The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-19 00:00:00

rtiE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 19, 1847.

thing until to-day, stated that the prisoner was seen by
her, at the door of the i uom, early in the evening of the
Tuesday ; but she had been presented, without affording
the prisoner an opportunity of rebutting her evidence,
and, possibly, of showing that she was elsewhere. Who
would believe that one of the protectors of their liberties
had been the assailant of t'ivo women, that he had
livrd with the woman in the way stated ? He bad been
put into the box merely for the purpose of undergoing
the ceremony of saying who he was, and possibly by his
appearance indicating that he had no share in the murder.
Could any one put their finger on any part of the evi-
dence, and say that the prisoner committed the murder?
The evidence of the witness Srnallbone assumed that the
murder was committed at the time the door was half
opened. What, committed in the light of day, and in a
house full of lodgers? It was improbable. Then he
dismissed the evidence with respect to the prisoner's
wish to get to Brighton, by saying that she had been
proved to have entertained the notion since the preceding
Christmas. There was no motive for the act—the gain
was nothing.—(The Learned Counsel had not concluded
when our report left.)
[The trial is not likely to be concluded to-night. A
vast number of witnesses will be called for the defence.]

NE.147 COURT.

(Before the RECORDER and Mr. Alderman CHAPMAN

MARSHALL.)

Hannah Jenkins, alias Mary R ch, was charged with
feloniously cutting and wounding George Trussell, with
intent to do him some grievous bodily harm.
It appeared that the prosecutor had been drinking on
the day the occurrence took place, and that he went, in
a state of intoxication, to a house of ill fame in the Bo-
rough, where he met with the prisoner. A quarrel
took place about halt-a-crown, which the prisoner ac-
cused the prosecutor of stealing, when an attack was
made upon him by the prisoner and another woman,
during which he received a blow on the head from a
poker, which rendered him insensible.
The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty of assault,"
and the prisoner was sentenced to six months' imprison-
ment in the House of Correction, with hard labour.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)
The Court sat to hear the bail cases, of which there
were 2.5 upon the list.
David 1 aylor, aged 13 years, and George Taylor, aged
14, found guilty yesterday of stealing a pistol, the pro
perry of Mr. Vincent Smith, were called for judgment,
when it appearing that they had not been previously
co►:victed, they were only sentenced to one month's im-
prisonment, and at the expiration of that term, to be
soundly whipped with a birch-rod. They heard the
first part with the most perfect stoicism, but when the
AssiNtant-Judge came to the second, they roared out
iustily.
William Coffee was found guilty of stealing two jars,
one containing three gallons of brandy, and the other
three gallons of peppermint, the property of Mr. John
Brown, the landlord of the York Tavern, Bethnal-green-
road, and was sentenced to three month's imprisonment,
with hard labour.

A number of indictments for assaults were disposed of,
in none of which there was the slightest point of general
interest.

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Charles Wheeler, secretary and manager of the Ladies
Society for the Suppression of Cruelty to Animals, was
brought up on remand, charged with forging a cheque
for one pound on the bank of Messrs. Coutts, in the
name of the Earl of Skilmersdale.

His Lordship proved that the cheque produced was
not in his handwriting. He had on one occasion sent
to the prisoner a cheque for one pound, as a subscription
to 'he society of which the latter was the secretary. He
had known the prisoner in connexion with the society
for some years, and always heard a good character
of him.

