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the tongue of the writer as its subject may be presumed
to ti ejsle over the tongue of the reader. Mr. Cocks has'
evidently • undertaken his- account of "Bordeaux, its-
Wines, and the Claret Country," with an epicurean
osto, and he knows moreover precisely what inftnima-
tioN to introduce, and how it should be introduced. To
our thinking there is nothing whatever superfluous in
his, chapters, nor are their contents in any instance su-
perficial. The theme is ostensibly familiar to the author,
and he treats it well ; and if the conceit may be
permitted, we should say that he treats it so well
because it is so familiar. A history of Bordeaux,
with which the volume commences, is singularly
interesting ; it describes the growth of that beautift.l
town, from the period when it was denominated Burdi-
gala by the Romans, down to its reception of the Dukes
de Nemours and d'Aumale in 1845. Besides this, we are
regaled with a charming narrative of its antiquities, its
modern buildings, the character and customs of its in-
habitants, its system of public instructions, and the cele-
brated personages of which it is the birthplace; among
whom should be especially mentioned the renowned
"Legislator of Nations," Charles Secondat Montesquieu.
A railway trip to La Teste, and an excursion by steamer
to Royan, follow, and thereupon the reader is inducted to
the pith of the whole performance—a description of the
qualities, the localiti ,s, the seasons, and the manufacture
of claret. Separate accounts are devoted to the six great
wine districts of Upper Medoc, namely, the Arrondisse-
ments of Bordeaux, Lesparre, Libourne, La Riale, Ba-
is, and Blaye. f the meaner of the composition, we
shall afford our readers s,me inkling by transcribing the
accounts of the ceremonies, of the vintage, and of the
preparations necessary before the pressure of the grapes,
and the fermentation of, the liquid that exudes upon that
pressure. The following is more than merely graphic ;
it is photo-graphic:—
. _ _

,HOUSE OF LORDS N .
.PROTEST AGAINST THE THIRD READING'OF THE
- SCOTTISH JOINT-STOCK BANKS BILL.
DISSENTIENT--

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

Ist. Because the Bill is inconsistent with those free and
liberal principles of trade by which her Majesty'f Ministers
are understood to be governed, inasmuch as, under the pre-
tence of removing a monopoly disadvantageous to the public,
it covers the monopoly with a protection that fixes it more
firmly than ever. While it professes to open the door to an
equal dispensation of chartered privileges to all Scottish
banks that may petition for them, it bars it, at the same
time, against any bank but such as may choose to submit
to vexatious conditions; calculated to create in the public
mind individious distinctions between them and the old
chartered banks, which by this Bill are to be exempt from
such conditions.
2d. Because the legislative interference with the manage-
ment of joint-stock companies, which this Bill provides, is
erroneous in principle ; but, even if it were sound, the incon-
sistency of its application is conspicuous, as it imposes rigid
rules and restrictions on one class of banks, whose consti-
tution and unlimited responsibility offer to the public the
"most perfect security, while it exempts from all such inter-
ference another class of banks, less securely constituted, and
in which the probabilities of mismanagement are as great,
if not greater.
3d. Because the confining of certain privileges to one class
of banks in Edinburgh, while the banks in other large towns
are, by this Bill, to he debarred from the attainment of such
privileges on equal terms with their competitors, is disadvan-
tageous to the public; for the exclusive privilege of re-
ceiving depesits of public money, trust funds, railway de-
posits,
&c., greatly increases the trading power of the char-
tered establishments, and the large sums which are thus di-
rected to these banks, in place of being permitted to flow in
their natural channels, enables them to change the rate of
discount when the existing state of commercial affairs does
not warrant such a step, and the relations depending between
other banks and the public are thus liable to be disturbed,
and speculation encouraged.
4th. Because the Bill takes away all discretionary power
of granting charters of incorporation to banks founded on
such equitable principles as circumstances may at the
time suggest, and as was done in the case of the Commer-
cial and of the National Banks of Scotland, and because it
limits the power of her Majesty to the granting of charters
according to the specific provisid/is of this Bill only; that is,
upon terms and conditions which no bank in Scotland is
likely to accept. Consequently this Bill, if passed into a
law, will become an act for no apparent object of public ad-
vantage, but in reality an act for preserving to the five
chartered banks of Edinburgh their existing monopoly.
RADA OR.

