The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-06 00:00:00

I 1 1 10 . d v iivily behind him. — Before he could look round the Pendant came in front of him and spat in hi face, had asked him (witness) " how he dared to spit on a gentleman r Complain an t rep li e d th a t h e was n o t that h e h a d spat upon any one, and if had done 1 1 ,° )he would most readily apologise. The defendant then taunted him to spit upon him, saying, "Why do °u not spit—spit at me again." Complainant, after I. '"lft' taunted i n th at manner for some t i me, d id sp i t at defendant, who took a heavy stick which he carried and struck witness several severe blows on the head bd face. C omplainant, from the violence of the e nw s) screamed out f or assistance, and a consta bl e the n up to see w h at was the matter. Complainant en gave th e d efendant into custody. r a l i t i r . e Pl.s" to the charge, the defendant made a most 1. mg statement, to the effect that a conspiracy t l a e d been existing against him for three years past for . ttt Purpos e of driving him from the streets. Ile could khd lval . k in any public street without being insulted to spit upon. His path was beset with girls of the t o wn ,' men, and boys, who incited others to join them tne purpose of annoying and assaulting him. The ivrrnstplainant in this case spit upon him (defendan h t i ) , ti t Ile went up to remonstrate with him upon - fob conduct, when he was assailed by the abuse of a 11ef n i f t P e ople who he (complainant) had collected. annoyed, and certainly did act as the com plainant had described. peahen BINGUAM said it was a very filthy and nasty ; for if people w ill s pit, they should always tieetabout them befor e th e y did so. In this case, the ti,lldant could no t be justified in spitting in the face tt '° Tp l ainant, nor cou ld th e l a tt er p e rson be justi 44aIn actin g in the same manner. The defendant (the._ rather too far in striking complainant and he th e ealagistrate) thought it would meet the justice . of Inal,,, aac if he allowed the defendant to retire, and The flee compensation to the complainant for the sal e The had received. thi„endant said he should decline doing any iigrcii,the kind. He never compromised anything. Ing l lNGuasi said, that if defendant declined ac.t -1)4t111113" his suggestion, he had no other alternative eelf in . °l ,d him to bail in one suretyhim - t°ol .) to attend at the next Middlesex Sessions. 5 S :Pir,AMEs....._(THIS DAY.) aln-e 'u h Re ff was charged with the following out tittincLs assault on three ladies named Howard, re - It g in the East India-road, Poplar. IjoaPPeared from the evidence of the two Misses int ed a l d (their mother having been so severely that on sat b 3' the prisoner as to be unable to attend), son of evening, about six o'clock, they caught Tb e n of the prisoner in their garden, stealing pears. ,f,lll detained the lad and sent for a policeman, b tss a l3, shortly afterwards, the mother of the oy been an d demanded her son, but as their gardenhad hsvinrePeatedly robbed, they refused to give him up, p e a r c aught him in the fact, with his pockets full Ati a — o 4 s. The woman went away and fetched de -40 tos4" . , her husband, who came cursing and - 4 0, 1 / 7 his son. He broke open the door, knocked 4111 Y at and down, and then kicked her so dread- Nv;,." a , t it would be ' some days before she would be thl 4 . He then seized the elder Miss Howard a bout of her head, dragged her along the gravel 11stn ,I,'"inut fourteen yards, inflicting sundry kicks I, Pers °n and, dragging her back to the door excliaimed, "Now I will kill you," and Ivh, ) `" her h ea d twice aga i nst t h e step. Hi s w if e , „ i ' '''. l a u s S tanding by, s aid, "Don't murder her, or yes have to suffer for it ;" to which he replied, ti ler: l 4, 4 nd I will h ave t o su ff e r for her, too." He 4 ttiv e ,rick her again, when the policeman fortunately 13 01 1 4 an d he was given into custody. hich bore K 239 h av i n g produced the gowns, Itlij ol *ere evidence of the outrageous treatment to 4 1 .. t v i le wearer s h a d b een su bj ec t e d, L'lllse,:"Aarlntr observed, that were it not for the -4elle e of the ladie s , who had already suffered t eal, ll ' ll, 11 a, e should certainly have committed him for llLleclaat he did not consider he had power sufficient t 1141 1,:l to punish so enormous an offence. But t a tls gtOu s S must be taught that conduct so out onld ; RS not be allowed with impunity, and he tent ti;,, ll4l ,ict on the prisoner the very highest punish- Pa l aw allowed him. He should sentence him "'ne of ,5 1 , or be imprisoned, with hard ti e 1 , ? "°1' the space of two calendar months. 1,41, it s locked up in default. -E4 -ECENT FATAL STEAM- The EXPLOSION.—(TIIIS DAY.) n. '11114:1:T14Y into the cause of the death of the u ent elp1 08 " Person s who lost their lives in the rec °f the Cricket, was resumed this morning d too rti ' el ' o'clock, before Mr. Bedford, in the boar A of th As 0 , e St. Martin's workhouse. bAtrteetci:eet!hce jaillayst occasion, the various parties con and otherwise with the boats were rlt t e d by their solicitors. Nap a ' n "\- • C hambers, Q.C., attended on behalf of the 1141114 s t °ee edings having been opened, and on the .44,11" R Called over , d ad. r. Fr y said he declined to sit on the jury to- Th e en ' 47 dZ )Nt e. inquired the cause of so extraordi ptrlrnloation. 4t hett 4 6 4 4 414 'somebody took his place last M onda y , The Person was sworn for him. name P ""E a inquired if he answered to his I.a v4ti- tre vier rY said be did, but he was not swern, and 'dra w e sixteen wi thout him he wished to The Co • u,kr. jl ° NElt said he swore seventeen. tT ) , ltt _kr7,l7 ll /I ,e.s ns (the foorfemthane) reminded the Coroner jurymen, withdrew on 3s rs r t ....o , eas Z n one Vry bav 4 d therefore, allowed to withdraw. C u b then aid—Gentlemen, I shall not tPet 4B htio-:4oiic'tnheto, detain you long to-day, as an in bsieo boat, on the part of the Government, Ar c , I Y p ut made. After the last meeting I imme e olyself into communication with the , gorities the 17 !104, e _`• I wrote to the Secretary of State tilitteeltolul:nittet.urieePoafrtthilise Department, occurrence,calling a his nd a tte nti . on importto ilt‘ti%a i instituting a full and thorough inses poiPeritthatnttne ther, whole of the circumstances . in the , Government would think proper toap• l'4 . ` il ir)ati r ; °ll e on their part, to make the . requisite ' eiv ed 1.,' A reply to that letter was immediately i ll ; 4, 44 4 , "Y rule, stating that the Government would . L' 4°4 Wit - h all inquiry, and g I was put into commumea -4e it •stillit view, with the department wh h o e se re p s r u o l; 4-, he, et; ki view, such examinations, and t til ‘ t tobZ t . at 011 Saturday Mr. Thomas Lloyd and of tilt N i k e _ were Nt° t 1111811 " • nominated by the Govern. r ‘an investigation high reputation o t hose alnains of the boat. The for me to say ralynlientlemen . of the , make it unnecessary .r machinery, and meet i, -caPeeting them, that the ho st ,i, , , - a aUfficient- assurance to the public 1 made into be except that the]. t he ea t ," awl scientific inquiry will be a o p f p g o i r n e t a - t Pileti use °f the disaster. They are will im tilediaZ4,' inowledge and experience. They . course helie,,e'v'tii Proceed to make an investigation T—indeed I irly,st.e37 have commenced it to-day. Nll4l„,lgation which I felt myself pledged to re acquiesced in, nknel,'"q at the previous meeting was d i n the Pre t , o 3r e ' that the inspection should be at io of !,°1 the engineer and proprietors of :the j b o o , a e t e , llin,seic'Llt engineer of Mr. Joy ce , and virinivtehitici"ne'llie"and se thi s lII.' If ht thin ks it necessary to ef be ir p . will insure a thorough The ev idence which I will trouble you I te the medical aY will cnero ence in present. se f j a n i t r . ient to comp-e. of yourtestimony corn Y be su . e . e n the last occasion _. Ecard liat:eling, and as s o lnune r ci nk e in the chain with, r _ e _ ss tulPitab -_,.,Lie removal ofinoenelof the bodies to the w n ee o k , ttvciettle;td srheasltlrathinen adjourn the inquiry an t e na,ltutir,nntioned, unatlliif3u,rotnhaesrseemvibdleenacgea,in7fcnerpdta,tihnatthle h best cottrtieT:, I shall consider what will be it s hall b 4dopt with regard to the manner in which most dUetino. nciduced. For the more convernent con convenl:if the inquiry I wish to say that the witness make that course to adopt will be to let each question to hirn statement, and then to put any to a w i t 3' 0 u May think proper. Putting questionses in terrn,t.nesk 'whist making his statement causes tta,,r think and, besides, interferes with any questions deal o'lf7.lick at to put to him. It will save " at inr„'Ple, and is, besides, the proper course adopted a 1„,-1ies of this kind. 47 „.,rat wituess examined was had illtioattrtin Yung, house-surgeon, stated that h o e ,. t d ,he de de a post mortem examination of the head_ e r ~'nnd stat ed Thomas Shade on Monday last. H 4rtietic.,at the deceased had sustained a compoun n d , lohLt r e of the skull and a laceration of the brain, ,zit'lliltivie.re the causes of death. No P"i m George hate .41.1.