The Sun. — London, England, 1850-10-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, DIARKE'r NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) NEWGILTE A.1%771 2.M.LILDEINTBALL. rtcey,These mantels ruled heavy to. day at barely stationary —Beef, from 2s to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2,6 d to 3s 8d; urk, 3s to 48 4d o-r 81hs, by the carcases. ILT raili ZZUCTS. FoUT RALL. OCT. ritne Beasts and Shee were sca rce, and q u i te as dear as last wet k. all other stocks exceedingly littie business was transacted.—Beef, from 33 to 3s 101 ; M utton, 3s to 48 ; Veal, 3s to 3s 6d; Pork, 33 to 33 101 per Sibs, to sink the offal. 4 "FoRD, OcT. 23 . —Our market ruled dull to-day, and last week's prices were barely supportel—Beet, from 23 10d to 3 s 8 I; M 3 utton,to 4s; Veal, 3s 2d to 6,1; Pork, 3s to 3* 8 I p er 81b s. s uc kli ng C a l ves, 19. s to 255; and each. Quarter ofd St ore Pi gs, 17 s to 2 3s FIAILSEIAU, OCT. 23.—We had a very slow trade, on the loLowing ee terms:—Bf, from 3s 2d to 4s; Mutton, ai 4; 8 d perta 81bs 2i . ; Veal, 3s 2d to as 6d; Pork, 3s 4d to 3$ tiIARUNDEL. OCT. 22 . —Generally speaking, the trade ed dull, at drooping prices. —Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s; al „ t htc, 33 4 d to 4s 2d; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 6d per 81bs. tstIiICUESTER, OCT. 2 3.—Our market to day has ruled , but wo have no material change to notice in prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s; Mutton, 3 6cl to 4s 2d; Veal, .$4 Zito 38 4d; Pork, 3s 4d to 3s 10d per Bts 14AZ IMILICILIEITS. !ir s (rit2:,ll4RlLD.—lrleadow Hay, 2/ 8s to 31145; Clover, T 4 ba r and Straw, 11 is to 11 7s per load. a,de dull at ely late rates. rLimilEßLAND.—itieadow Hay, 2/ lOs to 3/ 15s ; .o,,i;!nra,:/erOagsetosti4p/plys: and Straw, 1/ 2s to if 8s per load. and a heavy demand. n,orinTEctAPEL. Mradow Hay. 21 8s to 3/ 14s; both a/ot to 4/ ss; and Straw, 1/ is to 117 s per load. gay and Straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. CORN AVERAGES. ror thGE-11"AL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN o_ the 1...,_: Week ended Oct. 17, 1850, made up from the Returns d _f_ _ ez I : eters In th e di ffer . ,-„ . .... _ i E. ir i tth d an Wald Per Ihipe r i e) en, k.atiesanct Towns n Quarter. PRIC E - I ass I WHEAT. EAU i 101 1 I 24g 2 T d . l 1163 s Ts id 1 bETIES ON FOREIGN CORN. • I n"' I 24, aLs's 1 26 1 : 1 7 . d 1 2 B 9 I 3 AN I S d . I 29 P S EAS id BEANS. I PEAS. II Od i s 0,1 OATa. I AYE. 1 wiItrt,I:TTITIES or ni ts ,, od i Is Od I Is Od I Is Od , s ~478 ; Barley; 4,428; Peas, . - ' 3 Z , 4 I S ; OL Oa D ts I , N I4, T 7 II O4 E ; PAST WEEK 2,125 quarters. Rye, 103 ; Beans, SHERIFr .'------- Therewhi_is twhere no cases ' 6 COURT. —(THIS DAY.) set down for hearing to-day, ti 4 ::'_ f . e !mt day of vacation. The ordinarymivy iistp.isuexpti:ceteCio, nil commence next week, when a h , the Co in consequence of the business before arts for the ensuing term. BANKRUP TCY. —(THIS DAY.) IN RE A. ASHCROFT. -Ib T h e bankrupt was described as a shipowner at Liver .' a nd came up to-day on the question of certificate. i ti, t eypeared that he had been induced to join his re a ettleat-Ari . B°4l e email shipping matters, and had also spe• 7 , 1 in raik ay shares; but the amount of the debts all.t:habilities do not exceed 850 L inns Elbsioutt said there did not appear to have been l otion yiotraudulent proerence, but there had bee❑ asp. cu te not justified under the circumstances. The certi rvVedf. e was then granted of the second class, but to be sus for threo months. This eras the only case this morning. Clitly,--- ------ AL COURT. --(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Befor e Mr. Justice ERLE.) ' 4h4 Wake an Edwardl, aged 57, a surgeon, carrying Go hu i • rn wh ' was 1n the neighbourhood of St. Martin's-lan . e, (1 wai remanded from last session, surrendered in els. kith to take his trial on an indictment charging him with Nonionsly attempting to procure abortion. Mr. BALLANTINE, on the part of the prosecutioe, dre a ' the kttentio o f the Court this morning to the *cute II la__, stance of the prosecutrix not being to be found, the it to his Lordship in that case to say whether .fie trial should be postponed until next session, or that 'line defendant should be discharged. The offence, which w all been attempted by the difeedant, was made upon a ~Pt b ao who was a cook in a gentleman's family, ''' a very grave and peculiar character. Abortion . auT'ea rocured, and that under circumstances resulting ... 1-,..sweeh pain to the prosecutrix, and it would be for his 6-"irdthip under those circumstances to exercise his dm qetion in the matter. r , Ris LORDSHIP said that as the trial had been already i 1441 postponed to suit the convenience of the de f'adnt, it was but fair that it should be again deferred the next session to allow of a search being made for 'ue prosecutrix, who was now absent. The ease accordingly stood over until next session. ,Til the case of Augusta.? Robinson, who was convicted terday of uttering a forged chequ e for 201., with the Intent to defraud his employer, Mr. Keyser, a st oc k. lObber, ' , kr. CLAuxsosr, on the part of the prosecution, stated w the Court tbis morning that it was the wish of the Prosecutor to recommend the prisoner to mercy, .pri Pally ou account of his youth, he being only eighteen Years of age. kr. PARRY, on behalf of the prisoner, applied to have the judgment of the Court postpened until an opportu kity could he had of Proving that the handwriting in the forged cheque was that cf the prisoner, a person who could have deposed to that fact on the part of the Ptisoner having died. tp,s_lll% LORDSHIP refused the application, and the sen- jt (4 the prisoner was deferred. w fo l , ;( 1 1 1 11, 0 4 E OF RAPE. —Daniel Harrington, a man of a cast of face, aged 30, described as a labourer, 41:7 !tidieted for feloniously and carnally knowing and uzl.g it ary Ann O'Donnell, a childagedeig w ht as yea u r ia s : defetidetCarkson prosecuted; the prisoner opel'ateikgreater part of the evidence in this case was ne- C hild ' Y u nfit for publication. It appeared ,. seiltr," whom the offence was perpetrated by d hy t that p t r h i e . i ttint ‘,?-ad eh° bud lost her mother, resided A wh , k;Atherine O'Driseoll, in Noah's r . . k -i , e w y i , t h wi her th pri , during te:hnlerlhe Prisoner lodged. On Sunday, the 22d Sep ' 1)4 " eat d• which the child Mary Ann 0 hen ere th e room In he temporary absence of the aunt, the ern' .12E11 and her little sisters wire in bed, ehirtaltted the abominable offence with which he _ was . a . nd th 7 Wh it . t ge ,,, d .. On the return of the aunt the child told her . to g , "ad happened, and on the aunt charging the pt.' 4 r with the offence he denied it, and said he would e l ll 'lve done alien a thing for the world. _ exa. kr' a.urgeon, to whom the child was submitted for d to the 8. :,0ri on the morning after the offence, depose the , ellnd,l46ence and injury which bad been inflicted on ~ e person. It. , .*soner, when called on for his defence, pro -41.1 lays innocence.; f;lt_ I•olinsuir having summed up the evidence, i r cy f.und a vertliet of Guilty. sport% fearuhsfriete then sentenced the prisoner to be tran plfeercincie ' Skelton, a limb k at the bar, on a chargo of feloniously and car Young man, 22 years of age, was chiLsolueoTainbitonatneclighatbusiug Catherine Ann Heft , a ear. Iluddletten . years. lion ; and M r ar e n L e t i Tddeut d cl , the case for The prosec.uPt a . 2 the prosecu- With her motherr,i; 44 d the prisoner. the offence, the deta i ls 2 ' intelligent little girl, resided Stratford, and , Angel -place, . for publicalio ' etails of whlch were necess silly unfit t i n h 11 , was committed, as in the last case,du- F ro of tr gt e übsence of the chilly ' m o ther, on the evening a 911 of October last. of;::ra the evidence of the surgeon, by whom the child zatnined, there could be no doubt that a capital 41 0 4 had n t only teen eztenraie el upon her, hut that thc, ‘ aome disease had been communicated to her by Prisoner. ll,lr. p • IN . AANELL addressed the jury on behalf of the eh i d 7r. lie remarked upon the technical language the lte r, e a d used in describing the offence committed upon oleinta(;lltendioce that such taneuage could not have be , 1 :44 ~,is°aB, 131 mutt have lieen put into her mouth by „.. e.,eer pi.r5,11. "e L.ar the jury found a tert, st ' r el JUDGE summed up, and Th'' °f. N ot Guilty , pri • charge orcoalinee was then arraigned on a second _ child, Uatiii - lige Ann golf nee teed abusing the same 10th Octo ber. 1,1411101 r, on another occasion, on the committed. ', tee ds • had been comm . Ill e 0 , ; ) aster the first offence similar to that given to tstab6ku, etice in this was very little doubt of th ''' 111 0 re d- charge, and left ?r,trieener,P Ing ts% 4 ha .lur . u ! t ' . • but wished to recom -e tits hip; t o eunvicteu the prisoner, la s tO mercy on account of his youth. • (tle , -k:/.• NE W COURT. 'efore the R and Mr. Alderman MooN.) kai z _ . RECORDER . h ate vg Jones and Esther Stone, who were convicted blt Nay of *twin e a sovereign the property of a grocer raFttlitel Gin sling and 35., the property ' of William Hardt se,:,were sentenced this morning, by the Recorder, to p`,` °loate imprisonment and hard labour. ati7•-•narles ft inter, an engineer, and Elizabeth Collins, a _ L . 