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

in Aaiun saw e. tioe s long 0 . olow ite r atte rs " a h er e • hi ;aid lot srlio exel a P 1-13 0 " rale% ° o -4 he r, 1 col se ra I°°' _ A 01 b 3 ier CIC4I4' the th re e . that from 1300, b 4, w h a i c e ; 09b the 111° 4 oas ou se, iiie o ri .the P t he sol „ bee e e I{ o° l s e I tilt bst t ,-- r co wen t fO r da Ca 00$ 1111": 0 'I3 SO O P r oPV i ne fr:4 r :e N 9 lie q u i fi its ttiO s o i• t t en re p citlS r oe e Oti r• v t b lIS 13° 1 t° ,tl l3l ber 0 iol i" te e s eir , 105 u BARNET RACES. The Green Man Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, twice round and a distance, 10 Subs., were won by a bead, in two heats, by. Captain Thomson's Etona, 5 yrs, fist 7lb (Higgins), beating Amazon, 7st 111 b, Isabella, 7st llib, and several others. The Town Plate of 10 sovs., 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. CRICKET. MARYLEBONE 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 tho se who ultimately became the victors. Cambridge took the bat in the first instance, and notwithstanding 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 81. 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:—Cambridge, 222; Maryle bone, first innings, 81; second innings, 54. The match was to be resumed yesterday morning. ROYAL ADELAIDE INSTITUTE.—At a meeting of the council of this body, held on Wednesday at the Ade laide Gallery, 'William Carpenter, Esq., in the chair, it was resolved to close the present exhibition on Saturday next. A statement of the number of visitors during the past session was made by the secretary, and also of the number of pictures sold, and it was unanimously re solved to re-open the gallery in the month of May, 1848, but not to confine the exhibition to paintings excluded by the Royal Academy, but to throw it open to all artists. It was stated that several artists of celebrity had expressed their intention of painting subjects for the gallery, and that the strongest confidence was expressed by the council as to the ultimate success of their under taking. The artists present expressed their obligations to the several members of the council for their disin terested labours to advance the interests of the fine arts and of artists; and the announcement of his Royal High ness Prince George of Cambridge baring become the President 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 ccntend with in illus trating Shaksnere, being the second paper on the sub ject; and W. Passworth, Esq., read a paper on " High Art." Both papers were well received, and the company, after an address by the chairman, in which he took a review of the past, and sketched the course which the council had resolved t o t a k e for the future, separated. Amongst the company present were the following o artists:—Sir Rh tists:—Sir William R oss , R.A. B. Chalon, Esq. , Bacon, o E n, Esq.,s Esq., J. Sant, Esq. Vatrwell ley, E sq ., M. A . Johnstone: A. Johnson, Esq., Esq., R. Faulkner , Esq., C. B C. W. Cave Thomas, Esq., F. Whi shaw, Esq., J. Gush, the eminent e Esq., R. Farrier, Esq., A. Cor bould, E sq ., F J. R. Tiff in, Es ,r Licen,Esq., F. A. Woolnoth, Esq., he will, it is understood, E. "avis, Esq., and G. Scharf, Esq. Emerson, andmay American writer, is about to visit En g l an d . be exp ecte d a b out N ovem b er; D'Ecque v ill ey , who vya day for perj ur y i n t h e case of the c d on ue d l ei b , e in tw ed een on is Set ro u u r: jarrier anti M. Beauyallon, has appeal e d against the sentence. EvENT/410 1 Auoust le, 1047. • - ; Itl Y ten :ainutes. he went away. and they saw gory,°re of 11 (1% he had a coloured gown on, a white b ands ma ?1,.. The bonnet had light rib °n it, Cress -exam- ao r h 'examieed— seen er the articles, in-quest d. ion he ' been spoken Had to not about eith them or since es the night th eAr n i r Y Maples-on, the cabman, was next called—Was th o 7 er of the first cab on the stand in Adam-street . on bet: °.f . June. Recollected a woman coming up . to him to nine o'clock. She asked when the last train if:1 01 0 1 4 0 n th a t n i ght, or the first train the next .111 14 • t r i h il l!. • Refe rre d her to the waterman : Did not c' c ould recogni se th e woman, as h e d i d not ta k e eilcular noti ce of her. f rn wss•examined—The stand was but a short distance yle t h e _ house. 1d0 4 1 t11411 Wills said h e was emp l oyed b y/Mr. Bennet, an sterer. Married a d aug h ter of the deceased. sutified herrio body. Sh e di ned w i th him on the pre ,rtget Sun d ay, and app eare d i n excellent health. Her tit was 7 8 or 79. H ad seen the prisoner four or five dee e e s at the l o d g i ngs. She paid one shilling a week. The Si, ?sod became acquainted with the prisoner when she , b ete M the service of Lady Wyndham. Three weeks ieto r ‘ e , the murder he told his mother that she was to go v.. taw _ ity to visit her brother. She told the prisoner, t hiull whose conduct she was dissatisfied, that she mus at , cone ec , e , te on toce, get anotle.r lodging. He was present nce ititllijersatien about four weeks before the occurrence, a lcit . some allusion was made to money. His mother s end fur him to hav e some b eer, but said she had no money it with. The prisoner said, " Oh, yes, she h Zesome in the drawer;" to which he replied, " s , vor r mind, she always was a little screwiol." Shewa Penurious and complained when she was obliged to t e, ut _ t s ° matches. .Q l l 4 l & examined —The deceased was a strong, hearty t„,7onian ; she was very deaf. the'" a heth Wills, the daughter of the deceased, identified r . 