The Sun. — London, England, 1851-10-23 00:00:00

lIRITAXNIA LIFE ASSURANCE cOIIPANY. V 1, Princes -street, Bank, London. Established August I, 183 t. P. Ca.,.. EZ DoWered by Special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. . -.4411 —Colonel ROBERT AT,FIXV DER, Blackheath Park, ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSV.TUTION. Halt Credit Rate ren-tum. • LW assured according to thesevs/Fs are allowed . credit .i4s ,or htli, s 15,, the amount of the first seven annual preiniui . , ~,•,,ig Interest nereon at the rate of five 4 ... e -i r cent. per annum, with . - ge oPtion ef ' • Aav n , tk Paying otr the arrears of pitsuns, at any time,. or b ee° . ~e amount deducted from the stun assured when the policy rnes a claim. Table For Securing Loans and Debts. Vill, et , th MaPted especiallyfor the securing of Loans and Debts, by Cre„,--hipertelitnilianiq security is obtained on very low, but gradually in 44,11eelmesoure,vive.ds, Without the exaction of a fine, at any Urns within A .„__ months if health remain unimpaired. 4,4ro.rrtuhoef Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock. 14e41ca1attA"iured reamy case admitted in the Policy. . s ert.ants erated in all cases for their report . k w _ _ Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium. "iti Vreutitina required for an Assurance of 1001. for the whole 1,--.................________ Term of Life Age. Half Premium for I Whole Premium after Seven Years. Seven Years. X A. d. 1 1 9 1 9 2 9 2 6 3 6 8 X 9. d. 2 3 6 2 IS 4 4 5 0 6 13 4 E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. c ,7 . 7 - ------______ I:•er,„'edistsyof _.)lassive Plate, Plated Ice-pails, & c., to beSoAldttlitrne,, 4 1 ture, 0 . atilives, Clo,cks,, Jewellery, Piece-goods, Ess& Le_Days Sa e. kr, S. DEI3ENHAM and STORE, will garden (i S r - -- , ,, by AUCTION; at their Rooms, Rini-street, Covent -441" M"DAY October --',:' 1 ~ 4 , ant_l'our following days, 1,,.,,, e silver le salvers and ),,,T rs, six __e.christening bowl, a presentation tLmp , s s . _ alt 41es two",fi table dishes and covers, four sauce turee # n, ix " at Eleven. r ert of 20 i n. th _ a sa've soup tureens, two antique crue , ,, frames, a , 1 7 .1 8, ke., tol'a'ee-iight candelabra, tankards, par i tri nkets, a and silver watches, tasteful clocks and time r liee a e p ": 14, cioth,, ~,.F,',,lrig-case, with silver fittings, by cake-baskets. 5p00n5,... , h•lhe letikell4l""'eouss4eiffnseCtssil-ksh., satins, ifrf it excellent dro household furniture, •-," f°ll WI i . m , e . on n t . g h s o _p e rio e r to p t November, l)pled i g g e s d o, u •ss n-( i 1 1.11 "'l,llare li'",",g riawlibrok4ls • °,l lle v I e 11 • Blackborn and a.,,, 0rth.. ._ . , viz. ;_Brown, 3,•dr's-court, Leicester- Inita ~"late iliack,Y, Ayiesbnry-strect, Clerkenwe , B ooks, Ki ng ' s . N l ' , hels eaz „ "orn3l ydaleton-street, Spafields 0 41 ' ei l, Ex- n "A'n and Co , Upper North-place, Gray's et Ken- AlJen i ro,.?tith.-street, Snablelds ; Chapman, Highf e , f, t i Lltreet , ca, Grafton -street East, Fitzroy-square ; I ) " Inn-lane; Pm; ercial ii`alrctit; q i lZ s N'en or sq nar toad uller, King's-place, -- - na • , swie.- t e Gide° lianiPatead-; Gill Wilmot-strect, Brun e - :::eile 3 r l4 :_ en Y- ' st S r teeefft,ordt-ostreet, .Lisson-,grove ; Hawgood, Surr y . Itr;. l, Tool e et-r ani ; Kirkham, Strand ; King. nigh Holborn il' t4'rettcl r"t, eavendish-squa'reN• "Rbuys;ell)l r u F r r y e -r e n rf e , k ; - P t c b o l 7509 Old , Ilr eal ta '''' l , PePitens, W ardour-;treet, .S ' olio ; Tomlinson , and 41,,e.eini,P,P,ter (leprge-street, Bryanstone-sqiiare ; Crown-ro l es, ;lath: , ro ari. street, Blackfriarsread ; Turner,. Igh„.", et, c i ' ,laoMson and Lewis, Eyre-street-hill,andl. , ittie l e3 , , l ,'eet , k ersenwell ; Ditto, late Clark, Long-acre ; Walter, eUrltyetteilhaihe.r7letfte ; Wharton 'Mount -street, Lambeth ; Yard" - r oil r, for it.a..._ court-roadgOods deposited with them . as e e d `4lalogna the Period for which has expired. May be view , • ~s hale on the SaTunbay prior. 11;.,,.,11F;1/ , ~ A G PI N G SAUCE, k i utiN. & P`1.41-E, AVIE,S, HASHES, STEAKS, &c.. ....t- T • • bra t r , l " B and . N , Li ARLES COCKS, the Sole Proprie- D N ., : calltion th e uf acturers of the celebrated READING SAUCE, 'lv o it Public against the daily frauds practised by many thi ' l B ailee re clering their spurious imitations as the Genuine sutig4 th - aece i; n te 'Pee ' t . "I foi at " l3 ed and recommended by most families In the bl e Fish eneral use it stands unrivalled. It is sold by all *thl r .._ . th i s '.:Li'ef.,,,e Vendors. Be particular in asking for -‘ctOry treliarki S'e, READING SAUCE," Ob' ukest rtet t:7, hY John and Charles Cocks, at their 3fanu ser„. ,eading, 41 or 'ache ria e '4,,atliers are counterfeits. ' '‘'''' totTi u •& C. COCKS Reading" on the Seal and e 'Without this none are Genuine. 'llll I ‘ l 4G-ItTry, 1,,,Qh0 ~ LOsix. 4 r ICENT CEREMONY OF .12110111;,,can cent, - , - ' TUE GREAT EXHIBITION. tern ~'"liiilt,,„ •-ruPlate the Industrial Exhibition and its effects • , ‘iirr el •- th ren Hess to that Providence which seems to have at. 14 1•1 v dee r shout, Scar h i % Prothe,aet on it ccly an accident or an offuen..ceuheas,o,cts *.e,:n b ele .trs e ntail 5 success ; all that the most sa ~. o ' ne - qerf ti n air its hav e b een excee d e d, and the event- t kllth 41 efre t t, 'MY to itt vt•o„,, -,„ ~ the romance of history on acc e o l u a n t t a o s f th it e s i k , and ~."'e . er of the '. °e reeerded by posterity to mars , vie Dr-4re abiand;9; and the .7e, b,,,_a r Mat...„ 'world. The close was as happy as the o t pe e n 3 - , ki n it , 9,4 4 % , but „so ineasons for rejoicing, not only at the sucee Royal projector will, as long as ss h of hov tlietl-t,hole tv,„ t•,,.e o pportunity it has given to . their subjects.tro i ,.'rel, rii , a.ti,,, -Nu that Great Britain and their Queen ,A, , te h„4re oft i.‘"Veriee, d kindness, and sympathy in the ,i-eits,- , i4t o , ~ •-•3' tru e 1 an • in the people. Un '4)s -•''' and t ',,'" the c ( laity and affection the!. ring eove t he the Palace, the grand Mart of Industry in her,ZN 0 . i t h i. e site 01.es.wits mina most remarkab . le buil l ri , g fu li e l u T t ,o t ti o - V t , tel t t Le m te b est eight ons, and givithr ea' ' ' . oii was the thitt s . ,o th e 41 1, and no from all parts of the world , . q , _.. 41, ', w ai artiei, 0 , "0 sinall wonder considering that it . wa dre a s e s. kotfzc'ent,ii;ir,ktitainel,telothing, and to a system of economy ln s _ re 1114tktt,S aura cloth 4 c apital that would buy up, at any de. f i B LI 4trt,lnein.,•rY.b.'Z .11.141•,e'sitnahlithinginedorn and that the obiect o ous . Li m c: . !•di n 4 ,, te ,e.profit ,, s e j tose to u, i a t, h w f a h st u o se b l e v n e e s il o t f , t t o hf e a tr n y nt . I ,ir t n ' t t h ed4 i ' e At t. le rs ,0411, dress nineteen-twenti t eth e s h . l e rb a c o r m r f o i ti t I ye Deen erla klkihk,nebljeirlYbOdy's eaxllpt n b s u yi r . 1 g clothes el y one-half, n thereby say -I):2llficene,t 'ken tiln' half a mi7l s io in n per annum Let everybody t,,Qii ~,,,_e.ol.leeti,l'aterior of the Monarch Mart pay teori,,,katta‘qhirig that of clothing and sporting dresses sur a visit : the :„ I lit'h„ritith i ' for e '`‘ has been got together before, and will be , Peti'llr er t ql t o thverY stuation' in life—from the nobleman an 1:410 1ti ' and I' lle We h,ard-v‘•orking mechanic, and the more hum '4l eeenisies‘-end Branch Establishment is equally well 44,, 1 Cher ' e s tl 'e sPace of six large houses in New 'ecc , 0,, liart-street. , h 5, Nity te t• 310SES and SON, teal A AiA 4b nahlia e 157 minorica, 83 v ski 3lat. Tit, 1 54, 155, 156, and , . 0t,. .. g ' Ilar t Zt- ka ', oPPosite the Church, all commum tin . 11441.131.4 ' ''t ''‘ lll i r e.o 44ell ' 508 , 507, 508, New Oxford- street, 1, 2, thn. ' l'orh,. -razunicating. held 11 "Qire, .r,„ rtirq Branch, 19, Bridge-street. 111V:74r8) C lotiv ' argate. tb sk "le e "' Ilat 34. Et/4 e rg ott..ters, Hosiers, Farriers, lloat and shoe ik„, bh., J. m, - "ant e ' a lters for Ladies and Gentlemen. a bi lsiha t % ta , s 're closed from sunset Friday to sunset ea ''' rea rmed till Twelve o'clock. 4111tijfr, ,ki,,,,lricil'ciki4tiy,stp%lways aggravates diseases, but DU tkoe,Zikares hoe i?ib i nvariably curs 1. " save s ,ist. F9n, without medicine, in i c i o es). N l t e (al i' 4 : 44 .111c l ee n effected by DU BARRY'S D u ri l e:tc i r D s e l e t , E . ; . I ‘.4 Dy5n,,,4.1-I.llles its cost in other i r n em t e he i Lerd Stuart RE . q 1 det..ty . r'F ' . IT e oT ie t c h i e es lti g htl o , .leillerisek'?,ll, attede,,!nnibsiderble benefit from Du Barry's public to wi Debi tc 72 o der it due th yourselves and the „ p. .4 ti of these lines. DECIES." Revalenta kttle,VtY Yee,.., !kill 4 ' eoti;',, eideacrlbabl Cure 45'832 .STUART DE itst ;q1Di,a4,1%;.10. eo,stipattene, a g o ny from dyspepsia, kness at the %,, 'lilting% have beaet n ni r e e n tlyZ as by m Du Barry's excel- ,„ r ` I4 tIA . . 