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

y-}"" _. 611 ed she would never rest satisfied till she had the matron's life. This evid ence was corro b orate d b y t w o female " 11 Prs, whom th e p r i soner b a d a ttempted to stab. Police -constable, K 277, deposed, that as he was she the prisoner to the Green Bank station , "Z said that as soon as she got off in the morning °"e, would stick a k n if e i n t o th e ma tron. In her d e f ence the prisoner said, the ot h er i nma tes o ,i the workhouse got her into a row, and she cer -7_ ly did sna t c h up a kn i fe, b ut d en i e d h av ing made " " of the expressions attributed to her. Mr. BALLANTINE said that as to all humane, kindly, en d charitable f ee li ngs, they were entirely thrown wIY on her, and he should sentence her to twenty '44 da ys'imprisonment in the House of Correction with hard labour. The Prisoner was removed uttering threats as to whet she would do when she came out. DU TCH AND FLANDERS MAIL. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 6.—The woman who was arrested °n sus icion of being in some way implicated in the tri p l emurder, because of her evident embarrassmenth:yecting th e murder, and the circumstance that in basket was found a scrap of paper with the words b ven P oo l, Place St. Gerv," tile house inhabited the py se women, has undergone several very c lose and for N o thi ng , h owev er, has been elicited, , f°r want of any co nclusive evidence she has been se t at liberty . It is reported that she is the mother of one f Y. ,i e. 0 the young women who was murdered, and 11 - , s ce her release has been going about from house to ha utise to collect alms. No traces of the murderers 1 ;e yet been discovered, but some of the stolen so ueles have, it is said, been stopped. Several per ns have been arres t e d, and the police are on t he a lert to disc over th e per p e trators of this horrible dee d. .„, IHR HA GUE SEPT. 6.—Letters from Weimar, of S 3°: h ult., state that his Majesty has left for es la• Prince Frederick of the Netherla nds p assed the 4th at Berlin, en route for St. Peter sbur g h. fo ra Vi s it left the Palace of So estd y k on the 4th, a visit to Switzerland. Her Maje st y is attended bT her chamberl a i n , two ladies of honour, and her Physici an. Y esterday, the seventeenth anniversary of his has Highness the Hereditary Prince of Orange, celebrated with the usual festivities. POLISH TRIALS. t p ; o 4 correspondent from Berlin, who has attended t he — " I ' S, says --It is scarcely possible to imagine the C onceit, and evident love of display and desire to attract attention, which is manifested by the accu sed . Th eir studied and theatrical manner from Mieros 2Uski downwards shows very plainly this weakness of their character. Dombrouski s answer to his counsel ,as very characteristic. " How do you mean to de fend yourself ?" inquired the counsel. "In a black dress -coat, and yellow kid gloves," was the laconic reply of a man whose defence involved life or death. RUSTALL, GRAND DUCHY OF BADEN, AUG. 28. The sickness here continues very great; 3,000 sick are said, by the reports, to be here at thi s momen t, some of whom ar e l a id up with fevers, and others With dysentery. Fever, in fact, appears to have completely taken root here, as the humid ditches of the fortifications fill the air, of the lower town espe cially, with unwholesome vapours. The half of the ),500—are labourers in the fortifications ; and the criminal court of our town has become quite It military station. DUTCH FUNDS.—LmsTzEDAM. SEPT. 6. Money. Bills Actual Debt, 234 per Cent........... 55% 56 Ditto, 3 per Cent ••••••••• • " • • • • • • ” rst 6834 Ditto, 4 per Cent......... ••••• • • • • • 8 . AI 88 3 4 Amon Syndic, 4% per Cent ••••• • • • • • 85 N, 156 Commercial Company, 434 per Cent 163% 169 East India Loan, 4 per Cent •••••• • • • • 0 2 E Xchange on London, at sight ........12 Twe months.• ••.• • • • ...... 11 90 On llamburgh, at sight •• • • 35 50 Two montlis.• • • ..... ••• • • • 35 12 97 IA On Paris • •••••• • • " " " Two =utile. ••••••• • • • • • • • 06 62 AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. I. II Per Cent. Metalliques ..... .. 1055( 3 4 per Cent. ditto •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • " 9541 per Cent. ditto • • • • • • • • ' • • • ••• • • • • • ** • • 65 Loan, 1834 ............................ 1 154 2i Bank Shares • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • ' • • • • • • • • 1591 EiterhitzT's Loan •••• • • • • • •••••• • • • • • RAILWAYS. The Northern, o 7 Ferdinand .• •• • • .... 162 • Glog gn it i .. ..................... 1 08'' peach 9ti 1-16 Gro3etto • •• ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 97% Oldenburg• ••• •••"•••••• • • • • • • • • • • •• • 94% Alleuninen .. • • •• • • •• • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • A BELGIAN FUNDS.—BavasELs , SErT• - • . netu4l Debt, 2% per Cent ... • • • • • • • • • • • .............. L Loan, Five per Cent ••-•• • • • • -- Loan o f Thirty Idlliona, Four per Cent • ... bat° Three per Cent ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • Ditto Thirty-seven Ilillionc, ditto ••• • • • I) ltto,ditto 184 0 •• ••••••• • • • " " • • •• • " NU* 1842......................98* • 984 • • • • 93 % t „ 36 :: • •• • • • is m ....... ...... 61 i!! tt ° Of th.t City, 1632 •••••• • • • • • •99 _95% D ADeril. Sept: R. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—MIRLIN, SIFT. 4. ka ck Bills. Money. Pr uu l ll 4 Sch., 3% per Cent ••••• • • • • • 93 14 923 i _ ir erti` .nglush Bona, • 1830,4 per Cent ••• • • • zi,hr. Fa.chann'es • • •••• • • ' ••••• • • • • • • • • . ---.1 "': 4 on London, 41 Sterling, 3 Months 6 24N, 6 24t4 Prt RUSSIAN CORN TRADE. 1 uee t , -u e "Port trade in corn has in no preceding year i &ht '? great a s w ithi n the last year. During the to o i d 3lZ months the commerce of Odessa was very Iltr: z er ablY augmented. The comparative tra de as f e i i rl , the . first ixmonths of 1846 and 1847 were Th e , i3":— o f t _ i 'd value o f th e a rticle exported from the port uessa for foreign countries, was— Sil,, 1846. 1847 . Th e rubles .. 7,865,485 1 , 240,354 } " Principal articles were— . Whe at (e 1846. - 1847 . It se. ‘ h etwarts)..... 704,777 1 , 240,3544 S traw . • • ....... St ve •• • ....... S o "s (Pandarn) tre (ditto) . -the .. 175,235 i 209,754 Od es total value of importations into the port of %i x N I from foreign countries amounted, in the firs T r i r i n3 riths of 1847 to 3,538,002 silver rubles. iot er .e valu e of merchandise sent from Odessa to the w it , I , e ' r of the empire during the first 6 months of 1847 tittl e `•' ° ° B ,B49 silver rubles ; in the same interval of number'in 1846 ) it was 1,127,819 silver rubles. The "th r i ll of vessels which arrived in the port of Odessa 18 46 g the fi rs t s i x months of 1847, was 709 ; an d in Port' 9° . The num b er o f vessels which left that ins of ,t re, 1846, 529 ; in 1847, 734. Since theopen korch",navigation in the months of April and Xur oe ' a w nen the corn of the whole of Western i arrived f wa s nearly consumed, the orders which Price. T r° rn all sides caused an unusual rise int e t 11 r• 42 W heat Isdleat of the best quality was sold a ani tien ,,, 1 a nd rye at sr. 71 k. the chetwart. The d ( Peel 11 a "Portations from America and Russia, an , licti n — r , ,__. t he Prospect of a tine harvest, caused a re veheaC "' the prices ; and, at the end of June, late eh etw of the best quality was sold at 7 r. 14 k. the Pupe at, and? ye at 4 roubles.—Dutch and Flanders 7.3 ) Sept. v aIRI GnT 0_ N .---INNE R TO MR. CONINGIIAM. — Last trirt er . 6 a number of Mr. Coningham's political sup- Jitri t i; gave that gentleman a dinner at the Globe, Between 70 and 80 were present. Mr. the Streeter presided, and Mr. John Hilton filled - The n ‘ e ? - chair. M r. Coning ham in his speech reiterated PresJ 3ll lious on pclitical matters to which he had on eap ta 43 occasi ons g i ven utterance; an d in reference to . %ifq, Pechell' s C omm i ttee, sa id h e believed it irnpos. That for a second Lib era l ca ndidate to come in while tiop ec'ettaroittee was composed as at present.. The ques- Poat°c; prod of houses, the rates of which are com a pr o ,, e for, being deprived of the franchise . was made . ton, - "t*nt topic of discussion, and Mr. Coningham re the the :ntled that an association should be formed topu Cut '`iati e • footing.—Yesterday's Brighton rdi r its right Tit u h . Ir Oters L ittOISTRATION•—The revision of the lists of must elt it'it be 'commenced before the 15th i ins e t. v „ is a in n g d b arrio" Concluded by the end of October. t roi te ; rs are each,rnlvihs revision including t?the .s. tc/ t l ;tv -I ,F "Pe a"' Pa T id he 2o c o ost gu o i f ne t a h s e tite ll ' A '..r about n l s 6 es o . ool. a year. Since the last revision, odon for 8 7„,'" (31 d, who revised the lists for the city of London i i fi e years, has been appointed a magistrate, C (11 ", who revised Westminster and other places.. )4r. Q .,. n tY Court Judge. Lord Denman has appointed of thel-lehris to revise the lists of voters in the room i two Other learned gentlemen. 