The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-08 00:00:00

EVENING, OCTOBER 8 I 850,

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ARRIVAL OF THE HUMBOLDT.
SOUTHAMPION, '..:IIIIESDAY, OCT. 7.
The United States' mail steam-ship :Humboldt,
Captain J. D. Lines, arrived cif Cowes just before
noon to- day., and, having landed the English mails
and passengers, proceeded an her voyege to Havre.
The Humboldt left New York on the 25th uit., and
passed the following ships going into that port, viz.,
the Laze Webb, Frances P. Sage, Winchester, and
Huguenot. On the 29th ult., off Cape Pine, at three
Pelt, she saw the United States' mail steamer Atlan-
tic, from Liverpool, bound to New Yo. k.
Tre Humboldt ban, 105 passengers for Havre and
15 for Southampton ; on freight 100,000 dolls. in
American gold for Loudon, and 220,000 dolls. for
Havre.
The screw steamer City of Glasgow arrived at
Philadelphia on the 224 ult. from Liverpool, in less
than 14 days.
The .Neez York papers are chiefly occupied with
questions of dcmcstic politics, the war of General Scott
and the epproachieg presidential contest.
The Whig State Convention at Syracuse has re-
nominated Washington Hunt for Governor, and
Judge Kent for Lietat‘nant-Governor.
The yellow fever prevailed extensively at
Charleston.
The National Intelligencer of September 24th
gives the following s.ccount of the of reception
of the new Peruvian Minister by President Fill-
more. The reply of the President to the speech of
the Peruvian Minister affords an additional proof that
the friedly relations existing between the two Re-
publics will not be disturbed :
"We learn that Senor Don Jotequim Jose do Lena
was yesterday introduced to the President by Mr. Con-
rad, the Acing Secretary of State, and presented his
credentials is Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of the Republic of Peru, ;and made the fol-
lowing remarks ou the occasion :
" Str,---The President of Peru has been phased to ap-
point me his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary to your Government, and, in delivering into
your hands the letter which accredits me in that cha-
racter, I am directed to express the sincere wishes which
animate the Government and people of Peru to preserve
undisturbed -the friendly relations which have existed
since the declaration of her independence between that
republic and the United States, and the confidence they
feel that any difficulty which might appear to jeopardize
them will be removed when examined with the impar-
tiality and wisdom which distinguish your Government,
and with the elevation sad integrity of your personal
character, which the whole world acknowledges, and
which place you in a prominent Position among the suc-
cessors ut the illustrious Washington. For my own part,
I will not spare any means to maintain the good under-
standing between both Governments; and, having had
on a former occasion the honour to till here the same
station which I now come to occupy, I will only endea-
vour to deserve from your Government the same con-
siderations which were then dispensed to me, and which
have deeply impreased me with feelings of gratitude,
of high esteem for your country, and of profcued admi-
ration for your institutions."
To which the President replied as follows
I am happy, Sir, to welcome you back to Wash-
ington as the envoy of the Peruvian Government. The
favourable impression which you made during your pre-
vious mission, both upon our citizens and upon this Go-
vernment, makes your present visit the more acceptable.
We have long cherished a lively regard fur our sister
republics in South America, and for none do we enter-
tai,, a higher appreciation than for Peru; and I trust
there is nothing to the present relations of the two
countries c dculat,d to disturb that harmony which has
hitherto existed between therm The maxim of this
Government is, universal and exact justice to all, and it
will never knowingly do any act by which the rights of
another nation, and particularly those of a sister re-
public, will be invaded. Believing that no seriou and
lasting diff,,reLce, of opinion can exist between two
countries both of which only seek to do right, I hail
your advent among us as furnishing a renewed essur-
ance that the thee is far distant when the friendly rela•
lions between Peru and the United States can be dis-
turbed. Icm gratified to perceive by your letter of
credence that you are fully authorized by your Govern-
ment to negotiate iu reference to all matters of difference
between the two countries. Anxious only to establish
such relations as may be mutually beneficial, I cannot
doubt that any negotiation must result in the adoption
of measures calculated to promote the harmony and in-
crease the commercial intercourse between the two re-
publics."'
On the Occasion of this interview, the New York
Herald drily remarks :
The speech of the now diplomatist indicates that
there will he no difficulty in settling the guano dispute
to the satisfaction of everybody, except those who
have already gone to fill their vessels with it free of
expense."

