The Sun. — London, England, 1847-08-24 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL. that t OLLV ' ;.1 The ira-eile de Cologne s,: amain s. Tbß l • 'e Z C Ie KV onferenc e o f the states says of the Zoll tiotss Which will b e occup i ed in making ;no lih C • " in the i ntro d uct i on into the Leg i slature of of exchange, modifications which have fur their It• the establishment of • a uniform system for the ! C ustoms Union, will take place at Leipsig, to -." 441 the en d of September. THE POLISH TRIALS. aft eu t Ll Nt AI3Q. 14.--In the defence of two of the persons, this day, their counsel, the Syn. 7 ruaanowski again maintained that the )con hod con no Was not directed against Prussia; the I oles fey reaion whatever to hate the Prussians, but had abundant cause to hate the Russians ; that it ta ke the intent i on of the conspirators either e car e to preserve Bromberg, but merely to use 4414 k !dePot for the a rms i n t h e contest w ith R uss ia. f... ~:nrelger,',,counsel of the superior court, in de the accused Padkiewieg, spoke of the system and Wh• ich was so general among the the accused,. ewhich would in all likelihood indispose their 04ei, satti7itheasfavourable to them. He alleged, how the preliminary examinations which 44 14 forth these denials had been made in the Ger leoreangusge, with which most of the defendants ,„„, but perfectly, or not at a ll , conversan t, it was nom natural th at when they h a d b een m i sun d er - 1 th - e Z to make certain observations they should deny ate t l, when they came c l ear l y to un d ers t an d th em , , thidts endeavour to wipe off the charge against sp o itfte k e r the counsels of the various accused had ,the Advocate-General rose to reply. The t es ' , nu said, would be lengthened to an inde . .ti e goa l lf all the points brought in the accusa poim w ere t o , be met, one by one ; there was one the re wh leu, h owever, he must insist upon, namely, PL. O r naebes which were cast upon the functiona -‘, wh o h a , i %nil. ' pi. ' been charged with the preliminary . in tlieeof„ -.l .'"e present process was public; it was, were his duty t o d e f en d t h ose f unct i onar i es w h o e tk- I/0t P r esent; he was, indeed, in possession ut to mnecessary materials which would enable him bat reply in dividually to each particular complaint ; 1 014 roust protest against the boldness with which tithe defendants had drawn very great co very insignlcatit, and even false pye 'l4, dat.; 4 e f unctionary in conscientiously fulfilling fro'n; t u n seek to have the comfort of being that th e — e "og.ta of this nature, and he must reflect Perilo nai g re at benefit of publicity extorts from him Q V th: ac ts r _ i fices, and that these sacrifices are wor e_ beneficial results. Zhou . v — LOhe Commissary of Justice, endeavoured weitZhimself against the charge of the Advocate .; Lie replied that he always attached the !NI th; 4 n r Purtanc e to the preparatory investigation, 1 4 it , 1n.. . for the future he should attach a yet higher tl ihtii l Z 3 nch as it alone furnished the proof of the • O o of the accused. lela o k"ge 1 1th the trials were adjourned at one k w It eo u , W alls • mmenced with the . trial of Lucian ' who was charged with baying been ap thtt,e—., at the meeting of Sebaa-Gona, one of the ANI L 4: t i g e ers Who were to conduct the insurrection rotigt; rn inherg. Many other grave accusations were Mge,, t4 ; 4 l4ainst him, among others that he purchase , i L'lTttr o reB of arms and ammunition, some of which 'ulk se cnu under straw in a shed used for cattle. His .1 % 1 4 t t e c t L in itted that he was one of the three officers Lll*Ses but psitively denied all the other The se c ond prisoner, Mosezezenski denied hi Thf Pr :ion that was brought against him. _le b... 41 1113,w 4c ruer Xavier Von Karlousk had unhesitat. t i 74 ca le n i t i tted in his previous examination, that he :c_" 1 1 the conspirators, that a general insurrec t: co ntemplated, that every Pole was more or 4°ll in it, and that those who refumid to kt t b;`„ danger of being shot. Being called tie President he admitted that he had made Zc oos B ertions, but that he had not taken the oath to ' ll °lsts P tk ira CY, and that his assertion was founded upon 04,1 1 by ku en it , in circulation. This was denied upon t h" justiciary advocate, Schopke. who de ktop„, lit the defendant had conic to him and had %%Ceti hi m tio on of the conspiracy in 1846 ; and added, ' e could decline. joining under penalty of tt b oot. mr. Grithe tit Mt area • v declared that the sentence CL. T i r , sn ought not to be passed upon Karlon rgrt.A.'s was opposed by his counsel, and the 27Journed a t one o'clock.—Flanders papers, 4USTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, AUGUST 14. 4 Per Ce nt. Meta11ique5.................. 106 % De r Cent. ditto • • • • • • ...... • • • • • • • • 96 LePerniti.o Cent. ditto .• ••• • • • .......... 66% . 1639 :. .: • : ••• • • •• • 121 811 . 1602 • • • • ..... • • • ter Loan ••.• • • • • ••...• • • • • • • -- RAILWAYS. Northe Ferdinand • • ••• • • • • • • 169 % Ao lftilita 122% 'lenn it-31 • 11 •••.••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 1 0 9% L eghorn an •• " •••• •• •• 91 % Sie nna. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 75 54 DUTCH FUNDS.—Ammin.4.24. AUGIMT 44 17. Money. Bills 11 81 ll!l 2% per Cent bi, • Per Cent ••••••• • • • • • •• • • 69 6 3s Ditto'l 4 88% 89 per Cent.— •• • • eo" Fas._"rt yndic, 3% per Cent •••••• • • • • Company, 4% per Cent 169% 1 . 7 . 21 -" oan, 4 per Cent •••••• • • • • Mlle onL London, at sight •••• • • 12 05 TWO months. ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 92 50 On liamburgh, at sight •• • • 35 Two ..............35 • • 35 12 On Paris • •• •• ••• • • • 57 Tw ourionths. •••• • • • • •• •• •66 50 4,, 11 ?„I•GliN FUNDS.—BaussaLs, Atiouss 21. Debt, 2% per Cent ••• • . Loan, Five per Cent • • • • • • • or Thirty Millions, Your per Cent • • • Ditto Three per Cent • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • Thin 3 •-seven Millions, ditto • • • • • • b—" Jo. ditto,lB4o .• 98% itl o.ilitto ' 1842 • •• ••'•••• • • • •• •• • • Ditbitto. 1844. • " • • 94 tO bitI0,1838••••• ••• • •• • • 68% „,-.10 of the City •• 1 8 • 3 •; ••••• • • • • • • 99 4 yh tlascit . "itto 1843 8 9 5 6% ;IL of •• •• • • • • • • 4raeta. Allg. 22. 1:14301.11t011 IibRABNIIALLE, AVOUST 17. Bills. Money. 11441,118 4 1 18 Per Cents ................ 107 es ... 1600 _ tal?-1111481an Loan •---•• • • • • • • 101% 10_11i i -4114 ber Cent numb. Certificate. 02 _ 106 t•tto let aeries Inscription •••••• • • • ' • • I_l4 97 blitt°lllooe and Co., 3d and 4th series: : ...... 97 Ditto , 1 ,Ne , 0 Certificate •• ••- - •• •• • • • •• 89% tvi t * , 4 Der Cent. Hope and Co. •• •• • . _ 89 a.,""" Stteghtg .; ~ ..• ••••'••• • • • • 15 14% ' 44 ' 41 1 New t, t•• •• --••• • • • 23 AsDiu, , per Cen ........ . % 2_3% . , .. Per Cent ***** • •• •• Cent • • ,Foll,o-lortugueae Loan, 2% v.olistituto per utth Actual Debt, 2% per cent • • .. : 1 _ 3 Der Cent. •••••• - - - • • • ... 4 tag - - h et ' 4 per Cent. I.oan, 1844 ••• • _ — 44 411°.- "ish Loam 3 per Cent •••• • • _ _ 1-41411111ank Bhar . ea - • • • - • - - - • • . . 1 S tz ....,..... te. -4.AkSPEARE'S datuttday afternoon a meeting was held in HOUSE . . Abing ktitiouleet, W t'stininster, of a number of g ntlenien 11*atilas el Pratnote the object of the Roy n - al e N u r i) e at Stratford-upon-Avon, i .. the Pre" t in that Shaloi tWa, .. 411 td house of our great di amatis . 411 daa: I° a Hall onal monument. A deputation, con d Mr an • ke„,-41'....bbri id l g 'il e °In tli Ptio li n o , the President, 114 ;11 4411 Club' e to . L S O e n c d r n e n t ar o y n of th e the e eßs.s;:yit, the die -Y expleitied came the steps already taken, se. 4 Rufr.litiecehs with which they had been attended. a _ ay " 41 ,. si-t-,--,`tat !fleeting. t the Thatched House the day ' . 44 : 44°-I :C ° o l.l ' °* . be en already advert b is t e a d in , in a g nd su t b he . --_riptiet. ranntiee for the purpose of obtaining e°llseu ted "vi t... ll t hen be formed, Lord Morpeth having tilt a e sdas ts y v Viee. h , e r t I t al o Pr t esi f de . n t. t, and the Earl of Elles ettrw Y arran..?' preliminary, ,Thew ith proceedings a view tn y at e h s ei 11 eee a ita r " C er11:11'-q"oit. far that t ki:lun_lent s for Club has acted, a . .Ihursday ; but it P s d eer : the bugseilistraford et y proceeded, with a s Where so judgments h as hat unusual in case itae e an trai l s om ewha t felt. They b, alr eady e 1 zeal is natura ll y . 114 ") -sn'Y Ku thepremises in Harley- . ' tha 40114 aged * anfi lb ßist I; , n g the.....auee Lin which our in it, -.4 whi is -ve u, if, indeed, he were not born ° tiler em, from the beams running from one to the Thig'illaust originally have formed a single ed ifi ce. f. lib rall its t'een accomplished mainly by the p u o n w ds . ae l . Y supplie d by Prince Albert, 44' and the corporation of Stratford ; f l e e 141118 but consi . der the Queen . a 14041_ mu st still be raised by subscription . be lare eantlitro", especially active in this object are in a Itt neta z r .: ' 4) become purchasers of the rest of the ki.h4e4streens°l,l.lltian was unanimously adopted yesterday to iatari awry, -hur a at three o'clock, and to invite the . le t l -e i e of arties, whether in purse or person, in thi s tilihY national undertaking. An advertisement to . itnotherttt was drawn up, which will be found in by 41 Part of our paper, and which was subscribed llo....ll,s,iattlilYstnf the individuals present. It is to be v atio u , a sitnilar course will be pursued in t he to 6 44 itl.leat towns in the kingdom, and we rejo ice ne fNlnpl e ~t,the Mayor of Birmingham has set . t .). • f or th , .11,1 presided yesterday at a public meeting bad wel4rPase of raising sub,criptions . in that large . will w e althy borough. Comparatively little exertion thit t gor e gi, time--ecess, but it must be borne in mind t hat elle allowed before the sale is short, and jag ecrlaiderable t • • 'll be necessary.