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

EVINING,

FRIDAY

AMERICAN NEWS.

ARRIVAL OF THE HUMBOLDT.

Billy Bowlegs, hereditary chief of the Seminole
Indians, with several war chiefs of the same tribe,
and an interpreter and suite, had arrived at New

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY, OCT. 7.
The. United States' mail steam-ship Humboldt,
Captain J. D. Lines, arrived off Cowes just before
noon to-day, and, having landed the English mails
and passengers, proceeded on her voyage to Havre.
The Humboldt left New York on the 25th ult., and
passed the following ships going into that port, viz.,
the Isaac Webb, Frances P. Sage, Winchester, and
Huguenot. On the 29th ult., off Cape Pine, at three
P.M., she saw the United States' snail steamer Atlan-
tic, from Liverpool, bound to New York.
The Humboldt has 105 passengers for Havre and
15 for Southampton ; on freight 100,000 dolls. in
American gold ,for London, and 220,000 dolls. for
Havre.

York.

The screw steamer City of Glasgow arrived at
Philadelphia on the 22d ult. from Liverpool, in less
then 14 dt,ys.
The New York papers are chiefly occupied with
questions of domestic politics, the war of General Scott
and the approaching presidential contest.
The Whig State Convention at Syracuse has re-
nominated Washington Hunt for Governor, and
Judge Kent tor Lieutknant-Governor.
The yellow fever prevailed extensively at
Charleston.
The IV ational Intelligencer of SPp!ember 24th
gives the following account of the official 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 Joequim Jose do Isma
was yesterday introduced to the President by Mr. Con-
rad, the Acting Secretary of State, and presented his
credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary of the Republic of Peru, aad made the fol-
lowing remarks ou the occasion :
" Sir,--The President of Peru has been pleased 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

In the New York markets money was in increaeed
demand, end speculative stocks had i❑ consequence
declined ; the rates for discounts had also slightly ad-
vanced. The demand for foreign exchange was
steady. London was quoted 110} to 1101 ; Paris,
sf. 15;te. to sf. 124 e. ; Amsterdam, 40k to 41 ; Ham-
burgh, 36 ito 36k; Bremen, 79 to 79f. Cotton had
declined .1 to 4 cent., but the fall did not bring for-
ward buyers. Prices were next to nominal, and the
sales 1,000 bales in the three days preceding the de-
parture of the Humboldt. Ashes were in moderate de-
mand. Coffee active at full prices; sales of the week,
10,000
,bales. 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. I❑ provi-
aions pork had again declined. Rice was te-) high in
price for export. Wool sales, 150,0001 b. in the We:.k.
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 unsettled.

On the 21st ult. the Canadian Legislature passed
Ln address to the Queen, thanking her Alpjesty 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 pfoposing that the Legislative Council shall be
elected by the inhabitantE, instead of appoint* d by
the Crown, with the proviso that candidates shall have
been either members of the Lower House or mayors
of municipalities.

FINE ARTS.

MR. MATTHEW 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 heroic 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 vr ai-
semblance. The modelling of the features has been
executed with the nicest appreciation of the speciality
of the subject. Nollekens and Chantrey 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 bust is equally correct and satisfactory. Nothing
of an 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, and 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 Fuseli,
we think, who, while gasing on a fine statueby a con-
temporary sculptor, exclaimed to the gratified pro-
ducer of the work, " You have cutaway all the marble
and left the man 1 " The compliment was neatly paid
and may be appropriately applied to Mr. Noble in
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 and fashion, to the credit of whom it may be
stated that he has received commissions for upw aids
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, in 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.

