The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-11 00:00:00

MONDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 18-IP,

A WORD WITH THE GOODIES" AND A
GLANCE AT DONCASTER.
BY GEORGE WIZARD, ESQ.

" 11l blows the wind that profits noboJv."—Shakspere.
" Oh never saw I promise yet of such a glorious fray."
Macaulay.
" The fiery steeds bound through the air,
Each rider sits erect and fair,
Then like a bolt from steel cross-bow
Forth launched, along the plain they go."
The Lady of the Lake.

To all those members of the " world sedate,"
Who fancy virtue reigns but in their pate,
And so dispense their censures on what they
Themselves but practice in a different way.
I first would venture a remark or two,
So Chisel'em Anstey I'll begin with you.
Now dost thou think, huwe'er our hopes may fall,
That we as men are speculators all?
For if you do, then wherefore should you blame
Those who through choice prefer the " sporting game,"
Your tastes and theirs may differ, yet they tend
In the long run, precisely to one end;
For rest assured this natural love of gain
In every human breast is found the same;
Though some there be who'd strip one altogether,
And, like attorneys, pluck off ev'ry feather.
Yet the rich merchant has his hopes of gain,
In some deep venture on the trackless main;
The crafty trader, who looks sleek and slim,
Thinks how much profit " Stock" is turning him;
And the sly farmer, wheresoe'er he be
(Inured from youth to peaceful husbandry),
Though all retired, as each person knows,
Watches the markets' various ebbs and flows
With as keen eye as turfite e'er I wist
Observed his favourites on the " Leger list."
D.) I condemn this? no such thing, but prize
That land which speculates, for it must rise
Aryl shine amidst the nations as a star,
Whose glorious lights reflected from afar.
And Albion's sun will set in endless night
When speculation from her shore takes flight.
For what is all this wondrous speculation,
But only hope in active operation.
Hope! that's the monarch of the immortal mind,
Who, by her influence, sways all human kind,
Leading us ever by her varying will,
Through devious avenues, to fortune still,
And pointing out upon her own bright chart,
The path best suited to each mind and heart.
Then Anstey pluck this hope from out our breast,
Ere Sou would stop our speculative zest,
Or, being unable to accomplish that,
Do kindly, pray, next session "hold your chat."
But it is no wonder that each racing ,6 sweep"
Should by its soubrique well nigh make you weep,
When you remember what you've said and done,
And the' foul sweep" you made 'gainst Palmerston.
But to my task—now I have " had my say,"
I'll try a " sweep" at Fortune, come what may;
And, as to her I always yield my thanks,
I'm sure I'll draw more prizes out than blanks:
First on my card the " Cleveland" comes in view,
I see Miss Sarah with her jacket blue;
While after that the " Champagne" foaming bright,
Reveals The Flying Dutchman to my sight;
And for the " Hundred Sovereigns," it is clear,
Nought can compare with noble Montpensier.
Ha! 'tis the great " St. Leger" race I draw,
Which I, while slumb'ring, most distinctly saw,
Careering o'er my fancy, and which now
I see as clearly as I did, I vow.
Oh! 'tis a glorious struggle for the prize,
And well nigh plucks the vision from my eyes
As on they rush—while ev'ry nerve is strung,
But Erin's Justice by a head has won.
Come, Fortune, come, keep closely by my side,
And let me clasp thee as I would my bride.
Methinks I hear the whispering unto me,
have
Queenlrertdy o
of v May.
For the " Gcc at Yorkshire," mind, back Keleshea,
And for the "Foal Stakes" 'tis the "time of day"
A (Thoughsfor theout
Arid Master Flatcatcher is quite in " clover;"
And for the " Cup" on Friday, it is clear
The gallant Tromp cannot beat Chanticleer,
Who o'er them all, I tell it unto you
So fc
"Scarborough" roonug tho" 'tis a
Will have the cry of " cock a-doodle-do."

