The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. - The Queen and Prince
Albert took their early morning walk in the pleasure-
grounds and the Home Park. On the return of her
Majesty and her Royal Consort, his Royal Highness
went to shoot in the royal preserves, attended by the
Earl of Morton, Colonel Wylde, Captain Meynell,
and Mr. Anson.

In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert
promenaded in the Home Park for some time.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken
out for an airing on their ponies this morning, and
afterwards walked for some time on the eastern ter-
race of the Castle. At noon his Royal Highness
Prince Alfred was taken an airing.
The Earl and Countess of Clarendon took their
departure from the Castle to-day.

His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Phi-
lippstahl returned to Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-
street, from a visit to their Royal Highnesses the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, at their residence at
Kew.
The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town from Kew
yesterday, and visited her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Gloucester, at Gloucester House.
A deputation from the Wakefield, Pontefract, and
Goole Railway, consisting of Dr. Buchanan, Mr.
James Andus, Mr. William Moxon, Mr. J. B. Favell,
Mr. Harris (engineer), Mr. Leeman (solicitor), and
Mr. Shepherd (Parliamentary agent), had an inter-
view with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the
office of the Board of Trade.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town
yesterday, from Beechworth House. Mr. John
Wood, Chairman of the Excise, and Mr. Wickham,
Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had interviews
with the Right Hon. Gentleman, at his offiicial resi-
dence in Downing-street.
The nomination of Sheriffs for the English coun-
ties for the ensuing year is appointed to take place on
the 12th inst., in the Court of Exchequer.
A deputation respecting the Norwich and Yar-
mouth, and the Norwich and Brandon Railways, in-
cluding Mr. Stephenson, Mr. Borrett, and Mr. Bid-
der, had an interview yesterday with the Earl of
Dalhousie, at the Board of Trade.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial-office.
Dispatches were also received from the Governor of
Sierra Leone.

SHIPPING INTEREST.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
The public sale of the Hartlepool Union Shipping
Company took place to-day, of part of their ships, and
it was one of the largest public sales ever held in the
North. Amongst the company were J. I'. Wawn, Esq.,
M.P. (South Shields); E. T. Wawn, Esq. ; Peter Dale, Esq ;
Messrs. 11. N. and J. Wright, and a numerous assem-
blage of respectable shipowners from Sunderland, New-
castle, and parts adjacent. The competition was very
great, and evinced a great spirit of revival of the mari-
time prospects. The vessels sold as under :
Agility, 196 tons, 1834, sold for 8001.—Mr.Riehardson.
Anna Maria, 223 tons, 1829, sold for 9201.—C. A.
Wawn, Esq.
Albatros, 216 tons. 1837, sold for I,o3sl.—Mr.Taylor.
Eliza Liddell, 261 tons, 1834, sold for 1,4801.—Mr. M.
Easom.
Hart, 214 tons, 1838, sold for I,32sl.—Wright, Bro-
thers, and Co.
HArmonis, 223 tons, 1837, sold for I,37ol.—Ditto.
Ann Emma, 246 tons, 1838, sold for 1,6204—Mr.
Measom.
John Burrell, 24-3 tons, 1838, sold for I,3Bsl.—Erring-
ton Bell.
The Margarets was not put up.
After so much depression in shipping affairs, the pre-
sent prospects are very cheering, and no doubt the ship-
ping interest is on the way to rapid and fair remunera-
tion for capital.—Nov. 5, 1844.

