The Sun. — London, England, 1845-11-03 00:00:00

AY.) 4 term, tb e c o Masters in Lord ° it his Jok his seat hl . 0 1 (wk. Rolls, the or Wigam' of counse l / eek. m the jild an applicat a pauperis' ration. morrow. lave risetv Is DA: NGLANP.) nd did not, ;t day of MI nt Shea al' d bar. ; I) A Y . ) at Mali-pis t of the Co, l Court tlte', heir seats pie ueen's COv A vhich f o r assizes tel for the how cautA or the f": 41 s which We i c l tried the ated, ths", d publisb ei l hat a C a j; :xchange, and CO ror defenciae t ;:, vhoever _ rly appreh e : ': re the re that tha 1 3 ,_„ 1 thereby u' t , led by ( 11 1 ment. i t O a ' impsi , d the jig,. j r the detTo e were sb a bank , ) a parcel Pi, bills aaci ds and lin Charles lon, the esepterobe,' id -bill Co; .ve such YI,I very of the; guilty P a lan . f he ifl% D u nstabl e o or some d him, ° rl th e cond i '' , )ckhart, '' 1) ; a person i i tio t and nsel' med out N ame perselt The ,t``lx ion to W e e on was 811 ,t:' bsequentl).! 5 transpor t ireel. Tb e ,, P o t ;ward, present . 1 4 returned ",/ i n f or matio;? ith anotn t ought off' 3yles) ion indivi e verdiet ii ntitT, Wi t apt, an a omtly b 7 Ve gl ;teg Grest t ,fi Lort• ,f• the 4 ,04 ort' P P' the s " h o 10' .ipber Conte „, beD of ys to° c l' ot e doc°""'l e 'te isop er go Pr pre:, nd 111 led iV e " r, f° r ' „ " tea Jetor t 0)4 Swlltsiot n tbse ii°fcl' • bv- A'd )5 , s aid , t e itea last es c or 05e C 7gire' 00C" 10 1 It 1 s tealer ace oru • pi Dod i lat ba iv 0 fis t, be t al ' e ' shore d/t r e:e i lDe a beeriiiv: f ib° ls e ' til er ' l le ud ° te d. , e r, 'rust° / psi' of to the to, axacoirl4 b e the ,a 0 .60 voe r e w itieot 01 , 7flll e o .1.050 Co -6 of 0 , 1 0 courrob ',os 1, 7 he el l /I,C priu' a IP 5 .rl ere Wa S d", be gaY ll ",-60i e h ashe ij oh o . ose d A. doe er p2st r ise° e f the leP I've( gto ° b st ° ° lo ° tness. t ioo ,aanillla t, 11 of A u-- vie ° ; - " ral gr. • place gt ,hes p risel er Tb bliqbe u ' ` r ive n WO he vrint-IPP,v t as M ' t he eA : tern" rd .11 that AL% 1131' , r e a /e _ `.p a ed 1" 1:od uc .nts P j for ; ex ist(' e nto (I°C 1111 :t, in Of Ga ti ;orfg API ntln" esr e of July de rovau, are- furorl.4 eiVe Cl ; S n tree tO t g ' e e l l3 S er t ~}_ 10dg isjc ,lhe ts. time he saw Maynard and Garrett together was on the 27th of May. This concluded the case f or t h e prosecution. Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury for the prisoner in an elaborate speech, contending that there was no evidence to show that the prisoner had been actuated by guilty inten tions, or bad anything whatever to do with the robbery of the property in question. He contended the prisoner had been most unfai.ily treated by the Great Western Company, as represented by Mr. Nash, who had done everything in his power to get up a case against him, by extorting admissions from him during several conversations, on the understanding that they should be private, but which were now brought publicly forward against the prisoner. It was an un-English and illegal attempt to crush a man who had placed himself Within their power. The evidence only showed he had acted as the agent of Garratt, but no guilty intention had been proved. Whatever shuffling Maynard had shown, might naturally have procee'ded from desire to act in the best nianner for the interest of his client, with out any relation as to the articles having been stolen. That lie could not. have any intention of appropriating the property to his own use was shown by the fact, that not the yast evidence Was adduced to prove the property was ever tranonrdhais,,:p;sysae, ss w i h o o n, or that he did anything but act as agent stated that he had found a certain article oun l i she " the prisoner to negotiate its return for a certain mere. pif e m°neY.He fulfilled his agency, .and nothing they Wou' left the matter in the hands cf the jury, hoping deuce before ionsider the whole question, and upon the evi • the m decide whether or no the prisoner know a party to a felonious transaction, and give a ver- Th e c Y., 011131011 • , tItOEANT summed up the evidence very Minutel, instruc L ting the - jury that the real point they had to con • p ro a° l '. was, did the prisoner Maynard receive the zuWaslieto. stolen. P e ttY into his with the knowledge that it 3 possession s J u r, after a short consultation, returned a verdict of jedj of Netiving the goods in question with the know ot their being stolen. 4! elerk o f th e C ourt then put in previous conv i ctions of .; 111 Y against the prisoner one being that of bigamy on the "I of May, h i t h e 56th, year of his late Majesty Geo. 111., adal another in 1816, under the name of Charles Gregory, of stealing Property of the value of 355. from his master, The COMMON SURGEANT, addressing the prisoner Garrett, said—You have been convicted upon your own admission of a serious felony. The rule, and I hold it to be a right one, to protect public companies and the public from the commission Toth e suc se li nt ° en fre ce ne uponis offences that to which you have pleaded guilty. you that you be transported for the term of seven years. the CO MMON SERGEANT was then proceeding to address tat prisoner Maynard, when the latter said he wished to th lu nke a few ob servat i ons to correct a m i srepresentat i on tat had gone abroad respecting him. He had been charged tik knowing that the property was stolen. Such was not ket• It was also stated that he knew of other parties o had been concerned in stealing property from the Great western Company. This he denied. He never had had a transaction with any party but the one, and he was not aware then of any felony being committed. Had he known the Parties referr e d t o, ou pulic grounds he would have given them up. The COMMON SEnataxT—The jury have come to a dif ferent conclusion to that what you have stated. And I have no doubt in my mind that you had a full knowledge at the ?me that She property which you was negotiating was stolen youthe various railways. The sentence of the Court upon that you be transported beyond the seas for the te r m of fourteen years. Shortly after the removal of Maynard from the bat, the Prisoner Garrett was ordered to be brought up again on the other indictments to which he had pleaded Guilty. 'COMMON SERGEANT (to the prisoner )—There are six cases against you t o which you have pleaded guilty. It is ntt 111 Y Intention to pass any further sentence upon Mt except in thecase of th e ro bb ery of Mr. Winter. The sentence is, to refore, th a t you be transported for the term of seven years, Seven at the con c l us i on o f y our f ormer sen t ence o f n Years—maki ng i n a ll a term o f f ourteen y ears. The prisoner made no remark, but bowed to the Court, and Quickly retired f rom the dock. th,l l ,‘lng the pr ogress o f t h e case t h e follow i ng confession of 'tl3°ner Garrott, was produced : " I feel it t o _ " Prison of Newgate, Ott. 1845. againstt ho gii thesese to make any attempt to defend tnYself a'aipst cases, and I desire to plead Guilty, at. for rnacoe did not myself take some of the luggage produced r ee , but they rame to me afterwards (for Dr. Daniels' on the Great Western I did not have T L i ne period after the time it is stated they were lost, nvloeada explained to Mr. Nash). I regret that I was, in the of in ebria tempted to embark in so dishonest a traf .2%o 0 the first tetrAptation having sneceeded I could only goon, I. o " r a i the habits of drinking do I attribute my first step, to nie r 3 only when elevated with liquor that I was tempted k ind !I dle i n „ these matters. But I beg to appeal to those and so men and gentlemen with whom I for years lived, my , e „ 1 N of whom are on the Bench and in the Court, as to znoaly',ral character as to a servant. Some of their testi ese, are in the possession of Mr. Nash, who I believe has ft lalned that I bore the highest character. -Not withstanding the extent of these matters, I am left without a shillin • my thoughtless and careless habits, 111 3' love g eof dress and drink have brought me to this, and lifilectsehthat have led me into it from an industrious course of `6'itho"e the reflection of doing so, and then leaving me Whose ut even contributing one shilling to defend one they Purse and liberal treatment (even to foolishness), oalways experienced ; and I leave them with that re n themselves, and on the insincerity of human na ;,r_e. In the hour of need and peril to which they contributed. - 8 4 .( 1 I fi'llowed the advice and example of my present wife, Zktauld now be a respectable member of society, to her I et r il always feel great respect (though 1 have deeply injured who is an innocent suffer); and to the Governor of New and Mr. Nash, and my attorney, I tender my thanks gate, toheii‘rikri.nd consideration to her and my feelings in the discharge of their duty to the , public, and to the'Companies Nash represents. " D. GARRATT." W COURT. Lee (Before Commi ss i oner B ULLOCK .) T4 c ,... n !e was i n di c t e d f or steal i ng 10s. in money, and St. 4-at:ya for rece i v i ng part of it, the property of Mr. ' Stke ewinton. ....._ 4 t •Te • B axter, a boyo was N inChu g rch-street, Stoke Newington, the 15th Oct , a:nd about two o'clock in the afternoon saw Lee come out of Mr. Gray's shop, run up to two boys standing abou t_ seven doors off, when all of them ran together. Brown Brown is One of the VT() boys, Inglis, the other, was discharged by the magistrate. I wentin and called Mr. Gray and asked 'Whether h e had lo s t an ythi ng . G ra y immediately went after the boys. W. Gray, keeps a shop in Stoke Newington. Brown came into his shop and asked if Simmons, a shoemaker, lived there; a little girl was in the shop at the same time, and both Went out together. The money was then quite safe in the till. I had been in an adjoining parlour about five minutes ionly when the witness Baxter came in and asked whether I had lost anything. I saw the till was half drawn out and tipty, in consequence o f which I ran out and saw Lee going to two boy s , th en a b out seven doors off, and all when the Way got up into a phaeton running in the same direc tion but soon after Brown threw away some money and I th tPed off th e p h aeton and pursued him on foot A police 1-11,Canght Brown about a quar t er o f a m il e f rom my s h op . Joh n Barnett, constable, apprehended Brown. When I.l‘ prisoner said " I'm done." gt„ _'ass was in his garden, where be heard cries of °„et% ti ", me 1" and came out to the pavement. Saw no one, the• ti m er Od up money, one half-crown and some shillings, to • --4 "nt of about 9s. Is not sure whether there was more Th ° ,N half-crown. kteotij'stisoners, throughout the trial, manifested the utmost Pei", ill - Their respective ages are 16 . and 17. erisoa r : Convict e d, they w er e sentenced,to t six months' im- Joh nc e St and hard labour. t reswell was indicted for feloniously taking and . sell- C.ZN benches, lathes, &c., the property of Charles Rice. „terr,, le ,e had been a pewterer for 45 years, at 43, .Roebuck bliet tb;',,uover-road, but having retired from business, had last at . - "use at Roebuck-terrace to the prisoner in March ritteh - , ‘ " v a rent of 451. There is a detached building at the secatZ t he yard not let to the prisoner. in which the pro the had left ; great deal of property. This property was, 'lki s ii - A ,, s st of it, suited to the business of a pewterer, which he tea,. e ,,'", to sell or to let out with the back premises to one en ao7hstin the business. Said nothing of the articles at all Prisoner. Gave him no control over them, no autho lsBo4osohion‘vgto them to any one whatever, but should any per t ea purchase them call, the prisoner was to send r o nt o nie. Made some remarks about the articles in the out pair some two or three months after. No rent was Re tro nP to Michaelmas, the time at which the prisoner tIY left the house. Cro te n t ki examined—l believe there was no written agree the bet Ween us. The premises in question are across the aft ° Yard, detached. I had the key first; prisoner had it e r- I did not allow him to use these goods. He was to a w e a P y t:hem for my use, and take care that no one took them 121. ere the prisoner's counsel, Mr. HUDDLESTON, entered a t (4) .iection, to the effect that Mr. Rice had said enough tilPrwe delivery of the goods, and, if so, that unless . felo °os intention could be proved at the time of the getting of l i keY• it did not amount to a felony. ail- BALDWIN, for the prosecution, replied, and ie Learned COMMISSIONER overruled that the question ca - d • ti go to the jury. Mealtime the evidence was pro "sd With. N. A t ir " Rice cross-examined—Prisoner asked the key about a I . l: e n Lg ti l i e t ie a s, fte e r x , e t e h p at he might put some crates in, and I gave nil it , eh • got Lie key afterwards. Nothing was 9id abou . were t about some articles in a box, which I said Wnot to be disturbed. as the prop er t y pu t un d er hi s protect i on ?