1 7P . , 4 . of .the pave were convicted of stealing a purse- lien4din,ing upwaidi of 18F., the property of Francis te t jr ,: l t. a Belgian, from his person, and were sen cu to seven years' transportation. SURREY. SESSIONS. —(THIS DAY.) th e jgn e 7- €I7Y Was indicted for stealing a silver watch, property of Edward Pooley, at Lambeth. Prosecutor deposed that he was a coachsmith, residing Ztltt ClaPhlm. On the Bth of Se ptember, about ten o'clock night, he was passing Kennington Church towards fc'l4o, when he was accosted by the prisoner and another iethale, who asked him to treat them. He refused to 80, and the prisoner snatched his watch from his gnuswaistcoat pocket, and they both ran away and made their t'Q M ) e- Ile instantly informed a police-constable, and him a description of the prisoner and the watch, thhich was found afterwards Pledged in Westminster, on tiaonlslcanday morning. Witness saw nothing uf the er until the night of the 10th, when he met her in el -Clapham -road, and gave her into custody. An defence the prisoner denied stealing the watch. Brixton,rdict Guilty. Sentence nine months' hard labour at W, ESTiVIIS' DAY.) ( thifolot Wright was brought up before Mr. Broderip, ,h4tged with entering an unfinished house, burning a 31 titit Y Of laths, and endangering the property of Mr. %la Chaplin Br)ant. t, .Police -constable 227 was on d'ity in Denbigh-street alltlien3ariling' about half -past two, and saw a light in 'he Of one of the unfinished houses. He went ur, to the at where he found the prisoner very comfortably rated at the fireplae, in which were a quantity of laths 4111113 14 . - lie immediately took him into custody. kr. John Chaplin Bryant slid he was the prop-ietor r- several buildings in Denbighstret and the L&gh ntlthood. The house in question was not yet habitable, out it was roofed in. The besrth-stores were not in yet, kid the fir e in question was laid on the flooring, and had it not be nn for the vigilance of the police, there is no doubt the whele of the premises would have been burnt to the ground. As it was, tae dam2ge did not amount to much. The prisoner said ho was cold and had no place to go to, so he went and lighted the fire to wbrin himself. Mr. linoDEntp ordered the prisoner to pay the amount of the damage, or be imprisouLd fcr two days. MA RLBII CY-STREET-(THIS DAY.) ASSAULT ON THE POLlCE.—Richard Rus.ell, a muster butcher, carrying on business at No. 18, Castle-street, Leicester !quart-, and Tho mas M un d ay , l an dlord of the Litnwertora A unt ', Villiers-street, Strand, were placed at the bar before Mr. Hardwick, charged with violently assaulting tie police while in the execution of their duty. Police-cunstable 68 C stated that about half past twelve en the previous night be was on duty in Castles street, when be saw the defendant Russell, who was very tipsy, standing in a doorway committing a nuisance. Witness, in passing, said, "Halloo, old fel low, that is a dirty trick." He had no sooner uttered these words when the defendant struck him a tremen dous blow on the right est-, and knocked him down. Directly he recovered himself he collared the defendant and took him into custody. Some words then ensued, when the defendant Munday rushed out of an adjoining public-house, and swore his friend Russell should not go to the station. As the defendant Munday persisted in obstructing him in his duty, he called another constable to his (wit ness's) assistance, and gave him (Mur.day) in charge also. On crossing Leicester square, en their way to the station, the defendant threw witness to the ground with great violence, and witness was so much exhausted from his (defendant's) violence, that he was obliged to hand him over to the charge of Simmonds 42 C, whom he met in the square. The defendant Munday then collared 42 C, and tried to rescue Russell, and it re quired the assistance of a third constable to lodge them' in the station. Police-constables 42 C tied 254 A corroborated the; above evidence, and stated that both defendants were very drunk and violent, and kicked them several times. Mr. Russell, in reply to the charge, said he was very, tipsy, and knew not what he did. No doubt the con stables hai stated the truth. He was very sorry, and much ashamed at his present position. Mr. Munday denied offering any obstruction to the officer. He was not in the least the worse for liquor, and instead of resisting the police, his desire was to afford them every assistance. Insiector When said when the defendants were brought to the station they were both tipsy. and Munday was very abusive, and called him several offensive names. Mr. HARDWICK said it was a bad case, and fined Rus sell 41., being 40s. for each assault, and Munday 40s. for the assault on 42 C. The money was immediately paid. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT THE TRAVELLERS' CLUB- HOUSE. This morning, between five and six o'clock, consi derable alarm was caused throughout the neighbourhood of Pall-mall end Regent-strt et, in consequence of the sudden outbreak of a very extensive firo in the Tra veller.' Clubhouse. The building stands between the Athenmum and Reform Club-houses, in Pall-mall, and extends back wards almost as far as Carlton-gardens. The discovery was made by a police-constable of the A division, who, in passing along the back of the gardens, perceived an unusual glare of light over the house-tops in Pall mall. The constable sprang his rattle, and aroused the Inmates of the three club-houses before spoken of. In a very brief period afterwards it was clearly ascertained that flames, in huge bodies, were rolling out of the billiard room at the top of the Travellers' Club. This part of the premises was most elaborately furnished and appointed, the walls being covered with splendid sculpturei ornaments, whilst the paintings of the panels were e qual, in point of execution, to any in the metropolis. With as little delay as possible, the brigade engines from Chandos- street and King- street, Golden-square, arrived, followed by that belonging to Messrs. Cumbe, the brewers; the one from the West of England station, and three or four others from the more distant brigade stations. Plenty of water having been obtained, the en gines of the brigade were set to work, under the direc tion of Mr. Braidwood, the superintendent; and the West of England, under the charge of Mr. Connorton. In . order to convey the water to the exact seat of the fire, the hose from the engines were carried up the stair cases, and by that means the firemen were enabled to attack the flames at every point; but they were unable to extinguish them until the splendid billiard-room was totally destroyed, a small library adjoining burned, and one or two other rooms much injured by fire. The water from the engines has also found its way into most of the superbly- furnish. d apartments in the build ing. The fire was caused from the kitchen chimney, which ignited a heavy beam running into the billiard room, and encased in the flue. The property was in sured in the Sun, Guardian, and Hand-iu- Hand Fire offices. FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS.—Yesterday morning, between twelve and one o'clock, an alarming fire broke out in the extensive warehouse of Mr. Jonas Defries, of No. 147, Ilounslitch, lamp manufacturer, &c. The fire was discovered by the police, the flames bursting through the shutters. The engines from Watling-street and Jeffries square were quickly on the spot, under the direction of Mr. Braidwood. In consequence of the extent of the premises considerable alarm was felt ; and the fire, which is supposed to have been occasioned by an escape of gas, was not extin guished until considerable damage had been done. The premises are inured in the Phoenix, London, and Legal Fire Office , . Another fire broke out on the premises of Mr. Reynolds, bulkier, &c., 5. Queen's-row, Mile-end, and the workshops were consumed. The property is insured. The fire is supposed to have been occasioned by a spark from a candle falling amongst some shavings. SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF FOREIGNERS IN DIB - afternoon a meeting of the board of di rectors and others, supporters of the above institution, was held at their offices. London-wall, for general business, the 11ev. Dr. Kuper in the chair. The report stated that there are at present 173 foreigners of all nations on the funds re ceiving relief, making a total of 78,411 instances in which pecuniary assistance has been afforded. During the past year 128 had been assisted in returning to their native coun tries, many of whom had families. A short time since E. 11. Brandt, Etq., presented the committee with 1,0001. for the commencing a building fund for the erection of almshouses for the reception of at least twenty of the most deserving and aged pensioners. The secretary announced that this munifi cence had been responded to by donations of 100/. from F. Huth, Esq., 100/. from Doxat, Esq., 1001. from Be necke, Esq., 501. from J. Labouchere, Esq., and many others of smaller amount. The cost of the building is estimated at 5,00u1. The amount of relief dispensed during the past year Was 2,352/. ss. Ed. PARISH OF ST. JAMES, WESTMINSTEE.