The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-06 00:00:00

ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY.

This favourite place of public amusement, which has
been for some time closed, was last night opened as a
Casino for Promenade Concerts and Dancing, under the
direction of M. Laurent, jun., when the following open-
ing address was delivered by Mr. Alfred Ormonde

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am deputed by the manage-
ment to return their sincere thanks for the patronage
you have so liberally bestowed this evening, and I also
take the opportunity of saying a few words in respect of
the future arrangements of this establishment. It will
be unnecessary on my part to enter into any professions
of a general nature ; suffice it to say, that it will
be the earnest endeavour of the proprietors of this
' Casino' (of which they have the responsible charge)
to maintain it in so efficient a condition in
every respect as shall render it an attractive
source of intellectual and refined recreation, worthy the
community I have the honour of addressing. In pur-
suance of this object, they confidently believe that it
will give general satisfaction to state that they have en-
tered into arrangements with the best available musical
talent in the metropolis, thereby enabling the lovers of
music to listen to the compositions of the great masters
with that &hit to which they are entitled. The orchestra
has, therefore, been strengthened in every department,
without incurring the sacrifice of the entire effect to the
prominence of one or two performers. The want of an
establishment similar to the Concerts Valentino, in
Paris, and the Casinos which are to be found through.
out Italy, Belgium, and Germany, has long been the
subject of remark among the many strangers who visit
this vast metropolis, and the projectors of this entertain-
ment, recognising the growing importance which at-
taches to public amusements, have determined to devote
their energies to the progress and improvement of music
and la danse. Public amusements, such as the
theatre, concert-room, and kindred institutions afford,
are not to be suppressed ; nor, with all deference
to those who think differently, does it appear desirable
that they should be. Far from objecting to them the lively
hope of the philanthropist is to see them made unobjec-
tionable, and the proprietors of this Casino sufficiently
recognise their indestructibility to induce them to labour
for their improvement and defence. Their first attention
will be to endeavour to remove all prejudice that might
possibly exist against entertainments of this description,
bearing in mind that a generous public are ever ready to
encourage the efforts of caterers for their amusement, as
long as they are conducted with taste, propriety, and
judgment. I may remark that M. Laurent, sen., was
the first to introduce promenade concerts in this country,
and his example was immediately followed by a host of
imitators, and I think I may venture to assert that my
friend M. Laurent, jun., first
gave a popularity to that
beautiful instrument, the Cornopean. Till to-night I was
not aware our friend was a devoted disciple of Terpsi-
chore, as well as Apollo, yet he still retains his post to
preside o'er the muse of the many twinkling feet. In
short, to quote Byron—
The fiddlers trembled as he looked around,
In fear of some false note's detected flaw,
The prima donna's heart would bound,
Dreading the deep damnation of his bah.'
Sophrana basso, even contra alto
Wished him five fathoms beneath the Rialto.
In thus quoting, I do not for a moment imagine his
musical friends wish him to descend so low in the world,
and I have no doubt they, as well as you, will join with
me in wishing that he may long occupy his present pro-
minent position, cheered and encours,g,e, d by the plau-
dits of a liberal and enlightened public.
The entertainments we were glad to see were patron-
ised by a numerous audience.

THE FAMINE ON THE COASTS

OF IRELAND AND SCOTLAND.

The Admiralty have ordered the JEolus, an old 42-
gun frigate, of 1,077 tons, and the Blonde, another -old
42-gun frigate, of 1,100 tons, the former at Sheerness,
and the latter at Portsmouth, to be fitted immediately
as depot ships for provisions for the distressed popula-
tionon the west coast of Scotland.

The Madagascar frigate, fitted, as we have already
stated, as a depot for provisions for the coast of Ireland,
has been towed to moorings at Foynes, in the Shannon,
by the Stromboli steam•sloop, Commander Fisher, which
vessel will return to Cork, with her masts and gear, to
be sent to Devonport, for another depot frigate, nearly
ready to be navigated to the coast of Ireland.

