The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON. THITRSOAY EVENING, OCTOBER lB, 1849.

the cause of rig-ht, at the risk of possible Ixar. Pro-
bably the most proper course for England to pursue, by
way of effective public protest Egamst the French out-
rage in breach of the law of nations, would be, just
simply to exercise hcr undoubted right of refusing to
acknow leilge or have relations with any govtriiment,
P.:pal or othsrwise, imposed by such ut,worthy means.
The conjoint assent ot the Catholic rowers canrot
purge away the wrong. W hat have we to do with
Catholic powers scatting at di Ence the law of nations?
Ecgland, it may be said, has many Catholic subjects.
True, and they should be protected by their mother
country in the lull er,joy meat of all their religious rights
and liberts, at home or abroad. Bat if it be held as a
part of the Roman Catholic religion, that the Pope may
play the political tyrant over his temporal subjects, and
that he must be supported in this by foreign arms, then
that is the only sort of religion that the country and
the ministers of Queen Victoria should not tolerate,
except, at least, as were opinion. It must not be acted
-upon with the assent of England, er without its indignant
protest, and, if necessary, be resisted it must, even unto
blood.

"But though we altogether deny the right of France,
or any other power, or combination of powers, to inter-
fere in the present case, by force of arms, on mere Ca•
tholic grounds, we admit the plausibility of the plea that
Austria would have anticipated France in the work of
restoring the Pope. We think that this probability
would have justified, on the pal L of France, decisive pro-
tests—at the risk even of warlike redress, if they were
disregarded—against any such course by Austria. Well,
but, Austria, it may be said, would have dared to do a
deed un'...oly, for a holy purpose ; and then we should
have had an European war. Is that any reason why
Rome should be beleaguered and bombarded, and the
law of nations insolently set at nought? Much better
would it have been for the character of France, if the
French army had ejected the Austrian from a wrongful
occupation of the Eternal City, leaving the brave Roman
people to choose, as the French themselves had just
done, their owa government. Aye, but what then
becomes of his Holiness? There's the rub.' Thus do
we come round and round again to the same point: the
Catholic powers intend to assert, as a principle, their
immunity of exemption fram the obligations of inter-
national law in matters affecting what is called Catho
licity. We wish to bring this out into bold relief. We
are no fanatics against Popery as a religion, though we
are ardent Protestants. We speak, then, politically,
when we say, that if Popery will again rear up its proud
head and its triple crown high above the nations of
Europe, and will not be content to consider itself as a
religion and a creed, claiming, as in that character it
has a right to do, toleration and protection throughout
the civilized world; if it will claim, most offensively, not
only to the Protestants of Europe, but to all the true
lovers of liberty in every cation, unlimited license of
wrong; then let Protestantism, aye, political, and, if ne-
cessary, even armed Protestantism, awake from its slum-
bers,:and put on all its strength. Let the tongue of every
freeman call for vengeance on the enemy of universal
man. Let the detestable reign of priestism for ever cease,
and the proud, seven- hilled city, with all that it contains
—if otherwise the world cannot be intellectually free—
become a smoking ruin and au eternal desolation."
The Eclectic, which always has been considered as
the organ of a powerful religious party, is not without
wholesome food for its theological readers ; " Hagen-
bach's History of Doctrines," and the articles on
the " Punishment of Death" and on " Baptismal
Regeneration" will be attentively perused in the study
of many a reverend divine, while the reviews of
Power's "New Zealand" and Bulwer Lytton's "King
Arthur," and the paper on the " Pine Arts in the
colonies," will meet with equal attention in the
drawing• room.

RAPHAEL'S PROPHETIC MESSENGER

FOR 1850•

The Astral Science, so long disfigured by a mass
of superstitious absurdities, owes its resuscitation,
within the last quarkr of a century, mainly to the
exertions of two scientific authors, whose writings
have been given to the world under the respective
names of Zadkeil and Raphael. Since the death of
the latter writer, which cccurred a few years ago,
his Almanac has been conducted by a very competent
successor, who has, among other instances of his
power of prescience, attained considerable reputation
and literary notice by his clear prediction of the
downfal of Louis Philippe. A prophesy of a similar
nature is now put forward by him with regard to the
French President, for the ensuing summer; and it is
remarkable that Zadkeil foretels a like mishap, or
even worse, for the same period, viz., about July.
Neither is much good fortune presaged to the King of
Naples. Both also unite in predicting great fatality
from disease of the bowels amongst us next year.
Tous verrons. A great panic in the mercantile world
is announced to take place in next December, which,
according to Raphael, is to be in general a most dis-
astrous month. It will be worth while to notice
many of his singular foreshadowings, yet we are of
opinion that both the seers lay too much stress (as
regards certain exalted individuals) upon Transits,
which are altogether subordinate to Primary Direc-
tions. In the " Messenger" for 1848 there is a vaticina-
tion worth bearing in mind. Raphael says, speaking of
the Sclavonic tribes, "I do not hesitate to predict that the
conjunction, some very few years hence, of Herschel,
and Saturn in Taurus, will originate an astounding
union among them, followed by their regeneration as
a distinct nation." This conjunction will take place
in the spring of 1852. The work is illustrated by a
hieroglyphic of appalling aspect, and the Ephemeris,
and the numerous figures or charts of the heavens at
certain momentous periods, are prepared with the
utmost accuracy and care, the execution of the whole
reflecting much credit upon the publisher. Produc-
tions of this sort will lead to an examination on the
part of the unprejudiced of the principles of a most
ancient and interesting science, which it has been too
long the fashion to decry and ridicule, without any
fair investigation. Indeed, the trash which has ap-
peared under the name of astrology in many works,
such as " Moore's Almanac" and divers others, was
enough to make it a matter of derision'; but these, our
modern authors, are men of high astronomical
knowledge, ardent inquiry, and patient research, and
their labours are well worthy of being appreciated
by unbiassed minds. We wish them all legitimate
success.

THE QUARTERLIES.
The EDINBURGH RE VIEW. No. CLXXXII.

Due admiration is expressed for Mr. Tennyson's
Medley of the " Princess," by an Edinburgh reviewer,
who evinces as cordial an appreciation of this parti-
cular writer as he does a general familiarity with the
poetical literature of England. As a specimen of
eclectic criticism the article in question is really
valuable. It comprises not merely an analysis of the
genius of Mr. Tennyson, but a very felicitous de-
finition of poetical versatility; a declaration that no
age is unpoetiaal ; an ingenious distinction between
the national and ideal schools of poetry ; together
with a rapid narrative, admirably penned, of the
alternate or simultaneous progress of those
two schools. Milton, Shakspere, Chaucer,
Spenser, Marlow, Fletcher, Shirley, Brown,
Drummond, Daniel, Sydney, Carew, Suckling,
llerrick, Butler, Dryden, Pope, Thomson, Young,
Cowper, Burns, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and
Shelley (but especially the two latter), are brought
under the consideration of the reviewer. In a criti-
cism of so large and comprehensive a character it is a
marvel to us to find no mention whatever made of
such writers as Gower, Raleigh, Surrey, Prior,
Waller, Somerville, Gray, Collins, Johnson, Addison,
Byron, Campbell, Chatterton, Crabbe, Moore, Jonson,
llogg, Scott, Falconer, Cunningham, Goldsmith,
and a variety of other conspicuous names—not enu-
merating such literary minnows as Mason, Day,
Spratt, Savage, and Halley. Considering, however,
the amplitude of the subject, and its almost inex-
haustible fruitfulness, it is scarcely surprising that a
reviewer whose attention is chiefly directed to the ex-

aminatien of the writings of Mr. Keats, Mr. Shelley, and
Mr. Tennyson should overlook so many remarkable
names among their predecessors and their contempora-
ries. Acknowledging wry modestly that he can scarcely
" pretend to judge of a genius so large and manifold"
as that of Mr. Tennyson, the reviewer says that
whether he (Mr. Tennyson) writes a great work or
not, " he has taken his placeiamong the true poets of
his country." The assertion is in no degree exagge-
rated, but the recognition of a fact which no envies
or jealousies can conceal. An ingenious, though
rather scrambling, paper descriptive of that miracle
of the age " The Electric Telegraph," suggested by
works from the hands of Sir W. Snow Harris, and
of M. L'Abbe Moigno, enables the writer to jeer, in
his exordium, the prevailing fashion of applauding
scarcely any department of human knowledge apart
from the I... Aural sciences. Those who luxuriate in
the excitement of polemical discussions will find
materials for argument in the opening article for the
current number of the Edinburgh, headed "Reason
and Faith ; their Claims and Conflicts." Those who
look forward with any degree of interest to the occa-