—Yester day a meeting of the vestrytnen of the parish of St. James, Piccadilly, was held in the vestry room, the Rev. John Jack son, rector, in the chair, for the purpose of adopting measures to prevent the style of architecture of the parish church, built by Sir Christopher Wren, being interfered with by the churchwardens. Mr. Nelson moved a resolution, recom mending the vestry to call upon the churchwardens not to proceed further with the repairs or alterations of the church until they obtained the opinion of three architects, to be selected from Sir Thomas Smirke, Messrs. Barry, Cockrell, Hardwick, Barry, and Tite, upon the propriety of such repairs and alterations. And that they also request the churchwardens to lay before the vestry all their models, plans, and papers. connected with their proposed building operations. Mr. Jackson seconded the motion. Mr. Green, senior churchwarden, assured the vestry that he had no idea of interfering with the original architecture, and that his only object was the restoring the building to its original beauty, by cleansing its exterior. The Hon. Mr. Byng said that it was quite illegal for the vestry to exercise such con trol over the churchwardens, who had full power over the church funds. Mr. Brown moved, and Mr. Clarke seconded, an amendment, that the vestry should not interfere with the churchwardens in their building operations as regarded the church. Mr. Lees, the architect, was called iu on the motion of Mr. Watkins, and said that those inno vations were not contemplated, but that in any alterations that might be mada the designs of Sir Christopher Wren would be studied and closely adhered to. The amendment and motion were put, when the former was carried by a ma jority of ten to one. After which Mr. Nelson gave notice of motion for a petition to the Legislature for an Act to place on a' more satisfactory basis all matters connected with church building and church expenditure. Thanks were then voted to the rev. chairman, and the vestry separated. MELANCHOLY AND SUDDEN DEATH OF PRO FESSOR Houwes —An occurrence of a melancholy nature, which threw considerable grief over many parts of our town, took place yesterday morning by the sudden death of the Rev. Professor Frederick Holmes, of Claremont-buildings, in this town. The rev. gentleman left his home on foot in good health, to proceed to the railway-station, intending to leave by the 7.10 Chester train. On Pride-hill he was taken up by an omnibus, in which he was conveyed to the station. He went into the station to the train, but immediately re turned to the carriage, apparently indisposed, and 'signified a wish to be driven home, which was directly complied with. On arriving at his residence, he was found to be sitting down on the bottom of the conveyance, in a state of insensibility. He was immediately taken into the house, and medical assistance sent for with the utmost expedi tion, but the vital spark had fled its tenement of clay. The cause of death was apoplexy.—Eddowe's Journal of Wednesday. NARROW ESCAPE. — A fair equestrian had a nar . and d ond g a alloped Monday afternoon. While at full sp ee d through the town, down North -street, across the Steins, up r r o id w ing es o c u ap t, e the ci h th ors h e e r r an li a fe wa o y a, St. James's-street, and was at last checked near the City or Hereford Inn, in consequence of a cab and a carrier's cart occupying so much of the road that there was no room to pass. Not willing to stop, however, the horse attempted to clear the cab, but only leaped into it, rider and all. • It then scrambled over the top, and ran a few paces further, but at slackened speed, which enabled the rider to seize the oppor tuaity of slipping off unhurt. She was, of course, somewhat Alarmed, and rested a few minutes in a saddler's shop close by ; but every one admired her skill as a horsewoman, and exclaimed that she had kept her seat like a jockey. The young lady is said to be not more than sixteen years of age. —Brighton Guardian. ESSEX.—On Friday afternoon a stack of straw, in a field in Kelvedon, belonging to Mr. William Abott, farmer, was consumed by fire. The alarm was given by two boys, named Howard and Newman, who were at work in an adjoining field. Both the boys were the S5lllO evening apprehended, and have since been remanded by the magis trates. Newman, it appears, had been the same morning chastised by his master for burning some haulm in the field, which he had lighted with lucifers. AFPROACH OF WINTER.—A letter from Long le Saifinier states t`i at snow had fallen in some quantity as low down as the first plateau of the Jura. In the plains there had - been a sharp frost, which had compelled the vine growers to hasten the gathering of their crops. The wine this year is lower in price than it has been for a long time; it is difficult to obtain :if. the • hectolit re. Accounts from Gex say the bears had begun to d descend from the mountains, and a general battue was about to take place against them. GALWAY FISHERY. —For the last few years we have not witnessed such a take of fish as has been for the present—cod, hake, and herring. Fish are being sold by our Claddaghmen at remarkably low prices (the former from Id. to 3d. each), owing to their immense success in fishing this week.—Gulway Mercury. LONDON, THURSDA Y EVENING, OCTOBER 24, 1850. TIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND NATIONAL CONCERTS. 1 Last night was the triumph of native talent. Miss Goddard made the most successful debut as a pianiete that has ever Leen known of late year., and we are happy to say the success was as deserved as it was triumphant. She has on this, her first appear ance in public, at once taken her station in the very first rank of pianists. She is a pupil of Thalberg, and never has he had a pupil who did greater justice to his intructions. Miss Goddard performed Thalberg's fantasia on themes from the Elixir d' Amore, and when encored substituted for it Prudent's arrangement of "A to o cara ;" in the second part she performed Thalberg's Tarentalla, and when encored substituted Blumenthal's " Croat March." Nothing could exceed the delicacy and firmness of her touch, or the brilliancy and accuracy of her execution ; she was repeatedly applauded during the course of her performance, and was called on at the conclusion. She excited a prfectfurorc. HAYMARKET THEATRE: A pleasant two-actcomedy,adapted from the French, by Mr. Charles Selby, was produced here last evening, under the title of The Husband of my Heart. The scene is laid in Paris, in the time of Louis XV. The King, it appears, has ordered the Duke de Fronsac (Mr. Howe) to marry Mademoiselle de Noailles, an order with which the Duke is, of course, forced to comply ; but he t urns his head from his bride during the whole time they are at the altar, and on the com pletion of the ceremony leaves her without once looking at her. The Duchess (Miss Reynolds) is, however, sincerely and devotedly attached to him— he is, in truth, the husband of her heart, and she de termines, if possible, to win his love. - With this ob ject in view, knowing the Duke's propensity to low amours, she disguises herself as a market girl, and thus attracts the attention of the Duke and of a certain Viscount de Belletulippe (Mr. C. Selby), a coxcomb companion of the Duke, and who had formerly been a suitor to the Duchess, but who had been indig nantly rejected. The Viscount recognises her in her disguise, but does not betray her, as he has " an idea" of getting her into his power. The market girl suc ceeds in her design, and so ardent is the love of the Duke that he actually promises to make her his Duchess should he succeed in freeing himself from his hated bonds. An officer of the Bastille arrives to arrest him, by order of the King, for having deserted his bride, and now comes the important crisis in the life and happiness of the Duchess. She must re veal the truth ; and, the truth revealed, will the Duke love the Duchess es ardently as he has loved the market girl ? The acting of Miss Reynolds in this trying scene was most graceful, yet truthful withal and full of pathos, and produced 'an immense effect. The Duke does love the Duchess as he had loved the market girl, and she has secured the husband of her heart; whilst the Viscount, who has chosen to make love to Eugenie (Mrs. Fitzwil- Ham), a young poissarde, the affianced bride of Brioche (Mr. Buckstone), is obliged to compound for his folly by paying a large sum of money to Madame C6quillard (Mrs. Stanley), the mother of Eugenie, after having been soundly thrashed by the poissardes for his impertinence. The part of the Duchess was exquisitely acted by Miss Reynolds; there was a deli cacy and refinement about her personation of the 'character which was most fascinating. She was well supported by Mr. Howe, as the Duke ; and Selby, as 'the coxcomb Viscount, was most amusingly ridiculous. Mrs. Fitzwilliam made the most interesting of pois sardes, and sang a new ballad, composed for her by Mr. German Reed, with great spirit ; and Buckstone, as her lover, was the most grotesquely jealous and infuriated of pastrycooks. All the artistes were called on at the conclusion, and the comedy was announced for repetition every evening with the hearty and unanimous concurrence of the audience. The theatre was very well attended. THE PREVENTION OF CRIME• LETTER 111. TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY, BART., M. P., &e. &c. Sir,—ln pointing out one mode by which my pro posal could be fairly carried into execution, the first point, and assuredly it is one which I do not mean to shirk, is the question of transportation, how far it should he considered a proper mode of punishment, with reference to the criminal, the mother country, and to the colony to which the convict is transported. After the most attentive perusal and re-perusal of the evidence taken before Sir William Molesworth'. Committee, I am unable to refer to one single sen tence, containing either a fact or an opinion, the latter with a reason attached or