The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1853.

stantinople to the sth, from Smyrna to the 7th,
and from Besika Bay to the 4th September.
From Besika Bay we learn that, on the 29th of
August, the French steamer Chaptal arrived from
Toulon, bringing Rear-Admiral Barbier de Tinan
to relieve Rear-Admiral Des Fosses, promoted,
who left on the same afternoon, under the custom-
ary salutes from both fleets, in the Caton, for
Smyrna, whence, after being joined by his family,
residing thereat, he embarked on board the postal
steamer the Hellespont, which passed Malta for
Marseilles on the 12th September. The Jena, 90
guns, line-of-battle ship, from Toulon, joined the
French fleet, in lieu of the Friedland, still under
repair at Constantinople, on the Ist idem. Vice-
Admiral Dundas availed of the departure, on the
29th of August, of the Caradoc, to coal at Chenah
Kalessi, within the Dardanelles, to pay a visit to
the Ottoman civil and military authorities thereat,
returning on the same evening in the Britannia's
launch. The Caradoc rejoined the flag on the
afternoon of the Ist September, and on the follow-
ing day the Ardent steamer from Malta, for which
port she left again with several invalids, Szc. Cap-
tain Richards, R.M., promoted, arrived on the
Bth September, and left once more for Besika Bay
on the 13th, with the dispatches and mails to hand
on the same day by the Indus from Southampton
and Valetta from Marseilles. Cases of intermit-
tent fever continued to manifest themselves in the
crews of both fleets, but scarcely any prove fatal
among the English, though the French are known
to have lost several men, which they bury during
the night, as if unwilling that the fact or number
should be 'known.
A misunderstanding is said to have arisen be-
tween the Commander-in-Chief and Captain Lord
George Paulett, commanding the Bellerophon, on
the occa,sion of her being dispatched, by reason of
the sickly
state . of her crew, to Tenedos, where-
upon his lordship hoisted a quarantine flag, lest
the French might suppose he had been detached for
some other cause. This led to a correspondence
which, on the part of his lordship, carried with it
something of the nature of a remonstrance against
the orders received, and subsequently two surgeons,
junior in the service to the one on board the-Belle-
rophon, having been sent to report upon the sickness
existing among the crew, gave rise to a further com-
munication from his lordship, which, on a refusal
on his part to withdraw, has necessitated a refer-
ence of the matter to the Lords of the Admiralty,
who may very possibly order a formal investigation.
The French admiral is making arrangements for
wintering at Vourlah Bay, in the Gulf of Smyrna,
but no positive determination seems to have been
come to in this respect as regards the English fleet.
Port Paradise in the north, or Port St. Antonio in
the south of the Island of Lemnos, Port Olivier on
the south side of Mytelin, the losco islands at
the north of the Mytelin, at the entrance of the '
Gulf of Adramytti, and Salamis, are severally
mentioned ; but, judging from the fact of the rear-
admiral superintendent having, besides the ship-
ments recently made by the Peninsular and Orien-
tal Company's steamers Rajah and Douro, char-
tered the Maltese barque San Paolo and the Eng-
lish brig Zephyr, to convey stores and provisions
to Besika Bay, calling at Salamis, with faculty to
discharge at the latter, it seems the most likely to
be selected.

The possibility of the British fleets entering the
Dardanelles, and even going further, is not, how-
ever, abandoned ; for, as late as the 3d September,
Black Sea charts were furnished and provided to
each of the vessels.

THE UNITED STATES.
ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA.

LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

The royal mail steamship Arabia, Commander
Judkins, with advices from New York to the 7th
inst., arrived in the Mersey to-night. In addition
to the usual mails from the United States, &c., the
Arabia brought 96 passengers, and 210,529 dollars
in specie. The Arabia passed the royal mail ship
Asia from hence on the morning of the Bth inst.
The United States mail steam-ship Atlantic,
West, from hence, arrived at New York on the
evening of the 3d inst. There is little or no intel-
ligence of importance by this arrival.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Hei ald, of the 6th, states that the administration
has accepted the resignation of the Hon. R. J.
Walker, as commissioner to China, and that his
successor will probably be appointed before the
close of the week. It is also thought that the mis-
sion to France will be filled in a few days. Secre-
tary Davis having returned from the Blue Moun-
tains, the cabinet is again full, and we shall doubt-
less soon ascertain whether we are to be repre-
sented by a hard or a soft shell, or either, at the
court of Napoleon 111.
Deaths at New Orleans are over 100 daily. Still,
though the pestilence appears to be on the decrease,
most probably on account of the decreased number
of unacclimated persons in the city, of whom there
were only supposed, at last account, to be about
6,000 to 7,000: at Mobile the fever was increasing;
deaths nearly thirty daily.
Two slaves, who suddenly disappeared from
Portsmouth , Va., were found secreted on board
the British ship Samuel, which was overhauled in
Hampton roads. A young marine, who had de-
serted from the United States ship Pennsylvania,
was also arrested on board the Samuel. The fugi-
tives, together with Captain Morris, of the Samuel,
who is believed to have taken no part in aiding
the negroes to escape, were taken back to Ports-
mouth. The captain was committed for exami-
nation.

I letter from Boston, dated the 3rd, says : The
barque Cuba, Captain Howe, from Palermo, ar-
rived at this port yesterday afternoon, having on
board, in irons, John Dudley, one of the crew of
the ship France, Captain Teal, charged, with three
others, with making a murderous attack upon
Captain Teal, on the 26th July last, on board said
ship. The France belongs to Philadelphia, and is
now on her trip from Pernambuco, bound for New
York, with three of her crew in irons, jointly
charged with Dudley. During the melee Captain
Teal was struck with an axe, and severely wounded.
The second mate, James Knights, was shot with a
pistol, the ball lodging in his shoulder, from whence
it was subsequently extracted, and at last accounts
Knights was doing well. Dudley has been com-
mitted to gaol for examination.
On the 27th August, the United States ship De-
catur fell in with the British ship Cleopatra, 24
days from Liverpool, for Quebec, with four feet of
water in her hold. A crew was put on board from
the Decatur, and endeavours were made to take
the Cleopatra into Sydney ; but on the 28th she
was on her beam ends and on fire, and all on board
were taken off by the Decatur, which arrived at
Nova Scotia.

The brig Maria Aldrich, of and from Bristol for
Havannah, is reported ashore on the north-east
end of Beaver Tail, near the lighthouse, and has
bilged.
Letters have been received at Boston stating
that the captain and crew of the brig Rodolph were
massacred by the natives of one of the King's Mill
Group, in December, 1851, and the vessel de-
stroyed by fire. The Rodolph was owned by Capt.
Alfred R. Fisher, now at San Francisco.

rrHEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. -
JIL Les3ee, Mr. E. T. SMITII.—Last Twelve Nights of Mr.
GU,'T.A.VUS V. BROOKE. —First Representation of a New Play,
in live acts, by G. H. Baker, Esq., entitled THE 13ETKOITIAL, in
which Mr. G. V. Brooke, supported by Messrs. Davenport. Belton,
Edgar, Evans, Mesdames Anderton, Featherstone, Belton, &c., will
appear. To conclude with THE FOUNTAIN OF BEAUTY, in which
Miss Featherstone will appear. Reduced prices as usual.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Directress, Madame Celeste.

THIS EVENING, SEPT. 19,

'Will be performed the Comic Drama entitled TO PARENTS
ford, and
aC:idUAKIIeDIyA;N:rs. Keeley,iCharac and
Characters by Mes,rs. Alfred Wigan, Cullen.
miss
Mary
Keeley,
After which, will be presented SARDANAPALITS.
To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.
To conclude with WHAT 1 NO CAB ?

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren.
For the BENEFIT of Mrs. A. PHILLIPS.
THIS EVENING, SErr. 19,
Will be performed THE SCHOOL FOR SC 'NDAL. Characters
by Messrs. Farren, F. Robson, W. Farren, Mrs. A. Phillips, Miss
AnsteY, &c.
To be followed by (never acted) MY HUSBAND'S WILL.
With SHYLOCK; or, THE MERCHANT OF " VENICE PRE-
SERVED."

