The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-13 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

BENTLEYS MODERN LITERATURE.
Fart I. Walpole 's Letters.

Every one who is accustomed to observe the move•
ments of the publishing world, and particularly of late
years, must inevitably have remarked the wonderful
facilities which are being afforded for the accumulation
of libraries, at a cost singularly inferior to the intrinsic
and original value of the reprinted works. Publishers,
indeed, have emulated each other in co-operating with
the advancement of enlightenment ; they have competed
with one another (we trust, to their own ulterior advan-
tage, and unquestionably to the advantage of the com-
munity), in producing a superior literature at an infe-
rior price. For this admirable competition, the intel-
lectual Imbursement of the purchaser might be taken as
the maximum, and his pecuniary disbursement as the
minimum. Nevertheless, it cannot possibly have escaped
observation that, whereas the first idea of this literary
movement was excellent to a degree, that idea has been,
during the course of its development, very materially
deteriorated. With a decrease in charge there have
crept in many unwelcome, and, occasionally, many un-
sightly accompaniments—crowded letter-press, inferior
paper, small type, careless printing, and a variety of
similar blemishes. We might indeed, did we wish so to
do, enumerate divers other blemishes of a still more
egregious character, such for example, as the republi-
cation of works very little short of being absolutely
worthless, and others of rather demoralising ten-
dencies. Still, from the actual benefit which bas
accrued to the reading public through this enterprising
spirit, we shall abstain from particularising the alloy of
disadvantages which has associated itself with that
benefit. Without appearing invidious, however, it must
be acknowledged that a want has still continued to exist
for the issuing of a periodical collection of literary pro-
ductions, which should comprise as many merits as were
compatible with, or could well be desired in, the present
state of civilisation. That want has been experienced by
all lovers of literature, and that want seems to be satis
fed by the library of modern literature just commenced
by Mr. Bentley. We are not anticipating a result
merely from the assertions and promises of a prospectus
—we are commenting upon the substantial commence-
ment of the publication. Not only is there intrinsic
beauty in the present collection, but extrinsic beauty
likewise. From the various productions that are already
advertised as forthcoming, we are rejoiced to recognise
that great fastidiousness of selection is combined with a
very agreeable variety. Paris's biography of Sir
Humphrey Davy, is to contrast with Conolly's Overland
Journey to India ; Coxe's Columbia River with Charles
Matthews's Memoirs ; Marryatt's Diary in America
with Murray's Travels in North America. Assuredly
that catalogue alone gives promise of valuable, interest-
ing, and diversified literature ! We are delighted to en-
counter, at the very outset of this enterprise, those most
delightful fragments of gossip, the miscellaneous letters
of the renowned Horace Walpole. A book of more
singular fascination could hardly have been chosen, as
the pioneer to the attention of the readers of " Modern
Literature," for those epistles of the hero of Strawberry
Hill sparkle with animation—they are redolent of the
eccentric and not unpleasing mannerisms of their writer;
they are absolutely teeming with anecdotes of memor-
able personages, and reminiscences of an eventful epoch.
What Aubrey had previously been in the way of prudery
and simplicity, Walpole proved himself in the way of
elegant flippancy and scholarly ostentation. Both of
them, though after fashions diametrically opposed to
each other, formed the true literary daguerreotypes of
their generation. Never did garrulity display itself to
greater advantage than in the first fragments of Sir
Horace's " Reminiscences ;" there is an air about them
so peculiarly naive as to ensure for them the good-
natured sympathies of the peruser, however churlish his
disposition might naturally be ; and their descriptions
are, moreover, so fraught with particularities, as to con-
vince us of their authenticity, while those particularities
are occasionally so unexpected, and occasionally so hu-
mourous, as to render the narrative marvellously piquant
and engaging. How truthful, for example, is that in-
cidental sketch of the personal appearance of George L,
when beheld by our virtuoso, in his sixth year : the
rencounter in that anti chamber at St. James's starts
before us in colouring as vivid as the disentombed
frescoes of Pompeii before Sir William Gell—the inqui-
sitive little child-courtier—the pale, elderly, middle-
sized gentleman, clad from top to toe in sombre brown,
even to his stockings and his tye-wig, and who proves,
after all to be the Anglo-German monarch—every cir-
cumstance of that brief but amusing interview, is de-
lineated with an exceeding vivacity, insomuch that it
almost rises into the dignity of an historical occurrence.
In selecting these pleasant letters by that celebrated
son of a celebrated father, as the introductory
portions of his serial, we conceive that Mr. Bentley has
acted with discrimination. He has presented the public
with a work of historical importance, and, nevertheless;
overflowing with amusement. Such a collection as this
" Modern Literature" will be welcomed with avidity by
the world of readers ; rendering standard publications
accessible even to those of very limited incomes, and
yet doing so without either internal or external deterio-
ration of the works. With elegance and distinctness of
typography, good paper, and embellished with admirable
steel-plate engravings, the collection, if persisted in, will
tend to the decoration of the choicest libraries. Ac•
cording to the plan traced out by this scheme, the sub-
scribers will periodically possess themselves of the mas-
ter-pieces in History, Biography, Voyages, Travels,
and Adventures. As likely to disseminate still further
the spirit of true enlightenment, and as likely to divert
the popular attention from frivolous and ephemeral to
substantial and instructive compositions, this series of
" Modern Literature " has engaged our most cordial
sympathies.