anything purporting to be one, against a proper system of transportation ; although every page is replete with the most conclu sive testimony against the system adopted by Govern ment, proving that it has produced the most diabo lical results. And again I would remark, that if ate wit of the wittiest, combined with the judgment of the most sagacious, were asked to reply to the question, What is the best possible mode to adopt in order to render a convict the greatest possible curse to the colony to which he is sent ? ther e cou ld b e b ut one answer , Do as we have done, adopt our system and the result must be similar. Before your convict is sent abroad take as much care as possible that he is well practised in every crime ; let him have gone the round of many prisons, in order that his acquaintance among the votaries of guilt may be most extensive; when you find that be has well advanced in crime, from his first offence of picking pockets to that of an expert housebreaker, then send him to the colonies, and if you should happen to be an hereditary legislator, and your assur ance is equal to your ignorance, express your unqua lified surprise, that a colony should be so regardless of its interests as ungratefully to decline receiving those with whose criminal education you had taken such unwearied pains. But at the same time be mindful of the paramount claims of the mother country on so accomplished a convict ; transport him in the first place for seven years only, and then you keep his mind well occupied with the pleasing thought, how soon the time will pass by when he will be restored to his mother country, to whom he will show his gratitude by recounting to an admiring audience how delightful is the residence in a tropical climate, where it is unnecessary to work hard to obtain all the comforts of life. One point you must not lose sight of ; in establish ing your colony take the greatest care that for the first fifty years you send out no minister of religion, no schoolmaster, and appoint your governors, not on account of their capacity, but because they have been useful to your party. Can you, Sir George Grey, put your finger on one line in the four preceding paragraphs, and deny that such is the system we have practised, and I ask you if it be not just as illogical, and just as untrue, to say that the infamous state of our penal colonies is owing to a wise and judicious system of transportation, as it would be to attribute the massacre of St. Bartho lomew, or the atrocities of the Inquisition, to our blessed Saviour, for having been the Founder of the Christian Religion, i n whose name such abomi na ti ons were perpetrated. But fortunately we have on this very questi on , "The Prevention of C r ime," examples preci se l y i n point ; in Howard's work on the State of Prisons, dated 1775, you will learn that practices just as infamous as those narrated before Sir William Molesworth's Committee were of daily occurrence in every gaol in the kingdom ; yet that Christian philosopher did not propose the abolishment of prisons, a most easy suggestion, but devoted his time, his energies, and his fortune to improve them. So also with respect to the hulks. In 1785 a Com mittee of the House of Commons reported, "That they had singularly contributed to improve the prac tice of villany." . . .." That after the expiration of their sentences they returned into the mass of the community, not reformed in their principles, but con firmed in every vicious habit; that when they regained their liberty no parish would receive them, and no person give them work; thakbeing shunned by their former acquaintance, and baffled in every attempt to gain their bread, the danger of starving almost inevitably led them to a renewal of their former crimes." And yet the hulks were not abolished, but reformed, so slowly, however, that Mr. Holford, speaking in the House of Commons upon the subject, used nearly the same language, at various times from 1814 to 1825 ; but the truth is that in dealing with criminals there is only a choice of evils before us, and the only judicious mode of solving the question, What system will produce the least evil and the most good ? is to compare their effects upon the criminal, upon society, and upon the colony. I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your most obedient and faithful servant, RIGBY WASON. Corwar, Oct. 19, 1850. TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE GREY BART., M.P., &c., &c. Sir,—ln The Sun paper of the 17th inst., I ob served a letter addressed to you, signed "Rigby Watson," which for its deep imperial import should be circulated through every vein of all our empire, because it recommends an awful experiment as an act of preventive justice--" that all persons should be transported for the first offence." I have not the honour of knowing the worthy writer, either person ally or by reputation, but, from circumstances, infer that he is a gentleman and a scholar, and entitled to credence when he asserts his intention to be one of kindness to the prisoners. Be he right or wrong, 1 respect his moral courage, and will leave his concep tion, its consummation, and its consequences, to the estimate of every human heart, wherever that heart may beat and pour out the " Lord's Prayer" to Heaven. The power which judges now have to transport for life for the second offence, should be, in his opi nion, not discretionary, but imper a ti ve . A s it i s pos sible that these suggestions may lead to a Parliamen tary narrowing of the meshes of the legislatorial web, I will respectfully submit to you, Sir, as a legislator and lawyer, the very intelligible and ingenious—some senses are so blunted as to believe it ingenuous—plan to make escape on the second offence hopeless, which has been long practised in Devon, with almost infal lible success. The certificate of former conviction, w ritten on white paper, very freque n tl y more spacious, con sequently more attractive t o t h e eye, is affixed to t h e face of the yellow parchm ent on which the bill i s en grossed, and in this worki ng state sent up to the grand jury, who, having doubtless well digested botb, return them to the court , whose officer opens them before the petty jury, who f rom practice w ill i n t e rpret the " rider ;" but lest they s h ould notl he tells tbem , on arraignment, that the crime they have to try was committed after a former offence. I respect your judgment, Sir, and that of my country too deeply to offer a single comment on the consequences, for nature instinctively and intuitively recoils from its contemplation. th Legislatures are often colidemdod when the error is in the legal construction. H ere, Sir, ca n be no doubt, though the law be disregard e d by the Court ; there it stands, n monumenta seetionnlof of legislative 6 s enacts "that the reading o f t h e stateme nt of a former offence shalt 'be defer re d unt il after t h e verdict of the petty jury." Why ? To prevent it from b ein g pre judicial to the prisoner. il a a n ti d ve 7j ust lirin ice . I s nvd., which lour. n To this aw I last week respectfully e ndeavoured to call the attention of Devon's Honourable Court of Quarter Sessions, of which the Hon. Lord Viscount Courtenay was Chairman, when I was, by his Lord ship, rather peremptorily put down. which There are few circumstances under reflective comparisons will not afford to us some consolations;. for bad as things are, I prefer living, even in this and legal Bcetia, under the laws of a misguided those of a mad mis guiding " Drake," rather than under and murderous "Draco." I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, CHARLES BIRD. PENNY P OSTAGE AND STEEL PE NS. —B ut , during in this ye ar th at -• the'last ten years, the n a tural desire to l e arn to wri te , of that part of the yo u thf u l p o p u lation Which education can reach, has received a gr ea t moral impulse by a wondrou s develop nuinenittedofKtihnegdmomos:aussseefvulenatnvd.sipxlemasitlilrioaln;le; exercise of that power. The uniform penny post a g e has been establish e d. In the year.lB3B, the whole numbe r of letters delivered i n t h e annual delivery has r eached the pro di g ious numbe r of three hundred and thirty-sev e n millions. In 1838, a Co mmittee of the House of Comm o ns thus denounc ed, amon g st the great commercial evils of the high rates o f postage, their inj ur i ous effects upon the great bulk of the People:—" They either act w ed a tiational —C dared boldly as a griev ous t ax on t he poor, causing them to sa crifice their little earnings to the pleasure and advanta g e of correspond ing with their distant friends, or com p el them to for ego such intercourse altogether ; thus subtracting from th e small amount of their enjoyments , a nd obstructing the g row th and maintenance of their best affections." Honoured be tha man who broke down these barriers! Praised be the Government that, f to r legislate once, t.o r steppingthe domesticout o f happiness, fiscal t r a t m h e progress, and the moral elev ation of the masses! The steel pen, sold at the rate of a peony a dozen, is the creation, in a considerable degree, of the Penny Postage stamp, as the Penny Postage stamp was a representative, if not a creation, of the new educational power. Without the steel pen, it may reasonably be doubted whet her there were mechanical means within the reach of the great bulk of the population for writing the three hundred and thirty-seven millions of letters that now annually pass through the Post-office. —.Dickens's " Household Words." By an advertisement in another column it will be seen that the plan for establishing another bank in the me tropolis on the Scotch system, under the title of " T he London and Suburban Bans," has been matured. The head quarters will be at the West-end, it having originated, as we understand, in the desire of the inhabitants of Maryle • to,* St. Pancras, and Paddington, to obtain greater bank ing accommodation than they at present possess, and who have already taken up a large portion of the alarm TIIE MIS I-1 PACKET STATION. TO 771 E EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—On the short sea passage question, the fol lowing, partly official, return will be likely to prove of interest to some of your readers : 'Distance in Nauticaf Miles. Area. (Area over live New tt low water fathoms deep York. Halifax. Spring Tides.'at low water. Acres. I Acres. 