—Y es. your use?—N ever t o se ll t h em. th e " L Your use ?—I never said so. I asked for nue fteY a f ew d ays a f ter, b ut t h en I saw i t was ti,,,.r door of the b ac k p rem i ses; a ll th e thi ngs were t re• am not sure if I took the key out or left it in door The key passed backwards and forwards two or ee times between me and the prisoner. Prisoner got f l r e ke Y to move what he had got in out. I did not ask him a ° rt* the key after that: I considered the things safe. The k2eles were suited to a pewterer. Cresswell is a beer-shop -o;Per Prisoner had put several fittings in the shop at his o._nti expense, and several squares of glass under the agree andn that he should receive ls. per square for the new squares, t ;,Gil. to take the old. I know Mr. Barnett, but not before o l d s affair, nor Mr. Church or Basely. I have seen both two rthree days before this. I have not told Barnett that I had authorise don ii)isooer t a h b e ou p t ri t s h on e e 2 r d t oof m sel a l y t . he things. I had not called g oo " d 1. 8 1 , PrLsoner not say he could get 121. 12s. for the o. o wn not the p r i soner grain ' some doors and shutters at hi I , .e z pense?—N o; I pa i nted al l b etbre he came i n. 4:-Jnaprisoner not say he might sell the goods for 12/. 125., cODrd in money and half iu coppers?—No. ililE"e say anything of coppers 2—He at one time said he had ipers to sell, and asked whether I could get them sold for and he sent me one of the coppers, to show to a gen known to me. Some things which had been brought the house, by Mr. Hutson, I allowed the prisoner to V a ek to ar , but these are not in the indictment. 1 not Mr. VBarnett that I allowed him to sell these things, did tell and I would r ow him two or thr ee p oun d s f or selling them. I knew that so ! nett had bought th e t hi ngs, and traced them there; said ilste thing of them, but not what has now been asked. ha~lYprosemtor's CouNset.--I did not say to Barnett that I mg i ven prisoner any control whatever over the things. s tl T4 i r i Barnett was put into the witness-box—l am a copper in ti I Purchased the goods mentioned in the indictment roadonth of May last. I wet t the premises in Dover -64: lo ses them. Prisoner said he o bad purchased them fur Mat'rid asked me 21/. for them. I refused this'sum, but ulti k,.T. gavel2s. I purchased them all at one time. iii„,..llFe called on me about the goods. At that time Mr. fo r 't. do slid the prisoner might sell the goods, and get 21. or 31. ago do ing so. I mentioned this to Mr. Rice about a week nett before the grand jury. Mr. Rice replied it is.false. esovuea Ji!ryman—l do not recollect the former part of the _rstaation. Mr. Rice after this sent a policeman to say wished toe• it as a favour if I would not mention this, as ~”) I 4 prosecute the prisoner. Church and B ase ly are. in ,my `.llPloy, the) , hear this ?-.Yes. • errenass ' Rice himself ?—No ; I said it publicly in my ON I Cn shop. kituZexaMined by Mr. BATAurroz—The priaour never lig been authorised to seli the thine ! 4e, words of Mr. Rice were, " I told him to se'l the things that he might get one or two pounds for himself. Why did you not say this before the magistrate ?—I was not before the magis trate. Did you never state this till now ?—I do not know that I said it before. I made deposition before the clerk— was sworn, and the deposition was read over, but the magis trate was not present when I signed the deposition. Rice said nothing about fixtures. Gemge Dalton is a servant to the prosecutor. I was sent to pack up some tools in the back shop, and did so, but had no co .versation with the prisoner. Cross-examined—The door was not locked. I recollect nothing about the prisoner's going into the house. John Purser, a constable, apprehended the prisoner, who said the prosecutor had no claim upon him. Cross-examined by defendant's Counsel—That he had no claim on him except the rent T—No ; said nothing about the rent. I never carried any message between Rice and Barnett. I did not request Barnett not to tell that Rice had said so-and so. (Barnett here identified the witness as the same that hrought the message from Rice.) Witness—l never did carry such a message. I did go to Barnett's on Thursday week. • I did not say this before because I forgot. I went to tell him to be at the Court next morning, and said nothing at all about not telling thisor that. Mr. Rice never gave me a message to take to Barnett. Never got any .instructions to that effect from Mr. Rice. Mr. Rice, in the witness-box—l did not send any message to Mr. Barnett. The prisoner's counsel had now addressed the jury, and the Learned Commissioner sent the point to the jury, whether the prisoner had obtained possession of the key with a felonious intent, for failing that, it was not a case for a Criminal Court. The jury had found the prisoner guilty, when the defendant's counsel interfered with the recording of the sentence, and informed his Lordship and the jury that very important evidence, of the existence of which he had no instructions, had just come to his knowledge, and requested it might yet be allowed to go before the jury. This was granted. John Dove was called in to the witness-box—l live at 44, Lant-street, Borough. I called at Cresswell's house one morning in the month of May. Rice, with his foot man, drove up in a gig. 'Mr. nice came into the bar, and said to Cresswell—" Have you sold these things yet ?" Prisoner said, "No, not yet." "I wish you would." Prisoner—" I had an offer for them yes. terday. I could have got half in money and half in goods." Rice—" What. goods?" Prisoner—" Coppers." Rice—" I wish you could sell them, do your best; good morning." Witness—l think the amount of the offer was 121. 12s. On being cross-examined, the witness added one or two words to his former statement; be identified Mr. Rice as the person. Mr. Rice was again called, and placed in the witness , box and sworn—He had a gig, but bad not used it in the month of May; but on being cross- examined he hesitated on this point, and his servant when called could not help him. Rice positively denied having said anything of the kind to Crmwell, and had never seen the witness before. The case again went to the jury, but in a different view. The question they now had to try was whether the prisoner had had permission to sell the goods. which was decided in the negative, and he was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment and hard labour. The following ere the days fixed by the Judges for the terms of the Court during the ensuing Mayoralty:— December 15; Janttary 8 ; Pebrttary 2; March 30 ; May 4; June 15; July 8 j Atignst 71 September 21; October 26. MARLBRU-STREET—(THIS DAY). Junio. it ii i Atqtdr, ruffianly-looking young fellow, was charged with felooinualy aliSiltingi in Oxford-street, Mr. Desire Sayolle; of No. 3, Wingleyzatteet, OXford-market, and str,allng front his pergon it gold *Fatah and appendages. It *wet thaL Uttveeti aiiti liuf 9 1 elotk yesterday morning the prosecutor was walking arm-m-afiii 'Stith the wife of an acquaintance of his, whom he was seeing home, when at the corner. of Chapel-street, Soho, the prisoner sud 'dtnly Cable 110 in knt bf him anointing to the female, said apparently in a great a ckp ge ; " What are you doing with my wife at this late hour ?" At the same instant bit made a violent Stlatt4 at the prnseeutor's guArd chain, and tors his watth Waisttdit pticktii And 04,04 90. off .run fling. The prosecutor followed, :calling " Stop thief and Alfred Mitchell, 25 C, having joined in the pursuit, saw the prisoner as be turned into Newman-street drop something down the area of Mr. Holderness, No. 1, pianoforte MziEß facturer. Just at that time the prosecutor came up with the prisoner, and pushing him down held him until he was secured by the pollee, The Constable afterWtirdi found the watch very much smashed in the area. Mr. MALTBY asked if the prisoner was known ?—The police present said he was.not to them. Mr. MALTBY asked him what he had to say in answer to the charge ?—The prisoner said the watch was handed to him by the female the prosecutor was with, who told him to make off with it. No attention was of course paid to such a defence, and the prisoner was ordered to be committed for trial. THE DEPARTURE OF THE EAST INDIA AND CHINA AND WEST INDIA MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 2.—The Clyde, Royal West India mail-packet, Captain Symonds, left the river this day, at two o'clock, for the West Indies, taking out the Mexican and other mails for the West India islands. She has also 700 bottles of quicksilver, and a full complement of packages, and 107 passengers. The Oriental Company's steam-ship Duke of Cornwall, Captain Mills, leaves to-morrow for Constantinople, &c., taking out the East India and China mails to Malta, from which place they will be forwarded to Alexandria by the Company's ship Iberia. The Duke of Cornwall takes out a very full cargo of bale goods, and is quite full of passengers. A very fine new steamer, be longing to the Oriental Company, to be named the Madrid, will arrive here in a few days, and take the place of the Queen, at present running between Gibraltar and this port. The Madrid will carry out the Peninsular mails of the 17th instant. MURDER IN AMERICA.—DELEIL OCT. 11.—This morzing the Court passed sentence on all the prisoners ar raigned for the murder of Steele. Only two trials have been held—those of O'Conner and Van Steenburgh—all the rest have pleaded guilty to the charges. Jelin Van Steenburgh was first called. When asked what he had to say why the sentence of the law should not be passed, he said, " I am innocent of the crime, and think it hard to suffer for a crime I never committed." Judge Parker then, in a very impres sive manner, sentenced him to be hung on Saturday, 29th of November next. Edward O'Conner was next called. He was asked what he had to say why sentence should not be passed on him ; he only replied that he was innocent. He was then sentenced to be hung at the same time with Van Steenburgh. The remainder of the sentences were as fol lows :—Daniel W. Squires, for manslaughter in the first degree, state prison for life. Moses Earll, the same as Squires. Daniel Northrup, the same. The following pleaded Guilty to manslaughter in the second degree, and were sentenced as follows :—John Phenix, state prison, seven years ; Isaac L. Burhans, state prison, seven years ; John Birch, state prison, seven years; Calvin Madison, state prison, ten years; William Reside, state prison, seven years; John Latham, state prison, seven years ; William Brisbane, state prison, seven years ; Charles T. M. Canber, robbery, second degree, state prison, seven years; William Josselyn, manslaughter, fourth degree, state prison, two years; Robert Scott, conspiracy, fined 500 dollars ; John Davis, conspiracy, fined 100 dollars. Judg ment suspended on the following persons :—Darius Travis, Henry Kettle, 0. Munsen, Barber Stafford, Henry L. Rus sell, P. Northrup, James Wilson, jun., Smith Sandford, Alonzo Sandford.