The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-20 00:00:00

EAST INDIAN.

The report of the directors cf this company, to ba
submitted to the proprietors on the 24th instant, states
that the works between Howrah and the Ranegungo
Collieries continues to progress satisfactorily. To com-
plete and stock this division of the lino some addi-
tionsl capital will be required. The existing contract
with the Honourable East India Company provides for
raising such capital, and when the proper time arrives
the option of subscribing it will be given to the then
proprietors of the old shares. The surveys between
Pundoah end Rajmahal, alluded to in the last report,
have been carried to such an extent as to enable Mr.
Turnbull, the resident engineer, to report upon the
general features of the line, which are highly favour-
able to the construction of a railway. Mr. Turnbull's
report is now before the authorities forconsideration, and
any arrangements that may be made founded upon that
report will be announced to the proprietors at the
earliest opportunity.

MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE._GALWAT, TUES-
DAY EVENlNG.—Yesterday morning a most calamitous cir-
cumstance occurred in one of the islands of Arran, by which
15 unfortunate men have been swept from time into eter-
nity in a single moment. All of them were fishing with
lines on a cliff, when, notwithstanding that the weather was
calm, a sudden wave broke over the cliff on which they were
standing, and washed them out into the deep. Only four of
the bodies have been found up to last night. Many of the
poor fellows have left large families to mourn over their
irreparable loss. A subscription has been already set on
foot, and it is hoped a large sum will be raised for them, now
that Galway is so crowded with the nobility and gentry of
the United Kingdom.
Pnvmormi.—LOSS OF LIFE.---On Thursday morn-
ing, about half-past two, a poor woman named Blagdon, and
her two children, were suffocated in bed. The husband of
the unfortunate woman is a brickmaker, and being at work
in the night it is supposed that his wife must have placeda
lighted candle on the chair near the bed, for on the neigh-
bours n
being roused by a smell of burning, they broke oge,
the room door and found the bed and bedding
children
though but smouldering. Mrs. Blagdon and t,
were dead, evidently from suffocation, as no markssid a in Vaux-
of any consequence were on them. They r_
Id thia day.
hall, near the Quay. An inquest will be be
The usual quer-
HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN.—
The
subscribers to this
terly general court of the governors ana,
t the latter part of
valuable institution, which was founded.ewit.
h an hospital for
last year for supplying the metrop9oll
Faris and other conti-
children, similar to those existing
;oar.: troefe tt,h Queen's-square,
'afternoon in the board-
ue
oe
me nm' s -i
te
tqeuea roe,f
nental cities, was held yesterday ."bof burning
for the purpose of receivingr business; Sir Henry Dukin-
°the Whitford read the report of
management, and upon
James
room of the charity, Great
field in the chair.
Mr. 'ttee, from which it appeared the
charity was making 1,38 the institution during the plat.
the management committee,
atiafactory progress. The number
of children admitted lu' ,he
3E; out-patients,
.3t _
l i" —• 'nation for the benefit of those
making a tote
etice of pace'
of great advantage
quarter had bePq-70 The committee have lately in ro
duced the wish h it, which has proved
patients '. the progress
aid, the benefits
in cbec g
kin
their report, appeal for further
t9eemre°
elio svis ress of disease. The committee, in
concluding .
of thanks
his newl been received and adopted, a vote
of t having
and the meeting separated,
report
passed to the chairman,
„, nstitution having been greatly extended. The
"4,Aloons AND FORESTs.—lnverness has this
• -:--
ted more than the usual bustle and preparation
for the s
Year presented more than the usual bustle and preparation
or the sbooting season. Every day during the last week
een fll u complements of sporting appointments
might be
All statements agree that
are more plentiful than they have been for the last
grouse
are years; the covies generally contain from eight to ten
birds, and we have heard of fourteen being seen in a single
hurrying off to the mountains.
brood. Even in the first day's bags cheepers will be a
rarity, as the young birds have mostly all black tails, the
certain sign of full growth. Red deer are very forward this
year, owing to the early abundance of pasture in the forests.
'We have already seen some very fine heads sent for preserva-
tion, with the horns almost clear of velvet. At Ben-More
(Sutherlandshire), on Saturday, the 7th, Mr. Ross, of Cro-
marty, killed two good stags in two stalks, using a single
rifle. The second stag had a very handsome wi head
—eleven points with three on the top of' each
beam, and weighed upwards of nineteen stones
Barinwhen clean. A royal stag was shot by Captain
g, Strathgarve ; and two large stags were shot
right and left by Mr. Mills, Erchless Castle. Sir Arthur
Chichester has also shot a stag and hind. The Master of
Lovat, a couple of stags, right and left. Two were
shot by Captain Walter Boyd, and one by Mr. White
andad
in the forest of Balnagown. Robert Reid, Esq., stalkedeteran
shot a fine stag in Sutherland; and we hear that thveery
many
stalker, Colonel Towers, whose rifle has knocked
an antlered monarch, shot a large stag at
Edinburgh Advertiser.
—The departure
THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF JAMArcAm.
aica,
was marked
of Sir Joshua Rowe, Chief JusticeJ
ofA deputation of the by the regret of the entire island.
on him with a suitable
lead-
ing gentlemen of the place
waitednot too Fia:nakyle.—
much to add, that
and feeling addresa ; and it is.
the 20 years be has pre-
have procured him the sided over the common law courts,
re-
spect of all.
Accounts have f desolating flood in the Red
been received from Rupert's Land
(Hudson's Bay
last. Many houses, and barns full
River settlement in
swept away- The news has reached Lon-
of grain, had been
of the Hudson's Bay Company, which
• I express don by specie' .
er on the Ist of June. The water was then
left the Red Inv
and the inhabitants, who had moved off
rapidly subsiding,
t the higher grounds, and had been living
with their cattle
preparing to return. It was feared that many
in tents,
were
bait_breed population would be obliged to
ter rili tio4ryy ) o a
quit the
season, and encamp in situations where they
for a in themselves by fishing and hunting.
nta .
could maintain
we recognise
Among the arrivals at Cheltenham
Moultan who,
name of General Whish, the hero of !
the n •
. again retired from war's alarms;" has once more taken up
and brother ofEcers in
cooflotnhye
his residence among his old associates an
CheltellhfUll.••• Cheltenham Examiner.

