The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-01 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

THE' NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AT PORTSMOUTH.
-Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs. G.C.M.G., who has
been appointed to succeed Admiral the Hon. Sir
Thomas Blades Capel, K.C.8., as commander-in-
chief at Portsmouth, has served on full pay no less
than 43 years-with the exception of Rear-Admiral
Owen, perhaps more than any other flag-officer in the
navy. With Captain George Bohun Martin, C. 8.,
his son-in-law,' and Flag Lieut. Pasley, his relative,
the gallant admiral, was expected to arrive at Ports-
mouth last evening to take office this morning, when
!he flag of Admiral Capel, red at the main, will be
struck, and that of Sir Thomas Briggs, blue at the
main, hoisted. Sir Thomas Briggs, born in 1780, is
only surviving son of the late Stephen Briggs, Esq.,
formerly chief surgeon at Madras, by. Magdalena,
youngest daughter of the late James Pasley
Esq., of Craig, county Dumfries, nephew„
maternally, of the late Sir Thomas Pasley,
Bart., Admiral of the White, who died Nov. 29,
1808 ; and first cousin of the present Sir T. S.
Pasley, Bart., captain R.N., and of the late Admiral
Sir Charles Malcolm, Kt. This officer entered the
navy September 10, 1791, as first class volunteer on
board the Bellerophon, 78, commanded by his uncle,
Captain Thomas Paisley, whom he soon afterwards
accompanied as midshipman into the Vengeance, 74,
lying in the river Medway. We next find him, from
April, 1793, until the year 1798, attached under
Captain Charles Tyler to the Meleager, 32, Diadem,
64, and L'Aigle frigate, and participating during that
period in the operations against Toulon and Corsica
in 1793-4, and in Hotham's partial actions of March
14 and July 13, 1795. From L'Aigle Mr. Briggs,
who had been confirmed in the rank of lieutenant
September 28, 1797, removed to the Ville de Paris,
110, flag-ship off Lisbon of Earl St. Vincent, and he
shortly afterwards joined the Princess Royal, 98,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thomas Lennox
Frederick off Cadiz. Assuming the acting command
July 10, 1799, of the Salamine, 16, to which sloop he
was officially appointed June 30, 1800, Captain
Briggs assisted at the reduction of Genoa ; took,
January 21, 1801, in company with the Caroline,
36, a xebec, laden with arms, and mounting
4 guns, with a crew of 24 men; and in
March following was sent by Captain Manley Dixon,
of the G6nereux, 74, then at Port Mahon, to Rear-
Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren off Toulon with
the intelligence of M. Ganteaume having sailed from
the latter place with troops for Egypt, in consequence
of which the French Admiral was pursued and in-
duced to put back. While next engaged in the ex-
pedition under Lord Keith and Sir Ralph Abereromby,
for his services during which he obtained the Turkish
0-old medal and the order of the Cresent, Captain
ißriggsated was
promoted to post-rank by commission
( July 24, in the same year. His succeeding ap-
pointments afloat were, in August following to the
Madras, 54, flag-ship of Sir Richard Bickerton, off
Alexandria-in 1802 to the Agincourt, 64, on the
Mediterranean and home stations-December 14,
1805, to the Orpheus, 32, in which he captured,
September 25 and November 12, 1806, the privateers
Guadeloupe, of 3 guns and 54 men, and Susanna, of
4 guns and 20 men, and was subsequently wrecked
on the coral reef, Jamaica, January 23, 1807, when
he was rescued off the bowsprit of his ship by the
present Lieutenant Henry Belsey in a boat belong-
ing
to the Elephant, 74-April 27, 1808, to the
temporary command of the Theseus, 74, off L'Orient
-November 7, in the same year, to the Clorinde,
38, on the East India station, where he
took, January 28, 181.0, L'Henri privateer of'
8 guns and 57 men, proved of material service
in disembarking the troops at the reduction of the
Isle of France in December, 1810, and was next em-
ployed in the China Sea-in October, 1814, to the
Leviathan, 74, which ship, after serving on the Lisbon,
Cork, and Mediterranean stations, was paid off July
19, 1816 -and May 15, 1818, to the Queen Charlotte,
100, as flag captain at Portsmouth to Sir Geo. Camp-
bell, with whom ha continued until February, 1821.
In 1823 Captain Briggs was nominated resident
commissioner of the navy at Bermuda. He removed
to Malta in 1829; attained the rank of Rear-Admiral
June 27, 1832 ; was appointed about the same period
superintendent of Malta dockyard, where he remained
nail 1838; received the G.C.M.G. in 1833 for his
services in the temporary command of the Mediter-
ranean squadron; and was made a Vice-Admiral
Nov. 23, 1841. Sir Thomas Briggs married, in 1814,
Isabella Harriet, daughter of General Trepand.
Sir Bladen Capel went on board the Victory and
mustered the ship's company yesterday for the last
time. He was received on board by Captain Black-
wood and the officers, with manned yards.
The departure of Mr. Secretary Haig (whose
suavity of disposition, thorough knowledge of busi-
ness, and conciliating manner have gained him the
esteem and regard of all officers and gentlemen that
have come in contact with him, both those residing
inside and outside the dockyard walls) will be much
regretted. He has served the office of secretary to
three consecutive comtnanders-in-chief,-viz., Sir C.
Rowley, Sir Charles Ogle, and Sir Bladen Capel.
Mr. Haig will be succeeded to-day by Mr. Triphook.
THE ADMIRALTY.-Sir F. T. Baring, Bart.,
Rear-Admiral Berkeley, C. 8., Rear-Admiral Ho-
niton ;Stewart, C. 8., Captain Milne, Sir Baldwin
W. Walker, K.C.8., and Colonel Green, paid the
annual visit of inspection to Sheerness Dockyard yes-
terday.
Captain Charles Hope, whose appointment to the
superintendentship of Sheerness Dockyard we gave
about a fortnight since, will most likely assume the
duties of his office to-day.
Avon steam-tender, that brought seamen to Ports-
mouth for the Bellerophon on Monday, returned in
the evening to Plymouth.
Echo, steam-tug, proceeded to Spithead with 20
tons of coal for the Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate, Cap-
tain Halstead, yesterday. The Dauntless also took
on board a large quantity of packages and letters for
the Lisbon squadron. She will probably sail to. day.
Fire. Queen is to be payed over again with Mr.
Hay's protective composition, which has been reported
of favourably.

llerald, 26, in ordinary, is to be placed for the use
of the shipwrights in Porchester Lake, while em-
ployed breaking up the Topaz.
Netley tender, arrived at Halifax from Bermuda,
Sept. 10.