—New York Paper. THE LATE EXPLOSION IN THE ROYAL ARSENAL. —We are happy to state that provision has been made by the Board of Ordnance for the widows and orphans of the unfortunate men who perished by the late explosion in the Royal Laboratory department of the Royal Arsenal. Mr. Crake, the foreman, left one unmarried daughter, who is to receive an annuity of 251. per annum. The widows of H. Butters, sen., and H. Butters, jun., are each to receive a pension of 14s. a week. The widow of Burbage is to receive a pension of 9s. a week. The orphan boy of Michael Purtill has already been entered in the storekeeper's department a t 6s. a week, his presence not being required till he has attained the age of fourteen years. The parents of the two boys, Leonard and Hindley, are each to receive a gratuity of Si., and the whole of the expenses connected with the funeral will be paid by the Board. The annuities and pensions are to commence from the time of the accident. MAGA ZINES—(CONTINUED). SWOR7'H'S MAGAZINE. The romance of " Caesar Borgia" is continued in this number with great spirit. Not only the interest, but the managa merit of the narrative, and the style of the composition, tnanifest a decided improvement. The only drawback on the story continues to tie, that in pro portion to the degree of fidelity with which the author follows the track of authentic histroy, his narrative dis gusts, owing to the unmitigated and almost supernatural wickedness and brutality of Borgia. " Chaldea," by W. F. Ainsworth, EFq„ is a charming paper, a spirited Oriental tableaux, embodying all the various and glowing features that compose the landscapes of the more picturesque countries of the East. Palm forests and antique tombs, ruined palaces, pyramids, and towers, pass in review before the reader, under a most able and artistic arrange ment. The " Legend of Le Petit Saint Albert" is a spirited imitation of the lamented Ingoldsby. " Schwarz kopf the Poacher ; a tale of Bavarian Forest Life," is also a clever affair, the very mint in which to coin a melo drama. " The Mournful Tournament," from the German of Uhland, is an exceedingly graceful translation, show ing a considerable mastery over the " father-tongue." " The Gambling Booths at Baden," is a sketch too admira ble to admit of being transcribed by extract, for its unity, like its moral, is excellent. No. 1 of " The Life and Writings of Nimrod," is the commencement of what ap pears to be likely to prove a spirited set of reminiscences. Here is an allusion to a true sportsman, a gentleman with whom we ourselves had in our younger days the. pleasure of some intimacy and neighbourship. Men and Dogs are both capital portraits—more like they could Rot he. Alas! Mr. Meager was the last of an excellent race of really fine—that is, manly, shrewd, and generous " old English gentlemen." We can hear him speak again in some of the following passages:— " His tour in this number (December, 1823), comprises his visit to the Sanderstead and Mr. Meager's harriers, both then in the neighbourhood of that metropolitan Melton, Croydon. The former were what are called blue mottled, or ticked hounds, long-eared, slow, and musical, a breed that has become almost •extinct, owing to the increased desire for pace. " Mr. Meager's hounds were true harriers; and the cha racter of the worthy master—now, like blue mottled harriers, almost extinct—is well described by Nimrod. " ' There is another pack of harriers kept within a mile of this town (Croydon),' says he, which an admirer of hare hunting would ride a long way to see. They are kept at the sole expense of their owner, Mr. Meager, who has had them for twenty years, and turns them out in very good style. He hunts them himself, but is assisted by a whipper in, who knows his business well ; but, if I may hazard a pun on the occasion, there is nothing meagre about them—hounds, horses, and men appearing to be all well fed, and well up to the mark. " Mr. Meager is an excellent farmer as well as an excel lent sportsman, and is said to be the best judge of a sheep and a harrier anywhere in these parts, paying equal atten tion to the breeding of each. Although in possession of very considerable landed property, he classes himself with the yeo manry of the county. This was the man, however, whom a monarch envied, as enjoying life without being a slave to its formalities, and who is often happier than his more wealthy neighbour, who leaves nature behind him when he dismounts from his horse, and has his part to act for the rest of the day. The former calls for his slippers and his dinner as soon as he comes home, and if (which is rare) no one partakes of his hospitality for the evening, he can snore in his chair, whilst his daughter plays "Those Evening Bells," or some other of Tiloore's melodies on her piano. He retires to rest at an early hour, and is called by the crowing of the cock fresh for the occupations of the coming day.' " From so unsophisticated a character, one would naturally expect a corresponding establishment, and Nimrod says, there was no affectation of . the fox hound (that curse of modern harriers) in Mr. Meager's pack ; his harriers, like his sheep, being of pure blood, and exactly what they should be —full of power, fast enough to kill any hare, and in beautiful condition. " ' Mr. Meager,' continues Nimrod, 'if a great farmer, and having a good eye to business as well as to hounds, never loser; an opportunity of transacting to advantage. Being one day in the act of capping a favourite hound to a very ticklish sce a in a road, and anxious to recover his hare, a man stood by him wii had some manure to sell, when the following interlude took '7" Have you sold that dung?' " ' Yo-doit "fancy, ' Yo-doff, 11490;dsolirt,,,Nan sa id cy John. good big What do you ask a load? " h ree shillings, Sir.' "'Yo-dolt, Nancy; have at her, good bitch! I'll give you half-a-crown. "'Cant take it, Sir.' " Go and be d— t h e n! Yo-doit, Nancy, good bitch! She's gut it, by God! Hark to, Nancy, hark " A similar sketch o f this celebrated gentleman is given by ew Sportinlllagafine• Few ori gi nals in the %Wing worldAsays he, have an amusing writer (Wild rake) in a recent number of the N "'F sur passed this worthy old man; 213 d his love for his hounds, no one who ever saw him in the kennel or the field will f or g et or his hatred of a hunting parson. His turn-out was unique , ed hat, and his with his old green coat, and broad-b.-7 nm mess gene whipper-in, such an exact copy of himself in ~m from at ral appearance, that you could never distinguish tn.._ `, and one another, excepting by the large mother-o'-pearl bur which the commanding officer wore by way of epaulette on his left shoulder. His voice was very deep and gruff, and if, in beating for a hare, his eye glanced on a jolly red phiz and black coat on the same horse, his "dog language" was broken into parentheses by his denunciatkns of the sporting clergy somewhat after this fashion:— " Yeh ! dogs yeh ! gentle, Rantipole !—there's a parson— mind there !—have a care, Bluebell I—l hate a hunting parson !--yooi ! yooi !—what business has a parson out hunt ing?—yooi doit, Rarity, good bitch!—why don't he stay in his parish ?—have a care, Gadabout !—and take care of the sick—steady, dogs—steady—or marry somebody—yooi over, Active !—er bury somebody—Hark to, Challenger !—bark I forward away !—wish I could ride over him—d— me, how I hate a hunting parson 1' " The " Searchers of the Sewers; a Tale of Modern Lon don Underground," is an excellent example of the profound sympathy which the most homely materials, in hands as accomplished as Mr. Charlton Carew's, may be made to excite. " Minstrel Life in the Thirteenth Century " presents a poetical picture of the social life of the Middle Ages in Europe. " The Paradise of Mahommed" is one of those disquisitions on subjects falsely assumed to be exhausted, to which Mr. Dudley Costello on all occasions brings the lights of very extensive and curious learning, great sagacity, and above all, a graceful and easy style, which always secures for him the attainment of that paramount object with all writers—the being read. Another chapter of " Ehrenstein," by Mr. James, com pletes this power number of Ainswo, A's Magazine. ROYAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWIC 11, Nov. I.—IN • SPECTION OF TAE ENROLLED PENSIONERS.—The enrolled pensioners of the Woolwich division of the London dis trict assembled this morning in the west square of the Royal Artillery barracks, under the command of Captain J. Forbes, the staff officer of pensioners for the Woolwich district, for the purpose of being inspected by the Right • Hon. Lord Bloomfield, G.C.B. and G.C.H., commandant of the garrison. At a quarter before one o'clock they were marched to the barrack field, where they took up their posi tion, and formed a line fronting the Royal Artillery bar racks. His Lordship arrived. in his carriage, at half-past one, and on alighting was received by the aged veterans with arms presented. Many distinguished officers were present. The Commandant, accompanied by Major Arm strong and Captain Forbes, proceeded to inspect the troops very minutely. . First, the line broke into open columns of divisions, right in front, and then marched past his Lord ship in slow and quick time. They then re-formed into line, went through the manual and platoon exercise, fired two rounds each, by divisions, and various other evolutions, at the conclusion of which his Lordship advanced towards them, when they formed three sides of a square. His Lordship then addressed Captain Forbes, and said that he scarcely knew how to address him in language sufficiently strong. He was delighted at all , he had that day witnessed. The marchings and movements were conducted with the greatest regularity, and the firing was regular. He should be happy at all times to attend to anything that he (Captain Forbes) might suggest for the benefit of the pensioners, or to forward their interest. Then, addressing the pensioners, his Lordship said,'," My o:d heroes, I am proud to see you this day; it reminds me of old times, to see the old veterans become young again. I wish I could become young again myself. You have this day shown a pattern, and an example I hope the young men will follow." His Lordship then granted permission for the band to accompany the pensioners through the town, and the aged veterans then perambulated the principal streets of the town amidst the mingled laughter and cheers of the townspeople, to whom by far the larger number of them are personally known. They then returned to the West-square, and were dismissed at half-past three o'clock. Their arms and accoutrements are to be returned with their clothing into store on Monday, the drills and exercises being for the present season at an end. A .1 , OLDIER SHOT.—Yesterday afternoon a serious accident occurred to a man named William White, aged forty-five, residing in Collingwood-street, Chelsea, late a sergeant in the 96th Regiment of Foot. Whilst taking a walk along the Clapham-road he observed a lad behind some palings which faced the road, with a pistol, firing at a mark. When he arrived opposite the spot the pistol was discharged, and at the same moment he felt himself struck on the left leg, and he found blood oozing through his stock ing. A policeman, who heard the report, came up, and it was found that he had been wounded by a very small ball. He was placed in a cab and conve3 ed to Guy's Hospital, when it was found that the shot had passed nearly through the calf of the leg, and lodged within an inch of the surface on the opposite side. Mr. Finch, the house-surgeon, at once extracted it, which proved to be a swan shot of the largest sort, nearly of the size of a pistol bullet, The boy was im mediately taken into custody. A NEW RAILWAY WHISTLE.