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tact whh the Norwegian, tchoonel-; Ikiln:a-r, 7th inst., off Paint LynaE; flur of tie crew of th- int'xr jumped on bpi rd rso former, hut the e::..ptaia eetreLen the two w“els. RAMSEY, ISLE ( F MAN, OCT. 7.—The (Greek briO, Constantinople to Dublin, was abandoned at anchor in the port of Ayr, puled her cable during the gide, and has not since been heard of ; would protLibly, the wind being at north, and from the run of the tide, strike on the Bahama Bank. BEliwicK, OCT. 9.—The Admiral Duncan, cf this port, from Newcastle, struck on the rocks at North Sunderland yesterday morning, got off and into North Sunderland. with considerable damage to her bottom. DEAL, OcT. 9.—Wind W.S.W. to N.W.—Arrd. Flora, Tredmar, Singapore, and sailed for Hamhurgh. Sid. Blonde, Sydney, New South Wolea ; Asia, Calcutta; Amoz tn, Port Natal; Archimedes, Algoa Bay; Emilie, Pernambuco; Forester, Tubs o ; Liman, New Orleans; Renown. Kingst on , S out h S eas; Victory, New Z-aland; Hobart Town; H. niuras, Port Philip; Pauline Hughton, Mauritius; Free Trader, Callao; Cairo, Ja maica. Off port, liedauoted, Valparaiso; the Avenger, of Shoreham, Glasgow to L mdate, which waj in contact 6th inst., with the Frt e Tinder, sank off the Galloper yesterday ; one of the crew of a Has;ing's boat %as drowned in attempting to save her. Arrd. from the River, Africanu', Afrii a. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 9.—Wind fresh.—Arrd. Peruvian, Blair, Singapore; Charlotte Afflick, Calcutta; Callao,-ditto ; Hope, Grange, Bombay; Thomas Fielden, Lawson, ditto; Trident, Valparaiso; Bisin, Mooiiy, Buenos Ayres; Harriet and Jesse, C,,nnor, Charleston; Lady Sale, Tolled', ditto; Ann Thompson, Pugwash ; Rivere, Howes, Miramichi; Red Rose, Arkin; Lady Raffles, Calcutta; Llewellyn, Jones, Meares; Jane Giessen, Pickering, Bombay; Ariel, Harrington, Rio Janeirii; William Edward, Munroe, ditto; James Dun lop, Georgeson, Demerara; Robertina, Stewart, St. Domingo; Glenburn, Sampson, Charleston; Rubin steamer, St. John's, New Brunswick; Andrew Colville, Alexander, Richibucto; Jane, Hunter, Quebec. Sid. Jones, St. Thomas; Irlam, Jamaica; Miltiades, New Orleans; Augustus, Baltimore; 'Patrick Henry, New York ; Phileria, ditto. Put back, Cosmopolitan, Africa ; Chace, Buenos Ayres ; Rio Grande, Boston; Fairy, Neseunelland, tall with loss of sails. The Richmond, hence to Buenos Ayres, is at anchor in a dangerous Position, South Stook, bearing N.E.,4 E., distant .sfour miles; a steamer has been sent to her. The Lon don, hence to Valparaiso, was spoken with off Cape de Verdi, with loss of topmasts, &c., and foreyard, intend ing to put into a B , azilian port to refit. The Callao, arrived here from Callao, passed a vessel with only fore mast and bowsprit standing, 4th Aug., lat. 46, long. 18. LITHA3I, O CT. B.—The Charlotte, of and from Gar lie-ato wa to Bangor, drove on shore here during the gale lest night, but has not received any serious damage; crew saved. The Sarah schooner (not sloop as before reported) was driven on shore at Blackpool during the gale; is very high up, with masts started and botton much damaged. BELFAST OCT. B.—The barque Hercules, of and bound to St. John's, New Brunswick, from the Clyde, has been towed, with 'loss of foremast and main topmast. The Robert Burns, of Inverness, drove on shore at Groomsport last night, and is full of water. WIITIIIIAVEN, OCT. 9.—The Woodville, for Dublin, struck outside the Old glary, and sunk; has since been raised. MAAvPORT, OCT. B.—The Grace, Quebec to Carlisle, 12 on shore, with six feet water in her Hold ; is expected Off after di sc h arging. MONT !thsE, OCT. B.—The Edith, of this port, St. F_etersburgh to Dundee, is on shore at the mouth of the North Esk; is expnted off, should the weather moderate. MA RKE T NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) NEINVGATE AND I.E.anzivaaxa. The state to 'aay, but we hav e m no change n to notice s in prices. Beer, ;:from 2s 4cl to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2. 6d to 3s 10d; Veal, 3 5 2d to 3s 8d; Pork, 3s Od to 4s 4d per Sibs by the carcase. XLAT MATMETS. 31 Os Hay, 21 15i to 31 15s ; Clover Os to 41 Os ; and Straw, 11 is to 11 53 per load Supply moderate, and trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 3' 15s Clover, 3/ Os to 4(45; and Straw, it 4s to 8s per load. full average supply, M and a slu RA gis dPrnand. WRITEcPEL. Meadow Ila g y, h 3/ 5s to 3/ 12s. Clover, 2 112 s to 4145; and Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 6s per load; Trade dull, at our quotations. MEAT MaTIMETS. HAILSRAM, OCT. 9.—Az increased business has been tran s acted in to-day's market at very full prices.— ea. from 3s 4d to 4s 2cl; Mutton, 3s 6cl to 4s 4cl; Veal. 3s 4d to as 6d; Pork 3s 2d to 3s 6d per Sibs. ARUNDEL, OCT. B.—Generally speaking, the demand has ruled steady, at our quotations.—Beef, from 3s 41 to 43 Od • Mutton, 3s 84 to 4 s 4d ; V ea l , as 4 d to 3 8 8d ; Pork, as 4cl to 3s 6.1 per 81bs. CHICHESTER, OCT. 9.—Beasts and Sheep moved off steadily at higher ra•es.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s Od; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 2d; Pork, as 2d to 3i 6d per Sibs. Stickling Calves ' 18s to 235; and Q uar t er-old Store Pigs, t 16s to 21 s eac h . tiOUTHALL, OCT. 9.—Prime Beasts, Sheep, and Pigs, commanded a steady sale, at fully last week's prices. In other kinds of stock very little was doing.—Beef, from 2s 101 to 3i 10d; Mutton, 38 to 4a 2cl ; Veal, 3s 2kl to 3s 10d; Pork, 3s to 3s 8.1 per 81bs, to sink the offal. Ito3lFonb, OCT. 9.—Our market has ruled steady, at fully last week's quotations. Beef, from 3s to 4s; Mutton, as 2d to 4s 2d; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; Pork, 3s 21 to 3s 10,1 Per Bibs. Suckling Calves, 19s to 265; and Quarter old Store Pigs, 18s to 22s each. Ins CORN AVERAGES. Ina AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN Por 6 Week ended Oct. 3,1850, made up from the Returns of the perl).ectors in the different Citiesand Towns in EAgland andWalcs "n PeTialQuarter. PRICE 1 WHEAT, 'BARLEY.' 1 OATS. RYE. I BEANS. 1 PEAq. •• 42% 2d I 24s 51 16s 8d I 2Gs 71 1 29* 6d 131 s 31 "UT. 1 DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Is Odl BARLEY. 1 OATS. RYE. I BEANS. PEAS. Is Od Is Od lls Od QUA,v , is Od I Is Od Wheat -• MIES OF GRANNT SOLD IN TIIE PAST WEEK. ' . 17 . 025 ; Barley , 1" 1161 ! Oats 17 903 • Eye 448 ; Beans, .., , --, , , , Peas, 1,377 quarters. -R ANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner EvANs.) IN RE PeDOWALL. The bankr u p t was described as a draper at Br i g h ton 'led Worthing, an d to - day was appo i nted for h i s l ast ex reiriation. ,r I' he a mount of e debts are not large, but the bank 111Pt had, as be allegee, sold in June and July last some owei in Montpelier -road to his father-in-law for 1851., %N the furni ture i n King's-road for 1551. The bank I- , 0 14 gave a very imperfect account of how he had got tie of the money. William Hartman, th e f at h er -i n -l aw , was exam ined, at admitted that although he had a receipt for 1551., 110_1184 in fa c t on l y paid 751. The solicitor to the assignees urged that the accounts ere fella and thst if the money alleged to have been t eeived w as produced, there would be enough to pay 08. ptnr.in the pound, and if there had been no sale the ystill belonged to the creditors. _ P t ' 3 HI °Nona said the case was very suspicious, and aajourned the examination sine die. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. HI DAY.) The Mich, elmas Quarter Session for applications for I . l tuli c an d d anc i ng licenses commenced this morning, at the &BMW:H.IOM, Clerkenwell- g r een , b e f ore M r . Pow oall and a full bench of magistrates. The number of _ a pplications were—persons licensed l as t y ea r, 61; pel let:is not licensed last year, 41; tc tal, 102. • All the licenses granted last year and applied for this 'ere renewed unanimously. ti TOn NATIONAL BAT HS , HOLMONN.—The applicatica , a Mr . J. Hedgrnan for a license was granted, there being 0 opposition. 11_ 4 long discussion took place upon the application of • Joseph Daw, of the Brown Raven, Church-lane, th e pos:esst 111 of the family for the last fifty,years, and this * as the first application, which was supported by the `l. eh urchwardens and overseers of the district. le Several of th e B enc h h av i ng spok en at length upon the ( Itiesti en , Mr. PowriAnn said he would take this occasion to say Icitt he was net opposed, as had been stated , to the ra '4onal ems s ments of the people. He thought that if 4Qone of thk; open spaces ir. town, of from two to three — "ea in exten', were devoted to the games of cricket and 6 tior athletic games, instead of sending people to a_ Klic-house, it would be much better for the morals of •Ihtel:ieople. • Upon putting the , question whether the application 13 ,m5 . 0r not, th ere a pp ear ed fur the license 5; against, 6 ; ,10ente refused. 144 Rackstraw, of the Gun Tav,,rn, • IPPlied fur a license. He and his wife had carried on .the business for the last twenty years without a com- P iai ne- "'Several Friendly Societies held their meetings and dinners at the h ouse , an d i t was o n that account that the applimtion was made. The license was refused, the numbers being. 7 for, 8 against. 