The Sun. — London, England, 1847-11-02 00:00:00

Several witnesses were examined, who proved seeing the prisoner assault complainant as described. In defence, the prisoner (who appeared to ho in fell against the complainant, and touched her bonnet. She called out police for ten minutes, and tore his waistcoat. He hoped the magistrate would let him go. He was sure he was a just magistrate, and if he would let him go, he (the prisoner) would never meddle with any woman again. Mr. BINGHAM said he most assuredly should not let him go. It was a case of the grossest description. He had only the power to fine him 51., or commit him to prison. He should advise complainant to go to the quarter sessions. Complainant's husband said he wished to punish defendant to the utmost the law allowed, and would rather take the case to the sessions. The depositions were then taken, and the prisoner committed. CLERKENWELL.-(TIIISDA.Y George Wells was charged with stealing a table, the property of Mr. G. Willis, the landlord of the George the Fourth public-house, New North-road, Islington. Attached to the prosecutor's house was a long range of gardens, furnished with tables and seats. The prisoner walked into the gardens from the road, and after sauntering about for a short time took one of the tables, and placing it upon his shoulder walked off with it. In consequence of information given to the landlord he followed the prisoner and overtook him with the table on his shoulder. He was com mitted for trial. WORSHIP-STREET.—(THIS DAY.) William Carter, fancy netting manufacturer, of No. 8, Crown-street. Finsbury, was brought up for re-examination, charged with intermarrying with Emiline Pettot, his former wife.being still alive. The defendant, who was married to his first wife in May, 1836, at St. Andrew's-the-Less, Cambridge, has bad by her eleven children, and she is now preg nant. lie is in the habit of employing at his business, males and females, 300 hands. On one of the latter, however, it would seem, he had recently cast an eye, and although the lady knew that her suitor was already a married man, she consented to be come his duplicate wife, and they were married at Hackney Old Church, on the 13th of September, last, and bride the second was conducted to No. 4, Frederick-place, Kingsland-road, where the defen dant, from that time, past his nights, leaving it in the morning to attend his business at No. 8, Crown street, where his first wife resided. The cause of the nightly absence became known, and hence the present prosecution. Both certificates were produced, and both mar riages proved. The defendant appeared to imagine that he was fully justified in what he had done, inasmuch as he had married his first wife in the name of Webb, whereas her real name was Le Mayne. He was committed for trial. THAMES.-(THIS DAY.) Thomas Crowney, a notorious young thief, was charged on suspicion of having stolen a lamp, value 205., the property of Mr. Barber, Rose Quay, Thames -street, City. It appeared that Kelly, 119 11, one of the most active officers of the detective force, received private information from a marine store dealer in Rosemary lane that, on the 27th ult., the prisoner had brought him a lamp, which he offered to let him have for ls., but seeing that that was but the twentieth part of its value, he declined purchasing it. He, however, knew that Jacob Vantroppen, No. 33, Rosemary-lane, had bought it for the small sum of ls. Kelly went to Vantroppen's shop, and, walking quickly through the front shop, entered a back room, and there, on a side table, was the identical lamp. Kelly concluded his statement by saying, that if the magist ate would remand the prisoner, he could secure the attendance of the owner of the property, and also the marine store dealer who had given him the information, so as to complete the case. Vantroppen entered the witness-box, and acknow ledged having purchased the lamp, but said that he had given 2s. for it. He added that the prisoner had brought it to his shop in broad daylight, without any covering over it. Mr. YARDLEY (to the witness)—l am not asking you for your defence at present, sir, and I am by no means satisfied with the way in which you became possessed of it. I shall remand this man for a week, in order to give Kelly an opportunity of thoroughly searching into the matter. A 3 Vantroppen was leaving the witness-box the prisoner, who had previously denied all knowledge of the matter, exclaimed, "Is that man to escape? He bought it of me for ls." Mr. YARDLEY—At present I am not justified in detaining him, bat the officers will make all necessary inquiries. HOUSEBREAKING EXTRAORDI- NARY IN GLASGOW. I3etween Wednesday night and Thursday morn ing, the shop of Messrs. M'Leod and Pollock, IC4, Argyle-street, was broken into, and a number of articles carried off. Yesterday forenoon some well known thieves were apprehended by the police, with part of the stolen property in their possession. '.I he above is all the information that the chief superin tendent (Mr. Pearce) would allow the criminal officers to give Ira when we called on Thursday, at the Cen • tral Police-office. The following additional particulars are gleaned from other sources :—A little farther west than the shop there is an entrance by a wide court to the back premises. The thieves broke open the door of the workshop of Mr. Younger, wright, situated at the tack of the range of one-story shops, one of which is occupied by M ess r s . M'Leod and Pollock. From 4 1 ‘ 11. • Younger's premises they helped themselves LO a few suitable tools, and having removed the slates from the top of Messrs. M'Leod and Pollock's shop, used a saw in cutting through the roof. This being successfully accomplished, they then broke through the plaster, and thus, without c ommunicating any alarm to the policeman on the beat, were enabled, by means of lowering one of their number into the shop, to carry away whatever Could be laid hands on most readily. The robbery was not discovered till yesterday morning, when the premises were opened at the usual hour, a nd an alarm immediately conveyed to the central office. The articles stolen too nu merous to mention in detail consisted of all chainsojts of jewellery, brooches, breast-pins, guard- Sce., amounting to a considerable value. It ig conjectured that the thieves had been scared, else th e robbery would have been far more extensive than it really is. It is but justice to the police force to a dmit that as soon as the information was communi cated, no time was lost in endeavouring to secure the d elinquents and recover the property if possible, and So s uccessful were they in the pursuit that before mid day they had the thieves in custody, with the greater Part, if not the whole, of the plunder in their posses mian- The seizure was effected in a horrible den, Situated in the High- street, where no fewer than ten , ? . 11-k nown th i eves were congregated at the t i me. hen apprehended they made a desperate resistance, and u p- required a strong force to convey them to the a'uce- NVe understand that one of the party is notorious character, named Matheson, a re turned convict. H e i s a mos t d ar i ng f e ll ow , a n d su pposed to b e t h e l ea d er o f t h e gang. Thi s the Mathes on was p i c k e d o ff t h e streets on previous Saturday, being fbund under sus ious circumstances, and kept in durance till Tues day, whe n he was discharged, to give him another o pportunity o f following i g his vocation. It is said that t h ewatchman on the beat l was informed of this same individual h av i ng been seen to enter the close; and though it wa s hi s duty to see that all the property was secure e in th e b ac k as well as the front of the street, yet no report was made of Mr. Younger ' s shop having been. broken i n t o , a l t h ough the door was standing open at s t o'clock y es t er d ay morning, when the men came to their work. Messrs. M'Leod and Pollock's shop was broken into about nine months ago, by forci ng dmaoiobsrharp, theydoor. wereTo prevent the re currence of a similar at the expense of h ang i ng an iron wooden one, but with all th e i r precautions of the Present regimse, an y i h ro a n d yet to learn that, under the roof was no less essential for th e security of their property than an iron door. A contemporary of Wednesday, who good-hu mouredly remarked that " the thieves were all gone to bed, or had left the city," must have been dream. ing, for the rascals were never more wide awake than at the present moment. It is the police, not the thieves, who have gone to sleep !—Local paper. THE MAGPIE AND THE RING.