°11 had been made of the body of _ . IZas There„hi' r °ril all the appearances of the deceased it °Pinion that death was caused by drowning. hhee:4lv,ialisariattlt;popfeztnhc; ni o n f eo c n o s n , gest . ion about the filling we, nos Partially open, and the pupils dilat th d e . m i` o h li e t r i e llt'odueePearance of external wounds calculated a to (4 6 death , th at 0 rRe Selby, the e h Priday, the 27th of August, the ~e.c 0 f policeman, 138 F division, morning stated s the Ple'aion, he was standing about ten o_ceiosalw n _ ,wlttter at ~ the Pox- under-the-hill, when b of dregs, a th e 4 :1- ', 11 Pull out of the water; by means ~..d-4`.4 body of a man. He did not knoNvthe de- tie d..; Ile assisted in taking him to the 3hospital.ngi the d r „ :11 . not know tle persons who cn ' t lC ' t43' were in a boat, and the were e y the Cri4 f the water by them near the spot where Islret steam -b oat 'w&- lying. using taken stated that he gAve the,,h,,triao Was then called, and alb ' in t' to Policeman 138, the last witness. a 8 hem ß ill' tom)) oliceman, also identified Chapm a n '' 8 on from Whom he received the bo d y. John Nathan Bainbridge, surgeon, of St. Martin's, here stated, that en Tuesday last he made a post mortem examination cf the body of Littleton, aged 33. He found that putrefaction had made consider able progress in the body, the face and head were quite livid, and much swollen. He examined the wound on the right temple, and found that it was about one inch and a half in length ; and he found it extended quite down to the bone. It was not a mortal wound. lie found on opening the head, that there was no fracture of the skull ; neither was there any injury to the brain sufficient to account for death. I rom the appearances of the body, the suffused state of the countenance, the livid state of the lips. and the rapid decomposition of the body, he thought that the deceased had died by drowning. He had not examined the lungs, he had made an in cision in the chest, but the friends of the deceased were very clamorous, and he did not proceed further with the inquiry, apprehensive that some " row" would have ensued, there being present several Irish women, whose conduct was very violent. He was satisfied however, from the inquiries he had made, of the cause of the death of deceased. The effect of the blow on the head would, no doubt, have been to cause insensibility, and thereby prevent any exertion on the part of the deceased to avoid drowning. He had also made a post murtent examination of the body of John Buckley, aged 18. There was a fracture of the right thigh, about the middle of the bone which was comminuted, there being two loose pieces, and the lower portion was drawn up about three inches by the action of the muscles. On examining the head, there was a large patch of dark extrayasated blood towards the left side of the forehead under the scalp ; there was no fracture of the skull in any part; there was a little bloody fluid in both ventricles of the brain. In the chest there were proofs of his having suffered from previous pericarditis, as the membrane covering the heart was adherent in almost every part. There was no blood in the heart. There was redness of the lining membrane of the air-tubes passing into the lungs, but neither fluid nor froth. I believe that neither the injuries of the head or thigh were suffi cient to account for his death, but that he was drowned as in the other case), having been stunned, and con equently unable to assist himself. George Henderson, beadle of St. John's, Lambeth, stated that the body of a man was removed by him on Sunday evening, about nine o'clock, from the vaults of St. John's Church, 'Waterloo-road, to this workhouse, and was delivered into the hands of the master. The CORONER then stated that it was his intention to adjourn the inquest, in order to allow time for the production of the other evidence. Mr. M. Chambers said that he wished to make an application to the coroner on the part of the pro prietors of the Cricket. The machinery of the vessel was now occasionally subject to the action of the water. Every person was aware that the action of that element would tend materially to depreciate the value of the property. The proprietors were anxious that they should not be laid open to the suspicion that they had allowed their pecuniary interests at all to interfere with the course of public justice or to the fullest and most ample investigation into this subject. They had desired him to ask the coroner to give per mission, so soon as those eminent gentlemen who had been named by the coroner to inspect the vessel should have made their examination, to take pos session of the machinery when it would be of no further use. He would suggest that a certificate should be given by the engineers when they had con cluded their examination authorising the proprietors to take such possession. The CORONER said that as soon as the examination was concluded of course there could be no wish to keep possession of the vessel or machinery. He could not see any possible objection to the proprietors taking it under their charge, when the necessary examination was completed. A Juror stated that he wished to call the atten tion of the Coroner to certain reports which had been circulated in several of the journals, purporting to be written by Mr. Galloway, the engineer. The Illustrated London News contained a very severe article on the subject. The CORONER said that he hoped they would all dismiss from their minds any reports which might appear upon the subject. They were chosen from an excited public, and it was their duty calmly and dis passionately to deliberate upon the matter. Mr. M. Chaters said the article in the Illustrated London News was a very strong one. A Juror—lt is so strong that the more frequently it is read, the less meaning can be found in it. In fact, there was no meaning at all in it. The inquest was then adjourned till Tuesday week. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A SEWER. For Lome time past the South Shields Commissioners have had men employed cleaning out one of the prin cipal sewers of the town, running along what is called the Mill Dam, and draining a very large extent of property. In length it is 732 feet, and in breadth 3} feet by 2 feet 2 inches. To escape the water that came from St. Hilda's pit, and the drainings from Messrs. Swineburne's gas works, the men had, up to Monday, worked at night with comparative comfort. On Monday, without consulting the authorities, they changed their system, and commenced working during the day. A draught of air coming in from the end and wafting their candles, they had boarded it up, and stopped the means of thorough ventilation. Working in the sewer were James Orr and John Park; and at bank were George Heron and Thomas Coll. About twelve o'clock Park's voice was heard to fail him, and he was heard to fall across the bottom of the tub. Alarmed by the circumstance, Coll lowered himself down with the rope, but no sooner had he got to the bottom than he fell down choked by the horrid atmosphere. Heron, seeing the imminent peril of his companions, had presence of mind to pull the boards down at the end and run for assistance. He met a man of the name of John Dodds, a cartman with Messrs. Allan, soap-boilers, who, in the most gallant manner, rushed to the spot, pulled of his jacket, lowered himself down the shaft, and, at the risk of his life, got Coll safely to the bank. Another man, a mason, whose name we have not as certained, went down and got Park up. Dodds then went down again, and armed with a rake, was enabled to get Orr under the shaft, and bring him up. As the men were got to bank, medical aid was procured, and by great exertions Coll and Park were restored to consciousness. Poor Orr was dead when brought up. Coll has recovered, but Park is lying in a pre carious condition. Orr has left a widow and seven unfortunate children to lament the deplorable death of an industrious father. The blame lies with the unfortunate deceased, who was manager of the gang. The Commissioners, very properly, intend doing something for Dodd, but for whose exertions there is no doubt the other two men would have been suf focated.—Durham Chronicle. FIRE IN WHITECHATEL.—Yesterday morning, about two o'clock, flames were discovered issuing from the first floor of the premises belonging to Mr. Hugh M‘Leod, carpenter, 36, William-street, New-road, Whitechapel. An alarm was given, but the occupiers of the top part of the house were fast asleep, and it was with much difficulty they could be roused. They were, however, got out in safety, but had not left the place above five minutes before the top floor and roof were completely wrapped in flames. The engines quickly attended, and by carrying the hose up the stairs the firemen were enabled to prevent the further spread of the flames. The upper part of the building is burned out, the furniture consumed, and the remainder of the premises severely damaged. A spark from a lighted candle, it is understood, was the cause of the misfortune. REFUSAL OF AN ALDERMAN TO OBEY AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT. —At the city police committee on Sa turday, Mr. Gill, the pass master to the city of London, attended with several Irish families betore Mr. Alderman Farebrother for the purpose of passing them home. One of the persons, a woman with five children, informed the Alderman that she was sent home against her will, for she had no person in Ireland living to whom she was related. The family had, like many others, come to England through want, and were landed at Liverpool, from whence, although they were ill, they were sent to London, where her husband died the next day. They had since been in the City of London Union, but the guardians had now determined to pass them back to Ireland. Mr. Alderman Farebrother said he should certainly not sign the order of removal, and directed Mr. Russell the clerk to the board of guardians, to be sent for. The officer subsequently attended, and said it was the wish of the woman to go back ; besides it was necessary to send back the casual paupers. Mr. Alder man Farebrother said, she had, with tears in her eyes, told him a very different story, and although it was ne cessary to send some of them back, he certainly would not sign a pass to send back a poor woman who declares that she has not got a single relative left, and thus force her and her five children to die for want of food. li e certainly would not be a party to such proceedings. Mr. Russell submitted that he was compelled by the Act of Parliament to carry out the law; but the worthy Alder man maintained that he would not carry . out an Act of Parliament that, for aught he knew, might cause the poor creatures to die from want as soon as they arrived in Ireland or on their passage. ROBBERIES AT 'THE DEAN OF CHICHESTER'S.