The Sun. — London, England, 1847-08-19 00:00:00

e 1...... ~,.....--.........-4. L, r. be read v i„ ' ten minutes. )11e went away, and they e , ...e , ' , 1 t ors o more of fir. She had a coloured gown r•n, a wh .. i h t . 1 --I'' e n't, au' a . tele. The bone et had light ii b°4 on it. " ma ' norerheasds-bexeamined—llad not seen either of these artic . les, irtirestion.been spoken to about them since the night the n,the cabman, ( e l r n 7 IlaPleso was next called—Was the l er of the first cab on the stand in Adam -street OD to him b e r St o . f June. Recollected a woman coming up to bef ore n,_me o'clock. She asked when the last train went gnton that bight or the first train the next il.l4.fling. Referred leer ' t the waterman. Did r_ annk he could recognise the woman, as he did not take Particular notice of her t fro m stand was but a short distance . ota the house. lithNathan Wills said . he was employed ir by Mr. Bonnet, an ntitlifiteedrehr.er Ahl,a4Ted a caug ,te of the deceased. She dined with him on the pre age Sun let and body. She in excellent health. Her t •'"" w as 78 lag. d Had seen the prisoner four or fiv noes at the I,' si 'd hilling a week. The iegs. _le pal one S decroerttesed became acquainted with the prisoner when she was in the service o f L a d y Wyndham. Three weeks I nto thetheeity m_urder he t o ld hi s mot h er t h at s h e was to go to visit her brother. She told the prisoner, with whos e conduct she ' was dissatisfied, that she must, iti consequence, get another lodging. He was present at 4 convereation about f r weeks before the occurrence, !liklit w hich some allusion was olt made to money. His mother ed bial to have some beer, but said she had no money tali for it with. The Prisoner said, " Oh, yes, she ,Br.,‘ some . in the drawer;" p to - which he replied, " Oh, et W in d , " She was she always was a little scrowish. Zzp e tw n o u rn rio s u te s h , s. °I and complained when she was obliged to ,d Cross.ex amined—Th e d eceased was a strong, hearty 4 ,lixabetwoman ; she was very deaf. h Wills'daughter the of the deceased, identified mother,the articles found in the bundles as the property of her airs, Litchfield, another daughter of the deceased, C",._ • she recollected the prisoner coming to reside with e 4: Mother on the 29th of March. On that day the d - plasincde,,tol_cl.her that she had fainted away. She corn it"t being ill. She was very poor, and ) attributed to , t_ to illness and the length of time she had been tuf i situation. Made a gown for the prisoner. b eir th illuth er was a woman of penurious habits, and kept n e r r ,'Y in a drawer, the key of which she kept i 4' vet;Ket• Had seen the prisoner eight or ten times. Illo t h e t r d n . esTstopped all daywith the prisoner and her fr om n , here was nothing in her conduct different 1, 01. -titter Per plus ,;.LeOaduct. never netieed anything peculiar in Was not aware that she had fits whilst utgiasstrsa"tl, an'in'd— turned—` "taer mother. as not examined before either the giv e ~ • , e c or the coroner, and was firQt called upon to "td nee a fortnight ago. Jok 4 jurYclalt—Her mother carried two 13""Ats.rms y„,,, 11 man—Her water-gilder, living in Kings • tr`i eo Th e last prisen-r came to lodge at his house last to t a d en ter, and continued there until she her w twice e i t Z H er, in February. ,ladseen ;fuse,tt Lmady ' own resi- Wyndham's, and hi, ^-)aw her about three wee o k e s ce b a ef t or h e ls the murder to g all awo house. Could not say that her conduct dur . - ti 6, that time was different from that of other ra . - ber-oal People. Saw her nearly every day. In Februar3 d , Vei t :: * le aent to Mrs. Wyndhatn's, she said she h_ a . d be en 1:1„t° Brighton for some money, and that she ha tri- u`saPPoieted. She said she wished to get to ghto h t would do beginning beta em of June, as she thought she gave _eer there than in London She said she to li kl bbe: mo ney fro m a person named liilder. Recalled i h , 4 eer ee a nordere b d ut subsequently wrote her, say rob o Paris, and that as he was short of . ehad b trifle, to follow a person charged with i h th e 0. not s Pare her any. She was almost starving. was obiCjeas•-exatuined---Never heard her say that she Ilideteded t"elive Air's. Wyndhana's because she was con hid h - u"gerous.. Believed she told his wife that she totes; ad fits. Believed Wilder belonged to the detectiv k e . ' . She a ss 11 ,, used to visit her three or four times a wee fir s• ill when she came to lodge. it fit 8' Lill said she never knew the prisoner to have h she while she lodged at King's Arms-yard. Told h er lef t ktta subject to hysteric fits. She told her after s e . Pellears'WYodhatn's service that she had been co fi rn e (443 to leave ' because the heat of the r altered sheer to have fits. She said she had fits the left that service. Wilder kept her at didoree'g• He had kept a Thep femal rise there not "ne was not in the family-way. p f. i r n ald mewwilorasitiy that she had left because they were ati fall into the fire. Iraowlilatti Smith, butler to Gillespie, Esq., had r , 1 ' thr the prisoner for seven years. Had not seen e 'eale h: Years until once in Adam-street last Bummer. a Peri o d : 4 at Brighloll two or three times a week . for . the h i ,s't fire years, as she was in the habit of visiting thing - , 1 , 133 ,aid at Lady Parsons'. Never noticed any severe V . , u nar iu her manner. Saw her iu %tired f ", and whilst she was in that state sheererlr: moos and°r Wen to hold her. She was generally de eroa quite absent after these fits. 1:141f tinii:"amined—The delirious state lasted generally Partienltt"r7,,r2l three quarters. Did not notice her very . lood.heartelnen she had such fits. .She was a kind, Brighton liked er, e 0.,,..," person, and every eoropiaittukt not say that he 4 eek ed °I her head. (The prisoner here cried, and 0 affected.) o h n a e d in ever heard her Prisonil,rjales said she lodged in the same house as the eleven week s , t N°- 2 5, Great Marlhorough-stree . t for Irlitne,r. Did not notice anything peculiar in her Th e . coortiisPrisoner here became so affected, and sobbed so r eirtor,, d is ' el Y, that his LORDSHIP ordered her to be . ten minutes, time, short time, and the Court adjourned for °II the Iromm, wisttnaption of the proceedings the unfortunate M r Ztle re down when ° gain placed at the bar, looked pale w kl oad rs ; e rre e s a s ' e t i l ' wife of the butler of Sir Alexander Took , a CI, said she knew the prisoner at Brighton. tti onths P her abede at No. 42, A.dam-street, about four her f r , a g o, and the acquaintance was renewed. Saw th e pri g'' , Ally. She behaved like other people. Saw taura 'sher aboalt t eight on the night of the ". S''' Pa* in her speech that tai ,_ • - apneaed wild and violent erusgnt. ltintl, and harmless. found prisoner humane, , IIY lase armless. '''Y thetesj;:tlbci E—Was busy that night, and could not k r. , e oohed at the prisoner's face. the horawtord Bolt, surgeon, said he was called to see of th e I' d of the deceased at five o'clock in the morning reee• of J une, and described the injuries she had ivea t o adol; : , The cord round her neck was loose enough 00 th e 'l'wo or three hands within it. Noticed a wound lideeltSd. ureinftg iliafew' which must have been inflicted alter bl o The skin was red, hard, dry, ' and greasy. A would n cause redness. She had been Theroeithl hours at lea: The deceased was dressed. ' "er the "-fire in the room. There was a wound back of orbit of the eye• Two wounds on the also to have tthe beck and . on the head appeared skull 'lave been inflicted after death. The broken and one were healthy. Six ribs were tt one side and eight on the other. Found that the rin hrehen.g3,of the windpipe had been compressed and • coesention-ur ssure upon the lungs, and the stoppage, in_ death: e e , of the respiratory power was the cause of Cro ss . ettne ed betalnined —Thought the injuries could be l the lie ties on person. It was quite impossible that al Peain could have been inflicted with a poker. th e Bain es 194 was re-called, and said he saw hair. Could rid ' and that, it was covered with . blood . and n "ot rnor n i n ot Say that he noticed the hair until the Mr. g 1 n g• the 1 ) 1,2 t as re - called and positively asserted that ~ ,,,, 3 or , °I th e r ., ' a poker could not have caused the breaking hijari e tu s• The only way he could account for the and th at w th as, that the deceased was lying on her back, Plo wd ,_, e Person who inflicted the other injuries em atru,,..- :!IS or her arms in doing so. Perhaps one rib s " - '1 ), if it were violent, would have broken all the th • Judged the time the deceased had been dead from "trigdiy of the muscles and from experience. ste-examined—The blow over the eye would no doubt cause i nsensibility in a person so old. By a Juryrnan—lt was quite impossible that a fall Could produc e the fracture of the ribs. Dr. M`Murdo, the surgeon to the gaol of Newgate, Was next examined —The prisoner had been under his Charge since June, and he had been desired to pay parti cular attention to h er , with the view to a.s.cerLon the state of her mind, and had done so. Had had continual con- Versations with her. Had not noticed anything in her e oaduct to lead him to the belief that shefwasaodfa'ue;:esouhnd Itlin d• She complained occasionally h generall • said, when he spoke to her, that o shee. was'wetlilt. th e o orn ) plaine ' d of certain inconveniences . which had led ei tn n „ to the belief, by examination, that she was preg --,,nt"(Considerable sensation.) e.,ros s - exerniind Knew that 'stoppages under er s s om . et„ireLttrustanc'es affected the . brain. Had known p I3 e peee ice mad fur a considerabletimeinco o n f s m elt a te d n i c e e r . th e rtthgernent caused frequently unsoundness tr , time it lasted. Had known persons Ato longhave e h o y i s i- - ~ ti n ti o e : l fits under . . such circumstances. .. . (73 A _ oee of epileptic fits would in time affect the mind. far as he could ascertain she had been enciente three Discharges at 1 1 1. four mo nths.