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SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

SUDDEN DEATH OF THE HON.
MAJOR FORESTER.

ADJOURNED INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.)

Last Saturday week an inquest was opened at the
King's Head Tavern, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square,
before Mr. Wakley, the Coroner for Middlesex, and a
highly respectable jury, relative to the death of the Hon.
Major Forester, who had died suddenly on the previous
Wednesdaynight at his town residence, in Cavendish-
square. From the position of the deceased the inquiry
naturally caused some excitement in the neighbourhood,
and the room was very much crowded.
The Hoe. Cecil Forester, deceased's brother, sub-
comptroller of her Majesty's household, and lieutenant-
colonel in the Horse Guards, said the deceased returned
very ill from Ireland; on Thursday witness was hastily
summoned to deceased's residence from the Regent's-
park Barracks, but deceased had died before witness
arrived.

John Milky, deceased's valet, said that for seven weeks
the deceased suffered greatly from pains in the loins and
stomach; at first Dr. Chapman attended him, bat sub-
sequently discontinued his attendance. After eating a
hearty breakfast on Wednesday morning he started for
the city at half-past ten, returning home in a cab about
half-past twelve. He was so ill that he had to be carried
to his room. The pains through his body were fright-
ful, and he took a hot bath; after which he lay on the
sofa. At two o'clock witness went out with the carriage
with Lady Forester, when his master gave him a pre-
scription to be made up at Savory and Moore's, Bond-
street. The medicine, with syringe, was sent immediately.
At five o'clock his master rang the bell violently, when
witness found him sitting at the foot of the bed. He de-
sired witness to get thirty grains of Dover's powder,
which was refused him without a written order. De-
ceased then requested her Ladyship to write an order for
15 grains, which he ordered witness to get with another
bottle of the mixture, as he had taken the first. In giving
the medicine Mr. Savory cautioned witness to tell his
master that the powder contained three doses. At nine
o'clock his master had a cup of tea, and witness heard no
more until he was summoned by his master's bell, when
his master told him that there would be no prayers that
night, and that he might go to bed. But many minutes
did not elapse ere another violent ringing of the bell
again summoned him, and upon entering the sitting
room, her Ladyship directed him to fetcn the nearest
medical man. Witness accordingly called on Dr. Halley.
and then having gone for Madame Beaumann, remained
with his master until he expired.
By the Coroner—Deceased took the medicine and
used the syringe just before his tea. Deceased, himself,
generally got his medicines, such as laudanun
Witness here produced one of deceased's prescriplions,
which was as follows: " two drachms of sedative solu-
tion of opium, half a drachm of camphorated tincture of
opium, two drachms of mucillage of gum acacia, twenty
minems of spirit of camphor (to b e used forinjec-
tion) a. D."
Alexander Halley, M.D., member of the College of
Surgeons, 14, Queen Anne-street, deposed that he
was called to see the deceased, and found him perspir-
ing and apparently asleep,
the pupils of his eyes
dila
con-
tracting perfectly to light, and were in a half dilated
state."
Witness—" No stertoroua breathing."
Post mortern examination—" The blood was found
clotted in the heart, but in the head it was found fluid.
The lungs congested. The bladder was found con-
gested at its trigonc. The mucous membrane lin-
ing the prostate perfectly healthy, but a short
distance from the neck of the bladder there was
an irritable spot about the siz) of half a pea,
with congestion around, which was likely to give
rise to a constant desire to pass water. No stric-
ture, no portion of the mucous membrane was in the
tightest abraded; nor could it be re:erred to any cause,
for the delicate membrane which hues the mothra was
in no way abraded."
Witness—" I attribute death to an overdose of a nar-
cotic, an over• effect of opium. There was no smell in
the contents of the stomach of opium—was not any
sign of any poison. No direct evidence that opium had
been is the body by injection or otherwise. I never
heard or knew of such a thing as opium causing death
under such circumstances! Quite contrary to all me-
dical experience."
Coroner's statement—" Nor did I in all my life!!!"
Witness—" I should say, on the whole, that is after
hearing the evidence of every party, coupled with my
own observation and post mortem examination, that it
was not opium that produced death. I should not even
have suspected opium to have caused death."
Alexander Shaw, surgeon to the Middlesex Hos-
pital—" I cannot tell what in this case was the cause of
death; I have nothing to form the opinion upon."
The inquest was then adjourned until Tuesday, the
28th instant.

The adjourned inquest was held this morning.
The CORONER, addressing the jury, said,—Gentlemen,
you will recollect that this inquest was adjourned from
Saturday, the 18th instant, to this day, at your unani-
mous request, in consequence of what you considered
to be the imperfect state of the evidence at the
time; and it was your wish that a further
examination of the body should be made, that the
blood should be analysed, and that other witnesses
should be called. We have now assembled again in pur-
suance of that adjournment; and I believe all the other
witnesses required by you are in attendance, ready to
give evidence on this occasion.
The first witness called this morning was
Lady Forester, who was accompanied by her noble
father the Earl of Roden, her sister, and her brother-in-
law the Hon. Colonel Forester. She deposed as fol-
lows;—Major Forester was my husband. He was 40
years of age. On Tuesday week last the Major's
health was as usual, and we went out together,
when he met his brother, Colonel Cecil Forester.
On the following day the Major was not well,:and com-
plained of illness, and after breakfast he went out be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock, aaying that he was
going into the City by an omnibus. He returned home
to Cavendish-square absent two o'clock, and complained
very much of a pain in his inside. I was not with him
during the rest of the day, because I went out, but I
returned about half-past three o'clock, and he had
taken a warm bath before I went out. On my re-
turn I found him lying on the sofa, and in the course of
the afternoon, about eight o'clock, I gave him some
medicine. It was a Dover's powder. I gave him a
little more than half a paper, a whole paper being, I
believe, 15 grains.
I did not see him take
any other medicine, but I understand he took
some more afterwards. We took tea together about
half-past eight, at which time he teemed better, and did
not complain at all, indeed he said he was quite com-
fortable, only rather sick, and he remained so when the
tea things were removed. He then lay down on the sofa
and began to perspire very much, asking me at the
same time to give him some toast and water, which
I did, and then sent for a clean shirt to change the one
he had on, as it was very wet with perspiration. I
afterwards directed the servant to Warm his bed, and
then asked him to go to bed, but he said he felt so com-
fortable on the sae that he buauldAtaythere a little
longer, adding that he was then
thanked quitete re-
lieved from all pain, and he teed for
all his mercies. I then began head to changefe
Lis
shirt, and whilst I was doing so his
between the sofa and the pillow, drawing the
blanket round him, he begged to be left o and fell
asleep. asleep. Tine was about a quarter before ten o'clock.
He remained lying between the sofa and the pillow for
a short while, making a snoring noise with
his throat, and once he started up and looked
so wildly round that I became alarmed, and rung the.
bell violently. When the servant came up I directed
him to go for the nearest doctor, and shortly afterwards
the servant returned with Dr. Halley. The Major never
spoke to me afterwards, nor did he to the doctor, for
new he was quite insensible. Dr. Halley took off his
coat, and remarking that ho was uncomfortably placed,
the doctor lifted him up and placed him on the sofa,
with his head on the pillow, and in that position he re-
mained till he died.