MANUFACTURE OF IRON.
7'O THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia,—ln your valuable paper of the 6th inst., you
notice some of the objects of the ‘` Irish Amelioration
Society," especially that of reclaiming bog land and
purchasing turf, to give employment to, and improve
the condition of, the Irish peasant.
As many years ago I received great kindness and
hospitality in Ireland from several gentlemen to whom
I was a perfect stranger, I have always felt an interest
in that land, and as, perhaps, I am in possession of in-
formation which may not generally be known, and
which may be the indirect means of benefitting many,
I beg to submit the following observations through
your medium :
I have for many years taken a considerable interest
in, and seen the use of, peat as a fuel, for the manu-
facture of iron ; and therefore do not feel diffident in
offering these remarks to those who may be interested
in its consumption.
In the south of Europe, peat is not only used for
smelting iron from the ore, but refining, puddling,
welding, and converting pig iron into finished bars
and rods ; in fact, I have seen all the operations of a
rolling mill carried on with peat alone as a fuel, un-
prepared in any way except being thoroughly dried,
the construction of the furnaces and mode of firing
differing slightly from the common method with coal;
these operations were not as experimental, but in
daily use in an establishment of many years' standing,
the quantity of peat required to puddle a tons of bars
being about 18 cwt. In another establishment (a
large foundry) I have seen peat used in reverbratory
furnaces to remelt iron for casting cannon of large
calibre. I have also seen peat charcoal used in a loco-
motive, but not with a good effect. It is well known,
from all the experiments that have been tried in
England, that steel forged with peat charcoal is !in-
proved in quality. 'There is from the foregoing,
therefore, no doubt that peat can be used for manu-
facturing iron instead of coal and coke.
The quantity of hammered bar iron made with
charcoal imported into England from Russia and
Sweden exceeds 20,000 tons yearly, and a large quan-
tity of this is sold for making steel at 381. per ton,
whilst the English bar iron is sold at about 61.!
With these facts one may ask, why cannot iron be
made in Ireland with peat charcoal to a profit ? as
there is but little doubt but that the quality may be,
made equal to Russian iron. From the many years
practice I have myself had at home and abroad with
a variety of fuels, I am satisfied that most metallur-
gical operations may be carried on equally as well
with peat as with coal, and there appears to me to be
no reason but the want of capital and enterprise, why
manufactories should not be established in Ireland in
favourable localities, where peat could be used as a
fuel, to produce as great an effect as coal in England,
and at a much less cost ; but I will not farther tres-
pass on your space but to say, it would give me great
pleasure if any of the foregoing observations should be
the means of introducing a new branch of industry
into Ireland. Ido not suggest the establishment of
large iron-works as in England, but many small ones,
to manufacture hammered iron of the best quality,
which would always ensure a ready sale at a high
price, and give employment, in many parts of the
country, to a multitude of workmen.
September 9, 1848. Q. E. D.