DEATH OF COLONEL LORD JOHN SOMERSET.--WC
regret to have to announce the death of the Hon.
Colonel Lord John Thomas Henry Somerset, inspecting
field-officer of the Bristol district, which took place at
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, in the afternoon of Sa-
turday. Lord John Somerset, who was much respected
in Bristol and the neighbourhood as inspecting field-
officer, was the son of Henry, fifth Duke of Beaufort.
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Faunce to the rank of major-general, arpointed as in-
specting field-officer and commandant of the Bristol dis•
trict. By his Lordship's death several noble families
will be placed in mourning. his Lordship was brother
of Lord Fitzroy Somerset, and uncle of the present Duke
of Beaufort.
CASUALITY ON THE RIVER MEnsEy.--On Saturday
ni!zlit, shortly after the eight o'clock boat had left Monk's
Ferry, she narrowly escaped a collision with the Wood-
side steamer, which was seen bearing down upon her
with great speed. To all the loud cries of " Stop her !"
which resounded through the boat, the engineer paid no
attention, and the two vessels, to the great alarm of a
crowd of passengers, barely cleared each other. As the
Monk's Ferry-boat was rapidly running ashore, the ser-
vices of the engineer were still required to stop the
engine and reverse the paddles, but he remained deaf to
all the orders so vociferously urged. The result was,
that the vessel ran ashore southward of Woodside slip,
and remained till the rising tide enabled her to paddle
off. The passengers were loud in their expressions of
dissatisfaction at the conduct of the engineer. It turned
out, on inquiry, that " the fireman had gone during that
trip to make his markets," leaving the engine in charge
of one individual, who, when called on to stop the vessel,
was below, attending to the furnace. The commissioners
will, without doubt, make such arrangements as will pre-
vent a recurrence of similar neglect.—Lives pool Albion.

INQUEST ON BARON DE BODE.
An inquest was held, at a quarter past two o'clock yes-
tei day, at 18, Grove-end-road, St. John's Wood, by Mr.
Mills, on the body of Clement Joseph Philippe Pen
Baron de Bode, aged 69, who died, as already stated,
suddenly, on Friday evening last.
Mr. Augustus Wilkins (son of the deceased) was
sworn, and said that he resided at Whetstone. Very
frequently visited at the baron's house. During his
father's last illness, "which commenced a month ago, he
had remained with him continually. Deceased had fre-
quently complained of violent paitis in the head and
chest, especially during the last fortnight. lie had been
under the homoeopathic treatment of Dr. Epps, who had
attended him nearly six years. Dr. Epps called on him
in the middle of the day on Friday last, but had not
visited him during the three preceding days, as the de-
ceased had so much improved in health. On Friday
witness was with his father during his supper, he was
then in cheerful spirits, but presently complained of
shooting pains, and observing that the supper had dis-
agreed with him, asked for a glass of water. Witness
handed it to him, but while drinking it deceased fell back
into his son's arms, and died almost instantly. Witness
sent his brother to Dr. Shute, who came immediately,
but life was extinct.

Theodore Henry Shute, of 21, Wellington-road, was
called in to deceased last Friday evening, but when he
arrived life was extinct. He had made a post mortt-nz ex-
amination, and considered the immediate cause of death
to be loss of power in the heart, from ossification, and
effusion in the pericardium.
By the CORONER—CouId give no specific reason for
death occurring on that evening, except perhaps in-
creased excitement. But still, from the extensive ossi-
fication displayed by deceased, death might have hap-
pened in the absence of all excitement.

Mr. MILLS having addressed the jury, they unani-
mously gave a verdict of " Natural death from ossifica-
tion of the coronary artery, produced by natural causes,
but hastened by anxiety of mind, consequent on the
state of his affairs."

