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TILIE NORTHERN and SOUTHERN CONNECTING RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) Capital 900,0001., in 36,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. Uniting the London and Birmingham, Great Western, the South Western, the London and Brighton, South-Eastern, and Northern and Eastern Railways, and accommodating, en route, Hertford, Hat field' Rickmansworth, Uxbridge, West Drayton, brook Egham, Chertsey, Weybridge, Leatherhead, Coin St. Albans, Watford,, Staines, Dorking, and Reigate. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Major Adair, United Service Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Goole and Doncaster Railway J o hn Anderson , Es, Lothbury, Director of the South Midland, and Bi r mingham and Lichfield Railways William Amok! Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter, Staffordshire John Barnes, Esq., Director of the Union Bask, Chorley Wood House. liertffirdshire John Burgess, Esq.. Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of Ches ter and Manchester Railway Pierce Somerset Butler. Esq., M.P., Director of the Lancaster and York, Wstarford and Kilkenny, and Great Munster Railways, Jasper Capper, Esq , Watling-street Captain James •E. Carnegie, Somerset-street, Portman-square, and Bower Ilan, Inverness, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's London, Manchester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wor cester Railways Major John T. Croft, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman or the Chester and Manchester Railway, &c. William Croft, Esq., Chertsey, Surrey Thomas Clutterbuck, Esq., Red Hall, Watford Charles John Dimsdale, Esq., Essendon-place, Hertfordshire Thomas Edward Dyson, Esq., Mil/pits, Hertfordshire Joseph Graham, Esq. ' Clapham, Surrey Samuel Haines, Esq , Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Dirctor of the Leicester and Birmingham Railway Hastings Green, Esq., Sion House, Kilkenny, Director of the Water font arid Kilkenny Railway 7. W. Hamilton, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Lancaster an d York and Great Munster Railways Captain Hodges, 65, Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the Mauritius Railway, &c. &c. Heary Jennins, Esq., Leeds • George ',Ashley, —sq.. Clarence Lodge, Shirley, Southampton, Direc tor of the Isle of Wight, and of the Oxford, Newbury, Andoiter, Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railways John Lilly, Esq., Worcester and Pedwell, near Glastonbury, Director of the Somersetshire Midland Railway Dialed Turton Johnson, Esq., Aidermary Churchyard, Director of Remington's London and Manchester, the Chester and Mancheater Direct, and the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways John Joseph Keene, Esq., lit. John's-wood, Director of the National Rank of Ireland John King, Ksq., Glastonbury, and St. John's•wood, London, Direc tor of the Somersetshire Midland Railway William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Pall mail, London, Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance Company Daniel William Lucas, Esq., Mark-lane, and Crescent Lodge, Stock well Park Horace William Ifeteyard, 'Esq., Director of Remington's London and Manchester, the CheSter and Manchester Direct, and the Derby store, Staffordshiro, and Worcestershire Railways Joseph Bostick Massey, Esq., Cottered, Hertfordshire, and 50, Cain- ' bridge-terrace, Hyde Park. Captain Ogle, 4e., Eaton-place, Eaton-square, London. Benjamin Oltveira, Esq., F.R.S., Upper Hyde Park-street, Director of the. 'Manchester, Liverpool, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Sou.ttampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways, &c. Allle.,rlrM, Meredith Parratt, Esq., Magistrate, Effingham House, Surrey - William John Palmer, Esq., Molewood-hill, Bengeo, Hertfordshire Rev. G. B. P. Pollen, Magistrate, Little Bookham Rectory, Surrey: John Rawson, Esq., Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of York shire, and J.P., Stone,' lipyd, Halifax, Director of Rosamel's Great North of Franco Railway, of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England Union Railway, and the National Bank Of Ireland Edward 'card, Esq., Kew, Surrey, Magistrate, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron, and Jamaica Railways William R. Swinton, Esq., 49, Moorgate-street, and Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park William Tozer, Esq Bishopsgate-street, Director of the South Stet- Wrdsetre Junction Railway ThUmaa Weedon, Esq., Loudwater Mills, Rslifbrdshire (With power to add to their number.) RANKERS. Messrs. Rogers, Ming, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane, London The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Manchester. Esoissza—Joseph Gibbs, Esq. LAND AGENT—Layton Cooke, Esq. LAND SURVEYORS. W. T. Butkland, Esq. Mews. Sanderson and Hyde. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Kt. Alban's, lierts—Richard Grove Lowe, Esq. Chertsey, Surrey—Richard John Cole, Esq. Derkilig, Surrey—Messrs. Hart and Hart. Hertford—Edward Robert Spence, Esq. 'Uxbridge, Middlesex—Messrs. Riches and Woodbridge. Watford and Rickmansworth—John Sedgwick, Esq. flotaceroas—Messrs. Miller and Carr, 47, Eastcheap, London. The object of this undertaking is to form an unbroken link or com munication with all the existing railways, by which means more particularly the western, southern, eastern, south-eastern, and south western parts of the kingdom may be traversed from the northern districts, without the necessity of making the metropolis a resting. place either for passengers or goods, and thus obviating considerable expense and great loss of time. The length of the in ain line will be 62 miles, commencing at Hert ford (which has already a branch to the North-Eastern Railway), continuing its course by Hatfield, St. Alban's, to Watford, where it will cross the• London and Birmingham Railway, from thence to Mlckmansworth, Uxbridge, and West Drayton, where it will pass under the Great Western Railway, proceeding by Colebrook (having a branch to Windsor from the main line at Horton), cross the Thames at Staines to Egham, Chertsey, passing into the South-Western Rail-' way at the Weybridge station, approaching Cobham, Leatherhead, Dorking, and terminating at Reigate, where it will form a junction , with the South-Eastern and London and Brightou Railways. As the project develops itself the moot cheering patronage is mantled from influential landowners and other proprietors, declaring that the formation of this line is indispensable to meet the demands ar exigencies of several counties, and who have promised to give this project their undivided support. Applications for Shares to be made to Messrs. Miller and Carr, 47, Eastcheap ; and Messrs. Johnson, Longden and Co., Tokenhouse-yard ; and to the. local solicitors, Messrs. Hart and I Dorking ; 31essM Riehesind Woodbridge, Uxbridge ; Richard Jo'an Cole, F.sq., Chertsey ; RiBhard Grove Lowe, Esq., St. Alban's ; Edward Robert Spence, Esq., Hertford ; John Sedgwiek, Esq., Wat ford ; and alai to Mr. Crewdeon, Liverpool ; Mr. S. Slater, Man chester ; 111.0usrs. Watson, Tootal, and Barff, Leeds ; Messrs. Charles Bell and On., Leeds ; 3fr. J. Wright, Birmingham ; Mr. J. Bowden, Hull; and Messrs. George Edwards and Son, Bristol. W. JENKINS, Sec. pro tem. Temporary Offices. 47, Eastcheap, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Northern and Southern Con necting Railway. Gentlomm,—l request you to allot me Shares in thc above ~,a lortaking ; and I hereby undertake to pay the deposit Upon them or any smaller number that mey be allotted to me, and to execute the Parliamentary contract ant subscribers's agreement when required to do so. I ara, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in lull .. .......... ........... 111181w:es or profession ........ Itiii4donce .. Reference I >ate of application .......... • ......... .. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. The Nobility, Gentry, Subscribers, and the Public at large, are re spectfully informed that the season will commence on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27th, 1845, and with the hope of retaining that great patronage with which its entertainments have, for the two preceding years, been honoured, the Lessee has entered into engagements with the following artistes : FOR GRAND OPERA. TENOIIB.—Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Allen (his first appearance here *been three years), Mr. Barker, Mr. Henry, and a Debutant. BASSES AND BAREITONES.—Mr. Borrani, Mr. Burdini, Mr. Weiss, IW. S. Jones, and Mr. H. Phillips (his first appearance since his re turn from America). SOPRANI AND CO?iTßALTl.—Marlemolselle Jenny Lind (from the Imperial Theatre, Berlin, her first appearance in England), Miss Romer, Miss Rainforth, Miss Poole, Miss Collett, Miss Helen Lane (her first appearance on this stage), and Madame Anna Thillon. THIS ORCHESTRA has been selected from her Majesty's Theatre, and the Ancient and Philharmonic Concer% and will comprise some of the first talent In the country. Musical Director, Signor Schira. THE CHORUS has been augmented to an unprecedented extent, and arranged with great care. Chorus Master, Mr. Tully. * * ll FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPECTACLE. Mademoiselle Adele Dumilatre, Mademoiselle Flora Fabbrl (Pre miere Danseuse from the Academie Royale de Musique), Mademoi selle Plunkot, Mademoiselle Thebes (from the Academie Royale, her first appearance), Mademoiselle Louis, Mademoiselle Adele, Made moiselle Camille, Mademoiselle Juliette Potier, and Mademoiselle Ilen(piette Onerivot (all ,from the principal Parisian Theatres, their first rppearance). Monslour Petipa (his first appearance on this stage these two years), Monsieur Albert, Monsieur Despiaces, M. Barris (from the Academia Royale (his first appearance), Monsieur Pichler (from the principal Theatres of Paris and Vienna), Mr. W. 11. Payne, Mr. T. Matthews, Mr. Delferier ' Mr. Howell, Mr. Wieland, Mr. Ri s l ey an d his celebrated Sons, with a numerous body of Corps de Ballet, Figu rantes, and Prraneneuses. Ballet Masters, MM. Albert and Barrez. Under Ballet Master, Monsieur Pichler. Superintendent of Spectacle, •Mr. W. West. Amongst other NOVELTIES of the SEASON will be A new Grand Ballet, In three acts (never acted), to be called LA FILLE DE MARBRE, Composed expressly for this Theatre, by M. St. George and M. Albert. The music by Monsieur Adolphe Adam. The last popular Ballet in Paris, called LE DIABLE A QU'ATRE. A NEW OPERA, by Mr. W. V. Wallace, whose compositions have excited the greatest expectations, And a NEW GRAND OPERA, br Mr. Benedict. In addition to a complete repertoire of works from the most eirdnent composers. Arrangements are moreover on the point of completion, and treaties pending, for A GRAND OPERA, the Music by Donizetti, the Libretto by Scribe. TILE CAMP OF SILESIA, Tty the renowed composer M. Meyerbeer. An ENTIRELY NEW BALLET, for the appearance of a Cele brated Daimons°, and for several others, whose answers are daily ex pected. The Scenery tinder the Superintendence of Mr. Grieve. Stage Manager, Mr. Harley. The General Management under the.Direetion of Mr. BUNN. *4.* The Box-office will open oit Monday next. J. PARSONS, Boa-Bookkeeper. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAIMET. LESSEE, M.R. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated the see Crated Comedy of KING O'NE IL ; or, The Trish Brigade.. 