—On Saturday information was given, that on Friday evening a Russia leather writing-case was stolen from No. 36, Mortimer -street, Cavendish square, the Dean of Chi chester's. It had been delivered from a tradesman of whom it had been ordered, but shortly afterwards a young man called, stating thr.t he had been sent to take it back as it was not of the proper size, and it was ac cordinglya given to him by a servant. He is described as dressed 17 and r'eedd years of age, fiEd five feet three inches high, i n n ec a k b e l r u c e hi f e • r i o , c a k n -c d o ,, a . t a a lk n i d n trroautsheerrs,laanmdevs..ith black pipes of the Electr il ic .— Tele n grs ELECTRIC TELEGRAP O g Saturday open ing the communication between the P ducting pipes h e ntral Company,t s h ta e t ioopne ion- rin Lothbury, now 1: e s a t r t i e o e n t King William-street and Lifri is, were being laid do en in approaching completion, and all places south of tepidly will open direct lines of communication froTmhitshicsosmtaptaira to fifty of the principal `enemas three menthe. to wns in England during the 1 .) I° o l t i tr TILE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVE MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED.) BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. Cooper gives us the 11th chapter of " Captain Spike" in this month's Bentley, containing the adventures of Mulford, Rose, Jack Tier, and Biddy, in their voyage from the rock. They go back to the Swash and put Biddy on hoard without discovery, after which Rose, Mulford, and Jack sail in the boat for the Dry Tortugas and take possession of the light house. They have only been intalled a few hours when a sail appears in sight, and as the ship ap proaches the island they recognise her to be " The Swash." The most valuable paper in the present number is a description of the sack of Rome, in May, 1527, by the Imperialists, under the Constable of Bourbon. It is translated by Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, from an original Spanish letter of the time, directed to the Chancellor, Gatinara, and which is to be found in the archives of Simancas. It will be read with particular interest at the present moment, when the Imperial Huns are again marching towards Rome, if not with the aid, at least by the connivance of a Bourbon, who prefers his own personal aggran dizement to the promotion of the interests of his country and of the world. For eleven days the city was sacked, " during which time," says the writer, " the greatest cruelties were committed, the which are so numerous, sir, that neither ink nor paper would be sufficient to indite, nor any man's memory capable to retain them." He thus proceeds to describe some of these horrors : " Sir, the cardinals who were in Rome, after having ransomed their houses and their persons once, had their houses and their property plundered: their persons were seized, and they were dragged on foot by the soldiery as vile malefactors through the streets, without so much as a servant to accompany, or a horse to carry them. It is impossible to imagine anything which could cause greater grief. I do aver to you, sir, that I thought I should have died thus to have seen that blessed gentle man, the Cardinal of Sienna, between eight or ten lanz quenets, a prisoner— on foot—naked—without even a girdle—having only a short cloak to cover his nakedness. These men had pillaged his house, and ransacked the houses of the other cardinals, and had not left them even the value of a ducat wherewith to supply their wants. And, seeing that much people, with their linen, their jewels, and their money, had taken shelter in these houses, the cardinals did run much risk and peril: and thus, sir, the soldiers must have got an enormous booty by the sack of Rome, because, besides plundering all the linen, the jewels, and the gold, they fixed a price on every one's head, as ransom money. Men, women, and children,—all had to pay ; many were tortured, nay, many were killed with unheard-of cruelties. " The Ambassador of Portugal, sir, was in one of the strongest houses in all Rome, and, for this reason, as well as on account of his position, much people, with their linen, their money, and their jewels, had taken refuge in his house, and the ranson of these people was estimated at one million of gold. But the house was, nevertheless, pillaged, and all the rest of the people made prisoners, so that the Ambassador had not even a shirt or a cloak left him, but went about in his drawers, and in a doublet; nor had he, nor any else in his house, any one thing left to them in this world. They made no difference between Spaniards or Imperialists;-130 respect was paid to any one. Rome will not be what it was before for fifty years to come. The screams of the a omen and children, sir, in the streets, were sufficient to break a man's heart. In many parts there were so many dead bodies that it was almost impossible to walk; and, as they lay many days unburied, these bodies, together with the carcases of the dead horses, did cause such a pestilent smell, that for certain the plague will much increase, unless, indeed, God bringeth some remedy. " There bath not remained, sir, one church, one con vent, one nunnery, which hath not been pillaged: many of the clergy, many friars and nuns, have been put to the torture, to force them to discover the money and the linen which peradventure might have been con cealed in their houses. The nuns did scream fright fully while the rude soldiery were dragging them through the streets, and ill-treating them;—it was enough to melt a heart of stone. " The church of St. Peter is utterly plundered, the gold and silver containing the sacred relics taken away; the relics scattered about the floor, so that nothing can be distinguished. In this same church of St. Peter many dead bodies do lie about within the very chapel dedicated to St. Peter. Close to the very altar there are pools of blood; nay, even the carcases of dead horses are to be seen there." " Brian O'Linn" is continued in this number, and is to be concluded in the next. Mr. H. 101 l gives us an amusing tale illustrative of the etymology of the phrase "Neck or Nothing ;" and Hans Christian Andersen, the Danish poet, furnishes us, under the title of the " Neighbouring Families," with one of those puerile prettinessas for the production of which he is so famous. Turn we, however, from Andersen to Albert Smith, and let us enjoy a hearty laugh at the misadventures of Mr. Straggles, who has a day's fishing. However much we may laugh at him, yet we entirely concur with Mr Straggles in his opinion of angling : it is indeed " the slowest twaddling any rational man could believe he found amusement in." The first paper and the last in the number are illus trated. The first, which is entitled " Mr. Richard Jones and the Polka," is admirably illustrated by Leech ; and the last, which is a brief but well written review, by Charles Whitehead, of Prescott s " History of the Conquest of Peru," is illustrated with a portrait (admirably engraved by Brown) of Francisco Pizarro, from the original painting in the Palace of the Viceroys at Lima. DOMBEY AND SON. No. Xll. By Charles Dickens. The indifference of the eleventh number is more than compensated by the extraordinary excellence of the twelfth. Mr. Dickens begins to develop his plot, and that with an art superior to anything of the kind evinced in his preceding fictions. The incon• gruous couple, Mr. and Mrs. Dombey, return to their magnificent residence in London as devoid of mutual affection as hauteur on the one side and con tempt on the other can possibly render a married pair. Florence unconsciously deepens her father's antipathy to herself by monopolizing the affections of Edith, and thus render in g him jealous of his own daughter. In a beautiful scene between poor Floy and her mother - in - law , t he following passage occurs anent Diogenes the Dog : to 4 theDiogenes,admission fwasEdith, fth e e nd party,eve even in nd deferencea t first toh objected is mistress's wish, had only permitted it under growling protest. But, emerging by