—BROMSGROVE, FRI DAY EvENmu.--Within the last few days several trials of an apparatus. for communicating a signal from the guard to the engine- de.ver, has been made at the station in this place on the Bri‘",r_ol and Birmingham Railway, under the superintend ence v i : Mr. 11PConnell, the locomotive superintendent of the above line. The train, which is an experimental one of eight car.iages was fitted with small air-tight tubes, which com municated with a very powerful whistle attached to one cor tier of the engine -handle, and by a very simple arrangement the guard was able to give a signal instantly, and, if neces sary, vary it so as to be perfectly understood by the engine driver. The experiment was completely successful, and the plan appears to be the most useful and simple for effecting the important object in view which has yet appeared. Mr. Ban field, organ builder, of Birmingham, is the inventor of this very useful arrangement, and his intention to patent it pre vents us from going further into the plan. THE NORTHERN PROVINCIAL COLLEGE.—WO are enabled to state, on unquestionable authority, that the Go vernment Commissioners have reported in favour of Belfast, tfLte site of tin ow north= college... Northern Whig. of Queen Elizabeth, and, after reminding the reader that there were no umbrellas in those days, he thus proceeds— "lmagine, then, the Old English Gentleman as he must have appeared after having been first involved in a cloud of dust and then caught in a shower of rain. The Old English Arch was defended by a dripstone ; but the Old English Gentleman had no such protection. Conceive the state of his chaussure when, with his yellow boots on, he encountered a puddle, or fancy him splashed up to the ears by a passing waggon. There was no cab for him to call, or even hackney coach to rush into, when overtaken by the wet, and his only resource could have been to draw up under an arch-way. Even that he could not have done when he had an appoint ment to keep; and what, we would ask, must have been his plight after a run through a regular soaker?' Some idea of it might be formed by taking an unhappy peacock in the moulting season, and purting him under a pump. A spectacle more pitiably draggletailed than the Old English Gentleman under these circumstances it is impossible to imagine: and, to add to his discomfort, his boots must have got full of water, by reason of their bucket-like tops, which seem to have been expressly constructed to collect the rain. We omitted to mention that his hat, or,beaver. generally of some bright colour, was by no means washable, or all the better for a shower. Nor was the feather in it more calculated to be im proved by a thorough drenching. "In the time of Elizabeth. no less than in this, there was such a thing as smoke; and then coal, as regularly as in these days, evolved sulphurous acid during combustion; and such gales were just as prone as they are at present to tarnish silver. Consequently the • silver lace of the Elizabethan doublet, after a few days' wear must have assumed the tint of a neglected egg-spoon." The illustration of the Old English Gentleman in a shower is very rich. This is a very amusing number of the Table-Book. We have not received Blackwood's Magazine for this month. JERROLD'S SHILLING MAGAZINE. We have but one chapter of the " history of St. Giles and St. James" in the present Number of Douglas Jerrold, and in that the story makes but little progress; the admirable sarcastic philanthropy of Capstick, and milk-of-human-kindness philanthropy of Bright Jem, as developed in their before, at, and after-breakfast conver sations, more than make up for the absence of incident. The following passage might have been written by Sterne in his happiest mood : " There's no whet to the appetite,' said Capstick, ' like early dew. Nothing for' the stomach like grass and field-' flowers, taken with a fasting eye at five in the morning. 'Twas Adam's own salad, and that's why he lived to nine hundred and thirty.' " ' Think you,' said the visitor, chipping an egg-shell, ' think you that Adam, before the fall, ate eggs?' "' I can't say,' said Capstick; but recollecting the things I have read, the question would make a very pretty book. 'Cis a pity the matter wasn't stirred two or three hundred years ago. How many thousand throats might have been cut upon it How many men and women roasted like live oysters! For the wisdom of humanity, 'tis a great miss. How popes might have thundered about it ! What Te Deums have been chanted; what maledictions—and all with :he melted-butter voice of a Christian pronounced! The world has had a great loss—a very great lobs.' And Capstick sighed. " I can hardly see that,' said Jem. It seems to me that this blessed world will never want something to quarrel about, so long as there's two straws upon it.' " Why, there have been the Battles of the Straws,' ob served Capstick, although for certain purposes they've been called after other names." The "Englishman in Prussia," in a review of a curious and courageous book recently published, entitled, L'russia Unmasked," gives us some curious revelations of the double-dealing, hypocritical, and spy-encouraging beaureaucracy of Prussia. The " Price of a Garter and the Price of a Life" is an indignant and spirited comment upon two items of expenditure recorded in the recently published Parliamentary documents—the one an item of 439/. 33. 4d., fees to the o ffi cers of the Order of the Garter on the installation of Louis Philippe ; the other, an item of 53/., paid to the crews of five boats for saving the lives of the crew of the Shepherdess, on the Goodwin Sands. Well may the writer exclaim— " And now, English reader, do you not feel inclined, as we did, to start with indignant astonishment from your seat— to fling away, as a filthy thing, this Parliamentary-sanc tioned document—to protest with every energy of your soul against the system which sanctions such moral monstrosities, which rates so high the consequences of an unmerited bauble, and which passes almost with, so to speak, a monetary sneer —a pounds-shillings-and-pence scoff—over an exploit in which precious human life was adventured—by which pre cious human life was saved?" _ _ _ INDIA. NOTIFICATION. CALCUTTA, SEPT. 20.—The Right Hon. the Governor- General of India, in Council assembled, bas been pleased to make the following arrangements and appointments in con sequence of the Governor-General's approaching departure for the upper. provinces. Mr. F. Currie, Secretary in the Foreign Department, to be in charge of all the civil departments with the Go vernor-General. Lieut.-Colonel J. Stuart will accompany the Governor- General in his capacity of secretary in the military de partment. Lieut.-Colonel R. Benson ditto, as a member of the mili tary board. Mr. W. Edwards, under secretary in the foreign depart ment, ditto, as under secretary in all the civil departments. Captain W. Hore will officiate as deputy secretary in the military department with the Governor-General. Mr. G. A. Bushby, secretary in the home department, will officiate as secretary also in the foreign department at the presidency. Mr. J. A. Dorin, secretary in the financial department, will remain at the presidency. Mr. P. Melvill, under secretary in the home and financial department, will officiate as under secretary also in the foreign departments, at the presidency. Major W. M. N. Sturt, officiating deputy secretary, will officiate as secretary to the Government of India in the mili tary department at the presidency. Captain R. Wylie, acting first assistant secretary to Go vernment, military department, will officiate as deputy secretary to the presidency. Fort William, Home Department (Legislative), September 20. The following Act is brought up before the Legislative Council this day. The Governor-General of India, in Council, I)eing desirous that no time should be lost in passing the Act, resolved, that the rule requiring that no draft of a law shall be ordered to be published till at least one week shall have elapsed from the day on which it was first laid before the Council of India in its legislative department, and that the rules requiring that all Acts of the Governor-General of India in Council shall be brought up for second reading in two months, or in "three months from the date of the first reading, be suspended in respect to the following proposed Act, and that it be at one passed into law : Act No. XXII. of 1845. There is an admirable paper on the " Decline of the Drama" 'in the present number, and a bitingly severe, because truthful article, on the " Egotism of the Aristo cracy," who, as the writer justly observes — "Are very excellent masters, of the art of puffing. Few advertising tradesmen know better how the paragraph is to be turned. It is often amusing enough to compare the an nouncements of the peer and the shopkeeper; the great dif ference being that the latter puffs his wares—the former, himself. In the next column to the alarming sacrifice' of the tradesman we find the still more alarming sacrifice of tie peer. " ' We understand that Lord Thomas Noddy has, with his usual generosity, returned 25 per cent. of the rents of his _numerous tenantry, Would that his Lordship's example were generally followed !' " Now, a great many innocent souls read this and similar advertisements of landlord generosity without the slightest idea that the returned 25 per' cent. means the 25 per cent. which it was found utterly impracticable to screw out of an impoverished, rack-rented tenantry. The tremendous sacri fice' of Lord Tom Noddy and Lord Tom Noddy's tailor mean precisely the same thing. But anything for an opportunity of pushing themselves before the public, vaunting their generosity as tailors and lords !" The " History for Young England" is continued; but so is not, we are sorry to say, the "Hedgehog Corres pondence." We miss the witty, sarcastic cabman, and trust that next month Juniper Hedgehog will be again upon his stand. An Act for Providing for the Exercise of certain Powers by the Governor-General during his absence from the Council GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S TABLE-BOOK. "Railway Calls," and Mr. John Bull as " Willibald," in The Bottle Imp, holding up for sale the imp ".scrip" in a bottle, the stopper of which is a stag, are two admi rable illustrations of the present number of the Table Book. " The Legend of the Rhine" is continued with admirable spirit, and is to be concluded in the next number. The " Hint to Projectors," suggesting the forma tion of an " E v ery-body-his-own -Balloon - Navigation. Company," for supplying all the world with balloon jackets, is a good quiz on the bubble mania, and is very quaintly illustrated. We commend the " Old English Gentleman in a New Light" to the consideration of " Young England." The writer takes the old English gentleman, as he appeared in the costume of the days of India. 1. Whereas it is expedient that the Governor-General should visit the north-western provinces and other parts of India, unaccompanied by any member of the Council of India, it is enacted that, during the absence of the Governor- General from the Council of India, it shall be lawful for the Governor-General alone to exercise all the powers which may be exercised by the Governor• General in Council, except such powers as may by a resolution of the Governor-General in Council be exercised by the President in Council during the absence of the Governor-General, and except the power of making laws and regulations. 