The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-07 00:00:00

plainant, whom he was obliged to lock up for the night.
No trace of the watch could be found, and he did not
hear the woman's evidence till that morning, otherwise
he might have taken the other young man into custody.
The prisoner denied having had anything to do with
the watch ; besides, he had given the defendant 2/. not
to prefer the charge, and his promise to try and get the
property.

The c inplainant said he bad taken the 21. until the
property was restored. His watch was worth 30s.

- Mr. AIALTBlc..told the complainant he had made him-
self liable to 4s:indictment for taking the money, and
remanded theogetill Wednesday.

STAFFORDSHIRE AND SHROP-
SHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—(THIS DIY.)
A meeting of the shareholders of this Company took
place to-day, pursuant to advertisement, at No. 6,
Gray's Inn-place, Gray's Inn, for the purpose of deter-
mining whether the Company should be dissolved or
not,' in pursuance of the Railway Companies Dissolution
Act. The meeting was called for eleven o'clock, at
which hour but very few shareholders were in attend-
vnce.

W. H. Collis, Esq., took the chair at half• past eleven
o'clock, when Messrs. Brown, Walton, and Bowker were
chosen scrutineers.

Some discussion then took place as to the legality of
the:meeting, in consequence of its being called by only
one, instead of three, of the provisional committee,
which ended in its being determined that the meeting
bad not been properly convened, and therefore that it
was nut legally constituted.
The Chairman then vacated the chair, and the meet-
ing broke up.

BREAD.—The consumption of bread in the metro-
polis is 855,468,7501b5., or 213,867,187 quartern loaves
yearly. This quantity of bread, if equally divided
among the population of London, would be equal to
8421b5., or 85 loaves yearly, or 15 ounces daily to each
person.
ALARMING AND EXTENSIVE FIRE IN BATH.—

BATH, SEPT. 6.—A very alarming and extensive fire
r broke out at ten.o'clock last night in a large soap and
candle manufactory in the Town-close in this city, occu-
r pied by Mr. Butcher. The alarm was first given at
about ten o'clock by a man who had observed smoke is-
suing from the basement story of the building, and who
gave the alarm to the police. The various fire engines
of the several insurance companies and parochial engines
were speedily cn the spot, and the utmost exertions were
used to subdue the flames, which, however, in conse-
quence of the large tanks of oil and the quantity of fat,
tallow &c., on the premises, burnt with alarming fury.
At the Theatre Royal, which adjoins these premises,
Madle. Flora Fabri and the Drury-lane ballet company
were performing the balk t La Diable a Quatre to a
cr .wded audience, the performance being for the benefit
of Madle. Fabri ; the light of the flames having found
its way into the windows of the theatre, and the smell
of the burninr, materials combining with it, an impres-
sion was produced that the house was on fire. The alarm
prevailed both among the audience and upon the stage,
and the theatre was speedily emptied of both audience
and performers. The amount of damage has been so
variously estimated that no accurate sum can be stated;
it must, however, have been considerable. Such an
alarming and extensive fire has not occurred in Bath for
many years. Fortunately, no lives were lost, though
two or three men were much injured.
GAME IN THE ROYAL PRESERVES AT WINDSOR:—
Game is very abundant in this locality. Partridges are
strictly preserved till Prince Albert enters the field.
Dr. Bledow, one of the finest chess players in
Europe, has recently died at Berlin.
SHAKING HANDS WITH A DUKE.—On Friday
evening, an enthusiastic admirer of the Duke of Wel-
lington, hearing he had, on going through Totnes,
stopped at the Stars, ran with breathless haste to inquire
into the truth of the matter, when the following short
colloquy took place :—Enthusiast (breathless)—Oh, my
dear Miss Webb, is it true that the Duke of Wellington
stopped at your house to•day ? Miss Webb-0, yes,
Sir, it is true, for I shook hands with him. Enthusiast
—My dear Miss Webb, have you shaken hands with
anybody since? Miss Webb—No, indeed, Sir, I have not.
Enthusiast—Then, my dear Miss Webb, do shake hands
with me. And immediately gave her a hearty shake of
the hand, and on the Sunday morning was early at his
post, almost rampant, to have a real grasp at the hand '
of the Noble Duke ; we believe that he succeeded.—
Devonshire Chronicle.

SCRIPTURE READERS' ASSOCIATION.—Yesterday
afternoon, a sermon in aid of this Association, Which is
under the especial patronage of the Lord Bishop of
London, and the Bishop of Winchester, was preached at
St. Saviour's Church, Southwark, by the Rev. J. W.
Curling, M.A., chaplain ; at its conclusion there was a
collection of 9/.

PRESENTATION TO THE REV. J. LINCOLN GAL-
TON.—On Thursday last the rural dean (the Rev. George
Leigh Cooke, of Cubbington), presented a purse, con-
taining 555 sovereigns, to the Rev. John Lincoln Cal-
ton in the name of those of the inhabitants of Leaming-
ton, who were anxious to testify their respect for him
previous to his ceasing to minister in the parish.—Lea-
mir!gton Courier. _