Commander Francisco Ignacio de Carvalho Mo-
reira, the newly-accredited Brazilian Minister, also
had audience of the President on the 21st ult., to
' present his credentials, upon which occasion, after the
neual complimentary address from the Minister, the
President replied as follows :
" Z am happy, Sir, to receive you, as the Represen-
tative of his alujesty the Emperor of Brazil. The very
Mall character which your illustrious Sovereign has
been pleased to give you in his letter of credence in-
sp:res a confidence that makes you a welcome addition
to the diplomatic body accredited to this Government.
Brazil covers a large extent of territory in South Ame-
rica, and ei e have, and are always likely to have, com-
mercial relations with her of great and increasing im-
portance. I receive, therefore, with peculiar satisfaction
the kind and fraternal expressions of friendship which
Your august Sovereign has been pleased to express
towards me and my country, and I can assure you that
his sentiments are by me most cordially and unre.•
servedly reciprocated. This Government can be ani-
mated by no other desire towards your country than
that of maintaing the most amicable commercial rela-
tions, mutually beneficial to the inhabitants of both; and
I feel the fullest confidence that you will co-operate with
me in the promotion of all measures calculated to main-
tain peace and harmony between the two countries, and
to promote their common welfare."
The Herald gives the subjoined in reference tc
later news which has been received from Havannah :
"Intelligence from Savannah, to the 19th inst., pur-
porting to come by telegraph from New Orleans, was
made public yesterday. This news differs but little in
its main features from that hitherto brought eo this city
by the steamer Crescent City. The New Orleans
di, patch states that ' a council of war was to be held
on the 23d, for the trial of the eleven persons con-
cerned in the publication of the Voice of the
People.' Now, according to our previous information,
these persons were tried, convicted, and sentenced on
the 13th. Three of them were to be garotted—two of
whom, very fortunately for themselves, had escaped and
were beyond the reach of the Spanish authorities—and
the other eight were to be banished to the island of
Ceuta. It is likewise reported that 1,200 stand of arms
had been landed by the revolutionists, 200 of which were
seized by the Government, and the remainder were
secreted in the mountains by the country people.
Troops had been etationed in all parts of the island;
arrests were daily being made of every person suspected
of entertaining filioustero sentiments; sill American
newspapers, without xeeption, were prohibited, and the
most vigorous exertions were still making to suppress
any attempt at insurrection. The war steamer Pizarro,
which got aground in chasing a suspicious vessel, had
proved a total loss. It is also stated that the officers of
the Empire City, which vessel brought this news, were
very politely treated by the Spanish authorities—the
latter having very probably learned a little wisdom from
the late intercourse with Captain Porter, whose purser
they attempted to place under the surveillance of their
police. We shall doubtless he.ve full particulars in a
day or two."

NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE.
His Grace Rear-Admiral the Duke of Northum-
berland has returned to the Admiralty from Alnwick
Castle.

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenant—F. G. Probyn (1849), to be first of
the Linnet, 6, at Devonport.
Surgeon—A. W. W. Babington (1851), to the
Linnet, 6, Devonport.
Clerks—John Tomkins (1848), to the Saturn flag-
ship, Pembroke ; Thomas G. Kemp, to the Linnet.
Clerk's Assistant—John N.lHarvey, to the Blen-
heim 60, screw-ship, Portsmouth.
We stated yesterday that the Niger, 14, screw-
sloop, Commander Heath, was ordered from Ports-
mouth to the Mediterranean.

The Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Wool-
ridge, also at Portsmouth, is ordered to Lisbon.
The Mediterranean fleet, under the command-in-
chief of Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8., will be
at Corfu about the 14th inst. Letters for the fleet
should be addressed to Malta.

