The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-28 00:00:00

FRASER'S MAGAZINE for NOVEMBER, 1 The C Price 2s. rd., or by not, •3A., contains : CoM * Co Price Doctrine o! 7 . L eaves from the Nok.-Book of . enstioL. a Naturali.A. Bart Xt. '• CaptaiPn Hervey's Ten Years in S. The Wallachs in Transy!vania. 3. C zesar Indin. 9. Thoughts in Rhyme. By thelstn !.. A Legend of OniaT, -I late .fslin Stel ling. 60. Il ltan u i r e ct eny A or t fa lie t. . 10. Sketches of ~t mrican Society. re A to L a it ß er a a ll l a T a r . ans7a- By a New Yorker. Life at a Watering Place. Lo 11. A Triad of :Novas. I rdon : John W. Parker, West Strand. •-•-•—.....___—..—......____ NOTICE. COLBIJRN' S NEW MONTHLY :MAGAZIE. yttilltadh_di i, tion to the Usual variety ofinteresting b matter, NO- A nt and `"Lit N umber of thi n Popular M aTazine will contain a t ni e mpor • ofti• 1 FOit t ,„_ a article, enntled ''...ZI INFLUENCE ON THE IiANKS OF THE DANUBE. ChtPrnan and Hall, ISG, Strand. 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WIIP4 Cas tle, Esq Robert Inttharn, Esq. ~ 'tin killer Chri t ' 'Rbbert Sheppard, Esq. .t....oc!wriarct Crowley, s3'' Esq. 'lea!' FeltaamEsq, nark% Giipi , E sq. . gq. Samuel Wilson, Esq , ii Charles Whetbam, EAsqlderman, J.. roil e C° " ( l l2 est, lr 7 , P riTs coolm. stat,, 4 x -L.S. ne nt shows t. ctA'ss. Thomas Hodgkin, M.D. the progress of the Institution from Ye ars end ,_ No. of Amount lug. Policies Animal Income. of ..„.„,......... issued. Capital. v., 1831 616 2°, : ";------ ' .1 :3 --- 7 - .£ 4 ,021 12 2 £10,736 3 0 h ~ 1833 435 14,600 0 0 31,592 10 5 459 46,855 0 10 ~ i. 1339 19,931 19 4 490 25,457 4 2 64,959 10 10 ~ , " 1840 31,091 10 10 90,545 13 9 ~ ' 1 341 g 74 h ~ 1842'' ..2 - 4, 18431 84 4 ' "L" ( I t ':4 - -63 , 7 43 0 :934 ,':, f 3: 36 1 : 7 9 91) -1 1 99 4 71 2 5 074 -.241,450 2lll 0631 2749 : 9081 67°9 9263 : 321 30274 ~ ~,, 1 84.5 . , 1846 1005 „ " 1847 88,940 8 2 299,675 12 4 ), ~ 1848 1234 111,113 13 0 367,172 16 0 ~ 1849 1423 126,232 7 6 440,023 15 3 Numb er .... "-------10 94.--- 151'97G 1736 °t.111.7 4 7 517,243 7 I k eroe . . ' te lytki ed r 5.,,, ,!11nse ~,,,,,- - renl te. ini wose pre miums become dae o n th e Ist October are da Z ` 4 thaththe same must be paid within thirty days from that Copi es lipplicatioorifthe last Iteport and all other information may be had on JOSEPH MARSH, Sec r et a ry. GRAND SALON DE DANSE, it OtAL A DELAIDE GALLERY, STRAND. Lem, - - -Afr. OPEN FOR THE SF.ASON. Tho mas Bartlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Great , kr. % T .„. ~, Russell -street, Covent-garden 411 1 ed ‘tirl"l'uN, anxious to have the best Band in London, has re- Dan s e valuable talent of th 3 leading Artists engaged . during the Perr ot : 4 ' o n at Fe talent Gardens. including the following mine a nd „'llers froln her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera, 1,1,4 P.hilharinonic Concerts :- 041 1 ! °114 a —Ha y ward, Cohen, Bue's, 11. T. Seabrook, Van Hed- Reco'ncini. • 1,,,10 Violins—Pelerin, T. Jackson, Edwards, C. Griesbach. Viamr3„ --„SaDinski, J. Jackson. toc4,loB—Quinton, W. P. Reed. tlailt"" , G. Taylor, W. Trantor, rice°, . oaynor. Gay, Stu Ben. l'iat °--AleYer. oLeolet—J. Ty N-X -J• Schott. ler' II `trlettl — Park G P." 84011 M 'Q. Tyler. -.r ile , •—• .ontara, Ilerns a-P.stons—Hunsfreess, Cottrell. tre,„ 3 ,2 W. F. Youngman, W. Y °unman. tipaTunl---Brebster, Guiraud. 0 b_s,eB ieide—losea. Drum—ldarrison. 4e Priun—Seymour. toy „,. , vOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT. -`iirlsing Selections from the most celebrated Composers, and Overture .. zanetta „ Solos by thst-rate Artists. ~Roio (Flat) Mr. S y .. . ••• • • Say er. ll''ongs by Miss En,' a pei n . °r .. nor . itio (Violeneello) Mr. Reed. r,4leetion from LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR.. Donizetti. `lnic Songs by R. Glindon. s'tleiu from LA SONNAMBULA .. • • Benin!. le p. Conducted by BORINI. 110,N,'6 votaries of Terpsichore remarks on the excellence *t . efenloi,`„liand, after the experience of its Orchestral Triumphs at sioi„.'le. would be superfluous. 11,4f!Ild Concerted Pieces will be performed during the evening. Waltzes tu VS1•1 0 ,;Il a Latest will Adelaide Polka, drith , of iiii Popular Irish Melodies, Galop d'lndustrie, New Qua T he Gt. '''. e l i de _ and Salon, Refreshment, and Ante-rooms have undergone bosi.rable iterationsa and improvements. i 8 open alt -past Seven I. * - -•:,,....................___ o'clock. Admission One Shilling. UPYAL tri,.,,i,,e.cture on the Ballad Music of Englan c d . i , m h3 p ' o 3 s r eis every Ev , en- POLYTECHNIC INSTI r T G U eo T rg I . O B N ar: 4 72_!11t illustrations front the most popular ) HyGro leQeelit Raturda ) t Eight o'clock.—Lecture on the vi k tr„..l', Esq., illaystr:i• aeth ° Ancient Fiery Ordeal an,,oya-motive I! 'Pe ,911aeine, b Y D a II hh ffneecture on Chei d nis th tr e y u b a y n.i: Ni wa "Al 110 t Metals ing liod e el of Weston's Patent 13, Wo.. Y. at Work dil .Th' I in Views illustrating some of the i tt t suer s of N . atasre a d y i .— isso v f g ast Four, and in the Evenings Arctic ''•, tO. to Tea'• daily at Se hial ' -p exhibiting Scenes in t . he in . ''', te 4 , "4 CeYlon, daily aat O n n e e s, e'eloelt.—Diver and Div g Ara A., 7 _ ,n Admission is. —Schools, Half-price. At Nat ---", 'roln Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Ev ening (ex bell, UrdaY) from Seven till Half-past Ten. AIIGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL -444,,,,, STREET, ST. JAMES'S. , ---' P4 "aalat to Act of Parliament of the 25th of King G. orge i.,'ole Le se the Second. .kttalicatil._ Cornet -a. krilrlUellttN7,'selljErlre.,q Emile Laurent, jun;,Nsl7,,arlAroapEtopn-sEVI P%atollnk, TP)Bo Ai tis ,e to M Strauss' Or h . ietiv.'4, elegant a . cesra a the , Baths . A ul N c t o p t ti n r t l , l ;f a r t i i in s ° P c i l l ;i n , y a , n F d r n A n r c t e i s . t e -...0 b 1 , -lid popular resort of fa,hion is now duly AtT of PARLIAMENT, tatiinbe u irptr,ced• In addltioerPtNOCF;•TiSn The new lessee pledges or9lei%l4,!tothing shellsha be W an a t i n n e , og; his part to rend hashs rto beZ7loort__llY distinguish 4 patronage and support it 1)4111.": f avour s " jit:ed with, and respectfully soliits a e v 7tinuance Pen Ater? we web it will ever be his study to e deser k. alat,vrelneigseaityl.lalf-past Eight • i• artieulars of the' C l C l) ncerts i :;ill shortly appar. missfo One Shillin,,. - Dan . c:ug ,, to co . mmexce bit. ekil---ELL's NEW/ N' TORKS. 141474F10eet-street—'; ila n '" , e 3Z r e c ed, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho; direct from the author, tle gitilling e aell IoY P05t,724161d;. or EICJOYMENT; F LIFE. Co .._ "Realth, Recreation, arind rational Use nUmsemoefrTlimioem."ings—Hliilas tti,,nvqs:—Early hieing p o z,.. I,)tout the .Environs if I)Lonifdoann The Parks, Lanes, „ntry l'rlpesZWltehle, Ilagli-roads, and other pleasant places— touome t/lete--4•l,4l'lll4e4t—The Sea—London at Night—Evenin, a k let, F -'e 1)1'41113 On Eatin D ' g Sleeping, Bathing, Air, 48; Occup,tion, te., at.e.g, rinkin , ‘ , 1114°10117'S FROM TYIELMO , AINS. Two Vole. VIB ir - lin - T ut ratitz3 NaTcwor EDINBURGH, &c. ti tt I T. , Vol. 11. Vol. ."418 OF EILLARNEY REMINISCENCES OF DU, &c. 111. /, AT T 0 ZAT rrp NID AVOID. run." V eti t iAtear at re til j te e w e leo ef a r ,_ e yiea-ra' —antsi-iten'oA"ur course may hthe y:ebilitated healtoliost every form d constitution , that haras e s im es_ lira 113' 1ka. e4 ,, ta the rcananot r fe u e r b e ie , business, or study, ar!4regu. a and cai) of net , - "WI of ''''' with tables itnil pleasure , for the diet and physical °/0,1-daY life. ig ~... IV. .W litt paji.,_ TnE PASSIONS. ittl4lne,..ell;rn'Ltillf4-117: F 11%hurt as t A b t e h b e o n d s y e — ve w r h h a e t a i r m d. I '' r"e' 1. rnage, from " % ittio''ils. n e infancy to old age. The advent_ ‘ l 4l e— tly nctis ~,'"astity and its infringements. The casualties of -'4adifttiv.a.' diasigation with illustrations, graphic. Advocacy 'of early marriages. narrative, „, TIIE Iif ARRI V A:GE STATE. sp:- 4 ao b e , lizjillacilkk.,,,,, or not to be, that Is the question." ZtieleregarZlL--Laws and obll ations of nature, society, and re ,tlr ,„°4 otlnl.4,,,rriag, to be &served by either sex. Time and ` 1 13,,' , secup-'"aa as to age temperament, complexion, and .41 defeei t ,,, e 4ealthY °flooring, ' with the art of rearing them. tt:ete' -." " s and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. (ls• A. j ~,, 24) . CDT:tr. ~.5t,..1 lestent„--11WELL, 1 5f.13. (1841), If.R.C.s. (1827), L.S.A. ' ,l -.` Ito, "e Years Niedical and Forensic Referee in these iftnim eetton henry claily till five. Xvenings.aeven till nine. iee. ltoitent-street *1 .r.e h a li , TITITYFIFH EDITION. , IN THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF 04 t4,llltrat„,., DISEASE. s-tUyst6r,97 26 Anatomical Coloured Engraviirs on Steel. _ .. ti- AQT.I%.' DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA pfest, e sP sa d . .. A.ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE. nt,,,iir.erriproved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d., ~,e t t vont the Establishment, 3s. 6d, in postage stamps, x.,... ire ~,,,?ILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on torilL""sp i,,u_enstion and Physical decay of the system produced by hylipry, -:.;tinZerice the egsseqcuaences of infection, or ' the abuse of tt, 'Wed 1411 eXplicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion, tlite?; observations on the Married State, and the disq ialifica- Nlr the ilijndetarevent it. Illustrated by 2G Coloured Engravings, and s p; of eases. By R. and L. PERRY and co., Consulting gl Atith o ,..: 1 iterners-street, Ox ord-street. London. Published by St; kill C,2 and sold by strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, pt, 1,„„-lige r , i so 0r,... 4 AT I trn• . by ; and Gordon, 14G, Leadenhall r, anti. of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive 1 1oal. tr...! diUstrated by Six Coloured Engravings. . hi.on,,, _treata of the consequences resulting from exc..ssi d ve In ; 014,14 ...inil their lamentable effects on the system, pro uc in. ""a no b odily . excitement, and generative eIt Y. 111 weakness. nervous , ins. th,.4„a x it , . iist..ated by Three Explanatory Enf. 111;041; otr_eats of the diseases resulting from inrialetvetdtoirne,cetilothnef forin tietr, treanNurtr2ndary form, and contains P al p Ak svi z *. Tills section is illustrate( by Seventeen Coloured TIIIII:lo api,h,Cabtains a Ttensedv for the Preventto . ef Disease ,v . by . n bot t 1 44,, 'on, by which the danger of iniection is o. L.teeels. oe. Am pazt of the Work should not escape the read t it s v. lB 41 we T he e devoted to the eo nsideration of marriage, s ub} au " of unproductive union are also considered, and . - izt bet Cr cioxo Itleally and its d+ l 7 .- and Philosophically inquire.' into. , in h„,!ttlni4 negr. tat n or STRTACUM is CY. CilliiVelY emPlo:c e,-.,.,„ ra t - b ottla . Ws and se xual debility, impotence, Stc., Ils. an? .?..: pit%,,ntdy, for ...._e.oncentrated Detersive Essence, an . anti.sypniiii p,:oastook. eZ,0..12 Yi , ng the blood in cases of Infection, secondary .r ?„.Non , and the abuse of inercury, I Is. and 335. per , box `'Y a Purifying Specific Pills. 2s. 91 , 45. fel.. and I"' 1 : emu ili._ certain remedy for conorrlvea, gle^t, stricture, and ti `,.._ . „nnutispututtion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, Olsonor in aft: detail of the case is required: bit and posi ptunilltrxt Y. 11. Packets, with advice, to he s had at the 'forte ._ ~;;L Y , bY which the fee, IL, Is saved. Messre, Perry, A'. eat,t;,,.,,_,tn mtendance dally at 19, Rerners-street, Oxford litre '''''.lllll3l Eleven till TWO and XIII! :oxiot ; on &m -ill 4474 4 to One. •••'.// / 41 • 16r- A - r 1... " <1 7/ ;7 , • - , • • vex, 4 ' ;• , Vc* „., -, - 7.• „.0 , ak s , . , ! • • • • 'Ri te „,. , _ • 4 1 'y I , ll Mlw . a, \ 04 11, 4. 1 1 / 4 •47, =LT, '"l . 4* - ! 6 a. ' ) 40, r°9 - -auh"? ;1. \v- [PRICE SD. i-questioned as to who the three countrymen :e, but her answer was that she did not know their names, though she did their faces. At last Lord Lo vaine elicited from her that what she did say to Har wood was, " You have been in a row and lost your jacket, like a snake that has slipped its shuck." The bench being unable to get any further information out of Mrs. Seabrook, the prisoners were asked if they bad any questions to put to her. Jones asked how it was she knew that it was he who came to her house ou Saturday to secs Levi Har wood ? Witness—Because I saw you. Jones—lt was dark. You did not hear me speak, did you ? Witness—Do you suppose I did not know you ? I saw you both standing together outside the door and talking. This terminated the evidence adduced during the sitting, and The Chairman announced that the prisoners were remanded till Friday next, before which time there seemed ev e ry pro b a bi l i ty that more light would be thrown upon the ca..:e, and that the pri!woers might be called upon to say why they should not ta..l their trials both for burglary and murder. PREPARATION OJ FLAX. We were yesterday favoured with an inspection of , a ne w process of preparing ilex, by which the delay, • as ate, end expense connected with the present modes of its preparation are entirely obviated. Our readers are probably aware the; under the or , dinary mode, the flax is steeped for periods varying from eight to fourteen days, and under Schenck's pa tent system of steeping in heated water, recently in , troduced into Ireland, the period required is not less than sixty hours. Under the ordinary method of steeping great care is required to prevent the -fibre of the flax from being completely destroyed, and not withstanding the attention which is usually bestowed upon this branch of the process, large quantities of flax are constantly injured to such an extent as to render it all but valueless. Under Schenck's system, where the water is required to be gra. dually heated by steam, from eighteen to twenty hours, until it arrives at a temperature of 85 to 90 degrees, and the flax remains in the water for sixty hours—is afterwards dried in summer by spreading it thinly on grass-land, and in winter upon ranges of shelves in a building connected with the " vat-house," and heated by means of steam-pipes— the operations are of such a nature as manifestly to render the system unsuitable to the great mass of the flax. growers. Under the new system, however, the whole of the cperation of steeping is dispensed with, and we wonder how such a step could ever have been resorted to in the preparation of flax, unless it were intended thereby to increase the expenses, to seek unnecessary risks, to waste time and labour to deteriorate fibre, and to throw as many difficulties as possible in the way of its successful and profitable preparation. The chemical properties of-the plant appear to be such as to render •,- totally unnecessary the application of anything like a steeping . process, while, so far from benefiting, it only evealtens e and;, to a. great extent, destroys the valuable fibre. But the complete absurdity of the proces.s is most strikingly shown by the dye or stain which the steeping necessarily gives to the fibre, and the large quantity of injurious substances which always adheres to the fibres after the operation of steeping, and which it is necessary to remove subsequently by the tedious, expensive, and destructive process of bleaching. In effect it is the same as though the growers of' cotton were, previous to its being shipped, to cause it to be saturated with a dye, end afterwards to have it rolled about on a sandy beach, leaving it to be subsequently cleaned by the manufacturer. One of the greatest difficulties connected with the manufacture of linen is that of weaving it sufficiently close in consequence of the dirt which adheres to the fibre, and which scarcely any amount of scutching is able to remove. The unsteeped process of preparing the flax com pletely obviates all these difficulties, and places the fibre in the hands of the manufacturer with none of its oleaginous properties destroyed, free from dirt and dye, and of considerably greater strength as com pared with steeped flax. The rapidity by which the flax may be prepared may be judged by the fact that, during our visit, a quantity of the stalks in the state in which they were pulled, with the bolls of • seed upon them, passed through their several stages, and within one hour was handed to us in the shape of a beautifull silky-looking fibre, almost as white as the paper on which we now write. We are not at liberty to state the process by which this result is arrived at, as the patent for the invention has not yet been secured ; we may state, however, that the whole operation is so perfectly simple that a child may with ease accomplish it, and that, although we had not seen the process before, we were ours:lves able, with out further instruction, to produce a small quantity of fine fibre from the plant. The process has, we believe, rah with the cordial approbation of Lord Clarendon and a number of noblemen and gentlemen interested in developing the industrial resources of Ireland, who have had the opportunity of witnessing it. Application has been made to the Board of Trade for a charter of incorpo ration to carry out the patent, the company un dertaking to purchase, at the rate of 121. per acre, exclusive of seed, the produce of 100,000 acres of flax in Ireland. They also propose to allow the use of the patent, to supply the machinery, and to provide instructors to those growers of flax who may possess the means, and who are anxious to afford employ ment to their own labourers in the preparation of the fibre. The inventor of this process also claims a patent for a mode of saturating the seed before its being sown, which has the effect ofrendering the crop more than usually prolific, of diminishing the extent of the ligneous properties of the plant, and producing a degree of fineness in the fibre which has not yet been attained. A quantity of the seed so prepared was last year sown by a gentleman at Tullagh, near Cork, and the produce exceeds three tons to the acre; and such is its quality, that the:grovier has been offered 51. per ton for his crop, exclusive of the seed.