The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-08 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EPSOM' OCTOBER MEETING, I ESTERDAr.
Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, 10 ft., with 10 added, for two yrs
old ; colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. Winners in the present,
year to carry 51b. extra. New T. Y. C.
Lord Egremont's c. out of Emmelina ..Macdonald 1
Sir J. lleathcote's Willesden
Mr. Latour's Queen of Navarre
Betting-2 to lon Emmelina. Willesden made running
to the distance, where the other two went up to him, and the
race was so close until opposite the grand stand that it was
difficult to say which had the best of it ; at this point, how-
ever, the Emmelina colt obtained a slight advantage, improved
it in a few remaining strides, and won rather cleverly by
about three parts of a length ; there was not more than a neck
between the other two. Willisden carried 51b. for winning at
Egham.
Sweekstakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25 added ; three yrs, ist. ; four,
Bst. 41b. • five, Bst. 111 b. ; six and aged, 9st. 21b. Mares and
geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs., &c.
Mile heats. 8 subs.
Mr. Goring's Leander, 3 yrs... Rogers 1 0 1
Mr. Shelly s Airy, 4 yrs
Mr. C. Day's Jewess filly, 3 yrs
Mr. Chaml;erlavne's Deva, 5 yrs 2 0 4
Mr. Shackell's Hyderabad, 3 yrs 0 0 5
Mr. Dyson's Shorthopes, 3 yrs 0 odr
Mr. I. Day's Gab, aged
First Heat—Gab made slow running till near the distance,
where he dropped off; Leander and Deva immediately singled
themselves out, and ran a pretty race home, the young one
winning by about half a length.
Second Heat--Hyderabad took the lead at a wretched pace,
Airy and the Jewess filly waiting on him till within two dis-
tances of the chair, when they passed him, and ran neck and
neck, at the top of their speed, to the finish ; Airy coming in
by a head only. Leander and Deva did not go for the beat.
Third Heat—Hyderabad again cut out the work till round
the turn, where Leander and Deva headed him, and carried
on the running to the stand. Deva dropped off here, and
Airy and Jewess made an effort to get up, failed, and were
beaten nalf a length. A good race for second. The winner
claimed. The betting before the first heat was, 7to 4 agst
Airy, 2 to 1 agst Jewess, and 4 to 1 agst Leander; before
second heat, these three were at at about 2 to 1 each, Leander
having the call ; after second heat, even on Airy, and 2to 1
each agst Leander and Jewess.
The afternoon's sport was most excellent, and gave great
satisfaction to a company which was respectable, but not by any
means numerous. The grand stand was opened on exceed-
ingly moderate terms for refreshment and admission, and was
as well attended as could be expected, from the smallness of
the assemblage.
The racing to-day promises good sport; it will consist of a
match, the Surrey Stakes of 20 sovs. each (5 subs.), and a
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for which six or
seven horses will run.

We are in the enjoyment of good harvest weather,
and the farmers are .making the most of is. Everywhere
the leading-cart is in use, and if the present whistling
breezes continue for a few days longer, the crops will yet
be housed in safety.—Ayr Observer.

Mr. John Mackay Wilson, the author of " Tales
of the Border," and for several years editor of the Berwick
Advertiser, died at Berwick-upon-Tweed on Friday morn-
ing. About a fortnight before this unfortunate result, Mr.
Wilson burst a blood vessel, and from that period gradually
sunk under the effects of the accident, although his medical
attendants and friends by no means imagined his end to be
so near. Mr. Wilson's efforts in the cause of reform will
be long remembered.
We have heard that our townsman, Mr. Moir,
advocate, Edinburgh, whose talents and acquirements
pointed him out as the fittest person to fill a vacant chair
in the University of Edinburgh, and whose appointment to
that situation, recommended by the Town Council of the
modern Athens, lately gave such general satisfaction, has
declined to conform to the present law of the University,
which requires that all the professors shall subscribe to the
confession of faith before induction. Mr. Moir, we believe,
is a member of the Episcopalian Church.—Aberdeen Adver.
Nearly a hundred grocers and druggists in this town
were favoured on Friday last, with printed circulars by post
from Basle, in Switzerland, upon each of which 4s. 9d.
postage was charged, and in a majority of cases paid. Some
few " wide awake " to such practices refused to accept the
proffered boon, and thus saved their pockets. Those which
were opened all bore the signature of "B. Faesch," who
offered to dispose of all sorts of goods, in any quantity, upon
commission.—Hull Observer.