little and little from the ante-room, whither he had retired in dudgeon. he soon appeared to comprehend, that wit h the most amiable in tentions he had made one of those mistakes which will occasionally arise in the best-regulated dogs' minds; as a friendly apology for which be stuck himself up on end between the two, in a very hot place in front of the fire, and sat panting at it, with his tongue out, and a most imbecile expression of countenance, listening to the conversation." Resolved to celebrate the felicity of his nuptials Mr. Dombey has a housewarming—politely inform ing his friends, by way of invitation, that It. Dorn bey would be at home on a certain evening. On a certain evening, accordingly, a grand dinner party is followed by a soirée. The proceedings commenced by Mr. Dombey, " in a cravat of extraordinary height and stiffness, walking restlessly about the drawing room." Then enters an East India Director "in a waistcoat apparently constructed of serviceable deal by some plain carpenter, but really engendered in the tailor's art and composed of the material called nankeen." Next, a Bank Director, who talks dis paragingly of his little place at Kingston-upon- Thames, with a little bit of a shrubbery, and a poor little flower-bed or so, and a humble apology for a pinery. " Mention being made of the Opera by Mrs. Skewton," writes the historian, "he said he very seldom went there, for he couldn't afford it. It seemed greatly to delight and exhilirate him to say SO ; and he beamed on his audience afterwards with his hands in his pockets, and excessive satisfaction twinkling in his eyes." Then, elderly ladies carry ing burdens on their heads, " with very precious necklaces on very withered necks." Then " a young lady of sixty-five, remarkably coolly dressed as to her back and shoulders, who spoke with an engaging lisp, and whose eyelids wouldn t keep up well." 'Then, an old lady, " like a crimson velvet pincushion stuffed with bank notes." The descent to the dining-room is inimitable—" the young thing with the shoulders" being bestowed, as an extinguisher, on the East India Director—and seven mild men being shut out in the stony-hearted hall. " When all the rest were got in and were seated," says our author, " one of these mild men still appeared, in smiling confusion, totally destitute and unprovided for, and, escorted by the butler, made the circuit of the table twice before his chair could be found, which it finally was, on Mrs. Dombey's left hand ; after which the mild man never held up his head again." While they are all sitting round the table, handling their glittering knives, and forks, and spoons, and looking, for all the world, like a grown up exposition of Tom Tiddler's ground, where chil dren pick up gold and silver, and while Mr. Dombey himself is enacting Tiddler to perfection, the follow ing appalling anecdote is told—appalling, be it ob served, as applying with such awful emphasis to the host and hostess. It is described in the happiest style of an author than whom none has or ever had a happier : " Cousin Feenix was in great force, and looked astonishingly young. But he was sometimes thoughtless in his good humour—his memory occasionally wander ing like his legs—and on this occasion caused the com pany to shudder. It happened thus. The young lady with the back, who regarded Cousin Feenix with sL7.ti ments of tenderness, had entrapped the East India Director into leading her to the chair next him ; in return for which good . office, she immediately aband o n e d the Director, who being shaded on the other side by a gloomy black velvet hat surmounting a bony and speech less female with a fan, yielded to a depression of spirits and withdrew into himself. Cousin Feenix and the young lady were very lively and humorous, and the Young lady laughed sn much at something Cousin Feenix related to her, that Major Bagstock begged leave to in quire on behalf of Mrs. Skewton (they were sitting o p. posite, a little lower dow n ) , w hethe r that might not be considered public property. " < Why, upon my life,' said Cousin Feenix, ' there's nothing iu it; it really is not worth repeating: in point of fact, it's merely an anecdote of Jack Adams. I dare say my friend Dombey;' for the general attention was concentrated on Cousin Feenix; may remember Jach Adam's, Jack Adams, not Joe ; that was his brother. Jack—little Jack—man with a cast in his eye, and a slight impediment in his speech—man who sat for some body's borough. We used to call him in my Parlia mentary time W. P. Adams, in consequence of his being Warming Pan for a young fellow who was in his mi nority. Perhaps my friend Dombey may have known the man?' " Mr. Dombey, who was as likely to have known Guy Fawkes, replied in the negative. But one of the seven mild men unexpectedly leaped into distinction, by saying lie had known him, and adding—' always wore Hessian boots!' " Exactly,' said Cousin Feenix, bending forward to sce the mild man, and smile encouragement at him down the table. That was Jack. Joe wore—' " ' Tops!' cried the mild man, rising in public estima tion every instant. " Of course,' said Cousin Feenix,' you were intimate with 'em ?' "' I knew them both,' said the mild man. With whom Mr. Dombey immediately took wine. " Devilish good fellow, Jack?' said Cousin Feenix, again bending forward, and smiling. ." Excellent,' returned the mild man, becoming bold on his success. One of the best fellows I ever knew.' " ' :No doubt you have heard the story ?' said Cousin Feenix. " I shall know,' replied the bold mild man, ' when I have heard your Ludship tell it.' With that, he leaned back in his chair and smiled at the ceiling, as knowing it by heart, and being already tickled. " In point of tact, it's nothing of a story in itself,' said Cousin Feenix, addressing the table with a smile, and a gay shake of his head,' and -not worth a word of preface. But it's illustrative of the neatness of Jack a humour. The fact is that Jackc.was invited down to a marriage—which I think took place in Barkshire?' " Shropshire,' said the bold mild man, finding him self appealed to. " ' Was it? well! In point of Tact it might have been in any shire,' said Cousin Feenix. So, my friend being invited down to this marriage in Anyshire,' with a - pleasant sense of the readiness of this joke, goes. Just as some of us, having had the honour of being invited to the marriage of my lovely and accomplished relative with my friend Dombey, did'nt require to be asked twice, and were devilish glad to be present on so interesting an oc casion.—Goes—Jack goes. Now, this marriage was, in point of fact, the marriage of an uncommonly fine girl with a man for whom she did'nt care a button, but whom she accepted on account of his property, which was im mense. When Jack returned to town, after the nuptials, a man he knew, meeting him in the lobby of the House of Commons says, Well Jack, how are the ill-matched couple?' 111-matched,' says Jack. Not at all. It's a perfectly fair and equal transaction. She is regularly bought, and you may take your oath he is as regularly sold!' " Mrs. Chick leaves the party in dudgeon ; Mr. Dombey qaarrels with his lady (before Carker) when the guests have departed ; next morning Mr. Carker, in an interview with Mrs. Dombey, has that lady under his thumb ; and Mrs. Skewton is struck in her diamonds, and short sleeves and rouge, and curls, and teeth, and other juvenility—before her glass—by paralysis. She lay there " like a horrible doll that had tumbled down." " They took her to pieces in very shame, and put the little of her that was real on a bed." Mrs. Skewton, however, gradually recovers, though—" it was a tremendous sight to see thi s o ld woman in her finery leering and mincing at Death, and playing off her youthful tricks upon him . as if he had been the Major." Forlorn Lucretia Tox, denied all in tercourse with the Dombeys and the Chicks, resolves to cultivate the acquaintance of Mrs. Richards, other wise the Toodles, that she may pick up a c asua l scrap of news about the august family from which she is an outcast. This inclination introduces us, as well as Miss Tox, again to the domestic arrangements of the Toodles. Mr. Toodle is there, cindery and swar t, i n the bosom of his home, for he is described as having three stages of existence. "He was either taking refreshment in the bosom just mentioned, or he was tearing through the country at from twenty five to fifty miles an hour, or he was sleeping after his fa tigues." Mr. Toodle is mentioned, also, as shovelling in the bread and butter with a clasp-knife, " as if he was stoking himself;" and, in regard to tea, swallow ing, in his own phrase, the indefinite quantity of " a sight of mugs." To his c hildren—and " Mr. Toodle was never out of children, but always kept a good supply on hand"—he distributes irregular morsels of his own meal, as possessing a relish—after partaking among th e mselves, and stood on one of which these young T oodles p erformed p rivate dances of ecstacy leg a-piece, and hopped, and indulged in other salta tory tokens of gladness. The number is rich in the development of characters and the delineation of scenes—besides which it abounds with passion and drollery, and an interest that enlarges and deepens as the story progresses. LITERATURE. MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL LI BRARY. Nos. XLVL and XLVIL Story of the Battle of Waterloo. By