ASTLEY'S ROYAL ..IMPHITIMATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke.

The unanimous voice of the public Press has pronounced the New
Classical Burlesque to have reached the acme of perfection. No
spectacle produced at the amphitheatre has ever created so great
a sensation. The Dresses and appointments have met with un-
qualified approbation, while the Classical Groupings and Grand
Ballet are nightly received with demonstrations of delight from
fashionab;e and crowded audiences. Mr. Cooke will (by desire)
introduce his highly-trained Barb steed, whose matchless per-
formance is pronounced perfect. Miss Emily Cooke will continue
her elegant Equestrian Act on a rapid limed, concluding with her
wonderful Feat of Leaping through 16 Balloons. Continuation of
the Battle of Waterloo.
THIS EVENING, SEPT. 19,

And daring the week, will be presented (the Bth time) the New
Classical Burlesque, entitled JUPITER'S DECREE, AND THE
FALL OF PILETON; or, THE FIERY COURAERS OF THE SUN,
with its magnificent Tableaux, military evolutions, and grand ballet.
To be followed by Mr. W. Cooke's Scenes in the CIRCLE, in
which that matchless wonder, Miss Emily Cooke, will appear on
her rapid Courser and Marvellous Flight throu,h 16 Balloons.'
Concluding with (80th time) THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
West.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
LIST WEEK OF THE SEASON.
THIS EVENING, SEPT. 19,
The Brilliant Routine of Entertainments on this occasion will
include the Panorama of CHUSAN, splendid MENAGERIE. First
Exhibition of the rare Baboon, "Hamadryas," Promenading capa-
risoned Elephants.
EXHIBITION of the MARINE AQUARIUM, a Collection of
Sea and Fresh Water Fish in large Glass Tanks.
Vocal and Instrumental CONCERT. Two favourite Songs by
Miss Poole, the popular English Vocalist.
The whole concluding with THE " FEAST OF LANTERNS,"
brilliant FIREWORKS, and EXPLOSION of CHINESE WAR
JUNKS.
Concert at Six. Fireworks at Nine. Admission, Is.

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

MONDAY, SEPT. 19, 1853.

State of the wind and weather at each of the following
laces at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
SOUTHAMPTON - N., gentle breeze—overcast.
TUNBRIDGE—N., calm—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—N., gentle breeze—overcast.
STROOD—N.W., calm—partially cloudy.
SWINDON—N., light breeze—partially cloudy.
CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
HOLTHEAD--S.W., gentle breeze—very fine.
LANCASTER—W., calm—foggy.
DARLINGTON—S., gentle breeze, overcast—foggy.
SHAP—E., calm—principally clear.
The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock :
LIMERICK—S., strong breeze—overcast.
3IuLDINGAR—S.E., strong breeze—rain.
FOLKESTONE—N., gentle breeze—overcast.
LANCASTER—W., calm—partially cloudy.
SNAP—E., calm—overcast.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tim. DAT —Morning 1 min. after 3 Evening 18 min.aft. 3
T i-Moanow —Morning 34 min. after 3 1 Evening 50 min.aft. 3

THE WEATHER.--Sus OFFICB, SEPT. 19.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
68—highest since noon yesterday.
55—lowest this morning and during the night.
67—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30'28.
WIND, W.S.W. - Fine clear weather.

