The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-27 00:00:00

rTHE WEIN, LONDON THURSDAY EVENING, A.ITGUST 27, 1M&.

land" is a circumstance of peculiar signilicanoe. It
is, we take it, an augury of better days for his native
country. It is an important encouragement to the
metnbers of the present Administration.
Our readers are, we presume, familiar with our
views of Mr. O'CortrtELL's agitation for repeal;
e.e need scarcely repeat that, to our thinking, it is a
struggle after an impossibility, a pursuit of a mirage,
—that it is, in short, altogether chimerical. We are
thoroughly impressed with this conviction, and yet
we are likewise thoroughly impressed with the con-
viction that this agitation for repeal, when conducted
on the principles of moral force, may be productive,
and has been productive, of eminent good to the
people of Ireland. As a powerful means of obtaining
political and social justice to the community, the
Repeal Association may prove, and has proved, sin-
gularly useful. Having repudiated the doc-
trines of revolutionary fanaticism, it must show

policy, to the best of his power he must carry them
into execution. But if a new state of circumstances
should arise during the absence of the person by
whom the orders were given, which he might fairly
presume would have induced the command-
ing officer to countermand the orders he had
given, and if he acts, to the best of his judg-
ment, on the advice of such prudent and com-
petent persons as he may be enabled to consult,
if he is uninfluenced by improper or sinister
motives in the course he finally resolves
on—we say, that so far from being brought to a
trial, exposed to the annoyance and expense of pre-
paring a defence, and to the mental uneasiness and
trouble which must be felt by a highminded and
chivalrous officer placed in such a situation, and,
finally, severely or at all reprimanded, he ought to
receive the approbation and thanks of those to whose
hands the administration of the naval affairs of the
country is entrusted. We have stated that the sentence
of the Court-martial was the most lenient that could
he pronounced on conviction, but let it not be sup-
posed that it is by any means a trivial one to an
officer who has devoted his life to the service of his
country, who has for many years borne an un-
blemished reputation, and sustained the honour of the
service to which he belongs, it must occasion the
most bitter regret, the most painful emotions, to
think that any act of his, although admitted to be
honest and well-meaning, should have exposed
him to the censure of a tribunal composed
of his brother officers. The sentence, which
might appear insignificant to an ordinary person
might be of the weightiest import to such a
man ; and it is because we feel deeply that Captain
GORDON was justified in the course he adopted, that
he exercised a wise and proper discretion, which was
accorded to him, not only by the imperative neces-
sity that must ever exist therefore, but. also by the
very orders of his commanding officer—feeling
assured that the Gallant Admiral himself 'would ap-
prove of the conduct of his subordinate in every
particular, and believing that such a court-
martial was premature until a complaint
was preferred by the person whose orders were
alleged to be violated, and that, as a precedent, it
may be productive of the most injurious con-
sequences, deterring other officers from acting
on their honest convictions—we have thought it our
duty to vindicate the character of a British officer,
the descendant of our ancient nobility, the
worthy bearer of a time-honoured name. We
may not agree with Captain GORDON in the
political principles he has no doubt conscientiously
entertained ; but GOD forbid that we should be influ-
enced by any such motive in withelding the expres-
sion of our feeling as to the manner in which he has
been treated. Our want of space forbids us from
examining the entire evidence, bnt any person calmly
reading the orders of Sir GEORGE SEYMOUR, must be
sa►,isfied that the discretion was given to Captain
GORDON. lie is told to afford every assistance to the
merchants in embarking treasure, either in the America
or in one of the sloops under his orders ; that he is to be
guided by his own discretion, founded on the informa-
tion he shall have received relative to Mexico,
whether and when he shall proceed there ; he finds a
freight much larger than was anticipated by the
Ad niral ; he receives a document, signed by the
British merchants, urging on him, in the strongest
manner, the injurious, the ruinous consequences which
might ensue should he tranship the specie from
the America, and not proceed with it to England ;
he is fortified in his decision by the advice of the
British Consul and of the officer next in command
to himself ; and, having arrived at the only correct
conclusion under the circumstances, he sacrifices
his wn pecuniary interests, to a certain extent (for
he was the officer whose duty it would have been
in a few months, according to the routine of the
service, to have taken a freight home to England),
to what he considered to be his duty, and for the
benefit of the interests committed to his charge, and
having so acted, it is hard, indeed, that he should be
subjected therefore to what we conceive to be most
undeserved censure. The manner in which he acted
respecting the moneys to which he became entitled is
also most creditable to Captain GORDON. Befura he
left Mexico he distributed over 1,0001. amongst his
ship's crew, and expended the remainder in the deco-
ration of the vessel placed under his command; and,
immediately on his arrival in England, he took mea-
sures for reserving the amount to which he became
entitled for the conveyance of this specie to England,
in order that the same might be transferred to the
agent of Captain OsisLow, or any other officer who
might have suffered pecuniary loss by any supposed
error in judgment on his part. Such conduct speaks
for itself, and renders it impossible to be supposed that
the honourable and highminded officer could have
been influenced by base or mercenary motives.

itself peculiarly serviceable. Conducted in that
manner, we cannot but regard repeal as a beneficent

delusion.

We admire the explicit language in which Mr.
O'CONNELL has confessed his abhorrence of physical
force. He cannot be a loser by the expul-
sion of the Young Irelanders from the Associa-
tion. At the last meeting in Conciliation Hall
a remarkable testimony was given that, in spurning
the assistance of these spurious patriots, the Liberator
is exciting the admiration and eliciting the acquies-
cence of the more sensible among his countrymen.
On that occasion no less then one hundred and thirty
Roman Catholic clergymen were present, osten-
sibly for the purpose of sanctioning the course
recently pursued by the Association. Mr.O'CoNszLes
scornful allusion to the physical force advocates—
" Faugh! Vindication by the sword talked of by men
who would be afraid to look at a poker r'—must have
been peculiarly grateful to his hearers. The very
quietude of the Repeal Association just now is infi-
nitely mare impressive than its recent bluster.

The German papers announce the arrival of the
QUEEN-DOWAGER of England at Frankfort, on the
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M. FLOTTWELL, who has resigned the office of
Minister of Finance in Prussia, has been appointed
President-in-Chief of the province of Westphalia, and
M. DUESBERG, a Privy Councillor, and the head of
the Department of Justice at Berlin, has been ap-
pointed the new Minister of Finance.
Madrid papers of the 20th have arrived.

