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

ened aistrosl'i:livfeould never rest satisfied till she had the This pauper •L( ene, was co rro b ora t e d b y t wo f e male Whom th e pr i soner had attempted to sta b . , ouv loe-con s t a b le, K 0- 77, deposed, that as he was ;he saying the p r i soner to the Green Bank station, sheaid that as soon as she got off in the morning In her stick a k n i fe into the matron. of the ber defence the prisoner said, the other inmates Zworkhouse got her into a row, and she cer ioY. did snatch up a knife, but denied having made 4,tz t ., the expressions attributed to her. BALLsaid to all humane, kindly, e , TIN E as 4-4 w. namable feelings, they were entirely thrown ~a 4V ,, on her, and he should sentence her to twenty witt.',YB' imprisonment in the House of Correction " bard labour. T he Vast s prisoner was removed uttering threats as to he would do when she came out. DUT CH AND FLANDERS MAIL. li tun itia R SEPT. 6.—The woman whoin was arrested t tri pici▪ on of being i n some wa y implicatedh e e Murder, because of her evident embarrassment h e 1• ,Ptctiag the murder, and the circumstance that in asket was found a scrap of paper with the words byT n i ) ciel, Pl ane St. G ery ," th e h ouse inhabited al women, has undergone several very close ttd,,Lbations. Nothing, however, has been elicited, s et 113 r Want of any conclusive evidence she has been of o itt liberty, I t i s reported that she i s t h e mo th er sh, il . e ,cf the yo ung women who was murdered, and / 10 ,;' 4 or release has been going about from house to ha: to collect alms. No traces of the murderers e s bf' lcl Yet been di scovere d, b u t some of the stolen son 3 h have, it is said, been stopped. Several per ale are been arrested, and the police are on the { t deed. to disc over the perpetrators o f t hi s h orr ibl e d HR lIMILTE, SEPT. 6.—Letters from Weimar, of Gil 30 th ult. state that his Majesty has left for tI4 Prince: Frederick of the Netherlands passed •e, 4th at Berlin, en route for St. Petersburgh. fo ra -1"1% Queen left the Palace of Soestdyk on the 4 th, 1 , 16 4 to Swit zer l an d. Her Majesty is attended ph -er c hamberlain, two ladies of honour, and her v i c i an.. hov e : l te y, r daY, the seventeenth anniversary of his 4lighness the Hereditary Prince of Orange, celebrated with the usual festivities. POLISH TRIALS. te, co rrespondent from Berlin, who has attended the is scarcely possible to imagine the top e '. aYs—lt it t e lt) and evident love ef display and desire to 114:et attention, which is manifested by the accused. s tudied and theatrical manner from Mieros the!kiir d ownwards shows very pl a i n ly thi s wea kness of character. Dombrouski s answer to his counsel 4_l4,very characteristi c . " How do you mean to de ,r4lol yourself ?" inquired the counsel. "In a black rqeeiss.coat, and yello w kid gloves," was the laconic P R Y of man whose defence involved life or death. USTALL, DUCHY OF BADEN, AUG. 28. .411: sickness here continues very great; 3,000 sick 40 " . _ said, by the reports, to be here at this moment, w .`j i ,e of whom are laid up with fevers, and others .:11111 dysentery. Fever, in fact, appears to have pletely taken root here, as the humid ditches of • IIY tOrtifiwcations fill t h e a i r Z , of the lower town espe k, ith unwholesome vapours. The half of the kudL z., , 6 00 --are labourers in the fortifications ; ttl.the ry criminstational court of our town has become quite dita . DUTCH FILNDS.--AMSTERDAM, SEPT. $. Money. Bills latial Debt, 2% per Cent •••••• • • • • • 5 5 % 56 4 Ditto, 3 per Cent •••••• • • • • • • •• 6s 68% Ditto, 4 per Cent... ........ .. 87% 88 / . 4-41 °rt BYndic per Cent ••••• • .• • • 85 % 86 A ',."11111eXC13.1 Company 4% per Cent .. 168% 169 z•est India Loan, 4 per Cent ••••• • • • • • It zcitallgeon Lodon, at si g ht ........ 12 02 Two months... •••••• • • • • • • 11 90 On Hamburgh, at sight .... 25 50 Two months... •••••• " • • • • 3,75 12 Ou Paris • ••••••• • • • • ' • 18 Twomonties. .• •••••• • • • • •• "• G 2 „ ArSTRIAN SSPT. 1. • Per Cent. Metalli q uee • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • •• • • 105% 4 Per Cent. ditto • • • • • •• • • • • ' • • • • • •• • • • • 3 Per Cent ditto- • • • • •• • ••••• • • • .• 611 Ditto, los9 • • sank S • hare . , 1801 Ilsterhazy's Loan - RAILWAYS. 4,, 4:111a• Northern, or Ferdinand • • ••• • • • • • • • 1162% =i •• •• ••• 20 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • -•-• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • • • • • 108,4 teghorn 8t .oath •• • iroeetto 97% Peeth BriAlkuntuedge .............. ...... • Actua l BRYLDebt, 2% per Cent • • • • ••r • • • • • • _thschild's Loan, Five per Cent •••• • • •• I,‘ • '`u B ll of Thirty Millions, Four per Cent •• • • t Ditt o Three per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • bitto Thirty-seven Millions, ditto ,••• • • • D itto,ditto 1848- •• •• •• .• •• • 13 itto.ditto,1842.• •••••••••• • • • • ' • • • • • 98 Ditto 1844 • •• •• ••" .• " • ~ tto, 1836. • •Ditte 1838 68% Ditto of the City, 1832 .• •••••• • • • • ' ' ' 99 Ditto, 1843 ...... •••• • • " •••• •• •• / j7i ~, M'~ ofßelgium.... • • •• • •'• • • • •• • • • • •• — Sept. $. P RUSSIAN FUNDS.—RIISLIN, SEPT.r Billy. 4. . Money. !Its4 93t; 92% 1141.1 Sch., 3% per Cent ••• • • ' •• • • eer Ugh Bonds, 1830, 4 per Cent .••••• • • 44tage --"g on London, .£1 Sterling, 3 Months R USSIAN CORN TRADE. . 14 a te co export trade in corn has in no preceding year rat great as w ithi n th e last year. During the r •o nti,l 3 ' l months the commerce of Odessa was very Ili er e augmented. The comparative trade f the first s i x mon th s of 1846 and 1847 were T h .odo w , t iz 3 t al value of the article exported from the port ( lease for foreign countries, was— er rubles 1346. 1347. °eipal Pri • 7 articles were— ,865,485 1,240,3541 lArh 1846. 1847. 14 eat ( \euetwarts)..... 704,777 1,240,354 E stra w • • • ..... " • • • ...... 61,295 63,975 k Sox stuffs (Pando ra ) rtl? (ditto)~ , , °4 114 es e to tal value of importations into the port of tit to la fr om foreign countries amounted, in the first °riths o f , 1847 to 3,538,002 silver rubles. j ateri n e : ante of merchandise sent from Odessa to the wa Q ' the empire during the first 6 months of 1847 tim e .1008,849 silver rubles ; in the same interval of tortiblo 13 46, it was 1,127,819 silver rubles. The duri n : r 3 f vessels w hi c h ar rived in the port of Odessa 1846 st he first si x months of 1847, was 709 ; and in - "' r Port (:). The number of vessels which left that ing 0 7, ? the, 1846, 529 ; in 1847, 734. Since the open• 41 4-,arell ,navigation, in the months of April and ur o wnen the corn of the whole of Western a rziv c lv aa nearly consumed, the orders which price-I. r ° lll all sides caused an unusual rise in the 41 r. 14 , ate wheat of the best quality was sold at 4 11111, 4 1 , 2 'LI and re at sr. 71 k. the chetwart. The exportationseaPecll from America and Russia, and in e ti:Y the prospect of a fine harvest, caused a re a'heitiri,in the prices ; and, at the end of June, late k ilatv,,, t3 ,. the best quality was sold at 7 r. 14 k. the PlPer,; - '0 and rye at 4 roubles.—Dutch and Flanders , oept . 7. 1 a —41 G ,,, r 'reain, °N.—DINNER TO MR. CONINGIIA . P!t er : a number of Mr. Coningham's political sup .rikbt-,. goo that gentleman a dinner at the Globe, 4 ritlth' Betw 70 and 80 were present. Mr. the 7-nn Streeter presided and Mr. John Hilton filled the l'—hte:hair. Coningliam in his speech reiterated t te j t : l9 l . B l4 ,l lß asi on ns political matters to which he had on given utterance; and in reference . to aidle Ilechell's Committee, said he believed it imposhat er °,.l a second Liberal candidate to come in while no t trraittee was composed as at present. The clues : Ultd,,, °° cupier s of houses, the rates of which are com Nl4 for, being deprived of the franchise . was made .4i i .cate ll , e nt topic of discussion and Mr. Coningham lac -n4 ed that an associatima'should be formed to put katter • l '"rdi on its right footing.—Yesterday's Brighton 1' ' 4 . to, EGl sntaTtos.—The revision of the lists of L eann °t be commenced before the 15 th inst., and uartist.; co °t by the end of October. The rev isin g tray% r a are sow paid 200 guineas each, including ,nrit.; r ?g exPenses. The cost of the revision to the 1 4 4..4 18 about 1 6,0001. a year. Since the last revision, in a 11101 d, who revised the lists for the city of London_ °rn e Years has appointed a magistrate, and 4 r , IdnYlan who been a • revised minster and other places, 14r, 4,,1 C ourt Judge. L or d D enma n has appointed th Thek-I`-stie to rev i se the l i sts of voters i n t h e roo m "' , O other l earned gentlemen. lie tti revision of the list of voters for the county of _ 1 011 4 ,„!d commence s on T ues d ay next at Watford and the .-Ch % n g days at Berkhampstead and Hemel Hempstead. at ;W l ;tn, her of claims and objections on the Liberal side . • :lan. a'"erd , have not yet been ascertained, but there is -tittt;°tibt that. the agent of Lord Grosvenor has been •" r At Berkhampstead and Hemel Hempstead the Nave , L • NEN bl are 96 and objections 56—as }'et none °en heard of on the other side. ‘.. nctot y 4 , - Itev• George John Maplotoft Paterson has 3 40 n. _ . "%u appointed domestic chaplain to the Right 'l'd Gray, of Gray, county of Perth, Scotland. 