THE BIBLE CENTENARY.—On Tuesday this me-
morable event was commemorated at the noble establish-
ment of the British and Foreign School Society, in the
Borough-road, by a general assemblage of all the children
and of the teachers in training. At ten o'clock, the spa-
cious boys' school-room was completely filled by the children
in the schools, of both sexes, who were arranged in parallel
lines. - Upwards of 900 children, and 43 teachers (who are
at present preparing for schools at home and abroad), were
present.

A LITERARY DISCOVERY.—NearIy one hun-
dred autograph letters, written by the celebrated. Mrs.
Montague, the able commentator on Shakspeare, and the
friend of Johnson, Burke, Goldsmith, Garrick, Sheridan,
and all the bright constellation of wits that flourished dur-
ing the last century, have been accidentally discovered.
These letters abound with anecdotes and criticisms relating
to persons, and books of the day. We hope they will be
published ; and, as no adequate life of that celebrated lady
has hitherto been given to the world, surely an authentic
biography appended to the letters would be most acceptable.
THE LAND OF THE FREE.—" Last Sunday even-
ing," says Brigg's Boston Bulletin, "Mr. May, the aboli-
tionist lecturer, attempted to hold forth at the chapel at
Haverhill, Massashuchetts : the chapel was filled with
hearers of both sexes, and the lecturer had just begun his
discourse, when a volley of stones and lighted fire-crackers
were showered through the windows into the pulpit and
upon the congregation, who immediately dispersed in great
alarm. A piece of ordnance was brought to the spot, pro-
bably to frighten the congregation."

pave, is a great advantage. How much superior is this to
the wheels of our travelling waggons, the fellies of which,
being frustrums of cones, a good deal of power must neces-
sarily be lost in keeping them in a straight line, while the
grinding motion thus occasioned must be very injurious to
the roads ! These carts are also fitted with a cont►ivance
for retarding the revolution of the wheels on descending
hills, by pressure of the circumference, to serve instead of
a drag.—From Captain Blakiston's new work—Twenty
Years of Retirenzent.

We are sorry to announce that it is feared a French
boat was lost on Friday night or Saturday morning, on or
near the island of Serk, and that all on board perished. It
is our painful lot to add to the foregoing intelligence, the
certain loss ok three lives this afternoon, by the capsi zing of
a boat off Fermain's Bay.—Guernsey Star.

HURRICANE.-011 Thursday last, a complete hur-
ricane swept with extraordinary fury over this island. It
continued for several hours, and the immense quantity of
fruit with which the gardens and orchards were covered
the following morning, proclaimed some of the devastating
effects of its rough progress. The Chamontel pear-trees,
we regret to hear, have been prematurely stripped of almost
all their delicious and valuable fruit, which will be attended
with very severe loss to the proprietors, as the slightest
bruise not only injures their quality, but destroys all efforts
to preserve them from decay. The October peach-trees
have also suffered extremely ; and branches, as well as fruit,
have been torn off, and scattered around. We have not
heard of any accident occasioned by the storm to the
shipping in our harbour ; but many houses were dismantled
of their tiles, chimney-pots, Lkc.—Jersey Argus.
CHASE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.—A small rakish-
looking schooner-rigged vessel arrived in the Mersey on Sa-
turday, which attracted great attention on her arrival, and
has been the subject of much observation since. On in-
quiry it was found that she was a New York pilot boat,
the John D'Aymer, and that she had come across the
Atlantic in pursuit of a Mr. Bowen, of the firm of Bowen
and Addoms, of that city, who sailed from the same port
in the Caledonia on the Ist September. Though she made
the passage without accident, which has rarely been done
by so smal a vessel, her success in. pursuit of the Caledonia
was not very great, as that packet arrived at Liverpool
eight days before her pursuer, and as even the Roscoe,
which sailed five days later than the John D' Apter, en-
tered the river by the same tide. The latter sailed from
New York on the 3d ult.—Liverpool Paper.