92, Captain Graham, has lidded her top
gallant•masts, and is all ataunt at Portsmouth.

The Bellerophon, 78, Captain Lord George Paulet,
having had her copper overhauled and received about
eight streaks of new copper from her water line
downwards, was taken out of dock this afternoon, and
hauled alongside the jetty to further refit.
The Port-Admiral's tender Fanny, Second-Master
Scarlett commanding, returned from Deptford,
whither she had conveyed the effects of Sir Bladen
Capel, to-day.
The Dauntless, 33, screw frigate, Captain Halstead,
shipped a quantity of dockyard stores at Spithead to-
day, with which she will sail to-morrow for Lisbon.
An accident occurred this morning in the Royal
Clarence Victualling Establishment, Gosport, to a
lad named James Glasspole, employed in the biscuit
department. His right hand was jammed by the
sheet roller, and so dreadfully lacerated that on being
removed to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar, am-
putation was deemed immediately imperative, It is
in contemplation to pay the men employed in the
Clarence yard, who are employed 3float, fygrzweelt
-the value of their biscuit, instead of4heie-te;kimplt
as formerly.

DR. JOHN RAE'S SEARCH FOR
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.

The New York Albion of a recent date gives the
following interesting communication from Dr. Rae,
whose zealous labours in the cause of humanity have
already made his name familiar to the public :
"Fort Confidence, north-east end of Great
Bear Lake, Oct. 14, 1850.
" Sir,—The protracted absence of the excellent
Sir John Franklin and his gallant companions has
excited so much interest and anxiety in the public
mind, not only in England, but in all civilized com-
munities, that I offer no apology for troubling you
with the present communication, which, however un-
important in itself, may be thought worthy of a
corner in your valuable paper, in consequence of the
subject on which it treats, although I most sincerely
hope that, long ere this reaches you, news may be
received that some of the well-equipped sea expedi-
tions to the Arctic coast during the past summer has
effectually relieved the long-suffering explorers.
" In addition to the several ship expeditions sent
from England and the United States last season, to
search the Arctic shores, it was the intention of
Hudson'a Bay Company that two or more boat par-
ties,
formed from the officers and servants in this
portion of their territories, should descend the '
Mackenzie River, and trace the coast east and west
from its mouth, as far as practicable.
" Thing in charge of the Mackenzie River district,
I received instructions to the above effect from Sir
George Simpson (the abie and enterprising terri-
torial governor) in the fatter part of last June,
when on the annual voyage to Portage La Loche
or Mithy Portage, with the furs, &c., obtained in
the winter. At the same time Commander Pullen
(who had come with a party of twelve men from her
Majesty's ship Plover to the'Alackenzie, in autumn,
1849), being in company, on his way to England, via
York factory, received -orders from the Admiralty to
return to the Arctic coast, and proceeded along shore
eastward as far as Cape Bathurst, and thence strike
out to sea direct for Banks's Land. Unfortunately,
from unavoidable circumstances, the stock of provi-
sions available at Fort Simpson and other stations in
the district was so small that only one party could he,
sufficiently victualled; of course, precedence was
given to Commander Pullen, and he immediately
changed his course towards the north. By the same
conveyance I learned that Sir G. Simpson had, with his
usual perspicuity, ordered two boats leaded with pemi-
can and flour to be forwarded from Red River colony
by the first open water in the spring, and these I hoped
would reach it to some extent westward. But in this
I was disappointed, for, although we travelled with as
much rapidity as possible from Elio portage, lehe', he
met the boats, we did not arrive at Fort Simpson
until the 16th of August, a date much too late to at-
tempt what was intended to be done, as it would be
the 20th or 25th of the month before we could reach
the sea. Under these circumstances it was difficult
to decide how the men and provisions at my disposal
could be employed to most advantage.
"It being the belief of those on whose judgment
most reliance can be placed that the missing vessels
are shut up somewhere between the longitude of 103
deg. and 115 deg. west, and latitude 71 deg. north, it
is evident that the most direct route thither from the
southward is the Coppermine River, and that is the
route I intend to follow next summer, if I receive
no intelligence that the searching parties of this
season have been successful. To carry out my in-
tentions I started from Fort Simpson with two boats,
Mr. H. M'Kenzie (an assistant) and 14 men, on the
23d of August; owing to the head winds and stormy
weather on this large lake I did not arrive here until
the 10th ult. This is to be our winter quarters, and
fortunately the houses were in as good condition as when
I left them last autumn, requiring nothing but doors,
windows, and a coat of mud to make them
habitable. As we could not expect along continuance
of fine weather, no time was lost in establishing
fisheries, and procuring venizon from the natives, so
as to lay up a winter stock, in which we have been
more successful than I at one time anticipated, having
already on hand about two months' provisions for all
our party. amounting to 18 persons and 13 dogs.
" What I feared would be the most difficult
matter
to accomplish was the building of two boats light
enough to be transported across the Coppermine, as it
was very generally thought that the wood in this
neighbourhood was not suitable for that purpose,
and the late Mr. Simpson mentions in his narrative
that his carpenter had much trouble in finding
boards sufficiently good to repair his boats. I am
happy to say that we have succeeded much better
than was anticipated, one of the boats being already
more than half finished, and boards enough sawn to
complete both. They are to be twenty-two feet keel,
six feet six inches beam, and two feet three inches
deep midships, exclusive of keel, and each rigged
with two lug-sails.