The Gazette contains a decree commanding the
Political Chief of the Belearic Isles to cashier the
members of the municipality of Palmas, who, " under
an apparent respect for the constitution, had neg-
lected their duty and exceeded their authority, by
having refused to authorise the payment of the taxes,
for the second half of the present year."
According to the Espanol the French Ambassador
has formally communicated to the Spanish Govern-
ment that the French Cabinet has abandoned the
choice of Count TRAPANI as candidate for the hand
of the QUEEN of SPAIN, and would support the
claims of the Duke of CADIZ (Don FRANCI3CO
D'Assts). The Heraldo asserts that the British
Government will support no candidate but Prince
LEOPOLD of Saxe Coburg.
These papers contain news from Lisbon of the 14th
confirming the intelligence already received of the
discovery and suppre-sion, by the Count Das
ANTAS, of a Cabralist consiAracy to excite a
revolt among the troops of the garrison of Li-bon,
and of the arrival of the British Squadron of Evolu-
tion in the waters of the Tagus. The arrival of the
British fleet, it is said, greatly excited the choler of
the worthy GONZALES BRAVO, nominally the repre-
sentative of the Queen of SPAIN, at the Court of her
most faithful Majesty, but in reality the secret agent
of COSTA CABRAL, the Conde DI TM/MAR.
MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 20.—The Three per Cents.
closed on the Madrid Stock-Exchange on the 20th
inst. at 341 cash'; the Five per Cents., 221 cash ; the
Four per Cents., 21; cash; Passives, 61 ; and the
Coupons, 201 cash.

We have received the Paris papers of Tuesday.
They are almost exclusively occupied with con-i•
ments on the various contested returns now in the
course of trial by the Chamber of Deputies.
The Epoque gives the following resume of the
principal provisions of the commercial treaty recently
concluded between Holland and Belgium :
" The concessions which have been respectively made
by Belgium and Holland differ in their character; those
of the former are principally maritime and commercial,
whilst those of the latter are manufacturing. Holland,
however, whilst stipulating for advantages for her flag,
for her colonial produce, and for her fisheries, has not
been forgetful of certain articles of her manufactures
and her soil. Her carpets, coarse woollen goods,
cattle, and corn, have obtained exceptional con-
ditions. Belgium, on the other hand, while she
has secured a privileged market for the varied produce
of her manufactories, has not lost sight of the interests
of her mercantile marine, and her shipping may export
from Java 8,000 tons of merchandise, on nearly the same
1 conditions as Dutch subjects. This concession would
have been the more profitable to her could she have
recovered in the Dutch Indies the national position which
she enjoyed at the time of her union with the low coun-
tries; but at least she will procure back-freights for such
of her vessels as visit the Chinese seas—a new field just
opened to the commerce of Europe. The produce of
Belgium comprised in the treaty is iron of all descrip-
tions, mercury, cutlery, furniture, cotton, worsted, and
linen tissues, glass, and coal—in a word, nearly all the
articles produced at Charleroi, Liege, Brussels, Ghent,
Verviers, and Mons. For some of them Belgium obtains
the terms granted to the most favoured nations, and for
the greater part special advantages. The relative libe-
rality of the customs-laws of 'ifland appears to lessen
the value of these exceptions ; but the short distance
between the countries will enable Belgian commerce to
derive great advantages from them, and they guarantee
her during the continuance of the convention against
certain prott-ctionist tendencies which were contained in
the Dutch tariff of 1843. The commercial and maritime
concessions made to Holland are of several kinds. The
Dutch flag is assimilated to that of Belgium in the most
extended sense; various changes are made in the Belgian
law of differential navigation dues in favour of the
colonies entrepeds of Holland; the produce of the
Dutch fisheries is favoured in Belgium ; some of it, such
as fresh fish and cod, to the limit of a certain quantity,
and others without any limitation. It will be seen that
this treaty embraces a very great number of objects,
and is of a nature to create a close commercial intimacy
between the two countries. In Belgium the treaty has
been favourably received, except by the fishermen of
Ostend, by the rearers of cattle, and .by the manufac-
turers of coarse woollen goods."
The Count DE PARIS, the eldest son of the late
Duke of ORLEANS, and the grandson and heir of his
Majesty the KING of the FRENCH, entered his ninth
year on Monday last. his Royal Highness, who
will, according to the laws of France, attain his
majority in 1856, is described as enjoying excellent
health, although he is of a delicate constitution. He
is tall for his age, and his features strongly resemble
those of his father. He has made much progress in
his studies, and he expresses himself with facility in
the German, Italian, and French languages."
The Chamber of Peers met and proceeded to the
trial of HENRY. The report of the proceedings will
be found in another column.

Knowing the just and generous sentiments now
entertained by the Legislature towards Ireland, and
observing the salutary measures in her regard which
have already received the patronage of the Ministry
and the acquiescence of the Imperial Parliament, we
turn with remarkable interest to the proceedings of
that great Association in which the opinions of the
Irish people are embodied. After all that has been accom-
plished, and considering all that is intended to be realised
in respect to the prosperity and happiness of that popu-
lation, the views of that population as to the deeds and
the promises of the mw Administration cannot but
be matter of intense curiosity to every individual at all
interested in the welfare of this magnificent empire.
The expres*ions, whether of satisfaction or of discon-
tent, uttered by that community form the true gauge
of the prospects of Ireland ; and those expres-
sions can most readily be collected and collated by
referring to the sentiments expressed in the periodical
meetings at Conciliation Hall. That the disaffection
of the Irish people has long found vent and still con-
tinues to tind vent through the orators of the llepeal
Association, is a fact requiring no logical exposition—
it is one of the truths already recorded in the history
of Great Britain. It is for this reason, therefore, that
we turn with the utmost inquisitiveness to the comments
upon Lord Jonx RUSSELL and his colleagues, uttered
in the Corn Exchange, Dublin. •

On Monday last the weekly meeting of the
Repeal Association was characterised by many grati-
fying declarations from the lips of Mr. O'CONNELL,
and by the most satisfactory moderation amongst the
individuals there assembled together. Everything
evinced the cordiality with which the repealers wel-
come the propositions, and the pleasure with which
they witness the enactments, recently made by Go-
vernment. Everything assures us that there is at
present a most propitious opportunity for assuaging
all the miseries of Ireland, for obliterating the odious
memory of our injustice towards her, and for fulfill-
ing the project which was so beautifully and
chivalrously advocated by the late Premier
on his memorable withdrawal from office—the
elevation of Ireland to a perfect equality with Eng-
land both socially and politically. The quashing
of the Coercion Bill, the suppression of the Arms
Bill, the restoration of the repeal magistrates, the
avowed sentiments of Parliament, and the policy of
the Russell Administration—all assure us that the
diposition of our Legislators is well calculated for the
seizure of this opportunity. Nor is the population of
Ireland blind to this metamorphosis in their rulers.
During his address to the meeting, on Monday lait,
Mr. O'CONNELL avowed his satisfaction with the
course already adopted by the Ministry, and in doing
so he particularised two of the latest efforts made
by Government in behalf of his fellow-coun-
trymen—namely, the modification of the law of
ejectment and the improvement of the old system in
distraining for rent. For both these endeavours to
ameliorate the condition of the peasantry the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman expressed himself grateful,
and he emphatically designated the former as " the
first instalment of justice to Ireland !"—that justice,
for the acquisition of which DANIEL O'Co-NNELL has
been striving so long, so nobly, and so perseveringly !
The temperament of the Liberator is any-
thing but of an accommodating character ;
he has always evinced a most excessive
repugnance to concession ; his patriotism is essen-
tially an obstinate patriotism. The history of the
Repeal Association is alone an emphatic testimony of
this fact—O'CoNsieu. having persisted in advocating
the re-formation of an Irish Parliament, notwith-
standing the most incessant derision, and in spite even
of State prosecutions. From this very pertinacity,
therefore, in the disposition of the Liberator, his ac.
ceptance of " the first instalment of justice to Ire-

