The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-02 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterday fore-
noon in the pleasure grounds of Osborne House.

Lord John Russell arrived in the afternoon at Osborne
House, on a visit to her Majesty.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice,
took airings on the beach, and in the plantations of Os-
borne House yesterday.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by
her Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, left town
shortly before twelve o'clock yesterday, for her residence,
Bushy House, Bushy Park. Her Majesty and her
Royal Highness were attended by the Countess Haack,
the Earl of Denbigh, and Count Puckler.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at
Bushy House, to pay a visit to the Queen Dowager,
from her residence, Frogmore House.

A dejeune was served to the august party.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took her
departure in the afternoon for Frogmore House.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Prussia and suite, returned to Marl-
borough House yesterday, in two carriages and four.

Mr. H. Barkl3,, M.P., and Mr. Macgregor had an in-
terview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday.
Le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, the Brazilian Mi-
nister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign
Office.

The Milbank Prison Commission held a meeting yes-
;erday at the Milbank Prison.
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The Chairman of the Customs had an interview with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Higham,
Secretary and Comptroller- General to the Commis-
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, had also
an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Gentleman.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governor of the Mauritius.

Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo-
nial-office, for the Governors of the West India colonies.

Lord John Russell left his residence, at Wimbledon,
yesterday morning, for Osborne House, Isle of Wight,
vici South-Western Railway.

SEWING SILK.—On a recent importation into one of
the principal outports of a parcel of sewing silk, from Hong-
Kong (,China), the party paid the duty leviable on manu-
factures of silk not particularly enumerated, &c., 15 percent.
on the value of the same, upon which it was delivered for
home use by the officers of the revenue. The importer being
subsequently informed that he had entered it under a wrong
denomination, and that he should have described it as being,
organzine thrown silk, and which is free of duty, made appli-
cation fur the duty to be returned. The matter involving a
question of some importance, it was referred to the heads of
the department in London. It appears that some years since
animportation of the same description of article took place,
and was entered by the proprietor at a low rate of duty, but
was detained by the officers of the revenue as being liable to
a higher rate of duty, as organzine thrown silk, and was sub-
sequently directed to be charged with the then higher rate of
duty leviable on that article. The article sewing silk not
having been inserted in previous tariffs, it necessarily could
not be specifically declared free under that particular head ;
but by the recent Act the article organzine thrown silk has
been declared to be free of duty, and as it has been ruled that
sewing silk, dyed, was organzine thrown silk, and subject to
that rate of duty when it was higher than the other descrip-
tion.of silk manufacture mentioned, it is deemed that it is
now entitled to the privilege conferred by the new Act, and
it has been decided to be admissible free of duty. The
sewing silk alluded to is imported from China, but is not
considered equal to the sewing silks manufactured in this
country.
THE PARLIAMENTARY PRINTERS.—After the labours
of a protracted session the printers in the employ of Mr.
Hansard, about 250 in number, went down to Brighton on
Monday morning, and dined at the King and Queen, where
an excellent dinner was provided for them. Mr. Hansard,
who was himself staying in Brighton, did them the honour
to take the chair. After the removal of the cloth, the usual
loyal and patriotic toasts were proposed, after which the