114: 1 f e revision of the list of voters for the county of foll o : r d c ommences on Tuesday next at Watford,and the Tha - „ l ng days at Berkhampstead and Hemel Hempstead. it tug of claims and objections on the Liberal side tit ""rd have not yet been ascertained, but there is iketry°4t that the agent of Lord Grosvenor has been Lib,:' l At Berkhampstead and Hemel Hempstead the hOi4, - L" c laims are 96 and objections 56—as jet none T l , een heard of on the other side. l a tely Rey. George John Maplotoft Paterson has Ron' Hord appointed domestic chaplain to the Right t ' 4o rd Gray, of Gray, county of Perth, Scotland. kiel ie n l OF A SwEDIB2I P OET . —M. Francois Fo ot 'Eranien, Bi s h o p o f H erno sand, known as a the clod historian, has just died at Stockholm, aged 65. * a% i ''ell`kr nY of Sciences of Stockholm, of which he n'ernber, has decided on going into mourning fur hin t h tl i rin g the space of one month, and on having his u sually in the gallery of the building where they Th e ease in Messenger. has b: Lord Chancellor of England, Lord Cottenham, tish u ,„`" on a visit to his Right Reverend brother, the bu o f Worcester at the Epissopal Palace, Hartle -711---; Worcester Chronicle. Its h o ANTWERP ELECTIONS.--ANTWERP, SEPT. fi.-- 1 144 1 4, 10 er, Minister of the Interior, and M. Ve) . e t, of Ati`tewrtorf Finance, have been re-elected representatives tirsw i t tu t — E, s cans Noble, of Nethertown, near Egremont, 101" ci a lobster a few days ago on the Nethertown - "l‘s 1, vreighei upwards of 511 s, THE SPORTING INTELLIGENCE . WARWICK RACES.—YESTERDAY. The Bury Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old. One mile. (3 Subs.) Lord Warwick's Lahore, Bst 51b ... (Crouch) 1 Mr. Meiklam's Ottetburn, B st 711) .•• •.. ... 2 6t04 on Otterburn. Won by a length. Time, 2 min. 1 see. The County Handicap of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added. Gentlemen riders, &c. One mile. (12 Subs.) Mr. Walter's Cavendish, aged, lOst 121 b 1 Mr. T. Dawson's The Magnet, 5 yrs, I Ist 4lb ... 2 Mr. Wilder's Spem Gregis, 3 yrs, Bst 101 b ... 3 Lord Harry, lOst 51b—Columbus, lOst sib—General Nott, lOst—The Bard, 9st 101 b, and Master Stepney, lOst 71b, also ran. 5 to 2 agst Spem Gregis, and 3 to 1 agst General Nott. Won cleverly. Run in 1 min. 46 sees. The Great Warwickshire Stakes of 10 sovs. each. One mile and three quarters. (13 Subs.) Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, Sit 121 b ... walked over The Warwick Cup, by Sub.,. of 10 SOTS. each, and 100 added. Four miles. (17 Subs.) Mr. J. Day's The Hero, 4 yrs, Bst 10:b ... (A. Day) I Mr. Moore's Woltdog, 5 yrs, Bst 131 b Mr. Minor's Hawkstone, 3 yrs, Est 51b ..• ... 3 5t04 on The Hero. Won by three lengths. Run in 7 min. 43 secs. The Town Plato of 50 sovs., added to a Handicap of 3 soya. each. Two miles. (16 Subs.) Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (Evans) 1 Mr. Sandford ud Ennui , 4 rs, 7st 31b ••• ... The Best of Three, 7st 6lb—Little Mary, Est 121 b, and Milliner, 6st, also started. Won by a head, after a fine race. All well up. The Selling Stakes were won in four beats by Mr. Copeland's Cheapside, beating Lady Mallorie, and eight others. WEYMOUTH RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Weymouth Stakes of 3 sovs. each. Heats, one mile and a dis. Mr. Parr's Declaration, 4 yrs ... ... walked over The Members Plate of 50/., added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Mr. Whildon's New Forest Deer, 6 yrs Mr. Parr's Declaration, 4 yrs... ... (Sly) 1 Mr. Herbert's ch f, 3 yrs ... ... 6 Mr. Sadler's Antagonist, 3 yrs dis The Hunter's Stakes of 2 soya. ea ch, and 20 added. Heats, one mile and a dis. (3 Subs.) Mr. Fleming's The Duke , aged 1 1 Mr. Goodwin's The Moor, aged ... •.. ... 3 2 Mr. Bengafield's Chance, 6 yrs ... 2 dr The Portland Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, with 30 added. Two miles. Mr. Whieldon's New Forest Deer, 6 yrs . . walked over. NEW FOREST HUNT RACES. The New Forest Hunt Stakes of 3 80V5. each, 2 ft, and 25 added, the second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for 100/, two miles, over six hurdles (9 Subs.), were won in two beats by Mr. Loe's Horace, 3st 111 b, beating Mr. Cooper's b g by Hetman Platoff, dam by Ishmael, lost, and several others. The Lyndhurst Stakes of 3 sovs. each, 2 ft, and 25 added, one mile and a half, winner to be sold for 100/., (7 Subs.), were woo in two heats by Mr. Sergeant's Guzman, 7st 101 b (carried Bst 11b), beating Mr. Bur gess's Apropos, ist 101 b, Mr. King's Queen, 7st 21b, and two others. The Stewards' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 25 added, one mile (4 Subs.). were won in two heats easily by Mr. Vivian's Sultan, 7st 51b, beating Mr. Bray's Cerberus, Tat 91b, Fancy, 7st 121 b, and Anxiety, Bst. The Ladies' Plate for galloways was walked over for by Mr. Day's Maid of Orleans. The Pony Race was won by Mr. King's Forest Fairy. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE BASINGSTOKE RAILWAY. —Shortly after six o'clock on Tuesday morning a frightful accident occurred at the Red Posts Works on the above line, two miles from Andover, by whioh one man lost his life. A number of men are employed in cutting through a hill at this part of the line. The de eoased, whose name is Rogers, was driver of the team waggons, and, whilst driving a horse drawing a waggon filled with chalk, stumbled and fell against the rails, the waggon passing over him and n.utilating him in a frightful manner. Deceased was removed to the Black Horse, Abbotsham, where an inquest was held before Mr. Todd, and a verdict of " Accidental death" returned. FIRE AT SIIALBOURNE.—Wednesday night last the inhabitants of Newbury were much alarmed by the ap pearance of a fire which turned out to be at Shalbourne, on the farm of Mr. Phillips, whose farm and buildings, consisting of three barns, two of them full of corn, two wheat ricks, four hay ricks, and all his farming imple ments in and about the barns and premises were de stroyed. It appeared that the fire originated in one of the ricks, which was fired on the side next to the wind. The act is no doubt that of an incendiary, and we under stand strong suspicion attaches to a person who, of all others, should be the last to be guilty of its—Berkshire Chronicle. ATTEMPT TO POISON A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND. — At midnight, on Monday, a female, named Eliza Mar shall, aged twenty-six years, was brought to Guy's Ilos pital by several of the police of the L division, alleged to have been poisoned by her husband, under very shocking circumstances. It appears that the unfortunate woman and her husband were drinking at an ale-house in the Waterloo-road ; they had partaken of some ale, and after a short time they commenced quarrelling, when the husband, it is alleged, put some deleterious fluid into a glass, which the female drunk off. She was soon afterwards taken ill and was carried to a surgeon's close by, who suggested her removal to the hospital, where she was placed under the care of Mr. Bake, the house-surgeon, who thought it necessary to use the stomach-pump, after which she was placed in bed and seemed to be progressing favourably. The man is in custody, and has already undergone an examination at Lambeth Police Court, and stands remanded to await an analysis of the contents of the glass, which is in the hands of the police. A MAN CRUSHED TO DEATH.—Yesterday, Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Prince 'William Henry, Bermondsey-street, on the body of Isaac Galloway, aged forty years, who lost his life under the following awful circumstances :—The deceased was a labourer employed on the premises of Messrs. Eason and Co., proprietors of the bark mills, Grange road, Bermondsey. Yester day afternoon, about two o'clock, the deceased was greasing the cog-wheels, when, by some accident his right arm was drawn in between them. He shouted for help, but before any one could reach him he was crushed between the two wheels. The machine was stopped, but his body was so entangled and mutilated that the engi neer had to unfasten the wheels before the deceased could be released, which tcok a quarter of an hour, but life was then quite extinct. The coroner and jury having deprecated the practice of greasing the cog-wheels whilst they were in motion, returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." SINGULAR DEATH.— A labourer named Storer Gibb, aged 53, came to his death in the following extra ordinary manner, at East Grinstead. He had been drinking on the 28th ult., and for two or three days previously; he left the White Lion late on Saturday night, and reached his cottage, distant about half a mile, at about midnight. From the position in which he was discovered on Sunday morning, it appears he had endeavoured to find the gate, which opened into a little court in front of his cottage, but without success; by som e means his head dropped over the palings, and became fixed between two upright pieces, and from this situation he was unable to extricate himself; he was found early the following morning quite dead. An inquest was held on the bod y on Tuesday, when a I verdict of " Accidental death" was returned.—Sussex Advertiser. MEXICAN ROBBERS.