.
Last night was the last subscription night of the season.
The opera was I Puritani, the ballet Le Jugement de Paris,
and between the opera and ballet the "National Anthem"
was sung, and, of course, all present rose from their seats. The
house, at this moment, presented the most brilliant coup
d'ail. The effect of the bouton d'or draperies was very fine;
the idea of " the framed pictures," which had suggested the
adoption of the colour, was here completely realise I. There will
be one more extra representation on Thursday—the farewell
"long Thursday" of the season, of which last night may be
considered the legitimate termination. At this, the close of
the season of 1846, we cannot take leave of Mr. Lumley
without congratulating him on the success—the great and
deserved success—which has attended his enterprising and
spirited management. A success achieved too, in spite of a
continued succession of ill-natured attacks upon the manage-
ment and all connected with it. These attacks, however,
were so palpably groundless, that we think they did rather
good than harm, inasmuch as they not unfrequently drew at-
tention to the virtues of omission iu the management, which
but for these would have passed unnoticed; for instance,
a great outcry was made for an opera to be com-
posed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, when it was
found that Verdi was too ill to finish Lear in time; Now,
with the music of Don Carlos still ringing in their ears, we
think that the majority of the subscribers will consider that
Mr. Lumley exercised a very sound and judicious discretion
in acting as he has done. The season opened with great
brilliancy. So completely were the audience on the
opening night surprised and delighted by the novel
and gorgeous, yet tasteful, character of the decorations, that
they actually when the house was fully lighted up gave
three rounds of enthusiastic applause. The opera chosen for
the opening was Verdi's Nino, and the manner in which this
opera was produced and conducted, at once established
Balfe's fame as a conductor, and secured to him his pesition.
This is an opera which, perhaps, more than any other, de-
pends for its success on its chorusses, its orchestral effects,
and the general ensemble of the music, and therefore upon the
abilities of the conductor, and yet deprived of that which all
his predecessors for the last fifty years had enjoyed—the as-
sistance of Dragonetti, whose marvellous powers of
" pulling up " an orchestra have passed into a
proverb, and to whose exertions are due no inconsiderable
portion of the credit which former conductors have enjoyed;
deprived of the invaluable assistance of II Drago, Balfe con-
ducted this opera in a manner which left nothing to be de-
sired, in a manner so admirable, that Nino and I Lombardi,
an opera by the same composer and of the same character,
have been repeated more frequently during this season than
any others, and have always drawn crowded houses. After
Easter came Grisi, Mario, and Lablache, the glorious trio.
They made their debut in I Puritani, and here again we had
an opportunity of observing how Balfe conductedan opera of a
totally different character ; and with a perfect recollection of
the night when this opera was originally produced, and of
the manner in which it has been conducted during each suc-
cessive season, we have no hesitation in saying that Balfe need
not shrink from a comparison with any of his pre-
decessors.' The production of I Lombardi was the great
operatic "fact" of the season ; the cast was amazingly
strong, and the mise en scene magnificent. We have already
given a list of the operas performed during the season, which
it is, therefore, unnecessary to repeat. With regard to the
performers, the present season has introduced two to our
notice of great promise—Madame Sanchioli, whose powerful
voice and energetic action will, when somewhat
refined, entitle her to aspire to the rank of prima donna, and
Mademoiselle Corbari, whose sweetness of voice and artless-
ness of manner have created a general feeling in her favour.
Castellan, notwithstanding some one had thought proper to
kill her in Russia in December, returned to us in March, im-
proved in voice, in science, and in acting. Fornasari has been
with us since the commencement of the season; and Grisi, Mario
(whose marvellous improvement both as an actor and a
singer we have repeatedly had occasion to notice) and
Lablache have been with us since Easter. In the
choerographic department we had on the opening night
the new ballet of La Catrina, with Lucile Grahn
as the heroine. Her pas strategique in this ballet
created quite a furore, and La Catarina was repeated almost
every night until the arrival of Cerito and St. Leon, when the
gorgeous spectacle of Lalla Bookh was produced; the pas de
neuf in this ballet was perfectly original, and exceedingly
beautiful, and on the " long Thursdays " it generally
formed a portion of the evening's entertainments.
Eoline, Alma, Ondine, and various stock ballets, were re-
peated during the early part of the season, and at length in
the month of July came La Gitana, and Taglioni. She re-
peated the Gitana for a few nights, and then was produced
the great hit of the season, the Pas des Deesses, which has been
repeated every evening since its first production, and which has
created quite as great a furore as the Pas de quatre. The
Deesses Taglioni, Cerito, and Grahn, are confessedly the
three greatest danseuses in the world, and they were sup-
ported by Louise Taglioni, Demellisse, and Cassan, either
of whom, on any other stage, would rank as premiere
danseuses. Hitherto each season of Mr. Lumley's manage-
ment has been an improvement on the preceding one. How
it will be possible for him to surpass the glories of the season
of 1846, we are utterly at a loss to imagine.