—(Renewed sensation.) ornr:asonable times were caused by mental excitement, °en physical labour. fro llY hej unon—Was not an accoucheur, but spoke p ra m experience and study. The regular action o . f t s he , returned with the regular action of the function.. 4, 7' ylder, the constuble, was called, and said he had Ma ,, wri the prisoner for twelve months. rch letters were then banded in, the first dated Bth Is , , e nclosing the prisoner 21., and trusting that she tia °l4(l , ! 'ut Make any further call upon the writer, arid Ile e l ..t!_ner fret e a person saying that he was too poor to , hid e _.er, end advised her to come to Brighton. He said h- 1 ,"(' Pawned his watch, and sold his wife's counterpane. 41,• CL,kaxsorr then proceeded to addr e s s t h e j ury on w °4ll 01 the prsoner. He said h e s h ou ld l ay evidence lore them t o show that at the time the prisoner corn itted the offence imputed to her she was in an irre ' sPonsible state of mind, although he :admitted that it ould not ehow that she was not a participator in Or `1? accessory to the murder. He complained that new Vwitnesses were brought forward, of whom neither im isler his Learned Friend had ever heard of beforehand W whom they were totally unprepared to grapple. stliaentead,t;tliretis the value of the Act of Parliament which depositions should be taken in the presence of heatiall,",,4meer, that they should be sworn in his presence, b ' at he h ld have of • b ou a copy lagii_ve teestrnirni them when he sought In if fresh witnessesto be brought forward to Wonatirti at lth"eY:a-rheiiethewaecrceused could not rebut ? Let nd them that the trial of the unfortunate on at, of . .as postponed until the present session • awittett 'which stated that the parties who made it, believed ek The that the unfortunate w WC4311111) SpatalbOne, of whom they had heard ;w -oman was insane. rtiE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1847. thing until to-day, stated that the prisoner was seen by her, at the door of the i uom, early in the evening of the Tuesday ; but she had been presented, without affording the prisoner an opportunity of rebutting her evidence, and, possibly, of showing that she was elsewhere. Who would believe that one of the protectors of their liberties had been the assailant of t'ivo women, that he had livrd with the woman in the way stated ? He bad been put into the box merely for the purpose of undergoing the ceremony of saying who he was, and possibly by his appearance indicating that he had no share in the murder. Could any one put their finger on any part of the evi dence, and say that the prisoner committed the murder? The evidence of the witness Srnallbone assumed that the murder was committed at the time the door was half opened. What, committed in the light of day, and in a house full of lodgers? It was improbable. Then he dismissed the evidence with respect to the prisoner's wish to get to Brighton, by saying that she had been proved to have entertained the notion since the preceding Christmas. There was no motive for the act—the gain was nothing.—(The Learned Counsel had not concluded when our report left.) [The trial is not likely to be concluded to-night. A vast number of witnesses will be called for the defence.] NE.14 7 COURT. (Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman CHAPMAN MARSHALL.) Hannah Jenkins, alias Mary R ch, was charged with feloniously cutting and wounding George Trussell, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. It appeared that the prosecutor had been drinking on the day the occurrence took place, and that he went, in a state of intoxication, to a house of ill fame in the Bo rough, where he met with the prisoner. A quarrel took place about halt-a-crown, which the prisoner ac cused the prosecutor of stealing, when an attack was made upon him by the prisoner and another woman, during which he received a blow on the head from a poker, which rendered him insensible. The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty of assault," and the prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprison ment in the House of Correction, with hard labour. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The Court sat to hear the bail cases, of which there were 2.5 upon the list. David 1 aylor, aged 13 years, and George Taylor, aged 14, found guilty yesterday of stealing a pistol, the pro perry of Mr. Vincent Smith, were called for judgment, when it appearing that they had not been previously co►:victed, they were only sentenced to one month's im prisonment, and at the expiration of that term, to be soundly whipped with a birch-rod. They heard the first part with the most perfect stoicism, but when the AssiNtant-Judge came to the second, they roared out iustily. William Coffee was found guilty of stealing two jars, one containing three gallons of brandy, and the other three gallons of peppermint, the property of Mr. John Brown, the landlord of the York Tavern, Bethnal-green road, and was sentenced to three month's imprisonment, with hard labour. A number of indictments for assaults were disposed of, in none of which there was the slightest point of general interest. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Charles Wheeler, secretary and manager of the Ladies Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Animals, was brought up on remand, charged with forging a cheque for one pound on the bank of Messrs. Coutts, in the name of the Earl of Skilmersdale. His Lordship proved that the cheque produced was not in his handwriting. He had on one occasion sent to the prisoner a cheque for one pound, as a subscription to 'he society of which the latter was the secretary. He had known the prisoner in connexion with the society for some years, and always heard a good character of him. r. Sayer, of East street, Marylebone, printer, had also known the prisoner for some S ears in connexion with the society, and had heard a good character of him. The witness believed the cheque to be in the prisoner's handwriting, but could not undertake to swear to it. The prisoner said that he received the cheque, inclosed in a letter addressed to him, in Birmingham, and was not aware that it was a forgery. A second charge of precisely the same nature was then gone into, and occupied a long time. The prisoner was fully committed for forging the two cheques. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. The Dundas Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 30 added; for three yrs, Est Btb; four, Bst 21b; five, Bst 91b; six and aged, 9st; mares and geldings allowed 31b. One mile and a quarter. (11 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged ... (Templeman) 1 Mr. S. L. Fox's Meaux, 3 yrs... 2 Mr. J. Scott's Ennui, 4 yrs ... ... ... 3 Major Yarburgh's Red Robin, 5 yrs ... ... 4 Mr. Baker's Plover, 4 yrs ... ... 5 Five ran. Won easily by a length. The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b each. One mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. J. Moore's The Prince ... ... (Holmes) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's br cby Lanercost ... 2 Mr. Jaques's Referee ... ... ... 3 Won by a neck only. The Great Ebor Handicap of 200 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only 5 ft if declared. The second to receive 501. One mile and three quarters. (135 Subs., 103 of whom declared.) Mr. Gull) 's Mathematician, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Donaldson) 1 Sir J. Gerard's Grimston, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ... 2 Sir C. Monck's fby Touchstone—Cast Steel, 5 yrs .. 3 The following also ran :—Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 5 yrs, 7at 71b—Mr. W. Allen's Duke of Kent, 5 yrs, Est 91b—Mr. Isaac Day's Milliner, 4 yrs, 6st 21b—Mr. Jaques's Sir Martin, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Mr. Harland's Glenwelt, 3 yrs, 4st 61b. Won by a length, Grimston beating Sir C. Monck's filly by a head; the others beaten oft: Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; for three yrs old, 7st 91b; four, Bst 121 b; five, 9st 41b; six, 9st 71b; and aged, 9st 91b. Two miles. Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs ... Mr. Taylor's George Stephenson, 3 yrs ... Mr. Merry's King of the Forest, 3 yrs ... Mr. Bell's Cinderella, 4 yrs ... Mr. Jaques's Nell Cook, 4 yrs •.• .. A slow run race—won by half a length. The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added, for two yrs old, colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b; winners 21b extra. T.Y.C. (57 Subs.) Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack (F. Butler) 1 Mr. B. Green's Assault Mr. Foljambe's Queen of the May ... ... ... 3 The following also started:—Sir C. Coekerell's The Buffoon, Mr. Drinkald's Good Boy (2 lbs), Mr. J. Evans's Never Mind, Mr. S. Hawke's Miss Harrison, Mr. A. W. Hill's Volley (2 lbs), Mr. Kempster nd Gilnochie. Springy Jack got up to Assault in the last two or three strides, and won on the post by a head. Queen of the May a bad third. Hun in 1 min. and 5 secs. The Knavesmire Stakes of 100 sovs. each, 30 ft, for three yrs old. One mile and three quarters. (5 Subs.) Mr. L. Fox's Philosopher walked over The Maccaroni Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added; 12st each, &c. Two miles and a quarter. (12 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, 12st ...(Hon. S. Erskine) I Mr. Scholefield's Tommy Moore, 1 Ist 101 b . . 