THE TEMPLE GARDENS.—In consequence of the
noise and confusion created in the Temple on Sundays
by visitors to the gardens, a notice was posted yesterday
on the principal entrance, intimating that the gardens
would not be open on Sundays.
FOREIGN MAN-OF-WAR AT NORTH SHIELDS. 2—
NORTH SHIELDS, SEPT. 4.—The Sardinian corvette
Aurora arrived in our harbour this afternoon ; she is
reported to mount 28 guns, and has on board near 300
men. The circumstance of a foreign man-of-war visit-
ing old " Father Tyne" being rare, crowds of spec-
tators have been attracted to view he Aurora, many
admiring the sailor-like appearance of the strangers ;
but here and there were passing amongst the crowd re-
marks by no means intended to be disparaging An the
foreigner, yet characteristic of that national feeling
which prevails amongst all classes of Englishmen, be.
lieving,that for mettle and dexterity there are none to
compare' with our own expert brave countrymen who
guard the wooden ,walls of Old England.—Shipping
Gazette.
HOP INTELLIGENCR.--Hop picking commenced on
the grounds at Orchard Portman, near Taunton, on
Monday. The crop is unusually bountiful.
The storm of yesterday was singular, from the
extreme partiality of the showers. About noon, after a
hot, hazy morning, the sun burst forth, and while shining
brightly, a sharp clap of thunder was heard over the
northern portion of the metropolis. The thunder con-
tinued at intervals until past four, and was accom-
panied by exceedingly partial showers. At Islington it
rained very heavily during nearly an hour, whilst on the
south side of the City-road scarcely a drop felL A
severe shower came down in the immediate neighbour-
hood of Seymour-street, Somers-town, whilst the back
of Mornington•crescent, scarcely a stone's throw distant,
was left perfectly dry. A correspondent assures us that
one half of Blackfriars-bridge showed the effects of a
hard shower, whilst on the other half not a vestige of
rain could be seen. Along the line of the Richmond
Railway the fall was copious and continuous, whilst in
Chelsea, on the north side of the Thames, no wet what-
ever was observed.

JOSEPH AnY AGAIN.—This worthy appears to
have purchased a copy of the Parliamentary return of
the names and addresses of parties who have subscribed
railroad deeds to the amount of 2,0001. and upwards,
and is doubtless indefatigably employed in sending them
unpaid lettersihrough the post. One we have seen to-
day has the Bishopsgate•street Within post-mark, and is
as follows, all in the handwriting apparently of this
troublesome fellow :—" The undersigned is able to in-
form you of something to your. advantage, value 1001.
and upwards, on receipt of 20s. for his cost and trouble;
respectfully, JOSEPH AD; accountant, 5, York-street,
Charlotte-street, Whitechapel, Sept. 3, 1846.—A1l post-
ages must be paid by you."
PAYMENT OF A VERY OLD DEBT.—The new Pope
has privileged an Anglo-Roman Company to intersect
the Roman States with railways—a curious and interest-
ing episode to the benefits reciprocally conferred by the
Romans of old in intersecting our own country with
roads and aqueducts.— The Builder.
TAB ARMY.—It is understood that the erection and
repairing of barracks and military forts in Ireland will
be carried forward very extensively during next winter,
as by such means a considerable amount of employment
will be afforded to the labouring classes, and an accom-
modation much desired by the military will be obtained.
It is stated that the new barracks intended to be erected
at Cork will cost 12"01.-6th Royal (Warwickshire)
Foot: Companies of this regiment have left Cork for the
Cape. They will, as we anticipated some weeks since,
proceed to Gibraltar, where, having been joined by the
Ist Battalion of the Rifle Brigade from Corfu, move to
the place of their destination. This will be the second
service of this corps at the Cape, to which it first pro-
ceeded in 1821, and returned so recently as 1842.-13th
Prince Albert's Light Infantry: Lieut.• Colonel Squires,
who commanded this regiment on the occasion of the
recent presentation of colours by the Prince Consort, is
about to retire, after an honourable service in the army
of 37 years—a period during which he was a mover in
many stirring scenes. He took part in the Peninsula
and Burmese wars, and was at the battle of Ghusnee.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
WESTERN MEETING AT AYR-THURSDAY.
_ _