BIRTH.—On the 6th instant, a Leasam-house, the
wife of E. B. Curteis, Esq., of a daughter.—[Tho death
of Mrs. Curteis was inserted in the obituary of the
Times of the 1 1 th inst, in error on the part of the person
who left the above advertisement at the Times office for
insertion].
MANSLAUGIITER.--On Saturday an inquest was
held by Mr. W. Carter, at the Canterbury Arms, Upper
Marsh, Lambeth, on the body of Elizabeth Shields, aged
60. The deceased lived at No. 11,, Upper Marsh, and
her daughter, Mary Ann West,together
a few doors from her.
On the 30th ult. they were fighting in the pas-
sage of the house, when the deceased fell, striking her
head with great violence against the Step of the door.
On the saute afternoon, a brick was also thrown by the
daughter, which hit deceased on the back of her head,
and the effect of the injuries caused her death on Thurs-
day. The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter"
against Mary Ann West, and the coroner made out his
warrant for her committal.
FORGERY.—MANCHESTER, SATURDAY NIGHT.
F. M'Naughton, who forged the cheque on the Bank of
England, purporting to be signed by A. and S. Henry
and Co., for 3,5001., and who escaped to Newfoundland,
HOUSE:TreERMr. Bedford
was brought up at the Borough Court this. morning. A
gentleman named Newman, from the office of Mr. Fr'esh-
field, solicitor to the. Bank of England, attended to pro-
secute, and, at his request, the prisoner was remanded
until Wednesday next, when
.such evidence will be pro-
duced as will warrant a committal of the prisoner.
AcaCnlDiEnciNuTest ATwaß, iihreDldGEbweis..o
at St. George's Hospital, on the body of Thomas Keane,
aged 43, a stone-mason, who. died from injuries received
On FATAL
Saturday,
at Bridgewater
House, in the Green
- Park, the new
edifice erecting for the young Earl of Durham, Wil-
liam Box, a mason, said that on Wednesday last be was
with the deceased, assisting the stone sawyers.
A large
block of stone, weighing 25 cwt., had been cut in half,
and they were slinging it by a chain to attach it to the
traveller, when it overbalanced and fell towards the
deceased, jamming him against another stone. His legs
were frightfully crushed, and he was placed on a shutter
and carried to the hospital: H
Ile died the next day.
Verdict, " Accidental death.' This is the third fatal ac-
cident that has occurred during the erection of Bridge-
water House.
Colonel Somerset, Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete, and
Lieutenant-Colonel Mackinnon,
are appointed Com-
panions of the Bath for their services in the El'itir war.—
bbserver.
Dup.BAR HERRING FISHING, SEPT. 6.---This fish-
ing is now drawing to a close. For the last three days
it has been partial and light, and a good Many of the
stranger boats have left. The take during the season
has been regular and good, and remunerative to most of
the crews. It is gratifying to add, that there has been
no accident to property, excepting the usual loss and tear
of nets, and of this there has been less than in most sea-
sons. To-day's take has been wholly sold to the cadgers.
—Caledonian Mercury.

FRAN CE.

The approaching elections fin. Paris were used on
Friday by the speculators on the Bourse as a means
for preventing a more considerable rise in the funds
than actually took place. They contended that those
elections will be Anti-Republican, and that the first
name in the returns will be that of Louis NAPO-
LEON, the second that of EMILE DE GIRAILEIN. They
also referred to an article by the latter, published in
La Presse of Friday, of a most violent character, to
prove that the Government of General CAVAIGNAC is,
and deserves to be, unpopular.

The following is the article which appears in large
characters in the Presse. It is signed by M. EIeILE
DE GIRARDIN.

"To exist thus is not to exist. . . It is to demand
of the charity of the Government the alms of a petty
liberty. Rather than thus to strain the pen there are
none but cowards who would hesitate to break it. To
beg one's bread is not a disgrace; to beg our liberty
would be ignominious. . . . Resistance becmies
noble in presence of danger, but resistance degrades
itself in presence of that pity which suffers you to live
under the sword ever suspended over your head, which
tells you it is ready to strike—which menaces you but
does not strike you. . . Journals which may be sus-
pended are, in fact, suspended. Under such a regime to
be silent is to speak—to speak is to be silent."

