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k, le I, s p _ .01.1=1.1•1.11..4 he did not appear on Monday a warrant would be Issued for his apprehension. CLERKENIVELL.—( THIS DAY.) William Samuel Ayre and Henry Hyatt were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with breaking into the remises of Mr. Litchfield, cabinetmaker, of White ion. street, Clerkenwell. At ten o'clock last night, as the prosecutor was closing the parlour window, he heard a noise in the Yard, when he went out and saw Hyatt corning out of the wash-house. He seized him, when the other -Prisoner came out, and a policeman arriving they were given into custody. On their way to the sta tion-house Hyatt dropped a picklock key, which Mr. -Litchfield picked up without saying anything, and befor e they reached the station both of the pri toners dropped no less than seven skeleton keys and common keys of %*arious patterns. When !earched at the station-house, various other house breaking instruments were found upon them, and also a tremendous weapon, called in flash parlance " a skull-cracker." There were several articles of wearing apparel and two silver spoons also discovered in their possession. Mr. Litchfi e ld sa id h e could not id ent if y any o f this property. Mr. TYRWHITT said as that was the fact, he must treat the case as being found upon the premises for an unlawful purpose, instead of as a burglary. He should send each of the prisoners to the House of CAmection for two months, with hard labour. A ROMANCE OF LOVE AND MAR- RIAGE. Coachmen and guards—guards in particular—time out of mind, have been proverbial for their gallantry; and events justify the conclusion that the modern race do no dishonour to their predecessors in this particu ar- It is not, therefore, to be wondered at that Mr. Robert Moore, guard of the London and Holyhead 'nail, as he passed every day through the Abbey roregate, Shrewsbury, looked with some degree of interest, which probably displayed itself in his countenance, at ,the possessor of a pair of fine eyes which peered regularly from the window a the coac h rattled through the street. The admiring look gradually expanded to a smile, and then he ventured on a bow of friendly recognition, which was coquettishly but unmis takeably returned. This was it, the month of April. A week or two of this pantomimic courtship passed, When an opportunity occurred which brought them into more immediate contact. As the coach dashed along the street, the lady was absent from the win dow; but on the road stood a well-known female figure, which requested to be conveyed to Welsh pool. She was invited to take her seat by the guard, and from that moment he was a doomed man. In the course of an interesting conversation she inadvertently let drop a few expressions which showed that she was the widow of Colonel Tripp, allied to a noble family, and left with a very hand some maintenance. She was lonely, however, and amused herself with her brother's children. Mr. Moore naturally felt increased interest in the lady, was highly delighted with her manner and conversation, and parted with her with much regret. They met again ; the favourable impression she had made on him at first was deepened; interviews were more frequent, and at length he asked the important question, and Was, after a considerable amount of hesitation, accepted. As was due to the lady of Colonel Tripp, Mr. Moore and his bride drove to Birmingham in handsome style, and on the 15th of June (about two months from the time they had first seen each other), they were mar lied by license at the Old Church, Edgbaston. After the ceremony, they immediately started to London, and took apartments at the Euston-square hotel. Here they resided for ten weeks, in a con tinued round of gaiety ; and Mrs. Moore took occa sion, while in London, to visit some of her aristocratic a cquaintances. A fashionable equipage was always at their service; the parks were regularly visited; and Mr. Moore felt renewed delight and interest in the recognition by his lady of the nobility as they also loll e d eas il y a l ong i n carr i ages scarce l y more handsome than his own. As it was necessary, however, that some settlement with regard to her money should take place, she expressed a wish to call on Glyn and Co., of Lombard-street, her bankers, to as certain exactly in what condition her affairs were. She accordingly did so, and found that, instead of having 5,0001., as she expected, Messrs. Glyn had not snore than 2,0001.; but that 3,0001. were invested in a club at the Thatched House Tavern, which could easily be made available. Satisfied with the explana tion, they had time to enjoy themselves. Mrs. Moore, who was particularly acquainted with the Earl of Jer sey, made frequent visits to his Lordship's house, in Berkeley-square; called on the Duke of Wellington, at Apsley House; visited at Lord Palmerston's, and left her cards at the residence of many of her titled friends. Accordingly, finding she was possessed dimple fortune, She entreated Mr. Moore to give up his situation as guard of the mail, as not only was it unnecessary so far as pecuniary matters were concerned, but de rogatory,, to a lady of h e r bi r th an d connex i ons . This proposition, however, he took time to consider, and ten weeks having elapsed since they arrived in London, they returned to Birmingham. Then it was that whispers began to reach his ears that his wife was not exactly so nobly connected as he had imagined ; and although he did think it strange, that while visiting the houses of the nobility with his wife, he had to remain in the carriage, yet he gave no heed to the slander, and threatened actions against som e of his friends who propagated it. Writing, however, to Mr. Yates, of Pontypool, who had a suffi cient sum of money of hers in his hands to defray in cidental expenses—their trip to London bring some what expensive, costing about 500/. Mr. Yates re turned an answer that he had not a farthing belonging to the lady. Subsequent inquiry made more alarm ing disclosures. It was found that the lady had not a farthing in the world, was neither nobly born nor aristocratically connected, was not the widow of Colonel Tripp, and, what was far worse, was no widow at all, but the wife of a commercial traveller, with four children. Mr. and Mrs. Tripp, however continued to live together for several years, and four children were born ; but from some cause or other they eventually, about two years ago, separated, Mr. Tripp allowing his wife sufficient maintenance for herself and children. Here was a discovery for Mr. Moore— duped, disappointed, cheated out of upwards of 500/., and married to another man's wife ; he gave her into custody at Birmingham, on a charge of bigamy She was taken on Friday last to Shrewsbury, in custody of Inspector Glossop, the marriages proved against her, and the fact of her first husband being alive satisfactorily demonstrated by his being in Shrewsbury. On Monday she was remitted to Birmingham, and brought up at the public office here, but no prosecutor appearing against her, she was discharged ; and so ended one of the most consum mate pieces of deception, admirably contrived, and skilfully executed, which has taken place in this part of the country for some time.—Birmingham Journal. EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—From a Par liamentary return just issued, it appears that the ave rage cost of passage of emigrants from England to South Australia, in ships chartered by her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners from the Ist of January, 1846, to the present time, is computed at 37,4011.; the number of statute adults embarked it, fifteen ships being 3,021; and the average cogs of each adult being 121. 7s. 7td. A statute adult is one person of the a g . of fourteen years and upwards, or two per sons between one and fourteen. This amount represents the net average cost of the conveyance and victualling of the emigrants, and is exclusive of gratuities allowed to the surgeons, superintendent, and officers of the ships, and other small incidental expenses, as books, &c. LEITH.—GuANo.—As it may be useful to agri culturists to know the prospects of supply of this article for next season, we give the following statistics, com piled from authentic information :—ln September last year the stock in the ports of the Cl)de anmuntod to upwards of 18,000 tons ; in Leith at the same date it exceeded 4,500 tons ; the price then ranged from 71. 10s. to 81. per ton. The stock in Glasgow on September 18, 1847, comprehending all qualities of Ichaboe, was only 4,000 tons. In Leith the stock was only 1,100 tons, which, taken together, gives only 5,100 tons to supply the consumption, which last year amounted to 17,400 tons. The price now asked is 91. per ton. How is the supply to be made up, although it is generally allowed that it is equal, compared with other manures, to 151. per ton. NAVVIE RIOT.