The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-06 00:00:00

THE

LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
Established in 1836.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
OFFICES.
8, WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL;
3, CHARLOTTE-ROW. MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON.
TRUSTEES.

Sir Thomas Brancker, Adam Hodgson, Esq., William Potter, Esq

DIRECTORS IN LIVEaFOOL.
Chairman—WlLLlAM EARLE, Esq.
Deputy-Chairmen —WM. DIXON, Esq. ; WM. NICOL, Esq.
Thomas Booth, Esq. George EL Lawrence, Esq.
William Brown, Esq., M.P. Harold Littledale, Esq.
Thomas A. Bushby, Esq. Andrew Low, Esq.
Joseph C. Ewart, Esq. William Lowe, Esq.
T. Steuart Gladstone, Esq. John Marriot, Esq.
George Grant, Esq. James Moon, Esq.
Francis Haywood, Esq. Lewin Mozley, Esq.
George Holt, Esq. John Pennington, Esq.
Joseph blorriby, Esq. 11. Stolterfoht, Esq.
SECRETARY—Swinton Boult, Esq.
DIRECTORS IN LONDON.
Chairman—WlLLlAM EWART, Esq., M.P.
Deputy-Chairman—GEOßGE FREDERICK YOUNG, Esq.
Sir W. P. de vtathe, Bart. Hon. E. Ponsonby.
Thomas Blake, Esq. John Ranking, Esq.
Mat. Forster, Esq., M.P. J. M. Itosseter, Req.
Fred. Harrison, Esq. J. S. Stopford, Esq.
James Hartley, Esq. 'Swinton Boult, Esq., Secretary to
Jas. D. Nicol, Esq. the Company.
RESIDENT SECRETARY—Benjamin Henderson, Esq.
ArDITORS—T. B. lilackburne, Esq., and Daniel James, Esq.
BAstaxits—Bank of Liverpool, Union Bank of London,
Messrs. Spooner, Attwoeds, and Co.
Soricivons —Messrs. Clay, Swift, and Wagstaffe, Union-court, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. Palmer. France, and Palmer, Bedford-row, London.
MEDICAL REFEREES.
Iu London—Marshall Hall, M.D., F.R.S. ; Alexander Anderson,
Esq., F.R.C.S.
In Liverpool—James Yose, M.D., Robt. Bickersteth, Esq.
ScavEyoa—John Stewart, Esq.
The distinctive features of the Company are,
UNLIMITED LIABILITY of the Proprietors, and consequent un-
questionable Security to the Insured.
IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT,
MODERATE PREMIUMS for the Insurance of Property against
Fire.
LIBERALITY and PROMPTITUDE in the settlement of claims.
IN THE LIFE DEPARTMENT,
LOW PREMIUMS on Policies not entitled to Bonuses.
GUARANTEED BONUSES, for Higher Rates of Premium, en-
tailing no Liability of Partnership, because guaranteed.
INSURANCE OF CAPITAL SUMS,
Payable on a future day, giving to Property held under Lease for
years the same fixity of value as Freehold, for all parposes of Mort-
gage and Investment.
AGENCIES. —The Directors are prenared to receive applications
for Agencies ill towns and districts in which appointments have not
yet been made. No application will be attended to unless accom-
panied with unexceptionable references.
SWINTON. BOULT, Secretary to the Company.

PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION
(Provisionally Registered.)
COUNTIES of SURREY and KENT.
Capital, 20,0001. in 10,000 Shares of 21. each. Deposit, 11. per Share
on complete registration.
No further call will be made without three months' previous
notice. The liabilities of each shareholder limited to the amount
subscribed for.
The PATENT RAMONEUR MACHINE is exclusively used in
the offices of the Right Hon. the Lot& of the Treasury,
the Royal
Agricultural Society, the Royal Horticultural Society ; the Royal
Exchange-buildings, &c. The objects of the promoters are ap-
p ed
rov b
The Most Noble the Marquis of NORTHAMPTON, President of the
Royal Society.
The Right Hon. Earl DE GREY, K.G., President of the Royal In
stitute of British Architects.
Sir RODERICK I. .MURCIIISON, President of the British Assorts
tion for the Advancement of Sci 4 -
The night Rev. the Lord Bishop

,nee.
,The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop

of NOrwich
The Right Hon. the Earl of Lei-

1- of Lichfield;The Most Noble the Marquis of

eester
The Lord Rendlesham, M.P.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop,
of Gloucester and Bristol
The Hon. and Rev. Edward B.

Bristol
The Hon. and Rev. Thomas R.

-- Keppel
i The lion. Fred. Byng
,The Rev. Sir Thomas Gray Cal.

