The Sun. — London, England, 1845-08-13 00:00:00

111 / AIIBURG I-1 MAIL. l a PpLiN, JuLy 29.—The Austrian Government has t ,!Y order e d t h at trave ll ers arr i v i ng f rom f ore i gn in produce not only their passports but cerificate (*llerrnaths-schcin).This pt. cogst important measure, the motives fur which are t h t " i lhly to be looked f or i n t h e C at h o li c infection and . n tred'icti un o f id eas o f re f orm connecte d wit h it. It . N zi 2_ ll sid , .r the probable effects of this measure on the Procal intercourse, there seems reason to apprehend ...4t,other Governments may be obliged by it to adopt 4veilsals Izreatl) to be regretted. ,ect PETxasputtog JuLy 26.—The merchants of xi ° h angel and \Volegda have received, on their applica th:ht° the 'Ainister c pormission to seek within o , o ,',unaari s of Russa for guano, which is found nct of t'h in "Flue island of the South Sea, but in the islands 4 1( 1 ° I Vhite zieft and the Northern Ocean, to collect it, S ep t' export it duty free from the seaports of the White se v , i ! xl . l CHAPEL LE , Aro. 2.—A great sensation is ,to th hPre by the ans we r of Lbc Minister of Finance, duties Petition f or an aurtmentaiion of tile protective T he S, 'which was signed by rea.rly 2.000 of our citizens. sh all 4 0 3 Wer promises, indeed, that special attention jc v ,„ " maid to th e s ubj ec t, but observes, that his Ma ths{ cannot approve of such collective petitions evading `legal ch anne l . Every bay asks, what does he mean expression k t "a LIN, AUG. 3.—W e ex p ec t in a few weeks the rati. t1.01 : 1 of a treaty of commerce between the Z01ive ...48, and the kingdom of Sardinia, which is said to be 'arY,.lvantageous to withladen marble, silk, oil, and fruit, shortlyJtll arrive in our ports, and we shall supply "Itila with our manufactun s, particularly linen. Such ilotr eeaty .‘vas contemplated some years ago, but is only w o ncludod, through the able negotiation of the Sar ipttin Government to the Court of Berlin.—Hamburgh gfets, Aug. 8. pk,. . e T his German word seems to mean a certificate of the usual o f a bode. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Baussus, Alta. 9. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent •••••• • • • • • • • Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • • • Loan of Thirty 31illions, Four per Cent •. • • Ditto Three per Cent .•••••••• • • • • • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ••• • • • Ditto, ditto, 1840 .. •...•.. • • • .. .• •. IOIN Ditto,ditto,lB44.. • • •• • • • lOl% Ditto of the City, 1832 Ditto, 1843 101% Rank ofßelgium.... • • •• . • • Papers, Aug. 9. DUTCH FUNDS.—ANSTERDADI, AUG, S. Money. Bills. ... 64% 64% 77% 78 1 4 • 100% 10114 1(.0 101 93 94% 169 1 4 170% • 100% 100 12 22 12 17 35 81 1£ 35 5 0 Actual Debt, 234 per Cent litho, 3 per Cent • • • • • • Ditto, 4 per Cent.• • .... Arriort Syndic, 434 per Cent .. Ditto, 3 , 4; per Cent Commercial Company, 434 per Cent . Last India Loan, 4 per Cent • • • • • Exchange on London, at sight .. • Two months. • • • • • • • • On Hamburgh, at sight Two months, On Paris • • ,„ Two months. rapers, Aug. 9. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, AUG. 2 per Cent. Meta'finites ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • 1133 ,4 4 per Cent. ditto ..... ........ 102 3 per Cent. ditto Loan, 1834 • Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • • • • • • ... Bank Shares •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Esterhazy's L wan •• • • • • • • • • • • RAILWAYS. The Northern, or Ferdinand ••••• . • • .. 2063 Vienna—Milan • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13736_ Gloo - gnitz ..... . .• ........ .• .• • • • • .. 157% Leghorn 1243 Pesth .... • • •"" • • • • 112% -"NeUlelne Zeitung, Aug. 5. BORSENHALLE, Aug. 5, Bills. kustrian 5 per Cents • • . • • • • • ........ 1143 'lank Shares • • • • uglo-Russian Loan • • • • 'lussian 5 per Cent., Ilamb. Certificate 105% Ditto Ist series Inscription •••••• • • • • • • •"" 105% Ditto, rlope and Co., 3d and 4th series • • 993 Ditto, in Certificate ••••• • • • • • •- 99 913% New 4 per Cent., Hope and Co. ••• • • • 99% Ditto Stieglitz • . . • • • Spanish New 5 per Cent ••••••• • • • • • • • 20% Ditto 3 per Cent • • • • • • • • • • 40 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 234 per Cent 65 Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • • Ditto 3 per Cent... Polish New 4 per Cent. Loan, 1844 A nglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent N ational Bank Shares ' ht .. 159 1 4 .. 1291 i .. 1630 Money . 86,4 • 87% 'IREMENT of POST CAPTAINS. rcpTO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. t a lt ' --- The scheme of retirement proposed to the ac hithe of 300 captains of the royal navy has been, ert o % kb . Variously commented on, but now appears to tho, i ne, in one opinion of its merits, the majority of thc° i nterested and of those who can best appreciate 0 1 , 4. 1 ' claims ; which opinion nearly coincides with my Co n • b, L. ldering my position on the list of captains—about b o 4n ird from the bottom, my age being somewhat legs 5 5 years—and sinking the regard which I, never tilled think due to 32 years previous time as lieutenaii n t tee h e4 nander, a large portion of which was passed Is m 'e War service, and ought in fairness to be held as Pl4„ l ' i ng my claim fur retired pay, I make no corn sQ„,-t on my own account. I readily admit that a fair li t alert is offered me (should I relinquish my eligibi kitiVor active service), for what would be my chance of i5 :4; 1441 g the rauk and pay of rear-admiral, on the sup ttvi'm that 260 or 270 of my scuiors accept the offered :, r etner.t, and I decline it ? i llt bkit when I look at the proposed measure as it seems etc tied to affect a large proportion of my elder brother th e I cannot conceive how any person can so abuse .if l ght meaning of words as to call that liberal, which, kki et „ w are a transaction in the ordinary relations of an could hardly be characterised as anything but . ci f 53... Pq `"ly attempt to deprive most rightful claimants T he d ay. !heir 6 ° or 60 senior captains, under whatever aspect 4 4Yi n , -4 , is viewed (more than that number of admirals ttlti t i°,uied since the last promotion), are most justly kid ;" to the immediate rank and pay of rear-admirals ; fir st i f ; the sa me a d vance were f o rthwith granted to the Undred on the list (the junior of them having been any , tll ° 32 years a captain), it could not be considered The at stretch of generosity. hay e Government may or may not feel some real em- Nui t a n , ss n'ent in requiring the needful supply for the oth e - ule recompen-e of these veteran and meritorious oti a but would not all the disinterested and gener- Jost , ° L our land—all who would be distinguished as lip t s h g r ateful, ar.d patriotic, be forward to consent to the ili t c s °, were it even greater than can be requisite ? olay be many—no doubt there are some—of tirip,„ a in private means, to whom the proud title of a 41 11 ,7 Admiral is the most coveted reward, but bare of e ' 8 are a slender substitute for the well•earned means vi(ikfort and independence. gra i l Must doubt the genuiness of that justice, that Prsi, ttl dv, that patriotism, which, though loud in the itql ) f e °f these apil such men when their important and th, i : services were rendered, in fighting the battles of all br country, protecting her commerce, guarding her " from insult and invasion, and upholding her r)fliZ r in every corner of the world, now talks to them ? k i r, erality, whilst essaying to foil their long-cherished, aild reasonable expectation A s. ti g• 9 , 1845. POST CAPTAIN. thRESPECT TO THE DEATH BY SL-4i PENTINERIVER LAST W EEK () WNING OF WILLIAM POWELL IN THE Royal Humane Society's Office, No. 3, Trafalgar square, Aug. 11, 1845. Trafalgar - Dear Sir --4 feel greatly obliged to you for drawing hewattention to a report of proceedings at an inquest * 4 , "fl Friday l as t on the body of a young man a b o D e • , u nfertunately drowned while bathing in the Ser haltlit'ne River, and who might probably have been saved fo r t h,e Society' s b oatmen b e en m o r e accurat e ly in be hbY the eye-witnesses as to the exact spot where 4 4 . ad been last seen; but on his body being found (at th, s iBt anee of more than a dozen yards from where the 4 841( lers had indicated) fourteen minutes had elapsed, 4Which ti me was mar k e d b y a po li ceman . was immediately carried to the Receiving-house, atte nd "cry effort tees used by Mr. Woolley, the medical tue e tl es rt, to restore animation, but unhappily without take this opportunity to inform you that this is the kt,,tY fa tal accident which has occurred since the bathing 411 Z ,bas commenced, although upwards of FOUR ekr"REI) THOUSAND BATHERS have enjoyed , I u, 11,11 health , , i . and cleanly exe-ci.st in the Serpex tine. iti g „ - " here beg leave to add that at the aforesaid or: e st one of the jury having remarked (in the absence it : 1 3' knowledge of our very limited funds), " that boat men great pity the Society had not more boats and ti l , t l: 9en fur the protection of bathers," my reply was, Port ed Royal Humane Soaii..ty was more liberally sup tu e 9 the public the committee would be most happy 'end their a id i n additional boats and not nay ; D i: the Serpentine, but Likewise upon the rive , 7 homes, e andfatil accidebts almost daily occurred. . rettl aie, dear Sir, your most obedient servant, Pr o J. CHARMER, Secretary. p.s.v a eorge Robins, Esq., Covent•garden. 