r. Sayer, of East street, Marylebone, printer, had
also known the prisoner for some S ears in connexion
with the society, and had heard a good character of him.
The witness believed the cheque to be in the prisoner's
handwriting, but could not undertake to swear to it.
The prisoner said that he received the cheque, inclosed
in a letter addressed to him, in Birmingham, and was
not aware that it was a forgery.
A second charge of precisely the same nature was then
gone into, and occupied a long time.
The prisoner was fully committed for forging the two
cheques.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
YORK AUGUST MEETING.—WEDNESDAY.
The Dundas Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, with 30
added; for three yrs, Est Btb; four, Bst 21b; five,
Bst 91b; six and aged, 9st; mares and geldings allowed
31b. One mile and a quarter. (11 Subs.)
Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged ... (Templeman) 1
Mr. S. L. Fox's Meaux, 3 yrs... 2
Mr. J. Scott's Ennui, 4 yrs ... ... ... 3
Major Yarburgh's Red Robin, 5 yrs ... ... 4
Mr. Baker's Plover, 4 yrs ... ... 5
Five ran. Won easily by a length.
The Colt Sapling Stakes of 50 sovs. each, 20 ft, for two
yrs old colts, Bst 71b each. One mile. (9 Subs.)
Mr. J. Moore's The Prince ... ... (Holmes) 1
Mr. E. R. Clark's br cby Lanercost ... 2
Mr. Jaques's Referee ... ... ... 3
Won by a neck only.
The Great Ebor Handicap of 200 sovs., added to a
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only 5 ft if
declared. The second to receive 501. One mile and
three quarters. (135 Subs., 103 of whom declared.)
Mr. Gull) 's Mathematician, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Donaldson) 1
Sir J. Gerard's Grimston, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ... 2
Sir C. Monck's fby Touchstone—Cast Steel, 5 yrs .. 3
The following also ran :—Mr. Copeland's Arthur, 5
yrs, 7at 71b—Mr. W. Allen's Duke of Kent, 5 yrs,
Est 91b—Mr. Isaac Day's Milliner, 4 yrs, 6st 21b—Mr.
Jaques's Sir Martin, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Mr. Harland's
Glenwelt, 3 yrs, 4st 61b.
Won by a length, Grimston beating Sir C. Monck's
filly by a head; the others beaten oft:
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas; for three yrs old,
7st 91b; four, Bst 121 b; five, 9st 41b; six, 9st 71b; and
aged, 9st 91b. Two miles.
Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, aged
Sir C. Cockerell's Congress, 3 yrs ...
Mr. Taylor's George Stephenson, 3 yrs ...
Mr. Merry's King of the Forest, 3 yrs ...
Mr. Bell's Cinderella, 4 yrs ...
Mr. Jaques's Nell Cook, 4 yrs •.• ..
A slow run race—won by half a length.
The Prince of Wales's Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50
added, for two yrs old, colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b;
winners 21b extra. T.Y.C. (57 Subs.)
Mr. Bowes's Springy Jack (F. Butler) 1
Mr. B. Green's Assault
Mr. Foljambe's Queen of the May ... ... ... 3
The following also started:—Sir C. Coekerell's The
Buffoon, Mr. Drinkald's Good Boy (2 lbs), Mr. J.
Evans's Never Mind, Mr. S. Hawke's Miss Harrison,
Mr. A. W. Hill's Volley (2 lbs), Mr. Kempster nd