ANTIQUITY OF LEAD MINES.—In proof of the
lead mines of Derbyshire having been wrought by the Ro-
mans, we have the authority of Dr. Millar, who states,
" that in the year 1777 a pig of lead was found on Crom-
ford Moor, and the interpretation of the inscription is The
sixth legion inscribes this in memory of the Emperor
Adrian?" Several others have also been found at different
periods ; one about the year 1790, weighing El stone, was
found at Matlock, bearing the following inscription—" Ti.
CL. TR. LUT. BR. ExARO.," which are supposed to be the
abbreviations of " Tiberii Claudiani Triumviri Lutudari
Britannorum Exargentaria." In the British Museum are
several pigs of lead of great antiquity, one of which has also
the mark denoting it to have been made in the reign of the
same Emperor.—Mining Review.

On Friday night last, about ten o'clock, the brig
Neptune, of Milford, David Griffiths, of Newport, master,
from Newport, laden with coals, was driven on shore, hav-
ing missed stays in Poolslaughter Bay, to the westward of
St. Govin's Head, and was almost immediately knocked to
pieces, and the mate washed out to sea. The master, his
wife, and five men perished, being the whole on board, ex-
cept John Rees, of Newport, a boy, who went down in the
cabin before the vessel struck to call the master's wife, and
by the time he got on deck the vessel had struck, and the
deck was completely cleared of the master and crew, whom
he saw no more of. He immediately went up the rigging
to the mast head, followed by the master's wife, and the
vessel making a heel forward, he dropped himself on the
rock, and called to his mistress to let go, and follow him,
which she was afraid to do, when the following sea lurched
the vessel outward, and he saw no more of her.—Cambrian.

SLAPE, SLAPE.—During the recent visit of Prin-
cess Victoria to Wentworth House, much of the time of
the Royal party was occupied in perambulating the beau-
tiful grounds adjoining that mansion. On one of those oc-
casions, her Royal Highness being in advance of the party,
was respectfully cautioned by an under-gardener not to take
a certain walk, as the late rain bad made the ground, in a
particular situation in it, " slape." " Slape. slape," said
the Princess. with the characteristic inquisitiveness of a

descendant of George 111., " and pray what is slape ?"
" Very slippy, Madam," replied the man. However, in
spite of the warning thus given, like a genuine sprig of the
House of Brunswick, .onward she' gaily proceeded. On
reaching the " slape" ground, down she came. " There,"
shouted the Noble owner of the grounds, who, on per-
ceiving no injury was done, laughingly approached, " now
your Royal Highness has received an explanation of the
term ' slape,' both theoretically and practically." " Yes,"
rjoined the geod-humoured Princess, " I shall never forget
the meaning of slape.' "—Sheffield Iris.

HEART-RENDING EVENT.--(From the CO6OUrg,
Upper Canada, Star.)—The most distressing accident we
ever heard of is stated to have occurred near Colborne. on
Saturday last, under the following circumstances :—Henry
Tanner, a young Englishman, residing on a farm in that
neighbourhood, with his mother and her younger children

(who had but three weeks ago arrived from England to join
him), going into the house from his labour, found the chil-
dren playing with a pair of percussion pistols. Flaying a
cap in his pocket, he thought to amuse them by snapping it
off ; when a friend cautioned him not to point the pistol
towards the children, lest it might be loaded. On this he
turned his hand behind him, not thinking of his mother
being seated in that direction, and pulled the trigger. The
pistol was loaded, and the ball passed directly through her
chest. The poor woman, we are told, stood up for a mo-
ment after receiving the wound, and exclaiming, " Oh !
what have you done ?" fell dead at his feet. The poor fel-
low himself, as may be expected, has been in a state of
frenzy ever since, and it is thought will never recover his
senses again.