Mr. Morgan, son of the store receiver of Woolwich
yard, has been appointed an extra clerk in that
establishment, vice Mr. Pierson, 3d class clerk of that
establishment, appointed extra clerk in the Ac-
countant-General's-office, Somerset-house.
Woolwich gossip states that the Terrible, 21,
steam-frigate, Captain Hope, C. 13., will be paid off
on the 9th. We have reason to believe, however,
that the 13th will be the thy for hauling down the
pendant.
Ajax, 58, screw guard-ship, Captain Quin, has been
paid wages to six months.
Archer, 14, screw steam. sloop, Commander
Strange, will be inspected by the Commander-in-
Chief at Spithead this day, and afterwards go into
harbour.

Leander, 50, Captain G. St. V. King, arrived yes-
terday morning at Spithead, and saluted the flag of
Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, K.C.B. She left the
squadron of Rear-Admiral Corry, at Queenstown.
She removed her powder and live shells in the after-
noon, preparatory to going into harbour to pay off. It
is said she will be re commissioned.
Simoom, screw troop-steamer, Captain Kingcome,
went out . of Portsmouth Harbour, and anchored at
Spithead yesterday afternoon.
The Swedish yacht, the Svreige, having received
additional fals'a keel, came off the slip and went down
to Cowes yesterday evening.
The America yacht went out of Portsmouth Har-
bour yesterday. The " shine" seems to have been
completely taken out of this ship by the success of the
MTquito.

-Mr. Thomas Baring was entertained at a public
dinner at Boston on the 22d ult. In his speech he
formally disclaimed any connexion between his visit
to the United States and political affairs. The mer-
chants of New York were getting up a subscription
for the purpose of giving a public banquet in bis
honour.

WOOLWICH, OCT. 7.—The Hercules, Commander
Benjamin Boynton, vissed Woolwich 3esterday after-
noon, on her way to Blackwell, to embark emigrants
for Australia.

In the Neu, York Herald we find the following de-
scription of the United States' steam-frigate Pow-
hattan

The \V asp-steam-sloop, Commander Lord John
Hay, and the Niger steam-sloop, Commander Leopold
G. Heath, are to proceed to the Mediterranean, to
relieve the Scourge paddle-wheel stectu-sloop, Com-
mander Lord Frederick H. Kerr, and the Spiteful
paddle- wbeel steam sloop, Commander George Per-
ker ; the two latter ve;sels having completed thar
periods of service, as they were both commissioned in
the early part of October, 1849.

" This vessel, which lately arrived here from Norfolk,
en route for the Mediterranean, is a new one, having
just been completed at Norfolk, Virginia. The Susque-
hanna, now in the East Indies, and herself have similar
external dimensions of hulls, areas of midship s miens,
diameter of cylinders, areas of fire surfaces, &c. Their
models, however, in their lines and the details of their
engines and boilers, are very different. A reference to
the following dimensions will show them to be the
largest naval side-wheel frigates yet built in any country :
Feet. In.
Length between perpendiculars ... ... 250 0
Extreme length from billet to taffrail ... 270 6
Breadth of beam 45
Depth of hold •.. ... 26 6
Draught of water at load line 18 6
Tonnage
... 2,410 22 45
Displacement of hull at load line ... 3,535 tons.
Cylinders-2 of 70 inches in diameter by 10 feet stroke
of piston.
Wheels-31 feet in diameter.
13ollers-4, of copper.
Engines—inclined, with iron frames and airpumps, act
vertically.

•
THE CAPE.
We have intelligence from the Cape to the 21st of
August. The Commander-in. Chief, Commodore
Wyvill, had not returned to Simon's Bay, from the
Mozambique, in the Castor.
Hydra, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Belgrave ;
Styx, 6, stem-sloop, Commander W. K. Hall ;
Rhademanthus, 4, steam. transport, Master.Ccm-
mander Biam;
and Seringapatam, del ut, were in
Simon's Bay.
Grecian, 12, Commander Hon. B. D. Beane, was
cruising; Penguin, 6, and Commander Etheridge,
and Dart, 3, tender, were cruising—all but the first
in the Moz:mbique.
A Cape paper says :—" We understerl that Com-
mander Beigrave, of the Hydra, is unable, from the
state of his health, to continue in the command of that
vesFel, and that he will in consequence return shortly
to England. Lieutenant Endor, first lieutenant of
the Styx, is, it is said, to be 4 appointed to command
the Hydra."
Styx had been to East London with supplies, and
returned to Sienon's Bar, August 9, with Colonel
C:Daipetkai,n43Dligib Rigby,
inlLLt;anLc.ers ;
11-leorncsi.v al, 11.12 e thb er Font;un d
Lieu-
engineer, Irving, 12th Foot; Captain Pair tcivil engineer, and six Itviee. g on,