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who have the hardihood to originate or '
to support such propositions.
Let us just consider the present state and con-
dition of the affair. It is admitted on every side
that Russia is the aggressor, and that without
any adequate provocation. Even the organ of
the Coalition acknowledges that " the policy of
the Conference is unsatisfactory to the State ag-
grieved, and unduly deferential to the State in
fault," that "there is no wrong on the side of
Turkey," and that " there is all the wrong on the
side of Russia," and that to decide that Russia
should be requested to evacuate at her convenience
a territory which she had nefariously invaded,
and that Turkey should be recommended to con-
sider a cessation of the outrage as redress and
compensation in full, is to arrange terms of very
little equity between parties thus situated. But
it still defends the course by adding,—" It may be
so, but the result is due to the very nature of the
problem before the world." There can be no
doubt, then, as to the side which gave the provo-
cation. The SULTAN (on the advice of his faithful
allies of France and England) rejected the humi-
liating propositions of the CZAR. The consequence
was, the invasion and occupation of the Danubian
Provinces, and the encouragement afforded to
the local authorities to withhold their tribute.
This, although an unequivocal declaration of war,
was borne by the SULTAN with unparalleled mode-
ration. He contented himself with preparing
to repel further aggression, and collecting his re-
sources for a final effort, if a war to the knife—a
contest for existence—was forced upon him ; in
the meantime trusting to the good offices of the
other Powers for protection and redress. A pro-
position was then framed by the representatives
of England, France, Austria, and Prussia, which
gave the AUTOCRAT all, aye, and more than he
had demanded in the first instance, through Prince
MENSCHIKOFF. This was transmitted to St.
Petersburgh, before even being submitted to any
Turkish diplomatist. It was freely accepted by
NICHOLAS, for it gave all he wanted. It was ac-
cepted, with some slight modifications, by the
Divan—modifications which were considered as
mere matters of form by the Conference, but con-
tumaciously rejected by NICHOLAS, because, for-
sooth, they had emanated from Turkey, to whom
he would allow no latitude whatever. But, if
this was the case, they were adopted by
the Conference, and thus practically became
the proposition not of Turkey, but of, the
collective body, and that before the proposition
was submitted to the CZAR. The excuse,
therefore, even setting aside its audacious
insolence, is utterly untenable. The parties to the
Conference are insulted as well as Turkey, and
yet we are to truckle to the strong bully, and
assist in forcing the bitter pill down the throat of
the injured party because he is weak and cannot
help himself. Is this English conduct or manly
behaviour ? Is it befitting our ancient reputa-
tion, or calculated to maintain our prestige or in-
fluence in the Council of Nations ? We await
the answer patiently. When we consider the
unanimous reprobation that awaited two English
labourers, for driving away a poor suffering
woman, whose husband was assaulting her with
brutal ferocity, lest the assailant might turn upon
them—when we peruse the indignant philippic
pronounced by the Times against " the gallant
Englishman who skulked away for fear of per-
sonal consequences"—we ask ourselves, with as-
tonishment, can it be the same journal that is
recommending to the nation a course similar to
that which it thought so disgraceful to humble indi-
viduals, and for which it invokes the indignation
of all persons on their devoted heads? How easily
it perceives the mote in THOMAS TAYLOR'S eye,
while serenely unconscious of the beam with which
its own vision is obstructed. At all events, it
cannot lead public opinion in this respect, or de-
grade England as a nation, to a participation in
such infamous and cowardly truckling to the
bullying of the Northern Despot.