The Scarborough Reform Association, a few days
ago, unanimously resolved to present an address of thanks
to Edward Stillingfleet Caley, Esq., M. P. for the North
Riding, in acknowledgment of the very efficient services
rendered by him to the cause of reform, and to the -Re-
formers of Scarborough in particular, during the last ses-
sion of Parliament. On Tuesday last the address, signed
by all the members of the Association, was presented to the
Hon. Member in the Old Globe Lodge Room, in the pre-
sence of a very large assemblage of people. This was the
first public address ever presented to a Member of Parlia-
ment from the inhabitants of Scarborough.—Hull Observer.
THE LORD BISHOP OP DERRY.—At a late visi-
tation of the Lord Primate in Derry, the Lord Bishop felt
himself bound to bring before his Grace the following mat-
ter, in regard to which he had been charged with having
acted oppressively and arbitrarily. It had come to his ears
that the Rev. Mr. Collins, curate to the Rev. Mr. Irving,
of Donoughmore, had appeared at the Lifford-road ses-
sions in a state of intoxication, and consequently he felt it
his duty to suspend him until an investigation was held.
Upon that investigation Mr. Collins was declared innocent,
and reinstated. It appears to us that it would have also
become the Primate to have told Mr. Irving that he did
wrong in placing himself in an attitude of hostility towards
his diocesan, in a matter in which no injustice was done, but
in which a verbal offence simply was perpetrated against
equity. Had the Primate acted thus, his conduct would
have been above all suspicion. As it is, his enemies may
attribute political bias.—Dublin Register.
THE HALCYON.--The account of the kingfishers
hatching their young upon the waves is countenanced by
most naturalists. Sir T. Brown is so far from registering it
among vulgar errors that he complies with the ancient tra-
dition, and says, at the time of their breeding, (which is
about the winter solstice) the sea is calm, and the winds
cease, till the young ones forsake their nest, which floated
upon the sea, and by the roughness of winds might other-
wise be overwhelmed. Plutarch, in his parallel between
the sagacity of land and water animals, affirms he bad fre-
quently seen these nests : in their shape, he says, they re-
semble a boat ; so artfully contrived as to admit the bird
and exclude the waves. The whole was composed of the
bones and fins of a fish, so strongly compacted that much
strength was required to pluck them asunder.
CELIBACY.—The following great, names are en-
listed in dislike of matrimony :—Newton, Locke, Boyle,
Gibbon, Hume, Adam Smith, Harvey, Leibnitz, Bayle,
Hobbes, Hampden, Sir F. Drake, Earl of Essex, Pitt, Mi-
chael Angelo, the three Caraccis, Sir Joshua Reynolds,
Haydn, Handel,Wolsey, Pascal, Fenelon, De Henry, Pope,
Akenside, Swift (not so), Goldsmith, Gray, Collins, Thom-
son, and Jeremy Bentham. Among the ancients we find
nearly all their great philosophers :—Plato, Pythagoras,
Epicurus, Bion, Anaxagoras, Heraclitus, Democritus, and
Diogenes. The following distinguished men, though mar-
ried, were unhappy in that state :—Aristotle, Socrates,
Pittacus, Periander, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Among
the moderns :—Boccaccio, Dante, Milton, Steele, Addison,
Dryden, Moliere, Racine, Sterne, Garrick, and Lord Bacon.
FRENCH CARTS.—After staying a couple of days
at Rouen, we proceeded by the same mode of conveyance
to St. Germain : we went by the upper road, which is not
very interesting. On the way we passed many carts drawn
by horses, such as I have described. The construction of
these carts struck me as being particularly well adapted to
the roads en which they travel. The body is composed of
a frame of great length, extending entirely over the shaft-
horse, and so constructed that, by means of a winch, the
frame may be moved backwards and forwards, so as to be
balanced on the two wheels which support it. These
wheels are large, and stand perfectly upright, with very
deep naves, so that they can preserve their perpendicular
without difficulty ; and the linch-pin is so placed as to allow
of considerable horizontal play on the axle, which, on a rough

