The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-16 00:00:00

!be Conn.

The Queen and Prince Albert returned to Osborne-
house at three o'clock on Monday afternoon from South-
ampton.

COWES, SEPT. 15.—We believe it is now arranged
for the Queen end her household to leave Osborne-house for

Windsor to-morrow week, which event will be a fertile source
of regret to the residents of Cowes and the island generally ;
as the condescending manner of her Majesty during her stay
here has been the theme of praise and admiration to all
who have come beneath her Majesty's notice.
Lord John Russell arrived at Osborne-house yester-
, day afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty
.
WINDSOR.—Her Majesty the ueen Dowager, ac-
companied by her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia,
will arrive, upon a visit to her Majesty, either on the after-
noon of the 22nd, or during the forenoon of the following
day. Several other royal and distinguished personages have
received invitations to the grand banquet which will be
given by the Queen on Wednesday. Her Majesty will also
give a grand dinner and evening party on the following day
(Thursday).

•
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes,
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
yesterday. Captain Chappell had also an interview with the
right hon. gentleman.
The Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, had an
interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office
of the Board of Trade.
The Lord Chancellor had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday at the Home-office.
Mr. Strutt had an interview with Lord John

Russell yesterday.
Sir William Denison had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Mr. Enderby had an interview with the Earl o f
Clarendon, at the Board of Trade, yesterday:
The Rev. Mr. Forshall had an interview yesterday
with the Chancellor of the Excheeper.
Dr. Lindley had an interview yesterday with Sir
George Grey, at the Rome-office.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN PARLIAMENT.—
E. Btrntt, Esq., for Derby,

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
Yesterday the first Court after the holidays was held.
—THE LORD MAYOR'S CONISERVANCT OP THE UPPFE
PART OP TEE Tapatias.—Tke report of the Lord Mayor's
visit to Oxford and his conservancy trip in the Wesurn
district within his jurisdiction was brought up and read.—
The following are extracts
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syncral state of the works both in the
districts, and of the improvements now
having received from the Town Clerk of
of their proceedings at the coronation of
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tin the King's butlerage upon that occa-
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report was ordered to be entered upon
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dr. Wire appeared at the bar and pre-
• statement of the reasons the Common
had for recommending that a new gaol
within the city of London.
b'erred to a Special Gaol Committee of

S OF eiIIMMIL—GUILDRALL—THE
,nrrnto TO PRODUCE SANITORT Re-
Hay the Commissioners of &wen for
assembled at the Court, in Guildhall, for
of business; Mr. Deputy Peacock in the
ted Fsnshawe applied for amistance. He
part in forwarding the views of the street-
n in his own neighbourhood, that of
✓ Whitecroseetreet, and the adjoining
hich were in so filthy and unwholesome •
gymeci could not venture to AO**
For this he had drawn down the WI/-
the gratitude of his neighbours. They
Int to cleanliness, for the moment She
ere turned, the courts and alleys we.,
e by putrid vegetation and other sdlhL
'hag neighbours to reason, Fanshawe was
of the notices issues by the Court of
the penalties of persons throwing. ashes,
'Sett, lane, court, or alley , two of which
and and placed outside his house. The
e operated most powerfully upon the in-
s-buildings, the whole of whom, men and
am, herded by one Coghan, who, armed
Nifty destroyed the board and the meths&
dons than they proceeded to attack Fan-
Is, when, but for the speedy interfere's...A
would have been sacrificed. Coghan,
leader, was brought up to Guildhall,
to answer the charge at the Sessions.
sented himself for some pecuniary aid,
.osecute the defendant, and the other in-
, they being more or less implicated in
chairman and several of the members
licant as to his motives for interfering
outhawe, in reply, stated that he had
• first instance by some of the parties
to Street Cleansing Association, who
ger that was likelyto arise from so much
to the court; and because he after-
e was new living in danger of his life.
subscribed 71. to defend Coghan, while,
in life he was unable to expend as
rosecuting the defendant. After a long
t informed the applicant that the Com-
rs had no funds at their disposal for such
ere, however, of opinion that he was
, ; and the Street Cleansing Association
setae on his behalf; especially as they had
tfficulty.
TION.—CITY OF LONDON.—Thomas
~ the barrister appointed to revise the
e City of London, opened his court yestar-
• Common Pleas, Guildhall. By previous
usiness yesterday was confined to reeeiv-
te whole of the overseers and secondaries
hes in the City were summoned to attend
Ir. Wasney appeared in support of the
,as at the Reformers ; the Tories were
. Samuel Brown. The following is a
ms and objections on each side :
Saner OBJUCTIONS.