health of Mr: Hansard was given by the senior compositor,
and, it is perhaps needless to add, responded to with the
utmost enthusiasm. We understand that Mr. Hansard be-
haved most liberally to his men.
Inspector Partridge, a most intelligent and active
officer of the A division of Metropolitan Police, has lately
(from the efficient services he has rendered the country by
bringing Mocker, Beaumont Smith, Oxford, and other noto-
rious criminals to justice, and from his being an excellent
linguist and translator) been appointed to a lucrative situa-
tion as commissioner of police for the Isle of France.
ROBBERY OF EIGHT HUNDRED POUNDS IN GOLD AND
SILVER AT TIIX NORWICH RAILWAY TERMINUS.—NOR-
WICII, TUESDAY.—Considerable interest was excited in
this city yesterday, by a robbery of the most extensive
character, which took place at the terminus of the Norfolk
Railway. According to the information furnished the writer
by the railway authorities and the police, it appears that
immediately after the arrival of the first down-train, it was
discovered that the cash box of the company, and which
was kept in the office attached to the station, had been
emptied, and its contents, amounting to upwards of 800/. in
gold and silver, carried off. The key was still remaining in
the lock, but the cash, what had become of it, nobody
knew. The necessary alarm was given to the officials of the
company, and information of the depredation was promptly
forwarded to Mr. Garrington, the chief constable of the
city, when a most active search was instituted. A
large number of his force were posted in all parts
with a view of tracing the plunder, but up to a late hour
not the slightest clue could be obtained. A general opinion
seems to prevail that the robbery must have been committed
by some party connected with the office. There are suspi-
cions in a certain quarter, but, lest they should not be cor-
rect, the omission of names is advisable. Mr. H. Bolling-
broke, one of the city magistrates, and who is the resident
director, was engaged the whole day in examining the ser-
vants of the company, and the premises in the locale of the
robbery, but without arriving at anything satisfactory as to
the whereabouts of the property. The spoil weighed near
half a hundred weight, and consequently its removal must
have been a work of much difficulty. We understand that
on a Monday morning there is generally more cash in the
office than on any other day, there being the receipts of
Saturday night after the bank closes, of Sunday, and of
Monday morning. It seems that it should have been paid
into the bank before the hour the robbery was committed.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—EarIy
this morning, as one of the vans, laden with baggage and
furniture belonging to some of the non-commissioned officers
of the Grenadier Guards, was on its way to London, an ac-
cident occurred by which one life was lost and several persons
seriously injured. On the front ladder of the van some bed-
ding had been fastened with cords, and on the bedding several
soldiers' wives and children were seated. Among them was
the wife of Sergeant Robinson, with an infant not more than
a week old asleep on her lap, when just as the van was pass-
ing the gates of Frogmore Lodge, the cords with which the
bedding had been tied, suddenly broke, and the beds, the
women and the children, were all tumbled pell-mell into the
road. The sergeant's wife had her shoulder dislocated, and
her baby falling on its head, died almost instantly. Several
of the other women and children were much injured, and the
driver narrowly escaped having the wheels pass over him.
The injured parties were instantly removed to the Hope
Tavern, in the immediate vicinity, and surgical assistance
was in attendance within ten minutes after the accident, and
the poor woman was humanely attended to, but her infant
was pastall human aid. An inquest was held on the body
this afternoon, and a verdict of " Accidental Death" returned,
the coroner observing the law of deodand had expired, other-
wise some punishment might have been inflicted on the
driver, owner, or packer of the van, for having used cords
not fit for the purpose.
GRAVESEND AND ROCHESTER RAILWAY. Traffic
returns fcr week ending August 29, 1846 :—Passengers,
15,656; amount received, 3741. Os, Bd.