3r.'llenry Wills o b ta i ne d a li cense f or th e Albion 1, 1 e• Hammersmith, there being no opposition. Mr. Copelstone Coward Hodge, a member of the Col 'e of Music, applied for a license for the Marquis of ,the case of Granby, High-row, K hb• In Ifni ts . ridge, which was retuned. isrouid.not he ar th the churchwarde Mr. H. Gould Haynard, the Court Thueoutt wet s c row e,application, the witness having forgot us names ded excess. --,--.-- GUILDRA.LL.--(THIS DAY.) :Mr. Alderman SIDNEY this morning gave judgment in the ,ease of William Las morning w h ose c harge of Mr. pirqin &he design of a purse envelop e , reg istered by 1 3 inchee, was yesterday heard before him. Mr. Watts, solicitor for the def ence, having attended, and stated - that his clients were willing the terms pro- Po4el by Air. Clarkson yesterday, viz., t o t promise not •0 make or sell any more purse envelopes, the worthy f Alderresa adjudged him to pay the mitigated penalty o St and costs. X ATAL A CCIDEN T TO SHERIFF 11141STEEL.—STRAN • tiNitkil" °CT ' 5 . This afternoon, about our o'clock, while Mr. it:tn_l,_agent for the British Linen Company's Bank here, Wigs -utre:f customs, and one of the sheritfsubstitutes of g.enshir ' ei . was returning from a visit to his property, qua int rte inli en from Stranraer, and when within ahou o t a art o f m a mile from the town, the horse drawing the dg n horse, and Mr. off, in which l ir. 11 `.Neel was riding took fright, and ra . uOy wh o Wag driving had been unable to hold th e to,:;_oizasU thethe side of the road, and the wheel coming in contact with 'Reel seized the reins, when the horse ran h v dyke, the vehicle was capsized. Mr. M'Neel was posenlitohuesoad, and almost instantly expired ; t injured. Mr. M'Neel was universally_ ••at'°eraed throughout the county as a kindhearted a u n s d e otralighforward gentleman, and his death bas been p?e ea . WesZciteme A t l a th e jai hinuomui..-NortAßntish att. g • • - - E',B% -dii 44 123'h I .. 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COURT CIRCULAR. and definitions—even the " Golden Rule," the doc trine of the " Three Dominants, or the Theory of the Supremacy of the Third"—would be thrown down as so many themes of controversy, in which every chapter in the hook must be cited, and discussed; whereas, it need scarcely be doubted that the reader, who commmences earnestly at the beginning and follows the developments of the system candidly to the end of the first part, consisting of the "Elements," " Prolegomena," and "Practical Trea tise," will feel that uncertainty, obscurity, and multi plied contradictions no longer cloud or distort his musical insight. If he knows well all that has been perused from the beginning to the end of that first part—if he have made himself thoroughly acquainted with all the rules, both essential and accessory, he will feel confident that he possesses all the knowledge requisite for composition of any kind whatever, choreographic, dramatic, symphonic, sacred, and fugued music. But if he wishes to be a professional composer, he will study the second part entitled " Tne Theore tical and Confirmatory Treatise," in which most of that which has hitherto been secret in the art is re vealed. In a manner as novel as it is unexception able, are elucidated the geneuphonic doctrine of the unity of the diatonic genus, the " poly tonism" of chords, the use of the " melo-harmonic typometer," the melo harmonic properties of the third, the functions of the "three dominants," the accordance of the "sonor ous" with the " rythinical" potency, the alterations of the " transcadence," with the nature and union of " tonism and modism," &c. The examples are taken from the most faultless works of the greatest Masters, and they appear sufficiently to testify the luminous ness and completeness of the geneuphonic theory. If any, however, should upon perusal arrive at a dif ferent conclusion, no stretch of prejudice, no force of injustice will resist the acknowledgment, that the musical scholar, of whatever standing, cannot rise from the study of this great work without a clearer judgment, a more definite knowledge, and a more exact perception of the natural truths of music than he had before conceived to be by any means attainable. LITERATURE. THE GENEUPHON IC GRAMMAR, an original and condensed Grammar of Harmony, Counterpoint, and Musical Composition; or the Generation of Euphony reduced to Natural Truth. By the late General J. J. de Yirues y Spinola, and Don F. T. A. Chaluz de Vernevil. Dedicated, by permission, to H. R. H. the Prince Albert. It happens not unfrequently that ingenious and enthusiastic reformers of established theories and usages in science suppose that they have devised a new system, when in reality they have done no more than invent a new nomenclature. A cursory reading of this work would leave the impression that the authors of the ‘• Geneuphonic Grammar" have simi larly mistaken the true result of their own labours. However confused, vague, and uncertain be the hitherto enunciated laws of musical composition, and however acceptable and convenient may be the new terms in which the natural laws of music are ex pressed by the discoverer of the geneuphonic theory, General de Virus=, and his accomplished coadjutor, Den Chaluz de Vernevil, it does not readily strike the reader of their work (or rather works) that the actual laws, the ruling principles, which have ever governed, and continue to govern, the best masters in their compositions, are in any degree effected by the system here proposed. Neither does it immediately appear that, in the no menclature adopted, the authors of this grammar have altogether succeeded in clearing the terminology of musical science from hard words and names of pe dantic, if not of barborous, combination. Thus it will occur to some that the term " polytonogammistn" is neither very expressive in itself nor very classical in its composition, and some other terms introduced may seem open to similar objection. But what if a more careful reading leads to the conviction that here is developed a theory, essentially new, complete, precise, and luminous, applied in a system, which comprehends in a simple and symme trical body those natural laws which have been intui tively recognised by musical genius, however they may have been disguised hitherto by the jargon of the schools? What if the few novel terms introduced —and they are but few in the practical or the didac tic parts of the system—are justified by a demonstrated necessity, and serve in every instance to mark distinctly and unmistakably the leading principles of the new theory, and to guide the student in their application ? The careful and impartial reader will recognise before be lays down the volume that such are the results obtained. That, amongst the cognoscenti and professors, -- this work will meet with an impartial, indeed a liberal, consi deration, is guaranteed by the fact that it receives the patronage of Prince Albert, who is not only re cognised universally in the musical world as an ac • complished practical musician, a learned and masterly composer (witness his noble mass), but is further known to be exceedingly tareful in permitting the use of his name in the patronage of any work of scientific pretensions. But more, the universally acknowledged fact that musical science (so called) has hitherto been in a most unsatisfactory state, con stantly deplored by the most able writers in every age, from the early Greeks to Catel, Weber, and An toine Reicha, must secure a candid attention for a work of which the object—unquestionably worked out with much success—is to display the elements of harmony in a point of view correspondent with the present state of musical taste in this country, and to treat them in a concise, perspicuous, and complete manner. The want of such a work is acknowledged by the greatest men of our times who, in attempting to supply the deficie nc y , acknowledge a consciousness of the inadequacy of their efforts. Weber, who, a quarter of a century ago, filled the world with his fame as a great theorist, says, in his "Theory of Musical Composition," that "so far as music is concerned, the progress made of late years in practical composition has been out of all proportion to that which has been realised in the correspondent theoretical doctrines, the latter yet remaining in a very rude state. Whoever doubts the fact may readily satisfy himself of this truth, by merely inquiring of the multitudes, who every day fruitlessly endeavour to derive the requisite assistance from the treatises on composition, or the miserable tho rou g h-bass schools, which have hitherto been published." In his preface to his " Dictionary of Music" (of the " Methodical Encyclopaedia") be speaks of the existing theories in this way—" What is tiresome are the continual battles I am incessantly obliged to fight against so many doctrines opposed to the truth, which those works contain, and in which the erroneous ideas of Rameau, D'Alembert, and of many others are collected, and in which are gathered, in spite of judgment and experience, all that is known as being false. I pity those who are doomed to stuff their minds with such nonsense. They are far less advanced than those who never opened a book of theory." From Engelback, Busby, Sheridan, Castel Blaze, nay from Rousseau and D'Alembert themselves, and a host of others of equal note, such complaints might be quoted to the extent of volumes. But in Bacon's