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rrsng with the agents, decided on not
in that list, on the first day, than the
mother arrangement made in the course
r was, that the applications for costa by
xived themselves objected to on frivolous
made at the claw of each list, and not, as
appointed for the purpose, after all the
hrough. This arrangement, Mr. Arnold
owe more convenient to all parties con-
hours were occupied in receiving the
rs generally were in attendance when
were some few eases of absence. The
I till ten o'clock this morning.
N THROPIC SOCIETT.—A public meet-
hjects of this society, which was stab-
s relief of the poor during the winter
sat evening at the Hall of Commerce,
Dr. Carlyle presided ; and having
re of the society, Mr. Stolworthy, the
eport of the committee, which set forth
exists for a society like the present, from
wing cases which had come under their
gto the public for increased support.
ter the committee had distributed 1378
the best coals, and the same number for
The total receipts and expenditure was
which a balance remained of W. 18e.
read from Viscount Lake and the Conn-
nutting their names to be added to the
patronesses, the Rev. M. Talbot moved
ce report, dwelling at some length on
▪ society, which would be more
daring the approaching winter, as
reason to believe it would be •
so in consequence of the failure of the
Ted, therefore, that those who had the
'urward and add to the comforts of many
through the agency of this society, by
—Mr. L. Thompson seconded the reeolu-
lotions were passed unanimously, to-
e of thanks to the ohairmanimilturrho,
buss
the compliment, observed, upon
which gsve him peculiar pies-
the subscriber to be his own
imposed on those who enjoyed its
sishgation. He always rep to see
ng to charity schools muted and man-
ce their ()audition fully apparent. He
rgestfon to the committee for the better
object, which was, to call district meet-
sof the great metropolis, when the ob-
suld be fully stated ; which plan he felt
re commensurate support. A vote of
ised co the secretary, which terminated

OFFICIAL brfIISTIGATION.—Yenter-
g of the directors and guardians of the
was he'd in the board-room of the work-
nto the imputations thrown on the ma-
Pancras workhouse at the inquiry into
ones, a pauper, II described in the Ex-
st. Mr. E. Wagstaff, one of the church-
chair. Having opened the proceeding',
ecessity_of entering into the investigs-
arden Howarth stated, from the reports
appeared in the papers, it would appear
of the inmates of that workhouse were
and placed in the refractory wards,
that out of between 1300 and 1400 in-
there were never at any time more than
h sex in those wards. The persons so
nen and women of that disorderly and
that it would be • gross wrong and great
he aged and Juvenile well conducted
L characters to be mixed in their society.
laded most positively that them wards
mer's inquest were places of confine-
terely wards of separation; and the in-
ge themselves whenever they pleased,
,on to the board or the master and ma-
Mtement was, that the women's " &ed,"
but 26 feet long and 10 wide, with two
out there was a day-room for the women
ms, where they were employed in feather
, instead ofbemg 20, Wm 40 feet in length.
ie not fairly represented was, that with
iet. The fact was, that the diet of that
i many years, and that at a time when
officer, Mr. Cooper, was a member of I
er he Ziff any other medical officer ever