Gilnochie.
Springy Jack got up to Assault in the last two or
three strides, and won on the post by a head. Queen of
the May a bad third.
Hun in 1 min. and 5 secs.
The Knavesmire Stakes of 100 sovs. each, 30 ft, for
three yrs old. One mile and three quarters. (5 Subs.)
Mr. L. Fox's Philosopher walked over
The Maccaroni Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added;
12st each, &c. Two miles and a quarter. (12 Subs.)
Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, 12st ...(Hon. S. Erskine) I
Mr. Scholefield's Tommy Moore, 1 Ist 101 b . . 2
3 to 1 on Aristotle, who won easy by a length.
The Lottery Stakes of 5 sovs. each and 25 added.
One mile. (10 Subs.)
Mr. Meiklam's Aristotle, aged, Bst 91b (Templeman) 1
Mr. J. Clarke nd Ratcliffe, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b 2
Mr. Taylor's George Stephenson, 3 yrs, 7st 81b ... 3
Susannah, 3 yrs, 6st ; Yaxley fitly, 6st 21b ; The
Alderman's Daughter, Est 51b ; Maid of Monton filly,
sst 121 b ; Mr. Fox's Jereed colt, 6st 51b ; Alsatia, 7st
121 b; and Nell Cook, 7st 51b, also ran.
LATEST DERBY BETTING AT YORK.
14 to 1 sgst Surplice 25 to 1 agst Loadstone
16 to 1 agst Springy Jack 25 to 1 agst Flatcatcher
25 to 1 agst Assault 60 to 1 agst Swiss Boy.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS RACES—WEDNESDAY.
The Eridge Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 2 only if
declared, &c.; the second to save his stake. Mile and
a half. (21 Subs., 9of whom declared.)
Lord Strathmore's Tit bit, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Crouch) 1
Mr. James Hoof nd. Alkali, 5 yrs, Bst 21b 2
Won easily by two lengths.
The Stewards' Plate of 20 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes
of 2 sovs. each; the winner to be sold for 60 soya. if
demanded, &c. Heats, one mile and a distance. (3
Subs.)
Mr. Minor's Dinah, 3 yrs, Est 111 b ... (Crouch) 1 1
Mr. Rice's Tub Thumper, aged, Bst 111 b.. ... 2 2
Mr. Walter's Sir Tatton, 4 yrs, 7st 41b dis.
Both heats won easily.
The Visitors' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 30 added; the
second to save his stake, and the winner to be sold for
100 sovs., &c. Heats, one mile and a half. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Smith's Duncan, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Crouch) 5 1 1
Mr. Stapleford's Carissima, 5 yrs, 9st 21b 1 2 2
Mr. Arcedeckne's Famine, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ... 3 3dr
Mr. Robinson's cby Kremlin, 4 yrs, Bst 21b... 4 4 dr
Mr. Roberts's Outpost, 3 yrs, Est 111 b ... 2 dr
First heat won by half a length; the second and third
by a head.
BARNET RACES.
The Green Man Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added,
twice round and a distance, 10 Subs., were won by a
head, in two heats, by Captain Thomson's Etona, 5 yrs,
ast 71b (Higgins), beating Amazon, 7st 111 b, Isabella,
Tat 111 b, and several others.
The Town Plate of 10 sou., aided to a Sweepstakes
of 2 sovs. each, twice round and a distance, 5 Subs., was
won, in two heats, by Mr. Sergeant's Guzman, 4 yrs,
9st (Barnet), beating Maid of Barham, 7st 71b, and
three others easily.