the Rev. G. R. Gleig. The author of the " Subaltern" being no tyro as a military historian, but being, on the contrary, as practised a writer on matters appertaining to the life of a soldier as Charles Lever or \V. H. Maxwell, we naturally look with some curiosity to a work bearing the above name and the above authorship upon the title-page. But that we are tolerably well accustomed to find the incongruous Reverend prefixed to pages on war and battle-fields, we should have been startled by that circumstance ; the Rev. G. R. Gleig's name is, however, familiar to us, and therefore the novelty has worn away. Every person who has emerged from boyhood or girlhood, and has received any sort of education, has read some narrative or other of the battle of Waterloo : the majority of them have read scores of accounts. Nor is this surprising, when we remember that that battle was the prelude to the peace we have now been enjoying for upwards of thirty years. The mind of this generation naturally reverts, and the minds of all future generations will naturally revert, to that most momentous crisis in the history of modern times. The lovers of legitimacy will exult when they recal its slaughter to their recollection, while others will lament in the famous couplet of Lord Byron : " We do not curse thee, Waterloo, Though freedom's blood thy plains bedew." Mr. Gleig is of the former class , and he not only exults over the battle-field, butw ith the true gusto of a military writer, he appears to see in the butchery merely a beautiful result of a d roit ma noeuvring, or a capital proof of the tough ness of hi s fellow-country men. The coolness with which a military historian enumerates the killed or wounded, and the self pos session with which he recounts general a cannonading little incident of murder in the midst of the more is so extraordinary, that we conceiv e it to be the very worst class—the most inappropriate class of author ship for a clergyman. Ther e is something mar vellously indelicate to our thinking in the calm nar rative of the destruction of human bodies penned by a person ordained for the more charitable office of saving human souls, Hen ce th e account of the Battle of Waterloo—detestable to us at all times the —is absolutely repulsive as written by Rev. G. IL Gleig. And Mr. Gleig seems to have inspired an atmosphere kindred to that inhaled by Colonel Mitchell. The whole book is a piece of consummate braggadacio ; and if the French Emperor was really such a blundering, obtuse, thick-headed general, as he is described to be by Mr. Gleig, there is very little credit indeed to the Duke of Wellington, or, rather, to Prince Blucher, in routing his forces. As a proof that the work is cleverly written, we give the following picturesque account of the Highland regiments at the Duchess of Richmond's ball : " The Duchess of Richmond, of whose ball so much notice has been taken, was the sister of the late and last Duke of Gordon. The Duke was Colonel of the 92d Regiment, which, because it had been raised upon his estates, was called the Gordon Highlanders; and the Duchess of Richmond, being proud of her brother and of her country, made arrangements for exhibiting to her guests that night a perfect specimen of the Highland fling. With this view she caused a selection to be made from among the non-commissioned officers of the above mentioned corps, not only desiring such to be chosen as were most skilled in the mysteries of that national dance, but making a particular request that all should be, in point of personal appearance, excellent specimens of their race. The wishes of the high-born dame were by reel, the fast strathspey, diminishingan d body of Highlanders marched that night into her Grace's carefully attended to. Preceded by their pipers, a little hall, of whom it is not too much to assert, that Scotland , were little aware could furnish nothing superior to . them; and the admirable sword-dance, w nature erd. few who survive to speak ad m ired They also, like the of the brief interval which should. elapse ere the instruments which then stirred them in the game would don of c their ei is r still performance remem b r d . n cheer them to the battle. Indeed there were but few in ladies who beheld them and . that bright assembly who guessed ' that dang er was near; and they who knew it best, including the Duk e an d t h e officers of his personal staff, were in their manner the most entirely unembarrassed. " It bad been hinted to the generals of division an d brigade, that, one by one, as the night drew on, they should take their leave. Orders likewise had been issued to the troops in and around Brussels to hold th emse l ves in readiness to march at a moment's notice ; a n d th e consequence was, that wi thout exactly anticipating the ac t u al course of events, men packed their knapsacks, and officers arranged their baggage, ere they lay d ow n. By and bye general af ter general withdrew from the Duchess's party—some on the plea that their commands were far away—others, b e cause duty or pri va t e b us i ness called them. The Du ke remained till a late hour, and returned thanks after supper for the health of the Prince Regent, which was proposed by the Prince of Orange. Ile soon afterwards retired, and the company broke up. " There might have been one hour's quiet in the streets of Brussels. The rattle of carriag es was over . Light after light had been extinguished in chamber and in hall, and sleep seemed to have established his dominion over the city, w hen a bugle-call, he ar d fi rs t i n , the Place d'Armes, on the summit of the Montagne du rING, SEP TEMBER 6, 1847. .I?arc, and taken up and echoed back through vari9us luarters of the town, roused all classes of people in a 2oment. From every window in the place heads were p rotruded, and a thousand voices desired to be informed ' anything was the matter; for though they put the i( lea from them, few bad lain down that night altogether f tee from uneasiness ; and now the bugle's warninA• r tote seemed to speak to them of an enemy at the g it es. Anxious, therefore, and shrill were the voices w inich demanded to be informed of the cause of the it e terruption to thsir repose. But there was little need to answer them in words: the bugle call was soon foll !owed by the rolling of drums and the screaming of bat :pipes. By and bye regiments were seen, by the dim ligl it of the stars, to muster in park, square, street, an d gale y—horses neighed—guns rumbled over the causeways --d rivers shouted—and over all was heard, from time to Una e, the short quick word of command, which soldiers beet love to hear, and obey with the greatest promptitude. T h , t reserve, in short, was getting under arms, each brig ,ado at its appointed alarm-post; and by and bye, on e of tar another, as they were ready, they marched off in th oe direction of the forest of Soignies." Although in the opening chapters Mr.Gleig confesses twat " the Duke, in paint of numbers, was superior his adversary" (see page 69), he says, at page 161, tl Ist the Duke had at Waterloo a grand total of 67,655 n ten, while the French had a total of 71,947 men. I lazlitt gives a very different calculation. Napoleon h ad 59,000 men, while Wellington had 90,000, the titer being increased to 150,000 on the arrival of Blucher—being more than two to one. Mr. Gleig m arvels that Napoleon had not " cast his life into ti to same venture" with his soldiers at Waterloo, fi irgetting that he threw himself off his horse, vord in hand, at the close of the fight, and was of )1y dragged away by his suite. At page 171 the reverend historian observes of the massacre that was going on—" the practice was beautiful !" The story is oleverly but partially told. To ourselves the citerical character of the narrator makes the book most distasteful. THE FRENCH POST AN]) THE WEELKY DISPATCH. (From the National.) A few days ago the Constitutionnel, which is the organ of M. Thiers, late Prime Minister of France, INcorded its complaints against the Post-office with regard to the stoppage of certain Belgian and English papers, amongst the latter of which was the Dispatch. Thereupon M. Dejean addressed to the editor of the , Constitutionnel a letter, in which the following passage occurs :—" It is true, that for some years the Go vernment has ordered the Custom-house and Post office authorities to seize two little English news papers, Punch and the Weekly Dispatch. In doing so, the Government was not afraid of injuring the important transactions of merchants and bankers, as the Constitutionnel supposes, by suppressing those two journals, which contain nothing but caricatures or humourous articles ; the bankers and merchants of London would not suffer on their side by the sup pression of Figaro and Charivari." The National (of the day following, after alluding to the assertion that Punch and the Dispatch contain onlycaricatures and humourous writing, thus proceeds : " If the accuracy of M. Dejean's other assertions resemble this one, we shall know in future what value to attach to his explanations. We will inform the Director-General of the Post-office, who does not seem to suspect the fact, that there is no such thing as a caricature in the Weekly Dispatch : it is a most intelligent weekly newspaper, circulating largely amongst the English people, and printing, at the lowest figure, 55,000 copies. This journal contains a summary of the politics, commercial transactions, and literature of the week. It maintains a private cor respondent in Paris, and is intimately acquainted with continental proceedings. It criticises, often with the most remarkable sagacity, the manufacturing and commercial operations of England; and the most serious subjects of political life are treated of every Sunday in its columns with a firmness and an ardour totally uncharacterised by jocularity.. Our English neighbours will be profoundly astonished to learn that a high French functionary confounds a news paper of this kind with the ever burlesque, and most frequently, witty conceptions of Punch. We have for several years subscribed to the Weekly Dispatch, and we receive it pretty regularly every Monday. The Director-General has so many errors to repair in his detestable administration, that he is really too generous to impute to himself a fault of which he is not guilty." THE REPORTED LOSS OF THE CANTON, OF HULL. The Aberdeen Herald, a few days since, contained a report that the Canton emigrant vessel had been lost, together with all on board to the number of 300 souls. The wreck of the vessel is confirmed by the Hull Packet, but the loss of life bas been considerably exaggerated, as will be found from the account sub joined, which we copy from the last-named journal : " TOTAL LOSS OF A HULL SHIP AND OF HER PAS SENGERS AND CREw.