2 3 to 1 on Aristotle, who won easy by a length. The Lottery Stakes of 5 sovs. each and 25 added. One mile. (10 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, aged, Bst 91b (Templeman) 1 Mr. J. Clarke nd Ratcliffe, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b 2 Mr. Taylor's George Stephenson, 3 yrs, 7st 81b ... 3 Susannah, 3 yrs, 6st ; Yaxley fitly, 6st 21b ; The Alderman's Daughter, Est 51b ; Maid of Monton filly, sst 121 b ; Mr. Fox's Jereed colt, 6st 51b ; Alsatia, 7st 121 b; and Nell Cook, 7st 51b, also ran. LATEST DERBY BETTING AT YORK. 14 to 1 sgst Surplice 25 to 1 agst Loadstone 16 to 1 agst Springy Jack 25 to 1 agst Flatcatcher 25 to 1 agst Assault 60 to 1 agst Swiss Boy. TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES—WEDNESDAY. The Eridge Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 2 only if declared, &c.; the second to save his stake. Mile and a half. (21 Subs., 9of whom declared.) Lord Strathmore's Tit bit, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Crouch) 1 Mr. James Hoof nd. Alkali, 5 yrs, Bst 21b 2 Won easily by two lengths. The Stewards' Plate of 20 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each; the winner to be sold for 60 soya. if demanded, &c. Heats, one mile and a distance. (3 Subs.) Mr. Minor's Dinah, 3 yrs, Est 111 b ... (Crouch) 1 1 Mr. Rice's Tub Thumper, aged, Bst 111 b.. ... 2 2 Mr. Walter's Sir Tatton, 4 yrs, 7st 41b dis. Both heats won easily. The Visitors' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added; the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 100 sovs., &c. Heats, one mile and a half. (5 Subs.) Mr. Smith's Duncan, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Crouch) 5 1 1 Mr. Stapleford's Carissima, 5 yrs, 9st 21b 1 2 2 Mr. Arcedeckne's Famine, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ... 3 3dr Mr. Robinson's cby Kremlin, 4 yrs, Bst 21b... 4 4 dr Mr. Roberts's Outpost, 3 yrs, Est 111 b ... 2 dr First heat won by half a length; the second and third by a head. BARNET RACES. The Green Man Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added, twice round and a distance, 10 Subs., were won by a head, in two heats, by Captain Thomson's Etona, 5 yrs, ast 71b (Higgins), beating Amazon, 7st 111 b, Isabella, Tat 111 b, and several others. The Town Plate of 10 sou., aided to a Sweepstakes of 2 sovs. each, twice round and a distance, 5 Subs., was won, in two heats, by Mr. Sergeant's Guzman, 4 yrs, 9st (Barnet), beating Maid of Barham, 7st 71b, and three others easily. ... (Templeman) 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... 6 FIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CLYDE. STRANRAER, TUESDAY, AUG. 17. The royal squadron reached Loch Ryan at six o'clock yesterday evening, escorted by a flotilla of other steamers, crowded with passengers. The squadron anchored at Cairn Ryan amid the hearty cheers of the crowds collected on the shore. The Prince of Wales, his royal sister, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Norfolk, landed immediately, and took a short walk along the beach. The Queen did not appear, but occupied a kind of covered tent or place of retirement on deck, and employed herself for some time in making a sketch of this magnificent sheet of water. The hills surrounding the loch were covered with bonfires, and the whole line of coast along which her Majesty passed on h er e ntrance to Scotland was simil ar l y ill uminated. This morning the royal squadron, with the excep tion of the Black Eagle, which had burst one of her boilers, left Loch Ryan at six o'clock for Dumbarton. Off Arran, the first glimpse of the Albert and Vic toria was caught by the flotilla, which had sailed from Glasgow to escort her. The rest of the steamers of the squadron were immediately seen rounding the point, considerably in the rear. The Victoria and Albert came up first, the Fairy and Undine in a line behind. Three hearty cheers resounded as the royal vessels passed at a quarter to eleven, and the band struck up " God save the Queen." The Ad miral of tLe flotilla immediately put about, and fol lowed in the wake of the royal squadron. Smoke was seen issuing from the top of the old tower on the lesser Cumbrx—a preconcerted signal of the Queen's approach, and at a quarter past eleven the first royal salute of twenty-one guns was fired from Largs, where great crowds lined the shore and innumerable small boats dotted the waters. Upwards of a dozen steamers were following when the royal squadron passed the Cloch. A royal salute was fired from Dunoon. A small yacht gave also a royal salute, whilst General Darroch's battery, from the summit of the hill above Gourock, poured in a thundering tribute, responded to from the Roseneath shore op posite. At Kempoch Point rattled the musketry of the coast guard, volley after volley. The Scourge was seen, all dressed in colours, lying off the tail of the bank. The United St a t es rigate Macedonia sa luted her Majesty as she passed, the royal yacht stop ping in her course, imitated by the convoying squadron. The whole of the vessels were off Greenock by a quarter past twelve. The sun shone gloriously; the Frith re-echoed with guns and music, and the brilliant picture of natural scenery was filled up with the gay magnificence of flags and streamers. The yards of the Government vessels were manned, and the " Queen's Anthem" was played by numerous bands of music. Such was the scene of her Majesty's arrival in the Clyde. It was not until about half-past twelve o'clock that the Victoria and Albert reached the tail of the bank at Greenock ; and shortly after the tender yacht Fairy advanced to her side to receive the royal party, and convey them to Dumbarton ; where, at about one o'clock, the long-looked-for signal from the Castle of Dumbarton announced the approach of the , which the pre ry royal s d q a u y a d h r a o d n , been and t s h e a t c r i h n u g r i c n h g upon false represen tations, now pealed forth in right earnest. About half-past one o'clock a company of the Ist Regiment took up their position on either side of the royal platform as a guard of honour to her Majesty, the band meanwhile playing. " God save th e Queen," as they entered the grounds. In a few minutes the Fairy steamer was seen to approach the river, and every eye present was full of expectation. Two guns from the Argyll battery of the castle next sent forth their thunders over the waters of the Clyde, an nouncing that the Fairy was about to land its pre cious cargo. About one hundred yards from the platform two boats were lowered and manned with ten men each from the Fairy. The first con tained Earl Grey and other members of the royal suite ; and the second, her Majesty, his Royal High ness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, his Serene Highness Prince Leiningen, Lady Jocelyn, and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The moment that the royal party had taken their seats, the cheers from the shores and the platforms in the vicinity broke forth in loud and long -continued ac clamations. Two more guns from the ramparts were then discharged, and the band on shore struck up " Rule, Britannia." On her Majesty's landing she was received by Sir James Colquhoun, Lord Lieu tenant of the county; the sheriff, Mr. Wm. Camp bell, of Tillichewan ; Mr. James Ewing, of Strath• ' Mr. Smollett, M.P. for the county ; Mr. Peter Denny, and other gentlemen. Her Majesty leven • appeared in excellent health and spirits, as did the Prince Consort and the royal children, though we could not but observe that the party were rather bronzed by exposure to the weather. The Queen was dressed in a white bonnet and feather, with primrose coloured ribbons, a blue and white checked silk dress, a black mantilla, with a neckerchief of the royal Stuart tartan. His Royal Highness Prince Albert wore a black frock coat, white hat, and grey pantaloons. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was apparelled in a blue coloured suit with a drab coloured foraging cap with a college tassel. The Princess Royal wore a pea-green spencer, with a close cottage straw bon- ' net trimmed with primrose -coloured ribbons. The royal children excited the marked attention and ad miration of all assembled. On arriving under the triumphal arch, erected at the extremity of the plat form, her Majesty was presented with an address by the Lord-Lieutenant, which was most graciously re ceived. The royal party were then handed to the carriages in waiting. Th e fi rst carriage contained her Majesty, Prince Alb er t, t h e P r i nce , the Princess Royal, and Prince Leini ngen ; t h e secon d Earl Grey, ‘ Lady Jocelyn, and Lady Dowager Lyttelton. An escort of the Enniskillen Dragoons preceded and fol lowed the carriages, and the whole went in a lei surely pace to the Castle. At the Castle -gate her Majesty was received by Colonel Harvey, and Was presented with an elega nt bouquet by Mrs. C a bb e ll , of Mu i r b an k, w hich was most graciously re ce i ved. Her M a j es ty was also presented, through Earl Grey, with a handsomely bound copy of the hi story of the castle and town of Dumbarton, by the we ll -known M r. Gl en , the anti quarian of the county. Her Majesty having taken a hasty survey of the surround i ng scener y, left the ramparts, leaning on P r i nce Albert ' s arm , and leading the Princess Royal b y t h e han d . Th e royal party having reached the summ i t of t h e C as tle, it was ar ranged to receive the addresses of the municipal bo dies present. for a few minutes, Earl Grey accordi ng l y , a f ter h er M a jesty had rested Glasgow; but just the esteemedmagistrate and inquired for the Lord Provost of as representative was to present the city address, Mr. Sheriff Steele stepped forward and observed, that as the Queen was now within the