sion which will be honoured with a Royal visit to
the City before another fortnight has elapsed,
namely, the opening of the Coal Exchange,
will obtain considerable information, if not a
large amount of entertainment, in the " Sta-
tistics of Coal." Those, again, who are fascinated
by the magnificent scheme recently projected by his
Royal Highness the Prince Albert, may derive much
gratification from the perusal of a very able essay
upon the subject of " Schools of Design." The
meditative, especially those struck with the sophisms
of Saint-Simon, or with the day-dreams of Fourier,
should peruse the disquisition on " Unsound Social
Philosophy ;" while the practical, especially practical
farmers, should scrutinize the paper dedicated to the
united subjects of " Science and Agriculture."
Commend us, however, to the pleasant, gossipping
criticism on that interminable theme of re-
viewers good Mr. Samuel Pepy's " Diary,"
recently re-published in a third and enlarged
edition, consisting of five volumes, by its first, and
last, and ablest editor, Richard Lord Braybrooke.
L. ord Braybrooke indeed has the satisfaction of think-
ing that his name is as intimately associated with that
of Pepys es that of Mottoeux is with the name of
Rabelais. On the 23d of February, 1632, Samuel
Pepys, the son of a tailor (yet connected by descent

Nvith tha Earl of ST.ndwieb), was born either in Lon-
don, or at Brampton in Huntingdonshire. On the
26th of May, 1703, being then in the seventysecond
year of his age, he died bequeathing to Magdalene
College, Cambridge, a store of inestimable literary
tr%,asurts. Of his library, and especially of its most
interesting contents, the manuscript mcmcirs in short-
hand, the Edinburgh critic speaks as follows:

" This lit:rary, thus perfected by thirty ye3r; rectifi-
cation and refinement, Mr. Pepys at length bequeathed
to Magdalene College, Cambridge; on conditions which
included its preservation fur ages to come in the self-
seine plight in which he had lett it. The ' presses' were
to remain unmutilated and undefaced, and were to be
kept in an apartment exclusively devoted to themselves.
Their contents were neither to be increased nor dimi-
nished by a single volume, but were to remain exactly in
their original state and form. As he willed, so it has
been. In a certain room of what was once called the
new budding' of Magdalene College, and on the exterior
wall of which may still be deciphered the inscription
Bibliotheca Pepysiana,' was this collection for many
years deposited; until, at a recent period, it was removed
to an apartment in the new lodge lately erected for the
master of the college. There it now remains—the
presses' and their contents being just as they were left,
the former in all the glory of black mahogany and glaz d
doors, the latter in their original bindings, and, probably
enough, in their original order.
" But the most precious specimen of this treasury was
that with which we are now concerned. Amongst the
books in the presses were six largo volumes filled with
writing in short-hand, which remainedundeciphered, if
not unnoticed, for a century and a quarter. At length,
some twenty or thirty years ago, they attracted
the attention of persons competent to estimate
their value, and the cipher was soon after submitted to
a gentleman of St. John's College for interpretation.
The problem proved not very difficult of solution; the
cipher employed being but slightly varied from one com-
monly in use in those titres, and even regularly taught
in certain schools, for the purpose of enabling students to
write rapidly from dictation. The contents of the mys-
terious volumes were, accordingly, soon translated into
the vulgar tongue; and they were found to be nothing
less than a faithful and particular Diary of Mr. pepYs's
life and conversation from the Ist of January; 1660, to
the 31st of May, 1669. This Diary, or rather, a large
selection from it, was first published by Lord Bray-
brocke in 1825; and the speedy sale of two large edi-
tions proved how accurately its interest had been esti-
mated by its noble editor. For reasons, however, to be
hereafter noticed, it was not then thought proper to publish
the journal in full—its records being subjected to an ex-
purgatorial process, which is now shown to have been
conducted with rather excessive severity. When, there-
fore, a third edition of the Diary was determined upon,
it became a question of some interest to decide whether
the original scheme should or should not be aban-
doned, for a more unreserved communication of the
author's thoughts."
" Fortunately," continues the reviewer, " the question
was answered in the affirmative, and hence the five
volumes just published under the editorship of Lord
Braybrouke." Who that has ever read them can
forget such passages as those in the Diary relating to
the gold-washing in the garden and the summer-
house—to Captain Grove's " consideration"—to the
ccquettry in the pew of St. Dunstan's—to,the story
of the red-hot tongs—and to other incidents of an
equally quaint and personal character ? Altogether
the critical contributions in the Edinburgh for this
quarter are felicitous.

CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA.

BALLOON FROZEN.
EX I'RA.ORDINARY AERIAL VOYAGE.
(FROM A CoARESPONDENT.)
Mr. Gypson, the celebrated aeronaut, being en-
gaged by some gentlemen of Bedford to make an
ascent with Lis magnificent silk balloon, the " Royal
Albert," made his hundreth ascent at a quarter before
five on the evening of Friday last.
Some brief outline of the dimensions of this
gigantic machine may be interesting to our readers.
Near eighteen hundred yards of the richest silk were
consumed in its construction ; the silk being wore in
narrow breadths, are joined by a seam in the centre
to give an additional strength to the whole. It stands
seventy feet high, is forty feet in diameter, and one
hundred and thirty-eight feet in circumference, and
it is computed that above five hundred thousand
stitches have been made in sewing the seams and in•
serting the bands that sustain the outlet valve at the
crown of the balloon and the safety valve at the
neck : over the whole surface is the usual
net-work, recently increased from eighty-
five pounds in weight to ninety-eight pounds ; its
escending power, when inflated with the purest de-
scription of coal gas, is equal to fifteen hundred
weight—if inflated with pure hydrogen it
would be above thirty hundred weight—
the lifting power of hydrogen being above
double that of coal gas. Altogether the " Royal
Albert" is the largest aerial vehicle ever constructed
for the reception of gas in this country, with the
exception of the balloon built by order of the pro-
prietors of Vauxhall-gardens, in the year 1836, now
called the Nassau Balloon, the descent of which on
the house-tops in the London•road, must be still fresh
in the recollection of our readers.

