The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-11 00:00:00

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AUGUST 11, 1848.
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The following is a copy of the " general orders," ap-
pointing his Lordship to his present position
Adjutant General's Office, Dublin, August 5.
"GENERAL ORDERS.

" No. 1. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to
appoint Lieut.-General the Right Hoe. Lord Viscount
Harding-e, G.O 8., to serve on the staff of the army
stationed in Ireland.
" No. 2. The Lieut. General having arrived in this
country, will assume the command of the troops stationed
in the Cork and Limerick districts, and that portion of
the Dublin district which lies to the south of Carlow and
A rklow.
"No. 3. Major-Generals Turner, his Royal Highness
Prince George of Cambridge, K.G. (so far as relates to
the above portion of the Dublin district), and Napier,
will report to Viscount Hardinge accordingly, and follow
such instructions as they may receive from his Lord-
ship.

"No. 4. Lieut.-Colonel R. B. Wood, C. 8., of the 80th
Regiment, is appointed to act as Assistant-Adjutant-
General to Lieut.-General Vit.,eount Hardinge.
" No. 5. Major Scott, Assistant-Quartermaster-Ge-
neral, is to be attached to his Lordship until further
orders.

" No. 6. Lieut. the Hon. Arthur Hardinge, of the 80th
Regiment, is appointed aide-de-camp to Lieut. General
Viscount Hardinge.
" By command of the Lieut.-General commanding.
(Signed) "W. COCHRANE, D.A.G.
" Adjutant-General's Office, Dublin, Aug. 5.
‘` CRNRRAL AFTER ORDERS.
"No. 1. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to
appoint Major-General Wemyss, C. 8., to serve on the
staff of the army in Ireland.
"No. 2. Major-General Wemyss will be attached to
the Dublin district, under the command of Major-
General his Royal Highness Prince George of Cam-
bridge, to whom the Major-General will report himself
forth with.
" No. 3. Lieut.-Colonel J. F. S. Clark, on the half-
pay unattached, is appointed temporarily to act as
Assistant Quartermaster-General in the Dublin district.
" By command of the Lieut.-General commanding.
(Signed) "W. COCHRANE, D.A.G., Asst."
LIMERICK.

The Right Hon. Lord Riversdale, Bishop of Killaloe,
arrived yesterday at Clarisford House, from London.
On Sunday last prayers were offered up in several places
of worship in this city for• dry weather. The Bishop
of Limerick has presented the Rev. M. Eaton, late mas-
ter of the endowed school of Galway, to the rectory of
Chapel Russell. The Earl of Devon has presented the
Rev. R. Rodwell to the living of Newcastle, in this
county, void by the death of the Rev. C. Locke. The
Lord Bishop of Ossory has collated the Rev. George
Jones to the prebend of Kilrush, vacant by the promo-
tion of the Rev. Evans Johnson to the archdeaconry of
Ferns. The Rev. John Conolly, curate of Tracton, is
appointed to the chaplaincy of Frankfield, vacant by the
resignation of the Rev. John Alcock.
There was no excitement whatever in this city on the
receipt of the intelligence of Mr. Smith O'Brien's arrest.
Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart., M.P., is expected at Dro-
moland.
The magistrates have for the present prevented the
sale of gunpowder in Limerick.
On Thursday last a conspicuous placard was posted in
the town of Hospital, county Limerick, calling on the
people to meet .at Cromwell's Hill. Immediately on its
appearance it was torn down by the inhabitants, who
regret the departure of the military from that most
central position. No meeting took place.
A stone weighing three cwt. was maliciously laid
across the railway between Dundrum and the Tipperary
Junction on Sunday night. Fortunately, the train was
not proceeding at a rapid rate, and the danger was ap-
parent, otherwise destruction would have been inevitable,

[PRICE SD.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, THURSDAY.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness took their early
walk this morning, and the younger branches of the
Royal Family walked and drove as usual.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party yes-
terday.
The Count and Countess Dietrichstein are expected
to arrive at Osborne this afternoon. His Excellency has
his audience of leave to-morrow.

Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Hohenlohe Langenbourg arrived at Marlborough House,
Pall-mall, the residence of her Majesty the Queen
Dowager yesterday, from the Continent. Her Royal
Ilighues• the Duchess of Kent was waiting to receive
their Serene Highnesses at Marlborough House.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left
town yesterday morning on a visit to her Royal High
ness the Duchess of Gloucester, at her residence in
Richmond Park.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Baroness de Speth, dined
with her Majesty the Queen Dowager yesterday evening,
at Marlborough House.
Count de Reventlow, the Danish Minister, transacted
business yesterday, at the Foreign-office.
Mr. Richard Lloyd had an interview with Earl Grey
yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Lady Mary Wood arrived in town yesterday, from
Hickleton Hall, Doncaster.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
In the absence of any betting this afternoon, we give
the prices quoted at Reading Races on Wednesday :
EBOR, HANDICAP.
6 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale
7 to I agst Mr. Green's Maid of my Soul—taken
7 to 1 agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Meaux
8 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Remembrance
10 to 1 agst Mr. Jaques's Sir Martin
12 to 1 agst Mr. Drinkald's Pillage
12 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Paphos
15 to 1 agst Mr. Harker's Little Casino
15 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Cannibal

DERBY.
The only bets laid on this event were 900 to 100 agst
the Flying Dutchman, and 350 to 10 agst Saucy Dick.
ST. LEGER.
Not a bet laid.
READING RACES.—THURSDAY.
The Caversham Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft,
with 25 added; for three yrs old, &c. Three quarters
of a mile. (13 Subs.)
Mr. Osbaldeston's Fugleman, 3 yrs, ist 21b
Mr. Waller's Columbus, 6 yrs, 7st 71b •••
Mr. Cooper's Slug, 3 yrs, Est 131 b •••
The foowing ao started:—
Mr. Scott's Caroline,ll 6 yrs, 7st 91b
Mr. Rice's Black Cat, 5 yrs, ist 91b
Mr. Bray's Cerberus, 5 yrs, 7st 71b 0
Mr. Etwall's Acanthus, 3 yrs, Est 71b... 0
sto 2 agst Fugleman. Won cleverly by a length.
The Reading Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft; for two yrs
old, ist 31b; and three, 9st; fillies and geldings allowed
31b. Straight half mile. (18 Subs.)
Duke of Richmond's Ploughboy, 2 yrs (Kitchener) 1
Mr. Etwall's Ira, 2 yrs... ... ••. ... 2
Mr. J. Day's Whitley, 2 yrs ... 3
The following also ran:—
Mr. Death's The Moor, 3 yrs ... 0
Mr. Treen's Rhesus, 2 yrs ...
Mr. Dyson's Christina, 2 yrs ... ••• ...Q,
Mr. Drinkald's Tommy, 2 yrs... ... . 0
Mr. S. Scott's Willingham, 2 yrs
Betting-6 to 4 agst The Moor, 2to 1 agst
and 5 to 1 agst Ploughboy. Won easy by half alelt4h;
a length between second and third.
The Town Plate of 401., added to a Sweepstakes of 5
sovs. each. Heats, from he T.Y.C. post, oncetound..-
(5 Subs.)
Mr. Baleman's Bacchanalian, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b ... 1 1
Mr. Elwes' Conveyancer, 3 yrs"'st 9lb 2 2
Mr. Bosley's Conquest, 3 yrs, 7st 41b
... 0 3
Mr. J. Day's Mignon, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b 0 4
Won easily.
The Forbury Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 30 added.
Heats, once round and a distance. (12 Subs.)
Mr. Drinkald's Amazement, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b 0 1 4 1
Mr. Turner's Foxwhelp, 6 yrs, 7st 71b ... 0 5 1 2
Mr. Southby's Cupid, S yrs, sst 131 b ... 0 2 3dr
Mr. Hussey's Embrace, 3 yrs, sst 101 b ... 3 3 2 dr
Mr. Death's Urania, 5 yrs, 7st 61b ... 1 4 dr
Mr. Waller's Columbus, 6 yrs, 7st 131 b ... 2 dr
Mr. Stanley's Frank, 5 yrs, 7st ... 0 dr
Mr. Caffill's Bohemienne, 4 yrs, Est 131 b... 0 dr
Mr. J. Jones's Ellen, 4 yrs, Est 13113 ... 0 dr
The first and second heats were won by a length, the
third by three lengths, and the fourth in a canter. The
winner was claimed.
RIPON RACES.—Finsr DAY.
The Two yrs old Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added.
T.Y.C.