-A most melancholy occur rence took place on the 22d ult., which has plunged several families in this town and neighbourhood into the deepest distress. The ship Canton, of this port, commanded by Captain Tonge, sailed on the 14th ult., for St. John's, New Brunswick, containing 18 hands and two passengers, all of whom perished only eight days after their departure. The circumstances of this melancholy occurrence are detailed in the fol lowing letter from the agent to Lloyd's, at Rispond, to the owners of the vessel : " Gentlemen,—l am sorry to inform you that the ship Canton, of Hull, in a terrific gale of wind from N.N.W , on the morning of Sabbath, the 22d inst. (yesterday), was totally lost on Far-out-Head, about five miles east of Cape Wrath, and, lamentable to say, all on board perished. She was seen at day light driven in amongst the fearful sunk rocks of the Head, and so far as can learn from some people looking on at a distance, in a few minutes after striking broke up, and nothing could be seen but fragments of the wreck. From the nature of the place, where she drove amongst innumerable out-lying rocks, no art of man, were such at hand, could have possibly rendered any assistance in saving any human being on board. Fifteen bodies are now found, some of which were decently interred to-day in the church yard of Durners, and the others will be to-morrow, as soon as coffins are got ready. I was on the spot about two hours after the misfortune, with every necessary assistance, but I regret to say, so great was the devastation, that little or nothing could be saved. (Signed) "JAMES ANDERSON, Agent to Lloyd's, Rispond, Loch Erriboll, by Golspie, Aug. 23, 1847. " To the Owners of the Canton, Hull." It is confidently stated that the Earl of Dundonald will be unanimously elected one of the representative Peers for Scotland. The Scottish nobility in thus acting will be doing themselves far greater honour than the Noble Earl. DEATH OF VISCOUNT KENMURE.—We regret to have to announce the death of the Right Honourable Adam Gordon Viscount Kenmure and Lord of Lochin var, Baronet of Scotland and Nova Scotia, which took place at Kenmure Castle, Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, on the morning of the lit inst. His Lordship was born 9th January, 1792, and married in 1843, Mary Anne, daughter of the late James Wildey, Esq. Having died without issue, his Lordship is succeeded in the family estates by his sister the Honourable Louisa, relict of Charles Bellamy, Esq., H.E 1.C.5., who now, in conse quence of the death of her brother, in terms of the entail, assumes the name and arms of Gordon of Ken mure and Lochinvar. Whether the title, in consequence of the death of the late Viscount, becomes extinct or not, is, we believe, altogether undetermined . ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. —An accident of a serious nature, though happily unat tended with any loss of life, occurred on the Great West ern Railway on Sunday morning. The first mixed class down train, which lett Paddington at half-past six, had made its usual stoppage at the Ealing station, and was proceeding on its course, when within about half a mile two of the closed boxes, attached towards the hinder part of the train, got off the rails, and were dragged on to the other line. The place where it occurred was at one of the switches, or turning points, though the imme diate cause of the occurrence is reported to have been owing to one of the wheels having caught fire. The train not having long before started from Ealing, it was proceeding but at a slow rate, otherwise the accident must have been attended with a frightful result. As may be imagined, however, the greatest consternation was produced among the passengers in the crowded carriages by the almost sudden stoppage of the train, nearly all of whom instantly alighted. An express was immediately sent up the line, and aid was at once dis patched down for the removal of the boxes which had been torn off the line ; but, owing to the occurrence, the train was delayed at all the intermediate stations along the line, where it produced the utmost alarm for nearly two hours. Several of the officials at Padding ton arrived at the spot, and we hear that a searching inquiry will be instituted into the origin of the accident; but at present we are not aware of any blame being attached to any party. CONSTRUCTION AND POSITION Or BEDSTEADS —A French surgeon states, that by fitting bedsteads with glass feet, and isolating them about 18 inches from the wall of the apartment, he has cured the patients sleeping on them of many nervous affections. Suspicions are be ginning to arise, too, that oar well-being may be affected by sleeping parallel to, or at right angles with, the line of the terrestrial magnetic current. The house in w', ieh we live has a considerable influence on our sensations sometimes little suspected.— The Butlder. MILL•WALL IRON-WORKS, POPLAR.--On Thursday the workmen attached to this establishment gave an en tertainment to their foreman, Mr. Andrew Inglis, he being about to leave his employment there. lie was, in the course of the evening, presented with a beautiful gold watch with appendages (value thirty guineas), as a town of the esteem in which he was held, for his impar tial and respectful demeanour towards his fellow- work men, during the time he bad been among them. WATER CONVEYED PER RAILWAY. Trains of water, conveyed in engine -tenders, are now running up the Midland Railway from Derby to Leicester, in con sequence of the shortness of the supply at the latter station. —Nottingham Journal COURT CIRCULAR. ARDYEEEKIE, SEPT 2. Yesterday, a continued wet day. In the evening her Majesty and his Royal High ness walked in the grounds notwithstanding. Viscount Palmerston is expected to-day, as Secretary of State, in attendance upon her Majesty. The Marquis of Abercorn, Viscount Jocelyn, and Mr. Popham, will join the royal circle at dinner thi, evening. SEPT. 3.—Yesterday Prince Albert and the Prince Leiningen went out deer stalking. Her Majesty, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn, went out on two ponies. In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal High ness, drove out attended by the Master of the Horse, and Major-General Wemyss, on horseback. His Excellency Baron de Brunnow had an inter view with Sir George Grey, on Saturday, at the Home-office. Earl Grey has arrived at his seat, Howick Hall, Northumberland, from attending the Queen at Ard verekie. Dispatches for the Governor of the Falkland Islands were sent off on Saturday evening from the Colonial-office. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey arrived in town on Friday night from his seat Fallodrn, Northumber land. Mr. Bellew had an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet on Saturday, at the Home•office. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Gibraltar. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE HIGHLANDS. _ _ (From the North British Mail.) _ Locu LAGGAN, TUESDAY.