complained to the board that It was too low. The only dif-
?moue between the dirt of the refractory ward and that of
the general diet of the lases was, that four ounces of meat
was given, instead of ix and cue mines of eager is
trursweek. La haled efrogether nine
folleemeLiallt=e MOM Of the establishment
were examiasi, and, except the seersiesh who described the
diet as insallisisat, Nury spoke of the saamagement as proper,
and the pauper whom= at the inquest as very bad charac-
ters The investiptlem was adjourned.
DRURT-LANI TlBlLtir.. At the annual general
ma*, Odra pragrielm ot this theatre, hold yesterday in
the Wets of the iNablidunent, and consisting only of Yr.
B. B. Cabbell, who was in the chair, sad ten other
gentlemen, a report was read by the secretary, and
was, alter some conversation, agreed to. In it, the
committee recommended that a proposition made by Mr.
Bunn, the lessee, to appropriate a balance of 6551. on the
rent account to decorating and otherwise repairing the
theatre, should be complied with; and further that a balance
of 6891., as set forth in their last report, should be devoted
lbs repairs, which the report of the architect represented as
. There was no surplus income wherewith to dia-
-1 ehaatearglirtKe liabilities of the corporation as regards the bond-
ho'ders' claims, which in more prosperous times had been
reduced from 30,0001. to 6,0001., but both principal and in-
terest had ceased to be paid for the last ten years. The
accounts had been audited by Major Nayler, and the standing
debt was shown to be 7,6531. 16s. 3d. The whole of the
liabilities of the concern for the past season, amounting to
4,0871. 19s. 44., bad been discharged, and the balance on the
bankers' acessmall, applisable to discharge the current quar-
ter's expenses amounted to 6824 10s. 31. The report wen'
unanimously adopted, and the proprietors concurred in a
suggestion of the committee is to a better arrangement
between the renters, trustees, and the proprietors than at
present existed. The committee and sub-committee were
re-appointed, and the meeting was dissolved.
HUNGERFORD MARKET STEAM-BOAT PIES.—Tile
long-pending dispute between the liusgerford Market and
Charing-cross Suspension Bridge Companies is now in course
of arrangement, and will be finally settled this week, when
the public will be allowed to land and embark from the Sus-
pension Bridge, and the ricketty floating-pier which is so
great an obstruction to the navigation of the river will be
removed.

A PROFITABLE SLIP or GROUND.—The narrow
slip of ground called the Burlington Arcade, in Piccadilly.
containing seventy-two houses, produces an annual rental
of 8,6101.
INGENUITY IN SMUGGLING.—A novel instance of
the ingenuity exhibited by smugglers occurred recently at
one of the quays near the Custom House. Two cases were
imported from Hamhurgh, said to contain furniture, and on
examination of the packages by the officers of the revenue,
each case was found to contain a chest of drawers, the whole
of the drawers being empty. Suspicion was, however,
aroused, and the officers instituted a rigid examination into
the workmanship of the articles, when it was discovered
that behind false backs 1001bs. weight of manufactured
tobacco and cigars were secreted. The whole contents, as
well as the packages, were seized and confiscated, and it
is probable that the party concerned in this nefarious
transaction would have been prosecuted, but that he was not
to be found ; the address at which he purported to be located
being discovered to be entirely fictitious.
REWARDS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES.—At an
inquest held yesterday, it was suggested by a jui-yman that
a small fund, at the disposal of the coroner and jury, might