2. And it is further enacted, that this Act shall commence from the day on which it shall be notified by an order pub lished in the official Gazette, that the Governor-General has quitted Calcutta for the purpose of so proceeding as aforesaid. G. A. BUSHBY, Secretary to the Government of India. THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY_ EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1845 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. LICHFIELD. NORTH WARD. The Tories have again defeated the Whigs, by increased majorities, at our Town-Council election to-day. The follow ing are the numbers : CONSERVATIVES. RADICALS. Johnson 2Ol Whitaker Smith, (J.) ...,.... 201 Birch Purden SOUTH 'YARD. CONSERVATIVES. RADICALS Ready l3B I Rowley ..... 100 Smith, (W.): l3B Gorton ..... .. 100 Butcher 137 Heap DURHAM. NORTH WARD. Wm. Davidson. L., (re-elected) 154 John Hancock, T., (re-elected) Wm. Winter, L 142 ST. NICHOLAS WARD. Wm. Henderson, T., (elected) 127 Mark Story, L., (re-elected) Nicholas Oliver, L James Robson, T. SOUTH WARD. John H. Foster (T.) was re-elected, and Richard Thompson (T.) was elected in the room of R. H. Allan, Esq. (L.) with out opposition. Mr. Allan retired in consequence of having left the neighbourhood. The South and North Wards were both severely contested. Winter, Henderson, Robson, and Thompson were new can didates for municipal honours. Henderson has ousted Oliver. BIRMINGHAM. _ _ SATURDAY NIGHT.—The elections to-day have terminated in the defeat of most of the Liberal candidates. Sixteen councillors retired, and of those newly, elected eight are Tories, seven Whigs, and one Radical. The' election has not, however, turned on politics, but on a question involving a matter connected with the government of the borough, and the majority of our councillors are in favour of " amalgama tion," as it has been phrased ; there is, however, still a con siderable majority of Liberals in the Corporation. All the elections passed off quietly. DERBY. SATURDAY EvENING.—The municipal elections for this borough took place to-day. but they excited very little inte rest, there being no opposition except in Bridge Ward, where the two Liberal candidates were returned by a large majo rity. Ths town-council now consists of 22 Liberals, and two Tory councillors, besides 12 Liberal aldermen. LEICESTER. SATURDAY.—The elections here to-day have been nearly all one way, there being in the seven wards 12 Liberals and 2 Tories returned. In East-market Ward only a contest took place, Mr. Thomas Burgess and Mr. John - Allen being the Liberal candidates, and Mr. Jeremiah Briggs the Tory. Tha latter was thrown out by a majority of 40 votes, the num bers being for Burgess 130, Allen 121, and Briggs 81. Two Tories were returned without opposition for St. Martin's Ward, and for each of the other six wards two Whigs were returned also without opposition. LINCOLN. SATURDAY.—Three years ago the corporation of Lincoln was exclusively Whig-Radical, but during the past year the numbers have stood—Radicals, 11; Whigs, 7 ; Conserva tives, 6 ; of these the retiring councillors were—Radicals, 3; Whig, 1 • Conservatives, '2. The result of this day's election has been the return of all six Conservatives; in two of the wards there was no contest, and in the third the majority was nearly 100. The relative strength of the par ties is now 10 Conservatives, 8 Radicals, and 6 Whigs. The latter most frequently vote with the Conservatives, and it is expected that a Whig mayor will be chosen without opposi tion ; but should the Radicals start a candidate, the majority of the Whigs will join the Conservatives, and a Conservative mayor will be elected. LIVERPOOL. The annual election for sixteen councillors in the town council of this borough was held on Saturday last. It was unusually quiet. Of those retiring fourteen were Conserva tives and two Reformers. In lieu of these, seven Conserva tives and three Reformers were returned without opposition. Six were contested ; at the close of the poll two Conservatives and three Reformers were returned, leaving one of the wards, Rodney-street, undecided, as the numbers for each candidate were alike, namely, 275. The result of these elections is a gain of three votes to the Liberal party in the town-council. UNIVERSITY JNTELLI GENCE. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. I.—At a congregation just held, the following degrees were conferred : Bachelor of Divinity—The Rev. James Hildyard, Trinity College. Master of Arts—Henry Cope Caulfeild, Trinity College ; Theophilus William Lane, Trinity College ; Augustus Wil liam Cole, St. John's College; John Nottingham Fowle:, Magdalene College ; and William Harker, St. Catharine's Hall. Ad Eundem—Jacob Fussell, M.A., Queen's College, Oxford. At the same congregation, the following grace passed the Senate : " To allow Mr. Frere, of Downing College, to resume his regency." The Jacksonian Professor's lectures on Mechanism, Statics, and Dynamics, commence on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at one o'clock, at the room in the Botanical Garden, to be continued on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, during term. THE NEW OVERLAND ROUTE. (From the Bombay Times.) We perceive that the Austrian Lloyd's Steam Navigation --many are making active endeavours to secure the patron ()v.—. - -Alan passengers who come out, and go home, by age of ' route Should Lieut. Waghorn succeed in the Overlant. , rarity, in point of time, of the journey via proving the super.- • little doubt that the majority of the -oceed through Germany, instead Trieste,pa:e4 passengers erw will can hereafter way of France. The vessels of direct to Southampton , or by ~ it appears, 'have health of the Austrian Lloyd's Com p an y , , •In bills the passen officers on board, and on arri v a l with el, bb p. . hours' quaran gers only leave to perform about twenty-font ~o ney from tine on board of the same packet. The passage h. is 120 Alexandria to Trieb:e for first-class accommodatiou an Austrian florins—the floil'n being worth 2s. additional charge of five florins . is made for bed. We extract the following description of the 'different routes from Trieste from the Company's last fare bill;-- . " ROUTES FROM TRIESTE —This handsome commercial city being in a central position, t ra vellers for Great Britain may choose any of the various picturesque and highly interesting routes in that direction with little difference as to time or expense, giving themselves an easy in their way several of the most beautifulh and elebr celebrated im portant portions of Europe, including in a German baths and mineral springs. It . is Impossible,b limited space, to particularise the lines that ti:,aY opportunity of visiting but, among the prominent points, more or tisi'ss within them, may be cited the following—namely, Venice, : e selected; Lom bardy, Milan, Switzerland, Lyons, Paris, the Tyrol, Insprnt- c, Munich, Frankfort, the Rhine, Cologne, Brussels, Saltsburg, Vienna, &c. A reference to a good map or the guide books will convince any one of the advantages which Trieste offers, especially as there are not only from that place cornmodious public conveyances daily for every direction, but also rail roads in several parts of the different lines (which, by the b'. e, are constantly increasing), besides steam navigation On the Rhine, &c. And considering the facilities now concede.:, by the Austrian Government, in regard to quarantine, it is presumed that the journey from Alexandria to any point of the eastern coast of England, via Trieste, may be effected in at least as short a time as by any other channel, with this advantage—of its offering a great diminution of sea voyage. From Alexandria to Trieste, via Syra, the passage occupies 9 to 10 days, the number of hours steaming being 145 to 165. The rest of the time is occupied in coaling and other neces sary operations at Syra and Corfu, which, however, is no loss to the traveller, as the whole time is reckoned as part of the quarantine. The route through Germany or northern Italy is further recommended as one of economy."—Bombay Times. NEW RAILWAY SCHEMES. The London Gazette of Saturday contains notices that application will be made to Parliament, in the ensuing ses sion, for leave to introduce Bills to authorise the construc tion of the following railways : FIRST APPLICATIONS. Aylesbury Branch—to authorise a sale to the London and Birmingham. Blackburn and Preston—to amend and enlarge. Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle Junction. Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Amendment. Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Junction. Lancaster and Carlisle Extension—London and Birmingham —Dunstable Branch Extension. London and Birmingham—Northampten and Birmingham and Gloucester Junction. London and Birmingham—Rugby and Syston and Peter borough Branch of the Midland. London and Birmingham—Wolverhampton and Bedford Junction. London and Ely Extension. Loudota, Hounslow, and Western. ➢Titcham and South-Western. Windsor, Slough, and Staines Atmospheric. . .., SECOND APPLICATIONS. Direct London and Portsmouth. London and York. Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction. CABINET COUNClL.—Summonses were issued yes terday by Sir James Graham for a Cabinet Council this after noon. The several members of the Cabinet in town will assemble at Sir Robert Peel's, owing to the Right Hon. Ba ronet's continued illness arising from gout. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are expected to leave Gordon Castle at the close of the month for Good wood Park for the winter. The Earl and Countess of March are staying on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Cox, at their villa at Hillingdon. The Duke Torlonia has arrived at Mivart's Hotel from a visit to Chatsworth, and a tour in the midland counties. The Marquis of Waterford, who has been at New market during the last week, arrived at Mivart's on Satur day. The Countess of Carlisle and Viscount Morpeth arrived in town on Friday last, from Castle Howard, the Earl of Carlisle's seat in Yorkshire. The Countess has been brought to town by the alarming illness of her brother, the Earl of Granville. SERIOUS ILLNESS OF THE EARL OF GRANVILLE.— We regret to state the Earl of Granville continues in a very precarious condition. On Friday evening the Noble Earl was taken suddenly worse, and in addition to his Lordship's medical attendant, constantly with the Earl at Roehampton, three physicians were summoned from the metropolis, for consultation. The Duke of Devonshire, Viscount Leveson, and the other members of the family assembled at Roehamp ton on Saturday morning, but we are gratified to learn that his Lordship had experienced a favourable night, and was considered better. On Sunday the accounts were more fa vourable. Count D'Orsay left Kensington Gore on Wednes day last, for Paris. The Noble Count does not intend to be absent beyond a month. lIANDSO➢LE DONATION.—The building committee of the new Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of the Chest, now in progress at Bromplon, have just received among other donations, the sum of 100 guineas', under the signature of " A Pharisee," on behalf of the building of the new hospital. FATAL. RAILWAY . ACCIDENTS.—About five o'clock on Friday morning, a melancholy accident occurred at the Kilwinning station of the Ayrshire Railway, whereby, we regret to add, a porter, named henry Murray, lost his life. The deceased, who had been assisting in pushing forward two trucks, to attach them to the luggage train tram Ayr, in cautiously attempted to do so when they were still in motion, whereby he was so severely bruised that be died about one o'clock P.M. He was a sober, industrious man, and has left a widow and small family.