—These light-fingered gents are as polite and suave as bold and reckless in their operations. A case occurred in illustration at the National Bridge, the day before we passed that point, on our way from Vera Cruz to the capital In the dili gence from Jalapa was a Mexican lady who had secreted upon her person Jewels worth 20,000 dollars, and, as she supposed, no other person, not even her confidential servant, knew of it. As the diligence halted on the bridge, a cavalier -looking horseman rode up to the window and inquired if such a lady was within. Being answered in the affirmative, he requested a moment's conversation with her. She descended from the dili gence, and he from his horse, and taking her to a shrub bery some rods distant, he politely informed her that his business was simply to relieve her of her jewels. " Jewels!" exclaimed the senorita, "I have no jewels." " 0," said the robber, " I have no time to waste in words ; your jewels are secreted on your person, and if you will not help me to them I shall be obliged to help myself, only I don't like to be rude with a lady." See ing that all was hopeless, but wondering, no doubt, how he learned her secret, she gave up the jewels. " Now," said the robber, I must gallant you to the diligence." The lady remonstrated, preferring to go alone, but this her bandit friend would not allow; he said it would look scandalous, and perhaps sccasion talk; so, conducting her to her seat, he mounted his horse, tipped his sombrero to the astonished senorita, and gaily rode off in quest of more plunder.—American Sun. ACCIDENT TO ONE OF TIIE LANCASHIRE AND YORK SHIRE TRAINS.—An alarming accident, fortunately un attended with fatal results, occurred on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, on Monday morning last. The Sowerby Bridge passenger train, which reached the Normanton Station shortly after seven o'clock in the morning, passed safely on by the Woodlesford Station to Oulton-bridge, where the engine ran off the lines, just at the point where the company is relaying the road. The engine, which forced its way right across the lines into the opposite low cutting, was much strained, and some of the carriages were slightly damaged, but no personal injury was sustained by either passengers or servants. The up and down trains from Leeds and York, and the Manchester express train, were delayed an hour or more before the line was &wand. The cheap excursion train to London, of 43 carriages , with nearly GOO passengers, was detaine d at least an hour and a half. The engineer, in accordance with the instructions of the company, ?i. re the road is being relaid, was proceeding at a very slow rate, or otherwise the loss of life must have been great.—Manchester Guardian. Sir John Jervis, her Majesty's Attorney-General, Lady Jervis, and family ; Lady Disbrowe and suite ; Count Schiminelpenninck, the Netherlands ambassador, and son ; Captain Harvey - , R.N. ; and Bar on Dretfurt were among the passengers who embarked at Blackwall 3 esterday morning, on board the General Steam Navi gation Company's mail steam ship Rainbow, for Rot terdam.T vecondemnedlahnece oouf t by t t yh e o d f pe of aalkiucs default i zdt to ten ti ng f yi t ie h far e r, sa, B n idams civil r R y sl h o i dn n erng e i r r ai dt a j si n uo nr s a man named Nester, formerly head apothecary to the hospital of Strasburg, for having appropriated to his own use, to the prejudice of the establishment, a sum of ' 22,493 f• by giving in fictitious lists of medicines furnished.; • MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED.) DOUGLAS JERROLD'S MAGAZINE. The September number of Douglas Jerrold is scarcely equal to its predecessors. " The Dreamer and the 'Worker" is continued, but is somewhat heavy ; and Paul Bell, in his dissertation on " Found and Penny Bribery," is positively dull. The article which follows, however, on " Democracy in 1847," is excellent. The argu ment in favour of the repeal of the laws of pri mogeniture and entail is unanswerable. The exclu sive policy which is at once the cause and the effect of these laws, which concentrate property into a few hands— " Gives to a nation the appearance of splendour and prosperity without the solid foundation of either opu lence or internal peace—it is the policy of a slovenly mother who washes her child's face and hands and leaves the brat's body uncleaned. Indisputable facts demon strate most clearly that the concentration of wealth has changed the relative strength of the different elements of power, leaving the grand body of the people without any other defence than the inevitable influence of a free internal spirit. In 1815 the properties of 250,000 families had, within the space of forty years, been concentrated in the hands of 32,000 proprietors ; and so 218,000 families had in the above space of time lost their influ ence in the conduct of the State. This was aristocratic policy worthy of its pro genitors—it was endured silently. " The land of France belongs to fifteen or twenty millions of peasants who cultivate it ; the soil of England is the exclusive property of thirty-two thousand aristo crats who hire men to cultivate it." But happier days are dawning for England : " The aristocracy of this country have long made a good harvest : they have wrung the honey from the vast hive, leaving little fur the working bees ; but the bees arc now wide awake, and the drones must beware. There is a spirit abroad that will not be hushed : it cries for justice to all classes ; it demands universal suffrage ; it demands a tax on property ; it will no longer consent to bear the burden of the State alone ; it will have reli gious liberty. " Soon a new Parliament will be assembled—a Parlia ment, chosen, it is said, by the people of England. How many of these picked men owe their seats to their monetary influence or to aristocratic birth, we will not here determine ; but this we know, democracy is abroad. it is the active principle acknowledged throughout Eng land ; it is making giant progress in France ; it is vital in the spirit of Germany ; in Italy the Pope acknow ledges the sovereignty of the people. There is an un conquerable demand for radical reform ; the people have, in a measure, educated themselves; tey now fully understand their position; they know right from wrong, and they will have right ;—in short, you should con this attentively, new Members of Parliament the people of England will not be contented if you only cure their warts : you must root out the ulcers. There is a mighty spirit at work through out the land, that calls for the destruction of the ulcers which disfigure the British constitution : give heed unto the just askings of this giant spirit, for it has right on its side and it will not be hushed." The interesting narrative of the escape of young Watson is continued, and in the present number we have the history of his concealment at the house of Mr. Holl, at Camden-town (to whom be all honour for his humanity) during the earlier months of the year 1817. The " Philosophy of Facts" might al most be entitled a dissertation on the mystic powers of the number 3, intended as it is to illustrate " the law of the succession of ternary rovolutions, whether of worlds or of men, whether of prin ciples or of facts." We do not agree with the writer in his conclusions, but " his cases in point" are curious and interesting. There are some other papers in the present number of average merit ; but, alas ! we have no Juniper Hedgehog, neither are their any signs of the novel, by the editor, which was promised at the conclusion of the last volume. THE BELLE ASSEMBLER To a correspondent of Miss Camilla Toulmin, the editress, we are indebted for a most interesting paper, being " A French Estimate of Alfred Tennyson.' It is pleasant to know the opinion entertained by our neighbours of the first of our young poets—the most popular of all the poets of the present age; but it is particularly pleasant to learn that opinion from the intelligent criticism of M. E. D. Forgues, in "La llevve des Deux Mantles." Against the pert allusions which marred the first edition of the " New Timon" we may put the very significant sentence of the French reviewer. " The charm," he says, "which is owned by a whole generation, can do very well without our homage." We cannot afford space fur quotations from the criticisms of M. Forgues, but must present to our readers two specimens of his prose translations from the verse of Alfred Tennyson. The first we transcribe is the apostrophe to Lilian. " Oh ! pleure, je t'en supplie, Lilian foldtre, Lilian de mai. La gaiite sans eclipse est pour moi une fatigue. II ' arrive jusqu' <t mon caur, et le traverse come un stylet aiqu, le rile au faussa argentin qui vibre entres les levres minces et vermeilles. Lilian de 7nai, pleure, je t'en prie." how all the bloom has been brushed off in the act of translation ! It is like the apple passing through the cider press—mere pulp and juice; not the ripe, rosy fruit it was before. What an abortive piece of literalness, that " et le traverse mime un stylet dgit," instead of " through my very heart it thril leth !" And, then, how bald and inane is "le rire au vausset argentin qui vibre entre les levres minces et fermeilles' " When from crimson-threaded lips Silver-treble laughter trilleth Take again this verson of a stanza from Mariana jour durant, dans cate maison hantee par les roves, les porter cragnaient sur leurs gouds. La mouche bleue hourdoi.nait contre lea vitres ; le snarls criait derriere les lambris a demi ronges ' appliquant rt leers fentes son (fit curieux. Des figures d'autrefois se laissient entrevoir derriere les portt s entre' ouvertes, des pas d'autrefois fat saient craggier les paliers, des voix d'autrefois l'appelaient au dehors. Le via Iheur est sur ma vie ! disait- elle toujours. 