14 snicks found in the bundles as the property of • tether 1..!. Litchfield, another daughter of the deceased, 111;s1le recollected the prisoner coming to reside with te a , l33 2ther on the 29th of March. On that day the de phti-n-tld her that she had fainted away. She core 'lt to Of being ill. She was very poor, and attributed J u ness and the length of time she had been out of li„ttuation, Made a gown for the prisoner. usother was a woman of penurious habits, and kept her poe °ll , l 7 in a drawer, the key of which she kept in - B ute et • 'et Had seen the prisoner eight or ten times. .rrioth.ttoes stopped all day with the prisoner and . her frou l ` t There was nothing in her conduct dirir r en in t • t er ( Wier audu People; never noticed anything Pe * " la hilst With e ct- Was not aware that she had fits whilst er her Mother, g tat 8-examined—Was not examined before either the tiveistrate or the coroner, and was first called upon to ns7videnee a fort n i g h t ago . John jury man—Her mother carried two pockets. Arms prisoner Zltrd s.ll Ire son, water - g ild er, li v i ng in . house rhe prisoner came to lodge at his rmlasst tober, and continued there until she went twiceto , 1 4 Se j e r a W t Pdharn's in February. Had seen her "tlee— Lad Wyndham's, and once at his the urredseir h' " 35 % , her about three weeks before m d lot 11 all house. Could not say that her conduct ur befottam time was different from that of other ra t°l3l°. Saw her nearly every day. In February, ~nt eue qent to Mrs. Wyndham's, she said she had i ko t ° ll to Brightondies_ for . some . _money, and that she had rightovePoioted. She said she wished to get to Mild the beginning i as she thought she ZP:et ec i niueoleyr f th o e m re a t n in London. She said she person a named Hilder. He called gave her a trifle, but subsequently wrote her d , saiyk tobbeerilad been ordered to follow a person charge with t enal ( a . to Paris, and that as he was short of cas , he n , Q t sPare her an She was almost starving. ultai:"tiessrained—N3e;er heard her say that she was side r e r , to leave Mrs. Wyndham's because she was con ' d ja'adesogerous. Believed she told his wife that she aree, - h - ut s• Believed Wilder belonged to the detective k. "e, used to visit her three or four times a wee he -as ' Mr s I ll t when she came to lodge. k6 r •...re a , ho said she never knew the prisoner to have was site lodged at Kine?ii-Arititiyifidi ;Void-her 'eft ark s ubject to hysteric fits. Stie - told her after she t li ed -2 ', W Yndliat s service that she had. been com -gused '° le a ve because the heat of the fire Vie t • ,ber hav e fits. She said she had fits Lef led the left that service. Wilder kept her at He had kept a female there t u° Was n ot i n t h e family-way. The prisoner w ould laY that s h o h ad left b ecause t h ey were a f rai d fall into the fire. _ S 'itb, butler to Gillespie, Esq., had Ire prisoner for seven years. Had not seen her 14 's 14 -e ,. Y e ars until once in Adam-street last summer. • rerho at Brighton two or three times a week for a 1, 14 he r ?' fiy e years, as she was in the habit of visiting Luke n.leraaid at Lady Parsons'. Never noticed any i "j u v ere r ' eta iar in her manner. Saw her iu :severe t i"led hir ,' and whilst she was in that state she re-. ° lts ite d loen. to hold her. She was generally deli- Cr es quite absent after these fits. , 4 lf hezareined—The delirious state lasted generally • virti eu l cour or three quarters. Did not notice her very P 0 (1-4„ 11 ,, r1 Y when she had such fits. She was a kind, - hea rted person, and every one in Brighton liked • w rap4" ll KL Lot say that he bad ever heard her 44 °f her head. (The prisoner here cried, and 4lnfteeted.) No n : aloes said she lodged in the same house as the • tie* e r , at x o. 25 ee , , Great Marlborough-street for .444 ner. eett s• Did not notice anything peculiar in her 4/artil.r'staer here became so affected, and sobbed so tte„l4°'re-diverelYr,..th..at his LORDSHIP ordered her to be fii>lpq snort time, and the Couit adjourned for Ks, (Bef ore NW COURT. -- she '" RECORDER and Mr. Alderman CHAPMAN ki n MARSHALL.) fellli,:al, Jenkins, alias Mary ell, with inteti-,744',Y cUtting and wounding George Truss ell, ,;,.'° do him some grievous bodily R'cli, was charged with the d ePearecl that the Prosecutor had been drinking on in aY the • and that he went, ‘ stat e cs,. in c urrence took place, . t t o °ll k ß h, w-iblertrteoxiileation, to with the o p f ri i s l n l n f e a r m . fame in. tqhuearßaroe:l oni , e raet . %5e(1.141e6 about h alf - a-crown, which the paritsteannker wasc tam e ' prosecutor of stealing, when titiallPoi,o, him by the prisoner and an a o n ther woman, poltet, W o x i ch s he received- a blow . on the head from a ti'4, • en rendered him insensible. . the Jar returned a verdict of " Guilty . o s, f assault," k Prisoner was sentenced to six months ' . la the Rouse of Correction,with hard labour. i impri50n ...........,...-__..._._----- (THIS DAY.) 2.-) up on , *ere Court sat to hear the bail cases, of which there ciot.ds the list. Taylor, aged 14, foo„,„7dor, aged 13 years, and George petty "j"., guilty Yesterday of stealing a whe t , i t ' 4r. Vincent Smith, were called judgment,l''stol,thepro (11'ietecittiaearing that they had not im be Nson le ' they were only sentenced to one month's p to '1()1111 C 1 I'V ent ' at ld at the expiration of that . reviously - rst p" whiPDed with a birch-rod. They e the Assisiart wi th the most perfect stoicism, but when out Ilistl 44t-Judge came to - the second, they roared 1 y term,h heard the • 'Pik rtt o t: n r, areoeio: e r,gn :i tiat : s e ts: e_g no ( if e t lei IvoWesrrdppofg al foundgallons g o u f il b ty r r an o d f stealing y , ifi the tw ir: b, 0 ,. nrj j eto a he r hen s iri , , A , bard lah.o.entenced to thr rk ee l m ' wis , sad Iva,, ___ . T he in i t, ,o the pr 3 o n p,.• ‘ r , t_y' • '''' nunm a r. aver t n n , s ß • d of, dispose etlina In 4,, whi t indictments for assaults were of general imprisonment, ilate res ', of ch there was the slightest point ' ' DAY-) r , ci,,,,, SREET.