" The vintigeis are disposed in the following manner. The
women and children are employed to eut off the grapes.
They ought to reject and pick away whatever is defective,
unripe, parched, or rotten : one cutter is allotted to every
row of vines, and the grapes thus cut are put into baskets.
For every eight rows of vine there are two carriers of bastes,
or buckets, thirty or thirty-two of which make a charge, or
load, which again is composed of two small tubs, called do-
nilles, placed on a cart. A carrier, termed a videpanier, re-
ceives the basket of every vintager, as soon as it is full, and
empties it into the bucket, which is carried on the back of
another, to be emptied into the tubs placed in the cart. A
commandant, or inspector, is set over every twelve reges, whose
duty is to hasten the cutters, and to see that they do not
forget any of the grapes. When the two tubs on the cart
are full, the bouvier, or ox- driver, conveys the load to the
cuvier, a spacious outhouse, where the wine is made.
" When the tubs have arrived in the cuvier they are re-
ceived by four or five men, who empty their contents into
the pressoir, or winepress, which is made either of wood or
stone, and composed of four sides, sixteen inches high, and
joined at right angles, having a bottom of.nine square feet;
this press is about two feet from the ground, and slightly in-
clines towards the front. The men next scrape the grapes
off the stalks; this is done either with rakes, or by rubbing
the bunches on a wire sieve. The stalks having been carried
away into another press to drain, the grapes are thrown into
a heap, and trodden by the men, who, bare legged, and fol-
lowing each other, tread round the base of the heap till the
whole is gradually levelled and crushed. Some proprietors
are averse to the foulage, or treading of grapes : confining
the operation to the dgrappage, or scraping the grapes from
the stalks, they instantly pour the fruit entire into the vat.
While this operation is being performed, a hole in the front
of the press allows the matt, or juice, to escape into a tub,
called gargouille. The men empty this juice into long
buckets, termed comportes, which are traversed near the top
by a long stick, for the purpose of being carried by two men,
who pour the juice into the cures or vats. It is usual to fill
these vats only to within fifteen inches of the top; otherwise
there would be a risk of losing much wine at the time of
fermentation."

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
From the Votes and Proceedings of die House of Commons.)

WEDNESDAY; AUG. 18.
Messengers from the Lords brought up the following Bills,
to which their Lordships have agreed :
Court of Common Pleas Bill—Sugar Duties (No. 3) Bill—
Militia Pay Bill—Forms (Assessed Taxes) Bill—Naval
Medical Supplemental Fund Society Bill, without amend-
ment—Amendments to Booth's Charities (Clowes') Estate
Bill—Duke of Cleveland's Estate (Bathgate and Wrington)
Bill, without amendment—Caledonian Railway (Clydesdale
Junction Railway Deviations) Bill, with an amendment—
Taff Vale Railway—Allhallows (Northampton) Tithes Bill
—Glasgow and Bdfast Union Railway Bill—Poor Removal
Bill—Metropolitan Sewage Manure Company Bill—Sion
College Bill—East and West India Docks and Birmingham
Junction Railway Bill—London and South- Western Rail-
way (London-bridge Extension) Bill, with amendments.