11 ne vient pas! disait-elle. Elle dissaiti aussi: Je suit lasse, hien lasse, et voudrais etre morte." Now read the original : " All day within the dreamy house, The doors upon their hinges creaked, The blue-fly sung i' the pane; the mouse Behind the mouldering wainscot shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Old faces glimmered through the doors, Old footsteps trod the upper floors, Old voices called her from without. She only said, My life is dreary, Ile cometh not,' she said; She said, ' I am a-weary, a-weary, I would that I were dead l' What a difference ! It is the Venus de Medicis by the side of a skeleton. Besides this article, there are other things in the Belle Assemblie very readable. HOW ITT'S JOUBNAL. A likeness of Mademoiselle Rachel is the most agreeable illustration in this number, and a memoir of Henry Clarke Wright the most agreeable contri bution. With all deference, however, to Mrs. Howitt, we conceive the latter to be of an unconscionable length. SHARPE'S LONDON MAGAZINE. Kenny Meadows has a droll cut, which he has christened "My Mistress's Bonnet." Both the " Maiden Aunt" and " Frank Fairleigh" are con tinued. THE LAND WE LIVE IN. Mr. Knight selects the materials for this admirable serial with the most judicious discrimination. Strat ford•upon-Avon, for example, is happily timed as an illustrated essay upon the birthplace of Shakspere. Portsmouth, Manchester, and the Wye, are the three other subjects, showing the beauties of English scenery, the enterprise of English manufacturers, and the seats of the maritime strength of Great Britain. THE FARMERS' MAGAZINE. The nearer we approach to winter the more consi deration is due to this organ of the agriculturists. Its anticipations as to the harvest are by no means discouraging. LE FuLLET. Often as we have commended the style in which the plates of thG fashions are executed in Le Fond— a title by the way of rather questionable delicacy— we are induced each month to notice them again. In time Le Follet must supersede all other fashionable brochures. SIMMONDS' COLONIAL MAGAZINE. As the magazine devoted to the record of our colonial movements, Simmonds' always commands attention. And, considering that our possessions are evincing a progressive development—with a compara tively few exceptions—the interest of the Colonial Magazine naturally increases in a relative proportion. SHARPE'S MODERN MAPS. Parts IV., V., VI. Numerous are the maps just now in course of publication ; none are cheaper, and very few indeed better, in point of size, arrangement, colouring, or execution, than those contained in Mr. Sharpe's Atlas. THE MAN IN 7HE MOON. Edited by Albeit Smith and A ngus B. Rtaeh. The Man in the Moon ib as glorious as ever this month. His cuts, both pictorial and personal, are admirable. THE PATRICIAN. Edited by John Burke, Esq., Author of the Peerage. In addition to the usual amount of interesti ng genealogical and antiquarian information, which we are sure to find in the pages of the Patrician, the p resen t nu mber gives us the family history of some of the new Members of the new Parliament, from which we extract the following sketches of Messrs. W. J. F ox and Feargus O'Connor : W. J. Fox, the Chartist Member for Oldham, was born on the Ist March, 1786, in a farm- house near Wrentham, in Suffolk, and at the age of twelve earn e d his livelihood as a we aver bo y at Norwich. , At fourte e n, the loom was exchanged for the balm desk, gut ill SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1847. this employment he passed the next six years, during which time he carried on assiduously the work of self education, and mastered a tolerably extensive range of learning, which enabled him, within a short time, to enter on the ministry of the Gospel, and to issue forth as a teacher of the people. Some time after he separated from the religious body among whom he had been bred, the Calvinistic Independents, and became the pastor of an Unitarian congregation at Chichester, whence he re moved to London in 1817, and has from that time remained in the metropolis connected with Finsbury Chapel. He has been an occasional contributor to the Westminster Moiety, and was the writer of the numerous letters in the League newspaper, signed ' A Norwich Weaver Boy.' The other leader of the Chartists in the new Parliament, Mr. Feargus O'Connor, is by birth an Irishman of respectable descent, and inherited a small patrimonial estate in the county of Cork. His uncle. the celebrated Arthur O'Connor, was heir-at-law to the late Lord Longueville, but his Lordship not approving of the line of politics adopted by Mr. O'Connor, bequeathed his property to more distant relations —eventually Arthur O'Connor entered the French service, and attain ing high military rank was well known as General Con dorcet O'Connor. Mr. Feargus O'Connor has long been before the public as editor of the Northern Star, and suffered incarceration a few years since in York gaol for sedition." THE MONTHLY RAILWAY RECORD. In addition to the usual record of railway proceed ings, we find in this number an article on the results of the general election in relation to railway interests, from which it will be seen that that interest is deter mined to make itself felt as an interest in the House of Commons, and that Lord Brougham was not far wrong in designating the Parliament of 1847 as the Railway Parliament. After speaking of the breaking up of the parties, the writer asks— • " What section of men will there be in the House of Commons who have a common object—a common inte rest—a bond of sympathy, arising from similarity of wishes, of pursuits, of policy ? We look in vain for it out of the circle of gentlemen who have been sent in expressly to represent the rights of railway proprietors. This body consists of individuals belonging, or supposed to belong, to every variety of political opinion that floats at large amongst the general mass of Members. It consists of men who, however divided on such matters as corn-laws, sugar laws, v o t e by ballot, and extended suffrage, have nothing to pr even t them from acting in most fraternal concert whenever the cynosure of their union is assailed. In this peculiarity lies one source of the strength of the railway cause. It is not bound up with any party, but it is associated in sympathy with every one of them. Let the war of faction rage with a violence, rising, as it always does, in proportion to the real insignificance of the object in dispute ; let parties tear each other to pieces, and every Oppositionist ac cuse every Ministerialist (et vice versa) of meditating the national annihilation of old England. We do not object to Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Glyn saying everything that devotion to Liberalism may dictate, in remonstrance against the Conservative conduct of Messrs. Hudson and Waddington; but this kind of conventional controversy , need not, and we are sure will not, prevent the intelli gent gentlemen named, and the host of other persons who have similar interests with them—it need not pre clude them from the most close alliance —from an entente cordiale more sincere than that between the Tuileries and St. James's—when the rights of property have to be defended, or the designs of confiscation, intrusion, and faithless intermeddling repelled. " Viewing passing circumstances, therefore, in the cool and manly temper that would take advantage of favourable points, and not shrinking in dismay from un favourable symptoms, we cannot but think that the dis ruption or distraction of party may be made conducive to the benefit, and not to the injury, of railway property. When a large assembly is divided in itself, a few indi viduals, firmly united for one or two tangible objects, and pressing forward towards them amid the din of surround ing conflict, may accomplish results which would be im possible in an atmosphere of cold, proud, inaccessible consciousness of strength on the part of a narrow minded Minister. " Even a few active and intelligent men could do a great deal in such circumstances; but the railway repre sentatives in Parliament are not few. The catalogue which we insert at the end of this article exhibits an amount of mere numerical power about three times as great as that which enabled the late Mr. O'Connell to hold in his hands, for many years, almost absolute con trol over one department of Governmental policy. Di vide these railway Members into two classes —say that one moiety favours the Liberal and the other the Con servative caste of opinions—there still remains, as an organ of direct influence and pressure on any Ministry that can possibly be in office, a body considerably more numerous than that with which Mr. O'Connell obtained such excellent terms for himself and his friends. " With such a force at our back, will there exist the slightest necessity (supposing the existence of a faithful understanding in the railway body) — will there exist the slightest for submitting to such unfairness as necessity that to which, at