—Morning Chronicle. [ADvERTIBEmENT.I Messrs. HARDING and Ca., 81, beg to intimate to the public that, in consequence of the rebuilding of their premi6es, it has become imperative on them to dispose of the whole of their valuable Stock, which they have determined to cffer for immediate Salo. at a very eoa siderable reduction of price. Messrs. IL and Co. offer to the public the assurance that the Sale thus announced is Lena fide. Their entire Stock, consisting of Silks, Ribbons, Lace, Embroidery, Shawls, Scarves, Cloaks, Mantles, Gloves, cad the recherché Selection of Millinery, fur all of which their establi,hment is so eminently distinguished, will be unre servedly subjected to the reduction. The Sale will be con tinued for a limited period. EADVERTISEMENT.I-A dangerous CP.se of Erysi pelas, attended with Swelling and Inflammation, cured by Hol loway's Pills and Ointment.—Extract of a letter, dated East Kiel, Spilsby, Lincolnshire, October 8, 1845 :—" I beg to an nounce to you a most wonderful care wrought upon myself ty your pills and ointment. I had a very severe attack of erysi pelas in my right foot and ankle, with swelling and inflamma tion to an alarming extent. I was unable to move without the assistance of crutches. I consulted an eminent physician to no purpose. However, in less than two weeks, by the use of kour ointment and pills, I was cured, to the surprise of all wlio new me. Signed, Joseph Gildon, a farmer.' —Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. THE GREAT AGRICULTURAL MOVEMENT IN THE Gnowixo os FLax.—A company, comprising many of the leading nobility and landowners, is seeking from the Govern ment a royal charter to give encouragement to agriculturists and farmers to bring into immediate cultivation at least one hundred thousand acres of land in Ireland, for the pro duction of flax straw, which substance the promoters of this charter have (by new and peculiar processes never hitherto adopted) the power to convert into a fit state to hold com petition with the best flax imported from foreign countries, without the aid of sleeping, kiln-drying, or mill.scutclaing. The machinery by which the fibre is separated from the stalk without steeping is of a very simple and inexpensive kind, requiring no previous knowledge to work it. The un steeped flax is uniform in strength, and free from stains, so that all the after processes of manufacturing and bleaching may be conducted with a facility and exactness not hitherto attainable. OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.--. At the public office, Birmingham, on Thursday, Mr. Paul Birch (who has been for upwards of twenty years in the ser vice! of Messrs. Wheeler and Co., jewellers, of Bartlett's buildings, Holborn, London, and of St. Paul's-square, Bir mingham), was brought up on a charge of having committed a number of frauds upon his employers, under the following circumstances :—The defendant was employed as foreman at the Birmingham establishment, and a part of his business was that of paying the men their wages weekly, taking a proper account of the time each man worked, and to trans mit a weekly statement of all moneys received and disbursed to his employers in London. For some time past suspicions were entertained that Birch was in the habit of rendering fraudulent balances by a system of charging for men's wages a greater amount than he had paid them in consideration of the number of hours they had worked. In order to test this Messrs. Wheeler sent on a particular day for a workman named Mordaunt to town unknown to the defendant; not withstanding this, in his weekly balance Birch charged for Mordaunt six days' work (1/. 69.), although he had only paid to him 1/. 101. Other frauds of a similar character were brought forward, and from the evidence it appeared that this system of fraud had been carried on for some time. The prisoner was committed for trial. At the time he was taken into custody he had 700/. of his own money in the hands of his employers. SHI I•WRECH.—FALMOUTIT, OCT. 9.3.—0 n Tues day night, at about &even o'clock, the schooner Thetis, of Preston, Strickland master, from Dieppe, left this port for Liverpool, with a cargo of flour, was run into by the choon , r Shepherdess, of Llanelly, Morris master, from Ply mouth for Wales, r, he having, at Six A. 31., come out of Mount's Bay. The concussion was received by the Thetis in her waist, immediately after which she turned on her beam ends, when her captain and his wife, and the crew, consisting of four hands, got into the boat and took refuge on board the Shepherdess, the poor woman escaping in her night-dress. A boat shortly after went from the Shepherdess to endea your to pick up or take off some of her stores, and, when , f eshe Falmouth,careened where over, bottom up. landed ,arhhoou Shepherdessetthfreonmmandeer the unfortunate people on the following morning, It is likely, from the .sature .of the..catgo,of the Thetis, that she will pot go down, but will be made a prize of by some cf the .Modfit '1 Ccatv tisherthen. The colli s i on took i)laea 'between the Lizard and the. Longships. The in a line Shepherdess was split, and s h e ma k es water Itein of the OCTOBER 28, ;8 - 50: N 18,126.] LONDON, MONDAY 1 4 2 *.y lIERR, LABITZKY ER at . the NATIONAL CONC The " Berliner Walzer," n•JI. the " Herbst-blumen Walzer," as also the "CaliforniaN Clalop," the productions of the celebrated com poser, performed with so much applause at the National Concerts, may be ol.tained at the Messrs. Corks and Co., Publishers to her Most Gracious alajesty, 6, New Burlington-street, sore Publishers of all Herr Labitzky's Works. AME SEASON.—CROSSE anti BLACK WELL, I'mveyors in Ordinary, by appain'men: to her Ma j,ty, beg re , pectiully to inform Vie nobility and ventry that they colitnate to tuanuracture the celebrated 50110 SAUCE, which Will he fq.uttit auparior for every deAcription of gain, ; ineir improv,l E , s,ne Q of real Corgona Anchovies, Diumore's Essence of Shrimp , , fur lio led and fried Itoyat Table Sauce, Sir Hobert Peers Sauce for general purposes, Anchovy Paste, Stra-tha , g I'otte.l .tteate, &c. 'I he whole of the above, to4ethar with their superior pickles. may be obti,ined of .11 the principal sauce venders throughout the kingdom. Mar.afactory, ?l, Soho-square, I.ondon. Established 1706. LONG EVENINGS MADE StIOR r. VIECHI'S flonoug BAGATELLE TABLES —V.ll_ manufactured tion the Premises, 4, Leadenhall-street, London, make lone evenings appear short, and combine calculation with amase ment, price 3/. 'Os., 41. 10s., 5/. 10s., up to 121. Sold also by his Agents, Speirs and Son, Oxford; Powell and Lounge, Leeds ; Eaitee, Liverpool; Woolneld, Glasgow; Pratt, Bradford; Thompson, Not tingham ; Stephenson, Hud ; Squiers, Dover ; Steel and Rix, Nor wich. None are genuine without Mechi's name. THE EXHIBITION OF 1851. Not the least wonderful part of the Exhibition which is to be opened next year will b 3 the edifice within which the specimens of the industry of all nations are to he collected. Its magnitude, the celerity with which it is to be constructed, and the materials of which it is to be composed, all combine to insure for it a large share of that attention which the Exhibition is likely to attract, and to render its progress a metter of great public interest. A build ing designed to cover 752,832 superficial feet, and to have an exhibiting surface of about twenty-one acres, to be roofed in and handed over to the Commissioners within little more than three months from its com mencement, to be constructed almost entirely of glass and iron, the most fragile and the strongest of work ing materials, to combine the lightness of a conserva tory with the stability of oar most permanent structures—such a building will naturally excite much curiosity as to the mode in which the works connected with it are conducted, and the advances which are made towards its completion. Enchanted palaces that grow up in a night are confined to fairy land, and in this material world of ours the labours of the bricklayer and the carpenter are notoriously never ending. It took 300 years to build St. Peter's at Rome, and thirty to complete our own St. Paul's. The New Palace of West minister has already been fifteen years in hand, and is still unfinished. We run up houses, it is true, quickly enough in this country, but if there be a touch of magic in the time occupied, there is none in the appearance of so much stucco and brick-work as our streets exhibit. Something very different from this is promised for the great edifice in Hyde-park. Not only is it to rise with great rapidity, but in every other respect is to be suggestive of Arabian Nights' remembrances. In its favourthe window law is to be ignored, and 900,000 superficial feet of glass, weigh ing upwards of 400 tons, are to be used in its construc tion. Not a stone nor a brick will be employed throughout the spacious structure, which is to rest upon 3,300 cast iron columns, and to be strengthened and kept together by 2,224 girders of the same ma terial. The plan of it which has been published re presents an edifice in every respect qualified to be come the repository of specimens of the world's in dustry ; the basement and two upper tiers diminish ing in area as they ascend, and thus securing a graceful variety of outline, while the monotonous effect of a façade 1,848 feet long is broken by a spacious transept. This transept, •=4OB feet long and 