7 Ir ith ß et ril OP A. SWEDISH POET. -- M. Frangois k‘et Pranzen, Bishop of Hernosand, known 'La v a Thg Aaa.,,liiitorian has just died at Stockholm, aged J. w as -e ' ue n 3 Y of Sciences of Stockholm, of which he h im Ittit4enaber, has decided on going into mourning f : r s hea t h ring the space of one month, and on having they taauan . te ed in the gallery of the building where t 'tssem ble.—Ga/ignanrc Messenger. has b: Lord Chancellor of England, Lord Cottenhain, Bisb e n on a vi s i t to his Right Reverend brother, the t urb cP of Worcester, at the Episcopal Palace, Hartle- W° f o e:ter Chronicle. ANT 41 ' hoel Cr w ERt. LLECTIONS.-,-ANTWEET, SETT. 6.—_ t M.inister of the Interior, and M. Veyel , af A,'"v t : or Pinanoe, have been re-elected representatives V iatn Noble, I .l .. . er iff of Nethertown, near EgreniOnt, • 4 4 'Tred a lobster a few day s ago on the Nethertown "41°1 wei g hed uPwars of lia. THE SUN, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WARWICK RACES.—YESTERDAY. The Bury Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old. One mile. (1 Subs.) Lord Warwick's Lahore, Bst 51b ... (Crouch) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Otterburn, Bst 71b 2 6t04 on Otterburn. Won by a length. Time, 2 min. 1 sec. _ - - The — County Handicap of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. Gentlemen riders, &c. One mile. (12 Subs.) Mr. Walter's Cavendish, aged, lOst 121 b 1 Mr. T. Dawson's The Magnet, 5 yrs, llst 41b 2 Mr. Wilder's Spem Gregis, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b ... 3 Lord Harry, lost 51b—Columbus, lOst 51b--General Nott, lOst—The Bard, 9st 101 b, and Master Stepney, lOst 71b, also ran. 5 to 2 agst Spem Gregis, and 3 to 1 agst General Nott. Won cleverly. Run in 1 min. 46 secs. The Great Warwickshire Stakes of 10 sovs. each. One mile and three quarters. (13 Subs.) Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, Bst 121 b ... walked over The Warwick Cup, by Subs, of 10 soya. each, and 100 added. Four miles. (17 Subs.) Mr. J. Day's The Hero, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (A. Day) 1 Mr. Moore's Wohdog, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b Mr. Minor's Hawkstone, 3 yrs, 6st 51b ... 3 5t04 on The Hero. Won by three lengths. Run in 7 min. 43 secs. The Town Plate of 50 soya., added to a Handicap of 5 soya. each. Two miles. (16 Subs.) Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs, sst lolb (Evans) 1 Mr. Sandford nd Ennui, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ... 2 The Best of Three, 7st 61b—Little Mary, Est 121 b, and Milliner, 6st, also started. Won by a head, after a fine race. All well up. The Selling Stakes were won in four heats by Mr. Copeland's Cheapside, beating Lady Mallorie, and eight others. WEYMOUTH RACES.—WEDNEBDAY. The Weymouth Stakes of 3 soya. each. bleats, one mile and a die. Mr. Parr's Declaration, 4 yrs ... ... walked over The Members Plate of ad., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Whildon's New Forest Deer, 6 yrs Parr's Declaration, 4 yrs... ... ... (Sly) 1 Mr. Herbert's ch f, 3 yrs ..• 3 Mr. Sadler's Antagonist, 3 yrs dis The Hunter's Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 20 added. Heats, one mile and a dis. (3 Subs.) Mr. Fleming's The Duke, aged ... 1 1 Mr. Goodwin's The Moor, aged ... 3 2 Mr. Bengafield's Chance, 6 yrs ... ... 2 dr The Portland Stakes of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, with 30 added. Two miles. Mr. Whieldon's New Forest Deer, 6 yrs . . walked over. NEW FOREST HUNT RACES. The New Forest Hunt Stakes of 3 soya. each, 2 ft, and 25 added, the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 1001., two miles, over six hurdles (9 Subs.), were won in two heats by Mr. Loa's Horace, 3st 111 b, beating Mr. Cooper's b g by Hetman Platoff, dam by Ishmael, lOst, and several others. The Lyndhurst Stakes of 3 sovs. each, 2 ft, and 25 added, one mile and a half, winner to be sold for 1001., (7 Subs.), were won in two heats by Mr. Sergeant's Guzman, ist 101 b (carried Bst 11b), beating Mr. Bur gess's Apropos, ist 101 b, Mr. King's Queen, Tat 21b, and two others. The Stewards' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 25 added, one mile (4 Subs.), were won in two heats easily by Mr. Vivian's Sultan, 7st 51b, beating Mr. Bray's Cerberus, 7st 91b, Feiney, 7st 121 b, and Anxiety, Bst. The Ladies' Plate for galloways was walked over for by Mr. Day's Maid of Orleans. The Pony Race was won by Mr. King's Forest Fairy. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BASINGSTOKE RAILWAY. —Shortly after six o'clock on Tuesday morning a frightful accident occurred at the Red Posts Works on the above lice, two miles from Andover, by which one man lost his life. A number of men are employed in cutting through a hill at this part of the line. The de ceased, whose name is Rogers, was driver of the team waggons, and, whilst driving a horse drawing a waggon filled with chalk, stumbled and fell against the rails, the waggon passing over him and n.utilating him in a frightful manner. Deceased was removed to the Black Horse, Abbotsham, where an inquest was held before Mr. Todd, and a verdict of " Accidental death" returned. Finn AT SHALBOURNE.— Wednesday night last the inhabitants of Newbury were much alarmed by the ap pearance of a fire which turned out to be at Shalbourne, on the farm of Mr. Phillips, whose farm and buildings, consisting of three barns, two of them full of corn, two wheat ricks, four hay ricks, and all his farming imple ments in and about the barns and premises were de stroyed. It appeared that the fire originated in one of the ricks, which was fired on the side next to the wind. The act is no doubt that of an incendiary, and we under stand strong suspicion sttaehes to a person who, of all others, should be the last to be guilty of it.—Berkshire Chronicle. ATTEMPT TO POISON A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.— At midnight, on Monday, a female, named Eliza Mar shall, aged twenty-six years, was brought to Guy's Hos pital by several of the police of the L division, alleged to have been poisoned by her husband, under very shocking circumstances. It appears that the unfortunate woman and her husband were drinking at an ale-house in the Waterloo-road ; they had partaken of some ale, and after a short time they commenced quarrelling, when the husband, it is alleged, put some deleterious fluid into a glass, which the female drunk off. She was soon afterwards taken ill and was carried to a surgeon's close by, who suggested her removal to the hospital, where she was placed under the care of Mr. Rake, the house-surgeon, who thought it necessary to use the stomach-pump, after which she was placed in bed and seemed to be progressing favourably. The man is in custody, and has already undergone an examination at Lambeth Police Court, and stands remanded to await an analysis of the contents of the glass, which is in the hands of the police. A MAN CRUSHED TO DEATE.—Yesterday, Mr. W. Carter hold an inquest at the Prince William Henry, Bermondsey-street, on the body of Isaac Galloway, aged forty years, who lost his life under the following awful circumstances :—The deceased was a labourer employed on the premises of Messrs. Eason and Co., proprietors of the bark-mills, Grange road, Bermondsey. Yester day afternoon, about two o'clock, the deceased was greasing the cog-wheels, when, by some accident his right arm was drawn in between them. He shouted for help, but before any one could reach him he was crushed between the two wheels. The machine was stopped, but his body was so entangled and mutilated that the engi neer had to unfasten the wheels before the deceased could be released, which took a quarter of an hour, but life was then quite extinct. The coroner and jury having deprecated the practice of greasing the cog-wheels whilst they were in motion, returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." SINGULAR DEATII—A labourer named Storer Gibb, aged 53, came to his death in the following extra ordinary manner, at East Grinstead. He had been drinking on the 28th ult., and for two or three days previously; he left the White Lion late on Saturday night, and reached his cottage, distant about half a mile, at about midnight. From the position in which he was discovered on Sunday morning, it appears he had endeavoured to find the gate, which opened into a little court in front of his cottage, but without success; by some means his ,head dropped over the palings, and became fixed between two upright pieces, and from this situation he was unable to extricate himself; he was found early the following morning quite dead. An inquest was held on the body on Tuesday, when a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned.—Sussex Advertiser. MEXICAN ROBBERS.