several of the half-yearly meetings, the most eminent chairmen and managers ascribed so much of the peculiar difficulties that have beset their affairs during the last year?" THE MIRROR. The tale of " Paul Pevensey" is continued, and promises to be of great interest. The author has excellent materials, and it is evident that he under stands well how to use them. The notice of Mr. Macgregor's recently-published work is exceed ingly valuable, as is the review of Lord PalrAerston's " Speech at Tiverton." This last paper is the production of one who is evi dently thoroughly well acquainted with all matters relating to the foreign policy of this country. The " Notes of the Alonth" contain some clever sketches of Egyptian manners and scenery, and Sir Alexander Johnstone fur nishes a highly interesting account of Madura and its Ilindoo Col lege. Percy St John continues his tale of the French Revolution, " Cecilia Armand," from which we extract the following picture of Marat, in his den : " In the street known as the Rue des Cordeliers was an apartment of somewhat large dimensions, b u t pre senting an appearance of dirt and poverty , which was the more disgusting that it was wholly unneeesiary. A bed, the sheets of which were dingy, and soiled, as much by long use as ink, occupied one side of the room. Near at hand was a table covered with pro ,f sheets, half written pages, files of newspapers, half a dozen pens, and numerous letters ; beside this was a board, which served as a book- shelf, on which lay a strange assembly of books, amongst which Raynal and Montesquieu were the most thumbed, if we except the Bible, of which the occupant of this dwelling was used to say, The Revolu tion is in this book. Nowhere is the people's cause so eloquently pleaded ; nowhere are the rich and powerful of the earth so severely handled. Jesus Christ is our master!' " Man's heart is truly an a byss, and how far this was hypocrisy, how far sincerity—and, then, the man was mad—but one power can judge. " A man sat at the table writing, as if he had just sat down when about to go out. " With a dirty jacket, the sleeves of which were tucked up like those of a workman at work; with velvet breeches spotted with ink, blue worstcd stockings , s hoes tied on the instep with whip-cord, a dirty shirt o p en at the breast, hair smoothed on th e t e mples, and tied in a b u n ch behind by a leathern thong, with a broad brim med h at falling on his shoulders : his costume was that of a thorough Sans Culotte. his head was large, the more remarkable that he was short, not being more than five feet high, and leant upon the left shoulder. Ile was strongly built, though neither stout nor fat. His shoulders were round, his arms powerful; a short neck gave him the more hideous appearance. His visage was bony, his nose aquiline, broad at the bridg e and flattened, the end preminent ; his lips were thin, his forehead large; his eyes were a grey yellow, quick, piercing—at times gentle and tender ; his eyebrows were scarcely per ceptible, his beard was black, his hair brown. Such was Jean Paul Marat." ,t- WEST LONDON RAILWAY. The ordinary twenty-third half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern, at one o clock ; H. 11. Ground, Eig. in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, Mr. TilomF-soN, the Secretary, read the following report : .., 652 ... 643 ...1,295 BANK OF ENGLAND. COURT CIRCULAR. ARDVERIKIE, SEPT. 6.—An uninterrupted wet day, and her Majesty and the Prince were confined to the house. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by Lady Gore, lion. Miss Mitchell, the Earl of Den bigh, and the Rev. G. I'. Hudson, arrived at her resi dence, Bushy House, Bushy-park, on Tuesday after noon, from Rendell's Pier Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight. Her Royal Highn ess the Duchess of Kent arrived at the New Cross station yesterday afternoon from the Continent. Her Royal Highness proceeded to her residence, Froginore Lodge, near Windsor. His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen ar rived at Clarence House, St. James's, on Tuesday night, from a visit tact he Q enue, at Ardverikie. Yes terday afternoon, four o'clock, the Prince left Clarence House, f or the Paddington terminus, and took his departure for Slough, by the Great Western Railway, afterwards proceeding to Frogmore Lodge, Windsor, to meet her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Major-General Bowles left Osborne, Isle of Wight, yesterday morning for town. A deputation, consisting of Mr. William Gladstone, Mr. J. Hampden Gledstanes, and the Rev. Sydney Turner, on the part of the Philanthropic Society, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office. The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex had an in terview yesterday with Sir George Grey. The Marquis of Clanricardc has arrived in town. IBRAHIM PACIIA AND 111 E CITY CHARITIES. — Shortly after the visit paid by Ibrahim Pacha to the city of London, when it will be recollected he was sump tuously entertained by Alderman Johnson, the then Mayor, his Highness transmitted the magnificent sum of 500/. to the worthy Alderman for appropriation to such charitable purposes as he might deem most desert. ing. This sum has, after due deliberation, been thus distributed: —To the General Dispensary, Aldersgate street, 1051., in purchase of 113/. 2s. 10d.; the Cripple gate Dispensary, 70/.; the City Dispensary, Queen street, 701; Farringdon Dispensary, Bartlett's-buildings , 701.; Seamen's Hospital, 75/.; City of London Truss Society, Queen -street, Cheapside, 601.; City of London Association for Relief of the Poor (commonly called the City Kitchen), 50/. The Pacha has been enrolled among the benefactors of the above charities, and in right of his gift, the Lord Mayor for the time being is to be a governor of each of the societies, and of the City of poncl94 Anociatl9u, " The Bill which was introduced into Parliament by the Great Western Railway Company, in the lat e session, for widening, making branches to, and extending the West London Railway across the Thames, to join the South-Western Railway, has passed the Legislature, the directors having succeeded in procuring the insertion of a clause in it protecting the rights and interests of this company under the lease, and securing to the pro prietors the same proportion of the gross income, with the same per centage of increase thereon, for the traffic upon that part of the line authorised by the Bill which lies between the Great Western Railway and the Ken sington Canal Basin, as if the same had, at the date of the lease, formed part of the West London Railway, and had been included in such lease. By other clauses the London and North-Western Company are entitled to an equal participation with the Great Western Company in the additional works authorised by the Bill, and are to supply a moiety, or such other proportion as may be agreed upon, of the capital required for their execution. " The directors were informed that, pending the application to Parliament for this Bill, the two com panies could not with advantage to themselves proceed to carry into effect the powers granted to them by the Act of 1846, for extending the railway to the Thames; and although the interests of this company may to some extent have been prejudicially affected by the delay which has thereby been occasioned in bringing the line into full operation, the directors have to congratulate the proprietors upon the improved position of the company with respect to its future income, and the much more important character which this measure has given to the undertaking. " The directors are assured that steps are being taken by both companies to carry into immediate effect the provisions of the Acts above referred to, and they do trust, now that these additional powers have been ob tained, the lessees will not suffer any further delay to take place in fully and efficiently working the railway, in conformity with the covenants of the lease, so that the proprietors of this company may derive an income from the capital they have so long invested in the un dertaking, and which has hitherto remained wholly unproductive. " The directors have been strongly urged to expend a sum of money in rendering the Kensington Canal more efficient as a means of communication between the rail way and the Thames, but they have considered it inex pedient to adopt this course, or to take any step for the accomplishment of the object proposed, until the effect of the intended extension of the railway itself to the Thames has been ascertained, rather preferring to apply all moneys which may come into their hands to the pur poses of a dividend, than in the execution of new works, which may be of very doubtful benefit." The statement of the accounts made up to the 30th of June last showed the following result :—Receipts from the commencement, 274,5711. 16s. 91d., and that the whole of the sum, save a balance of 1091. 25., had been expended. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to address the shareholders. He said—Gentlemen, you have heard from the report, which has just been read, that the Great Western Railway Company have succeeded in obtaining from Parliament the powers which they so ught, for widening, making branches to, and ex tending this railway across the Thames, to join the South-Western Railway in the parish of Lambeth; and that we have procured the insertion of a clause in that Bill, entitling us to the same proportion of the gross receipts, with the same per centage of increase thereon, upon so much of the proposed line as may be considered a substitution for the present line, as we should have been entitled to if the same bad been included in the lease—so that we are placed in precisely the same position with the Great- Western Company, as regards the proposed line, as we are already in with the London and North- Western Company, as regards the present line. It must be understood, however, that we are only entitled to derive an income frem so much of the new line as is equal in length to the pre sent line, from its junction with the Great Western Railway to the Kensington Canal Basin. To this we were fairly and equitably entitled under the pro visions of the lease, and I wish I could inform you that we had succeeded in maintaining what we con sidered to he our just rights without much trouble and anxiety, and the incurrence of considerable expense. Acting upon your instructions, we were compelled to oppose this Bill in both Houses of Parliament, and it was only at the last moment, in Committee in the Lords, that we succeeded in obtaining the insertion of the clause we proposed. But, looking at the import ance of the result to this company, neither my col leagues nor myself regret the outlay which has thus been occasioned. I am happy to say we have the strongest assurance from both companies of their intention to carry the powers they have obtained from Parliament immediately into effect, and we are in formed that the time which has elapsed since the close of the session, has been employed in making the neces sary preliminary arrangements for the commencement of the works. After the intimation given to us by the London and North-Western Company, that they could not, with advantage to themselves, bring the line into full operation until it was extended to the Thames, we have felt it necessary to press upon them the execution of these works as speedily as possible, and after the assurance we have now obtained, I trust no very long time may elapse before we are in the receipt of what we have so long been anxiously look ing forward to—a good dividend. It will be neces sary during the present autumn that some trifling repairs should be done to the Kensington Canal, and we shall of course take care that the expenditure is judiciously eolKnightsbridge n alygd, he and iptnsobsa p ri tirpsdo:gpsee int r oyn Extensionc not large, and that whatever sum may be expended is e h o n p n t o l r r i eemdt Line I n t \ e‘o r N e i ttt a hhh r ee e str n uhe o bem v s v c • a, award s g t o o f laib t d h t of Mr. Glyn, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Stephen son, and this matter will be immediately attended to. The only other open matter is, the unsettled account with the Kensington Canal Company ; and from the disposition recently evinced by the parties who have hitherto been the chief obstacle to a settle ment, I have every reason to believe that this matter will very shortly be finally arranged. The first half-yearly meeting of this company was held on the 16th of August, 1836. The present is the twenty third half-yearly meeting, and I can assure you, with great sincerity and truth, that during the long period which has intervened between these meetings there never was a time when the prospects of the West London Railway Company were so bright and cheering, or when proprietors were so certain of being rewarded for their long-tried patience, and for the confidence they have shown in the undertaking. The Chairman concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. CUBITT seconded the motion. Mr. WHITE considered that it ought not to go abroad that the line was unlikely to prove profitable, because he believed, as soon as it was freely worked by either of the two great companies with which it was connected, it could not fail to be profitable. had they any claim against the losses from the non working of the railway; and did the North• Western intend to widen the line, and to carry it on to the water's edge? The company was greatly indebted to the exertions of the Secretary ; without them they would not have succeeded so well in the last session. He entirely approved of the report. Mr. Tuomrsort replied, that he had no doubt that the company were entitled to compensation.—(Hear, bear.) It would be well, he thought, not to moot the question now—it would be better to leave it in the hands of the directors. The plans for the widen ing, and the carrying the line by the North-Western over the Great Western, were in a forward state. Mr. RIGBY cordially supported the motion, and considered that the time would come when it would become the great " viaduct " to all the railways running north, east, and west. The CHAIRMAN said he had received an assurance from Mr. Glynn, M.P., that no time would be lost in completing the line. The two great companies in connexion with the line had so many engagements, that he assured them that they had not been able to give that attention to the works which the impati ance of the shareholders required. The directors would leave nothing undone to forward the works. In reply to a question from Mr. RIGBY, Mr. TriosipsoN replied, that credit was taken in the expenditure for a sum of 5471. ,ss. detained by Messrs. Roy, Blunt, and Co. The money had been paid to the firm to be handed over to some landowners. It bad not been handed over, and the directors had had to reimburse it.—(Cries of " Oh, oh.") But Messrs. Roy and Blunt had sent in a claim of 700/. on this some of the items were such as should not have been company, which had been referred to ar bitration, as included in the bill. The report was then adopted. of the firm, received the m one y and paid itinto his on acco w unt. It was monstrous that such a pro- seeding should have taken place7(Hear, hear)— Mr. RIGBY said, Mr. Joh nson, one of the members and was, besides , opp osed to the principle on which mercantile affairs were conducted. lie blamed the directors fbr employing such a house--a house that had neglected their case in Parliament, and had compelled himself and the secretary to prepare the briefs ; no counsel wer e en g a g ed b y them, y et the y Lad ds chargediteatr. Mr. Roy the company 300/. for their services in never appeared at all. He himself appeared as counsel for the company, and succeeded. The CHAIRMAN said the bill of Messrs. Roy and Co. should be strictly taxed.—(Hear.) In reply to another question, Mr. THOMPSON stated that the original number of shares was 7,500, but all save 5,300 were forfeited, and had become again the property of the com p any, and on the shares taken up interest only had been Paid. A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chair luau and directors, the meeting separated. A General Court of the Proprietors of Bank Stock was held at the Bank of England yesterday, for the purpose of electing a Deputy-Governor for the re mainder of the year, in the room of James Morris, Esq., the late Deputy-Governor, now elected Governor. The voting of the Proprietors commenced at eleven and concluded at four o'clock, when Henry James Prescott, Esq., was declared duly elected to the office of Deputy-Governor. The Court then broke up. ENTERTAINMENT TO COMMO DORE DE KAY AND THE OFFICERS OF THE MACEDONIAN. On Monday the Central Board of the Highland Relief Fund gave a di nner t o C ommo d ore d e Kay, and the officers of the Macedonian, at the Tontine Inn, Edinburgh. Th e L or d P rovost fill e d the chair, supported by Commodore de Kay, Sheriff Alison, Bailie M'Kinlay, Principal Macfarlan, Captain C ineron, Mr. Joseph Cowden, and Bailie Stewart. Sir James Campbell was eroupier, supported by Sir John Maxwell, Dr. M'Leod, Dr. Scoresby, Sheriff Bell, Bailie Orr, Dr. Ormond, Bailie Honeyman, and J. Lumaden, Esq., &c. &c. After dinner, The CHAIRMAN proposed, in succession, the healtbs of her Majesty, the President of the United States, and the Prince Consort, which were duly honoured, Mr. Cowdin returning thanks for the toast of the Pre sident of the United States. The CHAIRMAN said the next toast he had to pro pose was the health of the Gallant Officer on his right, Commodore de Kay.—(Loud cheers.) The manner in which they . had received his health indi cated to him that it required no words on his part to make the toast acceptable to them. Commodore de Kay's life had not been one of inglorious sloth—by his own good sword, by his determined bravery, and by his knowledge of the profession he had chosen— a profession alike beloved and esteemed by Ame ricans as well as Britons—he had carved out for him self a name which would always be remembered in the page of history ; but he ventured to say that the brightness of his present mission would rather dim his previous expeditions.— (Cheers.) He had laid aside all the heat of party strife, he had assumed all the duties of an active and civil citizen, but when he heard of the distresses in the old country, he, no doubt, remembering the green fields of Erin, where his own progenitors first drew breath, had felt all the sentiments which one high-minded man must feel to another.