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became invisible to their friends on terra firma,
piercing the dark massy clouds that hung suspended
like Mahomet's coffin between earth and heaven. The
voyageurs were saluted with a sharp shower of sleet,
or fine snow, that drifted over them in all directions,
and froze as fast as it fell, till the aeronauts became
encased in a spangled shroud of silvery ice. The
balloon winged its way with the rapidity of lightning
through the massive bodies of snow-charged vapour
with ss bleb it was surrounded, still ascending. It
was at this time the aeronauts witnessed the remark-
able phenomenon of the sun, which had set before
they left the earth, assuming a retrograde action.
The most gorgeous blending of red and purple
stretched across the sky, as slowly and progressively
the setting sun rose in the west, floating on thin
air, and subjected to the rays of a glorious
sunshine. The gas that had been in a condensed state
the whole of the day was now two miles and a half
above the clouds, assailed by a rapid and powerful
expansion, so that it became necessary to open the
valve and relieve the balloon of the extreme pressure
that was thus inflicted upon the whole surface of the
silk. But here arose an extraordinary incident—the
hose of the safety valve, which had been tied up
before leaving the earth to prevent the admission of
atmospheric air, was found to be frozen quite hard, so
that it became impossible to extend it to allow the
superflous gas to blow off. Under those circumstances
Mr. Gypson endeavoured to open the valve at the crown
of the balloon, but that, tic), from the peculiar descrip-
tion of luting with which the valve was luted, was
found to be inseparably froz_n. As such Mr. Gypson
had but one alternative—he quickly passed himself
through the hoop, and, with his knife, made a large
incision in the lower part of the balloon ; the gas
streamed forth in one continuous stream through a
two-foot opening, and singular to relate, the gas that
had been passed into the silken globe an invisible
vapour, rushed out as white as the steam from a
steam-engine, such was the effect of the frosty
air upon the gas. And thus the aeronauts
were rescued from the jaws of destruction;
for had not such an expedient as the knife been
adopted, nothing could have prevented the silk giving
way to the extreme force then acting upon it, at three
and a half miles above the earth, for such was then their
altitude, as shown by the sinking of the mercury in
the barometer. The mercury at starting was 28
2.10, and at the highest altitude 14 1.10. The escape of
the gas in the aperture made by Mr. Gypson with his
knife was the dismissal of danger, and the adventurous
voyagers regaling themselves with a little real old
cognac, congratulated themselves on their providential
Escape; true, they had an abundance of ballast in the
car, but with the silk frozen as hard as a wet linen
cloth in a winter's night, it would have availed them
but little had the silk been beyond the reach of an
incision. They had now a tendency downwards,
and began to shake oir the glittering ice or frozen
snow that had rendered their garments a coat of mail.
The mercury now rose to 19 3.10, which showed a
mile lower than their highest elevation, still descend.
ing, but very little warmer. They again tried the
valve, but could not open it, and in their efforts to
accomplish the object repeatedly brought down the
crown of the balloon, the valve obstinately refusing to
give way. The rays of the sun were now lost; Sol
had taken his final departure for the night, and a
rapid condensation of the gas was the consequence.
Ballast was brought in requisition and the downward
tendency checked, as it became highly necessary to
have full command over the valve before the final
descent was attempted. Mr. Gypson and his friend
describe the immense masses of clouds over which
they were floating in appearance as most magnificent
—undulating like hill and dale, here a silvery tinge
on the higher range of the snow-like mountains, and
there the frowning scowl on those resembling dingy,
dirty ice—in some places they opened and displayed
the beauty of the scenes below, which in the autumnal
tint, and yellow leaf that now graces the robe of
mother earth, scenes far surpassing in grandeur and
sublimity any that can be imagined by man ; lan-
guage becomes too insignificant to convey one's un-
pressions, and the pen shrinks from a task which
would tend at best but to give a petty caricature of
its vastness and of its graphic power on the mind. So
Mr. Gypson and his companion enthusiastically speak of
the soul-exciting scene that laidbelow them. The tra-
vellers were now within a mile of the earth, the tem-
perature of the air much warmer, so that the silk re-
sumed its accustomed softness, the valve opened with
a very slight effort, the grappling iron and cable were
extended, and the shades of night displayed a solemn
stilness reigning around ; the wind carried the
balloon across the country with great velocity, the
grappling iron took hold of a quick set hedge, tore
it up by the roots and rapidly approached
the buildings of a farm house ; bags, ballast,
and all were thrown out to avoid it, and the balloon
cleared all obstruction by ascending again. A second
descent was made and accomplished with safety,
though not without some violent oscillation, near Ott-
moor, in Oxfordshire, 59 miles from Bedford, and the
time occupied in the journey was 44 minutes. Not a
soul was to be seen, and the travellers had nearly
emptied their aerial vehicle, when a ploughman " home-
wards plodding his weary way," approaching the
monster of the air, took a sly peep, and likewise took
to his heels; entreaty and persuasion were useless, no-
thing would induce him to return. Mr. Gypson and his
friend, after much delay, succeeded in getting a con-
veyance to take them to a railway station, and reached
Bedford at 11 o'clock the next morning. After all the
perplexities and hazards of the trip, the aeronauts
affirm they would give balloon travelling the prefer-
ence by far to either coach or rail.

LIB STAR PACKET COMPANY.-GRAVESENDt OCT.
17.—The annual general meeting of the proprietors of
this company was this day held in the largo room of
the Literary Institution, Harmer-street. Mr. James
Harmer, of Ingress Abbey, Chairman of the Board of
Directors, having taken the chair, the secretary, Mr.
Dobson, proceeded to read the auditors' report, which
was to the effect that there remained a balance in hand
from the season of 1848 amounting to 6941 I ls. 9 ei. ;
that the receipts from the boats and from the Blackwell
Railway Company on the year just ended were 18,523/.
3s. 6d. ; receipts from goods traffic and other incidentals,
661. Ile. ; making a total of 19,2841. 6s. 3d. ; that the
expenditure of the year was 17,0161. 3s. Id., leaving a
balance in favour of the company of 2,2681. 3s. 2d.—
(Loud cheers.) The directors' report was then read,
stating that such a balance of 2,2681. 3s. 2d. was now
available for appropriation among the proprietors. They
however recommended that a dividend of five per cent.,
or of ss. on each share, should be paid to the pro-
prietors—(Cheers)—and that the residue should be paid
over to Messrs. Ravenhill and Co., of Blackwell, for the
Jupiter, a very fast boat recently built by that firm for
the company. Both these recommendations having been
unanimously adopted by the meeting, the present ho9.rd
of directors, the treasurearheasitunr,t,hatate the
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COMMITTAL OF A FRIENDLY SOCIETY'S SECRETARY
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT.—WiIIiam Harper, shopkeeper, of
Steeple Claydon, was, at the recent petty session at
Buckingham, committed to Aylesbury Gaol for two
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months' imprisonment, n default of the payment of 91.
fine and 103. c,sts, for having embezzled 41. lOs., the
property of the Benevolent Sick Society of the Help-in-
Need Lodge of the Nottingham Ancient Imperial United
Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was secretary and
treasurer. The charge was made out by his having
entered 41. 10s. as having been paid to Mr. Cowley, the
lodge surgeon, whereas he had not paid the amount. It
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Societies Act of 10th George W. see. 25.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CURRAGH OCTOBER SI E ETING—CcT. 16.

Stewards—Marquis of Waterford, Sir I'. Burke, Bait.,
J. Courtenay, Erq Judge, Mr. R. Hunter.
Among the company present were Lords WatcriL;r3,
6t. Lawrence, Itiltcwn, Clurmel, Marquis of
Drogheda., Sir Thomas Burke, Coh,nel Westenra, Cap-
tain Haworth, 17th Laneeri; Mr. Webb, 17th Lancers;
Mr. Russell, 17 to Lancers; Captain Peel, 58th; Mr.
Lane, 17th Lancers; Mr. Poule:t and Mr. Holdsworth,
2.1 Queen's; Mr. Watts, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Hunter,
Mr. Browne, Ranger; Mr. Mangan, Captain Gambier,
Artillery; Mr. Irwin, Captain Lambert, 85th Regiment;
Mr. Knox, &c.

Scurry Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 sovs. added.
Anglesey Post. 2 soya. each for entrance.
Lord Lurgan'a ch m Fugitive, eged, 7st 91b ..(Foley) 1
Mr. Mangan's b f Portia, 3 yri, 7st 6lb (Keegan, jun.) 2
Mr. Kennedy's br h Kingfisher, 6 yrs, Bst 12Ib (Ryan) 3
Lord Waterford's ch in Misfortune, 6 yrs, Bst 12Ib 0
Mr. Walsh's b m Punic, 6 yrs Bst 121 b (Miller) 0
Mr. L•tne's b m The Darter, 4 yrs, Bst (Magee) 0
Mr. Irwin's br g Best of Three, aged, Tat 71b (Dunne) 0
Lord Waterford's ch cby Birdcatcher, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 0
Mr. 0. Cummins's ch c Brother to Jam's, 3 yrs, 7st 0
Won by a head.
First Class of Trainers' Stakes.—Sweepstakes, 5 sovs.,
3 ft, with 30 sovs. added, for two years old. Anglesey
Post. Second horse to save his stake.
Mr. Armstrong's ch f Dull Tearshect, by Freney or
Tearaway, 7st 1111)
Mr. Irwin's b c King of Oude, Bst 91b (Chifney) 2
Mr. Murphy's b e Little Larry, by Tearaway (Mahon) 3
Lord Waterford's b c Rebut, Brother to Bon Mot,
Bst 41b (Wynne) 0
Mr. E. Orford's b f Batteraway, Bst gllawson) 0
Sir T. Burke's fby Birdcatcher (Foley) 0
Won by a couple of lengths.
Sweepstakes, 15 sovs. 5 ft, with 20 soya. added from the
Trainers' Fund, and 20 soya. by the club. Waterford
_ Post.