1.01113 the XV., Mr. Howe; Duke de Richelieu, Mr. 11. Boll; Captain O'Neil, aft. Hudson; General Count Dillon, Mr. Munn ; Countass Dillon, Mrs. W. Clifford: Marehioness de Cler mont. Miss Julia Bennett; Duchess de Malay, Miss Telbin. he followed by a New and Original Comic Drama, entitled THE '..LSE MR. POPE. Lacey, Mr. Hudson; Captain Breval, Bowe; Mr. Peter Redwing, Mr. Buckstone; Mrs. Breval, Miss P. Morton ; kiiss Jenny Gillett, Miss Julia Bennett; Mrs. Lacey, Mrs. Edwin l'arnold. to the course if the Evening, 31r. John Parry will sing his New Song of " Young England," To conclude with ItUlt ha, FELICITY. Simon Sly, Mr. Buckstone. rrivate Roxel, Ouhaeas and one Guinea and a-Hall each. Ti:kets nal w he had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office ft'm Tea till i rtv• r; cock. Tiir.ATE ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNTJER TILE DIRECTION ON MADAME CELEST}. TIIIS EVENING Wlll be repeated a New Drama, entitled CLARISSR ; or, The Merchant's Daughter. Martial , 31 r. Webster; John Cabot Mr. 21ittoyar1; Barbillon, Mr. Wright; Galon , Mr. Paul Bedford; Clarisao, Madame Celesto; Milanle, Miss Woolgar. Ailey Which, will be repeated, TIIE 134 Y KING; or, Petite Peccadillo*. Louis XV., Madame Celeite De Lauzum, Miss Wool. gar. In the course of the piece, Grand Review of the lufantine Infantry. To be followed by a farce. In One Act, called MRS. CAUDLE AItItOAI, AND AT HOME. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Wilkinson; Mrs. Caudle, Mr. Wright. Prompter, lir. Oallot ; Principal. Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the Banda Mr. Mellon, 7ho present Magnificent Representation can only be seen during the - • fttw remaining Weeks of the Searon. FOURTH WEEK OF TIIE COMET. The Brilliancy of the Pyrotechnic Fin le exceeds all imagination! EtOT AL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL (}A R.DENS. ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and THURSDAYS, Will be presented a Magnificent MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH, The Pride of Scotland and I f Scotchmen. The Unequalled Menagerie—Giraffe and Chimpanzee. TILE MAGNIFICENT MODEL OF VENICE, Bhewin4 with the greatest accuracy every portion of that far-famed City ; this wonderful Work of Art occupied seven years in completion, and cost 2,0001. TILE PROM ENADE CONCERTS, By the unrivalled Band ofthe Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey. A t Dusk will take place the most extraordinary EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS EVER ATTEMPTED, Introducing &Representation of title COMET, which takes its JErial Flight from the extreme height of the Gigantic Model; And, as a Finale, u Grand, Royal, and Patriotic AQUATIC TABLEAU, Fifty-two feet in height, will be exhibited in the Centre of the Lake ; The PORTRAITS of lIER MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT, Surmoented by Fame, and surrounded by Emblems and Other Devices will be introduced. This, conibtpod with the Feux D'Artlflce, the Sahli. and Dischirge of Rockets from the Castle and surrounding Heights will form the most /I RILLIA NT PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY EVER WITNESSED. The Tableau ile , igned and executed by Mr. Dawson. Pyrotechnist, Mr. Soutithy. Admission, One Shilling. . - _ _ _ Peedinz the Carnivore at Half-past Four ; - Pelicans, &c., at Five; Concert at Half-past Five ; and Pyrotechnic Display at Eight. This Day, Sept. 17, the Royal South London Floricultural Society will hold their Last Flower Show of the Season on the same entinsivo and Liberal scale which has characterisedpreceding Shows, and which has stamped them to be equal to any in the Kingdom. Tomorrow, Sop. 18, the Boys of the Royal hospital School, Greitowicla, accompanied by their Band, will pay their Annul Veit. TH THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KERLEY. THIS EVENING Will be performed a New and Original Comedietta, entitled PETER JENKINS ; or, Fibbing for a Friend. Principal Characters by Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, Turner, Meadows; Mrs. Keeley and Miss Dawson. To be followed by a New and Original Comedy, to be Veined GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, bresses, and Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Keeley. F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, diss Dawson, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with OPEN SESAME; or, A Night with the Forty Thieves. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, F. Mathews, Turner, Var. nold, and Keeley ; Miss Hodson, Mrs. Woollldge, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Turner, Miss Hicks, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley, The Box-office is open daily, tinder the direction of Mr. Grogan from Ten till Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE or ARTS. PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY. Glorious career of the New Egyptian Spectacle, nightly overfieWs of rank and fashion to this magailitent temple of gorgeoun equestrian revelry, THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, and The Lily of Memphis and The Horse of the Pyramids, havieg been pronounced the most successful piece ever produced ;sen opinions of the press), will be repeated every evening until Anther notice, together with neW and pleasing scenes of the circle, combining the first equestrian artistes in the World, amongst which may be enumerated Madame Louise Tournaire, Mademoiselle Klatt, Mademoiselle Dnmos, and the Sylph of the Arena, Miss Isabelle, forming a galaxy of female talent unparelleled. The Entertainments each evening will conclude with an entire new Afterpiece, entitled JONATHAN; or, the Man of Two Masters. liox-office open from Eleven till rive. Equestrian Tuition given as usual. Acting Manager and Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. AND MRS. R. HONNER. THIS EVENING Will be performed JOSEPHINE; or, The Fortune of War. Duks D'Archambaut, Mr. Lewis; Guillot, Mr. S. Cowell ; Josephine, Mrs. After which, MY POLL AND MY PARTNtR JOE. Harry Halyard, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Joe Tiller, Mr. R. Homier ; Mary Rose bud, Mrs. R. Honner. TO be followed by LES PETITES DANSEUSXS ANGLAISES (under the direction of Mr. Frampton) in their celebrated " Pas de Fleurs," sod " Pas des Moissoneurs ;" in the course of which, a " Pas de Cinq," and a " Pas de Fantastique." To which will bo added A CONCERT, in which Mr. Binge, Mdlle. Burett, and Miss Collett will appear. To conclude with ABELARD AND lIELOISE. Abelard, Mr. E. F. Saville; ileloise, Mrs. R. Honner. Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Bea efPce, from Eleven to Four. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols. post Svo., with a Fine Portrait of the Author, price 215., THE MASTER PASSION, And OTHER TALES and SKETCHES. By THOMAS COLLEY GRATTAN, Esq., Author of " Highways and Byways." " A very strikin. , story."—Morning Chronicle. " A tale of considerable power, deeply interesting, and full of ex citement."—Morning Herald. "We recommend ' The Master Passion' warmly to our readers. It is a most original and life-like tale."—Morning Post. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Just ready, in one vol. Svo., ABOOK FOR A RAINY DAY; Or, RECOLLECTIONS of the EVENTS of the LAST SIXTY-SIX YEARS. By JOHN THOMAS SMITH, Keeper Of thlatb2tS an - d.Drawings in the British Dfuseum ; Author of e Nollekens and 111,5 Times," &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. THE QUARTERLY 'REVIEW, No. CLII. will be published on SATURDAY, Sept. 20. CONTENTS. I. RELATION of the CLERGY to the PEOPLE. IL ROUND TOWERS of IRELAND. 111. MORAL DISCIPLINE of the ARMY. IV. LORD ROBERTSON'S POEMS. V. PUBLICATION of PRIVATE PAPERS—MEMOIRS LADY HESTER STANHOPE. VI. CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS—LORD MAHON'S EDI TION. VII. STRZELECKI on NEW SOUTH WALES. VIII. M. TRIERS, and his HISTORIES. John Murray, Albemarle-street. MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL LIBRARY. On September 30th, No. 25, post Bvo., 2s. 6d., THE FALL OF THE JESUITS. Also, now ready, in one volume, post Bvo., 2s. 6d. DARWIN'S VOYAGE of a NATURALIST round the WORLD. John Murray, Albemarle-street. SUPPLEMENT TO .g THE SUN." We are compelled, by the pressure of Advertisements, to present our readers with a SUPPLEMENT to " THE SUN." That Supplement would have been DOUBLE, but for the operation of a stupid and arbitrary Act of Par liament, introduced by Mr. Spring Rice, to limit the size of the Times, and other papers obnoxious to his surEn- FIMAL legislation. That gentleman professed a desire to extend the principles of free trade, and yet, with his wonted consistency, he restricted their application with regard to the Press—the true organ and expositor of public opinion I We hope that Sir Robert Peel will correct the wilfulness of the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer, and restore the Press to the free exercise of its own proper discretion in en larging its pages to meet the increasing demands of an enterprising people. In that case we shall be happy to present our readers with a DOUBLE " SUN." THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPT. 17. I'I:MANOMETER, Lowest, 53; Highest, 60; Noon, 62. BAROMETER, 29.55. WIND S.W. ; Equinoctial gale, with much rain. ill(41I WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAT. Morning .. 27 minutes after 2 ( Evening) 46 minutes after 2 i •v .1 ;..v ~-4 0 ff ic t i . ... _,..,..1 , ,i-,(_ . - 4 1: - ,.., ; ,, ; ,. `" / 1. 1 ' . 4 i. ct i - eIIIIW 7 ' 4 „ fr 4 ;: o . p ~ . , •IT 0 ' u p, r oltr . , DI, a ii • . . 4 . NtlfeS.; . ...- SECOND EDITION. ntu 111 ~.! . i k , . ~4. 4 LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1845 The centralisation of power—its advantages and disad vantages—how far the former may be neutralised by specific c . rciunstances ; to what degree the latter may be tolerated in consideration of countervailing benefits resulting from the principle itself ;—these are points the careful determination of which is of the very highest moment to the proper working of every political, and every municipal system of goirern ment. Centralisation has been the ruling principle of Sir ROBERT PEr.i.'s administrative career, as it had been that of the Minister whom he succeeded. It has been adopted by Sir JAMES GRAHAM ever since he took office under the Premier, with a becoming deference for the opinions and the example of his leader. We must, however, in fairness admit that it is under many conditions a valuable accession to the theory of domestic government. In ne instances has it been so largely carried out of late years as in the remodelling and consolidation of the authorities to whom the Legislature has referred the executive superinten dence of the laws relating to the police of the metropolitan districts, and the sustentation, maintenance, and management of the poor. The principle is one undoubtedly liable to very grave objection on constitutional and legal grounds. It is objectionable on the former, be cause its direct tendency is to transfer from the advisers and Ministers of the Crown, or from the Executive recognised by the Legislature, and even from the Legislature itself, those functions and that responsibility which the Constitution has devolved directly upon them. It is objectionable on the latter ground, since it almost inevitably occasions, and therefore too readily sanctions, serious infrac tions of personal rights, and unwarrantable violations of the personal liberty recognised in the subject by the common law of the land. On these accounts it becomes our duty, as public journalists, carefully to note, from day to day, the mode in which these powers are administered by the hands in which they have been centralised. And where their abuse is necessarily an extended departure from Constitutional and legal rights already compromised to a certain, though it may be an unavoidable degree, by their creation, we shall not feel ourselves called upon to apologise for the apparently tri vial character of any case of such abuse to which we may di rect the attention of the reader. The worst precedents arise out of the smallest beginnings : and the sound maxim of po litics as well as morals is—p incipiis obsta. Very