DEATH OF SIR C. WETHERELL.
This venerable and much-celebrated lawyer, whose name
has been rendered familiar to our readers by his providential
escape from the Bristol rioters, his determined opposition to
the Reform Bill, and other measures, and by his connexion
with the Government on the occasion of the prosecution of
Thistlewood and his associates, expired at half-past five
o'clock on Monday evening, at Preston Rectory, Maidstone,
from the effects of the melancholy accident, the particulars
of which have already been recorded in this paper. He
breathed his last in the presence of his nephew, Mr. Nathan
Wetherell, barrister, Mr. Peach (his clerk), &c. &c., being
for some time previous, indeed we might add from the mo-
ment of the accident, quite unconscious of all that was pass-
ing around.
Yesterday morning the melancholy news was conveyed to
Lady Wetherell, the Hon. Mrs. Warneford, ber mother,
Archdeacon Wetherell, the Rev. W. Wetherell, the brothers
of the deceased, Mr. Richard Spooner, M.P., who is married
to a sister of the deceased, and to the family mansion, 34,
Berkeley-square.
Lady Wetherell, it will be recollected, proceeded to the
bedside of her now departed husband on Tuesday week, but
returned to town on the following day agreeably to the re-
quest of the medical gentlemen in attendance upon the
Right Hon. and Learned Knight.
As a politician and a public man perhaps no one was
better known than Sir Charles Wetherell, and though his
extreme opinions for many years past found but little sym-
pathy throughout the country, all admired the honesty and
candour which he displayed, particularly upon resigning the
Attorney-Generalship when the Catholic Emancipation Bill
was brought forward by the Duke of Wellington and Sir
Robert Peel in 1829; and we need hardly state that in so
doing he made a heavy sacrifice, as otherwise he would have
long since been called upon to fill perhaps the highest office
of his profession.
Sir Charles Wetherell was born in the year 1771, being
the third son of the Rev. Nathan Wetherell, D.D., M.A., of
University College, Oxford, and Dean of Hereford. At a
very early age the deceased evinced a strong desire for the
legal profession, and in 1790 he entered the Inner Temple as
a student, having previously completed his education at
Oxford. In 1794 he was called to the bar by the Honour-
able Society of the Inner Temple, and of that institution he
was the leading bencher for many years. His progress as
an advocate, principally in the Chancery Courts, was pretty
rapid; in the course of time he received a silk gown, and in
1823 was appointed Solicitor-General, being on the occasion
knighted by his late Majesty George IV. In 1826 he suc-
ceeded to the Attorney-Generalship, an office which he re-
signed on the formation of the Canning Ministry in 1827 ;
but the formation of the Wellington Government in 1828
once more witnessed him the King's principal law officer.
In 1829, the Government of which he was a member deter-
mined upon conceding to the claims of the Roman Catholics
—a course which met with the marked disapproval of Sir
Charles, and resolving not to sacrifice principle for in-
terest, he resigned, and never again held office under
Government.
The deceased was first returned to Parliament for the now
disfranchised borough of Boroughbridge ; ho also repre-
sented Oxford for a considerable period, but latterly he de-
clined taking any part whatever in the proceedings of the
Legislature, as he never could reconcile himself to the ma-
chinery of the Reform Bill, which, like other measures
deemed by him inroads on the constitution, he emphatically
but unsuccessfully opposed.
Since his retirement from Parliament, Sir Charles de-
voted himself to his professional duties, his practice being
,contined to the Courts. Apart, however, from West-
minster Hall and Lincoln's Inn, he held three lucrative ap-
pointments, viz., those of Recorder of Bristol, standing
counsel to the University of Oxford, and leading legal adviser
to his Majesty the King of Hanover.
In his addresses to the House of Commons while a Member
Sir Charles was generally very satirical and sometimes per-
sonal in his remarks ; in consequence he was involved on
many occasions in conflicts with Hon. Members. Indeed, in
various ways the deceased showed tokens of eccentricit3,
more particularly so in his manner of dress, which his oldest
friends seldom remember to have seen adjusted in an orderly
manner.
Sir Charles Wetherell did not enter the married state
until far advanced in life. He had completed his 60th year
when he espoused the daughter of the late Sir Alexander
Cooke, of Studeley Priory, Oxfordshire. By this lady, now
dead several years, he had one child which expired four
months after birth. He married a second time about eight
years since Miss Warneford, the daughter of Colonel and the
Hon. Mrs. Warneford, of Warneford-place, Wiltshire. This
lady, by whom the deceased had no family, is about forty
years of age, and is heiress to a large property.
At the time of the melancholy occurrence Sir Charles, it
appears, was returning from an inspection of an estate which
he purchased some months back. It is generally understood
that he has died very wealthy, if indeed not enormously so.
Though a member of the Inner Temple, he kept his offices
for many years back in Stone-buildings,' Lincoln's Inn.
About four months ago he purchased the splendid mansion
formerly occupied by the Earl of Abergavenny, in Berkeley-
square.
The mortal remains of the deceased will, it is understood,
be interred in the Benchers' vault, Temple, unless his repre-
sentatives should resolve otherwise.