Keppel
The Very Rev. the Dean of West-

lum, Bart•
sir William Foster, Bart.
Sir Robert Harland, Bart•
Sir Francis Darwin
iThe Norwich Union Fire Office
Sofrolk Fire Office
The District Fire Office of Bin

minster, Dr. Buckland
The Venerable Archdeacon Shir-
ley
Sir John P. Boileau, Bart.
Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, Bart.
Dr. OutraTa, F.R.S., F.G.S., In
speetor of Naval Hospitals
Right Hon. Earl ritzhardingo
His Grace the Duke of Beaufort
Philip W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P,
Right lion. F. H. F. Berkeley,

mingliam
The Norwich Equitable Insurance

Office
The Nottinghamshire and Derby.

shire Fire ()Mee
The West of England. Tire Office,
&c.

M.P.
NV. Miles, Esq., 3f.P.
The object of this Association is totally to abolish the use of
climbing boys, who, notwithstanding the penalties to which those
employing them are subjected by the 3d and 4th Victoria, cap. 85,
are continually resorted to. This breach of the law is acquiesced in
by a large portion of the public, from a conviction of the utter im-
possibility in innumerable cases of cleansing a chimney or flue with
the old machine. For the laudable purpose of furthering the objects
of the law by avoiding all necessity for its infringement, the inge-
nious and effective Eamoneur machine has been invented. This
invention consists of four brushes forming a square head, which
by moans of elastic springs contracts or expands, according to
the small or extended space in which the machine moves, thereby
creating an even pressure on all four sides of a chimney. The
rods attached to this head or brush are supplied at intervals with,
universal spring joints, capable of turning even a right angle
and the whole is surmounted with a double revolving ball, having
also a universal spring joint, which leads the brush with certainty
past every angle, and into every corner, cleansing its route most
perfectly. The capabilities of this machine are best demonstrated
by the fact, that it is exclusively used in the Government and
numerous public offices, while the patronage bestowed by a large
number of the nobility and gentry in eontinuing their annual con-
tracts to the patentees evidences their sense of its superiority, as well
as of the philanthropic views of the projectors. Detailed prospectuses
may be obtained, and a working model of the machine seen, at the
offices of the solicitor, F, Dolman, Esq , 39, Jennyn-street, St.
James's ; at Messrs. Barry and Co.'s, brokers, 7, Eirchin-lane ; at
w Heath, Esq.'s, Nag's Head-court, Gracechurch-street ; and at the
principal office, 1, Wellington-street, London-bridge, Borough, where
applications for shares may be addressed.

NOVELTY in FRENCH CORNICES, at Ms.
A most varied and beautiful assortment of these elegant
PARISIAN NOVELTIES, which threaten entirely to supersede all
of British manufacture, from 16s. and upwards, complete for any
ordinary window (if inlaid with velvet of any colour about 15s. each
extra), is now on S ALE at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIP-
PON and BURTON'S), 39, Oxford-street, corner of Newman-street.
Detailed catalogues, with engravings, as well as of every iron-
mongery article, sent (per post) free.
WILLIAM S. BURTON'S (late RIPPON and BURTON'S) Stock
of general Furnishing Ironmongery is literally the largest in the
world, and as no language can be employed to give a correct idea of
its variety and extent, purchasers are invited to call and Inspect it.
—Establlished lA Well-etreet, 1820,

BALLOON IN A THUNDER-STORM.—In a letter from
Mr. George Green, son of the veteran aeronaut, to a
friend in London, dated the 25th of August, from
Frankfort-on-the-Maine, he says, " That during
my
visit to the Continent I have only made nine ascents this
season. Several persons have ascended with me. The
weather has been very unsettled and strong, and I have
only had three fine days out of nine. The last, how-
ever (Sunday, August 22), was the worst of all—the
wind blew almost a hurricane from the southwest, ac-
companied by heavy thunder and lightning, nearly the
whole of the day; indeed, it was generally believed the
ascent would be postponed, but being anxious to keep
up my reputation, I commenced the inflation. The
ascent, which took place at a quarter to five, excited
great alarm-and astonishment, because just after a vio-
lent peal of thunder the balloon rose almost immediately
under the clouds from which the storm proceeded, when,
at about four thousand five hundred feet high, and on a
level with them, several electrical discharges occurred,
which afforded me the long wished for opportunity of
observing the effect of lightning upon the air, as the
clouds and the balloon were going abreast of each other
at only a few hundred yards distant. The air was very
much disturbed, it seemed full of eddies, which agitated
the balloon a good deal, Every fresh discharge commu-
nicated a vibrating motion to the balloon, arid caused it
to oscillate considerably, while the rain falling on the
earth made a noise like a waterfall at a great distance.
In descending we fell in with a current blowing a few
points more to the north, which bore us away from the
storm, and after being up for about an hour I descended
at Windeeken."
Two CHILDREN FOUND MURDERED.—Yesterday
morning, about six o'clock, the police-constable on duty
on Walworth-common, discovered a wicker basket hid-
den in a ditch on the common, and on opening it found
the body of a female infant, about fourteen days old,
wrapped in a blue cotton handkerchief, death braving
been caused by a bandage tied over the mouth. It was
taken to Newington workhouse to await the coroner's
inquest. About the same hour yesterday morning some
boys bathing in the Regent s-canal at Mile-end, found
the body of a male infant, about three weeks old, that
had been strangled with a piece of cord and then thrown
into the water. It is now in Mile-end workhouse,
awaiting a coroner's inquest.