—These light-fingered gent.; are as polite and suave as bold and reckless in their operations. A case occurred in illustration at the National Bridge, the day before we passed that point, on our way from Vera Cruz to the capital. In the dili gence from Jalapa was a Mexican lady who had secreted upon her person jewels worth 20,000 dollars, and, as she supposed, no other person, not even her confidential servant, knew of it. As the diligence halted on the bridge, a cavalier- looking horseman rode up to the window and inquired if such a lady was within. Being answered in the affirmative, he requested a moment's conversation with her. She descended from the dili gence, and he from his horse, and taking her to a shrub bery some rods distant, he politely informed her that his business was simply to relieve her of her jewels. "Jewels!" exclaimed the senorita, " I have no jewels." " 0," said the robber, " I have so time to waste in words ; your jewels are secreted on your person, and if you will not help me to them I shall be obliged to help myself, only I don't like to be rude with a lady." See ing that all was hopeless, but wondering, no doubt, how he learned her secret, she gave up the jewels. " Now," said the robber, I must gallant you to the diligence." The lady remonstrated, preferring to go alone, but this her bandit friend would not allow; he said it would look scandalous, aid perhaps occasion talk; so, conducting her to her seat, he mounted his horse, tipped his sombrero to the astonished senorita, and gaily rode off in quest of more plunder.—American Sun. ACCIDENT TO ONE OF THE LANCASHIRE AND YORK SHIRE TRAINS.—An alarming accident, fortunately un attended with fatal results, occurred on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, on Monday morning last. The Sowerby Bridge passenger train, which reached the Normanton Station shortly after seven o'clock in the morning, passed safely on by the Woodlesforil Station to Oulton-bridge, where the engine ran off the lines, just at the point where the company i s relaying.the road. The engine, which forced its way right across the lines into the opposite low cutting, was much strained, and some of the carriages were slightly damaged, but no personal injury was sustained by either passengers or servants. The up and down trains from Leeds and York, and the Manchester express train, were delayed carriages, w T i thhe nearly cheap eaxnehuorusironortrmaionretobeLfoornedothne line London, of 43 was cl 6oo passengers, was detaine d at least a n hour and a half. The engineer, in accordance with the instructions of the company, where the road is being relaid, was pr o ceeding at a very slow rate, or otherwise the loss of life must have been great.—Manchester Guardian. Sir John Jervis, her Majesty's Attorney-General, Lady Jervis, and family ; Lady Disbrowe and suite ; Count Schimmelpenninck, the Netherlands ambassador, and son ; Captain Harvey, R.N. ; and Baron Dretfurt were among the passengers who embarked at Blackwell 3 es t erday morning, on board the General Steam Navi gation Company's mail steam-ship Rainbow, for Rot terdam. The Court of Assizes of the Bas Rhin has just condemned by default to ten years' imprisonment, sur veillance of the police during life, and civil degradation, a man named Nester, form er ly h ea d a p o thecary to the hospital of Strasburg, fur having appropriated to his own use, to the prejudice of the establishraeat, a sum of 22,493 f., by giving in fictitious lists of Inedilliz" furnished, 3 . LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1847. MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED.) DOUGLAS JERROLD'S MAGAZINE. The September number of Douglas Jerrold is scarcely equal to its predecessors. " The Dreamer and the Worker" is continued, but is somewhat heavy ; and Paul Bell, in his dissertation on " Pound and Penny Bribery," is positively dull. The article which follows, however, on " Demoeracy in 1847," is excellent. The argu ment in favour of the repeal of the laws of pri mogeniture and entail is unanswerable. The exclu sive policy which is at once the cause and the effect of these laws, which concentrate property into a few hands— " Gives to a nation the appearance of splendour and prosperity without the solid foundation of either opu-. lence or internal peace—it is the policy of a slovenly mother who washes her child's face and hands and leaves the brat's body uncleansed. Indisputable facts demon strate most clearly that the concentration of wealth has changed the relative strength of the different elements of power, leaving the grand body of the people without any other defence than the inevitable influence of a free internal spirit. In 1815 the properties of 250,000 families had, within the space of forty years, been concentrated in the hands of 32,000 proprietors ; and so 218,000 families had in the above space of time lost their influ ence in the conduct of the State. This was aristocratic policy worthy of its progenitors—it was endured silently. " The land of France belongs to fifteen or twenty millions of peasants who cultivate it ; the soil of England is the exclusive property of thirty-two thousand aristo crats who hire men to cultivate it." But happier days are dawning for England:— " The aristocracy of this country have long made a good harvest : they have wrung the honey from the vast hive, leaving little for the working bees ; but the bees are now wide awake, and the drones must beware. There is a spirit abroad that will not be hushed : it cries for justice to all classes ; it demands universal suffrage ; it demands a tax on property ; it will no longer consent to bear the burden of the State alone ; it will have reli gious liberty. " Soon a new Parliament will be assembled—a Parlia ment, chosen, it is said, by the people of England. How many of these picked men owe their seats to their monetary inflaenco or to aristocratic birth, we will not here determine; but this we know, democracy is abroad. it is the active principle acknowledged throughout Eng land ; it is making giant progress in France ; it is vital in the spirit of Germany ; in Italy the Pope acknow ledges the sovereignty of the people. There is an un conquerable demand for radical reform • the people have, in a measure, educated themselves; they now fully understand their position; they know right from wrong, and they will have right ;—in short, you should con this attentively, new Members of Parliament the people of England will not be contented if you only cure their warts : you must root out the ulcers. There is a mighty spirit at work through out the land, that calls for the destruction of the ulcers which disfigure the British constitution : give heed unto the just askings of this giant spirit, for it has right on its side and it will not be hushed." The interesting narrative of the escape of young Watson is continued, and in the present number we have the history of his concealment at the house of Mr. Holl, at Camden-town (to whom be all honour for his humanity) during the earlier months of the year 1817. The " Philosophy of Facts" might al most be entitled a dissertation on the mystic powers of the number 3, intended as it is to illustrate " the law of the succession of ternary revolutions, whether of worlds or of men, whether of prin- ciples or of facts." We do not agree with the writer in his conclusions, but "his cases in point" are curious and interesting. There are some other papers in the present number of average merit ; but, alas ! we have no Juniper Hedgehog, neither are their any signs of the novel, by the editor, which was promised at the conclusion of the last volume. THE BELLE ASSEMBLEE. To a correspondent of Miss Camilla Toulmin, the editress, we are indebted for a most interesting paper, " being " A French Estimate of Alfred Ten n y son. It is pleasant to know the opinion entertained by our neighbours of the first of our young poets—the most popular of all the poets of the present age; but it is particularly pleasant to learn that opinion from the intelligent criticism of M. E. D. Forgues, in "La Revue des Deux Mondes." Against the pert allusions which marred the first edition of the " New Timon" we may put the very significant sentence of the French reviewer. " The charm," he says, "which is owned by a whole generation, can do very well without our homage." We cannot afford space for quotations from the criticisms of M. Forgues, but must present to our readers two specimens of his prose translations from the verse of Alfred Tennyson. The first_ we transcribe is the apostrophe to Lilian. " Oh I pleure, je t'en supplie, Lilian foliltre, Lilian de mai. La gaiete sans eclipse est pour moi une fatigue. 