Col. Westenra's b h Trouncer, 5 yrs, Oat llb (Wynne) 1
Mr. Irw ill's ch h Ballinafad, 5 yrs, Bst 6lb (Chifuey) 2
Lord Waterford's ch g Poor Yorick ... (Doyle, jun.) 3
Six declared, 2 soya. ft.
Great National Produce Stakes.—Sweepstakes, 10
soya. ( acb, for the produce of mares covered in 1846
by stallions whose owners have subscribed 25 soya.
each to the stakes.
After several false starts, Chatterer bolting, a start
was affected.

Mr. Watt's b c Chatterer, by Magpie ...(Canavan) 1
Mr. Armstrong's ch f Dull Tearsheet, by Freney or
Tearaway
Mr. Irwin's ch c Pio Nino, by Retriever (un) Recluse 3
Bouchier's b c Victory, by Napier, dAm Young
lambic, by Vestris (both tin)
Mr. Colgan's ch cby Tearaway (lluthe) 0
Mr Maher's bc, by Elvas, Oatmeal (un) ...(Dawson) 0
c, by Elvas, Repartee (un) (Doyle, jun.) 0
Lord Waterford's ch f Queen Margaret, by Freney 0
Colonel Westenta's b f Whisper Low, by Freney... 0
Won by a length.
Match for 50 sovs. each, 25 ft. Four miles.

Sir G. Llampson'a bl in The Widow, 1 lst 21b
Captain Gordon's Rambler, 10st 71b 2

Won in' a canter.

PUGILISM.

JOHN GRANT AND ALEX. KEENE FOR 100 SOVS. A-
SIDE.—The concourse of sporting faces which gathered
on Tuesday at early morn about the terminus of the
South-Western Railway, in the Waterloo-road, told even
the most unobservant of wayfarers that something un-
usually exciting was in progress. At the hour ap-
pointed, nine wanting oae quarter, the whole platform
was densely crowded, and the railway authorities wisely
determined to open the side gates, usually resorted to on
racing occasions for the purpose of preventing interrup-
tion of the ordinary business of the money-takers'
offices. A monster train at 21. for the first class, I/. for
the second, and 10s. for such accommodation as the
third might afford, was the result, some 500 being
therein embarked, which number was swelled by tri-
Futaries from the ordinary trains, and, on its arrival
at Winchfield, by a numerous addendum of the cu-
rious who had travel:ed across country upon hearing
of the whereabout of the coming conflict. A field,
one mile from the place of debarkation, was the spot
chosen for the lists, and there, within an excellently ar-
ranged ring, contrived by the veteran commissary and
assistants, the men stood up. Keene's victories over
William Cain, Young Samba, and Phelps, combined with
his aristocratic patronage, had elevated him to the first
position among the boxers of the day. Grant, on the
other hand, was known to be strongetrh,eancedrthaiisnytyicttohrayt
over Haggerty, his defeat of James, and even his draw
with Madden, had proved his game and strength. With
phriogvhedd, but was and
at all times a difficult
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onlyies in
improved, a
customer even for a " fine fighter," the 6 to 4 and 7 to
4 hands was
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dieeeasionally
accepted.
li ene weighed within a trifle of lost., and hal the
advantage of reach; Grant was 10. t. 31bs. at scale, but
was by far, as the event proved, and his build in-
dicated, the stronger man. The fight was rapid and
busy, by far too much so on the part of Keene, who
seemed determined to win (or lose) in a gallop. True
he had the best of the hitting, but it was soon clear he
was the weaker man, a fact pretty well known pre-
viously. Re rattled away, never refusing a rally ; and
at the end of most rounds getting an ugly fall, whenever
by a missed blew he gave his adversary a chance of
clinching him. In the sixteenth round he hit with both
hands with remarkable force and precision, bringing
Grant on his knees. Grant, whose physique is immense,
recovered surprisingly, and from the very next round
had quite a trick-and tie game of the fighting, with all-
to nothing the best of the throwing. In the forty-sixth
round ho caught Keene, who was on the get down, a
fearful right-hander on the side of the head, and closing,
threw him, when the battle was done, and Grant hailed
as conqueror, at the end of one hour and five minutes.

TESTIMONIAL TO DR. BROWNLESS.—A public
meeting of the friends of Dr. Brownless, and subscribers
to the Royal General Dispensary, Aldersgate-street, and
the Metropolitan Dispensary, Fore-street, was held last
night at the Queen's Hotel, St. Martin's-le-Grand (Mr.
W m. Pritchard, High Bailiff of Southwark, in the chair),
for the purpose of carrying into effect the intention an-
nounced at a previous meeting in Aldersgate-street Lite-
rary Institution, of presenting Dr. Brownless with a tes-
timonial of their esteem upon the occasion of his resigning
his position as resident physician in both the above dis-
pensaries. The chairman spoke of his worth and skill
in terms of the highest admiration, which were warmly
responded to by the meeting. Dr. Trueman said that
Dr. Brownless kad shown there was one grand defect in
all our dispensaries—the want of a resident physician ;
and had disclosed to them that a new feature must be
added to our hospitals and dispensaries, that there must
be a visiting physician for the poor, to attend at their
homes on all those cases which did not admit of removal.
Nothing would more tend to mollify the condition of the
poor; and Dr. Brownless, by his attention to them in
this way, had obtained for himself the gratitude of his
patients. Resolutions were passed, embodying the sen-
timents of the meeting in regard to this gentleman, and
appointing a committee to receive subscriptions, and to
decide on the form of a suitable testimonial, and other-
wise to carry into effect the object of the meeting.
NOVA SCOTlA.—Several vessels have arrived at
Boston from Nova Scotia, loaded with live stock. They
report that the drought has cut off the crops to such an
extent that the cattle cannot ho supported there the
coming winter. Oxen can be purchased there for 20
dollars per yoke, and horses at one quarter their value.
Farmers owning several cows are giving away two to
have the third fed through the winter.—American Paper.
ARRIVALS OF SPECIE.—The following arrivals of
specie in bullion and coin have just taken place from the
countries mentioned:—The American line of packet ship
American Eagle, from New York, has brought 32 pack-
ages of specie, consigned to three firms of commereiql
eminence in the metropolis; the Calista, from Belize, 1
box of silver, addressed, and 2 cases of bulion, consigned
to a firm of eminence in the metropolis; the Thomas
Blyth, from the Manikins, 3 boxes of specie, consigned
to separate parties, and 1 package consigned to order;
the Princess Victoria, from Maranham, 1 box of silver,
addressed to a commercial firm; the Nestor, from Cadiz,
7,774 sheets of copper, consigned to a house of com-
mercial eminence; the St. Vincent, from Sidney, 1 box
of silver, consigned to order; the Bussorah Merchant,
from Bombay, has brought 11 boxes of treasure and 37
boxes of Sycee silver, consigned to a house of com-
mercial eminence in the metropolis; the American line
of packet ship Prince Albert, from New York, has
brought 11 packages of specie, consigned to two separate
houses in London; the John llorrocks, from Islay and
Arica respectively, brought from the latter place, in ad-
dition to 14,458 packages of copper ore, consigned to dif
ierent parties, 7u6 bars of copper, addressed to a firm of
commercial eminence ; and the ship Bangalore, from
Singapore, has brought 10 cases of specie, consigned to
order.

ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS.—WOOLWICH, OCT.
17 .—The half-yearly inspection of the companies of this
branch of the Ordnance service at bead-quarters at
Woolwich was made by Lieutenant- Colonel Reid, C. 13.,
Royal Engineers, Commandant of the Royal Sappers
and Miners here. The four companies assembled at
half-past ten o'clock A .M., to show their kits, with which
Lieutenant-Colonel Reid appeared much pleased, every-
thing being in the best order. and the men well ap-
pointed with necessaries. The barracks and the books
of the companies wore also inspected in detail, and gave
great satisfaction, which occupied until dinner time. At
three o'clock P.M. the companies assembled again, and,
headed by their brass baud, the whole under Brigade-
Major Walpole, proceeded to the Common, each man
having been previously served with twenty munch of
blank cartridge. On the arrival of Lieutenant-Colonel
Reid, the companies went through the manoeuvres of
Light Infantry during a fi.ld-day, and showed that
they were equally well qualified to serve as soldiers as
they are to work as mechanics, and they are admitted
to produce superior work in that department of the
service.