—On Saturday morning last, in consequence of the bad state of the weather, the navvies were prevented from working, and they wandered about the streets of Stonehaven in groups. Between three and four o'clock in the afternoon the Highlanders and Irish disagreed, when a fierce scuffle ensued, in which the Highlanders were victorious. They then paraded the streets in triumph, howling and making a most hideous noise, to the annoyance of the peaceable inhabi tants, until between nine and ten at night, when, it would appear, they had wrought up their passions to the highest pitch, for they went in pursuit of a tradesman belonging to this place who had become obnoxious to them from his having occasionally assisted the police in apprehending several of their fellow-labourers. The individual fled from their rage, but still they pursued, stnd attacked a widow's house, in which they thought he had taken shelter, violently forcing open the door, but providentially missed their prey, for he was concealed In another quarter. The five navvies who were appre hended on Saturday were brought up for trial on Mon day before the sheriff,' when they all pleaded guilty, and were sentenced as follows:—one to forty days, three to thirty days, and one to twenty days' imprisonment.- -North of Scotland Gazette. HIGII TIDE AT DOVER.--Last Sunday, at noon, the tide was higher at Dover harbour than it has been for several years. At the mouth the depth of water measured twenty feet, whilst several of the piers aed jetties were completely overflowed. The hotel which the Oath -Eastern C ompany are erecting at the terminus, hat several feet of water in the kitchens and cellars. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT TE RSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. The Cesarewitch betting was remarkable for the sud den appearance of Geraldine, of whom nothing had been heard previously, except for the Cambridgeshire. The first bets laid were at 15 and 16 to 1; her partisans, however, were so numerous and eager, that before the books were closed is little as 9to 1 was taken. War Eagle was also in high favour, insomuch that at the close it was a near thing for the premiership betwee❑ him and Reminiscence. Inheritress and the Miss Whip filly were in some demand in the early part of the day, and near its close Cossack came into play, the first bet laid against him being 1,000 to 30, and the last 2,000 to 100. Ulysses and Wood Pigeon were on the " go," and the feeling with regard to Vanity did not appear very favourable. A few bets were laid o❑ the Clearwell, Cambridgeshire, and Derby, at the quoted prices. We subjoin the final averages:— CESARENTITCH STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Bouverie's War Eagle, 3 yrs, Bat llb —taken to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Reminiscence, 3 yrs, 7st —taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Geraldine, 4 yrs, sst 121 b 10 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Rob Roy, 3 yrs, 6st 12 to 1 agst Mr. St. Paul's Ulysses, 3 yrs, 6st 16 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam'a Inheritress, aged, Bst 81b —taken 17 to 1 agst Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip filly, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b 18 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, Bst—take 20 to 1 20 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon, 5 yrs, Bst—t 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack, 3 yrs, Bst 61b— taken and offered 20 to 1 agst Mr. Barnes's Tufthunter, 3 yrs, 6st 21b —taken and offered 20 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vanity, 3 yrs, sst 121 b 20 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Cawroush. 4 yrs, 7st—t 25 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Giselle, 4 yrs, Est 121 b—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's St. Lawrence, aged, Bst 21b—taken to 1251. 40 to 1 agst Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs, fist Mongrel was scratched at three o'clock. CLEARWELL STAKES. 5 to 4 agst Mr. Mostyn's Loadstone—taken 5 to 2 agst Mr. J. Moore's Blase—taken 4 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower—taken 6 to 1 agst Col. Peel's The Architect—taken CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Mr. Nunn's Prior of St. Margaret's, 4 yrs, Bst 15 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Geraldine, 4 yrs, est—t 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure, 3 yrs, 7st 3lb 20 to 1 agst Mr. Rolt's Collingwood, 4 yrs, ist 121 b DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken 28 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Flarcatcher—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Beverlac 1,000 to 25 agst Col. Anson's Corsican-1,000 to 30 also laid. CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING.—YESTERDAY. The Mostyn Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, &c.; for two yrs old colts, 7st 51b; fillies, ist 21b; and three yrs old colts, Bst 121 b; fillies, Bst 91b, &c. Three quarters of a mile. (4 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's The Spaniard, 2 yrs ... Mr. M. Jones's Vale Royal, 2 yrs Mr. Mostyn's Wiseacre, 3 yrs... ... Mr. W. Prenter's Free Trader, 3 yrs... ... 5t04 on Spaniard. Won by half a neck. Run in 1 min. 27 secs. The Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 30 added; winners of 100 sovs., &c., slb extra. Once round and a distance. (11 Subs.) Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Ryder) 1 Mr. Price's The Sailor, aged, sst 81b... ... 2 Mr. Heap's Brown Fly, 4 yrs, sst 81b 3 3to 1 on Ellerdale. Won in a canter. Time, 2 min. 8 secs. The Saracen's Head Handicap of 301., added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sovs, each. Second saves his stake. One mile and a half. (10 Subs.) Mr. Barton's Hector, 5 yrs, 6st 61b (Sharp) 1 Mr. Conway's Christopher, 3 yrs, sst,9lb ... 2 Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid, 6 yrs, 7st 21b 3 The following also ran:—Hootton, aged, 6st 61b— Alsatia, 3 yrs, sst 91b—Keleshea, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b. Betting-2 to 1 each agst Christopher and Keleshea, 4 to 1 agst Intrepid, 5 to 1 each agst Alsatia and Hooton, 6to 1 agst Hector. Won cleverly in 2 min. 51 secs. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added. Heats. Once round and a dis. (5 Subs.) Mr. Flintoff's The Rhine, aged, Bst 41b (Denman) 1 1 Mr. Williams' Vesture, aged, Bst 31b 0 2 Mr. R. J. Mostyn's Chartist, 4 yrs, 7st 71b ... 2 3 Mr. W. Jones's Maria Rutt, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ... 0 4 Mr. Barker's Chemisette, 4 yrs, 7st 31b ... 3 dr 2 to 1 on The Rhine, who won both heats in a canter. YORKSHIRE UNION HUNT CLUB MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The Gold Cup of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft. Two miles. (6 Subs.) Sir J. Gerard's Grimsten, 4 yrs ... (Owner) I Mr. Robinson's Morpeth, 6 yrs ... ... 2 Mr. Meiklam nd Enchanter, 3 yrs ... 3 Won by two lengths. The Champagne Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. One mile and three quarters. (6 Subs.) Sir J. Gerard's Blaekie, 4 yrs ... (Owner) 1 Captain d'Arcy nd Isabella Noel, 3 yrs ... 2 Sir J. Gerard's Morocco, 4 yrs ... ... 3 Won by a length. The York and Ainsty Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft. and 5 only if declared, with 50 added. One mile and a half. (17 Subs., Bof whom declared.) Mr. Wormald'. Quadruped, 4 yrs, lOst slb (Capt. Bell) 1 Mr. Thompson nd Ennui, 4 yrs, 10,4 61b 2 Mr. Meiklam nd Lord Flurry, 4 yrs ... Mr. Bond's Comme-il-fitut, 3 yrs Mr. Wharton's nd Parson's Clerk, 5 yrs Won cleverly by half a length. The Tully-ho Stakes of 5 sovs. each. One mile. Mr. S. L. Fox's Psalmsinger, 5 yrs ... walked over The Dinner Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 25 added. One mile and a half. Sir J. Gerard's Grimston, 4 yrs Mr. R. S. 011iver nd Fitzwilliam, 4 yrs . Mr. Meiklam nd Crim. Con., 5 yrs . Mr. Harland's Cossack Maid, 4 yrs ~. . Won in a canter by six lengths. (Ryder) I .., 5 (Owner) 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... ... 4 COURT CIRCULAR. `WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The unfavourable state of the weather this morning prevented her Majesty or the Royal Family leaving the Castle. Prince Albert, attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, Col the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Major-General Bowles, left the Castle early this morning for town, travelling by the Great Western Railway. His Royal High• ness returned to Windsor about two o'clock. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening is expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Mr. G. E. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, Miss Dawson Darner, and Sir Geeorge Couper. The band of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Mr. G. E. Anson, Hun. Colonel Phipps, and Major- General Bowles, arrived at Buckingham Palace yes terday morning from Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Marlborough-house, and afterwards, attended by Mr. Anson, went to Somerset-house to attend a meeting at the office of the Duchy of Cornwall. Shortly be fore one o'clock the Prince proceeded to the Padding ton terminus, and left town on his return by a special train. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at tended by Baroness de Speth, arrived at her residence, Clarence-house, St. James's, at one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Frogmore-house, Windsor. Her Royal Highness visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Serene Highness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, at Marlborough-house, and at three o'clock left town on her return to Frogmore house. Viscount Morpeth has arrived in town. WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING.—The heavy rain which fell here almost incessantly from nine o'clock until nearly four, prevented the Queen and Royal Family from taking their usual out-door exercise ; but at that hour the rain was succeeded by an hour or two of bril liant sunshine, and the Royal Children, with their ponies and attendants, went out to. the lawns and shrubberies of the Home Park, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelten, and did not return to the Castle until after sunset. There have been no arrivals at the Castle to day. It is not true, as stated in one of the papers yes terday, that the Royal Children were placed in danger on the previous day, by the running away of the horse on the Eastern Terrace. Fortunately the Royal Chil dren were in a distant part of the Castle with their pre ceptress, and did not know of the occurrence until some hours after. DEATH Or HENRY HOWARD, R.A.—Mr. Howard, the royal academician, the secretary to the academy, and the professor of painting in that institution, died oa the sth instant at Oxford, in the 78th year of bis age. My. Howard began to exhibit for the first time at the Rowel Academy in the year 1794. He was then at Rome, and sent for exhibition " The Dream of Cain," from Gesner's " Death of Abel." In 1795 we find him living in the Strand, and exhibiting at Somerst-house, " Puck from Midsummer Night's Dre a m," " A r i e l from the Tempest," and " Satan awakening in the burning Lake." In 1801 h . e was el ec t e d an assoc i ate of the Royal Academy, an d in 1808, at the same time with the late Mr. Phillips, an R.A. In 1811, on the death of Mr. Richards, he was made secretary to th e R oya l A ca d emy ; an d in 1833, on the resignation of Mr. Phillips, selected to fill the im portant office of professor of painting in that institution. Mr. Howard was the third senior roya l aca d em i c i an; t h e father of the academy is the esti ma bl e pres id ent, and the next in succession Mr. J. M. W. Turner. The new secretary will of course be Mr. Knight, who has acted as deputy to Mr. Howard for some time past. PLYMOUTH, OCT. s.—The .barque Tusca n , C ap t a i n Rapson, came in this morning, in a strong gale fron the south-east, five and a half months from Shanghae, China, with tea, for London. In 730 west longitude, 50 north latitude, fell in with the schooner Margaret, of Bideford, e g o n state, a rin e t and e e, Marshall master, from Newport, with iron, bound to schooner was crew na foun in foundering Captain Tesho Marshall c and his were, taken on board the Tuscan, where they were kindly received and hospitably entertained by Captain Rapson. The crew of the Margaret have landed here, THE MONETARY CRISIS. TO 7'HE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sut,—Will you allow me, through the medium of your widely circulated paper, to suggest, in a few lines, the sketch of a bold and immediately applicable remedy for the present crisis, when trade and com merce are nearly at a stand, or must soon come to one, if this fearful monetary stringency continues. Something must be done, and what is it to be ? if merchants, and factors, and manufacturers are to stop, millic.ns to whom they give employment, either directly or indirectly, will have no earnings, and misery and confusion will spread and increase. What, then, can be done to meet the evil ? The only remedy at present appears to be a free circula tion of money, and that immediately. We have no time to wait until Parliament assembles, to discuss, amend, or repeal the Bank Act of 1844, or until the Anti-Gold-law League succeeds in its plans. We want immediate resources. When the tradesman cannot get his trade bills discounted trade must cease! When respectable middle-class merchants cannot sell their bills on 'Change, the commerce of the country is at an end. Go to the banks : they will and can discount first-class bills only ; they do not doubt the ultimate safety of a middle-class bill, with drawer, acceptor, and one or more endorsers, but they cannot give you money for it ! The discounters have no money for that class of bills, and the con sequence is ruinous to trade and commerce. Let me suggest, then, that the people, the middle classes, help themselves in this dilemma, and unite for opening immediately THE SITN, A UNIVERSAL COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION. Let everybody pay down 11., for which a certificate shall be given, which certificate may be used as se curity, or perhaps even as a medium of circulation, by which the capital would be doubled. Let these cer tificates bear five per cent. interest (or in coupons of 6d. for six months); the capital thus brought toge ther to assist its members only, and not to interfere with any existing establishment, the capital to be used in discounting boncifide trade bills, and making loans on good, safe, and available securities, dock-warrants, staple commodities, &c. Such an association can be formed and be in work in a few days, after this sug gestion finds favour with the public. One pound paid down, with no calls and no liabilities, may bring a capital together large enough to assist, to:some extent, the bona fide trade and commerce, and with a prudent management, may, in a little while, increase and work beneficially for even the higher mercantile under takings. I have been desired to give this proposal some pub licity. Your readers may consider the propriety of such an association, and whether they will, more or less, participate in its foundation, and assist either with one pound or one hundred pounds, as they may feel inclined. Whether this proposal be adopted or rejected, or whether it may lead to some other pro posal better adapted to the present wants of the great commercial body of this country, who labour under daily difficulties, which, I believe, can soon he remedied by such a union of strength through small means, as an association of this kind would effect, I throw out this suggestion in the hope that it may call attention to some mode of relieving the present severe pressure, and enabling tradesmen and others to get their regular business transacted. I am, Sir, your humble obedient servant, 6, Walbrook, London, Oct. 6, 1847. A. B. TO THE EDI7'OR OF THE SUN. SlR,—May I beg of you to republish (with such additional observations as existing circumstances may suggest) the admirable leader in your publication of the ;30th of April. Your words were prophetic— your worst fears are more than realised, and we are rapidly descending into an abyss of commercial suf fering, compared to which that of 1825 will dwindle into insignificance. That concoction of ignorance and obstinacy—Peel's Bill of 1819—and its " com plement" of 1844, may now be seen in their true colours; and bitterly has the country at large to lament that the warnings of the " Sir Robert Peel" of 1819 were not listened to, instead of the glosing sophistries of his clever son. Ruin stares us in the face, whilst the elements of prosperity, peace, and plenty, are obviously in our possession. How long will this most patient, enduring nation, suffer itself to be thus oppressed and trampled upon by wild theorists, who set at nought and despise the dictates of experience ? I would willingly believe that, though mistaken, they are honest; but some mis givings upon this head may not unreasonably be entertained, when it is considered that, under the operations of Sir Robert's crotchets, every thousand pounds of his princely income becomes equal to eighteen hundred, at least, of the currency existing under that system, during the continuance of which it was principally acquired. We are now at the commencement of that season when the poor espe cially require the comforts of food, clothing, and fuel ; and the prospect before us is ruined merchants and manufacturers, mills standing still, and the opera tives without employment. Will men, having hearts to feel and hands to act, sit quietly at home and see their wives and children in rags, and starving ? Let our rulers look to it, and be warned in time. What greatly aggravates the sufferings which we are undergoing is, that the measures which produce it are absolutely without an object. The helplessness of the Bank of England, owing to the law of 1844, has reduced prices low enough to satisfy even Sir C. Wood ; but has it produced the predicted result ? Have our exports been correspondingly increased ? and what he calls " the real payment for our imports of grain begun, and the pressure on our