BALLOON ASCENT.—On Tuesday afternoon Mr.
Green made his 210th ascent with his splendid balloon,
from an, enclosed space on Uxbridge-moor. It will be in
the recollection of our readers that a short time since Mr.
Green descended at Hillingdon (a mile from Uxbridge),
after an ascent from Vauxhall-gardens, on which occasion
he was waited on by a number -of the inhabitants of that
town with a request that he would favour them by ascend-
ing from the neighbourhood of the gas-works on the moor,
to which request Mr. Green assented. At an early hour
in the morning the inflation of the balloon commenced from
pipes laid down from the gasometer of Mr. Stacey (from
which the town is lighted), and about half-past four o'clock,
the process being completed,-the aerona►it stepped into the
car, and in a few minutes afterwards the balloon soared
majestically from terra firma, amid the plaudits of an im-
mense number of spectators. It moved in a north-easterly
direction, and was soon lost sight of among the clouds. The
town throughout the day appeared more crowded than it
did during the fair last week.
SHIP NEWS.—HEROTC CONDUCT OF THE CREW
BELONGING TO THE " ANNE ELIZA YACHT."—On Wed-
nesday, at 9 o'clock, a.m., the Sarah Bright, belonging to
this port, homeward bound from Newport with coals,
Meany, master, struck on the bar at the, mouth of our har-
bour in a gale of wind, having previously suffered much from
stress of weather in the channel. She filled the Moment
after striking, which obliged the crew to take to the rig-
ging, in which condition they were observed from the pilot
station at-the fort point. The pilot boat was immediately
got under weigh ; but after fruitless attempts to assist the
distressed Vessel, returned to its station, The master pilot
and his crew then slipped the light barge belonging to the
Anil Eliza yacht, from her moorings, and again made an ef-
fort to relieve the unhappy sufferers on the wreck, which
they succeeded in effecting about one o'clock, having saved
all hands on board, one of whom (a young lad named Fur-
long) was quite exhausted when taken off the Sarah, but
is now in a fair way of recovery. We should not do justice
to our feelings, or the cause of humanity, if we omitted
to mention the intrepid and heroic self-devotion of the
crew of the yacht before mentioned. On perceiving their
barge shifted from her station, they thought at first she had
slipped her moorings ; but when they discovered that the
pilots had taken possession .of her, four of these brave fel-
lows in a full gale of wind, and without a helmsman, put to
sea in a small jolly boat belonging to a vessel that lay hard
by, in order to assist the pilots in rescuing their fellow-crea-
tures from destruction. Although the barge started full
half an hour before the small boat, the latter reached the
wreck just in time to see the sufferers snatched from their
position, and placed safely in the barge, alongside of which
they steadily kept until all were landed in safety. They
then, in the name of the noble-minded owner of the yacht,
Mr. George Morgan, incited the poor fellows just rescued
from a watery grave, to participate in the hospitality of filch
vessel, which was very acceptable at the moment. Indeed,
these fine fellowsollould receive the " order of merit," for
the spirit and intrepidity they manifested on this trying oc-
casion. We are happy to add, that the Sarah, which is now
a complete wreck, the property of our respected townsman,
Mr. Peter Furlong, has been insured to the full amount.—
Waterford Independent.
INTOXICATING POWER OF DIFFERENT Ll-
QUORS.—Professor Beck, of New York, undertook a series
of experiments upon wines, at the request of some Tempe-
rance Societies. The results agree generally with those of
Brande, published 20 years ago. Alcohol or spirit existing
in wine is not • combined with the vegetable infusion, but
merely mixed with it. The union, however, grows more
perfect as the wine gets older, and hepco ola wines are less

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1835.

intoxicating than new. Supposing the portion of alcohol in
wine to be the measure of its effects on the brain, the fol-
lowing table (the fractions rejected) is given by Mr. Beck
as representing the intoxicating power of different liquors.
Brandy about the common strength is taken as a standard :
—Brandy, 100 ; strongest Madeira, 48 ; weakest Madeira,
36 ; Port (average), 42 ; Bucellas, 35 ; Sherry, 33 ; Torres
Vedras, 38 ; Sauterne, 24 ; Claret (average), 21 ; Ameri-
can wine, 21 ; metheglin, 20 ; ale, 20 ; beer, 14 ; cider
(average), 9. It will be observed that a bottle of the
strongest Madeira is nearly equal to half a bottle of brandy ;
and a bottle of average port rather exceeds two-fifths of a
bottle of brandy.

It has been calculated, by an engineer of eminence,
that every four-horse coach deposits 121 b. of iron in every
100 miles of its journey, and that, consequently, assuming
the number of such coaches passing daily between London
and Birmingham alone to be 20, the weight of iron depo-
sited during every transit exceeds 2501 b. These results,
it is stated, are not conjectural, but derived from investiga-
tions applied to the horse-shoe and the tire of the wheel—
in the first instance, previously to use ; and, in the second,
after the wear and tear of the road had rendered them use-
less ; and they have been found, it is added, as to every ton
weight of iron so tried, nearly uniform.