MAGAZINES—CONTINUED.
COLB URN'S UNITED SERVICE MA GA-
Z IN E.
How is British Oregon to be governed and peopled
—how is its extensive frontier to be defended ? These
are questions which are ably discussed by Lieutenant-
Colonel Wilkie in an article on the Oregon treaty in
the present number of the United Service. He pro-
poses to form the country between the Pacific and the
Rocky Mountains into the province of Victoria, and
to form of the territory between those mountains and
Hudson's Bay another province. These provinces to
be separate and distinct from Canada, and to have
their geographical boundaries accurately marked out.
With regard to the peopling and the defence of these
territories the following is Colonel Wilkie's pro-
position :
" We see with what rapidity the population of the
United States increases, by natural means and immigra-
tion : wild and uninhabited as this north-western portion
of their territory is, it would be foolish to reckon on its
continuance in that state even for a short period. Sup-
posing, then, that this country, on the southern side of
the boundary, becomes peopled, even in a moderate de-
gree, what have we to defend our new line of demarca-
tion, or how prevent 'trespass on the 50th degree of
latitude ?
" Our present frontier of Canada is in some measure
defended by the great chain of lakes, which gives
facilities of speedily supporting any threatened point ;
but how is this frontier to be defended, extending from
the Lake of , the Woods, to the Straits of Fuca, a dis-
tance of 1,200 miles ? Add to this the Canadian and
Nova Scotia frontiers, and it would require a force
greater than the whole British army to defend it. In
that portion still without inhabitants, there would be
nothing for it but regular troops, and these could not be
fed in a country devoid of resources.
" Now, then, is the time for the Government to esta-
blish something of the same nature as the military
colonies of Russia, but more consonant with our laws
and institutions. The whole of this newly-marked
frontier might be granted to occupiers, on condition of
military service, and that to be a sufficient tenure as long
as it was fulfilled. This would, in the first instance, be
an easy task, as nothing would be required but a certain
degree of organisation and training to the use of arms,
as no call for defence could be made probably under
half a century. The grants of land would be in propor-
tion to their productiveness and the mean's they might
afford for subsistence, and as the country became gra-
dually settled, a militia would arise with it, capable at
all times of defending the frontier against any enemy.
'lThe migration to Oregon is already in progress by
the' pioneers of civilisation,' and they have even talked
of a gigantic railway from New York to the Columbia.
It is time, then, that we should look to the people of our
own territory, and planting there a population capable
of self-defence ; for most assuredly such is far beyond
the actual military means f Great Britain. There are
many inducements to emigration ; the country is
tolerably fertile, and it may be called a virgin soil ; it
is intersected in various directions by rivers and lakes ;
those on the eastern and northern Fe:Von offering com-
munications between Lake Superior and the head of
Hudson's Bay, and on the north an easy distance be-
tween the Lake of the Woods and Lake Winnepeg. In
the 104th degree of west longitude, the rivers that cross
the frontier have a southern course to the valley of the
Missouri : the White-earth, Porcupine, Williams,
Bralton, and North Mountain rivers, all fall into that
great stream, and thus give a commercial outlet in the
Gulf of Mexico. Although the region in the vicinity of
this frontier is within the same parallels of latitude as
the country between Dieppe, yet the winter is severe.
An amelioration of climate may, however, be looked for,
when the country becomes inhabited, the earth cul.
tivated, woods cleared away, and morasses drained.
Crossing the Rocky Mountains, the rivers on the west side,
of .which the Columbia is one, take a different direction,
and fall into the Pacific. This division of territory,
commonly called Oregon, but properly speaking New
Albion, will rise every day in value, when it is consi-
dered the increase of commerce with China ; and should
the north-west passage be ever secured for even a short
time of the year, this country, with the great Islands of
Queen Charlottes and Vancouver, the harbours of Nootka
Sound and those in the Straits of Fuca, will become of
the highest importance ; indeed, it would seem that
Government had begun to consider it in that light, as I
observe one of her Majesty's ships is now employed in
surveying the Straits of Fuca."
This is a matter well worthy thesattentive conside-
ration of the Colonial Secretary, and Colonel Wilkie
is deserving of the gratitude of the country for having
drawn public attention to the subject. Our old friend
Colonel Firebrace continues his expose of jobs and
jobbers, and adds a postscript on the subject of cor-
poral punishment. He clearly fixes the responsibility
of the continuance of flogging on the officers com-
posing courts-martial.
" Military writers" observes Colonel Firebrace,
" say to civilians who are zealous for.the abolition of
flogging, If you take this away from us, at least give
us something in its stead.' This is hardly fair, seeing
that they themselves have actually the power in their
own hands to vary the punishment in almost any shape
they like ; there is not a word in the articles of war
about flogging ; the penalty for every offence is simply
marked thus, shall suffer death, or such other punish-
ment as by a general (or regimental) court-martial shall
be awarded.' Surely, my military friends, here is ample
scope for your invention ; you might even try your hand
at thumb-screws or anything of the same kind ; it only
shows how inveterate habit is, when we have adhered so
long to this practice, so much reprobated, and never
tried to find something else. To my own apprehension
it may be got rid of, both at home and abroad, in peace
or war, or if retained at all, it should be reserved for the
punishment of infamous or detestable offences, and those
on whom it was inflicted should bo immediately drummed
out of the service, -the marks on • their, • back being a
bar to their ever entering it again.
" References have frequently been made to the exemp-
tion of the French soldier from the lash, but even in that
service recourse is had sometimes to corporal punish-
ment far more severe, as in the case of the fosses in
Algiers, where the condemned battalion underwent tor-
tures far more painful than any flogging ; these cases,
are, however, very rare. One of the most common pu-
nishments of the French soldier is le boulet, the man
dragging at his ankle a cannon-shot attached to a chain ;
this I think might be applied in England with advantage
—releasing a man from his tether to take him out to a
field-day or guard-mounting, would make him consider
them in the light of a recreation or release. It is a
wearying and severe punishment without marks of dis-
grace attached to it, but perhaps the British Lion'
might again roar, if he saw a free-born Englishman
clogged like a trespassing goat or donkey. Prisons are
about to be built at all the barracks, which I hope will
answer ; I would suggest something to make this pu-
nishment more stringent, and at the same time less un-
just to the culprit's comrades ; that to each sentence of
imprisonment be attached a clause, that when the period
for which the man has been sentenced has expired, that
he should further be obliged to bring up all the duty lost
during his durance, and have only alternate nights in bed,
until he has pulled up his lee-way."
We sincerely hope that we shall hear no more of
the necessity of flogging. Let the Boulet be substi-
tuted for it by all means. "A wearying and severe
punishment without marks or disgrace attached to it,"
and which endangers neither lite nor limb, is the
punishment of all others suited to bring a refractory
soldier to his senses. The other papers are excellent.
This is a most valuable number of the United Service.

The Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each,
_2o_ ft, for three yrs old.

Two miles.

(7 Subs.)

Sir J. Boswell's Sweetheart, 7st 121 b (Holloway) 1
Mr. Campbell's Eglantine, Bst
Lord Eglinton's Draco, Bst 51b. 3
The Two Years Old Stakes of 25 Bove. each, 10 ft, with 25
added. Three-quarters of a mile. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Merry's Maid of Motherwell (Holmes) 1
Sir J. Boswell's f by Caliph, out of Bella
The Free Handicap of 5 sous. each, p.p., with 30 added.

One inile and a half. (4 Subs.)