MURRAY'S HOME AND COLONIAL
LIBRARY. No. XXXIV. Sale's Brigade in
Afghanistan. By the Rev. G. R. Gleig.
Now that our gallant Sale is no more, having fallen
gloriously on the banks of the Stalij, this narrative of
his famous deeds in Afghanistan, and of the defence of
Jellalabad, will be devoured with avidity by every
Englishman worthy of the title. It forms another
chapter in the records of the prowess of British soldiers,
and the heroism of British captains. India has, during
a miserably protracted period, been to England what
Algeria is at present to France. May we not hope that
Sobraon will be the last of those sanguinary battles
which have imparted at once so much glory and so much
'invidious renown to our dominions over those noble
regions, and that in recurring to the feats of arms in that
quarter of the globe, we may henceforth do so with
feelings of subdued exultation, or of alleviated regret,
from a knowledge that a peaceful Government has pre-
dominated over brutal violence ? Splendid as have
ndo achievementsfs ir
Harry o
Smith,f S r
ionb
oe rutr Sale Asia,
toi
cf
possessions, Si been
r yvtihilei
rnm iNliittoatirts,ya
impossible to peruse the narrative of
those achievements without regret at the woes and
anguish by which alone they have been realised.
Though the laurels of victory have been verdant and
plentiful, they have reeked with " the stench of the
battle field," their leaves have been dabbled with the
blood of man. Still, as these catastrophes and triumphs
are among the bygones, a dispassionate account of them
is of the utmost importance, and such a dispassionate
account of the campaign of Afghanistan is the present,
by Mr. Gleig. By publishing this volume Mr. Murray
has paid an appropriate tribute to the memory of Sir
Robert Sale.

THE CABINET HIS7'ORY OF ENGLAND.
Vol. XVIII. By Charles 211trarlane.
The struggle between Great Britain and her Ameri-
can possessions—that great struggle which brought to the
former nothing but an increase of national debt and co-
lonial debility, while it conduced to the formation of the
latter into a vast independent empire—is treated upon in
the present volume of this valuable series. Remarkable
for lucidity of narration, it at the same time rec'''
events in a manner singularly disnass;,,--- •

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dart
Grey, as principal Secretary of State for the Co-
lonial Department, has appointed the Hon. Capt. Grey to be
his private eecrcta7,—Observer.

6
MELANCHOLY CATASTR Pif
E
ON THE GREAT FRENCH NORTHERN RAIL.
ROAD.

We lay before our readers the following details of this me-
lancholy affair, as published in the Paris journals of Friday
and Saturday, or which had become known in the French
capital up to post hour on Saturday. •
The National of Friday gives the following on the anthna
city` of a tiSrson who - was at the scene of the acciden' had
'gathe-ted -his information from persons who witnessed it':—
" The train consisted of twenty-four carriages, and was
drawn by two locomotives. At five minutes past three the
train- was in front of the village .of .Fampoux.and near Rceux,
where there is an embankment near a deep lake over a peat
bog. At this point the rails were either disjoined or dis-
'placed, or binken: The first loconiotive, however, got over
them,--but the second entered the sand without going com-
pletely off tharailS. The violence -of the shock, from this
sudden stoppage, was such that the chain which united the
carriages to each other was snapped like glass, not precisely
close to the locomotive, but at the fifth or sixth carriage. The
carriages thus detached, were thrown into the marsh. The
first was literally broken to pieces, others were upset and
submerged. Yesterday there were nine carriages lying on
the embankment where they had stopped after the first im-
pulsion bad ceased. Nobody can know exactly the number
of passengers killed or drowned. The water i 3 very deep at
this spot. The company admits that 11 dead bodies have been
removed. The person from whom we had our information,
heard on- the spot, that up to yesterday it was ascertained
that there were 17 killed. The Liberal of Douai states
the number to be 20. As to the number of wounded,
one account gives 15. At Douai and Arras, however,
it was said that 50 persons. had been wounded, which is
not impossible, as 15 carriages ran off the rails, and we may
suppose that most of the passengers in them received more
or less injury. It is impossible to conceive the alarm and
anxiety that were felt at the different stations towards Bel-
gium at the non-arrival of the train. The delay was the
subject of general conversation of the crowd who had assem-
bled at the stations. When the-report of the accident had
spread there was a concert of imprecations against the com-
pany. It was said that they were not provided with materiel,
that their personnel was without experience, and that the
whole service had been carried on in a shameful manner.
It was added that in many parts of the line it was easy to
sea-that the earth had sunk, and the directors were bitterly
reproached for having opened the line without having taken
proper precautions for the safety of the public. So great,
indeed, was the indignation, that it was found necessary to
order the troops at Arras, Douai, and Valenciennes, to enter
the different stations to prevent serious disturbance. Car-
riages had been sent for to Douai, but there were none there,
and it was found necessary to borrow from Valenciennes
those belonging to Belgium. When it was known that linen,
lint, and surgical instruments had also been sent for, the
emotion became general. General Oudinot and his wife
were in the train, but quite at the end, in their private car-
riage, and they experienced no injury. It is said that one
of their men servants was precipitated into the water, and
saved himself by swimming. M. Lestiboudois, the Deputy
for Lille, was in one of the submerged waggons, but he
saveu himself by swimming, and had only his wrist put out
of joint."
'The Epoque states, from information received on Thurs-
day, that the number,of persons killed was sixteen. The
Gazette des Tribunaux' gives the following account of the
accident:—