... (Templeman) 1

... 2
... 3
... 4
... 5
... 6

FIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE

CLYDE.
STRANRAER, TUESDAY, AUG. 17.
The royal squadron reached Loch Ryan at six
o'clock yesterday evening, escorted by a flotilla of
other steamers, crowded with passengers. The
squadron anchored at Cairn Ryan amid the hearty
cheers of the crowds collected on the shore. The
Prince of Wales, his royal sister, Prince Albert, and
the Duchess of Norfolk, landed immediately, and
took a short walk along the beach. The Queen did
not appear, but occupied a kind of covered tent or
place of retirement on deck, and employed herself for
some time in making a sketch of this magnificent
sheet of water. The hills surrounding the loch were
covered with bonfires, and the whole line of coast
along which her Majesty passed on her entrance to
Scotland was similarly illuminated.
This morning the royal squadron, with the excep
tion of the Black Eagle, which had burst one of her
boilers, left Loch Ryan at six o'clock for Dumbarton.
Off Arran, the first glimpse of the Albert and Vic-
toria was caught by the flotilla, which had sailed from
Glasgow to escort her. The rest of the steamers of
the squadron were immediately seen rounding the
point, considerably in the rear. The Victoria and
Albert came up first, the Fairy and Undine in a line
behind. Three hearty cheers resounded as the
royal vessels passed at a quarter to eleven, and the
band struck up " God save the Queen." The Ad-
miral of tLe flotilla immediately put about, and fol-
lowed in the wake of the royal squadron. Smoke
was seen issuing from the top of the old tower on the
lesser Cumbrx—a preconcerted signal of the Queen's
approach, and at a quarter past eleven the first royal
salute of twenty-one guns was fired from Largs,
where great crowds lined the shore and innumerable
small boats dotted the waters. Upwards of a dozen
steamers were following when the royal squadron
passed the Cloch. A royal salute was fired from
Dunoon. A small yacht gave also a royal salute,
whilst General Darroch's battery, from the summit
of the hill above Gourock, poured in a thundering
tribute, responded to from the Roseneath shore op-
posite. At Kempoch Point rattled the musketry of
the coast guard, volley after volley. The Scourge
was seen, all dressed in colours, lying off the tail of
the bank. The United States rigate Macedonia sa-
luted her Majesty as she passed, the royal yacht stop-
ping in her course, imitated by the convoying
squadron. The whole of the vessels were off
Greenock by a quarter past twelve. The sun shone
gloriously; the Frith re-echoed with guns and music,
and the brilliant picture of natural scenery was filled
up with the gay magnificence of flags and streamers.
The yards of the Government vessels were manned,
and the " Queen's Anthem" was played by numerous
bands of music. Such was the scene of her Majesty's
arrival in the Clyde.
It was not until about half-past twelve o'clock that
the Victoria and Albert reached the tail of the bank
at Greenock ; and shortly after the tender yacht
Fairy advanced to her side to receive the royal party,
and convey them to Dumbarton ; where, at about
one o'clock, the long-looked-for signal from the
Castle of Dumbarton announced the approach of the
, which the pre-
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upon false represen-
tations, now pealed forth in right earnest. About
half-past one o'clock a company of the Ist Regiment
took up their position on either side of the royal
platform as a guard of honour to her Majesty, the
band meanwhile playing. " God save the Queen," as
they entered the grounds. In a few minutes the
Fairy steamer was seen to approach the river, and
every eye present was full of expectation. Two guns
from the Argyll battery of the castle next sent forth
their thunders over the waters of the Clyde, an-
nouncing that the Fairy was about to land its pre-
cious cargo. About one hundred yards from the
platform two boats were lowered and manned
with ten men each from the Fairy. The first con-
tained Earl Grey and other members of the royal
suite ; and the second, her Majesty, his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, his Serene Highness Prince Leiningen, Lady
Jocelyn, and the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The
moment that the royal party had taken their seats,
the cheers from the shores and the platforms in the
vicinity broke forth in loud and long-continued ac-
clamations. Two more guns from the ramparts were
then discharged, and the band on shore struck up
" Rule, Britannia." On her Majesty's landing she
was received by Sir James Colquhoun, Lord Lieu-
tenant of the county; the sheriff, Mr. Wm. Camp-
bell, of Tillichewan ; Mr. James Ewing, of Strath•
' Mr. Smollett, M.P. for the county ; Mr.
Peter Denny, and other gentlemen. Her Majesty
leven •
appeared in excellent health and spirits, as did the
Prince Consort and the royal children, though we
could not but observe that the party were rather
bronzed by exposure to the weather. The Queen was
dressed in a white bonnet and feather, with primrose-
coloured ribbons, a blue and white checked silk
dress, a black mantilla, with a neckerchief of the
royal Stuart tartan. His Royal Highness Prince
Albert wore a black frock coat, white hat,
and grey pantaloons. His Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales was apparelled in a blue
coloured suit with a drab coloured foraging
cap with a college tassel. The Princess Royal wore
a pea-green spencer, with a close cottage straw bon- '
net trimmed with primrose-coloured ribbons. The
royal children excited the marked attention and ad-
miration of all assembled. On arriving under the
triumphal arch, erected at the extremity of the plat-
form, her Majesty was presented with an address by
the Lord-Lieutenant, which was most graciously re-
ceived. The royal party were then handed to the
carriages in waiting. The first carriage contained
her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince, the Princess
Royal, and Prince Leiningen ; the second Earl Grey,
‘
Lady Jocelyn, and Lady Dowager Lyttelton. An
escort of the Enniskillen Dragoons preceded and fol-
lowed the carriages, and the whole went in a lei-
surely pace to the Castle.
At the Castle -gate her Majesty was received by
Colonel Harvey, and
Was presented with an elegant
bouquet by Mrs. Cabbell, of Muirbank, which was
most graciously received. Her Majesty was also
presented, through Earl Grey, with a handsomely
bound copy of the history of the castle and town of
Dumbarton, by the well-known Mr. Glen, the anti-
quarian of the county. Her Majesty having taken a
hasty survey of the surrounding scenery, left the
ramparts, leaning on Prince Albert's arm,
and leading
the Princess Royal by the hand. The royal party
having reached the summit of the Castle, it was ar-
ranged to receive the addresses of the municipal bo-
dies present.