" It may be supposed by many
search for Sir John Franklin
beyond:that
theto
summer. the
of
1850, if not then found, would be
a useless waste
of time, labour, and money • but with this supposi-
tion I cannot agree, and my opinion is founded on
a personal experience which few persons have had
an opportunity of acquiring, and which leads
me to believe that a part or all of Sir John's party
may still exist in 1851. In 1846-7 I wintered at
Repulse Bay with a party of 12 men, only two of
whom, before arriving there, had ever practised deer
shooting, and two others were fishermen. We had little
or no fuel that could be properly so called, the mud
with which our stone-house was plastered never dried
but only froze, and it was so cold inside that a man, one
night, got his knee frostbitten, although he had one
of his companions under the blankets with him. Yet,
we suffered no privation as regarded food, except that
during the shortest days we took only one meal per
diem as a precautionary measure, not knowing how
late it might be in the spring before the reindeer
migrated northward.
" That we were not much the worse for our expo-
sure to cold and low diet may be inferred from the
fact that, in the spring, we traced about 500 miles of
new coast, forming the shores of Committee Bay, in
doing which I and one of my men travelled on foot
upwards of 1,000 miles, and were, on our return (al-
though rather low in flesh), as sound and well as when
we started. _ _

" When leaving York factory in June, 1846, we
bad not more than four months provisions with us ;
when we returned to that place, after an absence of
14 months and 23 day s, we still had a third of our
original stock of provisions on hand, showing that
we had by our own exertions, in a country pre-
viously totally unknown to us, obtained the means
of subsistence for 12 months. Why may not Sir J.
Franklin's party do the same? If he has been pro-
videntially thrown on or near a part of the coast
where reindeer and fish are at all numerous, surely
out of so many officers and men sportsmen may be
found, after some practice, expert enough to shoot the
former, and fishermen to seize or net the latter, or
take them with hook and line set under the ice ?

" When I began this letter it was my object to
give you as brief an outline as possible of my con-
templated operations, but I have digressed sadly, and
must now endeavour to return to the subject. In the
spring, should our stock of provisions admit of it, I
purpose proceeding, with a couple of compa-
nions and a sledge of three dogs, in the beginning
of May, 15 or 20 days' march to the northward, be-
tween Victoria and Wollaston Lands, during which
trip I hope to travel 500 or GOO miles (i. e., 250 or
300 miles out and the same distance homeward),
should we meet with no very serious obstacle. In the
meantime, provisions for the summer's voyage will
he hauled on sledges and deposited at the Kendall
River to which place the boats are to be brought
over as soon us the Dease River breaks up, which
may be about the Gth or 7th of June, when I shall be

INAUGURATION OF THE SHERIFFS.
The newly elected Sheriffs for London and Mid-
dlesex, Mr. Thomas Cotterell and Mr. Richard Swift,
gave their inauguration dinner last night in the Cord-
wainers Hall, Great Distaff-lane. About 120 gen-
tlemen were present ; among whom, besides the
Sheriffs, were the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Justice
Talfourd, the Lord Mayor elect (Alderman Hunter),
Lord Erskine, the Cursitor Baron, Alderman Sidney,
M.P., Mr. dasterman, M.P., Mr. J. A. Hardcastle,
M.P., Alderman Sir R. Carden, Sir George Hodg-
kinson, Alderman Kelly, Rev. Dr. Rice, as chaplain
to Mr. Sheriff Cotterell ; the Yery Rev. T. O'Con-
nor, of Lough,glynn, chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Swift,
&c. Grace was said by Dr. Rice, and at the conclu-
sion of the dinner Non nobis Domine Was sung by a
band of vocalists under the direction of Mr. Genge.
Mr. Sheriff COTTERBLL then proposed " The
Queen," wishing her Majesty many yews of health
and happiness.

The Coed was most loyally responded to.
Mr. Sheriff SWIFT proposed " Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, and.the rest of the Royal Family,"
and took occasion to refer to the general amiability
of disposition manifested by the Prince Consort, and
to the additional claim which he had upon the love
and gratitude of the country on account of the Great
Exhibition of the present year. The toast was drunk
with marked tokens of respect.
Then followed " The Army and Navy," proposed
by Mr. Sheriff COTTERELL, Major HAMILTON re-
turning thanks for the army, and Captain 'HIRE for
the navy.
The health of the Lord Mayor was next proposed
by Mr. Sheriff COTTERELL, who spoke in laudatory
terms of the manner in which his Lordship had dis-
charged the duties of his office in entertaining distin-
guished strangers, and in particular of the excellent
conduct he had displayed on the great occasion of
her Majesty's visit to the City. The Lord Mayor
had received at her Majesty's hands very distinguished
honours, and he trusted he would long live to enjoy
them. The toast was then drunk with the usual
honours.

Mr. Sheriff SWIFT proposed " The health of the
Lord Mayor elect," after a few sentences highly
eulogistic of his services in behalf of the city
.of
London.