72 feet • wide, will be arched, and will ^rise to the height of 108 feet, inclosing with in it, as in a glass case, a row of trees, which respect for the park timber has induced the Commissioners to spore. The roof of the entire building, resting on the cast iron girders, will be what is technically called " ridge and valley," and will look like an undulating sea, the whole being covered with canvas to exclude the rays of the summer sun and prevent any inconve nience arising from excessive heat. This will be the case in every part of the structure except the transept, where the presence of trees render light necessary, and where, therefore, the arched glass roof will remain uncovered. When closed in and completed, the view presented by the interior will, it is anticipated, be won derfully graceful and splendid. The central avenue, 1,848 feet long, 72 feet broad, and 66 feet high, with rows of pillars shooting off from it on either side, and •so arranged that the eye can traverse freely to every part of the building, must have a very grand appear ance. Care has been taken to have the columns upon which the whole fabric rests distributed with such re gularity that no confusion or forest-like effect can be produ ced by them. It will be the same in all the avenues as in the central one, although there, from its proportions and the entire absence of galleries or upper flooring to break the perspective, the view presented will be most esidesth imposing.e immense spice thus devoted to the ge neral purposes of the Exhibition, there will be on the north side of the building a room set apart for the re ception of machinery. The dimensions of this apart ment are on a scale proportionate to the important branch of inventive' industry to which it is to be de (Heated. It will be 946 feet long, 48 feet broad, and 24 feet high. Another feature of the building will be the refrushment courts, which, in accordance with the aristocratic spirit of the country, are to be divided nto three classes. Those whose means and tastes incline them to patronise the first will discuss the de licacies of the season under the branches of the trees which occupy thrtiorth end Of the transept; those whose habits of life are less ambitious, or whose pa lates are less discriminating, must move westward; while for the crowd of humble visitors the requisite accommodation will be provided on the north-east side of the building. To enter into further details with reference to the interior plan would needlessly complicate this descrip tion, and would he inappropriate at present. It may, however, be right to mention that while from north to south and across the breadth of the structure the flooring will be perfectly level, from west to east it will be slightly inclined, like the stage of a theatre, though not of course to the same extent. This, it is be lieved, will add much to the effect of the interior, by en abling visitors at the lower end to see almost at a glance over the whole edifice. Though from north to south the flooring will be quite horizontal, the land slopes a little, and this enables the architect to give the building on that side the appearance of a raised foundation, which will be faced with green sod. The advantage of this to the external beauty of the prin cipal facade it is almost unnecessary to point out. A light iron railing will inclose the building at a dis tance of eight feet from its exterior, and beyond that there will be a footpath. The grand entrance will be nearly opposite the Prince's gateway, and will bare seven pairs of doors. Ample arrangements have been made, however, for the entry and exit of visitors at other points. The exterior surfaces on the first or ground tier will not be of glass, but of wood, for the purpose of greater security, and also to afford a wall space for such articles as require to be hung up in order to be seen to advantage. To enumerate in de tail all that this great undertaking embraces would be an endless and perhaps rather a tedious task, but some conception of the work to be performed may be gathered from this—that the calculations of Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co., the contractors, estimate, among other requisites, 34 miles of gutters, 202 miles of sash leers, and 8 miles of table for exhibiting. Turning from the building as it is to he to what has already been performed, it will be found that con siderable progress has been made. It is now a month exactly since the actual work of construction com menced. In that time the foundation pieces on which tie columns rest have nearly all been fixed upon their beds of concrete, and the earth filled in around them. The columns required for a large section of the southern and central parts of the building have been put up and connected together by girders. The framework begins to indicate the form of the future structure, just as the ribs and bones of the mammoth at the British Museum shadow forth what the animal must have been when alive. The graduated outlines of the structure ascending tier above tier, the cathe dral-like effect of the transept, and the long extended avenues and rows of slender pillars, branching off sym metrically on either side of them, can already be dis cerned. Sleepers and joists for the flooring have been laid in one or two parts, and one small piece of window framing has been fixed in its place. The external facing of the ground tier has been commenced, and while the framework of about one-third of the structure is in a forward state nearly every detail of the work has been begun. Messrs. Fox and Henderson have already one small crane es tablished on the girders for hoisting up materials, and in a few days theywill have several more. The rapidity with which the building progresses may be estimated from the fact, that two columns and three girders can be fixed in about fifteen minutes. While the actual labour of construction proceeds a vast amount of preparatory work goes on simultaneously. Nearly all the wooden arches required to span the transept are completed. Sash bar, window frames, intermediate bearers and gutters, are got ready by hundreds of workmen under sheds, formed hastily of floor planking. The hydraulic press is at work testing the strength of girders, and a few fires are lighted to prepare the wrought iron bolts by which the columns are made fast to the connecting pieces between them. Piles of material of every kind drawing. are are coll ec t e d i n every part o f t h e groun d , an d it i s believ e d th at t h ree-fourths of all that w i ll b e requ i re d are detpwoesnitteyd horses, within tv‘h,ehiehboaarrdeingem. employed dre ini already At is a stable f o r withinpresent about ee ni s t e ie d hundred butha nds e estimatedat itwork that the enclosed the number must be raised to 1,500. No difficulty is found by the contractors in prJcuring the requisite supplies either of material or labour. The i ron work is all brought from Bir mingham, where it is prepared by Messrs. Fox and Henderson, assisted by two other houses. One firm furnishes the whole amount of glass required. The timber used is from the Baltic, and of excellent qua lity. A portion of it is prepared at mills taken for t he purpose at Chelsea, and the rest on the grounds. When the weather is wet, this part of the work, which is carried on under cover, is pushed forward. When it is dry the fixing of columns and girders is proceeded with. Gas has been laid on in the grounds, and the toils of the day are continued frequently as late as eleven o'clock at night. Within a commodious set of offices the heads of departments regulate the work and prescribe the division of labour to be pur sued. Here, too, a room has been established for draughting plans of the building, in conformity with which it is to be completed. A considerable par- I tion of the work is done by the piece, and no diffi culty is found in procuring any amount of hands that may from time to time be required. Every morning they assemble in great numbers at the en trance ready for employment, and when engaged they turn out very efficient workmen. Such a sup ply must be regarded as one of the most important feeilirks which a great city like London presents for the execution of an undertaking like this. An i.,genious system of cheques b y means o f var i ous l y shaped brass tokens has been introduced to determine the number of hours per day for which each man has been occupied, and the remuneration to which he is entitled. The whole husine: s of the contractors seems to be carried on in the most systematic and orderly manner; and what is very remark able is the little noise or bustle with which the work proceeds. When the materials of which the building are chiefly com• posed are recollected this will be the more easily un derstood. Nearly everything is brought on the ground ready to be put up, a n d th e l ou d es t soun d that reaches the ear is the occasional clink of a ham• mer " closing rivets up.." Over so large a space the noise of labour is lost, and the building rises almost as silently as did Solomon's templ e . The contractors still speak with perfect confidence of their ability to construct and roof in the whole before New Year's-day. They have within the last month done a good deal, but