BANK RETURNS.

_____-.....____
(From the Lola= Gazotte of Tuaaday )
°a:: Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
'fletoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
:Totes of the several Banks of Issue in Eagland and
Wales. in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
Uay, the 7th day of Augusßt, 1852:- Average
PRIVATE ANKS. Amount.
14.ndover Bank, Andover-Heath and Cs 14.504
Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmitt and Pomfret 11,932
Aylshaea Bank, Aylsham-R. and G Copeman 5,212
4ylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Bickford
and 8unt25,041
B.ildock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswads
'lack, Baldock-Wells, Hogg, and Ltndsell ... 22,392
Barnfteaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 9,396
Baaingstoke and Odihana. Bank, Basingstoke-
Seymour, Lamb, and Co. 17,666
Bedford hank, Bedford-T. Barnard . 31,409
8.-elfoid and Bedfordshire Baru, Bedford-
Crapp, Halfhead, and C 0.... ... -
Bewtiley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and
l
;rane
Wester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bunk, Bicester-Tubb and Co. .. ....-.. ... 13,237
Birrainghrtm Bank, Birmingham-Attwoc ds,
Spooner, and Co 22,313
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham-4. L. Meilliett, and Sons .... 10,521
B'astcliord Bank, Blandford-Bastard and Oak
•7,105
BJston Bank, Boston-Garfit anti Co ...... . ...... 59,770
Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and C 0................ 11,537
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. Sealey 4,536
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and 0). 33,005
Broseley and Bridgnerth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pitch
rd 15,219
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham- Barett,
Parrott, and Co. ........................ 21,176
.........
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Stow-
Market Bank, Bury-Oakes,
Bevan, and Co. 62,465
Banbury Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney. 30,319
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb... 23,255
Bath City Bank, Bath-Molter and Son .
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Bustard-Bassett and Grant 34,614
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and
Lloyds . ............... ...... 32,895
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H.
A. and W. M. Harris and Co . 12,223
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co- 58,785
Brighton Union Bank, Brightft-Hall, West,
25,366
and Boner
Burling:ton and Driffield Bank, Burlington-
-11,687
Harding, Smith, and Co
bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
J. Worlledge and Co.
r"Jambridge Bank, Cambridge--Mortlock and
Sons
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
36,925
bridge-Messrs. Forsters ... .....................
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
Co .
Cumartifen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and
Sons ......................................
a............. 18,750
_
TA Coate .„ 2,4b6
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-lies3rs' -
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green,
.. ....................... 15,996
CorchdeCstoe.r .................. ......
lc Suffolk,
.......................
C 0....................
Bank, and HaEalsesieghl3B7nck'o,
28,394
-Mills, Bawtree, d 40,476
Cornish Bank, TrarofTweecly and C 0....
t -Little and Wood-
Coventry Bank, Coven ry
.... ..................
cock_ ............. _Milford and Co
Bank' E eter 1 18,842
ovvgood and Co
'CCiratyvennanß-ank:Settleff-Brirkbecks and Co
Bank, Mon- 71,721
Cardiff Bank. Carat - 5,007
Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow
Ban Old Bank, Monmcuth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow-Bromage, Snead., and Co. ... • 9,675
Dkrby Bank, Derby-Messrs. Evans
Derby Bank, Derby-Smith and Co. • 10,006
27
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak '678
Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Deriee3-Hughes
26,343
Locke, and Co 3 8;,
Di is Bank, Diss-O na akes, Fincha, and Co o'4s
,
Dencaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster-
Ceo!:e and Co 62,644
Darlington Boink, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse, &Co 78,132
Devonpart Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Nor-
man
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester-Williams and Co.
East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster,
andCO.
East Riding Ban.k, Beverley-Bower, Hall,
and Co.
Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford-Sparrow. and C 0..... ........... ... 38,808
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co ...11
Fakenhara Bank, Fakenham-Garnet's, Birk-
beck. and Co. .......
Farringdon Bank and Bank of \Vantage, Far
rindon.,--Barnes and Medley ... 5,936
Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 11,920
Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5,350
Goilalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and
• 4,407
Keen
Guildford Bank, Gnildford-Messrs. Haydon 7,452
Oranthain Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 21125
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder,
and Co.
24'359
-Radford City and County Bank, Hereford-
Matthews and Co.