The c7.,ntractor is Mr:A. Mehaffey, of the Gosport
Ironworks, Virginia. The hull was designed by Naval
Constructor Mr. Francis Grico, and the engines and boil-
ers were designed and drawn by chief engineer aeries
U. Haswell."

In noticing naval affairs, the Courier and Enquirer
states that—

" The line-of battle ship Pennsylvania, which cost
800,000 dollars, launched at Philadelphia in 1837, we
learn inAn the Norfolk papers, is now lying at the navy-
yard at that place, and has recently been converted into
a ball-room fur the entertainment of the iflicers in that
station. She is the largest and most costly ship (f the
line in our navy, carrying 140 guns, and the only voyage
she ever made was from Plelndelphiii to Norfolk. A
correspondent of the L'tica Gazette, writing from. Nor-
folk, Sept. 10, says that the narrow inlet, which is her
present quarters, not allowing her to swing at anchor
with the tide, and exposing con:lantly the came side to,
the sun, her timbers have decayed, and would require an
immense outlay to rt place. The sand has formed bars
around her, the oysters taken up their beds b..aide her,
nd.tatened her to the bottom; and if she ever moves
g van it will be done by carrying the country with her."

THE WELEINGTO?i MEMORIAL AT MANCHESTER.
—The committee met in the Mayor's parlour, at the Town-
hall, on Monday afternoon ; Alderman Sir John Potter pre-
sided, and there were sixteen other members present. Small
subscriptions, amounting in the whole to about 5001., were
rep:,rted, making a total of between 3,900/. and 4,0 A/.
COURT OF CHANCERY.—Yesterday notice was
given that Vice-Chancellcr Sir R. Kindersley will attend
on Tuesday next, the 12th inst., at the Pavilion llotel,
Folitstone, to bear motions and othr urgent matters. Pre-
vious notice is to be given of the intended applications.

1 BWy 8.-iv/legs, hereditary- cif of the Seminole
Indi:Jr;:, ~i,ll sevezal .tvor ch:ets ot th slrae l-ri-:.c,
and au interpreter and suite, had arrived at New
York.
In the New York markets money was in iccreaecd
demand, and speculatir:l! stocks had in consecuence
declined ; the rates for diecouuts had also sEghtly ad-
vanced. The demand for foreign exchange was
i steady. London wcs gnotcd 110/ to 1.10!1; • Pari•,!,
I 51. 15::1-r. to 51. 1240. ; Ainsterdnc, 40 to 41; Hum-
burgh, 36-il to .36i1; Bremen, 79 to 791. Corlon had
declined -a- to ,} cent, but the tall did not bring for-
ward buyers. Prices were next to nominal, and the
1 sales 1,000 hales in the three days preceding the de-
parture of the Humboldt. Ashes were in moderate de-
rnand. Cotie active at full prices; sales of the week,
10,00 babes. For flour there was an increasing
demand, but the export business was less active.
The market was firm for the better qualities of wheat,
but inferior descriptions were unsaleable. In provi-
sions pork had again declined. Rice was too high in
price for cEport. Wool sales, 150,0001 b. in the week.
The market for wines of all sorts had a decidedly up-
ward tendency. Tobacco in fair demand. At
Charleston, on the 23d of September, the cotton-
market was dull and nose:Wed.
On the 21st ult. the Canadian Legislature passed
an address to the Queen, thanking her Majesty for
the protection to their fisheries, and praying that no
treaty should be made impairing that of 1818, with-
out embracing the whole intercourse of the colonies
and the United States.
The Canadian Ministry had introduced a resolu-
tion proposing that the Legislative Council shall be
elected by the inhabitants, instead of appointed by
the Crown, with the proviso that candidates shall have
baeu either members of the Lower House or mayors
of municipalities.