EARL RADNOR ON THE ALLOT-
MENT SYSTEM.
(From the Economist.)
Dear Sir,—ln the Chronicle of the 23d there was a
letter signed " W.," on " Allotments," which begins by
stating that " the public attention is now occupied, but
still with hardly sufficient sense of the importance and
merits of the scheme, with the allotment system."
Changing the words " importance and merits" into " mis-
chievousness and demerits," I quite agree with " W." ;
and, thinking as I do, that, with some plausible points,
very likely, when not fully considered, to capivate the
benevolent and kind-hearted, it is full of danger, arid
directly contrary to every principle of good government
and of political economy, I trouble you with these lines
on the subject. _ _ _

In the first place, I would ask the friends of the sys-
tem whether they think the granting of allotments is a
matter of obligation, or of favour and kindness ? If of
obligation, I would then inquire—
First, on whom the obligation lies ? On all the land-
lords of a parish, or only on some of the principal ones?
If not on all, who is to settle the persons on whom it
lies, and the proportion in which it falls on each ? If on
all, what is to be done in the case of such landowners,
whose proportionate allotment might not be sufficient to
raise a cabbage upon ?
Secondly, in favour of whom is this duty to be per-
formed ? Of all the labourers in the parish, without re-
ference to their circumstances, to their wages, to their
families (whether single or married, and whether having
large families or small), to their character, or ability or
inclination to make good and profitablo use of their allot-
ments ? If these things are not to be attended to, how
unjustly and partially will the system work ! If they
are attended to, who is the person to consider these
matters ? The persons lying under the obligation, each
for himself ? This would be opening the door to fa-
vouritism, partiality, and jobbing. The magistrate ?
How long would it be before the regulating of the allot-
ment system at the petty sessions would lapse into the
old system of making up wages only by a method more
complicated and difficult of adjustment ?
But, supposing all these difficulties satisfactorily got
over, and the system fairly at work, I hold that nothing
but evil would ensue. _ _

I. It is clearly ascertained that agricultural employ-
ment
does not increase commensurately with agricultural
population or even agricultural produce, It is likewise
certain that the demand for workmen in the manufac-
turing and mining districts is greater than the natural
supply ; it is, therefore, most desirable for both parties
that the superfluous people of the one district should
supply the want of population in the other. The natural
indisposition of the agricultural labourer to leave his
home and the law of settlement raise considerable and
unfortunate difficulties in the way of any migration for
this purpose. Is it wise to concoct new ones ? and
what can be more likely to bind a man to his parish than
the occupation of one of those allotments ? " W." talks
of making labour scarce and dear by these means ; is it
not clear that where it is already cheap and too abun-
dant, it will be rendered more so under the operation of
his system ?
11. It is, I believe, generally understood that certain
rules are to be laid down for the regulation of those to
Thorn allotments are given —that they shall cultivate
them according to a particular system—shall forfeit them
if convicted of any legal offence, or of drunkenness—
that they shall be observers of the Sabbath, &c. Does
not this lead directly to a system of spying and control
on the one hand, of dependence and cant and hypocrisy
on the other ? To me all these systems of management
and direction are most distasteful. The English labourer
is a free man, and capable of managing himself and his
own affairs, or he is not. If he is, leave him to his own
management, direction, and discretion. If he is not,
then most assuredly, those who have the care of him are
much to be blamed for his present condition. " W."
says that allotments to the English agricultural " serfs
are their provision grounds ; and the English slave-
holders show the same fear of the result which their
West Indian brethren did." What a strange confusion
of ideas ! It was the slave who had provision grounds,
and clothes, and care, and superintendence ; the eman-
cipated negro works for wages. " W." would give the
English labourers provision grounds, and care, and
superintendence—that is, would put them on the same
footing, with regard to their employers, as were the
slaves in the-West Indies.
I think that from what I have said, it is clear that
the system of allotments will really aggravate the
evil which it is supposed likely to cure—first, by in-
creasing the supply of agricultural labourers, and by
impeding the free market of labour ; and, secondly, by
making the labourer moro dependent. Is it not
manifest, too, that it must lead to a great subdivi-
sion of occupation of land ? Indeed, some benevolent
persons anticipate such subdivision and the creation of
small farms as great improvements ; they call it a re-
turn to the custom of our ancestors. But can it be
doubted that if we return to the practice of our ances-
tors in the matter of occupation of land, we shall also
return to their practice in the matter of cultivation ?
and that all the improvements which have taken place,
by which the produce of the country has been greatly
increased (not, indeed, in the same ratio as the popula-
tion, but still greatly increased), and which require skill
and capital, will soon be lost ? And, if so, we shall
then have, not an increasing produce to supply, in some
degree, the demands of an increasing population, but
a population increasing in a still greater ratio, and de-
pendent on a diminished and diminishing supply. This
will, I think, be the unavoidable consequence of this
measure of short-sighted benevolence—of this charity
not directed by wisdom or principle. When this scheme
is recommended by worthy people, it is always matter
of astonishment with me, that they do not look to Ire-
land. There their favourite system is carried on as ex-
tensively as they can desire. Ireland is the land of al-
lotments and of small farms ; is it not also the land of
bad farming, poor farmers, low wages, and a distressed
people ?