—Murn kr . ao way wi ()nid e. cAA letter f . ...ia.,,.......,................1.•1.M. li sael lt tO . r°rll brussels ---i;.iforrns us of a serious ac v,, - 'e i - an Eagli.h gentleman named George . Banke. 11-1 Wi fed' " bur sdai, the field of Waterloo in i c n otn a - t Nag el NI Moth.? English gentleman, also acquaintance,sts .t. 1 44 % aijiA 'd iith Whom ho had made vii th tu4,11 irrt his horse took frig ht and threw him ~ kiiit.., nOl his that he became insensible, andrc %h.° 11- 7.4 81:? at the date of this account. The gen tleman tilia thsa.. • -"Ille ' ll ied Mr. Bank. is unable to communicate re. ,‘, aide, - tkr to his friends, not knowing ' MI % tank h 1; lodging at the Hotel . „. ~ e ad be en where they de after his atxl , . :- ' -i aruasels ...., but he was taken a fie, ' 'I *ft b lia ' lit idivasboolr. r fiE SUN, _LONDON, TU_ESD Ay EVENING, AUGUST 04, 1847. FAGGING AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS• TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.N. admire the ability and freedom with which you commented on who, lately occurred at Winchester School and on fagging in general. The week before last I wrote a letter to the editor of the Times on the sub ject, which hitherto he has not- chosen to insert in his paper. I have not a copy of it, hut the purport was the follovvintre—A boy returned from a. public school (I did not specify Winchester, but it. was so,) extremely id, about eight years sco, i'rom the effect of the subtraction of his proeer quantum of food by the upper tyrants, the in dies! man that attended him declaring that it he returned te school he would not answer for his life. His motler, the widow o f , a clergyman, with eight children, had the resolution and humanity to take him eniirely away, though to her great pseuniary detriment. Ishis could be verified on oath. Whether the miscreants were ever punished. as they richly desei yeti. I am ignorant. I was at a public echoed in Loedon many years ago, where the under boys on the foundation were subjected to similar, or rather worse, treatment. We, though most of us were the sons of clergymen and gentlemen, had the most degrading work to pertOrni—had to make beds, sweep rooms, clean shoes, knives, and forks, mend clothes. toast bread at a raging fire, wash plates, even, with cold water, till our hands had chaps in them into which a goos , quill might be inserted; nor in the depth of winter were we allowed to approach a fire, except to be roa'ted. Even at night our rest eas dis •urbed some trues by having the bed clothes taken awa.; , - we left on the bare sucking. If cricket were to be played, the fOundationeboys were to stop the ball, whether they liked the game or not. Why so? If there must be stoppers, let them be hired out of the town and paid for. If any more dis gusting work than another were to be performed, it fell to the jot of the foundation-boys. I am thoroughly eon vinced that the poor children in the workhouses ate treated with greater kindness, have more abundant food, and enjoy more real happiness than we, lads trams ten to fourteen years of age, of good parentage, and destined, most of us, for the liberal professions, were permitted to have. Now all these evils, to which we were exposed, might have been easily removed by the masters appoint ing a proper person, with a good salary (and the trustees or governors would have indemnified them), constantly to be present, and supervising all the boys by day, and, if possible, by night also. This I say, beceuse the oppidans, or boarders, have such an inspector in the same room with them, with servants to attend upon them; whereas in three public schools in London that I myself know the apartments for the foundation-boys were at a distance, or separated frond the residence of the masters, who delegated, to save themselves trouble and expense, a great part of their authority to the. boys of the higher class, who were pretty sure to abusa it; for few men are to be entrusted with power, much less lads of from fifteen to eighteen, generally the greatest bullies imaginable, unless they be meliore luto. Dr. Arnold übserved that he could not have conducted Husby School but for the aid of the sixth form —whether he me ant in a literary or moral point of view I know not ; sure I am, however, if he confided to the sixth the superintendence of the lower boys' moral conduct, one might say—" Sed quis custodies ipsos custodes?" They needed a much stricter surveillance. Dr. Arnold (to his immortal credit) was the first muster that ever tried to make boys religious, the first that constantly preached before them, and the first that ever published sermons peculiarly addressed to them; and now I trust he has his reward. Dr. Moberley speaks of some good qualities (I forget bow he expresses himself) being elicited by the fagging system ; but Southey, who is as good authority, says, in hi*" Life of Wesley' —"John suffered at the Charterhouse under the tyranny which the elder boys were permitted to exercise. This evil at one time existed very generally in English schools, through the culpable negligence of the masters, and perhaps may still continue to exist, though if a system were designed for cultivating the worst dispositions of human nature, it could not more effectually answer the purpose. The boys of the higher forms of the Charterhouse were then in the practice of taking their portion of meat from the younger ones by the law of the s:rengest, and during a great part of the time Wesley remained there a small daily portion of breed was his only food. As to our religious education, we attended church twice on a Sunday and on saints-days, neither the oppidane nor masters (though they were all clergymen) ever doing the same on the latter. The prayers night and morning on week-days were read by one of the seniors, and made a joke of. For instance: instead of 'great marvels,' he read great bosses,' a large marble being so termed." Dr. Jortin observes that Lucian says, if Jupiter had a spite against a man he Made a schoolmaster of him; but adds the Doctor, "Lucian would have thought otherwise now, when our masters frequently make more money in one week than many a learned clergyman makes in a whole year." The fact is the masters of the great schools are above their work: they are mostly good scholars, and are ambitious of making others also the same, as it reflects honour on themselves ; but the religious and moral conduct of those submitted to their care (I speak of some of the masters, not of all) they make a secondary consideration, or none at. all. To revert to fagging, Dr. Collyer,a f hysician in London, four or five years ago, I think, brought an action against some of the W, stmiester authorities for the maltreat ment of his son: though tried before that upright Judge. Tindal, he lost it through some legal technicality. The public must take the correction of this great evil into their own hands; and I am persuaded that if they knew the existence and enormity of it, they would to a man rise tip against it. Many years ago a boy (still was compelled at a certain public school in the metropolis, with others, to drag a sledge with its lower parts for tified with iron, whence a nail prejecteig tore a deep hole in his leg; atter having fellen down, he was whipped up by the brute in the sledge and made to run titter that; for a quarter of a year he was at the hospital of the institution ; and I never heard that the tyrant was punished for this act of cruelty. Dr. Russell, to his honour, totally abolished fagging at the Charterhouse, but the present - Master has allowed it to revive I have unih-rstood, I am your humble servant, • A CONSTANT READER,. August 18,1847. CA PE OF GOOD HOPE. From the Cape of Good Hope Shipping and Mer cantile Gazette of the 11th of June, we learn that the artificers to be employed in the construction of the lighthouse at Cape Agulhas has left Cape Town, in her Majesty's steamer Rosamond, for Struis Bay, where their debarcation will take place. The parties who had been engaged by the South Afiiaan Mining Company to work the lodes of mineral ore which have been discovered in Namaqualand were on board ship, awaiting a favourable wind to carry them to their destination. There is no news from the Kafir frontier. DRUNKENNESS IN THE ARMY. The practice hitherto followed in framing charges for habitual drunkenness, having been found objection able, the Commander-in-Chief has directed that hence forth the time, place, and occasion when each instance of drunkenness occurred shall be distinctly specified in such charges; and if the instances of drunkenness, on which it is proposed to proceed against a prisoner, shall have taken place within six months of a former conviction of habitual drunkenness, the time 'and place of the said con viction are also to be distinctly stated, as shown in the folheA ing forms of charges, which have been found to meet every variety of case : _ SHELETCE CHARGES. I. A. B. is charged with habitual drunkenness ; in having been drunk on the day of at ; on the day of at ; on the day of at ; on the day of at ; being four times drunk within twelve calendar months. 2. A. B. is charged with habitual drunkenness, in hav ing been drunk on the day of at ; and on the day of at ; being twice drunk within six calendar months after the day of at , on which day he was duly con victed of habituat drunkenness. 