THE WEST INDIAN MAIL.
The Great Western ROyal Mail Company's steam-
ship Great Western, George Abbott commander,
arrived at Southampton yesterday morning at nine
o'clock, after a remarkably fine passage, arriving at
least two days earlier than she was expected, thus
placing this recent addition to the Company's fleet on
a par with their fastest vessels.
The mails came in charge of Mr. Elison, in con-
sequence of the illness of Lieutenant Miller, Ad-
miralty agent, who was invalided at Havannah, and
left in the hospital.
The Great Western brings forty-nine passengers :
—Mr. Conti, from Vera Cruz; Messrs. Gogel, Mo-
rales, Luncheon, Noltinius, and Anglada, from
Havannah ; Mr. Salazar, from St. Juan de Nica-
ragua; Messrs. Jean, Letts, Treblecock, and Waters,
from Chagres i • Miss Martin, from Carthagena; Mr.
Singleton, Mr. Taylor, two children and servant,
Messrs. Wright, Lindop,. de Cordova, and Roxburgh,
from Jamaica; Mr. Brown, from Jacmel ; Mr. Bilen•
brugh, from Porto Cabello ; Mr. Albony and servant,
Messrs. Bennett and Jones, from Demerara; Messrs.
Turnbull, M‘Gregor, and Spiers, from Trinidad ;
Mr. Jackson, from Grenada ;. Mr. M4Kenzie, from
St. Vincent; Mr. Bow, from Guadeloupe; Messrs.
Jefferson and Sheil, from Montserrat ; Mr. Berkley
and two children, from St. Kites; Messrs. Vesonnars,
Heap, and Hestres, from St. Thomas ' Mr. Johnston
and Miss and Master Agassey, from Bermuda ; Mr.
H. J. Whalley and two invalids one distressed British
subject.
And on freight-7208,391 dollars on merchants'
account, but none for dividends; 1.9811. in gold, 591
ounces of gold dust, 26 silver. bars, 65 hales of tobacco,
114 cases of cigars, 10 serous of cochineal, 22 bales of
sarsaparilla, 8 serons of jalap, 62 turtle, 17 packages
of arrowroot, 27 cases of pines, 70 packages of sundries.
Her dates are—Tampico July 26, Vera Cruz
August 2d, Havannah 11th, Honduras July 20th,
Carthagena 29th, Jamaica August Bth, Demerara 4th,
Trinidad sth, Barbadoes Bth, Grenada 9th, St.
Thomas 15th, Bermuda 20th, La Guayra 2d.
The Great Western left her Majesty's ship Persian
at Vera Cruz, together with 2 French, 5 American,
and 1 Spanish men-of-war.
The company's ship Clyde was at Bermuda, Con-
way at St. Thomas's, Thames at Jamaica, and Teviot
in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Great Western reports the weather in the va-
rious islands as being fine, and the crops good ; but
our files of papers no not support so favourable a view
of these matters.
We have accounts from Vera Cruz to the 2d of
August. The Courier of Legation who had alone
been allowed to pass the belligerent lines, had arrived
on the 31st of July. His accounts from the city of
Mexico were far from satisfactory. He describes
General Scott's for& at Puebla to be 15,000 men,
waiting for some reinforcements previous to advancing
on Mexico • on their arrival he would immediately
march. There was a strong party in Mexico for an
arrangement with General Scott, and about 20,000
Mexicans prepared to oppose his entering the city ;
but, from the disunion amongst the leading men, it
was expected that the Americans would meet with no
serious opposition. The mortality at Vera Cruz, both
in the hospitals and among the newly arrived Ameri-
cans, continued. There was no chance of introducing
goods into the interior, and trade in consequence was
at an end. The chances of peace were considered
slight; the several departments of the Republic had
declared against negotiation, and even when the
American General is in the city, he will be in a most
embarrassed position.
The conversion of the Mexican debt is said to have
been ratified by the Mexican Government, but nothing
is likely to be done in the way of dividends whilst the
Americans are in the country.
M. C. Perry, commanding home squadron, had
issued a public notice, dated from his flag-ship the
Mississipi, July 28, that the war tax of ten per cent.
hitherto imposed on all our exports from the ports in
the Gulf of Mexico, was to be discontinued.
By the arrival of the Great Western, we have our
usual files of papers. From Jamaica we have com-
plaints of the weather and want of shipping in the
following terms :
" The drought in St. Mary continues most destruc-
tive. The rivers throughout the parish are nearly all
dry, there being in some places not water enough to
supply the steam-engines or the still houses. One
estate in the lower part of the parish has for some time
past been compelled to carry water in puncheons for the
supply of the engine, but even this resort has at last
been given up, and on that, as well as on other estates,
sugar-making- is entirely suspended, although there is 1!
large field of canes yet to be taken off. Meanwhile, the
plants for next year's crop are almost burnt out of the
ground. We have heard of some pieces of spring plants
which have been sup' lied as often as four times to no
purpose. There is an immense quantity of manufactured
produce remaining over for want of shipping.
From the Cornwall Chronicle we learn, that—