... 2
-. 3

Mr. Dawson's Priestess ... (Cartwright) 1
Baron Rothschild's br c by Charles the Twelfth out
of Emerald 2
Mr. J. Osborne's bc by Inheritor out of Y. Tiffany 3
Mr. Bell's bf by Thirsk, out of Zebetta ... 4
Mr. B. Green's Andalusian ... 5
The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs. each and 25 added, one
mile and a half, 6 Subs., were won in three heats by Mr.
W. E. Hobson's Billy from Brigg, 4 yrs, beating Mr.
Dawson's Shylock, 4 yrs, Mr. Pearl's Ennui, 5 yrs, Mr.
R. Sayle's General Sale, 5 yrs, Mr. Taylor's Jonathan,
3 yrs, and Mr. Wilkin's b f by St. Martin, dam by
Liverpool.

r.t.'be Members' Plate of 501. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Wilkins' bf, by St. Martin, 4 yrs ... 1 4 4 1
Mr. Scholes's Chesterfield, aged ... 2 1 2 2
Mr. Dawson's Shylock, 4 yrs ... .. 6 2 1 3
Mr. G. E. Scrivens's Miss Fann, 4 yrs ... 5 3 3 dr
Mr. Ellis's Acomb, 3 yrs ... ... . 4 5 dis
Mr. L. S. Fox's bc, by Jericho, 4 yrs ... 3 dr

SECOND DAY.
The Grand Stand Stakes of 5 sous. each, 3 ft and 20
added. T. Y. C. (6 Subs.)
Mr. T. Dawson's Priestess, 2 yrs ... (Duncan) 1
Mr. Hesseltine's Quiver, 2 yrs ... 2
Baron Rothschild's br c, 2 yrs ... 3
Mr. J. G. Smyth's bf, by Thirsk, 2 yrs ... ... 4
Mr. B. Green's Andalusian 2 yrs ... 5
Mr. Pedley's Lady Mary, 3 yrs ... ... 6
The Great St. Wilfred Handicap of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft,
and 3 only, if declared, with IGO added. Two miles.
(19 Subs, IS of whom declared.)
Mr. J. Osborne's Brandyfaee, 4 yr, 7st 101 b
Mr. S. L. Fox's Lecomte, 3 yrs, Gat 31b
Mr. Humphries' c b Lanercost, 3 yrs...
Mr. S. L. Fox's Philosopher, 4 yrs, 7st 31b
Mr. Bell's Spot, 3 yrs ... • ...
Mr. Dawson's St. Oswald, 4 yrs .. 6
The Amateur Stakes of 5 sovs. each, p. p. with 10 added.
Heats, one mile. Gentlemen riders, &c. (6 Subs.)
Mr. J. 11. Peart's Ennui, 5 yrs ... :(Owner) 1 1
Mr. Wilkin's bf by St. Martin, 4 yrs ... 6 2
Mr. Taylor's Jonathan, 3 yrs ... ... 5 3
Mr. W. E. Hobson's Billy from Brigg, 4 yrs ... 2 4
Mr. Dawson's Shylock, 4 yrs ... ... 3dr
Mr. F. B. Hollinshead's Teddy, aged 4 dr
WEYMOUTH RACES—Trtunsmtr.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles.
Mr. J. B. Day's The Hero, 5 yrs, lost (A. Day) 1 1
Mr. Wadsworth's Heriar, aged, 10st 31b ... 2 dr

... 1

... 3

Won in a canter.
The Portland Stakes of 10 sous. each. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Parr's Lethargy, 4 yrs, 7st 51b walked over.
Handicap of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. Heats, one mile.
Captain Sands' Royalty, 5 yrs ... (Sly) 1 1
Mr. Smith's Gazelle, aged
Mr. G. King's Fallow Doe, 3 yrs ... ...
9 3

Won by a-neck.
A Free Handicap for 201., one mile, was won in two
heats by Mr. Smith's Gazelle (Sly), beating Captain
Sands' Royalty.