The LORD MAYOR elect, in returning thanks; said
the citizens of London had placed him in a posi-
tion which he felt himself totally incompetent to fill,
at least in an efficient manner. He knew, however,
that he would have the sympathies not only ,of
every gentleman in that room, but of the whole
of that vast City, with which he had been con-
nected for more than a quarter of a century ; and after
having filled the 'various offices in the corporation
which usually preceded the Mayoralty, he thought it
was his Fluty to accept the higher office too,wben it
was offered to him by his fellow citizens. - He hoped
he should not fail faithfully to perform the duties of,
the office he had undertaken—duties, he would say,
which were intimately connected, not only with the
interests of the city of. London, but of the country at
large.—(Cheers.) It was not necessary to say mere,
though it would not be difficult to show that the cor-
poration had ever been actuated by a desire to pro-
mote the best interests of their fellow-citizens in every
part of the vast metropolis as throughout the coun-
try.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped that at the end of his
year of office ha would be. able to say that he had
done nothing to disgrace either himself or those who
had done him the honour to appoint him to that high
station.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Sheriff COTTERELL proposed " the Lord Chief
Baron, Mr. Justice Talfourd, and the other Learned
Judges."
The toast was drunk with great respect.
The LORD CHIEN BARON returned thanks in his
own name and in that of the other learned judges.
They deeply felt the honour that had been done them,
as they believed that the cordial approval, the honest
suffrage of their fellow-citizens in their behalf was
one of the best rewards they could receive for their
public services.—(Hear.) He personally felt great
pleasure in coming among them on the present occa-
sion. The city of London was closely connected with
the history of the liberties of this country. Those
liberties had been protected on various occasions by
the spirit, the independence, and the courage of the
citizens of London, and the predecessors of the great
officers whose inauguration they that day celebrated
had been found in the ranks of those who fought the
great battles that had secured to this country those
social advantages we now enjoyed.—(Cheers.) He
thought they could not too much respect the ancient
privileges and customs of the city of London. In the
language of one of their own magistrates, he would
say that he felt great pleasure in " doing suit and
service" to the city of London by being present at the
inauguration dinner of their sheriffs—(A. laugh)—
and in order to prove to them the interest he took in
it, he hoped he should be allowed,to propose as a toast
the healths of the two gentlemen whose inauguration
they were now celebrating.—(Hear.) The Lord
Chief Baron, after a few complimentary sentences,
then proposed " The health of the Sheriffs."
Mr. Sheriff COTTERELL and Mr. Sheriff SWIFT re-
spectively returned thanks.
Mr. Sheriff COTTERELL next proposed " The Ma-
gistrates of London," coupled with the name of Al-
derman Kelly.
Mr. Alderman KELLY, in returning thanks, said
he had been 21 years an Alderman and GO years a
citizen of London, and was proud to say he had
always been associated in the Corporation with gen-
tlemen of independent character who had the best
interests of their fellow-citizens at heart.—(Hear,
hear.) Though there had been observations thrown
out against them in some quarters, they must never
look at these sarcasms, but go forward doing their duty
and promoting to the utmost of their power the peace
and prosperity of their country.
Mr. Sheriff SWIFT proposed " The health of the
Cursitor Baron," which was drunk with loud applause.
The CURSITOR BARON returned thanks. He felt it
an honour to be associated with the magistrates of
London on any occasion. He bad that day fulfilled
an annual duty of declaring on the part of the So-
vereign her full confidence in the choice which the
citizens of London had been pleased to make of she-
riffs, and he hoped it would be his fortune often to
meet them in future as he had met them that day.—
(Hear, hear.) The magistrates of the city of London
had long been enabled to discharge their high duties
for the public good, sometimes with comparative little
necessity for attracting public notice, but at other
times, as the Lord Chief Baron had reminded them,
on occasions when great activity had been required,
they had often stood first and foremost amidst the
brave, the great, and tho noble of the land, to defend
the rights of all, even of the humblest.—(Hear.) He
knew not whether it would be his fortune in future
years to see London as it had hitherto been, but he
trusted he should, as, for his part, he was satisfied
with London as it had been.—(Hear.) If there was a
necessity for some extension, and for the admission of
others who might, perhaps, not unnaturally feel a
spirit of emulation—he would not call it envy—which
sometimes was said to lurk in places where those of
less activity were to be found, who had not striven for
the high seats of honour that might have been within
their grasp—if there was to be an extension, then he
would suggest that if that extension was to be merely
to St. Pancras or Marylebone, or Paddington, they
would be likely to find that the people of Chelsea,
Hammersmith, Brentford, and other parts were greatly
offended at their exclusion.—(Hear, hear.) He was
not envious of their privileges. Had he turned his
attention that way in early life, he might now have
had a seat at their table, for it was open to all, but
his course had been a different one. He was happy
to be their guest, and he trusted that they would
maintain their privileges as their predecessors had
done, because he believed the welfare of the country
was very much involved in the prosperity and inde-
pendence of this great metropolitan City.—(Cheers.)
Mr. Justice TALFOURD proposed the health of
Lord Erskine, and in deing so paid a tribute to the
merit of his distinguished father. The name of Erskine
was identified with English law; his eloquence would
be coeval with the English language ; and the family
name, so well represented by the Noble Lord, would
adorn, he trusted, the British peerage as long as that
peerage lasted, which he hoped would be as long as
this country endured.—(Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with the usual honours, and
Lord ERSKINE briefly replied. At a very humble
distance, he felt all that interest towards the city of