in the two that still re main to them they will find their energies fully , taxed to do all that still remains to be accom plished. If within the limits of time pres c rib e d t o them they succeed in carrying out so extensive and elaborate a plan as that which they at pre sent contemplate, they will merit the utmost praise ; but before even the letter of their contract the safety of the public must be placed, and we do trust that every precaution will be adopted to prevent the possi bility of accidents hereafter. Of late years many circumstances have occurred to shake the confidence which was at first reposed in iron structures. Sus pension bridge s an d ra il w ay termini have be en g i v i ng way and falling i n fr o m comparatively slight causes —the smallest defect in a part, .the snapping of a r o d, or the shaking o f a pill a r, by disturbing the distribu tion of forces, often brings down the whole fabric. The new building in Hyde•park is a novelty in archi tecture—and a novelty upon a grand scale. It is to be provided with' many galleries, where specimens of industry will be exhibited, and where, therefore, crowds of visitors will assemble to inspect. Consi dering the materials used, therefore, it is most hn portant that every care should be taken to insure the safety of these galleries. Messrs. lox and Hender son say that they have adopted every precaution in this respect, and that their calculations of strength are such as to render an accident from the crowding of spectators impossible. 'We trust that it may be so, and we think it due to them to state that a minute examination of the progress already made in the work has impressed us with a high sense of the efficient, orderly, and expeditious manner in which it is carried on. This is the more remarkable when the novel character of the structure is remembered, that novelty removing it out of the routine habits of those engaged in the labour of construction. TOTAL WRECK of an EMIGRANT HARWICH, Ocr. 26.SHIIIreP. regret to announce that herrt fc° boundll' : 1 4 p ° 0 3 f. e s s 4 n e in o l7 o_ ; grantst()G tons, n e t f anotheruecef Gunfleet Sunday yaa Sands. s a d : o s a r s l a t e . vn South isTtohctfhibi Carolina, Charleston, gr h o6pci,l a iau s alrbeea b tati, . e tejn e aldßoi l l i shi ard.taeronsibt:saeealshrrli waswee ts Friedrich, reeked on th e e gers had a general cargo valued at 2 000 dollars. All went on well until the evening of Thusday las . , when the Gunfleet lights were sighted, and, by a fatal error, were supposed to be the South Foreland lights. The ship's course was steered under this impression, when, at nine o'clock, the night being dark and rainy, the vessel struck heavily on what proved to be the Gunfleet Sands. In an instant consternation spread throughout the ship, and every passenger, including many women and children, hurried to the deck. The masts were speedily cut away, and other efforts mane to lessen the heaving of the ship, and to get her off, but all with no avail, as on the pump being sounded there was found six feet of water in her hold, besides other indications that the vessel was hopelessly lost. The waptain, who throughout behaved admirably, had a number of ropes passed across the ship, which the passengers grasped in order to maintain their footing. In this way a weary and wretched night was passed, all of them expecting that the vessel would every moment go to pieces. At eight the next morning (Friday) they were descried by the crews of several smacks, who immediately went to their assist ance. The tide had left the vessel with but little water round her, so that the smacks' boats could not get alongside. The women and children were first lowered from the ship's side, and, aided by several men, waded through the water to the boats, by which they were conveyed to the smacks. In this way all were safely taken from the vessel, and 140 of them were ultimately landed at lisrwich, the last number of them landing as late as one o'clock on Saturday morning; the re maining passengers were landed at either Colchester or Brightlingsea. The captain and two mates re mained on board the barque until four o'clock on Friday afternoon, hoping that the vessel might yet be saved, but as the sea rose she rapidly broke up, and became a total wreck. Messrs. Billingsley and Co., the Bremen vice-consuls at Harwich, paid every attention to the emigrants, Mr. Williams, one of the firm, particularly exerting himself. The passengers are very grateful for the way ih which they are being treated. It is Supposed that they 'will 'remain in Harwich until another ship is provided f)r them. The barque belonged to Messrs. Glogatein and Son, Bremen, and was not insured. EXTENSIVE SWINDLING. - - BATH, SATURDAY.—George Rowland Hill, a man about 31 years of age, who bad succeeded in swind ling a large number of the most respectable tradesmen of this city out of goods to a considerable amount, was placed upon his trial this morning at the quarter sessions held at the Guildhall before Mr. Jardine, the Recorder. The greatest interest has been excited in the case amongst the trading community, in conse quence of which the court was crowded in every part. Mr. Hodges conducted the prosecution, instructed by Mr. Williams, solicitor, and also by Mr. W. G. Gray, as solicitor to the Wilts and Somerset Trade Protection Society. Mr. T. W. Saunders and Mr. F. T. Allen, instructed by Mr. Cheshire, solicitor, of Cheltenhsm, defended the prisoner. There were four indictments against the prisoner, each containing several counts, in which he was charged with obtaining goods by false pretences from Messrs. Reynolds and Holman, linendrapers, of Union-street; Mr. Clement, ironmonger, of Burton street; Mr. Hayden, cabinetmaker, of Stall-street; and Messrs. Gully, ironmongers, of New Band-street. The first case proceeded with was that of Messrs. Reynolds and Holman, from whom the prisoner was charged with fraudulently obtaining carpeting, &c., to the value of between 701. and 801. The following are the particulars of the prisoner's transactions, as gathered from the evidence, which was very volunai nous : Tho prisoner, in the latter part of 1849, came to Bath, and opened shop as a cabinet .maker in Bel lance-street, where he employed several workmen, and appeared to be carrying on a flourishing business. Having thus succeeded in making himself known, in the early part of June of the present year he com menced his fraudulent proceedings. Going to the shop of Messrs. Reynolds and Holman, he represented to them that ha had been employed to furnish a house for the Rev. Mr. Dangerfield, at Stroud, in Glouces tershire. He said the job would amount to b?tween 500/. and 6001., and that he was to be paid as soon as the work was completed, which would be in five or six weeks' time. He also told the prosecutor that he should require carpets and druggets. window-cur tains, &c., to the amount of 60/. or 70/, and asked to be allowed to have such goods as he might re quire, to be paid for as soon as the Rev. Mr. Dan gerfield discharged his account. Upon the representa tions made by the prisoner Messrs. Reynolds and Hol man allowed him to select at that time carpeting to the value of 221. In two or three days afterwards a letter bearing the Stroud post-mark was received from Hill by the prosecutors, in which he stated that the carpeting was not sufficient for his purpose, and that he must have some more, of the same pattern, or, if they had not more of that, he must have the required quantity in a new pattern, and he would send back that first had. Having no more carpet of the first pattern, Messrs. Reynolds and Holman sent a bale of another pattern, but that first sent was never returned, and subsequently other goods were obtained by the prisoner, amounting altogether to between 70/. and 80/. From Messrs. Gully, Hay den, Clement, and other tradesmen, the prisoner suc ceeded in obtaining goods to a very large amount' upon the same representation of having to furnish a house for the Rev. Mr. Dangerfield, and very inge niously contrived to make some of his victims re ferences, by which he became the better enabled to obtain the property of others. Suspicion was at length excited, and in July Inspector Dunne, of the Bath police-force, went to Stroud to make inquiries, and the nature and extent of the fraud became at once apparent. No such person as the Rev. Mr. Danger field existed, and the prisoner himself occasionally went by the name of Dangerfield, in order to effect his purpose. It was also discovered that he had had sales at Tetbury and other places for the disposal of furni ture. On proceeding to Cheltenham the officer disco vered a large quantity of furniture of every descrip tion, including a great portion of that obtained from the tradesmen of Bath, besides between 1001. and 2001. worth not identified. At the railway station were several articles directed in the prisoner's hand writing to persons of different names, and to be left there till called for. A watch was set, and after a while a cartload of the goods was fetched from the station. The cart was followed, and the prisoner se cured as he was receiving the goods at a place called Charlton Kings. Here a bale of carpet belonging to the prosecutor was