FINE ARTS.
MR. AIATTHE iV NOBLE'S BUST OF
WELLINGTON.
Among the countless effigies of the late illustrious
Duke of Wellington that have been recently pro-
duced, or brought to light from the obscurity in which
they have lain for many years, to meet the demand
occasioned by his Grace's lamented decease, there are
none to compare for truthfulness of resemblance with
the haroic bust in marble recently completed by Mr.
Noble, of Berkeley-chambers, Bruton-street. To
this work a peculiar interest is attached, from the fact
of its being the last portrait for which the Duke sat
to any artist—the sittings having been given only a
few months prior to his death. Eminently successful
for its simple grandeur and the elevated feeling with
which it is imbued, Mr. Noble's bust challenges
comparison with every other representation of the
original for its literal correctness and startling vrai-
semblance. The modelling of the features has been
executed with the nicest appreciation of the speciality
of the subject. Nollekens and Obantrey excelled in
delineating the peculiarity of surface on the face of
age, but it may be safely asserted that Mr. Noble is
in this instance in no respect their inferior. He has
also escaped the tendency to exaggerate and carica-
ture the features of the Duke, a fault so observable in
the majority of the Wellington statues and pictures
from the equestrian monstrosity at Hyde-park-corner
downwards. From whatever point it is studied,
whether in ensemble or in minute detail, the effect of
the boat is equally correct and satisfactory. Nothing
of en accessorial kind has been introduced in a manner
to detract from the impressiveness of the massive and
intelligently reflective head. The breast of the hero
is decorated with a simple medal—a military cloak
falls over his shoulders, end the identity of the like-
ness is aided by the introduction of the rigid cravat
which is managed with the utmost taste. Indeed the
difficulties connected with the sculptural treatment of
modern costume are admirably surmounted, and the
eye of the observer reposes with undivided attention on
the familiar features of the Hero Duke. It was Puseli,
we think, who, while gazing on a fine statueby a con-
temporary sculptor, exclaimed to the gratified pro-
ducer of two work, " You have cutaway all the marble
and left the man ! " The compliment was neatly paid
and may be appropriately applied to Mr. Noble is
reference to the bust under notice. He has been evi-
dently inspired by the importance of his subject, and
in saying that he has worthily succeeded we award
him the highest praise. The public have not been
backward in their appreciation of Mr. Noble's suc-
cess, for his rooms are daily crowded by visitors of
rank end fashion, to the credit of whom it may be
stated that he has received commissions for upwards
of a hundred copies of !‘ the Duke's" bust in marble
and plaster. Mr. Noble, it will be remembered, was
the successful competitor for three of the "Peel"
statues, two of which, in bronze of colossal dimen-
sions, have been recently erected in Tamworth and
Salford—the third, is marble, will be placed in St.
George's Hall, Liverpool. The model of this, together
with many other of the sculptor's works, may be seen
at his studio in Bruton-street.

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HAYMARKET THEATRE.
Rolcroft's comedy of the Road to Ruin was pro-
duced here last night, and Miss Rosa Bennett, a
young actress, new to the London stage, appeared in
the character of Sophia. Her debiit was most suc-
cessful. She is a pretty young woman, somewhat
under the middle stature, with a light figure, ani•
mated and expressive_ features, and a musical voice.
Her reading of the part was admirable, and by no
means common. Many clever actresses have made
Sophia an awkward, vulgar hoyden—such a person as
an accomplished gentleman could not, possibly fall in
love with. bliss Bennett has seen the absurdity of
this, and has represented Sophia as being, what the
author certainly intended—a simple, innocent
girl, brought up in retirement, and ignorant
of the world—quite a child of nature, but
at the same time gifted by nature with
modesty, grace, and delicacy. Miss Bennett thus
made Harry Dornton's passion for Sophia appear the
un..st natural thing in the world, and her intelligent
conception and cuarining performance of the cha-
racter removed any objection to the play on the score
of probability. She was warmly applauded in every
scene; and when she appeared before the curtain at
the end of the play she was loudly and repeatedly
cheered from every part of the house. The play al-
together was very pleasantly acted. Mr. Leigh
Murray's Harry Dornton was a feeling and manly
performance ; Mr. Wigan's Goldfinch was full of
vivacity, though occasionally somewhat extravagant,
and verging on farce; and Mrs. Selby was a capital
Widow Warren. Mr. Stuart as Mr. Dornton, Mr.
Rogers as Sulky, and Mr. Lambert es Silky, sus-
tained their parts with good sense and propriety, The
house was well filled.