ROBBERY OP LADY TREVEL:wYii(mh•AaNrehpouyse,AiwitDh
without
t
atEsTic.—On the evening of Thursday, the 4th instant,
the above•named lady was plundered to a serious amount
by an individual named Adam Proudfoot,who previously
occupied the position of footman in her Ladyship's
family. The robbery was committed at Ward's Hotel,
in this city. The prisoner was taken
sbmiemfeodprioeastteehdleyomnonacgoirsn-
magis-
trates at Morpeth, and by them banded over to the au-
therities of this city, where he will be examined on
vMeroenid,aaly
.theTuhgehmpirscsuindgfemorwees believe,ha ve noecttohyneefre sbtsheeeesnst to
mreec haveob
taken the cheque from the cash-box, which he says he
burnt.—Durhant Advertiser.
IMPORTATION OF CORN.—By the new Custom
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entered to be warehoused or not. Before this Act was
the payment of duty.

DIMINUTION OF ELECTRICAL
INTENSITY, AND THE PROBABLE CAUSE
OF THAT DIMINUTION.

It has been proved by several experimentalists that
the electricity of our atmosphere has been gradsally
diminishing since the month of January last, and
with it an essential property, termed czone, a product
of electrical action, which could not be detected in the
atmosphere of London during the height of the cholera.
During the rage of the cholera at St. Petersburgh, it
was ascertained that a magnet capable of sustaining
fifty pounds, had its power reduced to twenty-five
pounds at the height of the pestilence; a fact that
importantly arrests our attention in evidence of electric
abstraction being the primary cause of cholera. Facts
such as the foregoing, thus determined and corrobo-
rated, an inquiry arises as to the probable cause of so
essential a deficiency of the electric fluid in the at-
mosphere at this season more than at any other; we
are taught, and believe, that everything is by the will
of God, nevertheless there are mediums through which
the will of Omnipotence is rendered manifest unto
man.

I shall here refer to the commencement of the pes-
tilence which broke out in the world in the year 1817,
at vi hichperiod the magnetic attractions of Saturn
and Jupiter were united or in conjunction, a power
of incalculable magnetical preponderance, from their
magnitude .so far exceeding that of the earth, and
may analogically be compared with the attractions
of the luminaries when in conjunction and oppo-
sition, or at new and full moon, and the theory of the
tides, which to a certain extent establishes the prin-
ciple of attraction to consist of conjunctive positions,
and during all electrical disturbances it will invaria-
bly be seen that such happen under the squares and
conjunctions of the lesser orbs, with one or other of
the principal planetary bodies, from these inseparable
results the electrical attractions must be estimated.
I shall here refer to several epochs and instances
where cause and effect support the above deductions.
In the year 1625, there was plague and pestilence in
England, and the planets Herschel and Jupiter were
in opposition, which is the same in operative effect as
the full of the moon upon the waters. In 1636, the
plague in England again, and a conjunction of Her-
schel and Jupiter; 1665, the plague, and also a con-
junction of the same planets; 1683, extensive
plague, Saturn in conjunction with Jupiter; 1804,
pestilence in Spain and Gibraltar, Jupiter in conjunc-
tion with Herschel ; in 1817, when the fatal cholera-
morbus broke out in the world, a conjunction of Her-
schel and Jupiter ; in the year 1831, when the above
disease first occurred in England, Jupiter and Her-
schel were in conjunction ; in 1821, the pestilence in
Spain, and a conjunction of Saturn and Ju-
piter ; in 1822, the pestilence spread from
Cashan to Erivan, 675 miles, and from Mosul
to Aleppo, in all 1,145 miles, when the
disease, according to Orton, ceased for a long time
(four years) to make any further progress, and here
we have the most important feature of the analogism.
From 1824 to 1828, neither conjunction nor opposi-
tion of the superior planets occurred, neither was there
cholera ; but in the year 1828, we have an opposition
of Saturn and Herschel, and the cholera broke out in
the parts of Tartary, to the southward of Ovenburgh,
and East of the Caspian, moving with its proximate
cause, and ceasing with its departure, which, in my
opinion, forms an unanswerable argument in favour
of the deduction. In 1831, it broke out, for the first
time, in this country. Jupiter and Herschel were in
conjunction ; in the interim from 1831 to 1849,
11 cholera followed the magnetic attractions, and again
we have Saturn and Herschel approximating their
conjunction, and with their conjunction the pestilence.
Such forms the basis of my conclusions; upon this
testimony the pestilence was predicted three years prior
to its visitation. I trust it will not be concluded that
these opinions were ushered forth with anything ap-
proaching to a presumptuous spirit, they are no other
than inquiry and meditation must establish in the
minds of those seeking after truth, evidence that the
Supreme Being has disclosed in the laws of motion,
and through the mediums of his wonderous works,
laws uniformly producing disease, and recorded thou-
sands of years anterior to the present day.
In the second edition of her Majesty's horoscope,
written in the summer of 1846, and published in
February, 1847, the maximum effect of this conjunc-
tion is given for 1850, but in letters connected with
the spas of Cheltenham, when referring to meteoro-
logical phenomena, December, 1846, it was stated
that a malignant disease, occasioning much mortality,
would prevail in England in 1849 and 1850, and the
press of Cheltenham are aware of these facts.
The principle of discovery as to time, or where the
effect of a conjunction or opposition may fall, is de-
fined by Claudius Ploloury, one of the founders of
the Eastern sciences, and is ascertainable by the elip-
tical conjunctions, and oppositions of the luminaries,
respective of certain distances from the meridian of
different latitudes, where the conjunctions and oppo-
sitions must be observed.

I submit, this evidence and uniformity of principle
must be a satisfactory proof of all that may be urged
in favour of the magnetic attractions of those plane-
tary bodies, and of the consequence arising when their
joint operations bear upon certain portions of this
globe. To the Almighty framer of these laws all the
consequences must be attributed, which it is our duty
diligently to analyse, and to prepare ourselves against
the threatened season of evil, and thus show forth
the wondrous works of him who is perfect in
knowledge. 0-. T. F. SMITH.
Cheltenham.

TESTIMONIAL
TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.

THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON TEE SYMPATHY
OF XYEItY NATION WHICH LoyEs RIGHT AND Ll-
BERTY."—Kossuih's Protest against Russian Interven-
tion.

Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:—
Messrs.
Coutta and Co.
Messrs. Drummond.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ;
or to any one of the members of the committee formed
to carry out the Testimonial.
***All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMurdo
Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand.
Subscriptions already received £1,106 19 1
Si small Subscriptions, per G. Julian Harney :
Collected at a Meeting at Berry-Edge
Collected at a Meeting at Ashford, Kent
James Powell, Monmouth
A Chartist Prisoner, Kirkdale
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... 0 13 0
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Total

... ... £l,lOB 6 7i

FIRE IN CATIVATER.-011 Thursday night, about
11 o'clock, the ketch Ranger, Pitman master, having
put in hero on Wednesday, from Whitstable, bound to
St. Male, was discovered to be oa fire. It appeared that
the master and mate were on shore, and the two boys
belonging to the vessel had left her, in the boat, to wait
for the master, leaving one man on board, who, it is
supposed, got asleep forward, and the candle fell and
ignited the vessel. The flames were soon visible from
the shore, the ketch being moored off the mouth of
the harbour. 011 assistance reaching her, the man, it
was found, had escaped to another vessel, nearly in a
state of nudity, having nothing on but his shirt. The
officer and men of the eeast-guard, Mr. Gibbons, several
of the police, and persons from the shore, were alongsiele,
but the police could not board the vessel, the fire being
so intense. She was finally scuttled and sunk, a portion
of her spars having been brought on shore. She is
only partly insured. Mr. Marshall, the agent for the
West of England Fire Insurance Company, with his
usual alacrity, had the engine conveyed to the pier, with
a view of having it taken off; that, however, was found
to be impracticable, but several of the fire brigade went
afloat tv render assistance.—Devonshire Chronicle.