Colonel JEBB'S Report to Lord PALMERSTON 011
the Discipline and Management of Convict Pri-
sons, &c., which we have given at length in The
Sun (Aug. 29, Sept. 5,7, and 9th), contains a
multitude of facts of the greatest value to all
who take an interest in the great subject of crime,
its prevention, and punishment. In the opinion
of some politicians, the sole province of Govern-
ment is negative, for the protection of life, liberty,
and property to which they would restrict it, is
simply to be able to say with effect to the violent
and the fraudulent, " Thou shalt not." Such po-
liticians ought to give their chief attention to per-
fecting our system of criminal legislation and ad-
ministration. Prisons, compulsory labour, and
disposing of those who have completed their
term of punishment, these things being in
their view the ultima ratio of Government,
ought to engross their chief attention. But
all considerate persons, whatever their abstract
theory of Government, will feel that these painful
subjects are amongst the most important of which
it should be master. Happily, the question of
disposing of the best of our criminals has been
made only to the smallest possible extent, a party
question. The Leaders on all sides have felt that
the penal sufferings of their unfortunate fellow-
citizens were not the field for political warfare.
There have been, indeed, no lack of kind-hearted
and well-meaning theorists on the subject of se-
condary punishments, and they have been zealous
enough in defence of their crotchets or their
really excellent plans, but the names of our great
political parties have not yet been heard in the
discussion. We trust they never will, and that
the spirit of Sir BALDWIN WALKER will preside
over every appointment in a "service" inferior in
importance to none.
We have already noticed Colonel JEBB'S Report
generally, in the terms of consideration it so well
deserves ; there are, however, one or two points
to which we shall advert specifically. We think
it goes very far to justify the expectation of Lord
PALMERSTON, that the cessation of transportation
will not, in all probability, be felt painfully in
this country. Our reason for thinking so is, the
little addition, if any, which will be made to the
number of convicted criminals, whose liberty,
after undergoing punishment, is dangerous to the
community. it may even appear that, if our whole
system be harmoniously and judiciously modified,
we shall gain rather than lose in the evils to be ap-
prehended from criminals who have finished their
terms of imprisonment. The small proportion which
will be added to the class just mentioned, by re-
taining our convicts at home, is one consideration.
Only about one in fourteen on an average of those
brought to trial have been actually transported,
about 2,000 out of 27,960 in 1851. And it
does not seem likely that when the entire 2,000
are retained at home (at present a part of them
are to go to West Australia), the addition of one-
fourteenth to the amount of that part of our
population which has been convicted of crime can
be perceptibly felt. It may be thought that
those who are sentenced to transportation must be
of a class far less likely to be reclaimed and to
amalgamate usefully again with society than those
sentenced to briefer punishments at home. We
must agree with Lord PALMERSTON, perhaps as
advised by Col. JEBB, that the inference is by
no means correct. Ttlhioeuglhegate remarklhprefessi
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upon criminals, whose offences vary in almost
every degree, in those circumstances at least which
affect the hope and probability of their reforma-
tion. Many years ago, a gentleman, well known
for his actual success in reclaiming convicts of
whom he had the charge awing their voyage to

Now South fissured us that the key to
his success Wi,z; a frail belief that the "men'
under his charge (lie would allow no one on board
to call them convicts) were no worse than
those they had left on the land. The
practical result of his creed was, that the
majority of those under his care were on their
arrival in New South Wales, not only worthy
of any liberty which the convict regulations per-
mitted, but their conduct and deportment actually
drew tears of pleasure from the eyes of the Go-
vernor.

This, however, brings us to the next reason
for apprehending no injury to England from
doing justice to Australia. Colonel JEBB pro-
poses for all a reformatory system which has been
proved to be successful in the vast majority of
cases in which it has been tried. The separate
system, judiciously carried out during the first
year of long sentences, combined with associated
labour, under strict regulations, during the
latter part of it, has not disappointed his hopes.
At Portland, the results of employing the convicts
on the formation of the breakwater, an invaluable
national work, must be considered, the Colonel

says, to be " highly satisfactory ;" not merely in
the lower pecuniary sense of the convicts almost
paying their own cost to the country, but in the
far higher one of their decided moral improve-
ment. The Chaplain speaks on this subject in the
most decided terms, and the small amount of the
punishment inflicted in Portland Prison, and the
willingness and cheerfulness with which the men
work, though under the strictest discipline, cor-
roborate his testimony. Their industry is such
that the five-sixths actually employed do work of
a value nearly equal to the cost of the establish-
ment. The tone of feeling amongst the men is
such, that while some persons feared lest a body
of 6,000 men at such a place might prove dan-
gerous in case of an invasion, Col. JEBB, after ad-
ditional experience, re-asserts an opinion he
had formerly expressed, that of " the 6,000
who, were there under sentence, 4,000 could
be produced who might be relied on to go
wherever they were ordered, and to be as
serviceable in the field as others who had had an
equal time for drill and exercise." Indeed, Colo-
nel JEBB proposes, amongst other modes of em-
ployment, that when the men become eligible for
a ticket of leave, such of them as were of suitable
trades and occupations should be formed into a
kind of military corps like the Sappers and Miners,
and thinks they would be invaluable in such an
auxiliary character in those colonies where labour
is dear. It is at least abundantly evident that
the Pen tonvil:e discipline of separate confinement,
followed by the Portland one of associated labour,
has produced, as the result of the three or four
years' discipline, a class of men very much more
safe to restore again to society than the vastly
greater numbers annually poured forth upon it
from our own prisons.
It remains to provide the best means for
enabling the discharged and reformed criminal to
find again self-supporting occupation. The fact
of reformation becoming the rule, and the con-
trary the exception, the care which Governors
and Chaplains will exercise in not giving good
characters unless they feel safe in doing so, the
openings which Government itself can make for
the labour of " good-conduct" men who on their
discharge cannot promptly obtain employment,
the assistance which friends will render when
hopeful that it will not be in vain, the facilities
afforded by emigration to escape from painful
associations, the endeavours of generous indivi-
duals like Mr. WRIGHT, of Manchester, and of
Refuge Societies—endeavours which Government
most judiciously encourage—are all in the view
of Colonel JEBB, and surely, with good reason, so
many grounds to hope that the great majority of
those who have gone through the course of dis-
cipline will be no burden to the community. We
shall return to the Report.