Robins-
00000000000 ••• 00000000000000000000000000000000
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bank, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and C0.......................
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. 8a.....
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Bundle, and
C 0.......................................................
Thornbury Bank, Thornb ury—Bol ph , Yates, and
Par510w............................... ..............
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Barne ........................ . .............
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland
ri
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tng—But-
cherand Son .......................................
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S.
Percival .............................................
Town and County of Poole Bank, and
Ring-
wood and Poole Bank Ledgard and
Sons' ..............
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and

.0,307
22,387

10,484

7,340

--do. . ....................................................
Uxbridge Old Bank, 'Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,

...............................
Waanllind Cgfo.r.d. . Bank, Wallingford—Hedges & Co.
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
Greenway and Co.
Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox.
Brothers
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co
Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bang,
Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse
Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—

8,211

10,441

12,582

8,884

9,859

8,819

17,948
7,437

21,151

6,587

1,886

,
Gurney and Co.
WiveliscGmbe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W

Hancock ...
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Good-

ricke and-Holy-oake.
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,

46,282

11,880

25,012

6,107

15,511

32,876

34,467

6,033

8,618

8,835
10,457

9,935

14.94

6,985

and Co.
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co 61,538
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—CharlesFoster and
CRO

Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co.
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer • 11,298
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and lialesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney.
Birkbeck, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 10,532
York Bank. York—Swann, Clough, and Co 40,100