2.790 •..',•24 `2,77 , 2,222 2,730 2,167 1.370 533 Cork to Galway 2,222 Bantry 2,167 1.370 533 Crookhaven ~ 2,156 .350 84 Berehaven ,, 2,732 I 2,150 2.900 1.900 The distance table appears in the Irish journals , and the area I take from Captain Wolfe's R.N. Chart, he having, previous to his decease, a few years since, surveyed these ports under the Admiralty. Crookhaven and Berehaven, which appear so promi nent in these tables, are the one 30 and the latter 40 longitude miles west of Galway; besides the consi deration of their being situate on the very point, which is the great landfall of the American packets. The Railway Commissioners, who in 1836 inquired into this subject, report.—" Of the very superior qualities of Berehaven as a port there can be no question whatever." And Captain Evans, R.N., who surveyed and reported on the Western Coast, under this Commission, states----" Could a railway be made from Dublin to Bantry, Berehaven would possess every advantage necessary for a packet station, namely, facility of ingress and egress in all weather, that a ship could keep the sea, a good harbour (Bantry) under the lee when beating out, plenty of sea room when once well outside the bay, and, owing to the prevailing winds being S.W. and W., a vessel leaving Berehaven would command the coasts of Spain, Por tugal, and the Mediterranean, as well as be in the most desirable spot of departure for either the West Indies or America; it is well situated for steam com munication with the south of Ireland and England, and is a harbour that in a political point of view should not be left unprotected, being the only one en the Irish coast which an enemy's fleet would run for." From this official testimony, given at a period when the great " steam race which has begun for the ern , pire of the sea" was no way anticipated—much less the changes in France from the Prince of Peace at St. Eu to Louis Napoleon at Cherbourg—it is evident that Berehaven is destined to play an important part in the future history of the nation; and, as a port of which very little is known in England, you may consider •a short sketch of the locality worthy of insertion. The haven of Bere comprises that portion of the fine navigable Bay of Bantry within Bere Island on the north-west shore. Of its formation I could give no better description than that applied by Virgil to another harbour— " There lies a bay, An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride, Broke by the jutting land on either side." DRYDEN. Between these jutting points the haven in length may be eight, with an average breadth of two miles, with 14 fathoms on the two entrances, good holding ground, and excellent shelter. A first-class harbour light has since 1847 been exhibited at the eastern mouth, and the shores outside will be shortly bright ened by the tower in prbgress on the Solitary Fast nett (Carrig•enar). In 1836 the Commissioners had a line surveyed from Dublin to Berehaven. By a different route uia Bandon the rail will be laid down next spring on three-fourths of the distance between Dublin and Bere. The town, 18 miles due west of Glengariffe, ex tends along the shore on the N.W. angle of the haven ; and, from its very neat appearance, every house being well slated and white-washed, adds to the beauty of the picture as seen from the Bantry road—thNmajestic bills stretching along the shore from Knockoura to Dade—the ridge on - Bare Island rising 700 feet, dotted with numerous martello towers, the noble basin of Berebaven ou t s id e , t h e vast A tlantic sinking into mist, and within the grandeur of that noble Bay of Bantry—all make up a' highly sublime panorama of Nature. Castletown contains a post-office, fish curing establishment of the Society of Friends, and the usual Irish adjuncts of church, chapel, and poorhouse. The chapel is an old building, both the others new and rather hand some structures, the poorhouse being the neatest I have seen in Ireland. The hotel (Harrington's) is a large concern, but will bear some improvement in its internal accommodation. Cork, Oct. 19. I am, Sir, yours, &c., G. P. O. * Second Report R. C., 1838. MEETING OF THE CABINET. The Cabinet, which would not otherwise have as sembled till the 6th of next month, met yesterday, at a very short notice, on a question of considerable urgency. The disgraceful conduct of Prussia, in helping to protect the Schleswig-Holstein war, not only in spite of a treaty of peace with Denmark, but actually under cover of the treaty, and by means of it, has led to a very natural—we might almost say :egititnate consequence. The Governments of Russia and of France have jointly proposed to the Government of this country, that the three Powers shall peremptorily require Prussia to fulfil her recent engagement with Denmark, and withdraw the sup• port she still continues to give to the Schleswig-liol stein army. In the event of Prussia hesitating to comply with this reasonable demand, Russia and France are proposed to back it, not by an unprofitable march to the territory under dispute, but in a way more congenial to their tastes,—by an invasion of the Silesian provinces of Prussia on the one side, and the Rhenish on the other. In the first instance, how ever, they require the co-operation of Eng land in the remonstrance with Prussia, with out which they are not prepared to move at present. The answer of the British Government may perhaps be anticipated. It declines to join with Russia and France in such a note as we have described, but proposes that all three Powers shall separately re monstrate with Prussia on her present breach of faith with the Danish Government. Whether their triple remonstrances will be of more avail than all the rest of the diplomacy that has been lavished on this affair, is a question on which we will not venture to give an opinion. The interests of justice and of order require that Prussia should be compelled to desist from a course dangerous to the faith of treaties anti the peace of the world ; nor is it likely that a weak Government under popular influence will listen to a mere verbal expostulation. It is too possible that the Court of Berlin may yet have to endure the indignity of a me nace, and no respectable Power will threaten where it is not also ready to execute its threats. But the administration of justice and order ought to be clear even from the ft uspicior, of interested motives if it is to have any moral weight, or even the most moderate success. To check the designs of Prussia by forwarding the designs of Russia and France is not furthering justice, but substituting one act of injustice for another, and making one underhand wrong a pretence for two manifest outrages. There is a want of logic in the whole proposition. What have the Rhenish provinces and Silesia to do with the Schleswig-Holstein affair, already sufficiently com plicated on its own merits ? The motive is intelli gible enough. Both Russia and France have lately been doing some knight errantry of a most thankless and disagreeable character, and it is very natural they should begin to think Europe rather in their debt. The two provinces we have mentioned would be very appropriate guerdons for our two great Conservative neighbours at St. Petersburgh and Paris. There is a necessity too under which all Presidents and Consuls unfortunately labour. If they wish to be re-elected, or to have a name in history, they must mark their brief tenure of office with some glorious feat,or valu able acquisition. With Cologne and Coblentz occu pied by French troops, Louis Napoleon would be safe for another four years, at least, and be able to dis pense with half the garrison at Paris. But it is not so easy to say when and where the matter would end, and whether the judicial,mutilation of Prussia at both her extremities would be the last act of the drama. Germany would probably be more alive to the claims of national sympathy than of public justice, and even Austria, notwithstanding her tremendous obligations, might not be, able to resist an appeal to the common fatherland. That such an offer should be made to the British Government, and that such,results as we have alluded to should be brought within the compass of possi bility, is enough to mark the very serious character of the part which Prussia is new playing. The mul titude of all countries invariably measure the acts of a nation solely by its end, and if the end is to their taste they think the means sufficiently sacred. Of course, therefore, so glorious an end as the rescue of Schleswig-Holstein from the Danish yoke will be held to justify the interference of all Germany in the quarrel. But, if nationality is a fact and independ ence a blessing, faith is something more than tither, for it is a duty. There was an armistice, which was concluded by a treaty of peace between Prussia and Denmark. Forthwith, on the signing of that treaty, Prussia released from military service hosts of officers and privates, who, it was notorious, were desirous to join the Schleswig-Hol stein army. In effect, she desisted from open war in order that she might take to mere brigand age. The war is now carried on by Prussians, and, if General Willisen is more brilliant on paper than in the field, it is not for want of the best intentions on the part of his master, who would much prefer a con quest to a treatise on war. It is impossible that Europe can go on for ever seeing a small though gal lant people wantonly destroyed by a neighbour at the same time unscrupulous and powerful. There will be some interference in the end, if Prussia will not submit to be advised, and we see that an interference of a most questionable character has been actually proposed. The ball is now with the British Govern ment, which, having declined one suggestion, is ex pected to make another. All depends on the nature of the remonstrance to be addressed to the Court of Prussia, which ought, of course, to have due regard to the dignity of a great military power, but ought also to leave no doubt that Prussia must consult her own dignity,as well as her faith with Denmark.