Mr. Robertson's Tom Tough, 6 yrs, Bst 12 lb. ...... (Parr) 1
Hon. J. Kennedy's f by Doctor, 3 yrs, 7st 21b
Mr. Merry's Hope, 4 yrs, 9st
The Gold Cup of 100 sovs. (the overplus in specie) by subs.
of 10 each. Two miles. (15 Subs.)
Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, 6 yrs, Bst 131b...(Templeman)
Mr. Merry's c by Don John, out of Peri, 5 yrs, 7st 51b
The Railway Plate of 501. Heats, two miles.
Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Marian Ramsay... (Noble) 1 3 1
Mr. A. Cook'S Surety, 5 yrs
Lord Eglinton's Bretwalda, 4 yrs
FRIDAY.
The Ayrshire Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if
declared; the second to save his stake; 100 sovs. added.
Two miles. (22 Subs., 13 paid.)
Mr. Meiklam's inheritress, 6 yrs, Sst 121b...(Templeman). 1
Sir J. Boswell's Sweetheart, 3 yrs, 6st 21b
Mr. Campbell's Eglantine, 3 yrs, sst 71b

An officer from the unattached list will most probably
fill up the vacancy.-30th (Cambridgeshire): ;,Companies
from this regiment have arrived from Dublin, and the
remainder will shortly follow.—The 55th (Westmore-
land): The head-quarters of this regiment have left
Devonport for Cork, and it is understood will relieve the
83d, who more from Limerick to Dublin.
AN USEFUL M.P.—Last Thursday morning the
passengers on board the William Jolliffe steam-boat, on
her passage from London for Yarmouth, were informed
by the captain and stewardess that they might shortly
expect an addition to their number, one of the female
passengers having been taken with the pains of labour.
The unexpected addition at length took place, a well-
known medical Member of Parliament acting as doctor
and midwife on the occasion. Both are " doing as well
as can be expected."

The Ayrshire Mineral Stakes of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 15 added; the second saves his
stake. One mile and a half. (19 Subs., 8 of whom de-
clared.)
Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, 6 yrs, 9st ...... ...( Templeman) 1.
Mr. Ramsav's Inglewood, 3 yrs, 6st 51b 2
Mr. Merry's John Harris, 4 yrs, 7st 91b
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Merry's Hope, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b ; Mr. Robertson's Saladin, 6
yrs, 7st; and Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, 6 yrs, 7st 71b.
Plate of 50L Heats, two miles.
Mr. Nicoll's Cameleopard, 4 yrs (Holmes) 1 1
Mr. A. Cook's Surety, 5 yrs 0 2
Lord Eglinton's Bretwalda, 4 yrs
Hon J. Kennedy's fby The Doctor, 3 yrs 0 4
Mr. W. 11. Jonstone's Marian Ramsay, 4 yrs
Mr. Merry's Brevity, 6 yrs
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, p.p., with 100 added. Heats,
one mile. (10 Subs.)
Mr. Robertson's Tom Tough, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b ...(Parr) 1 1
Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, 4 yrs, Bst 2lb
Mr. Merry's br cby Don John, out of Peri, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 0 3
Mr. Ramsay's Inglewood, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 2 dr
Mr. Meiklam's Truehoy, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b
Match 501., p.p. Half a mile.— Mr. Teller's Young Ire-
land, 6 yrs, lOst 71b, beat Mr. Miller's Parlington, 6 yrs,
lOst 71b.

BECCLES
The Stand Stakes of 2 sovs. each, and 10 added, once round
(4 Subs.), were won, in two heats, by Mr. Theobald's
Chemise, 4 yrs, 9st 61b (Cotton), beating Sir Edmund and
Kitty.

The Vown Plate of 50/. ; winner to be sold for 180/. Heats,
twice round.
Mr. Pemberton's b g Best Bower, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b 2 1 1
Mr. Theobald's Pigskin, aged, 7st 101 b
Three well-contested heats.
The Who() Wboop Stakes were won, in two heats, by Sir
Fretful, beating Pigskin and two others.

BERWICK-ON-TWEED. THE BANK ROBBERY.—
On Tuesday, Mrs. Thomson attended a magistrates'
meeting, held -in the Town-hall, and the several wit-
nesses were summoned for examination in her presence.
The reporter of the Berwick Advertiser made an appli-
cation thr admittance to this examination, and was re-
fused. "We very much regret (says the editor of that
paper) the decision of the Court on our application,
but as there is no appeal we could not amend it. So far
as the party suspected is concerned, publicity to the
evidence could have no baneful effect, and might have
been serviceable. The proceedings at these private
meetings are not wholly secret from the public,
and the oozing out of particles only of them,
invariably the criminatory without the mitigating
part, seems to us more injurious to the accused
and the cause of justice than if all the evi-
dence were fairly reported. In support of our
argument, we have only to refer to a report sup-
plied to the London newspapers of last week, and which
must have been furnished by some one who possesses an
access to the evidence which is denied the local prints.
The evidence there detailed is wholly directed against
the accused, and the present case must be a very singular
one if some testimony has not been given which is calcu-
lated to qualify the evidence selected for that report.
The magistrates present at the meeting of Tuesday were
the same who attended the inquiry of the previous week,
namely, A. Cahill and G. K. Nicholson, Esquires, and
the witnesses in attendance were also the same as are
reported to have given their evidence on the former oc-
casion. The examination occupied from one o'clock till
half-past four; during that time only one of the wit-
nesses, Mr. Short, the senior clerk, was examined. The
Court met again on Wednesday morning, at ten, and
continued its sitting tilt half-past twelve, in the course
of which, the junior clerk, R. Watson, and Margaret
Hogg, the kitchen girl, were examined; after which, the
sitting was adjourned till Saturday."
THE FORGERY CASE AT COUTTS'S.—CFCUMStaLICES
are stated to have transpired since the examination
on Tuesday, which will put an end to all further pro-
ceedings. It is well know that the two officers who ap-
prehended the prisoner have been informed that there is
no occasion, for the present, for them to make any fur-
ther inquiries, besides which, it is stated that no letters
have been received from the two other directors, Mr.
Wetmore and Mr. Stephenson, who signed, the cheque,
nor have those who are now conducting the prosecution
been able to communicate with them. In the event of
the non-attendance of the two co-trustees and directors
on Wednesday next, the case must fall to the ground,
for, as Mr. Alderman Musgrove remarked, unless they
repudiated the alteration or substitution of 5,0001. for
101., there was an end of the case. During the examina-
tion on Tuesday last, some of the parties connected with
the company were speaking together, when oje .of .the
partici was heard to say that he had no doubt, before
another examination, the whole of the matter would be
satisfactorily explained, and that Captain Richardsou
would be discharged.— Weekly Chronicle.
MURDER OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP.—The
Marian Watson, from the South Sea Islands, brings the
melancholy intelligence of the murder of Bishop Epaille
by the natives of the island of Isabel.
How TO MAKE GUANO.—A gentleman walking on
the beach in the vicinity of Harwich observed a man
busily engaged with a pickaxe, raising a material from
the lower part of the cliff, and on asking the man his
employ ment was told "he was raising stones for ma-
nure." This rather puzzled our friend, who became
more minute in his inquiries. The man observed,
" These, which looked like stones, are crystallised fish ;
and, although very hard now, will, when put through a
mill, crumble to powder. My master ships a great
quantity of it to London, there to be ground, and then
mixed with guano to give it weight."—Bury Post.
ABSENCE OF MIND.—A butcher of G-arstang, on
returning last Tuesday from Hornby fair, seems to have
got so be-mused on his journey as to mistake his pony
for a fine Scots' heifer, and he accordingly led it to the
slaughter-house, knocked it down in a business-like
manner, stuck it in due form, and began skinning it ;
nor would he then have discovered his mistake had not
some neighbours, in passing, perceived what he was
about, and caused him, by force as well as entreaty, to
desist from his wild adventure.—Preston Chronicle.