recently we have had to demonstrate, an enormous perversion of the enormous powers of the Poor-law Commis sioners in the department of one of their subordinate autho rities. We may shortly recur more at large to that "Ando ver Union House" cise. Our present object is to animadvert on two ewes that have swelled, within these three or four days, the list of almost daily acts of misconduct on the part of the constables of the metropolitan police. The first of the two cases we are about to notice occurred at the Clerkenwell Police-office on Friday. It presents no features of importance to the public as regarded the character of the facts upon which it was brought before the magistrate, but is of considerable gravity in reference to the violation it involved of those personal rights and that personal liberty to which we have just now alluded. Two working men, de cently attired—and, for anything that appeared to the con trary, well behaved, and of good character—were brought up before the sitting magistrate, after having been incarcerated all the preceding night, and until put in the doek, before Mr. GREENWOOD, on Friday morning, on a charge of having stolen a set ofharness belonging to a tradesman, from some stables in Thanet-mews, Burton -crescent. This charge was one, to all intents and purposes, of felony. The magistrate asked the police-constable what evidence he had to support it? The man replied that " one of the prisoners, after his ap pre erasion, said he had been in the mews after his coat on the night the robbery was committed. There was no fu r th er ev idence against him." Not one whit less criminatory wou l d have been the charge that he had been, that evening, within the little parishes of Marylebone or St. Pancras; not one whit less ridiculous the inference that, ergo, he had been concerned in any robbery that might have happened within those rather extensive limits. Yet, on no better foun dation than the accidental statement that one of these young men had been in the mews—not in any certain house or stable in that mews, on Thursday night last—a statement, as the magistrate observed, which must have been elicited by questions on the part of the policeman evidently addressed to the party with a view of extracting from him matter of self•crimination ;—on no better foundation did this con stable presume to take and to lock up all night, and to parade as crimi na l delinquents the next morning, at the Pt:thee - Once, two young men, " decent and hard-working," as they were described to be. In the offensive " slang" that it seems to be always deemed necessary to adopt in our police-office reports, this Dogberry, E 13, "had charge of the case," as if he were some person professionally employed for the prosecution ! Mr. GREENWOOD asked the intelligent "ser geant," with reasonable astonishment, why he had arrested the men?—adding that "he might just as well have arrested on the same charge any other person whom he had found walk ing M the Street." Really the matter involves an intolerable SUN, LONDON, WEDNES.DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1845. grievance. In Tunis itself, or in Fez, a more wanton case of false imprisonment could not have occurred; and had it oc curred ,in either of those capitals or refined civilisation and constitutional itutty, we, in England, should have been in yoking the free States of Europe to interfere, with a strong hand, to check such outrages on the pttsblial freedom of honest men. The magistratb instantly dismissed the men. We shrewdly MA:lett that in a civil court the over-officious fitnetioriary would have been invited to " conduct the case,' by himself or counsel, against an action fir damages. The other case on which we have a word to bfl'er occurred on Monday, at the Marlborough street Police-office. A young man was charged with having been " drunk and disorderly" on the preceding Saturday night, and with using " abusive language." The policeman who made the charge stated to the magistrate that he found the prisoner quarrelling with a female, and that on being requested to:go on peaceably, the prisoner made use of "improper language." The young man denied the charge in Coto, and complained, in his turn, that the policeman had interfered vith him without the slightest occasion, and that he (the prisoner) was quite sober at the time. Now up to this point here was simply a conflict of evidence. For aught we shall contend to the contrary, it might have been quite open to the magistrate to decide on the statement of the police-constable ; but Mr. MALTBY did not do so. He not only did not act upon the denial of the prisoner to the charge, but he would not listen to the excul patory admission of the constable himself, who had made it ! The following extract is at once curious and amusing:— Mr. MAierar (to the constable)—Was he intoxicated or not ? C 27—No. He CERTAINLY WAS NOT• ..._ ...,_. Mr. Muria—Why is he so charged on the police-sheet ? C 27 — He was NOT drunk, Sir. Baker (Inspector C)—l took the charge. Prisoner certainly was drunk, or I should not have locked him up. C 27—But the man was not drunk, certainly. Baker—Why, I read the charge over to you (C 27), and you signed it. Now, we will not pause to comment on the grave non se quitur of BAKER'S affirmation that the prisoner must have been drunk, or he should not have locked him up— seeing that, in police jurisdictions, locking up or un locking is like kissing, which is said to " go by favour ;" nor at BAKER'S innocent attempt to cor roborate his own impression of the prisoner's drunken ness, by the statement that he had entered that fact in the deposition, which thepolice-officer had signed after hearing it read over—as if it was a thing unknown for a policeman to depose to that which his own subsequent evidence would show not to have been the fact. But what, we ask, was Mr. MALTBY'S conduct under the circumstances? This magis trate, it seems, was " somewhat puzzled at such conflicting testimony ;"—a human fallibility, this puzzling which even police magistrates, it seems, are susceptible of, like ordinary mortals. But what course did he take? Did he give the prisoner the benefit of the " doubt," according to the equi table and universal maxim of our law? Did he estimate the credibility of the policeman's evidence by his own ad mission of the previous falsehood •of which he had been guilty in entering the charge, according to that axiom of ethics as well as law, which rejects averments that resort to falsehood even in aid of truth ; and holding truth to be unity, discredits for truth whatever is intermingled with falsehood ? Did he, on the ordinary construction of probabi lities, repudiate the accusation against the prisoner when it was distinctly denied by the accused in toto ; w ithdrawn and disproved, as to its gravamen by the admissions of the ac cuser; and utterly invalidated by the unseemly conflict of asseverations thus bandied between the police-constable and the police inspector ? Not a bit of all this I Because of these suspicious incidents--iteause of these flagrant contra dictions in the charge itself; between its entry on the police sheet and its statement before the magistrate, and in the evidence to support the charge ;—therefore, Mr. MALTBY, by a process of logical induction, worthy of VERGES himself " disposed" of the case, by order ing defendant to pay a fine of 10s. for using neither " abusive" language, as charged in the police paper, nor " improper lan guage," as deposed to by the sensing constable, but " obscene language." As far as we can judge by the report from which we have been quoting, a fine of 10s. on the police-constable for a false charge or for prevaricating in his evidence upon it, and a rebuke to the inspector for taking it, would have better met the justice of the case. But these, and other still more flagrant exhibitions at our police-courts, are constantly sup plying cogent arguments against the principle of "centralisa tion of authority," carried to the excess in which it has been applied to both our police magistracy and Executive. We have accounts from Madrid to the 9th inst. ThEi Council of War was still engaged in inquiries relative to the outbreak of the sth ; and it is said that they have con demned four persons to be shot. Several of the journals ex press great indignation at the conduct of the Government on the occasion. " Even allowing the greatest number, it was not possible," says one of them, " that six hundred men could hope to obtain any advantage by attacking, -without arms, five times the number of troops." The following remarks on' the same subject appears in the Clamor Publico : " When we reflect upon the pacific and paternal means which the' Government had in its hands for preventing the conflict that took! place, we are suffocated with grief and indignation. We appeal to, the conscience of every good man, was that the conduct which be-' came a Government capable of comprehending its protective mis sion ? Was it not its most commanding duty to prevent the efilision of blood ? And will not this blood fall drop by drop upon their own heads ? What a spectacle ! Two of the Queen of Spain's Ministers, remain impassible witnesses—the curious observers of a movement which they allow to take growth under their own eyes until it bursts!—the authorities of Madrid adopting measures for the exter mination, by fire and sword, of those who could have been made to desist from their enterprise, when nothing could have been more easy than to have stopped the movement in its source." The two QUEENS left Pampeluna on the 9th for Vittoria, on their return to Madrid. No business was done on the Bourse on the 9th. Intelligence .has been brought by the Levant mail from Constantinople to the 28th ult., Smyrna the 29th, and Alex andria the 26th. The letters from the Turkish capital give a most flattering description of the reception given to the Duke DE MONTPENSIER by the SULTAN and all his Ministers of State. One of these letters, dated August 28, says "The Pera world has been busy this week with the sayings and doings of the Duke of MONITENSIER. His reception by the SULTAN and the functionaries of Government has been of the most cordial description; and the open bearing of the Prince, and his liberal commendation of everything around him, in the best vein of French politeness, has won for him golden opinions. His Highness was not incognito, as was the case with the visit of the Arch-Duke CONSTANTINE, a proce dure which, when the pretensions for respect are undimi nished is a slur on the courtesy due to the entertainer. The standard of France was unfurled at the mainmast of the Gomer steam-frigate, and the vessel on its arrival saluted the Ottoman flag with twenty-one guns. I perfectly agree with the notions of Turks on this subject, that when the Arch-Duke CONSTANTINE lately crept into the Bospho rus with a bare mast and silent guns, and within ten minutes of his arrival crossed in a boat to visit the stone raised to commemorate the signing of the treaty of Unkiar Skellessi, it showed alike bad taste and bad manners. The Duke of MONTPENSIER has since attended high mass, where he evinced most exemplary devotion, has dined with the SULTAN, or rather in his palace, has given a dinner to the diplomatic body, ►hen those personages were duly presented, has reviewed the troops of all arms, and expressed himself astonished and delighted with the efficient state of the Turkish service. The Cuvier French steamer had arrived at Constantinople from Athens, bringing M. PISCATORI, the French Ambassador there, ostensibly to pay his respects to the Due DE MONTPENSIER, but in reality, it is said, to invite his Royal Highness, on behalf of King OTHO, to visit Greece on his way home. Accounts had been received from Odessa contradicting in many respects the dispatches of Count WORONZOFF relative to his victories in the Caucasus. It appears from them that