COTTON FROM PORT NATAL.—Mr. 11. Fleming,
the secretary to the Manchester Commercial Associa-
tion, has, since our last, received a ccnsignment of 37
bales of cotton from Port Natal. Satnples were exhi-
bited upon the Exchange yesterday, and excited much
attention. Two of the bales were grown from Sea
Island cotton, and were of a very superior quality ; they
sold at 13d. per lb. Four of the bales appeared to have
been grown from'New Orleans seed, and, though not
of quite so good a staple as New Orleans cotton usual.),
is, it is of beautiful colour, and is altogether of a very
serviceable character ; it is not yet sold, but is estimated
to be worth 6&d. per lb. The bulk of the cotton was
that which is indigenous to the country. The staple of
this cotton is fully as long as that of New Orleans cotton,
and is of good quality ; the drawback from the value
of this cotton is its yellow colour. This, however, is not of
much importance in the Nottingham trade, and
vie
the
whole of this description of:cotton sold at 61 per lb.,
e"
er,
believe, for that market. Some part of it was_arco,llm
to be worth 6id. to Qd.—Manchester Guardian.
NOVEL AND INTERESTING MATCH.--"A stout old
gentleman with the gout has, fora
to the Bank against
ono of the omnibusses on wager, backed
himself to walk from
Not
-hill
road.
ad. Although the old
gentleman is by no means a fast walker, yet such are the
dawdling propensities of the driver and conductor of the
vehicle, that bets are
i2O to one in favour of the elder
pedestrian.—Punch.
ATTEMPTED MURDER AT MAxcnEsTER.---A man
of the name of Barnsley, residing in Rowe-street, Gay-
thorn, attempted to murder his wife OR Sunday last, by
cutting her throat with a large case knife. He inflicted
four wounds, but her cries alarmed a neighbour,
who
rushed in and stanched the blood, which was flowing
fast, by the application of a wet towel, until a surgeon
arrived, who had her removed to the infirmary. The
poor woman is going on favourably. The prisoner was
taken before the magistrate yesterday, and remanded
until Monday next, when it is hoped his unfortunate wife
will have so far recovered as to be able to give her evi-
dence. The cause of the murderous attempt is believed
to have been a quarrel between the parties. The prisoner
was partly intoxicated at the time. He is a boiler maker
by trade, and has been out of work nearly six months.
He is forty-two years of age, and his wife is upwards of
thirty. They have one child, about four years of age.
A RARE BEVERAGE.—" Water, Sir ? Yes, Sir.—

The real thing or the substitute, Sir2—Real water very
dear, Sir; a shilling a glass, Sir."—Punch,

PA UL-PEN CE.
- TO THE EDITOR OF THE
Sra,—Another see is added to the lon,
which it has been the good fortune o,
Cabinet to fill up; the Bishopric of
vacant, and with it the Deanery of St.
appointment of a new Dean appears to _ ettiftipF,
opportunity for the compulsory abolition of the feeS'Ai.-;
by which the metropolitan cathedral is pre-eminently
disgraced. On a recent visit, the salutation Ir. ceivtd
on the moment of my entry was, as usual, " Two-
pence, sir !" The twopence being paid, was it won-
derful that for some minutes I forgot to take off my
bat ? I was afterwards told--" To see the whole,
sir—fou,r, ; crypt, cupola, and library—half-
a-crown (I almost expected, " and sixpence for the
waiter, sir!) Twopence more, however, was ex-
acted for a view of the clock ; but, setting a higher
value either upon eighteenpence or upon my neck,
I declined a most pressing invitation to the ball.
If in the temple of Jerusalem the selling of doves,
though in the court of the Gentiles and for the pur-
pose of sacrifice, rendered that holy place "a den of
thieves," where can the Chapter of St. Paul's find a
justification of their practices ? Whether it be ne-
cessary to continue a small fee for admission to the
more private parts of the cathedral (such as the crypt,
clock, and ball), may perhaps admit of a question,
but the present charges are monstrous ; and indeed,
as a matter of profit, I recommend to the considera-
tion of the Chapter the popular principle of "low
prices and large returns." At least let the odious
twopence cease to be exacted for an entrance into
the house of God, and let the seats of the money-
changers no longer profane the threshold of the fairest
temple in the land.

Your obedient servant,
October 16th, 1849. X. 0.

ARGYLL ROOMS.

In spite of the law the proprietors of the Argyll
Rooms, which have recently been erected in Great
Windmill-street, at the top of the Haymarket, last
night opened their establishment, not exactly as a
casino, but as an academy for the study and practice
of dancing, and judging by the crowds that flocked
to the place it would seem that this description of
amusement obtains increased favour in public esti-
mation. Mr. Laurent, jun., is the musical director
and conductor, and however illegal the proceedings
may have been, it is but justice to that gentleman to
state that they were conducted with strict order and
decorum. The building in which he now gives his
Soirees Musicales and Dansantes in size and magni-
ficence far surpasses anything of the kind that has
yet been opened in the metropolis. It is long,
broad, lofty, spacious, and convenient in every
respect; superbly fitted up, and decorated in a
style of splendour that is perhaps only to be
equalled by the dancing saloons which grace the
capitals of the continent. The walls are appropriately
embellished with lively tableaux selected from the
ballets that have created the greatest furore at her
Majesty's Theatre, and relieved at intervals with im-
mense pier glasses cased in elegantly carved frames,
set off with chaste gold ornaments on a white ground.
A gallery runs along either side, furnished with seats
covered with crimson velvet, while the ceiling ,is
papered and painted in the Louis Quatorze style, and,
if some improvement be introduced into the ventila-
tion, it will, no doubt, become a popular resort of
the pleasure-seeker. Nor are the musical perform-
ances inferior to the beauty of the place, since the
orchestra is unusually numerous and efficient, and
the finest music of the best composers is
executed almost with as much finish and per-
fection as even at the Opera itself. The
National Anthem was rendered last night in a
masterly manner, the audience exhibited their loyalty
by standing, and rewarding the exertions of the per-
formers with repeated rounds of applause. It would
not be in place here to discuss the objection urged
against places of amusement of this class—that they
have an immoral tendency, but this we may be per-
mitted to remark that if the objection be well
founded, it is rather an anomalous state of things
which permits a Casino to be opened in Holborn, but
prohibits one in Leicester-square, or the neighbour-
hood of the Strand. We have nothing, however, to
say against the Casino de Venise; on the contrary,
we believe it to be most respectably managed; but it
should be remembered that laws, to be respected,
must not only be sound and just in principle, but
equitably and impartially administered ; and now that
the initiative has been taken, all who are immediately
interested in the establishment of public dancing
places will find some means of evading the law.

PETTY PROSECUTIONS.-At the last Buckingham
petty sessions, William Hodges, William Cox, George
Crook, and Anthony and William Fenemore, all lads of
Leckamstead, charged with having stolen walnuts of the
value of one penny, the property of the Rev. E. Drum-
mond, of that village, pleaded guilty, and expressed
their sorrow for what they had done. In default of

payment of fin and costs, amounting to 9s 3d each, they
were sentenced to one months' imprisonment with hard
labour. Lucy Dawkins ,who pleaded guilty to the chargo
of having stolen a turnip, the property of Mr. John Ro-
berts, from a field at Chackmore, was ordered to pay
fine and costs together amounting to Bs., and in default
to be imprisoned for fourteen days. In defence she said
the turnip she pulled up she ate in the field. On her
intimating that :he could not pay, she was allowed four-
teen days to raise the money.
LAYING A MAN OUT ALIVE.--011 Thursday a
man at the Oid Mill was taken ill of cholera, and when
he was supposed to be dead, and whilst some persons
were in the act of laying him out upon some boards
placed in the chamber for the purpose, he raised himself
up and said, ".Nay, I'm not going to stand that nawther."
The parties employed were quite alarmed. He died.
however, some time afterwards. He was a native of
Hunslet, near Leeds, and had been at Barnsley fair.—
Leeds Intelligencer.