MOVEMENTS OF MINISTERS.—The Earl of Aberdeen
and the Earl of Clarendon are the only members of the
Cabinet at present in London. The two earls were
closeted together several hours during the past week.
The Premier was engaged until a late hour on Saturday
evening at the Treasury. His Excellency the Russian
Minister had a long interview with the Earl of Aberdeen
on Friday last.
THE LONDON STREET BLOCICADE.—On Saturday the
whole of the roadway in Fleet-street, from Fetter-lane
to Farringdon-street, was closed ; all vehicles eoming
westward to the City were compelled to proceed by
Chancery-lane and Holborn, returning by Fetter-lane.
On the same morning a number of workmen were em-
ployed in taking up the pavement on the south side of
Strand, near St. Clement's, preparatory to repair, and
all traffic on that side Ii ith@ roadway, was stopped for
vehicles. •

COMMAND OF THE RovAL ARTILLEXY AT GIBRALTAR.
—Colonel H. W. Gorda, formerly in command of the
Royal Artillery at Corfu and the lonian Islands, where
he superintended the inounting of upwards of 700 large
pieces of ordnance, and was subsequently superintendent
of the carriage department of the Royal Arsenal, was
recently appointed to the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar,
in the room of Colonel C. C. Danseg, C. 8., deceased,
and will embark at Southampton on the 6th of next
month for a passage to that important station. 1
THE WELLESLEY ESTATES.—The whale of the estates
of the Earl of Morninzton, which are situate in six of
the Irish midland counties, are advertised for sale in the
Encumbered Estates Court. The sale has been ordered
on the petition of Lord Wellesley, son to the present
holder of the title. The encumbrances on this estate
are of an enormous character. The Dangan estate has
long since passed out of the family.

STATUE OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON FOR THE
EAST INDIA-HOUSE.—The East India directors have
just commissioned Mr. Noble, of Burton-street, to exe-
cute a statue of the late Duke of Wellington in the
finest marble. The figure of the hero will be repre-
sented, we understand, in a military costume, and to
represent him about the period of the battle of Waterloo.
The statue will be rather above six feet in height, and
placed o❑ an appropriate pedestal.
DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICA FOR LIVERPOOL.—The
British and North Americans Royal Mail steam-ship
America, Leitch, commander, sailed on Saturday for
Boston at 11.30 with a full cargo, the usual mails, and
150 passengers, among whom was Mr. W. Chambers,
of Edinburgh, who is about to make a tour in the
United States.