10 , nervousness, Q,llittl..fi 'LI- -WORTIIAM, Ling, near Diss, Norfolk." el eit, , Y,ft., ) ve3,,,r, Cure Ice. 180. indigestion, and t_ et oti , re wittehl ervousness, constipation, no me qrryB tt. d reroo„ had suffered great misery, and which d Du ' V alee te. ',Oar. relieve, have been effectually cure by .q i . Weft dinsFoo n.,, li ,_ ka:!l*lt y .. It REEVES, Pool Anthony, Tiverto • i t . • , ns, „,,,,, , are d„z Cure No. 4,208. 1: `‘sy Haas ' elAia, nervousness debility, with cramps, „434...t11,;estnea,ve be,-4 terr...!..hich my servant' had consulted the advice . delicious 'ter a ring fi),4 i''LLiailY removed by Du Barry's happy to " Red 111 qei r i ts 'I a very short time, I shall be ' Ji.ilix v i ~,, rt h _ 4 arQ s „ . ' -LAVELL, Ridlington Rectory, Norfolk." k t , , i - n t ~ -arr ex t .,„ .. , Clare is o. 1.6 09. and ft 4: lf,sliti gen'''ve nervousnss, with pains in my neckmise, eel:, ,adi ebility, which rendered my life very , eallY removed by Du Barry's health -restoring miser era orC‘L.E)r, 5,,,,„ loerat prh...aeliitire,-.411,-, ni ART, Archdeacon of Ross, Major '`a grati s ''' as X I , of 50,000 cures (including those of Lon; Z , Di's , ), may be -, ily, -Alt Are • ,-, re, Sherlund, and Harvey ci, Ptir,,,, agent s , Skihbereen." c' ke httreh''''' , to imk4.ortnurn, Mason, and Co., 182, Picea tiO caei st ,;stre et • 330 Majesty the Queen ; also to be had at 60, tel e i', ll B. ; 12,', W itli r ut , and 451, Strand. t,„!2lt), „.._., ...., instructions, Ilb., 25.21 b., 'kit. '-'.' nage frequperrefined, 51b., 225. 101 b., 335. The 101 b. I rnper tant c ~ ' Da Larry and Co., ' 127, New Bond-street, Ift , ..1)/ .4. 4Uuen--Beware of Spurious Imitations. t A bVIcT, ~ • With 1". 1-61.. T u' l AND :'.IEACTRIJERrITIVN.FIRMITIES OF 'tiitPFie2Diretions for their Prevention and Cure. lesi i l ishea . u f.eityl tti , , r k r 'n, i l ''n French E-'",GRAN INGS ON STEE s L n . i,b, and 8 Forty.tawSeaied 1,,n.,....ng1i5h, German, Dutch, L o s,, ps tempe, 2s. 6d., or post-free from Bp the - Author k P . lb. -I,' ti"l'''t int"i'al realise ;" SERVA T I 0 N; a e r ed 4t 4 rliti e . ,_. on the Physiology of Marriage, a.c. nisi Do .art e,rly.flaDisorders of Youth and Maturity, usuallycaand ti:lst the ~,,bvi's, diftt n i n ?d of life, which destroy the ph physical ex -117. eertai,,,alener,.. g 1 and enfeeble the natural feelings, • and liii l ' toter i 'reve t ; . " of liallhOOd ; with Practical Obsersatio_ns c o . n . t,, 'e me,i „ 4 4 4 na co, stit n a and successful Treatment of Nervous D Di tal'rt,lerna"cl,7angeriaeniotlsial Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, o and all adopted theit. eiq. ' Fifty Coln ity % : w ish j oa, anci resulting from Indiscre , knatomy, ther eminent membeis . ot the faculty of a te - stri,,' 4 11c1 i. 'tired Engravings, illustrating the . Arca..ic-eil,,rN oses.,ea..s..e of the R eproductive Of•gans plaining D 4 ,in t h , }).3% sr.utncytiohnasi;itsand the excesses, v +r of Z, D B E BA-rilla LA'MERT. M.D., Li 6h, l ioe,,, ' r el ie, k atrlel3ulat ( gi 'YI kfl.gat, or iry Mernber of the A R E,a l'lo andu various infection. i'njuries 1 LONDON. of Society,n . 1 . 1 43 'al Sett kniaccaries' II 11 the liuutLri 1 'ee l We i l, 'tY of t,, a , London, Member of ' L e o m nd b o e n r o lfo t s i p e ital Medical r i y ~ ecia.n. ,iiburgh, &c. &e ' Nile" Plays, ,` 4l ng a Main and complete ' description of the ana liiithe elisi, h.°“:.z3, of the r id of their relative ' ' l als 41 'nellealeehint end d' eductive°l,.gan' ' al 1 0 has taken the aiseas.e. Dr. La Mert, w diploinuel a ' f bo 14 %1 t i • ',flours and testimo lrektihaS exeel,4 the Woik, sisevtbideeenic;d, l by a t l h l e usfied medical man t t !ikt b.,_nt Of thes e Y, and for be eeyvogt consulted 4 4 tZ a 'd r it s4ileeriboze wi°lonlePlaints-7;lyeY3'meaareysg, e w el it ebilitated l ine. Y esr s. „ei, Practices acquired may have become excesses of dhis i t , t rriip, i ht z t r i i . er s.l , 3 , the pieLtuurreecisinf youth, e m or studie h s a t d o va th n e_ arred, the objects of ), i'labl4l'''Y Ftndarttl, and existence. i o tsel i f e r a e r ndere el a term of unceas iNer,rTheti by tjr;i• ~t y ,h _ c[iir ; tin,: uthor, mid ~,,y be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pate e r t - Th fScke s t ; Q-4"dacYa, ... Oxford -street ; Starie, Titchborne-street, ; ,u Vett till ilsi l nlay post for f: rt 4'), Lead enhall-street ; M an 2 author's ' r C eM i en c e , y. r r0,... e eo,stittedY-two stamps from the , or by I s wo on ali t d he 4 o e rn di s so i t;d i r i Le , r h s t o . ua ), letter, 1 . )... .t.t E.-- Hl] SILENT FRIEND. ,VrAttif-..'k LANCI OAGES- FORTIETH EDITION. ~, . 1 14 4 t i, .-csq Tr ip „ '4 ), 4 tna b." ,' 'EMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. -.. .TSio Ar. -"e ntindred Anatomical Coloured Engravings. 4 Itts„.ACIT-i; IIigtirALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA ' ' , -diti o ,.. ' --`b IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. --‘, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d. by post, from „.... the ti t , R the R,tabllahnient, 3s. 6d. in stamps. ‘Pilln,_,ttt e;'.."4,n.ITT F RIEND, a Medical Work on i'r,1,,,0r:.3,.;e:wi1n-4_ll,,,Za,ceen,ant,..l physical decay - of the system, produced by f ction or the abuse of bre, . hy ebsti: iiiNctie.4l.CoOrrisauei fl, t erit it. Tur•ations en marri nse anci the disqualifications which leesoof of infection, ° preventive lotion, fol - ' l ir ItY 4nd 4atratci d bY 100 aFe' d Fly ravings* ea t. Lotil,,,n°, Cel sultinr, o oure bs 2 _ d- By R. and L. 19 Berners-street, Oxford ,,.i.Clris',l B alagi t : I S .a l a i by Si s ran a g r e geo 2l ' Paternoster-row; Hannay, i i. te , !S pa'_"', Oxford-street% C 4 < ! irdon,l46.Lcad , nnha c i h lis y tr t • h4 o V n ard B. tr ciln,Zdon-street W. Sutton, 10, ~..1.4 .it ' ca, Ceriikit`;‘,l'.aul's Church-yard ; Butler, 4, C tie lu '''rdel: L ire% "-" a d ' n-‘ Silalpkill, Stationers' Hall-court. Bow (..,.. ht , ir ps..e a ; ri i i l f . ' I , "' and is i tl u tatt ar the a uatosay and physiology cf the ro-rrodnetive 441 g - e' T t- tre rated by 28 Coloured Engravmgs. r etti t a ee, a, M a " tlie co'isecm resulting from excessive in „ al ft,, their l a , . f e s allifet tb ' bodil y w rooatab.e effects on the system, producing and generative 11,4% 4. Il lostr eaneii`i, nervous excitement, , .11, t ,. ated by 10 Explanatory Engravings. kb ; `tetta,litaaco. ,:vlary form, directions for tl4ll ; l'' '''r"i o ' r ea ' a °I Mt diseases resulting from infection, either in epl44and contains 4b4a 'section la Illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav -141% t I)ll4 ‘tron - 7,,a rtentedy for the prevention of Disease by . a . t14.4/T v . ,. a -, whieh the danger of infection is 0b .t3 1 i d ea u. 1 v 1 1)1, The eae se e lvc ied tO the co nsideration of marriage, i anl and the 1,.. stib iect ' c ' t ur'Prbc. considered, ,- i critically naive union are also a srett, Coa t ,, k and phi losophically inquire into. in ter bog law,,Tu'etAtra es SYRIACUIIt is exclusively employed N itloci tti b . lie, and 335. i., Il i , and sexual debility impotence, &e•, ti yphilitic g l , if t , i '. for 1,,,,,- oneentrated Detersive Essence, an an -'-onndary eetti,:ea, er,p'trYing the blood in cases of infection, se--35 per et,r INITry.4 if.,'''',., and tho abuse of mercury, 11 s.ca,,nd 3‘'lls. real ' a tert2rifYig Speeitz Pills, .1 sa-, 4 s• "-' and a 11, . e Infitez 4 rerued f I*. . -lee' stricture, an to tm rae,t t , Yor gonorr icea, 6 - ' if by letter, (1 1 la net, ce nof the bladder. Consultation fee, g lltti 'lf c : 4l ) , . :I'l_l of the case is required: age, habits, and eta du'• u r r eo „ .. :. 0 , 11 3 , , k:. caczets, Witb advice, to be bad at , the_lil!!3_, e el, I,JaYtte hien the toe.is saved. Mes„,rsreiL. Yll tren,',l, Iron., ntd„anee, dailY, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-, . -. '404 - ' Le Vell till TITO, And Five to Eight; on 'lll 4 011 e, a • •, L e i k ee*/- • ' • blow 1.1 -A • * 9lk tt- V • 0. Tr r • VX- - •;—, • _ 4 7 .11 N 01 - 1,1 7 -.. ~1 5\- • • - _ - ' 1 4.!.. • __ , • • 3 • T `q 4 _ •' ‘. e • .„, r , 0 tll' . --r •:;P : • - ; = he: kt\ ea:). [PRICE SD. A - - ' P. :?__Th ,- e . " e-e'" 1 b -. 