Mr. Cocks has presented to merchants and connoiseurs
in wine a volume for which they will be grateful, and in
recommending it as we have done, we cannot surely be
performing any disservice to the advocates of total absti-
nence. For the teetotallers, as a body, we entertain
feelings of the most unaffected respect, but the teetotal-
lers themselves cannot but acknowledge, that, taken in
moderation, wine may be eminently beneficial, and that
a supreme authority has declared that it " maketh glad
the heart of man!" This volume cannot therefore prove,
in any particular, prejudicial.

GAUGE EVIDENCE. The History and Prospects
of the Railway System, illustrated by the Evidence
given before the Gauge Commission. By Samuel
Sidney, Author of " Bristol, a Free Port," 6-c.
We have here the gauge evidence arranged under the
separate heads of " Narrow Gauge Evidence," " Uni-
formity of Gauge Evidence," " Intermediate Gauge
Evidence," and " Broad Gauge Evidence." The evi-
dence is preceded by a brief history of the gauge ques-
tion, in which the author avows himself a " Narrow
Gauge Man," and it is illustrated by a map, showing
the territories of the respective gauges.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' FETE AT VAUXHALL.—
MR. H. GREEN'S ASCENT DURING THE STORM LAST NIGHT.—
The fancy fair and fete champetre, in aid of the funds of the
Licensed Victuallers' School, was yesterday resumed at the
Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. The fineness of the weather in
the early part of the day, combined with the attractions of a
nocturnal aeriel trip with fireworks by the veteran Green in
his coronation balloon, drew an immense assemblage of spec-
tators, in fact on no occasion has the" royal property" been
so crowded. Unhappily in the evening a most unpropitious
change in the weather occurred, which materially affected
the programme of entertainment, and a facetious announce-
ment was made that in consequence of the waterworks there
would be no fireworks. The inflation of the balloon in the
Waterloo Ground commenced at an early hour in the after-
noon, but the wind blowing strongly from the south-west, and
the rain descending in torrents, the filling of the ponderous
machine proceeded with great difficulty. Rather than disap-
point the public, Mr. H. Green, brother of the aeronaut,
determined to brave the storm, and, if possible, make the ascent
with pyrotechnics. The inflation of the balloon having ter.
minated, it was exhibited to the public by means of varied
coloured lights, which had a very pretty effect, but Mr.
Green soon discovered that the ascending power was not
sufficient, and was compelled, most reluctantly, to decline
taking with him a most ingeniously constructed machine
with fireworks, invented and arranged by Darby the artiste
of Vauxhall. The balloon was literally saturated, the net-
ting absorbed about 300 cwt. of water, which occasioned the
balloon to collapse, in consequence of the contraction of the
cordage, so that the balloon, about 111 feet in circumference
was reduced to about 108 feet. After the arrangement of
the usual preliminaries, Mr. H. Green stepped into the car,
wet to the skin, amidst the cheers of the assembled crowd,
and pulling the "liberating iron," the balloon arose but
slowly into the realms of air. Mr. Green took with him but
a small quantity of ballast—between forty and fifty pounds.
The balloon took a north-easterly direction, and Mr. C.
Green predicted that his brother would descend in the neigh-
bourhood of Hackney. The entertainments were kept up
till a late, or rather an early, hour this morning.
'BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOOL SOCIETY.—On Sa-
turday afternoon a meeting was held at the house of the in-
stitution, in the Borough-road, for the purpose of presenting
a testimonial of respect to Mr. Cornwell, the senior tutor in
the normal school of that establishment. The meeting was
very numerously attended by the masters of the society's
schools from all parts of the country. About 60 of those
gentlemen sat down at five o'clock to an excellent repast,
which was provided by the committee of the institution.
The subsequent proceedings took place in the lecture theatre,
to which the company adjourned at six oslock. Mr.
Crossley, the master of the central school, presided on the
occasion. Messrs. Ames and Althans, the secretary and
treasurer of the fund committee, read addresses, warmly ex-
pressive of the gratitude and respect entertained towards Mr.
Cornwell by his former pupils. The testimonial, which con-
sists of a massive silver tea service, was then presented by
Mr. Ryder to Mr. Cornwell, who delivered a very feeling
and appropriate reply. Mr. Dunn, the secretary of the so-
ciety, complimented the subscribers on the graceful manner
in which they had evinced their estimation of the high at-
tainments of their tutor, and their determination to pursue
the studies which had been commenced during their residence
in the society's training establishment. At the conclusion of
the meeting the chairman adverted to the circumstance of
his having received, from a number of the youths who had
been educated in the model school, a similar tribute of their
regard, and in an impressive manner urged the teachers pre-
sent to persevere in a firm, unvarying line of duty, assuring
them that they could not fail by such means to secure ulti-
mate success.