precincts of Dumbar tonshire, he considered that county should have the precedence. The Noble Secretary replied to this, that as he had first met the Lord Provost of Glasgow last night at Loch Ryan, and had made an appoint ment for this hour, it w ou ld b e desirable to receive the Glasgow address first. The Lord Provost, accompanied by Bailies M'Kin lay and Stewart, and Mr. Forbes, town clerk, then ad vanced, and, after having been presented to her Ma jesty, had the honour of laying before her the address of the town council. Her Majesty received the same very graciously, and intimated that an answer would be returned. The Lord-Lieutenant of Dumbartonshire (Sir J. Colquhoun) and the Sheriff (Mr. Colquhoun) were then presented, and had the honour of laying before her Majesty the address of the county, to which the same answer was returned. The Provost of Dumbarton then advanced in order to present the address of that burgh. Lord Grey, however, represented to him, that it was only ad dresses from the metropolis which were generally re ceived in person, but that, in the present case, her Majesty had made a spe cial exce p tion in f a v our of th e of the west. The address n left with Lord Grey, t o g o f r e t at m b a u n r g u h f a c w t u u r i t n h g e r c e i t u y p 0 be afterwards delivered to her Majesty. The Queen remained some little time longer upon the battery, enjoying the very magnificent prospect laid open to the north, and inquiring for, and receiv ing information as to the localities visible in her po sition from Sheriff Colquhoun and other local gentle men around her. hness Prince Alb er t, with Meantime his Royal Highness the Prince of Lein in g en and his Ro y al High n es s th e en PrincejoyedofthWe ayleies,wascfernom thdedtaot the great flagstaff, and point, inspecting the ruins situated on the highest peak, and known by the name of " Wallace's Tower." After Prince Albert had rejoined the Queen, they descended to the a rmour y , where the y were shown , Wallace's sword. The Queen and the Prin ce i nspecte d I and handled the well preserved relic, wondering much at the physical might of that ma n w h ose character we, even at this day , so little understand. From the Leven her Majesty dropped down the Clyde in the Fairy about three o'clock. On her Majesty's arrival on board the Fairy, after the inspec tion of the castle, this beautiful steamer proceeded down the Leven to rejoin the squadron. Nearly half an hour was lost in getting over the bar of the river ; but, this accomplished, the Fairy proceeded at a mo derate speed down the river, follow e d by the Undine, and immediately after the Thetis, with the Lord Pro vost, magistrates, and corporation of the city of Glas gow. The other steamers stationed in the river then joined in the train, to the number of about 30, and the whole went down the river in regular order—the Fairy first, and immediately. after the Thetis. The scenes which were successively passed in rejoining the royal squadron, combined with the magnificent fleet of steamers which accompanied the royal pro gress, were imposing in the extreme. Port Glasgow came first, and the quays, docks, and platforms, with every point at which a view of the river could be obtained, seemed one united mass of human beings, who cheered most heartily her Majesty and Royal occasion s,with n,h h most she w as greeted Consort, with th e roya l c hi ldren, as they passed. The o a gratulation s o f th e assem b led thousands were, on repeated graciouslyac. k Hav wl i e n d g g passed s s by e d her Majesty, w h o seeme d hi ghly delighted with the reception Port Glasgow, there was a s li g ht pause as the squa dron passed the jutting point between Port Glasgow and Greenock, on which Newark Castle is situated. When the squadron reached this point, it was saluted by a royal salute from a powerful battery erected at this spot, and then Greenock came in view. For this, occasion it would seem as if Greenock had come en masse to the quays and building yards to greet the Queen of the Isles ; as the whole river frontage, from the extreme point of Cartsdyke to Geurock , was lined with spectators. The crowd on the platform, on the quay, and the crowd assembled on the roof of the Custom-house especially, received the gracious attention of her Majesty, who was on deck all the time, and repeatedly acknowledged the cheers and manifestations of loyalty exhibited by her subjects. In all our experience we never witnessed such a scene as Greenock presented at two o'clock, the hour at which the royal squadron passed. At least 100,000 persons were assembled on the shore. The fleet was composed of forty steamers, at a moderate calculation, and as it passed at every point the thunders of artillery, both from the shore and the ships collected in the river, combined with the cheers of the multitude, formed a scene of surpassing gran deur, such as imagination can only conceive, but of which description fails to convey an adequate im pression. One of the most remarkable incidents in l i passing Greenock was the dancing of the Highland fling, by a Highlander in full costume, on the paddle box of the Chieftain, the performance of which amused her Majesty in a very high degree. Having passed Greenock, the Fairy, with her Ma jesty.on board, proceeded straight for Loch Long, accompanied by several of the river steamers, in the following order :—The Fairy, the tender, the Sove reign, the Thetis, the Premier, Queen of B eau ty, Pioneer, Mars, onarch, Peterel, Dunrobin Castle, &c. The greater number of these, however, went only a short distance up the loch ; and only the Pre mier, the Peterel, and the Mars continued in her Ma jesty's company to Arrochar. On arriving at the head of the loch the Fairy stopped for only a few minutes, her Majesty remaining on board. The Fairy then slowly swept round the head of the loch, and continued her course downwards towards the foot of Loch Long, keeping close in by the Ardentinny shore, followed closely by the Premier, the tender, the Peterel, and Mars. On arriving at the foot of the loch, the Fairy steered across the mouth of Holy Loch, and passing along by Kim and Dunnoon, which she reached l about half-past six rat., proceeded towards Rothesay, the place of rendezvous for the royal squadron, while the river steamers turned their course homewards. The visit of her Majesty to Arrochar seemed to have taken the inhabitants by surprise, as no prepa rations were observable on the way up. The presence of so many steamers crowded with passengers, and covered over with flags, however, speedily brought them from their houses to welcome the Queen to her Highland lochs and romantic glens. On several occasions his Royal Highness Prince Albert held up the Prince of Wales to see the most exciting scenes of the royal progress ; and thus the king in embryo was repeatedly cheered by the crowds who were favoured with his royal presence. The most complete preparations have been made at Inverary for the reception of her Majesty. Mr. Dewar, the ground officer at Dalmally, has received orders to collect the retainers of Breadalbane, and it is expected that a muster of from 100 to 130 men will be made from that district. It is also expected that Mr. Campbell of Islay will bring to the scene of the festivities 300 of his Islay men. The Celtic So ciety are already bivouacking on the lawn in front of Inverary Castle. It is anticipated that altogether there will be 100 members of this national association present to grace the reception of royalty, in their ancient and picturesque garbs, marshalled under the chiefs of Islay, Dunnans, and Inverawe. At the Castle everything is in readiness to do honour and to give a Highland welcome to our gra cious Sovereign. A battery of cannon is mounted to fire a royal salute. On her Majesty's landing, she is to be received by the Provost and magistrates of the burgh, who will present an address ; and it is also expected that the county gentlemen will tender their congratulations on the auspicious occasion. It is in tended at the same time, we believe, to present his Royal Highness Prince Albert with the freedom of the burgh, enclosed in a silver box. At the pier where her Majesty is to land a cano pied walk has been erected, of about 150 yards in length, by Messrs. Leitch and M'lntyre. It is con structed of pillars gracefully festooned with ever greens and flowers, supporting a roof of white cloth, fringed with blue, and the floor of which is to be covered with scarlet cloth. From this covered gal. lery to the entrance to the Duke of Argyle's grounds trees have been planted on the side of the street next to the Loch, giving it somewhat the appearance of an avenue. A magnificent triumphal arch, gracefully festooned with flowers and evergreens, and two gal leries have been erected. The galleries are for the accommodation of the public. A grand stand has been erected for ladies. The weather is beautiful, and should it continue so, her Majesty and attendants will have every reason to congratulate themselves on their visit to this most in teresting portion of the Highlands. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TlMES.