resources thereby lessened." Let the beggared thousands of Lancashire and Yorkshire give the response. The measures which he and those with whom he acts uphold, and laud as the perfection of human wisdom, have the directly opposite tendency. The lower prices are forced the greater the difficulty of finding the reduced payment ; and the enormous sacrifices which are daily being made to uphold credit, in the hope of a favourable change, will only render eventual ruin more certain, unless the iron grasp of the law of 1844 be immediately relaxed. It would be as rea sonable to expect a man to live with his blood stagnant in his body, as for trade and commerce to thrive without that free and ample circulation which is their life-blood and principle of vitality. I am, Sir, yours obediently, Liverpool, Oct. 7, 1847. M. W. THE DOG-WHISTLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The necessity of some means of communica ion betwixt passengers in railway trains and their guards or engine-drivers, in case of accident, is ad mitted, and I see plans for such purpose, some both complicated and expensive, daily brought forward for companies to adopt. Now, as you know how hard, from various causes, public bodies are to move in such matters, why may not each passenger (especially he who constantly travels by rail) take care of himself, and, by an out lay of the trifling sum of sixpence in the purchase of a small dog-whistle (such as the guards themselves use on some lines), have constantly the means of raising an alarm. The size of the implement could be no obstacle to its adoption, and its loud shrill tone would ensure atention. W —l am, &c., IL L lAM DITCHETTE. Stockton, Oct. 7, 1847. HUMAN PUNISHMENTS AFTER DIVINE FORGIVENESS. TO 711 E EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,—Having been a reader of your paper for eleven years, I have remarked that you often origi nate, and are ever, willing to support, a truth, before it has received popular assent. I therefore select your columns in which to offer a legislative sugges tion—not a lengthened argument—which I hope will receive the attention of some of our human law makers. During the past week I have been struck with the fact —but the particulars of which I have for gotten—that some criminal in this country, or who was a criminal seven years ago, is in danger of punishment now, for a crime committed then, and even though the knowledge of such crime rests on his own penitential confession. The bare idea seems not merely so un-Christian, but so brutal and unjust, that one is tempted only to exclaim, in the titled words of a pamphlet, pub lished some few years ago, "Man unfit to govern man." But, Sir, if we are not advocates of such a general position as those words convey, surely we must admit that laws which are so cruelly retrospective ought not to exist in a country professedly Christian. Human nature is weak, even at its most mature and strongest moments, yet it appears that a youth may have been led into crime, may have literally re pented, reformed his character, established himself in a useful and honourable position in society, surrounded himself by many who depend on his industry or benevolence, may have become (chastened and disci plined by experience) the valuable guide, instructor, and guardian of others ; yet, because his former error or crime is confessed or detected, he is, by human laws, to be dragged from an honourable and useful position to prison and to punishment ! Can such a thing be tolerated by law-makers, who read of one Jesus of Nazareth, who came to save repentant sin ners, to save and receive men who were even in their sins ? Shall it be said that legislators will not for give a man who merely sinned seven years ago ? But, Sir (for you cannot allow me space to argue), will it continue in this country, that while men by the Statute of Limitations cannot be made to pay their just money debts of more than six years' stand ing, a poor criminal, whom God has long par doned and perhaps received, shall pay with his life moral debts contracted nobody knows how long ago ? I am not a lawyer nor a legislator, and therefore do not write to propose a remedy; for, I believe, a Christian should have no hand in making laws for his fellow-man ; but I do say that those professing Chris- tians who do think it right to make laws for their fellow-creatures, are bound by their profession to make those laws as much in agreement as possible with the genius, the spirit, and the requirements of Divine revelation. (I would not for all the honours and emoluments in the world have the future respon sibility of those law-makers, who are about to kill a poor woman next week, by hanging her up with a cord round her neck at Newgate.) But, Sir, as to the immediate subject of this letter, if legislators found that a Statute of Limitations would not apply to crime, surely an equity court ought to decide on the merits of each case of long standing, and not visit the penitent, the reformed, the now respectable, useful, and honourable man with the same punishment as would be awarded to him who on trial is found to have continued in his depraved and vicious career. How inefficient and inconsistent are all man's at tempts to govern ! How beautiful and benevolent are :he requirements of Heaven I—" Do justly, love [nercy, and walk humbly with thy God." In haste, yours, &c., Gloucestershire, Oct. 6, 1847. DALETII. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. Yesterday a court was held for the dispatch of business. The LORD MAYOR informed the Court that Alder man Hooper had signified his consent to accept the office of Mayor for the year ensuing. The thanks of the Court were unanimously voted to the Rev. Halstead Cobden, chaplain to the Lord Alayor, for the sermon preached on the day of the election of sheriffs before the Lord Mayor and Cor poration, and the sermon was ordered to be printed, and copies ordered to be sent to the members of the Court. FRAUDS IN TDB COLLECTION OF BROKER'S R ENTS. Mr. BURN, the Chairman of the Officers and Clerks' Committee, brought up the " Report on th© Duties and Emoluments of the Collection of Brokers' Rents." He regretted that he had again to complain of defal cations in an office of the corporation so soon after the serious charges against the collector of the City wine dues. All the committee at present recommended was the appointment of a new collector. The regula tions for the direction of the office were to be formed, upon due consideration, by the Court. The officers appointed to perform the duties in the meantime had discovered already defalcations to the amount of upwards of 2,oool.—(Hear, hear.) A MEMBER asked whether the late collector's sure ties had been applied to ? Mr. BURN replied that the Gurantee Society was security for Mr. Cheesewright, the late collector, to the amount of 5001., and there were two individuals sureties for him to the amount of 4001., one of whom was considered to be good, the other doubtful. Mr. LAWRENCE moved that the report be sent back to the committee, to consider the expediency of collecting by a clerk in the Chamberlain's office. The Court, after a short discussion, divided, and there appeared for the amendment, 46 ; against it, 67. Majority in favour of the recommendation in the report, 21. THE CITY OF LONDON LIBRARY. Mr. JOHN DIXON, the chairman of the committee to whom it was referred to carry into execution the re solution of the 2d of June, for establishing in the Guildhall a library of all matters relating to the City, the borough of Southwark, and the county of Middle sex brought up a report on the state and progress of their library from the Ist of June, 1840, to which he called the particular attention of the Court. The following is an abstract of the report, which was of considerable length : " The present librarian, upon entering upon his duties, directed his attention in the first instance to the state of the catalogue, which being a classified one, and having no marks of reference to the cases and shelves in which the several volumes are placed, he found it necessary to go very carefully through the library, noting in the margin of the catalogue opposite each book or article the case and shelf as signed to it. This has been accurately done, and your committee confidently invite the Court's atten tion to the great catalogue, &c. " Very numerous and valuable additions have been made to the library since the last report of great cu riosity and interest relating to City history, manners, and customs, as well as others of a political and mis cellaneous character relating to the kingdom in gene ral, which it would be impracticable to particularise within the limits of this report. In the class of his tory, voyages, and travels, may be enumerated. — (Here follows a long list comprehending all the great popular works in the class.) "To the class of topography and county histories the library has a very superb accession, as well as that of antiquities and that of biography. Other volumes of great exceltence have enriched the shelves, amongst which is a truly choice