be most advantageously applied to reward individuals who
distinguished themselves in putting out fires and saving
lives. A shilling apiece from the householders of a district,
it was said, would form an ample fund for the purpose.
ACClDENTB.—Yeaterday, at Moser& Tilley's, tire-
engine-makers, Blackfriars-bridge-road, a young man named
James Elwell, aged 27, was employed in the engine-house,
when one of the straps of the steanvengine came off the
drilling machine. In endeavouring to right it (notwith-
standing the engineer cautioned him against the attempt
until the engine was stopped) his right arm was drawn in,
and his body carried round several times. On the engine
being stopped it was found that his hand above the wrist was
completely severed, merely hanging by the skin, and the arm
above the elbow crushed to pieces. He was conveyed to
Guy's Hospital.—On Monday night, about twelve o'clock,
whilst the gallery audience of the Surrey Theatre was
leaving, John Morris, a lid about thirteen years of age, in
the general rush, was knocked down on thegallery staircase,
and, before he could be picked up, was mampW upon in such
a shocking manner es to break one of his arm!, and otherwise
greatly injure his person.—Globe.--On Monday an aquatic
excursion to the Nore in the Gnome, a Woolwich steamer,
terminated very unexpectedly on the river. The vessel was
returning to London with 300 passengers on board in North-
fleet Hope, • short distance from Gravesend, and off the
village of Grays, the Ruby, a Gravesend steamer, came into a
most fearful collision with her. The Ruby struck the Gnome
close to the larboard paddle-box, which she carried away.
A scene of indescribable confusion took place on board
the Gnome. The screams of the women, the cries of the
children, and the shouts of the men, mingled with the
crash of timber, and exclamations of "the vessel is going
down!" were appalling. A great manypassengers on baud
the Gnome were knocked down and bruised by the shock.
The two vessels were locked to each other for some time,
and the passengers in the smaller vessel rushed on board the
Ruby as fast es possible ; and numbers, regardless of the
danger, jumped from one steamer to the other. The two
captains endeavoured to allay the excitement ; but ultimately
the passengers on board the Gnome were transferred to the
Ruby, which conveyed them and towed the disabled vessel
to Gravesend. The Ruby, having landed her own passengers,
left the Gnome at Gravesend, and conveyed the excursion
passengers to Woolwich, where they landed about ten
o'clock. The excursion on board the Gnome was for the
benefit of Mr. William Warren Hawkee, the master, who is
a great loser by the affair.—ln the Strand, last evening, a
blind Turk, who was in tke habit of selling small pamphlets
in the vicinity of the Strand, was ran over by a cab, and was
so dangerously injured that he was removed in a hopeless
state to tke hospital.
BRNEVOLENCE.—At an inquest held on Monday
evening, Mr Carter, the coroner for Surrey, stated that in
consequence of the publicity given to a cue of destitution,
from an inquest into the death of Francis Moody, he had
received two communicatioas containing money for the aid
of the widow and family of three children. The worthy
coroner then handed Mrs. Moody • cheque for 21. from a
lady, on the Borough Bank ; and a Post-office order for 21.
from a gentleman, which bad been forwarded to him (the
coroner) for her use, which he trusted she would put to
some good purpose. The pony
,woman, with tears in her
eyes, earnestly enured the.ssforoner she would, leaving the
court seriously affected with.. her unexpected good fortune.
The woman is well known fnr her cleanliness and propriety
of conduct.