— OR Thursday last a magpie flew into the open window of a dressing-room, at Skene House, and ingeniously contrived to pick a ring, belonging to Lady Agnes Duff, from the upr i g ht stalk of a ring stand, and fly off with it in his bill. Lady Agnes' maid, who was alone in the room at the time, and witnessed the theft without being able to prevent it, was filled with consternation. The ring, she knew, was a valuable one—worth forty guineas —and she naturally feared that the story of the magpie would hardly be ac cepted as a satisfactory account of its disappearance. A workmar, to whom she communicated the alarm, had seen the bird fly out, and observed that it first perched on the top of a rack of wood. By grE at good fortune they found, on going to the pace, that the ring had been c ropped and was lying:on the ground. This incident Will remind our readers of the dramatic piece entitled ?'he Maid and the Magpie, but they must not, therefore, imagine that our story is either fictitious or coloured.— Aberdeen Herald. INCONVERTIBLE DEBENTURES.—Creditor—" Sir, You are drunk now ! You have wasted your substance ~ith t i pp li ng; and have turned everythin that be longed to yo u i nto li quor ." Debtor—Par don me, sir ----everything, except my debts, which, I regr e t f or y our sake as well 's& my own, I see no prospect of being able tolliquilate."—Leeds Intraigencer. THE CY To persons afflicted with melancholy and hypo ' chondriasis, which in this gloomy month of .Niven-t -: would recommend a consultation visit to the Lyceum, with Box and Cox. They are the drollest fellows in the world are Box and Cox, and certes, in their features, they bear a marvellous resemblance to Harley and Buckstone. They are chums without knowing it ; unconscious doubles of each other, sleeping in the same bed, cooking on the same gridiron at the same fire, engaged to be married to the same widow, and neither of them conscious of the existence of the other ! Box is a printer engaged on a morning paper, and he consequently is in bed all day and at work all night, Cox i 5 f,l hatter, who works all day and goes to bed at night, according to the wont of the majority of her Majesty's lieges. The, landlady of a lodging-house, detearnined to make two weeks lodgings in one, lets . the same room to Box and Cox, each fancying he is sole tenant, and for a while all goes on smoothly. Like the old man and woman in a Dutch weather house, are Box and Cox ; whsn one comes in the oth r goes out; but one unlucky day the master of Cox gives him holiday? He returns to his domicile and finds it occupied by Box. The confusion that ensues may be imagined Each treats the other as an in truder, and threatens forcible ejectment. The con trast of the manners of the two in this scene is rich— Cox is killingly genteel and bitingly sarcastic • Box furious, slangy, and vulgar. At last each produces his last week's receipt for rent, hostilities cease, and the heretofore belligerents form an alliance offensive and defensive against the landlady. Then they dis cover that each has been entrapped into an engage ment with the same widow, and each with the greatest kindness presses the acceptance of the widow on the other. Thus the fun goes' on until the announcement of the marriage of the widow to a third party, sets the hearts and minds of Box and Cox at rest, and with a tag praising the comforts of the house, and lauding the good qualities of the " missus," the cur tain falls on the best farce that has been produced for . many a long day. The audience were in a roar from the rising to the falling of the curtain. It is a hit— a palpable hit—and will have a long run. The house was crowded. TO Tfiß PDIT;')T? TIIP suN. ) UL die ..; iii; tt) lation of Government paper—observing, that it could not be in'. excess, or defect, nor depreciated. The objection is, that being lent by Government to bankers, merchants, &c., it would become a political engine—Ministers would lend to their supporters, not their opponents—the lenders must have a discretion, and would never lack an excuse for thinking it expe dient to keep A and leave B to shift fir himself—they , would be "up to their limit "—or deeming it " pru dent to hold back for a possible pressure," Szc , &c. In a word, they would do as private bankers do now, wield the same influence, but to greater extent. If i t ~- ; , a s made compulsory that they should issue notes on the deposit of a certain amount of stock (in a certain ratio t;lC.'reto), it would be "first come first served," and a race, assuming a limited issue. " deficiency," and " depre ciation," the second can Ont.)," exist from legislative meddling; the first and third never (LS:. exist. Any intelligent banker's clerk will p:.:)ve that it is impossible to keep out a five-pound note not needed for the commercial wants of the community. As to "depreciation," it is an absurd fancy, arising from a comparison with French assignats and other Governmental issues of foreign countries; in those cases the paper was depreciated, because the holders doubted the honesty or power of repayment of the issuers; in our case there was no depreciation, be cause the holders of Bank of England paper doubted neither the one nor the other. The simple fact was, that gold rose in price, be cause vast armies were to be paid in specie ; it was then said paper was fallen—as well might we say that a man of 25, measuring 5 feet 8 in height, had grown shorter, in three years, by as many inches, because his younger brother had become so much taller. Z. [We think that the objection of our correspondent, that the Government paper might be made a political engine, and lent by Ministers to their supporters, and not to their opponents, easily answered. On the the 28th ultimo we suggested in The Sun" that the notes should solely be issued from a public office, under the control of an officer responsible to Parlia ment," and " that the recognised bankers should re ceive these notes on ample security, in proportion to the amount they are now authorised to issue, or in such other manner as the Legislature might approve of." We would not permit the Government in any manner to act as bankers, and the whole amount of the issue should be distributed through the bankers already engaged in business, and such others as from time to time may enter into the business, according to regulations approved of by Parliament. The ob jection would certainly be a grave one, and entitled to much weight, if it could not be obviated; but we are convinced that precautions might be taken which would completely get rid of the difficulty.—ED. Sun.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTEIZSALL'S.-YESTERDAY. A few bets were booked upon the Worcester Steeple• chase and Derby, at the following prices:— WORCESTER STEEPLECHASE. to 1 agst Jerry 8 to 1 agst Chandler to 1 ogst Cavendish 12 to 1 agst Torn Brown to 1 agst Sabine 12 to 1 agst Hot Joint to 1 agst St. Ruth 12 to 1 agst Forest Boy to 1 agst Glaueusgelding I The following notice was posted respecting Stanmore, who was the second favourite for the above event:— " Gentlemen,—Being the trainer of Stanmore, I beg to inform you that while taking his gallop on Saturday morning, he ruptured a blood-vessel, and died almost instantly.—l am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, " WILLIAM HOLMAN. " To Messrs. Tattersall." DERBY BETTI G. 11 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice 20 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Assault 30 to I agst Mr. B. Green's Beverlac 40 to 1 apt Mr. Payne's Cervus 40 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Whitstone 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Jaques's Sir Absolute. NEWMARKET NOVEMBER MEETING. MONDAY. Match, 100, h tt. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's Cosachia Bst 71b (Mann), beat Mr. Goddard's Vanessa, 7 s t 21b1 sto 4 on Vanessa. Won by a length and a half. Run in 1 min. 14 SLC3. Match, 200 h ft; 83t 71b each. T.Y.C. Colonel Anson's Blaze (F. Butler), beat Mr. Moore's Watchdog. 5 to 4 on Blaze, who won in a canter by five lengths. Run in 1 min. 15 secs. Sweepstakes of 5 sots. each; for two yrs old colts, 6,t 71b• three, Bst • four, 8.4 7lb ; five, &c., Bst 101 b. List half of Ab.M. The winner to be sold for 501. (8 Subs.) . Duke of Bedford's Villiers, 3 yrs Mr. Wallace's c by Don John, 2 yrs ... Mr. C. L. Thorpe's Outpost, 3 :,,T3 The following also started, but were not placed:— Duke of Rutland's Beth Donna, 3 yrs—Mr. Drinkald's Moodkee, 3 yrs—Mr. Stephenson's Whipper Snapper, 2 yrs—and Mr Shelley's b fby Erymus, out of Peeress, 2 yrs. Betting—Even on Villiers, 7 to 2 each agst Whipper Snapper and the Gamelass colt, and 5 to 1 agst Moodkee. Bella Donna jumped off first, but was headed in a few strides by Villiers, Outpost, the Don John colt, and Moodkee, Villiers taking the lead, which he maintained to the end, winning cleverly by a length; the Gamelass colt beating Outpost by a head, the others well up, with the exception of Bella Donna. Run in 50 secs. Match, 100, h ft. D.M. (Pettit) 1 Lord Caledon's Wanota, Bst 71h, received forfeit from Mr. G. H. Moore's Watchdog, Bst 31b. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sous each, 10 ft; for three yrs old and upwards. T.Y.C. (7 Subs.) Lord Stanley's Bowstring, 3 yrs, Bst 7lb (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Merton's Idas, 5 yrs, 7st 91b ... 