QUEENS 3tO YAL THEATRE.
Tne admirers of dramatic entertainment who pa-
ronise this theatre have certainly no reason to com-
plain of any want of variety in its performances. The
public are not allowed to tire of any single represen-
tation, but a constant succession of novelties are pro-
duced, all admirable of ?heir kind and well calculated
to ensure the gratification and amusement of the
crowded audiences that nightly frequent this de-
servedly popular place of amusement. On Saturday
evening were produced the romantic drama of 2Lionte
Christ°, and the ineenifieent burlesque extravaganza
of The Enchanted Wives. The former piece (as
may be gathered from it, title) is a dramatic edapla-
tion of Dumas' gorgeous romance, "Le Chateau
D'lf." The main inciden:s upon which the inte-
rest of this extreordinary work turns have been
brought together and closely wrought up, so as to
constitute a drama of deep interest. The
amusing interlude of the Spitalfields Weaver,
requires some notice at our hands, as introducing
to the witty and laughter-loving audience of the
Queen's a new candidate for their smiles in the per-
son of Mr. J. L. Toole, who has proved himself a
successful aspirant to the highest honours of mimetic
art, and as a low comedian of undoubted talent has
won for himself the decided and most flattering en-
comiums of the London press. His recent success at
the Haymarket Theatre is spoken of as a perfect
triumph, and his reception by a Dublin audience on
Saturday evening would seem to ratify and confirm
the admiring approval accorded to his comic perform-
ances by our Cockney neighbours. Mr. Toole, whose
unmistakably Irish patronymic, as well as his racy
vein of comic humour, seem to distinguish him as a
son of the Emerald sod, has rendered himself eminent
as a reconteur and utterer of good things amidst the
social circles of London life. He is the son of Mr.
Toole, long known and appreciated in London and
its vicinity as " The Toast Master," one whose gifts
as an entertainer of company, whose capabilities as a
" master of revels," and whose sparkling wit and viva-
cious merriment as "lord of merry misrule," have ren-
dered his presence an indispensable requisite amongst a
thousand circles where wealth is more rife than wit, and
where the flashing repartees, and redundant anecdote,
and spirit-stirring "chansons au boire+," of the veteran
Toast Master have been ever prized and welcome
accessories to the intellectual attraction of many a
costly banquet. Mr. Toole appeared as Simmons,
the hero of the piece called the Spitalfields Weaver.
His dressing of the part was in itself comic in the
extreme, and his acting was such as to indicate a
high degree of comic talent. The various ludicrous
contretemps incidental to Simmons's introduction into
polite society—in short, the blunders of a Cockney
Paul Doherty—brought out Mr. Toole in a line of
performance which seem to be his forte. He was
enthusiastically applauded. In the last scene Mr.
Toole favoured the audience with one of those reci-
tations a la Charles Mathews, entitled " The County
Election," in which he evinced a wondrous power of
vocal inflexion in imitating various characters, and
displayed a high development of mimic talent ; but
we must remind this clever aspirant that even a farce
has, or ought to have, its unities, and such a display
of mimetic power would have come better by itself.
However, the audience were delighted, and Mr.
Toole having been enthusiastically applauded before
the curtain, took occasion to thank the audience for
the kind reception accorded to him. The entertain-
ments will be repeated this evening, and Mr. Toole
will appear again as Simmons in the Spitalfields
Weaver.—Dublin Freeman's Journal, Oct. 4.