preface to his " History of Music," the whole charge against the prevalent theory is for cibly summed up in these words:—" The theory is reduced to certain mystical subtleties, of which the application and truth have nothing either con stant or certain. All those authors, however, have thought that there was no reason to despair of arriving at a theory upon which a grammar should be formed for elementary music, harmony, and the science of counterpoint, which might answer every question, and remove every doubt, and which should rest on a radical, positive, simple, but comprehensive, single, but universal prin ciple. That great problem the authors of the " Gen euphonic Grammar" profess to have solved. If it be denied that their solution is perfect, it must be ad mitted that they have achieved a very close approxi mation, and that they have demonstrated principles g which srded, be i f f or n e ot w o e l r t e o altogether etl interesting least os unknown. elucidations t overlookedteteminent Thean d i disre garded, e original- author of the theory, De Vir u e s y S p i no l a , now de ceased about eight years, served hi s coun try with dis tinction as a diplomatist and a genera l officer, and was regarded twenty Spain yea a r s s t t h o e m nna of t nd poet, itnh so scholar, tsreuet ive and metaphysician of his time. H e i s said to have devoted prin ciples upon which his theory is perfected. His own view of his labours is In his preliminary discourse he says : "m y a i m is to explain a simple fact, c oeval with na ture herself, whence it springs. This , theory will re main unshaken. Contested or not for a period, it will be brought to perfection in course of time by successive connoisseurs ; and the fact which has dictated it, and which has constantly been within the view of every practitioner, will at length become manifest. The system of which it is composed, and which will,in my opinion, do away with all the ancient theories, is grounded upon a dis covery, or rather hypothesis, perfectly nov el; a desidera tum, the accomplishment of whi c h i s the fruit of the most unremitting researches. It strikes me that the hypothesis, which is nothing less than that of a sole principle appli cable to every case, without exception, and which the great' asters, though unintentionally, haie follovied in all ages, is destined to produce in the science of music a revolution similar to the one in geography e ffected by I . ou r great Columbus. do n o t hesitate to a ffi rm that the acquisition of the sc i ence of harmony need in no case exceed a month. The infallible effect of this theory will be to lay before the p u pil at the first view —I, wher e in consists all the art of every partition whatever;, 2, that all this art, with respect to harmony, lies in one and the same operation; 3, that this operation is the very same which he has j ust learned. The theory of music remained incomplete. This, although unknown to many of the first composers of our age, was a truth admitted by a ll the philosophers and the learned who had devoted themselves to the great art, of which I now present the new rudiments. The perusal of their works, and the want of a principle] appli cable to all cases,inspired me with a wisb,even in m y youth, to achieve the discovery of this principle. I must, how ever, confess that I vi ewe d i t a t first in the light of another quadrature of the ci r cle, or of another philoso pher's stone. With this object in v iew, .I employed all the leisure moments of my early education in reading above forty thousand folio pages on musical harmony. Amongst all these, I did not find a s ingle treatisent exempt from serious errors, and on which the A w ever o • an uni versal principle was not sensibly fe.t• rs losing sight of this idea, I continued, for many yea e _ t afterwards, to apply every respite occasionally allowd.baot me by the various duties of my public career, to E . ltudy and the o meditation of which I have spoken at peeing of this discourse, and which, from their very never nature, could have no fixed or regular design. Still , 1 onl ever t relinquish e d my endeavours until I arrived, not l h constitutes the know ledge of the spring in nature which of this fact and re gulates harmony, but at the reduction I a to an universal principle. This principle .PP led to every known law, and to the erection o f asystem reared upon this single and general principle, t da so complete that it rendered useless all the a ncie9 theories, destroyed all the ancient exceptions, itself b admitting of none, and answered, as it _be admit and from its own power every s peciesof objection. It i d then the learned men of ability, who have immortalized themselves by their writings on music, who su p p l y me with the n ecessar y courage of or such . r_ an undertaking. All of them, I repeat, have acknowledged the want of an universal principle, or a t least, e single fact, by which every other might b e regulated. His earnest and able coadjutor Don Chaluz de Vernevil, a man of noble rank, professor in the Uni versity of Madrid, and member of several learned bodies on the continent, has reduced the theory into a series of clear, lucid, and practical lessons, which, commencing with the first elements of music, may readily be mastered within a month, and lead the student to a complete and satisfactory knowledge of musical science, heretofore absolutely unattainable by any course of reading, if, indeed, it ever was satisfactorily acquired, even by y racti ears of t o il some study or a life of triumphant pce, v 4 attempt an analysis of a system so comprehensive would he attended with little s uccess in the space which could be afforded in these columns, and such a brief exposi tion of the leading pr inciples as might be given here would fail to carry that conviction of their perfect ap plicability w hi c h a considerate perusal of the yak" itself will irresistibly produce. qiu9tci 414 BALMORAL, OCT. 6 13RUSSLLS, OCT. 9.—The itioniteur has not pub d any bulli:tin of thc, Qle.n's health. We le:rn, however, from iritelligenc rect.iveil up to a late hour last night, that there has been no change in the healli of her Mjesty. The Queen Arn?lie has seen her royal daughter several times in the course of the day. Drs. Carswell and Janssens are in continual at tendance upon her Majesty ; and Dr. Gueneau de Mussy, who has been the physician of the Orleans family whila in England, and who accompanied Queen Amelie, has also seen our illustrious Queen. M. Von Coninck, the priest of St. Gudule, has also been admitted to her Majesty, with whom he passed some time. Tier Mi , jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al bert attended Divine service this morning in the parish church of Crathie. The service was performed by the Rev. Archibald Anderson. The ladies and gentlemen of the household were in attendance upon her Majesty and his Royal Highness. Sir George Grey arrived at Balmoral yesterday evening. OCT. 7. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert drove out this morning i❑ an open carriage. The woods of Balmoral were afterwards driven for deer. OcT. B.—The Moniteur of this morning contains no bulletin of the state of her Majesty's health ; the reason as , igned is that the latest news received from Ostend last night, states that no change had taken place. Her Majesty Queen Amelie brought with her from England her physician in ordinary, Dr Gueneau de Mussy, who has been the medical attendant of the Orleans family since their arrival in England. tie has had frequent conferences with Dr. Chong 1, and he appears to act in concert with the Queen's usual medial attendants, Sir Robert Carswell and Dr. Janssens. A letter from Ostend, dated last night, says— " Queen Amelie, with her family, has been many times to the'Palace during the day to see her august re lative, who is still exceedingly weak. The King also passes a great part of the day near her Msj,sty. M. dv Cuninek, the elder and primary curd of the church of St. Michael and Gudule, has been closeted with the Queen for some time. His Majesty, accompanied by the L'uc de Brabant and the Count de Flandres, appeared upon the ramparts for'a short time. The Queen Marie Amelie, with her children and the Princess Charlotte, also took a short walk." A supplement of the Moniteur, dated 10 o'clock, contains the following : " We have only received this morning the following bulletin issued yesterday morning at Ostend : "' No important change has taken place since hitt night in the state of the Queen ; the fever was, how ever, not so violent last night, and the weakness is, con +equently, less this morning. • " Sir ROBERT CARSWELL, D.M. " F. JANSSENS, D.M." " H. GUENEAU DE MUSSY, D.M.P. The Master of the Mint had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Metropolitan Local Commissioners representing the section of the h ine Arts had an interview yester day, in the new Palace of Westminster, with the Executive Committee of the Exhibition of 1851. Cclonel Reid (in the chair), Mr. Cole, Mr. Dilke, Mr. Fuller, Colonel Lloyd (special commissioner), Dr. Lyon Playfair (special commissioner) and Capt. Boscawen lbbetson, F.R.S., were present. Mr. Digby Wyatt, Secretary of the Executive Committee, attended. The Local Commissioners present were — Mr. John Jackson (Rathbone-place), Rev. S. R. Cattley (Hon. Secretary to the City of London Com mittee), Mr. G. H. Drew (Secretary of the West minster Committee), Mr. H. Weekes (Lower Bel grave-place), Mr. George Godwin, F.R.S. (Local Commissioner for Kensington), Mr. W. Wyon, R.A. (Royal Mint), Mr. C. Fowler (Gordon -square), Mr. H. Burnell (Cheyne- walk), Mr. W. Tite, F.R.S. (Lowndes-square), Mr. W. E. Greenwell (Secretary of the Marylebone Committee), Mr. J. Cook Evans (Barrister, Finsbury Committee). HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM BALMORAL. The arrangements for her Majesty's reception at Holyrood on Thursday evening are making satisfac tory progress. In addition to the other preparations, we believe it has been proposed to light a large bonfire on the summit of Arthur Seat, which will illumine the surrounding country, and have altogether a very striking effect. We are happy to hear that the public subscription set on foot to defray the expenses has met with great success. It is also proposed, we be lieve, to illuminate St. Anthony's Chapel, and other parts of Salisbury Crags, with the " Drummond Light ;" and other pyrotechnic displays are spoken of for the occasion. We regret, however, to under stand that the authorities have been obliged to give up part of their design with the variegated lamps. It was originally intended that the lamps should be formed into a variety of ornamental devices; but it has been found that the strong current through the valley would extinguish them, so that they will have to be placed in ordinary gas globes, erected on posts which are being raised for the purpose, 200 yards apart, along the route from St. Margaret's station to Holyrocd. We believe that the effect of the whole will be very striking and beautiful. Her Majesty, we learn, is to lunch at Stonehaven between one and two o'clock on Thursday, so that the Royal party may be expected here about six o'clock. A cavalry escort will await her Msjesty's arrival at St. Margaret's, and the way to the Palace will be lined with military. The Royal party will leave for Osborne on Friday morning, at eight o'clock. " Ostend, Oct. 7: " At noon a second supplement of the Illoniteur was issued, with news up to midnight preceding. It states that during the evening hrr ➢Majesty was less calm than in the course of the day. The pulse was weak and frequent. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER RACES.—WEnssissumr. The Grand Stand Stakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old. (5 Subs.) Mr. Osborne's The Black Doctor ... walked over. The Chester Handicap of 15 sous. each, 10 ft, and only 5, &c., with 100 added. The second to receive 20 soya. out of the stakes. A mile and seven furlongs. Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b (Charlton) I Mr. Dawson's Cocktail, 4 yrs, 6st 71b Mr. Stewart's Wilrnont, 3 yrs, 4st Illb 3 Not placed—Ballinafad, 6 yrs, 7st 121b—Inheritress, aged, 7st 61b—Juggler, 4 yrs, gst 121b—Spot, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Portia, 4 yrs, Est 61b—and Keleshea, 6 yrs, Est 41b. Won by a neck. A Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sot's. each. Grosvenor Coarse. Mr. Dawson's The Savage, 3 yrs (Lye) I Mr. Montgomery's Cantab, 3 yrs Mr. Cunningham's The Meese, 6 yrs Not placed—Master Downes, aged, 9st glb—Stan ton, 4 yrs, 9st 51b—Clara, 6 yrs, 9st 31b—Aldgste, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Augean, 3 yrs, 7st 121b—Snowdrift, 3 yrs, ist 121b—Rose Bradwardine, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—and Brocoli, 3 yrs, Tat lib. Won by a length. The Chester Leviathan Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 30 added; for three yrs old colts, Bst 81b; fillies, Bst 41b; winners, extra. One mile and three-quarters. Mr. Dawson's Mark Tapley (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Fowler's Jails Briggs Won in a canter. The Tradesman's Welter Cup of 50 sous., added to a handicap sweeptakes of 10 sous. each, h ft. Twice round and a distance. Mr. Kemp's General Sale, 4 yrs, lOst 51b (Mr. Hadley) 1 Mr. Oalses's Half-and-Half, aged, lost 51b Mr. Dawson's The Cocktail, 4 yrs, lOst 611) 3 Mr. Irwin's Ballinafad, 6 yrs, list 71b 0 Mr. Lawson's Valiant, aged, lOst 81b 0 Won by a neck. The Scramble Selling Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 20 added; two years old, Est 81b; three, Bst 61b; four, 9st; five and upwards, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; winners extra. Six furlongs. Mr. Osborne's Emily Ann, 2 yrs (Osborne) 1 Mr. Merone's Cauliflower, 5 yrs 2 Mr. Lawson's Brenda, 2 yrs Mr. James's La Voleuse, 4 yrs Mr. R. J. Scott's Pansey, 3 yrs 0 Won by a length. The Halter Skelter Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. One mile and a half. Mr. Walters's Reality, 5 yrs, 7st (Arnold) 1 Mr. Cotgreave's Abbess of Jerveaux, 3 yrs, Est 410 2 Mr. Osborne's Lady Hylda, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b Mr. Fowler's Ribaldry, 5 yrs, Bst 51b Mr. Lawson's Valiant, aged, Bst Mr. Giles's Gaffer Green, aged, let 101 b 0 Mr. Dawson's Joe Sutherland, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ... 0 Won by halt a neck. UPTON RACES.—TIIESDAY. The Upton Stakes of 10 soya. each, with 35 added, were won, in two heats, by Mr. Forster's Forester, beat ing Mr. Gulliver's Fazeley and Mr. James's Sarah. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each. with 20 added, were won in three beats by Mr. Levett's Batwing, beat ing Mr. Humphrey's The False Gem, Mr. Land's Boundless, and four others. The Severn Stakes were won, in three heats, by Cap tain Roebuck's Selina, beating Mr. Parr's I'anope, Mr. Drew's Impression, and Mr. Scott's Wallace. THE DUCHESS OF KENT—ARRIVAL AT D AL MAHOY. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived yesterday afternoon at Dalmahoy, the seat of the Earl of Morton, where she is to remain for a few days. Her Royal Highness left Haddo House, where she had been on a visit to the Earl of Aberdeen, yester day morning at ten o'clock, posting from the Noble Earl's residence to Aberdeen. After lunching at Roberts's Hotel, the Duchess left Aberdeen by rail. way in a special train, travelling by the Aberdeen line to Forfar • from Forfar to Perth on the Scottish Midland ; from Perth to Larbert on the Scottish Central; and from Larbert to Ratho on the Edinburgh and Glasgow—the journey from Perth to Ratho being accomplished in an hour and fifty minutes. At Perth her Royal Highness was received by Provost Dewar and Baillie Puller, of Perth, and Captain Ronald, directors of the Scottish Central Railway, with Mr. Johnstone, the manager ; and Provost Sawyer, of Stirling, joined the train at that city. Mr. Thomson, superintendent of the passenger department of the Edinburgh and Glasgow line, ac companied the train from Larbert to its destination. The train arrived at Ratho station at a quarter-past six o'clock. Her Royal Highness occupied the ele. , gant saloon carriage which was constructed some years ago by the Caledonian Company for the use of her Majesty, and which had been sent to Aberdeen on this occasion for the special use of the Duchess. The Baroness de Speth accompanied her Royal High. ness in the saloon carriage ; and Sir George Couper travelled in one of the ordinary first-class carriages which composed the train. Her Royal Highness, on alighting, was received by the Earl of Morton, who had arrived at the station a short time previously, and was conducted by him into the waiting-room (which was tastefully fitted up for the reception of her Royal Highness), till the tra velling carriages on the train had been removed. After remaining a short time, however, her Royal Highness availed herself of the private carriage of the Earl of Morton, in which she proceeded to Dalmahoy. The Baroness de Speth and Sir George Couper were in the carriage beside her Royal Highness, the Earl of Morton accompanying on horseback. The domestics of her Royal Highness remained till the three carriages upon the train were landed, and immediately proceeded in them to Dalmahoy. The posting arrangements were under the superin tendence of Mr. Isaac Scott, postmaster to the Queen. As the time of the arrival of the distinguished party was not generally known, there was not a great crowd at the station, and the arrangements were of the most satisfactory description. Mr. List, the active superintendent of the county police, was on the spot, and the best order was preserved. We understand that the Earl and Countess of Rosebery and Lord , and Lady Belhaven met the Duchess last night, at Dalmahoy ; and that a nume rous and distinguished party are to assemble to-day (Tuesday), on the occasion of the visit of her Royal Highness. The Duchess, we believe, remains at Dalmahoy till Thursday, when she will leave by the Caledonian Railway, joining it at Kirknewton station, which is distant about three miles from the residence of the Earl of Morton.