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 and integrity of your personal
character, which the whole world acknowledges, and
which place' you in a prominent position among the suc-
cessors of the illustrious Washington. For my own part,
I will not spa ye any means to maintain the good under-
standing betwe'tn both Governments; and, having had
on a former occasion the honour to fill here the same
station which I nom 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 impressed ,me with
_feelings of gratitude,
of high esteem for your country, and of profound admi-
ration for your institutions."
To which the President replied as follows :
" lam 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 for our sister
republics in South America, and for none do we enter-
tain a higher appreciation than for Peru; and I trust
there is nothing in the present relations of the two
countries calculated to disturb that harmony which has
hitherto existed between them. 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 serious and
lasting diff,rence 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 assur-
ance that tho time is far distant when the friendly rela-
tions between Peru and the United States can be dis-
turbed. lam gratified to perceive by your letter of
credence that you are fully authorized by your Govern-
ment to negotiate in 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 new diplomatist indicates that
there will be 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 Brazi;ian Minister, also
had audience of the President on the 21st ult., to
present his credentials, upon which occasion, after the
usual complimentary address from the Minister, the
President replied as follows :
" I am happy, Sir, to receive you, as the Represen-
tative of his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. The very
high character which your illustrious Sovereign has
been pleased to give you in his leiter of credence in-
spires a confidence that makes you a welcome addition
to :be diplomatic body accredited to this Government.
Brazil covers a large extent of territory in South Ame-
rica, and vie have, and are always likely to have, com-
mercial relations with her of great and increasing im-
portance. I nceive, 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 nu other desire towards your country than
that of maintaing the most amicable commercial rela-
-4:

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
his Grace Rear• Admiral the Duke of Northum-
berland ha returned to the Admiralty from Alnvvick
Castle.

APPOINTMENTS.

th,os' mutually beneficial to the inhabitants of both; and
I feel the fullest confidence that you will co-operate with
file 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 to
later news which has been received from Havannah

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. Harvey, to the Blen-
heim, 60, screw-ship, Portsmouth.
We stated yesterday that the Niger, 14, screw-
sloop, Commander Heath, was ordered Ports-
mouth to the Mediterranean. _ _

" Intelligence from Havannab,-toihel9th 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 to this city
by the steamer Crescent City. The New Orleans
dispatch 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 stationed in all parts of the island;
arrests were daily being made of every person suspected
of entertaining filibusters sentiments; all American
newspapers, without exception, 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 rurser
they attempted to place under the surveillance of their
police. We shall doubtless have full particulars in a
day or two."

The Inflexible, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Wool-
ridge, also at Portsmouth, is ordered to Lisbon.
The Mediterranean fleet, under the comm and-in-
chief of Rear-Admiral Deans Dundee, 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. 8., will be paid off
on the 9th. We have reason to believe, however,
that the 13th will be the day 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 Spitbead, and saluted the flag of
Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs, 8.C.8. 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.

\lr. 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 his
honour.

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

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 false 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
Musquito.
WooLwlcu, OCT. 7.—The Hercules, Commander
Benjamin Baynton, passed Woolwich yesterday after-
noon, on her way to Blackwell, to embark emigrants
for Australia.

" This vessel, which lately arrived here from Norfolk,
en route tor 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 sections,
diameter of cylinders, areas of fire surfaces, &o. 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 ... ... 2,419 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.
Boilers-4, of copper.
Engines—inclined, with iron frames and airpumpa, set
vertically.
" The contractor is Mr. A. Mehaffey, of the Gosport
Ironworks, Virginia. The hull was designed by Naval
Constructor Mr. Francis G rice, and the engines and boil-
ers were designed and drawn by chief engineer Charles
H. Haswell."
In noticing naval affairs, the Courier and Enquirer
states that—

The Wasp-ateam-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 steam-sloop, Com-
mander Lord Frederick H. Kerr, and the Spiteful
paddle-wheel steam•aloop, Commander George Par-
ker; the two latter vessels having completed their
periods of service, as they were both commissioned in
the early part of October, 1849.

" The line-of•battle ship Pennsylvania, which cost
800,000 dollars. launched at Philadelphia in 1837, we
learn from the Norfolk papers, is now lying at the navy-
yard at that place, and has recently been converted into
a ball-room for the entertainment of the officers in that
station. She is the largest and most costly abip of the
line in our navy, carrying 140 guns, and the only voyage
she ever made was from Philadelphia to Norfolk. A
correspondent of the Utica 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 constantly the same side to
the sun, her timbers have decayed, and would require an
immense outlay to replace. The sand has formed bars
around her, the oysters taken up their beds beside her,
nd fastened her to the bottom; and if she ever moves
gain it will be done by carrying the country with her."