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.
A painful sensation was created yesterday forenoon
in the Stock Exchange by the shocking death of Mr.
Ingle Rudge, a stockbroker, who committed suicide
at the counting-house of Mr. Routh, also a member
of the Stock Exchange, in Throgmorton-street. Late
last evening Mr. W. Payne, the City coroner, held an
inquest on the unfortunate gentleman at Mr. Routh's
office, when the following facts were adduced :—The
deceased was a young member of the Exchange,
having only been connected with it some four or five
years. He was very highly respected in the City.
Mr. Routh, in consequence of being intimately ac-
quainted with the deceased, had allowed him to tran-
sact business at his (Mr. Routh's) counting-house, No.
32, Throgmorton-street, he not having an office of his
own. On Mr. Routh reaching hiscounting-house yes-
terday morning at eleven o'clock, he heard from his clerk
that the deceased was in the private room, where he
had been about a quarter of an hour. Mr. Routh at
once proceeded to the apartment, and found the de-
ceased lying on the floor of the water-closet. He
immediately sent for mr. Chance, &surgeon, who
glasspron was foundouncedton n
the unftore tabletunate in
man to
the
be dead:
of prussic acid. A brief examination of the body suf-
ficed to show that the deceased had perished from the
effects of that poison. On his person was found a loaded
pistol and a knife. Some letters, also, were discovered.
They were examined by the coroner, and one ran
nearly to the following effect, dated Sept. 29,1851, ad-
dressed to Mr. Foster :—" Dear sir, When you have
received this I shall have ceased to live. I have never
done any good to myself or any one else about me.
I knew this must come a long while. I hope some
one will take pity on my poor wife and children ; do
what you can for those helpless creatures. I dare not
think of their unhappy condition. I have had the
means of death in my possession now more than two.
weeks." (The letter then entered into somabusiness
transactions, showing the state of his affairs, and
which' it is unnecessary to give. It concluded by
imploring his friends not to forget his little ones, and
wishing them good bye.) It was signed "Ingle
Rudge." Mr. Sewell, surgeon, of Fenchurch-street,
and other gentlemen who were acquainted with the
deceased, spoke of his disordered state of mind, from
which it would seem that he laboured under the im-
pression that he never would be able to do any good
for himself and family, and that he would always be
unfortunate. Yesterday being settling day at the
Stock Exchange, he found himself not in a position
to meet certain demands, his account at his banker's
being considerably short of the sum required, but
which could have been readily averted by application
to the committee. He was seen on 'Change about
ten o'clock, and it is presumed that the dread of
meeting his difficulties induced him to commit the
melancholy act. After some remarks, the jury re-
turned a verdict of temporary insanity. The liabili-
ties of the deceased, we are informed, will not exceed
5001. He has left a widow and two children.

THE COUATY COURT JUDGE OF LIVER-

POOL AND 111 R. ill. J. WiIITTY.
LIVMIPOOL, TuESDAY.—We mentioned, yeater-
day, the leading facts in the extraordinary proceedings
of the judge of the County Court, Mr. Ramshay,
against Mr. M. J. Whitty, proprietor and editor of
the Liverpool Journal. A placard, it‘will be recol-
lected, announcing the contents of the Liverpool
Journal, was on Saturday last posted, amongst
,other,
places, near the entrance to the County Court, and it
contained the line, "Mr. Ramshay's opinion of the
people of Liverpool." This line gave offence to Mr.
Ramshay, the judge of that court. Immediately after
the judge took his seat in the court, a bill poster was
brought before him in the custody of a bailiff, but as
none of the offensive placards were found in the wallet
of the poster he was discharged. Two bailiffs were
then dispatched to the Journal office to obtain the
attendance of Mr. Whitty at the County Court.
Mr. Whitty declined to attend unless a summons
or warrant was produced. The bailiffs left the
office, but shortly afterwards returned, and at-
tempted, still without presenting any authority,
to arrest Mr. Whitty. Resistance was offered, and
the editor made his escape into the cellar, and con-
trived to get clear off. Yesterday, a summons having
been issued, Mr. Whitty appeared at the County
Court, and after the case had been heard the judge
decided that the line in the bill was calculated to bring
the court into contempt, fined the defendant 5Z., and
in default of payment ordered him to be imprisoned
for seven days in Lancaster Castle. The judge also
decided that the defendant had been guilty of con-
tempt in consequence of the manner in which he had
addressed the officers of the court, and for this offence
he ordered seven days' imprisonment. Again, the
judge decided that Mr. Whitty, in seizing hold of a
paper-knife, and attempting to resist the officers, had
been guilty of an assault upon each of the officers, for
which a further fine of Si., or seven days' imprison-
ment, was inflicted in each case. Mr. Whitty was
kept in custody until the rising of the court, when he
obtained leave to return home to arrange affairs pre-
vious to his departure for Lancaster. Ile first gave
a promise that he would surrender at the railway
station in Limo street, in order to proceed in charge
of the bailiffs to Lancaster Castle. Mr. Whitty was
at the station at half-past nine o'clock, and there met
a large number of friends who came to bid him good
bye. The bailiffs arrived with the warrant for the
unfortunate tailor Brown, but the document authori-
sing the incarceration of Mr. Whitty was not forth-
coming, and the train started with Brown alone.
Mr. Whitty, much to the surprise of all present, then
left the station on his way home, amid the cheers and
congratulations of his friends.

It was generally supposed that as the warrant had
not been executed last night it would not perhaps be
so; however, this morning, on the assembling of the
Court, Mr. Ramshay stated that he signed the war-
rant last night. Mr. Lowndes intimated that Mr.
Whitty was at his office ; thereupon Mr. Stone, the
superior officer of the court, proceeded at once to en-
force it. Mr. Whitty was, however, allowed to remain
at his office till the next train for Lancaster departed
at 1.25, and was in the meantime visited by " troops
of friends."

At the meeting of the Court this morning—
The Judge, on taking his seat, said it was desirable
to make a few observations in reference to the dis-
graceful occurrences which had taken place in the
court. They must be extremely vexing to himself,
and offensive to every one. He had now found it ne-
cessary to give direct orders to the officers that every
man who interfered in an improper manner with the
proceedings of the court should be treated by him
with the most severe punishment. He had now come
to the conclusion that it was necessary to have the
matter decided, whether the Court was to be treated
with proper respect, or be insulted and rendered
anything but respectable by the filthy comments
and insults of the town. He would try whether
the law or the slanderer and the libeller should
prevail. The question
,he was prepared to try,
and he would urge tnat trial to its utmost
limits. Depend upon that. He hoped by that course
to secure that respect due to the officers of the court
and the judge of it. In the course of the proceedings
on the preceding day he had occasion to say that the
course pursued was necessarily such as to excite the
minds of ignorant persons against the judge and
against the court, and he had a painful proof of it that morning. He held in his hand a letter threaten-
ing him with assassination. It was a painful proof of
the natural tendency and consequence of such pro-
ceedings as were on the previous day the subject of
inquiry. He held in his hand a letter threatening him
with assassination on this very day; but he would
tell the dirty slanderer, if present there, that he feared
him not.
It having become known that Mr. Whitty would
be at the railway station, in order to proceed to Lan-
caster Castle, at one o'clock, a great concourse of
most respectable persons assembled in Lime-street a.t
that hour to witness his departure. On
.making
.111
appearance in the custody of Mr. Stone,
.hight bailiffr
of the county court, and several assistants,
shaking of hands, and every demonstration
aofni
Whitty was warmly greeted with
sym-
pathy. He appeared to be in good spirits,' frinds with
re-
ceived the cordial demonstrations nf,his.
on. At half-
the utmost good humour and :satisfaction.
t one the train started, amidst deafening cheers ;
pas
and in the course of .the afternoon be was lodged in
the Castle. hearty