FRANCE.—OTAREITE.—Some of the French journals
state that dispatches have been received by the French Go-
vernment from Otaheite, according to which the attempt of
the French to land at Wahine proved a failure, they being
repulsed with a loss of 110 men. Governor Bruat intended
avenging this defeat, and had begun to organise a large ex-
pedition; but England is said to have interfered, and not
only has the expedition been abandoned, but the fort at
Wahine is to be dismantled. France is said to have given
up her claims to the island, and a treaty to that effect was
to be concluded with the husband of Pomare, who is king of
Wahine. The command of the Uranie frigate is said to
have been taken from M. Bonnard, and entrusted to M. Mal-
manche.

DEATH OF GENERAL WULFF.—Lieut-General Wulff,
of the Royal Artillery, died at the residence of his daughter,
Lady Hardinge, on the Gun Wharf, Chatham, on Monday,
the 17th instant. at the advanced age of 83 years.
DEATH OF B BON DEDEL.—We regret to announce
the demise of his ExcAlency Baron Dedel, the Netherlands
Minister at this Court, which event took place on Monday
last, at his residence in Wilton-crescent. _

DEATH OF THE PRINCE DE ROHAN ROCHEFORT.—
PRAGUE, AUG. 7.—The death of his Highness the Prince
Benjamin Rohan•Rochefort has the more deeply affected the
inhabitants of Prague, to whom he was known, as the dread-
ful catastrophe was wholly unexpected. He arrived here in
the aftefnoon from one of his estates, intending to leave the
city in the evening of the same day. Towards sunset, in
order to refresh himself after his journey, he resolved to go
to the military swimming institution. In spite of the warn-
ing of the superintending officer, the Prince ventured the
dangerous leap from (or over) the barrier, when he was so
unfortunate as to be carried under the raft, and though all
the swimming masters followed him, it was with the greatest
difficulty that they got him out of the water. All means
taken to recover him were unavailing, his exertion in leaping
having doubtless caused a rush of blood, which proved fatal.
DEATH OF THE REV. JOHN CHEVALLIER.—We have
this week to record the death of a most valuable and much
esteemed magistrate in this county, the Rev. J. Chevallier,
M.D., of Aspal-hall, than whom few persons lived more
universally esteemed by his relatives, his friends, and his
neighbours, or who will be more generally missed and la-
mented by them now that he is taken away. Dr. Chevallier,
for many years past, has taken a leading interest in all the
plans for improvement of the district in which lie has re-
sided; and his name will be long identified with the agri-
culture of this county,.bY the widely-extended reputation
which the " Chevallier county,,
barley has acquired, which was
first cultivated under his !iuspices, and on the estate where,
for many generations, his family have resided.—lpswich
Express.
DEATH OF R AR- ADMIRAL TRENCH.--On Sunday
morning, at six o'cElock, th ke Hon. William Le Poor Trench,
Rear-Admiral, breathed islast at his residence, nearßallina-
sloe. He was in the seventy-sixth year of his age, and re:
tained his faculties, unimpaired, to the moment of his disso-
lution. Disease of the heart was the cause of his death. He
was the uncle of Lord _ClicartY, and for a considerable
period acted as his Lordship's agent.
SINGULAR ROBBERY.--Yesterday Mr. Inspector
Henderson, belonging the New Cross station, Bent-road,
2
gave information to Mr. Superintendent Mallalieu, at the
station of the
R division of the Metropolitan Police, in the
Blackheath• road, that the galvanic apparatus used for the
electric telegraph had been stolen. He had no clue to the
robbery, but it
was suspected that a party of low fellows fre-
quenting the vicinity of the spot where the apparatus had
been fixed were the thieves. It was used lately for the pur-
pose of trying
experiments on the cutting through the in-
dined plane between.the Kent-road station and Sydenham.
It had been placed at considerable expense, and would, if
sold as old metal to dealers in marine stores, fetch very little.
It could, however, be made no other use of. Mr. Henderson