"The weather in Montego Bay had been very sultry
during the last ten or twelve days. Rain clouds had
passed over, but they carried their contents with them
to the ocean."
The following is an extract of a letter from Lucea,
dated July 20, given in the Courier :
" On Wednesday last one of the most frightful and
terrible whirlwinds that I believe has ever been wit-
nessed in this island assailed the town and port of Lucea.
The wind blew from all quarters, as if converging to a
focus, at the same time. The rain, mixed with hail-
stones, fell in torrents. The sea rose in a moment,
groaned, and then retired several feet. It seemed as if
an opening in its bed had occurred, and that it sank
into the -bosom of the globe. The lightning flashed,
and then an earthquake followed, which lasted several
seconds."
At Antigua, by our accounts, the state of the wea-
ther was a subject of complaint with the planters.
The want of rain was severely felt, and planting
operations seriously retarded thereby. We notice
that there have been several arrivals of immigrants
from Madeira within a short period. These people, as
labourers, give satisfaction ; but the Antigua folks
are beginning to find fault with their keeping so many
" saints' days."
From Dominica we learn that the Lieutenant-
Governor had left for England. Mr. James Lang
Bremner assumed the Government, being (says a
local paper) the first coloured person of Dominica
who had gained the distinction of representing
Majesty.
We have more favourable accounts from Barba-
does, which had latterly suffered so severely from want
of food. Large supplies of provisions of all kinds
had arrived both from America and the adjoining
colonies. Nearly 3,000 bunches of plantains, besides
other esculents, reached Barbadoes in a single day from
Demerara alone ; prices, however, were still high, and
much distress prevailed. The Governor had entirely
recovered from the effects of his accident. His Ex-
cellency was establishing public libraries in the islands
under his charge for the use of all classes, and had
recommended the passing of an Act for apprenticing
to the sea all 'he idle boys, as one of the modes of re-
lieving the islands.
At Dominica the second reading of a Bill was car-
ried on a division by two majority to provide stipends
for the support of senior and other Roman Catholic
clergymen.
REVIEW OF THE MARKETS.
(From De Cordova's Mercantile Intedigencer.)
If we except the decline in the prices of some articles.
which will be fi,und particularized below, no change of
' oldt
any moment has occurred in the state of the market
oumstanc~
since our last report. The eir s
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snothing
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that
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that period exercising a depressing influence on our
trade continue to operate against it to the same extent.
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verqment. We may mention,
has been ordered to be enforced until the matter shall be
finally arranged.
Flour—A further decline has occurred in the price of
this article since our last issue, holders having been
forced to yield to existing circumstances. The transac-
tions have extended to sales of 600 barrels new Balti-
more at•36s., 1,200 barrels New Orleans (in two parcels
of 300 and 900 barrels each) at 325., and 600 barrels
New Orleans (also in small lots) at 345.t0 365. per barrel.
In addition to these sales, a large parcel of Philadelphia,
not all superfine, was moved at 365. and 355.; and some
smaller lots, of old importations, previous to the sale of
the new Baltimore at 365., at the last-named figure.
Prices have since become merely nominal, the demand
having now again slackened.
Meal has also receded, 235. having been submitted to
for some small parcels. A lot of 200 barrels, rather
coarse, has been disposed of at 225. 6d. cash. The stock
continues very heavy, and the demand light.
Rice—We have noto heard of Indiestranactions
and C in this
article. The supply f both East arolina
sorts is light.
Bread—Watson's crackers and pilot bread are taken
at 245.; the former are wanted, but there is a fair sup ply
of the latter. A small sale of navy, of the same brand,
has been made at 21s. per barrel, which is considered to
be a full rate.
Butter—The supply of this article is exceedingly
light, the market being bare of Irish, and but ill-supplied
with other sorts. The demand, however, is only mode-
rate, the consumption being in a great degree restricted
by the high rates asked. The last parcel of Irish was
moved at 15d.; 120 kegs of Nova Scotia were taken at
12d., as were also 50 kegs of United States at the same
figure, and a larger parcel of 130 kegs of the latter de-
scription at a decline of id. per lb.
Lard is in good demand, but the stock is very small.
A lot- of 600 kegs and upwards of good quality
Phila-
delphia has been disposed of at 8d per lb.
Codfish—Just as we were going to press with our last
a vessel came in from Halifax, and a small part of her

cargo_ was parcelled cut at 175., in casks. A day or two
after, two others arrived, one of which was said to have
been of the new catch. The sales of both of these
latter cargoes were opened, and small lots disposed of
at 17s. for ordinary, and 18s. for large, in casks, and
20s. for boxes, whe❑ a vessel arrived from Newfound-
land with a cargo of some 340 small casks. This last
arrival had some effect on the market, and the balance
of the first-named cargo was parted with at 16s. in casks,
and 18s. for boxes. The Newfoundland fish was then
disposed of at 14s. and 17s. for casks and boxes respect-
ively, while the remainder of the two cargoes which had
been opened previously continued to be placed in lots at
16s. for ordinary, and 16s. to 16s. 6d. for large in casks,
and 18s. to 19s. in boxes. Subsequently a very small
cargo of the new catch, from Ragged Island, came in,
for the half of which 16s. for casks, and 19s. for boxes
were accepted; but the other half is still unsold, in con-
sequence of its being put up in packages of an unsuit-
able size.