TRAGICAL OCCURRENCE NEAR
FOLKESTONE.
FOLKESTONE, OCT. 3.—During the last few days, the
villages adjacent to this town have been most painfully
excited by the commission of a double murder, in the
parish of Elham, about ten miles distant, and the suicide
of the murderer. The unfortunate victims were the
wife and child of the wretched perpetrator of the deed,
named Sharruck Richard Bragg, a bricklayer by trade.
Ou Wednesday morning he rose at an early hour, and
while his wife was in bed with an infant by her side, he
struck her violent blows on the temple with a hammer,
and then committed the like violence on a little girl, five
years of age, which lay in a side bed, after which ha de-
stroyed his own life by cutting his throat.
The particulars attending the dreadful catastrophe
may be gathered from the subjoined evidence which was
adduced at the coroner's inquest on the bodies. It was
held at the King's Arms Inn, at Elham, before Mr. T.
T. Delasseux, one of the county coroners.
William Jaggers, a schoolmaster residing in the vil-
lage, was first called. He said that he had lodged at
the house of the deceased for about ten months. The
family consisted of Sharruck Richard Bragg, his wife
Mary, and her two children, the eldest named Ellen,
aged about five years, and an infant aged four months.
The conduct of the deceased man towards his wife and
children was most kind. On Tuesday night, about half-
past ten o'clock, witness went to bed; the deceased, his
wife, and children had retired before that time. About
half-past five o'clock on the following morning he heard
a heavy fall on the floor in the room of the deceased;
shortly before which he heard the wife of the deceased
groaning. The groans continued and at times grew
louder. About six o'clock witness got up and dressed
himself, and on looking out of the window saw a little
girl knocking at the front door. He immediately went
down stairs and opened the door, but the child was gone.
He then discovered some blood lying on the floor in the
front room, which is under the apartment occupied by
the deceased, and on looking up he perceived more
dripping through the ceiling. He instantly called up a
female named Quested, and desired her to go and open
the bedroom door of the deceased.
Ann Quested, the wife of a blacksmith, was next exa-
mined—She deposed that at about half-past six o'clock
on Wednesday morning she was called by the last wit-
ness to go into the deceased's room. She did so, and
was horrified on seeing the deceased man lying on the
fluor covered with blood. She also saw the bedclothes
saturated with blood. Being much alarmed, she hastened
down stairs for assistance.
Richard Foreman stated that he had known the de-
ceased about twenty years. For the last five or six
years he had seen him frequently. During. the last few
weeks he appeared much troubled in his mind, and had
complained to witness about it. He was with him for
about three-quarters of an hour at his house on Tuesday
evening. He was then low-spirited, but witness did not
observe anything unpleasant between him and his wife.
He left his house at nine o'clock.
By a juror—Deceased always appeared very much at-
tached to his wife and children.
James Bragg, brother to the deceased, said that, on
Tuesday evening, about seven o'clock, he met his
brother, and had some conversation with him. For the
last month deceased had laboured under a depression of
spirits. Witness was at work with him about three
weeks ago, he was then strange in his conversation, -and
different from what he had been in the habit of being.
By the CORONER—From what he had seen and heard,
he believed that the deceased was jealous of his wife.
He had heard the deceased say, " If I was to die, there is
another man ready to marry my wife."
Sarah Bragg, the wife of the last witness, was then
called. She was one of the first to enter the deceased's
bedroom on the alarm being given. She saw the de-
ceased man lying on the floor. He was quite dead, and
the upper part of his body was covered with blood. On
a chair near his corpse she found a razor covered with
blood. She then went to the bed and lifted the infant
from it. The mother was perfectly insensible, and was
groaning heavily. The little girl was in a side bed. She
was covered with blood. They were both breathing.
Mr. James Beattie, surgeon, of Elham, deposed to the
nature of the wounds which the murderer had inflicted,
and from which both his wife and child had died almost
immediately after his being called in.
The CORONER briefly summed up the evidence, and
left it to the jury to state whether the deceased man was
the master of his actions when•he destroyed himself and
wife and child.
The jury consulted together, and then found " that
the deceased Sharruck Richard Bragg killed and slayed
Mary his wife, and Ellen his daughter, while in an un-
sound state of mind, and while in that insane state did
destroy himself by cutting his throat with a certain razor."
The catastrophe has created much sensation in the
neighbourhood of Elham. The wretched man was in
his 29th year, and bore a very good character.

NARROW ESCAPE.—An accident of a frightful
nature occurred in our cathedral on Tuesday last,during
the performance of morning service. As our readers are
aware, workmen are now employed in putting In new
windows in the east side of the venerable building ; and
at the time we speak of they were in the act of removing
a mullion from the upper part of one of the old windows
when, owing to the crazy state of that part of the
fabric, some of the tackle gave way, and the stone, which
would weigh nearly four cwt., fell through the opening
into the choir below—the two men engaged in the work
saving themselves from following it by catching at a
cross beam, by which they hung for some time. The
stone fell with a tremendous crash into one of the pews
within a few feet of seats occupied by the Rev. A.
Brown, the precentor, and singing boys? Fortunately
all escaped without injury, there being only one or two
persons in the cathedral beyond those engaged in the
service. The seat and wood of the pew into which the
stone fell were much broken. Until that day, the seat
had been regularly occupied by a lady, a stranger, every
morning for nearly a fortnight.—Carlisle Journal.

costs.

NUMEROUS ROBBERlES.—Yesterday information of
the following robberies was receiued by the police :
From the house of Mr. Smith, No. 3, Chester-street,
Pimlico, two time-pieces; from a closet in the shop of
Messrs. Buddell and Phipps, Sloane street, Chelsea, 35
yards of Irish linen, and several pairs of half boot fronts;
from outside the shop door of Mr. Pringle, tea dealer,
No. 77, Bishopsgate-street Without, a small chest of
black tea; from the premises of Messrs. Grant and
Company, pawnbrokers, Parkside, Knightsbridge, a
brass bound box, containing watches, jewellery, &c.;
from inside the doorway of Mr. Rending, No. 13, King
street, Long-acre, a roll of Welsh flannel, measuring 60
yards; from the house of Mr. Ballard, No. 34, Wey-
mout-street, Walworth, a canvass bag, containing a
silver watch, with guard and gold ring attached, and five
sovereigns, and a coarse canvass bag, containing 55 sove-
reigns and Bs. in silver.

SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER.—ShortIy be-
fore two o'clockjyesterday morning the fine vessel known
as the Promethea, from Cork, having reached Fenning's
wharf, made preparations for slipping anchor opposite
that establishment, when unfortunately the cable was
found not sufficiently long, the tide being exceedingly
high at the time, and upon an examination of the other
anchor it was found that the chain was missing, and the
consequence was, the steam being down, that the vessel,
which was fitted with the screw propeller, began to drift
rapidly in the direction of London-bridge, immediately
in front of the middle arch. At this time the vessel was
filled with a cargo of provisions of every description be-
longing to the Irish trade; and besides the crew there
were on board a considerable number of Irish labourers
with their wives and families. Notwithstanding the
utmost activity on the part of the hands on board and
the Thames police, to prevent the vessel from coming in
contact with the bridge, the foremast caught the crown
of one of the arches, and the mast gave way, sweeping
before it everything on deck, from which the passengers
had fortunately been previously ordered by the captain.
The funnel of the steamer next met the stone work of
the bridge, and so great was the shock that the whole of
the chimney was torn away with a tremendous crash; the
hind mast was ripped down, and the stern posts cut off
level with the floor of the deck. The funnel fell over-
board and sank instantly. Assistance was afforded as soon
possible to the affrighted passengers on bourd, many of
whom expected that the vessel would go down. But
such was not the fact, and none of the crew or passengers
are missing. The damage to the bridge is trifling, but
to the owners of the Promethea it must prove of serious
amount.
STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCE.—A short time ago a
resident in Dornoch had a hen which hatched four birds,
and then died, leaving the little ones to themselves. In
this dilemma one of the little birds was put with a cat
who had kittens, but took kindly with the orphans; and
upon this being observed the other three birds were in-
trusted to the same nurse. The cat is now most zealous
in her charge, defends the young brood from all aggres-
sors, and the little birds run after her through the house.
If any other cat comes near? sho defends the feathered
foundlings, who come under at night, and, in fact, dis-
charges all the domestic duties to chuckie,—John o'
Groat Journal,

1V UMW US AND FATAL ACCI-

DENTS.

Yesterday several accidents occurred, which, from the
serious nature of the injuries sustained, will, in all pro-
bability, terminate in loss of life. The first occurred to
a man named William Smith, aged twenty-nine years,
residing at No. 28, Upper Marsh, Lambeth, and a youth,
named John Wood, aged sixteen years, living in the
same neighbourhood. They were employed in painting
the front of a mansion at Balham-hill, Surrey, and whilst
so engaged the man Smith, who was standing on the top
of a ladder, missed his footing, and fell to the ground
with great violence, and in his descent some portion of
the scaffolding fell upon the youth. The former was
raised up, and was found to have received a fracture of
the right leg and severe internal injury, together with
fractured ribs. The other person was likewise most se-
riously injured, several ribs were fractured, and his body
much contused. They were removed to St. Thomas's
Ilospital.—Another accident happened to a man named
John Trassall, aged forty-six, of Cherry- garden-stret t,
Rotherhithe. lie was ostler at the Golden Ball Inn,
Bermondsey New-road, and while carrying a pail of
water from the yard to the front part of the house, he
slipped and fell down a flight of steps, whereby he sus-
tained a compound fracture of the left leg.—The third
accident occurred to William Frost, aged forty years, of
Friday-street, Cheapside. He was a carpenter, and
while engaged with several men in altering a shop front
in Watling-street, he fell off the cross planks placed be-
tween two ladders into the carriage way. When raised
from the ground he was found to have received a frac-
ture of the left leg and contusions. lie was carried to
Guy's Hospital.—Another accident took place to a young
man named Frederick Belcher, aged twenty years. He
was in the employ of Mr. Jones, tallow-melter, &c.,
Kent-street, Borough, and while turning the handle of a
crane, it slipped from his grasp, and inflicted a frightful
wound on the scalp of great length. He was conveyed
to Guy's Hospital.—lnto the same hospital was carried
a man named John Whitehead, aged thirty-five years, of
Green Dragon-court, Tooley-street He was assisting
in one of the hop warehouses in St. Saviour's Dock,
when one of the pockets fell from one of the loop-holes
and severely injured the spinal cord and other parts of
his body.—About seven o'clock last evening a boy named
Edward Cooper, aged ten years, whose parents reside in
Isabella-street, Waterloo-road, was crossing the carriage
way facine. St. George's Church, Southwark, when he
was knocked down by a cab, and before the driver had
time to stop the horse, the near wheel passed over his
body. He was taken to St. Thomas's Hospital, where
it was ascertained that he had received serious internal
injury.