there are many other reasons which might be urged
against this plan—the unjustifiable interference with
property, the direct tendency to an agrarian law, its
utter inconsistency with that which, in all things, assists,
promotes, and increases production—the division of la-
bour ; but I hope I have said enough. At all events, I
will not further intrude upon your space at present.—
I remain yours faithfully, RADNOR.
Oct. 25, 1844.

The following notices appeared to-day at the Ge-
neral Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand :—By command
of the Postmaster-General.—Notice to the Public, and
Instruction to all Postmasters.—General Post-office,
Nov., 1844.—0 n and after the Gth instant, the following
offices will be opened for the issue and payment of money
orders :—Alford, Lincolnshire ; Burslern, Staffordshire;
Chesham. Buckinghamshire ; Cromer, Norfolk ; Fleet-
wood, Lancashire ' • Hanley, Staffordshire ; Keighley,
Yorkshire ; Lane End, Staffordshire ; Linton, Devon-
shire ; Malmesbury, Wiltshire ; Minehead, Somerset-
shire ; Redditch, Worcestershire •, Staley Bridge, Lanca-
shire ; Stoke, Staffordshire ; Todmorden, Lancashire ;
Westerham, Kent. The next mails for Malta, Greece,
and the lonian Islands, via Southampton, will be dis-
patched from hence on the morning of the 14th instant,
and for Egypt and India on the 3d December. The next
mails for India, &c., via Marseilles, will be dispatched
from hence on the 7th instant (this evening). The
Severn will take out the West India mails of the morning
of the 18th instant. Caledonia for the American mails
of the evening of 18th instant."
SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE OF MR. HURST, M.P.—
Considerable excitement prevailed in this town (Hors-
ham) on Thursday last, on its being ascertained that
R. H. Hurst, Esq., our Member, had left with his family,
for France, having previously discharged all his ser-
vantF. It has long been apparent to the tradesmen that
the honourable gentleman's circumstances were much
embarrassed, but none were prepared for his leaving the
place on so short a notice. The household furniture and
farming stock, &c., are intended to be sold by auction.
Many of our tradesmen and others, we are concerned to
add, are sufferers, to the amount of several thousand
pounds.—[We hear, from other sources, that Mr.
Hurst's liabilities exceed 150,000/., and that his son, Mr.
R. Hurst, jun., has become responsible for his father's
debts to the extent of 80,0001. The estates acquired by
purchase by the late Mr. Robert Hurst are strictly en-
tailed, and Mr. Hurst and his son only take life interest
under the late Mr. Burst's —Brighton
Guardian.