4 itis J ames Carnie, for whom you obtained a small %tatte_tiPtion f or hi s great courage i n l ea pi ng i n t o the la st .1 1 at Leith, during the frost and a heavy fall of snow Pr ta ", a nulry, and sav i ng a f e ll ow - c r ea t ure , has ju s t been ser ‘ ;,..7 t ed at ou r B oar d w ith th e medal he has so de ferebs'" wen, and a high testimonial on vellum, in re ly a ar At !. 0 his bravery and great perseverance. I have also that y our ass i s t ance h as b ee n e x tended to a m ~' ''eserving and worthy husband and father. 0 111 9 t he above statement Mr. George Robins would 1 4 41 41 d, that it really amounts to something AP 11G4'iter,IIING SACRILEGE, TIIAT SUCH A tu b " 1 -Y INSTITUTION, instead of being properly to`t r ted, sold only have such STINTED MEAN` 411'Y outfits benevolent intentions. n. -I's -Tow.—The new s of the South Wales Rail th•°palll h •. t „ aving received tbe royal assent, was received in our st "" au Tuesday last, when one universal shout of joy orth r , 4 among the inhabitants : the bells were set in mo -4 Pealed out t h e i r j ocund sounds at i nterva l s d ur i ng t h e ttt pet :od in the evening the strains of music were heard in the k t e,toll4, w hich did not cease until midnight. Indeed we do not u'bit e - d a hy occasio n w h en suc h unmixed satisfaction was ex a 4,6 IL I, on this desired event. We hope the expectation of roeh o a t of trade here will be realised in consequence. Trades the Tn aking every preparation to meet the emergency, and af o _a and lodging-V,uses also look forward to better times. antouthshire Merlin. stir. `fi r Laidlaw, the faithful steward of Sir W. 4 g L ,ed about sixty-six, died on the 18th of May, in Ross tbi hi r ,," was the friend from youth of the Ettrick Shepherd, 4" ). his — 'h a ' l 7 . f d a Pastoral poet of no mean powers, as he evinced aad Fo rest A . " Lucy's Flitting," and other ieces . in Hogg's alt linstrel." He was the occasional amanuensis o f Scot t , ° P . ther an ornament to his own or to any other station Treeem..4lltelligence and integrity are of value.—Literary COURT CIRCULAR. Bishcp Gtaths hail an interview with Lord Stanley vest, relay, at the Colonial•otfice. Mr. Johnson, from Ttinidad, had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. The thief Commissioner of Woods and Forests had an intt rview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Dispa . .ches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Maurit;us. SURREY THE A.TRE. Mr. Charles Mathews and Madame Vestris com menced their k ngagement at this theatre on Monday evc&ng. T.Lie prformances were, Uted Up, The Loan ()fa Lorer, and Patter v. Clatter. Never have we seen Mathews and his fascinating wife in better era than they were on Monday evening. They were most efficiently supp,rted by the admirable company of the Surrey, and also by a tro=t crowded and attentive audience, who not only app lauded enthusiastically, but applauded in the proper places. Altogether it reminded us forcibly of the 0k - topic in its palmy days. We doubt rot but that Mrs. 13:vidge will find this a most profitable engage ment. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. - WOLVERHANIPTON RACES—(MoNDAY CoNcLuDED.) The Ladies' Purse of 50 sows.; three years old 7st 31b; four years, Bst 71b; five yrs, 9st I Ilb ; six years and aged, 9st 31h ; mares, &c. allowed 31b ; half-bred horses, 61b. Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. I.),rwson's Surety, 4 yrs Mr. Jones's Rolla, 3 yrs 0 2 Mr. C. Cartmell's mby Troilus—Clinker's darn, 5 yrs 0 0 Mr. Phillips's f by Physician, out of Thesus, 3 . yrs Mr. W. Scott's Maramat, 3 yrs ..... Mr. Mostyn's Mira..le, 3 vrs Mr. Perci'val's Show Lass,' 5 yrs First Heat.-6 to 4 agst Surety, and 3to 1 agst Maramat. Won easy by a length. Second Heat.-2 to lon Surety. Won in a canter. ST. LEGER 13ErriNG.-5 to 1 agst Weatherbit (t), 6 to 1 agst Mentor (t), 22 to 1 agst Red Robin, 25 to 1 agst Ould Ireland (t), 30 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon, 40 to 1 agst Idas. CHELMSFORD.—TUESDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 gns.--- Heats, 2 miles. Mr. Whit tiugt.m's Miss Robinson, 5 yrs, 5 1 2 1 Mr. Shafto's Metal, 3 yrs, 7st 51b Mr. Conpe's Energy, 3 yrs, 7st 51b Lord Exeter's Topaz, 3 yrs, 7st Mb 3 4 dr. Mr. Salt's b c by Emilius out of Hint, 3 yrs 4 dis. Mr. Allensby's Doctor Jephson, 6 yrs Each hoat won by a length. Sweepstakes of 5 SOVS. each, and 50 added by the county men - 15m rs, the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 1201. Heats, the new mile. (3 Subs) Lord Exeter's Topaz, 3 yrs, 7st 21 b (Pettit) 1 1 Mr. Edward's c, by Bentley, out of Emma, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Hill's Barnaby Rudgo, 5 yrs, Bst 1 llb The first heat was won by a length, and the second by a length and a half. The Hunters' Stakt sof 3 sous. each, with 25 added, for four yrs-old, lOst 91b; five yr, , list 71b ; six yrs, and aged, 12st, a inners of Plate or Svieepstakes, 3 lbs, tvi ice 511', thrice 71b ; the winners to be sold for 120/. Heats, once round and a dis. over three hurdles. (5 Subs.) Mr. Laugham's Don Paul, 6 yrs (Scott) 1 1 Mr. llornsby's Donald Caird, aged 2 2 Mr. Williamson nd the Lawyer Won easy. WOLVERHAMPTON RACES. By some mishap our return of yesterday's sport has not come to hand. _ _ HATCHAM PARK RACES.—TUESDAY. The Ladies' Plate of 201., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 :ors. each, once round and a distance (six Suns.), was won in two heats by Mr. Lamb's Lady Flora (Livesey), beating Mr. W. Ward's Gipsy Boy, aged, Mr. Law'a Mainstay, 3 vrs, Mr. Ford's Pug, 5 yrs, Mr. Westley's Jessie Hammond, 3 yrs, and Mr. Lindsey's Sylvanus, 3 yrs, easily. Thq Innkeepers' Plate of 15 sovs., added to a Sweep stakes of 3 sovs. each, winner to be sold for 401, once round (five Subs.), was won in two heats by Mr. Lang ridge's Fre) strop, 4 yrs (Bemetzreider), beating Mr. Willan's Elysium, 5 yrs, Mr. Powell's Castledine, 3 yrs, and Mr. Fletcher's Lavinia, 6 yrs, easily. The Trotting Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added, catch weights, twice round. (7 Subs.) Mr. Powell's Go-a-Head (late Oneida Chief) 0 1 1 Mr. Harvey's Tommy 1 2 dr. Mr. Winter's Black Bird 0 3 dr. Mr. Bern's Black Bess Mr. Munday's 7lungerford TROTTING MATCH FOR 1001. _ . Monday, a trotting match, which has for a length of time excited much interest, came off at Figs Marsh, Mitcham. The match was between Mr. Nixen's grey horse Flanders, and Mr. Courtney's brown horse Giles. The parties having selected a suitable read, two and a half miles of distance was measured, and the horses were harnessed to their respective vehicles and brought to the starting-mark. Both horses concluded the first turn (two and a half miles) nearly together, occupying eight minutes and forty-nine seconds. The grey then took the lead of one hundred and twenty yards, which he maintained, and performed five miles in eighteen minutes and four seconds. The brown was then sprung, and rattled off two miles at an in creased speed, and succeeded in coming up with his opponent at the second turn, completing seven and a half miles in twenty-six minutes and forty-six seconds, and they both went away for the goal together, and the struggle now commenced. The grey broke and was turned, and the brown almost imme diately followed the example. They were at the ninth mile on a par, and were at tip-t 4 .p speed ; the grey then passed his antagonist, and went in the winner by sixty yards. The last bout of two and a half miles was performed in eight minutes and twenty-nine seconds, and the whole distance of ten miles accomplished by the winner in thirty-five minutes and fifteen seconds. Both horses pulled hard the whole time, and ap peared fresh at the termination of the match. LAMBETH REGATTA. This old established contest took place on Monday, but owing to the exceedingly unfavourable state of the weather was not so numerously attended as heretofore. The race Ras in three heats, with twelve pairs of oars, for a purse of sovereigns sub scribed by the residents of St. Mary's, Lambeth. who on