4 The following, also ran :—Mr. Osbaldeston's Vice Con sul, 3 yrs, Bst 21b—Colonel Peel's Oregon, 3 yrs, 7st— Mr. Boyce's Jollity, 3 yrs, 7st. Betting-5 to 4 agst Bowstring, sto 2 agst Idas, 4to 1 agst Vice Consul, and 6to 1 agst Jollity. Jollity cut out the work to the new ground, where Idas went in front, and with Bowstring, Oregon, and Vice Consul in close attendance, carried the running into the cords; the four then closed, and ran a fine race home, Bowstring winning by half a length; Vice Consul and Oregon were beats❑ a neck by Idas. Run in 1 min. 12 secs. The Swaffham House Stakes of 25 soya. each, and 10 ft, Ccsarewitch Course. (22 Subs.) Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine, 3 yrs, 7st ... (Pearl) 1 Mr. G. H. Moore's Watchdog, 3 yrs, Gat 71b Lord Exeter's Hydrangea, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ... 3 Sir J. Hawley's Lady Cecilia, 4 yrs, ist 81b ... 4 Lady Cecilia made running at an indifferent pace to the gap, where she was headed by Hydrangea, who held the lead, at improved speed, to the bushes; Watchdog and Doctrine then went in advance, and had the race to themselves, the mar e wa iti ng until the last moment, and winning on the post by a head. The mist prevented our timing this race. The Junior Nursery Stakes of 20 sovs. each; for two yrs old. Cambridgeshire Course. (6 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Distatfina, Bst 7113 ... (Nat) 1 Culonel Anson's Contessa, 7st 21b ... 2 Mr. W. S. Stanley's St. Ann, 7st 21b Betting-6 to 5 agst Distaffina, and 6 to 4 agst St. Ann. Contessa, made play to the cords, where Dis taffina, who had been following [St. Ann, went up, and won in a canter by four lengths. Time 2 min. 10 secs. Handicap Plate of 100 sovs.; for three yrs, &e. Cler mont Course. Colonel Peel's Palma, 3 yrs, 6st ... (Dockeray) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, B.:t 121 b ... 2 Mr. Stephenson's Doctrine, 3 yrs, Gst 41b ... 3 Mr. Drewitt's Pimento, 3 yrs 6st 121 b ... 4 Mr. Stephenson's Sheraton, 4 yrs, ist 71b ... 5 2 to 1 each agst Lady Wildair and Doctrine, 5 to 4 agst Sheraton, and 15 to 1 agst Palma. Pimento, with Palma and Doctrine in attendance, made play to the turn of the cords, where he was beaten. His companions ran almost abreast until within fifty yards of the chair, and were then joined by Lady Wildair; a very fine race home terminated in favour of Palma by a head, Lady WilJair second, beating Doctrine by a head. Run in 3 min. 20 secs. Match, 100. T.Y.C. Lord Chesterfield's astaffina,2 yrs, 6st 11b, received 50 forfeit from Mr. Sandford's Kinablesworth, 3 yrs, ist 131 b. The assemblage on the heath, notwithstanding the almost unprecedented mildness of the weather was very select; however besides several notables of the turf, we observed his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge , who arrived at the Palace on Sunday evening, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland. His Royal Highness shoots over the Clevely estate on Tuesday, and will return to town on Wednesday. Saturday, instead understand of thatF r t i h d e a y reportnigh t. Tuu DERBY.—Tho betting quoted in yesterday's paper , was erroneously sated to have taken place on sold Woodcraft of Payne having to go abroad, is without foundation. In refere nce to a rumour that Surplice bad been dis posed of, we are authorised to state that the report was On Saturday evening last, Air. P. Cooper, lessee and manager of the Strand Theatre, took his benefit, on which occasion Mr. W a tki ns, on behalf of the company and those engaged on the establishment, preserved that gentleman with an elegant silver snuff-box, Mr. Cooper, in acknowledging the compliment, returned thanks in v ery 11-,ttering terms to the ladies and gentlemen of the establishment for this mark of their esteem and friend ship. On Monday, the Ist inst., a General Assembly o f the Academicians was held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in Trafalgar-square, whoa Mr. Frederick Richard Pickersgill and Mr. Sidney Smirke, were duly elected Associates of that Institution. We understand that the Earl of Seafield, Lord Lieutenant of Inverness shire, has received from the Se cretary of State for the Home Department, a warrant, authorising his lordship, in any case of emergency whereby the public peace maybe endangered, to call out the whole, or such part of the pensioners enrolled within the county, as he may consider necessary, for any term not exceeding twelve days.—Edinburgh Witness. LONDON, TU'EsDAY_ EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1847. DESTRUCTIVE' FIRE. A most alarming fire broke out last evening, shortly before six o'cloch. in the extensive premises of Are,s rs . field. The premises, which are well known by the name of the Lancefield Rope Works, consisted of a counting-house, engine-house, hemp and tar store, !and a range of wooden sheds extending about 150 yards behind the store. The fire originated, we understand, in the hemp-store ; and from the infor mation we were enabled to get in the confusion at tending such an occurrence, we believe it was caused by a boy, who, while looking for his jacket previous to leasing work, lit a piece of paper, and afterwards threw it on the floor, and it communicated with the hemp, which was soon in a blaze. The alarm was immediately given, and shortly afterwards the engines arrived, and under the direction of Mr. Andrew Macfarlane, the interim superintendent, were quickly got to work ; but by that time the flames had spread to an alarming extent, owing to the inflammable nature of the materials. The fire spread both ways with great rapidity, and in less than half an hour the whole premises were in one continued blaze. The scene at this moment was awfully grand, the extent of the buildings on fire being nearly two hundred yard s . I n order to prevent the firo seizing the property at the end of the sheds, they were sawn in two, thus cutting ofi the communication, which, fortunately, had the desired effect. The bonded warehouses of Messrs. Patrick Robertson and Co., which run parallel with the Lancefield Works, and were filled with corn, caught fire several times, but by the active exertions of the fire brigade, the fire was immediately extinguished. By half-past six the whole of the premises were completely gutted, the roofs and walls having fallen in, and the firemen principally confined their exertions to the prevention of the fire extending to the adjoining houses. In this they were successful, and at eight o'clock, all apprehension of the fire spreading farther was at an end, though the tar -store was still burning most furiously, but from its distance from the adjoining buildings there was no fear of its extending. The safety of Messrs. Robertson's warehouses was chiefly owing to the direction of the wind, which carried the flames from them ; had the wind ken blowing from the east, nothing, we think, could have saved them from destruction. The value of the stock de stroyed is estimated at 3,0001., and that of the build ings at between 3,0001. and 4,000/. but we are glad to learn that both were insured. The engines pre sent were those of the Glasgow Brigade, A n d ers t on , ,Clyde, the We s t o f E ng l an d , and alfo a private en gine belonging to Messrs. Barclay and Caddell, ship carpenters; and much praise is due to the exertions of those working them.—Glasgow paper of Saturday FIRE BALLOONS, AND THE CON FLAGRATION AT ANDOVER. 7'O THE .F,DITOR OF TIFF SUN. 611t,—Itle serious disaster which attended the ascent of a fire balloon from Andover, on Friday evening last, induces me to offer a few observations that may tend to prevent the repetition of so singular and unprecedented a casually. The accidents caused by balloons that have occurred recently, both in England and on theZcontinent, suffi ciently demonstrate that small balloons, on the Mon golfier principle, as well as large ones inflated with carburetted hydrogen gas, become exceedingly dan gerous if they are set off or conducted in their transit by persons ignorant of the science of aerostation. The late conflagration, however, appears to owe its origin to misfortune, rather than to reckless adventure on the part of a would-be aeronaut. And, as the use of small fire balloons forms an amusement which may not inaptly be termed scientific, I will, with your powerful aid, point out a simple means of preventing the recurrence of so unfortunate a result. On the occasion of my projecting and editing the Aerostatic Magazine, I employed as an auxiliary method of giving publicity to that publication, several monster fire balloons, which discharged at a tolerable altitude some thousands of advertisements. But, fearful of the danger that might posssibly attend the descent of such machines, I took particular care to invent a contrivance calculated to extinguish the fire during the progress of the balloons in the atmo sphere. The machinery, if it may be so