for a few minutes,
Earl Grey accordingly, after her Majesty had rested
Glasgow; but just the esteemedmagistrate and
inquired for the Lord Provost of
as
representative was to present the city address, Mr.
Sheriff Steele stepped forward and observed, that as
the Queen was now within the precincts of Dumbar-
tonshire, he considered that county should have the
precedence. The Noble Secretary replied to this,
that as he had first met the Lord Provost of Glasgow
last night at Loch Ryan, and had made an appoint-
ment for this hour, it would be desirable to receive
the Glasgow address first.
The Lord Provost, accompanied by Bailies M'Kin-
lay and Stewart, and Mr. Forbes, town clerk, then ad-
vanced, and, after having been presented to her Ma-
jesty, had the honour of laying before her the address
of the town council. Her Majesty received the same
very graciously, and intimated that an answer would
be returned.
The Lord-Lieutenant of Dumbartonshire (Sir J.
Colquhoun) and the Sheriff (Mr. Colquhoun) were
then presented, and had the honour of laying before
her Majesty the address of the county, to which the
same answer was returned.
The Provost of Dumbarton then advanced in order
to present the address of that burgh. Lord Grey,
however, represented to him, that it was only ad-
dresses from the metropolis which were generally re-
ceived in person, but that, in the present case, her
Majesty had made a special exception in favour of the
of the west. The address
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be afterwards delivered to her Majesty.
The Queen remained some little time longer upon
the battery, enjoying the very magnificent prospect
laid open to the north, and inquiring for, and receiv-
ing information as to the localities visible in her po-
sition from Sheriff Colquhoun and other local gentle-
men around her.
hness Prince Albert, with
Meantime his Royal Highness
the Prince of Leiningen and his Royal Highness the
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the great flagstaff, and
point,
inspecting the
ruins situated on the highest peak, and known by the
name of " Wallace's Tower."
After Prince Albert had rejoined the Queen, they
descended to the armoury, where they were shown ,
Wallace's sword. The Queen and the Prince inspected I
and handled the well preserved relic, wondering much
at the physical might of that man whose character
we, even at this day, so little understand.
From the Leven her Majesty dropped down the
Clyde in the Fairy about three o'clock. On her
Majesty's arrival on board the Fairy, after the inspec-
tion of the castle, this beautiful steamer proceeded
down the Leven to rejoin the squadron. Nearly half
an hour was lost in getting over the bar of the river ;
but, this accomplished, the Fairy proceeded at a mo-
derate speed down the river, followed by the Undine,
and immediately after the Thetis, with the Lord Pro-
vost, magistrates, and corporation of the city of Glas-
gow. The other steamers stationed in the river then
joined in the train, to the number of about 30, and the
whole went down the river in regular order—the
Fairy first, and immediately. after the Thetis. The
scenes which were successively passed in rejoining
the royal squadron, combined with the magnificent
fleet of steamers which accompanied the royal pro-
gress, were imposing in the extreme. Port Glasgow
came first, and the quays, docks, and platforms, with
every point at which a view of the river could be
obtained, seemed one united mass of human beings,