—(TH IS Ladles o t i et , e. , : W heeler, secretary and manager of the hroehh3.f°r the S u ppression o f Cr ue lty to Animals, was 4'• 6..., U n - ,Or o,e ron remand, charged with forging e l l q ah, Pound ti - -e of t h on the hank of Messrs. Cout , H is r _ se 1 ;arl of Skilmersdale. e d was not in rii4raLsloP Proved that the cheque produced sent ts in the to the pris Ilall,LNriting. He had on one occasion . con to th e soe ."er a L I V f: t'"eque for one ound, as a subscrip L e had know et - '''' w hich th • l f or so _ e n the priso_er in connexion w ..,_ the society of hiniul. Years, a nger ,i _ a with d good character alWay s hear p was the secretary. .H t Air, s a had also 10.,01 yet, of East street Maryleborie, printer, with th e Yti the prisonur for , some Tile wi t ''eletY and had heard a good character .o, a h e l rss liatidtvs.int!'ss believed the cheue to be therisot Izta tt _ie_tt:r c T a pe lug, but could no Undertake to years in connexion swearto i . In Prisoner --t addsaid that he received the cheque, ressed to him, in Birmingham, and was 4 s'eaero_ that it was a forgery. . t olle int nu c harge of precisely the same nature was then 'ph,. °, and occupied a long time. ebeci-"tsPrisoner was fully committed for forging the two domp. ,iIIN,- tiN.II7.ELL.—(TIITS DAY.).,L with ate alin --ss .6/emus, a boy about 16 was charged "` Rrav er g S. belongiug to Mr. James , Roddin Larkin, ea tiwi,ii. of No. 25, Clerkenwell-green. , , ila to A., 'at h e r , , ....len a lad about 11 years of age, stated raced i r ee lved 75. on account of his master, which . h .le e 'wa pa ..ft small box and put into 'his pocket. As I Pratta„,_'Blng along Red Lion• street, he was met by the p, lin er, who told; him he had been pitching up a four ticorY P, ie oc, and that it had fallen on the ledge of a tll,4wLich was too high for him to reach, and he to it_ r're requested 'witness to allow him to push him up , N ei ; In order that he might take it down for him. As 1 414 t I.)e expected, no fourpenny piece was to be seen ; liecowhile the Prisoner was holding him up in his arms, li(„canaged to slip his hand into his pocket and take out . the Lad .he.prisoner then threw a bag, which the witness t „ s• with him, into au area, in order that he might be to go down for it lie let witness and eta 4 way. Il e was, however, pursued and tak en i nto i„ . 4 robbe ry a OCOILF. co mmented upon th e artful nature of the nd committed the prisoner for trial. Mrf‘li. "SIIIP-ST REET.—(THIS DAY .) STREET. —(THIS N . Donald morning a fine lookin g y oung f ellow, r emark what re e re d hi s under th e f o ll ow i ng some . T i t able bail this ci rcumstances : seiz e d 60,41,Peas that the goods, furniture, .Sz.c , tc ""“er • -. and in his absence, by cre, , about a month since, of ll'Donald's 111`llonald, en his returPhilrisunenan'e.d Purvis,• his work, finding his tnodi • um at ht from rent. the children , er in tears, and ' surrounded by With to the la te an empty house, directed his steps 0_ vi lur 1 d, upon whom he committed a breach the peace, and was consequently, given into was br ar g e " the police. The following day he ought before the magistrate, and whilst the complain givings Ilt W4B his evidence the defendant, who wa r tti' 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" es actually hit him out of the witness box. The magistrate fined the delinquent 51., or one month's imprisonment, the latter of whioh 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 for 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 Whitechapel-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. IC 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 resorting to the use of the knife has latterly become of frightful recurrence. I shall not give you the option of a fine but sentence you to two months' imprisonment in the House of Corrrection, with bard labour. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK AUGUST W MEETING.- .. EDNESDAY. The Dundas Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 30 added; for three yrs, 6st 81b; four, Bst 21b; five, Sst 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 ... Mr. Baker's Plover, 4 yrs ... 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. Gully's Mathematician, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Donaldson) 1 Sir J. Gerard's Grimston, 4 yrs, 7st 12Ib ... 2 Sir C. Monck's fby Touchstone—Cast Steel, 5 yrs .. 3 The following also ran:—Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Mr. W. Allen's Duke of Kent, 5 yrs, 6st 91b—Mr. Isaac Day's Milliner, 4 yrs, Est 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 off. 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 ... (Templeman) 1 ... 2 —. 3 4 5 6 Mr. Taylor's. George Stephenson, 3 yrs ... Mr. Meriy'sliiug 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 sovs. 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 thaMay. The iollowingalso started:—Sir C. Cockerell'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 ibs), 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. Run in 1 min. and 5 secs. The Knavesmiro 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 * sous. each, and 50 added; 12st each, &c. Two miles and a quarter. (12 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, 12st ...(Hon. S. Erskine) Mr. Scholetield's Tommy Moore, list 101 b . . 2 3 to 1 on Aristotle, who won easy by, a length. The Lottery Stakes of 5 sous. each and 25 added. One mile. (10 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, aged, Bst 91b (Templeman) 1 Mr. J. Clarke nd Ratcliffe76 yrs, Bst 131 b ... 2 Mr. Taylor's George Stephenson, 3 yrs, 7st 81b 3 Susannah, 3 yrs, Est ; Yaxley filly, Est 21b 3 The Alderman's Daughter, fist 51b ; Maid of Monton filly, sst 121 b ; Mr. Fox's Jereed colt, 6st 51b ; Alsatia, Tat 121 b; and Nell Cook, 7st 51b, also ran. LATEST DERBY BETTING AT YORK. 14 to 1 agst Surplice 25 to 1 agst Loadstone 16 to 1 agst Springy Jack 25 to 1 agst Flatcatcher 25 to 1 agst Assault 50 to 1 agst Swiss Boy. TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES—WEDNEt.DAL The Fridge Stakes of 10 sous. 