—Yesterday the Queen, accompanied by one of the Ladies in Waiting, ventured out on the loch in her s barge, which was manned by six rowers belonging to the crew of the royal yacht. There was also a fisherman on board, who baited a few lines, and after throwing them overboard, committed them into her Majesty's hands. Not many minutes elapsed till a fine trout rewarded the royal toils • and, but for an unlucky entanglement of the . . lines, two more would have graced her - Majesty's pis. catory triumph. After spending about half an hour on the loch, her Majesty returned to the lodge. : The weather presented those lowering features which have prevailed more or less since the arrival of the royal visitors. The atmosphere is almost constantly clouded, and gusty winds from the west drive up the loch with considerable fury, frequently sweeping thick misty showers before them. The natives say there is no hope of really good weather till the wind veers round to the east—a gyration which I de voutly trust it may soon perform, both for the sake of the enjoyment of the Court and the interest of the crops, which are now entering a most critical period in this backward district. Whilst her Majesty was enjoying herself for the first; time on the loch, Prince Albert was ranging the forest in search of deer. Mists, and a high wind, kept the royal stags beyond reach ; but before leav ing the forest, the keepers brought a deer within the mark, and his Royal Highness discharged the con tents of his piece with effect. It had been arranged that, upon the return of the Prince from deer-stalking, the Queen and his Royal Highness should go out on the loch to witness the results of net-fishing; but the surly aspect of the weather caused this excursion to be postponed. To-day the weather is much improved. A gentle breeze ripples the surface of the lake, and the sun shines warmly in a comparatively cloudless sky. The hills stand out in sharp outlines, as if span new from the chisel. LocH LAGGAN, WEDNESDAT.—Yesterday her Majesty took advantage of the fine weather to ascend to Locharb. Prince Albert devoted the forenoon to cover-shooting, and enjoyed excellent sport. After luncheon, the royal party went out net fishing on the loch, and a good haul of trout was obtained. Though the sky at sunset gave indications of settlea weather, we have been visited by a tremendous storm of wind, accompanied with occasional showers of rain. The gale still blows with violence, and the loch, tossed into white swelling waves, presents an entirely new aspect. It will be impossible for her Majesty or the Prince to move from the lodge to-day. Earl Grey left Ardverikie this morning on his way to the south. Lord Palmerston is expected in the course of to-day. Loci GILPHEAD, SEPT. 2.—lt is reported here that her Majesty will return through the Crinan Canal. Capt. .M‘Nicol, of the royal barge, has re ceived instructions to be in readiness, should her Majesty take this route. We learn here that the royal yacht is not able to pass through the Caledonian Canal on account of her length, and that if her Majesty decides on returning home by that route, it will be Decessary to take off the figure-head and cut-water of the yacht to enable her to pass through the locks. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE WALDEMAR OF it PRUSSIA..—On Saturday afternoon Prince Waldemar ut Prussia went to the Earl of Ellesmere's mansion in Bel grave-square, to view the valuable collection of paintings belonging to the Noble Earl, celebrated as " the Bridge water Collection." His Royal Highness and attendants afterwards inspected the paintings at the National Gal lery. In the evening the Prince entertained his Excel cellency the Prussian Minister, and a select party, to dinner at Mivarts.—This day the Prince will make fare well visits to the several members of the royal family, Lord John Russell, and the other Ministers of State, the corps diplomatique, &c., prior to his finally quitting England. His Royal Highness expected to leave for Germany to-morrow. MR. COBDEN IN RUSSIA.—We understand that Mr. Cobden reached St. Petersburgh on the 18th ult. A letter has been received from him, dated the 19th, from which it appears that he was then about to set out for Moscow, and that on his return he would visit the great fair of Novogorod. As the Yorkshire election took place on the 7th of August, he would, in all proba bility, receive at St. Petersburgh the first intelligence of that event. We understand that Mr. Cobden is expected to return home about the first week in October.—Man chester Guardian. GERMAN HOSPITAL, DALSTON.—His Royal High ness Prince Waldemar of Prussia, attended by his Ex cellency Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, visited the German Hospital yesterday, and after inspecting the buildings and wards, and kindly conversing with several of the patients, expressed himself highly pleased with the arrangements. His Royal Highness then attended divine service, which was performed by the Rev. A. Walbaum, chaplain to the institution, who took his text from the 7th verse of the sth chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew. SUPPRESSION OF PROSTITUTION.—The efforts of Mr. Spooner and other gentlemen who, in the last session of Parliament, attempted to introduce a Bill for the sup pression of the above evil, are now likely in some mea sure to be successful, inasmuch as it having been ascer tained that a large number of the houses of a certain description, into which young and inexperienced females are inveigled, are kept by persons of the Jewish nation, the present High Priest or Chief Rabbi (Dr. Adler) has, within the last week or two, caused it to be i;.ti mated that no member of the Jewish persuasion wh,, is the keeper of a brothel, either directly or indirectly, will be permitted to attend the synagogue, nor be acknowledged as ono of the people; that neither their sons nor their daughters shall be allowed to be marri..d according to the Jewish ritual, nor will any of the religious rites be performed at the birth of a chi ; and should the party die at the time of keeping such a house, he will be denied the rite of sepulture ; prayers will be read, nor will they be interred aeion,z'st their forefathers, but be buried behinil what are termed the boards, the same as if the party had died ac: n —t; bservt r. STEAM-139AT COLLlSlON.—Yesterday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a serious collision oc curred off Blackwell between the Senator and the Earl of Liverpool (steamers). It appeared that the Senator was on her way outwards to Dublin, and when just be low Blackwell, on turning the point, came in contact with great violence with the Earl of Liverpool steamer from Yarmouth, which vessel was making her way in an opposite direction towards the Pool, carrying away the bowsprit and figure-head o f th e l a tter vessel, andcreating e the greatest confusion and alarm to the passengers._ Earl of Liverpool, after a short delay, proceeded to the Custom-house. of Thomas hhoame not been stated, but it is considered p robable " Another failure was announc ed on Satßuorodhaeyr,inthe corn trade, the firm being th at Sons, h and Co. The amount of liabilities will be found to range also , a firmto mention the stoppage of Th o m as whose the exportation of coal to between 30, 0001 . and 50,01300 r oL oo l business chiefly consisted in I W I a e nd ha C ve o. in this case are It is supposed that the liabilities var i ous depots connected with foreign steam navigation. insigni ficant. — Times. U I ONC EALMENT OF THE SKELETON OF AN INFANT. —Saturday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Feathers Tavern, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square, on the skeleton of a male infant, found in an attic of the house, No. 59, in that street, for the concealment of the birth of which a single woman, named Janet Inch, a lodger in the house for the last five years, is in custody. Mrs. Tucker, landlady of the house, stated that Inch, while her lodger, gained her livelihood by her needle, and as a charwoman. An offensive smell having been perceived to issue from the room, witness got in by her own key, and on examining the room, one of the boxes being found difficult to open, she sent for a carpenter, who opened it, when the skeleton was found wrapped up in a clog. Witness had never known Inch to be pregnant, but on questioning her, she confessed at once that the child was hers, that it was still born, and that she had placed it in the box where it had been three years. The coroner was satisfied with Mrs. Tucker's evidence; but said the Police Commissioners treated the coroner's office as a nullity, by keeping the woman Inch, who was in custody for concealment of birth, back, and not allowing her to appear at the inquest before she was e xamined by a magistrate. U n d er th es e circumstances, thepolice had better t a k e th e s k e l e ton before the magistrate, and as the evid ence th a t h a d been obtained was incomplete, he would a d v i se th e jury to return an o p en verdict. found dead in a The jury found, " That the child was • certain room of No. 59, Warren-street, but whether_ it was born alive or not, there w as not sufficient evidence to show." HAMBIJR , GH MAIL. - - ----- DISCOVERY Or THE BOI)Y OF THE MURDERER Or THE ROMAN CATHOLIC PRlEST.—Yesterday, the 24th, the body of the person who murdered the Roman Catholic priest on tbe steps of the altar of his own church, was discovered in the Brijettenau, on the side of the Danube, in a fearful state of decomposi tion. He had poisoned himuelf by means of .Prussic acid, and his corpse lay hidden among the bushes and reeds, which accounts for it not having b een dis covered sooner. DESTRUCTITS HAIL-STORM.—Letters from Elber feldt state that several villages have been visited by a most tremendous hail-storm, which commenced at four o'clock in the afternoon of the 24th August, and lasted several hours. In some districts the oats and vegetables, as well as the fruit, have been destroyed, the oats have been clean threshed in several fields. So great was the quantity o! hail, that at nine o'clock the next morning large baskets full were taken up, some of which were even then an inch thick. FROM THE ELBE, AUG. 29—'The new law respect. ing the Jews is gradually coming into operation. Judges have already been appointed throughout the whole of the country, who are to conduct the civil. condition ~f the Jews. The constitution of congre gations, with their districts, is to be organized forth with. The courts also are in a state of activiity, and preparations are being made in many places to get ready every document against the time when the respecti ve a d m i n i strations shall he in operat i on. I n Pomerania and Silesia meetings of the deputies of several congregations have taken place. In Cologne a committee has been formed for the Rhenish pro vinces, and other provinces will doubtless speedily do the same. FllO3l THE SEINE, AUG. 22.