INQUESTS.—DEATH BY FIRE.—By Mr. W. Payne,
the City Coroner, at the Rase and Crown, Bartholomew-
close, on the body of Jane Gould, aged 76, a widow, who lost
her life at the fire that occurred in her apartment on Sunday
morning last, as stated in the Express of Monday. The
particulars of the event were then stated. Verdict ' Acci-
dental deItII."—DIATII PROM AGE AND DESTITUTION.
—By Mr. W. Payne, at the Gibraltar, St. Ge's-.
road, Southwark, on the body of Mr. J. Hodges, aged 77,
formerly a feather-bed, palliasse and mattress manufacturer,
carrying on busthess at No. 155, ldinories. Deceased,
who occupied a small room in Temple-street, and
who had formerly been well off, was latterly so much reduced,
that he had only sustained his existence by pawning his
things. Last Monday he was found dead in his room. Ver-
dict " Natural death."--SVDDEN DEATH PEON
Dle-
SAEE.—Byy Mr. W. Carter, coroner for Surrey, on the
body of Ralph Wilcoxon, Esq., a gentleman of property,
who resided on Dulwich Common, and had his place
of business in King William-street, City. From the evidence
adduced, it appeared that on Sunday the deceased was in
I excellent health, attended divine service, and dined with his
family. About nine in the evening he suddenly complained
of shortness of breath, and went to the window for air, hat
feeling no reliefflaearooeeded down stairs, with the view of
getting into the but he had got no farther than the
hall, when he on hi; knees, and died. Verdict "Natural
death."—DEATHPROM A FALL.—By Mr. Payne, at the
King's Arms, Old Kent-road, en Mrs. Sarah Ruler, aged 76
years, a respectable widow. On Sunday evening, deceased
was crossing the road opposite Pitt-street, near the Brick-
layer's Arms, and in the act of stepping up • mound of earth
leg by the scavengers on to the footpath, when missing her
footing she fell backwards into the road, at the moment an
Blthem omnibus was passing, striking her head against one
of the fore wheels. She was conveyed to a neighbouring sur-
gery, when she died almost immediately. A verdict of " Acci-
dental death" was returned, with an addenda that such acci-
dident was caused by the scavengers allowing the mounds of
the road scrapings to remain longer on the
.—Bfoot._ path than
neesseary.--•—•DEATZ TROY NEOLIGINC2y Mr. Baker,
on J. McCarthy, a labourer, aged 63. Deceased was employed as
a labourer at Messrs. Seaward and Co.'s, engineers, Millwall.
On Thursday night last, about 8 o'clock, the deceased had
just concluded his labours, and was crossing the build-
ing, when he fell into a pit, • distance of 7 feet. The light
had been incautiously taken away, and the pit escaped the
notice of the deceased. He was conveyed to the hospital in-
sensible, where he died on Monday last from a fracture of 1
the spine. Verdict "Accidental death."—DEATH mom
Dnuritixo.—By Mr. Payne, at the Red Lion, Basinghall-
street, on view of the body of G. Davis, aged 48, a law
writer' who called at various public-housee at which he was
in the habit of taking small draughts of ardent spirits. On
Saturday night last he died suddenly. The surgeon who
made a post-mortem examination described the stomach to
be " completely blown up," the usual effects of dram drink-
ing, without proper nourishment. Verdict " Natural death
from apoplexy."
INSECURITY OF POST-OFFICE MONEY ORDERS.—
A correspondence has taken place between a gentleman in
Scotland and the public authorities on the insecurity ofrest-
office Money-orders, the substance of which may be intent*,
to submit to oar readers. The gentleman referred to, I=
had odeasion for some eel money-orders, was
with the apparent mystery of the forms, and at the Same
time with the feet, that this mystery gave no security What-
ever against fraud. The mystery consists in the order for
payment bearing no • name, but that it istoofftl-soefgd to the
person named in a separate letter from the people,
in which also is the name of the sender. ow, supposing a
person to steal a letter containing a money order, he finds
the name of the paean who is to receive the money on the
hack, and that of the sender in the letter. He has, there-
' fore, only to write the name of the receiver, and give the '
Elmo of the sender, and the money is paid to him. Indeed,
the officials at the window ars not very particular in inquir-
, (rig whether they pay to the right, party or not. To render
money orders secure, the gentleman prepared certain simple
form, and submitted them to the post-offite authorities
Edinburgh, preparatog:rtorearcelying=rs from the VW-
1111r7 and the General r authorial'. tialeddy
admitted the defect of the existing farms, and the ellissay of
the form proposed ; but they stated, verbally, some dificul-
ties in the way of their adoption, to remove which seemed to