3. A. B. is charged with habitual drunkenness, in hav ing been drunk on the day of ,on the line of [parch trout W. to E., and on the day of on parade at F., being once drunk .n the line of march, and once on parade, within tweive calendar months. JOHN MACDONALI), A.G. —United Service Gazette. ROCHESTER AND GRAVESEND RAILWAY.—This short line, which has been closed since. November les , , was re-opened on Saturday, as a portian of the North Kent South Eastern line to Dever. The single line of rail had been token up, and that portion of the canal that passed through the tunnel filled up. The South- Eastern Company intend working this short hue inde pendently, until the other portions of their scheme are completed. It is understood that great obstacles have been encountered in making the read through the tunnel, the bed of the canal there being intersected by land springs, which undermined the foundations. However, all the difficulties have been overcome, and the large party that accompanied Mr. M‘Gregor (chairman of the conapan)) on Saturday, found the line in a very perfect state. In the afternoon about 120 of the most respect able and influential of the inhabitants of Rochester and Gravesend sat down to a splendid entertainment pro vided by the directors, in the engine room, at the Grave end terminus, which had been tastefully decorated for the occasion. Mr. M'Gregor presided. The usual loyal toasts were given; and, in answer to one proposing suc cess to the railway, the Chairman expressed the deter mination of the company to give every facility to the county of Kent, and attributed the delay in the forma tion of their new lines, to opposition by his Grace the Duke of Wellington, whom he (the Chairman) deno minated " the modern representative of Julius Caesar, the conqueror of the world." The line was opened to the public yesterday, when it was traversed by a vast number of visitors to and from Rochester and Gravesend. ELOPEMENT OF A MARRIED LADY WITH AN UNMARRIED INFANTRY OFFICER.—Last week conside rable excitement was caused in fashionable circles in the city in consequence of the elopement of a . young married lady with an officer belonging to an infantry regiment stationed in Dublin. The names of the parties, to pre vent further pain on such a subject, are for the present withheld. The injured husband is the son of a lady whose poetic talents have given her name a high place in English literature. It is said that tip to a recent pe riod the parties; lived in the most affectionate terms ; but that as the leAly seemed to have a particular liking for " the red coat," several billets were exchanged, in terviews took place, and the loci}'(so report goes) ; in the absence of her husband, spent a good deal of time in the officer's company. A few days since she eloped! with him, the affair soon became known, and it is said the injured husband, by the advice of his friends, has not yet decided on taking any step in the matter, 'I lie whereabout s of the fugitives is sot at present spoken of. The lady, who resided in a fashionable street at the north side of the city, is described as "young and very handsome." It was whispered yesterday that next term mayreveal something r egar di ng t hi s unp l easan t a ffair. —Dublin Freeman's Journal. The Quartermaster -General of the Forces, GP.' neral Sir Willoughby Gordon, Bart GC B and G C has been seriously indisposed poles, but is- now fast overin 4""- an att ' aek of try . d isewe.... o 74lo449ervice g from the effects of the - • - e rep THE RIVER PLATE. PORTSMOUTH, ONDAY.—IIer Majesty's ship Curacoa, 24, Captain Broughton, arrived at. Spithead early this morning from the River Plate bring ing the latest intelligence from that quarter (26th of June). Mr. Gore Ouseley, late Minister from the British Government to the Argentine Republic ; Mr. Vere Foster, attaché ; Captain Austen, R.N., promoted from tie Alecto steam-sloop; Lieutenant Domville, R.M., from the Melampus frigate; and Mr. White, midshipman, from the Raleigh, have come home in Curacoa. The French Admiral, with the French (recalled) Minister on board, left Rio for Brest a few days prior to the sailing of the Curaqoa. The Empress of Brazil expected to be brought to bed every instant when the Curacoa sailed for Eng land. Mr. Ousel , y left Monte Video in the Rattler screw sloop the 13th of June, at which date Lord Howden, British Ambassador and Minister Plenipotentiary, had only just broken ground at Buenos Ayres. Nothing whatever is known as to the nature of his Lordship's proceedings, but much was not expected by the mercantile community. 'rhe rate of exchange at Rio was 27+, and likely to go down, because, in the event of the affairs of the River Plate being settled, there were fears of a war with Rotas. • The Curacoa has brought home a small freight on merchants' account, which has been consigned to the agency of Messrs. Casher, freight agents and wine nierchants, of Portsmouth, for conveyance to the Bank of England. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALVS.-YESTERDAY. The Leamington Stakes, the Great Yorkshire Han dicap. and the Derby were slightly touched upon ; but the only betting 01 any importance was on the St. Leger, on which we have two or three changes to notice. The crack, as will be gathered from the quotation, had the call of the field, 6 to 5 on him, laid in several quarters, having been offered currently at the close. Planet was in constant demand, and, although very little money was invested, sprung three or four points on the lowest taking prices at York ; be was unquestionably second favourite. Eryx suffered a decline of several points, and although nominally at a better price, was not so good a favourite as Philosopher, who was in immense request, and from 1,000 to 30 rose to 1,000 to 60 (taken). The other transactions do not call for obser vation. _ LEAMINGTON STAPES. 5 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Game Lass filly 5 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's Gwalior THE GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's SJ.gaeity—taken 8 to 1 agst Captain Kennedy's Sir Tatton Sykes—t. 10 to 1 ag4 Mr. Merry's Pilgrim—taken 12 to 1 agst Col. Peel's Palma—taken Some bets were made about the two favourites at a point less than the prices quoted above. ST. LEGER. 6 to 5 on Mr. Pedley's Cossack—tak. and aft. offer. 13 to 2 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet--tak. and aft. offer. 8 to 1 agst Lord E g linton's Van Tromp 15 to 1 agst Lord Eghnton's Eryx 000 to 60 apt Mr. L Fox's Philosopher—taken 20 to 1 agst. Mr. Podley's Foreclosure—taken .000 to 20 agst Mr. Nlostyn's Swallow—Mk. and aft. off. DERBY. 17 to 1 ngst Mr. Bios es's springy Jack—taken 40 t , 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Swiss Bo)—taken. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR. OWN CORRESPONDENT.) • AUGUST 23. ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON REGATTA. MTH DAY. The following yachts started for the Duke of Beaufort's Cup, with a fine breeze from the northward:— Ile Lark, Capt. C. Hamlyn Williams, 65 tons; the Gauntlet, Wm. Yeareth, Esq., 65 tons; Noran, Sir Harry Bold 11>ghton, B:irt., 70 tons. The Lark took the lead, followed by the Noran and Gauntlet, rounded the vessel off Yarmouth in fine style. having gained considerably on both vessels; passing Cowes for the Nub she was three minutes a bead of the Noran, the Noran well ahead of the Gauntlet. the Lark proved too strong on the wing for her competitors, and carried off the Cup. The Gauntlet, an iron vessel, succeedA in beating the Noran in the latter part of the race. The Latk is a fine sea boat, and was built by Mr. Joseph White; this was her first trial, and she has volt: d herself a good one; there was no drifting to-day, but a spanking hrceze through the match. EXECUTION AT CARIA,LE —On Saturday last, John Tholopsoh, who at the las.t Carlisle assiv , s was tried and f,und guilty of poisoning his wife. Mary, with whom he lived at Carlisle. underwent the extrcme penalty of the L.w. It. being market day, the city was densely crowded. Twelve o'clock at noon was the time flxyd by the sheriff for the execution to take place. but l ong before that time thousands of people began to con gregate about the gallows, which had . been or. cted very early it. the reernieg in front of the gaol, and a little before noon 10,000 people are said to have been present. About two minutes before twelve o'clock, the solemn toll of the dead) -bell proclaimed that the culprit had left his cell, and exactly at twelve he made his appear ance upon the platform, accompanied by the chaplain of the gaol, the gaoler, and the executioner. Thompson appeared very little affected, .and the chaplain, having read a part of the burial service, in which the culprit seemed most fervently to join, the executioner proceeded to fasten the rope; the bolts were drawn, the drop tell, and, after a struggle of a few moments duration, death put an end to his existence. His body, having hung the proper time, was cut down and buried within the pre cincts of the prison. The vast multitude dispersed in the most peaceable and orderly manner. ROBBERY IN PORTSMOUTH DOCK YARD.