ENGLISH FARMING, &c.—With respect to the
cultivation of the soil, comparing it either with France or
Spain, England has decidedly the advantage, though I ques-
tion whether, in this respect, it is not behind both Holland
and Belgium. The largeness of our farms gives more room
for the application for capital and science to agriculture ;
but I doubt much whether, after all, so much is made of the
land as when divided into smaller farms ; while all must de-
plore the downfall of that most useful class, the yeomanry of
England. If happiness was to be found in man, it was
among that class. Now, generally speaking, the farmer
is a great deal too much of the gentleman ; neither he
nor his sons work, while his daugters—save the mark !
—would no more defile their hands with cheese ,or but-
ter, than they would venture into the sun without a
parasol. .No farming servants are allowed to live in the
house, as of old, but are driven to find a home elsewhere—
early and improvident marriages and fearful pauperism fol-
low.—From Captain Blakiston's new work—" Twenty
Years of Retirement."
EXTRAORDINARY DISMISSAL OF A CORONER'S
JURY.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Waterman's
Arms, Brentford, before Mr. Stirling, on view of the body
of Jesse Jones, aged 63, who committed suicide in Brent-
ford cage, having been locked up there on a charge of
vagrancy. The deceased had called at the house of a
in Brentford to solicit charity, when he conducted himself
in so outrageous and threatening a manner towards a ser-
vant girl, that she gave him in charge of a policeman, who
conducted him to the cage. About half an hour after his
confinement, a person entering the cage, found him sus-
pended by the neck, quite dead. After hearing the evi-
dence a very long discussion took place between the coroner
and jury as to the state of deceased's mind at the time he
committed the act ; at the expiration of six hours from the
commencement of the inquest, during which much recrimi-
nation took place, ten of the jury were for insanity, and
three for felo de se, and there being no prospect of their
agreeing, the coroner dismissed the jury, desiring the con-
stable to summon another at two o'clock this day (Thursday).
Wonders will never cease, and miracles are not vet
out of fashion, especially at Chewton Mendip where (it is
gravely affirmed by the Bath Herald " on authority!") 30
or 40 of the good people, all wearing heads on their
shoulders, have been favoured with a wonderful manifesta-
tion. Thus the story runs :—On Sunday evening se'nnight,
between 6 and 7 o'clock, there was seen at Chewton Men-
dip a most extraordinary and unaccountable phenomenon in
the heavens. It was the appearance of a regiment of
horse, with swords drawn, every trooper being distinctly
visible, and the whole performing their evolutions as in the
field of battle ; both horses and soldiers appearing perfectly
black. The sight lasted a considerable time, and was wit-
nessed, with no small degree of consternation and dismay,
by not less than 30 or 40 individuals ; ono of whom, named
Tyte, gamekeeper to Anthony Blagrave, Esq., of Harp-
tree-court, instantly descended the hill into Chewton, under
considerable agitation of feelings. A woman also of the
village was so terrified by the spectacle, that she has not
recovered from the fright to the present moment, and is
really seriously indisposed. There are many recorded
examples of similar sights, from Josephus down to the year
1745, when, previous to the great rebellion, celestial pheno-
mena of the same character was said to have been seen in
Scotland by wondering multitudes of all classes of people.

ACCIDENT TO THE EARL OF HOWTH.—We
regret exceedingly to have to state, that a most unfortunate
accident occurred on Saturday to the Earl of Howth. His
Lordship's horse, in turning the corner of the field at the
back of the Windmill-hill, got locked and fell upon his
head, the noble Earl being thrown under him. The result
was, that his Lordship had his collar-bone fractured, one of
his ribs slightly dislocated, and his arm and wrist bruised.
Surgeon Darcy happened to be near the spot, and pro-
ceeded to render his professional assistance to the Noble
Earl, who thought himself more seriously hurt, but he was
assured that it was not of consequence. A carriage was
procured, and his Lordship brought to the castle, where he
remained under the care of Surgeon Stokes (who came up
subsequently) until the. arrival of the Surgeon-General, he
having been sent for express to Dublin. There was but one
feeling of the deepest regret amongst ail when the accident
became known, and many anxious inquiries were made at
the Castle during the evening by those who attended the
races, to ascertain the extent of the injury his Lordship had
suffered.—Saunders's News Letter. [We feel particular
pleasure in stating that the latest inquiries we were enabled
to make respecting this respected nobleman were most sa-
tisfactory. The fracture was set, and the other injuries re-
lieved by the Surgeon-General on Saturday evening, since
when the Noble patient has been hourly improving.—Dub-
lin Evening Mail.
TRACES OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATION AMONG
THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.—Amongst the Caroline Is-
lands, only six weeks' sail from Sydney, is Aseencio (about
11 degrees north latitude), discovered very lately by his
Majesty's sloop of war Raven. Mr. Ong, now a resident
of this colony, some years back remained there for several
months, and we have our information from a friend, who
conversed frequently with Mr. Ong on the subject. 13n
the above-named island of Ascencio, the language of the
inhabitants is more harmonious than in the other islands of
the South Seas, a great many words ending with vowels.
There are at the north-east end of the island, at a place
called Tamen, ruins of a town, now only accessible by boats,
the waves reaching to the steps of the houses. The walls
are overgrown with bread, cocoa-nut, and other ancient.
trees, and the ruins occupy a space of two miles and a half.
The stones of these edifices are laid bed and quoin, exhi-
biting irrefutable traces of art far beyond the means of the
present savage inhabitants. Some of these hewn stones
are 20 feet in length, by 3 to .5 each way, and no remains
of cement appear. The walls have door and window places.
The ruins are built of stone, which is different from that
occurring in the immediate neighbourhood. There is a
mountain in the island, the rocks of which are covered
with figures, and there are far greater ruins eight miles
in the interior. The habits of these islanders exhibit traces
of a different social system ; the women do not work ex-
clusively, as is the custom in the other islands. After the
meals wafer is carried about by servants for washing hands,
&c. Asked about the origin of these-buildings, the inha-
bitants say, that they were built by men who are now above
(pointing to the Heavens.)—Hobart To.wn Courier.