the gentleman referred to, quite sag. In order, however,
to enable him dearly to show how the difficulties could be
removed, he requested a statement of them in writing. The
answer to this requtst was neither a compliance nor • re-
fusal, but en advice to apply to the London anthodtish
This evasion is characteristic of office. But until them who
have the management of post-office concern, show • little
more desire for improvement in • most important depart-
ment, the public are not one whitmoresecured against fraud
by a post-office order as it is, than if the names of the
sender and receiver were written on the order at full length.
The make-believe of the authorities may be said to be a mere
deception—professing to give security where none is given-
Their refusal to listen to any improvement not suggested by
some of themselves will of course surprise no one.
PRISONS AND PRISONERS.—Sir,—The grey interest
excited throughout the country on this all important subject,
and the intended revision of our Criminal Code, made me
RIMIER, to ascertain the state of prisons and the discipline
is France : my official duties enabling me to devote a few
days, I visited Paris last week for this purpose, and had
been there only a few hours when I received the gracious
command of his Majesty the King of the French to dine
with him on Saturday at Netully ; my reception was indeed I
gratifying, and cannot ever be forgotten by me ; the kind-
ness and affability, the terms expressed for the welfare of
both great nations the lively interest he takes in every
thing connected with the city of London, is a compliment
that must make us ever hold so great and so exalted a
monarch in the highest estimation, and long may he be
preserved as a bleming to both countries. I was offered
every facility by the authorities to inspect the gaols, which
I found in many cases inferior, but the discipline far
superior to ours, and affording us awful lessons for improve-
ment. lam now on my way to Belgium and Holland, and
mean at a future period, to proceed to Germany ; for the
practical results of our neighbours will afford us much
statistical information, which will be of much benefit to us,
especially as our Home Secretary has promised his serious
attention to this most essential subject for the well being of
society. In raising through town I could not refrain from
intimating how deeply I was impressed with the gracious
reception from the King and Queen of the French, and
from all the members of the Royal Family, who stand so
justly prominent in the hearts and affections of the wile' and
good of both countries.—l em, sir, your obedient servant,
JOBS' LAURIE, Sheriff of London and Middlesex.
NATIONAL EDOCATION.—SIR,—I have just read,
with some degree of dissatisfaction, the article in your paper
of this day,. on the abuse subject; for though I am
quite of opinion with yourself, that to a very great extent
elementary education is conducted in this country both ineffi-
ciently and incorrectly, yet I cannot go with you so far as to
assert that the system practised, except in a few schools, is
altogether a mockery. I think you should, at least, have
mentioned one system of elementary education of the present
day, as an exception to what you designate an almost universal
absurdity. I refer to that of the British and Foreign School
Society, now so extensively in operation throughout the
country. It includes not only instruction in " reading,
writing, and arithmetic," but also a thorough training of the
mind and its various faculties ; and that " drawing out of
the human powers and affections " to the importance of
which you appear so fully alive. lam convinced if you will
but take the trouble to visit the model school in the Borough-
road, or any other in which the system is practised, you will
see that your assertion requires considerable qualification.
Thu', though I confess a necessity exists fora greater num-
ber of !Scent educational institutions, I do not consider
that there is se great a deficiency as you deplore ; and if
these institutions continue to multiply in the same proper-
don as of late, I imagine there will soon remain no necessity
for complaint. I was somewhat surprised that you did not
follow up your remarks with some observations upon what
appears to me the great barrier to further educational ad-
vancement, namely, the small esteem in which the position
of " whoolmaster" is held, and the want of inducements to
any one of first-rate mental powers to efficiently qualify
himself for, and engage in, the work of instruction. This
always has seen, and until it is removed will continue to be,
an obstacle in the way of an improved system of education.
Let the office of instructor be made worth acceptance to
those who are qualified to fill it, and then we may expect its
duties will Le competently discharged.—l am, sir, years very
respectfully.—J. C. F.
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POTATO PLANTING.—Sir; In reference to commu-
nications respecting the potato disease which have appeared
in Owe late numbers of the Express, I beg to state that
my practice for the last two or three years has been to plant,
without cutting, Me largest tubers I could procure; and this
has bees attended with the best results, especially in
the crop of this season. I can safely say, while most of my
neighbours, who cut their potatoes, do not think it worth
their while to dig them out, mine, uncut and planted far
apart, are a fair average crop (with a diseased one here and
there) of the beet quality.—l am, Sir, your faithful servant,
FRAWIL Hewsox, Incumbent of Ch. Ch., Noilaea.—Ch.
Ch. House, Mama, Sept. 12.