11 arrive jusqu' a 'non cceur, et le traverse comme un stylet aigu, le rire au jausset argentin qui vibre entres les kures minces et vermeilles. Lilian de mai, pleure, je t'en prie." How all the bloom has been brushed off in the act of translation ! It is like the apple passing through the cider press—mere pulp and juice; not the ripe, rosy fruit it was before. What an abortive piece of literalness, that " et le traverse comme un stylet aigu," instead of " through my very heart it thril leth !" And, then, how bald and inane is "le rire au vausset argentin qui vibre entre les licres minces et fermeillee"— " When from crimson-threaded lips Silver-treble laughter trilleth Take again this verson of a stanza from Mariana : " Le jour durant, dans cette maison hantee par les roves, lee portes cragnaient sun leurs gouds. La mouche bleue bourdonnait contre les vitres ; le souris criait derriere les lambris a demi ranges, appliquant a leers fentes son cell curieux. Des figures d'autrefois se laissient entrevoir derriere les portes entre' ouvertes, des pas d'autrefois fat saient craquer les paliers, des voi.r d'autrefois l'appelaient au dehors. Le malheur est sun ma vie ! disait- elle toujours. Il ne vient pas! disait-elle. Elle dissaitj aussi: Je suis lasse, bien lasse, et voudrais fire morte." Now read the original : " All day within the dreamy house, The doors upon their hinges creaked, The blue-fly sung i' the pane; the mouse Behind the mouldering wainscot shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Old faces glimmered through the doors, Old footsteps trod the upper floors, Old voices called her from without. She only said, My life is dreary, He cometh not,' she said; She said, ' I am a-weary, a-weary, I would that I were dead!' What a difference! It is the Venus de Medicis by the side of a skeleton. Besides this article, there are other things in the Belle Assemblie very readable. HOWITT'S JOURNAL. A likeness of Mademoiselle Rachel is the most agreeable illustration in this number, and a memoir of Henry Clarke Wright the most agreeable contri bution. With all deference, however, to Mrs. Howitt, we conceive the latter to be of an unconscionable length. SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. Kenny Meadows has a droll cut, which he has christened "My Mistress's Bonnet." Both the " Maiden Aunt" and " Frank Fairleigh" are con tinued. THE LAND WE LIVE IN. Mr. Knight selects the materials for this admirable serial with the most judicious discrimination. Strat ford upon-Avon, for example, is happily timed as an illustrated essay upon the birthplace of Shakspere. Portsmouth, Manchester, and the Wye, are the three other subjects, showing the beauties of English scenery, the enterprise of English manufacturers, and the seats of the maritime strength of Great Britain. THE FARMERS' MAGAZINE. The nearer we approach to winter the more consi deration is due to this organ of the agriculturists. Its anticipations as to the harvest are by no means discouraging. r LE FULLET. Often as we have commended the style in which the plates of the fashions are executed in Le Follet— a title by the way of rather questionable delicacy we are induced each month to notice them again. In time Le Follet must supersede all other fashionable brochures. SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE. As the magazine devoted to the record of our colonial movements, Sirnmonds' always commands attention. And, considering that our possessions are evincing a progressive development—with a compara tively few exceptions—the interest of the Colonial Magazine naturally increases in a relative proportion. SHARPE'S MODERN MAPS. Parts IV., V., VI. Numerous are the maps just now in course of publication ; nene are cheaper, and very few indeed better, in point of size, arrangement, colouring, or execution, than those contained in Mr. Sharpe's Atlas. THE MAN IN THE MOON. Edited by Albert Smith and Angus B. Reach. The Man in the Ttloon is as glorious as ever this month. His cuts, both pictorial and personal, are admirable. THE PATRICIAN. Edited by John Burke, Esq., Author of the Peerage. In addition to the usual amount o f i n t eres ti ng genealogical and antiquarian information, which we are sure to find in the pages of the Patrician, th e p resen t num ber gives us the family history of some of the new Members of the new Parliament, from which we extract the following sketches of Messrs. w. J. Fox and Feargus O'Connor : " W. J. Fox, the Chartist Member for Oldham, was born on the Ist March, 1766, in a farmhouse near Wrentham, in Suffolk, and at the age of twelve earned his livelihood as a weaverboy at Norwich. At fourteen, the loom was exchanged for the htvikor's desk, and in this employment be passed the next six years, during which time ho carried on assiduously the work of self education, and mastered a tolerably extensive range of learning, which enabled him, within a short time, to enter on the ministry of the Gospel, and to issue forth as a teacher of the people. Some time after he separated from the religious body among whom he had been bred, the Calvinistic Independents, and became the pastor of an Unitarian congregation at Chichester, whence he re moved to London in 1817, and has from that time remained in the metropolis connected with Finsbury Chapel. He has been an occasional contributor to the Westminster Review, and was the writer of the numerous letters in the League newspaper, signed A Norwich Weaver Boy.' The other leader of the Chartists in the new Parliament, Mr. Feargus O'Connor, is by birth an Irishman of respectable descent, and inherited a small patrimonial estate in the county of Cork. His uncle, the celebrated Arthur O'Connor, was heir-at-law to the late Lord Longueville, but his Lordship not approving of the line of politics adopted by Mr. O'Connor, bequeathed his property to more distant relations —eventually Arthur O'Connor entered the French service, and attain ing high military rank was well known as General Con dorcet O'Connor. Mr. Feargus O'Connor has long been before the publie as editor of the Northern Star, and suffered incarceration a few years since in York gaol for sedition." THE MONTHLY RAILWAY RECORD. In addition to the usual record of railway proceed ings, we find in this number an article on the results of the general election in relation to railway interests, from which it will be seen that that interest is deter mined to make itself felt as an interest in the House of Commons, and that Lord Brougham was not far wrong in designating the Parliament of 1847 as the Railway Parliament. After speaking of the breaking up of the parties, the writer asks— " What section of men will there be in the House of Commons who have a common object—a common inte rest—a bond of sympathy, arising from similarity of wishes, of pursuits, of policy ? We look in vain for it out of the circle of gentl emen w h o h ave been sent in expressly to represent the ri g h ts o f ra il wa y proprietors. This body consists of individ ua l s b e l ong i n g, or supposed to belong, to every variety of political opinion that goats at large amongst the general mass of Members. It consists of men who, however divided on such matters as corn-laws, sugar-laws, vote by ballot, and extended suffrage, have nothing to prevent them from acting in most fraternal concert whenever the cynosure of their union is assailed. In this peculiarity lies one source of the strength of the railway cause. It is not bound up with any party, but it is associated in sympathy with every one of them. Let the war of faction rage with a violence, rising, as it always does, in proportion to the real insignificance of the object in dispute; let parties tear each other to pieces, and every Oppositionist ac cuse every Ministerialist (et vice versa) of meditating the national annihilation of old England. We do not object to Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Glyn saying everything that devotion to Liberalism may dictate, in remonstrance against the Conservative conduct of Messrs. Hudson and Waddington; but this kind of conventional controversy need not, and we are sure will not, prevent the intelli gent gentlemen named, and the host of other persons who have similar interests with them—it need not pre clude them from the most close alliance —from an entente cordiale more sincere than that between the Tuileries and St. James's—when the rights of property have to be defended, or the designs of confiscation, intrusion, and faithless intermeddling repelled. " Viewing passing circumstances, therefore, in the cool and manly temper that would take advantage of favourable points, and not shrinking in dismay from un favourable symptoms, we cannot but think that the dis ruption or distraction of party may be made conducive to the benefit, and not to the injury, of railway property. When a large assembly is divided in itself, a few indi viduals, firmly united for one or two tangible objects, and pressing forward towards them amid the din of surround ing conflict, may accomplish results which would be im possible in an atmosphere of cold, proud, inaccessible consciousness of strength on the part of a narrow minded Minister. " Even a few active and intelligent men could do a great deal in such circumstances; but the railway repre sentatives in Parliament are not few. The catalogue which we insert at the end of this article exhibits an amount of mere numerical power about three times as great as that which enabled the late Mr. O'Connell to hold in his hands, for many years, almost absolute con trol over one department of Governmental policy. Di vide these railway Members into two classes —say that one moiety favours the Liberal and the other the Con servative caste of opinions—there still remains, as an organ of direct influence and pressure on any Ministry that can possibly be in office, a body considerably more numerous than that with which Mr. O'Connell obtained such excellent terms for himself and his friends. " With such a force at our back, will there exist the slightest necessity (supposing the existenc e o f a f a ithf u l understanding in the railway body)—will there exist the slightest necessity for submitting to such unfairness as that to which, at several of the half-yearly meetings, the most eminent chairmen and managers ascribed so much of the peculiar diffieulties that have beset their affairs during the last year?" THE MIRROR. The tale of " Paul Pevensey" is continued, and promises to be of great interest. The author has excellent materials, and it is evident that he under stands well how to use them. The notice of Mr. Macgregor's recently-published work is exceed ingly valuable, as is the review of Lord Palraerston's " Speech at Tiverton." This last paper is the production of one who is evi dently thoroughly well acquainted with all matters relating to the foreign policy of this country. The " Notes of the Month" contain some clever sketches of Egyptian manners and scenery, and Sir Alexander Johnstone furnishes a highly interesting account of Madura and its Hindoo Col lege. Percy St. John continues his tale of the French Revolution, " Cecilia Armand," from which we extract the following picture of Marat, in his den : " In the street known as the Rue des Cordeliers was an apartment of somewhat large dimensions, but pre senting an appearance of dirt and poverty, which was the more disgusting that it was wholly unnecessary. A bed, the sheets of which were dingy, and soiled, as much by long use as ink, occupied one side of the room. Near at hand was a table covered with proof sheets, half written pages, files of newspapers, half a dozen pens, and numerous letters ; beside this was a board, which served as a book-shelf, on which lay a strange assembly of kooks, amongst which Raynal and Montesquieu were the most thumbed, if we except the Bible, of which the occupant of this dwelling was used to say, The Revolu• tion is in this book. Nowhere is the people's cause so eloquently pleaded ; nowhere are the rich aad powerful of the earth so severely handled. Jesus Christ is our master!' _ . . " Man's heart is truly an abyss, and how far this was hypocrisy, how far sincerity—and, then, the man was mad—but one power can judge. " A man sat at the table writing, as if he had just sat down when about to go out. " With a dirty jacket, the sleeves of which were tucked up like those of a workman at work; with velvet breeches spotted with ink, blue worsted stockings, shoes tied on the instep . with whip-cord, a dirty shirt open at the breast, hair smoothed on the temples, and tied in a bunch behind by a leathern thong, with a broad brimmed hat falling on his shoulders : his costume was that of a thorough Sass Culotte. His head was large, the more remarkable that he was short, not being more than five feet high, and leant upon the left shoulder. He was strongly built, though neither stout nor fat. His shoulders were round, his arms powerful; a short neck gave him the more hideous appearance. His visage was bony, his nose aquiline, broad at the bridge and flattened, the end prominent; his lips were thin, his f o rehead lar ge; his eyes were a grey yellow, quick, piercing—at times gentle and tender ; his eyebrows were scarcely per ceptible, his beard was black, his hair brown. " Such was Jean Paul Marat." COURT CIRCULAR. ARDVERIXIE, SEPT. 6.—An u ninterrupted wet day, and her Majesty and the Prince were confined to the house. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Lady Gore, Hon. Miss Mitchell, the Earl of Den bigh, and the Rev. G. T. Hudson, arrived at her resi dence, Bushy House, Bushy-park, on Tuesday after noon, from Rendell's Pier Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Her Royal Hig hness the Duchess f Kent arrived at the New Cross station yesterday afternoon from the Continent. Her Royal Highness proceeded to her residence, Frogmore Lodge, near Windsor. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen ar rived at Clarence House, St. James's, on Tuesday night, from a visit at to th foure Queen, at Atherdveriki Prince e. Y left es terday afternoon , o'clock, Clarence House, for the Paddington terminus, and took his departure for Slough, by the Great Western Railway, afterwards proceeding to Frogmore Lodge, Windsor, to meet her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Major-General Bowles left Osborne, Isle of Wight, yesterday mo rning for t own. A deputation, consisting of Mr. William Gladstone, Mr. J. Hampden Gledstanes, and the Rev. Sydney Turner, on the part of the Philanthropic Society, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex had an in terview yesterday with Sir George Grey. The Marquis of Clanricarde has arrived in town. IBRAHIM PACUA AND TAD CITY CHARITIES. — Shortly after the vi . sit paid by Ibrahim Pacha to the city of London, when it will be recollected he was sump tuously entertained by Alderman Johnson, the then Mayor, his Highness transmitted the magnificent sum of 5001. to the worthy Alderman for appropriation to such charitable purp ha os a es as he miht deem most desert ing. This sum s ,after duo deliberation, been thus di s tributed :—To the General Dispensary, Alderbgate street, 1051., in purchase of 1131. 2s. p ilsOpde.n;sethry, g eCri u p e p e l n e : g st a r t e e et, D 7 i o s / P .r} g 'a a r r r n g Yi7dool2 t: Dispensary, Bartlett's-buildings, 701.; Seamen's Hospital, 751.; it of London Tss Society, Queen -street, Cheapside C , 60 y 1.; City of Lon ru don Association for Relief of the Poor (commonly called the ',City Kitchen), 50/. The Pacha has been enrolled among the benefactors of the above charities, and in right of his gift, the Lord Mayor for the time being is to be a governor of each of the societies, and of the City of London Association. 4 r 3 Aittit) bittoti SHERIFFS' COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL) A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.-COOPER V. SAFFREY.- BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. This was an inquiry to assess damages for a breach of promise of marriage. The defendant had, in the first instance, pleaded that he was not guilty of the breach, but having withdrawn his plea, the present inquiry was required. The damages were laid at 5001. Mr. CROUCH stated the case for the plaintiff, who is a young widow, only 26 years of age, and had held an engagement in a china warehouse at Bath. Defendant is an overseer at Mr. Brettel's, prin ter, in Rupert-street, Soho. It appeared that the plaintiff had come up to London, on a visit to her sister, whose husband was also in Mr. Brettel's em ployment, and there an acquaintance commenced be tween them, and a correspondence was kept up for nearly twelve months. The letters throughout, with the exception of the last, were full of tender and affectionate expressions, and their marriage was spoken of by him as definitely arranged, and he ulti- mately wrote requesting her at once to give notice to quit the service she was in, and to come up to London. This was on the Ist of April, 1846; but after she had made her preparations, he first exhibited a coolness by writing to say he could not meet her at the station. She arrived in London, and went to her sister's house, but defendant refused to meet her there, and ultimately wrote a letter, in which he broke off the connexion, and said that he did not love her so as to justify his entering into a matrimonial alliance with her. The defendant had not, in the slightest degree, insinuated anything against the virtue or character of the plaintiff, and the only supposition which could be come to was that he had formed an attachment to another female. He (the Learned Counsel) considered it a most aggra vated case in humble life, and such as would entitle her to ample damages for the injury done to her feel ings, and for the loss of a situation in which she might have still remained comfortable. Evidence was adduced, and some letters put in, which left the promise beyond question ; and it was shown that she had resigned a situation of 401. a year, which would have been increased. Mr. Turner, the plaintiff's brother-in-law, clerk to Mr. Brettel, proved that he had urged defendant not to enter into any correspondence without fully considering the matter and consulting his friends, but defendant went down to Bath and kept up the corre spondence till April in this year. Defendant is about forty years of age. Mr. Hick, of Bath, proved that plaintiff left his service to be married to defendant. Mr. BALLANTINE, for the defendant, endeavoured to elicit that defendant was ugly, deformed, and sickly ; but the witness would not agree that such was the case. Defendant was an intelligent and agreeable young man. It was admitted defendant had written the plaintiff's name in a Bible and Prayer-book " Saffery." Mr. BALLANTINE addressed the jury for the de fendant, and after most distinctly repudiating any intention to impute any impropriety