—Edinburgh Advertiser. PEDESTRIANISM. The celebrated pedestrian," Tim Ingham," of Preston, is matched for a wager of 501. to walk from Preston to Kendal and back, a distance of eighty-eight miles, in one day. The task is to be performed in the course of three months, the choice of the day to be left to the pedestrian. EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—A remark able pedesttia❑ feat has just been accomplished by Ro bert Pugh, one of the mountain guides at Dolgelly, in Merionethshire, who performed the task of walking from that town to the top of Ceder Idris and back four times in 13i hours. The distance to the summit of the mountain is six miles, and the read is very steep and craggy, and, perhaps, one of the roughest and most toil some in North Wales. Pugh started at five o'clock in the morning, and concluded his task at half-past six in the evening, having thus accomplished the four journeys within 2i hours of the stipulated time, the wager. which was for the sum of 101., being that he could not walk the distance in sixth en hours. The weather was very wet and stormy, yet notwithstanding this drawback, and the arduous toil of the four ascents, the guide did not appear in the least fatigued. The, completion of the tisk was announced by a I ), al of bells. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS IN , SCOTLAND. _ The Marchioness of Douro and Mr. and Lady Wardlaw Ramsay have arrived in Edinburgh. The Earl of Minto is entertaining a family party at his residence at Minto House, comprising Colonel and Lady Elizabeth Romilly, Lord and Lady John Russell and family, Vice-Admiral George Elliot, the Hon. John E. Elliot, M.P., besides the members of his Lordship's family. Lord and Lady Byron and the Hon. William Byron left Edinburgh on Friday for London. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart., arrived at Edinburgh on Friday night, from his seat, Fallo den, in Northumberland, and left on Saturday morn ing, for Bahnoral. The Countess of Pembroke and the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Herbert arrived in Edinburgh on Fri day, from Dunmore Park. The Earl of Shelburne, with the Marquis de la Valette and Count de Morny, left Edinburgh on Thursday. The Earl of Effingham and family are at present on a visit to the Earl of Rosebery at Dalmeny. The Right Hon. Lord Elphinstone arived at Edin burgh on Monday. Viscount and Viscountess Milton arrived at Edin burgh on Monday night. The Earl of Effingham arrived at Edinburgh on Monday. PURSUIT OF JOURNALISM UNDER DIFFICULTIES...-. A kindly sympathy prompts us to offer a hint calculated to meet the difficulty under which the French journalists now labour, in being obliged either to write tamely, or to expose themselves to prosecution through the law, which compels them to affix their names to their leading articles. Here is a fragment of a model spirited leader relative to an imagi nary Ministry ; an article which, as far as the authorship is concerned, would, we are bound to say, defy indictment : " The consequences of Lord Mountbushel's accession to the Premiership (Brown) are manifesting themselves with a ven geance (Jones). The funds—the nation's purse—are (Robinson) falling fearfully (Tomkins). Discontent is (Johnson) ripe at Blanchester; fifty mills have already closed, and the streets are thronged with (Snooks) frantic crowds, exclaiming (Styles) Bread or (Blokes) Blood! (Hopkins). A hundred thousand men have already assem bled at Birmingham, prepared, if need be, (Briggs) to march THE SUN, ,LoNDON, , i ,THURSDAY „EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1850. Lever. THE ZOIST. No. XXXI. The present number of the Zoist contains much in teresting matter. The Mesmeric News from India, communicated by Dr. Elliotson, is most satisfactory. Dr. Esdaile has, comparatively speaking, few pre judices to contend against in India. The members of the medical profession in that country are too widely scattered to form a clique, or, more properly speaking, to organize a conspiracy for the habitual suppression of truth. Dr. Esdaile has an opportunity of appealing to an unprejudiced public, • and we ac cordingly find that in India, to quote the words of the Indian Times, " Mesmerism as a science has taken root so fixedly as to be beyond the power of opposi tion." In a powerfully-written article Dr. Elliotson replies to certain incorrect statements made by Dr. Todd, respecting a cure of a case of deafness and dumbness, recorded seven years ago in the Zoist. Dr. Elliotson seems surprised at the conduct of Dr. Todd ; we, on the contrary, consider it characteristic and in perfect keeping with the line of conduct ge nerally observed by Dr. Todd towards his professional brethren. Dr. Elliotson also administers a smart castigation to Dr. J. W. Wilson for his recent Har veian oration. Several of the opposers of mesmerism have demanded of the professors of that science some well authenticated instances of a mesmeric effect pro duced on animals. The present number of the Zoist contains three cases in point, each vouched for by unexceptionable evidence; the first case being communicated by the Duke of Marlborough, the se cond by the Rev. T. Bartlett, and the third (mes meric cure of a cow) by Miss Harriet Martineau. We give these three cases as reported by the operators themselves to Dr. Elliotson. " Mote Park, Athlone, January 1, 1843. " My dear Elliotson,—At Lord Ely's farm is a yard dog, so savage and ferocious no one dare approach him. I was determined to beat him, and in three minutes had him fast asleep, his last sigh being a deep growl. In presence of several persons I then kissed the dog on his forehead, and there left him to awake at his leisure. ' " Yours most truly, " MARLBOROUGH.' " I requested the Duke to learn the subsequent state of the dog, and the following was the reply:— " Blenheim, February, 1843. " My dear Elliotson,—l have a letter from Ely Lodge this morning, written by Lord Adam Loftus. I extract as follows:—" The dog has been quite stupid ever since." " must now tell you what I have been doing here. I have also a very savage yard dog. I tried him to-day; in about fifteen minutes he ran into his kennel and hid his eyes from the manipulating process,—growling, snarling, and barking most furiously, notwithstanding. I then made the man who feeds him, and who is the only person who dares go near him, drag him out of his kennel and nail up a hurdle before the entrance, so as to keep him effectually outside. I then went to work again, the dog, as you may suppose, .being ten times more furious. In about 45 minutes I bad him so quiet, oppressed, and stupid, that he dropped his nose several times in the mud around his kennel, and kept shutting and opening his eyes. Carts and horses, and men and boys were passing and repairing, which served continu ally to arouse him, so that I could not satisfactorily com plete the task, and leave him dead asleep; besides which a heavy snow storm was falling all the while, and I could not feel my finger's ends. But I completely subdued the beast, and patted him on the head before I left. " Yours most sincerely, MARLBOROUGH.' " My friend, the Rev. Mr. Bartlett, produced mesme ric effects upon a bull, as he thus wrote me word:— " My dear Sir,—lt may perhaps not be uninterest ing to you to hear of a little incident, which occurred to me in the autumn of 1847, when I, was in Westmore land and Cumberland. Upon descending a mountain, over which I had been wandering alone, and enjoying the magnificent prospect which opened before me, I found myself in a narrow road between two stone fences, which perhaps separated the lands of different proprie tors. On one side of the fences were cattle and a bull. The bull approached the fence in an angry mood, and walked along the other side of it, parallel with me, for more than a quarter of a mile; he then grew more ex cited, tore the ground with his horns, and bellowed fiercely. As I could not but apprehend that, should there be a breach in the wall, he might leap over and attack me, I was considering what course it was best to take, when we came to a very high and strong gate. Upon reaching the gate, the bull rushed close up to it, and bellowed loudly through it. As I knew that he could neither leap over, nor force this gate, I also ap proached it, and looked him steadily in the face. In about a minute I caught his eye, w hich then fixed upon me. In about another minute a twinkling of the eye lids arose, very similar to that of a human subject at an early stage of mesmeric influence. After probably three or four minutes, the eyes gradually closed, and the b u ll remained quiet, an d appeared to be as im movea bl e as if he had been chiselled by the hand of the sculptor! The transition from his previously excited state to his perfectly motionless state was indeed, most striking. I could not but feel thankful that all danger from the bull was now past, and, after looki ng a t hi s fi xe d form for a few minutes more, I descended the remainder of the mountain, and did not stop to wake him. "' Believe me, dear Dr. Elliotson, " Very faithfully yours, " T. BARTLETT. ." Kingstone, near Canterbury, Aug. 23,1550.' " Having heard that Miss Martineau had lately cured a cow, I wrote to Ambleside, requesting her to inform me whether the report was correct. The following is her obliging, and, I will add, noble answer:— . " ' Bolton, near Skipton, Aug. 19, 1850. " Dear Dr. Elliotson,—Your note has just reached me, having been forwarded from home. The story of the cow is this:—One very hot evening in July, I took some young cousins to see my stock ; and I saw a small pail half full of blood at the door of the cow-house. During my absence that day, my cow, Ailsie, had been taken violently ill, so that the servants bad sent to Rydal for the cow-doctor, who had bled her and given her strong medicines. This had been done some hours be fore I saw her; and the doctor had said that if she was not much relieved before his evening visit, he. was sure she