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 sovs. if demanded, &c. Heats, one mile and a distance. (3 Subs.), Mr. Minor's Dinah, 3 yrs, 6st 111 b ... (Crouch) ' 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,•s 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, 6st 1 llb ... 2 dr First heat won by half a length; the second and third by a head. trM• Lownow,, HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CLYDE. STRANAXER,TuEsnAst, AUG. 17. other steamers, eeleers The royal squadron reached Loch Pat - o'clock yesterday I'3" six Prince cheers squadron onff anchoredtlvhewhedeirassvottl:vneocdo:anel royal derl 'enstwießs collected yethrao,n h escorted passengers. b y a I o till flotilla The P. amidrtihn shore. Albert,theh. or e . h ar r nh t hearty ce the Duchess of ? Norfolk, landed immediately, and took a short walk along the beach. The Queen did placenot a p o p f e r a e r t , r b e u m t ent occupied o a kind on deck, of o de employed l c oy ld t d r covered herself o t for some o ti f m ww e iat ithne rb.nfie making a sketch of this magnificent sheet The r sa hills n d surroundingthe whole lineof loch were covered coast along which her Majesty passed on her entrance to S c T o t h l s n mo w r a n s ngth similarly er illuminated. o y i a l l ni d. squadron, nate tothei boilers, aeA o r wsr f ,ra t al h sen e fe:at ß Lhh ge l o a ho c fiht k r Eagle, hsßtyy an at awhich ixo'clockhad b with foru rlDt onetuilmebeaoxrfetehoPenri g t l h im e flpsoetilloaf, w t h h h Albhad e r s t a i and ed oi thecm rAph ooeyl hiAlbert en:. r,behind. .eevess elsoa squadron nmTseihdrue erp w ea • ehfirl first, et Glasgow to escort her. Th e res t o f th e s t eamers o f n i:n r m t thy m e t heede hifai ryareteeearl andrsy. sounding r e eT e neh rounding Victoria andttfinehh ee s passed at a quarter to eleven, and the band struck up " God save the Queen." The Ad miral of the 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 Cumbrm—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 w of hi t l h st e G hi e l n l er a a h l o D ve ar G ro o c u h r i o s ek b , at p t o e u ry re , d f i r n om a th th e un su d in errn i g t I)unoon. A small yacht gave al s o a ro y a l sa l u t e, tribute, op posite. te. At responded t i(em p oe o from hPoint the n tt rattled R h shore os e t n h e e a t musketry r of coast bsaenekn a bd r er d e , s s edUnited volley in se toal after toen v States r sfr, frigate lying Scourge. gmo T affe h e etdhneniMacedonia Ia sa luted l wtt u hha t e e e s d her Majesty as she passed, the royal yacht stop ping in her course, imitated by the convoyin g 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 royal squadron, and the church bells, which the pre vious day had been set ringing 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 the 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. leven • Mr. Smollett, M.P. for the county • Mr. Peter ' Denny, and other g entlemen. Her Majesty 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 neckerch i e f 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. The first carriage contained her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince, the Princess Royal, and Prince Leiningen; the second 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 elegant bouquet by Mrs. Cabbell, of Muirbank, which was most graciously received. Her Majesty was also presented, through Earl Grey, with a handsomely bound copy of the history of the castle and town of Dumbarton, by the well-known Mr. Glen, the anti quarian of the county. Her Majesty having taken a hasty survey of the surrounding scenery, left the ramparts, leaning on Prince Albert's arm, and leading the Princess Royal by the hand. The royal party having reached the summit of the Castle, it was ar ranged to receive the addresses of the municipal bo dies present. Earl Grey accordingly, after her Majesty had rested for a few minutes, inquired for the Lord Provost of Glasgow; but just as the esteemed magistrate and 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 would be desirable to receive the Glasgow address first. The Lord Provost, accompanied by Baffles 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 special exception in favour of the great manufacturing city of the west. The address of the burgh was thereupon left with Lord Grey, to 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. Meantime his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Leiningen and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, ascended to the great flagstaff, and enjoyed the view from that 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 armoury , w h ere they were shown Wallace's sword. The Queen and the Prince inspected and handled the well preserved relic, wondering much at the physical might of that man whose 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, followed 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 th en 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. Th e p w a n i with d the t h eroyal p magnificent r o . g scenes which were successively passed i n re j o i n i ng platforms, with fleetth the s t e s a q tn u a e d r s r o n w , h i ch acombinedcooecmxk extreme. r:amn ed ceavrmeerseys,fipwrro.seitrnetaimposingantd the w which ic q h u inay a st,hde view of the river could be obtained, sealed one united mass of human beings, . ~- - THURSDAY who cheered most heartily her Majesty and rtoyal The gratulations with the roy a l c hild ren, as they passe d. gratulations of the assembled thousands were, on repeated occasions, most graciously acknowledged by her Majesty, who seemed highly delighted with the reception with which she was greeted. Having passed Port Glasgow, there was a slight 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 th e Isles ; as the whole river frontage, from th e extreme point of Cartsdyke to Gourock, 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 calculatio n , an d as i t passed at ever y 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 f a il s to convey an adequateim pression. One of the most remarkable incidents in passing Greenock was the dancing of the Highland fling, by a Highlander in full costume, on the paddle box of the Chieft a i n , t h e performance o f 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 sever a l o f t h e r i ver s t eame rs, in , the following order :—Th e F a i ry, t h e ten d er , the Sove reign, the Thetis, the Premier, Queen of . Beauty, Pioneer, Mars, Monarch, P e t ere l , D un robm 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 inher 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 Kirn and Dunnoon, which she reachediabout half-past six P.M., 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 flre.