who cheered most heartily her Majesty and Royal
occasions,with
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greeted Consort, with the royal children, as they passed. The
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gratulations of the assembled thousands were, on
repeated
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dher Majesty, who seemed highly delighted with the
reception
Port Glasgow, there was a slight pause as the squa-
dron passed the jutting point between Port Glasgow
and Greenock, on which Newark Castle is situated.
When the squadron reached this point, it was saluted
by a royal salute from a powerful battery erected at
this spot, and then Greenock came in view.
For this, occasion it would seem as if Greenock had
come en masse to the quays and building yards to
greet the Queen of the Isles ; as the whole river
frontage, from the extreme point of Cartsdyke to
Geurock, was lined with spectators. The crowd on
the platform, on the quay, and the crowd assembled
on the roof of the Custom-house especially, received
the gracious attention of her Majesty, who was on
deck all the time, and repeatedly acknowledged the
cheers and manifestations of loyalty exhibited by her
subjects. In all our experience we never witnessed
such a scene as Greenock presented at two o'clock,
the hour at which the royal squadron passed. At
least 100,000 persons were assembled on the shore.
The fleet was composed of forty steamers, at a
moderate calculation, and as it passed at every point
the thunders of artillery, both from the shore and the
ships collected in the river, combined with the cheers
of the multitude, formed a scene of surpassing gran-
deur, such as imagination can only conceive, but of
which description fails to convey an adequate im-
pression. One of the most remarkable incidents in li
passing Greenock was the dancing of the Highland
fling, by a Highlander in full costume, on the paddle-
box of the Chieftain, the performance of which
amused her Majesty in a very high degree.
Having passed Greenock, the Fairy, with her Ma-
jesty.on board, proceeded straight for Loch Long,
accompanied by several of the river steamers, in the
following order :—The Fairy, the tender, the Sove-
reign, the Thetis, the Premier, Queen of Beauty,
Pioneer, Mars, onarch, Peterel, Dunrobin Castle,
&c. The greater number of these, however, went
only a short distance up the loch ; and only the Pre-
mier, the Peterel, and the Mars continued in her Ma-
jesty's company to Arrochar. On arriving at the
head of the loch the Fairy stopped for only a few
minutes, her Majesty remaining on board. The Fairy
then slowly swept round the head of the loch, and
continued her course downwards towards the foot of
Loch Long, keeping close in by the Ardentinny
shore, followed closely by the Premier, the tender, the
Peterel, and Mars. On arriving at the foot of the
loch, the Fairy steered across the mouth of Holy
Loch, and passing along by Kim and Dunnoon,
which she reachedlabout half-past six rat., proceeded
towards Rothesay, the place of rendezvous for the
royal squadron, while the river steamers turned their
course homewards.

The visit of her Majesty to Arrochar seemed to
have taken the inhabitants by surprise, as no prepa-
rations were observable on the way up. The presence
of so many steamers crowded with passengers, and
covered over with flags, however, speedily brought
them from their houses to welcome the Queen to her
Highland lochs and romantic glens.
On several occasions his Royal Highness Prince
Albert held up the Prince of Wales to see the most
exciting scenes of the royal progress ; and thus the
king in embryo was repeatedly cheered by the
crowds who were favoured with his royal presence.
The most complete preparations have been made
at Inverary for the reception of her Majesty. Mr.
Dewar, the ground officer at Dalmally, has received
orders to collect the retainers of Breadalbane, and it
is expected that a muster of from 100 to 130 men
will be made from that district. It is also expected
that Mr. Campbell of Islay will bring to the scene of
the festivities 300 of his Islay men. The Celtic So-
ciety are already bivouacking on the lawn in front of
Inverary Castle. It is anticipated that altogether
there will be 100 members of this national association
present to grace the reception of royalty, in their
ancient and picturesque garbs, marshalled under the
chiefs of Islay, Dunnans, and Inverawe.

At the Castle everything is in readiness to do
honour and to give a Highland welcome to our gra-
cious Sovereign. A battery of cannon is mounted to
fire a royal salute. On her Majesty's landing, she is
to be received by the Provost and magistrates of the
burgh, who will present an address ; and it is also
expected that the county gentlemen will tender their
congratulations on the auspicious occasion. It is in-
tended at the same time, we believe, to present his
Royal Highness Prince Albert with the freedom of
the burgh, enclosed in a silver box.
At the pier where her Majesty is to land a cano-
pied walk has been erected, of about 150 yards in
length, by Messrs. Leitch and M'lntyre. It is con-
structed of pillars gracefully festooned with ever-
greens and flowers, supporting a roof of white cloth,
fringed with blue, and the floor of which is to be
covered with scarlet cloth. From this covered gal.
lery to the entrance to the Duke of Argyle's grounds
trees have been planted on the side of the street next
to the Loch, giving it somewhat the appearance of an
avenue. A magnificent triumphal arch, gracefully
festooned with flowers and evergreens, and two gal-
leries have been erected. The galleries are for the
accommodation of the public. A grand stand has
been erected for ladies.