—About two o'clock on the same day, a boy named Morrison, belonging to Irvine, had, with out the knowledge of the servants of the company, and con trary to their rules, got upon a lugage truck, from whence be was removed by oue of the porters; but having again climbed up unperceived by . the servants, who were pushing forward the truck with their heads down at the time, fell between the trucks, and was killed on the spot.—Ap Olserder. . , , NOTTINGI[AM. SATURDAY.—Up to the present week little was known or done relative to the municipal elections which have taken place to-day in this borough, and yet matters have been so contrived as to have a contest in every ward. Last year thousands of pounds were expended in treating, bribery, and election hand-bills; this year very few pounds, and yet some few have found their way into the pockets of the electors. On Tuesday ten out of the fourteen retiring members issued their addresses, offering themselves again as candidates in the same wards for which they had pre viously sat, but on Wednesday and Thursday various changes were announced, owing, as it was reported, to several railway projectors having concocted a scheme to get into the council certain parties, large shareholders, with a view of obtaining votes from the Corporation in particular lines of railway about to be taken to Par liament. How far this. is correct is not yet known ; but certain it is that a general excitement prevailed on the subject throughout every district in the town. There is little doubt, had the candidates stood for the wards they had been so long members for, that very little opposition would have arisen, as the heavy expenses of the last and previous years had cooled the feelings of the defeated parties. Chopping and changing, however, to make way for new can didates who were known to be the friends of the parties alluded to, raised a general opposition, and on Saturday morn ing it was found arrangements had been made for contesting every ward. The elections went on in some wards with great spirit, and in all the poll was kept open till four o'clock, at which hour there were ten Liberals and four Tories re turned. Notwithstanding the opposition, the railway party, both Whig and Tory, succeeded in getting their candidates elected. The council now consists of 14 Whig aldermen, 20 Tory, and 22 Whig councillors. PORTSMOUTH. The election of town councillors, in the room of those who out by rotation, took place to-day. :—St. Thomas's Ward: The business in this ward was gtii ,. ty The following was the ei ,zi- .. settled. At half-past ten. Mr. Child had polled ~... hims ,:lf for an hour, the poll was closed, and the election declared to have fallen on the gentlemen named. St. 14, Mr. llosh.:ns 12, and Mr. A. Heather 10. No other voter presenting . George's Ward: Messrb, Ellis and Smithery re-elected. St. John's Ward : Mr. G. Pra:t 208, Mr. E. Gain 177, elected. St. Paul's Ward : This ward was strongly contested ; the following gentlemen were elected—Mr. Marks 391, Mr. Hearn 387, Mr. Palmer 381. All paints' Ward: This ward was also strongly contested, and the battle won by Messrs. Sheppard, Galsworthy, and Smith. St. Mary's Wad.: Mr. Goldsmith was re-elected.—Hampshire Telegraph. ACCIDENT on the GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, SATURDAY.—An accident occurred to the mail train this morning on the Great North of Eng land Railway, which, though of an alarming character, was fortunately unattended with serious results to the passen gers. The mail train from the south, due at Darlington at. ` 20 minutes past seven o'c l o ck, was u p wards of an hour and a - half behind its time in arriving at that station, shortly before nine o'clock, and then consisted which it 10., '.tender, a luggage van, two second-class car of the engine ant.. Post -office,and one or two carriages be two first-class carriage., r and five miles north of Darlin g hind that. When between to.- a. crossing the up line, went ton, the engine got off the line, an, ' —ten seven and eight over the edge of an embankment bet,. sinking into feet in height. The wheels, however, I'ing the the soft earth, prevented it from reant._ who bottom, and in the meantime the engine man, maintained his position, turnedloff the steam: The tender was dragged across the up line, the rails of which were displaced, and the two second-class carriages were thrown together upon their ends, in an upright position on the line. The coupling chain between these and the rest of the train broke, and the ether carriages maintained their proper position, though most of them were thrown off the rail. Fortunately, none of the passengers sustained any serious injury, which is probably owing to the slow rate at which the train was tra velling, it not going at more than fifteen miles an hour. The second-class carriages and tender were much broken. A messenger was sent back to Darlington for assistance, before the arrival of which, the express train from Newcastle was seen approaching, and intimation of danger having been conveyed by signal it was stopped before reaching the scene of the accident. In order to prevent delay the mail-bags and passengers were transferred to the express train, and the pas sengers in that train having alighted, it returned to Newcastle, and reached the Gateshead station at ten minutes past twelve o'clock. A special engine from Darlington having arrived, took up the carriages with the passengers by the express train, and in the meantime workmen were employed in clearing the line and relaying the rails, which was effected in a few hours, but the engine still remains on the embankment. The spokes of one of the wheels are broken, and the outside connecting-rod is much bent, but otherwise the engine does not appear to have sustained much damage. The accident is supposed to have arisen from the sleepers not having been sufficiently packed, it having occurred on a part of the line which had been undergoing repair. A train which left Darling ton at half-past eight bad:passed:over the place'safely not half an hour before the accident occurred. Had the mail train kept its time it would have gone first over the line, but being behind time the other train was dispatched from Darlington before it. The rails are so muchitwisted and broken that it is impossible to tell from an inspection of the place whether the engine had gone off the line at a joint or in the middle of the bar, from the sinking of the sleeper, though it is probable the bar would give way at the joint, and so leave an opening which the flange of the wheel had passed through. The passengers speak favourably of the exertions of the company s servants in charge of the train, to whom not the slightest blame is attributed. LORD HARDWICKE ON THE POTATO DISEASE. (From the Cambridge Chronicle.) The Lord-Lieutenant has thought it his duty to issue an address to the labourers of the county and isle upon the subject of the potato disease. Comirg from such a quarter, and upon a subject of such vital interest, we cannot give the Noble Lord's address too prominent a position in our columns. TO THE LABOURERS OF CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND THE ISLE OF ELY. Fellow-countrymen,--A sense of duty induces me to address you on the subject of the potato. It is not necessary on this occasion to state the nature or cause of the decay of that most important article of food. _ _ _ I wish to induce you to look forward to the conse quence of neglecting the endeavour to stop the progress of the evil. If you do neglect to do so, all will be lost From all I can learn moisture is the food on which the decay increases, and dryness the medicine to be used for the cure. Therefore, do not pit the potatoes in the usual way ; but, after most carefully picking them, and separating the bad from the good, place the good under a roof (if you have space), placed in layers, and not more than four potatoes deep, so that they may keep effectually dry. Where you have not house room, expose them to the sun and air during' dry weather on the surface of the' ground, and then pile them in small conical heaps on the' surface, thatching them over with straw, and cutting a deep trench round about them, with a good drain from the trench to carry off the water. Pick the best potatoes for seed next year, and take them into the cottage, keeping them quite dry, and let no price induce you to part with them ; for next year seed will not be procurable 1 ' I also advise that at present you do not sell, for I feel sure that at no very distant period the price of the potato will be unprecedented. I further advise all who have pitted potatoes at once to open the pits, and pick the potatoes over again. I am, fellow countrymen, ever your faithful servant, Windsor Castle, Oct. 28, 1845. HARDWICKE. TRINITY COLLEGE. THORIVALDSEN'S STATUE OF Bynon--This beautiful work of art was placed in its permanent position, at the upper end of the collate library, last week. STATUE OF BACON. —The reverend master has just pre sented the college with a very fine statue of the immortal Chancellor, by Weekes, which has been placed in the Ante Chapel, near the screen, and almost under the bust of Words worth. The philosopher is represented in his chair, in a gently reclining position. THE CHURCH. The following appointments have taken place:— The Rev. Edmund Mortlock, 8.D., of Christ's College, to the rectory of Moulton, Suffolk. The Rev. William Osborn Jenkyn, 8.A., of Christ's College, to the curacy of Wootton, Beds. The Rev..Favill John Hopkins, 8.A., of Sidney College, to the curacy of Woolley, Hunts. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL AND THE CORPORATION OF LONDON. The dispute between these two great bodies will, in all probability, soon occupy the attention of the courts of law. The immediate subject of dispute may appear of but trifling import. It has, however, led to questions of the greatest consequence. It appears that from time immemorial Christ's Hospital, as well as all the other hospitals, have been in the habit of making a yearly return to the Lord Mayor of the names of all the governors, and in this list the Lord Mayor stood at the head, in conformity with an ordinance passed on the first foundation of the hospitals, which declared that the president of each hospital was next in authority to the Lord Mayor. In these annual lists the names of the presidents and treasurers stood next, and then the names of the alder men, who are ex-(fficio governors and after them the names of the benefaction governors followed, arranged sometimes alphabetically ; and sometimes according to their rank. An urtasy feeling between the active governors of Christ's Hospital and the Corporation has been growing for the last few years, and in some of the lists of late years it has been observed that the names of the presidents and treasurers were placed before that of the Lord Mayor. As it was considered that this might be rather the result of acci dent than of any desire to oiler an affront to the Lord Mayor, it was passed over without observation; but when upon the occasion of the Queen visit to Christ's Hospital, the gover nors thought fit to depose the present Lord Mayor from his civic station, and to place the president and treasurer before him in the royal presence, it was thought by the Corporation high time to claim for the Lord Mayor the precedence to which, as well from immemorial custom as from the ancient ordinance, they consider his Lordship entitled. This led to a correspondence between the authorities of the two bodies, in which the right of precedence was claimed by the Cor poration on behalf of the Lord Mayor, and by Christ's Hospital the right was as strenuously denied. They pro fessed great respect for the Lord Mayor, as such, but de nied that he had any rights in the hospital except as one of the ex officio governors, who were