FIRE IN CAMDEN-TOWN.—On Saturday night an
extensive destruction of property by fire took place in
New College-street, Camden-town. The calamity oc-
curred in a house occupied by a gentleman named
Crouch, and which formed one of a range of new build-
ings. On its discovery, messengers were dispatched for
assistance, and several engines promptly arrived from the
London establishment and West of England stations,
By aid of these the flames were arrested in their pro-
gress, but although the adjoining property was saved,
that belonging to Mr. Crouch was completely destroyed.
COOMBES AND LETT.—The match between these
celebrated scullers, for 50/., is appointed to come off on
the 23d instant between Battersea and Hammersmith.
LONDON v. NEWCASTLE.—The London watermen
have accepted the challenge of the Newcastle men to row
on the London river for 3001. a side.

FAILURE OF THE ONION CROP.—Around Bicester
onions are very scarce, and consequently dear; the crops
are thin, and many of them are found to be diseased.—
Oxford Chronicle.

TIIE LATE GENERAL SIR WM. NOTT, G.C.B.—
We have much satisfaction in announcing that the
Queen, on the recommendation of Lord John Russell,
has presented a son of the late gallant General to a
valuable living, as will be seen by the accompanying
copy of a letter from the Prime Minister to the Rev.
Mr. Nott:—" Chesham-place, Aug. 28.—Sir, I have
much pleasure in informing you that the Queen has ap-
proved of my recommendation of your presentation by
the Crown to the living of Tutterton, in Lincolnshire.
The living, which is near Boston, is worth, I understand,
from 9004 to 1,0001. a year. I trust that you will be
enabled, by this increase of income, to give that assist-
ance to your sisters which your circumstances may war-
rant. It is as the son of Sir William Nott, as well as in
the character of a deserving clergyman, that I have
brought your name before her Majesty.—l have the
honour to be your faithful servant, J. RUSSELL. The
Rev. Wm. George Nott."—Carmarthen Journal.
POPULATION OF MANCHESTER AND SALFORD IN
1801.—We copy the following from an official enumera-
tion of the population, taken for the first national census,
signed "J. Tetlow, boroughreeve," and deposited in
the borougreeve's chest at the Town-hall. It gives all
the particulars then ascertained for the census of 1801:
Males. Females. Total.
Manchester

Salford

JURY LlSTS.—Yesterday, the list of all men quali-
fied to serve as jurors for the ensuing year, commenc-
ing the Ist inst., were posted on the doors of the different

metropolitan cburches, as required by the 6th Geo. 4.,
a. 50. All objections will be heard by the justices in
petty sessions for the parishes in the county of Surrey,
at the Court-house, Newingtort-green, on Friday, the
25th inst, ; for the parishes in the borough of West-
minster, at the Guildhall in the Broad Sanctuary, on
the 24th inst. ; and for the parishes within the Holborn

Totals
The occupations of the 70,460 inhabitants of Manches-
ter in 1801 are thus classified:—Employed in agricul-
ture, 66; chiefly in trade, manufactures, or handicraft,
38,107; all other persons not in these two classes (and
of course including women, aged and infirm persons,
and children), 32,287. There were, in 1801, 10,455
inhabited houses, occupied by 15,509 families; and 250
uninhabited houses. Manchester Guardian..
ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—
On the afternoon of Friday last, while the half-past two
o'clock train was on its way to Oxford, and when within
about a mile of that city, a cow which had strayed upon
the line from a common through which it passes, was
knocked down by the engine and killed instantly.
Several statements have appeared in the journals
containing deplorable accounts of the health of Madlle.
Rachel, and of her retirement from the Francais for a
year, to enable her to pass that period in Italy. Un-
fortunately the health of the young tragedian has suf.
fered severely, but it is hoped that a .few months of
absolute repose, and a quiet sojourn in the neighbour-
hood of Paris, will effect its restoration without resort-
ing to the other side of the Alps. Should these hopes
be realised, Madlle. Rachel will resume her place at the
Wranciiiii in December.-- Galignanis

COMIC HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By G. A.