HER MAJESTY'S TIIEATRE.—Her Majesty the
Queen Adelaide, accompanied by her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, honoured the performances at her
Majesty Theatre, yesterday (Thursday) evening, with
her presence. In attendance upon her Majesty the
Queen-Dowager were Lady Gore, the Hon. Miss Gore,
Earl Howe, and the [lon. William Ashley. Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent was attended by Lady
Maria Dawson, the Baroness do Speth, and Captain
Taylor. Accompanying her Majesty the Queen Ade-
laide and her Royal Highness were their Serene High-
nesses the Prince and Princess Hohenlohe and the
Princesses of Hohenlohe. His Royal Highness Prince
Leopold of Naples (Count of Syracuse) and the Prince
Louis Napoleon also honoured the theatre with their
presence. Among the audience we observed his Grace
the Duke of Wellington, the Marchioness of Douro, the
Countess of Westmoreland and Lord Burghersh, the
Duke of Leeds,his Excellency the Russian reinister, the
Baroness de Brunnow and Mdlle. Olga de Lochner, his
Excellency the Swedish Minister, the Marquis of Titch-
field, the Earl of Litchfield, the Earl of Lansdale, the
Earl of Liverpool, M. de Berg, Lord W. Lennox, Lord
Foley, Lord Lilford, Lord George Lennox-, Lord Dun-
kellon, Lady Charteris, Sir John Bayley, 134... rt., General
the Hon. H. Cavendish, the Baron and Baroness do
Rothschild, the Hon. C. Cavendish, the Baron Lionel do
Rothschild, Admiral Sir E. Codrington, Bart., Sir Ralph
yaon wer,i Colonelrd,Bar'
t, M.P., and Lady Howard, the Hon. J.
Wildman, M. C. KoudriaffAsil:ylo,:Gire.nHerua-1
Hu-
bert de Burgh, Major Buckley, Mr. Stunt, M.P. , Mr,
Blackburn, Mr. C. Barry Baldwin, M.P.,
Sir Alexander Woodford, Bart., Mr. Hume, M.P Mr.
Lane Fox, &c.
FLEECING A COUNTRYMAN.—OR Satlll'd ay evening
last, a person from the country went into la ,shop at the
Broomielaw to make some inquiries as to the NI 'hereabouts
of a slater who dwelt in the neighbourhood.. A. man stand-
ing in the shop, and having the appearance of bl
to the " black squad," said he was the brother
in
sister, who was not at home, but that he -
would—the
the countrymanexecution a pope esaormi neg to be
take
a kurgenteh irato
to giveanother
an order for
slater on
Kingston, the south side of the river. When at the
countryman thought he could not do less tt eta treat the
obliging stranger with a dram. They went into a house
for this purpose, and, on coming out, the Blater's bro-
ther-in-law disappeared, leaving the counts yman minus
of 71., which had been abstracted from h pocket.-
7, •