ATTIDIPTED MURDER—SUICIDE
THROUGH JEALOUSY.
(Prom the 117anchcst(r Examiner, Aug. 29.)
An incraest was yesterday held by r. Chapman, the
' borough coroner, and a respectable jury, at the Bank of
England Tavern, Pollard-street, Manchester, relative to
the death of Abraham Ashworth, a weaver. The evi-
dence showed that twelve months ago, yesterday, the
deceased was married to a young woman seventeen
years of age, who was employed in a factory ; that he
was of a jealous temperament, and that his weakness
was turned into a source of mirth by his fellow-work •
men. He frequently charged his wife with being too
intimate with a man named Royle, and on this score
beat and quarrelled with her ; but he, nevertheless,
seems to have loved her, and when he was in a play-
ful humour she endeavoured to disabuse his mind of
the foul thoughts that had fixed themselves there.
Her efforts, however, were vain, and seven weeks
ago the unhappy pair separated, and she went to live
with her mother in a cellar in Junction-street, occupied
by a married couple named Gregory. On Tuesday
night last the deceased went, for the first time since the
separation, to see his wife, told her that he was going to
Bury-lane, near Leigh, and asked her to accompany
him to the railway station. She went, and just before
starting lie bade her farewell in a friendly manner, and
promised to return in about a fortnight. In the course
of the following night, after having been for some time
asleep in Mrs. Gregory's, she awoke, and to her asto-
nishment, saw her husband near her, " looking very
vicious, and turning his eyes away from her very
savage." He seemed to have had some liquor. She
got up, and offered to prepare him some supper ;
but he refused to have any thing to eat. He requested,
however, to have a quart of beer ; this she went for,
and he drank the whole of it, with the exception
of a teacupful, which was divided between Mr. and Mrs.
Gregory. He then began to accuse his wife of ins
proper conduct; with Royle, who works in the same
factory with her. She offered to go to the factory, and
have the whole matter cleared up, and to this the de-
ceased consented, declaring that reports of her infidelity
were current through the mill. lie soon after went to
bed. In the morning, at five o'clock, the mother of
Mrs. Ashworth, Gregory, and his elder son went to
work. In about half an hour after Ashworth sat up in
bed, and his wife saw him take something from the
pocket of his trousers. He asked her to lie with her
face upwards, tied her cap• strings, and seemed in a
more affectionate mood; and this opportunity the young
wife seized to beseech him not to listen to the silly tales
which he had mentioned on the previous night. lie
burst intu tears, and attempted to jump out of bed;
but she caught hold of him, and he had to rise.
He then threw himself back, and attempted to
raise his arm, as though he was struggling with
powerful emotions and a deep resolution. The action,
however, was sufficient to disclose to the alarmed wife
something bright and flashing in his hand ; she thought
it was a penknife, but it was a razor, and she screamed
out violently. lie caught hold of her, and mingled his
cries with hers ; but, when he was unable to hold her
any longer, he raised both his hands, and inflicted a
ghastly wound on his throat. Terrified, the young
wife ran screaming into the street ; he hastily followed
her ; but she had the presence of mind to close the door,
and she held it so firmly that he failed in his efforts to
open it. A man, attracted by her screams of " Murder!"
came from a cellar on the opposite side of the street, and
as soon as she saw him, she ran towards him, fainted,
and fell. On recovering she found that her finger
had been cut. Several persons soon entered the cellar.
The unfortunate man was sitting on the fender, in his
shirt ; around him was a pool of blood, in the midst of
which lay the razor kith which he had, no doubt, in-
tended to murder his wife, and with which he had in-
flicted on himself a wound, of which he died in about
an hour and a half. The cellar, in almost every part of
it, bore marks of blood. No one knew where he got the
razor ; but there can be but little doubt of the object
for which he had possessed himself of it ; for he had
often threatened, as he expressed it, to put both himself
and his wife out of the road. On one occasion, about two
or three months before the separation, he was fondling
his wife, as they sat alone ; and when her head
was resting on his lap, he took out his penknife, and
pointing it at her throat, said, " Jenny, I want your
throat.' He made a movement with the weapon, and
it penetrated the skin of her neck. The jealous man had
evidently for some time entertained the notion of put-
ting an end to his own misery and life, and of punishing
the supposed infidelity of his wife.
The jury brought in a verdict, that the deceased had
cut his throat with a razor when in a state of unsound
mind and distraction.