—After an interval of four years the sur viving principal in the fatal duel between Lieutenant Munro and Colonel Fawcett has surrendered to the laws of his country, and stood his trial. A verdict of " Guilty" ha s b een p ronounce d, an d se nte nc e o f d ea th is recorded, but every one feels that the execution of Lieutenant Munro would more properly deserve the name of murder than -the offence he has unfortunately committed. Th e A ttorney-General performs w i th evident reluctance the office of prosecutor; the jury men manifest visible emotion in returning an until ' vourable verdict, and they accompany it with a strong recommendation to mercy, which the Judge thoroughly approves, and un d ertakes to forward, with an intima tion that it ought to be attended to. Under all these circumstances it is idle t o look f or the repression of duelling to th e l aw whenever deadlythe practice has with been conducted i n conformitythe rules pre scribed by what s o ci e t y c h ooses to callthe code of honour. It is useless for . the statute-book t the name of murder t o an o ff ence which : appendan°o t b assigned to it visited with the punishm en t l ega ll y Men of courage and hum an it y , w h o have not the . moral fortitude to avoid a duel when placed by circumstances in a position that seems to make such a result inevitable, would not be deterred by the fear of punishment even were it certain to be en forced ; while the knowledge that the law cannot be carried out to its extreme will encourage the bully, or even the assassin, to seek an opportunity for taking a cold-blooded revenge, without incurring the penalty nominally assigned to murder committed in a duel. We do not, however, by any means recommend the abolition of the law as it exists with reference to the offence we are speaking of. It is impossible that a Christian Legislature can regard the deliberate taking away of human life in any other light than as the highest of crimes; and humanity would revolt at any relaxation that should seem to give the smallest sanc tion to the duellist. The law against murder in every shape should remain as stringent as it can be made ; but it is the practice itself, and not its punishment, that society ought to repudiate. We must abrogate what is always a foolish and sometimes a san guinary custom, but we must not think of fostering its pernicious growth by shielding it with impunity. We would not, however, be mistaken in the pur port of our present remarks, which are very far from being dictated by, a desire to condemn the sympathy manifested towards Lieutenant Munro, and which will, we heartily trust, be responded to in the proper quarter by a free pardon. We regard that unfortu nate officer as a victim to the conventional rules of a class into which he had gained admission by his own merit, and who, from the very circumstance of his having done so, would of course be peculiarly sensi tive to the possibility of suspicion that he could shrink from conforming with the usages of the station to which he had raised himself. Having risen from the ranks, in a profession where honour is the very first thing to be considered, he especially must have felt himself bound to resent an insult in the mode that was expected from him, as an officer and a gen tleman. His character for humanity, from some of the noblest of his comrades, and his universally ad mitted reluctance to engage in a quarrel, must prove that he only obeyed a cruel necessity wholly repug nant to his disposition when engaging in a duel. " The smallest apology would have satisfied him," as one of the witnesses declared ; but this apology not being forthcoming, he had what seemed to him no other alternative than to take the course he so unhappily followed. He has suffered in fortune and prospects, having lost all that he had nobly earned in a life devoted to the service of his country ; and at length he has been driven by mental torment to seek relief even in a verdict of guilty and a recorded sentence of death, from the anguish which the result of a duel he:could not avoid has occasioned him. Nothing could be more unjust, then, than to visit upon this mostunhappy man the extreme legal penalty due to a crime which was forced upon him by the arbitrary rules of the station to which by his merits he had raised himself. If duelling must give a victim to the scaffold, let the sufferer be at least one of those who are really responsible for the vice by failing to discourage it with their example, which can only have weight when found among those who cannot be taunted with a natural unfitness to conform to the rules of honour. When duelling is denounced among gentlemen,- when courage and humanity shun the practice in favour of some more civilized manner of arranging the differences that may occur between men to whom honour is dear, the sanguinary custom will soon be understood to have become the resort of the assassin, the bully and the blackguard. In such an event the crime will be murder in its true sense ; and if a case should occur, the tribunals would only have to deal with it as with the ordinary acts of un lawful bloodshed that are brought before them for investigation and punishment. CHRONICLE.—The progress which the doc trines of free trade are making in Europe has also, within these few days, been marked by a treaty for the abolition of ell customs dues between the States of Tuscany and Lucca. This is an important step towards that intimate union between the Italian Powers whiCli circumstances are every day rendering more imperative on them. But this treaty reminds us of another treaty, ratified a short time since, to which we ought sooner to have called our readers' attention. " The " Treaty of commerce and naviga- tion between her Majesty and the Grand Duke of Tuscany," recently ratified at Florence, is gratifying on account of the furtherance which it promises to afford to commercial intercourse between Great Bri tain and the most prosperous and enlightened of the Italian communities. But it is rendered still more remarkable by the position which these countries hold toward each other and toward mankind, as having, by theory and practice, contributed more to the vindication and establishment of the principles of free trade than all other nations in the world. In priority of theory and consistency of practice, Tuscany undoubtedly has the advantage of the great country with which the present treaty draws closer her ties of commercial intercourse. In manufactures this is especially remarkable. The manufactures of the Tuscan states are considerable, for a country pos sessed of such agricultural facilities, and in which the population, from their character, and from the pecu liar tenures which from time immemorial have pre vailed among them, have a natural predilection for agricultural pursuits. " Whatever may be the state of manufactures in Tuscany," says Mr. M'Gregor, " they have never been either restricted or maintained by fictitious legislation. There are no corporation of trades, no restrictions as to purchase or sales; ne code of regulations restraining any agreement between employer and workman, and there are no duties im posed on the admission of foreign manufactures in or der to protect domestic fabrics, the duties being only levied for revenue." Alas ! how much has our Legis lature yet to do, and undo, before our own commercial and financial system will be characterised by the same good sense, or admit of being described with the same simplicity.. Pending, however, our nearer approach to a rational instead of a fictitious commercial code, and waiting for the total abolition of all those absurd and an ti qua ted restrictions which still encumber the giant energies of our people, it is incumbent upon industrious us to draw as close as possible the ties of amity and inter course with all those states whose habits, economical convictions, and general policy are in har mony with our own. It is in this light that we look upon the recent treaty between this country and Tus cany as one which all Italy and the whole British empire ought to look upon with a pp ro b a ti on, not neglecting to avail themselves as much as possible of the commercial facilities which it provides for them. It is no exaggeration to say, that a commer cial treaty with such a people is twice as valuable as a treaty concluded on similar terms with a people whose general internal and external policy contradicts the principles, and to a great extent neutralizes the benefits, of any exceptions whisk in gratitude to us, or for other reasons, they may have been induced to make in our favour. For example, if Portugal had for . the last half century been guided by those liberal princip les make Tuscany pre-eminent Amon g the n ations southern Europe, how much morelltestions w hichof would both Portu guese and English have benefited existing between them, by the commercial intercourse and political ami▪ ty and how far removed would Portugal be now from her p resen t condition o f external wea kness and internal 1 1 anarchy, and distress. . On political grounds alone, therefore, the recognition of the moral influence of .enlightened commercial state, h as been aptly Tuscany as an signalised by the concurrent tes • en at Florence, and of the timony which r. Cobd the representative of her Majesty treaty had signed in the same city three weeks before. But it is not on that account alone that we have noticed it. We are of opinion that the commerce between thi s country and Tuscany mi▪ ght be considerably aug mented, and we invite our enterprising mer c h an t s to a n examination of the faciliti▪ es afforded them by this new treaty, and of the variety of articl es , th e pro d uce of Tuscany, which we import in much larger propor tions from other quarters than from a people to whom, ceteris paribus, community of commercial sentiment ought to induce us to accord a preference. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—On 1 ues day last the boys of the Royal Military Asylum, Chel sea, accompanied by their juvenile band, visited those gardens by the kind permission of the proprietors. This institution is better known by the name of the Duke of York's School, being founded by the late Duke of York, who was indeed most truly " the soldier's friend." The little fellows compri s i ng th e b an d played many. , p . if ‘ c . esin a very spirited manlier, and all departed bibm. de lighted with their day's amusement. so sev,rely ed of. The ArAchldeutter Stephenf ro m VioefnAnanstmriennt4on;tranrirnegp.ort that the from same a b2 l t i t v e e r r s c t o a m tes p been condemned to death . for_ sg aeon of the revolution ill Emperor, complaint t t Ikeulovvicse, who had high treason in the ciff-.it that his life is despair Galicia, has pardoned by the , -- CLERKENWELL.