BRIGHTON.-WEDNESDAY.
Earl and Countess Cowper are expected to-day on the
Marine-parade for the winter.
Apartments are taken at the Albion Hotel for Lady
Holland, who is expected at the beginning of next week.
The Countess of Rothes arrived on Monday at the
Norfolk Hotel, on a visit to Lady Mary Leslie. The
Countess's daughter, Lady Elizabeth Wathen, is expected
in a few days. Viscount and Viscountess Galway left the
Norfolk Ilotel yesterday for London.
Lord Bridport left the Albion Hotel on Monday; Lady
Bridport remains in Brighton.
Lord and Lady Granville, the Duke and Duchess of
St. Alban's, the Hon.. Mr. and Lady Calthorpe, and Lord
and Lady Petre, intend to remain in Brighton during the
winter.
Chief Justice Doherty has taken a house in Bedford-
square.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Ely are expected
next week at the Clarence Mansion.
The Countess of Buckinghamshire has arrived in Re-
gency-square.
The Countess of Jersey and the Ladies Villiers, Mr.
and Lady Emily Foley, Sir James Baird, Bart., and the
Countess of Glengall, are at the Bristol Hotel.
Mr. and Lady Harriet Drummond, Lady Campbell,
Sir R. and Lady Dallas, Sir W. and Lady Russell, Mr.
and Lady Louisa Rabett, Sir G. and Lady Larpent, and
Sir 11. and Lady Webster, are among the arrivals this
week.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
General Steam Navigation Company's Office,
Lombard-street, 6th Nov., 1844.
Stit,—ln your paper of last night you state, under
the police report, that the Steward of the Ocean
steamer from Rotterdam was charged with having a
great quantity of smuggled tobacco in his possession ;
and as the said report is entirely false and without
the least foundation, I will thank you to insert this
in your valuable paper as a contradiction to the same,
never having been charged before any magistrate for
smuggling, and consider my station in life to be too
respectable to be mixed up with any such transaction.
I am, Sir, your humble servant,
ROBERT HALE,
Steward of the Ocean, to and from Rotterdam.
P.S. I consider that your report is likely to do me
serious injury if not contradicted.

TIIE LATE STATE TRIALS.—THE QUEEN'S BENCH.
-It is very currently rumoured, that an application will
be made, this day, at the sitting of the Court, in the
Queen's Bench, on behalf of the defendants in the late
State trials. The nature of the motion we understand
to be, that the recognisances of the gentlemen proceeded
against should be abated, and that they be discharged
from all further attendance upon the Court. Our
readers may not, perhaps, be aware, that upon the
occasion of the traversers in the late State trials
giving bail before the Hon. Justice Burton, in Oc-
tober, 1843, the condition entered into was, that they
should attend in the Queen's Bench, from Term to
Term, to answer any charge made against them by the
Crown. The result of the writ of error absolved those
gentlemen from the punishment adjudged by the Court
of Queen's Bench; and the nature of the application to
be made to-day is, that the obligation to attend the
Court should be voided, the accusations made against the
defendants having been pronounced by the highest
authorities groundless and illegal. Application will also
be made to the Court, to have the judgment of reversal
by the Howie of Lords entered up.—Freeman's Journal
of yesterday: '

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A:VFOENEYS.—dUICIIAELMAS TERM.—One hun-
dred 'and ninety-four gentlemen have given notice of their
intention tic; apply tb be admitted to practise during the
present term, and there are tvi.enty-,one Notices for re-
§Amissiop.