—A la bourer named Miller, who has been forty years in the dockyard, and employed on good wages in a responsible situation in the central store, was stopped by the police on Saturday night with about 20 lbs. 01 copper bolts in A bag round his person ; he was immediately transferred to the borough gaol. A search was made in the place where he had been occupied, and several parcels of bolts in bags, &0., were found secreted ; one packet with the Queen's u-ark filed off. Two other men are suspected ro be concerned in the peculation—one of whom has been refused admission to the yard tor the present. DEATH IN GILTSPUR-STREET PRISON. —Yesterday Mr. W. Payne held an inquest at the Giltspur-street prison, on the body of William Burteot, alias Daniel O'Connor, aged 30: It appeared that on the night of the 4th instant deceased gave himself into custody, say ing that he was miserable, in consequence of his having rubbed his employer of a pair of boots. He was taken before the sitting alderman and remanded until the 14th. When do ceased was brought to the prison, he was in a must deplorable state of filth and rags, and very weak troth want of food. He was put into a warm bath, cleaned, and shaved. On the 14th he became ill, and was ordered into the infirmary, where be died on Sunday. Verdict, " Natural death.' MR. VERNON'S GIFT TO THE NATION.—The ru mour which has prevailed for acme time. that Mr. Ver non intended to present his fine collection of pictures to the nation, is now a certainty, that gentleman having placeo it at the immediate disposal of the trustees of the National Gallery. For this noble act the pubic is most deeply indebted to Mr. Vernon, and it is to be hoped that some public acknowledgment of it will be made. Consisting for the most part of modern works, this col lection will form the nucleus of a really national gallery of British art, which the trustees will now feel compel led to increase. Fear of the imputation of favouritism and jobbing has hitherto prevented the trustees from purchasing modern works; but this must be overcome. One other advantage likely to result from this important gilt is an early alteration at the National Gallery. Ls enlargement has been commenced; but it seems clear either that a fresh building.-for the national collection must be found,_ sufficiently large to encourage constant donations, or that the Royal Academy must be pro vided for elsewhere, with the same end in view. Our opinions as to the necessity of this have been long ago expressed.— The Builder. We read in a letter from Nap les of the 10th : " The conduct of the brigands in Calabria has been and continues to be very serious. They muster, it is said, about 500. They stopped a waggon laden with specie belonging to the Government, and stripped it of its con tents. At first a regiment of gendarmes was sent to disperse them, and arrest the ringleaders, but were met by such determined resistance from the brigands that many of the soldiers were killed, and the commanding officer severely wounded on the head. The remainder regiment,swuictchesasful than t h e b but sguh t aepenr i ied t gt hahs i reht s msohte f ii e istr i ff r . e e khnrhee3e, brigands w i l no t s t b a e d m () n o e r d e retired from the conflict. General Siatella is now there soldiersthemselvesa bl t o followint h o e n t gh t le h emn e somedirection,fii es te instancesit ho u a t ud th t being h el e , wounded F them." —French ACCIDENTF r eneh Paper. Tux N er could not see from when ce came t h e shots that killed or r a o s ad he a l ta d tio a n t , o t n he Fr P ila in y c . e tz, t THE GREAT W ESTERN RAILWAY. — er A n, n Fa i r n i cl ir u lg es (l t on w • 20th inst., before W. 1). Wasbrough, Esq., on the body. of Henry Saiauer, residing in Pembroke -street, Bristol, a licensed hawker in plate and jewillery, who wa , . knocked down by the express train from Paddington to Exeter, and his body dreadfully mutilated, nearly all the bones being broken. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, and expressed an opinion that the railway company ought to station a policeman at the gate where the accident happened, there being a public road across the line for carriages and horses.—Berk shire Chronicle. SHOCKING CASE OF CHILD MITFILATION.—A young woman, teemed Elizabeth Steadman, servant in a public house in Birmingham. is charged with concealing the birth of an illegitimate child, the body of which, cut, or rather torn into fragments, was found yesterday in a cesspool. Au inqueso4l tbaJ body Wad to twee been held air At. THE IRISH RELIEF COMMISSION The following is the fifth report of the Irish Re lief Commissioners to the Lords of the Treasury : Relief Commission-cffice, Dublin, August 17, 1847. May it please your Lordships, —We have the honour to transmit our fifth monthly report as Commissioners under the Act 10th Victoria, cap. 7. The greatest number ot electoral divisions under the operation of the Act since our last report has been 1,826; the largest amount of gratuitous relief (which attained its muximute at that period) supported 2,920,792 persons per day; and the number to whom sold 99,920. The returns to the Ist of August show a gradual re duction to 2,467,980 gratuitous, and 52,387 sold; the cost of each ration, including establishment and ex ruses, averages 2d. The etormous number of 3,000,000 of individuals (exceeding one-third of the entire population of the c „ u et t) ), supported by a gratuitous distribution of mere food, demonstrates (allowing even ter some extent of malappropriation) the awful amount of distress occa sioned by the failure of the crop of potatoes. Where the evil was so great, and so generally spread, no inoirt et method of affording relief could have been of avail; ntr could any measure short of distributing food to the multitude have prevented the effect of absolute famine widely extended. When we contemplate- that it has been attended with that result, which, above all, was in the humane con sideration of the Legislature, a certain degree of abuse, to which the system must be liable, may be sub mitred to, although it cannot be justified on the part of those committing it. or of those by whose arrangement); it might have been prevented. We have had occasion to deprecate these abuses, which, unhappily, were but too numerous ; and our circulars, instructions, and regulations, have naturally tended generally to repress them, giving an impression, perhaps, that the Occasion f or such co mplaints was almost universal. We may, therefore, reasonably take this opportunity of reporting that this was Jar from being the case ; and that, with the zefilous co-operation of the greater number of the committees, aided by some fortuitous circumstances, the amount of the expenditure on this vast measure has been less than we at first an ticipated. We have also to report most favourably to your Lordships on the exertions of our inspecting officers. who have carried on a most difficult and arduous service with a degree of temper, energy, and intelligence, highly creditable to there. Much more of the conduct of the proceedings was thrown upon them by the committees than was ever in tended, or than ought to have been required ; and, although frequently under the necessity of strenuously opposing the propositions of committees and individuals, there has been scarcely an instance of their giving per sonal offence, or of their losing the respect of the gentle men of character and influence ; and many of their reports are highly interesting. The period of the year that brings with it the greatest amount of distress is notoriously that which immediately precedes the gathering of the first crops, that is, during July and the early part of August. The absolute termination of advances on account of the temporary relief has been fixed by Act of Parliament for the eud ot September. It becomes, therefore, necessary, within a period of six weeks, to throw on their own resources 3,000,000 of persons who had been provided with food. Although those few weeks comprise the time when the demand for labour is at its highest amount, and when the crops (which promise to be very abundant) will be in course of collection, still it is most necessary to make the transition as gradual as is compatible with so short an interval, and to endeavour to avoid the too abrupt ces sation of relief to such an enormous mass of the popu lation. With this view we have urgently pressed for an un compromising scrutiny, and for reduction of the relief lists, in proportion to the appearance of employment, and to the available supply of food; and we are about to discontinue, from the 15th August, making advances to the unions which, from circumstances and situation, seem to be best able to bear such a course, stiking cases from the delay in off the others by degrees, from fortnight to fortnight. Almost every union struggles for a prolonged conti nuance, chiefly on the plea of wart of preparation for makingthe change,arisingsl general warning of what would take place was given co far back as the month of June. , benevolence, The discontinuance of this extensive tiou i g n h m it a system of relief, in whatever manner carried oat, must be attended with and public-spirited expenditure that can be applied will distress and difficulty; be required to meet the etnergency. h The number of temporary feverhospitals ordered to be established under the Act 10th Victoria, cap. 22, amounts now to 326. and all the energy, We annex copies of the circular instructions issued since our last report, together with the summary of the ace' ntit branch, and the returns and statements con nected with our continued operations. We have, &c., J. F. BURGOYNE. T. N. REDINGTON. R. J. ROUTH. E. J, B. TWISLE'PON, HARRY D. JONES. D. M'GREGOR. To the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of herliaj sty's Treasur, &e. POLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING SOCIEIL.S. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Among the many benefits conferred on the country by the late Anti-Corn-law League, perhaps there is not one, taken in a political point of view, for which the lovers of freedom ought to be more truly grateful, than the lesson it taught the people on the import ance of the 40A. franchise. The rent charge system of the League paved the way to other modes of ob taining county qualifications ; amongst those there is perhaps not one more capable of practical develop ment than the building sc.ciety scheme; its gradual mode of payment, comparatively light in its operation, secures to the industriou s working man not only a freehold in perpetuity, but entitles him and his heirs to vote for his representati ve i n P ar li amen t. That mem bers of building societies will support Liberal princi ples cannot be doubted, their i n tere s t s must be identical with all measures for the p u bli c good. One socie t y (No. 1 House Property A sso ci a tion) proved the truth of tbis assertion o n th e 9 t h i ns t., at Bethnal - green polling distriet,when 18 members voted in right of their shares, one aft er . a n o th er , f o r the Liberal candidates. Mr. Warrener, who ha , for several months past coniiucted with great s uccess t h e prepara tion of food for thousands of the poor, byMons. SayerSer s invaluable System. at the Model K itc h en, D o l p hi n ' s Barn, exerted himself so much to prov e t h e extent an d economy of the system. that he has been i n a ver y alarming state of ' health ; but., we are glad to inform the public that there is some hopes that the level has attained its worst stage, and that he will soon b e sa v e d to his amiable "tie, family, and friends.—Saunders' News Letter. PHYSIOLOGICAL CURIoSITY.—Thomas Creary, a youth of 17, who was t r i e d at L ancas ter last week for a crime which, if proved, would have subjected him to the penalty of death, pres ente d a s i ngu l a r instance of mal formhandsbeing ation, both his foot. His toes are said to exh i b i t t h e sa me peculiarity; n A nd we are also giv e to understand that he was born with seven fingers on each hand, which were reduced to the natural number by amputation in childh ood.—Pres. t o n Chronicle. Three whales were capt ure d l as t week at Cromarty. BALLOON RACE.—Y ester d a y e vening a more than usual number of persons were attracted to Crembrne gardens to witness the ascent of two balloons—viz., the Victoria and the. Coronation balloons —the on e directed by the veteran Mr. Charles Green, and the o ther by his brother, Mr. H. Green. The affair was called an aerial race, and certainly from the rapid -rate builder —manufactory burned down, contents consu med; back front of dwelling-house severely damaged , and removal. tailor and habitmaker—roof of building damaged by fire, b hi n y o,ousree fi d r a e oi , dn the eo d tce no tusT windows idt3aisicig and contents by water: uninsured. Messrs. Berneiseon; end Riddle, modellers. &c.—building and contents slightly damaged: insured in the Atlas and Phceni x „ffi ces Mr. Hawkins, s adder —skylight broken, and building . damaged by fire. Mr. Collins optician—slight damage at which toe balloons travelled, the term was up - propriate. The wind was blowing very fresh from the not tit-east at the time a the ascent, seven o'clock, and the machines were carried through the air in the direc tion of Wimbledon-common with extraordinary speed, the Victoria taking the lead. Amongst the spectators were Lords Strangford, Cbarleville, Longford, Strath. erne, &c., and many other persons of rank., On the outside of the grounds many thousands were assembled. The scene was full of excitement and may be said to have been the best aeronautic display of the season. THE FIRE IN TOTTENHAM-COURT-ROAD.—The fire that occurred yesterday morning upon the premises belonging to Mr. J. Walker, organ-builder, of Francis street, Tottenham-et-Mk-road, briefly noticed in this journal of the same date, has proved to be of a far more disastrous character than was at first expected. The manufactory and the timber stores occupied an area of ground considerably more than acre. In the several workshops were upwards of 50 organs of various sizes (some of them bad been in hand nearly 12 months), which are destroyed. The foreman of the works esti mates the stock in trade destroyed as worth from 10,0001. to 12,000/, and, with the buildings that have been le velled with the ground, and the value of the men's work ingcorrect statement of the damages tools, he stated to the reporter that the whole da tbeis 1 1- ifficial report:—" No. 27, Francis mage could not be less than 20,000/ The insurances upon the property will not nearly cover the loss. ; front ware.ta The ke o from following Atlas fire-offices. Mr. Ripley, ' Francis street. Tottenham-court-rendbadub,ryn by %Etter: insured iu the Sun. Tottenham-court- road. —Messrs. Dunbar's ironfonndry—root and skylight damaged by lire: insured in the Sun. New-inn-yarti.-- Nos. 5,6, 7, and 8, let out in tenements—buildin g s and content , severely damaged by fire and falling in: ii:sured in the Sun. No. 28, Francis-street. Mr. Goodchild, Op-, titian--premises slightly damaged: insured in the Phis nix. The cause o f fire unknown. The fire was extin guished by firemen and engines of the establishment, the parish. and West of England and County offices.. The late Admiral John Erskine Douglas, of the Red Squadron of her Majesty's Fleet, has left 40.0001- in personal property, which be has bequeathed between his two daughters, subject to an annuity of 150/. to his sister. His daughters are the executrixes of his will, fire,edr vvola.tteviVratkcer' organ- Which he executed in October last. 'lite pilau zid , th i i ii lived ;to the Wood ug u ci la ... ,_ . • • •• THE MURDER OF THE DUCHESS DE PRASLIN. (From the Constitutionnel.) The Duke de Praslin was conveyed this morning, at four to the Luxembourg p r i son , an d p l ace d i n t h e room lately occupied by M. Teste; but boards had been put up at the windows, so as to let the prisoner see but the sky. M. de Praslin was brought down on a mattress from the room he occupied at the Se bastiani Hotel, and placed in a dormeuse, sent from the Luxembourg by the Grand Referendary. His valet accompanied him, as well as the persons com missioned to watch him. The magistrates, phisi chins, and police occupied three other vehicles. The prisoner, who was greatly dejected at the moment of ins departure, revived a little in the open air; he was carried, still on the mattress, into the interior of the prison, but was enabled to ascend a part of the steps supported by his valet. The latter did not remain in the prison ; he returned in a coach to the hotel with the mattress. It is now considered certain that the weak condition in which M. de Praslin has been during the last three days is the conse quence of an attempt at poisoning himself ; he is said to have swallowed the contents of a small phial of laudanum when he could doubt no more of his being suspected of the crime. Since his arrival at the Luxembourg ked beverages have been frequently given him in older to stop his vomiting, which is said to continue. The prison is guarded by the military as in the preceding trials. It had been said that Madlie. de Luzy would be conducted to the Luxembourg. The Patrie con siders the report unfounded. She is still at the Conciergerie this evening. We know not what to think of the Gazede de France's allegation that this horrible trial is to take place with closed doors. (From the Gazette des Tribunaux.) We yesterday stated that the health of the Duke de Praslin had excited some anxiety. It is affirmed that it is due to an attempt at poisoning himself. The Duke has swallowed a certain quantity of laudanum; at what moment and how he made the attempt is not said ; but it would appear that by the side of a phial filled with nitric acid, another has been found which contained the poison. The moment the first symp toms declared themselves the most active antidotes were administered, and the more dangerous effects of the laudanum were paralysed, ssithout, however, their being completely neutralised ; thus frequent vomit ing manifested itself, and M. de Praslin remained in a sort of atony, to which is, perhaps, to be ascribed the silent and dejected attitude he has re tained towards the magistrates who have examined him. The remedies given by the physician having as early as yesterday (Friday) restored some strength, it was deemed that be might be removed from his mansion, and the Chancellor determined on issuing a warrant to that effect. This morning, therefore, at four, one of the ushers of the Chamber of Peers went with the Chancellor's warrant to the Hotel Sebastiani, where the Duke de Praslin was closely watched. The usher was accompanied by Dr. Andrei, physician to the Chamber of Peers, who has, in the last three days, been frequently instructed to visit the Duke and ascertain the state of his health. The usher having been admitted into the room where the Duke de Praslin was in bed, and Dr. Andrei having made sure that a material improvement had taken place, and that the vomiting, which had been abundant, had ceased, and that he might be removed without danger from his residence, the warrant was notified to him, with the King's ordonnance convoking the Peers as a court of justice. The Dui e heard the notification without uttering a word; he only made an effort to sit up, as if to denote that he was ready to comply with the injunctions of justice. His valet then dressed him, and he was soon enabled to descend, supported by two persons, to the door of his mansion, where the Duke Decases's car riage awaited him. He was helped into it. After naming the official persons who accompanied or es corted him, the Gazette adds—the carriage then moved on slowly, owing to the Duke's weakness; the whole route was watched by police agents, for the maintenance of order and the preventing of any ob stacles, whilst a brigade of town-sergeants followed the carriage at a certain distance. It took an hour to proceed