ARGYLL ROOMS.
The winter campaign has commenced in earnest at
this favourite salle de danse, and now that the cold
weather has set in we Suppose tripping on the light
fantastic toe will be the order of the day, or rather of
the night. That there is still a rage for dancing in
the metropolis there cannot be a doubt; and, although
our continental allies may take credit for being the
#rst to develop the spirit of the art, it may fairly be
questioned whether they can boast of more elegant
ballrooms, and more passionate votaries of Terpsi-
chore, than are to be found in the realms of
phlegmatic John Bull. Certainly the Argyll Rooms
stand unequalled, either at home or abroad, for the
beauty of the decorations, the propriety of manage-
ment, or the perfection of the orchestra; and so long
as those excellences exist there will be no lick of
public support. During a brief recess, which recently
took place, sufficient time was found to redecorate the
rooms, and it is due to Mr. G. F. Bryer, the deco-
rator, to state that be seems to have surpassed all his
previous efforts in that respect. There is nothing
extravagant about the embelishments, but, on the
contrary, the colouring of the walls is both chaste and
harmonious, while the galleries are furnished
in a manner that blends elegance with comfort,
an aim which should never be lost sight of in fitting
up a large asseroblY•room lilt© this. Nor should it
be forgotten that Ad. Laurent, jun., the composer of
some of our choicest dance music, is still in possession
of ,the• orchestra, and the leader of one of the best
quadrille bands to be found in the metropolis. In-
deed it is complete in every departmenr, and one
effict of this gathering together of a compact body of
&lased instrumentalists may be seen in the new
school of composers, where prize quadrilles, polkas,
and waltzes were so much in vogue last season. Oa
the whole, then, the Argyll Rooms sustains its
well-established reputation, as being the most po-
pular and agreeable evening lounge in the West•endi
and long may it remain so is the wish, no doubt, of its
habitues.

FATAL FLOOD ACCIDENT.--Yeaterday evening we
earned from Mr. Goodman, butcher (who has just returned
from Hailsham Market), the following details of some me-
lancholy accidents caused by the floods:—Charles Munn, of
Robertsbridge, butcher, and who, like most butchers in the
country, uses some land, had a considerable quantity of
stock in the Brooks; and seeing the water begin to rise on
Monday evening, he ordered his boy to go out and bring the
stock into the yard. The boy waded up to his waist in the
water, and then returned and tad his master that he could
not reach them. Mr. Morn then told his man to take the
mare, and fetch in the stock; but the man also returned,
and
what sal
can do,"e id the mar
said woulMr.d not enter the water. "I will try
and,
having properly
Munn
accoutred himself,
he mounted the mare,
and carrying a
lantern (it was then 8 o'clock) he proceeded on his errand,
followed by the men. Mr. Munn urged the mare forward
into the flood, the man remaining on the verge. Presently,
the lantern disappeared ; and as no answer was returned to
his shouts, the man returned home and reported what had
occurred. Presently, the mare returned home wihout arider,
and an alarm was then felt in the family. Search was made
all night; but nothing was found except the cape which Mr.
Munn had taken out with him. In the morning his body
was found, of course drowned. The flood carried off upwards
of 250 head of stock, 70 of them belonging totlrs. Hyland,
of Burwash.- - Brighton- Gazette.
DEATH OF A SCOTTISH BlSHOP.—lntelligence has
been received in London of the death of the Right Rev.
Patrick Torry, D.D., Bishop of St. Andrew's, Dunkeld, and
Dunblane. The Right Rev. Prelate died on Sunday last, at
the episcopal residence at Peterhead, in the 90th year of his
age. He was the oldest bishop of the Episcopal Church in
Scotland, having been consecrated in IEO3.