collection of 950 original royal proclamations, published by King Charles 1., the Parliament, the Protector, Charles 11., James 11., and William 111., recently purchased by your committee, which is indeed a real acquisition to the library, since such articles in any lengthened series are becoming rarer and dearer every day. "Amongst the donations presented, which are very numerous, the most 'aluable are—by the Commis sioners of Public Records ; by the Trustees of the British Museum •by the Parker Society ; H. A. Merewether, D.C.L., Town Clerk; by the late Thomas Tegg, Esq., &c. "Your committee consider it their duty, in a more special and emphatic manner, to call the attention of your Honourable Court to the munificent present of about 400 volumes of Hebrew and Rabbinical litera ture made by Philip Salomans, Esq. It is not within the scope of this report to particularise the whole of this magnificent collection. It may be sufficient to state that it consists, amongst other things, of 'The Mokrogedoleth,' or by way of pre-eminence the great convocation, being the Hebrew and Chaldee texts of the Sacred Scriptures, with the various Glosses of the most eminent Jewish Rabbis, such as Aber Eara, Rabbi Solomon Jarchi, Levi Bin Gerson Remchi, &c. "The Talmud or Mishna, or Tradi tions of the Fathers,' and the Geonare, or Dispu tations of the Jewish Doctors on the Mishna.' This work is in twelve large folio volumes. ' The Mish naioth, or Talmud broken into the Six Sederim or Orders of which it consists.' The commentary of Rabbi Isaac Aberbinel on the Pentateuch ; the great work, Rabalphe's treating of the Talmud, with the Gloss of Jarchi ;' different edition of "The Penta teuch;' the book "Lir,' a juridical work of g reat authority ; a fi ne copy of the Bible: with a Rab binical Gloss,' i n 1 1 vo l umes ; an d Buxton's He brew Concordance,' a work of great estim ation with seculars and di v i nes. These wor k s a re all in the Hebrew and R a bbi n i ca l character, an d are at pre sent uncatalogu e d ; b ut a reveren d friend of the librarian, reader of the Synagogue in St. Alban's place, has kindly promised to assist him in carefully constructing a pr o p er catalogue. Your committee have directed th em to be placed in a se p arate case by themselves, with the donors name at the top, and the date o f th e d onat i on. —(Loud cheering.) We beg further t o cert if y that agreea bly to the , ' re solution of the 26th of March, 1846, the ante-room of the Guildhall Library has been fitted up as a museum for antiquities and works of art, and we have the pleasure to repo r t t h at a most beaut if u l and valuable addition has bee n ma d e to it by t h e R o yal Exchange and Gresham Tr us t s C omm i ttee , o f a large collection of curiosities, found i n 1841, while excavating the foundation of the N ew R oya l E xc h an ge, consisting of the more perfe c t spec i mens of the re d R o man ware usually found in the ruins of Roman cities, and called Samian ware ; also a collection of domestic imple ments of various kinds, and of coins, from sixty to seventy in number, & c . "All which is submitted to the judgment of this Honourable Court. ----- " Signed by every member of the committee." and T The e ereportopy wasNa v directed receiv e d, reeted to and be to to h e ve ry e printed, member then mortveeesfdetrotrhibetghfeollowing resolution of m th r e . C D o l u x r o t. s committeerr:t;a in the expressions they report presented to the Court this da t y ha b t y to o munificent present by Philip Salomans, Esq., to the Guildhall Library, — C a g o ' r e r e r m h i w t a t t i e t e h t , h i vv: h h e C i c o h ll of 400 volumes of Hebrew and Rabbinical works, t p b a e r ti., Library r a t r h y e gift, and approve of the m p re over, that the thanks of this corp oration are due, and are h e r eb y given to Philip Salo r nans, Esq., directionsh ave ap applied e p given i v e t o b thisfor deposit,lih er al resolving, for this splendid donation ; and further, that this resolution, being recorded in the minutes of this Court, be especially communicated to Mr. Salomans by the Town-clerk. several members, entertained of Mr. Saloman's liberality, and a discussion upon the subject of adopt ing some more marked mode of showing the feeling p roceeded to the election of some exp A r f e t s e t r ive so o m f ethoebsseeor:;:tions from of the corporation, the resolution was carried amidst great applause. The Court then subordinate officers under the County Court Bill, after which it adjourned. LYCEUM THEATRE _HerMajest y th e Q ueen has commanded Colonel Anon to inform the proprietors of the Lyceum theatre ( Messrs. C. Matthe w s a nd Strutt) that she wishes an anteroom and bo x t o b e se t apart for her exclusive use at t heir theatre. We understand that the " fittings up" of the same will b e o f a p r i nce ly alike worthy of th e honour and magnificent sty e, con ferred on the establishment, and the credit of the future management. The season, therefore, will, indeed, com mence under, circumstances of the most promising character. quence of the state- MARY ANN ITUNT. -- I n c°n ß e ment made to Sir George Grey by Dr. Conquest and 1)r. Ramsbottom, and another medical gentleman, ap pointed to examine the condition of this unfortunate female, the Home Secretary has ordered the sentence to be respited until after the birth of the child with which she is quick. onefs ou rnTTBlos will el years, e E I bp i a p err sis April ilaLcihagite, ECLIPSE largest sEh6p4ala respects 're, has, e o Owr exceedingnl I t p o ( e - a ) n m , r R y s r i ;Isfil itruch o i co i nuu .Englandg: again until March 15, 1858. Astronomers are look ing forward to the event with peceliar interest, inas much as they expect that it will either verify or dis prove a statement that during the eclipse in 1842, as seen at Pavia, in Italy, there were observed some tinted protuberances, like the pyramidal cogs of a wheel, to emerge from under the dark border of the moon. Mr. Baily, who went to that place expressly for the purpose of observing the phenomenon, says— " I at first looked ou t ver y narrow ly f or the black I lines which were seen in the annular eclipse of 1836, as they would probably precede the string of beads. These lines, however, did not make their appearance; or at least they were not seen by me. But the beads were distinctly visible, and, on their first appearance, I had noted down on paper the time of my chrono meter, and was in the act of counting the seconds, in order to ascertain the time of their duration, when I was astounded by a tremendous burst of applause from the streets below, and at the same moment was electrified at the sight of one of the most brilliant and splendid phenomena that can well be imagined ; for at that instant, the dark body of the moon was mid.: denly surrounded with a corona, or kind of bright glory, similar in shape and magnitude to that which painters draw round the heads of saints, and which by the French is designated an aureole. Pavia contains many thousand inhabitants, the major part of whom were, at this early hour, walking about the streets and squares, or looking out of windows, in order to witness this long talked-of phenomenon; and when the total obscuration took place, which was instanta neous, there was a universal shout from every ob server, which made the welkin ring,' and for the moment drew my attention from the object with which I was immediately occupied. I had, indeed, ' anticipated the appearance of a luminous circle round the moon during the time of total obscurity ; but I did not expect, from any of the accounts of preceding eclipses that I had read, to witness so magnificent an exhibition as that which took place." Mr. Baily then proceeds to say that the most remarkable circum stance attending this phenomenon was the appearance of three large protuberances, apparently emanating from the circumference of the moon, and he remarks that his attention was so constantly taken up by the remarkable and unexpected appearance, that he omitted to watch for the re-appearances of the beads, and therefore he could not add his testimony to the recurrence of that phenomenon. The eclipse begins at sunrise, 14 minutes 12 seconds past six o'clock (Greenwich); at Torbay the sun rises eclipsed at 14 minutes past six, and there and at Ply mouth, &c., it will be central and annular, or ring like, a white ray of uniform width being all round the edge of the moon, which opaque body (the moon), of course, is not large enough to obscure the whole of the sun's disc. Let a person take a map of Eng land and \Vales, and draw a line from Cardigan on the left hand, through Gloucester, Oxford, and a few miles south of Margate; to all the places below or on the south of that line, the eclipse will present this annular appearance; but at Hereford, being to the north, the ring will not be quite complete. If the moon were at a constant distance from the earth, and the earth at a constant distance from the sun, a central eclipse of the sun would always pre sent the same features to an inhabitant of the earth ; but such