-(THISDAY.) James Thomas, a boy about 16, was charged With stealing 7s. belonging to Mr. JaMes Roddin Larkin, en graver, of No. 25, Clerkenwell-green. William Allen, a lad about 11 years of age, stated that he received 7s. on account of his master, which he placed in a small box and put into his pocket. As be was passing along Red Lion street, he was met by the prisoner, who told him he had been pitching up a four• penny piece, and that it had fallen on the ledge of a door, which was too high for him to reach, and he therefore requested witness to allow him to push him up to it, in order that he might take it down for him. As might be expected, no fourpenny Piece was to be seen ; and .while the prisoner was holding him up in his arms, he managed to slip his hand into his pocket and take out the box. The prisoner then threw a bag, which the witness had with him, into an area, in order that be might be compelled to go down for it. He let witness down and ran away. Ile was, however, pursued and taken into custody. Mr. CoosanE commented upon the artful nature of the robbery, and committed the prisoner for trial. WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Alexander M•Donald, a fine looking young fellow, tendered his bail this morning under the following some what remarkable circumstances : It appears that the goods, furniture, Ste , of M'Donald's mother were, about a month since, and in his absence, seized by a person named Purvis, for rent. 111‘Donald, on his return home at night from his work, finding his mother in tears, and surrounded by the children with an empty house, directed his steps to the landlord, upon whom he committed a breach of the peace, and was, consequently, given into the charge or the police. The following day he was brought before the magistrate, and whilst the complain ant was giving his evidence the defendant, who was standing by his side, imagining that his accuser was overstepping the truth, looked at him fiercely for a moment, and then fetched him such a " whack o' the head" as actually hit him out of the witness box. The magistrate fined the delinquent 51., or one month's imprisonment, the latter cf which he chose, but he was also, at the expiration of that term, to be bound over in two sureties in the sum of 251. each tor his good behaviour for six months. Alderman, one of the officers of the court, having re ported to the Bench that the bail was good and suf ficient, it was accepted of, and " Donald" was set at liberty. THAMES.-(THIS DAY.) David Ross was charged with an assault on police constable H 212, which, from the evidence of three re spectable gentlemen, who voluntarily came forward to give their testimony, was of a most unprovoked and ferocious nature. The constable stated that last night, as he was on duty in the %Vhitechapel-road, he saw the prisoner lying on the pavement drunk and asleep, near the Pavi lion Theatre. He roused him and desired him to go home, but instead of doing so he jumped up, and dealt the officer a violent blow in the face, and commenced kicking him. He had a sharp piece of iron in his hand, with which he threatened to stab him. K 57 and another constable came up, and as they were conveying him to the station-house, he suddenly pulled out a clasp knife and exclaiming, " I'll go to Newgate for you yet," was about to open the blade, when K 57 struck him on the elbow with his staff; and the gentlemen present coming to their assistance, he was finally secured and locked up. A few days since he was convicted at Worship -street of an assault on a policeman, and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. The prisoner said that he had had something to drink, and he remembered nothing more, except that this morning he found his arm nearly broken. Mr. YARDLEY—And that blow perhaps has saved you from standing there on a much more serious charge. I shall inflict the highest punishment the law allows me, as resortingi shall to the use o f t h e k n if e h as l atter l y b ecome of rightful recurrence.not give months' you the of a fine b ut sc ntence you totwo imprisonment in the House of Corrrection, with hard labour. TATTERSALL'S-THIS EVENING. HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK. Nothing doing. ROYAL A ............ DELAIDE I the council of this bud At a meeting of held on Wednesday at the Ade laide Gallery, WilifuedY'earpenter, Esq., was resolved to close 'the present exhibitioinnothh Saturdaye chair,it the number of next. A statement o f made by the secretar visitors during the past session was number of pictures sold, Secretary, and also of the it was unanimously re solved to re-open the galleranrnoihe month of May, 1848, but not to confine the exhibition by the Royal Academy, but to toth r a ow . it open to all paintings excluded artists. It was stated that sevepraailatiratastsh?f celebrity sowLects for the expressed had expressed their intention of gallery, and that the strongest confidence by the council as to the ultimate success of the e ir x taking. The artists present expressed their obligations the several members of the council for their- disin terested terested labours to advance the interests of the fine art; and ut artists; and the announcement of his Royal High ness Prince George of Cambridge having become the Piesident of the Institute was received with much satis faction. In the evening a conversazione was held in the gallery, which was attended by a large and fashionable audience. William Carpenter, Esq., read a paper on the difficulties an artist has to contend with in illus trating Snakspere, being the second paper on the sub ject; and W. I'assworth, Esq., read a paper on " High Art." Both papers were well received, and the company, alter au address by the chairman, in which he took a review of the past, and sketched the course which the council had resolved to take for the future, separated. Amongst the company present were the following artists:— Sir William Ross, R.A., H. B. Chalon, Esq., R. Bothwell, Esq., J. Sant, Esq., A. Johnson, Esq., C. Varley, Esq., M. A. Johnstone, Esq., R. Faulkner, Esq., C. Bacon, Esq., W. Cave Thomas, Esq., F. Whi shaw, Esq., J. Gush, Esq., R. Farrier, Esq., A. Cor ticoid, Esq., F. F. Dicken, E-q., F. A. Woolnoth, Esq., J. Vls.Tiffia, Esq., E. Davis Esq., and G. Scharf, Esq. 1 The VIS ITATION OF THE LORD : BISHOP OF RIPON.— 0 Bishop of Ripon will hold his triennial visitation at Ripon, on Tuesd a y, t h e at3lt of August; at Leeds, on the Ist o f September;Wakefield, Abe 2d September; on itm H i tt e l h ifax o , n. the 3d o Septe m b er; Ski pton, on the 7t13 i d $ on t h e Bth, and Hawes, on the 9th. CRICKET. MARYLEBONB CLUB AND GROUND V. CAMBRIDGE TOWN AND COUNTY CLUB.—The return match between these powerful clubs was opened at Cambridge on Mon day; the wetness of the weather, however, prevented its commencement until the afternoon, and according to the usual run of matches, when they have been preceded by heavy rains, the party who went in first were those who ultimately became the victors. Cambridge took the bat in the first instance, and notwithstanuing they were opposed to the best bowling Lord's Ground could pro duce, they numbered no fewer than 222 runs 'ere they were all displaced. Marylebone then went to the wickets, but they could not obtain more than Si. They of course had to follow their innings, and on Tuesday had lost seven wickets for a score of 54 only. The total score at this period stood as follows:—Cfellows:—Cambridge, 222; Maryle bone, first innings, 81 ; second innings, 54. The match was to be resumed yesterday morning. POISONING AT WARRINGTON. The inquest on the body of Job Mather, whose death was suspected to have been caused by the administration of arsenic, was resumed on Monday last. Ann Mather, his wife, the party accused was present, having been ap prehended at Ashton-under•Lyne. John Davis, M.D., said that he had examined the body. He had no doubt the deceased died from inflam mation of the stomach and intestines, but whether it arose from poison or from natural causes he was not able to state. James Barker was present at the disinterment of the body, and could swear to its identity. James Jones, chief constable, said, in consequence of information received, I apprehended the prisoner Ann Mather, at Ashton-under-Lyne. I found ,her at the house of her sister, and told her that she must prepare to come to Warrington with me. She immediately re plied, she supposed it was in consequence of the rumours that had got out that she had poisoned Job. I said it was partly in consequence of that. I further added, that I had received information from Jane Houghton that the had been with her twice to purchase arsenic. The prisoner replied she had been with her, once to Mr. Barton's and once to Mr. Wood's, the druggist; but that she (the prisoner) had purchased it to kill bugs. Witness saw portions of the body sealed up in two jars by Dr. Davis. He delivered those jars to Dr. Brett. Dr. Brett said he examined the contents of the jars. On analysing a portion of the stomach and intestines be discovered the presence of arsenic sufficient to cause the death of an adult. Jane Houghton testified to having accompanied the prisoner when she bought the arsenic. She said it was to kill bugs with. The prisoner desired her not to mention that she had bought arsenic a second time. Elisa Taylor said she had • n deceased quite well on the Monday morning. lu,. '; evening he was taken ill. She saw him on ' ...esday, when he said he was better, having get rid of the burning pain in his stomach. Mrs. Mather seemed to pay him every at- Nation. William Warburton gave similar evidence to that of the last witness. Deceased complained greatly of a soreness in his belly and a constant desire to vomit. Shortly More his death he had a fit and was greatly convulsed. He remained in it for a few minutes and then recovered, but the fits followed each other in rapid succession till he died. The stewards of the different sick clubs of which the deceased was a member then proved the payment of the sums to the widow, altogether 21L This closed the evidence. The prisoner declined making any state ment, and the jury, having consulted together for a few minutes, returned a verdict of " wilful murder," where upon the prisoner was committed to take her trial. FATAL ACClDENT. — Yesterday evening, between seven and eight o'clock, a number of youths were bath ing in the Thames opposite Cheyne-walk, Chelsea, when one of them, named William Cordourg, residing at 10, Webber-row, Brompton-road, was carried out of his depth by the current, and, being unable to swim, was drowned before assistance could reach him. The drags were proc ure d, b ut t h e b o d y was not recovere d . _ f S ENDING LETTERS OTHERWISE THAN BY P OST .