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 been erected for ladies. accommodation of the public. A grand stand has The weather is beautiful, and should it continue so, her Majesty and attendants will have every reason to congratulate themselve s on their visit to this most in- Highlands. teresting portion of the COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager left town on Tues day night for her residence, Bushy House, Bushy Park. Her Majesty was attend e d by Lady Gore, the Hon. Miss Mitchell, and Earl H owe . Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial office, for the Go vernor-General of Canada, and also for the Governors of the other North American provinces. REPORTED ASSASSINATION OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH.—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, blachester, Tuesday night—lt has just been reported that th e Xing 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 i n London late on Tuesday night. None of our contemporaries however, adopted it; but we have heard t h at 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 G rey ' 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 b een 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 500/., 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 Catholic Bishop the Right R ev . D r. M ostyn, t h e R oman Bishop of Durh am , w hi c h too k p l ace at Old Dur ham. The d ecease d was un i versa lly beloved both b y Catholics and Protestants. Ev et 9 El DOVER AUG. 17. —The Belgian Government steamer the City of Ostend, arrived here to day from Ostend, at 12.30 rot., 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 Oste nd on Saturday, haslongbeen a serious inconvenience , which w ill now be remedied. NEW PEERS.—It is stated that General Lord Straf ford is to be raised to the earldom, and th a t L or d s Acheson and Cremorne and Sir R. Bulkeley Phillipps, Bart., will be created Peers of the realm. Lieutenant- General Sir John Macdonald, Lord Fitzroy Somerset, vieealrtehoie son of the great Charlesfg th e titl e popular and Sir Cohn Ilalkett ar e soon to rece ive the Grand a of Charles the Cross of the Bath. Th e revival of t he Earldom of Strafford, by the elevatio n of General Lord Stafford to that title, is a revival w hich takes p la ce forthethird time.Ea Second,ul l of r. Theshwtarh hatred fffie restored e s r. s t d toT,rheed sacrificeds ethc occurredeo n td i title r l b e ey th to by Queen Anne, who conferred it on a male relative of 1 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 ma _ y 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 liberty of which his family have ever been the staunch and undeviating adherents. AGED FREEMASONS' SoctETy.—A. general meeting of governors and subscribers to this society, instituted in the year 1835, for the purpose of providing an asylum for worthy aged and d ec ayed Freemasons, was held yes terday afternoon, at Radley's hotel, B ridge-street, Black friars. Dr. B. 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 4,0831. 18s. 11d., disposed as follows :—Consols, 3,5331- ]Bs. 4 d. ; cash in savings banks, 1361.; ditto in the hands of bankers and treasurer, 393/. On the motion of the chairman, seconded by Mr. Barnard, the Right lion. Lord Southampton was elected president. After some 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 accepted by Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., for the honour of the latter \firm. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNAS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF TIM 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" has been pronounced, and sentence of death 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. The Attorney-General performs with evident reluctance the office of prosecutor; the jury men manifest visible emotion in returning an unfa vourable verdict, and they accompany it with a strong recommendation to mercy, which the Judge thoroughly approves, and undertakes to forward, with an intima tion that it ought to be attended to. Under all these circumstances it is idle to look for the repression of duelling to the law whenever the deadly practice has been conducted in conformity with the rules pre scribed by what society chooses to call the code of honour. It is useless for the statute-book to append the name of murder to an offence which cannot be visited with the punishment legally assigned to it. Men of courage and humanity, who 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 sane • 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 Tuseany and Lucca. This is an important step towards that intimate union between the. Italian Powers which 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; no 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 antiquated restrictions which still encumber the giant energies of our people, it is incumbent upon us to draw as close as possible the ties of amity and inter course with all those states whose industrious 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 approbation, 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 which, in gratitude to us, or for other reasons, th e y may have been induced to make in our favour. For example, if Portugal had for the last half century been guided by those liberal