The weather is beautiful, and should it continue so,
her Majesty and attendants will have every reason to
congratulate themselves on their visit to this most in-
teresting portion of the Highlands.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

TlMES.—After an interval of four years the sur-
viving principal in the fatal duel between Lieutenant
Munro and Colonel Fawcett has surrendered to the
laws of his country, and stood his trial. A verdict of
" Guilty" has been pronounced, and sentence of death
is recorded, but every one feels that the execution of
Lieutenant Munro would more properly deserve the
name of murder than -the offence he has unfortunately
committed. The Attorney-General performs with
evident reluctance the office of prosecutor; the jury-
men manifest visible emotion in returning an until-
' vourable verdict, and they accompany it with a strong
recommendation to mercy, which the Judge thoroughly
approves, and undertakes to forward, with an intima-
tion that it ought to be attended to. Under all these
circumstances it is idle to look for the repression of
duelling to the law whenever deadlythe practice has
with
been conducted in conformitythe rules pre-
scribed by what society chooses to callthe code of
honour. It is useless for .the statute-book t
the name of murder to an offence which : appendan°o t b
assigned to it
visited with the punishment legally
Men of courage and humanity, who have not the.
moral fortitude to avoid a duel when placed by
circumstances in a position that seems to make such
a result inevitable, would not be deterred by the
fear of punishment even were it certain to be en-
forced ; while the knowledge that the law cannot be
carried out to its extreme will encourage the bully, or
even the assassin, to seek an opportunity for taking a
cold-blooded revenge, without incurring the penalty
nominally assigned to murder committed in a duel.
We do not, however, by any means recommend the
abolition of the law as it exists with reference to the
offence we are speaking of. It is impossible that a
Christian Legislature can regard the deliberate taking
away of human life in any other light than as the
highest of crimes; and humanity would revolt at any
relaxation that should seem to give the smallest sanc-
tion to the duellist. The law against murder in every
shape should remain as stringent as it can be made ;
but it is the practice itself, and not its punishment,
that society ought to repudiate. We must abrogate
what is always a foolish and sometimes a san-
guinary custom, but we must not think of fostering
its pernicious growth by shielding it with impunity.
We would not, however, be mistaken in the pur-
port of our present remarks, which are very far from
being dictated by, a desire to condemn the sympathy
manifested towards Lieutenant Munro, and which
will, we heartily trust, be responded to in the proper
quarter by a free pardon. We regard that unfortu-
nate officer as a victim to the conventional rules of a
class into which he had gained admission by his own
merit, and who, from the very circumstance of his
having done so, would of course be peculiarly sensi-
tive to the possibility of suspicion that he could
shrink from conforming with the usages of the station
to which he had raised himself. Having risen from
the ranks, in a profession where honour is the very
first thing to be considered, he especially must have
felt himself bound to resent an insult in the mode
that was expected from him, as an officer and a gen-
tleman. His character for humanity, from some of
the noblest of his comrades, and his universally ad-
mitted reluctance to engage in a quarrel, must prove
that he only obeyed a cruel necessity wholly repug-
nant to his disposition when engaging in a duel.
" The smallest apology would have satisfied him,"
as one of the witnesses declared ; but this apology
not being forthcoming, he had what seemed to him
no other alternative than to take the course he so
unhappily followed. He has suffered in fortune
and prospects, having lost all that he had
nobly earned in a life devoted to the service of his
country ; and at length he has been driven by mental
torment to seek relief even in a verdict of guilty and
a recorded sentence of death, from the anguish which
the result of a duel he:could not avoid has occasioned
him. Nothing could be more unjust, then, than to visit
upon this mostunhappy man the extreme legal penalty
due to a crime which was forced upon him by the
arbitrary rules of the station to which by his merits
he had raised himself. If duelling must give a victim
to the scaffold, let the sufferer be at least one of those
who are really responsible for the vice by failing to
discourage it with their example, which can only
have weight when found among those who cannot be
taunted with a natural unfitness to conform to the
rules of honour. When duelling is denounced among
gentlemen,- when courage and humanity shun the
practice in favour of some more civilized manner of
arranging the differences that may occur between
men to whom honour is dear, the sanguinary custom
will soon be understood to have become the resort of
the assassin, the bully and the blackguard. In such
an event the crime will be murder in its true sense ;
and if a case should occur, the tribunals would only
have to deal with it as with the ordinary acts of un-