DREADIFUL MINE EXPLOSION.
THREE LIVES LOST.
On the morning of Saturday last the inhabitants of
West Bromwich were thrown into a state of great excite-
ment by the report that an explosion of sulphur had taken
place in one of the coal-pits of the late Mr. Horton, at
Lyttleton Hall. Great crowds of persons immediately
proceeded to the mouth of the pit, which is situated
about half a mile from West Bromwich, on the Oldbury
road. On arriving at the spot, it was found that the
rumour was but too well founded. The most intense
anxiety was entertained by the friends and relatives of
the miners in the pit, a great many of whom had de-
scended but a few minutes previously, aggravated by the
circumstance of the rush of air consequent on the ex-
plosion having forced two hats belonging to some of the
unfortunate men up the shaft of the pit, and to several
hundred yards' distance. Their fears for the safety of
the miners were unfortunately realised; and the whole
circumstances connected with the melancholy catastrophe
were speedily ascertained. It appears that Mr. John
Baylis, the " doggy," or manager of the pit, had gone
down, as usual, with the miners, to the number of
twenty-four men and boys. As was customary, he
tried the workings with the safety lamp; and in the first
side of the work he discovered an accumulation of sul-.
phur. He set the colliers to disperse it, and shortly after
went to the other side of the work to ascertain whether
any sulphur had been forced into it out of the first. In
about ten minutes after the explosion took place. It is
impossible to tell how it occurred; but the probability is,
that it was through the carelessness or negligence of
some of the colliers, who are always anxious to get to
work as soon as the sulphur is dispersed, taking a lighted
candle into the workings—the reckless individual pro-
bably paying the penalty of his imprudence with his life.
Its effects were very afflicting. Seven of the unfortunate
men who were engaged dispersing the sulphur were
dreadfully burned, their bodies in some parts being
literally roasted by the flame and blackened by the
clouds of vapour. Suspended in the skip, about eighty.
yards down the shaft, which is sunk to the depth of
three hundred yards, were John Robinson, the engineer,
and William Hadley, a workman engaged in repairing
the shaft when the explosion took place. The hot air,
which rushed up the shaft with irresistable violence,
carried the skip and the men for some distance upward,
when it became unhooked from the rope to which it was
attached, and these two unfortunate persons were pre-
cipitated to the bottom of the pit, a depth of nearly 800
feet. They were aw fully mutilated ; and, in their blackened,
shattered, and mangled remains, it would have been diffi-
cult even to trace the outline of humanity. Their remains,
as soon as possible, were gathered up and removed ;
and the sufferers by the burning were conveyed home.
A lad named Joshua Cash, about seventeen years of
age, was dreadfully scorched. He bad been at the
bottom of the pit at the time, and was completely en-
veloped in flames. Mr. Baylis fortunately observed his
condition, ran to his assistance, and succeeded in extin-
guishing the burning clothing, which bung about his body.
He was carried home, but his injuries were of such a
nature as to preclude all hope of recovery, and after
enduring intense agony, death terminated his sufferings
on Tuesday forenoon. The other men were also at-
tended to with the least possible delay. Their names
are John Watson, John Smith, Peter Brown, Levi
Fletcher, John Wilkinson, and James Wallett. With
the exception of Watson, who lies in a very dangerous
state, hopes are entertained of their ultimate recovery.
What adds to the poignancy of the infliction, is the cir-
cumstance that, with the exception of Wallett, they are
all married men, having families. On Monday an in-
quest was held at the Star and Garter, West Bromwich,
before George Hincliliffe, Esq., on the bodies of Hadley
and Robinson. All the evidence went to show that there
was no criminal negligence on the part of the managers
of the pit, and that the dreadful occurrence which had
deprived these men of life had been purely the result of
accident. A verdict to that effect was accordingly re-
turned. An inquest was also held on the body of Cash,
at the Rising Sun, West Bromwich, before Mr. Hinch-
liffe, when a precisely similar verdict was returned.—
Birmingham Journal.

„,
LEAPING OFF A TRAIN.—A case was heard before
the magistrates on Saturday of much importance to all
travellers on railways. On the 17th ult. a passenger
booked from Allonby to Dalston, on the Maryport and
Carlisle line, but instead of alighting at that station, re-
mained upon the step of the carriage until the train
reached the holme near Cummersdale, when, while it
was in motion, leaped off I. The engine was stopped, and
the young man picked up insensible, but he soon reco-
vered, and was found to have escaped with a scratch on
the face and a ” shake." The train was delayed, in con-
sequence of the foolhardy " lark," and Mr. T. C. Hey-
sham, one of the directors of the company, hearing of
the circumstance, determined upon making an example
of the offender. The law awards a penalty not exceed-
ing 20s. to any one who shall ride in a railway carriage
without paying the usual fare, or without procuring a
ticket, and the passenger, not having booked at Dalston,
rendered himself liable to conviction under this clause.