— Times. IRELAND. SALES OF ENCUMBERED ESTATES. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. — The business of the second session of the Encumbered Estates Court commenced yesterday, when no less than seven pro perties changed hands io the brief space of four hours. The first sale was of lands in the county of Tipperary, the property of Mr. Cooper Crawford, yielding a net profit rent of 3641. 4s. 10d. It was set up in sepa• rate lots, but there being no bidders the whole was offered, and purchased by the petitioner in the case for the sum of 6,0001. An estate in the county of Cork was put up in eight lots, all of which were disposed of, the whole producing 10,7001. The aggregate rental was 851/. 2s. 4d. The third sale was also of property in the county of Cork, part of the estates of Mr. Robert Warren, together with houses and pre mises in the city of Cork, the latter of which realised 8001. The property in the county yielded an annual rental of 558/., subject, however, to several heavy annuities which materially deteriorated the value of the whole. It was disposed of in four lots, and brought 4,4601. A small estate in the county of Limerick, producing a profit rent of little over 1001. per annum, sold for 1,5201. Some lands in the county of Dublin, yielding a yearly profit rent of 1881., were sold, after a brisk competition, for 3,0001. A property in the county of Kildare was offered i❑ four lots, but one of which found a purchaser at 2,625/. The sale of the other lots was adjourned, the sums bid being deemed below the value. The last and most important sale was of an estate in the county of Wexford, the first lot consisting of 865 a. Ir. 7ip. statute measure, and producing 1,1971. ls. 3d. per annum, including the value of land in owner's pos session. Mr. N. M. Power bid 10,0001.; Mr. Edward Carlton, 10,500/. ; Sir Robert Beeson, 11,0001. After some advances Mr. Power bid 16,0001. Sale deferred to a later period of the day, and was pur chased by Mr. Power for 17,500/. Lot 2.—The fee and inheritance of and in the lands of Bolderan, con taining 488 a. lr. 16p. statute measure, and producing a perpetual head rent of 461.35. ld. per annum. The following were the biddings :—Mr. Carlton, 500/. ; Mr. Daniel Thorpe, 800/. ; Mr, Power, 1,000/. ; Mr. Benjamin Conn, 1,050/. ; Mr. Power, MOO/. The latter was declared the purchaser at 1,1601. The three remaining lots produced over 1,600/. The court adjourned at four o'clock. THE NEW LAW APPOINTMENTS. The Right Hon. James Henry Monahan was yes terday sworn in before the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. At the same time Mr. John Hat chell took the oaths as Attorney-General, and Mr. Henry George Hughes was sworn in as Solicitor- General. Mr. Edmund Mooney has been appointed to the office of clerk to the Attorney -General. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, OCT. 23. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, and the younger members of the Royal Family, were pre vented by the inclemency of the weather from taking their usual early walk this morning. A Cabinet Council was held at one o'clock yes terday afternoon, at the Foreign-office. The Minis ters present were Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, the Right Hon. H. L a b ouc h ere , an d th e Marquis of Clanricarde. The Marquis %of Lansdowne came to town to at tend the Council from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. The 'Council sat three hours. The Lord Chancellor has appointed the 2d of Nov. for the reception of the Lord Mayor elect, in order to signify her Majesty's approbation of the choice of the Livery of London. The ceremony will take place at his Lordship's residence in Eaton-square, at eleven o'clock. On the same day, at twelve o'clock (the first of Michaelmas term), the Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c. The Noble and Learnet Lord will afterwards proceed to Westminster Hall. The Attorney-General had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home•office. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES. BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY.—In consequence of the bad ness of the weather, the races are put uff to Thursday. WILTSHIRE CHAMPION COURSING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Druid Cup (continued). Mr. Jebb's Ringdove bt Mr. Eddleatone's Sefton. First Ties—Racer bt Cerito (drawn), Ebb It Sincerity, Maggie Lauder bt Garibaldi, Ringdove bt Wencb, Com pact bt Columbine, Estelle bt Beau (drawn), War Eag le bt Switch, Mocking Bird bt Lady Mary. Tho Great Western Cup. First Ties—Cobra bt Eddy, The Nailer bt,Catalani, Whiff bt Mann inillia, Irish Girl bt Lethe, "Vestal bt Retnnant,Marce ivrer bt Bluebeard, Egypt bt Lady Loch leven, ruzzl&em bt Sontag. The Beacon Hill Stakes. Captain Bezant's Bhurtpore bt Mr. Bowles's Hudbiras. Mr. Clowes' California bt Capt. Wyndham's Westwind. Mr. Etwall's First bt Mr. Randall's Run-again. Mr. Miller's Magistrate bt Sir J. Boswell's Bradshaw. Mr. Paxley's Pbelim bt Mr. Majoribanks' Malt. Mr. Lawrence's Lopez bt Mr. Parkinson's Sharp Shooter. Mr. Bowles's Jack's the Lad bt Sir St. G. Gore's Argentine. Mr. Randall's Rory O'More bt Mr. Noyes's Nelson. The Elston Stakes. Mr. Randall's Victoria bt Sir J. Boswell's Cornclips. Sir St. G. Gore's Panoply bt Mr. Etwall's Saga. Captain Wyndham's Victory bt Mr. Moreton's Medora. LITERPOOL POLICE.--The grand jury attending at the quarter sessions now being held, on Tuesday made an important presentment, signed by their foreman, Mr. H. C. Chapman, in which they refer to the following topics:- 1. They recommend the establishment of a penitentiary in Liverpool for the reformation of juvenile offenders. 2. They complain that the police establishment has been reduced to the extent of 300 men, 17 which felonies and assaults were encouraged, and great difficulty found in meeting with an officer when wanted. B. They complain of the general in structions to the police, by which officers are prohibited from taking offenders into custody unless they actually see the offence committed ; and they suggest as a remedy that the magistrates should swear in resident 101. householders as special constables, whose evidence the law would recognise; and thus a detective police would be established without cost, and vagabonds deterred from committing outrages i❑ the streets and suburbs of Liverpool. At a meeting which the county magistrates held on Tuesday, it was unanimously resolved that a mounted police force should be at once esta blished for the protection of the outskirts of the town during the winter months, the organization of which is again en trusted to Robert Neilson, Esq., of Hazlewood. ACCIDENT TO LADY EMILY FOLEY.—On Saturday morning as the carriage cf Lady Emily Foley, with four beautiful grey horses, entered the High Town on their way to the Show Ground, in consequence of the slippery state of the road one of the leaders swerved, slipps€l, and fell, by which the boy who was riding was thrown off and fell under their feet; the postilion on the wheeler, however, imme diately pulled up, and the boy was extricated from his perilous situation, with his arm and face slightly cut and bruised. Her Ladyship and a gentleman who accompanied her alighted and remained in the shop of Mr. Phillips, bookseller, until the poor boy bad been attended to and the horses removed, when she again entered the carriage and was driven to the Show Ground in her accustomed happy spirits. A considerable crowd assembled at the time of the accident, and it appeared a source of pleasure to all to find that her Ladyship was eaabled to leave the carriage in safety and with but little alarm.—Hereford Journal. FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY TEIMINUS.—At the Waterloo-road station yester day a number of men were making ready the five P.M. train for Southaqipton, when Thomas Martin, one of the porters, made an, attempt to cross through a vacuicy between a number of carriages. Unfortunately, at that instant six or seven men pushed a number of carriages forwards with such violence as to force the poor fellow against the buffers both back and front. The unfortunate man uttered a faint shriek, and fell across the metals of the line, and the carriages having been detachedllartin was extricated, but quite in sensible. lie was immediately placed in a cab and re moved to St. Thomas's Hospital, where he died soon after his admission. LETTICE ARNOLD.