after some useless attacks on the brave mountaineers he was compelled to retreat with the loss of 8,000 men. The following appears in a letter from Alexandria of the 26th ult. : " The last accounts from Constantinople have produced great sen sation here. We are lost in conjectures as to the real cause of the fall of Riza Pacha, whose power was considered to be established on a firm basis. The activity of the Egyptian Government in fortifying Alexandria and repairing the fleet excites much surprise. The forts on the side of tke Rosetta Gate are completed, and those on the side of the Mahmoudie Gate are approaching towards completion. As to the fleet, there are a ship of the line and five other vessels now in the careening dock." We find little in the Paris papers to interest the English reader. In fact the most complete tranquillity prevails in France. The Government, if it does not give entire satisfac t ion, is careful to give no great cause of offence ; there are no repeal meetings in that country to vary the dull scene, no great agricultural assemblages ; the war between the Church and the university, not like our Puseyite war, is carried on entirely by the pen and with but little asperity, and even politico and national antipathies excite the most transient notice. The Government journal, the Globe, to find matter for a political article is obliged to travel back, not to the last session only but to the decease of the Tmxns Ministry. Its remarks nevertheless require attention for their truth and for the insight they afford to the tactics of the Opposition. "That party," it says, "does not cease reproaching the Government with what it calls its in fatuation for the English alliance. Not only the Opposition reproaches the Government with the good understanding established between the two States, but does not cease to repeat that England cloaks her jealousy and her with hypo critical friendsnip. Is the Opposition consistent with its former conduct and policy in this question ? Certainly not. It plays here a new part, which it assumes to satisfy personal ambition. Up to 1840, the Opposition did not cease to re present to the Government the evil intentions of the Con tinental powers. It foretold that a storm was to burst on us from the north of Europe : it beheld the holy alliance marching on our frontiers, and cried out—' To arms!' At the same time it praised up the English alliance, and endeavoured to prove that we could only count on the friendship of the nation which first recognised the Revolution of July. Every one remembers the speech which M. Mnv -6 then delivered with the applause of the whole Opposi tion. Every one remembers those afterwards pronounced by M. Timms. What do we hear at present? The very oppo site to what was said five years ago. In fact, since 1840, that is to say, since the accession of the Ministry of October 29, the Opposition has declared itself to be inimical to the Eng lish alliance, or rather to the good understanding which exists between France and England; and by the same altera tion a part of the Opposition has pronounced in favour of an alliance with the Continental powers. In four and twenty hours the enemies of the day before became the friends of the morrow, and vice versa. One preaches for Austria, another for Prussia, and a third for Russia. What is the secret and main-spring of this change in language? Whence comes it that the Hon. Members of the Left deem wretched to-clay what they found excellent yesterday ? Nothing is more easy to be explained. The policy, principles, and fortune of France interest the Opposition but Middlingly. They place their bwn interests in the first line, and thOse tif the country after. There is in such tondhci ncitl€ir Patriotism, prudence; talent—Nothing but mean Pia*, but miserable and sterile ambition." Even the intimate friendship between the Sovereigns of England and France, and the late visit of her MAJESTY to Eu par ticularly are regarded rather in a favourable light by writers not much disposed to praise the Ministry. " The Queen of ENOLAND," says the Revue des Deux Mendes, " came a second time to visit the Kino of the FRENCH at the Chateau of Eu. That short but gracious visit has been presented by the Ministerial journals in its proper light.; On this occasion they did not foolishly make it a subject of triumph ; they did not describe it in the style of an epic poem or romance; they adopted -a simple and true language, the best suited to cele brate that happy event. France may feel flattered by the testimonials of esteem and affection given by the young QUEEN of the three kingdoms to the crowned representative of the Revolution of July. To confer that mark of friend ship, Queen Victoria, sailing from the coast of Belgium, pro longed her sojourn on board .by thirty-six hours—a circum stance which enhanced the value of her affectionate visit. On that account was her MAJESTY welcome to the coast of France, and saluted with a sincere enthusiasm by the people." The Royal Family, from all accounts, seem to take great delight in their residence at Eu, and will not return to Neuilly till about the middle of October. On Friday, the KING and QUEEN, with the Prince and Princess of SALERNO, and most of the Royal Family at Eu, took carriage exercise in the Great Park, returning to the chateau by Treport. They were accompanied by the Count DE SALVANDY, General GOUROAUD, the Prefect of the Seine-Inferieure, the Mar quises DE STRADA and DE BRAUCACCIO. On Saturday the KING and her Royal Highness Madame ADELAIDE, accom panied by Generals AmALI3I, GouEGALTD, and FRIANT, and the Marquis DE STRADA, took carriage exercise for three hours in the environs of Eu. The following are miscellaneous extracts from the Papers : " The Minister of Public Works has left Paris on a tour to the South. He will visit the centro of France by the line of Vierzon, follow that of the railroad bet keen the Ocean and the Mediterra nean, and, having inspected the great works now in execution at the ports of the Mediterranean, and particularly Marseilles, will go by the railroad to Avignon and Lyons, returning through Burgundy to Paris by the Lyons railroad. The Minister is expected to visit Marshal Soult at Soultberg. _ _ " A letter from Leghorn, of the Bth, informs us that a successful operation had been pertormed upon Ibrahim Pacha by Dr. Toni, and that strong hopes are entertained of his perfect recovery. " Marshal 13ugeaud arrived at Soultberg on the 9th, and left on the 11th. The Moniteur Parisien says, If we are well informed the interview of the two Marshals was of a nature to show a satis factory accord as regards our colony in the views of Marshal Bu geaud and the well-known intentions of the President of the Council.' " The Phare dela Manche quotes a letter from Cherbourg announcing the arrival in that port, on the 6th !mt., of Admiral Napier, who visited the breakwater and all the naval and military establishments. "A letter from Venice informs us that at the late regatta there the ex-Empress Marie Louise and the Duchess de Berry were present Marie Louise saw the regatta from a balcony ; the Duchess de Berry remained in her gondola. . . . " A commission has been appointed at Algiers to examine and re port upon various questions connected with the marine, particularly the following points :—The means of defence for the coasts, road stessis, and harbours ; the organisation of the naval administration in fke different localities, and the means of increasing the maritime trade, and obtaining from it, in case of need, a supply of men for the royal navy." On the Paris Bourse on Monday the Three per Cents. closed at 83f. 90c. ; the New Loan at 84f. 10c. ; the Five per Cents., 118 f. 30c. ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,290 f. ; Rouen, 1,107 f. 50c. ; Havre, 912 f. 50e. ; Avignon, 1,061 f. 25e. ; Vierzon, 792 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux,7l7f. 50e ; Bou logne, 655 f. ; Troyes and Montereau, 535 f. ; Basle, 292 f. 50e. ; Belgian Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 59f. The following are the quotations for the new lines : Paris and Lyons (Laffitte), 35f. premium; ditto (Calon), 12. f. ; ditto (Ganneron), 15f. ; ditto (La Pinsonniere), 811 Northern Line (Laffitte), 85f. ; ditto (Rosamel), 41f. 50c.; ditto (Wothschild), 360 f. ; ditto (Pepin Lehalleur), 32f. 50c. ; ditto (Decan Lebeauf), 32f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron),lsf. ; ditto (Haing,uerlot),ls£ ; ditto (Bechet),9f. ; ditto (Isot), 4f. ; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie), 17f. 50c. ; ditto (Drouillard), 7f. 50c. ; ditto (O'Neill), 15f. ; ditto (Le fevre), sf. 11c. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 45f ; ditto (Lecointe), 20f. ; ditto (Compagnie Meridionale), 14f. ; Bourdeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), sf. 50c. ; ditto (Espelata), 17f. 50e. ; Creil and St. Quentin ( Kysaens), 9f. ; ditto (Carette), 9f. 50c. ; ditto (Colbert), 4f. ; Charleroy (Kysaens), 55f. 50c. • Maubeuge (Kysaens), 2f.; Dijon and Mulhausen 2f.; ditto (Allegri), 2f.; Dieppe (Selliere), 75f.; Caen (Delamarre), sf. ; Fampoux, 35f. MARSEILLES, SEPT. 11.-Marseilles and Avignon, Lone ; Boulogne, 638 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 805 f. ; Orleans and Bor deaux, 7211. 25c. LYONS, SEPT. 12.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,077 f., end of September; Paris and Orleans, 1,307 f., ditto; Paris and Rouen, 1,130 f. ditto; Orleans and Vierzon, 807 f., ditto. ; Orleans and Bordeaux, 730 f, ditto; Boulogne, 647 f., ditto; Montereau, 530 f. ditto. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 16. Anglo-Belgian Boulogne and Amiens l l 3 /4 Bordeaux &111editerran Bordeaux and 'l'oulouse Namur and Liege Orleans and Vierzon Orleans and Bordeaux Over Yssel ... Do. & Cette (Espelete) Do. (Mackenzie's) — Central of Spain .. — __ .. Paris & Lyons (Lafitte) Ditto (Ganneron's). 2% Ditto (Calon 's).... 2% DendreValley ...... Paris and Orleans.-- Dutch Rhenish ...... 11% Dieppe & Paris Junct. Dijon and Mulhouse ... East Indian Grt Northern of France (Laffitte's) Ditto (Rosamel's) Do. Peppin le Halleur Great Paris and Lyons. 2% Great Western Bengal Jamaica Junction Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasburg (Ganneron's) Do. (Compte de L'Est) Paris and St. Quentin. Rouen and Havre — Royal North of Spain 2% Sambre and Meuse Strasbourg and Basle . Tournay,Jurbise, Lan _ dent, and Hasselt — Do. North Midland Jersey Louvain and Jemeppe — Lyons and Avignon 25 I;uxembourg Tours , and Nantes (M'Kenzie's) 3 Do. (Lefebvre's) — Verona and Ancona — West Flanders 5% CRIMINAL' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT'. James Steptoe was indicted for stealing a quantity of peaches and nectarines, the property of Mr. George Gunner, who stated he was a market gardener residing at Wimbledon,.and that he had packed up such fruit for market. John Whitehad, police-officer, stated that he stepped the prisoner, and after taking him to the station-house, he searched and found some peaches and nectarines on his person, and a large quantity in his handkerchief. The prisoner stated that he had found the property on the road. . . 31r. PAYNE addressed the jury for the defence. and called seTeral witnesses to character. " The BECORDBB having summed ap The Jury consulted, and found the prisoner Not Guilty, on the ground that it was doubtful whether the fruit was really the property of Mr. Gunner. _ (Before Mr- Justice WIGIITMAN and Mr. Justice ERLE.) OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES.—WiIIiarn ViCkerJ, a respectable -looking man, surrendered to; take his trial on a charge of having obtained under false pretences, from Mr. Silvester Foster, of Tokenhouse-yard, a cheque for 500/. t3lr. Clarkson and Mr. Charnock appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. James for the defence. Mr. Ciamrsos opened the case, and from his statement and the evidence, . which was very voluminous, it appears that on the 9th of June last, the defendant called upon the prosecutor and represented that he was about to change his account from the Westminster Bank to another, and requested the loan of an exchange cheque for 5001., which, as his references were highly respectable, the prosecutor unhesitatingly gave him, receiving one of his in return. The cheque for 5001. was drawn on Prescott and Co., and the defendant, on presenting it, at once got it cashed ; while, on the contrary, the prosecutor, on pre senting defendant's cheque at the Westminster was refused, they in forming him that they had never had an account with the defendant. The prosecutor, on being cross-examined by Mr. Sergeant SLIEE, iadmitted that on the 10th June, even after he had ascertained that !there were' no effects" at the Westminster, had bought for him, land transferred into his hands, railway scrip in the London and York, !amounting in value to 1,2.56/. 55., for which the defendant handed over a cheque, leaving a balance of 781. still owing to the prosecutor. The defendant subsequently gave him a cheque for 5761. to cover the lOne first dishonoured and the balance remaining upon the railway 'ansaction,. which was satisfied by Mr. Fitch. It unfortunately turned out, however, that the paper with which Mr. Fitch had satis fied the debt turned out to be of no value at all. . . v Georg eiusli examined by Mr. CiiAallocJlle was a clerk in the London and Westminster Bank. They had no account with Mr. Vickers on the 9th of June. He knew Mr. Vickers, but be had never had a shilling in the bank. gime cheques of his had been produced, but they were dishonoured. Robert Banks, clerk in Prescott's, said that Mr. Foster banked With them. He paid a cheque of 5001. when presented. John Banks, jun., was also a clerk in Prescott's. He presented a cheque of ➢ir. Vickers's at the Westminster Back, which had been dishonoured. . . Mr. Sergeant SHEE submitted to the Court that the allegations in dhe indictment bad not been proved. In the first place, there was no vidence that the defendant had stated that he had an account with the London and Westminster Bank, and with respect to the remain ing charges of false pretences, they were in like manner unproved. The Learned Sergeant quoted cases to show that, if the charges in file indictment were inseparable, and if one of the false pretences were insufficiently proved, then no judgment could be passed upon of of the allegations. The objection was, however, overruled, on the ground that in the indictment before the Court the charges were not inseparable. Mr. Sergeant SHEE then addressed the jury. Be represented the defendant as a member of a most respectable family, his father having been a partner in the well-known American house of Maynard and Vickers, of Sheffield ; his brother then being a head of the firm, and the defendant himself an alderman there. He (Mr. Sergeant Shee) would not conceal that, when he entered that Court, he felt the re sponsibility of the task which devolved upon him ; but new he felt certain that he should prove with the greatest certainty, that through out the whole of that transaction the defendant had conducted him self like an honest man. The Learned Sergeant then analized the eVidence adduced on the other side, pointing out the weak points against his client, and dilating upon the circumstances which were in his favour. Witnesses were then called to character. Thomas Dunn, Esq., Mayor of Sheffield, knew the defendant as bbing a merchant and Director of a joint-stock bank, and he knew him always as an honest and upright man. ' Mr. Ellison, agent to the Duke of Norfolk, and other highly re spectable witnesses, gave a similar character. Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN then summed up, and said that the jury would have to throw aside all extraneous m atters , and to decide simply upon this—whether the prisoner obtained t he cheque, in the first instance, with the view of defrauding the prosecutor. )The jury, after consulting, returned a verdict of Not Guilty. THEFT FROM MADAME FORGEOT.--MarY White Was charged with having stolen three yards of ribbon, a brace l e t, an d a bank note of 501. value, the:property of Eliza Forgeot, the inimitable French actress, t a o nd ha J v a e me be s e Mn 'lifah" for having received the sa me, w ell knowing them stolen. Mr. Clarkson was retained for the prosecution, but no C ounsel appeared for the defence. Mr. CiaaxsoN, after stating the case to the jury, called Madame Forgeot, who stated that the female prisoner had been in her service at the time of robbery. She (the prosecutrix) had a jewel-box in her bed-room which contained, among other things, a 50/. note. (The case was proceeding when our report left.) BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Edward Afallasser, a young man engaged on The Sun newspaper, was charged with furious riding in the Stra nd on the p rev ious evening. The charge was made by a person iwhom we understood to be connected with the press, who said, that on passing along the Strand last evening his attention was attracted by the furious riding of a man on horseback, which he understood was an express from an evening newspaper, and at the same time observed a female lying prostrate in the road. His motive for coming forward on this occasion was that he had so repeatedly observed the same conduct from the other servants of the establishment that lie considered it a duty he owed to the public to bring the case before h is worshi p . The magistrate said he was aware an evening paper was making great exertions to give the earliest information relative to railway matters, &c., but the safety of the public must not be compromised on that account. . ........---- A cabman was brought forward, who swore that the prisoner was riding very fast at the time, and that he (the cabman) observi ng the accident, laid hold of the bridle, and insisted that the primmer should come off. The prisoner, in doing so, assaulted him by knocking his hat off. here addressed th e magis -iii—Finch, the publisher of The Sun, trate, to point out that the horse could not have been going at th e pace and 40s. mentioned by the witness, for the moment the rider was unhorsed, the animal very quietly walked to the stables ; but lie Was inter rupted by the Chief Clerk asking if he (Mr. Finch) was a soli c i tor. The MAGISTRATE, in giving his decision, said that as the prisoner had no witness to prove the contrery , he had no other alternative for r a tia n t e o as in s flig t penalty,otnhetheusuctuian, which a 3 immediately 4o S w.,for furiously t rid i ng, ely MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CIP 7, .1. QUARTER TO THREE. Tile Coda' Matta at Li*-erpobl :yestgida.y was tolerably good, and prices were steady. Sales, 8,000 to 4,008 bales) including 1,000 American on speculation.—A good business was done in New Shares, but the demand for Old Stock was limited. Following up the subject (and a most important one it is) of the construction of railways in Canada, it is useful to quote the following from the Kingston (U.C.) Chronicle : " A Canadian railroad, to produce the most beneficial effects which can be produced, provincially considered, must com mence at the extremity of Canada west and terminate at its eastern extremity, and be continued on to the sea coast. We published a long and interesting letter in the colums of this paper, addressed to Lord Sydenham, on this subject, when he first came to Canada, earnestly recommending such a work, previously to the vast outlay on the St. Lawrence. We had reason to believe that his Lordship agreed with the writer of that article as to the comparative advantages, but there were political objects and old pledges, as well as old prejudices, which intervened, and which put the object aside. That it will be accomplished we entertain no doubt, and at a much earlier period than some of our contemporaries seem to think, nor will it fail to be a profitable undertaking when ever it is done—of this we are perfectly certain." The arrivals to-day bring no intelligence of general in terest. The weather has the effect of exciting a little uneasines still, and rather checks business. Rice and similar articles are held at very full rates. The Funds are very dull again, and prices have been flatter. Consols realise 98 1 4 for Money, and 98% for Time. Ex chequer-bills are 465. to 48s. premium. East India Stock is worth 268 only, and Bank Stock has receded to 213 and 212%. The Foreign Investments have been poorly supported, and in fact there is nothing doing in them. Portuguese Con verted have been 62 3 / and the Four per Cents. 6 2 . Chilien Bonds have been marked 54. Belgian Four per Cents. are 100%, and Dutch Four per Cents., 99%. Shares have been very good again, and it would appear that the Bears are not able to complete their deliveries very promptly, so that a large number of accounts are partially carried over. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Of f icial List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anne Long Annuities Expire sth Jan. 1860 — Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 ll% India Stock 268 Bank Stock for Account. 212% 213 Consols for Account 98% Exchequer Bills. I%d. 1 1 411. 1,000/. 500/. ...... Ditto Small — .. 49 pm. ?RICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Chinni Bonds, 6 per Cent . Ditto Deferreu Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent B3 Ditto Converted Ditto 4 per Cent. Belgian 4% per Cent 10 0 1,4 Dutch 214 per Cents Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .. 9914 BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK. RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. Armagh, Coleraine, Portrush 1% ...... to Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ..... 130 ...... to Ditto Extension __. Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2% 6% to Boston, Stamford, and Birm. 22s Bristol and Exeter Ditto New ... 2 ..... 10 Caledonian Ditto Extension 1 v ,1 Cambridge and Lincoln Canterbury and Dover 1%... .. 2 1 A to Chelmsford and Bury .. Cheltenham and Oxford Cork and Waterford 1%...... 2 1 ,4 to Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir., and Leicester 1 1.5/ Cornwall Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staff'd 2% 3 to l'irect Northern 'Dublin and Galway 4 Eastern Counties , 141. 16s. 19% to Edinburgh and Perth l l% 3% to Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central of Wales l,‘ 2% to Goole and Doncaster l% 5% to Great Eastern and Western.. 24( Great Western BO l7O - Ditto % Shares .... 50 Hounslow and Great Western 2 Hull and Selby ... 50 lO 5 Leicester and Birmingham... 225. Leicester and Bedford 22s. 3 l4— p to London and Birmingham lOO 222 • to London and Blackwall 16%...... 9%yg ... to London and Brighton.-- London and Croydon 131. 15s. 9d. 2 4 3 /4 ...... to London, Cheltenham, Oxford, Gloucester, and Hereford... 1% London and Soutk Western.. 41%...... 79% to Ditto New .. London and York.... ...... 2% 6%%... to Lon.,Warwck, Kidderminster 2% 4% to 5 London, Salisbury, & Yeovil 2% 3 3 /4 to klanchestet and Leeds 76 ..... ..... to Ditto% Shares Manchester and Birmingham 40 Ditto Quarters Ditto New Quarters..... .... 2 Manch. Buxton, & Mat lock 225. Midland ' 100 Newcastle &Darlington Sum. 25 ...... - Ditto New Brandling Newcastle and Berwick , Newcastle Durham, and Lan. cashire Junction l% to Newark,Sheffield,and Boston 2% 5% to North Devon North Kent & Direct Dover 2 3 / 4 4 AI to North Staffordshire Norwich and Brandon Ditto, New 1 Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Oxford and Worcester 2 l/ 11%%... to Oxfrd, Witney, & Cheltnham 1% l 3 /4 to Preston and P yre .. .. Richmond. Rugby and Huntingdon Scottish Midland Shrews.,Wolver., Dud., Birm. 2 % Shrews. & Trent Val. Union. 