this occasion exceeded even their usual liberality. For the grand heat the boats came in in the following order :—Lett and Moon first, Perry and Wilson second, Wilson and Maynard third. THE THAMES (STANGATE) BOAT CLUB. The gentlemen of this highly respectable club contended last evening, in a pair-oared race, for a pair of gold oars, the distance being from Putney to Hammersmith-bridge. Messrs. F. Kew and W. Field (light blue) first, J. C. Hanby and P. Maudsley (white) second, E. Howard and E. S. Beddome (dark blue) third, H. Field and J. Hanlon (crimson) fourth. All four boats were well together for the first fifty yards, when crimson began to show in front, followed by white. In the heat of lite race, white having overhauled the leading pair, an accidental foul occurred between them. White then took the lead and crimson fell astern. Light blue, off Rosebank, rowed by the other two into the first place, and won by six lengths. PETER-BOAT SAILING MATCHES. These very interesting matches took place on Monday at Gravesend, under the immediate patronage of J. Saddington, Esq. (Mayor of the above place), and a committee of gentle men belonging to Gravesend, who accompanied the vessels in the match in a steam- vessel engaged for the occasion. At eleven o'clock, the hour named for the boats starting, several yachts and steamers arrived off Gravesend, many of them tiimmed from stem to stern with colours of all nations, filled with ladies and gentlemen, who accompanied the match ; the l'own and Terrace Piers, as well as many other parts of the shore, being thronged with spectators. The course was from abreast the Clifton Hotel, sailing southward of a flag-boat off the Chapman's Head, from thence to a flag-boat in Northfleet Hope, southward to the winning flag-boat, which was moored between the Town and Terrace Piers, the distance being about thirty-four miles; and at half past eleven o'clock, the signal gun being fired, twelve boats started out of fourteen entries, it having been previously ar ranged by the committee, that the three classes should all start at the same time. At starting, the Mystery quickly took the lead, the Henry second, Martha and Mary third, and the William and Harriet fourth, the others following closely in their opponents' wake ; the boats continued in this order till nearly off Chapman's Head, where the Martha and Mary took the lead, and the boats presented themselves as a very pretty fleet ; but the Martha and Mary soon lest her enviable posit►on, she having carried away her mast during a heavy squall and thunder storm. She was shortly afterwards taken in tow by a steamer, and brought into Gravesend. During this time the Mystery again led the way, followed by the William and Harriet, the Henry being third, with most of the others close up; and in this order they passed Gravesend to the flag-boat at Northfleet Hope, each vessel being crowded with canvas, having shifted saes several times during the match, in consequence of the sudden storm, and a great deal of seamanship was here dis played. The Mystery still continued the lead, the William and Harriet pressing closely on her; and on rounding the committee's vessels, between the two piers, the boats came in in the following manner : FIRST CLASIII, Mystery, J. Deward (orange) William and Harriet, W. Sandford (white) Joseph and Mary, J. Negus (dark blue) Elizabeth, J. Clark (red) A closely contested match between the first and second boats, both vessels rounding the flag-boat nearly at the same moment. The Gratitude and New Industry were entered in this class, but did not start. SECOND CLASS. The Henry, H. Brown (light blue) 1 Try for It, Sandford (yellow) Alfred and Martha, A. Brown (standard) 3 Won easily, the Henry having it all her own way, after the accident which befel the Martha and Mary, of carrying away her mast. THIRD CLASS. George and Mary, J. Sutherland (blue) 1 Magnet, G. Brown (pink) „ Victory, J. Beiehteller (red) Wedding Day, J. Brown (green) This was a very severe and closely-contested race between the first three boats. THIRD-CLASS RAILWAY CARRIAGES.—There was issued on Saturday, by order of the House of Commons, in re turn to an order of that House, dated February 26, a document containing plans of the carriages either already sanctioned, re commended, or most approved of by the Railway Department of the Board of Trade. for the conveyance of third-class pas sengers under the penny a mile clause of the Railway Act. The return also contains a statement in detail, showing the number of passengers these various carriages are constructed to hold, with the length, breadth, &c., and whether glass is used in any, and in which of the various spaces provided for admitting light and air. The rules issued by the Board of Trade upon the subject are also appended. The plans above described show a very great improvement in the third-class carriages, as regards the protection of their occupants from the weather, and the steps adopted for preserving them as far as possible from accident. Ma. C. BULLER AT LISKEARD.—OH Wednesday evening last Mr. Charles Buller met his constituents at Lis keard, for the purpose of addressing them, as is his annual custom, on the political topics of the session, and on the course that he had taken with regard to them. The Hon. Gentle man's appearance was very sudden, so that not more than twelve In.,urs' public not ice was given of his intention. Notwithstanding the shortness of the announcement the Guildhall was crowded to excess, and the greatest unanimity prevailed throughout the evening. The Learned Gentleman's address gave the highest satisfaction, particularly his explanation of the reasons for his vote in favour of the Maynooth education grant, on which it was known that he differed in opinion from a number of his oonstitasnts. tHE BtTN, LONDON, WEDNESDAI LIVIORNiNft RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. London Liver- I I%frll- I Bristol. pea elestor. York. Bull. Huddere fleld. 'Sheffield. Glasgow. follows : RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. TEE LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY. PETITION OF HENRY BRUCE, OF MINCING- LANE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The distance I am from London will not all,w me slfficient time to be there to offer evidence bel'on. the Committee of the House of Commons to rebut the as seri ion that. I, as a shareholder in th-3 London and York Railway Company, have given a fictitious address, and I must, therefore, beg a small space in your next paper as the only opportunity left me of publicly giving the pa. tition of Henry Bruce, as far as it relates to rne, a flit and indignant denial. On the first formation of the Lontlon and York 11:61- way Company, I applied for thirty shares, all of which I still retain, and in that application inserted my addres=, York-buildings, New-road, where I was then actually residing ; but having, as executor, to arrange some mat ters in the north of Ireland, I thought it advisable to get my adiregs altered to 106, Crawford-street, Portm,n square, a public library, where I have been accustomed for some years to have letters and papers ad4ressed, and from whence I daily receive newspapers and letters. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, CHARLES THOMAS HAMILTON, M.D. Ccagh, Moneymore, Tyrone, Ireland, Aug. 9, 1845. A correspondent addresses a letter to us as a scrip-holder in the London and York Railway, which, under existing circum stances, we deem worthy of insertion in our columns. It is as Sir, —being a constant reader of your journal, and a holder of shares in the London and York line of railway, I feel assured your usual kindness will not be wanting in giving publicity to a few remarks I have to make on the anomalous position in which this Company is now placed. The Lords' Committee not having come to a conclusion on the various points laid before them, further than that the " allegations against certain respectable parties had not been sustained," and that, " as their inquiries cannot be brought to a close during the present ses sion, they do not propose to report the evidence taken before them to the House," the subject will have to be renewed when Parliament again assembles. If rumours in quarters usually well informed on railway matters are to be depended on, it wouhi ap pear to be highly probable that under any circumstances the formation of a new subscription , deed will be necessary to gua rantee the safety of the Bill through the House of Lords. Ind ed it is said that such a step is considered indispensable by the promoters of the Bill themselves. If a renewal of the docu ment is really to be looked forward to, I fear the present holders of the scrip will find themselves in an awkward posi tion ; and it is with this view I am induced to draw forth (through the medium of your journal) some remarks from those more conversant than myself with these matters as to the circumstances in which we are actually placed, for it will be necessary, in case of a new deed being required, for all scrip holders to sign it. The adhesion to the company of the origi nal subscribers will therefore become optional. If cert iin sinister rumours afloat be well founded, the present difficulties have emanated from a quarter which has laid itself open to severe censure, since the difficulties referred to and injury to the shareholders may be attributed to the parties concerned It is also very questionable, whether, if a new subscription deed he resolved upon, it can pass in the House of Lords without having first gone through the House of Commons ; and hence arises one of the most serious embarrassments attending the whole affair, for should such prove to be the ease, a complete rmation of a new company would be rendered necessary, while the whole expense would have to be gone into again. In that case, who must be the sufferers ? No new sub scribers would be found to take upon them the heavy expenditure already incurred ; and the only course left open would be to break up the present company, the Shareholders in which would have to bear the loss; but this would be most cruel and hard upon them, the more so if the emergency has been caused, or even aided, by the avaricious proceedings of a party from whom different conduct should have been expected. You have justly remarked at various times on the talent dis played by the legal practitioners concerned for this Bill, and if it has been counteracted in the manner which I fear it has by some other persons interested, the fact will, I trust, be thoroughly exposed, so that the real delinquents may stand forth to answer for themselves. Hoping through the medium of your valuable and independent journal soon to see a solution of the problem, I remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, A LONDON AND YORK SCRIPHOLDER. The ability and energy displayed by the gentlemen charged with conducting the Bill through its various difficult stages are certainly entitled to all the commendation bestowed upon them. Nor can it be doubted that it must be a source of great vexa tion that the Bill should at the eleventh hour be placed in the uncertain predicament to which our correspondent directs at tention with respect to it.—Post. lAug• 11. i • !Aug 11. 9% 9 1 / 2 26% 10% 31/2 lAng.ll. !Aug. 8. Closed. lAug. 7, lAug.ll. Aug. 9. 68 56t. LECTURE ON LUNACY. On Wednesday evening a lecture was delivered at the British Coffee House, Cockspur•street, by J. T. Per ceval, Esq., on the interest which the members of re ligion of all denominations are bound to take in the proper treatment and examination of persons alleged to be of unsound mind. The lecture was advertised to be in aid of a new society lately instituted, The Lunatics' and Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society. The lecturer began by apologising for intruding him self upon public attention, on a subject of so serious and affecting a nature, and more particularly on account of the connexion of the subject with the religion of his cauntry, which did not belong to his sphere, butt the sphere of the ministers of religion. He had also felt reluctant on account of tho ridicule which he knew would attach itself in the minds of many at the idea of connecting lunacy or madness with religious inter fercnce and instruction; but he hoped to prove, in the course of his observations, that this ridicule was erroneous and reprehensible. He felt himself to be so far far qualified to speak on the subject, as he had himself been practically acquainted with it in all its bearings, having been unfortunately a fellow-sufferer with the unhappy persons whose cause he was about to a.ivo• cate. But it was especially that cause which had prompted him to come forward. He had been an eye-witness of the ill treatment and sufferings they were compelled to endure, and because he knew these sufferings to be of an extreme and real character, that he ;:or.cidered it to be a duty which he owed to his fellow creatures, to aid with all his powers in the exposure and remedy of these abuses. The lecturer then alluded to the Society la'ely insti tuted for the protection of the British subject from un just confinement on account of mental derangement, which had given him every assistance on this occasion, and had addressed nearly 400 letters, inclosing tickets of admis sion to the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Ministers of all religious denominations in the metropolis, of whom he was sorry to see so kw thought it worth their while to attend. Yet he would prove that lunatics were, in every sense, deserving objects of the attention of ministers of religion, putting his claims to that attention on the lowest possible scale, even as animals. The lunatics called for, and demanded the protection of the ministers of reli gion, still more as poor, as afflicted, as sick, as prisoners. To all of whom, in every capacity, the ministers of reli gion were sent by the Author of the Divine mi,sion, who came to seek and save them that were lost—but lest those present who were not acquainted with the sub ject, and who were unaware of the brutal treatment luna- tics received, should think that the complaints were ex aggerated against the system of private lunatic asylums, he would relate a few instances of gross and indelicate ill-treatment of patients which he had witnessed. The lecturer then entered into details of the most harsh and indelicate ill-treatment of patients of the highest education and of the most refined feel ings, and particularly to a clergyman whom he met in one of those asylums, and who was repeatedly caned in the most violent minner by one of the keepers, in his presence. This gentleman was of a very mild and ami able disposition, and had often interposed to prevent similar brutal assaults of the keepers on himself. Ile appealed, therefore, to the ministers of religion not only for the sake of female delicacy, which was continually outraged in these houses, but for the sake of members of their own profession, who nereexposed to the grossest insults, the greatest irreverence, the most brutal as sault:, under the deepest affliction that can bet's.' human nature. He observed, that he hoped he had proved that the ministers of religion were entitled to claim the right of superintendence in these asylums—to the right of visiting the members of their congregations con fined therein, to afford them religions advice and consolation —to minister to the mind diseased— to offer that sweet solace and consolation which religion alone can supply, and simply by their presence and at tention to give to these asylums that mild and soothing character so opposed to the present brutal system, and the abuses to which he had referred and exposed. These had occurred under the present supervision of magis trates and the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, showing that system to be a complete failure. The failure i , f the present system justified the clergy and the minis ters of religion generally, in demanding tor the benefit of this unfortunate portion of our fellow c,.untrymen and countrywomen, a new system upon new principles, which being founded on sound reason and the highest charities of religion could not fail of being successful. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF RICHARDSON'S THEATRE AT DARTFORD ar FlRE.—Monday night, shortly More twelve, the inhabitants of Dartford werek hrown into consider able excitement, in consequence of an alarm of fire tieing spread over the town. It was first stated that the church was in flames, and in looking in that direction an extensive fire was raging. On proceeding to the latter place it was soon known that Richardson's Theatre, which had been erected in Builan's fields, near the back of the church, was on fire, and the flames spread with such rapidity, that before any of the engines could be procured the whole of the theatre was in flames. The per formance had fortunately concluded, and all the audience had left about ten minutes before the fire was discovered. Mr. Nelson Lee had also left, and was partaking of sapper at his lodgings, near the bridge, and was thrown into a state of frenzy at beholding the whole of his theatre destroyed. The fire ori ginated under the centre of the pit, and it is believed to be the work of some malicious incendiary, as no light or any combus tible matter had been placed near that spot. Two of the waggons in which the company slept were saved, but the stage and properties of every description were entirely destroyed. The loss is estimated at 1,2001., and Mr. Lee informed our re porter that he believed that it was not insured. None of the property destroyed belonged to the Standard Theatre, which is tinder the management of Messrs. Johnson and Lee. RUGELEY.