0 11 L . L. (2 7 I THE CASE OF INFANTICIDE .NEAI6URK 7.... ; E'. thisDMUND S T '.... . .. . A brief account of painful case, in which a ',... --' 3 - -- Y s .., ning woman named Maria Stewart was charged, on :r own confession, w i t h the murder of her two ille- ;itimate children, was published in The Sun of Mon- day. Tile following particulars have since tran spired : It had been incorrectly represented that the priso ner moved in a somewhat superior station in life, the fact being that her uncle, with whom she was pre viously living, is a brickmaker, at Cockfield, near Bury ; nor i 3 the rumour, stating that the father of her children was "an extensive landowner in Suffolk," more accurate; the person with whom the prisoner carried on an illicit connexion being, in fact, a la bourer, the son of a farmer at Cockfield, where Maria Stewart lived. The wretched woman's confession of her crime was made on Wednesday last, in the county gaol, Bury, in the presence of the Rev. N. Hallward, the magis trate, who attended at the gaol to take the depositions of the witnesses, the Rev. R. Jeffreys, rector of Cock field, and Mr. Macintyre, the governor of the gaol. The evidence was taken in the cell where she was confined since her commitment, and where, on ac count of her mental excitement, it had been found ne cessary to place her under restraint. The confession referred to, which was, in the first instance, made to police-constable Banham when apprehended by him on Wednesday last, was stated by the witness in the following terms :—She said—" It is a fortnight to-day since my child was born ?" I asked her if it was born alive ? She said, " Yes, it was ; it was a fine little girl, and after it was born it cried and sucked its fingers, pretty dear." And then in a lamentable kind of way she said, "Bless the dear child ! I cried over it, and did not know what to do with it. I asked her what time on the 'Wednesday was the child born. She said, " It was born a b out nine o'clock in the morning, and was alive in the afternoon, when I laid hands on it, held it to my breast, and let it suck. It began to cackle, and I thought some would hear it, and that I must kill it. I put my nipped the th roat with my fi ngers, hand outh, and over the and then took my garter and tied or put it round the neck, so that it might die ea s y. I ki lled it because I thought . I ailnuld -net have a father m form . y child. , I kept it in my bed until Monde was taken, when c f n b ingt buried it mfg .of the day I lodge. It is the second girllittl u e rle l i in my I strangled them both. After I i f murderedvee forgave murdered.the first uncle's h and o i r f g l av p e r m ay e child, I prayed to God, and told him I would not do so again. But I have, to him again he will not hear me." The evidence of police-constables Hoggar and Card well, who apprehended the prisoner, was also taken. To the latter she said, when apprehended, "I sup pose you have come after me. Have you been to 'my house ? I expected you to come for me. I shall be sure to be hung." The child was found buried in the middle of her uncle's lodge, and on Sunday morn ing the constable Cardwell went to a place named by the prisoner, and found the remains of the skeleton of a child about a foot underground ; he took them up, and delivered them to Mr. Image, surgeon, of Bury. The evidence of Mr. Image was distinctly to the eft'ect that the child was born alive, had lived several hours, and had taken nourishment, viz., milk. There were patches of decomposition on the side of the mouth and the anterior part of the neck; the left eye was engorged with blood and projected. He had no doubt that the child died from suffocation ; the bones after wards produced were those of a full• grown infant that had been buried for a length of time. Although at first tolerably composed during the statement of the police-constable relative to the con fession made by her, she became afterwards greatly agitated ; and, apparently losing all control over her feelings, she repeatedly confessed her crime—assert ing, however, that her uncle was wholly ignorant of her guilt. When the evidence was subsequently read over to her, she said in a feeble voice, so as to be heard by the governor of the gaol only—" I buried the child in the lodge, having strangled it with my garter, and nobody knew anything about it but myself." The local paper (the Bury Post) gives the following con clusion of this melancholy scene : Mr. Hallward having taken this statement down in writing, read it over to her, and inquired if that was what she said. She replied, 4 Yes, it was quite right.' Being asked if she would like to put her hand to the statement, she said, ' Yes,' and being raised in the bed,ler hands, which had been confined to prevent the possibility of her doing herself any in jury, were released, and a pen was banded to her but the effort was too much, and she became so greatly distressed that Mr. Macintyre laid her head again upon the pillow, and by kindness of manner, and by assuring her that she need not sign it unless she liked, sought to soothe her mind. Becoming somewhat more composed, she renewed her wish to sign the paper, and was again held up for that pur. pose. But again her strength or her resolution failed her. She gazed wildly round the cell, and then with a convulsive heave burst into a fit of raving which too painfully showed that reason bad given way 1 under the bitter agony of remorse and the conflict of excited passions. At first she fancied the father of the child to be before her, and heaping curses on ' the vil lain' as the murderer of her child, threatened to in flict upon him personal injury, and to tear his hair from his head, being with difficulty prevented from suiting the action to the word on her own fevered head. Then, as the situation of her uncle c ame b e f ore her disordered imagination, she gave utterance to her feelings of gratitude for past kindness, and again and again earnestly protested his innocence. At one mo ment the fear of the justice of her Creator was before her in all its horrors ; and then, as the feeling of ma ternity overpowered all others, she would hug the infant of her fancy to her breast, and nestling it within her arms and bowed head, amid a flood of tears, give vent to all a mother's fondness. It was a sad—a terrific scene, this couch of a self-accused murderess." Since the examination at the gaol, at which the above evidence was given, the prisoner has been much calmer, and apparently easier in her mind than for some days after her committal, when she was greatly agitated, and at times deranged. < THE EGYPTIAN RAILWAY. We are requested to publish the following cor respondence (Copy.) " Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, London, Oct. 22,1851. " Sir,—By order of the directors of the Peninsular and oriental Steam Navigation Company, I have the honour to transmit to you, as chairman of the public meeting held on the 14th inst., at the London Tavern, a copy of a letter from Viscount Palmerston which has been received by them subsequent to the holding of that meeting; and I am desired also to state that the directors have no objection to your making such public use of this communication as you may deem expedient. " I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, " C. ANT. IIowELL, Secretary. " Samuel Gregson, EN., Chairman East India and China Association." (Copy ) b'oreign-office, Oct. 14. " Sir,—l am directed; by Viscount Palmerston to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of th e 10th Oriental ultimo,etl Steam a expres siugon behalf of th e P en i nsular and Navigation Company, the apprehen sions entertained by that association lest the issue of the discussions between the Porte and the Pacha of Egypt should have a prejudicial effect upon the transit of passengers and goods through Egypt. " I am to state to you in reply, for the information of the company, that whatever questions of etiquette and form may have arisen between the Sultan and Abbas Pacha in regard to the construction of a rail road between Alexandria and Cairo, or in regard to the introduction of the tanzimat into Egypt, Viscount Palmerston entertains no apprehension that the con struction of the railroad will be stopped, or that the local Gover nment o f Egypt will be deprived of h means of maintaining order in that province. I am, Sir, " Your most obedient humble servant, "11. U. ADDINGTON. " C. W. Howell, Esq., Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. EXTRAORD a E t E t D h I e N s e G s S e s s A i 0 T iu , T w l h iE en hi s C ounsel, Mr. BIRMINGHAM SESSIONS. NESDAY.—During the " pre sen t week a prisoner, named BIRMINGHAM, 1,,,V I) ( d J a mes Irving, was c a ll e d upon to plead to a charge instructed by M r . Th omas Harding, oINARY PltnyOCf Birmingham, handed in a plea, upo n patch meat, that the grand jury by Atom that and oth er bill s , during felo: the present sessions. were f u u n d, were not legally 'B e r r ien. c onstituted. lt appeared that one of its members (Mr. Thomas Aspinall) was alco a member of the Birming ham Town Council, and that by the sth and 6th of Wit. liam IV. (commonly called the Municipal Corporation Act), town councillors are absolutely incapacitated from sitting upon grand juries, and that such Act does rot provide for a mare exemption only. Sir Eardley Wil iint, the counsel fur the prosecution, obtained time tor putting in a replication or de naurrt r t o thi s pl ea; an d the Recorder, Mr. M. D. Hill, Q.C., adjourned the court until the next sitting for that purpose. Yester day mernitig the Learned .Recorder made a very able and elaborate statement, eating forth the law upon the subject, and from which it appeared that no similar am course had Rri scn for the .amt 400 years. ThecLeo the d Gentleman did not, however, finally . d l isp h e e s dispose of matter, but adjourned the sessions u n n a ti t more complete October, to afford time for a fuller a to proceed with consideration of the case, and refused Another the trial of any more of the prisoners . very prisoner who has objec tion was raised, which applies to viz , that there were 24 been tried during the sessions; . of 23; and it is members of the grand jury cf; insteadtt to reverseeachof the stated that this will bo su.c.u:n the .