EXECUTION AT ABERDEEN.—Yesterday was the
day appointed for putting into execution the utmost
penalty of the law on James Robb, who at the last
min held at Aberdeen was found guilty of the aggra-
vated crimes of rape and murder. The particulars of
the case have been previously published. While in the
condemned cell the prisoner bad had the benefit of such
spiritual aid and comfort as were appropriate to his
awful position. The Rev. Mr. Strachan, late chaplain
of the gaol, Rev. Messrs. Cheyne and Wagstaff, of the
Scottish Episcopal Church, were regular visitants, and
several ministers of the Established Church visited the
cell from time to time ; but we understand that these
ministrations appeared to be of small avail, for the in-
tellect of the prisoner was very obtuse, and he seemed
to have little of any inclination to attend to the instruc-
tions offered. On the prisoner being led from his
cells his arms were pinioned, and before approaching
the scaffold he was asked if ho had any statements to
make, when, at his request, a few lines which- he had in-
trusted to Mr. Strachan, were 'read; they were to the
following effect :—" That he (James Robb) maintained
that he did not intend to commit murder, but he con-
fessed that lust, intoxicating chinks, and Sabbath profa-
natitn, had ensnared him." At a quarter-past eight the
prisoner appeared on the scaffold, between the Rev.
Messrs. Clique and Wagstaff. A general feeling of
horror seemed to pervade the immense mass of specta-
tors, supposed to number eight or nine thousand. The
executioner expeditiously performed his odious office.
The body hung for nearly an hour, when it was taken
down, and butted within the precincts of the prison.—
Scotsman ot eduesday.
BEARDED WITH HIS OWN CORN.—An Irish tenant,

who lives opposite to his landlord, has had the impudence
—the bold trout, we may say—to write over his granary,
which is Lull of this year's crops, "removed from over
the way."— Punch.
BRIDLINGTON.—The sands on the north and south
of this place are almost covered with wrecks and coals,
there being about 1,400 tons of coals lost by the gale on
the 7th. Some fishermen here have got 20 tons of coals.
—Huh Fachet.
Madame Caroline de leheve, remarkable at Berlin
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both for the little money she expended on herself and
for liberality towards the poor, has just died, leaving
460,000 thalers (1,740,000 f.) to the charitable institu-
tions of that city.
The public sale of the objects of art, left by the
late sculptor Thorwaldsen, commenced on the Bth at
Copenhagen. His statue in white marble of Gan) med.
' was bought for 30,000 f. by M. Juetb, Minister of Spain
in Denmark, and the complete collection of Thorwal d
seens u'spealausx Artster worksoipis.
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SALE OF ESTATES BELONGING TO THE DUKE OF
BUCKINGHAM—The Foscott estate, a fine estate, con-
taining upwards of 760 acres, situate in the parish of
Foseotc, in the county of Buckingham, was on Saturday
last put up for sale, by order of the mortgagees, under
hthaiin4r, paonwdle:swoef athsealliee,ve,sold
the White
3itel.2 I,oarotol iwunßo farms,
situate at Akeby and Ludgershall, were next put up, but
were bought in. Six closes of arable and pasture land,
called the Dudley-bridge Closes, situate in the hamlet of
Gawcoll, in the borough of Buckingham, containing
731. 2r. 5p., and producing a rental of 751. 10s. BJ., were
then put up, and of which Mr. Edward Cotton, of North-
ampton, was declared the purchaser, at 1,750/. The
next lot consisted of three closes of freehold meadow
land, situate iu the parish of Brill, which was bought
in. The following lot consisted of a tithe-free piece of
woodland, containing 15a. 3r. 16p., called " Preston
I3u,hes," situate in the parish of Preston Bissett, ad-
joining the Htllesden estate, and of which Mr. E. Cotton
was declared the purchaser, at 380/. A redeemed lead
tax of 141. 75., pay able out of a farm called the Tinge-
wick Farm, was then offered for sale, but bought
The Hillesden estate, a very fine estate, containing up-
wards of 2,900 acres, situate in the parishes of Hilles-
den and Preston Bissett, was then offered in one lot, but
there being no bidding for it, it was afterwards put up in
13 lots, for some of which offers were made, but the
whole of the lots were bought in.
THE CONVICT QUESTION.—It is said that an inti-
mation has been given by Lord Grey to parties in-
terested in emigration to the Cape of Good Hope that
the plan of sending 'convicts to that colony has been
withdrawn. Some definite announcement to ,this eff.ct
was required, since the unsettled state of the question
• was calculated to interfere injuriously with the proceed-
ings of merchants and others in this country connected
with the trade of the place.

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METROPOLITAN COMMISSION
OF SEWERS.
The new Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers
held the first meeting in virtue of their appointment
yesterday, at the Sewers' Office in Greek-street,
Soho. All the gentlemen named in the Commission
were present, with the exception of Mr. Robert
Stephenson, M.P., namely—Viscount Ebrington, Sir
John Burgoyne, Sir Henry De la Beche, Captain
Veche, Lieutenant-Colonel Alderson, Captain R. K
Dawson, Captain Harness, S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P.,
J. N. Randall, Esq., Thomas Hawes, Esq., and
Edward Lewes, Esq.
The patent establishing the Commission having
been read by Mr.,Woolrych,
Sir J. BURGOYNE moved, and Mr. S. M. PET°,
M.P., seconded a resolution, that Viscount Ebrington
be elected chairman, which was unanimously
agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN, in assuming the chair, observed
that Government having, for reasons which he need
not mention, but which the public were well aware
of, thought fit to supersede the late Commission and
aopoint a new one, it was right that he should state
that this new Commission bad met on the earliest day
allowed by the Act of Parliament under which
it was constituted. Considering the pressing
r Cure of the business the Commission had
to undertake, it was of course desirable
that they should enter on their duties at the earliest
possible period, and it had been their wish and in-
tention to meet immediately after their appointment,
but a clause in the Act of Parliament rendered the
bolding of the first Court, on any other day than this,
a proceeding, to say the least of it, of very doubtful
legality. They had to regret the absence of one of
their most distinguished colleagues, Mr. Robert Ste-
phenson, from ill health, but, with that exception,
01 the Commissioners named in the patent were pre-
sent. He need not dwell upon the important and
responsible nature of the trust confided to them ;
the work they had to perform concerned deeply not
only the pecuniary interest, but the comfort, the
habits, the health, and even the lives of those who
reside within the area of their jurisdiction, an area
that embraced the largest, the wealthiest, and most
populous city in the world. With regard to the
difficulties they had to contend with, he would only
say, that besides those necessarily arising out of powers
so extensive as those they possessed, there were others
existing at the present moment notoriously arising out
of the actual state of affairs in the office. These
duties could not be successfully performed, and these
difficulties could not be successfully surmounted,
unless a better understanding and a more cordial
spirit of co-operation prevailed among the members
of the Commission, and also among the officers
than had latterly been the case: A
house divided against itself could not stand,
though among honest men a difference
of opinion must occasionally arise ; but he hoped they
should carry on their discussions without wrangling,
and differ in opinion after discussion, without animo-
sity or As, however, the public would
judge them not by their professions or intentions,
but by their acts, he would say nothing
whatever of the motives which had actuated
him in accepting the appointment, nor of the
views they entertained with regard to their duties,
nor of the hopes they entertained, that under God's
blessing they would be the humble instrument of
conferring additional comfort and increased length of
days on all their fellow-citizens, but especially
call upon the Commissioners at once to proceed with
the business of the Court.
It was then moved by Sir J. BURGOYNE, seconded
by Mr. S. M. PETO, M.P., and carried unanimously,
that Mr. Woolrych, barrister-at law, be re-appointed
secretary of the Commission, and the accountant with
his clerk confirmed in their office.
A letter was then read from Mr. Henry Austin
resigning his office of consulting engineer to the
Commission on the ground that his duties of secretary
to the Board of Health were incompatible with those
of the situation he now gave up.
The resignation was accepted, and thanks voted to
him for his past services.
Captain DAwsoN observed that the resignation of
Mr. Austin afforded them a favourable opportunity of
remodelling the engineering and surveying depart-
ments of the Commission, and he should therefore
move that the officers connected with those two de-
partments should be re-appointed for a period of three
months only.
Mr. LTARDWICX concurred in the expediency of
the suggestion, and had much pleasure in seconding
the resolution.