styled, was composed simply of three pieces of light tin. Firstly, a concave piece or saucer was slung by thin wire under the sponge that absorbs the spirit of wine. Secondly, two concave pieces of tin adapted to cover the whole surface of the sponge were adjusted, much on the principle of the cheap candle extinguishers, which itinerant sellers of that useful instrument have lately sold with advantage. These little shutters were forced back, and there retained against the action of small spiral springs, by pieces of t w i ne , w hi c h were fastened to the hoop f the balloon by means of touch paper. After the touch-paper had burned for one, five or ten minutes, as regulated by the length of it, the shutters closed down upon the flame and effec tually put it out. Several of the balloons I let off in this manner were returned to me in compliance with a written request to that effect • and I had, theref ore , amp l e opportunity of being satisfied that the plan fully answered my ex ,pal a l t o h o o u s o g o h n t a h f e t e ignition r t o e f d a h o e d balloon at pec A ta n t d io o n v . er N too o k w, the descent, still the accident might have been easily prevented by a proper regulation of the ascend ing power of the little vessel : and had it been skil fullyadjaoetnetstbeduitlldliengbsa.llolonn o w rd o e u r ld to h p a r v o e du s o w e 'ep a t s o a v f2 er pe th t- e pendicular rise, all very diminutive fire balloons are objectionable, because the rarefied air they contain does little more than counterbalance the weight of the paper, sponge, &c. ; but, supposing the balloon to be four feet in diameter, it is well that it should lift an ounce weight or more beside itself, and of course greater or less weight should be applied in propor tion to the volume of rarefied air produced. If the weight be then removed the balloon will rise pro perly, and clear surrounding obstacles. The want of sufficient ascending power and the agency of a stiff breeze caused the conflagration at Andover; but by adopting the proposed remedial measures the like may never occur again. I would, however, strongly advise that fire balloons never be let off in very windy weather; but since it would be difficult, and perhaps unnecessarily severe, to prohibit the us e o f th em , I have deemed it expedient to throw out the above mentioned hints, realer than suggest a total dis countenance of an interesting and exciting amuse ment. And that my remarks may not be altogether unattended with advantage, is the sincere wish of your obedient servant, HENRY COXIVELL, Aeronaut. I'o, Noel-street, Islington. NATIONAL DISTRESS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - - - SIR,--I trust you will excuse the liberty that a humble individual takes in addressing you on the all-important topic of national distress, and that you will give it insertion in your valuable journal. I belong to a class of humble individuals who have had for months past too much spare time to spend in reading the different daily journals on commercial affairs. That which induces me to write at this time is, the reading in a leading journal several (what I should call in my humble opinion) injurious " anti-industry" articles. The writer of those articles has said very truly, more than once, that it is with nations as with individuals. If the industry of individuals be beneficial to themselves, surely then the industry of a nation must be bene ficial. If an industrious family execute all orders for that which they produce, and they, by close applica tion or over time (which would be their surplus labour), produce that which is beneficial in their domestic circle, bow can that family be poorer for it? So with a nation,.jf it execute all its foreign orders, and the surplus labour (as with the family), be em ployed in improving the internal condition of the country, how can that country be poorer for it ? In my humble opinion, no country can become truly poor if it takes care to produce plenty of food, and clothing; or produce that which can be exchanged for food, &c. If there be any stumbling block in the way of a country executing its foreign orders it is the duty of a Government to remove it, by all means, and give its merchants every facility for executing them. As a cure for the present distress, a certain jour nal would have a stop put to railway calls. To me that means that there are too many people living by their own industry; therefore, as a cure for the distress they are to be discharged, and become idlers on the country. I never expected to have lived to hear this country called poverty-stricken because we have had a partial food blight. We are charged with poverty. Now, Sir, allow me to express our case in my humble way. I will, as well as lam able, explain it. Suppose any railway company had put under lock and key one third of their stock of carriages (conveyances), or had exchanged them for coke : well, Sir, the directors complain to their stockholders of poverty, owing to the great falling off of receipts. A looker-on (per ceiving that there were not conveyances sufficient for the applicants to be conveyed) would say or think-- why, you short-sighted directors, it is not the falling off of passengers, but the short supply of convey ances. Thus it is, in my humble opinion, with this coun try. We have mountains of wealth—heaps upon heaps—but we have not the means of conveyance for its distribution except (as a Liverpool correspondent says) in ridiculously small quantities. Therefore your humble correspondent thinks it is not poverty that the country is suffering from; but if we take the writer of these poverty articles for our guide, we should soon find our country poor indeed.—l sub - scribe myself a wealth producer, Camden-town. W . A . P.S.—Since writing the above, I have seen, in the newspapers, that the Government has come forward with some assistance : thanks to them for it. AMIENS and B 0 UL 0 GNE RAILWAY A general meeting of the shareholders of the Amiens an d leeeloeeee T? .1;1 p',: en qa e ar liee.'e ...Lee.. a. I::.etrt.; • ,leeea presentatives of the English shareholders, and thouoi the meeting was convened for half-past two, it WaS near three o'clock when M. Charles Lafitte, the Pre sident, took the chair. He commenced by informing the assembly that, according to the rules of the com pany, shareholders, in order to obtain admittance, are obliged to inscribe their names on the registers, but the Jewish shareholders refuse, from religious mo tives, to do so. The President begged the members present to confirm the decision of the board by voting the admittance of the Jewish members without exact- , ing the usual formality. The members present immediately assented to the proposition. After a few observations concerning the order of the day, the Secret ar y rea d a l ong report of the mea sures whieli the company had taken to finish the whole line, and of the difficulties which had been surmounted, from which it results that the mean expenditure for the whole line amounts to 36,000 f. per kilometre. The Secretary, in speaking of the meeting of English shareholders at Liverpool, at which Mr. M`Gregor presided, said that a committee had been appointed by them, composed of Mesrs. M‘Gregor, Brogden, and Pritchard, who had been requested to take certain measures, which they did not think themselves called upon to adopt. Mr. M‘Gregor had written to propose alterations in the statutes of the company, which, if adopted, would have thrown the company's affairs into disorder. Mr. M`Gregor had said that the dinii • nution of receipts of the Dover line had been caused by the wilful delay in opening the Amiens line. M. BUREAED-RIOFFREY complained, that, notwith standing the rapidity of the calls, the works were delayed beyond measure. He also dwelt for some time one a report which was io circulation, that the Boulogne Company had l en t a part of its capital to the Havre Company —a rival enterprize. The CHAIRMAN replied that the board, in making calls, had acted altogether according to the prescripa tion of the statutes. The board had shown in all cases of retard as much indulgence as prudence would permit, and with far more reserve than many other companies. As to the delay in the works and in the opening of the line, the causes were—first, the delays caused by the Government . authorities; and next, by the unforeseen difficulties of ground. These causes were in part removed at present, and the approaching opening of the whole line was at present announced. As to the application of the funds, and particularly in the loam to the Havre Company, he had to reply, that the board has placed the funds always on most advantageous conditions. They had not made any loan to the Ilavre Company, having laid out the funds in continuations at the Bourse, discounts, and other monetal proceedings, all of the safest possible character. He had to declare that not a sous had ever been lest by the board. M. I3UREAUD•RIOFFREY should ask permission