Dr. Halley, being recalled, stated that according to
the directions of the coroner, he had again examined
the body and collected as much blood trom the heart,
spleen, and liver as he possibly could. Ho bad
previously received the stomach and its contents,
and now he collected the blood and contents of the rec-
tum and bladder. He had received no portion of the
liver, but got as much blood from it as he could, about
two ounces and a half. The contents of the stomach and
the collected bleed he placed in two separate jars, which
be sealed up, and then deposited them in a sealed box;
which he afterwards handed over to Mr. Rogers.
mt, Rogers, burgeon.
Professor of Chemistry and
Lecturer at St. (leorge'a School of Medicine, exa-
mined,—l received a box from the deputy-coroner, in
which were contained the Stomach, the bladder, their
contents, also Me conteuta of the rectum. Toe box was
sealed up, and Was °P"e`! by Dr. Halley in my pre-
sence. I examined the whole of the contents, and sub-
mitted them to chemical analysis, separately and dis-
tinctly. I found the stomach ? a state of rapid
hich I had in
decom-
position. I warned it, d added the washing
to the contents of Liao stomach, „?
i the stomach from
another jar. I found no appearances a
which I could draw any inferences.tthen subjected
the contents of the stomach to an analysis,. and I found
there mosconio acid, hut no trace of morplalk The
con.
found- there
tents of the rectum I also examined, and
traces both of meaconie acid and of morphia. 1 examined
the bladder and the urethra also. liner° seemed to be
there no signs of old disease, though there was eon.
siderable redness in one portion or it, and a great
deal of vascularity in the commencement of the posterior,
immediately behind the prostate gland. Anterior to
the prostate, also, there was considerable redness, but
no vascularity. This extended about half the length of
the urethra. I did not see any wound, and no destruction
of surface, except a small black spot, which however
was easily removed, and there was no disease under it.
I snould say that it was merely a little furred blood.
The integrity of the mucous membr,,,ne was quite main-
tained. I also submitted the contents of the bladder,
which were about 2} ounces, to very careful analysis ;
I dicovered thero decided indications of morphia. Be-
aides the Lest of ni,ric acid I submitted them to another
test, which is not very generally known. I took some
bicromate of potass, and after applying it to the contents
of the stomach they immediately became green, and as
morphia is the only acid which will turn bicromate of
ha green, I immediately inferred from that
at there was morphia present in the contents
of the bladder. In order to show that it was
something foreign to the urine which had caused this
resalt.-1411so took some urea and some urine, and ap-
plied the biuomate
of potass to them, but they did not

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produce the same result. I could not form any opinion
as to the way in which the morphia had been introduced
into the stomach. I also examined a small quantity of
the blood, about 1 oz. 6 dr. I purified it from every-
thing else besides morphia, if there had been any there,
but could discover only very small traces, not sufficient
to enable me to give a very positive opinion on the
subject. When I applied nitric acid there was a very slight
yellowing, that was all. In the quantity of blood which
I examined there could not have been more than the
2,000 th part of a grain. The physical quality of the
blood was quite destroyed, and the globules broken
down. I examined a portion of the enema, and I found
there mceconic acid and morphia. The packet of Dover's
powder which was handed to me I also examined, and I
found it to be what I represent it to be. From the re-
sult of my examination I have no hesitation in stating
it as my opinion that opium had been taken by the de-
ceased. An ordinary dose of opium, in the form of
laudanum, is from 15 to 40 minims. I am
not aware of the exact composition or the
strength of Batley's liquor opii sedativus. Opium
introduced into the rectum acts by absorption
into the blood. Authorities differ as to whether it acts
more or less powerfully than when taken into the mouth.
From my own experience I have generally found that it
acts very well, but that introduced by the rectum it re-
quires a larger dose to produce the same effect. When
ordered as an injection, it is generally taken with a
quantity of mucillage or gruel, and in small quantities,
say lox. or the object being that it should be
effect.
In and therefore produce the desired eff,
In that case the laudanum generally con-
sists of from about drachm to 1 drachm..
emhyeaorpdinaionhd
According to some authorities, there are three grains
of opium in a drachm of laudanum; according to others,
five grains. From the evidence
from the results of my own em
is that the deceased's death was caused by the effects of
.which. it emitted, both
morphia. Another reason why I entertain this opinion
is, from the peculiar manner in which the stomach was
whichi Lit:7
decomposed, and from the smell
piniumthe stomach.have
The largest
of which appearances I have noticed in sseftveerrwalarcdasseso
ever known injected into the
dis-
coveredsuspected
o op ihbuyainvoe
dose of opium that I
rectum is 2 drachms, and that was in case of colic some
years ago; but it was
nnot
et ili h such a concentrated form,
bat was given in a Pit quid.
The CouoNxn said the case was now brought within
, and he thought if Mr.
examined, the inquiry might be brought to
Da veryaws on narroww as compass indeed
a speedy close-
Mr. Dawson said he should like to make a statement,
if the coroner would allow him.
The CORONER said he should havo no objection, and
Mr. Richard Dawson, M.D., having been sworn, he
read the following statement to the coroner and jury:—
" Major Forester called upon me in July at
the request of his physician, Dr. Chapman, to obtain
my opinion upon his case. On the 21st of the same
month I forwarded a written opinion to Dr. Chapman,
stating my belief that the constant desire to empty the
bladder, and the frequent calls to go to stool, which the
Major had been suffering from for so long a period, wore
in a great measure owing to the irritable state of the pros-
tate gland, and that I thought it was a case that would
be greatly benefited by warm baths, the direct applica-
tion of chloride of zinc, and the injection of compound
gall ointment into the lower bowel. In answer to this
communication, Dr. Chapman informed me that his
patient had been ill for many years, and had been at
very great expense in procuring medical assistance,
considerations which would probably prevent him
placing himself under my care. I therefore offered to
attend him without fees. He was anxious to become my
patient, for he knew that I had cured a Major, who had
been obliged to sell out of the army in consequence of
suffering from an irritable prostate.
" When Major Forester first visited me, he was
obliged to come in a carriage and to sit upon a soft
cushion. His health improved, till at length he was able
to walk to my house. I saw him almost every day for
nearly two months, and he expressed himself as feeling
very much better.
" On the 15th of this month he complained of a peculiar
pain in his head, and said that ho felt generally unwell,
which he attributed to the intelligence of the sudden
death of the Duke of Wellington, (which it may be re-
membered was announced on that morning,) having pro-
duced a great desire to pass water, an effect usual with
him when he heard any unpleasant intelligence. But
being in an omnibus, he was unable to yield the calls
of nature, and he informed me that he felt as if he
should die. At my house ho passed water and relieved
his bowels, bat still suffered severely from spasmodic
pains. I advised him to return home immediately in a
cab, and I prescribed an anodyne enema, one-half of
which I directed him to use immediately he reached
home, which I expected would be about one o'clock, and
I requested him to use the remaining half about six in
the evening, provided the bowels acted immediately
after using the first, which is a very usual occur-
rence, and that he still continued in pain.
This advice as it appears from the evidence
he followed. It also appeared from the evidence that
the greater portion of the first enema was wasted on the
carpet, and certainly half of the second enema remained
in the bottle. It is important to remember that the
bottle produced in evidence was never full, for the in-
jection I ordered consisted only of five drachms, and
the bottle would hold nearly twice this quantity (the
bottle was produced). It is also important to inform the
jury that the Major had been in the habit for some time
past of using an injection of the compound gall ointment,
which contains opium, three or four times a day, to re-
lieve the urgent desire to pass urine, and the constant
desire to go to stool, which he had suffered from for so
many years.
" In ordering the enema, which I prescribed for the
Major, containing two drachms and a half, I always cal-
culate that a great portion must be wasted when the
patient, as in this case, injected it himself. I will illus-
trate what I mean, for the information of the jury.
" But I am willing to admit in this case that the quan-
tity I ordered was all injected in the manner 1 pre-
scribed, and I will now prove that it was not only a
safe remedy, but a proper application. Dr. Christison,
who is one of the first authorities in Europe upon
this subject, states at page 630 of his work that it is the
custom to give twice as much opium in an injection as
in a draught. .1 have given,' says this authority, by
injection, without producing more than the usual
drowsiness, two drachms by measure of laudanum.'
Dr. Paris, another eminent authority, at p. 175 of his
work states that where our object is to allay pain and
relax spasm, small doses of opium will have a tendency
to aggravate the symptoms, but when administered in
large doses they will speedily relieve.' I attended a
case with Professor Ferguson in the Albany-road, Stoke
Newington, where the patient had suffered for years se-
verely from irritation of the prostate. We found nothing
to relieve him so much as opiate injections. I attended
another case with Mr. Partridge, the surgeon to King's
College Hospital. The patient had lived in a warm cli-
mate, and suffered from organic stricture, which was
frequently attended with retention of urine, which injec-
tions containing a drachm of liquor opii sedativus seldom
:ailed to relieve. I myself had the misfortune to suffer
from an irritable prostate attended with retention of
urine, and nothing relieved me so much as the opiate
injection; and there are two medical gentlemen in court
who attended me with Mr. Ferguson who can confirm
this statement, for they injected the enema."