225. ... South Midland South Eastern and Dover Ditto New, No. 3 2% 9 ... .. to 8% Staines and Richmond........ 1 Teen and Dove Valley l% 34%... to Trent 'Valley ..... ............ .. 2 Trent Val. k Holyhead June. 1% 3!,‘ % 3 / 41to Welch Midland 2% ...... 4%%.. to Wilts, Somerset, & Sthamptn 1%.„ .. 2% to Wilts,Sornerset, & Weymouth 2%...... 4 1 Wrster, Shrews., & Crewe Un. 1%...... 4 A to York and Carlisle 2 3 /4 5 A ...... to York and North Midland ... 50 Ditto. Extension FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens 6 ...... 11 1 4%... to Dutch Rhenish Great Northern of Francs (Laffitte's) Do. Do. (Rosamel's) ..... ... 2 ...... 3% 1 4 to Great Paris and Lyons. 2 Louvain and Jemeppe ... 4 Luxembourg Paris and Lyons( Laffitte) Paris and Lyons(Ganneron's) 2 ... Paris and Lyons (Calon's)... 2 . Paris and Orleans... Paris and Rouen .. Paris& Strasburg(Gannern's) 2 Do. (Comps de L'Est) Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Tours & Nantes (Mackenzie) 2 West Flanders JOINT STOCK BANK. London and Westminster ... 20 MINE. Real del Monte,Unrogistored t• -- LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 17.—Wind this day at noon S.W., fresh breeze, cloudy, with much rain. DEAL, SEPT. 16.—Wind S.S.W., fresh.—Arrd. Arachne, Sydney, New South Wales ; Branken Moor, Caer, Port Philip ; Geo. Buck ham, Sim, China; Chusan, Laurel, ditto; Emu, ditto;; Beulah Munro, Macao; Cinderella, Purvis, Singapore; Sumatra, Calcutta • Agnes, Bombay; Entry, Mauritius; Duke of Wellington, Cubitt Sierra Leone ; African, Franklin, River Gambia ; Emily, Dring, Africa. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 15.—Wind S., moderate.—Arrd. 14th, Jane, 3111. ligan, Quebee, and not the Jane, Potts, as reported. 16, Murray, Hughes, Bombay; and Allpee Superb, Saldanha Bay; Jarrow, Marshall, Carisco; Jersey Tar, Pennell, Rio Grande; Walton, St. Domingo. PENTLAND FIRTH, SEPT. 9.—Arrd, St. Andrew, Penny, Davis' Straits, for Aberdeen, with 27 fish. GRANGEMOUTH, SEPT. 13.—Sld. Glasgow, Somerville, Dalhousie. STOCKTON, SEPT. 13.—Arrd, Allison, Proctor, America. HULL, SEP•r. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Gironde, Here, Quebec. Sld. Fergus, Martin, St. John's, N.B. DEAL, SErr. 16.—A vessel, apparently a brig, waterlogged and abandoned, only bowsprit standing, was passed lat. 27, N., lon. 26 W., by the Fantome, arrd. is the Downs. LONDON, SEPT. 17.—The Fifeshire, Mann, arrd. in the river from Kirkaldy, picked up on Thursday last, 10 miles N.N•W. eff the Dud geon, a boat painted black, and one green stripe outside, and all green inside, ironbound about the gunwale, marked, " Snardlow of Hull, James Wright, master." MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAT.) CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY The quantity of English Wheat left over from Monday's market being very small, and the arrivals fresh up on that day rather limited, the show of samples was unimportant, owing to which, the unfavourable change in the weather for harvest opera tions in the north, and the increased attendance of both London and country dealers, the demand for that article was active, and, in some instances, rather more money was obtained by the factors for selected qualities of both red and white. Several orders having been received from Belgium and Holland for the purchase of Wheat under lock for immediate shipment, holders were firm, and would not sell except at an improvement of quite is per quarter. The show of fine parcels was small, and a full average amount of business was doing, at a trifling improvement in value. The supply of all kinds of Barley on offer was small, while the trade with most descriptions was rather active, at full prices. The best Ware Malt was in better request, bat other kinds hung heavily on hand. For the best Potato Oats the inquiry was steady, at an ad vance of 6d per quarter, other kinds ruling about stationary. Beans were steady, at late rates. A large quantity of Peas having been taken for shipment to the Continent, prices advanced is to 2s per quarter. Flour ruled steady, at full currencies. ARRIVALS. Barley. 130 qrs. Wheat. 2,190 qrs. Oats. I Flour. 15 ors I 2,010 ske. English • • • • • • Irish •••• • • • • Foreign.• • • • • 1,510 1 - 4,630 I ---- I . 490 Malt, 1,410 qrs. WHIT ECM AP EL . We had rather an extensive supply of most kinds of Meat. Gene rally speaking, the demand ruled heavy, at barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s Bd ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 104.1 to 48 2d per Sibs, by the carcase. DEATH FROM EXCESSIVE DRINYING.—Last evening Mr. J. Payne held an inquest at the Fountain Tavern, Redcross street, Cripplegate, on the body of John Ford, aged thirty-one years. The deceased was a carpenter, but had not followed his trade for the last three years. He obtained a scanty livelihood by hawking brooms about the streets for sale. He generally spent the whole of his money in rum and beer, and was in the habit of leading a dissipated life. On Monday he went into a beer -shop in Whitecross-street very much intoxicated, and soon after was taken ill. Mr. J. W. Mason, sur geon, was called in, but life was quite extinct. The surgeon was of opinion that the deceased's death had been accelerated by hard drinking, The jury returned ft verdict of "Death from excessive drinking." REGISTRATION COURTS. (THIS DAY.) CITY OF LONDON. ThE itetishig Barrister resumed his sitting to-day at the Court of CoinineM Pleas] Ctilildhall, at the Usual hour, when the further consideration of the Livot list was gone into. The only case of importance brotight ttp was in reference to Mr. Pegg, of Old Barnet-road, Finchley. In support of the ob jection taken to his being on the register, it was proved that his re sidence was opposite to the six mile-stone on the road to Barnet, and therefore three-fourths of a mile beyond the boundary laid down by the Act of Parliament. The REVISING Beaulnuit decided that the objection which was urged by the Liberals was good, and therefore Mr. Pegg's name was struck off the list. The Court then adjourned till to-morrow, when the Fishmongers' list will be gone into. APPALLING ACCIDENT AT THE ROYAL ARSENAL, WOOLWICH. SEVEN LIVES LOST THIS MORNING. One of the most frightful occurrences that haslately occurred,:hap pened this morning in the Royal Arsenal, at Woolwich. A few minutes before 10 o'clock a loud explosion was heard in the laboratory department, at a building known as No. 1 breaking-up shed, and as sistance was immediately at hand, the men rushing from various parts of the department to the spot. As soon as ingress could be obtained a fearful spectacle presented itself. Immediately behind the do.r, crowded together in a confused heap, lay tile scorched bodies of five men and two boys. These were immediately removed to an adjacent shed on stretchers. The building being on fire, the alarm-bell was rung, and the engines from the different departments, with the Royal Sappers and Miners and Royal Artillery, were speedily on the spot. The flames, by the exertions of the men, were soon subdued, their ravages being confined to the building, the roof of which had been already blown off, and some slight damage done to the roof of an adjacent building. It would appear from what has been gleaned in other parts of the same department (for not on• of the unfortunate beings in the devoted building has escaped to flunish any information), that the men and boys were at the time em ployed in breaking up rockets, and, through some friction, the whole mass accidentally ignited, thus at once consigning seven unfortunate individuals to instant destruction. The names of the persons who thus lost their live. are John Craig (master), an aged man, and one of the oldest servants in the department, Henry Butters, an aged man with a large family, and his sou Henry Butters, a young married man, Robert Burbage, and Michael Purtell. Four of these were what 'is called laboratory men. In addition to these, two boys, named Robert Leonard and Henley, lost their lives. Purtell was a labourer belonging to the storekeeper's department, and was engaged at the time in loading rockets. A man named William Reed, who was engaged with him at the same time, had a very narrow escape. It would appear, that when the fatal occurrence took place, the unfortunate persons made a simultaneous rush towards the door. Unfortunately, the doors opened inwards, and to this cir cumstance some of the chief officers of the establishment attribute their destruction. By the side of the door out of which they had vainly endeavoured to escape their blackened corpses were found. The writer visitedfthem shortly afterwards, and they presented a fearful proof of the dreadful agent to which they had been exposed. Their clothes, and even their boots, were either wholly or partially con sumed, their bodies literally roasted, and the flesh in many cases deeply inci ed ; every vestige of hair was consumed off their heads, and their features so disfigured as to render identification almost impos sible. As soon as the fire was subdued, a party of the Royal Sappers and Miners, under the command of Colonel Barney, R.E., one of the heads of the department, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Webb, R.E., proceeded to pull down the remaining parts of the shed, many of which were in a dangerous state. The remains of a dog were dis covered in one corner of the building. It was the opinion of a me dical gentleman who viewed the bodies, with the writer, that death took place frcm asphyxia, suffocation by carbonic acid gas. THE NORWICH FESTIVAL. Nozovicn, SIFT. 15.—The rehearsal commenced this morning at ten o'clock, with Spohr's oratorio of Calvary, and Haydn's Seasons. The orche-tral and choral forces are magnificent; the former amounting to a hundred and fourteen, amongst which are Lindley, T. Cooke (who leads), Howell, Grattan Cooke, Williams, Lazarus, Puzzl, Baumann, Harper, Prospere, and others well known for their instrumental excellence; the latter consists of eighty-four trebles, fifty altos, sixty-eight tenors, and seventy basses. Benedict is tke conductor of this mighty musical army. The principal singers are Madame Grisi, Miss Dolby, Signor Mario, Mr. Hobbs, Mr. Machin, Madame Caradori Allan, Miss Poole, Signor F. Lablache, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Bradbury, and Herr Staudigl. The Bishop's palace is already crowded with guests, among whom are Lord Lansdowne, Sir Charles Lemon, Sir John Boileau, Lady Ward, and other noble families. Lord Suffield and the Dowager Lady Lichfield are staying at the splendid residence of Mr. Kitson; indeed, every nobleman's and gentleman's house in the neighbourhood is crammed from parlour to attic; the genial hospitality for which England in the olden time was so gloriously distinguished would appear to be again restored. The festival commences to-morrow evening with llandel's Alexander's Feast, Mozart's sinfonia in G minor, and a " miscellaneous mixture," in which the Italians will exercise their most sweet voices. COURSE OF EXCHAI Amsterdam CF.. 12 9i Ditto, at sight l2 7i Rotterdam 2 11. 12 10 Antwerp 26 10 Raraburgh M.B. 13 15i Altona IGE.—(YESTEIU)AI.) Gibraltar_ ... Leghorn . 3O 65 Genoa ..... . ...... 26 0 Milan ...... Venice .... ...,... Naples 40 Palermo, per oz 120% Lisbon 53% Oporto 53% Rio Janeiro . Bahia ........ 'Buenos A NewYor dyssight PRIMS !3ULLION, PER OZ Foreign i it old, bars. .E. 3 17 9 Portuga' 0 391 d Coin 3 17 5 'New Doubloons 0 0 0 New nc,Uars 0 4 91 Silver i o Bars 0 4 111 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 75 Ditto, 3 months 26 0 Marseilles 26 5 Bcurdeaux 26 10 Frankfort on Maine 122 Petersburgh, 3 Us.. Berlin — Vienna, effee. 13 M lO 4 Trieste, ditto Madrid 36& Cadiz Bilbao Barcelona Seville WOOLWICR, SEPT. 16.