is not the case : the earth is about three millions of miles nearer to the sun in December than in June, on account of her being at that end of her elliptical orbit which is nearer to the sun ; consequently the sun appears larger, or subtends a larger angle, at the former period than at the latter. Again, the moon's orbit round the earth is likewise elliptical; and although we are accustomed to say that the moon is about 240,000 miles distant from the earth, yet when we wish to determine the dis tance at different times, it is found that the moon's greatest distance from the earth is about 251,000 miles, and her least about 227,000. Now, if the moon were in perigee (that part of her orbit nearest to the earth), and the earth were in aphelion (that part of her orbit furthest from the sun) at the time of a central solar eclipse, the eclipse would be total, be cause the apparent diameter of the moon, as seen from the earth, would be greater than that of the sun. But if the reverse were the case; if the moon were at her greatest, and the sun at his least distance from the earth, at the time of a central eclipse, then the eclipse would be annular, that is, a ring of the sun's light would seem to surround the dark body of the moon, in consequence of the sun having at that time a larger apparent diameter than the moon. These differences would not occur were it not that the ap parent dimensions of the sun and moon, as seen from the earth, are so nearly equal. As, after the ring-like appearance commences, it will only last about three minutes, and the eclipse itself commences so early, parties must prepare their smoked glass or telescopes the night before, and be stirring betimes. The interesting phenomenon will terminate at about half-past eight, and will be visible not only to European nations, but to several parts of Asia and Africa. Perhaps there is no better medium of observing , the eclipse than through two pieces of glass, of con venient size, first smoked over a candle, the smoked sides placed together, and the pieces then fastened to each other at the ends with flaxen thread. The blackening should be denser towards one end than the other, in order to suit the eye as occasion may require. It is recorded that during the total eclipse of the sun in 1820 the day became so dark that some birds actually went to roost, and the thermometer fell seve ral degrees, and there was a prematnre appearance of night-fall, after which the cocks crew. SWINDLING AT MANCHESTER. On Tuesday last, a person calling himself the Hon. Charles Walter Fitzclarence, arrived at the Albion Hotel, and remained there until Saturday last. On Saturday morning he went to the Llulme Cavalry Barracks, and having stated that he was a lieutenant in the Ist Royal Dragoons, stationed at Portsmouth, and that his servant having deserted from the regi ment, and entered either the 11th Hussars or the 69th Foot, he had come to Manchester in search of him, he applied for assistance in apprehending the man. He looked at several recruits who had newly joined the 11th Hussars, but not identifying any of them as his servant, he returned to the Albion Hotel, and Lieutenant Dallas, of the 11th Hussars, sent a sergeant to assist him in searching for his servant. When the sergeant arrived at the Albion, the Hon. Lieutenant ordered him into the coffee-room, gave him a glass of wine, and wrote out for him a descrip• tion of the servant of whom he was in search. The pretended Lieutenant then went out to make some purchases, taking the sergeant with him. He first called at Mr. Syddall's, haberdasher, Market-street, where he stated that he was Lieut. Fitzclarence, of the 11th Hussars, son of Lord Auckland, 41, Whitehall gardens, London, and purchased several stocks, a dozen of shirts, which were to cost nine guineas, and a purse. The stocks and the shirts were to be sent to him at the Albion Hotel ; the purse he took with him, as he said that he should want it, being about to get a cheque for 1,0001. cashed at one of the Manchester banks. The shopman, seeing him accompanied by a sergeant of Hussars, believed his representation, and allowed him to take away the purse; and he also put the shirts in hand for making. Mr. Fitzclarence next went to the shop of Mr. Hamilton, saddler, Market-street, where, by similar representations as to who he was, and by the corro boration that was afforded to his statements by his being accompanied by the sergeant, he obtained a gold-mounted whip, worth 41., and a pair of spurs. He also ordered a trunk 'to be sent to Mr. Syddall's, in which his shirts and other purchases might be packed. In the course of the day he told the sergeant that he was the nephew of Lord Cardigan, and de sired the man to go to Sir Thomas Arbuthnot's, and tell Lord Cardigan that Lord Fitzgerald wanted to sea him at the Albion. The man accordingly went to Sir Thomas Arbuthnot's, but did not find Lord Cardigan there. Mr. Hamilton, in the course of the day, conceived some suspicions as to the real character of the pretended Lieutenant ; and on look ing in the Army List, he could find no such person as Lieut. Fitzclarence in the 11th Hussars, he went to the Hulme Barracks to inquire if anything were known of him there. Not receiving a satisfactory answer, he went to the Albion Hotel, where he saw the Lieutenant, and, under pretence of being about to put a five-guinea gu ard to the four-guinea whip, for which Mr. Fitzclarence had expressed a desire, Mr. Hamilton got pos session, and retained possession, of his whip. The impostor, however, still kept the spurs. In the course of the evening Mr. Syddall, having also entertained suspicions, sent one of his young men, named Burns, to the Albion, to tell Mr. Fitzclarence I that he could not have his goods unless he previously paid for them. Fitzclarence said that he would p a y for them if he could find change for a 1001. note. Burns went out , a nd having got the required change, returned to the Albion, when the swindler desired him to walk up to his bedroom, and he should be paid. The two then went up into the bedroom, and then Fitzclarence told Burns that if he would hire a coach, and convey him (Fitzclarence) and some trunks, which, in facr, were not his, but those of a commercial traveller, occupying the next bedroom, to the Hulme barracks, he should be paid. Burns declined to do this, but went to the Town-hall, and gave information, in copse rnence of which the impostor was apprehended by I n spector Maybury. On being searched at the Town Hall, a pawn ticket was found upon him, which he coo ntrived to obtain possession of and tear up before the officer had seen what name was upon it. He had a German silver watchguard round his neck, the end o f which was inserted in his waistcoat pocket as if a watch were appended to it ; there were, in reality, however, only two trim seals urn it. Ile refused 4,• to tell Mr. Besw•ick the name of his father, saying that if his father were written to he wou:,l Take no notice of him. He was brought up at the Borough Court on Monday and remanded till Thursday, in order that inquiries may be made about hire. The prisoner was brought up yesterday for further exami nation, when it was stated thas he was not, as he had represented, an officer of the Hussars, but had for merly been a private in the Marines on board her Majesty's ship Victoria, whence he had deserted, and enlisted into another regiment, from which he had again become a deserter. On Thursday last, it ap pears he had gone to Plymouth, where he had intro duced himself to the officers of the garrison as the Hon. J. C. Clare, and had succeeded in borrowing 91., after which he went and obtained a gold mounted whip from a tradesman. He; had also attempted on false representations, to obtain about 1001. worth of haberdashery, but had failed, as in his attempt here. The MAGISTRATES committed himn for trial at the next borough sessions, for obtaining the whip and spurs from Mr. Hamilton, of Manchester. DREADFUL DEATH OF A MAR RIED WOMAN BY BURNING. On Wednesday morning, at eleven o'clock, Mr. C. J. Carttar, and a jury of seventeen respectable trades men, assembled at the Fishing Smack public-house, Old King-street, Deptford, to inquire into the cir cumstances attending the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Bryan, aged 44, the wife of Mr. Thomas Bryan, the foreman of the boiler-makers' department in the factory of Sir John Rennie and Co., engineers, near the Royal Dockyard, Deptford. The jury having been sworn, proceeded with the Coroner to view the body, which presented a most frightful appearance, the whole of her wearing apparel having been burnt to a cinder with the exception of her stays, and the entire of her person from her head being charred like burnt wood. The first witness called was Mary Ann Bryan, aged 18, the daughter of the deceased. She deposed that she went to bed on Sunday night last at about twenty 'minutes to ten o'clock, leaving her mother and Mrs. Barnes, a neighbour, together in the back parlour. her sister remained up. Heard them laughing in the parlour when in bed. Some time