A'Beckett. No. 111.
By far the best number which has yet appeared.
It is full of fun, pun, and pleasantry, and the illustra-
tions by Leech are rich and racy. As a specimen of
the method in which the history is told, we give the
following description of the death of William
Rufus :

" During a boisterous dejeiiner a la fourchette, at which
the Red King greatly increased his rubicundity by the
quantity of wine he consumed, a postman arrived with a
dream from the Abbot of St. Peter's, at Gloucester, done
up in an envelope. Read it out,' exclaimed Rufus,
after having glanced at its contents; and on its being
found to forebode a violent death to the King, he
ordered a hundred pence to be given to the dreamer,
which, supposing him to have been taking forty
winks,' would ha'e been at the liberal rate of twopence-
halfpenny a wink for his rather disagreeable doze over
the destiny of his sovereign. Rufus laughed at the
prediction, and repaired to the chase, accompanied by
Sir Walter Tyrrel, when a hart, in all its heart's sim-
plicity, came and stood between the illustrious sports-
men. The extraordinary hilarity of the bounding hart
attracted the attention of Rufus, who drew his bow, but
the string broke, and Rufus, not having two strings to
his bow, called out to Tyrrel to shoot at the bald-faced
brute for his bare-faced impudence. Sir Walter in-
stantly obeyed; but the animal, bobbing down his head,
allowed the arrow to go through his own branches
towards those of a huge tree, when the dart, taking a
somewhat circuitous route, avoided the body of the hart
and went home to the heart of the sovereign. Tyrrel
ran towards his master, and attempted to revive him ;
but though there was plenty of hartshorn in the forest,
none could be made available. The unfortunate regi-
cide, merely muttering to himself some incoherent ex-
pressions as to his having done it now,' galloped to the
sea coast, and fled to France—taking French leave of
his country, according to the usual custom of male-
factors."
The author's reflections on the various. events that
be records are some of them very piquant; for in-
stance, noticing the oaths of allegiance taken to
Maud by the barons in her father's lifetime, and
broken by them immediately after his death, he ob-
serves,—
" These parties—the respectable families that ' came
in with the Conqueror '—were all guilty of the grossest
perjury,
all which, a few years ago, would have rendered
them liable to the pillory, and would in the present
day expose them to serious punishment."

Union, at the board-room of the workhouse, Little
Gray's Inn-lane, on the 29th inst.
WYNNSTAY.—Great preparations are making at
Wynnstay for a grand Archery Fete on Friday next ;
Sir Watkin is determined to spare no expense to render

THE BANKERS' MAGAZINE.
aEhgta hde. famed
In addition to the usual scientific contents of this
magazine, we have this month an amusing biographi-
cal sketch of ;the celebrated " Abraham Newland,"
on
nhoal was
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a h centuryof la payee

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the present superior to all preceding fetes, and upwards
of 400 of the nobility and gentry are inviied. The en-
tertainments will close with a grand ball. Weippert's

THE TINY LIBRAR Y.
This is the sixth part of this prettily illustrated and
cheap periodical for children. It is just what a
child's periodical ought to be—instructive without
being heavy, and amusing without being trifling.

bind ii engaged.

A few days ago the nest of a Guinea hen, contain-
ing 113 eggs, us f9uud, 441191114)at clithupe,

PIII SUN', LON t) MONtlAir EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 19v3

LEICESTER AND BEDFORD
RAILWAY.
A meeting of the shareholders in this Railway Com-
pany was adv( rased to take place on Saturday, at the
London Tavern, at one, for the purpose of determining
whether the Company should be dissolved or not. At
the hour appointed for the meeting to take place there
were a great number of shareholders present.
Robert Linsdell, Esq., was unanimously called to the
chair, and after the necessary forms had been gone
through, and Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Lowry, and Mr. Old-
acre had been appointed scrutineers,
The CHAIRMAN stated that, in consequence of the
indisposition of their Chairman, the duty was imposed
upon him of reporting to the meeting the proceedings
that had taken place since the last meeting, and also the
present position of the Company. After having passed
through the severest ordeal, and obtained the unanimous
decision of a Committee of the House of Commons in
their favour, they had been defeated in a quarter where
they had the least reason to expect it—(Hear, hear)—
and under circumstances upon which he would not
dwell. Their failure had not been occasioned by
any want of attention on the part of the
directors, or of skill in their professional
agents, but it was to be attributed to the peculiar and
unfavourable constitution of the tribunal by which their
cause had been defeated. The question now was,
whether they should prosecute their scheme or dissolve
the Company?—(Cries of " No, it.") He would ask
whether, bearing in mind the proceedings that had taken
place, five gentlemen of the House of Commons were
not as likely to come to a right conclusion on a ques-
tion of commercial enterprise as a similar number
of Pt.ers of the realm ?—(Hear, hear.) It should
also be remembered, that whilst the decision
of the House of Commons in their favour was
unanimous, the decision against them was carried only
by one, and that individual happened to be the bosom
friend of their successful competitor.—(Hear, hear.) He
thought it would be necessary to dissolve the present
Company, in order to reconstruct it upon more favour-
able terms. Notwithstanding the arduous contest in
which they had been engaged in Parliament, their ea•
penses would not exceed 16s. per share; consequently
they would be able to return to the proprietors 6s. per
share. A proposition had been made to them by the
London and York Company, if they would join
with them, to find half the capital to carry
out the scheme, and also to pay half the
expenses. They proposed to allow the funds
of the united companies to be credited to half the ex-
penses. This would render it necessary to reduce the
shares of the present scheme from 201. to 101., and a call
of 6s. per share in addition to the 6s. proposed to be re-
turned would make the value of the new shares 20s.
The worthy chairman concluded by proposing, " That
the present Company should be dissolved, for the pur-
pose of being reconstructed upon the terms proposed."
Mr. ASTELL, the Chairman of the London and York
Company, seconded the motion.