MEETING OF MAGISTRATES.

TUESDAY, lIALF•PAST FOUR, P.M.--This afternoon
one of the most numerous meetings of the magistrates
that ever assembled in Liverpool took place, in: the
grand jury-room of the Assize Courts. Although the
circular calling the meeting had been issued only
three hours, there were between thirty and forty
gentlemen holding her Majesty's commission of the
peace in attendance at the meeting. The subject was
well known to be the extraordinary conduct of the

The QUEE zs 'S VISIT to LIVERPOOL
(From the Liverpool Mercury.)
The arrangements for the visit of her Majesty
are rapidly progressing. The dock committee met
yesterday, and had under consideration the distribu-
tion of tickets for the landing stage, and the three
steamers appointed to follow the royal yachts—
especial reference being made to the accommodation
of the gentlemen connected with the press. It was
resolved to give two tickets for the landing stage and
one for one of the steamers to the editors of each of
the ten Liverpool papers; provision hag also been
made for the representatives of the London press.
The steamers selected to follow the royal yachts are
the Commodore, belonging ,to Charles 11,`Iver and
Co., and the Eblana and Trafalgar, belonging to the
City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, and which,
as before stated, have been placed at the disposal of
the members of the council and dock committee, free
of charge. The steamers, being capable of accom-
modating 900 persons, five tickets are to be given
to each member of the council not a member of
the dock committee, making 260, and leaving a
balance of 640 ; of these, the chairman of the
dock committee will appropriate 140 for strangers
and others whom he may deem it necessary to
invite, leaving 500 to be divided equally amongst
the members of the dock committee. As regards the
stage, which is calculated to accommodate 2,150, the
chairman is to take for public purposes 700, leaving
1,440 to be divided equally amongst the members of
the committee. Five tickets for each member of the
council are to be taken out of the 700 reserved for
the chairman, leaving 434 for other purposes. In re-
gard to the piers, 100 tickets are to be given to each
member of the council not a member of the dock com-
mittee, and the remainder to be divided amongst the
inernitsas.otthe-eommittee.„lteis ! • rAto,ocl '
'4Uirman. of ,the dock. committee, - • HiSicoV the dock surveyor, will go or; boaii the royal yacht.
The members of the committee and town councillors
will embark at the Prince's pier-head.
The alterations and decorations necessary in the
Town-hall are being proceeded with in earnest, and
the workmen are engaged in forming the 'balcony
from which her Majesty will overlook Ile area of the
Exchange, and the communication from the Town-
hall to the Exchange News-room, WhiCh will be laid
out as a supper-room for the accommodation of the
persons who will attend the ball' to be given by the
Mayor and Corporation on the evening of the 9th.
On Friday the mode of distributing the tickets -of
invitation to the Town-hall, which has hitherto been
a subject of much discussion, came again under consi-
deration. The arrangement agreed to was that each
councillor be supplied with ten ball tickets for his
family and private friends; that 1,490 tickets be ap-
portioned to the sixteen wards, in reference. to the
number of voters in each; that 250 tickets be left at
the disposal of the Mayor, and 120 to members of the
dock committee. The members for each ward are to
meet and send in as many names in the ward as. there
are tickets ; but if any one of these names is objec-
tionable it is to be rejected, and the ticket otherwise
disposed of. The list is as follows :—Everton, 111
Scotland, 100; Vauxhall, 51 ; St. Paul's, 69; Ex-
change, 110 ; Castle-street, 130; St. Peter's, 100 ;
Pitt-street, 67; Great George, 70 ; Rodney, 132 ;
Abercromby, 109; Lime-street, 109 ; St. Anne- '
street, 6.1.; West Derby, 86 • South Tox-
teth, 73 ; North Toxteth, 112.; Dock Committee,
120 ; Councillors, 640 ; Mayor, 250 ; total, 2,509..
Platforms fur the accommodation nf the public will
be erected on the pierheads of the Prince's, King's,
and Albert decks. In order to prevent accidents,
brick.supperts for the stages are, new in the course of
construction.

It akoPars that only about 8,000 children can be
liccommedlted in the enclosure at St—George's
[Jail, and it has been proposqd to erect a platform
Or the remainder of the charity-school children near
o Newsham-house.
The shopkeEpc-rs of Bold-street have formed them-
wives into a committee for the purpose of making ar-
rangements on an extensive scale. Tney have decided
ipon erecting triumphal arches at the top and bottom
)1 the street.