from the Hoiet.Sebastiani to the Luxembourg Palace by following the quays and streets, which were nearly deserted; there were but a few workmen pro ceeding to their early labour ; they stopped and gazed at the passing procession whose slow and silent march was solemn and melancholy. They who saw it envied, perhaps, the carriage with its armorials, and suspected not that it was conveying to prison a Duke and Peer accused of murder. At five o clock the car riage conveying the Duke de Praslin stopped in Rue Vangirard, in front of the Court of Peers' gaol. During the whole time the Duke, whose face was vio lently contracted and deadly pale, had been silent. On being required to descend from the carriage, he proved so weak that it became necessary to carry him to the room prepared for him, which is that succes • sively occupied by General de Cubieres and M. Pel lap' a. The moment he was brought into it, the Duke de Praslin was put to bed by his valet, who, at his request, was permitted to continue a short time with him, but soon obliged to quit the prison. Yesterday, and this forenoon, Mdlle. de Luzy, who is still at the Couciergerie, has been again questioned. She con tinues to affirm with energy that her relations with M. de Praslin have been most pure. It is by mistake that several journals have represented her to be an Englishwoman. She was born at Paris, and the name of Luzy, which has been the cause of some papers giving her a noble Corsican or Italian origin, would appear not to be her real or at least only name. Mdlle. de Luzy's real name is Laure Desportes ; she is '29 years old ; her figure is most elegant and dist,ngue ; and her magnificent light hair adds to the sweetness of her features, which are remarkably beautiful. Her cultivated mind, her character, and her superiority as a governess, painter, and musician, had, it is said, yielded her in the Praslin family quite a confidential position, at the same time that they had secured the affection of the young persons whose education she was entrusted with. In her se veral examinations she has constantly answered with great clearness and propriety. It appears that she is not to be removed to the Luxeiiibourg. It is affirmed that the physicians intrusted with the examination of the corpse of the unfortunate Duchess de Praslin have reported near thirty wounds or bruises. The aspect of Paris has changed, says the Union Monarchique, in every place, and in every class of society, this fearful drama is alone talked of. (From the Naianal of Thursday.) " What shall we dwell on if it be not on the sub ject which occupies the whole capital ? From the top to bottom of every bonze, on the Boulevards, as in all the other public places, in private drawing rooms, as well as in the garret and porter's lodge, everybody talks of yesterday's murder. Well, then, do you know of it? The husband is arrested ! Who? The Duke de Praslin—himself—a Peer of France--precisely; he has killed his wife, the mo ther of nine children. Is he, indeed, among those who are accused ? Oh, how horrible ! What a world this is—good heavens ! what a world! Such is the exclamation everywhere, and all are lost in conjectures ; opinion is prompt in its inferences ; j ustice is bound to slower and more cautious formali ties. The press duty, in presence of so awful an accusation, also commands a great reserve. It is, indeed, a most shocking chapter to add to the melan choly pages of these times. Nevertheless, the mys tery is a strange one ; and the obscurity of the drama adds to our shuddering. A woman, still handsome, though no longer young, is found ex piring; her bedroom is but a pool of blood; the splendour that surrounds her is stained by crime ; broken china, a subverted table, hangings and ornaments whereupon bloody fingers have left their marks, and, amidst the confusion, the vic tim, whose neck and breast present huge wounds —the victim, with her eyes open which see no more, having but a last breath, already enveloped with the shadows of death, and expiring, without it being pos sible to extract from her either a word or a sign. Yet there remain-visible -Marks of a struggle ; the unhappy woman escaped for a second from the blows of her murderer, she rushed to the bell-rope, which her convulsed hand violently shook. It was the last effort of the poor creature, whose breast was man gled and strength gone. Servants hasten to her, the door is closed ; it must be broken open, as groans are heard. The servants enter distracted. They hasten to the husband, who is found up ; he exhibits great sorrow. It is then suspected that the assassins have effected their entrance by the garden. Close to it is being built a house for M. Cibiel, the Deputy, and a house that is being built is usually a den of thieves. There it is that the malefactors must have concealed themselves, and thence it is that they must have crept into Madame de Praslin's bedroom; they must have surprised her in her sleep, done the deed, and robbed the apartment. All these suspicions upset one after another with the rapidity of lightning. But the physicians are sent for; there is no hope, the victim is dead. The terrifie d j udges come up to this scene of desolation. They at first have the same opinion as the servants ; they s earch and ransack the a p artment ; everything is in its place, and nothing is wanting. The mur derer must have either broken a window or a pane of glass to malie his way in. The windows are un touched, the door had remained closed. The walls are minutely examined; every walk in the garden is inspected, and no vestiges of damage or steps are de tected. Ten hours are spent in this fruitless exami nation. The magistrates are then convinced that they must look, not outside, but around them. All the inmates of the mansion, saving the children, are kept in sight; and, immediately, the rumour spreads about the town that the husband is accused of the murder, and this rumour is confirmed by the measures subse uently, adopted by jus t ice. And yet the Duke de Praslin is a rich man ; he is a Peer ; he bears a name on which his ancestors have conferred renown ; he is attached to the' royal household, as chevalier & hon .. mo, sad the vigaasu be 1186 alga bas given hiza blue children. Alas! the times we live in know of no thing that is improbable, and would even say that the very rank of the man adds credence to the accusation. Justice inquires, and is reminded that two or three years ago, AI. de Praslin, having fallen in love with the governess of his children, his wife had compelled him to tur n h er ou t. _ H e h a d followed her. She had returned to Paris. Police agents repaired to her, seized her papers. On her return home she was ar rested and placed in solitary confinement. Suspicions then increase against the husband. Stains of blood have, it is said, been found on his clothes. He is in terrogated, and says that having heard a noire in his wife's bedroom, he hastened to it; that he found her wounded and struggling with the assassin. He then rushed between the victim and the murderer, and, in his distraction, he had been unable either to cry for assistance or keep h o ld o f t h e assassin, who escaped, he knew not how. He then returned to his room to wash his bloody hands, &c. It is said that a pistol has been found, and a burnt dressing -gown ; it is added that the hair round in the victim's left hai d is in every respect like that of the husband. Other circumstances of an aggravating natureare men tioned. In short this horrible crime is accounted for by the blind passion that prompted the man to destroy his wife, in order to marry another woman. Adultery in this case, as in many others, has given birth to as sassination ! All these rumours have filled the town to-day, but they must be received with reserve. Other reports have also been current which would confer a very different character on the murder and its cause. In all this there may be but vague sup positions and even calumnies. The moment justice is investigating we must wait till it clear up this dread ful mystery. If we bestow attention on it to-day it is really because this horrible mystery seems a new chapter of the deplorable history we are daily doomed to write. One would fancy that the genius of evil were pleased to multiply these terrible dramas. He leaves us no rest, and his hand seems to fall with out mercy on those even whom he had overwhelmed with favours." DIABOLICAL MURDER IN KEN- TUCKY. The Louisville Courier contains an account of a most atrocious and cold-blooded murder. A few gentlemen, five in all, among whom was Dr. J. F. Pendergrast, united in establishing a school in the vicinity of Dr. Pendergrast's residence. In February last Mr. W. W. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, was employed as a teacher; and Dr. Pendergrast having taken a dislike to him, not only refused to send his children to the school, but in every way attempted to injure Mr. Buchanan in the estimation of those whose confidence he had won. At length Mr. Buchanan having submitted to this treatment as long as he thought suitable, addressed a letter of remon strance to the Doctor, and hereupon, as it seems, the Doctor declared that Mr. Buchanan should never teach in the school -house again. The neighbours of Dr. Pendergrast were still satisfied with Mr. Buchanan's teaching, and three of the five owners of the school house employed him for another quarter, one of the three being the husband of Dr. Pendergrast's sister. On the 14th of June Mr. Buchanan went to one of the owners of the school-house, who had the key, and requested him to go over with him and put him in peaceable possession of the house, in order to guard against a difficulty with Dr. Pendergrast. This gentleman, Colonel Montgomery, complied with the request, and took his daughter with him as a pupil. Soon after they reached the school-house, in which some six or seven children were assembled, while Mr. Buchanan was sitting on the step near the door, and Colonel Montgomery was sitting inside of the house near the door, Dr. Pendergrast was seen sally ing forth from his dwelling with his three sons and a negro man, the negro carrying a basket of rocks and the doctor's double-barrelled gun, and when they reached the school-house the doctor saluted both Mr. Buchanan and Colonel Montgomery with the most offensive and insulting epithets he could muster into service, and commanded them to leave his house, accompanying the order by throwing rocks twice at Mr. Buchanan. Colonel Montgomery mildly replied to Dr. Pendergrast that he had as much privilege to be there as he had ; upon which one of the boys assaulted Colonel Montgomery with a rock, in which the others joined; and while the colonel was defending himself from the boys, both the Doctor and the negro also assailed him. It is supposed that while the family were on Colonel Montgomery, Mr. Bu chanan endeavoured to take some of the assailants off his friend. All that is positively known is, that Dr. Pendergrast called his negro to hand him his gun and he would shoot the —. Colonel Montgomery had one of the boys down, and the others on him, and supposing the threat was for him, he turned his eyes towards the Doctor, and saw the gun was pointed beyond him, and, looking in that direction, he saw Mr. Buchanan fall on his face when the gun was fired. This stopped the fight, and when Col. Montgo mery got to the young man he found him dying—he had been pierced with forty shots but a shade less than buck-shot. These are the uncontroverted statements of the case. It is not unimportant to mention, that after Mr. Buchanan was killed, one of the boys went to the corpse and turned his head over, to show where he gave him a blow with a rock, and another, after surveying the dead body, met with the hat of the murdered man in his; path, and furiously kicked it as far as he could send it. We regret to add to this horrible recital, that the cowardly murderer was still at large when the courier wrote. The officers of justice (?) who were at hand at the time winked at the murder, and abstained from any attempt to arrest the miscreant, and when more faithful men were found, he had disappeared, though a magistrate boasted that he knew where he was.—Washington Globe. ARRIVAL OF DISABLED SOLDIERS FROM NEW ZEALAND.—On Saturday asternoon two detachments ec regiments serving in New South Wales, consisting of two sergeants and twenty-five rank and file of the 58th regiment, and two sergeants and twenty-five rank anal file of the 99th, arrived at the General Hospital, Fort Pitt, Chatham, under the command cf Major Bichttrd Denny, 58th. The whole of these troops were at tilt attack of Heki's Pah, which they stated was impreg nable, being built with 'trunks of trees, to the height of fifteen to eighteen feet above the surface of the earth. aid trebly stockaded, with walls, embankments, an ditches, and of such magnitude that the l'ah formed a fortress for the protection of a thousand men. Major Denny commanded the Light Company of the 58th on that disastrous occasion. These troops embarked at Sidney on the 16th of last March, and sailed on the 18th, on board the ship Tasmania, Captain W. Black. 512 tons, and arrived off Gravesend after a passage of foui months. Dr. Ford, medical officer, inspected the troops, and thirteen were ordered into hospital. The remainder were conveyed to St. Nfary's Barracks, to be discharged on pensions. The worst cases of the wounded are still remaining at Sidney. EXTENSIVE SEIZURE Olr OBSCENE PEINTs.-- On Saturday Davis, an active Custom-house officer, assisted by several constables of the F division, proceeded to the streets leading out of the Strand, and made several seizures at the instance of the Society for the Suppres sion 'of Vice. In one establishment no less than 373 prints, with a quantity of song-books and other articles, were taken, and in another 173 books of a most abomi nable character. together with other articles, were seized for the purpose of being destroyed. The officers also visited another well-known shop for the sale of such articles, from which they took 100 unbound books, with frontispieces of the most disgusting character, with 243 books of the same description, and other articles. The society has also preferred bills of indictment against a man and a woman at the Central Criminal Court, two others against whom proceedings have been taken hav ing escaped, in addition to which an aged man, named Chepney, is ordered to find bail to answer a charge at the sessions. THE LITTLE WONDER. , --A powerful little vessel, belonging to the Waterman Steam. packet Company, running between Westminster-bridge and Gravesend, performed her homeward trip in the incredible short period of two hours and twenty minutes—distance up wards of thirty-three miles. She landed her passengers at Greenwich in one hour and thirty-five minuires after leaving the Town-pier, Gravesend, leavingw . . e. - hind one of the fast Star Company's beau, l ll2 started at the same time, and called Wool wich , at ..stane Cnarltun, Blackwell, and Greenwich cu This wonderful in cluding stoppages, rse power and patent little craft is very sttwroenngtyly with one steeple engine of 40-h . D . and is c onsidered paddles, manufactured by Na ' ler sh' which has perfectpieces of workman IP ficovensTroiulecsted of iron, is fitted one of the most P - r-- - , r shame s, She carries about yet floated on old Fathe r 400 passeng ers couragement. AN [TAMAN GENTLENAN.—An and receives suitable en sum:milDzAcTognToerniently, by yr. Bedford, coroner the Sablioniere Hotel, Leicester for Westminste r , at o f Signor Vincenzo Visconti, aged square,. on the body inquest was held las t t vening, died whilst entering the above hotel on forty-eight, r o las t. The deceased gentleman, it sp. Friday evening red left Milan on the 3d instant for this country, on pea . a tour of pleasure. Whilst at Turin he complain e d t o a f e llow -country man , travelling with him, of a burning sensation at his chest, which continued until they reached C o logne, when the pain left him. On Wednesday he, with others of his countrymen, arrived in England, and took up their abode at the Sabloniere Hotel, the de ceased appearing in the best of health and spirits. On Friday evening the deceased dined, between five and six o'clock, v.ith a party of friends at a house in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, and on his return was about entering the hotel, when he complained of a mist being before his eyes, and fell into the arms of , one of his companions a corpse. Mr. Lenton, the surgeon, who was call. d in, said that, on a po s t modem examina tion, he found the deceased's heart to be twice its natural size, and much ossified. The jury returned a verdict of Natural death from disease of the heart, producing apoplexy." wan ts to A DESIE/31LE NEIGHBOIIII.--.'" Mother se We know if you won't please to lend her yourre r rv: ive kettle, 'cause as how she wants to h preserveis,tb.last time would with pleasure, boy. but the t r rut I 'Po effectu we loaned it to your mother she .. p _ lice. _ 7 " Well, you ally that we have never see: it to Id keetii. Guess, it was, needn't be sarsy about pour ed i t ; an d mottZt wouldn't full of holes when we borrow ed , .. ringing home_ a troubled yoo again- 031 *w setra you 4' I 0 091 v OUO I"4 ! Gaig 14 r rtgr. . ..- Ales' ii • • • . - • -CONTINENTAL TRAVELLING. IMPORTANT TO PASSENGERS FROM THE CONTINENT. A complaint has ing been made to the Board of Customs, by a passenger arriving from the Continent, that when .e was about to land an' officer of the re venue laid his hands on the pockets of his great coat, which was on his person, for the purpose of ascertain ing whether he had any articles in his pocket to duty ; the Commissioners have directed the prin cipals of departments at the various packet ports, having passenger traffic with the Continental States, to be acquainted, for the information and guidance of themselves, and the officers under their survey, that it is illegal to sear -11 the clothes of passengers when on their person, or to feel the outside of their pockets at the time they are landing from any ship or vessel, although the officers may suspect that goods, liable to duty, are concealed therein ; and have further directed them to caution the officers stationed on board vessels with passengers, or superintending the landing of such persons, to be careful not to give offence by so doing. They have farther been in structed that the course which officers of Customs ought to pursue, in this matter is as follows :—lst case they observe any package in the packets of a passenger, or have any reason to suspect that he has any articles concealed about his person, the . usual question is to be put as to the party hav ingthe bein g event t the 0f same m d e en time yin g any good s i n hi s possession subject to duty, be respectf u ll y in f orme d th a t, in having goods liable to duty in his possession, and of such goods being subse quently found by the officer wao is by law au thorised to ascertain the truth of the statement, the goods would become forfeited, and the party be liable to a penalty of treble the value thereof; and should the answer of the passenger be in the affirmative, be should be requested by the officer to produce the goods. If, however, the passenger insists on denying that he has such goCds on his person, and the officer' still have good ground for suspicion, the party is then to be informed that the officer deems it necessary' that his person should be searched, under the provi sions of the law ' but that he (the party) previously to being searched, is at liberty to require to be taken before a magistrate, or a superior officer of customs, who will determine whether there is reasonable grounds of suspicion or otherwise ; and should the party not claim to be taken before a magistrate or superior officer of customs, but still refuse to be searched, the officer is authorised by law to make SUCII search, and to detain the party for that purpose, at all times giving him the option of being taken before a magistrate. Should a party who has claimed to be taken before a magistrate afterwards refuse to go, he may be detained by the officer and taken betbre magistrate. The 56th section of the Act 8 and 9 Vic. cap. 87, makes a person liable to a p ena l t y of 100/. for obstructing an o ffi cer of the revenue in the execution of that portion of his duty. NARROW ESCAPE OF LABOURERS IN THE CITY.