afterwards heard her sister cry out that the house was on fire. Got up and went down stairs. Saw father there scraping the fire off mother and calling, " Children, assist." Her mother was lying on the floor. The flames were then extinguished, but her clothes were burning, and there was a great deal of smoke. It was then about ten minutes to twelve o'clock. A blanket was called for, and her mother was removed up stairs to bed. Witness sub sequently asked her mother how it happened, and at first she said she did not know. About half an hour afterwards deceased said, " Take the loadstones off me, and cut the strings you have tied my hands with." Several surgeons were sent for, when Mr. Fulcher, his assistant, and Dr. Downing, the police surgeon, attended. Her mother expired at eight o'clock on Monday morning. Deceased said she called out twice while on fire. Thomas Newson, assistant-surgeon to Mr. Fulcher, deposed that he was sent for. It was then half-past eleven on Sunday night. The deceased's head, arms, chest, thighs, and legs were nearly reduced to a cinder; brandy was administered, and a quantity of flower dredged over deceased. Witness asked how it happened, but received no answer. Witness after wards heard deceased say in her husband's presence, addressed to him, " It is your wickedness ; you know, you villain, you did it." Bryan then went to the bed side, and asked if she caught fire at the cupboard. Deceased replied, " You know, you villain, you did it." Bryan made no reply, but turned away. The police were in attendance, during which time de ceased's daughter was present. Deceased was grumbling and groaning severely for two hours. At five o'clock, in answer to Mrs. Barnes, deceased said that her husband had done it with a lighted totch. Witness left at a quarter to five. Mrs. Barnes—She did not tell how it was done. Did not hear deceased say it was her husband's wickedness, &c., had done it. Was up all night in the room. Never heard a word of a lighted torch used by deceased's husband to destroy her. Mary Ann Bryan, deceased's daughter, recalled — Was in the room when the assistant-surgeon asked questions of deceased. Did not hear her (deceased) say her husband's wickedness had done it ; nor did she call him a villain, murderer, &c., nor say a lighted torch had been put between the legs of the table. Did not hear her father charged by her mother with mur der. She only said the stones hurt her, and said " Look at them." George Brasor, sergeant 22 R, went to the house at twenty-five minutes to twelve. Found deceased in bed groaning. Remained until three o'clock, and often heard deceased questioned by her daughter how it happened. Deceased said it was her cruel father, he knows all about it, and again, that it was his wickedness. Asked her if she caught fire after letting out Mrs. Barnes, as she was the last person that night. Deceased said no. Did the sparks catch her dress ? She replied no. If done by reaching over the mantel. piece ? She answered no. Asked how it did happen then ? Gave no answer to the last ques tion. Considered deceased was perfectly sensible. Deceased's daughter and Mrs. Barnes were present. He questioned her again. After this deceased called Bryan, and she said, " Let me put my hand in yours." A number of other witnesses were called, but their evidence was of a similar contradictory nature. The assistant surgeon (Newson) said great part of the male witnesses were down stairs drinking and smoking in the parlour most of the night. Thomas Bryan, the husband of the deceased, was called in, when the Coroner explained to him the na ture of the evidence adduced, and that he was prepared to hear any voluntary statement he was desirous of making, and if he declined to do so it would not pre judice him hereafter. Bryan said he was desirous of saying all he knew. The greater part of the statements made were false as to his wife ' s alleged imputations. She had not done so. He then described how he was awoke by the smell of smoke, and that he ran down stairs, call ing upon his children to follow, and what means he adopted to extinguish the fire, &c. He understood that she did it herself. At ten o'clock at night the CORONER proceeded to sum up the evidenc.', on which he commented, and observed that there was great difficulty in coming to a satisfactory conclusion, the evidence being conflict ing, owing to the confusion in a crowded room. The Coroner then remarked on the law of the case, and at 11 o'clock left it for the consideration of the jury. The room was then cleared, and at 15 minutes before twelve o'clock the Coroner was sent for, and after a few explanations to the jury, they returned an open verdict, thirteen of them declaring that there was not sufficient evidence to come to any other conclusion, and the remaining jurors that there was evidence to send the case before another jury. The CORONER told Bryan that he might leave the court; but that if other evidence should he obtained, he would be liable to be taken before a police magis trate and undergo an examination upon the capital charge. An immense number of persons attended, both within and outside the house, to learn the result of the inquiry. FUNERAL of MARSHAL OUDINOT, DUKE DE REGGIO. The funeral of the late Marshal Duke de Reggio, Governor of the Invalides, took place on Tuesday, with all the pomp due to his rank. The service was performed in the Church of the Invalides, which was hung with black, relieved with escutcheons, on which were inscribed the names of the great battles in which the deceased had distinguished himself. Among them were. marked Friedland, Zurich, Ebersberg, Genoa, Wagram, the Mincio, Polot•-k, Amstetten, the 13ere sine, Vienna, Bautzen, Hollabrun, Arcis-sur-Aube, Neufchatel, Madrid, and Ostrolenka. At twelve o'clock the clergy of the Invalides brought the body in solemn procession from the chapelle ardente on the left side of the entrance, where it was placed in the morning, to a splendid catafalque in the middle of the nave. The corners of the pall were borne by the Duke Decazes, Marshal Molitor, the Duke de Mortemart, and the Marquis de Lauriston. The guard of honour was composed of the oldest non-commissioned officers of the regiments on duty. The grand deputa tion from the Chamber of Peers was comp )sed of thirty-two members, among whom were the Duke de Plaisance, Baron Athalin, the Prince de Wagram, Viscount Sebastiani, Admiral Ro mmel, Count Schramm, the Duke d'Albufera, the Duke d'Estissac, the Prince de la Moskowa, Mar quis Gouvion Saint-Cyr, General Baron Gourgard, the Duke de Trevise, Generals Moline de Saint-Yon and Jacqueminot. On the left of the choir, were the Aides-de-camp and orderly officers of the King an d Princes, who came in six of the royal carriages. I n the nave on the right, were the Ministers of War, the Marine, Finance, Commerce, and Public Works ; be hind them, the grand deputation from th e Chamber of Peers, and many other memb ers , t h e C State, the family of the dece ase d , and Council Guards. With the Peers were several of the F o rei gn On t the e g l r e e f a t t , in manythe nave, o ffi . were a A mbassadors sreat numberand Ministers. o f Deputies, cers of the Staff of the Nat garrison of Paris, i n full uniform Guards and of the spec tators was Bou M aza, in his splendid. A na m ti o n n n g al t m heilit:rycostume. During the service detachments from all the regiments in Paris, infantry, cavalry, and artil lery, wer e d rawn up on ' the Esplanade, the guns of the Invalides firing minute salutes. The service done, the body was brought out and placed on a hearse, and carried in procession round the Hospital, and then deposited in the vault of the Governors. The solem nity lasted two hours. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from tbesolopig.offico i for the Gwernor of Collo4 THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. OF An extraordinary instance of the r.pi'lical.ion of the electric telegraph occurred yesterday at the London bridge terminus of the South-Ea-tern Hutchings, tie man found guilty and sentenced to death for poisoning his wife, was to have been exe cuted at Maidstone Gaol at twelve o'clock. Shortly. before the appointed hour for carrying the sentence into effect, a message was received at the London bridge terminus from the Home-office, requesting that an order should be sent by the electric telegraph instructing the Under-Sheriff at Maidstone to stay the execution two hours. By the agency or' the electric telegraph the communication was received in Maidstoile with the usual rapidity, and the excution was for a time stayed. It seems that the Under- Secretary of State had been in conference with a gentleman who had interested himself in the case, and a re-examination of the evidence was humanely determined on ; pendin g the consultati ,n the Under. Secretary ordered the temporary respite. Shortly after the transmission of the order defer ring the execution for two hours, a messeng..r from the Home-office conveyed to the railway the Secre tary of State's order that the law was to take its course, and that the culprit