Mackerel—The receipts of this article since our last
issue have reached 1,200 barrels. The price of previous
importations has consequently fallen, and we arc told
that 233. per barrel cannot now be obtained for any large
quantity. From the Ist of May to this period the ar-
rivals have equalled half of the previous years' impor-
tations.

Alewives are scarce, and command 245. per barrel.
Herrings—No. 1, .with roes, are saleable at 245., but
there is very little demand for split even at 20s. to 225.
The stock is light.
_ _

Salmon—NO'. 1 and 2 in barrels are wanted.

Soap—The only wholesale transaction which has
reached us is that of a sale of 1,000 boxes of Steele's
481 b. feather, at 12s. 6d. per box.
Pork—Prime remains at our last quotation (785.), at
which rate 300 barrels have changed hands. The con-
sumption appears to be much affected by the high price
of the article. Mess is scarce.

Beef—American has declined considerably, 525. per
half barrel being now submitted to for small parcels.
The stock is ample.
Tongues-100 half barrels American pigs have changed
hands at 40s. per half barrel.
Hams—Lancashire may be quoted at 9d. to 10d.,
Irish at 9d., and American at Bd. to 9d. per lb. The
supply, for this period of the year, is ample.
Cheese is scarce.
Corn—The arrivals of South American continue to
some extent. This description does not command more
than 4s. per bushel.
Oil has suffered a still further decline in value, the
stock being excessive; 100 barrels cod were placed, with
some difficulty, at Is. 10d. per gallon.
Malt continues at our last quotations.
Lumber—The price of white pine has fallen under the
free arrivals and the slackened demand for estates' use,
the crop being nearly all taken otf. A cargo from Phi-
ladelphia was placed at 128 s. per 1,000 feet, and another
from Calais, Maine, consisting of about 100,000 feet at
103. We have no sales to report of pitch pine. Cedar
shingles are worth 225.

Brandy—Martell's dark is taken at 6s. to 75., and pale
at Bs. per gallon, in bond, but the demand is trifling.
Tobacco—Cavendish 16's realize 7d., and 18's and
20's 7i I. per pound.
Ruin—Small parcels are moved at 4s. to 4s. 3d. per
gallon for proof 21.
Specie—Doubloons are exceedingly scarce. Colum-
bian are worth 3to 3i per cent. premium. Dollars are
Lken at l per cent. premium, or 4il,- each.
Freights—The demand has not been so eager since

the lst-of August, notwithstanding that a large-quantity
of produce yet remains on hard. The exceedingly low
rates at which sugar is being sold in England have
tended considerably to cheek the desire to export.
Freights for sugar may be quoted at 4s. 61 per cwt., and
rum 4d. to 61. per gallon.
Sugar ranges from 18s. to 225. per 100 lb.
_ _

Exchanges—On London, 90 day% 2, and GO days 1 per
cent. discount. On New York, 60 days, 4to 5 per cent.
premium.

THE MARYLEBONE MURDER.
THE CONFESSION OF THE CONDEMNED

CRIMINAL.

The unfortunate woman, Mary Ann Hunt, who
was convicted at the last session of the Central Cri-
minal Court, of murdering, under most brutal cir-
cumstances, an old woman named Stowell, still re-
mains in Newgate, awaiting the decision of the
Government, as to whether the sentence of death
passed upon her is to be carried into eff-nt or not.
It was proved at the trial, as will be in the recollec-
tion of our readers, that the wretched criminal was
in the family-way, and as there appears to be no
doubt that she will eventually become a mother, the
sentence cannot, of course, be carried into effect
until after she is delivered.