— 0 whe course, all p ersons i n business would prefer to send their letter s b y post, rather than in any other way, they dela. can do so without incurring inconvenient y It does, however, sometimes happen that there is occasion, in cases which will not afford the expense of to villagesmessenger,andsmlto make communications by letter a special venience if lettersln towns at which there is no direct early post delivery, a such cases it would be a con without penalt3 ; and a might be sent by coach or omnibus s at ial to et rn t e h3 ; in Generalthis t quired of the authorities "Pnoshta-osffiince whether the penalty would avoided if letters so sent were duly stamped with the Postage stamps. He has received an official reply, a power given to the postnia cscjeura.ionting him that " the een9eral by the 18th ection of the 3d and 4th Victoria, 6 . , relative to the forwarding of stamped letters, o h . t erwise than by the post, has not yet been exercised."— Manchester Guard • tan. WOOLWICH DOCKYARD. —Captain and Adjutant Christie has just been presented with a very handsome sword by the officers of the Royal Dock-yard Battalion, for his urbanity and kind attention during their course on, of instruction in the art of gunnery; and th e non-com missioned officers and privates have also signified their wish to present a piece of plate for similar attention to them in the like duties. The battalion musters upwards of seven hundred men, and are a remarkably fine body of men. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager left town on Tues day night for her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park. Her Majesty was attended by Lady Gore, the Hon. Miss Mitchell, and Earl Howe. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial office, for the Governor-General of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North American provinces. REPORTED ASSASSINATION OF THE KING OF THE FRENCIL—LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—The following notice, which created much excitement, though not generally believed, was this day posted in the Under writers' rooms:—" London and North-Western Railway, Victoria Station, Machester, Tuesday night—lt has just been reported that the King of the French is shot, and dead."—[A report to this effect, which probably had its origin in some silly hoax, was brought to, we believe, all the newspaper offices in London late on Tuesday night. None of our contemporaries, however, adopted it; but we have heard that it was disseminated in almost every direction by the early trains yesterday morning.] THE ELECTION OF SIR GEORGE GREY.—The Li beral party in North Northumberland intend, we believe, that Sir George Grey's return shall be without cost to himself, and they have accordingly commenced a sub scription with great spirit and success. This is, perhaps, the best method that could be adopted for proving that Sir George's election has been the spontaneous act of the electors, prompted by a desire to assert their own inde• pendence, and to do honour to one to whom honour is justly due.—Newcastle Advertiser. - - BEQUEST TO SIR PETER LAURIE.—Mr. Adderley, of Doctors' Commons and Upper Clapton, who died on the 2d of August, has left a legacy to Sir Peter Laurie of 5001., as a mark of esteem and respect for his im portant public services as a magistrate. DEATH OF ANOTHER ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP. — In addition to the much-lamented death of the Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Bishop of Olena and Vicar Apostolic of the London district, we have to announce the demise of the Right Rev. Dr. Mostyn, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Durham, which took place at Old Elvet, Dur ham. The deceased was universally beloved both by Catholics and Protestants. DOVER, AUG. 17. The Belgian Government steamer the City of Ostend, arrived here to day from Ostend, at 12.30 r.m., with fifty-three passengers. She is a fine and fast-sailing vessel; this steamer completes the service on this line, as the Belgian Government has decided upon establishing a communication between this port and Ostend daily; the want of a steamer from this port on Monday, and from Ostend on Saturday, has long been a serious inconvenience, which will now be remedied. NEW PEERS.—It is stated that General Lord Straf ford is to be raised to the earldom, and that Lords Acheson and Cremorne and Sir R. Bulkeley PhiHipps Bart., will be created Peers of the realm. Lieutenant: General Sir John Macdonald, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, and Sir Colin Halkett are soon to receive the Grand Cross of the Bath. The revival of the Earldom of Strafford, by the elevation of General L or d S ta ff or d to that title, is a revival which t a k es pl ace f or t h e t hi r d time. The first occurred in the reign of Charles the Second, who restored the title to the son of the great Earl of Strafford, sacrificed by Charles the First to the popular hatred. The second revival of the title was made by Queen Anne, who conferred it on a male relative of the same family; and the third takes place under Queen Victoria, by whom it is now conferred on the brother of the late member for Middlesex, and may doubtless, in some measure, be regarded as a tribute to the memory of that most consistent public man, who , during the course of a life spent in his country's political service, upheld firmly, under good and evil report, those prin ciples of civil and religious liber t y of which ., his family have ever been the staunc h and undeviating adherents. AGED FREEMASONS' SOCIETY....-.A. g eneral meeting of governors and subscribers to this society, instituted in the year 1835, for the purpose of providing au asylum for worthy aged and decayed Freemasons, was held yes terday afternoon, at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, BI ael:- friars. Dr. R. T. Crucifix occupied the chair. Mr. J. Whitmore, the secretary, read the statement of accounts, by which it appeared that the funds of the society amounted in the whole to 4,083/. 18s. l id., disposed as follows :—Consols, 3,5331. 18s. 4d. ; cash in savings banks, 1361.; ditto in the hands of bankers and treasurer, 3931. On the motion of the chairman, seconded by Mr. Barnard, the Right Hon. Lord Southamptou was elected president. After som e routine business the meeting separated. It is understood that a large amount of bills on Giles, Son, and Co. (whose stoppage took place on the 13th inst.), drawn or endorsed by Prime, Ward, and Co., of New York, have been aucepted by Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., for the honour of the latter firm. THE GEN ERAL ELECT I ON KILDARE. SECOND DAY AT TWELVE.; Marquis of Kildare (L.) 4,56 MT - B, .iourke (C.) ... Mr. J. A. o'.Niell (Repealer) The constituency is nearly polled out. KILKENNY COUNTY.—MoNDAY. Hely ... • . • . 202 Greene .•• ••• •••• 199 Butler . .. 182 Walsh . . • . .. 139 3& 282 MAYO COUNTY. It was reported on Saturday evening that Mr. M`Donnell and Mr. John Denis Browne ohad retired, and that Mr. George H. Moore and Mr. H. Dillon Browne would . have . a walk over on Monday. GEOLOGY TN THE STRAND. —The state of the Strand is becoming so alarming 'through the frequency of eruptions, that we have serious thoughts of sending for a geologist to ascertain the cause. We begin to fancy that there must be an exhausted volcano on the west side of Temple-bar, for we cannot believe that the continual outbreaks of flame and water can be the re sult of anything wrong in the gas-pipes or the river main. There is at the moment of our writing an erup. tion, almost Vesuvian in its character, within a hundred paces .of St. Clement's Church. The bubbling up of water and the flaring of flame bespeak a disturbance of the elements in that quarter, which we cannot contem plate without alarm. '1 here is something terrible in the idea that we ere walking over a volcano, or a series of volcanoes, every day of our lives. Even in the neigh bourhood of our ewts office we may be on the very brink of an eruption, acd we should not be surprised if our counter becomes, one day, Another Torre del. Greco, and our boy " a second Pliny the Younger, as a sacrifice to the perpetual earthquakes which abound in the most thronged of metropolitan thoro ug hf ares.—Punch. PIATEAPTLES.