of conduct on the part of the plaintiff, but attributed the refusal to the purest motives, from a consciousness that a mar riage would only bring sorrow and misery, as, in addition to the natural deformity of the defendant, he was suffering under a bad cough, and was also lame; and his father considered that it would have been nothing short of insanity to marry under such cir cumstances. The Learned Counsel could not con sider the . plaintiff's feelings could have been much wounded if she had fallen in love in a few days. That defendant had unfairly, improperly, and rashly entered into an engagement, there could be no doubt, but he had no ulterior object than an honourable one, and that, from the circumstances stated, he had with drawn himself, without casting the least blame upon the plaintiff, but having privately and publicly taken the whole upon himself. The UNDER- SIIERIFF summed up, and The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for 501. Mr. Green, of Walbrook, was solicitor for the plaintiff. A CURIOUS WILL. The Courrier des Mats Unis gives an account of a singular will left by a wealthy notary in Paris, about 25 years since, and which is yet in course of fulfil ment. His greatest pleasure in life had been to gather his numerous friends around his table and treat them splendidly, being generous and a good liver, and he conceived the notion of perpetuating these social gatherings after his death. Accordingly, by his will he instituted an annual banquet for twenty of his chosen friends, appropriating to the purpose the sum of 2,000 f. The details of the feast were strictly en joined, directing the expense always to be 100 f. a head. The memory of the deceased was to be toasted, and the subject of conversation to be as friendship or politeness might dictate. The feast was to be invio lably the same same, twenty-one plates to be always set (one for himself as perpetual head of the table), and the 2,000 f. to be expended. The first year the twenty friends were all there, but year after year they were...removed by death, until in twenty years they were reduced to eight. These partook as custo mary of the feast, and toasted the memories of their departed companions. Last year, however, there were but two, who solely shared the luxurious but melancholy banquet. The two knew each other but little, and met yearly at this table. Their positions were very different. One was very rich, while mis fortune had reduced the other to destitution. The rich and tho poor man sat coldly opposite to each other, until, warmed by the wines, they had forgotten their different circumstances. On the Ist of June, this year, the feast again returned, but the rich man was dead, and the poor and only survivor seated him self at the table laden with silver, with its 21 covers and its delicious' . viands. There he sat, the victim of poverty, subj ec t to all privations, pervaded by a feel ing of sadness and desolation, at a magnificent ban quet of 2,000 f. Pressed by his wants he made bold to request that the sum which was supplied to this yearly feast for himself might be appropriated to his daily sustenance. The lawyer showed him the posi tive clause of the will, which he was compelled to see executed to the letter. The poor man retired in sad ness, thinking how many days he would be obliged to go without a dinner, while once a year he was compelled to be surfeited with a feast prepared for 21 persons, and valued at 2,000 f. A singular piece of folly truly. HORRIBLE MURDER of a CHILD. LOUTH, LINCOLNSHIRE, SEPT. B.—Yesterday an examination of a young woman, charged with the murder of her infant daughter, was resumed before a full bench of magistrates at the Town Hall. The prisoner, whose name is Ellen Tuxford, aged 24 years, is a fine, handsome-looking female. Upon being placed in the dock the following evidence was adduced : _ . Superintendent Tracey said—From information which I received respecting the prisoner I was in duced to make inquiry at the Louth workhouse, where I learned that the prisoner, who had for some time been an inmate, had there been delivered of a female child about five weeks before, and that she left the house on the 25th of August, stating that she was going to Thorby. I traced her to Thorby, but she had no child with her. Upon going to the house where she was staying she denied that she had had a child. I did not therefore at that time take her into custody. Finding that she had after. wards absented herself from the house, and secreted herself in another, I gave orders for her apprehen sion, and went in search of the child. The result of this inquiry was, that I traced the prisoner as far as Houghton, on the Spilby road, with the child in her possession, beyond which all trace of the child was lost. The prisoner was there seen near a pond with what appeared to be an infant in her arms. Upon the apprehension of the prisoner I asked her if she would state what had become of the child, to which she replied that it had been thrown into a pond by a man whom she had met, to account for which she said that the child had died, and that she was crying, that the man asked her the reason, she told him, upon which he said he would soon get over that for her, and then threw the child into the pond. I then went, continued the constable, and searched the pond, where I found the child ; it was quite naked, and I afterwards searched the prisoner's house, where I found the child's clothes ; they were quite wet, and spotted with blood ; they had been hidden in a coal-hole. Mr. Bogg, surgeon, of Louth, said—l made a post mortem examination of the body of the child. One side of its mouth was cut away, and a portion of the tongue had been cut out. There were several wounds in the abdomen, which had evidently been made by the scissors which were found on the prisoner. B en c t h b — e l e b a i m l d qwu was t s e a c l e i r v t e a . i n the a t t t r o i n b g u u t e e w t • i a l e s immediate oyeudi the deceased would never have recovered from the injuries whilel a 'e te cause of death to drowning, although the which it had received. Several other witnesses were examined, whose tes timony corroborated the above facts, after which the prisoner was remanded. An inquest has been held on the body, before Mr. F. Gae, and notwithstanding the above facts were sworn to, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." Three early white potatoes have been dug during the week, in the garden of Colonel South, of Southlands, Heavitree, which weigh together two pounds and a half. They are very fine in appearance, and show no trace of disease.— Western Luminary. BANK OF ENGLAND. A General Court of the Proprietors of Bank Stock was held at the Bank of England yesterday, for the purpose of electing a Deputy-Governor for the re mainder of the year, in the room of James Morris, Esq., the late Deputy-Governor, now elected Governor. The voting of the Proprietors commenced at eleven and concluded at four o'clock, when Henry James Prescott, Esq., was declared duly elected to the office of Deputy-Governor. The Court then broke up. ENTERTAINMENT TO COMMO DORE DE KAY AND THE OFFICERS OF THE MACEDONIAN. On Monday th e C en t ra l B oard of the Highland Relief Fund ga ve a di nner to Commodore de Kay, and the officers of th e M ace d on i an, at the Tontin e Inn, Edinburgh. The Lord Provost filled the chair, supported by Commodore de Kay, Sheriff Alison, Bailie M'Kinlay, Principal Macfarlan, Captain Ca meron, Mr. Joseph Cowden, and Bailie Stewart. Sir James Campbell was eroupier, supported by Sir John Maxwell, Dr. M‘Leod, Dr. Scoresby, Sheriff Bell Bailie Orr, Dr. Ormond, Bailie Honeym an , an d J . Lumsden, Esq., &c. &c. After dinner, The CHAIRMAN proposed, in succession, the healths of her Majesty, the President of the United States, and the Prince Consort, which were duly honoured, Mr. Cowdin returning thanks for the toast of the Pre sident of the United States. The CHAIRMAN said the next toast he bad to pro pose was the health of the Gallant Officer on his right, Commodore de Kay.—(Loud cheers.) The manner in which they S had received his health indi cated to him that it required no words on his part to make the toast acceptable to them. Commodore de Kay's life had not been one of inglorious sloth—by his own good sword, by hii determined bravery, and by his knowledge of the profession he had chosen— a profession alike beloved and esteemed by Ame ricans as well as Britons—he had carved out for him self a name which would always be remembered in the page of history ; but he ventured to say that the brightness of his present mission would rather dim his previous expeditions.— (Cheers.) He had laid aside all the heat of party strife, he had assumed all the duties of an active and civil citizen, but when he heard of the distresses in the old country, he, no doubt, remembering the green fields of Erin, where his own progenitors first drew breath, had felt all the sentiments which one high-minded man must feel to anoter.