It has been pretty generally understood, within
the last few days, that the wretched woman has made
a full confession of 'her guilt, and although the evi-
dence so ovarvihelming as to leave no doubt that
the jury came to the only conclusion it was possible
fur them, upon the facts deposed to by the witnesses,
yet it will be satisfactory to the gentlemen who felt
themselves constrained to return a verdict, the effect of
which, in all human probability, would be to consign
a fellow-creature to death lawn the scaffold, and also to
the public to know that there is no doubt that this is
the case and that the unhappy culprit has, in clear
and undisputed terms, admitted her guilt. Imme-
diately after she retired from the dock, when the jury
had delivered their verdict, and sentence had been
pronounced, she appeared to recover her self-posses-
sion, and said to one of the officials, who was accom-
panying her, " They do not yet know how it as
was done." For some days after the trial she was
very taciturn, but at length, as above stated, she con-
fessed that she had caused the death of the poor old
woman, and detailed the circumstances under which
the act was committed. The officials connected with
the prison have exercised the greatest reserve upon the
subject, the ground for which appears to be that as
some persons in authority have felt themselves called
upon to make exertions to save the life of the prisoner,
and obtain a commutation of the sentence, the publi-
cation of the confession as to the circumstances under
which the crime was committed might have the effect
of paralysing their, humane exertions. So far as has
been gleaned from authentic sources, it appears the pri-
soner has admitted she destroyed the deceased, but
denies that the act was a premeditated one. It will
be remembered that upon the trial it was proved that
on the Monday previous to the fatal occurrence taking
place on the Wednesday, the accused and the deceased
had a violent quarrel, and that the former made use
of such threats towards the old woman as to induce
the other lodgers to send for the landlord of the house,
and this was adduced as a proof that the crime was
premeditated by the prisoner. She, however, declares,
that at this time she had no intention to hurt her, and
that her threatening to de for her merely referred to
her intention to prevent her from continuing to re-
ceive assistance from the family of Colonel Wyndham
by informing them that she was not in such bad cir-
cumstances as she represented herself to be, and that
she was not a worthy object of charity. The priso-
ner states that at this time she was in great distress'of
mind, owing to her pecuniary difficulties, and her in-
ability, from want of funds, to get to Brighton, where,
as she was well known, she expected to have,been able
to obtain a situation. This pressed upon her sp;rits,
and for several days before the fatal occurrence she
states that she was hardly aware what she was doing.
It. transpired accidentally in the course of the trial
that the prisoner had been connected with a polica-
constable of the detective force, and who, it ap-
pears, is the father of the child of which she is en-
ceinte, and he, it seemed, had promised to send her
some money, but failing to do so it increased her dis-
tress, and, as she says, almost drove her mad. On
the day on which the fatal occurrence took place, the
prisoner states that she was pressed by the deceased
for payment, and, in the course of a violent quarrel
the deceased attempted to strike her. This excited
her, and induced her to strike the old woman in re-
turn, and she fell to the ground insensible, and she
then threw herself upon her, and did not desist from
violence until the deceased was no more. It then
occurred to her that the deceased had a hoard of
money in her drawers, and she opened the one in
which she believed it was kept, and was surprised to
find that there was no more than one or two and
twenty shillings, which she possessed herself of, and then
went out to endeavour to make her way to Brighton,
but finding that the last train had started, she re-
turned to the house, and stayed in the room with the
deceased until the following morning, when, in at-
tempting to depart, she was arrested in the extraor-
dinary manner detailed at the trial, and which led to
the discovery of the murder. These are the principal
facts stated by the unhappy prisoner, and she appears
quite resigned to her fate, and does not seem to ex-
pect any commutation of her sentence. She is, low-
ever, constantly watched by the female turnkeys of
the gaol, and is not left atone either by night or day.

RECONCILIATION IN HIGH LIFE.—It will be a
'source of gratification to all our readers in the highest
circles of society to learn, that the estrangement which
has existed in a ducal family, caused by the indiscreet
elopement of a youthful lady, has at length ended in a
reconciliation, happily brought about by a near relative
of the noble family.
A MATRIMONIAL NEWSPAPER.—Every commu-
nity, class, and profession, has its literary organ ; and,
not to be behind the rest of the world, the keepers of
matrimonial offices in Paris have started a journal under
the alluring title of the Harem. It is to serve as a me-
dium of communication between persons who wish to
get married. Ladies in want of husbands are to write
letters to it, setting forth their personal charms, and
the amount of their fortunes, together with any other
particulars they may think likely to enhance their value
in the matrimonial market ; and gentlemen are to write
similar communications. It is, in fact, to be an adver-
tising paper for would-be wives and would-be husbands.

TO SIR ROBERT PEEL.
On Friday, on the occasion of the visit of Sir R.
Peel to Seaham, the Mayor and several members of
the corporation of Sunderland waited upon the Right
Hon. Baronet to present an address which that body
had unanimously adopted.
The address expressed, on the part of the pre-
senters, their deep sense of the invaluable services of
the Right Hon. Baronet, when at the time that the
empire was threatened with a fearful calamity, as
principal adviser of her Majesty, he adopted the
means best calculated to afford relief.