early as 1804, and has served 45 years, during
26 of which he has fa en in command of regimcnt,,
and is the oldest commanding officer on the list.
He has serve 4 on the Continent, iu the West Indies, anti
North and S tuth America. Daring the whole of this
long an I varied period of service he has been on full. pay.
His Majority was won in the field ; he served in the
American war; he more than once received thanks fur the
re-organization of corps, and the excellent discipline of the
troops under his command ; and also for his services
when acting as Governor of St. Lucia and Demerara. He
had not the good fortune to follow the great commander of
the age. It was not possible for officers, however eager
to share in the glory of those memorable campaigns, to
choose where they should serve, nor for the whole army
' to be upon the Peninsula. We are the more pleased with
this appointment as being an instance (in exception to the
majority) of the just acknowledgment of long and meri-
; torious regisnen.al service ; and we may fairly claim fur
ourselves the merit of being the zealous advocates of such 1
a system of appointment.
We have this week to record the death of another flag-
officer, Rear-Admiral Mauritius A. N. de Starck. The
deceased entered the navy as a midshipman of the Bar-
flour, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral Barrington, in
1780, which ho left to serve the Hon. Captain Conway
(afterwards Lord Hugh Seymour), and with him was
present at the relief of Gibraltar in 1782. After leaving
the Latoua in 1783, Mr. De Starck served successively
in the Ganges, Grampus (on the coast of Africa), Irre-
sistible, and Pearl; and during the Spanish armament of
1790, he served in the Canada, 74, from which ship he
nas promoted to the rank of lieutenant. In 1797,
during the mutiny at the Nore, Lieutenant De Starck
volunteered his services to aid in its suppression, and
was appointed to command the gun-brig Eclipse,
armed with Dutch 24-pounders, and manned with
Volunteers, great part being soldiers. The mutiny
having in a manner worn itself out, the services of the
Lieutenant were not on this occasion called into active
play, and he was next appointed to command the hired
armed lugger, Suwarrow. In this vessel, and in the
Liberty and Millbrook, he served actively in the
Channel until the peace. On the recommencement
of the war he was again appointed to the Millbrouk,
and in October, 1803, assisted the Merlin at the de-
struction of a French privateer near Calais. In May,
1804, the deceased obtained his Commander's rank, and
was shortly afterwards appointed to the 18-gun brig
Avon. In 1806, while conveying the British Ambassa-
dor to America, he escaped from the French 74-gun
ship Regulus, under circumstances of peculiar difficulty.
This officer's Captain's commission bore date 25 Sept.,
1806, but wanting interest of the right kind, was never
subsequently able to obtain a command afloat. The
late Admiral was the author of a published monody on
Lord Nelson.

NEW HELMET.—A new helmet for the Gentlemen-at-
Arms, devised by Lord Foley, their Captain, is now in
preparation, and will, we believe, come into use at the
commencement of the ensuing year. As far as we can
judge from an incomplete pattern, it promises to be a
very handsome piece of head gear. It is of burnished
gold, elegantly ornamented—in shape corresponding
with the Life and Horse Guards, surmounted by a white
plume.

- THE MEDAL.—It is a fact that has long since passed
into a proverb, that private individuals are always better
served than the Government by those whom they employ.
Whether it is that Government pays less liberally than
others, or that the chain of official communication, and
the consequent diminution of direct responsibility,
is productive of delay and indifference we do
not profess to know ; but there can be no
doubt, whatever, of the superiority of the
work resulting from private enterprise, and the
greater rapidity of its execution, Take as an example
the fact recently mentioned in the papers in connexion
with the preparation of a medal in honour of the praise-
worthy exertions of the gentlemen who were near the
Ocean Monarch when she took fire. Within one week a
gold medal was voted, ordered, and completed, and the
Times was enabled to bear testimony to the excellence
of the work. This medal was ordered by private indi-
viduals at Liverpool. On the other hand the Peninsular
Medal, intended by Government for the heroes who
fought and bled in honour's cause 35 years ago, has only
lately been struck, and is still going through the tedious
progress of completion ! Commentary on these circum-
stances were superfluous. We could only wish that it
had bee❑ left to a committee of private gentlemen to pro-
vide the decorations of our veteran warriors.

NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE.
BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. B.—On Wednesday one of the
nt'w wrought-iron bowstring bridges, constructed for
the Blackwell Suspension Line, under the superintend-
ence of the engineer, Mr. Locke, M.P., was publicly
tested at Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co.'s extensive
establishment, the London Works, Smethwick, near
Birmingham. There were present, Captains Simmons
and Wynne, IRE.; the Government Inspectors of Rail-
ways; Lieut. Galton, the Secretary to the Govern-
ment Board of Commisioners; Mr. G. F. Munts, M.P.,
and Messrs. C. Vignoles, Fairbain, J. Whitworth, C.
B, Kerr, J. C. Stanton, C. H. Wild, Professor Cowper,
and between 70 and 80 scientific gentlemen and engi-
neers.