The doctor added, in conclusion, that although he had
attended the deceased for a considerable time he never
received any fee or reward for it whatever.
The CORONER—Now tell, if you please, what is
your belief as to the cause of death, which is the real
object of our inquiry?
__D.r., Dawson said he could not answer that question,
7,..„'
_h_ was not suffered to be present at the post
'-usonnesmauexamination, but it was not at all unusal for per-
to die from the disease of the urethra and blad-
der. le suddenly, especially after any powerful mental
emotion, th
e„rall'y
those symptoms of approaching death being
was not in perfect
drunkenness and stupor. The Major
ati been suPtievtieet health as had been represented, but
from__ disease for many years.
The Coao,Nuang
ou have not told us now what is
cause of death? Dr. Dawson—
your opinion as to IL.- as
been
I repeat that it is impossiblepeaet, for me to give an opinion,
not having
tion, which, to say
ttlaaet the post mortem examine,
unusual. Had I been present,least of it was most
,
and discovered the smell
of urine in the brain, then 1 ra.
of _ ignt have positively said
that the suppuration urine was .
but it is impossible for me to sa_.
sour cause of death,
Dr. Hobert Vecables being say
arc,.
heard the whole of the evidence taa. stated that he had
taken ou 'l` , , and part
of that which was the former
occasion, but there was so much _ , .
about the case that he could give ambiguity
hpositive
opinion as to the cause of death. He had,death ' however,
known repeated instances of sudden iti
cases
where the patient had been suffering from a similar dis-
ease to this. He did not think the quantity of opium
that had been found in the body of the deceased was
sufficient to account for death, and therefore he was
the more inclined to attribute it to the disease.
The CotioNEu—You are inclined, then, Doctor, to
refer the death to the action of the disease. Dr. Vena-
bles—Yes; and I think Dr. Prout mentions in work
several cases of a similar nature; at least, he h
hais s told
me so, and his experience, therefore, accords with
my own.
Dr. Samuel Mason was the next witness examined.
The CORONER—Dr. Mason, have you heard the evi-
dence that has been given to-day? Dr. Mason—l have.
The CORoNER—Have you formed any opinion as
to the cause of the death of this gentleman ?
Dr. Mason—l have not. I think it is excessively ambi-
guous; but what strikes me as being most remarkable
is, that Dr. Halley should have been called in at eleven
o clock, and yet not be able to discover that the deceased
wasasesuffering from the effects of opium. Had the de-
ceased
_dualateen suffering from the effects of opium Dr. Hal-
left must have perceived it at once, and would not have
I ultu-
Th
e NER
COROY opini !s_ as • n on say, then, that you can form no
~,iv_ to the cause of death? Dr. Mason—l can only
danceb e Vialified opinion; •
I have my impression is from the evi-
-1 disease of th heard the death is very much referable
—it is very e urethra, but still it is very ambiguous
The Co koii
t
Can: disease? 1.31. Death is referable, then, to the ore-
opium, because the.rhlu°n—Combined with the effects of
A:hough not at alle has been a partial effect of opium,
death. to an extent sufficient to accocnt for
cillr. Shaw;being recalled
of the evidence, he was in, said, having heard the whoa©
to an overdose of opium, nutelteed to attribute the death
biguity, and he could giveia the case was full of am-
o subject. It ryas not impossible;o positive opinion on the
urinary disease with the acme symptoms
symptoms as would
persons to die of the
have been presented by an overdose' of opium.
The ConoNEfa--Have you ever
ni
Dr. Shaw—Yes; at the Middlesexeiti°with such a case ?
spite], if
0 tint you re-
member, two patients died. one
ease of the kidneys