Sir ROBERT PEEL said—As you were good enough
to send me a copy of the document which you have
just placed in my hands, and thinking that you might
wish to have a written answer to the address you
have presented, I have prepared one, which I will
read to you. The Right Hon. Baronet proceeded to
read as follows :—" I have visited this neighbourhood
for the sole purpose of gratifying feelings of private
friendship, and of being present on an occasion deeply
interesting to the members of a noble family for whom
I feel a very sincere regard, and who bear a name
which I must ever hold in the highest respect. Your
kindness compels me to forget for a moment the
private capacity in which my visit has been paid, and
publicly to return to you my best acknowledgments
for the address which you have presented to me in
pursuance of the unanimous vote of the Council of
the borough of Sunderland. I thank you for the
justice you have done to the motives which influenced
my conduct on the occasion to which you have
alluded in the address. On entering into the service
of our gracious Sovereign, I accepted, together with
the distinction and privileges of office, the heavy
responsibility which it imposes. When at a crisis of
great difficulty I offered that advice which in my
heart and conscience I believed to be best calculated
to mitigate immediate suffering, and to diminish the
risk of future peril, I was only fulfilling the solemn
obligation which I had contracted when I undertook
the duties of a Minister. It is gratifying to me to
receive from you the emphatic assurance that I so
discharged those duties as to have entitled me to your
approbation and esteem. I fully participate in the
anxiety you express for the maintenance and promo-
tion of our maritime interests ; they are intimately
blended with the general welfare of this great
country, and our national defence and security. I
confidently trust that the several measures which
have been adopted of late years for simplifying the
commercial code, for abolishing vexatious regulations
on trade, and for reducing the duties on articles of the
first importance in the construction and navigation of
our commercial marine, will have a beneficial effect
on those interests with which the town of Sunder-
land has so intimate and important a connexion."
The light Hon. Baronet concluded with the expres-
sion of his regret that circumstances prevented him
from personally conveying his sentiments to the in-
habitants of Sunderland, and assured them that if he
again visited the county of Durham, he would not
fail to visit that port.
The members of the corporation were then invited
to a luncheon, provided in a neighbouring hotel, at
which the Marquis of Londonderry presided. Be-
sides Sir R. Peel, there were present the Duke of
Rutland, Lord Belhaven, and Lord Combennere,
part of the distinguished circle now visiting Wynyard.
Sir R. PEEL, in responding to a toast to his health,
adverted to the exemplary manner in which Lord
Londonderry discharged the duties incident to the
possession of property both in England and Ireland,
and to the public spirit and enterprise which he had
evinced in the construction of Seaham harbour. He
said it would be a proud reflection to Lord and Lady
Londonderry at the close of life, that they had ap-
propriated their property so as to be the founders of
a port on the eastern coast of England—that they had
added to the maritime strength of the country, and
the employment and industry of its inhabitants—
that they had established every institution connected
with the well-being of the people, providing for their
religious worship, administering c( nsolation in sick-
ness and suffering, and remembering those moral
obligations which the possession of property imposed.
An address of similar import from Stockton was
also presented to Sir R. Peel at ‘N,Tynyard.
Sir R. PEEL read a reply, in which, referring to
those who were parties to the address, he said—They
have, I fear, greatly overrated any services- which I
have been enabled—to render, and have ascribed to
me an undue share of merit on fieo.v of the par-
ticular nip sores to which they refer; , but I may
accept tTreir approbation for The faithful perform-
ance of the duty, imperative upon a public man,
which requires him to give that advice which he
conscientiously believes to be most conducive to
the general welfare, and, should painful personal
sacrifices be requisite for the purpose of giving
effect to it, cheerfully to submit to them. I
cordially concur in the sentiments expressed in this
address with regard to the beneficial results of a free
commercial intercourse between the several nations of
the world. I believe it will be found to be the most
powerful instrument for promoting peace, for extend-
ing civilization, and for increasing the comfort and
enjoyments of the great body of the community in
every country. Having unshaken confidence in the
abstract truth of those principles which enjoin the
unrestricted interchange of the several products for
which we are indebted to the bounty of Providence
and the skill and industry of man ; and being con-
vinced that the practical application of them will con-
duce to the welfare of every people, I feel assured
that they will gradually prevail over all the impedi-
ments which erroneous views of commercial policy,
or partial interests, may for a time offer to their pro-
gress. If I wanted any other motive to stimulate
my humble efforts in support of those principles
beyond the deep conviction of their truth, and the
sense of public duty, it would be amply supplied by
such a token of your approval and confidence as you
have this day presented to me.