Hertford and Ware Bank, Hertford-S. Adams
and Co 15,586
Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Dank, Hull
-Smith, Brothers, and Co.
Thintingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don-Rust and Veasey
larwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co 5,434
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead-
Smith, and Whittingstall
Hertfcirdshire,llitchen Bank, Hitchen-Sharples
and Co. ..
Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan
Hoskins, and Co 20,819
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-.
Alexanders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone-fiercer, Randall,
and Mercer
Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J
'Davies and Co. 22,296
!Knighton Bank Knighton-J. Davies and Co. 6,672
Knaresborongh Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Knaresborough-Terry and Co 17'980
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
..
and co.
Kr ettertn" g Bank, Kettering-Gae135,382
balae End Staffordshireand Sons... 8,005
Bank, Lane End-C
llarvoy and son
Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett 1 '1
I:,;ci 15ir0n3.171..13...a W
nk,Leed3-.Wan C
illials, Brown, 51,016
..
TA;mester Bank, Leicester
itl);J).g•ets and Kirby 2372:043495
Lowes Old Bank, Lewes--paixneux and Co 30.432
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-
Lincoln Bank, Lineolu-smitZer and Green._ 13,57$
Lawneter Bank and Llandilo Ballak,C°
an Llando- 77,428
very-David Jones and Co, .
.......
Loughborough Bank, Loughboroagi;-mtd,lle.
tonsand Cradock „.
................
Lyinington Bank, Lymington-0. ...... .•. t 5,177
8arbe.......... .... ... ....,: .... . ...................
Lynne Regiand Lincolnshire B 3,815
%la
Gurneys and Co. ....,. ...... a..n.k..'.L..Y..u..n. ..... ! .
Lynn.negia and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis_ 32,274
Jarvis and co. .................................... 11,0
24r ~iesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brooklehnrst 05.
and CO ................................. • ........
and :• • .... 13,7_
Manningtreeßank,Manninigtree-Nu n Co. 1,,4"0
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and ailts
- Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
" borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hulagerford Bank, Marlborough-Tanner
and Pinckney ... .................................... 1 705
,
MMarlboroughand. North ViThiltshire New Bank.
Marlborough-Ward, Merriman, and Hillier -
Merionethshire Bank, D'Olgelly-.Jokes and
• Williams 5.263
. ........................... •
12
~.,s
Mimics' Bank, Trnro-Willyams and Co ...... .., ,--
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny-Baileys and Co .........
Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank,
and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth
Monmouthshire
and Snead 15,668
Newport Old Bank, Newport
riViarrk• WBillia,nas and Sons --
..
Newark-Godfreys and Hutton 18,551
NexvietkaaAk'
Slesford Bank, and Sled and
sando: itualt, Sleaford-Handley,afor Peacock,
4' ewhnri, 11 37,845
Newraatk" ,--t*„ , Newbiary-Bunny and Slocock 23,346
mend, and rink' Newmarket-Eaton, Ham-
Ham-
Norwich 0 " •• .
nos r"11B ......
ons .. aak, Norwieh-Harveys and 14,242
Norwich and ......... . ii:. .... .... 41,987
nays, and BlrkiNigt- A.aalk,.Vo;;i:Ch----.G.u..r--
NOtting•ham and Not.t.: ................ i•. .ii. ... i. 59,904
tinghara-Hart, veu'ongiuttashire Bank,.
Nuneaton Bank, Ntmews' and Co
3o ............... .... .... at"-Craddocic and
:la-m.l •Bank, Plymouth ........... ... .„;•• .
C 0..... ...................... 3' Mudge, and '
Now Serum Bank, sa
C 0................................. 'v"Qtt, and
Nottingham Hai*, Nettingham-iimTti•
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Barkat ea. 25,457
westry-,,Croxon and Co ............ , Cis-
ozfad old Bank, Oxford-Robinson,'.. .i; •10 36r
end Co-... ............. # . .... .. a.rs.ong, ' '
Old Bank Tonbridge, Toribridge arid Tonbridge 32,024
Wells Ohl Bank. Tonbridge and Tonbridge
'Wells and Sttaanoaks Bank, Tonbridge,
Beaching and 5053..
°XfOrdshire Witaoy Bank, Witney-Clinek. 7'759
end Co ... .. ».._... ----- ------ ....... - .......... • 8,343
Perinea Old Bank, Hull, the Hall Old Bank and
Beverley
Bank, H 11-4,Pease and Co 37,384
Pcinsanee Baunk, enzuance-tiatten and C 0... - i t 138
Peterbor
borougr_lank and Oundle Bank. Peter- '
pembrokeshire ;Ts. Yorke ................ = ...... !
'W. Walters . Bank Haverfordwest-J. and
11 718
:wilding Bank, ii 4-..,.. ..... . ......................... • ,
ticading:Bank, R:lng-Srmonds and Co
Co "Lug-Stephens,Blandy, and
le: .
likhinona Bank, ii;;1im...............................•• 311360
Aocbdale 'Brink, Rocii°dV-Roper and Co ...... 5455
and Co ,,, *--Clement, Royds,
5,035
%Nagai Balk, Noratun-..lair
'4 dliam, and Sons 10,739