The Chamber of Deputies was still occupied with
the verification of the powers of its members.
Accounts have been received from Algiers of the
20th. ABD-EL-KADER was represented as being at
Kasbah Kroum, near the route of Fez to Ouchda.
lie has been joined by some of the Arabs dispersed
among the Beni-Snazzem, and is still endeavouring
to gain over the emigrant tribes to his cause.
The sums lodged in the Paris savings'-banks on
Sunday, the 23d, and Monday, the 24th of August,
amounted to 571,569 f., whilst the sums withdrawn,
during the same period, amounted to 636,513 f.
The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Tuesday at 83f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 1211. 70c. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,273 f. 75c.; Rouen, 960 f. ; Havre,
700 f.; Great Northern, 7101.; Avignon, 911 f. 25c.; Vierzor,
6251. ; Bordeaux, 566 f. 25c. ; Boulogne, 380 f; Troyes and Mon-
tereau, 362 f. 50c. ; Basle, 220 f. ; 96t pot 5051; Dieppe,
s9of. ; Paris and Strasburg, 496 f. 25e. ; Tuurs and
Nantes, 505 f. Paris and Lyons, 5251. ; Lyons and Avignon,
490 f. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 482 E 50c. ; Belgian Two-and-a-
Half per Cents., 56 ; Spanish Passives,
The following are the quotations for new lines :••••
MARSEILLES, AUG. 21.—Marseilles and Avignon, 807 f.
50c. ; Northern, 7001. ; Paris and Lyons, 5201.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAIL WATS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, AUGUST 26.
Demerara, 2!4—hutch Rheilish, 6 —East Indian, %,—Great
Western Bengal, —ltalian and Austrian, I% —Namur and Liege,
27i —Orleans and Bordeaux, BIA —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 5%
Rou.eu and Havre,27 —Sambre and Meuse, 4 .

A singular fraud, committed upon Messrs. Coutts and
Co., was the subject of conversation in the City yesterday.
It appears that a person having a cheque for 51., increased the
amount to 5,0001., by an obvious alteration, and succeeded
in getting Bank-notes. This operation having been accom-
plished, he lost no time in going to the Bank of England,
and changing a part at least of his newly acquired notes for
gold. As yet, we believe, there is no trace of the culprit.
Sir George Baker, Bart., and suite, the Baron Mun-
chausen, and Colonel Fulton, arrived in London yester-
day afternoon by the General Steam Navigation Company's
steam-ship Soho, after a delightful run from Ostend.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, were
7,000 bales. including 1,500 for export. The market
was firm, and for American very full prices were obtained.
Other sorts were without change. Cotton was not so
freely offered. American realised 4d. to sid. per lb.
Shares were rather dull again.
It has been of late a matter of too frequent remark,
that the committees of management of lie", railways,
either abandoned or lost by the decision of Parliament,
are slow to come forward with a statement of accounts,
and to wind up affairs. This charge cannot be laid to
the managers of the Irish Great Western Railway (the
Dublin and Galway), to the Bideford and Tavistock,
and a few others. But still there are very many
other committees who required woi king up, and a sug-
gestiou having been made that a little publicity in this
respect would not be amiss, as occasion serves, it may
be politic to give the names of a few of the most promi-
nent of the parties who hold back accounts and retain
moneys belonging to scripholders. What are the War-
wick, Worcester, and Rugby people doing, for in-
stance ?
By the returns furnished to the Board of Trade the
quantity of tea entered for home consumption, up to the
sth December, is stated :It 40,956,4481b5, against
38,291,0731b5. in 1844, and 37,009,4381b5. in 1843, show-
ing an increase of more than two and a half millions,
attributable principally to the general employment of
labour. If, consistently with other financial arrange-
ments it were possible to carry out the suggestion of a
reduction of duty to ls. or even ls. 6d., it is probable no
period would be more propitious. On the importance of
a step, the policy of which is so generally admitted, it is
not now necessary to dwell.
Our relations with China, both commercial and poli-
tical, continue uninterrupted. The only one of the new
ports that at present promises to rival Canton in the
extent of trade is Shanghae, where the silk trade is
already mainly conducted, and where, probably,
before many years elapse, no insignificant pro-
portion of the tea trade will follow. The
policy of the re-surrender of Chusan has
been gravely questioned, but, involving as it does
the god faith of our Government, there can be no
doubt of the issue. Our efforts might be more reason-
ably dire ciecl to obtain the conseut of the Chinese au-
thorities to declare it a free port.
The stack in London at the present time may be
estimated at 34,000.0001 be , and the deliveries from Len-
don this year have been 22,780,0001b5., including the
home consumption of " the great metropolis," the
quantity sent coastwise, and the exports to foreign ports.
The settlement of the Consol account has given a de-
cidedly favourable turn to the Stock Market, and prices
are up to 4 per cent., the quotations for Money being
95-Ig, and tor October 14, 96 to There have been
stone large amounts carried over, and this indicates con •
fidence. Exchequer-bills have been worth 10s. to 13s.
premium, and East India Bonds under 1,000/ 19s. to
24e. premium. The New Three-and•a•Quarter per
Cents. have been quoted 97- to 98*, and the Three per
Cent,. 96 to 4.
In the Foreign market there has been very little pass-
ing. Portuguese Four per Cents have been marked 421,
being eteady ; Spanish Three per Cents have realised
361 ; and the Passive 54. Mexican Bonds have been
worth 24, and Brazilian Five per Cents 894. Dutch
Four per Cents have been quoted 934
For Railway Shares the market is very dull, and
where sales are pressed. which, however, iias not been
in a dozen cases altogether perhaps, the quotations have
been rather in favour of the buyer.

BRITISH FUNDS.

ONE

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Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. .. 96% 96%
Three per Cent. Consols Annuities .. .. 95%% 96
New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anus. 98 97% 98% 9814
Long utities, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 .. 10% 5-16 10 7-16
Ditto. 30 years, Oct. 10, 1859 .. 10% 10%
India Bonds, 1,0001. .. .. .. .. ..
Ditto, under 1,000/. .. .. .. .. 24 19 19
South Sea Stock .. .. .. ... .. ..
_ _

18s to 28s; quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 18s; and Milch
Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 181 each.
LEWES, AUG. 25—Be, f, from 3s to 4s 2d ' • Mutton, 3s 6,1
to 48 8d ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; Veal, 38 6d to 4s 4d ; and
Pork, 3s 10d to 48 6d per 81ns. Supply moderate, and trade
firm.