and the other from having taken an overdose of opium,
and the symptoms were very much alike in both cases.
Dr. Halley vies next re-called and examined.
The CORONER—Now, Dr. Halley, the ease being com-
oinpitnhioensaamsetpoostihteioncaausseporf.
dpeleatteh, hove you
Halley—lyr.ouformed
Shaw. The case is very ambiguous throughout, and
therefore I should not like to give a positive opinion
upon it.
This was the whole of the evidence.
a fneye
The ceRoNER, in summing up, said, that there was
no doubt that the dose of opium which had been pre-
scribed by Dr. Dawson had not been considered by him
as being too great, as in fact he had directed that it
should be taken in mottles. That direction had not been
followed by the deceased, who, on the contrary, had
taken the whole dose, and in addition to that, had also
sent for another bottle, two-thirds of which he had used,
so that it appeared that the unfortunate gentleman had
absorbed in his system, from half-past 4to 3 o'clock,
no less than eight or nine grains of opium. In all these
cases there could be no desire on the part of any one
to bear harshly against any body in consequence of
any misfortune of this kind, but it was of enor-
mous value in these cases that the truth
should be known, and if death had been caused
by medicine, or by inadvertence, or by ignorance, or
carelessness, that the fact should bo known in order
that other fatal results should be prevented. In this case,
presuming that Dr. Dawson had stated what occurred
when he saw the patient, there was nothing in
the quantity ordered by Dr. Dawson that was of a dan-
gerous character. It appeared when the prescription
was written and handed to Major Forester that he was
told to use crane-half of what was ordered immediately on
his return home; and if that quantity was dis-
charged from his bowels at once by the ac-
tion of the. intestines, and if the pain continued,
the second half was to be used about seven
o'clock in the evening. Now, it certainly did
appear, from the evidence, ithat, instead of
following ties directions given, Major Forester
used the whole quantity about half-past four o'clock
and before ti ha time, which was between eight and nine
o'clock, he u sect two-thirds of another bottle, there being
in fact 7 or 8, grains of opium absorbed into his system
within the sps.ce of three hours and a half. Besides, there
would be eo n.tained in the half packet of Dover's powder
which he tool: about three-quarters of a grain of opium,
and there wt to an article inithe prescription, half a
drachm of camphorated tincture of opium, which would
contain about one-eighth of a grain of opium; so that this
unfortunate gentleman had in him at that time sufficient
opium, to kali any man. They had just heard the
conflicting st .caements of the medical men ; in fact, he
could hardly call them conflicting, because they were
to the effect i.iiat they could form no certain opinion on
the cause cd the death, and he was afraid the
jury would h lave to come to the same conclusion. He
hardly knew svhat else to advise them to do, because
in these cases they must be guided by the evidence that
was laid befc re them, or otherwise there would be no
security for an ybody.
In consequence of an interruption from Colonel
Forester, the v alet of the deceased gentleman was called
in, and, on bey ng examined, stated that some part of the
first enema wits wasted on the floor, and a groat quan-
tity of the set) mid.
The CORONER said it was useless to go into these mat-
ters, as the medical gentleman had been unable to
form any opinion as to the cause of the death, and the
jury could ado pt no other course but come to the same
conclusion. I ill he could advise them to do was to state
that the unCortunate gentleman died on the day
named, but they had not sufficient evidence be-
fore them to show the cause of his death.
That was the lit sfest course he thought they could pursue.
Mr. Rogers cce:tainly gave it as his opinion that death
was caused by opium; bat, on the contrary, a multitude
of other medi cal gentlemen had said that there was
extreme arab iguity in the case. With regard
to Dr. Dawson, he was put out of the category of com-
plaint in consequence of his having directed the unfor-
tunate gentlem aa to take only half the prescription at
once. The oc ly blame that could be attached
to him was for not having written his directions, which
certainly was ;an error. Had those directions been
written no gr and of complaint could have existed
against that ge r Alernan.
Dr. Dawson c xplained that the deceased had been so
long in the hal e:t of using the injection that he did not
consider it nectii isary to give him written directione, and
besides the do ceased had a great personal dislike to
having his dire c hone written on the prescription.
The jury the a retired, and after a short consultation,
returned with .a he following verdict:—" That the de-
ceased died from th© effects of opium incautiously ad-
ministered by himself in the absence of written instruc-
tions from his in edical attendant."
The jury wer c. then 'discharged.

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Trieste, •...... 11 46
retersburgh ••• 37%
Madrid ••••• • • • • • •••• •• 49%
Barcelona •• •• •• ••• ••
Seville.. •• .• •• •• •• ••••

iNGE.-(THIS DAY.)
Gibraltar.. •• •• •• ••
Leghorn .. •••••• " •• •• 30 723
Genoa .. • • •• •• •• •• •• u 4
Venice.. .• •• •• •• •• •• ••
Naples .• .• •• •• •• •• •• 413(
Palermo, peroz•• •• •• 123)i
Messina •• •• •• •• •• •. 123%
Lisbon.. •• •• •• •• og
Oporto•• •• •• •• •• •• .• •• Si
Rio Janeiro •• ........
Buenos Ayres
Sew York, 60 dayesight
Philadelphia
pawns 07 BULLION, PER OZ.
[Foreign Geld inbars— .£3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
New Dollars • • ...• 0 4 11
Sliver in bars ........ 0 5 0%

rHE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

WAR-OFFICE, SEP'T. 28, 1852.

BRETET.—Lieu t.-General Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8.,
to have the rank of General so long as he is in com-
mand of her Maje sty's army.
WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 28.

lst or Grendier Regiment of Foot Guards—Field-
Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert, E.G., from
the Scots' Fusilier Guards, to be Colonel, vice Field-
Marshal his Gracs the Duke of Wellington, K.G., de-
ceased, Sept. 23.
Scots' Fusilier Guards—Major-General his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G. from the 17th
Light Dragoons (Lancers), to be Colonel, vice his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, K.G,, appointed to the Grenadier
Guards, Sept. 23.
17th Light Dragoons (Lancers)—Major-General
Thomas William Taylor, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., appointed
to the Scots' Fusilier Guards, Sept. 23.
Rifle Brigade—Field Marshal his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, K.G., to be Colonel in Chief, vice Field
Marshal his Greco the Duke of W►:llington, K.G., de-
ceased, Sept. 23.

60th Foot—General Viscount Benasford, G.C.8., to be
Colonel in Chief, vice his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
K.G., appointed to the Rifle Brigade, Sept. 23.
HORSE-GUARDS, SEPT. 28.
The General Commanding in Chief has been pleased
to appoint Colond Richard Airey to be his Military
Secretary.

ADMIRALTY, SEPT. 18.
Corps of Royal Marines—Second Lieutenant Joshua
Hamilton Maskery to be First Lieutenant, vice Samuel
Lewin Wilson, deceased.