was to be at once exe cuted. As we have heard it stated, Mr. Macgregor, chairman of the South-Eastdrn Railway, happened to be at the terminus when this order arrived. The telegraph clerk hesitated in sending such a message without instructions, and the propriety of transmit. ting it was accordingly submitted to Mr. Macgregor. The mes. , enger from the Home-office could not be certain that the order for Hutchings's execution was signed by the Home Secretary, although it bore his name, and accordingly Mr. Macgregor, with great judgment and humanity, instantly decided that was not a sufficient authority on such a momentous matter. It now became the duty of Mr. James Walter, the chief superintendent of the South-Eastern Railway, to see the Home Secretary on the subject of the message, and accordingly Mr. Walter proceeded to Downing-street, and stated to Sir Denis le Merchant, the Under-Secretary of State, that the railway company, in being required to deal with such a matter as a man's execution, must have the signature of the order affixed in the presence of their respon sible officer ; that the second telegraphic message was in fact a death warrant, and that Mr. Walter must have undoubted evidence of its correctness. It is stated that on Mr. Walter drawing the attention of the Secretary of State to the fact that the transmission of such a message was, in effect, to paake him the sheriff, the conduct of the railway company in re quiring unquestionable evidence and authority was warmly approved. The proper signature was affixed in Mr. ii'alter's presence, and the telegraph then conveyed to the sad criminal news that the suspen sion of the awful sentence was only temporary. Hutchings was executed soon after it reached Maid stone. An extraordinary sensation was created in Maid stone ; it was generally believed that the man would not he hanged. The Sheriff delayed the execution the full time of two hours, and did not get the second mandate, ordering the execution, until after the expi ration of the time. This was in consequence of the wires being engaged in transmitting a message from the Sheriff to the Home-office, so that the Secretary of State's order could not pass through until the Sheriff's conversation had ended. We believe this is the first instance of the employment of the electric telegraph on such a service. FATAL FIGHT. COMMITTAL OF TUE PRINCIPAL AND THREE or ME SECONDS FOR ➢IANSLAUGHTER.—An inquest was held on Tuesday last, at the Grand Tuik, Lud gate-hill, on the body of a young man, named Joseph Hollyoake, about 21 years of age, who was killed irt a prize fight with a young man named William Grennell, on the previous Saturday morning, in a field called the Nine Fields, in the p Irish of Aston. The brother of the deceased was examinedo from his evidence it appeared that he saw eight kri nine rounds fought, his brother evidently being ;h weaker man. 'Witness remonstrated with Bollyoake's seconds (the one known as " Trotter" and the other the pugilist Bill Stevens), the former of whom, how ever, declined to give in, contending that he could yet win the battle. In the following round Hollyoake was knocked out of time, but was ultimately carried before hi , opponent insensitde, who, more humanely than deceased's own seconds, merely pushed him down again. Hollyoake remained quite insensible, and was carried into a field, from whence he was conveyed to the General Hospital. Witness, in answer to ques tions by the jury, said he heard deceased say, " Please take me away, - I am weak, and am going very bad. I can't fight no longer." Trotter said, ‘. No, go on ; you'll win it, you can fight another half hour yet." A young man named John Andrews, deposed thata quarrel arose out of some misunderstanding over a girl, and ultimately a stake of 11. a side was agreed to be fought for by the parties. This witness also stated that " Trotter" stuck pins underneath deceased's finger nails, and bit his ear, but all that time deceased remained insensible. The whole of the witnesses agreed in the brutal and even savage conduct of " Trotter," in opposition to the entreaties of the young man Grennell, of the other seconds, and of the bystanders. Mr. Freer, house-surgeon of the Genertl Hospital, who made a post minipill examination of the body, considered that death had been caused by a flow of blood to the head, in consequence of the blows or falls received by the deceased. The CORONER having briefly addressed the jury, those gentlemen, after a few minutes' consultation, returned a verdict of Manslaughter against William Grennell, as principal, and " Trotter," William Ste vens, and a man named Beasley, as abettors. Gren nell surrendered on Monday, and a warrant has been issued fur the apprehension of the other parties. Notwithstanding the fatal termination of this dis graceful fray, a second battle took place on the same spot immediately afterwards, and was described by some 'of the parties as compensating for the want of sport in the previous contest !—Birmingham Adver tiser of Tuesday. SMUGGLING by the ARISTOCRACY. A contemporary publishes the following from a private correspondent :-- " SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.—This announce ment may seem somewhat startling and extraordi nary to many of your readers, but it is nevertheless true, for on Saturday last the Collector of her Ma jesty's Customs at this port, Samuel Price Edwards, Esq., received private information that a 'Noble Duke, residing not a hundred miles Lyndhurst, on the confines of the New Forest, had so far forgotten the rules to be observed in regard to spirituous liquors imported into England from a neighbouring country, as to secret a large quantity at his ducat mansion without having previously paid the accus tomed duty. The information having been verified, two trustworthy and intelligent officers were des.. patched on a special mission to his Grace,' v ir b e , being comfortably seated at his hospitable board, en tertaining a few of his select; politely refused to welcome his quondam friends. Nothing daunted, they at once proceeded to fulfil the of of their domiciliary visit, and in a closet accessible only (h ere . tofore) to the Duke himself, they discovered about thirty gallons of the purest of brandy, neatly stowed away for use as occasion may require. Of course it was immediately seized and conveyed, in the custody of these ruthless limbs of the law, to a more secure berth—to wit, one of her Majesty's cellars at Southampton. On the following Monday the officers paid a similar complimentary visit to the yacht of his Grace, lying in the river, where another discovery was made of a large quantity of cordials and wines., nicely pack e d i n th e l oc k ers , An embargo was itn mediatthe ely tna lar ter upon n s th f e o r w thhoel whole, present,aaht and de all,' Duke no doubt consoling' himself with the reflecti on here tliat f he o will, r th ea ttempted fraud upon era lo ng, beealledu ponto pay up hand somely her ma jesty,s revenue. " Verily it is hig h time that a stop were put to since these t a h r e i s l t a o d c y ra o t f i e . oneinfringersmofosthe eminentlaw. of o lon Not l on i large q uan tit y o f gagndle a had it not been fo r the si a l t k te i m nt p o te t d bis to port, srii u indefatigable activitythe Custom-house C h ouse autheritiea her Ladyship would have foreign n s e succeeded in h:r design. As it was, the whole of the property was seized, but by a strange oversight in the law, in this particular instance, the delinquent escaped justice." ACCIDENT TO THE ARCHIIIsHOF OF Yotta.--A. few days since an accident of a singular character oc curred to the venerable Archbishop of Yolk, who is now in his 92d year. His Grace, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Dixon, one of the canons of the Minster, and the Archbishop's chaplain, was walking on the grounds at tached to the episcopal palace at Bibliopsthorpe,, when they had occasion to cross a wooden bridge thrown over some ornamental waters. On reaching the middle of the bridge they felt some apprehension that it was giving way, but before they had an opportunity of taking any precautionary measures for securing themselves, the bridge fell in, and the most reverend prelate, with his friend, found themselves up to their necks in the w ater. In a few moments the Archbishop reached the shore, and while his reverend friend was battling with the water, jocularly exclamed, "Well, Dixon, I think we've frightened the frogs." On returning to the palace the Archbishop changed his attire, and presided over a large dinner party in the evening, but Mr. Dixon, alrmscl, either at the suddenness of his immersion, or fearing Lti consequences, retired to bed. THE LATE MR. B. R. PEASE:--The death Of thi s popular dramatic author, who, we regret to ray , h ks l e f t a numerous family in very difficult circumstances has caused much sensation in the theatrics, world. A ' . sub seri ption will, it is expected, bc: Immediately set on foot, and a benefit arrangecl_ for the assistance of those wt have beau CintePl:4lls on his %lout and hii szigtions, . •