to speak in English, as several gentlemen from the other side of the Channel wished to know what had been said. M. BOSSANGE must object to such a course, as, if adopted, some one else might demand to speak in German or another language, and thus generate the greatest confusion. In the courts of justice of France, whenever a foreigner had to speak in his own lan guage, a sworn interpreter was always required to act as intermediare between the stranger and the court. Without going so far here, it was certain that in a French meeting French ought to be spoken. He even was of opinion that otherwise any decision come to on a proposition in English would be irregular. Mr. MACGREGOR rose, and after saying, "Je de mande la parole," began to speak in English, amid great uproar. The CHAIRMAN replied that the custom of speaking in different languages was not to be encouraged ; still, in particular cases, the regulation might be de parted from. The meeting would see presently whether this might not be a case to make an excep tion. lie would recommend Mr. Macgregor, how ever, to wait until the third part of the report was before the meeting. M. DEVAUX here read a long statement, similar to that which he had made at a meeting in London, de claring that he had deemed it necessary to quit the board from finding that the funds of the company were held by the bankers without being properly protected. The CHAIRMAN observed, that in the statement made by the honeurable gentleman he had omitted to state that there was one point of his dissent from the rest of the board —namely, that he wished to sell the shares in arrear, when the other directors desired to show indulgence.—(Marks of dissapprobation against M. Devaux.) Mr. GOLDSMIDT observed that if gentlemen were allowed to go on making speeches, without any deft. site (Abject, the meeting would never come to an end. lie should, therefore, propose that no person should be allowed to speak unless his observations were to he followed by a distinct proposition—(Cries of " Yes, 3 es," " Hear, hear,")—and to commence, he should more that the meeting be called on to forthwith pro ceed to a vote on the approbation of the accounts just submitted to them.—(Renewed approbation, and cries of " No, no," from the English party.) That course had the advantage of at once showing in what light the majority of the shareholders held the board of directors, and their mode of conducting the affairs of the company.—(llear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN having submitted this proposition to the meeting, it was adopted by a large majority, amidst cries from the English shareholders that this was an attempt on the part of the board to escape from the charges brought against them. A scene of great confusion ensued, the French por tion of the meeting exclaiming that the English shareholders were attempting to cast disorder into the company, and the English section demanding to be heard in English. This the majority of the meeting objected to. The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting, and called on them to allow the business to proceed. Then, turning to the English shareholders, he observed that the hoard were perfectly willing to hear them in English, but the meeting evidently would not permit it. After the vote had taken place, he should endea vour to prevail on the meeting to give them a heating in English. An English SHAREHOLDER then declared that the vote on the accounts must be taken, not by a show of hands, but by a division. This being a matter of Course, if insisted on, a basket to receive the votes was brought in, and the mode of proceeding explained to the meeting —viz., that each shareholder should write on .his card of ad mission the words "oui" or "non," as he approved of the accounts or not. The meeting was then about to proceed to the vote, when Mr. MACGREGOR again rose and spoke a few words in English, but the great majority of the meeting ex pressed their disapprobation so loudly that he was unable to proceed. Considerable tumult then ensued, in the midst of which the shareholders were handing in their vote s. An English S HAREEIOLDB R exclaimed that he di d not understand the manner of giving the vote. The CHAIRMAN explained in English the mode of proceeding. Mr. PRITCHARD here rose and attempted to obtain the shareholders hearin g . in English, to tell them how to vote, a Was the chairman, he . said, to address and was no reciprocal permission to be granted to the English gentlemen who came there to defend their property ? Such conduct would be an eternal disgrace to the French nation.—(Laughter and up roar.) He should not be put down, however, but would proceed until he obtained a hearing. The Honourable Gentleman went on for some time, but met with no attention, the noise of the meeting drowning his voice. The giving in the cards for the vote was all this time going on, during which some warm altercations took place in English, between the gentlemen who came over from England to attend the meeting and those residing in Paris. Same of the language used was of a very personal character. A new incident then occurred to set the French shareholders against the English party. The two scrutineers of the votes were Mr. Wood, an English man, and M. Lehoq, a French shareholder. The former, satisfying himself that the numbers were taken down properly by his colleague, did not think it necessary to do anything further. An English shareholder observing this, remarked that the whole proceeding was in consequence irregular, and that the whole examination of the votes must be gone over again. As it was now nearly six o'clock, and as the operation of the vote had been virtually concluded, the generality of the meeting were annoyed at the further delay, and did not spare their observations on verifying n t hg the at as votes- acertain th of tim e len the conduct of the English party. Whilst Mr. W oo d must be occupied by thi s new examination was The engaged enAiit N N -e r s g he hoped the meeting would d o th e b oard the favour to give the English shareholders a he • aring in their own lan guage. Every member of the board, and himself in particular, were most anxious to reply to every charge that could be brought ag a i nst them.— Seeing th a t he • h t reckon night (Hear, hetiir). on the indulgence of the meeting, be should call he desired. on A Ir. Prit c h ar d to say what A burst of groans and disapprobation followed the ann ouncement of th e a b ove name, which is far from being a favourite in France. Mr • p RITCHARD considered it as an insult to the understanding of the meeting to call upon him to speak on a matter which was already decided. He therefore declined.—(Loud approbation from the English party). A SHAREHOLDER—If this meeting took place in London not one half —no, not one-quarter—of what you are doing would be tolerated. The CHAIRMAN said be must call on the meeting to bear in mind that the-board had done'all in its power to afford facilities to every one to speak. The board rso- l e l - , t 9 i i .7.“1: it t' , - TIP b.-Pair er - alleged that the , :_:2„;:,-1: ~. c...•, , , ;frt . iii . I d 1 1 - I. „ :i 11CLa* , ::!: 1 torch th e ir supposed gdevi:,lices. lie again called on those gentlemen to say what they thought necessary, r promisin g th em to give an answer to every charge I brought forward. Nu reply was made to this appeal. The operations of the vote being concluded, The CHAIRMAN announced that there appeared in favour of the approbation of the accounts a majority of 99, the numbers being GIG to 417. The report would be printed and given to such shareholders as chose to apply for it. Nothing else being in the order of the day the meeting then separated. Some warm language took place after the meeting between the adverse parties as the crowd was leaving the room. ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS. The first meeting of the present session of the members of this body was held last night at the In stitute, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square. The meeting, which was altogether of a highly in teresting character, was presided over by Mr. Samuel Angel, vice-president, and there were some seventy or eighty gentlemen present. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the Secretary proceeded to read a list of the donations which had been made to the ins:i tute during the vacation. They comprised a large number of books and drawings, peculiarly interesting to professional men, presented by the publisher; and authors, and the transactions of many of the principal scientific bodies not only in England, but throughout the continent. The CHAIRMAN then briefly addressed the members. The contributions upon this occasion were very nu merous, and he was sure they would feel the greatest pleasure in thanking the donors for their handsome gifts. He was happy to see that, notwithstanding the pressure on the money market, several very important buildings were at the present moment rearing their heads in London. Amongst the most successful, he thought, perhaps, he might allude to the new churches, which were not indeed confined to the metropolis alone, but extended to the provinces also. Those he thought were the most successful works, and he re joiced to see that the architects appeared not only to be imbued with the spirit of the medimval ages, but that recourse was also being had to the same mate rials, and that there was every chance of abandoning brick as an article of building, and having recourse once more to the Old Kentish Rag. —(Fear, hear.) After some other general remarks, the chairman con cluded by calling on Mr. Wyatt to favour them with the result of his researches into the subject of tease lated pavements. Mr. WYATT at once proceeded to read a paper on the subject, one of great interest to professional and s. - Jlentitic men, but perhaps not of sufficient gene ral interest to warrant any lengthened reference to it here. Taking for his basis the generally admitted axiom that the arts of architecture and embellishment went hand in hand with the civil ization of a nation, he proceeded to trace the pro gress of the mosaic art, from the earliest ages down to the close of the fourteenth century. He di vided the practice of the art into two styles—the pic torial and the conventional—the former illustrating subjects in mosaic, and the latter consisting in the disposition of the tesselte into geometrical forms alone. The ancients observed a great congruity in the applica tion of the pictorial mosaics ; in the halls, for ex ample, would be an invitation to the visitor to enter, in the rooms devoted to females, chaste and delicate subjects would be chosen, whilst in the grottoes for the preservation of the "Ares, grand and magnificent designs were adopted. The most beautiful existing specimen of Roman pictorial mosaic was to be found in St. Peter's at Rome, and the most beautiful speci men of Florentine pictorial mosaic in the chapel of the Medici, in the San L orenzo , a t Fl orence . Th e former style was probably the one which Mr. Barry would adopt in the new Houses of Parliament. After touching upon many other interesting points, Mr. Wyatt concluded a very able and elaborate lecture by impressing the importance of the study upon the architect, as affording him the most beautiful and durable means of adding to his building the graces of colour, applicable alike to the severe and classic style as to the neat, simple furniture of a domestic dwelling. To practical men, who might inquire whether mate rials could now be procured to enable them to compete with the ancients in this style of graceful embellish.. merit, he would say that every advantage possessed by the ancients existed now to a greater extent, and every article necessary to the production of the most elaborate mosaic might readily be obtained. He might add, that he had every reason to believe there were gentlemen now existing, for example, Mr. Minton, of Stoke-upon-Trent, and Mr. Singer, of the Vauxhall-road (who had supplied him with most of his specimens), who could now produce as beautiful works in mosaic as had been made in the palmiest days of the art. Air. Wyatt was warmly cheered on resuming his seat, and a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to him and to the gentlemen who had contributed the specimens. With regard to these 'specimens we may observe that they were extremely beautiful, and that they appeared to us fully to merit the encomium which the lecturer passed upon them in his concluding sentence. Some conversation ensued, in the course of which a member observed that he believed that the most beautiful specimen of mosaic in England— a specimen equalling, indeed, anything be had seen in Italy— vsas to be found in a tallow-chandler's shop in Leicester. The members subsequently partook of refreshment in an adjoining apartment, and separated soon after. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. MACCL ESFIELD, Nov. 1. The elections for this borough w ere a tt en d e d w ith more than an ordinary degree of excitement. The Liberals have been extremely active, and it was their intention to return Liberals for every ward. Seven Conservatives retired and five Liberals. The follow ing is the result : CLOSE OF THE POLL. No. 1 Ward.—Gee (L), r63-D. Clarke (I.), IGO —Adshead (C), 132—E. Clarke (C), 118. No. 2.—Brodrick (C), 190—Shatwell (C), 184 — Wright (L), 140. No. S.—Booth (C), 112—Stringer (C), 110-- Jackson (L), 89—Jesper (L), 76. No. 4.—Smith (L), 101—Oldham (L), 87—War ren (C), 69. No. s.—Smith (L), 101—Barker (C), 89—Royle (L), 88—Parrott (C), 56. No B .6 — . a l r a r y aA) (C), 106—Condron (C), 104— Joule (L), 7 HARWICH, 79. IVICIT, Nov. 1. CLOSE OF THE POLL. '7 . ) ;. 2 .E. sB o — wl Mr ing . (LT.)C,olt4t2ing_hmram. f i t F ):2:4 0 :2:- 3 ( .1 1 1- 1 ) a r , i . e R. 1 5; 4 . 6 E NI ci a m iborough (L), 155—Mr. James J.,D urran t (T), 135. The first four Liberals elected. BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM. The municipal elections for the borough of Not tingbam took place yesterday (Monday), and, rather unexpectedly, there was a contest in every ward. The council, from which the mayor is elected, con sists of 56 members; namely, 14 aldermen, and 42 councillors. The 14 aldermen and 30 of the council lors'are Whigs, and the remaining 12 Conservatives. The result of the elections has been, as usual, in favour of the Whigs, there being 10 Whigs and four Conservatives returned; but an important victory has been considered to be achieved by the Conservatives in the return of Mr. John Bowley (the nominator of Mr. Walter at the last general election), and Mr. T. H. Smith, the chairman of his committee, who now have seats in the council-chamber as representatives for Castle ward, in the place of Mr. Thomas Wake. field and Mr. Richard Biddle, the former councillors. The numb: rs at the close of the poll were, fur Mr. Bowley, 334; Mr. T. H. Smith, 333. Biddle, 144 ; and Mr. Dickenson, 141. TheFocronAtelsrt. c i t n eh ea S dt h t e i2l r eco w .m o o a t; No w r oi a tt r yh d iinNnvgafsa favour r y t ho s f e y v t e h r e e , N a v n h d i g it s is d i d calculated . of particular notice occurred in any other of the wards. ANOTIIER ALARMING FIRE AT GRAVESEND.— Late last night Gravesend was again aroused by the outbreak of a serious fire on the premises of Mr. Cutriss, carpenter and builder, situate near the Rosherville Gar dens.. It or i g i nated in the workshops, building thirty feet wide and sixty feet long, which, unfortunately, were filled with the fittings of several houses. The flames spread furiously, and in less than two hours the whol e p l ace was consumed. The property is not insured. WHITTINGTON atm. —The half-yearly general meeting of the members and patrons of this institution was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, yesterday evening. Mr. D. Jones in the chair. The secretary read the report of the council, detailing the operations of the association, by which it appeared that. since the general meeting. in May last, 756 members, had been proposed and elected, making a total of 2,956; of this number, there were 476 at 215., and 1,610 at 10s. Gd.; 51 country members at ss. 6d,, 16 ditto at log, 6d. The tire which occurred upon the premises in Gresh am street necessarily caused the suspension of the es tb lishment, but the council were happy to state that the loss was more than covered by the insurances effected with the •Phcenix and Lfgal and Commercial Insumince offices. the Exchequer. iiin The Chancellor of the E xche q uer has received f l r B o 4. m 6.. C T . b " e l a o m l. o l u 2 n s t . vi6dil.lfobae paidta x into omitted the r t o e ee b i e :t? Exchequer. SATISFACTORY. — On Wednesday m wtei o dt r;_i th ng , haL the wife of Mr. Samuel Negus, of Melbourne we::::l:4o6antrihredelry, a d r el .i ir d e b r i e n d g of " th a r s ee we fi l n l e as chailadnrebne, expected.", — , Gar 0 c , 9 8 Chronicle. THE SUN, LYCEUM THEATRE STRAND THEATRE. Last evening, the historical play of Kenilworth; or the Golden Days of Elizabeth, was produced for the first time at this theatre. It is founded on the celebrated novel of the immortal Scott, and was sue-, cessful. Mr. Archer, as Richard Varney, acted with his accustomed care and judgment ; the part of Tre silian was allotted to Mr. Broadfoot, who acquitted himself very ably. Mr. Rogerson, as Anthony Foster, drew down repeated applause, and the character of Mike Lambourne was well sustained by Mr. Beth way, and showed him to be an experienced actor. Goldthred, by Mr. Yarnold was very good. The other male parts of the play were creditably filled. Of the Amy Robsart of Miss Love, we must speak in terms of praise—it was a beautiful piece of act ing ; and the part of Janet Foster, was well sus tained by that clever young actress Miss J. Coleman. Mrs. Woollidge, as Queen Elizabeth, looked the cha racter, but she wanted that dignity and stately