left an engraved plan
of the apparatus, for the purpose of
assisting the
police in their exertions to trace the property.
POISONOI/8
BERRIES.—Another person died yester.
day, in the
London Hospital, from the effects of eating a
pie, the principal ingredients in which were called bilberry
, herts, but which, there is no doubt, contained berries of the
t nightshade. There are three other persons in the same hos-
pital who are in a state of great suffering, from eating berries
l' of a similar description; one in Guy's Hospital, and two in
1
the Revd Free Hopital, Gray's iim-lane.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE NEAR LEAMINGTON.—An
event of the most distressing nature occurred on Friday last,
at the seat of the Rev. W. Field, Learn-house, midway be-
tween Warwick and Leamington. For a series of years past,
Mrs. (and now the Misses) Field had conducted a seminary
for young ladies, on this beautiful spot, at the back of which
the river Learn steals silently along its banks, being orna-
mented by variegated shrubs, and so suitably decorated by
the band of man, as to render it one of the sweetest retreats
of which the midland counties can boast. A young lady of
property, twenty years of age last December, whose friends
reside at Manchester and at Bristol, at her own desire, and at
her own expense, became a pupil of the Misses Field on the
Bth instant, and on the afternoon of the 14th was found a
corpse, being rescued from the river by the gardener, who,
at the first alarm had followed some of the young ladies to
the spot where she was last seen. The young lady, in
various letters which she left upon the bank, and which were
found uppn her person, spoke in the highest terms of praise
of the klisses Field, but she appeared to lament the want of
an earlier and better education, and to think she should
never become a " true school girl." A most respectable jury
sat upon the body on Monday evening, and from the evi-
dence then adduced it was feared the family of the deceased
was tainted by insanity, and a verdict—that she destroyed
herself while under that influence—was returned.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT HAMMERSMITH.—Last even-
ing an accident of a serious character took place at the
Broadway, Hammersmith. Shortly before eleven o'clock a
splendid horse, drawing a Brougham, proceeded along the
road from Kew towards London, having no one inside, and
no driver on the box. On arriving at the Broadway, it
came in contact with one of the Hammersmith Conveyance
Company's omnibuses, which had just arrived from town,
and which was setting down its passengers. At the time
the accident occurred, there were still seven or eight persons
remaining in the vehicle, all of whom, from the concussion,
were thrown together with considerable violence, some of
them receiving bruises. The pole of the omnibus was broken
off, and one of the horses so severely injured that it was
found necessary to slaughter him, and the other had one of
his legs broken in several places. Neither the Brougham,
nor the horse drawing it, sustained any injury beyond a
slight abrasion of the skin.
CAMBERWELL FAlR.—Yesterday, at twelve o'clock,
the fair on Camberwell-green commenced in the usual man-
ner, by beating of gongs, firing of cannon, and an extremely
large supply of discordant instruments of every variety,
which were brought into active service for the occasion.
The opening having been completed, the festivities of the
day commenced, and were kept up until six o'clock last
evening, when the company were suddenly put to flight by
an unexpected shower of rain, which increased and conti-
nued for several hours. The booths, shows, &c., were very
numerously filled during the day, and the line of road
from the Elephant and Castle to Camberwell was crowded
with thousands of fair-going folks. A large body of
police-officers of the P division were on duty for the purpose
of preserving order, and for the detection of the light-
fingered gentry, who generally reap a rich harvest
at the metropolitan fairs. The fair will close on Mors-
dar night.