The resolution was unanimously agreed to.
Sir HENRY DE LA BECUE directed attention
to the unfinished labours of the defunct Com-
mission. Two surveys of an important character
which had been ordered were suspended by the super-
seding of the Commission, but as they would prove of
great value to the new Commission, he thought they
ought to be adopted without any delay. lie alluded
of c)urse to the surface map, compiled from the
ordnance survey of the metropolis, and the sub-
terranean plan of all the metropolitan sewers,
which he was convinced the Commission would
find of great value in helping them to an efficient
discharge of their duties. There were other works
that he need not specify, which it was equally de-
sirable to continue, and he would therefore move that

a general committee, consisting of the whole body
of Commissioners, be appointed to examine
into the present official arrangements connected
with th 3 commission, and to ascertain the pre-
_

sent state of the various works undertaken by
the late Commission which were not com-

pleted, and to consider the course in which the
future proceedings of the Commission may be con-
ducted, and report on that subject to the Court.
Mr. LAWES seconded the resolution, and it was put
and carried unanimously.
Sir HENRY DE LA. BECHE reminded the Court
that the late Commission had solicited plans for the
effectual sewerage of the metropolis, and a pledge had
been given to those who had taken the trouble to
answer the appeal that their plans should be fairly
considered, and any concise description of
them they might choose to write printed
and published. The new Commission, however,

not being yet complete, owing to the City Commis

sioners not having been elected in the manner the Act
of Parliament provided, it was not competent for
them now to take notice of these plans in their speci-
fications, but their authors might rest assured that

their plans would be carefully examined, and
whatever good was found to exist in them would be
made known to the public, so that they might obtain

the honour and benefit of their labou-rs. he moved

that a communication be forwarded to the City Com-
mission informing them of the appointment
of the Commission, and requesting them
to appoint four representatives, exclusive of the Lord
Mayor.

The motion having been duly seconded, was put
from the chair and carried unanimously.
It was then agreed that the Commission should hold
a general court on the first Friday of every month.

THE PIMLICO TRAGEDY.
An elaborate report, which had been prepared by
the surveying and engineering departments, on the
subject of the terrible calamity in Pimlico, was then
read by the secretary. After detailing the circum-
stances attending the entrance and recovery of the

victims in the Warwick and Kenilworth-streets

sewers, it went on to state that the sewer had been

carefully inspected during the last few days, and the
result of that inspection had proved beyond all doubt
the origin of the poisonous gases which existed in the

sewer.— The sewer was, comparatively speaking, of
•nodern construction, and not very far below the
surface of the ground ; when it was made it was

covered over with the refuse of some gas-works,
and the great body of the fluid which the sewer con-
tained was composed of the rain water which had

soaked through this refuse. Samples of this water
had been analysed by Dr. Ure, and it was found to
be dreadfully charged with gases which were sepa-
rately considered to be quite inimical to animal
life, while the refuse through which it
had passed was strongly impregnated with oxalic
acid, which had the effect of greatly increasing the

poisonous nature of the vapourous gases prevailing
in the sewer. _ _

The report was ordered to be referred back to the
engineer and surveyor, with instructions to attend
the inquest, and render the Coroner every assistance
in prosecuting his inquiry.
The Court then adjourned:

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
MANCHESTER, TUESDAT.—On Saturday there was a
continuance of the upward tendency in yarns and
goods, which had so suddenly commenced a few days
previously. And the accounts of the growing crop of
cotton, received this week by the Hibernia, being
still in favour of holders, a further rise of
a farthing per pound has taken place in
Liverpool, and additional excitement has been
imparted to our market. Spinners have de,
manded higher prices than before ; and, although this
has occasioned more or less of hesitation among the
buyers, and caused most of those to stand aloof who
were well supplied at lower rates, yet some consider-
able individual transactions have taken place, and the
aggregate amount of business has been large. The
operators are home manufacturers, India merchants,
and, still more, shippers to the European continent—
all of whom have found themselves obliged to make
another move in the upward direction.
A large business has been done in certain descrip-
tions of goods. The extreme cheapness of long cloths
and T's has brought buyers freely into the market.
7.8 printers, particularly of light fabric, have readily
commanded higher rates, as have also some of the
wider makes ; and upon 40-inch shirtings, there is a
further rise. In the stouter domestics and fustians,
however, but little improvement is perceptible.
In both yarns and goods much irregularity pre- .

' veils as the result of diverse views and positions.
Whilst many buyers are freely executing the orders
in their hands, there are others who, having bought
lower do not think it prudent to operate at present
rates. And, again, while some producers are willing
to go on selling at the attainable prices of the day,
not a few are standing out for what nobody will
listen to.
On the whole, the rise in the prices of yarns and
the lighter kinds of goods may be considered as
having kept pace with that in cotton wool. But, it
must be borne in mind that the present course of
things was preceded by a considerable decline in the
value of most of our productions ; so that, in
general, no improvement has been experienced,
except as regards stocks in hand. The
situation of whole classes of capitalists, bad
as it was before, has however been made
much worse ; and under the prevalent excitement
there is a keen apprehension of danger from the pro-
bable cause of the cotton market. Under these cir-
cumstances it is not surprising to find that several
makers of heavy cloths are resorting to short time.
Messrs. Feilden Brothers, of Todmorden, Messrs.
Samuel Radcliffe and Sons, of Oldham and Rochdale,
and Messrs. Jacob Bright and Sons, of Rochdale,
have 'put their extensive works upon three or four
days per week.
In addition to the failures named in our last, we
very much regret to announce the stoppage of Mr.
Charles Pooley, a highly respectable and extensive
spinner in this town, whose liabilities are understood
to be heavy.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been a better
attendance of buyers in the market to-day, and rather
more business has been transacted than on the pre-
vious Monday. The wool market has been rather
easier, and the dealers more eager to sell at the old
prices.
MACCLESFIELD TUESDAY.—We have no change to
report in the throwingi trade since our last. This
period of the year being technically termed by the
manufacturers " between the seasons," most of
them are now thinking of making a change
for the coming spring trade ; and as this,
of necessity, takes up some little time in
ascertaining the styles likely to prevail, we may ex-
pect a slackness in this department for the present.
The advancing price of the raw material is now operat •
ins unfavourably for the manufacturer, as there is a
difficulty in obtaining commensurate rates for goods.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—Our market to-day has
assumed an aspect which we could little have ex-
pected. We hear of many buyers, but, in conse-
quence of stocks being a little augmented, an attempt
has been made to lower prices. The advance in
cotton during the last ten days seems to have thrown
a damper upon our fancy market. But, to all appear-
ance, a few weeks will bring about the same firmness
and stability we have experienced during the last few
months.

HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—There is no noticeable
improvement in the demand for worsted goods ; and,
at to prices, there is a struggle on the part of the
manufacturers to obtain an advance equal to the
increased cost of yarns, but the merchants are re-
luctant to give the rates asked, although a small rise is
obtained on some descriptions of goods. Yarns are
very stiff, and some sorts decidedly higher. Wool
changes hands in moderate quantities, and the quo•
tations are very firmly maintained.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—A better market both to-day
and on Saturday last. There have been also a fair
quantity of goods delivered to order. Prices steady
and stocks light. There is a better business doing in
the warehouses ; and an opinion prevails vary gene.
rally that there will be a good winter trade.

IRELAND.
(From the Leinster Express of October 16 )
THE LATE CONFLICT IN KING'S COUNTY.
The verdict in this case is as follows :

"We find that Patrick Mortimer came by his
death on the 14th day of October, 1849, at Killaughy,
in the King's County. The aforesaid Patrick Mor-
timer, while then and there in the execution of his
duty as a sub•constable, was wilfully, feloniously,
and of malice aforethought, fired on by persons of a
numerous party to the jurors unknown, excepting
John Keyes, farmer, Queen's County, and Joseph
Keyes, in custody, who were feloniously present,
aiding and assisting on the occasion; that he, the
aforesaid Patrick Mortimer, then and there received a
mortal wound on the left breast; that a leaden bullet,
shot from some description of fire-arms, passing
through the heart caused instantaneous death; and so
the aforesaid jurors say, that in manner and form
set forth, he, the aforesaid Patrick Mortimer was
killed and wounded, and not otherwise."