" At a quarter past two the train had passed Arras, and
was apppaching the station at Rceux. At this place the
road is over an 6mbankriient about seven metres (22 feet
English) in height, and is in the midst of the peat grounds
which abound in this part of the country. On each side of
the road are deep marshes, full of stagnant water. The loco-
motives, • followed by their tenders and waggons, passed
_freely over, but all at once a--sudden shifting of the
rail threw the baggage waggon off the line, The first
carriage was upset, and remained • suspended over, the
bank; the other carriages struck against it, and were falling
one after the other into the water, but one of the chains that
connected the carriages broke, and the remainder of the train
remained on the road. Some of the waggons thrown off the
road disappeared in the water; others that were upset nearer
the - batik were half in the water with their wheels in
the air. Amongst the passengers who escaped, all whe,were
not paralysed with fright hastened to the assistance of
the persons who had fallen into the water. Admirable
traits of courage and devotedness are recounted.. M.
Lestiboudois, the Deputy] for Lille, who was in one
of the last carriages of the train, plunged into the
water six times at the peril of his. life, and brought out
one of the passengers who was on the point of perishing. A
man in the service of the company, named Carre, at the sight
of the danger jumped into the water and swam away to avoid
the carriages, which were falling into it; but en hearing the
cries of the sufferers be returned, and plunging several times
saved five lives. The number of persons killed or drowned
is not yet known, but we are assured that three of the rail-
road carriages, ands messageries diligence called Les Picardes,
had completely disappeared in the water."
The Debuts says :—" The private carriages of the Princess
de Ligne, wife of the Belgian Ambassador, of Madame la
Alarechalle Lauristan, and of General Oudinot, which were
immediately behind the locomotives, were completely pre-
serVed. The water'on the peat ground, where the carriages
were thrown over, is several feet in depth, and this caused
the death of some persons by drowning. The Minister of
Public Works immediately sent off to Fampoux M. Fris.sard,
inspector of ponts-et-chaussees, and charged with the dire°.
uon of the Northern Railroad."

The Patrie of Friday evening states that the number of
carriages forced off the rail by the shock was thirteen, and
that eight of them and a luggage waggon were precipated
into the water, which is of considerable depth at this spot,
the extraction 01 the peat having 'been carried down very-
low. "At the date of the last account (says this journal)
the Lalfitte diligence was still at the bottom with its *sett,
gers. The number of dead known was fourteen—viz., the Aide-
de-camp of General Ondinot,-Madame Demeldes, of 'Armen-
tieres; Marie FlammVet Bonchain^, Mademoiselle Leguay,
of Fampoux; Dr. Lecomte, of Isselle ; Bourgeois and De-
guen, soldiers: Tabery and Picard, two boys, one taken up
at Arras, the other at.Creil ; a person earned Lefevre, of
Roceincourt nun and a child,. wbose names are unknown,
and two persons aiose &dies had been seen in the water, bet
had not been taken out." In a subsequent article tha Petrie
says that it is assured by a person who was in the train,
that the number of killed exceeds thirty-five, amongst
whom were two of the conductors. A correspondent
writes :—" The Procureur-General and the First President
of the Cour Royale of Douai proceeded on Thursday to the
scene of the accident, and commenced a rigid investigation
into the circumstances. The portion of the road having been
made by the state,, the only just complaint that can be
brought against the railroad . company, is ..for not having
examined with greater care an embankment made over
ground of such little solidity." In an account given by the
Independence of Brussels of Thursday, we read :
" Mere than three hours elapsed before assistance arrived.
The peasants of the environs looked on with astonishment,
and the, wounded passengers could hardly obtain water to.
wash their wounds. A sad scene presented itself to the spec.
raters. Young females who had been in their holiday
dresses were taken out bleeding and covered with mud.
Some victims, had their heads separated from their bodies ;
others, with broken limbs, were lying by the sides of the
road. An aide-de-camp of General Oudinot was on the edge
of the pond, his loins and three ribs broken, and praying for,
death. An Englishman, who was travelling with his family,
had an arm broken in three places, but notwithstanding his
sufferings he would not confess to his wife that he was
wounded. At the end of the train were nine private car-
riages, in which were the Princess de Ligne and her four
children, the two daughters of the Polish General Skrzynecki,
in the Belgian service, and a Russian lady. The three last
immediately opened their trunks and placed all their linen at
the service of the woundad, at the same time giving to them
their personal aid."
The Northern Railroad Company have published the fbl-
lowing report from the sub-inspector who accompanied the
train, dated Fampoux, July 10, five A.M. t—
" As you have seen, by my short letter of yesterday, the
train ran off the rails on the Bth, at five minutes nest three,
at a distance of eight kilometres (two leagues) from Arras,
when going at a very moderate rate, as acknowledged by
several passengers, whose names I have. Of 28 carriages, la
were precipitated into a deep peat pit, having eight feet of
water. Although the first locomotive cli4 net go off the
rail, and .the second so little that the fourgon (baggage
waggon) No. 1,002, which followed, remained on the rails,
the running off commenced with the twn next carriages.
These two waggons were first detached from the train, and
fell into the water, where they now lie crushed by the three
diligences which followed them. The weight of these dili-
gences seems to have dragged the other carriages Off the rails.
There are, therefore, piled up, and wholly or partially de-
stroyed, eight carriages. The fifteen carriages at the tail of
the train, and the fourgon at the head after the locomotives,
escaped the accident. We have now to deplore thirteen
known deaths. The following are the names that we have
been able to obtain. (Here the report gives the same hst
as the Patrie, omitting the' aide-de-camp of General
Oudinot): —Wounded—Madame Pleard, of Montalaire,
the shoulder broken, and severs contusions on the bead;
Madame Braine, wife of a notary at Arras, contusions;
the Aide-decamp of General Oudillon (since dead), M.
Deguay, chef d'escadron, seriously wounded ; an Englishman
and his wife, at the Ifeitel de Flandre, at Douai, the husband