A London paper says—" On', the requisition of the
local authorities, the Admiralty have ordered a quan-
tity of the Government Sags at Woolwich to be lent
to the corporation of Liverpool, and to be sent to the
dock secretary's office for ttie purpose of decoration,
on her Majesty's visit to this mighty a enterprising
port."
• A contemporary says--" Thy Qualm. on
,r. ,pro-
gress southward to Liverpool, is coming, not on the
East Lancashire Railway, as was supposed, but on
the London and North-Western line. Last week the
Earl of Derby gave notice to his tenantry that her
Majesty, on her way to this town, would leave the
train at Rainhill, and enter Knowsley-park at the
Eccleston-gate ; that she would then pass on through
the grounds, and see the avairy, which will be kept
in its present state, notwithstanding that the sale will
commence two days previously, till after the royal
visit. The tenantry and others belonging to the estate
were to be entertained at a public dinner. Since then
the railway authorities have represented to her Ma-
jesty that, as they were making alterations at Rain-
hill, they would recommend that she should alight at
Edgehill, or come into the Lime-street station, prior
to proceeding to Croxteth. Her Majesty, it appears,
however, is particular anxious to alight at Rainhill,
as she wants to pass through Knowsley-park ; and the
railway directors will, doubtless, make arrangements
accordant with her desire. The Queen and the
Royal party, it is understood, will be joined at
the Park-gate junction by Lord and Lady Elles-
mere, who with the Earl of Derby and his Countess,
are to be the guests of Lord Sefton that evening. As
the commissioners of Birkenhead cannot address the
Queen, they are resolved to gratify their friends by
giving them a chance of seeing her Majesty ; and
they have determined to send out two of their finest
boats, the Lord Morpeth, and either the Queen or
the Wirral, for that purpose. About 600 will thus
be accommodated ; and no doubt the parade at Wood-
side and all accessible places on that side will be
crowded."

The royal yacht tender the Fairy, Master Com-
mander Welsh, sailed at ten o'clock on Saturday
morning for Liverpool, in order to be in readiness to
receive her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the royal
children on the 9,,h proximo. The Fairy sailed thus
early to make sure of rounding the Land's-end with
fine weather, and reached Holyhead yesterday at two
o'clock. She may be expected to reach the Mersey
to-night. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert,
Captain Lord A. Fitzelarence, was to follow the Fairy
to Liverpool yesterday (Monday). After the depar-
ture of the Court both yachts will return to Ports-
mouth.

The contract for the street barricades has been
taken by Messrs. A. and G. Hohne, who undertake
to execute the work at ls. a yard, the wood to be re-
turned when done with.

Messrs. Thomson. Bigham, and Woodruff, coun-
cillors for Scotland ward, met their constituents on
Friday evening last, and banded over to them the
whole of the tickets which had been allotted to them
for the ocmicn of the Queen's visit. This course
appeared to give great satisfaction to the burgesses,
woo returned a number of the tickets for the private
use of their representatives, and appointed a com-
mittee of nine to distribute the remainder amongst
the electors of the ward.
The erection of a triumphal arch at the boundary
of the borough, near Newsham-house, was agreed
upon on Saturday last by the committee of the council,
their being only four dissentients. The arch is to be
sixty feet high, end will cost about 2501. Mr.
Newlands, our excellent borough engineer, is the
designer.

The pensioners of this district, under the command
of Captain Greig, are to assemble for autumn drill
on the Bth October. On the following day—that
of her Majesty's visit—they are to be at the disposal
of the Mayor, so as to contribute in the most effective
manner to the demonstration. On this occasion, too,
the fine band of these companies will be brought into
requisition.

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yfoelalor,svisnigniAl:otliiculars The panoramic view from this
bleak but delightful spot, which rises 830 feet above the
work,
level of the sea, is extensive and highly diversified ; the
view being bounded on the east by the Chilterns of Oxford-
shire and Bucks, and on the south by the Hampshire Hills.
Among other objects too numerous to particularise, Farring-
don Clump, White Horse Hill, and Oxford, with its ve-
nerable spires, may be distinctly seen. This camp, com-
manding a view of no less than twelve military entrench-
ments, most of which were occupied by the Romans, was
well calculated to keep the conquered Britons in awe for
miles around, and mast therefore have been a castrum
(estivum of the utmost importance. The Ridgeway passes
within a few hundred yards of this hill, and the corner
of Unhill Wood is a fine circular barrow surrounded by
a fosse."

DETERMINED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—'OII Mon-
day night, a well-dressed man, named \Villiam Robinson,
who had come up from Manchester to see the Exhibition,
attempted to terminate his existence at the Hop Poles,
Edgware-road, by cutting his throat with a penknife, and
stabbing himself with the same instrument on the body.
He was conveyed on a stretcher to St. Mary's Hospital,
Paddington, bleeding profusely from his wounds, and his
recovery is extremely doubtful. He had in his possession
nearly 301.

Last evening about seven o'clock, Mr. Larkman,
one of the chief clerks at the parcel office of the Waterloo
Railway terminus, suddenly fell forward while sitting at his
desk, and was taken up dead.

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ROYAL PRINCESS'S 111EAthE, OXFOILL-STKEET.
Under the Managementot Mr. C. Kean and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed the Comedy of TOWN AND COUNTRY, In
which Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Harley, Addison, Meadows, Wigan,
of rs. Winstardey, Miss Phillips, and Mrs. C. Kean will appear.
After which a new Farce called APARTMENTS. " Visitors to
the Exhibition may be accommodated," in which Mr. and Mrs.
Keeley will appear.

To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken
front a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALFA ~1141 Lt ;
or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Meadows,
Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Flexmore ; Misses Murray, Vivash,
Itobertson, Leclerq, Keeley, Mille. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley.
Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr.
Masaingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office,
QV:ord.-street, from Eleven till Pour o'clock.

ROYAL LYCLiIi TaEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame VestriS.
Sole Lessee, Mr. Chazies Mathew",
THIS EVENING.
Will be performed
COURT BEAUTIES. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Rosby,
. Matthews, G. J. Vining, Baker; Miss Sc. George, and Miss X.
Oliver.

To bo followed by
ONLY A CLOD. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Suter, Bel-
lingham, Roxby ; and Miss M. Oliver.