MEMOIRS OF HAYNAU.—A publisher at Gratz, in
Syria, has given to the world a biography of the late
Marshal Haynau, that "immortal hero," as he is called
in the advertisement. The author is said to be a general
of high reputation in the Austrian service, and the pub-
lisher affirms that the popularity of the work made a
new edition necessary on the second day of sale.
POOR RELIEF AND HOUSES.—A return was published
on Saturday of the amount of property assessed to the
relief of the poor within the Metropolitan Police, with
the number of houses. The rateable value of property
assessed to the poor-rate in the year ended Lady-day last
was 10,663,0331. within the Metropolitan Police. The
amount of rental on which the police rate was assessed
in 1852 was 10,546,8741. The population in 1851 was
2,541,410 ; the number of houses in 1851 was 372,942;
and the number of houses assessed to the relief of the
poor in 1839 was 268,295.
DEATH OF SIR H. ONSLOW, BART. —We have to
record the demise of this member of the baronetcy, who
died a few days since at an advanced age. He was son
of the first holder of the title, and was directly descended
from Speaker Onslow, who was raised to the peerage.
The deceased was for several years connected with the
Royal Artillery.
CHILD MURDER.— On Saturday morning, a young
woman, named Eliza Moon Davies, aged 22 years, was
seen to enter the Victoria-park, Bonner's-fields, Bethnal-
green, and while she was proceeding along the gravel-
walk, by the ornamental water, she was suddenly seized
with illness, and fell to the ground. Several persons
ran to her assistance, and carried her to one of the seats
close by, where she seemed to be suffering extreme pain.
She was conveyed to the workhouse of St. Matthew,
Bethnal-green, where she asked permission to go into the
yard, which was acceded to. After she had remained a
considerable time, one of the nurses went to the closet,
and found her in a state of great exhaustion. Immediate
suspicion was aroused that she had given birth to a
ehild. She was accordingly removed to the infirmary,
where she was seen by Mr. Smart, a surgeon, who or-
dered her to be placed in bed, as she had been confined.
Search was subsequently made by the workhouse ser-
vants, and in the soil of the closet they discovered the
body of a newly-born male child, quite warm ; but there
were several cuts or scratches upon the face and neck,
and bruises on the head. Mr. Smart was of opinion
that the child was horn alive, and flied either from stran-
gulation or from suffocation, by falling into the soil. An
inquest will be held on the body tomorrow.
DONCASTER RACES.—ACOIDENT TO THE EXPRESS
TRAIN.—An accident happened on Friday to the express
train which leaves Doncaster for London at 4.30 p.m.,
about half a mile from the Doncaster Station. The fore
wheels of the engine got off the line at a point where
there is a sharp curve, and five of the foremost carriages
were dragged entirely off the rails. Fortunately the
train was stopped quickly, and with no further injury to
the passengers than a shaking more or less severe. The
train contained a great many gentlemen returning from
Doncaster Races. Amongst themwas Sir R. Peel,
Bart., who occupied a seat in the carriage next to those
that were thrown off the rails. The terrified passengers
rushed out of the carriages as quickly as possible on one
side of the train, the doors on the other side being
locked. A train of empty carriages was brought from
Doncaster, by which the passengers, after a delay of
about. half an hour, were forwarded, and arrived on the
!neap line of
.the Midland Company at Masborougli just
in time to jobl the express up-train.

THE LATE ACCIDENT TN TUE STR,.'!.

ADJOURNED INQUEST (THIS DAY)

This morning, Mr. Langham, deputy coroner for
Westminster, resumed at St. Clement Danes Vestry-
room the inquiry into the circumstances attending the
deaths of Robert Thompson, Sarah Thompson, George
Dunn, and George Rowe, who, it will be remembered,
were killed by the falling of a house (No. 184), in the
Strand, on Thursday, the Bth inst.
_ _

Mr. Bodkin appeared for the Messrs. Lucas, builderF,
Mr. Few for the Duke of Norfolk, Mr. Aldrige and Mr
Ballantine for Mr. Abrahams, the surveyor, and Mr.
Hawkins for the relatives of the deceased.

The Coroner said, that he bad received the report of
the three surveyors appointed by him to examine tht
ruins, but he thought it advisable not to have it read
until the evidence bearing most immediately upon the
deaths of the unfortunate persons was adduced.
The Jury then, at the request of the Coroner, pr,-
ceeded to view the ground, which had been cleared away
since the former day's proceedings, to enable the sui -
veyors to pursue their investigation.

Mr. Stevens, the surveyor, deposed that, pursuant t,
the Coroner's instructions, he had examined the pr, -
mises. He had eight feet cleared away, and he found
that the flooring had fallen about a foot and a half.
The witness then went into a scientific explanation (4
his drawing of the premises. The workmen had gone
below the original footing in excavations one foot six
inches.