—(Cheers.) His countrymen had come to relieve by their support their distressed and afflicted countrymen, and the small tribute they now paid to Commodore de :Kay was not at all commensurate with what he received from the approving of his own conscience, and from the conviction that he had done much to relieve the distress of this afflicted country. —(Cheers.) He could not sit down without refer ring to the early connexion which existed between Great Britain and the United States of America. Two hundred and thirty years ago a small band left this country, and that small band had increased to a mighty army, until the whole continent of North America was under the domination of the Anglo- Saxon race. Seventy years ago, on account of exac tions, which few at this time would allow to be just, and none would allow to be politic—but on account of that contest, feelings of hostility had existed in the minds of men on the other side of the Atlantic, as well as upon this side ; and it was as if Providence had sent this present season of distress to bring forth the sympathy of the one country towards the other, and he trusted it would tend to the permanent harmony and peace of the two countries. He trusted that they would all join him in drinking to the health of their worthy guest, Commodore de Kay.—(Cheers). Commodore DE KAY said he thanked them for that demonstration of kindness towards him, for the exhibition of that proof, as be might call it, of the sympathy which ought to exist always between the two countries, and which certainly existed at the pre sent moment, for they were all labourers in the same vineyard, and that vineyard was one into which no man need be ashamed to come. They all met to gether in this dreadful calamity to do their best to relieve suffering fellow-creatures. They had heard the cry of distress from every quarter, and their attention was more awakened to it than the attention of the people of this country could be ; it was not a solitary voice, it was not the voice of a thousand, but it was the voice of millions which came to them. There were many in America who had struggled and strove to do more than he had done in this way in that good, that glorious cause. It was not only Scotchmen and the descendants of Scotch men, nor Irishmen and the descendants of Irishmen, but the descendants of people of all countries, who vied with each other in their endeavours to send for ward help to this country.—(Cheers.) There were several men, well-established merchants in New York, who did more than could well be imagined or con ceived by persons so far distant. It would be, per haps, improper in him to name them, as they had re quested not to be named, although he could hardly go home without doing so ; suffice it to say, that the ex ertions made by those gentlemen, and the enthusiasm kindled up by them, resulted as they had seen in sending the ships of war. Those ships of war, he trusted, would do more good than the simple cargoes with which they were loaded could be expected to do; he had no doubt they would do much to cement the union between the people of the two countries.— (Cheers.) He must again return thanks to them for the kindness they had shown him, and he would con clude by giving " The Central Board for the Relief of the Ilighlands."—(Loud cheers.) A variety of toasts were proposed and duly honoured, and the company separated about eleven . o'clock, much gratified with the evening's entertain ment.—North British Mail. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATITiI FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1847. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 351 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 122 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 138 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... 202 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 7 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Old Age, or Natural Decay ... Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance ... 40 Causes not specified 2 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ... ••• ... 101 ... 7 ... 8 ronulation Enumeratwl, 1841. West Districts... 301,326 North Districts.. 376,396 Central Districts 374,759 'ast Districts ... 393,247 South Districts .. 502,483 1,05 T0ta15........ 1,948,211 Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1842-6. in the Five Summers. Week. 137 ... 133 . 175 ... 210 173 ... 213 . 212 ... 250 . 244 ... 245 Male 3 ... Females ~. ... 1,05 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... 526 ... 525 Totals .. ... 652 ... 643 -.1,295 The Duke and Duchess of Somerset entertained at dinner on Tuesday, at their mansion in Park-lane, the Prince and Princess Doria Pamphili (previous to their return to Rome), the Duchess of Inverness, and a select family circle, after which her Grace had music. M. and Madame Oury, the violinist and pianiste, came from Brighton expressly to attend. ARRIVAL OF THE DUckiKss or KENT.—Ifor Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent landed at Dover at an early hour yesterday afternoon from Ostend, under a royal salute from the heights. On landing her Royal Highness was received by a guard of honour from the Castle. A special train was in readiness at the South- Eastern terminus, and the Royal Duchess was received at the station by Tames MacGregor, Esq., chairman of the board, and several of the directors. The train stopped at New Cross, at which station horses were waiting to convey the Duchess to Windsor. Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart., and the suite in attendance pro ceeded on to the Bricklayers' Arms Station. Mr. Cud worth, the locomotive manager of the line, drove the engine from Dover to London. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.—The new Act on bankruptcy and insolvency will take effect on Wed nesday next, the 15th instant. It contains 21 section and is entitled "An Act to abolish the Courtof 1 s' eview in Bankruptcy, and to make alterations in the j risdic. diction of the Courts of Bankruptcy and Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors." By the Oct the insol vency business of the Court of Bankruptcy o is trans ferred to the Insolvent Debtors' C of the Post-office, and the other businessurt'within 20 mil es of that court, as well as the District Courts, is given to the new County Courts. The new rules by the Insolvent Debtors' Court have not as yet been printed; the new forms are, h oNsever,inpreparation. It is understood ' that the four Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, whose circuits are abolished by the Act, will hold several courts at the same time, but such an ar rangement would be very inconvenient, and would seem to be unnecess ar y, as t h e b us i ness un d er the two sys tems committed to them could be disposed of by one court sitting daily. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. Mr. George Burnett, lead and chemical manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, committed suicide in a corn field near that town on Monday night, and was discovered early on the follow ing morning, with his throat cut, and quite dead. The unfortunate deceased was of a nervous temperament ; and on Monday evening he was seen loitering between the villages of Blay don and Scotswood, near to which latter place he breathed his last. He was respected by all who knew him. STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION. LOSS OF -LIFE. (From the New York Tribune, July 31.) The steamer Niagara left this city this morning at half-past six o'clock, and had pr ocee d e d on her way to Albany, near to Sing Sing, when her steam chest burst, and one of the flues of her boiler, carrying away the smoke-pipe, barber's shop, firemen's room, and doing other damage to the vessel, and killing the two firemen, and scalding, more or less severely, seven of the passengers. Captain De Groot, of the Roger Williams, about two miles behind at the time of the disaster, seeing the occurrence, came alongside of the Niagara, took off her passengers, and proceeded with them on her route to Albany. The steamer Tom Powell towed the Niagara near the shore, where she anchored. Five of the scalded passengers embarked on board the Roger Williams, for Albany ; the other two, a gentleman and his wife, on their way to Seneca county to visit their sons, came back to the city in the Thomas Powell to obtain medical assistance. The usual verdict will be rendered in this case, we suppose—" No blame to be attached to the captain or officers of the boat." The Niagara (as we learn from a passenger who gave us the foregoing particulars) was going at the rate of 20 miles per hour, with a full head of steam on, when the accident occurred. She was, in other words, r ac i ng w i th the Roger Williams as her com petitor. She had about 200 passengers on board, all of whose lives were thus trifled with, to gratify the puerile vanity of the captain or owners. And, in truth, they may not be solely culpable ; some of the passengers themselves, in all probability, are accessories before the act—by their pertinacious urging of the captain to immoderate speed. It is hard, however, that the sober-minded and considerate of the travelling community should have their lives put in jeopardy through the influence of the reckless and foolhardy. P.S.