THE MURDER OF THE CHEVA-

LIER STEWART.
(Extract of a letter dated Ancona, August 1.)
If you have not already heard through the public
papers of a shocking crime that has been perpetrated in
this vicinity, it is my painful duty to communicate the
sad and atrocious deed. Our mutual friend, the Chevalier
Abbi". Stewart, was, on the 17th ult., most inhumanly
and deliberately murdered on the shore between this
and Sinigaglia. Poor Stewart put up at Casabrugiate
for a few days, for the benefit of sea bathing, previous
to visiting the fair of Sinigaglia. On the morning of the
t7th he bathed at a secluded part of the shore, when
a peasant approached him and tendered his services to
hold an umbrella, which he accepted, and remunerated
the man for his trouble, upon which the peasant in-
quired if Mr. Stewart intended bathing again in the
evening. He replied he should, but would not require
his services. However, the peasant dodged him to the
shore between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, and
waited his opportunity for committing his premeditated
crime, having prepared, and partly manufactured, a long
stiletto since the morning. He took advantage of the
moment that Stewart was passing his shirt over his head,
and inflicted three stabs, which Stewart received on his
left arm, and at once faced his murderer, without weapon
or covering to his body, and demanded his intentions.
The wretch replied " Plunder." Poor Stewart pointed
to his clothes, watch, ring, and money, and besought
him to take everything and decamp, and spare his
life. The monster hesitated for a moment, and then
rushed again upon Stewart, and stabbed him eight
times more, two of which wounds extended to the whole
length of the stiletto. Stewart fell, and the murderer
made off with his things. Then poor Stewart rose to
his feet, wrapped himself in a sheet, and proceeding
nearly half a mile to the nearest cottage, falling twice
before he could accomplish the distance. Medical aid
from Monte Marciano soon reached him, but mortal
aid was of no avail ; about an hour after midnight he
expired, praying fervently, and wonderfully composed
to the last moment. Half an hour previous to his
last gasp he took up a pen and wrote to his brother,
who, I believe, is his heir—" Dearest George, I am
dying. T. Stewart." By poor Stewart's descrip-
tion, the assassin was arrested within an hour of
the bloody deed. Though there is all necessary
proof of the identity of the culprit, yet I ap-
prehend the extreme penalty of the law may not
reach him, being under age (nineteen), according to the
laws of this country. I understood that in the case of
great atrocity the Pope can lend (as it is called here) a
few years to the criminal. The British Consul has re-
presented this case to Rome, as one requiring the exer-
tion of this power, and awaits the decision. The Consul
has had poor Stewart's body embalmed, and placed in
the church of Santa Maria, preparatory to embarkation
for England. Now comes the extraordinary and almost
incredible sequel to this most melancholy and dreadful
deed. The priests (I presume) having learnt that
the deceased belonged to a rich family, began as usual,
to speculate upon what might turn up most to their
advantage. All at once a child, a cripple from its birth,
was cured by crawling over the coffin, and left
his crutches there. The fame of this miracle spread
throughout the town and neighbourhood, and the lame
and halt flocked in from all sides. Numerous other
miracles are said to have been performed—offerings of
wax began to drop in to the church—scores of children
were brought in to be cured of all kinds of diseases. At
length the crowds of deluded beings reached such an
extent that the British Consul feared they would
destroy the coffin, and accordingly ordered it to be
removed out of the body of the church to a vault ;
but this was an undertaking of some difficulty, and
he was obliged to call in the aid of the gend'armes
to close the chief entrance to the church, and get
the crowd out by a back way, and prevent the ,iopulace
outside from rushing in. By half-past nine o clock at
night they succeeded in clearing the church, and re-
moving the coffin. Next morning the church was again
beset with crowds, who kissed and adored the ground
upon which the coffin had been placed, and strewed it
with flowers and garlands. It is said also that the
ground has wrought miracles. It is also said that the
priests will endeavour to oppose the Consul when he
claims the body for shipment, as they hope the family
will canonise their relative, and let them reap the ad-
vantages attendant upon such ceremonies, leaving the
body with them.

PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—VAUXHALL GAR-
DENS.-A benefit, in aid of the funds of this excellent insti-
tution, was given last night at Vauxhall Gardens. The
" bill of fare " was most liberal. The fireworks by Darby,
and the illuminations, were most brilliant. To-morrow
(Thursday) a grand naval fete, in honour of the " wooden
walls of Old England," when all the nautical airs of Dibdin
will be sung, and the gardens will present one blaze of light,
decorated with the flags of all nations and other appropriate
insignia. On the 10th, Mr. T. Holt, the treasurer of the
gardens, has announced his benefit. He will be aided by a
host of talented professionals. There will also be a fire bal-
loon and a double display of fireworks.
TANDEM ACCIDENT.-011 Friday last, as the Hon.
Arthur Ward and Mr. Byng were driving towards Falkirk
in a tandem, after viewing Stirling Castle; the leader sud-
denly became restive and unmanageable, and turned round
upon the wheeler so sharply as to snap the shaft, and im-
mediately both gentlemen were thrown out with great vio
lence, and remained upon the ground for several minutes
quite insensible. At length they were taken to the house of
Mr. Mackenzie, surgeon, of Falkirk, and received every at-
tention that was possible to administer. Mr. Byng, who was
driving at the time, escaped with a slight wound near the
left thigh ; but his friend, who was a most expert driver,
and who had but relinquished the reins two or three minutes
previous, is in great danger, suffering from concussion and
contusion of the brain. The unfortunate gentleman had
driven the same horses for above two months in Scotland,
and is in his 22d year.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—STRANRAER, AUG. 27.—
Last night, a little before twelve, four seamen put off from
the quay in a small boat, intending to retire for the night on
board their respective vessels, and having rowed alongside
the Scotia steamer, William Houston, mate of the Scotia, and
another of the party, sprung on board, when the small boat
immediately capsised, throwing Matthew Houston, brother
of the mate, and the other man into the water. William,
the mate, seeing the accident, and knowing his brother
could not swim, jumped overboard with the intention of
saving him, but unfortunately never saw him again. The
remaining man of the party lowered a boat from the
steamer, and succeeded in picking up William Houston, and
the other, whose name is Lamb, both greatly exhausted.
Strict search was made for the body of Matthew, but unfor-
tunately it was trot found until this morning.—Cakdonian
Afercury.