found in an unoccupied house, where it had been deposited by a brother-in-law of the prisoner, named Thomas Window. On the bale was a direction to Window in the prisoner's hand writing. In another unoccupied house, next door to where Window lived, more property was found, and in a loft which the •prisoner's wife had taken for the o p f ur fu po rn se it w ur e e re of dh e c v o e v ry ered two or description three sto waggon w edaivay. loads o On his way to Bath the prisoner said to the officer, " I am glad it is stopped, for I don't know where it would have ended if I had gone on with that Win dow." Further discoveries clearly proved that the p tbh r ue i s s i o fnr n ea e su r sd a i.n c t B e d a t h upon s a p re colourable concert ed a p ff l s f , and pr o t m h a o t t h p igs The jury found the prisoner Guilty, whereupon an arrangement was entered into between the counsel on each side that judgment should not be pressed for on the other cases if the prisoner pleaded guilty to them, and so enabled the property obtained by him to be returned to the owners. The Learned Recorder, in passing sentence, re ferred to the serious character of the offence of which the prisoner had been convicted, and said he should inflict upon him the utmost punishment the law would allow. The prisoner WAS then sentenced to be trans ported for seven years. Hid is a native of Gloucestershire, and well known in Stroud and Cheltenham. At the Gloucester sessions in 1838 he was convicted of a felony, and sentenced to nine months hard labour. The grand jury has returned a true bill aga i nst t h e prisoner, his wife, and his brother-in-l aw , Th omas Window, for conspiracy. THE SECRET POISONING CASE NEAR ABERYST IV1741: The adjourned inquest was resumed on the 17th instant. The coroner read the whole of the evidence from the commencement, and s umme d up i n a most able manner, especially commenting on that part of the evidence which bore against the accused. The jury deliberated for about two h ours, an d returne d a verdict to the following effect, viz.:--" That the de ceased, Ann Jones, met her death through poison, but that there was not sufficient evidence to show by whom administered." Upon that fact being made known, Captain Freeman, chief constable of the county constabulary force, entered into consultation with a neighbouring magistrate, the result of which was that a charge was preferred against the accused (Elizabeth Jones) fur the wilful murder of her mother in-law, Ann Jones. She was forthwith taken into custody, and conveyed to Aberystwith station-house, until the following Monday, when the case was en tered into before the county magistrates assembled for that purpose, at Pontrhydfendlged (Ford of the Blessed Bridge). Several witnesses were examined, mostly the ser vants of Bronberllan. Th€ accused was remanded until the 29th instant, in order to afford time for Mr. Iltrapath, of Bristol, to be again present, and accordingly a summons fir that gentleman wes issued yesterday.—Cambrian, Friday. POISONING AT CONISCIIFFE MOOR night three t e c i U n r grnSte mihe le s NEAR af tI r n I yrn , p r t a ah t ri m; eol)trfo,jw(ti,nflß:edtwomanisi:s'eGtl takenvf I r 'e o ° l, l s f i‘ :o i 7 ( o; dr Septembern House, i ll o et i b le ou l n r t h last, and was attended by Dr. Jackson and Dr. Peacock, both of Darlington. They Ibund him labouring under Fevere pains in the bowels, accompanied by violent retching and sickness, and his symptoms continued in creasing in violence until the following night, when he died. Both doctors were present at his death, and Dr. Jackson entertained suspicions that poison had been ad ministered to the deceased, and intimated his fears on the subject to Dr. Peacock. Deceased was, however, buried. The suspicions as to the cause of his death having got abroad, and various rumours prevailing as to domestic discords in deceased's household, owing to the alleged incontinence of his wife, they were at length formally conveyed to Mr. Settle, the deputy coroner for Stocton ward. Accordingly on the 12th inst., the remai❑s of the deceased were exhumed, where they had lain nearly five weeks, and an inquiry was held before Mr. Settle, at the Hope Inn, Sedgetield. At this inquest, Thomas Hayes Jackson, surgeon, then deposed that the deceased was a healthy man up to March last. On the 9th of that month, Dr. Jackson was called to see deceased, who appeared to be labouring under severe inflammation of the bowels, and was suf fering great pain. Deceased recovered from that illness in the month of May. On the night of the Ist of Sep tember, witness was again called in, and found deceased in bed, complaining of severe pain in the bowels and stomach; he continued vomiting violently, and on the night of the 2d September he died. Witness bad sus picions that death was caused by poison, and had, after the funeral, communicated his suspicions to Dr. Pea cock, who had also been in attendance. Deceased had remarked to witness that he had had a great deal of trouble in consequence of family disturbances, and had said he did not think he 'should recover. Witness had_ assisted at the post moltem examination of deceased, and from the appearances presented, had not the least doubt that the deceased had died from the effects of poison. After hearing this evidence, the jury recommended that the stomach and other organs should be transmitted to a competent gentleman for careful analysis, in order that the presence of poison should be tested. The inquiry was resumed on Tuesday last, when Dr. Glover, of Newcastle, gave evidence of having examiLed the organs to detect the presence of poison, and after a most careful analysis, he had obtained satisfactory evi dence of the presence of arsenic in those organs. After receiving this evidence the inquest was again adjourned until next Tuesday, in order to collect further evidence. Superintendent Robson, of the Darlington police, proceeded on Wed! e,day to Coniscliffe Moor House, for the purpose of searching the premises. He there found a packet of arsenic, labelled " poison," on the top of a press. The widow of deceased was present, and ap peared considerably agitated, but expressed no surprise at the discovery. At present the affair is shrouded in considerable mystery; but it is anticipated that consi derable light will be thrown on the subject at the next investigation. THE FRIMLEY MURDER. On Saturday, at 11 o'clock, the examination of the prisoners in custody charged with the double crime of murder and burglary at Frimley was again re sumed before the magistrates at Guildford. Mr. Best, the chairman of the bench, presided, and there was a numerous attendance of magistrates, probably arising from the expectation that the accused at the close of the day's proceedings would be finally com mitted for trial. This expectation, however, it will be seen, has not been realised, the prisoners having again been remanded till Friday next. The evidence adduced possessed no great novelty or interest, being to some extent a repetition of details which have already been made public, and where fresh facts were adduced they were merely such as supplied blanks in the indirect proof of guilt. When the prisoners were one by one brought into the court-room their appearance was narrowly watched, but indicated no material change. Samuel Harwood's face looked paler on entering, and became flushed as if with strong excitement as the inquiry proceeded. Levi Harwood also, though the confident daring recklessness of his manner and expression hid suf fered no visible abatement, seemed to be more thought ful and concerned about himself. his complexion had acquired a less healthy hue, and the muscles of his face and throat were in constant motion. Jones looked quite as well, if not better than at the previous examination ; and Smith, the approver, appeared to be more at his ease, though his eyes were still for the most part bent timidly on the ground, and he never once directed them to where his companions in guilt were standing. This man has quite the slim active figure of a burglar, while all the rest in build and expression look like footpads. A curious piece of pantomime occurred during the proceedings on the part of the prisoner Jones, which, singular to say, was only observed by one or two people in a crowded room. The accused were drawn up in a semicircular form at the entrance of the court-room, a turnkey be ing placed between each of them to prevent commu - nication. During a pause in the proceedings, Jones who had managed to fall behind a littl e , caug h t Levi ilar wood's eye unobserved, and clenching his fist at the same time, and slightly raising it, with a motion of his lips, and a glance at Smith, he very significantly conveyed the kind of treatment the approver would receive if an opportunity ever offered. The only other point worth noticing in the conduct of the pri ssoomneerso of Mrs. tb e s m e a a b n r i o fe o s k t ,s delight replies t with o t the hi interrogatories they heard of the chairman, Mr. Best. Mr. Neale, an attorney, in Guildford, who, it:will be remembered had made sever a l unsuccess f u l appli cations to the magistrates to be permitted to commu nicate with the prisoners in a professional capacity, was present