DEPARTURE OP THE BRITANNIA.—LIVBRPOOL,
SATURDAY EVENING.—The royal mail steam-ship Bri-
tennis Captain Harrison, sailed for Halifax and Boston
this afternoon. She carries out a full complement of
passengers, the usual United States and Canadian mails,
and about 12,0004 in specie.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON BLACKHEATH.—Saturday
afternoon Mr. Payne held an inquest at St. Thomass
Hospital, on view of the body of Samuel Jackman, aged
twenty-eight, a labourer on the North Kent Railway.
It appeared from the evidence of several witnesses that
about one o'clock on Thursday morning, the deceased,
with some other men, was engaged in sinking a shaft
on Blackheath, for the purpose of forming a tunnel to
connect a railway between Greenwich and Gravesend.
He was at the top of the shaft,
which is nine feet in
diameter and forty-five feet in depth, and had drawn up
by a windless a pail filled with water, taken from a land-
spring, when, while in the act of tipping it over, he fell
back. Deceased immediately called out " below!" upon
which the men at the bottom of the shaft moved on one
side, and the deceased fell in the midst of them. He was
drawn up in a state of insensibility, when he was seen by
a surgeon, and removed to the n'oove institution. lie
was there attended to by Mr. T. Bull, house-surgeon,
ho found both the thigh and the elbow bores severely
rhae effect c ureeedt ,
ofand
whicht er e
injurieswas an
extensivedied
thes samecalp wound,
iny from
the
afternoon. Verdict—Accidental Death.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
—An inquest was held on Saturday by Mr. Bedford, at
Charing-cross Hospital, on the body of John Chapman
aged fifty-seven, a carpenter at her M lest)'s Theatre.
evidence proved that the deceased, on Friday
afternoon last, was at work in the flies of the
theatre arranging the machhiery, and whilst in the act
of stepping from the lies into the grooves. it is supposed
that he must have missed his footing, for he was observed
by same other parties working on the stage to fall to the
bottom. In his descent several workmen narrowly es-
caped being knocked down. The deceased understood
the working of the machinery
of
perfectly well, be having
been engaged in the same sortf - work for several years.He was brought bleeding to the above hospital, where
he died in the course of an
hour or so after his admis-
from the effects of the injuries
received. Verdict,
sion,
Accidental Death.
HAMPSTEAD.—OnSaturday
EXTENSIVE FIRE AT
b cl.
fire broke out in the spacious oar nig-
afternoon a
s Jackson Smyth, situate in
school belonging to Mr .
sc With as little delay as pos-
amp stead.
Pilgrim-lane,
sible the parochial engine was taken to the spot, and set
to work from a pond of water in the lawn; at the same
time the inhabitants exerted themselves in removing as '
mach furniture as possible from the lower part of the
building. The fire, it should be stated, had already ob-
tained too strong a hold of the top floors .for any one to
enter them. The engine was worked with vigour for a
considerable time, but, unfortunately, little or no impres-
sion could be made upon the flames ; a mounted express
was, therefore, sent for the assistance of the London
engines, and several immediately started for the scene
of conflagration. All hands at once set to work, and by
half-past six o'clock the fire was happily subdued. The
damage done is very serious, and at a moderate calcula-
tion will amount to several hundred pounds. The origin
of the outbreak was not ascertained.
It is understood that steps have been taken to con-
test the return of Sir Willoughby Jones-for Cheltenbanl•
Counsel have been retained, and other preliminary P"-
ceedings adopted for an inquiry into the alleged cases of
bribery and treating, before a Committee of the House
of Commons.—Cheltenham Examiner.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, SEPT. 3.—a good
business has been done in sugars this week, without,
however, any improvement in the currency. Rumeas
been in fair demand, and some large transactionshave
•
been effected at lower rates.—Bristol Mercury.
Dispatches were received on Saturday at the Co-
lonial-offme from the Governor of Sierra Leone,

evolt-
_
ing character. It will be remembered that)ar short
time back the London and North-Western Railway
purchased a large portion of land running from the
Hampstead-road to Seymcur-street, for the purpose
of enlarging the terminus. At the back of this
ground a large and lofty wall has been run up, se-
parating the railway from a new square called Ampt-
hill- square, the houses forming which are now in
course of erection, those near the Hampstead-road
being completed and inhabited. The roads around
the square are not yet finished, and during the last
few weeks a large quantity of rubbish has been shot
for the purpose of forming them. During the night
of Thursday an immense quantity of broken-up coffins
and human bones were shot upon the spot, but where
they were brought from no one could tell. On the
Friday large numbers were drawn to the spot, and
not only were human bones found in large
quantities, but pieces of flesh were picked
up. The children who were there amused
themselves by raking over the soil for the pur-
pose of finding teeth, of which great numbers were
picked up. The reporter, who was present, had a
whole handful shown him, the urchin who had picked
them up telling him he should take them to a dentist's
had
sell thnherm O
brought
ghtti makingfron, th
e inquiryreporter
was where thinformedey
that it was from Old St. Pancras churchyard, but
whether this is correct or not he is unable to say,
there being so many over-crowded burial grounds in
the neighbourhood. An advertisement, however,
appeared a short time since, stating that some graves
would have to be removed in that churchyard, in
order to enlarge the church, and the probability is
that the remains of suffering humanity have been
brought from that place. Saturday the large mound
was mixed with gravel, and strewed all over the road, for
the purpose of hiding the bones and pieces of coffins
with which the earth was intermixed. It is to be hoped
that the parochial authorities will make some inquiry
into the affair, as, leaving out of question the revolt-
ing treatment of human remains, the pestilential
stench arising from them is so great that if a stop is
not put to such a proceeding fever and disease will
be engendered in the neighbourhood to an alarming
extent.