—A fearful inundation visited this town on Tuesday night, spreading sudden devastation and alarm amongst its inhabitants. Rugeley is situated near Cannock Chase, and to the north of Hednesford, in which neighbour hood are several pools of water, used for the working of various mills. In the afternoon of the day mentioned a dark and portentous cloud was observed to rest over that locality. Towards evening it suddenly discharged itself in a sweep ing torrent near what is called Brindley's pool, which was completely burst. The impetuous torrent then rolled along till it overwhelmed another and another pool, carrying before it for many miles waggons, carts, and every obstruction in its course, till at length it came in contact with a stream that runs through Hagley-park, the seat of the Hon. Mr. Curzon, near the town of Rugeley. Here the waters forced down the park-wall, ten feet high, creating two immense chasms 100 feet in length. It then poured into the town, filling the houses to the height of three, four, and six feet. Many individuals were suddenly snatched up by the current, and borne along for many yards, to the imminent danger of their lives. Property and buildings to a consider able amount have been damaged, it is said to something like 2,0001. or 3,0001. Fortunately no lives have been lost. E X TRAORDINARY RISE IN WAGES.-11.133011S in this neighbourhood are now publicly offered 1/. 7s. per week, while twelve months ago las. to 18s. was the current rate of wages. frardor. NAMES OF RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Arbroath and Forfar Ditto Half Shares . Armagh, Colr., & Portrush Belfast and Ballymena Belfast and County Down Birknhd, Lan. & Ch es, Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (iss. at 7% dis.) Ditto Half Shares ... Birminghm & Oxfrd. June. Blckburn, Chrly, & N. Un. Blackburn, Darwn, & Bohn Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. Brighton, Lewes, and Hast. Bristol and Exeter Ditto New Bristol and Gloucester .... Caledonian Ditto Extension Cambridge and Lincoln Chester and Birkenhead Ditto New Shares Ditto Half Shares ..... Chester and Holyhead . Cheltenham and Oxford Chichester and Brighton Churnet Valley Clydesdale Junction Cork and Bandon Cork and Killarney Cork and Waterford Cork and Youghal Covntry, Bedwrth, & N un. Coventry and Leicester ... Cornwall . Dies, Beccles, and Yarmoth Direct Northern Direct Norwich ..... Dublin and Belfast Junet. Dublin, Belfast, & Colraine Dublin and Galway Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath Ditto New......... Dundee and Perth.... Eastern Counties Do. New.. . Do. Perp., 5 pr Cut., No. I Do. ditto No. 2 East Dereham & Norwich Eastern Union Ditto Extension Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum Edinburgh and Glasgow Do. Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb., Leith, and Granton Ditto Pref. 5 per Cent. Edinburgh and Northern Edinburgh and Peebleshire Edinburgh and Perth Ely and Bedford Enniskillen and Sligo Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchstr Garnkirk and Glasgow Glasgow and Ayr Do. Quarter Shares Glasgow and Greenock Ditto New Ditto Preference Glasgow, Dmfries, en. t '3r. Goole and Doncaster Grand Junction . Ditto Half Shares Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto New Quarters Ditto Eighth 5............ Grand Union Great Grimsby & Sheffield Gt Sothrn & \Srstrn (Irelnd) Ditto Extension Great Munster ......... Great Northern of Scotlnd Great Northern of Englnd Do. New, 401. Shares Do. New, 301. Sharps Great Western Ditto Half Shares . Ditto Fifths Guildfrd, Farehm, & Ports Harwich . Hudrsfld & Man. R. & Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield Hull and Gainsborough Hull and Selby Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto half Shares . Inverness and Elgin Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray Killarney Junctions Lancaster and Carlisle..... Leeds and Bradford Leeds and Dewsbury Leeds and Thirsk Leeds and W. Riding June Leicester and Birmingham Leicester and Bedford Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis,& Kil. June Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares . Ditto Quarter Shares Livrpl, Ormskirk, & Prestn London and Birmingham Ditto Thirds Ditto Quarters London and Blackwall London and Brighton Do. Cnsolidated Eighths London and Croydon. Ditto New Do. Guarantd. 5 per cent London and GreenWich Do. Prefrnc. or Privilege London & South Western Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501. Shares Do. New, 401. Shares London and York London and Windsor Londn, Salisbury, & Yeovil Londonderry and Coleraine Londonderry & Enniskillen Lynn and Ely Lynn and Dereham... Manchester and Leeds Ditto Half Shares . Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto Sixteenths Manchester & Birminghm Ditto Quarter Shares Do. New Quarter Shares Manchestr, Bolton, & Bury Manchstr, Bury, & Rosend. Manchstr, Buxtn,& Matlk Midland ... Ditto Fifths Ditto New Do. Cons. liirm. & Derby Midland Gt Westrn (Irish) Do. Extension to Sligo Nwcastl & Darlingtu June Do. New (Brandling) Newcastle and Berwick Newcastle and Carlisle Newport and Abergavenny Newry and Enniskillen Newark and Sheffield North British . Ditto Half Shares....... Northern and Eastern ..... Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) Do. Quarter Shares North Kent North Staffordshire North Eastern North Union - (A) Ditto (B) North \Vales Mineral Ditto New Shares . North Western North Wales Norwich and Brandon Ditto New Not., Belvoir, and Granthm Nottingham and Boston ... Nutt., Erewsh Val. & Man. Nottingham and Mansfield Oxford and firming. Junc Oxford and Worcester Perth and Inverness Portsmouth Direct Preston and Wyre . Ditto Half Shares . Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div Richmnd and W. End June Rugby, Worcester, & Tring Scottish Central ....... Scottish Midland.. Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares Ditto ditto (No. 2) Ditto ditto (No. 3) Sheffield and Lincoln Shrewsb.,Wor., and Crews Shrews.,Wolv.,Dudly,& Bir Shrewsbry& Trnt Val. Un. Shrewsb, Herefd, & N.Wals Slamannan . South Devon . South Midland South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. 1 Do. (iss. 33/.68.8d.) „ 2 Do (iss. 301.) „ 3 Staines and Richmond Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales...—. ........ Trent Valley Do. and Holyhead Junc West London, Old Shares . West End & Southrn Coun Wexford and Carlow Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrfd,Wexfd,Wick&Dub Wakfid, Pontefrct, & Goole Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London .. West Lancashire Worcester and Tring Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares Welsh Midland. West Cornwall West Yorkshire. Wilts, Somrst. & Weymth Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New York and Carlisle York and North Ditto Half Shat t:K. • • Do. Scarborough Branch Ditto Selby Ditto Extension. Aug.lo. 32% 97 1 ,‘ 12 21% 2 9 1 /i 9 1 4 2,0/4 10% 3% 65 33% IV 1635. 9d.1 -31 A 124 1 1 ,4 p .... 3% 86% 24% _ 5M 22 265. 3d.1 .... 1% 5 53 1 3 / 4 5 A 79 1 ,‘ 1535. 4d. I 91s. 3d.1 ,28. 6d 7 11-161 'Aug. 6. 214 13s. p, 6% 235. 6d 375. p 1223.611. p L18.6d. Dublin. !Aug. 9. 20% 345. 21s. ..... 5% 27 1174 6 1-16 71. gL AUG UST 13, lAP;. PARLIAMENTARY NOTICES. NOTICES OF MOTIONS WHICH NOW STAND IN THt on; DER BOOR OF THE HOUSE, OF COMMONS FOR Till; SESSION. 1. Dr. B iwring —to move the consideration of the talons of the :Svlect Committee on coLlnial aecouat 2. Dr. Ilmring—reqohvions for the improvemena of the public acc,unts. 3. Mr. Escott —that the article " Maize," coo manly called " Indian Corn," be a lmitted into the ports or the United Kingdom free of duty. 4. Mr. Ewart—totial repeal of the punishment s••f death. 5. Mr. Evart—reduction of duty en tea. 6. Mr. Ewart—that Committees on all opposed pri vate Bills be reduced to the number of five Members, free from all interest in the question referred to them, and chosen by the Cominithe of selection, as in the case of railway Bills. 7. Mr. John Fielden—Select Committee, to inquire into the case of Messrs. Firhien, relative to their assess • went to the income-tax in the years 1842,1843, and 1844. 8. Mr. Forster—Select Committee, to inquire into the alleged encroachments of France on the possessions and i,:dependeiwe of the natives of the west coast of Africa, and into the consequences thereof to the natives and t:, Britird, interests in that country. 9. Mr. Mackinnon—to call the attention of the House to the resolution of this ll,use on the Bth day of April this session, " That the practice of interments within tlw precincts of the metropolis, aed of large cities, is inju rious to the health of the population, and demands the serious attention of Parliament." 