THE CAPE.
We have intelligence from the Cape to the 21st of
August. The Commander-in-Chief, Commodore
Wyvill, bad not returned to Simon's Bay, from the
Mozambique, in the Castor.
Hydra, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Belgrave ;
Styx, 6, steam-sloop, Commander W. IC. Hall ;
Rhadamanthus, 4, steam-transport,
Master-Com-
mander Belem ; and Seringapatam, dep6t, were in
Simon's Bay.
Grecian, 12, Commander Hon. B. D. Keane, was
cruising ; Penguin, 6, and Commander Etheridge,
and Dart, 3, tender, were cruising—all but the first
in the Mozambique.
We understand that Com-
mandCerapßeeplgarpaevre 8,
aoyfst:h—e‘H‘
A Hydra, is unable, from the
state of his health, to continue in the command of that
vessel, and that he will in consequence return shortly
to Englard. Lieutenant Endor, first lieutenant of
the Styx, is, it is said, to be appointed to command
the Hydra."
Styx bad been to East London with supplies, and
returned to Simon's Bay, August 9
with
Colonel
Percival, 12th .Foot; Captain DiglaY
, 12 Lancers;
Hons. P. Herbert and Dick, 43d Regiment;.
tenant Irving, 12th Foot; Captain Pilkington, civil
engineer, and six levies.

THE WELLINGTON MEMORIAL AT ZILIANCIIESTER.
—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
reported, making a total of between 3,900/. and 4,000/.
COURT OT CllANCEßlL—Yesterday notice was
given that Vice-Chancellor Sir R. Kindersley will attend
on Tuesday next, the 12th inst., at the Pavilion Hotel,
Folkstone, to hear motions and other urgent matters. Pre-
vious notice is to be given of the intended applications.

OCTOBER

8

!850,

The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt had a quarterly meeting yesterday, in
the official residence of the Chancellor of the Ex.
chequer, in Downing-street. There were 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 (Aye of the Board of Trade.
Lord Stanley had an interview yesterday with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. James Hartley transacted business yesterday I
at the Board of Trade.

HA I'3ll KIEI".IritEATRE.
, ILlorofc's corm-dy of the Road to Ruin was pro-
duced here last night, and Miss Rosa Bentet,, a
young actress, new to the Loudon stage, appeared in
the character of Sophia. Her delnit was must suc-
cessful. She is a pretty young woman, .omewhat
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. Miss 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
most natural thing in the world, and her intelligent
conception and charming 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 as Silky, sus-
tained their parts with good sense and propriety, The
house was well filled.

QUEENS ROYAL THEATRE.
The 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 their 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 Monte
Christe, and the magnificent burlesque extravaganza
of The Enchanted Wives. The former piece (as
may be gathered from its title) is a dramatic adapta-
tion of Dumas' gorgeous romance, "Le Chateau
D'lf." The main incidents upon which the inte-
rest of this extraordinary 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.
Took, long known and appreciated in London and
its vicinity as " The Toast Master," one whose gifts
as au _ntei tainer 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 fl.shing 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
contretempsincidental 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 u 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.