Commission by the Governor of Om Isle of Wight.
Andrew Snape Hamond, Esq., to be Deputy Lieute-
nant, Sept. 16.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenan t of Lancashire.
Hon. Gilbert Stapleton to be D eputy Lieutenant,
Sept. 24.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenan t of Warwickshire.
The Right Honourable Heneage, l ',ord Guernsey, to
be Deputy Lieutenant; the Honours.' ble Charles Lennox
Butler to be Deputy Lieutenant; Robert Barnard, Esq.,
to be Deputy Lieutenant ; Charles I cite Bracebridge,
Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 3;.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire.
Edward John Rudge, Esq., to Deputy Lieut ;
Thomas Wm. Fletcher, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutnant ;
Thomas Webb, Esq., to be Deputy Li eutenant; Joseph
Green Bourne, Esq., to be Deputy Liel ltenant; William
Bennitt, Esq„ to be Deputy Lieutenant; Thomas Gale
Cartier, Esq , to be Deputy Lieutenant; Francis Hol-
land, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant ; John Towers
Lawrence, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Sept. 15.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant o f the East Riding

of Yorkshire.

The Honourable Arthur Duncombe to be Deputy
Lieutenant; Henry Boynton, Esq., to No Deputy Lieu-
tenant; Edward Horner Raynard, Esq., to be Deputy
Lieutenant; Henry Clough Tayklr, Esq., to
be Deputy Lieutenant ; Henry Estouteville
Grimstou, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant; Tho-
mas Henry Pesten, E,,q., to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant; Marmaduke Jerard Grimston, Etiq , to be Deputy
Lieutenant;t Frederick Augustus Talbot Clifford Con-
at ble, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, Dept. 16.
peEn.a_s,t
_eYork Regiment of Militia—J ames Robinson
sei7t72(k)i; ~ to be Lieutenant, vice Dihnson, resigned,
Raikes, Vin
tenant, Dice Thomas Colton Matthews, Gent., to be Lieu-
opkinson, resigned, Sept. 21; Henry Pegut
Sept. 16. t., to be Ensign, vice lilidd, deceased,
Commissions by the
John Powell,
Esqhato, to be Deputy Lieutenant; John
Augustus Parki,l'
Jeffreys De W
James Prosser sheaid,Etcl., to be Deputy Lieutenant;
to be Deputy Lieutenant;
Charles
tenant, Sept. 25. sou, Esq., to bi., Deputy Lieu-
L William Lieutenant
eu a
aßti el ar d S trett
Middlesex.o a ,
Captain Manners Builth
xis biridtiehseexLoardegiment
ot. of .
Brecknockshire Militia --
Wood to bo Major, vice
resigned.
MreilsiitginaC;haGreless.
James Bastard, aEisssatai:rtnd, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice James R.
Ensign, vice Edward
Gent., to
George Thomas West, Gout.,
to be
belii or iarty,
Ensign, dveic:ea
Georgesed; V i
Mignonncent i o Cionrnbeest,t Le e ,
James Dyson,
Mpruonmroot,eGd
;en t.,
to be Ensign, Sept. 20.
Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia—Thomas
Harpur Colvill, Esq., Adjutant of the Royal West Ili-
litia and late Captain in her Majesty's 71st Regiment
of Foot, to servo with the rank of Captain, Aug. 1GI;
Henry Riversdale Grenfell, Esq., to be Captain, vice the
Honourable George Henry Charles Byng, promoted ,
Sept. 24.
Royal Westminster Regiment of Middlesex Militia--
Lieutenant George Edward Cook to be Captain, vico
Brailsford, resigned; Edward Murray, Gent., to be En"
sign, Sept. 20.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Durham.
Durham Militia—William Hamilton Williamson, Esq.,
to be Captain; William Ord, jun., Gent., to be Lieu-
tenant; John Frederick Gales, Gent., to be Lieutenant;
Henry Smith Stobart, Gent.,
1 to be Lieutenant; John
Henry Stobart, Gent., to be Lieutenant; William Dales
1 Trotter, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Sept. 23.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
'Eli:alas Jenkins, innkeeper, Tredep,r, Monmouth-

BANKRUPTS,

Thomas Russell and John Muszrove, sack manufuc-
turers, Norwich, to surrender Oct. 7, at twelve, and
Nov.B, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John-
son, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Solo, Turner,
and Turner, Aldermanbury; Miller and Son, Norwich.
William Milner Harker, currier, Little Moorfields,
City, Oct- 8, at eleven, and Nov. 8, at twelve, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee,
Basin ;hall-street; Roberts, Barge-yard-chambers.
James Robert Colet, milliner, Princes-street, Ha-
nover-square, Oct. 6, at eleven, and Nov. 6, at one, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee,
Guildhall-chambers; Rutter and Trotter, Ely-place.
Holborn.
Joseph Winter, elolier, Holborn-hill, City, Oct. 2, at
Pennell,
er-lane.
twelve, and Nov. 6, Et half-past twelve, at the Court of
ptc;
y Pn
Huson, n
Imong
. . official assignee, Guildhall-
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
Bankruptcy.
e hianm rb
ers
G. Faulkner, Charlov)-street, Pimlico.
W. J. Couch, artist, Lee, Kent.
D. Humbert, Italian warehouseman, Frith-street, Soho.
G. W. Hogg, draper's assistant, Church-street.
J. Ellis, cowkeeper, Carnault-place, Spa-fields.
T. Whinney, livery stable keeper, Shepherd street, May

Fair.
I. Elkins, grocer, Higk-street, Shadwell.
T. Cook, tailor, Oaktull-place, New Cross.
M. E. Durup, Stamford-Street, Blackfriars-road.
W. Nockella, newspaler agent, Jermyn-street.
11. Anderton, manage! of dye works, Salford
E. Banister, beer seller,;
—ova Scotia.
W. Gray, licensed victualler, Chorlton-on-Medlock.
J. Ogden, cabinet mater, Oldham.
Westbromwich, Stafford-
W. Rock, commissior agent,