.. 95%
941 A,
110.
10 13 pm.
10 13 pm.
10 13 pm.
ONE
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. 89%
Di -xicati Bonds, Old, b per Cent ..
1846, 5 per Cent ••
Ditto, for the Account
Portu4uese Four per Cent
Ditto, for the Account ..
panish Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto, tor the Account
D.t,o, Passive Bonds .. • .
Ditto, Three per Cent .. 3AY2
Ditto, for the Account 36%
Invinends on the above payable in London.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent .. 93% %
Ditto, 41.cr Cent. Certificates .. 94
BUSINESS
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PAID. DONE AT
PRICES.
ONE O'CLOCK.
81A

Ditto Old Annuities
.',onsols for Oct. 14
~.xcliequer
1,0001...
5001. .
Ditto, Small

.. .. 24
.. .. 42%

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PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES.

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Aberdeen.. .. 15 .... ••••• • • • ..
Amber., Notting., Boston, and
Eastern J unction 2% •• • • 13 'Ts •••• • • • •
Birmingham and Gloucester.. .. 100 ....427 128. •. • ...

Ditto, New (issed at 7% dis.).. 1734 • • 31%
Birmingham and Oxford Junction 2 .• • • 534 34 ••• • • • •
Bristol and Exeter 75 ........
Ditto, New .. 5 .... 1034 •• ........ 1036
Buckinghamshire 425. %% dis... • . 34 dis.
Caledonian •• •• .. 20 .... 153 ....
Ditto. half Shares .. 214 .... 144.. ....
Cambridge and Oxford 1% % •
Cornwall 5 .... 34 1... s 1
Direct Northern 2% 1 % 44 .. • • • •
Easteni Counties 141. 1b5..... 2234 . 2234
Ditto New .. 10/. 165..... % p•• •• . • p
Do. Perpet., 5 per Cent. No. 1. 61. 13s. 4d. • • •• ..
Ditto, ditto, .. —No. 2. 61. 13s. 4d. 34 p••• • • •
Ditto, York Extension 10a..... 234 ..... •• •
East Lancashire .. 14 .... 23 22.14 ••• • • •
Edinburgh and Glasgow .. .. 50 .... .. ••••• .•
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% .. •• 17 .•• • •• 1754
Goole, Doncast., and 7heftleld, &c. 425. % dis • ... 9g dis.
Grand Union (Nottingh. & Lynn) .........
Great Southern & West. (Ireland) 25 .......... 2834
Great North or England . ..100 .... 228
Ditto, New .. .. 15 ... 50 ........ 50
Great Western .. 85 ....14634 • • ..... 14634
Ditto, Halt shares 50 .. 83 •..•...•.. 83
Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 10 .... 2234 .. • . 2236
Hull and Selby .. • • .. •• 50 ....
Ditto, Half stares . • .. .. 25 5034.... 50%
Ipswich mid Bury St.Edmunds .. 9 .... 834 834
Ditto, ditto, and Norwich .... 24 • • ........ 2
Leeds anal Bradford • • • • .. 26 .......... 68
Liverp., Manch., & NO./C.:Janet. 2% 1%
London a d Brighton .. • . •. 50 . 6334.......... 6334
London and Croydon • —l3l. 15s. 9d .. 23% .•..•• • • • • 2334
London an North-Western . • • 100 ....my, 20634.... 20634
Ditto, Quarters•
D.tto ditto New Shares • • • • 16 154 p 151 A p
Lot.don and South• Western • • 411. 6s. 10d... 74 .... .• .. 74
Ditto, New Consol. Eighths .. 40 .... 56
Ditto, New .. • • • • 173, .........
London and York .. •• • • • • 2 •• • • 234 • • •• • •
I)itto, Half Shares .• • • • • 2% •• .. 1% .. •• • .....
Manchester and Leeds .. •• • • 82 ..........
Ditto, half Shares .. 38 53 .
Ditto, Quarters .
Ditto, Firths .. • • •• • • 3 .... 11 103¢ ......
Ditto Extension ......425.....29434 P • • • • • •
Manchester and Birmingham .. 40 ..........
Ditto, Quarter Shares (A) • • 5 .... 1394 • ...
Ditto, Quarter Shares (C) .. 1 ....
Manchester and Southampton .. 2 .... •sA % ......
NiaLtt-td .. • • • • 100 • 139%
Newcastle and Darlington Junet. 25 .... 43 424 •...
Ditto, New 1 .... 1514 114
Newcastle and Berwick .. •• 15 •• • • 27%% ••..• • ..
North British .. • • • • • • " 25 •• • • 38 %•••• • • • •
Ditto, Halt Shares .. • . • • 11
Ditto, Carlisle Extension .. 134.... 4........ 41;
North Stairordshire . • • • • • 425. • ... 3314 p • • 3% p
'
Oxtbrd,Worcest.,& Wolverhmptu. 12% 8
ilcd
19
S
. 12%.... 194
iotrhnCdentra..l 10
iiiirewstntry• and Birmingham .. .... 2% 294
Shropshire Union . • .. . 425. 34 dis
South Eastern and Dovor .. • • 333 .. • • 4234 % .. 4
1/4
Do., New (do. 151.) .. No. 4. 234 33„ 334
South WAICS •• • • • • 5 .'..• 434 4 ...... • •
4 is
Vine of Neath .. • • • • • • 2 .• .. 134 1........1........134
Wen hiding Union •• • • • • 425. •• .. 214 3 p 3 p
Vox it and Carlisle . • • • • • 234 •• • • 3s •••• • • • • 34
York awl North Midland • . Hi)•
Extension • • .. .. 20 .... : 9 38% • • .... 383!
Do. E. and W. Riding Exten.• • l ... 12%

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

lord., Tool., Cette ti ackenzie) 2 .... Il4••... • .. • .
Ditto, ditto (Espelete) 2 .... I
Dutch Rhenish .. 6 .... 65%•.. • . . . .
East In , .„ .. ss. .... % •••• • • • •
Northern or France C(nstituted.. 5 •• .. ••••- • • • • •
Orleans and Bordeaux .• .. 6 8% ••••• • • • • .
Paris and Lyons Constituted • • 5 •• • • ••••• • • • •
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
London and Westminster .. 20 .... 28% ••••.. • • • •

MINES.

P
2%
2231

83
101,4
21,4 p

Heal del Monte. Unregistered •• •... 2.34
EgaArrat. —ln yesterday's List, read Lancaster and Carlisle 65
3,A, instead of 65 65},2.

BANK OF ENGLAND.-(THIS DAY

QUARTER-PAST THREE.
The following notice has just, been issued by the Bank
of England:—

"Bank of England, Aug. 27, 1846

" The minimum rate of interest on bills discounted by
the Bank of England, not having more than 95 days to
run, will for the future be 3 per cent."