THE LosT BRASS CUM.—Sir I have seen a date-
meat in your paper of the 9th inst. from Woolwich, that the
brass guns, which were supposed to have been stolen from
the Royal Arsenal, have since been discovered to have been
used for Nelson's Monument in Trafalgar-square. Your
reporter says that I was taken into custody on suspicion of
stealing them, and that I am at present employed in the
Royal Arsenal at Woolwich. I beg to inform you that I was
not taken into custody on suspicion of stealing the guns: I
was at that time serving as a private in the Royal Sappers
and Miners at Woolwich, but I have since been discharged
on a pension of Is. a day, and I am not, nor have I been,
employed in the Royal Arsenal since I was discharged from
the Royal Sappers and Miners. Your reporter says that
two privates of the Royal Sappers and Miners were taken
into custody on suspicion of stealing the guns: I can assure
you, sir, that there was but one private taken into custody
for the guns.—DANTEL CAMPION, a pensioner front the
Royal Sappers and Miners, Woolwich.
FUNERAL OF LORD METCALFE.—Yesterday after-
noon the mortal remains of Charles Theophilus, first and
last Baron Metcalfe, were consigned to their last resting-
place. It has idready been stated that the much-lamented
nobleman died at Malshanger, near Basingstoke, hut his
body was removed on the morning of the funeral to within a
few miles of the church of Winkfleld, in Berkshire, to be de-
posited in the vault with his ancestors. The country seat
of the Metcalfe family is Fern-hill, in the parish of
Winkfleld, but for many years past that residence has
been held by successive tenants of the deceased peer,
the last of whom was Sir Felix Booth ' • its present
occupant is the Dowager Lady Granville. On this account,
therefore, the mourners and attendants did not assemble, as
under other circumstances they would have done, at Fern.
bill, but et Hill-bowie, the residence of his lordship's nephew,
Sir Heaketh Fleetwood. Hill-house is also in the parish of
Winkfield. The obsequies of the deceased peer were con-
ducted in a manner grate becoming his high rank and the
great personal esteem in which he had ever been held, buret
the same time with no unusual or ostentatious display. There
were, of course, several mourning-coaches and four, the
church was hung with black cloth, the coronet of the de-
ceased was borne upon • crimson velvet cushion, the coffin
was covered with crimson velvet, the hearse was adorned
with paintings of the arms, coronet, &e., belonging to the I
deceased, and every part of the ceremony was performed
with impressive effect. Amongst the mourners were Lord
Monson, Sir Alan M'Nab, Mr. James Metcalfe, Mr. Tho.
mu Metcalfe, Mr. Brownrigg, M.P., Sir Hesketh Fleetwood, I
Bart.' Messrs. Martin. Brownrigg, Smythe, Howell,
&c. The private carriages of several noblemen and gentle-
men followed the mourning coaches; amongst the latter we
noticed that of Lord Ashbrooke, the brother-in-law of the
deceased. It is understood that Mr. Brownrigg has been
appointed Lord Metcalfe's executor, and that the bulk of
his lordship's property will go to Mr. James Metcalfe. His
lordship's brother, now in India, inherits the baronetcy, to
which the deceased peer succeeded more than twenty years
A RAILWAY AMUSEMENT.—Oa Friday night, on
the arrival of the down mail train at Winchester, three
gentlemen, who appeared to have been out for a day's
shooting, got into a first-class carriage. Between Bishop-
stoke and Batley the passengers by the train were suddenly
alarmed by the explosion of fire-arms. The firing, which
was ascertained to proceed from the compartment of the
carriage into which the gentlemen had go: at Winchester,
continued at intervals for several miles, and greatly increased
the terror of the passengers. On the arrival of the train at
Fareham, the guard found the door of the compartment in
which were the gentlemen alluded to open, and the window
broken, and it appeared as if the gun had been discharged
through the glass. When the terminus at Gosport was
reached, the gentlemen were asked for their names and
places of abode. These they positively refused to give, and
they were consequently consigned to the lock-up. On'
Saturday morning the "gentlemen" were taken before tke
bench, when one of the gentlemen, who gave the name of
Wallop, admitted that he had fired the gun, and that he had
also opened the door of the carriage just before the train
arrived at Fareham, when the wall caught it and broke the
glass. Mr. Wallop was fined 40s. and costa for the firing,
and 15a. for the amount of damage done to the window.
The defisdants were then discharged with an admonition.
MEANS OF REGENERATING THE POTATO.
Haying seen an important article in a foreign paper
which I am in the habit of receiving, on the means of rege-
nerating tie potato, and thereby putting an end to the
disease which has attacked it here and in other countries,
I take the liberty of handing yen a translation of it, so that
you may publish it or ?iota' st think proper. It is ex-
tracted from the Preue A and Mr. Zander, a Prus-
sian agriculturist of the ' of Potsdam, who has dis-
covered this method, and who poetises it with complete
success, is the author of the snide He writes :
" For several yeas past oar potable ere sadist with the dry-rat,
eel with a sort of scrofulous gangesse, abide idea netters them
mit he am& bt what engirded le de the Mee et eseader
the gated by sowing he seeds. lberdere I tried i lodd me Amen
be fed , ~lvor swag, potato* completely Wee. mat per-
) grows ; gtai I gogietedate myelitis= laving seeo.
The het el gregadei pedlar *ma the geed Is ad new,
be they have bra ededied cad Wei et dfddltdd doe ;
bat It slays look them tee, eed tnayure._ Mar Wha-
cks bei meet thdr di irmelLaremeari ed the
first time, View the meet fhb • Myra Os' of
ate Geese el seedy I eldeleal deed Sag idea ado et go-
ndol% earryar= et the seed . ewe gas Iniassrben
potable" IMPS gilled e/ aille the rat eel .bee
ela Masi Tele Me" the Paltddle b 7 Node eed they Newham
=Se imisnielidi lad year wader the peeler Is all
Europe, and while *de teethed Men a Wit degree& tehmetty,
spared all theta list I bed predeedgebbleed reed del, de wen as
them wlii W beet remedy sem. The same was the else with
theeslhet ,i,hed to my teemde sae ftleede. here and fa ,
the whl&werepeasemd thee Aleseesslast 'shish
146Thes the whets amalley•
heeled Addled •nse at s.
dear
die* tea teatemedmerld leaddel the atedese hem the sashay
et the lakeder, le nook an the sM gmertglatbe truth tithe feet
a s lm dieliseed
teddis„ idea viz WOW Wein.
" I have, Is load the le melmeerellie proot that it is only
by seed that eme me ememed to ebtalebet sound and substantial
watts's; sod. Ineseit, se These abeedy observed. all those that I
have regimented Ibr six years pest by sowing, have been preserved
iron all dims; and surpass is ivellty and in quantity all the old