—The Princess Alice steam vessel, Mr. L. Smithett, Master-Commander, arrived this morning from Dover to be refitted, and her commander and crew will proceed to Dover in the Swallow steam-vessel, to resume the duties at that station. The Black Eagle steam vessel, Mr. S. Black, Master Commander, arrived this morn ing from the Isle of Wight, and will occupy her usual station opposite the Dockyard, Woolwich. Commander John B. Purvis, recently commander of the Alfred, 50 guns, and Captain Grace, with several other naval officers, have been named as anxious to obtain the command of the Grampus, 50 guns, fitting at Woolwich. Several of the arrangements connected with this fine vessel have been made under the direction of Captain Grace, who was deputed by the Ad miralty to see them effected. Some idea may be formed of the great strength of the Terrible steam-vessel, when it is stated that the diameter of the axles of the paddle- wheels in their brass beds, is one foot nine inches, and the length of the stroke of the engines eight feet; causing thirteen revolu tions of the powerful engines per minute. . SCULPTTJRI ON THE CONTINENT.—Amongst the numerous additions making to the splendour of the square of the Opera, in Berlin, the following sculptural embellishments are spoken of as in project or preparation. Gigantic groups of warriors, and of " Victory," are executing, after the de signs of Schinkel, for the Royal Bridge ; and the same artist is making designs for the ornament of the Guard-house. On the side of the tinter den Linden, the monument of Fre derick the Great is proceeding rapidly—Rauch having nearly completed its numerous figures. Opposite the colossal eques trian statue of that monarch, it is proposed to place a simi lar statue of Frederick William 111. To the statues of the Generals Bulow and Scharnhorst at the Guard-house, are to be added those of Kleist and Tauenzien ; beside Blucher, to be placed bronzed statues of Generals Gneisenau and York; and the Palace of the Princesses is to be ornamented with statues of Stein and Hardenburg. For all these works Rauch, it is said, has already received the royal command. The Austrian Emperor, on the occasion of his coronation at Milan, as King of the Lombards, gave a number of commis sions to the most distinguished of the Milanese sculptors, leaving them perfect latitude in the choice of subject. These works, to the number of seven, are now exhibiting in Vienna :—A statue of "Peace," by Cajetano ; a "Prodigal Son," by Albondio Sangorgio ; an " Infant Jesus," by Ri naldo Rinaldi ; " Rachel and Jacob at the Well ;" a figure of a " Fate," by Croff; and two by the Professor Pompeo Mar chesi—one a bust of the poet Monti, and the other a group on the old theme of " Venus carrying off the weapons of Love." We may mention here that the marbles of the Pyrenees are coming into use for the supply of the large works executing in Prussia. Twelve fine columns of the marble of Campan have just been finished at Bagneres de Bigorre, for the Museum at Berlin. The monument decreed by the States of Bohemia to be erected to the memory of the Emperor Francis is begun. It is to be an equestrian statue of the monarch, invested in his robes as King of Bohemia; and will be ornamedted with twenty-four statuettes repre senting the circles of the kingdom, the capital, and allegorical allusions. The whole is to be seventy-five feet high. LYCEUM THEATRE.—On Monday evening, after the deservedly successful drama of The Governor's Wife, the admirable 'burlesque of Open Sesame; or, A Night with the Forty Thieves, was revived, and acted for the first time this season. In the burlesque Miss G. Hodson made her debut. She is very pretty, and will so doubt prove an acquisition to the company at this theatre. Although suffering from extreme nervousness, she went through the part of Csgia with complete success. She possesses a good voice, which will be heard to greater advantage when the timidity of a first appearunce wears off. She was deservedly encored in most of her songs. Mrs. Keeley, of course, acted the part of Morgiana, as she alone can act. Keeley, as the brave llassarac, was as droll and humorous as ever, and kept the house in a continual laugh. Miss Fairbrother was of course the Captain. Frank Mathews and Wigan each took their original parts. It would be unjust not to mention the doings of "ithe forty." The gallant and devoted band went through their perform ance with great military skill and precision, and were rewarded with great applause, which was richly deserved. Great credit is due to their drill-sergeant for the pains he has taken with them. The re vival is a decided hit. The house was crowded to suffocation. FOOT-RACING AT WALWORTH.—Yesterday the Beehive Cricket-ground, at Walworth, was very largely attended by the admirers of the recreative sport of pedestrianism, who were highly gratified by witnessing the prizes contested by some of the most supe rior runners. The first race was for a handsome silver snuff-box, con tested in heats over 100 yards. The entries were—Glenn, Mak ' piece, Exeter, Bartram, Smith and Pattersons, novices, Martin, Mor timer, Weaver, and Brompton. Martin, Makpiece, and Weaver, who were the several winners, then ran the grand heat, and after a spirited race, Martin won the prize. Second prize —A silver snuff box, which was walked for by eleven men, and the distance being seven miles ; after two miles, several of the competitors fell into the rear-rank, and the race was made by Jacques, Haynes, and Willa, who struggled hard for the trophy, and which terminated by Jacques coming in first, and Turner second. Tho walking of Jacques was much admired, and he performed the seven miles in one hour and ten minutes, fair toe and heel.— TuE Esc Me'ren.—The novel feat undertaken by Molloy, jun. (a lad of sixteen), and which was to clear one hundred eggsfrom the ground, they being laid in a line at a yard apart, to go down and pick up one egg with his mouth, and convey it in this manner to one end and de posit it in a tub of water, and remove the whole within fifty minutes, for 101., came off yesterday. The stripling entered upon his hercu lean task with great activity, descending to the ground and rising with elasticity, and hounding away with the egg to its destina tion. He made repetition one hundred times, and in the course of the match proved himself " a true chip of the old block," and finally concluded his undertaking in forty-eight minutes, thus winning by two minutes, and covering five miles and three quarters (less twenty yards) within the stipulated time. The weather was very unpro pitious, notwithstanding which the youngster sobtorrsa the stakes. THREE PERSONS DROWNED.—On Sunday last Mrs. Graham, the wife of one of the lightkeepers at the Plymouth Bt eak water Lighthouse, went with her son, a lad about six years of age, to visit Mr. Graham, on the Breakwater. About seven in e vening they left in a waterman's boat, with the inten tion of returning to Plymouth. On Monday morning Mr. Findiater, the foreman of the works, shortly after land ing, discovered the body of the lad, with a basket under his arm, on the northern side of the Breakwater, near the jetty. This discovery was the first intimation which Mr. Graham had of his loss. The boat, which was rather crank built, was in charge of a man named Ward, and, as no account has been heard of her, it is sup posed that she went down 'in a squall, with the boatman and Mrs. Graham and her son, soon after leaving the Breakwater. The dark ness would prevent persons on board the shipping in the Sound from seeing such a catastrophe. LOPEMENT.—Yesterday morning, -a young lady, residing with her parents in the Kennington-road, eloped with a gen tleman from her home. The family were thrown into considerable alarm and anxiety by her sudden disappearance ; but about twelve o'clock her father received a letter from the fugitive, informing him of her marriage. The young lady is about eighteen years of age, and possessed of considerable property in her own right, left by a relative. TILE RECENT ACCIDENT AT SIR CHAPMAN -MAR SHALL AND Co.'s.—Yesterday morning, William Branton, a man in the employ of Sir Chapman Marshall and Co., No. 179, Upper Thames-street, who received so serious an injury on the previous day, by fracturing his skull ftom a fall into a cellar beneath one of the warehouses, an account of which appeared in The Sun of yester day, expired at St. Thomas's Hospital, only surviving the accident a few hours. The poor fellow has left a widow and family to lament his untimely end. HORROR of UNION HOUSES.—A poor man of the name of Thomas Stacey, of Hinton, aged forty-eight, showed such a dread of the union workhouse as to die of starvation on Monday last, after having subsisted for eight weeks on 55.-13ath Journal. A man named Cirier has been condemned to death by the Court of Assizes of the Aisne for setting fire to the house in which his wife and his mother-in-law resided, with the intention of burning them to death. Ho confessed his crime, and said he had pre viously made three unsuccessful attempts. The intended victims were with didlculty reamed from the fate that threatened them. CAPTAINS IN THE NAVY. ..,,,,,01$2. We have Within a very short time, as our readers _ 4 ",, 01 1 '1 published more than one article on the subject of etti"*Loilt o navY, whose retirement has been proposed or solicited On; t be sat* their advanced age, and in order to supply their Plac es „; A c 0 1 0;, vices of younger men. We have received, bcrwever, ° 'i t ia 1 4 ' pondent of great experience, a communication which sce_ is the matter in a more intelligible point of view, and eertstuv_e so! a more beneficial method of retirement. We certainlY f 4,11 61 aware that the project apparently adopted by Government , 1 2• 0 , ps to the objections which we now perceive to be inherent in , attention to the subject, developed as it is by our corre9Pondn'ncet° fresh views and convinces us—as we apprehend it will cci " d 11 1 ;1 P °W, public—thA a different order of retiretnents will both _44.0 equity, and likewise be productive of meree utility to the OP" 0 P the country. "The Admiralty," says ur CO f it:' ; upon the captains in the navy of the age of 0 and up,, ur thet sec draw from the active list and retire, as being unfit fort 44 s i i irs. , That Board has been in the habit of appointing captains_no youac: cause they stood low on the list, and not because the,' r 4,0 1,1, ,% active men. When a captain high on the list applies P.:001,000:: ment, he is told he is too old a captain—not that he 15 tr ogo via:; —and this statement is borne out by the data of the 3iiiitoi t 0 pointments : Years. Names. Ships. 1823 • • .. Rich • • ... • ...... Formidable . • • • • • • • .. .... . 0 1827 .... Campbell ...... Melampus •• •••" ' ' • • ,„.• " 0 1828 .. • • Jones •• . • •..... Penelope ••"'' ' • • ........•• 0 1828 .• .. Richards ...... .. Hibernia ••• • • ' • • • ogle. , " )0 1828 .... Sir R. Grant . • ... Flag Captain to Sir C. . 1832 . • • • Wyvill. • • • • • .... Cleopatra • • • • • • •• • • :..••• 0 1833 .• .. Glasscock •• • ... Tyne •• • • .... •• • .••• )0 1835 .... M'Quhae • • • • .... Losedalus • • ...... • ' .• ......•••• )0 1836 .• .. M'llougall • • • ... Vulture •• • • • • • • •" •, , .• " 0 1837 .... Lapidge . • • • .... Cyclops • • •• • • • • - "._•,..ijacr e ' 0 1838 . • .. Stanley • • • • .... Flag Captain to Adiw. ... 0 18 44 .• • • Kelly .. •• • ..... Conway •••••• • • ' ' " .• "oil! 1845 • • . • Pulling .. •• .. .. (Made in JanuarY),:: ;AO : e ll' " So that when a captain is appointed to a ship I) . 5. .„,6e P Af t, is a captain of such a year. The public naturallYwuhlore s';(I young, active man ; but the fact is not so. .... 3 , len 'll' to b e rO Ol4 but who have had the misfortune as it tuiHs out) , c osy early, cannot, therefore, be employ e d; and thus shil , t, by !„,,`" by young captains and old men, and not unircquel?..