LLOYD'S SHIPPUN G.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, Apo. 27.—Wind N.E., light pleasant breeze, and
fine clear weather.
DEAL, AUG. 26 —Wind N.E. strong.-21. Arrd. Tweed,
Norelius, Bahia, and sld. for Gothenburg. 26. Acatj,,u, Bahia,
and sld. for the
OFF SANDGATE, .AUG- 23.—Pr. Syntax, Lriguna, Bremen.
OFF BEAVIIV HEAD, AUG. 26.—Enna, Packwoed, Per-
nambuco, for Br men.
FALMOUTH, AUG. 26.—Wind E.-24. Off port, Industri-
ous, Fraser, Sierra Leone, for Plymouth.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 26.—Wind S. E.-25. Sld. Cordelia,
Hughes, Calcutta; Camilla, Jackson, Demerara; Stirling-
shire, Rattray, blaranham ; Agnetuet, Mosher, New Orleans;
Narraganset, and Emblem, Smith, Destiliccho ; Frankfield,
Mitchell, Miramichi ; Hyndford, M'Alpine, St. Mar% 's,
N.S. ; Naomi, Walsh, Dalhousie; Christiana, Magee, Quebec;
Ceylon, M'Alley, ditto; Susan, Gray, ditto; Coeur de Leon,
Kendall, Montreal; Magnet, Marton, ditto; Baron of Bram-
her, Flinn, ditto ; Harriet, Williams, Newfoundland. Oft
port, Devonshir,e Champlain, Springfield.
BRIDLINGTON, AUG. 25.—.Arrd. Alert, Fisher, London for
the Orkneys, to stop a leak.
LAscasimt, AUG. 20.—S1d. Charlotte, Fence, Quebec ;
Alcyone, Stricks, Quebec.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Wee:, ended Aug. 22, 14,16 made up from the Returni or the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Enland and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.

I WHEAT. IRAKLET.I OAIB. EYE. MEANS. I PEAS.
PRICE 45s lid 27s 5d 23s 3d 30s 10d 38s 8d 36s 9d
lOs MI 4s 01 is 6d 4s Od 4a 01 4s Od

MARKET NE Ws —( THIS DAY.)
MEAT WZILIIILLI: S.
SotrrnALL, AUG. 26.—We had a very steady demand for
the primest Beasts and Sheep, but other kinds of stock were
somewhat neglected :—Beef. from 2s 6d to 4s ; Mutton, 3s 4d
to 4s 8d ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 2d ; and
Pork, 4, to 4s 6d per bibs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, AUG. 26.—0 n the whole, we had a very steady
trade, on the tollowlog terms ;—lien; twin 2s 8d to 4s; Mut-
ton, 3s 4d to 4s Gd ; Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 6d to
4s 4d; and Pork, 3s 10d to 43 Gd per 811)s. Suckliug Calves,