__ in Court of Queen's convictions, by writ of error, bench, v irzy 4 ' l3 1%1 4.4 - OCTOBER 23, 1851. maia N°. 18,435.] LONDON THURSDAY The GREAT EXIIII3ITION and the ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. 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LONDON AND NORTD-WESTERN RAILWAY.—RetIIM of Traffic for the week ending Oct. 19 : Passengers, parcels, mails , &c. £35,530 13 2 Merchandise 16.812 0 6 Cattle ... 1,491 12 9 Total ... £53,834 6 5 Corresponding week last year ... 46,137 13 2 Aggregate, 1850 ....£757,214 5 2 1851 994,617 11 10 Ncte.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, North Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, sianchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending Oct. 19 ..• £21,161 13 11 Corresponding week last year... 18,293 5 9 LONDON AND SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Amount of Traffic for the week ending Oc::. 19 : Passengers Goods •£9 515 9 5 • 400 7 10 Total ... 17 3 Corresponding week last year,.. 11,423 10 101 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Oct. 19...£15,815 5 0 Corresponding week, in last year (2EO miles open) .. _£14,478 16 2 THE GREAT NORTHER:S . RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 241 1 4) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending Oct. 12, 1851: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails carriage : , £7489 5 9 Merchandise and minerals ... 5,187 1 4 Cattle 357 16 2 Total •• £13,034 3 3 Corresponding week, Oct. 13, 1850 (236 miles): Passengers, parcels, &C. £4,132 3 6 '217 6 1 Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ,3 Total ... £6,269 9 7 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. (Miles 0pen,112.)-- Return of traffic for the week ending Oct. 12:— Railway and canal . £3,411 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 4,6,4 0 0 Note. —The .above is exclusive of the receipts available under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.....TraiIie for the week ending Oct. 19:— MAIN LEI!. Passengers ... £I,3S") 5 6 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... 89 11 10 Goods, cattle, &c. ••• 647 2 0 Mails ... 575 0 0 Total .. ... ... £2,696 19 4 MOLD. Passengers ... ... ... £35 6 8 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 2 8 7 Goods, cattle, &c. ..„ ... 72 3 8 TILE SAFFRON WALDEN AGRICUL TURAL ASSOCIATION. SAFFRON WALDEN, Ocr. 22.—The anniversary of this association was celebrated this evening in this town, the early part of the day having been devoted to the purely agricultural purpose of distributing silver and gilt cups to the most successful breeders of stock, .said pecuniary rewards to the most dexterous operators in the minor branches of the agricultural science, such as ploughing, &c. Tho dinner took place in the evening, at the Museum, when Lord Braybrooke took the chair, supported by Earl Hard wicke, Earl Romney, Major Beresford, M.P., Mr. W. Miles, M.P., the Rev. Dr. Whewell, Master of Tri nity College, Cambridge"; Mr. H. Bullock, Mr. S. Jones, and other gentlemen. After the usual loyal toasts had been drunk, Major BERESFORD, M.P., proposed the health of " The four Lord-Lieutenants of the counties of Hert fordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, and Huntingdon shire," coupling with the toast the name of the Earl of Hard wicke. Lord HannwtoxE, in returning thanks said—My Lords and Gentlemen, it becomes my duty to return thanks for the toast which has just been given, and I can only echo the words of my lion. Friend, and say that we are attached to the countryein which we live. I can answer for my Noble Friends whose names have been coupled with mine, that they are interested .in the agricultural welfare of this county as much as any gentleman present. They possess large estates, and are acquainted with and feel all the weal or woe connected with agriculture. Having said this, gentlemen, I will proceed to offer to your notice a toast which was intrusted to me by my Noble Friend on the left (Lord Braybooke), and which, I believe, is usually considered the toast of the evening. My Noble Friend has usually given this toast himself, viz., " Prosperty to the Saffron Walden Agricultural As sociation." The welfare of the Agricultural Society of Saffron Walden must very much depend upon the prosperous condition of the people connected with it. I confess that I do consider that the nature and cha racter of this meeting is somewhat altered by the circumstances now affecting the farmer.—(Hear, hear.) I consider that the position in which the speakers of this day are placed is osse totally different from that which was contemplated in the origin of these societies.—(Hear, hear.) We are now care fully watched by the greater part of the pubiic press, and not a sentiment given forth from any gentleman at this meeting will escape being published to the world by the press in general, and commented upon by a certain portion of it. It will be commented upon with great ability and great shrewdness; they will spare no vituperation; if they think it necessary, they will spare no ridicule. So far our position is altered, and in addressing you this day I feel as if I were about to make a speech in Parliament instead of in a social meeting where we might indulge a joyous carlessness, where we might utter language which we did not care to have repeated, At the present moment we must take care to narrow our conversation and address our language to the sub ject before us—uttering nothing but what we have fairly considered and which is legitimately to the point before us. I feel, under these circumstances, considerable difficulty, if not great pain, in being called upon to offer you this toast. I should be glad indeed if I were able to omit everything likely to lead to any future comments, and I may plead the rules of your society, which do not permit us to make any reference to political subjects. I intend so to do; but I know very well that when a man gets upon his legs and begins to make a speech, it is somewhat diffi cult to avoid expressions which may seem to have a political tendency. I will not, however, speak of parties in the state, or of legislative measures. I will address myself to the subject-matter of agriculture, omitting studiously anything which can be called the political portion of the subject. My Lord, we are called upon to drink " prosperity to agriculture," and I consider a toast of that description, if it means any thing in a social meeting, means offering up a prayer that prosperity may attend the society in its future operations. To make a society prosperous those per sons who uphold it must be prosperous themselves. --(Hear, hear.) It is impossible to sever the welfare of the persons connected with the society from that of the society itself, which must mainly, if not entirely, depend on the position of the parties connected with it. We have witnessed this day, on the common, a scene which has always deeply impressed me with the feeling that we are at least performing a duty which the better and richer classes of the world owe to their poorer neighbours—viz , bringing them forward before the public, and offering them to public notice as worthy of the esteem of their fellow- creatures.—(Hear, hear.) A more important duty I do not know; and yet we have passed through a time when that duty was held up to the public as most ridiculous—as a duty performed in a manner most unworthy of rich and wealthy persons, and at the same time commented upon with a degree of severity and ridicule which made it painful to those who heard of as well as to those who read it. But we live in a time when we have among us, and connected with us by social ties, a Prince, who, as my Hon. Friend has said, from his industry, zeal, learning, and perseverance, has shown l i that he is worthy to be placed as the Consort of our gracious Queen. That Royal Prince, whose exer tion in promoting the Great Exhibition of the indus try of mankind we all recognise, went after closing that Exhibition to Windsor on a duty precisely simi lar to our own. His Royal Highness took the part of my Noble Friend on the common, offering similar prizes to the poor and industrious people. I am aware that the trumpery prizes of 108. or 11. cannot be offered as a remuneration for any acts or deeds of theirs ; it is a sort of medallion or riband bestowed on them for their virtues, as in the case of a soldier who has achieved great deeds on the field of battle. This is the principle on which these societies are instituted, and it will stand firmly against any irony which can be put on them. Our perseverance has silenced that irony ; and we know that this steady course of exercising and adhering to our own opinion will at all times defeat the irony of writers or speakers who may a a hold positionu s up n t o r v i ; o h t i c o u h l e . w e a are l Gentlemen, ea to we are consider the prosperity o f the societ y as coupled with placed ac ed meet in° ourselves; and the question I shall this day raise, and which I shall be thankful to hear considered in a mixed society like this, is—ln whet way is the farmer of England to meet the present depreciated prices of produce—(Hear, hear) — an d how is the welfare of in its the agricultural community to be supported present condition ? How can we expect it to be pros perous as we wish it, in the condition of our commer cial and mercantile business, while at this moment tali are buying in the dearest market and selling in the cheaper one ?