—A further arrival of this fruit from the West Indies has-taken place by the vessel Shamrock. from Nassau, New •Providence, with an entire cargo, consisting of 1,048 dozens of the article. In order to afford every facility in the landing of the cargo from the hold of the vessel, especial permission was granted by , the proper aulhorities for the discharge to continue be yond the legal and regular hours of business, in order that the fruit might not become deteriorated by unne cessary delay-in the delivery to the importers' private stores. THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND THE LATE ELECTION.-At the meeting at Berwick, at the close of the poll, on Wednesday, some discussion took place re specting an expression used by the present Duke. of Northumberland in reference to the nomination of Loril Lovaine for North Northumberland. It was alleged that his Grace, in reply tea remark by Mr. Sitwell suggesting the starting of Lord Lovaine, said " it was not for him to lead the gentry of the county in matters of the elec tion, but rather they should lead him." He further stated that his late brother gave an implied promise to favour the election of Sir Matthew White Ridley, did that gentleman stand for the county. And that implied promise the present Duke felt himself bound to fulfil. But did Sir. Matthew feel himself indisposed for the contest, he would not withhold his countenance from his own relative did the gentry think proper to bring him forward.—Newcastle Advertiser. M. Guerin; a diver, has recovered from the bottom of the sea, at about a quarter of a league from the light house at Barfleur (Manche), three 18-pound guns and a carronade of 24 pounds calibre, all of cast-iron, aad the fluke of an anchor, weighing 150 kilogrammes (4001bs. English), all of which are now lying on the quay. A LIVELY REGATTA.—The " stable mind" which presides over the Parliamentary representation of King's Lynn, has shown itself in a placard which " Our own Correspondent " has sent up to us. The document is apropos of a regatta, which promises to be a most lugu briously lively affair, for the mayor " desires to express a hope that the shops in the town will be closed." His Worship wishes, in fact, the place to assume the aspect of a funeral, by way of promoting the gaiety of the scene. The Committee go beyond even the Mayor in absurdity, for they " request that all boats may remain stationary during the race !" What an exciting affair a regatta consisting of a race by stationary boats must prove ! We presume the contest will be left to the de cision of the tide and wind, for the boats cannot be utterly stationary; notwithstanding the request of the Committee for " promoting the regatta," that the craft should be as motionless as our friend Briefless on the eve of St. Hilary.—Punch. _ _ On Sundays being the 78th anniversary of the birth of the Emperor Napoleon, a number of crowns were placed at the foot of the column in the Place Ven dome. MR. COBDEN'S SUCCESSOR IN STOCKPORT.—OrI Tuesday last we stated that some of the electors of Stockport, anticipating Mr. Cobden's acceptance of the honour conferred upon him by the constituency of the West Riding, had commenced active proceedings with a view to supply the expected vacancy. An application has since been made to Mr. Cephas Howard, the pro poser of Mr. James Heald, to allow himself to be put in nomination as Mr. Cobden's successor. We understand, however, that the state- of Mr. Howard's health is such as to cause him to decline the invitation. A requisition is also in course of signature to Mr. Kershaw, which has already received 590 names out of a constituency of 1,200; and we may confidently announce that it will receive a considerable accession of signatures before to morrow. It already has 20 inure names than the entire number which voted for Mr. Heald,—a very flattering symptom of the spirit and energy of the -Liberal portion of the constituency. We also understand that a deputa tion from Mr. Heald's party has this morning waited on Mr. Alfred On-ell, the mayor, solicitinghim to take the position now vacated by Mr. Cephas Howard's refusal to come forward.--Manchester Examiner. HEROISM. OF TIIE CLERGY AND MEDICAL MEN.— A considerable number of medical men, as well as some clergymen and relieving officers, have fallen victims of typhus, caught in their attendance on the sick and dying, and in the discharge of their important public duties. The number of medical men who have died of fever is yet unknown. The registrar of Great Howard street, Liverpool, says:—" Eight Roman Catholic priests have fallen victims to their indefatigable attentions to the poor of their church, and one clergyman of the Church of England. Another (curate of St. Martin's) nearly fell a sacrifice to the same disease. Indeed, their exemplary conduct in visiting and relieving the sick has been the theme of praise with all. From ten to fifteen persons connected with the relieving ',department in the parish offices have also died of the fever, taken by them In discharge of their duties." The members of the medical profession, with the exception of the visiting clergy and a few others, stand alone in the circumstance that they discharge their duty at the risk of life. The heroic conduct of those now alive, and of those who have prished, will, we may hope, not be forgotten by their country.—Registrar General of England. GRAIN BRANS DUTY FREE.—The Lords of the Treasury have received a memorial from Baring Bro thers and Co., praying that a quantity of wheat bran and Indian corn bran, imported into the port of may Liver pool from Boston, in the United States , de livered duty free, and, further, that general d irections may be issued for suspending the demand of duty on e the o f their C u such i b la ra ve ns re in ceiv u e t d ur a e, c t o h m e m Commissioners al o n n f Lordships' secretaries, stating that he has been com manded to• authorise the Board to admit wheat bran and Indian corn bran duty free, until the Ist of March, 1848. ROYAL FREE HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday, the usual meeting of governors of this charity was held in the board-room of the institution, in Gray's Inn-lane. The institution is open for the 'cure of malignant and other diseases, no letter or recommendation being necessary, poverty and disease being alone the qualification for ad mission. During the past quarter, 5,380 destitute sick persons were admitted and relieved, being an increase of 930 over the previous quarter. The charity has been long encumbered with a heavy debt incurred for their present premises, and for the immense number of dairli cants ; but that is, however, being gradually liqu i date d. Amongst donation Amongst the recent donations are the se Honourable l _ i East India Company 100 guineas, being the Grocer's of the same amount, and 50/ from the SURVEY, Comp a n y.SOUTl CURRENCY CREEK SP f EC shareholders under takingAUSTßALlA.--A meeting t of the committee as to of receiving the repor t was held yesterday o f the London Tavern, for the purpose t h e s hareholders who we re willing to subscribe an d ama l ga mate their . interest for the common object of ex ploring the lands, in some of which indications of a hva luable description of copper had been discovered. The c h a i r w as taken by Hannoel de Castro, Esq., who said that since the last meeting no fresh information had ar rived from Adelaide, and that about half of the share holders had given their assent to subscribe lot. per share, and to amalgamate their interests, but the other half had refused; or were neutral. Under these circum stances he advised the adjournment of the meeting for further information, which would no doubt on its arrival induce the dissentients to come forward with more ala crity. Mr. Roberts said the misfortune was that the in dications of the mineral were amongst the town lots, which were in such small sections that the assentients could not interfere for their own advantage without turning up something beneficial to the dissentients. After some discussion, in which Mr. D. Mocatta, Mr. Lindo, Mr. Bak er , Mr. Francis, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Crawford, and oth ers too k part, a reso l ut i on was issaed unanimously, " That as there was no further informa tion before the committee to warrant their proceedings in this research, the scheme should for the present be suspended." A vote of thanks was passed to the chair man, when the meeting separated. TliE SEA KING.—The nm almost d e destruction of this beautiful but ill-fated vessel entirely f- Pite were se entertainedthat she would be got off her per i lous n fected. Up to Sunday last , is hopes position on the isl an d ; but, on the evening of that day , a heavy gale set in, and in less than a quart er of an hour afterwards she ad parted h e r timbers. a ft e rpart fell into deep w a t er , carry ing of the boilers with it , and leaving her forepart eiot (,spra in as ye row an, l to ar the rocks. of ock her engines s' Owing to t h e exertionss t l onetl of hue been s av ed , and deposited in Donagitadee; A p ortion of her machin er y c ontinues still attached to•that part which is on the rocks, and it is thought, if no very tem pestuous weather occurs, all that remains 'important of her will yet be saved.—Belfast Chronicle. The Madrid Gazette states that Captain Townsend, of the English vessel Newport, of Stockton, has received the honorary, cross of the navy with the royal diadem, as a recompense for having saved 34 Spaniards, who were wrecked on the 21st of May, in. a vessel off Santander. Noitrouc.---The weather has been thost delightful ; during the week a large breadth of corn has been cut, and. in some places the farmers have alie4dy completed tigirßbut Wiest. - _ - - - id ` i sa l