FUANKLIN then addressed the meeting, and read
a letter he had addressed to Mr. Hudson, the Chairman
of the South Midland, suggesting to him the propriety
of endeavouring to come to some terms with the Leices-
ter and Bedford Railway Company, to which Mr.
Hudson had replied, that if the meeting thought proper
to appoint a deputation to meet him upon the subject, he
would endeavour to make an arrangement if possible.
Now, what benefit did the proposition of the directors
hold out to the meeting ? Why, that their property
would be made worth 20s. He had no doubt, if
they came to an arrangement with Mr. Hudson
and the Midland Railway, their property would be worth
305., instead of 20s. Ho trusted, under these circum-

stances, that the meeting would be adjourned for a week,
and that a deputation would be appointed to meet Mr.
Hudson.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman con-
cluded by moving, as an amendment, that the meeting
should adjourn fora week.

Some considerable discussion took place upon this,
which ended in the amendment being withdrawn, and
the original motion for the dissolution of the Company
was declared to be carried unanimously, that dissolution
not to be considered an act of bankruptcy.
It was also agreed that Mr. Richardson, Mr. Corrie,
and Mr. Franklin should, together with the directors,
form a deputation to wait upon Mr. Hudson.
The meeting then broke up.

DINNER TO MR. COBDEN AT
BORDEAUX.
The banquet given to Mr. Cobden by the Libre-
Echangistes of Bordeaux took place on the lst instant.,
in the Salle Franeltlin, which was fittec". up for the occa-
sion with great taste and elegance. At seven o'clock
upwards of three hundred guests took their seats at the
tables. The chair was taken by M. Duffour Dubergier,
having on his right hand the guest of the evening, Mr.
Cobden. At the same table were seated Baron Sers,
Peer of France and Prefect of the Gironde; M. Roullen
First President of the Cour Royale; M. Dosquet, Secre-
tary-General of the Prefecture; and M. Darin, one of
the Vice-Presidents of the Society of Libres-Echan-
gists-s. The galleries were filled with elegantly dressed
ladies, and the whole salle presented a most striking and
animated scene. At the dessert the Mayor proposed the
health of the King--of that King, he said, to whom
France and the world were indebted for the enjoyment
of peace, and under whose reign the commerce and in-
dustry. of the country had developed itself, and the wel-
fare of every one bad been promoted. The toast was
drunk with the loudest acclamations, and was followed
by another to the Queen and the Royal Family, which
was received with equally loud demonstrations of loyalty
and devotedness. At last the health of the hero of the
day was proposed amidst the greatest enthusiasm.
Mr. COBInN then rose to return thanks. The Hon.
Gentleman commenced by expressing his sense of the
very flattering manner in which he had been received at
Bordeaux. He should, in the few remarks which he
proposed making, use the same reserve that he had em-
ployed before the free-traders of Paris. He semeed to
breathe a freer air in that atmosphere of freedom of com-
merce. In the midst of men participating in his com-
mercial creed the soul appeared to dilate, and man's
energy to acquire a new vigour. Free trade was a
principle of expansion, whilst, on the other hand, mono-
poly was an attempt to confine within narrow limits the
energy of men, and subject them to make superflous
efforts in order to acquire the ease and the comforts of
life. " If," continued the Hon. Gentleman, "I wanted
to express in two words the tendency of these two
opposing principles, I should say that free trade is asso-
ciation, and that monopoly is competition. There is an
argument now much used in France, to which I must re-
fer. It is said that the English free-traders maintained
protection as long as it was necessary to them, and now
abandoned it when they found it advantageous to do
without ; to that I reply that in England we have
made the application of our principles to that
article of our produce which had most to
apprehend from a foreign competition, namely, corn.
Let me be permitted to affirm that these persons are com-
pletely mistaken if they believe that our good friends of
the protectionist school in England abandoned their
principles for such a motive. Far from that, they are
protectionists to the very marrow, and they continue
bravely to maintain that our country will be ruined if the
good old regime of protection does not return. I have,
perhaps, some right to speak in the name of the free-
traders with some authority, and I can declare that far
from thinking that commercial restrictions have ever
been necessary to England, we are convinced that they
have always been prejudicial to her. We do not admit that
cur manufactures, our agriculture, and merchant shipping
ever reaped any advantage from what is called protection.
Nay, we believe that they would have been more
flourishing without it. But to destroy every suspicion
which may have arisen relating to any pretended
arricrepensOe attributed to our free-traders, I shall be
more explicit. Let it be, then, known that their con-
scientious opinion is that at no time, under any circum-
stances, can a nation become enriched by the interference
of its Government by means of restrictive laws. We wish
it to be distinctly understood that we apply this maxim
without reserve to every country, to every circum-
stance, and to every age. Whatever may be
the condition of a country, we maintain that free trade is
better than restriction. Show me any point on the sur-
face of the globe, whether it be of a fertility as un-
limited as that of Egypt, or a barren rock like Malta—
let it, he placed under the tropical sun, or near the pole
—I think I can demonstrate that it is to the interest of
the inhabitants to keep up the most unrestricted com-
munication with their brethren spread over the earth.
But has not this verity been already demonstrated by all
great political writers, by Adam Smith in England, Say
in France, Storch in Russia, and other eminent writers
in Italy, Spain, and Switzerland? Have they not all
agreed in declaring that free trade is equally applicable
to all countries, all climates, all races, and all govern-
ments? I have also to remark, that on another point
the range and importance of the English agitation have
been falsely appreciated. The repeal of the corn-laws
has been represented by some persons as the sole aim
of the League. That is not the case. I have one hun-
dred times publicly declared, in the course of our agita-
tion, that we were driving at a repeal of the corn-laws
as a means to attain a more general and more elevated
end—that we considered those laws as the keystone
of the arch of monopoly, and that when once it was
torn down the whole edifice must fall to the ground.
A month had not elapsed after our triumph when
our provisions began to be realised by the abolition of
the sugar duties, and I do not fear to say that I consider
this second triumph as more important than the first, re-
garded for its moral and social consequences, for it in-
volves a complete revolution in our colonial system."
The Honourable Gentleman dwelt for a short time on
this point, and then concluded a brilliant speech in these
words:—" Gentlemen, I cannot doubt that in France
free trade will'tfind worthy interpreters. Without doubt
some one of your eminent men, with the eagle glance of
genius, will perceive the glory which will be attached to
him who carries out such principles, and will join his
name to the noblest revolution of modern times. The
spirit of the age calls nations to a fraternal union. Phy-
sical sciences, steam-boats, railways, post-office reform,
are preparing the way for it, and it is reserved for free
trade to complete the fusion. Already the banner of
free trade is floating victoriously over my own country,
and with the aid of Providence nations will pass it on
from hand to hind until the world is enveloped in its
folds!"