_ ..._ ..,.... _
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ; THE HAYDOCK.LODGE 2,,UNATW
EGHAM RACES—Wnexesrtv. , ASYLUM.
The list, as we intimated in our last, improved vastly on. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SMV•
the first day,- bringing out horses of a superior grade, and i Sin,—You will greatly oblige me by Allowing We tO
realising an amount of sport that gave an eclat to the meet- I correct an error which appears in the newspaPerso• _
ing, which, truth to speak, had but an indifferent commence-
the re ports of the speech which I addressed to the su!:
meat. The weather was extremely favourable, and the at- of Commons y esterday. I attribute no blame to th
teudance, not so large, perhaps, as we were in the habit of gentlemen who wrote those reorts. In addressing SO
meeting when Egham rejoiced in Royal patronage, but still few Members
numerous and fashionable. The course was well kept, and ew as were present on that. occhasionoledenaritili
the general arrangements were creditable alike to the stew- so long a period it is difficult to sustain te v .
ards and their officers. The racing commenced shortly after pitch which will enable the speaker to be heard In
eth_e..
one o'clock, and was brought to a conclusion before half-past galleries. In the absence of a large audience the neer
~..eir
five.. We subjoin the results:— sary stimulus for loud speaking is wanting. The. f;..
Sweeps bf 10 sovs. each, with 25 added; for 2 yrs old colts, to which I allude refers to the relative positions of ?I,_
Bst 71b, and fillies, 9st 41b; winners once 41b, and twice Coode and Mr. Mott, as they have been described
ilu
71b extra. T.Y.C. (7 Subs.) their own statements before the Poor-law Corninfsel°n,
Baron Rothschild's The Daughter of the Star...(H. Bell) 1 ers and the Lunacy Commissioners respectively--sfatea -
Sir G. Heathcote's br c by Liverpool, out of Carolina 2
Mr. John Dav's The Tartar , 3 ments quite distinct, and made at different times .9/11
The following also started, but were not placed:--Mr. places. My information on the subject was. den 7 .
Death's La Danseuse, Duke of Richmond's Pell Mell, Count from two official documents: first, the minute ofn !ill!,
Bathyany's Teresina. Poor-law Commissioners, dated June 13th; see° O,J,
Betting-7 to 4 agst Tartar, sto 2 agst Pell Mell, 3to 1 the report of the Commissioners of Lunacy, dated
agst Carolina colt, and 4to 1 agst the winner. The Tartar July 23d. -salon-
took a lead of three or four lengths, and made strong play to (Extract from the Minute of the Poor-law Comm
the distance, where the Carolina colt and the Baron's filly ers, June 13, 1846.)
joined him, and the trio raced home together, the filly
winning by a neck; the same between second and third;" It appeared from Mr. Coode's explanation that bifs.
legal interest in the establishment is only that of a lan
Pell
Pell Mell a bad fourth. Run in 1 min. 17 sec. 1 lessee
lord ; but, inasmuch as he stated that the actual
The Surrey and Middlesex Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 a Resew
(in whose name the license is taken out) i
only 5 if declared, with 50 added. The winner of the
Brighton Stakes 71b extra, of the Queen's Plate at Brighton nearly connected with him by blood, the Commission P
fro:
or any other handicap amounting to 1001. 41bs extra. Two thought that the arrangement was, on the whole,
miles and a distance. (35 Subs., 21 of whom declared.) compatible with his office of assistant-secretary. ._
Mr. Ramsbottom's Pineapple, 6 yrs, Bst 71b ........ (Sly) 1 (Extract from the Report of the Commissioners In
Mr. Worley's Example, 5 yrs, Bst 31b
Sir S. Spry's fby Sir Hercules—Taglioni, 4 yrs, 7st 10Ib 3 EXAMINATION OF Ma. MUTT, ON THE 15TH or
Mr. S. Scott's Mosque, aged, Bst 31b 4 JULY, 1846.
Betting-7 to 4 agst Mosque, sto 2 agst Pineapple, 3to 1 . Mr. Mott, the Superintendent of the asylum,
agst Example, and sto 1 agst Taglioni filly. Mosque made also vl5
afterwards summoned to attend the Commissioner',
5
the running, followed by Pineapple, the Taglioni filly
third, and Example last. No change took place till they devoted W
in London, with the view, chiefly, of their ascertaining
what portion of his time and attention was ,_,I
reached the distance, Mosque then gave way and Pineapple Mott attentive
objects unconnected with the asylum. Mr. .
_,„at,
went on with the running and was never afterwards headed,
and won by half a length. Run in four minutes and four before the Commissioners on the 15th of July Iliunta
seconds. and, in answer to their interrogatories, informed tnv..,
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs, 7st 51b; four that he had been appointed, in the month of OefeDc7j
yrs, 9st llb ; five yrs, 9st 111 b ; six yrs and aged, lOst 21b ; 1845, auditor of certain poor-law unions, and commen.s.4,
Two miles and a distance. his duties regularly at the end of March last, and 7
Mr. John Day's The Hero, 3 yrs (A. Day) 1
Mr. Moor's Wolfdog, 4 yrsfinding the labours involved in his appointment wee
Sir G. Heathcote's bc by Hetmau Platoff—Nannette 3 yrs 2 inconsistent with his duty as. Superintendent of r
Count Bathyany's Tragical, 3 yrs
_lrdafteof
Mr. Winch's Oliver Cromwell, 5 yrs ... 5 office in favour of Mr. Whelan (formerly stove ,0
5 to 4 on The Hero, and 6 to 4 agst Wolfdog. Oliver the. Han well Asylum), and that he should continue `0 ge•
Cromwell went away with the lead, and made the running exercise the duties of Superintendent of Ha,ydock ..buZIP:
for about three parts of a mile; it was then taken up by The only until the license of that house could be leg"' '
Hero, who made the pace severe, had it all his own way, and transferred into Mr. Whelan's name."
won in a couple of lengths. Run in 3 min. 29 sec. The These papers must speak for themselves.
Hero and Wolfdog were entered on Monday instead of at I have the honour to be, Sir, your very obedienf,ser.
the ordinary time of entering for the plates, and were pro- vent, THOMAS WAxa.•
tested against on the ground that this plate, being paid out of 35, Bedford-square, Aug. 27, 1846.
the Queen's privy purse, instead of out of the fund allotted
to the Master of the Horse, it must be subjected to the com-
mon regulations of the meeting, and that therefore entries
on Monday were bad. Different opinions having been given
by Lord George Bentinck and the Hon. Captain Rous, the
horses ran under protest, and the point is reserved for the
proper authorities, Mr. Winch also made an objection, on
the ground that his was the only horse shown at the entry
on Friday.
The Amateur Stakes of 10 sown each, and 25 added ; for
three yrs old, 9st 101 b ; four, lOst 101 b ; five, llst 51b ; six,
and aged, list 121 b; gentlemen riders; the second to save
his stake, and the winner to be sold for 1501. Heats, one
mile. (9 Subs.)
Mr. P. Rolt's Collingwood, 3 yrs (Owner) 1 1
Count Bathyany's Master Stepney, 4 yrs .... 3 2
Mr. A. Ricardo's The Widow, aged
First heat-5 to 2 on Collingwood, who won by a head.
Second heat-4 to lon Collingwood; won by a neck.
The Egham Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 10 added from the
fund, and 20 by the South-Western Railway Company;
3 yrs old, 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; 5 yrs, Bst 101 b ; e yrs and
aged, 9st 11b; mares, &c. allowed albs, &c. Heats, one
mile and a half. (4 Subs.)
Mr. West's Rowland, 6 yrs, 7st 51b (Mann) 1 1
Mr. Death's Subduer, 6 yrs, Bst 31b
Count Bathyany's Master tepney, 4 yrs, 7st llb 3 3
Both heats won in a canter.
THE ST. LEGER.
14 to 1 laid agst lago, and 20 to 1 agst Free Lance, whose
backer would have gone on at the price.
THE LATE BENTINCK STUD.—It is now determined that
the ceming sale at Tattersall's shall be on Monday and
Tuesday, the 7th and Bth instants. The first day will be
confined to the three yrs old and upwards, in training, 10
lots • 3 yearlings, 10 mares, covered by Emelius, and 5 co-
vered by Slane. The second day will be confined to two yrs
old, 17 lots; which being deeply engaged, must be seen at
Goodwood.

OtECEIVED THIS DAY.)
STOURBRIDGE RACES.-rTuESDAY.

The Ladies' Purse of 30/., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs.

TRIAL OF JOSEPH HENRI
LOu.
THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF

fi ea
PARIS,_AnG.2S.—The trial of Henri having been
for Tuesday, 25th inst., the preparations were wade to
the Chamber of Peers, which had constituted itself 101 l
a court of justice. The excitement in Paris Wes vonde.
trifling, and the tribunes in the Chamber were but mlae
rately filled with spectators. At a quarter paSt tile re
o'clock the Peers took their seats, and their names vie_,
called over by one of the secretaries. The same arrstir
meats were made as during the trial of Pierre Lee°rate
on the 4th and sth of June last. rt one
The prisoner Henri is a pale, short man,
years of age. His forehead recedes considerably,
leer
his nose is large and projecting. He wore speettled
and was dressed in black. His appearance reseui"trii
that of a respectable mechanic in his Sunday attire. •L'ea,
demeanour, on taking his seat, was perfectly cornrs.er,
and when questioned by the Chancelier Duo rtscinigist
he replied with calmness and in a loud tone, and vv-
the act of accusation was read he paid great attention eh
The act, after giving the details of the attempt (w,tri
have already appeared in our columns) urged that %fie
was in full possession of his faculties, and was As
in
as he had been during the thirty years he bad was
business as a maker of fancy articles in steel. Peace'
interrogated at length by the Chancellor, and ,r,,e'y be.
without reservation to all the questions, stating .7nois.
" he fired at the King in consequence of the gre,a",nedi-
fortunes he had suffered. For six years he ha tried
tated suicide; and unable to kill himself, he hu&
some means by which he should be killed. tie tut di
c,
his mind to fire on some distinguished person, "t- hitt
not mean to kill, only to touch (gee je touche), cb or
and, when he fired he said to himself; bill
not touch, it will be all the same:" No one i e tw°
intentions but himself. He premeditalecl eOl
shots. His pistols were charged with sltl6' „"og W,
the powder being rammed down with a At' Ist (4
of white paper. Had intended to fire on tPe7th) W
,
July, when he mounted guard in the Legion but
which he belonged, and took his pistols with (• bat
afterwards delayed it, being unwilling to Wulf:001
on his company, and from respect for the, oil 2g;
Guard ; then resolved to fire on the Sing ° ugh
and did so. He stated, with much empbes°, et
least wrong.
he had worked hard and never done tne
he was unsuccessful in business, in dbt, anu el
raindd
fehis
ol
iutge
,11
which o thwi sasattempth
ntt
to hehim be. st
could not kill himself, he resolved that men should
ti;
him. He had foreseen all, and had not tailed in
way to t
as o
. i et
g
desire. He did not wish to live longer, but to bet 13.
stroyed (aneunti). This portion of his statenien
made with excitement and gesticulation, and he °TO
nued for nearly an hour to explain his motives, 90 has
he had suffered for six years. About two o'clock' tie
r"
he seemed exhausted, a basin of broth was brovof
him, which he drank eagerly, his hands sbakint 1;p
much. He then took apinch of snuff with muchgustcholf
again replied to the questions of the Procureur-Geteortie
Hebert, with the same readiness he had displayed tc".,ord
the Chancellor ; but when the Procureur used Chess r),
" kill," he said, " You always use the word kill,
I meant only to fire at (firer sur) some great ferroie
age." The Procureur-General then read to 'lnn old
extracts from a manuscript found at his abodet_ded
which was entitled "Premeditation "and which ester; 00
to 220 closely-written pages, as well as other paPe
14
of which formed a thick " blue book" when in t7Pnests
these works there were such passages as " Whell;setun
is determined to leave this life, the plan is to fire a; pre
great personage, end kill hini, or be killed."
cureur pressed him closely on these words, enu;.ol
planation was by no means clear ; but he per, "ceber,
saying he meant to hit or wound, but not to Gill. 006
passages, quoted by M. Hebert, he combatted 11, Os
he had changed his views since he wrote some
c"
passages. the
The Marquis de Boissy then remarking thatrn 1006
cased seemed fatigued, proposed a short adjou
„Joe
which took place for halt an hour. At three 01the etl
interrogatory a as resumed, and at half-past tbrenatieue`h
amination of the witnesses commenced,
Itn sad
°-
whe the expre left Paris.
is expectedss that the trial will conclude to-o°l°n'.