—(Bear, hear.) We have elicited vari ous opinions as to the state and condition of the agri cultural interest, but I believe myself, from what I s ee around me, and from what I h ave heard, tha every soul in the community is perfectly sensible of its great depression.—(Hear.) I can see this from the tenderness of writers against us—l mean the writers who uphold the present system as one which is main tainable and likely to be remunerative. The tender nets of these writers on agriculture, and on all points connected with it, leads me to believe that they are as much aware as ourselves of the precarious condi tion in which we stand. How are we to be maintained upon this important principle ? We were at first told upon the one hand that it was an experiment, and upon the other that it was a problem to be solved. According to these terms, if the experiment failed it was retraceable, and if the problem to be solved was solved in the negative, it would he necessary to retrace their steps.—(l-lear, hear.) I wish to know again what is the manner in which we are in our present social condition to meet the case, and how have we been answered by those who take another view of the subject ?—(Hear, hear.) We are told that we must grow more corn, and to do that we must farm high. exp v The term hi g h f a rming may be understood in two or g upon the most three diff eren t ways , b u t I believe that the gentlemen who speak expensive high mean hear)—thrashingaenprroceedin f p ri a n r e n g m principle—(Hear, and cult' • 4 , cultivating b y expensive machinery and erecting expensive buildi • • ngs, carrying on all the operations agriculture, and treating the whole thingthing on a scale which requires the largest outlay of capitaoutlay , to do which under falling prices appears to be Impossible.— (Hear.) We began upon the system which regulated our commercial business, when the Agricultural So ciety of England was formed they carefully studied the cultivation of th e son. W e began to carry out the views of that society to and the progress made was extremely rapid, but it was checked by an experiment which we could not then foresee. That experiment, so far from tending to induce us to extend our expen diture induced us to look about us t o retrench it, and s o far from inducing us to farm high it induced us cheapest way. look about us how we could work in the wa y. Another party tells us that high farming is a word used in another sense, meaning the manuring the land by the maintenance of animals ; but up on this point we should be unable to conduct our opera tions according to their views. Some time ago a distinguished friend of mine in the north of England' stated before the public that in his opinion landed proprietors should turn their attention to another class of cultivation ; that they should grow flax; that above all we should use the new reaping machine, and that th en we should be able to recover ourselves entirely.—(Laughter.) If we lay out our lands for the purpose of raising animals, we go back, in fact, to the, old pastoral system. You know well that if that course were to be pursued you would bring the country rapidly back to the pastoral system; but I should like to know how under such a system is our commercial system to be maintained, and how the farmer is to meet the expense of changing from one crop to another, even supposing that he could find a favourable market ? The Noble Lord proceeded to argue that if the farmers could find a ready market for their flax, and mills were erected in their neigh bourhood, they might gradually attempt to introduce the change; but that the consequence of the cessation of the growth of wheat in this country must tend to render it dependent upon the foreigner, and even tually to place it in a position of slavery. He re sumed his seat amid much cheering. Major BERESFORD returned thanks for the county Members. Other toasts having been drunk the meeting separated. NEW PEOPLE'S HALL AT COLCHESTER Tile interesting ceremony of inaugurating this building for the purposes of the members of the Col chester Mechanics' Institution and the public gene rally took place on Tuesday evening under the most auspicious circumstances. The New People's Hall, which is an exceedingly handsome and commodious structure, presented a very interesting and animated appearance. The en• trance passage from the High-rest, through which visitors passed to the building, was tastefully deco rated with verdant arches of flowers and evergreens, and on the wail was a pretty device of dahlias, making "Progress" the watchword of the institution. Over the portal of the interior of the hall in a semicircular form, facing the platform, was a beautiful and exten sive device of various coloured dahlias, amidst sprigs of laurel and ivy, in which the motto, " Science, Art, and Literature" could be conspicuously traced. On the platform were Mr. John Gurdon Rebow, Wivenhoe-park, president; Mr. Hardcastle, M.P. for Colchester; Prof. Airy, Astronomer Royal; Mr. W. P. Donne, F.R.S. ' • Rev. Dr. Seaman, r ec t or o f Greenstead ; Rev. T. W. Davids, Lion-walk Chapel, Colchester; Rev. J. Cameron, Headgate Chapel, Cols chester ; Mr. J. Tabor, Mr. J. C. Eisdell, Mr. T. Catchpool, Jun., Mr. J. S. Barnes, Mr. J. M. Churchill, Mr. H. S. Goody, Mr. J. B. Harvey (hon. sec.), and Mr. D. Morris. After addresses from the CHAIRMAN (Mr. Rebow) and Mr. HARDCASTLE, M.P., Professor AIRY, the Astronomer Royal, on stand ing forward to address his audience, was greeted with loud cheers. He said he was personally a stranger to almost every individual in that room, al though he might say he once had connexion with Colchester, the nine best years of his boyhood being spent in that town before he went to the University. He had always looked at his connexion with this town at his early age with great gratitude. At that time of life what he learnt was not all acquired at school, but elsewhere, and he became familiar with those things which were associated with the idea of Mechanics' Institutions. He remembered very well that when he had acquired a sort of general opinion on the properties of the steam-engine, the manner in which he learnt anything accurately about it was from a book a small tradesman lent him, but he learnt its practical operations from studying their two steam engines in the town, one cf which was at St. Giles's brewery, and the other at the waterworks at Bal kerne-hill. Since then he lied examined innume rable steam-en rein es, and had learnt by the examination of the smaller details of these various specimens. No w the recollection sit. that suggested to him one thing in connection with the inscription he saw upon that wall, " Science, art, and literature." If he had made the inscription himself, he should have put it in a dif ferent order, and put art first, not as being first in dignity or importance, but as coming first into pro gress to men's mind—(Hear, hear)—it was by ac quiring accurate knowledge of art that people were led to science, and it was seldom before that they progressed to literature.—(Hear, hear.) He had at different times opportunities of seeing various ranks of mechanics tinder different circumstances. There was one instance which made a great impression upon him, which as a special incident was worthy or remark, and which he would mention. Some years ago in the prosecution of experiments in mines at Cornwall, when he was several hundred yards deep in the earth, he had an opportunity of seeing that sin gular,Und interesting set of people the Cornish miners, and it was impossible to be among them without discovering in them a wonderful practical sagacity— a scientific sagacity, and this showed itself in their machinery in every part, in pumps and valve gear ing, which were well known in some way or other to every person in the kingdom; they showed in that little spot in the island, by an infinity of little contri vances, which he never saw anywhere else, their practical sagacity. He amused himself to discover how it happened. Ile found there were persons con nected with these mines, not masters, but called cap tains, who were so concerned that they had the ma nagement of the other men, and had considerable op portunities of meeting to dine together, and assembling in various ways. He had been present at these meet ings himself, and had been struck with the idea that there was a sort of little mechanical parliament, and in their discussions upon steam-engines, and pumps, and rolling machinery, and everything connected with the mines, there was a degree of accuracy of observa tion and sagacity of inference that would have done honour to any one of the master manufacturers of Manchester. In these private discussions there was displayed a degree of talent he never saw anywhere else. This was the sort of thing he should hope would arise from institutions similar to this.