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COURT CIRCULAIt. ? CASE OF STARVATION.
Tho inclement BAIMOR AL, Om 6. , Last evening Mr. Brent bald an inquest in the
y of the weather prevented her Ma- Marylebozie Workhouse on Jteeeph Shoobert, aged
jesty from being out yesterday, except for a short two yearn. The body weighed only Gibs.
walk in the afternoon.
I Mary Tyou deposed that s was the landlady of
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer- 1 the house, 18, Barrett's-court, where deceased's father,
stalking.
I mother, and their seven children occupied one room.
The dinner party included her Royal Highness I Five weeks ago the mother gave, birth to an infant,
the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Hohenlohe, and I when witness visited her, and saw deceased lying in
Princess Adelaide and Prince Hermann of Ho'hen- I bed in a horribly filthy state, c ampletely exhausted.
lobe Langenbourg.
I She asked the mother what ailed him ? She replied,
` thatN oh t
he
i wasng . '
s'
tarßviuntgw:igtnaevses ehixamminexodmheimcod,land fi n d
potatoes,ing
• which he eagerly devoured. Witness some time after-
/
1 wards visited deceased, and always found him hungry
and without food. He was so exhausted that he could not
1
move out of bed. The room had. not a particle of fur-
-1 niture in it. She had seen the! mother intoxicated,
Friday her (witness's) hueband, seeing the mother go
out to the pawnbrcker'e, desired her to take the
chil-
dren some food, as he %vas sure they were starving.
She availed
lit rself of the niofter'.. absent:'. HI. 'd took
f hem food, which they s,:iz:d, and voraciously ate.
Ore chil-, was ,
, , • wholly ri:.lied, and the others were all
hat naked, and covered with -filth.
By a Juror— tt is a frigh:ful fact that all the chil-
dren in the neighbourhood are allowrd to go in a state
of sct»i-oudity.
Margaret Dunkirk, a loagrr in the same house,
corruboratd the previous wrt,:ess.
Isabella Shoobert, the rn:dher, a wretched, naked,
half-starved creature, said that upen awaking on
Sunday mornirg she saw decee.sed looking queer,
and called her husband, but deceased soon afterwards
sxpired. 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.
Deceesed fell out of bed three weeks ago. She had
buried two other children. Although her husband
earned 235. a week she could not support her family.
She had never applied for relief to the workhouse.
She had not eaten anything that day, nor 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 she did not know how to apply to the work-
house.

Samuel Robert Shoubert stated that he imagined
that the family bad 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, rat.,
when be returned from work. He 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 6lbs.
11 oz., 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 CORONER, having summed up at great length,
the jury returned the following verdict :—" Deceased
died from exhaustion, produced by the want of
nourishment ;" to which Sliding the jury appended a
censure upon the parents. The Coroner then called
in the wretched parents, and having 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
be instantly looked after and taken care of. The
Coroner promised compliance with the request, and
the court was then broken up.

NE W ZEALAND COMPANY.
Yesterday the annual meeting of the shareholders
in this company was held at the New Zealand House,
Broad-street-buildings, to receive the directors' re-
port, to elect officers, and to transact other business.
Mr. G. Lyall, the deputy-governor, presided.
The report, which was exceedingly long, set forth
the claims of the company on the Government, the
engagements entered into with the Canterbury Asso-
ciation, and the current expenses and other liabilities
outstanding. On each of these heads the directors
lamented that they were unable to make a satisfactory
report. The Government had not yet settled one
portion of the company's demands, and had settled the
other in a measure short of the company's equitable
clainv. With the Canterbury Association the com-
pany is still in litigation. Out of the sums
received from Canterbury during the past
financial ye)r, amounting to 11,1931. O. Gd.,
a sum of 6621. 14s. sd. has been paid to the
Government; and the debenture for 10,0001., bor-
rowed from the Baron de Goldsmid, has been paid off,
but the interest on this debenture is still unpaid. For
the bills held by the Union Bank of Australia, drawn
on account of the Canterbury settlement, and amount-
ing to 14,9871.65. 2d., exclusive of interest, 26 mem-
bers of the company have given, as collateral security,
their personal promissory notes, to the amount of
14,460/., falling due on the Ist of next December.
Before that date effective provision for meeting the
said notes must be made. For such provision,
failing every other resource, the directors will be
compelled to make stall upon the unpaid-up capital of
the company. The other outstanding liabilities, as
stated in the annual accounts, amount to 4,057/. 4s.
2t1., exclusive of the sum of 556/. 1 ls. 4d., con-
sidered to be chargeable to the Government, but
as yet not admitted by the latter. Against these
can be placed, at present, only such portions of the
sums above mentioned as may be applied to the liabi-
lities incurred on account of Canterbury, and such
sums as may be eventually allowed by the Govern-
ment towards the expenses incurred by the company
between the sth July, 1850, and the 30th September,
1851, the latest date recognised by the Lords of the
Treasury. This is one of the questions before alluded
to as being not yet finally adjusted. Sir Ralph
Howard and Lord Courtenay had resigned their
seats in the direction. Mr. Gowen, Mr. Filcher, and
the Baron de Goldsmid went out of office by rotation.
After considerable discussion the report
.Was
adopted, and it was agreed that an adjourned meeting
should be held on a future day for the purpose of
going into some business details.
Mr. Jeremiah Pitcher and Mr. Gowen, the retiring
directors, were unanimously re-elected, and a vote of
thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
EASTERN UNION.-7A requisition has been presented
to the directors of this company, calling upon them to
take tbo sense of the proprietors with reference to an
arrangement for better alliance between that company
and the Eastern Counties.
EDINBURGH, PERTH, AND DUNDEE.—This company
have, at length, succeeded in arranging a division of their
capital among the various interests. The total capital
being in the aggregate, 3,385,2951.
DUMFRIES AND KIRECUDERIGIIT.—Measures are
being taken for the formation of a line from Dumfries
to Kirkcudbright, viol Dalbeattie and through Castle
Douglas.