The bridge rib had been erected ready for proof in
an open space in front of the London Works, and pre-
sented a clear span of 120 feet between the bearings.
It is constructed entirely of wrought iron, and consists
of an arch of boiler plates and angle iron tied across at
the ends by horizontal bars, and the tie bars are con-
nected with the arch by vertical standards and by a
double system of diagonals, which have the effect of
distributing over the whole curve of the arch the action
of weights placed on or passing over any point of the
bridge. The ribs lira adapted for large spans, in cases
where either headway is of importance, or where suffi-
cient
abutment cannot he obtained without very heavy
expense.
Bridges of this description may be employed, it is
affirmed, with perfect safety for very large spans—say
120 or 130 feet—in precisely the same manner as ordi-
nary girders are used for small ones; but in spans of
400 feet it would be necessary to use four ribs instead of
two, and to brace all the four ribs together overhead, so
as to obtain additional transverse stiffness. The ribs are
supported at each end on cast-iron shoes fixed at one end
to the piers, and mounted on the other on sliding frames
and rollers. By this arrangement an important advan-
tage is gained, as it provides not only for expansion and
contraction, but also for motion under a very heavy load.
Experiments have shown that the action of these parts is
perfect.

- The proof of the bridge rib was applied by loading it
with 240 tons of rails, bars, &c., and it produced the fol-
lowing satisfactory result:—The 240 tons weight pro-
duced a deflection at the centre of the arch of 3 11-16
inches. The proof weight was placed at 240 as being
duuble the greatest load which the bridge can by any
possibility be required to bear. It is scarcely necessary
to add that the trial gave great satisfaction to all parties.
The numerous company of gentlemen present were
afterwards invited to partake of the hospitality of Messrs.
Fux, Henderson, and Co., in a large marquee on the
ground, and were additionally gratified by an inspection
of their extensive establishment, with its many interest-
ing scientific productions.

MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MA-

GISTRATES.

At the meeting of the Middlesex magistrates on Fri-
day, Mr. Maude, the deputy-clerk of the peace, laid be-
fore the Court the reports from the Visiting Justices of
the various prisons.

The report from Coldbath-fields Prison stated, that it
contained 955 male and 250 female prisoners, exclusive
of 14 children, making a total of 1,219. The general
state of health in the establishment was reported good.
One death had occurred since the last report.
The report from the Westminster House of Correction
spoke favourably of the general health of the prisoners.
There was a total of 783 inmates (556 males, 217 females,
sad 15 children).
The report from the House of Detention stated that
that prison contained 118 prisoners. The total number
of prisoners confined there since its opening in October
last was 7,546.
of Thhee
committee Deputy CI e rfkuro f
atchoeo
unfs Peace
andthen
general read
ptheu rrpeposoerst.
The committee recommended the coroner's accounts to
be paid as follows :—Mr. Wakley, for 147 inquests,
4331. ss. ; Mr. Baker, 140 inquests, 459/. 15s. The com-
mittee directs the attention of the Court to an item in
Mr. Bedford's account, connected with an inquest on the
body of Mary Ann Theresa Dore, the infant whose mo-
ther and grandmother were charged with having
poisoned it. The report stated " that in the 'vouchers
for the disbursements in this case there was a charge of
four guineas for sundry analyses of the stomach, in ad.
dition to which there was a charge of two guineas paid
to another medical witness for making a post-mortem ex-
amination." The latter sum was the natal one allowed,
with or without an analysis, as authorised by the Act 6
and 7 William IV., c. 89. The committee, therefore,
considered they had no power to allow the larger item,
and recommended the court to strike it out of the
account.

This was acceded to by the Court; and Mr. Bed-
ford's account was ordered to be paid thus—for 54 in-
quests, 1664 3s.