in court, and watched the case on behalf of Samuel Harwood. Mr. W. S. Holiest, brother of the deceased, as on former occasions, appeared, and took an active part in the proceedings. The first wit ness called was George Everest, the gamekeeper, who repeated the evidence given by him before the Coroner, as to the finding of the " worm-bit." Sergeant Kendall, of the detective police force, proved that the boles in the scullery door broken open at the Rev. Mr. Hollest's corresponded with the " worm-bit." He also produced a bolt taken from this door, and a portion of the window sill, on both of which he found marks, which in all probability were produced by the " worm-bit." Mr. William S. Holiest produced the masks, the silver communion cup, and several other things handed to him for safe custody, and the chairman de sired him to retain possession of them until the trial. The witness suggested that some hairs which had been found adhering to the masks should be compared with the colour of the prisoner's heads, and this was acceded to by the chairman. Inspector Hollington here drew th e a tt en ti on o f the bench to the propriety of m a ki ng i nqu i ry as to a corduroy cap which had been found, and which he believed could be identified as the property of Levi Harwood by Mrs. Seabrook, in whose house he lodged. Levi Harwood—l never wore such a cap in my i h u f a t t rhimresad. n S dd e e a s b i rr not o e d o s e k e m s t h a ye at s opal, prisonerlife,disposed e a tko s t oh falsely. oc lodm his with this order, and grum bli ng l y sa i d, that i f w i tnesses said what was untrue, it was time to speak out. Sergeant Kendall stated that the cap found was believed to be a workhouse cap, and in the meantime, as it was not in court, the inquiries with respect to it were not further proceeded with. Harriet Seabrook said that Levi Harwood left her house on the evening of Friday, the 27th of last month, and did not return until the ,following even ing, between seven and eight o'clock. She saw Jones there a few minutes after Levi Harwood returned. He did not come in, but remained in the lane out side, and left after a few minutes' conversation with Levi Harwood. When Levi Harwood arrived he went into the tap-room and sat down as usual.. Mr. Holiest—Did you speak to him ? Witness— No. Mr. Holiest here cautioned the witness to speak the exact truth, or he would call some one to contra dict her. He then repeated his question, and Witness said she believed she had said to him, " You have been in a row and lost your jacket." A long interrogation of the witness ensued on this point, Lord Lovaine, Mr. Best, and Mr. Holiest, by turns, putting questions to her, but the only answers elicited were that Harwood appeared to be in his usual state ; that she had heard him say nothing to her or any one else; that be was always a quiet young man, and never said much. She admitted that three country men who came in during the evening had talked of the Frimley business in the presence of Har wood, but he said nothing about it. She was then NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. COLLISION BETWEEN A FRENCH AND ENGLISH MAN or-WAR.—An unfortunate collision between the Spy, 3, Lieutenant-Commander Western, and a French man-of-war steamer, occurred during the night, a short time since, on the coast of Africa, arising from some mistake in the night signals. The Spy hoisted the usual signal, which was not seen by the French. Fortunately no lives were lost, but the spars and rig ging of both vessels were damaged. Aid, lighter, sailed on Saturday morning from De vonport, with stores for Portsmouth. Avon, steamer, at Devonport, is to be commissioned as a tender to the Impregnable, in lieu of the Fearless. The crew of the Fearless to be transferred to the Avon, when the Fearless will be sent to the eastward to wait further orders. Banshee, ex-Holyhead steam-packet, Master-Com mander Smithett, arrived at Woolwich on S tturclay afternoon, to hava one of her boilers taken out. Ca radoo is also to have one taken out, and the vessels are then to b tried against each other. Bel:erophop, 78, Captain Baynes, C. 8., may now be hourly expected at Devonport. She was towed through the Straits of Gibraltar by the Janus, on the 11th instant. Camel lighter, Faben master, arrived at Devonport on Friday morning from Exmouth, with the furniture of Rear-Admiral Moresby, and has discharged it on board the Portland. Dragon, 6, steam-frigate, Captain H. W. Gifford, assisted from a perilous position, with loss of fore topmast and jibboom, a Dutch merchant ship, and towed her into Gibraltar, on the 15th. Hercules store-ship, Master Commander Fulton, was towed from Greenhithe, on Saturday morning, by the Monkey and the Advice, to the Downs, on her way with stores for Gibraltar and Malta. Vesuvius, advanced steam-sloop, will tow the Port land, 50, Captain Clads, out of harbour into the Sound this day, and will then proceed round the Ed dystone to try her engines. PORTiiIIOIITH, SUNDAY.—The Retribution steam fri,Tate, Captain Warden, came into harbour to-day under steam. During her late trial to Queenstown she averaged a speed of 71 knots, and with sails from 9 to 10 knots. She is very buoyant and will be armed with six more guns, and have her complement in creased 30 men. The Pluto steam-vessel from the colst of Africa, is hourly exented here, having left Fayal the 26th ult. - The Dauntless screw steam-frigate, Captain HA stead, had arrived at Queenstown, and was coalipg on the 233. She embarked a number of seamen, ap prentices from the Wizard instruction brig, and sailed for Lisbon. The Inlaurn, 72, and Inflexible ateatn-sloop, were at Port Royal on the 28th of September; the Inde fatigable, 50, was at G-reytown; the Persian, 12, was at Corn Island, Mosquito ; she has been very sickly and lost four or five men, and many of her crew were then on the sick list. The Bermuda schooner was at Carthagena, en route to Jamaica; she also had been sickly, but her crew were recovering ; the Alarm, 26, was at Antigua, which had alo been sickly ; Mr. Congreve, her purser, died on the 23i of September. The Lily, 12, Commander Bedford, arrived in Simon's Bay, Cape of Good 'lope, cn the 4th of Au gust, en route to the East Indies and China. The Heroine, 8, and Dolphin brigantine, arrived at St. Helena on the 26th of August from Ascension, and sailed on the 29th for the cruising ground. The Success American trader arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon from London, and sailed this a!'- ternonn for Sydney. The Sprightly steam-tender sailed this afternoon for Plymouth. WooLwrcEr, OCT. 26.—The Llghtning steam vessel, Manter.Cornmander. Petley, arrived here on Friday from Devonport, where she had conveyed supernumeraries for service in the Portland, 50, which is making ready at that port as flag-ship on the Pacific station. The Caradoc, sister steam•vessel to the Banshee, is hourly expected at Woolwich, having been ordered round from Portsmouth. The Jasper steam-vessel, in charge of Master- Commander Henry William Allen, of the Black Eagle, and the Monkey steam-vessel, have pro ceeded with the Hercules storeship, Master-Com mander Fulton, to take her through the Downs with troops and stores on board for Gibraltar. The Advice steam-vessel returned to Woolwich this evening, after accompanying the Wasp steam-sloop to Greenhithe. The Iphigenia (old frigate) having had her masts taken out here, was towed back to Dsptford on the same day (Thursday last), to be broken up at that dockyard. The G?yser steam-sloop, Commander Tatham, was taken out of the basin in the afternoon of to-day, and remains at moorings opposite the dockyard, prepara tory to leaving for the Brazils. The Warp steam•sloop, Commander Crozier, left at one o'clock P.m. to-day for Plymouth and the coast of Africa. The taking out her ballast and substitut ing a 32-pounder gun of 56 cwt. for the 68-pounder of 87 cwt. at her stern, considerably altered her im mersion, and when she left her draught of water was 13 feet 5 inches forward and 14 feet 9 inches aft, her former draught being 13 feet 7 inches forward and 16 feet 2 inches aft. The foot leverage attached to the stearing-wheel of the Rosamond steam-sloop is the invention of Captain Fayrer, and was fitted by Mr. Robinson, and 'IA the invention of Lieut. Robinson, as previously stated. SIR JOHN Ross's EXPEDITION.—The arrival of two carrier-pigeons from the Felix, in which Captain Sir John Ross proceeded to the northern regions, is not credited, and the account given in the Ayr Adver tiser of their being first seen tends to throw great doubts of their being any of the pigeon 3 given to the gallant captain previous to his leaving Ayr. The Advertiser says the pigeons were first seen at An narck, some distance from their original dovecot, and assigns as a reason that the cot was shut Up. Those acquainted with the character of carrier pigeons feel convinced they would have continued fir days on the top or near the cot where they were formerly reared or kept, and must have been seen by their owner or persons connected with the place. It is also scarcely to be credited that two of the legs of one of the pigeons should have been shot off without wounding any other part of the body if it had been fired at when flying.. A PLAN FOR REEFING TOPSAILS FRO3I THE DECK WITHOUT SENDING MEN ALOFT.