth ; and the woring classes, This is an mpo ling the sophistry to which they have been rec t to say, that " chea p food means good wages." i no t w ithstam exposed, will ere long thoroughly understand it.—Liver pool Paper. HUMANITY CHAIR, ST. ANDREw'S.—We are 'gra tified to learn that Mr. Pyper, of the Iligh School, Edin burgh, and longesteemed 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 not be so easy to procure an adequate successor to Mr. Pyper in the High School. —Caledonian Mercury. EARL OF WASHINGTON.—The Baltimore American, 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 Govel a. ment had actually made out the papers constituting G( a. Ross Earl of Washington,' in consideration of the cap. cure 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 intca , don of his Government." r5....* N