in the arm, -the wife contusions; M. Grapinet, a late-dealer
of Paris; another Englishman, at the }lCitel de Flandre, at '
Douai. The Cour Royale of Donal has taken up the affair,
An examining counseller and M. Besche have interrogated
me; he is partly convinced, as far as we can judge, that the
company is perfectly innocent of this unhappy event. In
addition to the two conductors killed, we have no person in
the employment injured, The rest behaVed perfectly well,
and one of them nal:ll2d Hocq, saved eight persons by swim-
ming. I have also to praise the excellent co-operation of
M. Haillot. We had in this unfortunate train the Princess
de Ligne and her four ohildren ; the Marquise de Lauristan ;
Marshal Salagne (Portuguese); M. Lestiboudois, Deputy;
and General Oudinot, miraculously saved, for his carriage
was crushed under the diligence, and his aid-de-camp has
since died of his wounds. We do not appear to have had
more than four or five persons severely wounded.rras and EighteenDouai ;
carriages have been already dispatched to
these have not suffered, but
•ouai, dated July
ot4ers-are in a deplorable
state."
D
Another report to the company,from
10, says:—
"The accident which has just occurred is, in fact, etccj_
ing grave, though not so much so as we feared from what
we heard on the way. The train went off the rails at Fam-
poux, near the station of Rceux. The second waggon went
off the rails, no one knows why; the others, to the number
of 13 or 14, followed it, and fell down a high embankment
into the bed of an old peat bog, where thero were ten feet of
water. The others remained above. The chain of the
second waggon which had gone off the rails, no doubt in
breaking, slightly drew the second locomotive of the train off
the rail; the first remained on the way. There have been
14 victims, two of whom aro conductors; nine persons whose
names are known ; two whom it has been impossible as yet
to extricate from the interior of a diligence; Guerin, and a
child since dead from its hurts. The greater number were
drowned in a carriage which was submerged. Some were
crushed, and amongst the rest a conductor who had been at
Massagran. The other passengers escaped by breaking the
glass of the doors. A great number were so much disturbed
in mind that they got out on the bog side, but the most of
them saved themselves or were saved by others. A conduc-
tor named Hocq saved seven or eight persons. The men in
the employment of the company displayed much in-
telligence. Haillot arid 141. Hovelt directed everything;
the latter did not cjuit his train, The circulation has not
been interrupted. Uhe Cour Royale of Douai has taken the
matter up, and since yesterday persons have been employed
in inquiring judicially into the matter, The magistrates
who have commenced the iuvestigation have as yet dis•
covered nothing to involve the responsibility of the company.
M. Busche and "Barranit are on the spot directing the work-
men with the greatest zeal; they cannot say anything as tf,
the cause of the accident."—(The other reports r:lke the
same facts).
A Douai journal states the :"..:. tagrenee, who returned
lately from "..,-o.oassy in China, was in the train, but
injury. The Princess Czartorisky is also said to have
been a passenger. The Courrier Francais, of Friday, in a
stop press, dated one in the morning, gives an account of
another accident on this road, and at the same spot, Thurs-
day. It says :
" We stop the press to communicate to the public the fol
lowing facts, the full authenticity of which we guarantee