would die. There were no signs of relief in any way when I saw her at seven o'clock, nor when the doctor came, soon after eight. He said she could not recover, and it was a chance if she lived till morning. At ten, she was worse; and, to be sure, no creature could ap pear in a more desperate state. She was struggling for breath, quivering, choking, and all in a flame of fever. Her eyes were starting; her mouth and nostrils dry; and the functions suspended, as they had been all day. "' It occurred to me then to have her mesmerised; but, lam afraid, I was rather ashamed. The man knew nothing whatever about mesmerism, except the fact, that I had once done it, with success, to his sister. I believe he had not the remotest idea what was done, or what it . meant. " I desired him to come up to the house at twelve o'clock, and let me know Ailsie's state. As I sat during those two hours, I remembered how I had known cats affected by mesmerism, and how Sullivan, the whisperer, tamed vicious horses, and Catlin learned from the In dians how to secure buffalo calves by what seemed clearly to be mesmerism; and I determined to try it upon the cow, if by midnight she proved to be past the pewee of medicine. , " At midnight I went down and found W it t t h ere was no improvement or promise of any. I kten directed the man to mesmerise her, and shower!, " him how. H e was to persevere, till he saw some decided change, in making passes along the spine, from thebead to the tail, and also across the chest, as she laboured more dreadfully than ever in her breathing, Within a few minutes her breathing became easier, her eye less wild, her mouth moist, and befera morning she was relieved in all ways. The first news I heard was of the astonishment of the Rydal doctor, who came early, without an idea that she could be alive, lie exclaimed that he had "never thought to QOO h e r alive again ;" th a t "it was a good 101 In Miss M.'s pocket;" and so forth. One thing struck me much. My man called to me as I was in the garden, and asked me to Dome and see h ow " Ail s i e fare to go to sleep like: when he mesmerised her; and it really was curious to see how her eyes grew languid and gradually closed under the treatment. This is not all. Towards noon, I was told that Ailsie had relapsed, and was almost as bad as ever. I went down, and saw that it was so, and ordered an hour's mesmerising again. The relief was as striking as before, and in two hours more she was out of danger, and be t a been very well t„:„.„. " I fgesee how such a story may be ridiculed ; but PWeive bow important it is that wo illaoWd gather some fiwts about the power of metmerkina over brutes, not only for truth's and humanity's eats, but because the estab- lisbment of a few such facts would dispose of the objec tion that the results of mesmerism are " all imagination." I !Am fi - md of my cutv, and stand up for her goJel ties, hot I cannot boast of any imaginative faculty in hr. , r. A cow morbidly imaginative is a new idea, I telieve. If it is true that the greatest chemist in the world says tbathe must believe if he saw a baby mesmerised, I would ask him whether a cow, or a cat, or a vicious horse, would not do as well. "If my cows are ever ill again, I will try the experi ment with great care, and let you know the result. I may mention that some of my neighbours were aware of the desperate illness of the cow, and of her doctor's astonishment at her recovery. We did not tell the doctor how we interfered with his patient, and I dare say he has not heard of it at this hour ; but others of my neighbours were deeply interested in the story, and wished it could be made known. To this I can have no objection, as I do not mind a laugh, and should be glad to save the life of even a single cow. " I am, dear Dr. Elliotson, yours truly, " HARRIET MARTINEAU.' The present number contains several interesting cases to which we shall probably direct the attention of our readers o❑ some future occasion, and also gives a very satisfactory account of the progress of the Mesmeric Infirmary. THE DALTONS. Nos. V. and 17. By Charles Another separation has taken place in the Dalton family—Kate having removed from Baden with the Onslows,.: accompanying Lady Hester to Florence. Before the close of the number just published for October, we find them establisbed in the Tuscan capital, and Kate in a fair way to become a mere fashionable coquette. Albert Jekyl has " dangled" atter the Onslows like a parasite and diner out, as he is : and the circumstance of his odd habits of living is made the occasion for a most humorous scene between himself, a fat old monk, and a Spanish ballerina. These three incongruous beings meet at a petit souper in Jekyl's apartments. The dancer is the disguised femme de ("hombre of Kate Dalton, and seems destined to effect no slight influence over that young lady's destinies. Sydney Onslow has left Italy to attend a dying relative, but her brother George remains with Sir Stafford. Among the other personages of the story now in Florence we must not forgot to mention the abominable Colonel Hagger stone. " Phiz" contributes to the story his graceful and inimitable illustrations. CRICKET. A snatch was played on Saturday last, between the Milton and Manchester Junior clubs, on the ground of the latter, at Old Trafford, which was decided iu favour of the Milton by the first innings, with 49 runs to spare. The following is the score:—Milton, first innings, 72;_ Manchester Junior, first innings, 23; second innings, 14; total, 37. NEW STRAND THEATRE. 1 Mr. Butler Wentworth, a gentleman who during a period of some years has made several laudable at tempts to rise in his profes•ion, appeared last night in the arduous character of Othello. He brings with him good natural requisites in the shape of figure, face, and voice, and when he is not carried away by the hurricane of passion, his bearing is dignified and gen tlemanlike. He has also bestowed some pains on his declamation, and his concluding speech was not with out evidence of care and taste. But he has much to learn before he can give its due importance to so high a character as that of O'hello. His gesticulation lacks ease, and in his violent displays of emotion there is a want of that regulating power which is necessary to insure the respect of a theatrical audience. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. —Yesterday a Commission at the White Horse Inn, Uxbridge, Middlesex, b fo c r f e u o m p re e a u ! under the Great Seal was hom r. i‘ Commissioner . Winslow inquire into the state of Tollemache, r aged 51, of and 15 special jurors, o f w county magistrate. waslr. R. W. Armstrong, son of the late Hon. iof Dysart, and, on mind Of Mr. Arthur Hugh Manners u Rose Cottage, Cowley, near Uxb t r h id e g a Tweeddale. The Com mission - Mr. ibraham Francis Charles Tollemache, nephew o f was shown by inthiessmioantehrandalisssindeed, oaftththesAilnasrtqauniose Tollemache, a brother of the unfortunate f t entleman. Mr. hisin Dendy appeared as counsel in its support. the testimony of several witnesses that the unfortunate his father's t e her's sub ject of the inquiry had been of weak intellect Im fancy ; that he never made any progress at school, having learned even writing; and that he had been cars of Mr. Norton, of Rose Cottage, for the last ten years. the The Commission had been issued in consequence of death (which occurred three months ago), upon which he became entitled to a considerable fortune—about 45,00 ent The jury returned an unanimous verdict—" That Mr. Toll ol. mache had been of unsound mind since the Ist of March, 1836." RI , YAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWICH, bled OCT. B.—The --, at the Ord. commissioners i f Chels ea Hos p ital assembled at the Om 'clock r.m., to sanction on London (Ifo'bbs).. gow is the time, or neiei(Stubbs). o nance Hospital here t o -da y at one Awake! arise! or be for ever fallen ! (Milton). Raise the the pensions awar ded to the men of the Ordnance corps shall be slaves!" (Walker). Thus might liberty—goddess of song of the patriot in every street (Dobbs). Britons never their various services. unfit for further duty, according 1 vic . e, and had eight the French press—dance a mighty pretty hornpipe in fetters. before them had been 46 years in the s a e r r s out of that period —P"hch. One of the gunners of the Royal tAoreller) who appeared ACTIONS had enlisted when IN THE COUNTY COURTS ABOYZ 501. in the calculation of his pension, as he _ . of 44 There is a prov* • • good conduct stripes. He loses two y l e provision in the extended County Courts Act not two years under age, 11 Id. per day. generally known, ender whichactions be •d ' and entitles him to a pension of Is. , j years, . County Courts , —The follow ing , for more than ati/. It is enacted by the 17th which leaves him a total service TRANSSHIPMENT REGULATIONS. sec ti on s that if the parties shall agree, by a memorandum that) signed by them or their attorneys, the County Court may Cominissieners of Customs:—'` notice is hereby given, try actions beyond the amount limited, or any action in part of important notice has been issued by order of berlilajest ''s from and after the Ist day of November next that which the title to land, whether of freehold, copylaold, lease the 20th clause of the regulation s on transshipment of ,roods hold, or other tenure, or t o any t i t h e, t o ll, mar k e