—The two persons who came down in the Thomas Powell are now at the City Hospital. They have been examined by Drs. Griscom and Thompson, and are not considered in danger. 'We learn from one of the officers of the boat that two of the hands were blown overboard, and had not been found when the Powell left the Niagara. The Niagara is now lying at Sing Sing. A boat has been sent to bring her down. THE PATSHULL MURDER. WOLVERHAMPTON.—On Monday last the inquiry touching the death of John Larkin, who was found murdered in a pool at Patshull-park,'near this place, was resumed before G. Henchcliffe, Esq., Coroner. The only circumstance of importance, in addition to the particulars which have already appeared--im portant, as it tends to divert suspicion from the parties towards whom it was directed—was contained in the evidence of Samuel Husselby, who stated that on last Sunday fortnight an Irishman, who had been reaping, and who was one of those who had slept in the stable, was walking round the large pool of the park. He asked him (witness) which was the deepest part of it. He did not know his name. It was not either Larkins or Kelly. The Coroner then summed up the evidence, and in a short time the jury returned a verdict of "Wilful Murder" against some person or persons unknown. THE EMIGRANT FEVER.—Out of 476 passengers who left Liverpool in the ship Virginius, for Grosse Isle, the extraordinary number of 158 died on the passage of foyer, and no fewer than 186 were ill on landing. JENNY LIND.—A young man named Thomas Ro berts was this morning brought up at the Borough Court, charged with having borrowed and pawned ten handker chiefs, the property of Jenny Lind, in order to raise funds wherewith to enable him to visit the theatre on Saturday night, the last on which the renowned songstress was to appear. It appeared that Mdlle. Lind's linen had been sent from the Albion Hotel to be washed by a Mrs. Pearson, the mother-in -law of the prisoner. The young man, who is a striker in the service of the Man chester and Leeds line, was pressed by some of his fel low workmen to go and hear the Lind. He, like many other persons, possessed all the inclination, but lacked the means. He went home, tried without success to borrow the necessary funds, and then heroically de termined that Jenny's own property should furnish the means of enabling him to see and hear her. He took away ten of her handkerchiefs, and got a woman to pledge them for him, in Port -street, for ss. 6d. He de clared, on being apprehended, that he had no notion that ' Mrs. Pearson would have wanted the things so soon, and that it was his intention to have released them early in the present week. He was ordered to pay ss. 6d., the value of the pledged property, together with a penalty of 205., and in default to be imprisoned for one month.— Manchester Examiner. TERRIFIC CONFLICT BETWEEN WIND AND WATER. —The experimental trip on the railway to Skipton on Wednesday was accompanied by the Bradford teetotal band and their banner, bearing the very unpretending motto of " pure water." The banner is now, alas I among the things that were. Soon after the train left Keighley a storm came on, and in the conflict between wind and water, the former came off victorious. The banner began early to show symptoms that it was not made of the most durable materials, for shreds flew off thick and fast into the adjoining fields. The teetotal lers, however, disdained to haul down their colours, but determined to hold out to the last (rag), and they very soon had to hoist little else than bare poles to the wind, —infinitely to the amusement of the anti-teetotallers in the adjoining carriages. —Bradford Observer. CAN IT BE rossixinE?—An impudent and daring robbery was committed on the Bootle road this week. A gentleman, after descending from the omnibus, was knocked down in the presence of the passengers ; his watch was wrested from his pocket, and the villain made his escape in the direction of the canal, the pas sengers all the time quietly looking on ! This is one of the coolest highway robberies within our memory.— Liverpool Times. DREADFUL SUICIDE AT NEWCASTLE.—NEWCASTLE ON-TYNE, TUESDAY.—A general gloom has been cast over our commercial community to-day by the discovery of the suicide of Mr. George Burnett, a most extenaive and highly respected manufacturer, connected with some of the first families of the district. The unfortunate gentleman was observed late last evening walking de spondingly in the vicinity of Scotswood, a village about three miles west of Newcastle ; and about eight o'clock this morning some harvest labourers found him lying in a corn field, with his head partially under a sheaf of corn, and a deep gash in his throat, evidently produced by a razor which lay open at his side. He was then quite dead. The motive which prompted the commission of the dreadful deed remains a mystery. He was wealthy and beloved; and charity and probability alike point to a temporary aberration of mind as the cause. He was in the prime of life, unmarried, uniformly active in works of benevolence, endowed with a highly cultivated mind, and widely known as clever in the peculiar business with which he was connected. He was partner in the firms of John Lee and Co., chemical a ma nufacturers ; Locke, Blackett, and Co., lead and shot manufacturers ; and Burnett Brothers, steam-engine manufacturers—all occupying very high positions in the north of England. LIEUTENANT MUNRO.—The following is an extract of a letter addressed by Lieutenant Munro to a friend in London, the day following his trial:—" Newgate, Aug. 19.—1 cannot express how much I feel indebted to you for the very friendly interest that you have so kindly taken in my unfortunate case, but I beg that you will accept of my most grateful thanks, if only as a token of my appreciation of your disinterested solicitude about me and my family. I thank God I feel perfectly satis fied with the course I have adopted in surrendering to take my trial by the laws of my country. I might at once have obtained a higher rank in the Austrian army than I can ever expect now ris te ne t i s the to r be restored) to arrive at in our own; h t b e u a t n i satisfy the rank, nor riches, nor even honours, (if I am so fortunate experiences, as I have often smc o e sition with my fellow mind of man with anything. likempiotpraoeur troubles came if hoe me, that I was not in a right p w ife, nay children, and all most and would long continue to near an after I were dead, subject to many unpleasant men. I d f d el e t a a r ls to o t ta h e a! be, even Imceyre, feelings and reflections if I continu ed self- exp a t r i ate d , an d shunning a trial. It is only when a man has been driven from his country and his friends that he feels the full forcer of those ties that bind him to the land of his birth. From those feelings and a knowledge of the re sponsibility I incurred as a father, from not bringing up my children properly (which I could not do before), came and surrendered; and again I say, I thank God that I determined to do so. You will have seen my trial in the papers; I have no observations to make, for judge, jury, and Attorney-General only did their duty." SAGACITY OF THE CROW.—A few days afgo, the attention of several persons was excited at St. Ives by an unsual noise made by a crow, which had built her nest and hatched her young in the chimney ed an unin habited house, near the Wesleyan Chapel, in that town. On examination it appeared that a cat had discovered the young birds, and was trying to dislodge , hem; but every time puss put her head into the chimney the crow pounced upon her hinder parts, and then flew off to a neighbouring chimney. The crow, perceiving that she was unable singly to put the enemy to flight, flew to the tower of the church, and brought seven others, which proceeded to assail the cat in the way before described, until she was so severely wounded as to be obliged to retreat, minus pretty much of her fur, and bleeding pro. saidto fusely.— West Briton. las. T Partridge heco v shooting iesin t h s cpoamrtmoefncthede countyon Wednesday ar be very numerous, and the young birds are remarkably strong. We have not heard of any crack feat by our neighbouring sportsmen, who, by the way, may not yet, perhaps, have get into good practice.- - Cumberland , Pacquel• A BRIEF RErowr.—We, the Commissioners ap pointed to report on legal education in England, beg to report accordingly :—There is no legal education in England. (Signed) THE CoMMISSIoNERs."—Punch. INDIAN CoßN.—The Banner of Ulster says : ,‘ Indian corn and Indian meal boiled, is now the general food for horses, who thrive on it amazingly, at a redac tion of 12 per cent., compared with oat feeding. There has just b een cut, amongst others as pro lific, on an allotment in the Parish of Cheriton Bishop, the extraordinary number of 55 stalks of wheat from the produce of one corn of the " Old Lamas sort," which 55 ears produced 2,064 corns. The allotment is in the oc cupation of Joseph Tancock, of the same place, through the liberality of Dr. Pennell, the owner.— Western .Lu minary.