—(Cheers.) His countrymen had come to relieve by their support their distressed and afflicted countrymen, and the small tribute they now paid to Commodore de ,Kay was not at all commensurate with what he received from the approving of his own conscience, and from the conviction that he had done much to relieve the distress of this afflicted country. —(Cheers.) He could not sit down without refer ring to the early connexion which existed between Great Britain and the United States of America. Two hundred and thirty years ago a small band left this country, and that small band had increased to a mighty army, until the whole continent of North America was under the domination of the Anglo- Saxon race. Seventy years ago, on account of exac tions, which few at this time would allow to be just, and none would allow to be politic—but on account of that contest, feelings of hostility bad existed in the minds of men on the other side of the Atlantic, as well as upon this side ; and it was as if Providence had sent this present season of distress to bring forth the sympathy of the one country towards the other, and he trusted it would tend to the permanent harmony and peace of the two countries. He trusted that they would all join him in drinking to the health of their worthy guest, Commodore de Kay.—(Cheers). Commodore DE KAY said he thanked them for that demonstration of kindness towards him, for the exhibition of that proof, as he might call it, of the sympathy which ought to exist always between the two countries, and which certainly existed at the pre sent moment, for they were all labourers in the same vineyard, and that vineyard was one into which no man need be ashamed to come. They all met to gether in this dreadful calamity to do their best to relieve suffering fellow-creatures. They had heard the cry of distress from every quarter, and their attention was more awakened to it than the attention of the people of this country could be ; it was not a solitary voice, it was not the voice of a thousand, but it was the voice of millions which came to them. There were many in America who had struggled and strove to do more than he had done in this way in that good, that glorious cause. It was not only Scotchmen and the descendants of Scotch men, nor Irishmen and the descendants of Irishmen, but the descendants of people of all countries, who vied with each other in their endeavours to send for ward help to this country.—(Cheers.) There were several men, well-established merchants in NevrYork, who did more than could well be imagined or con ceived by persons so far distant. It would be, per haps, improper in him to name them, as they had re quested not to be named, although he could hardly go home without doing so ; suffice it to say, that the ex ertions made by those gentlemen, and the enthusiasm kindled up by them, resulted as they had seen in sending the ships of war. Those ships of war, he trusted, would do more good than the simple cargoes with which they were loaded could be expected to do; he had no doubt they would do much to cement the union between the people of the two countries. — (Cheers.) He must again return thanks to them for the kindness they had shown him, and he would con clude by giving " The Central Board for the Relief of the Highlands."—(Loud cheers.) A variety of toasts were proposed and duly honoured, and the company separated about eleven o'clock, much gratified with the evening's entertain ment.—North British Mail. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN TIIE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1847. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 351 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 122 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 138 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 202 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 27 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... ••• ••• ••I Diseases of the Kidney s, &c. ••• ••• 6•1 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles • • Diseases of the Skin, &c. Old Age, or Natural Decay . •• Deaths by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... ..• ..• DEATHS FRO3I ALL CAUSES ... ••• Polulation Enumerated, 1841. West Districts... 301,326 North Districts.. 376,396 Central Districts 374,759 East Districts ... 393,247 South Districts .. 502,483 Totals... ..... 1,948,211 Males .•• ••• Females Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1842-6. in the Five Summers. Week. 137 ... 133 . 175 ... 210 173 ... 213 . 212 ... 250 . 244 ... 245 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... Females ... Totals .. 1,05 526 525 STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION. LOSS OF LIFE. (From the New York Tribune, July 31.) The steamer Niagara left this city this morning at half-past six o'clock, and had proceeded on her way to Albany, near to Sing Sing, when her steam chest burst, and one of the flues of her boil er , carry i ng away the smoke-pipe, barber's shop, firemen' s room , and doing other damage to the vessel, and killing the two firemen, and scalding, more or less severely, seven of the passengers. Captain De Groot, of the Roger Williams, about two miles behind at the time of the disaster, seeing the occurrence, came alongside of the Niagara, took off her passengers, and proceeded with them on her route to Albany. The steamer Tom Powell towed the Niagara near the shore, where she anchored. Five of the scalded passengers embarked on board the Roger Williams, for Albany ; the other two, a gentleman and his wife, on their way to Seneca county to vi.-At their sons, came back to the city in the Thomas Powell to obtain medical assistance. The usual verdict will be rendered in this case, we suppose—" No blame to be attached to the captain or officers of the boat:' The Niagara (as we learn from a passenger who gave us the for ego i n g particulars) was going at the rate of 20 miles per hour, with a full head of steam i on, when th e acc id en t o ccurre d. She was, n, other words, racing with the Roger Williams as her com petitor. She had about 200 passengers on board, all of whose lives were thus trifled with, to gratify the puerile vanity of th e ca pt a i n or owners. And, in truth, they may not be solely culpable ; some of the passengers themselves, in all probability, are accessories before the act—b y th e i r pert i nac i ous urging of the captai n to immoderate speed. It is hard, however, that the sob er - m i n d ed and considerate of the travelling community should have their lives put in jeopardy through the influence of the reckless and foolhardy. P.S.—The two persons who came down in the Thomas Powell are now at the City Hospital. They have been examined by Drs. Griscom and Thompson, and are not considered in danger. We learn from one of the officers of the boat that two of the hands were blown overboard, and had not been found when the Powell left the Niagara. The Niagara is now lying at Sing Sing. A boat , has been sent to bring her down. THE PATSHULL MURDER. .01 7 8 10 The Duke and Duchess of Somerset entertained a dinner on Tuesday, at their mansion in Park-lane, the Prince and Princess Doria Psmphili (previous to their return to Rome), the Duchess of Inverness, and a select family circle, after which her Grace had music. M. and Madame Oury, the violinist and pianiste, came from Brighton expressly to attend. ARRIVAL OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent landed at Dover at an early hour yesterday afternoon from Ostend, under a royal salute from the heights. O n landing her Royal e Highness was received by a g uard of honourt the from Castle. A special train wa s in readiness n South- Eastern terminus, and t he Royal Duchess was received q chairman of at the station b nd several NactGberegd7re'ctor-; The train the board, a s topped at New C ross, at w hi c h station horses were wa iting to convey the Duchess to . Windsor. Colonel Sir G eo rge Couper, Bart. , a nd the suite in attendance pro ceeded on to the Bricklayers' Arms Station. Mr. Cud worth, the locomotive manager of the line, drove the engine from Dover to London. BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.—The new Act on bankruptcy and insolvency will take effect on Wed nesday next, the 15th instant. It contains 21 sections, and is entitled "An Act to abolish the Court of Review in Bankruptcy, and to make alterations in the jurisdic.. diction of the Courts of Bankruptcy and Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors." By the Act the insol vency business of the Court of Bankruptcy is trans ferred to the Insolvent Debtors' Court, within '2O miles of the Post-ofiice, and the other business of that court, as well as the District Cou r t s , i s g i ven to the new. County Courts. The new rules by the Insolvent Debtors' Court have not as yet been printed; the new forms are, however, in preparation. It is understood that the four Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, whose circuits are abolished by the Act, will hold several courts at the same time, but such an ar rangement would be very inconvenient, and would seem to be unnecessary, as the business under the two sys tems committed to them could be disposed of by one court sitting daily. MELANCHOLY SUICIDE. -- Mr. George Burnett, lead and chemical manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, committed suicide in a corn field near that town on Monday night, and was di s covered early ondtehaedfollTowhe ing- morning, with his throat cut, and quite . un f or t una t e deceased was of a nervous temperament ; and on Monday evening he was seen loitering betwom villages of Blaydon and Seotswood, near to which latter place he breathed his last. IR was respected by all who Liam+ him. WOLVERHAMPTON.