EXETER HALL. I THE SCOTTISH BANKS.
The Sacred Harmonic Society commenced their Our columns this day contain additional evidence
series of winter concerts last night at Exeter Hall, of the feeling that is excited throughout Scotland, by
and with the best work that could have been chosen the more than suspected determination of Sir Robert
to manifest the colossal power of the body—Handel's Peel to meddle with our one-pound notes. The
Israel in Egypt. The performance of the oratorio 'county of Renfrew and the county of Fife have both
requires but few remarks, the public who have been passed strong resolutions in deprecation ofany change.
in the habit of attending the Society's concerts being It has been said that the Scottish people are more in-
perfectly familiarised with the style in which it is i different to it than they were in 1826 ; and it has
rendered by the body. Excepting as concerns the bear said a!so, that at present any great movement
addition of some noisy and inappropriate instru- upon the question would be premature, inasmuch as
mental parts to the score, and the interpolation of the determination of the Government is only sus-
one or two equally inappropriate vocal pieces, nothing I pected, but not known ; and that it will be time
but praise is due to the exertions of the society on to stir when we are sure of the danger. The
this occasion. The splendid and characteristic cho- first allegation of the indifference of the Scot-
ruses went in most cases better than we have yet tish people, if believed in England, would soon
heard them at Exeter Hall, and the band did its duty prove the death-blow to our currency ; and
most efficiently. The " Hailstone Chorus" was en- we shall duly chronicle every meeting that
cored, and all the most popular pieces were received takes place, whether of county or of town, of Cham-
with enthusiasm. The solo singers have so little to ber of Commerce, or of Guildry, of employers or of
do in this great choral work, that a word or two will employed, to show that the indifference, if it ever
dismiss their claims to notice. Miss Delby gave her existed, is rapidly giving way to a feeling more akin
first air, " The land brought forth frogs," very im- to indignation, that the whole industry of a peaceful
pressively ; and her last, " Thou shalt bring them," and uncomplaining country, should be sacrificed for the
so charmingly and with such musicianlike feeling as theoretical whims of crotchet mongers or currency
to bring down an encore of unusual unamity. Miss quacks, whether in office or out of it. As regards the
Barrett made a highly favourable debut; her air, second allegation, Sir Robert Peel has, over and over
" Thou didst blow," was very sensibly delivered, and again, in Parliament and elsewhere, expressed his
her last solo, " Sing ye to the Lord," was remark- disapproval of the Scottish banking system. He is
able for its certainty and clearness. Miss Cubitt had backed, moreover, by some great financial pam-
only one duet, to which she aid full justice. The phleteers, both Whig and Tory, and by a strong
duet " The Lord is a man of war," was to have been majority of English Members, who will pay but a
sung by Mr. Machin and Mr. Atkins, but the latter slight regard to a question on which they are unir.-
vocalist did not arrive in time, and so another gentle- formed, and to a people in whose concerns they take
man volunteered his services under favour of a depre- little or no interest. To wait till the Bill is
catory pleading beforehand. He succeeded extremely introduced will be to wait till the Bill is car-
well, and an encore was the consequence. tied ; and we would urge upon all those who
are so inapprehensive and unsuspicious, that
they must delay till the hand is in their pocket before
they will grapple with the robber, however well
known his character, or menacing his gestures; that
there is more than sufficient evidence of the intentions
of Government to justify not only alarm, but some-
thing better—speedy and decisive action to avert the
evil. Scotland, which has but a small number of re-
presentatives in Parliament, and which has been so
peaceful and so prosperous under her present banking
system, as not to occupy the thoughts of the Legis-
lature (except at grouse-shooting time), should, fur
that reason, be more jealous when the Government
does condescend to notice her, more especially when
the notice is uncalled for, and a grievance instead of
a benefit. It becomes, therefore, the paramount
duty of all who are interested (and who in Scotland,
be his circumstances and avocation what they
may, is not ?) to join together and remon-
strate strongly and firmly against any interference.
It is well that the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
should take the lead in the movement ; and that the
Corporations and Guilds of Edinburgh should also
raise their voices in the same cause ; and that Ren-
frew and Fife, and even Ross and Inverness-shires,
should speak out their opinions ; but it would also be
well if some other counties and the great cities would
speak out;—if Lanarkshire, for instance, would tell
Sir Robert Peel to let it alone—and if the citizens
of Glasgow would, to the number of twenty or thirty
thousand, let the Premier know that the feeling ex-
pressed in various parts of Scotland is not that of
moneyed men alone;—not of proprietors of lands, or
mills, or shares in banks only, but the opinion of the
sensible and hard-working people. If this were done,
as we have no doubt it will be, some impression might
be made in the right quarter; and we might
be able to say now, in 1844, with as much truth as
Malachi Malagrowther said in 1826—" To whatever
deep and passive slumber our native country may
have been lulled from habits of peaceful acquiescence,
the Government have now found a way to awaken
her. The knife has gone to the very quick, and the
comatose patient is roused to most acute possession of
his feelings and his intellect. The heather is on fire
far and wide; and every man, woman, and child in
the country are bound by the duty they owe to their
native land to spread the alarm and increase the blaze.
The city of Edinburgh has uttered a voice be-
coming the ancient Queen of the North. The law
bodies and the gentry of Mid-Lothian have set the
example of petitioning Government and proclaiming
their sense of the measure designed; it has been fol-
lowed in other counties, and I trust to see it soon
spread into the smallest burghs, into the most wild
districts of Scotland. There are none which the im-
pending misery will not reach—there are no Scotch-
men so humble that they have not a share in a na-
tional insult, so lowly that they will not suffer from a
national wrong—none that are uninterested in main-
taining our right both individually and as a people—
and none, I trust that have not spirit to do so by all
legal and peaceable means."
The pen of the gifted writer of this stirring appeal
would, if he were still amongst us, have been again
employed in the same cause, but his spirit remains in
his written words :
" Scotland," said he, in 1826, " has not felt the
slightest inconvenience from the want of specie—
nay, it has never been in request among them. A
tradesman will take a guinea (sovereign) more un-
willingly than a note of the same value—to the
peasant the coin is unknown. No one ever wishes
for specie save when on a journey to England. In
occasional runs upon particular houses, the notes of
other banking companies have always been the value
asked for—no holder of these notes ever demanded
specie. The credit of one establishment might be
doubted for the time—that of the general system was
never brought into question. Even avarice, the
most suspicious of passions, has in no instance I ever
heard of, desired to compose her hoards by an accu-
mulation of the precious metals. The confidence in
the credit of our ordinary medium has not been
doubted even in the dreams of the most irritable and
jealous of human passions."
Such an opinion, coming from such a quarter,
would force] conviction even upon the mind of a
Minister, if the men of the present day would back it,
and let him know, in language not to be mistaken,
that its truth has not been affected by the eighteen
years that have elapsed since it was uttered. He
might also be reminded, that during those years
England has gone through several severe financial
struggles, and seen the failure of banks in every part
of the country, but that Scotland, with her one-pound
notes, odious as they may be upon the Stock Ex-
change of London, and in the bureaus of Down-
ing-street, has been free from panic, and never once
raised a complaining voice upon the matter.—Glas-
gow Argus.