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SuUTHAMPTON, TH OCT.üBsDAY,
Tagus, Captain T.
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S. Russell,
and Orie
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sailed
t this afternoon
nsteamshipnooanwith 7.—The Penin-
te usual mails for
la
Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, d Gibraltar, a very large
number of passengers,
;12,500/., 20 bottles of quick-
silver, whom are Lord Eliot, Mr. E.
A. Glover, &c., spec'e valuego The Royal mail-steamer,
silver, and a good g
--sieonwer,aleaves on Saturday with the Brazil
Teviot, Captain
mails, and the 1 and Oriental
Company's screw-
steamer' h Captain E. Cooper, for the Indian seas, the
Bombay, .
same day. The Milted States mail-steamer, Washington,
Fitch, is expected on Sunday from Bremen,
Captain E. M.
on Wednesday,
the 13th inst., for New
with the usual semi-weekly American mails.
°Pnemnsu Peninsular
and will leave
or EARL SOMERS.—We announce in out
place York,
i: EaAt
Obituary/ this day, the decease of Earl Somers, which took
l.itHis residence in Grosvenor-place, in his 65th year.
The deceased peer, John Somers Cocks, married in 1815 the
youngest daughter. of the third Earl of Hardwicke, by whom
be had issue Charles Somers Viscount Eastnor, now Earl
Somers, and three daughters. He succeeded his father as
second earl in 1841, and was Colonel of the Herefordshire
Militia, which post is vacated by his demise.
DEATH OF JOHN BENETT, ESQ., LATE M.P. FOZ
Wiras.—This gentleman expired on Friday morning, at
half-past eleven o'clock, after an apoplectic seizure on the
previous Wednesday. The deceased, who was in the 80th
year of his age, only retired from the representation of the
southern division of the county at the last dissolution of Par-
liament, after having devoted nearly 33 years to the service.
of Wiltshire constituency. Throughout life Mr. Ben ti:
WV a decided Protectionist; and in this respect, Tocuognhsis.
Whig in general politics, he read a striking s
The
had filled the
gen-
tleman was a magistrate for the county;
terky to his friends and contemporaries. lesdoencaoased gen-
pleted his
office of high sheriff, and many years ago (ill,Stfeintred him"
belt by his writings on agricultural topics.. II
79th year on the 20th of May last, baying been born in the
year 1773.—P05t.

DEATH OF LORD FERGUS KENNEDY.—This young
nobleman died in Jermyn-street the day before yesterdey, in
his 27th year. He was son of the late Earl of Cassilis, and
brother to the present Marquis of Aila.
THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL SCREW PACKET MEL-
BOURNE, ALIAS H.M.S. GitHasocc—The mails, the departure
of which from Plymouth should have taken place on Sunday
last, are still delayed in consequence of the damage received
by the Melbourne, screw steam-ship, formerly her Majesty's
ship Greenock, in a gale on her way from the River to Ply-
mouth, by which she was compelled to Lear up for Veal.
The Government have given permission to repair her defects
in the dockyard at Davenport. We understand she has lot
everything above her tops.
THE PRESS AS A MEANS OF NATIONAL EN"
LIGHTENILICNT.—At the Newport Eisteddfod, on Tuesday,
Mr. William Morris, printer, Stamp-office, Swansea, was de-
clared to be the successful competitor for the beat English
Essay en the above subject. There were seven competitors.