mien for which Elizabeth was so remarkable. In the course of the play Madlle. Louise Blanche, assieted by the corps de ballet, danced one of the prettiest old English morris dances we have seen for a very long time, it was rapturously encored. The play was given out for repetition every evening till further notice. The house was crowded. MA RYLEBONE THEATRE. The Bridal was produced here last evening, and Mrs. Warner appeared in her old character of Evadne. When this alteration of the chef d'ceuvre of Beau mont and Fletcher (the Maid's Tragedy) was pro duced at the Haymarket some years since, Mrs. Warner was the original Evadne • she at once made the character her own, and while she continues on the stage her's it will remain. She acted the cha racter of the haughty Evadne superbly last evening— we have never seen her act better. She was very efficiently supported by Graham as Melantius, and by J. Vining as Amintos. The play was admirably put upon the stage, and the house was crowded by an attentive audience. After the tragedy, a young lady named Parker made a most succes3ful debitt in the character of Kate O'Brien in the farce of Pet:fiction. Her features are pretty and expressive, her voice de licious, and her manners ladylike and unassuming, with a dash of espieglerie. She sings very prettily, and her Kate Kearney was deservedly honoured with an encore. THE BANK OF ENGLAND AND RUSSIA.—BRUSSELS, OCT. 31.-It is generally reported here that the Bank of Eng'and is in treaty with the Emperor of Russia for a fresh loan of 50,000,000 of francs. THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES AND MR. Ito- BlNSON.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Robinson, whose name has recently been put forth prominently before the public in reference to certain alleged improper at d ex tortionate conduct in the case of is man named Wright, under commitment for felony, attended at Marylebone Police Court, and addressed the sitting magistrate (Mr. Broughton), setting forth that he was anxious to com municate to his worship that a full inquiry had on the previous Saturday been gone into in respect to certain unfounded allegations which had been made against him. Mr. Broughton—All the information which we have yet obtained, Mr. Robinson, as to the matter you speak of, has been made known to me through the medium of a short paragraph in some of the newspapers. Mr. Fell (the chief clerk) has written by my directions to know what really transpired, and all I can say is, that the case, so far as I am concerned, stands over till Thursday next, when I hope it will be finally disposed of. Mr. Robinson, after what the worthy magistrate had said, did not attempt to enter into any further particulars, and bowing, re tired. It may be added that Mitchell (the gaoler), who was alleged to have been mixed up with the legal prac titioner alluded to in the Middlesex Magistrates' report, did duty yesterday as heretofore, the keys of the cells which had been for the last few days in the possession of Hooker, one of the warrant (Slicers, having been given up to him. EXTENSIVE AND MYSTERIOU S ROBBERY or PLATE AND JEWELLERY.—On Sunday evening, between the hours of seven and eight o'clock, an extensive robbery of plate and jewellery was effected at the house of Mr. Edwards, a gentleman residing in Camberwell•green. The thief, it is supposed, had entered the house by means of a latch•key which opened the front door, then made his way to the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Edwards, and carried away from a drawer there a casket contain ing jewellery to the amount of over 1001., a large and massively-chased silver teapot, a massive cream ewer to match, and other articles of silver. The robbery seems, however, to be enveloped in considerable mys tery, for though Mr. and Mrs. Edwards were from home at church at the time it is alleged to have been committed, there was a lady and gentleman, visitors, in the parlour, who :must have seen any person passing through the hall from the front door, but who declare they did not observe arty person. The servants and children were also in the kitchen at the time, so that it must have been a hazardous and daring act on the part of the thief to enter the house at such a time. There is one thing, however, perfectly certain, and that is, that the thief must have been perfectly aware of the state of the house, as he went direct to the drawer where the property was deposited, and though other and valu able property was strewn about, he only carried away the plate and jewellery. INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM.—A general meeting of the friends and subscribers to this charity, instituted in 1827, for the purpose of boarding, clothing, and educat ing, until their eighth year, children of both sexes who are fatherless or motherless, was held yesterday at the London Tavern. The proceedings excited more than ordinary interest from the circumstance that fifty chil dren were to be elected to participate in the objects of the charity. By the report it appeared that there were 229 infants on the foundation. The subscriptions (annual) for the past year amounted to 3,789/. 13s. Id., the life subscriptions to 4,340/. 14s. 7d., and the collec tions after sermons to 3161. 14s. 71; legacies had also been received to the extent of 700!., viz,, from Henry Scambler; Esq , 500/, and George Langley, Esq., 2001. The number of candidates amounted to 159, and from these 50 were elected to share the benefits of the charity. THE BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD RAILWAY.—On Saturday au application was made by Mr. Eade, on be half of the dissentient shareholders, before Mr. Baron Platt, to the effect that proct edings should be stayed in all cases save one where writs have been served by the directors on those shareholders who refused to pay the last call, the object being to save expense; and proposing, further, that any decision come to in the one case should be taken as conclusive in the rest. Mr. Robinson, on the ob j e p c t a e r d t o t f o the t hi s d , i unless; a o f the restrictionßirmingham vi,s and Oxford, imposed to the effect that if the plaintiff obtained judgment the de fendant should not bring a writ, of error. A long dis cussion ensued on these points. Ultimately, Mr. Baron Platt decided that proceedings should be stayed as ilwa sought for, E but he xp declined imposing h an . The Rya restriction.y have just called for a return from all th e RAILWAY Com missioners railway companies, with the view of a s ce r t ain ing the estimated amount remaining to be paid by each of them , and the probable expenditure during each half year, to the 31st of December, 1841. The return is to specify the various termini, lines partially or entirely contracted for, and the amounts to be expended. Under the head of " Contracts entered into," the date of the expiration of the contract is to be given, and the amount remain ing to be expended under it ; the estimated amount to be expended under each contract to the 30th of June, 1848 ; the amount in addition to such contracts ; the amount required to complete the works, and up to the 30th of June next. The return is also to give a list of lines for which no contracts have been made ; of the works commenced, and the amount required to complete them to the 30th of June ; of those not commenced, and the amount authorised to hp raised and expended, with the probable expenditure during the half year s complyt to with the optionals requirementsha have ending th e 31 st of December, 1847, the 30th of June, 1848, and th e 31st of December, 1848. It i s under stood oohde Commissioner b to e m p er a oe n mt i u e pr s ne l w et h rh e e t nin h e e t r to not, as companies but it is thought that, as the information sought for is not inquisitorial in its character, the return will be generally acquiesced in. THE EXECUTION OF HUTCHINGS FOR POISONING HIS WIFE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—What did the doubts arise upon as to the ex ecution of this man ? That there are doubts cannot be questioned. For instance—might not the arsenic found in the body be the arsenic that the deceased may have taken in the numerous preparations used by the medical profession in certain cases ? Again, might not the arsenic have been taken by the deceased herself for the purpose of suicide ? The above, I hope, was well considered before the Secretary of State gave his fiat for the execution of Hutchings. In a late similar case, tried before Baron Alderson, at Liverpool, that Learned Judge directed an acquittal (although the evidence was quite as strong, if not stronger, than in the Hutchings case), because, as he said, " The arsenic might have got into the body from the churchyard." It appeared that the deceased had been buried some time, and was exhumed. The same circumspection, I fear, was not used in the case of Hutchings. I am, Sir, your obedient servant. A CONSTANT READER. THE CIVIL AND MERCANTILE JOURNAL. e s . r c a I n, i nt i a e s size, di - z w ei ritten biographical printedt e i t No. IL Edited by James Irving Scott. is a vast improvement upon its predecessor, both contents possess much The second number of the Ci: t i s l anc a do n sketch of Mr. Bennoch, the chairman of the Anti lnai s t o e w r r a e r published beautifullyua rb regards merit. its appearance i quarto ti n y,rp a ce,a nd iwt a se n l Gold- lbw League, we extract the following interest ing anecdote:— " We may add one instance of the benevolent character of Mr. Bennoch and his partner, which is highly creditable to them, and we feel the greater pleasure in recording it, as it has not heretofore been made public, as it deserved to have been long ago. For nearly two years before Haydon the painter laid violent hands upon his life, Mr. Bennoch and Mr. Twentyman contributed mainly to his support, by obtaining him orders to paint pictures, by employing him on their own account, and by advancing money in his unhappy exigencies; and in this way they be came possessed of the last but incomplete work of the unhappy and unfortunate artist, recently exhibited in Westminster Hall, the Banishment of Aristides.' " LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S EXPECTED VISIT TO GLAS cow.