t, f a i r , or brought into this country from forei g n p arts which directs other franchise, shall b e i n ques ti on . Th e p ar ti es mu st s t a t e that no lighter or luggage boat is to be permitted to convey in their memorandum of agreement that they know such trail-it goods unless proper shelter shall be constructed ca use of action to be abov e t h e amoun t limited by this Act, therein t , o w p i r u g t t, e o c t a t t l r 7 e t lid v , e w n a fo i t r e c r e s d from a n t d h e w i i n t c h l e m theen c y v i o e f w t h o e , or that they know the title to the land, &c., will come in f qu estion. The memorandu m i s t o be filed with the clerk of 1 facilitating ends regulation, all licensed l i g htermen are t he court at the time of filing the d e mand.. All local trans actions to be tried before any County Court with the consent h ere by required to take their craft to some on e of the in- , s p e ctors of the river, at the quays or at the docks , for the of the parties shall be brought and tried in that jurisdiction purpose of having the same duly inspected and registered in on l y i n which the lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or some respect of such requirement previously to the said Ist day cf part thereof, are Situate, •,1 N o vember next. . . . THE PALLADIUM-. In its fourth instalment, the current number for October, the Palladium displays no abatement in its ability in art, science, politics, and literature. The contributions are judiciously diversified. Of the Roman Catholic religion it is said, in one of the arti cles, "it is most sincere in Florence, most supersti tious in Naples, and most rational and moderate in Rome." Her Majesty's visit to Holyrood is duly celebrated, and the serial story of the " Minister of Finance" continued in four additional chapters. SUICIDE AND MURDER. A most melancholy event has just happened in Leigh. The following are the brief particulars hastily collected together. On Tuesday morning, a young female, named Elisabeth Eaton, committed the double crime of murder and suicide by leaping into the Leigh and Wigan Canal with her child. The spot she selected for her purpose is close to the Leigh bridge, crossing the canal, near the centre of the town, and it is a matter of surprise that she should have accomplished the deed without detection, as it is sup posed that she must have jumped into the water about five o'clock, an hour when many operatives are beginning to proceed to their employment. A youth in the emlpoyment of Messrs. Farnworth, named Peter Speakman, was passing the spot about twenty minutes pas six, and saw something dark floating on the water, which he mistook for the body of a man. He went and awakened Mr. Richard Higgins, at the Bridgewater Canal office, who got up and fetched a shaft, and with the assist ance of Richard Wilkinson, pulled the body of the unfortunate woman on the banks of the canal. Im mediate information was given to the police, and they removed the body to the house of Mr. Thos. Green ough, Boat-house, where it was shortly afterwards identified by the woman with whom the deceased lodged at Thorpe's Houses, near the Wesleyan Cha pel, and the body was conveyed to her lodgings. It was then discovered - that the child was missing, and a search was commenced for the body in the canal, where it was found in the course of half an hour by a man named James Duke. The woman was only partially dressed, and her child was in its night clothes. The child was an illegitimate one, and was about three or four months old. Its maintenance had much embarrassed the mother, although she had re cently affiliated the child upon its putative father. The woman was a silk weaver, in the employment of Messrs. Walker. An inquest has been held on the bodies, when the jury returned a verdict of " Found dro n ed." ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST DENHAM, Iviio IS IN CUS7'ODY FOR THE A TTACK ON MR. CURETON. When Henry Denham was removed from the dock at the Mansion-house yesterday, after being re manded by Mr. Alderman Gibbs on the charge of being concerned in the recent attack on Mr. Cure ton, he was taken down to the cell upon the ground floor, which he had scarcely reached, when Haydon informed the Alderman that there was a gentleman in the court:who had, upon looking at the prisoner, at once identified him as one of a gang who had endea voured to choke him with an instrument exactly like that which was exibited in the justice-room on the last day's examination. Alderman Gibbs immediately directed that the pri soner should be again put to the bar, and that the new complainant should enter the witness-box ; and the Alderman narrowly observed the countenance of the prisoner when informed that there was another accusation against him. A gentleman, who appeared to be in great agitation, then presented himself, and, after a glass of cold water was administ ere d t o hi m , sa id—M y name i s Th omas Miller, and I am an artist's colourman, and paint manufacturer, at No. 56, Long-acre. It is now rather more than a month ago, to the best of my re collection, since an attempt was made to rob me. One Friday evening I returned towards my house from Chelsea along the King's-road. I arrived at St. James's Park as the clock struck 12. I then made the best of my way from the park to Long-acre, where I have resided forty years, and as I was passing by Rose street, the entrance to which is a sort of covered way, I was seized by three or four men. I saw an instru ment in the Bow-lane station - house having a life preserver at the top. It represented a walking stick, and appeared to be made of gut, or something of a pliable description, and with just such,an instrument I was caught round the throat. Alderman Gibbs—Did one of the men of the corner of Rose-street put the instrument round your neck ? Witness—Certainl3 ; and the compression was so great that a person under its operation would feel as if throttled immediately. Aldeman Gibbs—Do not say what would be the probable effect of the application of the instrument upon another person. Let us know merely what its effect was upon you. Witness—l had a sense of suffocation immediately, and I was thrown with violence upon the kerb-stone. One of my teeth was broken, and my obi was se riously injured at the same time. _ Alderman Gibbs—Look at the irrisoner at the bar, and say whether you know any, about him. Witness—l have no bes;Aation in saying that the , prisoner is one of those who attacked me. I have a recollection of the fp. Ce from the strong reflection from the gas-lamp ur e a' it. My recollection was so strong that the moT:hent I looked at him at the bar I was almost ready to sink. The prisoner—Oh Lord !oh Lord ! how wicked! Alderman Gibbs—D3 you apprehend that he was the man who put the instrument round your neck ? Witness—l do. Alderman Gibbs—Did you lose any property ? ' Witness—No. My pockets were tightly buttoned up. I struggled and s t ruc k one o f my assa il ants , and I think I must have marked his face with my knuckles. Alderman Gibbs—How many were at you, to the best of your belief? Witness—l believe there were three at me, and that one was on the look-out. When I was assaulted it was a quarter-past twelve to a moment. The prisoner —Oh it's a cruel thing—a most cruel thing. No soon e r do e s o ne char ge f a il than another wicked charge is brought on. Oh, I was not out of my bed at the time he speaks of. I was seriously ill at the time, and I can prove it. Witness—l wish to see the prisoner with his hat on his head. The prisoner put on his hat. Witness (having looked stedfastly at the prisoner) — I cannot alter my opinion as to his identity. The prisoner—lt was only a few moments ago I had my solicitor here. Why was not this charge brought forward in his presence ? Oh, you may as well hang a dog as give him a bad name. I know nothing at all about these wicked charges. Alderman Gibbs—The absence of your solicitor will not affect you at all. You stand remanded until the time I mentioned. FIRE-DAMP EarLosiON.