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Yesterday aftevnooneie isal;4l4ll'ti=l4i.
• two - th,
Bruseels-, r which r left at half past, sevei444reketpel44lllll)
'making the usual signals at the very; speiern)eftqleeeeit
trophe of Wednesday took place. The rails 'eke.ll:o'ok
had to pass were encumbered with cranes that had beeti-u
to take the remains of the waggons out of the water. The
train , being at fug speed broke these cranes, andthe pieces
_lj:ilia:the soldiers and workmen who were on the bank with
a.. ..uielenc-e, that sixteen.--of -them ei,ere-eneore or less
wounded... Ode had his thigh broken. A friend of ours, who
came from Brussels by this train, saw him carried away."
The following has since been sent round to the journals by
the company:—
" Thee•epresentative of the board of directors, who arrived
last night by the nine o'clock train, has confirmed.the details
transmitted in the morning to thecompany. Thenumber of
dead. is 14, and that of the wounded 10, two of wliom griev-
ously. The death of an aide-de-camp of General Oudinot
was erroneously stated. (His wounds are, however, exceed-
ingly severe.) The passengers of the train which went off
the raildSpeak in high terms of the devotedness of the men
belongirig to the company. The board of directors is
pleased to publicly render homage to the conduct of these
men. It has raised to the grade of inspector of the first
chase M..Hovell, sub-inspector, who after having been himself
precipitated into the water, and obliged to escape by swim-
bad sufficient coolness to organise all the help de-
manded,by the circumstances, and did not quit. his train
before all the carriages were raised up. The conductor,
Hocq, who •saved. eight pete.iins,. has been named chef de
convoi. M. Haillot, head of the service at Dodai, and M.
tulier, in a similar situation at Arras, manifested the greatest
intelligence in these sad circumstances. Two of the engineers
of the Company'are on the spot to examine into, conjointly
with the--engineers of the Government, the causes of the
accident"- -

ELECTION MOVEMENTS.
MANCHESTER.
All remains as quiet in this city as the most ardent lover
of peace-could desire. The Right Honourable Gentleman
the Vie,,PreSident of the Board •of Trade, .has addressed
himself to a very large
.body of the electors ; but beyond
that, ai not the slightest show of opposition was made,
nothing the least exciting has been done.
The nomination (no doubt the election a!so), is fixed for
Monday, the'l3th, when Mr. M. Gibson will be returned.

• • LICHFIELD.
No doubt whatever is made of the re-election- of Lord
Alfred Paget, as no opposition bas been started. The nomi-
nation is, we believe, appointed for Wednesday, the 15th
instant.

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE.
No opposition to the return of Colonel Anson, who has
accepted the office of Clerk of the Ordnance, has been spoken
of, and his return is undoubted.
The election will take place on the 17th, at Lichfield.

THE WEST RIDING.
Lord Morpeth stands unopposed—even Mr. Ferrand has
not the'teinerifyto speak of contesting the election with the
West Riding's own.
The nomination is fixed for the 18th inst., at Wakefield,
when of course Lord Morpeth, the new Chief -Conimissioner
of Woods and Forests, will be returned.

SOUTH LANCASHIRE.
,Mr. William Brown will not be opposed in contesting the
seat rendered vacant by the raising of Lord Francis Egerton
to the Upper House as Lord Ellesmere. The free-traders of
South Lancashire will return him as the colleague of Mr.
Entwisle.
The nomination is fixed for the 21st inst., at Newton.

OXFORD.
In consequence of Mr.. Maclean, the Member 'for Oxford,
having been made a bankrupt, that city has virtually but one
Member to represent it. Under these circumstances it is ex-
pected that should not Mr. Maclean resign the important
trust, confided to' him immediately, a meeting of the electors
Ivill be field for the purpose of requesting him to do so. Great
dissatisfaction is felt by the Conservative party at the humi-
liating position they are placed in, and we have no doubt but
that the greater portion of them will join the Libeials in call-
ing upon the Honourable Gentleman to resign ; in the event
of his doing so, it is rumoured that a requisition will be pre-
sented to a gentleman residing at Oxford, who from his
thorough .business habits and general intelligence, has long
been thought by a portion of the constituency a- proper per.
son to represent this ancient borough.

' 'PLYMOUTH.
' RETURN OF LORD EBRINGTON,
SATURDAY • NIGHT.—The polling eommenr,ed this morn-
ing, Lord Ebrington led from the first, ant hour after hour
increased his majority, At the close of the poll the num-
bers were—
Ebrington
Vincent

716
188

PERTH.
RETURN OF MR. FOX MAULE.
PFCRTII, JOLT 11, 1846.-llr. Fox Maule was to-day re-
elected for the borough of Perth without apposition.
A. D: GrtriG, EN-, proposed, and Bailie CLuNiz seconded
the nomination.
Mr. Fox MAULS then shortly addressed the electors,
assuring them of the intentions of the Government with
which he was connected to persevere in the footsteps of com-
mercial and general reform.

MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT TO 111I9g SPANKIFI—Last
night, soon after eleven o'clock, much alarm was occasioned
in the'vicinity of Russell-square by the sudden, appearance of
fire in the residence of Mrs. Spankie, widow of the late
Mr. Sergeant Spankie.,. It appears that Miss Spankie, in
ascending the steireaso for the purpose of going to bed, set
fire to her des, In consequente of a lighted candle having
been left by. one of the se; cants on the middle landing. The
young lady shouted, 4, Fire !" and then ran into the draw-
ing-room, the flames at the time mounting over her head.
In pasting round the room the muslin window-curtains also
became. ignited, and for some. time it was feared that the
building would have been destroyed. The butler promptly
rushed into the apartment, threw his young mistress down,
and rolled her in the hearth rug, fortunately extinguishing
the fire: It is needless to state that Miss Spaukie was
severely burnt. She was put to bed, and a medical gentle..
man sent for. The fire in the drawing-room was extinguished
by the servants.
MEETING OF InoNMASTERR AT DUDLEY.—DUDLEY,
SATURDAY.—This evening the last of the quarterly meetings
of masters in this district took place at Smith's Hotel, in this
town, at which the prices agreed to at Birmingham were
confirmed. The iron trade of this district is now in a very
prosperous state, and is likely to continue so for some length
of time., Many heavy orders have been given during the
week at.the.various meetings, which have been held for iron,
particularly for pig, for which kind alone orders were received,
for about 25,000 tons. Under these circumstances no reduc-
tion may be expected for the present.
SUPPOSED RAPE AND MURDER —On Sunday morn-
ing last, a girl about eighteen years of age, named Catherine
Hindmarch, was found at the foot of the cliff called the Gill
Banks, en the river Wear, near Sunderland. She was in an
insensible state, and was removed to the Infirmary, where
she lingered until Monday: It Would appear that her person
had been violated, and it is • conjectured that she had after-
wards been thrown ever the rock. A man employed at the
Derwent Iron Works was seen last in her company at a late
hour the previous night. An inquest was held on the body
during Friday and Saturday,-4nd a great deal of evidence
was gone into; but notwithstanding the grounds for sus-
picion, the crime could not be traced with certainty to any
particular party. The jury found a verdict of " Wilful mur-
der against some person 6r persons unknown."
FATAL PUGILISTIC ENCOUNTER.—OH Saturday 'Mr.
Bedford held an inquest at SL George's Hospital, on Ws body
of James Bennett, aged 50, a labourer, living at 'Fulham.
Sarah Bennett, wife of deceased, stated, that at eight.o'clock
on the morning of the 17th tilt. she was called by a police-
man to her husband, who was then lying in a garden by the
road-side, in Crown-lane% Fulham; he complained of a pain
in the lowefpart of the stomach, and, on being taken home,
he was seen by a surgeon, and removed to the hospital on
the following day, when he said he had received the injury
from a man who was coming out of the Crown. He thought
it would end in death, but seemed quite resigned. Jeremiah
Plaster, labourer, was next examined. He knew a man
named. Gibbs, and had worked with him. Was present on
the night in question, and heard the deceased cry out, " He
has kicked me." Gibbs was an experienced fighter, and had
a peculiar knack of butting with his head, which he did re-
peatedly against the deceased's belly. Police-constable 89, of
the V division, gave confirmatory evidence, and said that the
man Gibbs had absconded, and nothing whatever could be,
heard of him. The jury at length returned a verdict of Man-
slaughter against John Gibbs.
OF.L isoaat
Saturday
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of that useful bird,th
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highest degree by, the
those feathered mcssenghee birds, r messengers n
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steamer at this port. i
several fanciers at Antwerp, were brought over in the Mo-
narch for the purpose of deciding by their return flight the,
distribution of certain prizes as arranged by the association of
proprietors. The birds were let out of the baskets, in which
they bad been carefully tended, precisely at seven o'clock,
and immediately rose nearly perpendicularly to a considerable
elevation, when, after taking their customary circuits of
observation, they went off in an apparent direction for their
native soil. The Monarch, which proceeded onanadftebrw.atrdhae
for Antwerp, returned yesterday (Thursday), )
kindness of Captain Main we have been favoured with the
following results of the aerial voyage. Thirteen of the birds
reached Antwerp at two o'clock on the same day, having
traversed a distance of from 280 to 300 miles in seven hours.
Twenty-seven reached the city at seven o'clock on Sunday
morning, and the whole of the remainder arrived safe on the
same afternoon. The extreme heat of the weather is sup.
posed to have caused the stragglers to alight on reaching
terra Anna, or the probability is that all would have reached
their respective cotes on Saturday. The principal prize wait
gained bEM. Vanden Broolt.—Hull Packet.
THE LiORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The last fete Ind
flower show of the Horticultural Society took place, in
their garden at Turnhann green, on Saturday. In addition to
the promenade in the grounds of the Society, the company
were permitted, by the kindness of his Grace the Duke of
Devonshire, to extend their perambulations through the
splendid walks and conservatories of the garden and park
of Chiswick House. The assemblage of persons of rank
and fashion was very .numercals, including almost all the
rank And beauty of the famiiies now in the metropolis. The
Duke of Devonshire received hp Highness Ibrahim Pacha
in his grounds shortly after five o'clock ; the Egyptian;
Prince, was plainlyattired, and came in a very private manner
acoomp.anied by only one member of his suit. He ap-
peared highly delighted with the 'gay scene around him,
and put many questions to the meinbers of the council. A
splendid tent, in the oriental style, purposely manufactured,
for the occasion by Mr. B: Edgingten, of the Borough, was
erected in the gardens for the accommodation of the illustri-.
ous visitor, and in it was arranged ottomans, &c., in the
eastern manner. The flowers, plants, and fruits were era
ranged beneath tents, sent from the same manufactory ;
they were extremely fine, and for the time of year unsur-
passable; the pines, in particular, were of the highest carder,
and the best cultivation. There were some extremely raae plants from South America, an almost endless variety of roses
and Cape heaths, and, in short, a collection matchless for beauty
and rarity. Five military bands were in attendance. The band.
of the Ist Regiment of Life Guards, the band of the Horse:
Guards, the band of the Coldstream Guards, the bands of the.
Artillery, and the band of the Sappers and Miners. TIC,
played alternately hese
selections of music from the great masters;
two being placed in th© gardens of the Duke of Devo-nshire,,
and three in the gardens of the Society. The arrangements
we're altogether excellent, and it will be proper to commends
the activity and efficacy of the police, who performed their
somewhat arduous 'task with good temper and firmness
united. The competition was a showy one, and it was witht
some difficulty that the judges, came to their conduit* as
to respective merits.