principles which make Tuscany pre-eminent among the nations of southern Europe, how much more would both Portu guese and English have benefited by the commercial intercourse and political amity existing between them, and how far removed would Portugal be now from her present condition of external weakness and internal anarchy and distress. On political grounds alone, therefore, the recognition of the moral influence of Tuscany as an enlightened commercial state, has been aptly signalised by the concurrent tes timony of Mr. Cobden at Florence, and of the treaty which the representative of her Majesty had signed in the same city three weeks before. But it is not on that account alone that we have ntotieceend it. We are of opinion that the commerc e this country and Tuscany might be considerably:ugto mented, and we invite our enterprising reerhaas an examination of the facilities afforded them t b ytliis h ne w treaty, and of the variety of articles, e produce 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 Tues day last the boys of the Royal Military Asylum, Chel sea, accompanied by their juvenile band, visited th ese 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 comprising the band played many pieces in a very spirited manner, and all departed highly de lighted with their day's amusement. A letter from Vienna mentions a report that the Archduke Stephen of Austria is suffering so severely from a liver complaint t ha t hi s life is despaired of. Th e same letter states that the Priest Ikeulowicse, who had been condemned to death for high treason in the affair of the revolution in Galicia, has been pardoned byEEmperor. th e THE GENERAL ELECTION -KILDARE. SECOND DAY Al TWELVE Mar(pis of Kildare ••• 456 Mr. Bourke (C.) ... • • ••• 333 Mr. J. A. O'Ni e ll (Repealer) ... 282 The constituency is nearly polled KILKENNY COUNTY.—MONDAY. Hely 282 Greene ••• •• • 199 Butler ;,. 182 Walsh • 139 MAYO COUNTY. It was reported on Saturday evening that Mr. M'Donnell and Mr. John Denis Browne had retired, and that Mr. George 11 . .. Moore and Mr. R. Dillon Browne would have d walk over on Monday. GEOLOGY IN THE STRAN h e state of the Strand is becoming so alarming through the frequency of eruptions, that we• have serious thoughts of sendin g for a geologist to asc er t a i n t h e 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 v; tong 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. There is something terrible in the idea that we are walking over a volcano, or a series of volcanoes, every day of our lives. Even in the neigh bourhood of our own office we may be on the very brink of an eruption, and' 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 thoroughfares.—Punch. PINEAPPLES.—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 authorities 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 DUNE 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 Lord Lovaine for North Northumberland. It was alleged that his Grace, in reply to a 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, and the fluke of an anchor, weighing 150 kilogrammes (400Ibs. 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 Sunday, 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.—On Tuesday last we stated that tome of the electors of Stockport, antic►pating Mr. Cobdpn'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 more 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 Orrell, the mayor, soliciting him to take the position now vacated by Mr. Cephas Howard's refusal to come forward.—Manchester Examiner. - - ... - HEROISM OF THE 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 impoftant 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 perished, 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 Liver pool from Boston, in the United States, may be de-• livered duty free, and, further, that general directions may be issued for suspending the demand of duty on such brans in future, the Commissioners of the Cus toms have received a communication from one of their 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 HosrrrAL.—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 appli cants ; but that is, however, being gradually liquidated. Amongst the recent donations are the Honourable East India Company 100 guineas, being the second donation of the same amount, and 50/ from the Grocer's Company. CURRENCY CREEK SPECIAL SURVEY, SouTII AUSTRALIA.—A meeting of shareholders in this under taking was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the report of the committee as to the shareholders who . were willing to subscribe and amalgamate their interest for the common object of as ploring the lands, in some of which indications d o . f a_, e va luable description of copper had been discoverewho saidTl chair was taken by Hannoel de Castro, li m a the share that since the last meeting no fresh rived from Adelaide, and that about h al f h subscribe 104 per holders had given their assen t interests, but the other share, and to amalgamate their interests, info r mation Es a g ti ' on had ar id Under these circum stanceshalf had refused, or w which the would no doubt on its arrival further information, ::edjoeurnment of the meeting for he advised induce the d i ssen ti e nts to come forward was s th more ala crity. Mr. Roberts said the m isfor tune that the in -1 were amongst the town lots, w hich were in such s mall sections that the as sen ti ents could not interfere for their own advantage without s omething beneficial to the dissentients. some discussion, in which Mr. D. M ocatta, Mr, d Mr. Baker, Mr. Francis, M r . Thompson,ssad Ir. Crawford, and others took part, a resolution was ' jA t f r nt n e i ro n , g unanimously, " That as there waq 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 R w E h e s n EA h e li m i e N e G t meeting The complete destruction of this beautiful but ill-fated vessel is almost entirely ef fected. Up to Sunday last, hopes were entertained that she would b e got off her perilous a quarter of position on the island; but, on the e ven i ng of that day, a h eav y ga l e set i n , an d in less than an fhourell into der afterwards water,s h e parted her timbers. Her afterpart carry ing one o f t h e b oilers with it, and leaving her forepart still tenaciou s l y c li nging to the rocks. Owing to the exertions of Captain Gowan, part of her engines have been saved, and deposited in Donaghadee. A portion of her machinery continues still attached to that part which is on the rocks,'and it is thought, if no very tem n pestuous weather occurs, all that remains important a her will yet be saved.. = Belfast Chronicle. The Mad r id G a z e tt e states that CaptaireTownsend, 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. NORFOLK.