—On Monday last the inquiry touching the death of John Larkin, who was found murdered in a pool at Yatshull-park, near this place, was resumed befbre G. Henchcliffe, Esq., Coroner. The only circumstance of importance, in addition to the particulars which have already appeared—im portant, as it tends to divert suspicion from the parties towards whom it was directed—was contained in the evidence of Samuel Husselby, who stated that on last Sunday fortnight an Irishman, who had been reaping, and who was one of those who had slept in the stable, was walking round the large pool of the park. He asked him (witness) which was the deepest part of it. lie did not know his name. It was not either Larkins or Kelly. The Coroner then summed up the evidence, and in a short time the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful Murder" against some person or persons unknown. THE EMIGRANT FEVER.-011t of 476 passengers who left Liverpool in the ship Virginius, for Grosse Isle, the extraordinary number of 158 died on the passage of fever, and no fewer than 186 were ill on landing. JENNY LIND.—A young man named Thomas Ro berts was this morning brought up at the Borough Court, charged with having borrowed and pawned ten handker chiefs, the property of Jenny Lind, in order to raise funds wherewith to enable him to visit the theatre on Saturday night, the last on which the renowned songstress was to appear. It appeared that Mdlle. Lind's linen had been sent from the Albion Hotel to be washed by a Mrs. Pearson, the mother-in-law of the prisoner. the young man, who is a striker in the service of the Man chester end Leeds line, was pressed by some of his fel. low workmen to go and hear the Lind. Ile, like many other persons, possessed all the inclination, but lacked the means. He went home, tried without success to borrow the necessary funds, and then heroically de termined that Jenny's own property should furnish the means of enabling him to see and hear her. Ile took away ten of her handkerchiefs, and got a woman to pledge them for him, in Port-street, for ss. 6d. Ile de clared, on being apprehended, that ho had no notion that Mrs. Pearson would have wanted the things so soon, and that it was his intention to have released them early in the present week. lle was ordered to pay ss. 6d., the value of the pledged property, together with a penalty of 205., and in default to be imprisoned for one month.— Ma nchester Examiner. TERRIFIC CONFLICT BETWEEN WIND AND WATER. —The experimental trip on the railway to Skipton on Wednesday was accompanied by the Bradford teetotal band and their banner, bearing the very unpretending motto of " pure water." The banner is now, alas I among the things that were. Soon after the train left Keighley a storm came on, and in the conflict between wind and water, the former came (ff victorious. The banner began early to show symptoms that it was not made of the most durable materials, for shreds flew off thick and fast into the adjoining fields. The teetotal lers, however, disdained to haul down their colours, but determined to hold out to the last (rag), and they vcry soon had to hoist little else than bare poles to the wind, —infinitely to the amusement of the anti-teetotallers iu the adjoining carriages.—By ad ford Observer. CAN IT BE POSSIBLE?--An impudent and daring robbery was committed on the Bootle road this week. A gentleman, after descending from the omnibus, was knocked down in the presence of the passengers ; his watch was wrested fr o m his po c ket, and the vllain made his escape in the direction of the canal, the pas sengers all the time quietly looking on ! This is one of the coolest highway robberies within our memory.— Liverpool Times. DREADFUL SUICIDE AT NEWCASTLE.—NEWCASTLE ON-TYNE, TUESDAY.—A general gloom has been cast over our commercial community to-day by the discovery of the suicide of Mr. George Burnett, a most extensive and highly respected manufacturer, connected with some of the first familits of the distriot. The unfortunate gentleman was observed late last evening walking de spondingly in the vicinity of Scotswood, a village about three miles west of Newcastle ; and about eight o'clock this morning some harvest labourers found him lying in a corn field, with his head partially under a sheaf of corn, and a deep gash in his throat, evidently produced by . a razor which lay open at his side. He was then quite dead. The motive which prompted the commission of the dreadful deed remains a mystery. He was wealthy and beloved; and charity and probability alike point to a temporary aberration of mind as the cause. He was in the prime of life, unmarried, uniformly active in works of benevolence, endowed with a highly cultivated mind, and widely known as clever in the peculiar business with which he was connected. He was a partner in the firms of John Lee and Co., chemical manufacturers ; Locke, Blackett, and Co., lead and shot manufacturers ; and Burnett Brothers, steam-engine manufacturers—all occupying very high positions in the north of England. LIEUTENANT MUNRO.—The following is an extract of a letter addressed by Lieutenant Munro to a friend in London, the day following his trial t—" Newgate, Aug. 19.—1 cannot express how much I feel indebted to you for the very friendly interest that you have so kindly taken in my unfortunate case, but I beg that you will accept of my most grateful thanks, if only as a token of my appreciation of your disinte rested solicitude about me and my family. I thank God I feel perfectly satis fied with the course I have adopted in surrendering to take my trial by the laws of my country. I might at once have obtained a higher rank in the Austrian army than I can ever expect now (if I am so fortunate as to be restored) to arrive at in our own; but it is neither rank, nor riches, nor even honours, that can satisfy . _the mind of man with anything like prope , r b fe le e s h o n a g m s, e J u r h on e experiences, as I have often since my Wu . f ll p mmee,n.thalt felt l el w t an un h p a le s a b s e a e n n t thatin m a right ). wife, p4a c io h n ild vi re i n th , a n m d y al e l ow most- near and dear to me, were, and would long continue to a a s lso not • if I continued self-expatriated, feelings and reflections . be, even after I were dead, subject vi t,o hen ma a n m y and shunning a trial. It is only of those ties that bind him to the land of his driven from his country and his f ri e n ds t hat he feels the full force birth. From those feelings and a knowledge of the re sponsibility I incurred as a father, from not bringing up my children properly (which I could not do before), I came and surrendered; and again I say, I thank God that I determined to do so. You will have seen my trial in the papers; I have no observations to make, for judge, jury, and Attorney-General only did their duty." SAGACITY OF a s w e a r s ow e , xe Ns i t te i d ch a h t aSdt.hluvielts herby o n f o s i e s v e e m ra a l d p e er b s y on THE Caow.--A few days ago , th e a a n t t e u n n t s i ° ti n e 1 nest and hatched her young in the chim ney of an unin habited house, near the Wesleyan Cha pel, in tha t town. On examination it appe are d t h at a cat had disc o vered the young birds, and was trying to dislodge them; bet every time puss put her head into the chimney the crow pounced upon her hinder parts, and then flew off to a neighbouring chimney. The crow, perceiving That she was unable singly to put the enemy to flight, flew to the tower of the church, and brought seven others, which proceeded to assail the cat in the way before described, until she was so severely wounded as to be obliged to retreat, minus pretty much of her fur, and bleeding pro fusely.— West Briton. Partridge shooting commenced on Wednesday last. The series in t his part of the county are said to be very numer ous, and the young birds ar e remarkably strong. We bare not heard of any crack feat by our neighbouring sportsmen, who, by the way, may not yet, perhaps, have get into good practice.—Cumberland Paoli' , t. "A BRIEF REPORT.—We, the Commissioners ap. pointed to report on legal education in England, beg to report accore.ingly :—There is n o l ega l e d ucat i on i n England. (Signed) THE COMMISSIONERS "—Punch. INDIAN CORN.—The Banner of Ulster says:— " Indian corn and Indian meal boiled, is now the general food for horses, who thrive on it amazingly, eta, redac tion of 12 per cent., compared with oat feeding. There has just been cut, amongst others as pro. life, on an allotment in the Parish of Cheriton. Bishop, the extraordinary number of 55- stalks of wheat from the produce of ono corn of the " Old Lamas sort," which 55 ears produced 2,064 corns. The allotment is in the oc cupation of Jus&ph Tancock, of the same place, through the liberality of Dr. Pennell, the owner.— We tern Liz. 1 ntinery, 3 i li b e 50-