An atrocious crime has been committed at St.
Marie, near Beaune, in the Cote d'Or. Some days ego
the members, the head, and part of the body of a female
were found in the river, but the face was so much disfigured,
that although almost every inhabitant of the village went to
view the remains, no one could recognize the person of the
deceased. Strong circumstances fix this horrible murder on
the rector of the commune, and point out the victim to
have been a milliner from Lyons, the initial of whose name
is B. On the day of the discovery, one of the villagers met
the rector, and, informing him of it, asked him to go and
see a body which had just been taken out of the water,
without stating its condition ; but the priest became greatly
agitated, and replied that he could not bear to look upon a
spectacle so hideous. Though he was on his way to a fune-
ral at an adjoining village, he immediately returned to his
house, took his cane, and instead of going where he in-
tended, disappeared, and was not heard of for three weeks.
His servant, on being interrogated as to his absence, said
that he was gone to see his relations at Villcfranche, near
Lyons, and would be back in a few days. His long-con-
tinued absence led to suspicion.; Search was made, and in
the rectory was found the name and address of the sup-
posed victim, and her clothes, marked with the letter B.
These suspicious circumstances were strengthened by the
finding of a pair of pantaloons stained with blood. The
inhabitants of the village state that a lady, calling herself
the niece or cousin of the rector, and known to be a milliner
at Lyons, where he was for a long time vicar, had come to
pass eight or ten days with him ; her person was known to
them, as she constantly accompanied their pastor wherever
he went, but it was impossible to identify the remains found.
She was seen with him at the latter end of August, but
then disappeared. The rector's servant could give no ac-
count of the visitor's departure from St. Marie, as she her-
self happened to be absent for several dayjk. at the time
when the crime is supposed to have becgperpetrated.
Every portion of the murdered woman was sound, except
the abdomen, and this leads to an apprehension that this
was either burnt, or more carefully concealed, to prevent
the discovery of having been pregnant. A warrant was
issued for the arrest of the priest, and we learn by the
Courrier de Lyons that he was taken in that town just as
he was getting into the diligence for Geneva.

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Journal des Debuts of Tuesday.

We lave received the Barcelona journals, of the 26th and
the 27th of September. The greatest calm prevailed in
that city since the reception of the first Acts of the new
Ministry.
General Mina's appointment had produced an excellent
effect. The Vapor publishes a detailed statement of tl.e
receipts and expenses made by that General during his
command in 1822, in reply to certain rumours of malver-
sation, propagated against him.
Several engagements with the Carlists had taken place
in the north of the province. Their strongest division,
4,000 in number, had been beaten, on the 24th, near 010,
by General Ayerbe. General Pastor was, on the 17th, at
Seu d'Urgel, and had compelled the Navarrese column to
retire into Arragon.
Notwithstanding those successes it becomes evident that
the Carlist forces in Catalonia have for some time past
much increased, and that the measures adopted by the
Junta to reduce them, its proclamations and levies of volun-
teers, have had no efficient result.