—(Hear, hear.) He should trust there would be private dis cussions there when persons interested in them were brought together. Though that might be one of the advantages of meetings of that kind, he looked upon it as comparatively a small one ; there were others to which the associations of persons in that way led, which could not be, procured by any single person. There was one advantage to whi c h gr eat importance had been attached in the report read to them, and also in the address of the Member for the borough—he meant the collection of a good library.--(Hear, hear.) That was a thing no single person could procure for himself, but it could be procured by a number of per sons in the lowest grade of society, and perfectly in valuable; he did not grudge the terms in which the importance of that had been expressed.— (Hear, hear.) There were other ways in which this collection of persons—this organization of society, could he made valuable, and one of these, to which he attached much importance himself, was in the procuring occasionally lectures, and holding in structing meetings of that kind. It was possible for a number of persons uniting iin that manner to receive expositions, such as could not be received very well by any single person ; and allow him to say that the expositions which could be so received, and which might touch upon the very highest points of science, still need not be at all beyond the understanding of persons appointed to meet there.—(Hear.) It was a pom • t he had endeavou red to ur g e that t h ere were very few of the most recondite parts of the sciences with s o u ya r l e r a o d a ; d etvoegryeoulougeywour must tsturose which he was acquainted, the particulars of which would not be understood by person if they took the could h si d t h thereto et reachawnsseducation,mo much e e h v err which ue th classssome what a i o s imns; wits, nTorhe but ar en w yw i with proper p enb r o o e er means there were no prin ciples here the principles were understood. many cases w what of every kind of that . they would obtain in of terms to say he was mankind;c no P t i le s i fully science deed millions of miles off, and sure the sun was a hun nentch°e acquired b d ' e 'y t details` an d make them understand it if be could prove it, they would take the tr he trouble could make them principles upon which this was com putedunderstand the He meant in speaking in these . could, if they had the • • to details, see it as he did himself. leisure for going in He looked upon it as a very great advantage to orga nise societies of that kind that they could have the proper expositions of the evidence means of procuring such and established —they . of these things, as could not be very well acquired by sing le p ersons—(Hear, hear ) — tnre of half a he ex e pent life to understand.—(Hear, hear.) Still, suppo s i ng and these things were worth t that the attention of a bod y like that was directed to thinks of that kind, be did not think it had done all it could do. A man who merely poor creature—he (the e h was to see . that long professor) looked at ought studi e d art to and do sadsscience literature as a part as important word at the end of the m • otto —(Hear, hear.) He took literature in its widest sense : there was histori calas the rest, and very nce g W l a a s d literature, and literature of various kinds, and lo calCelchester which wiS the first Roman capital of England. Colchester was literature, and for that there were considerable opportunities in a place lik e the pla ce w h e re the first successful outbreak took place in th e re volt of Boadicea , and the scene of san guinary struggles in the middle ages, and it was a place in that respect of very great interest. He thought h e h a d a lluded to all the principal points to which an i nst i tut i on like that ought to be directed, but perh aps b e f ore going further he might allude to the way in which it had been foand necessary in prac tice to conduct the business of meetings of that kind. Undoubtedly much might be dane in the Way of pro curing the assistance of lecturers or others, and by expositions of a public character. But it had been found necessary, and it was the natural way of beginning in all societies of that kind, to bold discussions, and he considered, in spite of their dangerous tendency when improperly conducted, that when conducted with ordinary caution they were the very life-blood of such a society as that. It was in this way the Royal Society began the Exhibition— it was just in the same way the Institution of Civil Engineers went on and most successfully ; he might allude to the Astronomical and Geological Societies, and many others. He considered, therefore, that this was one of the most important points in the practice —the daily practice of a society like that ; at the same time everybody would see that it required the greatest caution and attention to the rules of the society, as well as the exercise of good nature, to pre vent it being injurious to the members.—(Hear, hear.) After having made the general remarks, he must join in the congratulations which other members had ex pressed to the meeting of their lodgment in that most excellent room—it was positively one of the best rooms he had seen in his life.—(Hear, hear.) He could wish some of the oldest established societies in London had anything a quarter so good. I❑ speak ing of all those advantages which might be possessed by an institution of that kind, replete by the powers of its organization, and the convenience it had for a meeting, he must not delight them by supposing they had secured all ; after all, this was like a skeleton without life.—(Hear, hear.) The ex istence of the institution and its success would depend not only upon its having a large body of people met together, or its having a good room, or in having an able set of officers, but upon the individual exertions of the members—(Hear, hear)—and it was in that that the vitality of the society would consist. And he would warn every member that, in joining that institution, he ought to pledge himself to do every thing in his power individually, and it was only in that way that the institution could hope for a long and successful life. Now, having stated that, he had merely to express his hope, which he thought was one which would be expressed by the officers of the so ciety, that meeting in good humour for the purposes contemplated in the original formation of the institu tion, these means might be made use of which he had spoken, that by the formation of a library, and the use of it also, and by the collecting means of infor mation from lectures, from compositions, from dis cussions in various ways, and by attention to them, the individual studies of the members of the institu tion would go on and prosper, and that the oral dis cussion which might take place in that room might progress with spirit and good temper ; and having wished this he thought he had wished all that he could wish, for he thought he had embodied the means which they all desired for the success of the institu tion.—(The Learned Professor resumed his seat amidst much applause.)—Essex Herald. MASONIC BANQUET TO LIE UT.-GENE RAG SIR C. J. NAPIER. A grand masonic banquet was given at Portsmouth, on Tuesday evening, at the Queen's Rooms, to Lieut.- General Sir Charles James Napier, G.C.8., by the brethren of the three lodges of that town, viz. —The Phwaix, 319 ; Royal Sussex, 428 ; and Ports mouth, 717. The chair was occupied by Lord George Lennox, P.M., and there were 110 brethren present. Previous to the banquet a lodge was opened, when Sir Charles Napier was introduced to the brethren present, and an address presented to him. To this Sir Charles returned the following reply : " Worshipful Sir and Brethren,—l am gratified in the highest degree by the address with which you have honoured me ; but I fear that your kind feelings have set an over-value on my small ser v i ces to the State. My greatest merit, if merit it be, has been my devotion to the service; but one who served under such commanders as Moore and Wellington would be base indeed were he deficient in that virtue ! "With regard to the conquest and the government of Sinde, my only boast is that I was able to execute the orders which I received from the Governor- General of India, and thus to win, not only the ap probation, but the friendship of Lord Ellenborough. That Earl, gifted by nature with a military genius, had experience in the Government of India before he went to that country, and these two advantages pro duced, in my opinion, the greatest man that ever ruled over the wayward destinies of that extraordinary empire. When Lord Ellenborough was recalled I had still the good fortune to possess