lawful bloodshed that are brought before them for
investigation and punishment.
CHRONICLE.—The progress which the doc-
trines of free trade are making in Europe has also,
within these few days, been marked by a treaty for
the abolition of ell customs dues between the States
of Tuscany and Lucca. This is an important step
towards that intimate union between the Italian
Powers whiCli circumstances are every day rendering
more imperative on them. But this treaty reminds
us of another treaty, ratified a short time since, to
which we ought sooner to have called our readers'
attention. " The " Treaty of commerce and naviga-
tion between her Majesty and the Grand Duke of
Tuscany," recently ratified at Florence, is gratifying
on account of the furtherance which it promises to
afford to commercial intercourse between Great Bri-
tain and the most prosperous and enlightened of the
Italian communities. But it is rendered still more
remarkable by the position which these countries
hold toward each other and toward mankind, as
having, by theory and practice, contributed more to
the vindication and establishment of the principles
of free trade than all other nations in the world.
In priority of theory and consistency of practice,
Tuscany undoubtedly has the advantage of the great
country with which the present treaty draws closer
her ties of commercial intercourse. In manufactures
this is especially remarkable. The manufactures of
the Tuscan states are considerable, for a country pos-
sessed of such agricultural facilities, and in which the
population, from their character, and from the pecu-
liar tenures which from time immemorial have pre-
vailed among them, have a natural predilection for
agricultural pursuits. " Whatever may be the state
of manufactures in Tuscany," says Mr. M'Gregor,
" they have never been either restricted or maintained
by fictitious legislation. There are no corporation of
trades, no restrictions as to purchase or sales; ne code
of regulations restraining any agreement between
employer and workman, and there are no duties im-
posed on the admission of foreign manufactures in or-
der to protect domestic fabrics, the duties being only
levied for revenue." Alas ! how much has our Legis-
lature yet to do, and undo, before our own commercial
and financial system will be characterised by the same
good sense, or admit of being described with the same
simplicity.. Pending, however, our nearer approach to a
rational instead of a fictitious commercial code, and
waiting for the total abolition of all those absurd and
antiquated restrictions which still encumber the giant
energies of our people, it is incumbent
upon
industrious us to
draw as close as possible the ties of amity and inter-
course with all those states whose habits,
economical convictions, and general policy are in har-
mony with our own. It is in this light that we look
upon the recent treaty between this country and Tus-
cany as one which all Italy and the whole British
empire ought to look upon with approbation, not
neglecting to avail themselves as much as possible
of the commercial facilities which it provides for
them. It is no exaggeration to say, that a commer-
cial treaty with such a people is twice as
valuable as a treaty concluded on similar terms with
a people whose general internal and external
policy contradicts the principles, and to a great
extent neutralizes the benefits, of any exceptions
whisk in gratitude to us, or for other reasons, they
may have been induced to make in our favour.
For example, if Portugal had for
.the last half
century been guided by those liberal principles
make Tuscany pre-eminent Among the nations
southern Europe, how much morelltestions whichof
would both Portu-
guese and English have benefited
existing between them,
by
the commercial
intercourse and political ami▪ ty
and how far removed would Portugal be now from her
present condition of external weakness and internal
11 anarchy, and distress. . On political grounds alone,
therefore, the recognition of the moral influence of
.enlightened commercial state,
has been aptly
Tuscany as an
signalised by the concurrent tes •
en at Florence, and of the
timony which r. Cobd
the representative of her Majesty
treaty
had signed in the same city three weeks before. But
it is not on that account alone that we have noticed
it. We are of opinion that the commerce between
this country and Tuscany mi▪
ght be considerably aug-
mented, and we invite our enterprising merchants to
an examination of the faciliti▪
es afforded them by this
new treaty, and
of the variety of articles, the produce
of Tuscany, which we import in much larger propor-
tions from other quarters than from a people to whom,
ceteris paribus, community of commercial sentiment
ought to induce us to accord a preference.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—On 1 ues-
day last the boys of the Royal Military Asylum, Chel-
sea, accompanied by their juvenile band, visited those
gardens by the kind permission of the proprietors. This
institution is better known by the name of the Duke of
York's School, being founded by the late Duke of York,
who was indeed most truly " the soldier's friend." The
little fellows comprising the band played many.,p.if‘c.esin
a very spirited manlier, and all departed bibm. de-
lighted with their day's amusement.
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