10. Mr. Mackinnon—to mere (in consequence of a pledge given by the Horns Secretary, that a commission should he issued on the subject during the recess) for leave ti bring in a Bill to suppress the nuisance of smoke, uoless the question is taken up by her Majesty's Go. vornment. 11. Mr. \V. Patten—Select Committee to consider how far it may be expedient to relax the privileges of this House resp,-cting the imposition of pecuniary penal ties and rates as regards private Bills. 13. Col. Sibthorp—reduction of duty on fire insurance. 13. Mr. Smythe—Sell et Committee to consider an rep. , rt on the papers laid on ihe table of the House rela tive to the claims of her Majesty's subjects, arising out of the measures adopted by the French Government in the years 1834 and 1835, on the coast of Port:mile. 14. Col. Verner—to move an address to the Qu en, on the subject of the removal of Mr. Wat,on from tl e commission of the peace and deputy -lieutenancy of tl.e county of Antrim. 15. Mr. SV:tl(l , y—to move for leave to bring_ in a Biil to amend and consolidate the laws for regulating the , profession of physic and surgery, and the practice or pharmacy, in Great Britain an ! Ireland, with a view to obtain— 1. The registration of " every person who, at the time of the passing of the Aet shall be legally prac• rising, or entitled to practice, as a physician, a surgeon, or an apothecary, in some part of her Majesty's do. • minions." 2. An equality of rights and privileges fur registered medical practitioners throughout the kingdom. 3. Repre3entative systems of government in the ct..l - of physicians and surgeons. 1 The election by those colileges of a national medical council, having for its president a principal Se cretary of State. 5. l'he introduction of comprehensive systems of edu• cation in the schools of medicine and pharmacy. 6. The appintment of courts of examiners by the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons of England, Ire :and, and Scotland. 7. The admission of the examiners into the hospitals and othi r public institutions, for the purpose of enabling them to test the knowledge of the candidates for diplomas in medicine and surgery at the bedsides of the sick. 8. The repeal of those sections of the charter that was granted to the College of Surgeons in England in 1843, which displaced the members of that college from the professional rank which they had previously enjoyed. 9. The right of every registered practitioner in medi cine and surgery to recover reasonable charges fur medical and surgical advice and medicine, without other license than the registry. 10. The examination and registration of chemists and druggists in England and Scotland by the Royal Phar maceutical Society of Great Britain ; and in Ireland by the Society of Apothecaries of Dublin. 11. The more effectual protection of the public against. the dangerous proceedings of unqualified medical prac titioners and unlicensed chemists and druggists, by making the offences of such persons questions for the summary jurisdiction of magistrates. 12. The prohibition of the sale, by retail, of certain poisons, except by licensed chemists and druggists. 13. The separation of the practice of physic and sur gery from the sale of drugs and medicines. 16. Mr. Wyse—to call the attention of the house to the actual condition of the diocesan and royal schools of Ireland ; and to submit a motion to render them, (in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on Education (Ireland, in 1838) more subservient to the extension and improvement of education in that country. MURDER. LEICESTER, JN DA A murder of a most appalling cha racter occurred here this morning. A young man, about four or five and twenty, named William Hubbard, a framework knitter, had lived with his wife for some time past in a small tenement in a street leading out of what is called the Newarkes (occupying it jointly with his brother, who is also married). Their matrimonial career, but of about three years' duration, has been, it is said, most unhappy from its commencement. The wife is reported to have been a still, steady, hardworking woman, and he, on the contray, to have been improvident and idle. They had been, it was well known, but poorly off for some time, and he was determined at length to fall upon the union house. This his wife strenuously resisted, de claring her intention of proceeding to Birmingham, where her mother and a sister reside, and there earn her own maintenance. This morning was fixed upon by her for her departure hence. About six o'clock the husband, who, in con • sequence of their disagreements, had slept at his mother's over night, knocked at the door, desiring his wife to let him in. She came down but with her night-clothes on, and had no sooner opened the deor than a scream' was heard, and the brother and his wife coming down on the instant, the unfortunate wo man, the wife of William Hubbard, was found weltering in her blood, with a frightful gash in her throat from which the life-blood was still flowing in torrents • indeed, she was only noticed to give one deep sigh ere she expired. The murderer fled immediately down a lane leading to the Leicester canal, along the towing-path of which he ran for some hundreds of yards, and, crossing into a Mr. Stretton's field, hid himself in a dike nearly covered with nettles and briers, where he was found, in less than an hour afterwards, by some lads, who, with a great number of policemen and others, instantly set off in search of him. He made little or no resistance, but expressed his sorrow for what he had done. No knife, razor, or other instrument with which the deed ap pears to have been committed was found either upon him or upon the premises where the murder was perpetrated. '[he mist probable supposition is that the instrument was a knife used for the purpose of scraping the butchers' stalls in the market place, at which the prisoner's father had been employed for many years, and this may have been thrown in the river by the unhappy man himself as he passed. Hubbard underwent a brief examination this morning before two of the borough magistrates, and was remanded until Monday next. The coroner's inquest is expected to be held to-morrow, the result of which will duly appear. The prisoner's demeanour before the magistrates was remarkably cool and collected, and he ap peared to evince little apprehension for the ultimate con sequences of h' rt act. INSPECTION OF THE TUNNEL ON THE GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY.—Major-General Pasley, the inspecting general of railway!, accompanied by Mr. Coild, the Company's superintendent, proceeded on Saturday morning, three hours before the train commenced running, to inspect the tunnel and line of railway. At the entrance of the tunnel was a barge, on the deck of which was constructed a wood framing sufficiently high as to enable any person thereon to closely inspect the top. The general and superintendent having mounted the scaffold, the barge was taken into the tunnel, propelled by a small steam-boat, the general examining closely every part, occupying him until seven o'clock. The general, having completed his examination, was pleased to declare that the line was in superior order ; that the roof of the tunnel was perfectly secure ' • and that there was no appear ance of any possibility of chalk falling. It appears that this inspection was owing to the members of the Board of Trade having, within the last fortnight, received several anonymous communications from this locality, pointing out in strong words the insecurity of this tunnel. The general left far London immediately after completing his inspection. THE NEWS VENDEIV.—That highly respectable body, the news venders of the metropolis, on Wednesday last, the 6th instant, celebrated their sixth annual excursion in aid of tho funds of their benevolent and provident institution. The committee of management engaged the Vivid steam-to it for the occasion, and as she touched at the respective piers, numbers of members, with a due proportion of the fair sex, hastened on board, until nearly 200 were assembled. Rose Cottage, Rich mond, was the place selected for the dinner, to which 60 sat down, Mr. Wild in the chair. The day was one of unbroken hilarity and enjoyment, dancing on deck, and rural amusements on terra firma having been pursued with equal zest. We are happy to announce that the contributions to the fund, after the dinner, were exceedingly liberal. The party reached town on their return before nine in the evening. LOCK-JAW CAUSED BY CUTTING A CORN.