Mr. ROTCII stated that the treadwheel labour had
rnowcet i for
a
, some
ras f
time
etale
en abolished in the Houses of Cor-
oprisoners were concerned, and
the change had been attended with the most beneficial
results; one of which was, that at the present time there
was more productive labour for the female prisoners than
could be got through. To obviate this, more room was
required, and ho therefore proposed that the Court do
order two of the treadwheels to be removed, the space
occupied by them to be converted into rooms or work-
shops, the cost not to exceed 2004
This motion was agreed to, and subsequently a similar
one with regard to two treadwheels in the Westminster
House of Correction was also carried.
Mr. Iturcu then proposed that the Court should
execute a mortgage on the county rates of 10,000/. for
the additional Pauper Lunatic Asylum now building at
Colney-hatch.
Mr. FRESHFIELD said he must avail himself of the
present opportunity to make a few observations. The
Court would recollect that in 1845 it appointed a com-
mittee, of which lie was chairman, to inquire into the
county rental, with the view of making, by a new as-
sessment, a more fair and equitable county rate. The
labours of that committee extended over a space of two
years, and they heard a great mass of evidence upon the
subject. The result of their investigation was that the
Court made a new assessment, a smaller rate, upon a
much larger amount of rental than had been assessed
before. It followed that under the new assessment cer
tain parishes or districts might be rated at an over-estil
mated amount of rental, and a prrairhi,eshhecamseight be able to
amountof
St.
t.
of rental James
swhoewstintihnasttesru, eli,aswaasn t
ihnestfaanetc.e.
assessed in that parish under the new assessment was
much larger than under the old, and the parish au-
thorities, in their duty to the ratepayers, 'mo-
lested against the new rate. Inquiries had been

- -
instituted, the result of which was, that thouall
the palish still conten.lcd they seer,. overrated,
they admitted that they were not rated before in a tie-
gree equal to the real rental. Now, under thes4 circum-
stances, the Court had on piwer to make any-44eFat1so
in the assessment of that parish without matitteiftew
general assessment. The objectiik of his rems Uow
was, to show the Court the necessity that t,xlated for
its possessing such a power, and, be hoped that a com-
mittee would be appointed to consider whether it would
be proper to ask the Legislature for an Act to enable
them to amend the assessment upon certain places
without interfering with the general assessment of the
county.

Sir: P. LAURIE said his honourable friend was out of
order in going into these details now.
Mr. FRESHFIELD said that the subject was so illl-
portent to the magistrates and the rate-payers that he
had hoped for the indulgence of the Court. Subsequently a notice of motion on the subject was
given by Mr. B. HALL.
The mortgage was then executed.
Mr. BOTCH moved, " That the 106th standing order
of the court, which directs that no person shall be put
on trial as warder after the age of 35 years, unless a com-
missioned or non-commissioned officer, and then not ex-
ceeding 45 years, be amended with respect to the age of
persons who may have been commissioned or non-com-
missioned officers, by substituting 40 for 45 years."—
Carried.
Mr. ROSE moved that an assistant-chaplain be ap-
pointed at the Westminster House of Correction, at a
salary of 200/. per year.
Captain BAGUE seconded the motion. This subject
has on several occasions been before the Court. On the
first, Mr. Hind, the chaplain, applied for an increase of
his present salary (4001. a year) on account of the very
heavy duties he had to perform; but the Court rejected
the memorial on the ground that an additional salary
was not required, and that if the duty was too much, it
would be preferable to give Mr. Hind an assistant, rather
than grant him the increase of salary which he asked for.
Mr. ROSE here stated that in 1842, the daily average
of prisoners attended by the chaplain was 339, while now
the average was 750.
Mr. BLUM supported the motion, as did several other
magistrates.
Mr. ROTCH opposed it on the ground that Mr. Hind
had not in the first instance complained that the duties
were more than he could discharge, but had merely ap-
plied for an increased salary. 400/. a year was quite
enough for a gaol chaplain, and if Mr. Hind could per-
form the duty with an increased salary he could do so
with his present one. The learned gentleman concluded
his remarks by alluding to prison discipline, and urging
the adoption of separate cells as the best means of re-
forming criminals.
Sir PETER LAURIE said he felt bound to offer a word
or two with reference to his honourable friend's recom-
mendation for more solitary cells. Solitary confinement
was the nurse of lunacy, as the following figures would
show. In five years, from 1843 to 1848, there had been
sent from the Millbank Penitentiary to Bedlam 19 lu -
natic3; from the Model Prison at Pentonville, 10; from
the hulks, 20; and one from the Westminster House of
Correction—making a total of 50. Not one had been
sent from Coldbath-fields, and all the other gaols in En-
gland had sent only six in the same time. So much for
the solitary system.
Several magistrates then spoke upon the motion, when
Mr. Weir urged Mr. Rose to withdraw it.
Mr. ROSE consented to do so, but Captain BACUE, as
the seconder, insisted that it could not be withdrawn
without his consent, and he was determined to bring it
to the vote.