He pleaded guilty, and on the recommendation of the
directors, who wished to bring the case forward as a
caution to the public, the magistrates fined him. ls. and

DESTITUTION IN THE HIGHLANDS.--At Initrary,
on Wednesday last, the 30th ult., a meeting was livid of
the county of Argyll, to take into consideration the pre-
sent critical state of the poor and labouring population,
in consequence of the failure of the potato crop. The
Marquis of Breadalbane was called to the chair. His
Lordship, after alluding to the bleak prospects before
the poorer classes, stated as his opinion that the proprie-
tors of land must in a great measure provide for the
exigency which had arisen; and until each of them in
the county had done his utmost to meet the urgency of
the case, they would only go to Government with little
chance of success. The present was, therefore, empha-
tically the time to commence improvements on their
property, and thus afford employment to the poor. The
Marquis of Lorne said the proprietors of Argyll would
not shirk the obligations which lay on them to attend to

the welfare of those on their estates. At the same time,
considering that the pressure would not fall equally on
all the proprietors, he did think they had grounds to call
the attention of Government to the question, with the
view of asking its assistance towards two or three im-
portant objects. Two of these were emigration and the
encouragement of the fisheries; and, as to the third, he
thought the attention of the Executive should be espe-
cially called to it. This was the providing a supply of
food for those who were able and willing to purchase it,
thereby affording the same justice and favour to the
people of the Highland; of Scotland—who, although less
unruly, were suffering as much from destitution—as to
the people of Ireland. A committee was then appointed
to draw out resolutions to meet the case; when, after a
brief delay, a string of resolutions was unanimously
agreed to, and a committee appointed to carrythem into
effect. The meeting then broke up.
Dews' STRAITS FlSHERY.—Advices have been
received by the cod-fishing vessel Diligence, Captain
Straiton, from Captain Harrison, of the Lady Jane
whaler, belonging to Newcastle, dated August 14, stating
that the fishery has been an unsuccessful one, and giving
the following account of the ships :—Newcastle—Lady
Jane, 3 fish. Hull—Abram, 3 fish ; Truelove, 2 ditto ;
Princess of Wales, 2 ditto ; Lord Gambier, I ditto.
Bo'ness—Alfred. 2 tish. Kirkcaldy—Chieftain, 2 fish ;
Caledonia, 2 ditto ; Regalia, clean. Dundee—Horn,
6 fish ; Princess Charlotte, 4 ditto ; Advice, 4 ditto ;
Alexander, 3 ditto. Aberdeen—St. Andrew, 3 fish ;
Pacific, 3 ditto. Peterhead—Traveller, 1 fish ; Joseph
Green, 1 ditto ; Resolution, clean ; Superior, ditto.
Captain Harrison states that he never before saw so
much ice in the Fishery ; that he had been north as far
as lat. 74 10., and south to lat. 65 50., and could see no
prospect of a passage to the westward. The floes of ice
were exceedingly large and heavy. He had just got at
liberty from being beset in lat. 69 40., and wu,s proceed-
ing to the south to make another attempt to get through
the ice. When last down, on the 23d of July, in lat.
66, there were 130 miles of ice, and he could not ap-
proach the west land. There had been some strong
gales of wind, which it was hoped might open a passage
Ts S
to the land. At the date of this letter the 19 ships ad
only 43 fish.—Aberdeen Herald.
THE SALT MONOPOLY.—As illustrative 'of the
operations of the salt monopoly, it may be stated that
the cost of a cargo of salt in Liverpool is fifteen shil-
lings per ton. On this small sum the impost levied
by the East India Company is 81. 3s. 6d.--Liverpool