—Readers of every class will be gratified by learning that one of the most popular of our writers of fiction, the gifted author of " Emilia Wyndham," " Two Old Men's Tales," Ste., is before the public, with another of her deeply interesting narratives. Her new work is called " Lettice Arnold," and besides being one of those touching portraits of female excellence, which only her graceful pen can accomplish, embodies a story of singular' power and beauty, in which the defects of our social system —particularly as regards the treatment of young females in certain positions —are forcibly illustrated. DEATH OF AN OPULENT CROSSING SWEEPER. — Yesterday Mr. H. M. Wakley, the deputy coroner, held an inquest at the Marylebone workhouse on the body of Andrew Riley, an aged crossing sweeper, who had for many years officiated at the corner of Baker-street, Portman-square, and whose ready wit and quaint replies had gained him many friends amongst the residents of the neighbourhood. It ap peared that upon Thursday last, whilst pursuing his avoca tions, he was knocked down by a four-wheeled cab, and sus tained injuries which in the end proved fatal. The deceased was in the habit of saying that he had fought under his Ma jesty in the Rebellion of '92, and since then in the Peninsula, and had often come across Master " Boney," whom he de scribed as a "rare 'cute, but slippery customer." He had succeeded, in his crossing, an old gentleman who had amassed a large fortune. Riley himself resided at a lodging-house in Henrietta-street, Manchester-square, where he occupied the best apartments. He frequently boasted of his wealth, and was wont upon grand occasions to regale his comrades with the best of everything. He is stated to have paid a heavy ' sum for the goodwill of the crossing, which, however, amply remunerated him for his outlay. The verdict was " Acci- dental deutb." LAW AGENT FOR. THE CITY.—We understand that, at a private meeting of the Town Council yesterday, it was agreed to accept the resignation of Mr. Peter Anderson, W.S.. as law-agent for the City, and to appoint Mr. Patrick Graham; W.S., as his successor. Mr. Graham, we may mention, has, for a number of years past, conducted the chief ,part of the law business of the city, and with much satisfac tion to the Town Gonna—Scotsman. MISS KELLY'S THEATRE. The Western Dramatic Amateurs commenced last night a second series of private performances at the above elegant little theatre, situate in Dean-street, Soho. The members of this excellent dramatic so ciety appear, one and all, to be deeply embued with an admiration for the drama, hence their histrionic endeavours are characterised by a greater degree of Correctness and success than can be said to attend the generality of amateur performances. The manner in Which the various pieces forming the programme were played last night, betokened that the ladies and gentlemen of the Western Dramatic Amateurs bad well studied the characters judiciously allotted to t them, and well and carefully rehearsed the enter tainments. The performances commenced with Morton's admirable comedy, The School of Reform, which was gone through with praiseworthy pre cision. The principal characters were distributed with much discrimination, each party appearing in that best suited to his or her style of performing end ability. Mr. Edward's Lord Avendale was a gentle manly and interesting performance ; a like eulogium may also be paid to the General Tarragon of Mr. Birch and the Ferment of Mr. Spicer. Mr. G. Har rison gave a forcible and spirited interpretation of Robert Tyke, producing in many of the scenes a great effect. A word of praise is especially due to the ladies, who admirably acquitted themselves in their particular branch of the comedy. Miss Ne ville's Julia was a natural and charming piece of acting. Miss Sophia Archer and Miss J. Montague both honourably acquitted themselves in the respec tive pars of Mrs. St. Clair and Mrs. Ferment. The other characters were also well sustained. In addition to the comedy, the evening's programme contained the interlude of A Day After the Wedding, and the laughable farce of Captain Stevens, &c. &c. The theatre was attended by a numerous and fashionable corn pany. THE MILL OF A'TOLL'S GLEN. (After Ossian, by Punch.) Why is the peeper of Atholl closed ? Wherefore is the eye of Strange surrounded with a ring of purple ? It is the print of the Southron knuckle—the fist mark of the Cambridge Undergraduate, heavy-handed bruiser. Cambridge Undergraduate, bruiser of the heavy hand, wherefore didst thou darken the eye of Strange ? Why buagedst thou up the peeper of Atholl? The autumn winds were singing the coronach of the summer in Glen Tilt. A moaning, as of no end of ghosts, swept through the hollow glen. There, with the red and brown leaves falling around him, stood the Chief of Clan Atholl, with a party of ladies and gentlemen. Shrowded in the mist of the distance cometh Sandy Maclarran. With him behold two stranger forms approaching. Onward they come with the sturdy tramp of youth ; stout are the cudgels which they grasp in their nervous fists. Ho, there, ye that range unbidden the Glen of Tilt ! Halt, ye wanderers from the land of Cockney ! Stand, ye jumpers of the counter I We are no jumpers of the counter ; no wanderers are we from the land of Cockney. We come from the meadows that are watered by the Cam,—from the abodes were learning dwelleth in her colleges and halls. Thither journey we on this beaten track. And who the deuce art thou that hinderest us? Ken ye not the Chief of Clan Atholl—the tourist baffling Duke, of the impassable glen ? For the Chief of Atholl's Clan we care not a dump; the Duke of the impassable glen we value not at a farthing. We have passed the Asses-bridge, where fore should we not cross thy glen ? Chief of Clan Atholl, get out of the way! Duke of the impassable glen, stand out of the sunshine I Fire flashed from the eye of Atholl; wrath blazed from the countenance of Strange. By the collar he seized the foremost youth. Back ! Return by the way thou camest. Back! or, by the beard of my ten thousand ancestors, ye shall rue the day ! Back, I say, on your lives, ye . sons of Granta! Unhand me, Chief of Clan Atholl, or whoever thou art ! Unhand me, I say, or I will punch thine head. Thou wilt not ? No ? Here goeth, then ; take that for thyself! Together they rushed; the son of Granta aril Chief of Clan Atholl. Furious was the Chief; and wild, and aroused was the Undergraduate's monkey. Blow was exchanged for blow, lunge for lunge, slash for slash; heavy was the countering, and the knocks re sounded. Loud shouted the gentlemen; shrill were the screams of the ladies. The Chief was overcome with fury, and hit all abroad. Wary was the Cantabrigian youth, well trained on the pleasant banks of the Cam to encounter in stand-up mill the brawny bargee. Sharp fell the stinger on the proboscis of Strange ; fast flows d the claret from the conk of Atholl. One, two, were planted on the optics of the Chief—darkness swam before him; then fell a stunner on his ducal frontis piece, and he was doubled up by a finisher in the breadbasket. He staggered—he kll into the arms of his faithful henchman—even the arms of Sandy Mac thehhr e e od f r e n s i c ho u eu e sp , t ai Donald pcehse_spt o oo f h t gt h ha e t u te h f h t e e e l d p chin ! Roderick th a i io n ei The l re on for n eight Clam he collarh a Atholl nd os fbreefekyloeussr—Cchliaey m oi o t l f he th s e ass f e o l u la r ch b . old A g s ro m om an s y ar m e o a re t once grasped the coat-tails of his companion—the Heeland men were braw. From before the bruised face of their chieftain they drag away the sons of Granta. Strange:Aiouriu ; la f i t e m nt ;ecfcohryte visualinhosisencircle s organ of Atholl is the ogle of darkened. Raise the sound of wail upon a thousand b a gpipes ! Closed is the eye of him who would close Gl e n Tilt to the traveller. Contusion sits on the brow of the Chieftain ; the countenance, of the Duke beareth marks of punishment TUE LORD ADVOCATE.