shire.
J. Smith, beer seller, lulme, Manchester.
E. Davis, confectioner. Fleetwood-oa-Wyre, Lancashire.
G. Bansall, Shirland, Derbyshire.
J. Cowley, Manchester.
M. Cooke, joiner, Denton, Lancashire.
R. G. pExchequer-office, Dover.
E. T. Daastx, clerkelerk tinthe Rule-office, Dover.
Jigh Harrowgate, Yorkshire.
H. B. Noble, teacher, Herefordshire.
, Bishop Auckland, Durham.
:J. Carr, stone mason, Dewsbury,
Yorkshire.
J. Lowe,
Ellis,Lcoawm
orbbeleaolcir,,knisnmh
an per
and
deeflour
an
merchant and seedsman, Pen-
dleton,
Martin, victualler's servant, Folkestone, Kent.
W. ie
journeyman carpenter and joiner, West
ord,
Bromwieh, Staffordshire.
eltsyno Lancashire.
J. Dlwohu Srusaitld, f Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From u
London New Price Current, Sept. 28.)
GA
day West India Sugar was in extensive
request, both for refining and groeery purposes, the
rates obtained being fully equal to those of Friday, and
in some oases rather above. Operations are 110 hhds, Sec.;
including at auction 250 hhds 4 tree Barbadoes, which
s u.2.hreo.
realised for fine yellow 37s '.6d to .38a 6d, good 36s to
375, ord to good mid 33s to 35s 6d, good grainy 405.
360 hbds 96 bars St. Lucia-brown 29s to 31s 6d, low
to mid yellow, 32s to 340, and good to fine 34s 6d to 375.
77 hhds and 50 bars Demerara crystalised 36s to 38s 6d
per cwt.
RfiEn To-day large purchases were made in
Re
for home constemption, and rates closed
firmly-brown lumps at 445, low to fine grocery 44s 6d
to 465 per cwt. For delivery there are not sellers at
s. these termnerseoug.:
. A good expore demand for Crushed at
previous Lerrne
t'otclhrcs3ete
sstp,o,
2tet33((wholel:2sl3vt to 283,
foundwere rather
rsa midth
refininge btrou under y
gero3so,odslbat3t esc:tt2s3iwn66esa
es
pko
to
em-or e
cwt.3fi
4nc:a
Mexarrens.--This afternoon several parcels of Mau-
-3
ritius Sugar were offered at auction, in all 5,700 bags.
s6yedesll
tcohowemrma
wenttoens
, good to flue brown 285 6d to 30s 6d, other
s
EAST INDIeThisafternoon Bengal Sugar was in
good demand, and realised fully previous rates. At
auction 7,400 bags were chiefly' sold-mid to fine white
Benares at 37s to 395, damp and washed 35s to 38s.
superior grainy 403 6d to 41s €d, Mauritius sorts 32s to
365, very fine ditto 38s tt 38e 6d, and mid date 30s. Of
Madras none was offered at anotion, but several parcels
sold by private treaty at full valuations. Of Penang 30
bags realised 283 for ord !oft yellow.
FOREIGN.-To-day there were several inquiries for
floating cargoes of Foreign Sugar, and duty paid par-
cels; but holders refusing to sell at previous rates pre-
vented business of the lesst moment. None was sub-
mitted to public sale.
COCOA.-This afteraooe a public of 782 bags Trinidad
went off freely at is per cwt advance; grey selling at
32s 6d to 345, and ord to food red 34s 6d to 38s per cwt.
CoyFEE.-This afternoon the market was sparingly
supplied with Plantation Ceylon, and a good demand pre-
vailing privately former rates are sustained. At auction
50 cks and 88 bgs were disposed of; fine fine ord 52s to
545, fine ord 50s to 51s, other sorts 47s to 495, and triage
42s 6d to 465. Native is sell dealt in with reluctance at
42s 6d to 43s and at auction 50 casks were taken in at
44s for fine ord quality. Moche, and Costa Rica are
wanted at previous valuations, with few sellers. There
is more disposition to do business in Brazil Coffee. A
cargo of Rio realised 38s 6d for good firsts.
TEA.-Purchases to a large extent have been made in
true and fine green, preview terms having been well sus-
tained, indeed there is a small advance for best Hyson
the demand having grealy increased of late. In
common Canton Green operations are still very
limited, with sellers at late moderate rates,
there being at the present period no decrease
of supply. The prices paid for Green Tea now
range as follows:-low to riddling Hyson are is ld to
is 3d, good to fine is 4d to is 6d, choice 2s 7d to 2s 10d,
Young Hyson Canton 7d to 10c1, Hyson kind is to is 7d,
fine and superior is 9d to 2s Bd, Twankay 8d to Is,
Gunpowder Canton 'lid to le Hyson sort is 2d to 2s Bd,
fine 2s 9d to 3s 6d, Imperial Canton 9d to ls, Hyson
sort is 2d to 2s 2d, and Eyson skin 56 to Bd. For
inferior sorts of Congou ratter lower rates having been
accepted induced exporters and home dealers to take
large parcels, in the value 01 better kinds no change is
apparent, and a good business is doing. Prices for un-
sound rule at 7d to 71d, low b good ord sound 7id to
Sid, rather blackish to blackish leaf 9d to 104 d, strong
and Pekoe sorts lid to is 6d Pouchong is yet much
wasted, and the currency is still 5d to 7d for clean.
Purchases are on a more extended scale in Oolong; low
to mid 9d to 11d, and better sorts is to is 9d. Fine
Souchong is much required tt is 3d to is 10d, and
other sorts have been sold toa fair extent, mid to good
10d to is 2d, and:common 8d to eid. Flowery Pekoe
is in larger request, ant rates range firm, com-
mon at is 2d to is 3d, mid ;o good is 4d to is 10d,
fine superior 2s to 3s 6d. Fev buyers of Caper are yet
to be met with, although thee) are sellers in boxes at
Sid to lid, good scented at to is 81. In common
and mid scented Orange Pekoe sales are trifling at 8d to
Ild; but of good and fine may parcels have been sold,
Is to is 10d per lb. Of 14,00) packages offered at auc-
tion last week, one half was disposed of.
RICE.-Since Saturday Eaa India Rice has been in
extensive demand, and an advance has taken place of
3d ;per cwt. Operations are 20,000 bgs, and 10e to
tls 6d is now value of ord to fine sound white Bengal,
and Madras 9s to 105 per cwt.
FRUIT.--Valencia Raisins remain in large demand,
new et 455, and old 40s. The value of Dania is 26s to
275. Prices have ceased tc advance for Currants,
although numerous parcels hare been sold, the value is
for low to mid 503 to 545, and good to fine 55s to 63s
per cwt.
SPICES.-With Pimento the market continues con-
tinues to bo sparingly supplied, and stiffer rates are ob-
tained. Sales privatelS have teen at sici to sid for
common to good. Stocks remains deficient of last season.
Of Pepper there is a more lent
P Sul supply; less demand
exists, and terms have rather declined. At auction of
4,074 bags Aleppy, not above one-half sold at 3d to
aid for mid to good clean half heavy. Privately Mala-
bar is offering at 31d to 41d, Penang and Sumatra at
to 30. White is wanted, and rates rule at 64cl to
9d, and Coriander 10d to is 3d. Several buyers
of Pod at 43s to 645, and very fine 65s to
735. Some purchases have been made in Cayenne
at 7d to 9d, good to fine 101 to is 3d. Mace is
wanted, and few parcels are yet to be obtained, rates in
consequence rule firm from 2s 10d to 3s 3d for good to
fine, other qualities 2s 6d to 2s Bd. Cloves are not dearer,
several parcels, however, have been sold privately, Am-
boyna at 7d to 7.0, Penang 100 to ls, Bourtun and
African 6d to 60. Operations in Cinnamon are to a
fair extent; Ceylon firsts at Is 103 to 2s 101, seconds is
3d to 2s, thirds and fourths is to is 6d. Several buyers of
Cassia Lignea, good to fine at 112 s to 2225, common to
mid 114$ to 117 s but the quantity at market is trifling.
The value is for Buds 81 103 to 91. Of Cassia Vera
supply is not; ample for the demand, and rates rule
at 35s to 60s. Ginger has been operated in with
caution. At auction 511 bgs African in part sold
at 22s ed to 235 6d; and 100 pkge Jamaica at 381
to 91s for low to good. Privately Cochin is to be ob-
tained at 30s to 58s, fine ditto 60s to 80s, and export
Bengal 16s to 18s. At auction 30 cases preserved went
at Bid to 9d. Nutmegs are still wanted, and previous
terms are easily obtained; fine brown selling at 3s 61 to
4s 2d, good 3s to 355 d, ord to mid 2s 3d to 2s 10d, and
low to fine limed is 10d to 2s ed per lb.
SPIRITS.-Leeward Island Rum in good demand,
supply remains small, and rates are firm at is sici to
Is 611 per gallon proof. East India realizes is 5d to
Is sici, and the quantity on offer is not sufficient for
the demand. In Demerara large transactions
have again taken place at 2s 2d to 2s 3d for
32 to 40 per cent over proof, but chiefly at 2s id
to 2s 21, and there is firmness on the part of
merchants. Jamaica has been in lively demand, chiefly
for home trade purposes, and previous terms are easily
obtained, supply keeping on the decrease. The parcels
sold were 36 to 39 over proof of superior quality at
3s ed to 4s, fine 28 9d to 3s sd, 32 to 36 over mid
to good 2s 4d to 2s 81, and mid 33 tO 34 over
2s 2cl to 2s 3d. There aro buyers of Havannah at
Is 4d to Is 4id proof; but the quantity on offer is
trifling. Brandy met with less attention for all purposes,
Cognac i best Brands of the vintage of 1851 5s 4d to
5s 6d, 1850 ditto 5s 61 to 5s Bd, 1849 ditto 5s lod to 6s,
1848 ditto 6s 2d to 6s 4d, older 6s 6d to 6s 10J, low to
mid qualities 49 to ss, and Bordeaux 2s 6d, to 2s 8d
,Geneva continues to be wanted at Is lid to 2s, and fine
2s 2d to 2s 6d; there is only a limited supply. British
made Spirit has been operated in with caution, and
there are sellers at 9s 6d to 9s Sd cash ; Gin 17 under
proof 8s 8d to 8s 9d, and 22 ditto at 8s 2d to 8s 3d per
gallon.