21,965

31,840

8,096

25,720

8,924

THE SUN,

Average Amount was really superb in its gorgeous though miniature
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank Roches- furniture and decorations. Great attention is paid
ter—Day and Nicholson 7,005 throughout to the mise en scene. The pantomimic
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son 10,475 ballet which closed the performances showed somb
44
Rye Bank, Rye—Pomfret and Co.
wondrous dancing, end the performance of an extra-
Ross 61d Bank, Herefordshire, Ross--Pritchard
4,096 ordinary leaper end posturer, named Saltarello,
and Allaway especially his manoeuvres will a hoop, were most
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
22,691 marvellous. The crown lacks a little of tne comicality
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and which is so much relished in England ; being rather
Co
Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall glican pantomime. Harlequin and Columbine did
and Co
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and commenced at eight, closed at ten minutes after ten
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke, Eytons, o'clock—a desirable time, especially when young
and Co • . 30,998 i people are concerned. The Marionettes promise to
Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
3,248 I become as fashionable here as they were in London,
—Valiance and Son
theatre of ligneous mimes.—Manchester Guardian.
beau
dthis little
duchesseswhereth the
downwards,
wn aristocracyw aris,n
nightly
gahntdly monde, from
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Pearce 12,132
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co.
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
. 3,296
ton—Atherly and Fall
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 9,311
Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley, and Co. .
• 25,100
...
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and

FRANCE.

A military execution took place on Tuesday morn-
ing on the Polygon at Vincennes, in presence of de-
tachments from all the regiments of the garrison of
Paris and the adjacent forts, amounting to nearly
12,000.. men. The crime of the prisoner, a private in
the Sappers and Miners, was the murder of his cor-
poral. Precisely at eight o'clock the prisoner arrived
at the place of execution in a cellular van, escorted by
a body of gendarmes, and accompanied by the
almoner of the Military Prison. The vehicle drove
up to the centre of the Polygon—an enclosed space
on the large plain south-east of the Donjon—
and the criminal descended, attended by his con-
fessor, and walked with a firm step towards the
piquet of twelve men appointed to carry the sen-
tence into execution. His condemnation having
been read to him, he pressed the crucifix to his lips,
and took leave of his confessor, who immediately re-
tired with the officials in attendance. He then ad-
vanced to the front of the piquet, and when at a
plac ed
few
paces distant knelt down. A bandage was
over his eyes, and he himself gave the signal to fire
by letting fall a handkerchief. A sharp in-
stantlyvolley followed, and he fell lifeless. The condemned
conducted himself with perfect coolness, betraying
neither the least apprehension of death nor unbelcom-
ing display of bravado. The morning was g y
and lowering, in perfect harmony with the melancholy
scene, and the grave and serious demeanour of the
gloomy
troops as they marched past the extended body of the
criminal showed a perfect sense of the solemn and
painful spectacle they had been called upon to witness.
Captain Ducrest de Villeneuve, commanding the
frigate the Forte, which is at present in the roadstead
at Brest, was told three days ago that a sailor, noted
for his bad conduct, bad refused to obey an order
given him by an officer on duty. The captain ordered
the man to obey; but, instead of complying, the sailor
seized a sword, and by a tremendous blow on the
head felled him to the deck. He then struck him
several times. He was at length secured. The blow
on the head was lessened by the captain having his
pocket-handkerchief in his cap, and the blows he re-
ceived when down were not serious. The crew were
with difficulty prevented from doing immediate justice
on the assailant. The captain is the son.of the well-
known admiral. A court-martial bias since assem.-
bled, and condemned the man to death. Ills name is
La Marchadour, and he is only nineteen years of age.

ITALY.
The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa quotes a letter
from Turin of the 13th, in which it is stated that the
resignation of the Minister of the Interior, M. PER
NATI, is spoken of as certain. The reason of this step
is believed to be this ; that M. PERNATI having pro-
posed to his colleagues to prosecute Count CARDENAS
for his attack in the Armonia upon the Ministerial
circular relative to the petitions against the Civil
Marriage Bill, and the Council of Ministers having
decided the matter in the negative, M. PERNATI had
sought an opportunity of resigning.
The Countess of SOLMS BONAPARTE has arrived
at Genoa, on board the Dante steamer, from Leg-
horn.
The Official Gazette of Savoy of the 16th states
from Florence, that the authorities of that city have
caused the hippodrome to be closed on account of a
political demonstration made by one of the equestrian
performers. It appears that he exhibited the life of
NAPOLEON by means of various changes of dress.
The taking of the bridge of Arcole excited great en-
thusiasm among the public ; the 18th Brumaire went
off tolerably well ; but at the coronation the people
began to hiss, whereupon the performer threw down
sceptre and crown, and trampled them under his feet.
The police then interfered ; the place was closed for a
fortnight, and the performer imprisoned for twenty-
four hours, with an express injunction never to per-
form pantomimes again.