, .
each. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Raworth's Engineer, 3 yrs, 7st 41b...(Bradley) 1 2 1
Mr. Jones's Sailor, aged, 9st 31b .
Mr. Price's Glideaway, .5 yrs, Bst 131 b 3 dr
Even on Engineer. Won by three lengths.
The Gold Cup Handicap of 10 soya. each, h ft, the second to
save his stake. Two miles.
Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Flintoff) 1
Mr. Hook's Buttress, 3 yra, bat 121 b - 2
6t04 on Buttress. Won by half a length.
The Himley Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. One mile
and a quarter.
Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Owner) 1 1
Mr. Baker's Red Skin, 5 yrs,Bst,
Sir C. C, ckerell's Amazon, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b
Mr. Robins's Sweetbriar, 3 yrs, est 41b
Won by a neck.
HEREFORD R ‘CES.—WEDNESDAY. _
_

The Hereford giae;;T 60 added

- -
Twice round.
Sir J. Gerard'a Morocco, 3 yrs
Mr.- J. Day na Regalia, 3 yrs ' 2
Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger, 4 yrs
Not placed—Mr. Grath's Fox-Whelp, 4 yrs—Sir V.
Cornevall's Master Downes, 4 yrs—Mr. C. Lilay's nd Cha-
rity (h b) 6 yrs—Mr. Featherstonehaugh's Zela, 5 yrs, and
Mr. Wall's Minus, 5 yrs.
The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, half ft, vith 25
added, twice round and a dis., were won in 4 heats by Mr.
Wall's Zela, beating Mr. Powell's Cracksman, Mr. Daven-
port's Thurgerton, Mr. Herbert's Shipmate, and Mr. W. H.
Johnstone's Blind Hookey.

WELSH MIDLAND RAILWAY.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
We understand that in consequence of some aspersions
on the character of the Welsh Midland direction, pub-
lished in one of the railway papers, a deputation, con-
sisting of Mr. Maubert, Chairman of the Committee of
the Railway Department of the Stock Exchange, and
Mr. Mathey, attended by appointment on Tuesday last
at the offices 17, Park-street, Westminster, officially to
investigate the state of the accounts, and to inquire fully
into the circumstances of the Company.
These gentlemen were received by Mr. Pritchard and
Mr. Baxter, the secretary and solicitor of the Company,
and an elaborate statement of the receipts, expenditure,
and liabilities, were unreservedly laid before them, and
fully explained in every particular.
The result of this interview was so entirely satisfac-
tory to the deputation, that they declared their continued
confidence in the honour and integrity of the board, and
assured the solicitor and secretary of the Company that
they should advise the Stock Exchange to fall in with
the views of directors, and continue to confide in their
management.