PROCLAMATION OF THE COUNT
lIE MONTEMOLI,N.
Basques and Navarrese,—The revolution, involved in
the chaos of its fatal measures, urges us on towards the
abyss in which it hopes to bury your liberties, rights,
and privileges—those precious gifts derived from the
virtue and heroism of your ancestors. Not content with
having traitorously and shamefully vioicated the most
sacred of your venerable institutions, it has proved false
to the very promises with which it deceived the incau-
tious, credulous, and docile children of Biscay and
Navarre, and trampled under its ignoble foot that con-
stitution which, if its theory had been realised; -might
have conferred happiness on a nation with laws less wise
and well considered than those of Iberia. The Govern-
ment under whose yoke you groan, and which, whilst
you were armed, promised you a hundred times the ism-
servation of your privileges, is about to strike a room tal
blow at your dearest interests now that it thinks you
powerless.
The tributary system, the offspring of error and mis-
conduct, is about to plurge you into the meat abject
poverty. Your sons and your brothers, torn from their
hearths by the Quints, are about to swell the ranks of
your oppressors. The disloyal and anti-national banner
unfurled within your provinces is a perfidious snare to
deprive you of the most vigorous of your youth. The
extraction of salt, the culture and preparation of tobacco,
the free exercise of your industry and commerce, are
about to be abolished by a stroke of the pen. Your
1 forests, which have hitherto given you such rich profits,
are quickly destined to pass into the power of your ra-
pacious governors, not to be applied for the benefit of the
country ; in short, you will see yourselves deprived of
your deputations, which constitute your power and the
wisdom of your legislation. You will no longer have
those fathers of the provinces who represent your rights
and defend your interests. All your prosperity is about
to vanish for ever. You know, fly experience, what
credit ought to be given to those deceitful promises of
peace and liberty. Soon will you experience the re-
sults of your generous but imprudent confidence, if you
do not hasten to throw off the yoke which is attempted
to be imposed on you.
Will you ever consents Basques and Navarrese, to
such degradation? Will you suffer an outrage which is a
stain on your nobility, your loyalty, and your reputa-
tion? -Will you longer bear this tyrannical, and at th,e
same time shameful oppression?
Oh! forbid that your enemies should complete your
slavery and ruin! Beware, lest, once enchained, it may
be difficult to break the fetters which bind you.
Basques and Navarrese! at the words "Laurac-bat "
let the four provinces rise like a single man! Come,
fly to enlist under the banner of your lawful Prince,
whose sovereignty is the representation of your liberties,
your wealth, and
,prosperity ; of the angust young
Prince, the prisoner of Bourges, whose paternal and
beneficent sentiments you know. He has sent the olive
branch L. his enemies! nobly and generously offering
himself as the holocaust, as the expiatory victim.
The enemies of the country, preshming, without dqpbt,
on our peacefui and conciliatory aspect, in exchange for
the kiss of peace which we offered them, have_ replied by
insults and sarcasms, with which their odious journals
are daily filled. Instead of receiving the olive branch
as a pledge of concord, they have rejected it with arro-
gant contempt. Basques and Navarrese, we have
fulfilled our duty by this offer of peace! Let the
responsibility of the evils which are about to .enre
fall with all its weight on those who excite them.
Eternal war to the malevolent who have refused peace !
Let us unfurl the standard of true liberty, order, and
justice.
Charles VI. is the envoy of Providence to restore to
you prosperity and happiness, of which you have been
so many years deprived. It is he who can Make you
happy, whoj'has promised you a noble, benignant, and
protecting overnment worthy of your sentinse
Basque s and Navarrese, Charles Louis is In a
despot, the antagonist of progress and of sound liberty,
as his enemies have asserted. This youthful Prince,
an exile from his most tender years, has learned to
govern in the school of misfortune ; in it he has studied
the wants of his generation, and the means of satisfy.,
ing them in conformity with duty and justice. His
knowledge, 4iis frankness, his amiability, and his many
virtues are known to you. Who but he- has claims to
your love and loyalty ? To whom but to him is it
given to put an end to the evils which afflict you ?
Basques and Navarrese, let union and decision be our
device ! Let us forget old feuds, if, indeed, any re-
main in our memories. Let us know, for once, what are
our real interests, and save our country and our honour
from the disgrace which threatens them.
Long live the King ! True liberty for ever ! Long
live our ancient Constitutions ! Long live our Fueror
Camp of Honour and True Liberty,
at the foot of the Pyrenees, Sep-
tember 14,1846.

A CHILD SUFFOCATED AT ITS MOTHER'S BREAST:-
Yesterday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at the Surrey
Arms Tavern, Thomas•street, Kennington, respecting
the death of Harriet Lloyd, aged five weeks, whose
parents reside at No. 25, James-street, Camberwell
New-road. The deceased was the daughter of 4...corn-
positor. On Wednesday afternoon last the mother fell
asleep on the sofa with the deceased in her arms, and
when she awoke sometime afterwards she discovered the
child quite insensible and black in the face. She imme-
diately conveyed the deceased to the surgery of Mr.
Carr, in the Camberwell New-road, who pronounced
that life was extinct. He subsequently made a post
mortem examination of the body and found that death
had arisen from suffocatiOn, most probably from pres-
sure against its mother's breast whilst lying on the
sofa. The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental
death."