IMMIGRATION.
The various members of the West India interest aro
indefatigable at present in their efforts to obtain justice
for the West India colonies at the hands of the Govern-
ment. The natural indolence of men in office, and the
prepossessions of politicians and politico-economists so
sectarian as the Whigs, will require their utmost efforts,
and they will also require support from the colonies.
This will requira to be given promptly, yet Nvith fore-
thought and guarded caution in language. Much harm
has first and last been done by ie`termit-
ting activity and unguarded language on the
part of parties connected with these coh miies
in the mother-country, and colonists themsel,ves.
Every discrepant opinion is laid hold of by Government
as an excuse for stopping to deliberate—that is, foT
doing nothing. Every opinion that flatters their pre-
conceived opinion coming from resident colonists is laid:
hold of as a pretext for abiding by their prejudices.
There are many respectable and, from their great pro-
perty, influential members of the West India interest at
home who have taken little pains to analyse the sources
of West India distress, and can only be got to move with
the body on rare and stirring occasions. All kinds of
quacks from the colonies get round these parties with their
nostrums, and cause them to introduce disunion into the
body. Again, a few sanguine residents are rtrn away
with by the El Dorado promises of a Smith, and their
lucubrations are regularly forwarded to the Coronial-
office as the public opinion of their respective colonies.
The intelligent colonists ought to lay their heads toge-
ther, determine what points they want to carry first.
then appeal for the support of their fellow-colonists. In
the life of Franklin—his early life in Philadelphia--
they will find a model of shrewd, sagacious, cautious,
resolute formation of a sound practical public opinion
in a not very manageable community. Similar
means must now be used to similar ends in the
West Indies. It is the crisis of these colonies'
fate. There are discordant elements in them
which can only thus be brought to work in harmony.
The free black peasantry, and the panderers to their
prejudices, lay or clerical, must be thus won over or
silenced. The first task is to reconcile them to immigra-
tion. Immigration is the foundation upon which the su-
perstructure of colonial prosperity must be reared. It is
true that capital is wanting, but capital will never flow to
the islands until there is plenty of available labour. It is
true that agricultural and manufacturing processes admit
ofimprovement (not to the extent that pedants and knaves
represent at home, but still to some extent), but for
this we may trust to the awakened intellects and
energies of the residents. But labour must be had—
a full continuous stream—from the nearest point, from
Western Africa. It is for the interest of all classes irt
the West Indies that it should be had. This is what
the missionaries of common sense must teach the indus-
trious and well-meaning among the peasantry—the
honest and intelligent among their pastors. This may
be done by the means we indicate; and this ripened
intelligence must be brought to bear en masse upon the
Home Government.— West India Mail.
Th

,e Earl and Countess of Seafield are shortly ex-
pected to arrive iu town from Cullen House, North Britain,
on their way to the Continent. On Wednesday last, the
Noble Earl had a " gathering" at Cullen House, when there
was an exhibition of the sports peculiar to the Highlands.
Lord Beidhaven, Lord George Lennox, Lord Robert Clinton,
Hon. L. A. Grant, Captain Hood, Hon. Mr. Byrne, and a
large party, visitors at Cullen House, were present at the
gainer, the successful competitors having prizes awarded them.
The Earl of Leicester and a select circle are visiting
Mr. J. and Lady Elizabeth Spencer Stanhope at Cannon Hall,
Barnsley, -Yorkshire.
The Earl of Ellesmere has left Worsley Hall, Lanca-
shire, for his shooting-lodge in Sutherlandshire, where the
Noble Earl purposes to enjoy the sports of the Highlands up
to the close of the present month.