the approbation and support of Lord Hardinge. That support ensured to me success in the war which we waged against the bold and powerful tribes of the Boogtee hills. It enabled me to quell those fierce barbarians, by com bined marching and great fatigue to the troops. Thus was the safety of Sinde rendered secure—happily without bloodshed ; which was, to me, all the glory and the reward which I sought for or desired. " So powerfully supported by the Governor-Gene ral, and by the troops obeying with such enduring fortitude, I can claim but a small share of merit beyond that of unabated and successful zeal for the honour of her Majesty's and the East India Com pany's arms. That my conduct when I went to India as Commander-in-Chief, should be approved of by you, my brother masons and my countrymen, is to me very gratifying. My zeal to fulfil the duties of that high command continued with unabated ardour ; but I no longer found the support which I received from Lord Ellenborough and Lord Hardinge. Sup port was turned into reprimand ; and I found myself loaded with vast responsibility, but denuded of the power to sustain it. I therefore resigned, and thus closed my career in India. " Brethren ! I accept with the greatest satisfaction and with pride the honourable welcome which you have vouchsafed to give me, and I hope to spend my remaining years among you, as a worthy mason should do, in' Faith, Hope, and Charity,' until that fatal hour arrives which summons mortals to another world." It was unanimously resolved that the foregoing reply should be inserted in the records of each lodge. The brethren then adjourned to the banquetting room, where an excellent dinner was served up, after which the usual loyal toasts of " The Queen and the Craft," and " Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family ;" "The Most Wor shipful the Earl of Zetland, the Grand Master of England ;" " Br. General Sir C. J. Napier ;" " The Navy and Army ;" " The Right Worshipful the Grand Master of Hants, and the Right Worshipful the Deputy-Grand Master, Mr. C. E. Deacon" (the latter being present) ; " Br. Morris, P.S.G.W. of England ;" " The Chairman ;" " The P.G.M. of Ber muda, Br. Joseph Stewart Hunter;" " The D P.G.M. of Wigtoh, N.B. Br. Captain J. D. (lay;" and other toasts were given and duly responded to. The other proceedings went off with greet satisfaction to all present, and a very masonic and pleasant evening was spent. METROPOLIT'AN COMMISSIONof SEWERS. Yesterday a special Court of Commissioners was held at No. 1, Greek-street, Soho, for the transaction of the ordinary business of the Commission.. Mr. E. Lawes presided, and there were present Captain Daw son, Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Allason, and the officers of the corporation. Among the applications and memorials were several from the poorer districts of Newington and Islington. Houses had been run up without the least considera tion of the mode in which their sewage was to be car ried off. There were no lateral drains, and the houses stood at so low a level that there were no means of providing a proper fall into the main sewers of the neighbourhood. The engineers reported upon these memorials that no remedy could be provided, until the general system of drainage contemplated by the Commission should be carried out. Ordered, that the engineers' reports be forwarded to the applicants. A memorial from Russell-street, Bermondsey, re vealed the startling fact that the main sewer which supplies the inhabitants of that district with water is also the means of relieving them of their sewage. It communicates with the Thames near St. Saviour's Dock. 'When the tide is up, water flows from the river to the houses ; when it is down, the sewage runs from the houses to the river. Even this is scarcely a sufficiently bad representation of the state of this sewer, for it appeared from the statement of Mr. Allason that the sewer was so flat that the sewage water pene trated through the bottom into the basements beneath. On a recent visit to the locality he had found sewage water to a depth of from 12 to 18 i nc h es i n the cellars. Captain DAwsoN could hardly credit such a state of things. It was, indeed, th e application ofthe principle of oscillation with a vengeance, such a s he had hardly expected t o h ave seen carried out in the sewers. Mr. FORSTER said the case was by no means a rare one in the Surrey and Kent districts. Mr. ALLASON sail the case appeared a most urgent one. Parties were suffering in health th roughout the whole of the di s t r i ct, and the effluvium was most offensive and pernicious. Ultimately the memorial was referred to the en gineer to r eport whether, more extensive operations, a temporary outlet 'ea into iag the St. Saviour's Dock might not be provided. New works were ordered in the Holborn division to the amount of 9901,; in Surrey and Kent, to the amount of 5801. ; in the eastern division of IVe:- rninster, to the amount 3561. ; in the western divi sion, to the extent of 74/. ; i n Fi ns b ury, to t h e amount of 257/. ; an d in other minor districts to the amount of 1201. Summonses against refractory ratepayers were then disposed of, and after the transaction of some routine business the Court adjourned; GAROTTE ROBBERY IN LIVERPOOL. At the,Liverpool Police -court yesterday, John Bar rington, a well-known character, a returned convict, was brought up, charged with having stolen 2301. from Mr. Livingston, the celebrated cotton-broker. The prisoner only returned from transportation about a fortnight ago; and, from the statement made by Detective-Inspector Bates, it appears that, on the Bth instant, the night before the Queen's visit, the prose cutor, Mr. Livingston, had been assaulted and robbed, just before entering his house in Bold-place, by some men, who cut away his pocket, and stole from him a silver lever watch, a bill of exchange for 1871. Bs., a Bank of England note for 1001., an d two others for 201. each. Since that time the inspector had been in search of the thieves, and his suspicions, from pro fessional knowledge, fell upon the prisoner, who had just returned from transportation. He ascer tained that he (the prisoner) had taken a beer house in Bronte-street, off Russell-street. On the day previous he (Bates) took with him two other detec tive officers, Murphy and Lloyd. They went to the place, and told the prisoner that they had come to search the house. Lloyd fastened the dooNand they commenced pigeonfeote the one soefatrhceh.birldVs flewhen o t u h t e , y artgi er said, " Stop ! th ere i s money Witness there." put , his hand ther e , an d pu ll e d out e l even sovere i gns . I n a bag mixed u p w ith p i geon d i rt he foun d a s il ver lever-watch, whi c h h a d s i nce b een i dent ifi e d b y M r . Livingston as that stolen from him. The prisoner, when brought to the office, denied the charge. Murphy, another of the detective officers, said that they received information that the prisoner had left 801. with Mrs. Hume, a publican, in Whitechapel. Since the Bth instant the prisoner had called and got 401., and the other 401. was handed over to him (witness). The Inspector said he was prepared to prove that it was the prisoner Barrington himself who had taken the beerhouse. Mrs. Hume corroborated the testimony of the sergeant as to the prisoner leaving 801. in her custody. Mrs. M'Croly deposed to having let the beer-house to the prisoner Barrington. A deposit of 3/. was paid on the day of taking, and 11/. more on the Fri day following. Mr. Livingston identified the watch, and stated that on the Bth inst., when within a few yards from his own house, he was attacked by three men. One seized him by the throat, another held him by the arm, and the third, whom he recognised as the pri soner, came in front of him and attempted to pull down his trousers. Failing in this, the prisoner took a knife and cut away the left-hand pocket, and stole the money stated. He (the prisoner) also dragged away prosecutor's watch. The thieves then effected their escape. The prisoner, when in Bridewell, denied that he had deposited any money with Mrs. Hume, and said he knew nothing whatever of the robbery. He was committed for trial. The proceedings ex cited much interest. THE MURDER NEAR FROME. FROME, OCT. 21.