Robert Houdin—the Prince of Conjurors!—is still
astonishing the lieges of Queen Victoria at the St.
James's Theatre, having already astonished Queen Vic-
toria herself by the marvels of his scientific tricks and
inimitable legerdemain. Talk of Herr Dobler, indeed,
or of the'polyphonist Love, or of the übiquitous Mathews,
or of Theodon, or of the Wizard of the North,
- South, East, or West, or of Friar Bungey, or of
Dr. Dee, or of Roger Bacon, or of all the ne-
cromancers who have ever lived from the time
of the magicians of Pharoah, down to the day when
Professor Risley first transformed his children into
' human shuttlecocks—they are as nothing to the
marvellous and L delightful Houdin. On Wednes-
day evening we witnessed his wonderful Soixées
Fantastiques, but from the great press of the
Parliamentary debates in our columns have been pre-
vented from expressing our sense of the genius of this
extraordinary Frenchman before this day's impression.
We say genius advisedly, for every one of the marvels
performed by M. Houdin, is an evidence of the most
surprising of all the characteristics of genius—
the genius of contrivance. We address ourselves
more immediately to those who have never
seen M. Houdin. We speak to them with all
the seat if not with all the piquancy with which Gar-
rick told the ghost-story in the farm-kitchen—we
speak with all the relish with which Bruce might have
recounted the wonders of Abyssinia to his friends in
Scotland, with all the awe of one initiated on returning
from the temple of Isis, with all the rapture of Aladdin
when he ascended from the garden of precious stones, or
of Sinbad the Sailor when he emerged from the valley of
diamonds. We have been something more than amazed,
we have been bewildered ; and, certainly, but that we
look upon M. Houdin as too amiable a person to have
any complicity with his Satanic Majesty, and too
good a Christian to meddle with the per-
nicious lore of the art diabolical, we should
inevitably avoid him as a proficient in black magic, and
as an accomplice of the Diable Boiteux . Imagine a man
extracting from the interior of an ordinary hat—a trum-
pery four-and-ninepenny it might have been—a blossom,
a nosegay, a bunch of nosegays, bunches of nosegays,
heaps of nosegays, a perfect torrent and inundation of
nosegays, armful after armful, and scattering them about
the house. Imagine him after that shaking out of the
same hat a similar cataract of fans. Imagine him holding
the hat suddenly as though it was enormously heavy,
turning it upside-down, and a cannon-ball drop-
ping out. Reversing it, holding it as if it
were again heavy, turning it once more downwards,
and allowing another cannon-ball to fall upon the stage.
Imagine this man with a common wine bottle in his hand—
the cork drawn—his wristbands turned up—pouring out
in an inexhaustible current all the wines, or spirits, or
liqueurs that the audience may happen to name—glass
after glass, out of the same bottle, claret, eaude-vie-de-
Dantzic, port, noyeau, Madeira, sherry, curacoa, hol-
lands, Burgundy, marischino, fleur-d'orange, &c.
Imagine this man taking a shawl, a sheet, or a table-
cloth, and after flapping it as you would a damp towel,
•
flinging it round his shoulders, and suddenly bringing
out from under it a glass bowl filled to the brim with
water and golden fishes. Imagine him placing his son
upon a table, extinguishing him with a hollow box,
something like a sentinel's watch-box, knocking the box
over with a bullet fired from a pistol, and lo ! no boy on
the table, but high up among the slips, near the ceiling
of the theatre. Imagine this man suspending the child
in a state of mesmeric slumber in the air—the boy lying
as it were recumbent upon nothing, if we except a slender
rod which is balanced upright on the stage and touched
by the tip of his elbow. Imagine all this and you will
not have imagined ono quarter of the wonders per-
formed so adroitly, so gracefully, so elegantly, so
neatly, by M. Robert Houdin—the Prince of Conjurors.

CITY OF LONDON SEWERS.
Messrs. Walker, Cubitt, and Brunel, the eminent
civil engineers appointed to examine into the sewers
of the city of London, have made their report, which
will be published in a few days. In the meantime
the following extract from that document will be read
with interest:—

We beg to conclude with a short abstract of our ge-
neral opinion in reference to the City sewers.
We think, that although there may be;exceptions in
paelcular ca , the present sizes of sewers are not too
'treat, and th ought not to be lessened.t
vw• That the sewers, where made, are efficient.
That as from three to four miles only of the fifty miles
of streets, courts, and alleys within the City are without
sewers or drains, it is desirable that the same be con-
structed as soon as arrangements can be made for the
purpose, so that every street, court, or alley within the
City, may be efficiently drained.
That the City sewers, which receive the sewage of
the portions of the adjoining county, arc sufficient for
the discharge of the county and City drainage.
That as, of the 16,000 houses and buildings in tho
City, 6,762 have not private covered drains, it is de-
sirable that these be provided.
That the fall or inclination in the private drains is
generally such as to keep the drains clear of deposit.
That any general search for cesspools, for the pur-
pose of opening and emptying them in private houses,
would be impolitic as a general measure, and would be
likely to be more injurious than the cesspools now are,
if they aro properly constructed, which should be as-
certained.

That theforna of sewers has practically very little to
do with the general question of their keeping clear of
deposit, this depending very much upon their fall and
the quantity of water; but that no tall or quantity of
water is likely to be obtained in the City sewers suffi-
cient to keep them clear of obstructions without the
occasional aid of men in the sewer to remove hard
deposit.

;Mat the most eminent men of their time have been
consulted in, or have directed the execution of the.
City sewers, including Wren, Wyatt, Dance, and
Rennie.

That we have discovered nothing in the construction
of the works which can justify our charging the Com-
missioners with waste in respect of the size or construc-
tion of the sewers or otherwise, although the outlay
during the last ten years must have been great, as during
that time more new sewers have been made than during
the previous 130 years.
That the system of flushing has been introduced lately
with groat advantage, and is already considerably ex-
tended.