A long discussion ensued, and eventually the motion
was carried by a majority of four, and the situation or•
dered to be advertised.
The committees were then re•appointed, and after some
oilier routine matters had been disposed of the Court
adjourned.

BRISTOL. SUGAR MARKET SEPT. B.—About 200
hhds. West India have been disposed of this week at
steady prices, and i t other descriptions of sugar the
transactions are unimportant. The refined market is
steady, but not active. Rum continues dull.—Bristol
Mercury.

OFFENSIVE CONDITION OF THE SERPENTINE.-
The above evil has now become so monstrous, as to have
caused the so•called river, and even that part of the park-
in which it is located, to have become positively deserted
by their usual bathers and promenaders. " The total
number of persons who have bathed in the Serpentine
river throughout this year (1846) exceeds 350,000, ac-
cording to the daily returns made by the superintendent
of the Humane Society."—(Twenty-third Annual Report
of the litunanc Society, p. 15.) So great is the falling
oft; however, that the daily number of bathers has not,
throughout the present summer, on an average, exceeded
50, which, even reckoning for the six summer months,
is only about one thirty fifth part of the number previ-
ously quoted. The medical men residing in the neigh-
Lourhood have strictly ordered the families which they
attend to avoid this great tank of malaria. Another in-
stance of the extent of the nuisance, and of the necessity
of its speedy removal, is afforded in the case of a lady,
who, on merely passing over the bridge at the eastern
end of the river, found the stench from the river so
effensive, that she did not get rid of it fer several days,
and it gave rise to a violent attack of diarrhoea. With
such startling facts as these, it is to be hoped that as
soon as Sir John Rennie (to whom the subject has
been remitted) has discovered a remedy for the evil,
that the same will be forthwith supplied. Such con-
cessions, when requested not by the lawless and dissf-
ft•cted, but by the public generally, are, on the part of
i
the authorities, not less expedient than they are mpera-
tieoty called for.