all upon an equality with the benefaction governors. The glove of defiance having been thus thrown down, the Corporation were not slow to take it up, and a General Court of all the hospitals was called by the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of receiving lifts of governors, arranged according to the ancient form. The other royal hospitals, namely, Bethlem and Bride well, St. Thomas's and St. Bartholomew's, all complied with the requisition, and sent amended lists, although they did not appear at the Court. Christ's Hospital refused to alter tl'eir list, or to admit the Lord Mayor Into the Hospital to hold the General Court in the accustomed place. His Lord ship and several of the Corporation governors beleaguered the treasurer and president in their strong hold. Finding the gates closed, the civic Marshal, with his baton in hand, summoned the:fortress to surrender, and the deputy town clerk read, in front of the gates, his Lordship's proclamation to the same effect. This was answered by Mr. Trollope, the herald, from within, to the effect that the,Lord Mayor, as a governor, was welcome to admission to - any part of the build ing except the great hall, where the general courts were usually held ; but none but governors could be ad mitted, and they would not be allowed to enter the hall for the purpose of holding the Court. Thus foiled in their attempt peacefully to hold a general Court in the manner prescribed by the ancient usages of the hospital, the Lord Mayor and his suite adjourned to Guildhall, and, it was understood, it was then and there resolved to call a Court at Guildhall, the ordinances of the hospital declaring that the general courts shall be held at Christ's Hospital or elsewhere. At the subsequent meeting at Guildhall it was determined to report the proceedings to the Common Conn. cli, and Mt Court unanimously resolved to uphold the Lord Mayor in the assertion of his right of precedence over the presidents of all the hospitals, and his equally undoubted privilege of calling general courts when and where he pleases, at which he presides, for the purpose of confirming the no mination of governors and doing many other acts which by ancient custom can only be done at thete courts. The Lord Mayor consulted with the town clerk and other law officers of the Corporation. The original charter and the ancient ordinances of the hospital were carefully examined, and it appeared to the law advisers of the Court, not only that the Lord Mayor was fully justified in the course he had taken, but that, in point of fact, in consequence of the contumacy of Christ's Hospital in refusing to furnish for confirmation a, corrected list of the benefaction governors their appoint ment had become ipso facto void, and that except the Cor poration! governors, there were no legal governors qualified to make a qualified Court. Founded upon this view of the case, Alderman Wood has giVen the following notice of motion, to be made at the next Coprt That no governor of Christ's Hospital, not being an Alderman, or elected governor of the Common Council, be recognised by this Court, nor any act of such governor be recognised, until he shall be duly entered in a proper list of governors, and be duly confirmed." " That the hospital seal be not affixed to any deed or document of Christ's Hospital until proper evidence (certified by the Chamberlain to this Court) be given that the same has been duly examined, proved, and signed." "That the Aldermen of this City be requested not to sign any deed or document for the hospital s6l until they have been satisfied that it has been duly 'ordered and sanctioned at a legally-constituted Court for ' Stich hospital." If Alderman Wood's motion is carried, it is not imagined that the Corporation will do more than refuse to seal one, and force Christ's Hospital to put the question in a proper shape foe trial in the courts of law. The hospital may then move for a mandamus to compel the Corporation to affix the seal, and the whole ques tion may be then put in issue. " What a great flame a little fire kindleth." If the hospital had but allowed its lists to be made out in the usual form, giving the Lord Mayor the precedence he has always hitherto had, the ma nagement of the hospitals might have been continued in the hands of the benefaction governors, as has long been the case. This inquiry has, however, led to the discovery that the paramount rights of the Corporation to enforce the ob servance of all the ancient customs, not specially abrogated by the Act of Parliament, which was passed in the year 1789, for the purpose of composing former differences, are Still in existence, and that the confirmation of the nomina tion of benefaction governors is still vested in the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. It is also contended by Alderman 1 and the other lawyers that no valid Act can be per- Wets.- either hospital without the presence of the'Lord formed at. -vity of the Aldermen, and a majority of the Mayor, a MEV.- ' - overnors, to make a Court. other Corporation b. t says that the benefaction governors, The Act of Parliameu. • vor, all the Aldermen, and the t oge ther with the Lord his., to have the management of other Corporation govetteos t an enactment the corporate the affairs of the hospital. isy this of the whole body ; governors are constituted integni parts on o f charters a ers and by a well-known rule of legal const r u e.: ur inating and other documents, !in whick this mode of 11.,. t where corporation prevails, it is necessary that at every coni corporate business can be legally transacted each of the u.'" nite classes should be represented by a majority of their body APPREHENDED FAMINE IN . IRELAND—SUG GESTION FOR ITS RELIEF. (From a Correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail.) You: were kind enough to recommend to the public my suggestion of putting horses on the shortest possible allow ance of oats. Could not this be done with our cavalry. We, are not likely to have war. It will be ten months before next year's oats can make its appearance in the market, and every horse, in her Majesty's service consumes 101bs. of oats per day. This, in a time of dearth, would support five men daily; and this additional supply atom would be of great consequence to a starving population. Besides, though Government may raise money, it cannot raise oats. I would that the importance of economy in this, which may yet be the only, food for the p oor, were duly impressed on our noble-minded and truly generous brethren at the other side of the channel. Let every man who feeds" a horse oft Ots remember that in case of famine, and the consequent destruCtion of human life, his horse will have been eating daily what Would have served six human beings from perishing. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES BY A LIVERPOOL MER. cuasT.—On Saturday information was circulated through out the divisions of the metropolitan and City police, that i Mr. Lyon, an extensive merchant in Liverpool, n the Smyrna and American trade, had absconded from that city, having committed forgeries to a very large amount. 3i.. Lyon is believed to have quitted Liverpool about Monday or Tuesday last, but he was not missed till Thursday. It •is supposed that he is in-London, and that he intends to quit the country. He is described as about five ten inches high, sallow complexion, black bushy hair and whiskers, rather prominent nose, dark eyes, thin face, pro minent teeth, thin figure, and very upright; dresses gene rally in a black frock coat, figured silk waistcoat, light trowsers, and black hat, Wellington boots, and black stock, and wears a large shirt pin, and several rings on his fingers—is fond of smoking, and is well known in the sport ing world. EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.—LIVERPOOL, SATUR DAY NlGHT.—Alsout half-past seven o'clock this evening a dreadful explosion of gunpowder took place in the shop of Mr. Jones, ironmonger, Dale-street. The whole front of the shop was blown to atoms, and we regret to say several per sons have been severely injured, among whom are Mr. Jones and his shop-boy. flow the accident occurred we have not yet been able to learn, nor can a proper estimate be formed of the damage sustained, or the injury inflicted upon those per , sons who have suffered by this unfortunate occurrence. 'WINDSOR ELECTION.—WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVEN ING.—The nomination is not now expected to take place until after the 10th instant, on which day the present mayor, Thomas Clarke, Esq., will go out of office. The cal ass, which has now been going on ever since the 16th of October, is therefore likely to be prolonged for upwards of another ,week. The greatest interest is excited amongst all classes of the inhabitants, non-electors as well as those whose names are on the register, as to the result of the contest. At the election for town-councillors (three for each of the two wards into which the borough is divided), which took place yesterday, the whole of the retiring members were re elected without opposition. LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—This distinguished states man, accompanied by his lady, arrived at Douglas's Hotel on Saturday, where they still remain. It will be seen that on Thursday the Town Council unanimously resolved to confer on his Lordship the freedom the city. 'The presentation is. to take place at one o'clock on Monday. With t he view of allowing the pretence of a larger body of citizens than could be accommoda tod in the Council Chamber , application was mule for the ides of the Parliament House on the occasion; but the attempt 'ins not been successful, and no other place has yet been fix Md.:M.—Scotsman. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. A commission of lunacy was opened on Saturday, at that, Court- house in Wellelose-square, St. Georges-in-the-East before E. Winslow, Esq., master in lunacy, and 16 special jurors, chiefly magistrates of the county, of whom George Tindall, Esq., was foreman, to inquire as to the state of mind of Miss Sarah Carey, a maiden lad of the advanced age of 83, described in the commission as of d " No. 8, Cannon street, St. George's, Middlesex, spinster." The commission, which was unopposed, was taken out by the next of kin, being S. J. B. Stunter, Esq., of Hendon ; ° Mrs. Page, wife of a City merchant ; and a Mrs. Verrall. of Brinley, the nephew and nieces of the lady, who is possessed of funded property to the amount of about 15,0001., and house property, worth nearly 5,0001. more. Mr. Warren and Mr. Willes appeared in support of the commission. Mr. Warren, in a speech of great length, opened the case. He said Miss Carey was a maiden lady, upwards of 83 years of age, and had resided in Cannon-street- road for the last 40 years, chiefly by herself, which would in some degree account for the development of her insanity. She had con siderable property, and as it was believed that large sums were concealed in the house, that circumstance and her sin gular mode of life had attracted much attention. She lived in the most desolate condition, closely shut up, and the window barricaded, many of which were broken by mischievous boys. &c. She was attended by a female named Hammond. It had been found necessary for the police to keep a vigilant watch for her protection, as whenever she was seen, boys would assemble round he house and call out " You old witch of Cannon-street, come out." Several attempts had been made to break in. About three years since her delusions began, when her mind appeared to have quite given way. She con siders she has no money, and buys neither victuals nor clothes ; in fact, she lived like a wild animal, and was in a most horri bly loathsome condition, insensible to the calls of nature, and altogether