Lady Bloomfield has left town for Kingseote, Glances-
:ershire.

Lady Pakenham, wife of Major-General Sir Hercules
Pakenham, K.C.8., in command of the troops of the south-
western district, is to present a set of new colours to the 2d
Regiment, shortly after the arrival of that gallant regiment
at llaslar barracks from Winchester.
THE LATE FRACAS ON A LCCOMOTIVE ENGINE.—
Yesterday, Temple, the engine-driver, and Poole, the stoker
of the mixed train from Bristol, who fought on the engine,
between Steventon and Didcot stations, thereby perilling the
lives of the passengers, were brought before Mr. Gooch, the
superintendent of locomotives, when, it having been ascer-
tained that Poole was the aggressor, he was immediately
discharged, and Temple fined a sovereign—a very inader
quate punishment, considering the danger incurred, as it was
his place, holding such a responsible situation, to have
stopped the train on the outbreak, and have given Poole into
the guard's custody, as they are all constables.
Two days ago, the inhabitants of the Rue d'Enfer
were amused by the scene of an Auvergnat undergoing pun.'
ishment, for suffering himself to be beaten by his wife. After
a formal trial by a party of water-carriers, his countrymen,
lie was sentenced to be paraded through the quarter
mounted on an ass, with his face towards the animal's
tail. The funds for the hire of the ass and of a bagpiper,
amounting in all to some 8£ or wn, being raised among
the fraternity, the hen-pecked husband was, after some
resistance, mounted on the animal in the humiliating posi-
tion named in the verdict, and, preceded by the bag-
pipes, was made to go through several streets amidst the
hootings, laughs, and jeers, of an innumerable rabble.—
Puri
ss paper.

The- 'Gazette of last night contains the orders in
Council ratifying the treaty of international copyright en-
tered into with Prussia for the protection of " authors, ins..
ventors, designers, engravers, and makers of any of the fol-
lowing works (that is to say), books, prints, articles of sculp
ture, dramatic works, musical compositions, and any other
works of literature and the fine arts in which the laws of
Great Britain give to British subjects the protection of copy-
right ;" also, regulating the duty to be henceforth charged
on books and prints brought into this country from the
Prussian dominions.

SECESSION IRON THE CHURCH.—Letters were yes-
terday received by two eminent Roman Catholic divines, re-
siding at the West-end, from the Rev. A. Renaud, Apostolic
Missionary, Candy, Sidney, conveying the intelligence that
the Rev. T. G. Wenham, M. A., Protestant chaplain to the
garrison quartered in that district, had, on the last festival
of St. Peter and St. Paul, resigned his profitable cure and
sought admission into the Catholic Church. The rev. con-
vert is described as a man of highly cultivated mind and
many prepossessing qualities.
A SHIP STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.—A notice has been
received at Lloyd's, reporting a serious accident to the French
ship Cecilia, which had put into the Mauritius on the Bth of
June last almost a wreck from the effect of lightning, and
with a loss of four men. The vessel eight days previous• had
encountered a fearful tempest of lightning and thunder, in
the height of which she was struck by the electric fluid,
occasioning serious damage in every part of the ship to such
an extent that it was expected she would immediately
founder. The four seamen who lost their lives were stand-

ing forward close to the chains. They were burnt dread-
fully, and when found their clothes were on fire. The ship's
repairs would occupy nearly a month before she would be
tit again for sea.

PARTRIDGES IN THE LONDON MARKETS.—Yesterday
being the first day of the partridge season, Newgate and
Leadenhall markets, as well as the principal poulterers' shops
in the metropolis, presented a better show of birds than is
generally seen at the commencement of the season. Par-
tridges are in prime condition, and sold at ss. and Gs. a brace,
the smaller birds were sold at 3s. 6d. and 4s. a brace, and
there were several hampers offered at 2s. and 2s. 6d. per
brace; but which, from their appearance, must have been
slaughtered previous to the Ist of September. Hares are
tine, and fetched from 3s. to 4s. 6d. each.