REPEAL
IS OF THE COIN LAWS:—In spite of Malt rAmall
of the corn-laws, the:estates of the late Philip Dyke:- Esq..
at Roydon and Bressingham, were sold by auction at piss,
on Friday last by Mr. Rix, at thirty-four fe'ars' purchase, Wit
full annual rental,— Suffolk Chronic: has left town for Rydere.
Mr. Bedworth Lanabton, AL); . *
Lao of Wight.

BANK RETURNS.

(From the London Gazette of Tuesday.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act seventh and eighth
Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank
Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and
Wales, in Circulation during the Week ending Satur-
d:-..y, the 13th day of June, 1846 :- Average
PRIVATE BANKS. Amount.
Abingdon Bank, Abingdon-Knapp and Co 24,886
Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co 15,549
Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemcnitt and Pomfret 10,025
Aylshaaa Bank, Aylshana-R. and E. Copeman 5,667
Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Rickford
and Hunt 36,947
Batdook Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade
Bar _k, Baldock-Wells, Hogg, and Lindsell... 33,216
Barnitapie Bank, Barnstaple-Drake and Co. 11,085
Basingstoke and Odiham Bank, Basingstoke-
Colo, Seymour, and Co.
Bed toi d flank, Bedford-T. Barnard
131/4-Alford and Bedfordshire Bank, Bedford-
Trapp, Halfhead, and Co.
Ilowdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and
Crane
Bic2ster and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford
Bank, Bicester-Tubb, Wootten, and Co.
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Attwoods,
Spooner, and Co 23,115
Birmingham and Warwickshire Bank, Birming-
ham---Lewis, Moilliett, and Co .... 16,393
Eandford Bank, Blanclford-Bastard and Oak . 9,025
Boston Bank, Boston-Garfit and Co 66,472
Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co 8,826
Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-E. &J. Sealey 8,918
Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Harford, and Co. 40,859
Broseley and Bridgnorth, and Bridgnorth and
Broseley Bank, Broseley-Messrs. Pritchard 23,090
Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett,
Parrott, and Co.
Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, Market
Bank, Bury-Oakes, Bevan, and Co 70,595
Baillary Bank, Banbury-Gillett and Tawney 36,133
Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Messrs. Cobb 48,164
Baer. City Bank, Bath-Moger and Son
Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton
Buzzard-Bassett and Grant 36,412
Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Taylor and
Lloyds
37,284
Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-H.
and A. Harris
Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 65,280
Bridport Bank, Bridport-S. and W. E. Gundry 23,782
Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West,
and Borrer
Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-
Harding, Smith, and Co
Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-
J. Worlledge and Co.
Bromsgrove Bank and Stourbridge and Broms-
grove Bank, Bromsgrove-Rufford, Biggs,
and Co. 16,160
Cambridge Bank, Cambridge--Mortlock and
S 22,872
ens
Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cam-
bridge-Messrs. Forsters
Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and
25,573
Co.
Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-Morris and
Sons
Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-Messrs. La Coste
Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green,
and Co.
Colchester and Essex Bank, Witham and Essex
Bank, and Hadleigh Bank, Suffolk, Colchester
-Mills, Bawtree, and Co 36,573
Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Ca 44,825
Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Wood-
c 7,377
cock
20,597
City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co
Craven Bank, Settle-Birkbecks and Co.
Christchurch Bank, Christchurch-Tice, Welsh,
and Co 2,346
Cardiff Bank, Cardiff-Towgood and Co 7,012
• Chepstow Cid Bank, Chepstow Bank, Mon-
mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank,
Chepstow-Bromage, Snead, and Co.
Derby Bank, Derby-Messrs. Evans
Derby Bank, Derby-Smith and Co.
Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak
Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 24,196
Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Hughes,
Locke, and Co
D'lss Bank, Diss-Oakes, Fincham, and Co 10,218
Doncaster Bank, Doncaster-Leatham, Tew,
and Co.
Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster-
Cook and Co.