—On Saturday last the men engaged at the Cood Poeth Coal Pits went down to their work as usual, and becoming conscious of the pre sence of fire-damp they immediately endeavoured to effect their escape: before this could be accomplished an explosion took place. Three men were killed, and two others are in a hopeless state. On Thurf day morning last the first down train to Chester ran through the gates on the crossing at Whitting ton station (on the Shrewsbury and Chester line) and smashed them. The signal lamp had gone out. The porter at the station was just coming through'the cottage-door at the time eta, Wash. No one W4B •• hurt * _ • PROJECTILE EXPLOSIVE SHELLS VERSUS SUBMARINE EXPLOSIVE SHELIA- TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sra,—lr, appears by a letter from Cherbourg that our jealous neighbours are not lass busy than our selves in the manufacturing of destructive bullets. M. Lagrange has turned out of his laboratory some of so terrific a character as to entitle him to a place in the Peace Society. lie is, if there is no exagge ration in the matter, a peace maker of the right sort ; for as turbulently disposed men are induced to deport themselves civilly by the fear of coming off second best in a scuffia, so with nations, they, for a like reason, deem it prudent to control their pugnacity. But, after all the ingenuity that has been bestowed upon projectile destructives, are they likely, if into hostile use they should come, to prove, in maritime warfare, a match for submarine explo,ives ? Most tv:suredly act; for these embrace in their application greater ease, certainty, and safety than can obtain in projectiles en ship-board, which require, to be tftectiyely used, very precise practice, involving an exactness in tl.e trAning and elevating of heavy Frdnan2e, not easy of accomplishment when attempted in rough weather, against an object changing with rapidity its position. Submarine explosives, on the contrary, require no such nicety in their ernp!oymtnt; launched overboard and suspended by buoys at a suitable depth below the surface of the water, diverging to port and starboard, they can with ease and certainty be towed into con tact with the object of attack; and so soon as the con tact takes place, they explode, sending the object of attack to the bottom. The bow only of the attacking vessel would be exposed, and that could be rendered sufficiently shot-proof for the work in hand ; the crew, small in number, would be, with the machinery of the vessel, snugly ensconced under hatchet, so there would be barely a chance of mischief to them ; taking into account, also, that by choice the attack would be made under cover of the darkness of night, let the state of the weather be what it might. This, be assured, Mr. Editor, would be an affair, not of twenty minutes, but one much nearer twenty seconds. Yours sincerely and obliged, Oct. 9, 1850. NAUTICUS. BANK OF MANCHESTER. The annual meeting of the proprietors in the Bank of Manchester was held on Tuesday morning in the Clarence Hotel, Manchester; Mr. G. R. Chap pell presiding. The report, read by Mr. FARRAR, stated that the account submitted at the previous meeting brought down the affairs of the bank to the 30th June, 1849. The estimated uet assets at that time were 69,1101. Os. 10d. ; the estimated liabilities, 21,6181. 13s. Bd. ; and the probable surplus, 47,491/. 7s. 2d. The ac counts of the bank were now made up to the 30th June, 1850, and stood as follows :—Estimated net as sets, 69,1351. 2s. 2d.; liabilities, 19,4921. 10s. 11d. ; probable surplus, 49,6421. 1 ls. 3d. The increase arises from gain on the estimate previously made, after deducting the current and contingent expenses of the bank. The directors recommend that a further return of 15s. per share be made to the shareholders in the course of the ensuing month. The directors who retire are Messrs. J. C. Dyer, W. S. Stell, and John Potter; and the directors proposed their re-election, together with the election of Mr. William Peacock, in the place of Mr. Edward Hacking, de ceased. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. STELL, who said he was sure the shareholders would now be very glad to re ceive a return of 153. per share in addition to the Bs. which had been previously given. Mr. J. WALKER proposed that the sum of 15s. per share be paid to such proprietors of the bank as should have executed the deed of indemnity of the Bth of January, 1849. Mr. G. PARR seconded the motion. Mr. CURTIS inquired where the money was to come from ? The CHAIRMAN said it might appear that the sum to be divided would exceed somewhat the amount in hand ; but they anticipated money from the sales of some property which had been made sufficient to make up the amount. Should it not be received in time, he would furnish the money, as would one of his col leagues, sufficient to secure the payment of 15s. per share to every proprietor.—(Cheers.) The resolution then passed, and subsequently th• retiring directors were re-appointed agreeably to the recommendation of the report. Mr. J. C. DYER then suggested, not, he said, as director, but as an individual shareholder, that as the majority of the shareholders wished to be relieved as soon as possible from all connexion with the affair, some steps might be taken for the concentration of the property into fewer hands. Suppose a number of shareholders, amounting to at least one-third of the whole stock, should agree upon a certain give-and take value to be affixed to the shares, then they might be bought up into the hands of fewer indivi i duals ; and as there was a considerable property ex isting in the bank itself, they might, if they chose, I re-establish the concern. The CHAIRMAN said he should be glad to relinquish his shares at once, under any such arrangement, but if it was the wish of the shareholders that the di rectors should go on winding up the affairs of tho bank, they would, as before, zealously devote them selves to the work. The proceedings shortly afterwards closed by m ote of thanks to the directors. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. - Gross traffic receipts for the week ending Oct. S : Passengers ... Carrying account ... £12,173 9 0 ... 3,188 16 2 Total ... £15,362 5 2 Corresponding week last year... 12,357 18 3 LONDON, BRIGIITON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. Traffic for the week ending Oct. 7 : Passengers £11,144 11 0 Goods ... ... 2,726 7 5 Total ... ... ... Z 13,870 18 b Corresponding weak last year... 11,677 0 0 LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—Amount of revenue for the week ending Oct. 6 :—. Passengers Goods -. £915 7 8 ... 37 10 0 Total ... £952 17 8 Corresponding week last year ... 677 8 1 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAT.—(2S3I miles open.)—Traffic for week ending Oct. 6 ....£14,487 7 7 Corresponding week in last year, (1961 miles open) .. ....£10,994 13 3 SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY.—(Open ;.0 miles.)—Traffic for the week ending Oct. 6 : Passengers, parcels, &c. £314 17 10i Goods and live stock .. ... 210 5 4 Total £525 3 2i Corresponding week last year ... 443 5 7 SOUTII WALES RAILWAY. - Return of traffic for the week ending Oct. 6:— Passengers Parcels ... Goods ... ... £938 1 3 ••• 46 10 2 .. 63 6 4 Total (exclusive of mails)... 1,047 17 9 GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of traffic for the week ending Sunday, Oct. 6 ... £17,720 2 7 CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.— (160 miles opened.) Return of traffic for the week ending Sept. 29 : Passengers, &c. £3,304 15 2i Goods, &c. :3,782 0 6 Total .. ....£7,086 15 Si Corresponding week last year ... 6,658 17 3 LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY MORNING.—The steam ship Pacific, from New York, was off Holyhead at half-past six o'clock. THE CITY' OF GLASGOW STEAM-SHlP.—This fine steamer, on her way down the river, took the ground at Bowling Bay, on Saturday afternoon. She might have floated off with the next tide; but from the extreme dark ness of the night it was thought more prudent to wait till Sunday, when the tide again flowed. She lay accordingly at Bowling till Sunday at twelve o'clock, when she again started on her voyage, and at two P.m. got fairly under weigh off Gourock. It may be worth mentioning that while the vessel was lying at Bowling on Sunday morning, Divine service was performed on board, both in the first and second cabins, by the Revs. Dr. Kennedy and lames Asher, both American clergymen.—North British Mail. DISEASE AMONGST THE YOUNG WOODS IN Rox- BURGHSHIRE.—We have heard repeatedly of late of a dis ease, somewhat akin to that which has overtaken the pots tees, manifesting itself strongly amongst the young woods. The larches are dying fast, and other descriptions likewise. In the Duke of Buccleuch's plantations in Teviotdale, Esk dale, and Ewes, the havoc is very great, threatening to de stroy many woodlands altogether.—Daily CHINESE FUNERAL.—A Chinese funeral took placs yesterday. The Chinaman died at the Chinese Restaurant of tNiacoa and Woosung. 'I he funeral was large, there being over one hundred and fifty Chinamen in the procession, each wearing a piece of white crape. A large number of persons visited the burying ground to witness the ceremonies, which are as follows :—They lowered the coffin as we do ; they then threw the white bandage worn on their arms into the grave; then matches, and the wax candles, and a bottle of wine. Before covering the coffin, each person bowed his head to the earth and uttered some few words not by us understood. Then each threw a handful of dirt on the coffin, and passed round liquor?, wine, and cigars, &c., of which they invited eack American to partake, and the grave was then Ailed up. —.New York Paper. GUARDIANS AND CLERKS OF WORI(B.—A mee ting of the Devonport guardians w as held last week to apponitba clerk of the works for the ne w workhouse. One named the architect was recommende d b y the workhouseucommittee S o me of the guardians said they thoughtini it dua l nominated by very d i to appoint as clerk of the works an d Do thehus the relieve the the same course) see, that by interfering t , y Atoretphoertgufraormdianthse last t h w it ee ec k t the architect Devonport l and proposed guardians a n ( o a t n h d e r othersper s o person, h w o h who have se followedelected. of the new workhouse Bradford. — remark, correlative of what we have just now said, that " the architect from responsi a b t ilit . ? (asking money for the contractors) contained the curious clerk of the works was well pleased with the character of th e work r—Builder. A NEW FACT.—Ten thousand sheep have been imported within a few weeks, or are being imported into Wigtowashire.—Dumfries Courier.