of most disgustingly filthy habits. Her house might indeed be compared to a pigstye. She kept her food till nearly rotten before she ate it, and was in the habit of hiding food and other articles. A dead cat, nearly putrid, thrown into her area in August, she fancied was a rabbit,and said she would have it cooked. One delusion was that the French had landed and taken England, and were marching down the street. She imagined some men were enamoured of her, and had sat at her window for six hours with an old ' cloth round her head for a turban. She fancied that a pub lican in the neighbourhood had murdered his wife, buried her in the house, and afterwards married a beautiful girl, whom he had served in the same way; also, that other people had been murdered in Ratcliff-higbway, whose bodies were to be brought and laid out in her house. She mistook the seasons, fancying snow was on the ground in June, and that morning was evening, &c. She would pick up pieces of glass and dirt in front of heehouse, and hoard them up. She did not use either knife, fork, or spoon to her food, but tore it with her hands, and ate like a wild beast. She had a notion that a gentleman had offered her 4,000/. to marry hlm. She did not appear to know what property she had. As safety was the object of the commission, which but from motives of de-, licacy would have been issued long before, if the facts he had detailed were proved in evidence, the jury, he would submit, could come to no other conclusion than that the poor creature was of unsound mind, and would have the satisfaction of knowing that they had been instrumental in shielding her person and property from injury. Elizabeth Hammond, the attendant, Dr. A. J. Sutherland, Mr. Quekett, surgeon, and other witnesses, gave evidence bearing out the statements of thA Learned Counsel, adding that she had not clothes even necessary to cover her, and these were literally falling off. She objected to dress, and would not wash herself for fear of wasting soap. She had not changed her under linen twice in twelve months, and her hair has not had a comb passed through it for years, and it was a perfect mat. She occasionally kept her bed for three or four days without taking a morsel of food, and during that time no one had been allowed in her house. The jury expressed a desire to go to Miss Carey's house, but on their arrival with the Learned Master, &c., could not at first gain admission at th e s t ree t d oor . This object was at length effected by means of ladders being placed at the back of the house, and some men entering by a back window and opening the door. A mob of at least one thousand persons had by this time assembled in front of the house. So great was the effluvia emitted, that the windows were directed to be all thrown open for ventilation for some time before the jury, &c., could be induced to enter. On proceeding up stairs, her bedroom was found to be fas tened, which she did not attempt to open, notwithstanding loud and repeated knockings. The door was at length forced, and she was found by her bedside in the most wretched state. The room and furniture were most filthy, particularly the bedding, &c„;which was very ragged, and her flesh literally begrimed with dirt. The jury appeared satisfied, certainly glad to escape from the wretched place, and on their return to the Courthouse found a verdict—" That Sarah Carey was of unsound mind, and had been so from Ist October, 1842." The jury expressed a desire that immediate steps should be taken to protect the poor creature, which it was intimated would be promptly carried into effect. THE CORN CROPS OF EUROPE. We extract from the Gazette d'Augsburg the following article on the crops of 1845 in Europe According to the custom we have adopted, we shall divide our account of the results of the last crop into two parts—one referring to the east, and the other to the west of Europe. For several years past the east threatened us with sterility ; it first of all began in Russia, spread over Poland and Prussia, and appeared even this year likely to diffuse itself in the east of Germany. Exper►ence has ge nerally proved thnt in the boreal latitude the rainy years are more sterile than the dry ones. This fact has again been confirmed during the last years. It was humidity that diminished the crops a few years ago in Russia, and which produced the like effect in Poland, Gallicia, and Upper Silesia in the course of last year. In Germany the humi dity has not produced any unfavourable consequences, but in certain districts, there are others, on the contrary, which have suffered from want of rain. The results of the crops are, in the mean time, far from being satisfactory, and, from the calculations which have been made, will not suffice thepublic consumption. " It is far from our intention to represent the situation of things in more dreary colours than belongs to it ; but we do not wish, and we ought not, to exaggerate the advantages of it, desirous as we are of attaining our present object, which is to furnish an exact appreciation of actual circum stances. We shall separately name the different countries, and indicate the supplies they stand in need or can dispose of. "Russia will have sufficient corn for the whole empire, without purchasing any foreign corn. Its Governments are in a position to assist mutually each other, but it is very doubtful whether they can send much corn abroad. " The crops of Poland are not sufficient for its general consumption; and, unless it has been previously supplied, will suffer from a scarcity, or be obliged to receive corn from abroad. But whom can one have recourse to when one's neighbours have only had themselves but middling crops, and have not wherewith to supply the deficiency? Money also is scarce in Poland, and important sums cannot be sent abroad to purchase corn. " The kingdom of Prussia has greatly suffered last year and this from inundations, which have ravaged precisely its most fertile countries; and want, which is generally felt there, is on the point of transforming itself into actual famine. "The news from Pomerania agrees in stating that the re sults of the last crops are very mediocre. "In the Grand Dnchy of Posen only a middling crop has been obtained, and anterior provisions can alone prevent a scarcity. The author does not remember having heard such numerous and general complaints, unless it be in the years 1804 and 1817. God grant that the unfortunate events of that epoch be not again reproduced ! There are in this pro vince whole countries where the usual corn-sellers will be obliged themselves to make purchases the next spring. The situation of Gallacia is still worse. The price of rye rose 60 per cent. immediately after the crops ; it is still on the rise. _ . " In Hungary, which is usually so productive, the Govern ment has been obliged to lay in large stores of corn to prevent a famine. The hope entertained of having good crops has been still more cruelly disappointed than in bilesia. "In Austria, Moravia, and Bohemia, the results of this year's crop are below those of the averge ones, aul must scarcely suffice for the general consumption. " If we consider the west of Germany, we find, first of all, that the crops in Saxony have not precisely failed, although they are very far from being abundant. The same may be said of the provinces of Brandenburgh, and of Mag deburg. " Bavaria, like other jcountries, has suffered greatly this year from hail-storms and water-spouts; the results of the crops have in consequence been diminished, as likewise by the state of the atmosphere, which has shown itself but favourable to the cultivation of corn. N ct, urmburg, the country of Baden, Westphalia, and the Rhei.:tsh provinces, have been better treated ; but the disease whici:i has , ravaged the potato crop will be severely felt. NevertheOss, the potato crop has been generally good throughout Westero Germany ; it will supply many defi ciencies in the crops of other places, although they arc not so much grown as in other iiarts of Germany. " Belgium and Holland nave had but bad crops; and the news from France sufficiently proves that this year has not been a productive one. " Spain occupies but an inferior rank among corn-growing countries; still reports from this country do not mention that the crops have been deficient. " England, where the states of the European continent generally find a market for their surplus corn, appears to day to be reassured on the wants of its inteinal consump tion, or at least the alarming news which arrived from that country has been succeeded by much more favourable in telligence. Those who count upon corn supplies from the Baltic and provinces of the North Sea will be greatly de ceived; the prices of these productions will first of all be very high, and in the seccnd place the quantities that can be supplied very small. A great quantity of wheat has this year been stru ck by blight : mid this disease, which has spread' t h rou ghout permany, Poland, and Hungary, has de teriorated the quality of the corn as well as diminished the quantity. Further, it cannot now be accurately known whether at a later period England will not be reduced to supply itself from abroad, for it is well known that it is only in case of an abundant crop that enough corn will be grown for the country. In the contrary case, she will look to ..supplies from America, or from the countries bordering on the b:ack Sea " In 'tndinavia, that is to say Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, the crops have not been satisfactory. In a few words, t h en, it is ay be said that for many years past.thete has not been so unie lr o rable a year as the present one ; and , if it be added that la..tyear only furnished but indifferent crops in comparison wltla' 1:11e preceding ones, this circums s stance ought to give rise to ms inures being taken to prevent.l the danger which threatens ug." • PERFORMANCE IN AID OF l'int SANATORIUM.— Theatre of Every The amateur performance, at Miss Kelly . M' an in his Humour, and A Good Night's .I... e st_ , .b y 34' G. and A. a Beckett, Mr. Dudley Costello, Mr. Charlei . i.' cle ,9 s Brothers, Mr. Evans, Mr. Forster, Mr. Douglas Jern.:," Leech, Mr. Leigh, Mr. Mark Lemon, Mr. Mayhew*, Mr. Stanfield, and Alr. Frank Stone, which so delighted audience composed, perhaps, of a greater number of niter , lectual and accomplished persons than ever before assembled on a similar occasion, is to be repeated, with the additiond assistance of Mr. George Cattcrmolc, en the 15th inst., at the St. James's Theatre, in aid of the Building Fund of the Sanatorium—an Institution in which the distinguished men engaged in the performance have always taken the deepest interest, both from a full conviction of the excellence of its principle, and because it is designed for large classes of per sons in whose suffering they naturally feel a strong sympa thy. Their purpose has been responded to in a spirit cordial, like their own, by all who are acquainted with the nature of the Institution, and by none more ardently than its President, Prince Albert, who has expressed high gratification at the prospect of being present. The performance is to be strictly private, as on the former occasion, and the following ladies, noblemen, and gentlemen have already consented to form a special committee for issuing invitation cards, namely :—The Earl and Countess of Clarendon, the Duke of Devonshire, Count D'Orsay, Lady Duff G r - Lady Robert Grosvenor, the Marquis sdowne, the Right Hon. S. Lushi - Itelgi the lion. Mrs. Norton, Lord and L Agent ecE 1 and Countess of Radnor, Lord and La riblir'ne; 'Lint' Dudley Stuart, Dr. Southwood Smith, &we ilies4Ptaikesnre !Ste sent on or before Monday, the 10d Zovembot„ fie-Dr.Seuthwood Smith, 38, Finsbury-iquat4 alti4etKid4leion wil be returned. „,! ,1 \ • 1 3,