—The three men, named Robert Hurd, alias Frome Bob, William Maggs, and William Sparrow, who have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the violation and brutal murder of Sarah Watts, at the West Woodlands, were brought up for examination before the Frome bench of magistrates. The proceedings excited the greatest interest. The murder, it may be recollected, was one of the most revolting character. The deceased was about fifteen years of age, and was the daughter of a small farmer at West Woodlands, between two and three wiles from this town. On the morning of the '24th ult. she was left at home by herself, her parents having to attend the market of this place. They returned about four o'clock in the afternoon, and to their horror found the dead body of the girl in the dairy. The state of her dress and other appearances clearly showed that she had been subjected to the most revolting treatment just before death. Bruises were found on different parts of her body, and also scratches on her arms and legs, indicating that she had had a most severe struggle with her diabolical assailant. Mr. Giles, a surgeon, expressed an opinion that death had been caused by pressure on the windpipe, and that she could not have done it herself. There were bruises and marks on the neck about the size of a man's hand. It should also be observed that the medical testimony proved that she had been violated just before death. On the cot tage being examined, traces of one or more persons were discovered, and it also seemed that they had carried off some property. The detection of the guilty parties appeared to baffle the efforts of the local police. The Government, however, offered a reward of 501., and the services of an active London officer being procured, a chain of circumstances was so collected as to lead to the capture of the prisoners, who appear not to have borne the best of characters. It is stated that they have all been convicted of some offence or other, and that they formed part of a gang which for some time has infested the district. Mr. John Watts, the father of the murdered girl, having repeated what has already appeared respect ing the finding of his daughter lying on the floor of the dairy quite dead, with her clothes covering her head, he added that on his return home, after giving information of the murder at Frome, he met the pri soner Hurd coming out of a beerhouse. Joseph Watts, of Titherington-lane, spoke of seeing the three prisoners, with a fourth man, in a lane near the cottage of the deceased's father, about half-past one o'clock in the afternoon of the 24th ult., the day of the murder. They spoke to him, and Hurd, who seemed to be a kind of leader, beckoned his compa nions to leave. They went in the direction of a farm house which was within view of the deceased's resi dence. Several other w itnesses gave evidence of their being in the neighbourhood with a fourth man. Robert Haller, who resides in the parish of Frome, stated that on the 2d inst., between six and seven o'clock in the evening, as he was returning from work up Blatchbridge-hill, he sat down to rest, when he observed Maggs come out of Burchall-lane, and go up the hill towards Prorne. Had heard that Maggs, Hurd, and others were blamed for the murder. He went up the lane as fast as he could, and passing through a gate which entered the side field, he walked up by the side of the hedge which ran parallel with the lane. He heard footsteps of ano ther person coming down, who met Maggs oppo sitehasn't done the m; witnessutrh de ee r w e d i ' a lane leading into thatchbridge-lane. While they were talking he remained under the hedge. Maggs asked the other man, who was taller than Maggs, to p: t r ,ro d au o vl n edl if he had heard anything fresh. The other replied that he had heard that Bill Sparrow had informed the London officer that he (Sparrow) had done the mur der ; that the London officer had been to Spar row,addedhe had that and said, " Ah, my good fellow, I am glad thee daylight to go and 501." Maggs rejoined, "He will neither have a free pardon nor his 501., for Bill Sparrow was the man that kill&I her. He would not have killed her, only have made public these facts before, but for a fear to his work, and re turn again at night. four s th h a e that knew he miles s should o him."u beforeld Martha Watson, the daughter of the landlord of a public-house at North Bradley, deposed that at the latter end of last month a man named William Spar row came to their house, on a Monday and Tu es d ay. He had a v ery b ad thumb, andh bitten in a fi g h t. In the course oef stated that it w as t conversation her father asked hi m if i t wasu murdered at P romo P lie s .r d i e that a girl h a d b een t was true, an d t h a t h e had seen th e girl T Her ad been mu r d ere d on th e Inquired whether they had any suspicion of any one He saidthat he did not taken know —four persons had ' beenand set at liberty, and the girl's uncle had also been up taken up and discharged. He told us that she had a blow on the head, which had b een d one ht with a , he thou g , stick or somet hi ng else, and that afterwards she was put in the whey. He was asked what caused death I --the blow, or being put in the whey? lie replied he did not know, but the whey was stained will blood. He thought it would never be found out, te cause he thought there was only one person concerned in the murder. Sarah Watts, the mother of the deceased, stated that she was at home on the Thursday after the girl was murdered, and that she did not see Sparrow at her ' house on that day. Mr. Shoreland, surgeon, deposed to examining the left hand of Sparrow, and finding contused wounds on the knuckles and thumb, and forming an opinion that they had been inflicted anterior to the time stated by him. A bite would have caused those in juries. The police then solicited another remand, in order that they might collect other important facts ; and the bench accordingly remanded the prisoners for another week. £lO9 18 11 Total .. ... 4 STEAM-BOATS. Passengers £230 17 9 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 17 15 2 Total £2 , 18 12 11 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.— (189.1 miles opened.)—Return of traffic for the week ending Oct. 12 : Passengers, &c. £4,547 18 1Q Goods, &c. .•• ... 4,G21 1 3 Total .. .£9,163 0 14 Corresponding week last year ..„ 8.:;93 5 772 STEALING A MAIL CART. On Tuesday morning, at five o'clock, or shortly after wards, while the mail cart driver of the Deptlord and Greenwich " ride" was waiting for the letter bags inside the post-office in Deptford-broadway, some parties, sup posed from information since received, to have been too freely indulging in the pleasures provided at Charlton Fair, jumped into the vehicle and drove off. The driver, upon reaching the street, was utterly bewildered at find ing the vehicle and the horse had both disappeared. No traces of them could be found; and as the delttyoflae r Majesty's mails , un der an y circumstances, is a very se rious matter, the luckless driver was compelled to find a cab as soon as possible, and make the best of his way to the General Post-office, in St. Martin's-le-Grand, leaving the delinquents and the vehicle and missing horse to the i nves ti ga tion of the police. Shortly afterwards it was discovered that a mail cart had been seen on the rord leading to Rotherhithe, and, upon inquiry, it turned out that the tollgate-keeper at one of the bars had noticed two strange persons in a m ail cart, which he thought to be exceedingly singular, as no regular cart passes that way at that time of the morning. Thence the fellows were traced to the Six Bells, Lucas-street, Rotherbithe, where the vehicle and the horse were found left in front of the tavern door, the drivers having decamped. In formation of the occurrence having been forwarded to the Post-office, Mr. Cook, the foreman tots r. i the M`Na mara, the mail contractor, hastene d to rh for the purpose of investigating the matter, which remains in the hands of the police, as the pardes who have ven tured upon this foolish lark have not sin ce been heard of. Colonial office, from th e G overnor o f St. Helena. DEATH BY Poisow. —Last night m r• akley, Dispat c h es were rece i ve d yesterday at t he Colonial -48, a b . Drury-lane, on the body of Joseph Linkon, agedird- M.P., h e ld an inquest at the King's Arms,Short's-gardens,Ws-gardens, stuffer. George D arne ll, N o. 12, Queen -street, Seven Dials, stated that the deceased, who was a widower, two wives, had l o d ge d i n h i s house f or e ight moat"' 1 Monday mornin g l ast , a b out seven o ' c l oc k, being out, he was fetched home by hi s wife, who said deceased had taken ,e poison. lie hu rr i e d home and found deceased lying In " that bed in great pain, who, in answer to his questicns, hav i ng bur o ied a he had taken poison on some bread and butter , by accident. Witness immediately f e t c h e d Mr. Bennett, the parish sur geon, who attended him till his death, which took same evening. Mr. Be nnett said, on seeing t h e d e ceased he was in a state of collapse, an d h e at once discover ed that he was labouring under the eff ec t s of poison, an d to c ounteract it he used every exertio n , b ut in vain. On ma ki ng a post mortem examination he found d eat h to have b een ca used by taking a large quantity of arse n i c p l ac e the James Brookes, a lodger in the adjoining room to deceased, said that while the first witness was gone for, deceased told him that he had eaten, by mistske, a piece of bread and b utter, on w hi c h, to poison the mica, he had placed as much arsenic as would cover a sixpence —Verdict,. That deceased died from taking poison, but whether intentionally or not, there was no evidence t o L iIiQW:: .~;-.. , v 56 ill I'6t. ss in I'" from so , Ica' I. 1, i ti 29, i ii 0 54 pt. i, JO 1 t• 10' i't' ill l't. ,f • 90 t• d istv ~if