—We are authorised to state that the negotiations relative to the union of Hanover, with the English and Prus,sian Convention, on the international rights of the people, are eon eluded, and that Hanover will join quite unshackled. The proposed union, determined upon by the pleni potentiaries, on both sides, must be ratified and put in force in two months. NORWAY.—By a proclamation issufml on the 21st ult., his Majesty King Oscar, in reference to the twenty-third section of the Fundamentri Law, has in stituted a new Norwegian knights' on ier, under the name of the Order of St. Olaf. This on ler is a white enamelled cross, with the national am Is (a golden lion, crowned with a portrait of St. Ola f, on a white field), surrounded by a red, blue, and d ouble white enamelled ring. At the extremities of the cross is the letter 0 surmounted by a coronet, designating the name of the founder. The riband is w atered of a deep red colour, with blue and double whit borders. The order is intended as a reward for dis, tinguished services to the king and country. Baron `'on Hum boldt, the Danish Minister of State, and M.. Ochlen schlager, the poet, have been nominated Gran ci' Crosses of the order. Several other nominations 15;ave also been made. POLISH TRIALS. BERLIN, AUG. 27.—The Court has now been occupied since the 2d of August in the investigation of twenty-one of the accused, so that each accused has occupied about one day. The act includes about 254 persons, consequently 254 days—i n other words, eight months and 14 days, till April, 1 848—will be be occupied in these important trials. This calcula tion is perhaps beyond the mark. The first sentence of the court of the 2d instant can theref ;.3re not be ex pected till in the course of the year 184, I, and till that time this process will accordingly for m a standing article in our papers.' BRESLAW, AUG. 22.—At a meetin g of the com mittees of the six railway companies Itletween Ham burgh, Stettin, and Vienna, a mutua 1 arrangement was agreed upon, by which traveller• a will shortly be able to obtain at Stettin, Berlin, Hamburgb, Frankfort, Breslaw, Kosel, Brim, an ,d Vienna, the tickets for the whole route respectively from any one of the above-named places to the o thers. By the arrangement much loss of time and great incon venience in the transp3rt of luggap , e, &c., will be avoided.—Hamburgh Mail, August 3( . AUSTRIAN FUNDS.-VIENNA, UGCST 27. 5 per Cent. Metalliques • 4 per Cent. ditto.... •••• • • • • .......... 95N 3 per Cent. ditto ...... • • • • • • • Loan, 1834 .• • • • • •• • • •• • • .............. 155 Ditto, 1839 • • • • • • ............ 12 54 Bank Shares ...• .• •••• • • • . ........... 1594 Estarhazy's Loan ...• •• •• • • .......... RAILWAYS The Northern, or rserdinand • Gloggintz • • -q• • •• • • • • • • Vienna—Milan .• ••••• • • • • • Grosetto •• • • ••• • • • ••• • • • Oldenburg ••••••• • •• • • • • • Perth Bridge .. • • • • • • • Apennines •• •• • • ....... ..... ••• • • • .... 943 EIAMBURGII BORSENHALLE, AuGuat 31. linney. Austrian 5 per Cents • .. • • • • • • • •• 107 Bank Shares ••• • • • ••• • • ••••• • • • • • • • 1600 123% 108% --.. Anglo-Russian Loan •••• • • • ........ 106% Russian 5 per Cont., limb. Certificate. 101 1 4 Ditto let series inscription. • • • • • ...... 102' Ditto,flope and C0.,3d and 4th series.. 97 Ditto, in Certificate.. •••• • • • • ...... • • 97 New 4 per Cent., Rope and Co. .• • ... 89 . :i g Ditto Stieglitz •• • -••-• - • • --- 89 Spanish New 5 per Cent •••• • • • • ...... 13X 13% Ditto 3 per Cent •••••• • • • • ........ 22 34 Anglo-Portuguese Loan, 2},i per Cent .. 25 Dutch Actual Debt, 23 per Cent ••• .. 56 Ditto 3 per Cent. •.••••• . . . •• Polish New 4 per Cent. / kan, 1844.• • • 80 Anglo-Danish Loam, 3 per Cent •• —• . 82/1i National Bank Shares ...... • ......... FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. SIX LIVES LOST. On Wednesday last, the neighbourhood of Waun cae-gurwen, in the Swansea Vale, was thrown into a state of the greatest consternation, in consequence of the occurrence of another of those melancholy colliery accidents which have so often taken place during the last few years in the principality. It ap pears that on Tuesday evening last, about six o'clock, David Matthews, aged 36, Evan Rees, 37, John Lewis, 28, John Mainwaring, 30, Richard Williams, 18, and Thomas Rees, 17, all colliers, went down Mr. Townsend Kirkhous Wood's coal pit, and re• mained there until three o'clock the following morn ing, when Morgan Davis, who had had the care of the engine for the last nine years, heard the blowing of the horn at the bottom of the pit—the signal usually given by colliers. The platform was then at the bottom of the pit. After the signal had been given, the engine was put to raise the carriage or platform up. Soon after Morgan Davies saw the flash of the men's candle from the top of the pit, and heard the crash of the carriage, when a short distance from the top, falling down. There was not one per son present at the time but himself. He then went to the house of William Williams, and gave the alarm, and Williams and several others were imme. diately let down by a chain the other side of the pit. They were shortly afterwards drawn up, and re. As might ported that all the men were killed. On viewin g the c h a in, it was found that one o f t h e links, whi ch had a sm all flaw in it, had been broken. This caused the accident, of and nearlythe ni nty precipitation fathoms. be to depth ex pected from such a fall, the poor fellows were literally dashed to pieces, and when brought up their remains presented a sad spectacle. On Thursday an inquest , on view of two of the bodies, was held at the L • eigh Arms, Waun-cae gurwen, before Charl es C o ll ins , E sq. , when, after a minute investigation, a verdict of Accidental death was returned, to which was appended that a prof er verson should be p l ac ed at all times at the mouth of the pit. a suggestion David Matthews has left a wife and three children, Evan Rees a wife and three children, and John Lewis a wife and two children, to lament their unhappy fate. The other three were single men.—Cambrian. Fthe .— N O o tTi ' i n n g g h am p o lice, a man of the nameto of John Brazier, aged 31, has b een apprehended on a charge of forging Bank of No InspectorrE E NGLAND Wilkinson,N ° o s England notes. Bra zier is ver y res p ectabl y connected, thev O i g l { i G I a E n p c e B o A f and resides on Park-hill, adjoining the town of Notting. ham. He was apprenticed to Mr. Nunn, now a magis trate of the borough, but formerly a chymist and druggist in Bridlesmith-gate, and at the age of 21 became possessed of property to the amount of 3,0001. ma father being accidentally killed by falling from a horse he took to his father's lace factory at Bl ooms . grove , where he eontinued in business till 12 months ago, when, having got through his property and involved himself 2,0001. in debt, he became a bankrupt. For some time past he has been suspected of passing forged Bank of Englani notes, and at length sufficient evidence has , been obtained to cause his apprehension. He was taken before the magistrates at the police-office on Friday. and remanded. On Wednesday he was brought laP again, when sever a l depositions were taken, in which he was charged with uttering a 51. Bank of England note, on Monday, the 26th of July last, at the s hop: r f e lli b r e . Palethorpe, druggist, Carrington street, h the lowest figure, for Messrs. presented a written order for one gallon of received 4/. lls. in change, with which Evidence was given, showing handwriting of the prisoner, and Walsh or their agents, and that There being depositions to the prisoner was ag, . . to be issued from the sperm w oil, at and Windley. He Walsh h ich he left the shop. order to be in the not sent by Messrs. the note was a forgery. be taken on another charge, rain remanded. The note purports Birmingham Branch Bank, for 5/., Ten other forged 5L n otes, all from the same pl a t e , h ave bears date April , 1846, nod is si g ned " J. Robe rts." been passed, and evidence is collecting which will impli• cafe We deeply regret to learn that the myrmidons 0 , o ther parties as well as the prisoner. the law forcibly took possession of the princely seat of a noble duke, in a county long noted for the political influence he exercised, on Tuesday last, and it 1. feared that the urgency of the demand made on hi , Grace will eventually lead to the dispersion of th , finest collections of art and vertu possessed by a privet individual in this country. We should have refrainer. from announcing this much to be regretted fact, bad w% not felt convinced that it cannot fail to be made publit very shortly by authority. Viscountess Palmerston has gone on avisit to Lori and Lady Ashley, at Ryde, Isle of Wight..