---W e understand that his Lordship is continuing slowly but gradually to improve in health,—Scotsman, MURDER IN LINCOLNSHIRE A murder took place at Bonby, Lincolnshire, on the 15th inst. The murderer's name is Meggitt ; his age 73. His drunken habits had long caused him to be a terror to his fitfully and the neighbourhood in which he lived. The partivilars of the shocking event will be best gleaned from the subjoined evidence ad duced at the inquest. The inquest opened in the New School Room at Bonby at three o'clock in the afternoon, before George Morris, Esq., coroner of the district, over the body of a young man named George Sinderson. Robert Meg gitt was present during the investigation. He laughed and spoke in the most frivolous manner. He has been a hard drinker,and when intoxicated he has frequently been subject to a kind of frenzy, during which his conduct was exceedingly dangerous. Mary Meggitt, wife of the prisoner, deposed—l went to bed with my husband on Monday night last. He had had a little drink during the day, but he was sober. Aker we had been in bed an hour and a half my husband got up and salt " What fire is that F" at the same time going out of the parlour into the living-room. I took bold of him and endeavoured to bring him back but did not succeed. I told him all were in bed ; he said, " Who's in bed ? I'll let 'em know who's master here ; I'll smash their brains out." He then took up the tongs and went towards the stairs. I, however, with the assistance of my grand son George, obtained possession of the tongs. I en treated a man named Morley to oome in, and he held my husband ; he was subsequently held down by my son and grandson, and then by Sinderson. During that day my husband was sitting by the fire and talk ing to himself, when he said, "I shall live to murder somebody to-night or to-morrow morning." I did not think he was out of his mind. John Meggitt, son of the prisoner, said—On Monday night last, while in bed at my father's house, about eleven o'clock, I heard him go down stairs, swearing that he would knock somebody's brains out. I went down stairs with George Cross, and VI my father, who was in his shirt, raving very much. We got him into bed, and secured him until Morley came, who held him down till the arrival of Sinderson, who assisted us. He was afterwards allowed to get up, on which he almost immediately ran at Sinderson, who was very much hurt, and who it appeared bad been stabbed. A knife was taken from my father. He was then handcuffed and allowed to go to bed. George Cross deposed—l am servant with Mr. Oldfield, butcher, of Winterton. Yesterday being Booby feast, I came to my grandfather's (the pri soner's) house, with the intention of staying all night. I went to bed about half•past ten o'clock. When I bad been in bed about half an hour I beard my grandfather get up, and my grandmother trying to persuade him to go to bed again. I and my unole at once arose, and on going down stairs heard my grandfather exclaim, "If you touch me again I'll smash your brains out." He bad the tongs in his hand. My uncle seized him and put him to bed, and my. mother and sister ran out to fetch Morley, who came in immediately and held my grandfather on the bed till I and my uncle ran up stairs to put our clothes on. Shortly after having dressed George Sinderson came in ; he took hold of my grandfather, who was raging and swearing very much, and held him on the bed. My grandfatheh after a time, got up again; but I did not see him strike Sinderson, as I was standing behind some people. I saw soy uncle, however, take a knife out of my grandfather's hands. The dying declaration of George Sinderson was here read, and was as follows :—" Robert Mcggitt, of Bonby, stabbed me on Monday night, in ale middle of my body, with a pocket knife. I was standing up for his wife. One of the grandbairns came and fetched me, for her grandfather was knpcking her grandmother on the head. I know lam dying. I know I have no chance to live." George Walker, constable, of Bonby, said—About half-part eleven o'clock on the night of Monday, the 7th of October, I was called to the house of Robert Meggitt, who, I was informed, had stabbed a man. I at once proceeded to the house, and there appre hended the prisoner on the charge of having stabbed George Sinderson. He was in a violent St of pas sion, and I found it necessary to handcuff him. John Meggitt, son of the prisoner, gave me a knife, which I now produce, as being the one with which he stabbed Sinderson. The following morning I told prisoner that Sinderson was in a dying state ; when he said he was not afraid to meet any magistrate, as he was justified in doing what he had done, because Sinderson was intruding in his house. When I was preparing to go with him to Barton, he inquired if I was going to take him to Lincoln in the train. I said it was not a concern to be trifled with, and he replied he was sorry he had stabbed him where he had ; he wished he had stabbed him in some other part where there was more flesh. Robert Morley deposed—l am a carpenter, and live at Bonby. About eleven o'clock on the night in question, when about thirty yards from the priso ner's house, I was called in by the prisoner's family, who sail that he was hallooing and shouting in the house, and was going to murder them all. 1 imme diately made my way there, and found his son and grandson holding him down in bed. They were naked, and while they C ot their clothes on I stood by the prisoner and held him down. During this time he appeared raving mad. He said he had dreamed a dream the night before that he had to kill . somebody that night or the next morning. The pri soner desired me to release him, in order to get a drink of water and put his clothes on. 1 did so, when • be directly ran towards his son John, who was at the other end of the room, but I seized and prevented him. At this time George Sinderson came in and held him. He laid him on the bed, and shook hint very much, and said be would shake him to death. Prisoner begged hard to be released, whereupon Sin derson left hold of him. He then ran at the de ceased, and struck him, as I thought, with his fist. The prisoner's son said, " Oh, he's let his puddings out," and immediately took a knife from his father's hand. Prisoner was then taken into custody by Walker, the constable. Mr. Wiliam Wilkinson, surgeon, Barton, wee next examined. He said—On Monday night last, about 12 o'clock, I was called to attend upon deceased. I found him labouring under a serious penetrating wound on the abdomen, about 2 } inches below the umbilicos., The small intestines were protruding through the aper ture. He was also suffering from internal bleeding, and must have been in great pain. I immediately endea voured to put the bowel into its proper place, but from the internal bleeding and the great mass of bowel which paotruded compared with the smallness of the aperture, I was not able to succeed. I told him there was only one chance to save him—namely, to make the aperture larger ; but he refused to allow me. told him I could not stand by and see him die, and therefore I got three men to hold him while I made tie aperture a quarter of an inch larger. I then en deavoured to reduce the bowel, but after I had put a portion in another portion came out, with blood, and I gave it up, telling deceased that I could do nothing for him, and that he must die. I had not discovered at this time that there was any puncture of the bowel. I was with deceased about an hour and a half. I visited him again on Tuesday morning, and found his pain relieved by a dose of morphia, which I had given him on Monday evening. On examining him, in co operation with Mr. Bennett, I found the bowel was punctured, and that there was a great flow of serum through the aperture. Deceased died on Wednesday night, about seven o'clock. Mr. Bennett, surgeon. Winterton, deposed-:--I met the last witness (Mr. Wilkinson) at deceased's house on Tuesday, about twelve o'clock, as stated by Mr. Wilkinson. I have heard his deposition read over, and, so far as the same relates to Mr. Wilkinson and myself conjointly, I confirm it. I have to•day made a post mortem examination of the deceased, and think that death has been caused by inflammation and mor tification. The opening which was made to reduce the bowel was about 1 inch long. From the wound in the bowel I think death must have taken place under any circumstances, and if more medical aid had been obtained it would have been of no use. Mr. William Grayburn, clerk to the magistrates of the Barton district, deposed that, in his capacity, he attended on :the deceased, along with Smith Wor mold, Esq., a magistrate, and took down in writiug the dying declaration of deceased. The CORONER having summed up, at half-past nine o'clock the jury retirO, and returned with a verdict of " Wilful Murder . ' against the prisoner, who was committed to take his trial at the Lincoln assizes. DEATH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR E. G. STANNIJS, C.B.—This gallant officer, who held the post of governor of the East India, Company's Military College at Addiscombe, died on the 214 at Addiscombe House, near Croydon, in his 67th year. ROYAL ARTILLERY.—Her Majesty's ship Re sistance sailed from Woolwich yesterday afternoon with several - officers of the Royal Artillery, and about 300 non commissioned officers and privates, for Gibraltar, 4ialta, and Corfu. A letter from Constantinople, sth instant, in the Covatitutionnel, says :—" The English lady, who some time since killed one of her eunuchs, has been condemned to five Months' imprisonment, and her accomplices to a more severe punishment." PRICE OF WHEAT IN BELGsuM.—The average price of wheat for the week ending October 12, was 18f. 3c., and of rye 1 If. 82c., being a decrease of 19c. on the former. and of 13c. en the latter, compared with the quotations of the preceding week. THE LONG VACATION. —To-day (Thursday) the long vacation terminates, when the offices of the several law courts will resume business preparatory to the ensuing Michaelmas Term, commencing on Saturday week. This vaca tion —the first since the Extended Cou'fity Courts Act was passed will be a remarkable one in respect to tie num. ber of declarations to be filed and delivered. The agency business has greatly decreased in codsequenee of the County Courts Act, and it is understood that the Comugasionera of p M I e t e i SnSgri. of Fox I RthArco.—m the Law Commission will recommend that forme in actioati brought in the superior courts be simplified. AcoßnirrEaciorrEsxe Cork ii) fi Fle T na ll e E rso S n, u t il h m e and Bandon Railway, have been declared contractors making the wire rope of the electric te legraph for to be laid down between England and France. ali ,