John Fordham Stanford, 9, Arundel-street, Strand,
architect and surveyor—Saw the premises on the Tues-
day before the occurrence. He considered that the
workmen had sunk the earthwork too low, and en-
dangered the party-wall, and he called on Mr. Phillips,
Mr. Abrahams' clerk, and informed him of it. He no-
ticed on the Tuesday that the wall was out from 9 to
18 inches. The wall was supported by several shores,
but he considered that no shoring could render that
wall safe. Had the flooring been shored up it would
not have been safe, as the joists of the wall ran into the
rooms, and with the excavations then going on the wall
must have brought down the floors.

By the Jury:-Had the wall been underpined before
the commencement of the excavations, it might have
rendered it safe.

By Mr. Ballantine—On his oath be did not see any
jack-shores. He recommended that the excavations
should be done by piecemeal.
William Shripnell—A jack-shore is a short shore un-
der the raking-shore. It takes the wall lower than the
raking shore, and there were five feet of them, and al
put up by himself. There were five double shores, Vire,-
single, and five short or jack-shores. Mr. Rowe, ont
of the deceased, acted as clerk of the works, and Mr.
Phillips and Mr. Abrahams came frequently.
By the Jury—Did not think there were three cart
loads of earth in the slip from the angle of the wait.
Does not exactly know how much earth w s removed,
but did not think it could have been more than a cart
load. On a former day he called it a small bit of earth,
and that he meant to apply to about a cart load. Ther,
were about 26 feet, or two top floors above the top of
the shores, and that extent had no support.
The Jury decided that Mr. Abrahams should not be
present.
The witness Shripnell, cross-examined by Mr. Hawk
ins—He had sworn to the correctness of the plans,
though he had not gone into the details of the drawing.
He spoke to their correctness from a bird's-eye view.
Mr. Tatetnan, dealer in building materials—His at-
tention was called to the buildings at two o'clock, the
day before the accident. He was then laying a lead flat
on a house, about fifteen feet from the building. Hr
was so struck with the appear.tnce of the building at
half-past two o'clock, that he went into the excavations.
He saw the place where the made earth had given way.
The workmen appeared to him to be cutting a
part out of the wall, and upon looking more closely it
appeared to him that they were digging below the foot-
ing of the shores somewhere about two feet. The shores
were not high enough for the house, as they did not gc
up more than half the elevation. There were no jack-
shores ; there were slanting shores, but no jack-sbores.
He did nut communicate with Rowe, bec tuse he did not
see him. Was positive that he saw no jack-shores.
By Mr. Ballantine—How is it that you did not speak
of your fears of danger before the accide it ?
Witness—lt is a very delicate thing to interfere with
other persons' work, and they would not thank him foi
doing so, as he was not a builder. As the shores stood
they were not long enough. The short shores were not
jack-shores, because jack-shores must be upright, and
the short ones were slanting.
The inquiry was proceeding when we went to press.

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 16.

Yesterday afternoon her Majesty and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal,
Princess Alice, Princes Helena, the Prince of Wales,
and Prince Alfred, drove to Braemar Castle, and hon-
oured the Braemar gathering with their presence.
Her Majesty was received by the Laird of Invercauld,
at the head of the Farquharson Highlanders, Mr. James
Duff and the Duff Highlanders, and Sir Charles Forbes
with the Forbes Highlanders, from Strathdon. In at-
tendance upon the royal party were the Hon. Mary
Bulteel, the Earl Granville, Colonel the Hon. C. B.
Phipps, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon.
In the evening her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorf, and Lady Augustus
Bruce, joined the Royal dinner party.

September 17.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent and Count Alexander Mensdorff, drove yesterday
to Corriemulzie Cottage, to see the encampment of the
Forbes Highlanders.

Mr. and Lady Agnes Duff received her Majesty and
the Prince at the Cottage, and conducted them to the
encampment, where Sir Charles Forbes had drawn up
his men. Her Majesty walked down the line, and in-
spected the men's tents. The Hon. Mary Bulteel was
in attendance upon her Majesty.
The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, Count Alexander Mensdorff,
the Hon. Mrs. Gordon and Sir George and Lady
Cowper.