—ThiS most ingenious contrivance has been fitted on board one of the Penin sular and Oriental Company's vessels, the Iberia, and found to answer admirably. The sail reefs itself, and from the time the yard is lowered it is close ree f e d i n two seconds. The reefs may be again shaken out, and the topsail at the masthead in twenty seconds. In nau tical affairs this contrivance is one of the wonder s o f t h e age, and must be rapidly brought into general use. The invention is not expensive, becaus e t he p re se n t sails and topsail-yards can easily be altered, at an expense not exceeding 151. per yard and sail. The inventor. Mr. 11. D. P. Cunningham, R.N., late secretary to Admiral Moresby, has taken out a patent, and we hare no doubt he will be amply repaid for the time and trouble ho has bestowed. It is well known to officers that many a reef is kept in during the night, and in consequence the ves sel's progr ess re t ar d e d, on account of a disinclina tion to s en d men a l o ft more particularly if th'n weather he wet. With this admirable con trivance sa il can b o ta k en i n , and again made, in t , l short spaco o f t i me w i t h out se nding a man aloft. The in vent i on i s of more importance te the commercial marine th an to t h e royal nave; but, of course, it is equally applicable to both, and must manifestly save much anxiety and do away with the risk of losing men off the yards wh en reefers in bad weather, more particularly it . frosty weather off Cape horn, So, &c. We triist this talent e d gentleman will be more successful with this than wi t h hi s other admirable inventions; we par ticularly allude to his plan for checking the recoil of heavy guns by means of compressing the. air in a small cylinder fitted und er t h e b reach of the gun. As regar d s the former invention, he is in the hands of the Superin tencLiit of the Peninsular and Oriental Corneany, at Southampton, who has gi ven hi m every aes i stance an d support in bringing it to perfection. Fortunately, in tata Instance, he has diff , rent ma t er i t l s to d ea l w i t h, for nojealous feeling can by any possibility arise between the navy and artillery. This feelinghas ben the cate.e o f m a ny inreeious contrivances being busked, apparently because the suggestion did not originate with themselves. —Portsmouth nine* and Naval Gazette. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND NORTEI-WESTERN. - At a recent meeting of the inhabitants of Kilburn and its vicinity, to receive the report of the deputation appointed to wait on the directors of the London and North- Western Company, it was stated that the directors would take measures for the construction of a station at Kilburn, so soon as the new route by the East and West India Dock Railway, from Chalk Farm to the Blackwell Railway, shall be completed. Every ex ertion on the part of the inhabitants would be made to improve the approaches to the intended station and to obtain the removal of the turnpike gate, which at present forms a barrier to the entrance at Kilburn. The Bell Taver❑ gardens having been considered as the most eligible site, the landlord of the tavern ex - pressed his willingness to do everything in his power to assist the directors in forming the station by letting them have the rcquiaite laud at a reason able rate. OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERIIAMPTON,-- It appears that arrangements have been entered into with this company by the Shrewsbury and Ches ter and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway whenCum completed, that the arrangement will be mutually ad van t ageous b p e a t n w ie e s en for Wo w r o c r es k t i e n r g and the D li u n d e ley. It is exp ec t e d to all parties; that it will enable the Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton Company to complete the best portion of their line, and that it will have the effect of increasing the traffic on the other two lines. The Oxford line will join the Stour Valley line at Tipton, and passengers will be conveyed over it from Worcester to Wolverhampton, and thence over the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railways, to Shrewsbury, , Chester Birken head, and Liverpoo'. CLYDESDALE JUNCTION. —The committee of share holders, appointed to confer with the Caledonian Railway directors respecting the guaranteed shares of the above company, state that while counsel strongly recommends a compromise in consequence of the points at issue being very complex and involved, he at the same time advises the immediate institution of legal proceedings by all against the Caledonian Company, that those parties who have had recourse thereto might not obtain a preference. The commit tee recommend this course to be adopted by the share holders to protect theiraot -operate ne i b i a t etg teehrmae withsat eif at any h n t ed, than with trust s n ar a s b y. l io Baird.eewp r o t that the saves ho Theya' r it e e h ox o n p i( con clu dee l o e n f r s se c o mp r o mise , t i o l b l ye °6 accede to it. Aoßnv°llthseuißC% urveys for a line from Ch ester and H o l y h ea d Ra il way, t ß h; Cn o A u g g ßors h , the north-west of Wales, are now being made, and should all the landowners be favourable, ,ha line will be commenced at once, and made during the winter from Bangor to Port Dinorwic. RAILWAY RATING. ---.At the various Quarter Ses sions just held, the important question of railway rating, in connexion with the railway companies ap pealing against assessment, has come under the con sideration of the magistrates with different results. in the case of the Midland R a il way, on t h e sec tion of their line from Derby to L ee d s, arrange ments have just been made with the s eventy par i shes a l o ng the line, by which a reduction o f a b out one -third on the sums paid for parochial r a t es d ur i ng t h e l as t six years has bean agreed to. The mag i strates h ave confirmed the rate of 5001. per mil e i n the town o f Wolver hampton, on the Shrew s b ury and B i rm i ng ham Rail way, against the claim of the company to be only 1501. per mile, the amount o f assessm ent on other portions of the line. Th e S out h - E as t e rn Company rated have been assessed at 5001. per m i le on their Isle of Thanet line; but thei r appea l aga i nst b e ing rated for their Chilian line h a s b een respited un til the decisi on of the Court of Q ueen ' s B ench on t h e general ques tion of railway rati ng i s ma d e k nown . An order h as been served on the, company for pa yment of the rate s on their Folkst one li ne , ot h erw i se a distress will issue ; and an order h as lik ew i se b ee n issued against th e London and North-Western Railway for payment of the rate of 4681. per m il e i n the Saddleworth district, e d for by the coua instead of 1001. p e r m il e , as contend parry. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, OCT. 26. STOCK ExciTANGE.—The transactions to-day were as fol low :—Great Western, 70—Midland Stock, 42 1 4 —s, uth Devon, 1114. : Lanes shire and Yorkshire, Consolidated , dis.— London Quarters, 2% p.— Midland, 42 LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 26 . and dthNe :North-Western, rn T , The sait7ria4n_pct:ed, Fifths, 7 —Ditto, New STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share mar ket was dull to-day 1 A N wr w e as follow, t4__Ditto, Halves, 21% c. dis.—South.East ern and Dover, 20E4—York and North Midland, 23--East Lan cashire, Preference, Quarters, 7 1 4• BIRMINGHAM, Ocr. 26. Srocx ExcnArroc—The share market WAS dull to-day' and little busin ess d o i ng . The only transactions reported were - Shrewsbu r y an d Birmingham ( A),B dis.—Ditto (B.) 6 1 t dis.—South Staffordshire, 374 tbs. London and N orth : Western shares were in request at full prices. Other stock was neglected. YORK, OcT. 25 . STOCK Exciranaz.—The transaction s t o -da y were as fol low:—York, Ne w ca s tle, and Berwick , 17 t— North B r i t i s h , Preference, guaranteed 6 per cent. dy e ye ars, and 5 per ce n t. in perpetuity, 433 —York and North Midland, 23A. Barnsn HONDURAQ.—The government of the set tlement of Belize, British Honduras, is about to c h ange hands, the present superintendent, Colonel Fancourt, having received an intimation from th e Colonial-office that i n co o - _ sequence of the expiration of his term a successor has been appointed. THE DIS•UNIONISTS.—It is said that two Tracts rian Bishops have been in communication with the heads of the minority at the late Bristol Union Meeting, and that an effort will be made early in the ensuing month towards compromising matters by proposing a new form of dec!ara tion of faith, w hi c h may detach some of the less adv ance d of the Romanisers from their chief. It is not, how ever, believed proportion to of be the s oe r o rank anticipated that the motion will find m uch favour , as a large pkleatnecl l yßomanised that th e ag i tation file of Dr. Pussy's majority i s against State ascendancy is only entertained as a mean s o f facilitating communion with the Church of Rome, unfet tered by State enactments and restrictions.—Church and State Gazette. At ~b h' ,t3' I ,ret, ppe tiff . 3re