To conclude with
KIENC4 CHARMLNG. Characters by Messrs. Suter, F. Matthews,
Horncastle; Madame Yestris, Mrs. F. Matthews, Mrs. C. Ilon3,
Miss St. George, Misses Martindale, Ellis, and Rosins Wright.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren.
THIS EVENLNG,
Revival of the Country Squire.
Great Attraction Roars of Laughter at the new Farce.
Will be performed THE COUNTRY SQUIRE, supported by
Messrs. W. Farren, H. Farren, W. Farren, Jun., Clifton ; Mesdames,
L. Howard, Adams, E. Turner. and A. Phillips.
With, I'VE EATEN MY FRIEND. Jellytop, Mr. Compton.
To conclude with THE DEMON GIFT.

PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE,
Lessee, Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool.
Engagement of the Tyrolean Troubadour, F. J. Eskens,
Two New Pieces.
THIS EVENING,
The Dramatic Bubble entitled THE SHOT TOWER. Princi-
pal characters by Messrs. Davies, Rogers, and Miss Marshall.
After which a new petite Comedy, entitled THE HOPELESS
PASSION, by Messrs. Tilbury, Davis, Morton ; Mrs. Copeland, and
Miss Maskell.
To be followed by a new Farce, called A FIGURE OF FUN ; or,
the Bloomer Costume, in which Messrs. Rogers, Attwood, Hudspeth,
and Miss Marshall will appear.
With CATCHING AN HEIRESS. Sa'ly Giggle, Miss Saunders.
The prices of admission are arranged as tollovv :—Orchestra stalls,
43; Boxes (first circle), 35.; (second circle), 2s. ; Pit, is.
Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the performances to
lommenee at Seven precisely.
A second price gill be taken to the Boxes only at Nine o'clock
—lnt circle, 22.; second circle, Is.
Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Under c`ae Patrnnagi, 01 her Majesty and his Royal Highness
Princo Albert.
-Prot:r!eter and Manager, Mr, W. Batty.
The most successful and popular Theatre in London.
Another Week of Glorious Triumph.
The most attractive Spectacle ever produced—crowded to the
ceiling nightly.
Norics.—Nlr. Batty begs to announce to his patrons and the
public that he has succeeded in making an engagement with the
renowned Italian Brothers, the most surprising wonders ever be-
held. Their performances surpass anything that has been witnessed
in England. They will perform every evening during the week.
PHIS El lirhlNU,
Will be performed the grand Spectacle, entitled MAZEPPA ;
or the Wild Horse of Tartary, which has ►teen continued, In conse-
quence of numerous appl:lations trom Persons of all Nations to wit-
ness the magnificent Spectacle.
With Batty's Grand Scenes of the Arena, embracing the largest
Equestrian Company in Europe, represented by Foreign and British
Male and Female Artists of superior talent.
To conclude with an admired Ballet.
Tickets to be had at the Box-otllce from Eleven till Four daily.
Stage Manager, Mr. T. Thompson.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
LAST WEEK.
EVERY EVENING,
(Saturday excepted.) Danson's Colossal Picture of the Temple of
Janus in the Eternal City—Splendid Menagerie—Performing Ele-
phants—Promenade Concert, by the unrivalled Band of the Es-
tablishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey—English Glees, Catches,
Madrigals, and Songs, by Miss Msssent, Messrs. Young, UM, Man-
vers, and Leiner. All the unique and earied amusements of the
Establishment, concluding with a most brilliant inimitable display
of Fireworks, by Southby.
Doors open from Nine in the Morning. Feeding, of the Animals at
Five. Concert at Six. Fireworks at Dusk.
ADMISSION—ONE SHILLING.

al Gil waTlin AT LONDON BRIDGE
TWIS DAT —Morning GO rain. after 5 'Evening 12 min after
To-Moaaow—Morning 37 min. after 6 I Evening 6 min aft4r 7

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following
places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
Posi.xsmo—Wind S.W. ,;gentle breeze—overcast.
GOSPORT—Wind S.—cloudy.
Buscarrox—Wind S., strong breeze—rain.
11c3TG3—Wind S., fresh breeze—overcast.
Fsasnsro'nuatPrtrs—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain.
uv—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
BAWINGSTOICIS Wind S., strong breeze—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—Wind S., strong breeze—rain.
Swurpozi—Wind gentle breeze—rain.
o[h:wen—Wind S.W. rain.
Gx.oucEsrEn—Witul S.W. by S.—fine-
CHELMSFORD—Wind E. lnad
Chas:unman—Wind S., gentle breeze—overcast.
nu:missal/Am—Wind S., fresh breeze.
13TAFFoiLD—Wind
Thotsmum—Wind S.W.,strongu
NORWICH--W ind
IrswlCll—Wind S.—clear.
SmurFTELD—wind s. 10 d
MANCHESTER—Wind s. Y*
fiudy.
HULA.--Wind "
LEEDS— Wind S.—overcast, ne.
YORK--Wind
Be.tr.noP.ouatt —Wind S.—very Lae.
Bunwscx—Wind S. —dull.
E URGH —Wind S.— fine.
The returns fro:n the following places indicate the state of
the wind and weather on Monday su,rifini„ at nine
o'clock :
'Ann-tacit—Wind S., storm—rain.
CARLow—Wind S.W., hard wind—rain.
( Duaux ) ind S. S. W., strong breeze—rain
Poosar.—Wcolrind S., hard wind—heavy rain.
At the Roy-

ral Observatory, Cireenwi4t, the mean reading
of the barometer for the week was '29.772 'n• The mean
temperature of the week was b4•B° which is very near
the average for the week and the season. The highest
temperature of the week was 71.7 Q on Tuesday, and the
lowest 42.9° on Friday. The direction of the wind was
variable ; from the north on the first two days, calm on
Tuesday, Wednesday, and part of Thnrsday, and from the
west and south-west to the end of the week.

The Glasgow Citizen says that Govertuneut ht
length put an eye to Cleopatra'a needle !