On Thursday morning an old man named Prince
and his daughter were discovered murdered in their cot-
tage at Malherbes, commune of Saint Gavin, arrondisse-
ment of 131 aye, in the department of the Gironde. They
were lying on the floor horribly disfigured. The old
man's son, Jean Prince, was the murderer, and on being
arrested his clothes were found to be stained with
blood, and even patches of the brains of his victims ad-
hered to them. He had committed the crime with an
agricultural instrument called a tranche, is use in the
d tric t.—Par is paper.
SALE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE DR. COT-
TON.—The sale of the curious library of the late Dr.
Cotton, ordinary of Newgate, was on Friday concluded
by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, the auctioneers, of
Wellington-street, Strand. None of the books, although
curious, were deserving of a special notice, but they sold
remarkably well, especially the books upon angling, and
some manuscript sermons on condemned prisoners, &c.,
by Dr. Cotton. The latter were all purchased by mem-
bers of the family.
COMMITTAL OF TEN CHARTISTS FROM BRADFORD.
—BRADFORD, FRIDAY.—The whole of the Chartist pri-
suners at Bradford, who stood remanded until this day,
were brought before Messrs. J. P. Tempest, John Rand,
J. Clayton, and Robert Milligan, in the magistrates' pri-
vate room, at the court-house, and the following were
committed for trial at the next York assizes, viz. :
James Helliwell, wool-comber, aged 30 ; Eli Wilaian,
ditto, 30 ; Joseph Redehalgh, weaver, 21 ; Thomas
Ibbetson, woolcomber, 20 ; William Wood, ditto, 30 ;
Adam Straiten, ditto, 30 ; Thomas Wilkinson, weaver,
42 ; Edward Power, woolcomber, 42 ; Daniel Linden,
joiner, 34 ; George Hirst, 42, woolcomber. Tho first
nine prisoners are committed on charges of conspiracy,
and George Hirst, fur drilling. The following were re-
mandcd :—John Smith, cordwainer, Horton, John Bent-
ley, Nathan athan Smith,, and John Sugden, woolcombers,
Bradford.
ER
ear is unUivecrivsiusbiaTvve
aouru
aLa oe
exdp
thatoN.— t
the
eehe Council
re ent f this
examination
.0
rthe
degree of Bachelor of Arts for present
untiltehec e 026 nt
Theh. Monday,
subjects October
ap-
pointed tocommn
Thursday,
laongdi
c.n aatnudr a lmphilosophy,
physiology,
iaongiy7
history,physi
sman. The examination for honours will
I,oa,irrceet m)c.,hataoh
Inen
dms s
Gai
ot
cis cr,
commence on Monday, October 31, continuing until Fri-
day, November 17. The Council have fixed the remain-
ir; examinations for degrees in the present year as
fellow :—For the degree ot Bachelor of Medicine, Mon-
day, November 6; for the degree of Bachelor of Laws,
Monday, November 13; for the degree of Doctor of
Laws, Monday, November 13; for the degree of Doctor
of Medicine, Monday, November 27.
THE NORTII•WEST EXPEDITION.—A Montreal pa-
pir has the following extracts from a letter of Dr. Rae
to his brother, giving a sketch of the progress made, b
the north- west expedition in search of Sir Johnrank
lin. The letter is dated from Cedar Lake, near thel west
8 :—"Having
end of Lake Winipeg, 10th June,
had not gone fifty
takenstrum eonnts,
tboardtaking
us ogmseopmrao vsishiootn ea andud
ball left 1 someiBn4st
instead,
a dc cases
wse otfoiouk-
our departure again on the 6th, andf t
em a
mile in
ex.
miles w hen large floes of ice, some oainho
pposed our pre-
terit, and two or three feet thick, g
came
from getting in by
sage for us. We are nowliicph has raised too heavy a sea
day
strong breeze a-head, awnhdencleaarebdre pe aos
-f
Qusds ffwseh were
eopdpeotaritnuendelya ebyfloint,
distressing report at Norway-
leg. We learnt a iiedenitgrbatv,earssetobfe thei inldakise,n
nbwutfawlie-
t t,
expectallowtoUdsotsoo
veryof the expedition men, who are
Norway-
house, regarding four a
snow storm and perished.
said to have lost their way
mduarkienga
f the former being too slight, andthe latter -
spoken o ,
piece over a portage, whereas you well
Neither the men nor boitsmfrom England are favourably
to carry only one
know that the usual load is two. We are in hourly ex_
pt.ctation of meeting the Saskatchauin brigade of boats,
by which we shall hear authentic accounts regarding the
expedition party, and we depend a good deal upon them
for a supply of pemiccan, dried meat, and tongues to com-
fort the inner man."

:thie; n
CHILD MURDER. —On Saturday evening Mr.
Higgs, coroner, held an inquest at the Ship, Essex
amgoetdhebr e,twAeieinn
i‘i\vehaarfn,donsixthyeenbrso,di•orofwAholiscee T r
deathinh
Triuham, stands charged with wilful murder at the
Mansion House, as will be seen by our police report.
The only additional evidence was that of Buckley,
Thames Police-constable, No. 41, N% ho, after having
proved the finding of the body, stated that while on the
way from the Mansion Rouse to the Cempter with the
mother of the deceased, she said, " I act only sorry that
I did not go with my child, and I should not have done
it if I had not been driven to it." Inspector Bridges, of
the Thames Police, said that on a future occasion he
should have important evidence to bring forward. The
steward and stewardness of the Fawn, Margate steam-
b at, ho was informed, saw the woman deliberately open
the bar of the larboard sponson, and with her child
plunge into the water. For this and other evidence the
inquest was adjourned until Tuesday.
USE OF THE DAGUERREOTYPE.—Before Trinity
.
College church, Edinburgh, was taken railwaydownorbuiidija
g
purposes, every stone was numbered and
thei
1
was daguerreotyped, that it may be rebuiltin some other
part of the city.
The cost of staves for the special constables in
Liverpool, during the late anticipated disturbances, ex-
ceeded 6401.