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13ALK0R,11,,, OCT. 6 Last ev
The inclemency of the weatherrevented her Ma- ' Mary? ben jesty from b p
eing out yesterday, except for a short ,' two Yel-lr'•
walk in the eftf rnoon.
Alert' T.i
,e leral,a'.iy of
His Ps )yal Highness Prince Albert went out deer- the ii -use, 1 e,esed's Cattier,
stalkince.
moth,: s, anc
ie.d one room.
Theidinner party included her Royal Highness Five Nv:ll'3 to an infant,
the Duchess of Ksnt, the Princess Hohenlohe, and whcn lc'ci':''' ased lyiog in
Princess Adelaide cod Prince Hermann of IT9t,en- bed in a ho)
ly exhausted.
lehe Langenhourg.
She asked t
She replied,
" Nothing:.
.__ _en, ad finding
that he VibS starving, gave him some colds potatoes,
et bleb he eagerly devoured. Witness some time after-
wards visited deceased, and always found him hungry
and without food. He was so exhausted that he could not
move out of bed. The room had not a 1 a 'tide of fur-
niture in it. She had seen the mother intoxicated,
and send things to pledge, since her confinement. Oa
Friday her (witness's) bueband, seeing the mother go
cut to the pawnbroker'e, desired her to take the chil-
dren some food, es he was sure they were starving.
She availed herself of the mother's absence, and took
them food, which they seized, end voraciously ate.
One child was wholly naked, and the others were all
but naked, and covered with filth.
By a Juror—lt is a frightful fact that all the chil-
dren in the neighbourhood are allowed to go in a state
of semi-nudity.
Margaret Dunkirk, a lodger in the same house,
corroborated the previous witness.
Isabella Shoobert, the mother, a wretched, naked,
half-started creature, said that Upon awaking on
Sunday morning she saw deceased looking queer,
and called her husband, but deceased soon afterwards
expired. He was stupid and ill from his birth, and
she had to feed him on tops and bottoms. Herself,
husband, and seven children slept on one bedstead.
Deceased fell out of bed three weeks ago. She had
buried two other children. Although her husband
earned 233. a weds the could not support her family.
She had never applied for re;ief to the workhouse.
She had not eaten anything that day, ncr had she had
a penny for the last three weeks, as her husband gave
her no money. She could not bring the baby with
her, for it was naked. Her children were without
food, but shs di.] not know how to apply to the work-
house.

The Cornmis3ioners fel. the Itt•duction or the Na-
tional Debt had a quarterly meeting yesterday, in
the official residence of the Chancellor of the Ex.
chequer, in Downing-street, There wore present the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the
Bank of England and the Deputy-Governor. Sir
Alexander Spearman, Secretary and Comptroller- •
General to the Commissioners, attended.
Admiral Bowles had an interview with Lord Col-
chester yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade.
Lord Stanley had an interview yesterday with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. James Hartley transacted business yesterday
at the Board of Trade.

inquedt in the
ihocber':, aged

' Samuel ltobert Shoobert stated that he imagined
that the family had enough for their support. It was
only lately that his wife took to drink. He never
saw his children from eight, A.M., to seven, P.M.,
when he returned from work. lle did not observe
deceased wasting away, as it was a puny child from
birth.
Foreman—l am astonished at your lying down on
your bed knowing that your children were starving.
You must be deprived of all feeling.
Mr. Josephs, surgeon—All the children were
filthy, naked, and starving. The infant would soon
die the same death as the deceased, unless the paro-
chial authorities interfered. He made a post mortem
examination of deceased. The body weighed Gibs.
lloz., and was only skin and bone. It had neither
fat nor muscle. The stomach and intestines were
contracted and devoid of food. In all other respects
the body was healthy. Deceased died from exhaustion,
produced by the want of nourishment. Mr. Josephs
concluded his evidence by calling upon the jury to
request the parochial authorities to remove the sur-
viving children to the workhouse, as otherwise they
would be starved to death.
The COTLONEE, having summed up at great length,
the jury returned the following verdict :—" Deceased
died from exhaustion, produced by the want of
nourishment ;" to which finding the jury appended a
censure upon the parents. The Coroner then called
in the wretched parent?, and havave cautioned them
as to their future conduct respecting their children,
told them they narrowly escaped a charge of man-
slaughter, which verdict would have been returned
had culpable neglect been fully proved. The jury
further requested the Coroner to forward, without
delay, to the parochial authorities the whole history
of the horrible case, so that the other children might
he instantly looked after and teken care of. The
Coroner promised compliance with the request, and
the court was then broken up.

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