— Yesterday morning, as several men were employed in making alterations in the warehouses lately in the pos session of Messrs. John Lart and Son, hosiers, 116, Wood-street, City, an accident occurred by which feur of them were more or less injured, others were partially buried, and all of them narrowly escaped being crushed to death. From inquiries instituted on the spot shortly after the occurrence, it appears that about ten o'clock in the morning .a labourer, named John Sheridan, with others, were employed in the lower part of the building, a portion of which had been removed, in clearing away the rubbish in the cellar. Sheridan was especially en gaged in excavating near to a part of the foundation in the centre of the building, upon which rested two iron pillars, which upheld a cross beam of fir of great thick ness and considerable weight, which had been intended by the builders to sustain the upper floors when filled with merchandise. It is supposed that by clearing away the rubbish the foundation had received a shock which rendered the position of the pillars insecure, for suddenly, indeed it appears without a moment's warning, the iron supporters slipped away, and the beam and all the super incumbent materials in the two floors fell with a tre mendous crash. For some little time it was thought, that the men in the cellar were crushed to death, but upon the dust having cleared off it was discovered that though partially buried, none of them had suffered more than a few slight contusions, except Sheridan, who was considerably injured about the face and head; happily he, however, had no bones broken. As soon as the men were taken out their bruises were bound up, and their contusions dressed by a neighbouring surgeon, and for tunately, in no case, though the men are much shaken, is any ... further danger apprehended. HORRIBLE ATTEMPT TO MURDER Two MEN, AND SELF-MUTILATION BY A MADMAN.—On Thursday after noon the following appalling occurrence took place in the Holbeck workhouse:—lt appears that an inmate of the house, named Joseph Robinson, had lately shown symptoms of mental aberration, but be was never consi dered a dangerous person until last Monday, when his conduct became so strange that he was placed under the core of the medical Iran belonging to the workhouse. Atter the lapse of a few days his symptoms improved. and he was again considered to be perfectly harmless,. but during yesterday afternoon, whilst sitting in one of the wards with four men—one insane, another an idiot, the third old and blind, and the fourth a very infirm person-- he suddenly seized a large coal shovel, with which he made a most desperate attempt to murder the t.ao eldest men, by striLing them with all his might upon their heads. The ids stir paupc r, on seeing this, ran out Hof the ward, and, as well as he was able, gave an alarm, hut before any assistance arrived Rotnnstm had inflicted souse severe scalp wounds on the poor (.1d blind man, whose name is Them 8 Cooper, uud who is 77 years of age. One ot the poor fellow's fingers was also completely smashed, this having apparently been the result of his attempting to prteect his head from the blows. The usher man, Samuel Gibs, n, who is 54 years ot age, was also most severely injured, his face being laid bare with he edge of the shovel. As soon as the alarm was given Robinson threw down the shovel and secreted himself in the water-closet, and, on his being discovered, it was found that he had cut his threat and stabbed himself several dusts in the abdomen, besides dreadfully mud lating other portions of his person. The knife with which he had inflicted these injuries on himself was one hich he had borrowed from the old man Cooper. to cut hie flesh with, as he termed eating his meat. He had also cut his shoes acd destroyed his trousers with the same weapon. Ile was scored, and, with the two men he had s . frightfully iijured, was taken to the general at L Robinson edee : I'Vr s, ' a en si t x hs account p i ecttdt a o diase hourly, ;o London, ,chand the other two rutnnined in a very precarious state. THE CONVICT BARBER.—THE WILLS FORGE/Ulf CASE.—The trietals of Berber. who, it will be ITCOt. lected, was some time since tried and convicted at the Old Bailey in the wills lergety case, and who is now undergoing his sentence of transportation for life at Norfolk island, intend convening a public, ineeting with a view ot laying before the public the various ste te ments and documents that they have succeeded n Is inno cence of Barber in any guilty c t .o h n e fid e e n n ti t genies. Several F rei - winery meetings have already been l a re aii o n t g su l :h s' a eb u s tl fi re tlf; a: lL t ( e i n " d 'hi t e o h p tehoev); knowledge of the fo7- r lY e g e antdhe in fluencene e l held, which have been numerously attended by his per sonal friends, and gentlemen ofllighhasyteanfdoirtmi d thi C it-g init alP te r e lif furessiihines wh purpose of ends avouring to in into atnnaitia free pardon ; a sub-committee has also been svoebst appointed for the purpose of preparing a memorial to Sir George Grey, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, embodying the whole of the evidence and facts that the committee are in possession of. This memorial is to be submitted to a general meeting for their approval, and in the meantime an application will be made to Sir George Grey to recive a deputa tion to present the memorial, and be beard in support of the prayer. The most sanguine hopes are Mar tamed by the committee of not only succeeding in otlt taining an unconditional pardon for Barber , but in as tts factorily establishing his entire innocence. three o'clock, the house o f Mr. b DARING ROBBERT.--011 Sundad was broken into, and ge 3 , or 40L carried oft: plate and jewele to the amount of 0/ y 'anindoeml:nainn,l4 N a o b . °l4 6, Anchor-terrace, Southwa rk.bri gateway, and procee ding along a narro w p assa g e sepa rating(Barclay, Perkins, and Co.'s) from the terrace , which be long s the Anchor Br ewer y to the firm, and by the thieves had e ffected an entrance by getting over a climbing up a water -s p out e ntered at the back window of No. 7, but be in g disappointe d in finding any portable property of value in that house , they then found their wa tothefront windows ot . No. 6, whi c h th e y en t ere d, an d p ro ce ed ed to ransack a cheffoneer of th e property in question. Fortunately an alarm was given before the robbers had time to arrive at property of greater value. One of the thieves left his hat and shoes behind him in Mr. Sandeman's drawitz-room, aed getting again through the Louse No. 7, leaped into the back passage of the terrace, where there was no place of exit; here, how ever, he dexterously succeeded in misleading the police who were in search; for by scaling another water-spout he effected an entrance through the window to No. 12. the house ot the Rev. Mr. Mungeam, where he contrived to get hold of and equip himself in the bat and boots ot the Reverend Gentleman, and then quietly unlocked the tront door, walked out, and effected his escape. THE WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY.--LaSt evening a numerous meeting of the Registration Com mittee of the Westminster Reform Society the York Hotel, Upper Wellington-street, strand ; r e w as held at the purpose of entering into arrangements to p the ohs*. Reform interest at the ensuing Revising I.B arrister's Court. Mr. Bremner having beets called to meeting Of Mr. Huggett (the secretary) observed that a f the committee had not previously convened, in and which bad not g d ina definite form. It was intended present been as yet arranged of all reformers at the Revising consequence of the largebnefenoaruiiivaaisiso,n which he had re ceived during the to support the c • B a rrister's Court , with out re g ard to the votes that may have been gi ven. Mr. Prout moved the following ma lution:—" That the Secretary be instructed to use his best elides; ours me heretofore, to place arid maintain on the register of voters for the city of Westminster all Reesene rs, without reference in the smallest degree to theirelection:'—(Hear, hear.) He "snit that 1e votes at g rs .at pleasures els in t would prove that the soc i ety was actuated by liberal spirit, and that its s o l e o bj ect was to mainta i n the 'elm t the la tive franchise for the furtherance of *form tench: 4 W _(Herr,. hear .) Mr. G. P ouncy secon ded t e resolu• tion, which was supported by other members, and ag :g to unanimously. Th an k s were t h en vo ted to the man, and the meeting separated. . -' • THE Poznan TRIAL& —The trial of the Polish VII , Boner; at Berlin is going Ou rapidly; 0 3 004 tli a *RS