This speech was received with thunders of applause,
and after several other addresses the party separated.

PRESENTATION TO COLONEL THOMPSON.—CoIoneI'
Perronet Thompson, the prime instructor of our modern
free-traders, is now in Sheffield. Anticipating his visit
a few of the staunch friends of commercial freedom,
anxious to recognise the presence of such a man in our
locality, agreed at a short notice to present him with a
slight remembrance of their esteem and gratitude for his
invaluable services, made at great personal sacrifice, to
the cause in which they themselves have been among
his disciples. The result of a conversation on the sub-
ject was an order to Mr. Henry Atkin silver cutler, of
this town, who has produced for the occasion one of the
most recherché cases of dessert cutlery we have ever
seen. The case contains 18 pairs carved mother of pearl
silver dessert knives and forks, 1 pair melon carvers, 2
pairs pickle knives and forks, 2 butter knives, 1 pair
grape scissors, and 4 pairs nutcracks. The whole are
enclosed in a splendid mahogany case, lined with blue
silk velvet: on the top there is a silver shield containing
the following inscription:—•" To Colonel Perronet
Thompson, the father of free. trade, and author of The
Corn-law Catechism,' this case is presented, as a tribute
of sincere esteem and regard, by a few of his Sheffield
friends, September, 1846." The testimonial is got up in
the most tasteful and workmanlike manner.— Sheffield
Iris.

THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 6.—The Ma-
drid, Captain Bingham, arrived in the docks at. 5 P.m.
this day, and landed the mails of the following dates :
viz:, Gibraltar, Aug. 27th; Cadiz, 28th ; Lisbon, 30th;
Oporto, 31st; Corunna, Sept. 2d; and Vigo, Ist. The
Madrid has 6 packages of specie, full cargo of raisins,
grapes, and lemons, and 46 passengers. The Oriental
Company's steam-ship Montrose, Captain Evans, is due
at the Motherbank on the 9th inst., from Constantinople,
with the East India mails.

ANIERICAN NOTABILIA.—The city of Washington
has been deserted alike by Ministers and diplomatists
since the adjournment of Congress; and amongst the
Ilittings noted are those of our Minister, Mr. Pakenham,
to Canada, and President Polk to Old Point Springs.
The Sioux Indians have exacted tribute of tobacco from
a party of emigrants crossing the prairie to Oregon.
The Sioux and Pawnees of the American prairie re-
cently had an encounter in battle, in which the latter
were defeated with a loss of 30 scalps. The Pawnees,
however, were small in number, and were taken by sur-
pt The first shipment of ice ever made from Boston 1
to Franco was recently embarked at the city named in
the Amazon for Havre. The emigrants from the United
States in California :Ire said to look back to their old
habitations with longings by no means complimentary to
the " land of promise."
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.—The fol-
lowing description of the office and qualifications re-
quired for the Presidentship of the United States, may
be found of interest, as it describes the powers, privi-
leges, and profits attached to that position. It is
quoted from Knight's admirable and extremely useful
Political Dictionary (the second half of part 14 of
which is just puhfished) :—The executive power is
vested in a President, who is commander-in-chief of
the army and navy, collects and disburses the revenue
according to law, and: makes treaties with foreign na-
tions, but in the exercise of the treaty.making power, the
concurrence of two-thirds of the senators present is re-
quired. He nominates and, with the advice and consent
of the senate, appoints ambassadors, other public ministers,
and consuls, and judges of the Supreme Court, and
other inferior officers. He has also a qualified negative
on the laws enacted by the two Houses, which becomes
absolute, unless it is subsequently countervailed by two-
thirds of each House. Ile is provided with a ready-
furnished house, and his salary is 25,000 dollars. He is
chosen by a determinate number of electors ; the voters
in each State elect as many electors as are equal to the
members which such State sends to both Mouses of
Congress. Every Stae has its own electoral college,
and all the colleges give their votes on the same day,
and by ballot. The votes are sent sealed to the Pre-
sident of the Senate. If no person has a majority of
the electoral votes, the election devolves upon the House
of Representatives, when all the representatives of a
State give but one vote. The President must be thirty-
five years of age, and he is re-eligible for life, but the
usage has been never to elect the same person for more
than two terms of four years each.
LORD GEORGE BENTINCK'S HORSE AFRICAN.—
A few days since, a person giving his name S. Bale.
came down to Goodwood to inspect the racing stud of
Lord George Bentinck, which is for sale, and eventually
agreed to become the purchaser of African at a sum of
200/. He paid 4/. in gold, and gave a cheque on (w e
believe) a Norwich bank for 196/., and was permitted to
take the horse away. The cheque was presented in due
course, and was dislonoured, the drawer either having
no effects, or being unknown. Immediately on this being
known, a warrant was issued and placed in the hands of
Mr. Pesco, the active officer of Chichester, who has been
in pursuit, for more than a week, of the man or horse,
but with what result we hare not heard.—Brighten
paper,