604
The' e
REGISTRATION OF THE CITY OF LONDOl4:law
address and advice of the council of the Anti-CO, prericAhl•
to attend to the forthcoming registration has ue-„rs ea
responded to in the City of London. the 1811-sea accord
League in this department and locality having
r. frier;,i,
and continued by a few of its local and most Raattiloort
for log
ere there was time to arrange any new ass°celed, if we
iaurpose ; and great seems to have been the,i)ths escertait,
judge, from the results; since, in spite ° the existP°
numerical inferiority of the Tory interesL
register, which we have good authority
test the bi'ven
wards of 2,000, they seem determined to con
thall'a,oo•
field in the Registration Court with more 4-- the -
inspirited perhaps by the dissolution of the League,
Of iv.
dition of parties being such that with vigilance
Tory agency, and with abeyance of that of the nerea
the City might possibly be secured in their 0
The number of notices of objections which 11°
posted on both sides, but especially on the Pam'o
the Tories, considerably exceeds that of any formel
for sotating to be totr,
sion, and in the course of Monday and Tue,5,,„4 .;
two last days for serving such notices) L"-- bola
posted by the Reformers close upon 1,800 objections, 4,0 e,"
hold and livery, and on the part of the Tories nearlYriy t,.1313
The disparity of these numbers shows most stry"leittrole'-st
peremptory necessity of energy on the part of the A tfie);o
not only if they wish to secure the vantage- grouc!!o-10,ere:ti,
present possess, but if they would save the great dun
citadel of the world from being carried by assault.
~1-,."05ci0n,,,,
sting character of the constituency of the city 01 1,',1
seen by the present state of the lists of the bonsai(); reiPs'on
there being 1,665 of the names on the existioc,r cents of
omitted from the new lists, being upwards of 13 Dew Da.,3 es.
the whole. The total number of names on we nin,, cli
household voters is 14,258, of which 3.364 are %tit %%I'oo
being nearly 23% per Cent. of the gross number' d ondo
„
number will, of course, be considerably reduc_ee Ulte"
hearing of the objections. The Reformers hi" sold
made upwards of 300 claims to be registered. •Jel
01101 0
EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE.--Yesterday - ,see
eau' sot'
sensation was occasioned at Clapham, in con °o 2-‘,.ivis,
young man named Reynolds, assistant to Mr- 'OO4 et
geon, committing suicide by taking prussictbe a" 0-
curnstance excited more than usual interest, front le circa
the deceased, who was the son of parents of huvillr.
stances, having been taken out of the streets hl who its
and educated by that gentleman. The decease°, sition, so
his 18th year, and generally of a cheerful dispoo,ciocg
left by his master in the surgery about three..„d, ohi,llo
Tuesday afternoon to prepare some medicine, mod,
umoio
return, in a short time afterwards, Mr. P°vlit,gie er
lying on the floor dead, with a bottle containing ;0(110,4
acid lying by his side. Several letters virer. 'been p3:700
pocket, one from a servant girl to whom he bats her; or
his addresses, requesting him to think no more v' e3e7ter
letters to his father and mother, and master.
en i
t s
which he speaks of taking poison. He had as° siispsou.' of
to the young woman alluded to; all of them ureionjari°' co-
and exhibited a decided alienation of mind. the
the circumstance has been forwarded to 11.. sigg
0.19
roner for the district. v.,00001
i zetr
THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE To
HASTINGS RAILWAY.—FURTHER PARTICULA•-co, CO:p0.
r
tleman who had his leg fractured turns out t?ho t nreseuyore
man, the Rev. Mr. Brown, of Tonbridge, _two
possession of 42, Marina, Hastings, with 1113 or, 2a Wo,,,ese
were in the train two medical gentlemen—viz', With 700.
of Fitzroy-square, London, and Dr. Ilarnilt" he was d is
gentlemen's assistance the limb was set, and„fling, ah,os,
vexed to Hastings by a special train in the es cihe eng(.4.4
doing well. The stoker is in a very bad state..ibuted, Jere,
driver, to whose negligence the accident is I,ttuTpere
absconded, and has not since been heard ot.
a stibiee.,
about torty passengers in the train. one -
Tkiv. I 'RICE (iv LuxunlEs.—lt has be% aristoc,
of considerable complaint that the price of
pt'oelicelp,A,llpring
amusament of knocking down a Londen coo1"-rolf
latterly being quoted as high as 51', a sum which', ale to
the ordinary quality of the article assesstsoce of
ucli
thought to be very exorbitant. The
ira%_% the cot
price is the more striking when compare 1 W"',' .musera‘
st
more reasonable rate at which the same sort:l_,:iceoss.
may be bad in the provinces. We find, from
_ELLA' ku0c....7
Devonport, that the sentries on duty there
_yas`-serat!o_-`,.0
down for Is. each—that being the fine impes.eu /ice rior
no doubt that they might be inockededductica t ,„ of
who treated himself to a little pugilistic porivrstnagen rous-kivii f; 0
something less as there is always
quantity."
charging a siln,;Tiellaren'trily"a'etvetie
adopted by the magistratee.—funek
twhiheaoriesiulibe.real p_rincip:y

VAUXHALL GARDENS.---The celebration of the birth-
day of his Royal Highness Prince Albert took place in the
appropriate grounds of the "royal property" last evening.
Theflte wns brilliantly got up ; the illuminations were very
splendid, the music was appropriate to the occasion, the fire-
works were more than usually good, and the great host of
visitors (upwards of 8,000), all tended to make the appear-
ance of the gardens gay and animated. Mr. Lewis acted as
master of the ceremonies, and president of the commissariat
as well as the company. In the rotunda the equestrian group
of M. Tourniaire exhibited their evolutions, and certainly
performed some very extraordinary as wed as very elegant
feats of horsemanship. The dancing was commenced after
the conclusion of the fireworks, and kept up with spirit for
several hours, whilst in the boxes and at the tables in the
salon hundreds of persons were partaking of roast chickens,
rack puck, champagne, and other fluids furnished by the pro-
prietors. The whole went off well, and was satisfactory to
all present.
LIFE ASSURANCE.--A question of much importance
to life assurance companies has lately been decided by the
Judges in the Exchequer Chamber on a bill of exceptions in
an action brought by fly representatives of Schwabe against
the Argus Life Assurance Company. The Judges have de-
termined that a party assured holding his policy in his own
hands who may commit suicide, forfeits his policy, and that
the office is not bound to pay the amount. This decision
settles the law on a point upon which doubts had heretofore
existed. The Argus Company, who, before trial, had of-
fered to return all premiums paid with interest, on the opi-
nion of the Judges in their favour being declared, immedi-
ately renewed their offer, and have now repaid to Schwabe's
representatives the whole of the premiums received, with in-
terest at 4 per cent., amounting to 9691. Bs. 7d. The com-
pany have at the same time resolved in future to return to
the representatives of any party assured in their office who
may commit suicide the gross amount of premiums paid on
the assurance.
ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.—On the afternoon of Monday laq, an accident,
attended with the destruction of several luggage waggons,
betel the luggage train passing Leigh, about four P.M., just
as the train had crossed the bridge over the Leeds and Liver-
pool Canal, at Leigh. In connexion with the inanimate lug-
gage, upwards of 100 Irish reapers had booked themselves by
the train, and were proceeding to Liverpool. It is supposed
that the usual caution had not been exercised in using the
break ; but whether this be the case or not, the train was
proceeding at great speed, and as there is a sudden descent
at this spot, it is thought that the jerk broke an axletree, or
some of the chains by which the waggons are attached.
Eight or nine of them were thus thrown off the rails, and
some were precipitated down the high embankment, and
literally smashed into fragments, whilst those close to the
engine, with those containing the Irish reapers, were fortu-
nately preserved in their proper position. In a short time
considerable numbers of people were on the spot, and ren-
dered every assistance in their power to remove the shattered
waggons, which, after little more than an hour's delay, were
cleared off the line, so that the usual trains might pass.
THE LATE iASE OF POISONING AT WHITECHAPEL.—
On Wednesday Mr. W. Baker resumed and concluded the
inquiry at the London Hospital, on the body of Thomas
Parker, late the proprietor of the Veteran beer-shop, in
Whitechapel, who, together with the child Samuel Jones,
died in the hospital, from eating berries of the deadly night-
shade, vended by a man named John Hillard., The evidence
adduced on the former inquiry, as well as that presented be-
fore tue magistrates, has been already fully detailed in our
columns. Mr. Prophet, surgeon, of Whitecbapel, had made
a post mortem examination, and after elaborately detailing
the appearances of the body, said death had been caused by
the effects of a vegetable poison. The Coroner summed up
the evidence at great length, and the jury, atter about half
an hour's deliberation, returned a verdict of manslaughter
against John Hillard, for gross neglect and want of caution ;
and the Coroner issued his warrant for his committal to New-
gate, and bound over the witnesses to prosecute at the next
session of the Central Criminal Court. The jury were then
bound over to attend next Monday, to proSecute the inquiry
into the case of the child Samuel Jones, when the same evi-
dence will have to be gone into, and probably the same ver-
dict will be returned.
AN OLD lIAT.—John Smith, of Heywood New-road,
Heap, near Bury, is wearing a hat which he purchased
for half-crown, iu Rochdale, in 1799, and has had it in regu-
lar wear ever since, a period of 47 years.—Cambrielge Adeer.
tiser.

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