7,633

.. . 28,330

11,837

3,013

20,803

Dover Union Bank, Dover—Latham, and Co
Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-
on-Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse, and
Co
Dovonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Nor-
-9,358
man
Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank,
Dorchester—Williams and C0._43,044
_ . _

81,616

East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins,Foster,
and Co. 107,727
East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower, Hutton,
and Co.
Essex Bank and Bishops Stortford Bank,
Chelmsford-Walford, and Co. 51,889
Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 30,266
Fakenham Bank, Fakenham-Gurneys, Birk-
beck, and Co.
Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Far-
ringdon-Barnes and Medley 8,300
Farnham Bank, Farnham-Messrs. Knight 13,870
Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 4,671
Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and
.
Keen
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Kewney and King 16,784
Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 13,336
Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 25,324
Hastings Old Bank, Hastings-Smith, Hilder,
and Co. 31,506
Hereforel City and County Bank, Hereford-
Matthews and Co.
Hertfordshire Bank and Ware Bank, Ware-
s. Adams and Co.
hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull
-Smith, Brothers, and Co.
lluntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting-
don-Rust and Veasey
Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 5,777
Hemel Hempstead Bank, Hemel Hempstead-
Smith, and Whittingstall 24,308
Iloniton Bank, Honiton-Flood and Co.
Hertfordshire, Hitchen Bank, Hitchen-Sharples
and Co.
neroford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross
and Archenfield Bank, Hereford-Morgan,
Hoskins, and Co 27,739
Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co.
Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk,
Hadleigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley
Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-
Alexailders and Co.
Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Mercer, Randall,
and Mercer
Kinston and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-J
Davies and Co 24,028
Knightim Bank, Knighton-J. Davies and Co 8,755
linaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank,
Nuaresborough-Terry and Co 29,392
Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson,
and Co.
Kettering Bank, Kettering-Gotch and Sons 7,690
Lane End Staffordshire Bank, Lane End-C
Harvey and Son
Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co 51,555
Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W.Williams, Brown,
and C ). ......... .
Leek and Staffordshire Bank, and Leek and
Congleton Bank,Leek-Fowler,Gaunt, and Co. 3.850
Leicester Bank, Leicester-Pagets and Kirby 26,928
Lewes Old Bank, Lewes-Molineux and Co 39,340
Lichfield Bank, Lichfield-Palmer and Green 19,560
Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith and Co 84,143
Lls.ncifwery Bank and Llandilo Bank, Llando-
very -David Jones and Co.
Tanughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middle-
tais and Cradock

18,533

36,20:

70,745

12,665

6,78

I:ymington Bank, Lymington—C. and S. St.
Barbe
Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank,Lynnßegia
—Gurneys and Co.
Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis—
-13,690
Massey and Co.
Macclesfield Bank, /Ifacelesfield—Brocklehurst
andCo
Manningtree Bank,Manningtree—Nunn and Co
Marlborough Bank, Marlborough and Wilts
Old Bank, Marlborough Old Bank, Marl-
borough Old Bank and Hungerford Bank,
and Hungerford Bank, Marlborough—Tanner
and Pinckney
Marlborough and North Wiltshire New Bank,
.Marlborough—Ward, Merriman, and Hillier 9,752
Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Jones and
Williams

13,52

8,469

jr' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co 16,511
Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial
Bank, Abergavenny—Baileys and Co 27,602
Mon-mouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon
Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank,
and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth
—Bromage and Snead
Monmoathahire Newport Old Bank, Newport

Williams and Sons
Newark Bank, Newark—Godfreys and Hutton
Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and
Newark Bank, Newark—Fiaudley, Peacock,
and Co
Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny and Slocock.
Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Ham-
mond, and Son
Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Diss—Taylor and
Dyson •
Norwich Crown Bank, Norwich—Harveys and

7,315
24,268

45,462
35,767

Hudson
Norwich and Norfolk Bank, Norwich—Gur-
nevi and Co
Notungham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Not-
tingham—Hart, Fellows, and Co ...
Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddeock and
Co
Nasal Bank, Plymouth—Harris, Harris, and
Co
New Serum Bank, Sarum—Hetley, Everett, and

Co
Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Smith and Co
Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Os-
westry—Croxon and Co
Oxford 'Bank, Oxford—J. and R. Morrell
Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Robinson, Parsons,
and Thompson...
Old Bank Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Well,/ Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge
Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge—
DeaChing and sons