Mr. Robert Duneombe Shafto, of Whitworth, is named
as a candidate for North Durham, at the next general elec•
tion, on the free-trade interest. _

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIPE
FROM FIRE.—The corporation of the City of London baying
made a grant to the Society of two hundred pounds, for the
purchase of six machines, with their appurtenances, that
number has been completed, and placed in various districts
of the City. The society has now twenty-one stations, ex-
tending over one-third of the metropolis, and as the ands
increase, they will be enabled to extend their sphere of use-
fulness. During the last two years the society, by the aid
of their machines, have saved nineteen persons, who other-
wise must inevitably have perished by the most terrible of
all deaths—that by lire. Two more machines are building,
and will shortly be placed in West Strand and BIODIptOI2.
WRECK OF AN AMERICAN EAST INDIA TRADER.---
Letters have arrived communicating
intelligence of the total
wreck of the American East India trader the Gentoo, corn•
mander Hollis master, belonging to Boston, with a cargo of
indigo, saltpetre, &c. Her loss occurred on the night of the
29th of last April, on a reef of rocks in Stray's Bay, on
.the
same spot where the Duke of Northumberland Indianian was
wrecked a few years since. The weather at the time was
boisterous, the wind blowing almost a gale from the N.E.,
and raining heavily. She struck at about ten o'clock, un-
fortunately with such violence as to carry away a large por-
tion of the keel, and the water rushing into the hold she fell
over on her broadside, when she quickly became a complete
wreck. With the exception of a lady passenger, her two
children, and servant maid (names not mentioned), all on
board were saved, amounting in number to forty individuals,
a third of whom were passengers. The unfortunate lady and
her children were lost by one of the boats swamping after
they had been lowered into it. The seamen strove to save
them, but a heavy sea swept them beyond human reach.
The vessel was nearly 500 tons burden. She was bound to
Boston from Calcutta. Her loss is reported to be upwards of
25,000/.
VC DISCOVERY OF SKELETONS AT SOUTH LAMBETH.--•
A vast number of houses have to be pulled down, to make
way for the extension of the South-Western Railway to
Waterloo-bridge, and the excavations are carried to a depth
of from sixteen to eighteen feet, and consequently by far
deeper than were the foundations of the houses recently de-
molished. On Saturday last, whilst the men were digging
below the foundations of some houses recently standing on
the Lambeth side of the Wandsworth-road, and opposite to
Philip's fruit tree nursery, they found two skeletons of hu-
man beings. They were neither of them perfect, the skulls
and some of the large bones alone remain. The bones were
quite black, and upon being handled crumbled to dust.
They- appeared to have been in the place they were found a
century and a half, and were probably those malefactors or
,felo-de-ses buried at cross roads, or some of the :unhappy
victims of the great plague. Mr. Carter, the coroner, thought
it unnecessary to hold an inquest.
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.—Yesterday morning, shortly
after six o'clock, a man named Bailey, in the employ of Mr.
Cubitt, of Thames-bank, in going to his work, discovered
the body of a gentleman lying on the shore of the river,
opposite to St. George's-square, Thames-bank, apparently
left by the receding tide. A policeman was called to the
spot, and the body was conveyed to the King's Arms public-
house, when the usual means were adopted to restore anima-
tion, but without effect. In the course of the morning the
body was claimed by a gentleman named Baker, who stated
that the deceased was a gentleman of independent property,
and very respectably connected; his name was William John-
son, and he had resided for sometime past atNo.l4, Belvoir-
terrace,Vauxhall-bridge-road. lie had left home after dinner
on the previous evening with the intention of taking a walk,
which was the last time he was seen by his friends alive. It
appears that lie had been in a depressed state of mind for
sonic days past, but his family could form no opinion what-
ever how he came in the river.
THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.—The following
notice, by command of the Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, is now posted at the principal entrance to the new
Palace of Westminster :—" Great inconvenience and
occasioned
by to the progress of the works having been oc
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