—The weather has been most delightf u l ; during the week a large breadth of corn has b een cut, and in some places the farmers have already completed afar wheat harvest. ( -, .1 ii;:.,:7)- 2 ?..,P7l A%.--- - . 4 - _ POISONMG WARniNGT - - The inquest on the body orJob Aurther, whOse intrz-Vc., was suspected to have l'een caused by the administraticil "")' of arsenic, was resumed on Monday Inst. Ann Mather, his wife, the part; accused was itrcsent, having been ap prehended • at Ashton-Under-Lyme. John Davis, M.D., said that he had examined the body. He hadno dOuht the deceased died from inflath 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 reeeived, - 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 re ptolieedo,nasehetosulAprpaio7siendgittouyva w s poisoned Job. I saidit that had got out that she.i i t i n l i t c d m on e s : equ S e h n e ce itn o il t ' t e h d e ja r ' u 'e ln lY our s was partly in (=sequence of that. I further added, hat I had received information from Jane Houghton th:it she 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';, the druggist; but that she (the prisoner) had purchased-it to kill bugs. Witness saw portions of the body'scaled up in two jars by Dr. Davis. He delivered those jars to Dr. Brett. Dr. Brett said he examined the convents of the jars. d O e n jatan a ii n eo al f Hyason adulti u n g g h a to p n. ort , ,on of file stomach aod intestines he discovered the p resence o f a r sen i c su ffi c i en t t o c ause the tphrei mentions Monday i n o e n r tit,a. testified .to having accompanied the whentmBh,s_e,rhnielianbc.oig:bigouhrnt th tth e ae . r a s r ee s nv e ie n cn iC ia . n S cho h ne e ti s t,ia i m d ,e i t.k li e - a n s to kill bugs with. The prisoner desired her not to Eliza Tuylor said 'she had seen deceased quite well on ill. She saw him on Wednesday, when he was he was better, having got rid of the 'burning p a i n i n hi s stomach. Mrs. Mather seemed to pay him every at tention. 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 before 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 almember then proved the payment of the sums to the widow, altogether 21/. 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 AccmEivr.---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 procured, but the body was not recovered. SENDING LETTERS OTHERWISE THAN BY Of course, all persons in business would prefer to send their letters by post, rather than in any other way, where they can do, so without incurring inconvenient delay. It does, however, sometimes happen that there is occasion, in cases which will not afford the expense of a special messenger, to make communications by letter to villages and small towns at which there is no direct early post delivery. In mach cases it would be a con venience if letters might be sent by coach or omnibus without penalty; and an attorney in this town has in quired of the authorities at the General Post-office whether the penalty would he avoided if letters so sent were duly stamped with the postage stamps. He has received an official reply, acquainti ng h im that " the power given to the Postmaster- Gene ra l b y the 18th section of the 3d and 4th Victoria, c. 96, re l ative to the forwarding of stamped letters, otherwise than by the post, has not yet been exercised. Manchester Guardian. REPORT OF THE WEATHER BY THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—After four days of splendid harvest wea ther in Lancashire the atmosphere became gloomy yes terday, heavy showers of rain falling at night. To -day the rain continues at Manchester, and the anxiety to know how the agricultural counties are affected is ex treme. We have this minute received answers to our inquiries as follows:—Normanton, one o'clock, rain; York, one o'clock, rain. Owing to a break in som e o f the communications beyond Normanton, no other an swers have been received to the moment of our going t o press..—Manchester Examiner of yesterday. VISITATION OF THE LORD BISHOP OF RIPON.--. The Bishop of Ripon will hold his triennial visitation at Ripon, on Tuesday, the 31st of August; at Leeds, on the Ist of September; at Wakefield, the 2d September; Halifax, on the 3d of September; Skipton, on the 7th; Richmond, on the Bth, and Hawes, on the 9th. THE LATE EXPLOSION AT STALEYDRIDGE.—An inquest on Matthew .Gomersal and James Platt, two of the sufferers by this catastrophe, was held on Monday before Mr. Rutter. From the evidence it appeared that the quantity of gunpowder which exploded was about three-quarters-of a barrel, or half a hundred weight. It had got wet, and was put in the shed about six months before ; it was not fit for use. Sarah Platt, wife of James Platt, said—My husband told me, when he was got to bed, that he went down and saw Mr. Shirt and Mr. Gomersal near the storeroom. They told him to come in, and they then locked the door, to prevent any other person coming in. He said the powder was damp, and would not go off. They got a red hot iron, and then it went off. Gomersal, he sa', had dropped the key in the confusion, and they could not find it so as to get out. The Coroner remarked that the whole of the witnesses agreed upon the main points, and were corroborated by the sufferers. It evidently appeared to be their own act and deed, and ne one was to blame in the matter but themselves. The jury unanimously returned a verdict t o ai f : n n Ace r iepdeonrtta on a d et the death." operations . SAVINGS' ANRS IN FRANCE .—The of the savings' llio nitturbacnokns throughout France in 1845, addressed by the Minister of Agriculture and Commerce to the King. It appears from that document that on the 31st of December, 1844, there existed in France 347 savings' banks, 335 of which were in use. In the course of 1845 nine new establish ments were authorised, and Corsica was then the only department deprived of the benefit of such an institu tion. The number of books opened in the departmental 131,462 new ones were opened in the year , and 89,721, savings' banks, on the Ist of January, 18 4 5, was 4 6 4 ,108; were paid off, so that there remained, at the close, 505,849, or 41,741 more than on the 31st of December, 1844. The sums lodged in those banks on the Ist of January, 1846, amounted to 293,470,643 francs, having increased by only 12,557,457. During the year the lodgments were 107,683,130 francs ; the withdrawals 105,401,360, and the interest alloWed, 11,005,284. The books opened in the savings' banks of Paris, at the same date, were 178,377 in number, or 4,862 more than in 1844, the ca pital vested in them,112,061,915; the lodgments during the year, 37, 679,090.; the interest allowed, 4,022,913 ; in all, 153,763,920. The withdrawals having amounted to 53, 726,549 francs, thereTernained, on the Ist of Ja nuary, 1846, 100,027,370, Or 12,024,545 more than on the 31st of December, 1844. ALLEGED NEGLECT OF A RELIEVING OFFICER.—.. At the Hammersmith Police Court, Tuesday, a womaa, of sickly appearance stated to the magistrate, Mr. Beadon, that her husband was lying dead from the smallpox, and that she herself was attacked with the disease. She had gone to the relieving officer of the Fulham Union for nourishment for herself and children, who were starving, but had been refused relief. The magistrate immediately sent Thomas, the summoning officer, with the woman to . Mr. Haskard, the relievin officer, and in the course of half - an-hour, Thomas and the woman returned to the Court. They had seen Mr.. Haskard, who said he had given the woman two loaves the day before, , and Mr. Beadon might do what he liked in the matter. The• magistrate having expressed hal surprise at the conduct( of the relieving office'. the woman to be sworn, when it appeared her name wax Jemima Stevens, of No. 22; Trafalgar-etr e e; Hammer " - r her former smith. Her evidence was 'a repetition 0 d gone to Mr. orderedi statement, with the addition, that she ud ba d a d icited re * Haskard on Monday to get a CO'r d n a ot do anything just lief ; to which he replied, ! '? h ee e nad the smallpox, but he then. She had told ..bi and offi it ce w r as ha ia d. ;IA attention to what she said P e d aY .7tnat the body of the husband the itw relieving a s or de- ° a d been left in a shellall L di o d u n is o a t R a e p a p d e a r . t p o s.. Jeraima Stevens la . so dreadful a state as to be likely to spread the infection. throng then sent persohs to put it in a coffin, which one wahaltdheentneerigthheborootahmoolud which ; but to the application for relief, the was done answer of Mr.. Ilaskard was, that relief had a l ready they ought to get work. M r. B ead been given, and. evidence, said, that if all th at w on having heard the Ha.skard as was most unfit f or thestated were true, Mr.. directed Thomas.to go t o the office he filled. H e th en; immediate attendance-in overseers and request th e ir Court, and one of the m , [moons panied by M r. J. Stevens, the ch a i rman o f t h e board of;guardians, arri ve d as 'the Cotirt was about to be closed. Mr. Stevens; having expressed- hi s sur p r i se a t w h at b i d transpired, said h e bo should lay the matt e r before th e ard at the nekt meeting, and left the Court with the overseer, desiring the Woman . to meet them at the tu.suse of Mr. R a y , one of the medical officers of Hammersraith. CORONER'S INQUEST.— EXTENSION OF FEVF;R.—• Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Baker, at the Windmill, Rosemary-lane, relative to the death of Jame' Campbell, aged • three years, whose parents lived ini Hay's court, Glasshouse-street, Rosemary-lane. The coroner having viewed the body of the deceased, ob. served that the state" of the court was calculated tea generate fever to a fearful extent. The jury agreed with the coroner, and said it was a shame the co art should be allowed to remain in the state it was. They observed three cesspools in the court, which emitte d dreadful stench. . Mr. Liddle, one of the surgeons of the Whitechapel union, stated he was glad that the attetifion of the jury had been drawn to the state of that cor.trt, rte fever was spreading in that neighbourhood to an alarm. , ing extent. There was not a court, lane, or alley b e ,. tween RosemaryElanc and the Londo n Docks. b u t - l nearly every house there was fev er . A d ay or twoa g he attended six cases in one court ; an d i n one week 2 M had sixty new cases. Evidence was given showin g tb oh the :deceased had bee n f or some weeks suffering f hooping cough, ak.d fever, and di e d on Saturday. ,ere was no doubt that death had' Ibeen caused by thi s in. fectious state of the atmosphere. The inquest was, a d l journed. WOOLWICH DOCKYARD.—Captain and ACji n t ain g Christie has just been, presented with a v er y I ntudsoltos sword by th e o ffi cers o f the Royal Pock-yard liattali on, for his urbanity and kind attention during their con rse of instruction in the art of gunnery; and the non-co ex rnissioned officers and privates have also signified ti lei/ wish to present a piece of plate for similar attention to them in the like duties. The battalion musters upw grall of seven hundred mess, and aro a remarkably fine b o as of men. -~ eh° a `he SO f >sclAY