—A communication has been received from Lord John Russell, expressing his extreme regret that the state of public business makes it impossible for him to visit Glasgow in the course of the ensuing month with due regard to his official duties, HOP DUTY, The following is an Account of the Duty on Hops of the Growth of the Year 1847, for the under-men tioned District, distinguishing the Old from the New Duty: — Districts. Canterbury Old duty, at 1 12-201 per lb. New duty, at 8-20 „ Additional duty of 5 per cent., per Act 3 Vic., c. 17 Duty. • • £94,124 8 4 51,544 13 61 38,098 4 9,12- 4,481 10 0 £94,124 8 4 NOTE.—The returns from the remainder of the districts will be published as soon as received. S. S. LYNE, Accountant-General. Excise-office, Lon3.on, Nov. 1, 1847. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen and Prince Al bsrt took their accustomed morning w ok. Their Royal Highnesses . the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, ro:!c on their ponies and walked in the pleasure grounds around the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also taken for an airing. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, Lord and Lady Beauvale, and Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, are expected at the Castle this evening, on a visit to her Majesty. The Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Earl of Dalhousie, th e Bi s h op o f Oxford, L or d and Lady Beauvale, and the Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood. Mr. Merivale had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Admiral Sir John Ommanney had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Horne. office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Mary Wood left their residence in Downing-street yester day afternoon for Windsor Castle, on a visit to the Queen. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the Colonial-office, for the Governors of the West India colonies ; and also for the Governors of New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.--We can announce upon authority which may be considered unquestionable, that Parliament will meet for the despatch of business on the 18th of November next. Ministers, we under stand, are to bring forward various important measures required by the state of the country, and this very early assembling of Parliament is deemed necessary in con sequence. One of the first measures for the considera tion of Parliament will be the promised Bill of Indem nity to the Bank of England, in relation to the suspen sion of the Banking Act, called Peel's Bill, which will pass almost as a matter of course. We have reason to believe that a Bill on the subject of land tenure in Ire land will be amongst the earliest measures to be sub mitted to the Legislature.—Dublin Mercantile Adver tiser. A QUESTION FOR ONE LEARNED IN THE LAW OF CHANCE. A very interesting question may be started with respect to the money withdrawn last week from the banks:—viz., how much of it will ever find its way back again, and escape b e i ng : s t o pp e d i n t rans i tu? The yielding disposition of tender fathers and husbands will have to be calculated, and their ability ascertained to withstand such solicitations as the following:—" Pa, do buy Jemima and myself new dresses, now that you've been so fortunate as to get your money from that horrid bank;" "Pa, I saw such a love of a shawl at Scur field's;" or, " My dear, I'm sure we might treat our selves with a new carpet for the drawing-room," &c. Tho activity of the light-fingered fraternity,togetber with t h e natural tendency of pocket-books to slip from owners' pockets (an oc currence wh i ch, very provokingly, almost always happens at a time when something valu able is in them), ought also to be considered. We suspect that the result "would prove that it would have been rather wiser in all parties to let their deposits re main where they were, and allowing interest to be ac cruing, than to have them submitted either to the do mestic or other process of attenuation, with the risk, be sides, of their disappaaring altogether. !Newcastle Journal. FUNERAL OF THE LATE PROFESSOR MCULLAGII. DUBLIN, OCT. 30.—The mortal remains of the late Professor M'Callagh were this morning conveyed on their way to their last resting-place, in Strabane. The funeral was of a very striking and peculiar character. It was attended by the provost, fellows, professors, and scholars, with a vast concourse of the residents of the university, all habited in academic costume, to whom were, added the members of the Royal Irish Academy. The remains, after being conveyed from the residence of the deceased round the Library -squ are, were placed in tho aisle of the chapel, while the burial service was read by the junior dean, after which the mournful procession moved on to its destination. INSTITUTION FOR THE ADULT DEAF AND DUMB, RED LION SQUARE, BLOOMSBURY.—This morning an ocfhathriFtycwomasmhitetlede at tnhioanbaogaerdmernotomoft weeks the applications for feueraiwtreßloomsbury. i It was stated that Bin; 2 t a d u4 i J o , r Rn u above ge r d n t e hL d e Lion-square, meeting op x na c . s e s t l g l employ ment or relief made by the adult deaf and dumb was most dreadfully on the increase, not merely in the metro polis but also in the provinces. The se cretary h a d re ceived a vast number of letter s , in addition to personal applications, from clergymen in all parts, soliciting the interests of the institution on behalf of the prevailing distress amongst the adult deaf and dumb, who, like all other classes, most severely suffer by the depressed state of the country. It was, however, a source of much re gret to the committee that they were a l most wholly un able to mitigate the existing desti t ution, owing to the pressure upon the funds of the institution occasio ne d by the maintenance of the numerous inmat es of the charity, who were being taught trades of various descriptions, most suitable to their respective inclinations or disposi tions. After the transaction of the rout i ne business, the meeting separated, expressing an earnest wish that the benevolent and humane would co-operate with the charity, and enable it to alleviate the distress prevailing among the afflicted class for whose protection and edu cwion the institution had been established. CURIOUS INSTANCE OF SAGACITY IN A HORSE. It has been said that "preservation is the fi rs t l aw of nature," and never was that proverb more strikingly or more curiously illustrated than in the case of a horse a few days ago. A contractor on the railway, a t s par k_ ford, bought two horses, which he put into a field with a bull the latter, taking a dislike to his neighbours, gored one of them to death, but the other horse be came so frightened that he leaped into a saw-pit which was in a corner of the field, and buried himself up to his head in mud and sawdust. • The bull followed him to the pit's mouth, and there stood during the whole night watching his victim cowering beneath him in the pit. In this position they were found on the following morning by the owner of the horses. As soon as the horse perceived his master, he leaped out of the pit, and ran to him for protection, exhibiting feelings of gladness at being delivered from the clutches of the dreadful bull.— it'e4ern Flying Post. Last night Robert Burns' Masonic Ball was held at the Freemasons' Tavern. It was attende d by up wards of 300 persons. Dancing commenced soon after nine o'clock to Adams's s plendid and well-known b a nd. It performed a new selection of quadrilles, waltzes, polkas, &c., which were greatly admired. The refresh ments were of the first order, and gavo universal satis faction. S U N 1 /('