That the desiderata, in order to perfect the sewage
of the City, are the formation of the three to four
miles of sewers, the extension of -private drains, and the
flushing system by gates and tanks, as described in our
report.
That neither of the new plans suggested by the sur-
veyor to the Metropolitan Sewers Commissioners, nor
that of their consulting engineer, is applicable to the
City sewers.

NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Last evening ano-
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Lig doo fn engineo-drtrhiv-W
Company was held at the Railway Tavern, Hampsteady.
road, for the purpose of affording further information as
to the state of the line during the last two days, and
further to consider the position of affairs with regard to
the disagreement. Mr. J. Brown, an engine-driver,
having been called to the chair, stated that, by appoint-
ment, a deputation had at that moment (half-past ten
o'clock) returned from an interview with Mr. M'Connell,
the chief of the locomotive department, and one of the
directors, and a wish bad been expressed on the part of
the directors that every man should return to his em-
ployment and that all that had transpired should bo
buried in oblivion.—(Loud cheers.) Under these cir-
cumstances, a further appointment having been made for
the deputation to wait on the authorities at nine o'clock
to-morrow morning, he begged to propose that the meet-
ing stand adjourned until the following evening, out of
respect to the directors of the company. A general feel-
ing having been unequivocally manifested to refuse to
submit to the classification proposed, the proceedings
terminated at a late hour.
THE LATE FATAL EXPLOSION IN ALBANY-STREET.
—CORONER'S INQUEST.—Yesterday afternoon Mr. Wuk-
ley, M.P., and a respectable jury, assembled at the
Elephant and Castle Tavern, Camden. town, for the
purpose of inquiring into the circumstances connected
with the death of Mary Bentley, aged fifteen, nurse-
maid to Mr. Loten, Berlin wool dealer, whose premises
were destroyed by an explosion. After the jury had
viewed the body of the deceased, the Coroner said it ap-
peared to him to be impossible to conclude the inquiry
that day, for he was given to understand that the prin-
cipal witnesses, Captain Loten and Miss Burgh, were at
present in the hospital ; and they being the only parties
in the house when the explosion occurred, their evidence
would be absolutely necessary. It would, therefore, be
advisable to adjourn the case for a week or ten days at
the least. Mr. Loten, the occupier of the premises that
had been destroyed, said that he was very desirous that
the inquiry should take place as speedily as possible, as
rumour had gone forth that the explosion had occurred
from gunpowder or gun-cotton. He begged to deny
that there was any such explosive materials on his pre-
mises. In answer to a question from a juror, the Coro-
ner said, if the jury wished to inspect the ruinsT and gas
ruins,
n respectings ,
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crreacipisco: of gas. The inquiry was then
ad
journed till Mon-
day week, and the jury repaired to the
andmadtehae minute examination of the gas • pipes, &c.
MELANCHOLY OCCCRR
TUESDAY MORNING. An ENCE AT BATH.— BATH,
l event of an extremely dis-
tressing character took pee here last evening. The
sons of Lieutenant Williams,a
retired naval officer, re-
siding
in Springfield-place,
children of the ages of ten
and twelve years respectively,
had gone out to play with
a schoolfellow named Br
T"john. The latter had brought
with him a pistol, in which, by some inadvertence, a ball
had been left. The
pistol
b had an old flint lock, and the
boys amused themselves
y:pouring powder into the pan,
and flashing it. At length, having, it is supposed,
primed with a larger portion of powder than before,
the elder of the Williamses pointed the pistol at the
head of a little boy named Willes, who was passing by,
and, melancholy to relate, the ball entered the child's
forehead, and passed
,out at the back of its head, the
brain protruding through the orifice. The three boys
have been in custody all night. Strange to say, the
wounded child still lingers alive, although, of course, not
the smallest chance exists of its survival.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Yesterday the mar-
riage of Lord C. P. Clinton (Ist Life Guards), second
son of the Duke of Newcastle, and Miss Grant, of Con-
gatton, only daughter and heiress of the late Mr. W.
Grant, of Congatton, N. 8., was solemnized at St.
George's Church, Hanover-square.

A 'Curious ADVANTAGE.—The following adver-
tisement appears in a Dublin paper:—" If Edward
Headen, house painter, who is in the habit of travelling
to all parts of the country in prosecution of his business,
will communicate with hiQ TT--