— On Sunday morning James Rance, a journeyman coach spring maker, residing in Great Wild-street, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, was suddenly seized during his breakfast with lock-jaw. It appears that on Friday night he cut with a razor a corn en his great toe, when the razor slipped and made apparently only a slight incision, which caused it for a short time to bleed profusely. The bleeding having abated, a piece of rag was placed over the out with some salt. On Saturday morning he proceeded as usual to work, thinking nothing more of it. On his return at night, and having been drinking spirits rather freely, he complained of acute pain in his toe, but retired to bed, and the following morning was seized with lock-jaw. A medical gentleman was sent for, who recom mended his removal to the hospital, as his life was in imminent danger. CMICKET.—The return match between Sussex find the Marylebone Club (with Fuller Pilch) commenced on Mon day, at the Royal Cricket-ground, Brighton. Sussex won the toss, and put in Dean and Mr. King, Royston and Hillyer bowling. At first the play was very careful, and 30 runs were scored, when Mr. King was bowled by Royston, with a score of 14. G. Picknell took Mr. King's bat, and played spi en didlv, headily , his score by a 4, and with Dean running _u u p the joined Picknell rapidl y, e l , the play pro score to 70, when the latter was run out. After dinner awndhe ll suev s :‘ h eir b ra y .l place.end he e t length tshu succeeded b}' y h ' y s the en dsßu Susses rekxers andco were r t e h e cpsocunott on r i ocgr bowl.ete d a roarntiel w pro ceeded, o n k ton, a ball from Royston, after the player had obtained Mr. C. Taylor, soon after which Picknell's stumps were also le D rs or t r o i 79 runs. Box went in with Mr. Taylor, and the i h c e k r e t eh wasan changes lowered d b 967 abrynereased to 207, when a shower put a stop to the scoreuo scattered i e s h tand play about half-past six o'clock. T ILE LATE AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE AT ABERDARE, MERTHYR TvnviL.—Mr. Powell, the proprietor of the Duffryn colliery, in which 2S men perished on the 2d inst. from an explosi(4l of foul air, has done all in his power to soothe the grief and supply the wants of the survivors of the deceased. Having secured to the latter, at his own expense and in a most respectable manner, the last rites of sepulture, he settled upon the widows pensions of 9s. a week each, and a'so gave them a house to live in, with liberty to take what coal they Klay require for their consumption. He relieved the other relatives in proportion to their wants. MORTALITY IN THE METROP ()- LIS AND PROVINcEs. The usual quarterly tables of the mortality in 115 of the' .die tricts of England (inclusive of the principal towns), showfs if; the number of deaths registered in the four quarters of 1844.:s the number of deaths in the June quarter of 1845, and the average number of deaths in the five June quarters, 1840-44. have ;seen published by the authority of tile Registrar-General In the metropolis, the population of which is estimated at 1,913,104, according to the late census, the deaths in the spring quarter, ending on the 30th of June last, amounted to 11,267, .omewhat above the ordinary average. The quarterly average of five June quarters, from 1840-44, having been only 10,555, end that of five years (1840-44), 11.948. The deaths registered in the four quarters of 1844 amounted, respectively to 13,471, 11,471, 11,825, and 13,565. Of the 11,267 deaths in the quarter ended the 30th of June last, 1.843 occurred in the western district of the metropolis, 2,13 f) in the northern, 2,056 in the central, 2,389 in the eastern, .and 2,849 in the southern, which are invariably the most unhe,,'thy and most inimical to longevity. The total ts.urnbar of deaths registered in the spring quarter, ended the 30th sa.June last, in the 115 provincial districts of England, amounted, _exclusively of the metropolis, to 29,462 ; of which, 1,121 occuraos-1 'n the south-eastern division, includ ing Maidstone, Brighton.; Oct Isle of Wight, Winchester, and Windsor ; 939 in the souOt InfvSand, including St. Alban s, Wycombe, Oxford, Northampton, .Psedford, arid Cambridge ; 900 in the eaatern, including C.'`lchee;er, Dorchester, Exeter, Plymouth, Bath, and Yarmouth ; 1,695 in the south-e-estes. Devises, Norwich, n, including and Penzance; 4,750 in the western, including Bristol, Craitoala' tenham, Flereford. Shrewsbury, Worcester, Idd Stroud, nster, Chel- Dudley, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, >,ermi ....rad Coventry; 1,513 in the north-midland, including Leicester:. .Lincoln, Nottingham, Basford, and De: by; 10,308 in the nerth-dsys'stern; including the great manufacturing and commercial tassels.' of Stockport, Macclesfield, Liverpool, Blackburn, Preston, Roes.'" dale. Bury, Bolton, Wigan, Prescott, Chorlton, Alanchesteta Salford, and Ashton ; 4,611 in the York division, including' Sheffield, Husider.field, Halifax. Bradford, Leeds, York, and: Hull; 1,827 in the northern division, including Sunderland,. Gateshead, Tynemouth, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Carlisle, Kendal, and Caekermouth ; and 1,793 in the Welsh division, including Abergavenny, Pontypool, Merthyr-Tyc4.il, Wrexham, Holy well, and Anglesey. The quarterly average of five June quarters (1840-44) ira the above 115 districts amounted to 28,639 ; and the quarterly' average of five years t 3 X 9,316. The number of deaths regis tered in the fur quarters of 1844, amounted, respectively, to 32,570, 27,454, 26,959, and 30,302. The population is taken at 4,663,808. The grand totals, including both the metropolis and the 115 provincial districts, give, with a population of 6,578 912, 40,729 deaths, during the last. quarter (ending June ;.30) ; 39,494 deaths, as the average of five June quarters. from 100 to 1844 ; 41,624 deaths, as the quarterly average of the (Iva years, 1840 to 1844 ; and 46,041 deaths. 39,925, 38,784, and 43,958 in the four quarters of the year 1844, respectively, of the 11,267 deals:. (from all causes) registered in the me tropolis during the 13 weeks ending 28th of June, 16*, 1,885 were occasioned by zymutie (epidemic, endemic, are! contagious) diseases. Of the deaths tram epradie ors-- eases, 1,193 were caused by dropsy, cancer, and other die eases of uncertain or variable seat; 1,938 by diseases of the.. brain, spinal marrow, nerves, and senses ; 3,478 by diseases of the lungs and other organs of respiration; 419 by diseases of the heart and blood-vessels; 860 by diseases of the stomach, liver, and digestive organs generally; 125 by diseases of the kidneys; 150 by pa turition and diseases of the generative! organs; 85 by rheumatism and diseases of the bones andi joints, &e. ; 25 by diseases of the skin and cellular tissue ; 744 by old age ; 3ct that 246 cent, lonpveeearstslhocens,sa average ge and 329 by violence, privation, and smallpoxintem esb:yhoTsBcttlhorelffbafiytivbrideyai;Jrurzhece3 perance. Amongst the deaths fraim zymotic diseases, we find r quarters, t bayr; h:e onr bose yp, a r dysentery, (nearly . 00319gp eh) 83 by croup, 45 by thru 11 by influenza, 309 by typhus, 80 by erysipelas, and 13 by syphilis. The quarterly meteorological tablee, compiled from the' weekly tables furnished to the registrar-general by the astro nomer royal, show that the mean height of the barometer during the last quarter (from sth of April to 25th of June), from 72 observations corrected and reduced to 32 deg. Fahrenheit, was 29.731 inches, the highest point having been 30.094 inch,* during the second week of June, when a constant calm Free sailed in the atmosphere, and the lowest point 29•332 incire‘a during the second week of April, when the general direction of the wind was from N. N. W. The highest point attained I by the thermometer was 83 deg. 2 min., and the lowest point to which the mercury fell 29 deg. 5 rain., marking an extreme difference of 63 deg. 7 min. The mean of the highest point on each day from six obser vations, was 60 deg. 5 min. ; and the mean of the lowest, on each day, 44 deg. 2 min., showing a difference of 16 deg. 3 Min. The mean of 72 observations gave a result of 51 deg. 9 min', The average dew-point (mean of 72 results) was 46 deg. 5 mina The extreme altitude of the self registering thermometer in the sun, was, during the week, 115 deg. 6 min., and the mean of seven observations, SO deg. ; the lowest point on the glass was, during the week, 12 deg. 2 min., and the mean of seven observations, 36 deg. 3 min. The mean of 72 differences be tween the dew-point temperature and the air temperature was 5 deg. 4 min. ; the mean of the greatest on each day, 12 deg., and that on the lowest, 9 deg. The average difference between the mean temperature of the quarter, and those of the mean temperature of the same quarter, on an average of 25 years, was 1 deg. I min. less. The greatest pressure of the wind during the quarter was lolb. the square