INDIGO,—The quantity of East India announced for
auction on the 6th of next month has been increased to
21,600 chts ; still the market is in a favourable po-
sition, exporters and home dealers being desirous to ope-
rate, prices are
yet on the rise, and the rule 6d to 8d per
lb above last quarterly sales. Since that period nearly
6,000 chests have been disposed of ; at present terms
some of the leading holders will not sell. Spanish is

wanted, and the previous advance of 6i per pound is
woll sus'aiueu. Prices fur Guateloala rule at 33 44 to
5s 61 and Ca-rids 3' 6'... pn. auc:iJr.
340 serous are declared. _

-------
PROVlSlON3.—Operations in Irish Butter have been
upon an extensive scale during the last few days, and
an advance has taken place, although arrivals are
again heavy and amounted to 15,500 firkins for the
past weak. The rates obtained for Carlow, Clonmol,
and Kilkenny have been 80s to 84s, Cork 79s to
80s, and Limerick 73s to 765. Dutch is i❑ moderate
supply, and there being a brisk demand, prices have
an upward tendency ; Friezland, fine selling at 903
to 945, surplus and seconds 76s to 88s ; Holstein and
Kiel, fine 88s to 92s ; Zwolle, 82s to 86s ; Leer, 70s
to 74s ; and Groningen, 66s to 725. Imports were
4,950 casks last week. English has been much in
demand at 70s to 945, and fresh 9s 6d to lis 6d per
dozen lbs. Although large purchases have been made in
Bacon, yet a desire is evinced to sell, Irish sizeable at
57s to 625, heavy 53s to 58s, Hamburgh 50s to 525,
and sizeable 53s to 565. For delivery Waterford is offer-
ing at 47s to 48s on board up to the close of the
year. Middles only in limited demand, and 50s to 54s
is the value of bale and tierce. Navy Provisions are
still purchased with caution, still sales are not pressed,
and prices rule ;:s follows:—Pork Irish India 71 10s
to 8/ per tierce, Mess 80s to 85s per brl,
Beef American India 6/ 15s to 71 per tierce,
Mess 51 10s to 61, and Hambro 51 103 to 61. Hams
are much wanted, Irish 603 to 70s, and English 70s to
765. A good business doing in lard—lrish bsddered
60s to 655, keg and firkin 56s to 595, Hamburgh 55s to
58s, and bladdered 63s to 65s per cwt. Cheese is much
wanted, Edam 32s to 425, Gouda 323 to 355, Kanto. 17s
to 17s 6d, and American 30s to 40s per cwt.
TALLOW.—The demand continues active for Russian
for home consumption; many parcels have also been taken
for shipment to the United States. Prices keep on the
rise; fine old Yellow Candle selling at 40s 9d to 41s,
and new at 41s 3d to 41s 6d. A large business has been
transacted for delivery, and the terms obtained are 40s
to 40s 3d for last tree months of the year. Home melted
met with a free sale, and cannot be had under 41s 6d
cash; supply being less than for some time past. Other
sorts of Tallow are also dearer; at auction 700 casks
Australia were sold, Beef at 39s to 40s, Mutton 38s 6d
to 41s 6d, and 300 casks South American 36s 3d to
39s 9d per cwt.
OlLs.—Although Seal Oil can b© obtained rather
under previous rates, yet purchases are limited for all
purposes; pale at 331 lOs to 341, and other aorta
311 to 331. Cod is offering at 321 103, and few
buyers are to be met with. Prices are prevented
from declining, for Southern supply being small,
there is a reluctance to operate, and rates rule at 311 lOs
to 341 lOs for low to fine. Sperm met with little atten-
tion, and can be obtained at 84l to 861 103., there being
a fair supply. Headmatter is 871 to 901. A greater
demand exists for Palm, rates are higher and rule at 28s
6d to 30s per cwt. for middling to fine. Ccsoa Nut
is much in request, and a further rise is looked for. At
auction 235 packages and 88 hhds Ceylon sold at 33s to
35s 3d, and privately fine Cochin realised 36s to 36s 6d.
Linseed Oil dealt in with caution, and there is a further
decline, 28s 9d to 29s having been accepted on the spot,
and 27s 6d to 28s per cwt for delivery. Supply
is moderate and consumption :favourable. Rape Seed
Oil is in extensive request, and the rise continues;
brown selling at 335, refined 34s 6d, and Foreign 35s to
35s 6d. Lard Oil is cheaper, sales having been made at
48s to 495. Olive met with less attention, and a decline
has (secured. Gallipoli selling at 571 to 58/, and other
sorts 541 to 561 per tun; still stock is light, and con-
sumption does not decrease.