ANOTHER RISE IN SHE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yester-
day the bakers of the metropolis advanced the prier of
the 41b. loaf to 10d., with an intimation that before the
termination of the present week a still further advance in
price will take place. At most of the second price shops
also, the 7d. loaf was increased to Bd., but some trades-
men were selling at 71-d.
. _ _

In the Ballina sloe 'Star, just publishes], the follow-
in appears:—" ALARMING RUMOUR.—Jnst as we were
going to press, a report, which has rapidly spread through
town, reached us, to the effect 'that Mr. Monsghtn,.2l
Heath Lawn; the father of the Solicitor-General,
fired at last night. We have made every inquiry which
our brief time renders possible, without being able to
learn the particulars, but we are led to believe that there
is no further foundation for the rumour than the fact
that Mr. Monaghan has been threatened."
ON THE PARALLAX RECENTLY DISCOVERED Or AN
ANONYMOUS STAR IN THE GREATER BEAR.—Since the
beautiful and original observations of the illustrious
astronomer of Konisberg, the late M. Besse', of the dis-
tance of the star No. 61, or Sigma, of the constcllaiion
Cygnus, it is not to be wondered at if, excited by a noble
emulation, some other distinguished astronomers have
also applied themselves with great exertion to a kind of
research, which, like this, unfolds to the astronomers of
future times a field fit to produce fruits of the most
wonderful discovqries. With a method still better, and
of short solution, M. Faye, of Paris, announces Lis
having found the parallax of the star 1830 of Groom-
bridge—an anonymous star of the constellation Ursa
Major—of which the proper movement of seven seconds
yearly had been already recognised by M. Argelander.
if the observations of Faye are exact to the minuteness,
which all the examinatory trials seem to 'confirm, this
star, which moves the most rapidly of all, is, moreover,
the nearest to us of all those that we knoW of. Its
parallax is not less than a second aild six hundred pats
of a second (1.06). Thus the distance of this star from
the earth is equal to 195,000 times the mean distance of
the earth from the sun—a space which light travels in
about three years.—Raccolta Scientifica di Rome.
THE CASE or THE RAJA OF SATTARA.—Last
evening a public meeting was held in the Vestry-room of
St. Pancras, Gordon-square, to hear a statement from
Runjo Bojee, the accredited agent of the deposed
Raja of Sltttara, relative to the deposition of that Sove-
reign, with the view to excite the sympathy of the
public in his favour, the exertions of the an• agent and
others on behalf of the exiled Prince with the Govern-
ment, having hitherto proved unsuccessful. There was
a very respectable attendance. Mr. T. P. Healey, bar-
rister, was called to the chair. Several gentlemen all=
dressed the meeting, and resolutions were unanimously
passed, sympathising IN ith the Raja, and recommending
to their representatives in the House of Commons to
bring the case before Parliament, in order that his High.-
ness might obtain speedy and effectual redress for, the
wrongs he has suffered. The meeting very warmly ap-
plauded the various speakers, and the appearance and
statements of Runjo Bapojee in particular excited much
enthusiasm.

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS IN YORK.—During the
present week this city has been honoured with the pre-
sence of several distinguished personages from France,
who are making the tour of this country, to inspect the
railways and other great public works. The party com-
prised his Excellency Monsieur Dumont, Chief Secre-
tary of State for the Department of Public Works;.
Monsieur Girod de I'Ain, private secretary to
Ex-
celleney; Monsieur Teisserenc de Bert,
he
Chamber of Deputies, and Chief Commissioner
Conseiller la
Railway Department; Monsieur ITochet,_for France
Member
his
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at Newcastle; Monsieur Trubert,
Paris.
Deles-
rert, son of the Prefect of Police in The Hen.
telindueddsovin'siEsq., havita
Cour des Comptes; Monsieur Dillioann,dC]soinosnusliefourrFranc
to this ci ,
vne them. They have
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evaismiteeddvoawrinoussppeaciratsilyof Scotland, and arrived via New-
castle in this city. On Monday they were occupied
throughout the day in inspecting the immense factory
and buildings of the York and North Midland Railway
Company, and they appeared highly delighted with the
various works, and the order and regularity which is
maintained throughout the establishment. Afterr. ards
they inspected every other obket worthy of attraeth.a
in our yen( ruble and important city. In ehe
Mr. Hudson entertained the distinguished strangers at
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nished by Mr. Hill, at the refreshment rooms. AUr
making a hasty survey of the delightful scenery ut this
fashionable resort, they returned to this city, and from
thence proceeded to Leeds the same afternoon. Mr.
Hudson having an important engagement at Derby tte,
Tuesday, was unable to attend his guests to Scar borough.
They expressed themselves greatly gratified by the polite
attention and hospitality of the lion. Member for Sun-
derland, avid the general kindness evinced by the other
gentlemen connected with the York and North Midlands
Railway. On Wednesday the distinguished party ar-
rived as Sheffield, where they were met by Mr. Barlow,
engineer of the Midland Railway, and, attended by him,
they proceeded on a trip of inspection over that giganfic
undertaking, and its various branches, as far
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