„, 01260 have been unemployed for many years. It is l idicll s iy!;,ld Of;i 0 circumstances, to expect that the senior captains e llu_:•,,, t a l,„,„•0 many are younger and more active men than those l' A ' no t p7O miralty employ. If that board was in earnest, it c i r ii " p o" men of the age of 50 to be captains, and at 5 5 , a ~ a tet l / 4 1 0 retire. If the Admiralty really mean thereofoula be 00 . „ i s' let them at once call upon every man of 60 tire,ruo -h1;"00, 14s. 6d. list the Rear-Admiral's pay, as well as th loirs il el', offer. At the same time, with respect to all the „ , it io „iv upon that list, and aloft for service either frail isP_',', o alc 7 r e) ll not having served at sea, give them the next superTos9oolll half-pa theireyond what they now enjoy. If th e lett!' e eef , mean etirement to be for the good of the couniqe't aot, o )P . ; act, and they will have a most efficient list; 11 ' o w P o ol; affection be shown : when the country is to belle!: poill d , t el l no selection made. But then, again, the Affinir ai ' l pe ',: o all the power of promoting men of 50 to be caPts the 3 „ f ord tober is now near at hand, and not above one-half of o h ere ~0 , mended to retire have responded to the call. 0% 1)1 0 3 CO ° would give a really efficient list of Admirals as e a long and arduous war."—Times, NAVAL INTEL aficisljauttell,ti 131 11 "/ Rear-Admiral Bowles, C. 8., has returned , o,s• o s the Admiralty, from Scotland. Captain W. A' lbe tor d,s also returned to the Admiralty, from Br i g ht lot Ti t % o$ ° Fitzroy has left the Admiralty for a short time , ca rp 9 Secretary to the Admiralty, the lion. IL T. (110 visit to Cranbourne, Dorset. 001 .0 1 ' / ,4 The Earl of Iladdington, and his private tr oe iv ol Captain Dundas, C. 8., are in Scotland. fo lell of ° 6 o , THE RETMEMENT.—About one hundred •••,.. it otio!l„ captains have signified to the Admiralty their car rieloe the proposed retirement, should that meas ure b u e iretl t° 4 1;i' One hundred and twenty-live more are nor rat list of 300. riy oonll'ior• t The experimental fleet is not ordered to aier ported last week ; and it is not yet decided ITO ceto fo, o Parker takes the fleet again to sea or not. , dive °Ltl del lf j,it c ,/ Captain Daniel Pring (1815), an able and a,„ vital manded the Pique, frigate, and subsequently Dowd been appointed to the Imaum, 72, at Jamaica, 0“,., 50 d clap:, to hoist a broad pendant of commodore of the se ,t' - ',.cidef in command to Sir F. Austen, the Comm ande r ot. American and West Indian station. A court-martial is ordered to take place at C , .. e l 's:; 10 ; 11 1 110 0 4 rick G. Leigh (1842), the Second Lieutenant of ' P re ferre d , sloop, Commander Fisher, on certain charges tred fro' A? f by his commander. The Stromboli has been or 0 06 10 , Cork for the purpose. tere d i The Juno, 26, Captain Patrick Blake, has en rp ess 0 plement of 200 ; she will be ready for sea a t Sbe` tosfP' November. prell s4 The Snake, 16, Commander the Hon. H. De v- de fee Chatham from Portsmouth, to be paid off . Der 1 1 ' The Scout, 14, at Chatham, is ordered to na I , , geod, and to be refitted for reco mm i ss ioning. _ aoal The Monkey steamer is ordered to con ve y the to o . f C. Hope from Greenwich to the Isle of Man. , s mote: 35 ) Lieutenant Henry Stewart (1840) has been aphy (1 ' e i Paymaster and Purser George Thomas plum ' appointed to the Juno. p a ricee tv;.l „• THE FLEET AT COVE.—Admiral Sir Hyde command of the squadton, which has been assul":" trw - e t rov i , rangements, by Admiral Sir Pigott, the eel flag to the St. Vincent, 120, and was saluted b.),,,c usual honours. Admiral Parker has come 011$'1';'':„. the p, been suffering from a severe attack of gout duri, of the cruise.—Cork paper. w erej: Vauxhall ancr Cremorne-hO --- USe en ay of the closed last night, in consequence of the incler o If the grand experiment of the O' in to'o 4 c ;.11 ciple should be terminated successfully, it is t iailo ll yis Directors of the Great Midland and Westerll.4 o fv! I fo o f, Company to adopt it upon their line. By a ree el 'oc found that the canal banks will be available o , r it 4 1 4 31 40 0k 4 railroad for almost the entire of its course ;a» d, A tt ' interest for the scientific world to hear that sell ° otel ed , given to the feasibility of working the line by the eildt, canal, in case the atmospheric traction should "" a botP SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Last eleven o'clock, as Mr. F. Johnstone, licensed vie ! street, Holborn, was returning ftom Lee raceS,4P .0 ' o rd 4 'l7o./ pany with Mr. Ireland, the ale brewer of Ilangeio, one , in passinof the ceum the L name of IrTheatre, ving, -the suddenl) " Nltb ce horse, 1 4 ';' , , three were thrown o y ut, Mr. Johnstone coulinbaja 110 0 : 1 `, violence to the ground. He was p;cked uP 131° ,, e to ti ; the head, but, pertinaciously refusing to be tar e c, was conveyed to the house of a friend, 31r. Je"lpel the Sir John Falstaff Tavern, Brydges-street, ,1 10 0 ) , " tleman having been sent for, his wounds were d, re t ,fo t4 „ to remains in a dangerous state. Some scoundrel,dle per the accident, made off with a new great coat h e ' _,,dilf4for stone, and also a valuable mounted gold cane. )3fOl'i f or'd fe d ! CHRIST CHURCH HOSPI FAL.--0 0 ,y,1140 4 ' the 22d inst., being the day after St. Matthew'S Aldermen, and Sheriffs, with the Governoo„l A N : hospitals, will attend Divine service at Chrisle.: . 9(ty/ street, when a sermon will be preached by tb,.;dge'L le mard, M.A., Fellow of Pembroke College, Carnl''',„q l "`" Y', 4 they will proceed to the Great Hall of Christ's l'(041:0/6; orations will be delivered, according to senior scholars, on the benefits of the royal „ v.„ 6 1 , by Edward Tudor Scargill ; that in Engl . ' s " ;,,,cll Evans ; that in Greek by William F. Greenfield; the by G. Voigt. Eight poems will also be recited 19`,., 1 0 9 ,0 I scholars, viz.:--A Latin Alcaic Ode, on "The l ' ° Th e L I p by T. J. Potter ; a Greek lambic translation falri " Belial's Speech," from Milton, by M. Laing, ,1e0 ; Y,1 China, by T. S. Polehampton ; Latin Ilexarnele''g Pdpe's " Windsor Forest," by E. Hayman; G.L ec .. s. Address of Regulus to the Roman Senate," by ' t Elagiacs, on the Murder of the Two Young rr in tc 'OIOV C. E. Searle • Greek Sapphics, on the Queen's 111„00, Hospital, by J. D. Williams ; and an English r - A / 4 Babylon, by W. A. Russell. itugsCO n r 44 FATAL ACCIDENT TO A CITY terday, a gentleman, named 3lordaunt, who ea li „ s plr e4 4, an extensive way as a me; chant in the city, ) 0 14,,, cross Hospital from injuries he had received hY;ig,e an omnibus. It appears that about four weep s e r 'ote:.pe o u t i was proceeding down the Strand, seated on t f o re sP I when, by some unexplained cause, one of the, qe d vehicle came off, and the deceased was preciplll. 111., I; with great violence. Assistance being Pree,„ ° ,, r 4n itilkofek gentleman was conveyed to Charing-cross I .l', r o. l 3iti, ascertained that one of his legs had been severe,' o fsh po iryi attention was paid him by the surgeons of the_ a pe for some time he appeared to be going on well, twoes,c . tallied of his recovery, but on Sunday last at t ,ine cti took place, which terminated in death, as befof e o daunt was about thirty-seven years of age, and w,05, amongst a numerous circle of connexions and frl. d i el )4l. BIRTHS. hiiii, 0 91 1 : On the 9th inst., at Merrion-square, Pit— f 0 ,f i Burrowes, Esq., of Stradone House, Cavan , ° ,, b re, m ci , „t , On the 11th inst., at the English P0 5°1 , 1 ,001 0 the wife of the Rev. W. Jamieson, British C::T e ' r o, On the 11th inst., at Aldenham Lodge, P ii, the Rev. John Mason, of a son. ri .ipp MARRIED. oh ) 6 1 On the 13th inst., at St. Mary's, ° Act) Frederic Stikeman, Esq., of Greenwich,, t °, of'' third daughter of the late G. Cawthorn, 0 , 0 F t'' DIED. Sir 00 t ' ' On the 14th inst., in Sussex-square, S qrl'' 0 Bart., R.N., aged 29. • C l ' ~i On the Bth inst., at South Hays, Bath , f' youngest son of the late H. Parkes, Esti - GO' On the 7th inst., at Cheltenham, Maj °l.- id' Fevre, of the Bengal Army, aged 61. ti Ii" On the 10th inst., at the Hotel Frasca , Swath - lan, Esq., aged 63. ; ~,. flollP On the 12th inst., at Margate, William S'T'Atc• On the 12th inst., Ellen, eldest daughter ° d 6•A of La Belle Sauvage Hotel, Ludgate-hill, al; ...e, --- „Is y IRELAND. . 0 THE EXPERIMENTAL FLEET AT C f: S. ll, l, s ti ni harvest of the boatmen as well as of t' pre r jOe';( l Crowds of visitors still flock to the fleet' , ell oil ) ) discharges a fnll freight of curious eitiz eti 'e er t - ee l of Cove, whence they are transportGd t,.°litpcillit), the ships, where they are received with /o°llolloo/ ton which greeted them at the first, se ci l 01' 0, been characteristic of the British officer sew - 5 1 1 1 1 1 y abiding in our ports. Among the visitors 0 0 , ti h c o il Lords Bandon and Doneraile and the . 1 f o rd ' o 4 '9 Major-General Turner and Colonel Pe r he f°,fbe/ down previously, and the Commander of t'" 'te E. Blakeney, is expected down on gonclilll4 miral dined with the General at Sulnre er ;4 4 l 7 " ,l ° ing. Several of the officers set off m Ye s / bas s' Ij Jamey. We understand, too, that 6,0°,;", 100 fa l l patched fur the use of the fleet. All t i " - for li ; !ere right as to its probable continuance , lle!i longer.—Cork Constitution of Saturday"- . if is t., o',1? An investiture of the Order of St nar,, f i e ,, e t oll,. A , i toi at the Castle on Wednesday, . the l' ir lf mende and the Earl of Clawreh‘waill h e -Li e'fir Knights of the Order, at theespecial i 11441 1 1/ jesty, for whom his Excellency ll l e giciile. Chronicle. rr i l kffi 00 1° ; THE ARMY—COURT-DlA ll 'iriu's el ti oo ' 4l LIMERICR.—On Thursday, private l' h 'ile l se t ; c°": grenadier, 83d Regiment, charged vvi,, tl , rii ij „a ' 'll l ' knowledged that he had been tried w e ef , '"io i , ` martial, and punished for each offe lle , i iitf 'f he was charged. He pleaded l; - bat, I V, present instance, and p-promised - 0 4-tP I; C ft court, in its humanity, dealt lenientli: lo st e , i cV would henceforward endeavour to regain l' A s y, T s fei and uphold the credit of his profession • read,i. fr og t $ i y,' the Regimental Court-martial Book 10 1 . 5 f 0 1 ' f i 'or ' it appeared that Bulmer suffered imprislLigllcedeerfite? castle-on-Tyne, in May, 1839, for disoben - a - r O JAV, . Aug. 1839, at Londonderry, for a Sit a n t t e v ,.ioV Pee. 1840, he deserted from the redon e " - OP ) / Canada West, fur which he sutfere , d ~i - get ° i and was marked with the letter .. 1) ~,,l i . - -i os , ,l jp ell , li t g i l he was imprisoned in London, Canada: 7 - ,. cli s ' h ol: l ir ton ; in April, 1842, he was tried there ' h e ; plvi o r V of orders, and received 100 lashes ; 0 " tI;t10' rib".'ll 'or, 1842, he was imprisoned for three 111 ` ) " ifo ! drunk, and knocking down a soldieeo vi i,, f e ll, yj 1843, he was imprisoned at Northanltt)gri- ~, in out of barracks ; at Weedon, i ll c‘) P" Aien c l e t A p _ahned injuring received 15 his O accoutrements lashes,for d i i s ob o e: 1 i f 1 t i 1 e rt ,,, ,, t i 1 i ,. 4 4, , November, 1844, ho again deserted e` i a be, r 4 sfre, sentenced to six mouths' imprisonul en , t i t - Tl ib e - '10, 0 11 10 .4 ' and to be masked with the letter "v : a 13 th I ',,,.' third time a charge of desertio was breeribottsl-o.ll‘looPtr and the tenth court-martial held on 13i°3 ;;;y 11 ° P ( 9- ii, soldier, only 22 years of age, and buts 1' we 4') fip ~, g I I P e l% ' $ FOR THE REMAINDER ar„." I SEE THE SUPPLEMENT j v - d TIIIS DAY. r, 1 $0 , 4 ; • 0 11;' 11 0 _____ ~upt. A London: Printed and Published by M L) ' Ofi Cel V ' . No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sag , the Strand, in the Precinct of the Sav oyta Puke; Wedzooday. §eptabox ih 4g It there or 80 of the Shade , st' di Inc miles 1 ing el statio r 9 30 nur. Is, fro a clou repr ess thus \ ~_~ `~ .----_, 5.._._.. -______ , munt Lime REI MI se Thi its WC th e b t tlittriti the fo writer Thurs is in tion cons the ss 3 hypo