POST-OFFICE NOTICE•
MONEY ORDERS.

A major money-order office will be opened at Brough,
in the county of York, on the Ist of October.
In Scotland minor money-order offices will be opened
on the Ist October, at Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire,
served from Stirling; and at Troon, Ayrshire, served
from Glasgow.
In consequence of alterations in the circulation of
letters, Broseley, thwley, Iroobridge, and Madeloy are
now served from Wellington, Salop; and Malpas from
Whitchurch, Salop. The Book of Money Order Offices
must be corrected accordingly.
Bexley, Carchalton, Hampton, Richmond, Surrey,
Southall, and Stanmore, are served (as respects money
order advices) from London, instead of from Dartford,
Croydon, Hounslow, and Watford respectively, and the
column in the list of mon©y order officel:, headed " Post
Town from which served, &c,," must be corrected ac-
cordingly.

FRANCE.
The following telegraphic dispatches have reached
Paris during yesterday :

_
" MARSEILLES, 26TH SEPT., 9 A.m.
" The Prince has just heard miss at the Cathedral.
The Bishop received him under a canopy, at the head of
his clergy, and addressed to him a speech.
" SEPT. 27T1r, 11 A. 1.3
. _ _

" His Highness embarked in the Napoleon, at nine
o'clock. The inhabitants accompanied him to the
place of embarkation with cries a thousand times
repeated of Vivo l'Empereur!' Vive Napoleon Jul
The indignation against the miscreants implicated in the
plot to assassinate his Highness was general, and in-
creased the enthusiasm which the presence of the Prince
excited everywhere."
By decrees of the Prince President. dated Grenoble,
the 22d, signed on the report of the Minister of War,
the laws relative to savings banks are declared appli-
cable to Algeria, and a savings bank at Algiers is
authorised.

No change worthy of notice has taken place in the
trade of Paris during the week that has just expired.
Generally speaking a good deal of activity prevails
in the manufacturing establishments, and there
are a few houses where the hands are insufficient
to complete the orders they have received. The
cabinet-makers of the Faubourg St. Honore, in par-
ticular, are busily engaged in executing commissions
for England, Spain, and Russia, and it is stated that
the commands already executed for these countries
are double as compared with the corresponding month
of last year. The shopkeepers of the capital have not
much cause for complaint, inasmuch as the number of
foreigners now in Paris is more than enough to sup-
ply the place of the usual residents who have not
returned from the country.
It is, however, from the northern departments that
the loudest complaints are heard, in consequence of
the suspension of commercial relations between France
and Belgium, and considering the quantity of Belgian
coal they were in the habit of using in their works,
the loss incurred by the imposition of an increased
import duty on that article must be great.
The Pays has the following on the plot against the
life of the Prince President :

"It is with a feeling of extreme grief and deep indig-
nation that Europe will learn that there still exists a
race of factions men, so degraded and so perverse as to
make themselves assassins, and demanding, from instru-
ments of vengeance and destruction, which cannot have
a more appropriate name than that of infernal
machines, the odious triumph of we know not what
doctrines, which do not belong to any party, any
more than to any people. One would think, for
the glory of humanity, which is dishonoured by such
monsters, that in the fury which arms their murderous
hands there is more madness than ferocity. And,
nevertheless, what a refinement in crime, what a fright-
ful skill in that machine which, in order to more surely
reach one man, would deal death among thousands of
citizens! What a depth of perversity ! More fortu-
nate than it was fifty years ago—when the
Emperor Napoleon, then First Consul, nearly perished
in Paris, in the height of his power and renown,
the victim of a similar attempt—the authorities pre-
vented the explosion of the internal machine at Mar-
seilles. The danger which threatened the life of Prince
Louis Napoleon only makes the nation better under-
stand how thankful it ought to be to Providence for
having raised him up in days of anarchy, to save us
from the abyss towards which we were proceeding
hour by hour, impelled by the wind of February. It
is at this moment that we must more particularly
feel how closely the destinies of France are connected
with the life and the power of the nephew of the
Emperor. If the impious hand of the assassin had
ravished Prince Louis Napoleon from the love of the
populations who flock together on his passage, what a
blank would have been loft in the State! Who could
dare to coolly measure the extent of the loss? Who
could dare to calculate th© frightful consequences of
such u catastrophe? But God, who protects France,
has caused the defeat of the conspiracy of the south.
Let us bless him for having preserved the august Prince,
who alone can give us a long future of repose and of
prosperty."

NIGHT BALLOON ASCENT, WITH FIREWORKS.—
On Monday evening, at eight o'clock, Mr. Merry Coxwell
ascended from the Pavilion-gardens, North Woolwich, and
discharged from a battery, suspended to his balloon Sylph,
a brilliant display of fireworks. After remaining in the air
about half-an-hour, a safe descent was effected on the
marshes near Barking. Mr. Coxwell has now made twenty-
six ascents this season. Last week ho accomplished a feat
which is unprecedented in the annals of aerostatien, viz., four
ascents on four consecutive days from four different establish-
ments. Foreign aeronauts may dazzle by a single act of
daring, but this achievement displays the sterling English
qualities of enterprise,steadiness, and endurance.
PLAN FOR STOPPING RAILWAY TRAINS.—MT. J.
F. Wachter, civil engineer, of Rotterdam, has designed a
plan to prevent railway trains from running off the rails,
and for stopping them instantaneously. It consists of two
distinct parts—first, a third or middle rail, with guides, the
object of which is to prevent the carriages running off the
line ; and secondly, a set of brakes which come into opera-
tion all at once on every carriage of the train, by turning a
screw either on the locomotive or on the tender. The two
parts (he says) may be applied separately, but be has com-
bined theca both, as both the objects to be attained are of
equal importance. .
PRINTERS' TOASTS.—" The Press : it ex-presses
truth, re-presses error, im-presses knowledge, and op-presses
none." " Woman : the fairest work of creation—the edition
being extensive, let no man be without a copy." " Babies :
miniature editions of humanity, issued periodically, and dis-
played in small caps."
CURE FOR STAMMERING.--It is simply, at every
syllable pronounced to tap at the same time with the finger.
By so doing the most inveterate stammerer will be surprised
to find he can pronounce quite fluently, and by long and
constant practice he will pronounce perfectly well. This may
be explained in two ways, either by a sympathetic con-
sentaneous action of the nerves of voluntary motion in the
finger and in those of the tongue, which is the most pro-
bable ; or it may be that the movement of the finger distracts
the attention of the individual from hls speech, and allows a
free action of the nerves concerned in articulation.—Hogg's
Instructor.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS AND LAST
YEAR.—There is only the difference of a letter between this
year and last year : last year was a year of Manners; this
year, thanks to Ur. Disraeli, is a year of Loonaers.