foot, and the mean for the week 51b. The mean amount of horizontal movement of the air in each week was 956 miles; the extremes were 1,705 and 345 miles. The mean amount of cloud was 6 4 ; the highest, 8.8 ; and the lowest, 3.1. The fall of rain during the quarter was 4.80 inches. We quote the following general remarks from the report of the Registrar-General:— " Small-pox has prevailed epidemically in many districts ; and the mortality from that disease has been considerable among children unprotected by vaccination. Several persons. said to have been previously vaccinated, and one•who had beer inoculated, also died of small-pox. In many districts no deaths from smallpox occurred; in others, the disease was introduced by migratory labourers, ill provided, probably, with household comforts and conveniences. The neglect of vaccina tion is adverted to by several registrars. The registrar of Lei cester says, • I have registered 50 deaths by small-pox from January 1 to June 30, 1845 ; only one of the 50 per sons hail been va,:cinated, and that was a doubtful case. The registrar of Heaton Norris, Stockport, mentions that • in one family, three infants, two sisters and a brother, all died of small. pox in the short space of 11 days." Small-pox,' observes the registrar of Great Marlow, • has appeared in part of my district. I find, on inquiry, that a vast number of parents have not availed themselves of vaccination, although perfectly aware that it can be done free of expense.' The number of deaths (143) in the north sub-district of Yar mouth is much above the average, in consequence of the pre. valence of the small-pox, which has proved fatal in 62 cases. Of this number 61 died without previous vaccination. One case only is recorded in which vaccination is said to have been performed, a midwife was the operator, and the patient was attended by an old woman. The child was two months old. Measles and scarlatina have been epidemic in several districts. " The 11.267 deaths in the metropolis are near the average of the season, if we allow for the increase of the population. The weekly deaths fell progressively in the quarter from 884 to 756, as the temperature rose. 'l' h e deaths from small-pox were 246, less by 235 than were registered in the previous quarter, but 102 above the average• of the June quarter for five previous years. 104 women died from childbirth in the me tropolis within three months. " The following are the districts in which the mortality was above the average of five June quarters:—West, north-east, and south districts of the metropolis; Winchester, Northamp ton, Colchester, Ipswich, Yarmoth, Dorchester, Plymouth, Kidderminster, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Leices ter, West Derby (adjoining Liverpool), Blackburn, Rochdale, Chorlton, Ashton, Bradford, Leeds, Merthyr-Tydvil, Holy well, and Anglesey. " The following are, on the other hand, the districts in which the mortality was below the average of five June quarters Central district of the metropolis, Devizes, Redruth, Penzance, Bristol, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Macclesfield, Liverpool, Pres ton, Bury, Wigan, Prescott, Sunderland, Tynemouth, New castle-en-Tyne, Kendal, Wrexham. " The mean temperature at Greenwich was 51 deg. 9 min., which is 1 deg. 1 min. below the average of the seasons. The north and north-east winds prevailing, the temperature of the whole month of May was below the average, but the wind turning south-west, the temperature of June rose above the average of the month. The fall of rain was nearly five inches (4 deg. 80 min.) At Derby more than eight inches of rain fell in the same time." TII E NEW LIBEL AcT.—This Act, to amend the 6th and 7th Victoria, c. 96, has just been printed. it contains only twe provisions, By the first it is declared that in cases of actions for libel in Ireland, where the defendant shall plead matters allowed by the 3d and 4th Wm. IV., c. 42, and pay money into Court, such payment shall be of the same effect as if required by the said Act. The second clause is in the fol lowing words :—" And be it declared and enacted, that it shall not be competent to any defendant in such action. whether in England or Ireland, to file any such plea without at the same time making a payment of money into Court by way of amends as provided by the said Act ; bet every such plea so filed, without payment of money into Court, shall be deemed a nullity, and may be treated as such by the plaintiff in the action." PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO DAVID SALO:MONS, ESQ.—A deputation of gentlemen, consisting of Messrs. S. S. Hall, James Thompson, J. Wales, B. Standring, S. Saul, J. Kilby, Joseph Isaacs, and others, waited upon Mr. David Salomons on Friday, for the purpose of presenting to him a piece of plate as a testinony of their esteem for his character, and for his conduct during the recent contest for the aldermanie gown of Portsoken ward. The plate had been for some time finished, but its presentation was delayed until " the Jewish Disabilities Bill" had received the royal assent, the Committee being anxious io combine the proceedings of the late election with the issue of their exertions by the passing of the Bill to relieve their Jewish fellow-subjects from the doubts which hang over their rights to be admitted to municipal offices. The plate consists of a triple-sided pedestal or plinth, with bright panels, supported on three massive scroll feet. From the angles of the above are placed three most beautifully moulded female figures. These figures are in dead silver, bearin . gt flower basket of most exquisite workmanship in filagree, e d g e d . e with a vine foliage. Upon one of the panels a re en g rav ed arms of the City of London, upon another the arras of M • Salomons, and upon the third is the inscripti on. A " DEAF" .JUROR.—RATITER GREEN.—in the Nisi Prius Court, at Bridgewater, on Tuesday last, a juror n e claimed v exemption u ad o n t thenu tone w orig have you been o appearedgrounddt: T a t . i w ? n c ' e y i' o f e t if a q nid r u tn s ee i . r rat ;: f d onege t T asw h st h e e! tadjnujet Mr. Bared :B : x i a n f T 'r e' a b uan e nn m j dP u u l unhesitatingly aaanibe t tone," n e ,answ ered ~ How ch was your deafness caused?" Juror (without evincin g th e l eas t difficulty in hearing)—" I caught a severe cold." Jue (in t o: C I d sel o h.soet v ar e it r Tf fe y sio: w fEf e To l r l ;hi Tipperary tru r nyr e srp p oTlrisoeecodeore proceeded his enexd L Ee o ctNo r uT a t a_. a voice almost reduced to a whisper)—" Don't you thi n your F. deafness is cured ?"—" No, my Lord, answered the unsuspect.. ing ship, amidst roars of laughter. PASSIVE rYr an t E ‘ S O I h s against —pi nogr O t ai n obno T uto u htf e e s ti dh,eaoy defaultingp l d a e e s r t urry t ehee Castle Sub tenantry n a a ri r d i r a y t i n a n e h m a e t mt s property,f or arr d e n a e rs fn o r f se r v en eral t, years prior to the present owner of the estate coming into pos session. The Sheriff was accompanied by fifty police, under the command of Sub-Inspector Lewis, and fifty of the Ist Royals, under the command of Captain Neville, from Killaloe. Every house was locked up and well bar ricadoed, and there was not a head of cattle on the lands, nor a human being to be seen, with the exception of a few young chaps, watching as scouts to bring the news to ostler districts. When the Sheriff knocked at the houses of the principal tenantry, the inmates refused to open the doors. The party had to retire as they came, being totally unsuccessful in their mission. The tenants en the Derry Castle estates have been permitted to fall into arrears, some for three, four, and five years.— i'Venagh Guardian. WARWICK AND JONES.—The race between these pedestrians cane off yesterday, at Acton Bottom. They were matched for 20/., to contend over 200 yards of ground. War wick is well known under the cognomen of " the Epsom Stag," and was the favourite in betting, at 6to 4. At the start Jones obtained an advantage, and went away at a lead for 100 yards, when his adversary came alongside, and, after a spirited neer Jones came in by half a yard the winter. 2 i of Ise , v...!...,r14 Di' sal Eiro va~~ ge n po .t 4 7. 8 ,91 V ,1 )4 1 OW - ... ,09 23% 26% 11 1 4 78% 10 3 A 82'h 4 202 64 104 6% p 78 27 lq L 36 3 24 1 2. 2 32 ‘ 84 ...... 24% 714 7% 5N 3% 7 2% 4% 2% p 314 4 6 46 1 17 15 illA 4 %., 31 77 4 2 4% .2 1 4 14 1 ,i 2 3% 5 09% 4' L 95 31% 4, 1 71,i Oh 73 _... 1291/4 3 1 A 3 LA 5 471 22 7 16 3 4 8% 18% _ 23(4 3% 14% 81s. 13 1 ‘ A• 1 2 6 3 2 5% 51 1 ,E 63% - 21% 20s. 3% 37 6% 6 1 / 4 3L, 31 5% ..... 1914 39% 24p 3% 14% 4% 28 1 4 3% 625. 28% 38 254 15s. p _ s% 4 14 p 336. pl 24% 15s. 41s. 7% - 3718 30s. p 1514 268. p 14 15% 7% 14% 25% 12% - - 79% 30 1 4 2% - 15 3 / 4 12% 2% 375. 3% 2% 21 9