THE REV. W. G. PENNY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sia,—lf you deem the annexed impromptu worthy of
a nook in your paper, it is at your service.
Athenaeum, Manchester, Nov. 5.

R. P.

" The Rev. Wm. Goodenough Penny, M.A., Student
of Christ Church, and Perpetual Curate of Ashendon,
Bucks, has resigned his studentship, on conforming to
the Roman Catholic faith."—Sun, Nov. 4, 1844.

IMPROMPTU ON THE ABOVE.

Our English Church is wealthy yet !
As rich, indeed, as any ;
And therefore need not feel regret
At parting with a " Penny."
The Church of Rome, perhaps, is poor,
And won't the boon reject,
Though 'twill not much increase their store,
Nor add to their respect.

They'll find, moreover, by-and-bye,
This " Penny " no great treat,
For when his sterling worth they try,
He'll prove a counterfeit.
Too bad for Oxford ! let him go
And seek some other home ;
He need not wander to and fro,
He's " Goodenough" for Rome.

EARLY CLOSING or SHOPS.—Last night a public
meeting of the assistants of London employed in various
trades, was held at the Percy Hotel, Rathbone-place Ox-
ford-street, Mr. Lancaster in the chair, for the purpose
of forming a new London Association of all trades, on
the principles of the Linendrapers' Association, to pro-
cure, if possible, an earlier closing of their respective
warehouses and shops. Resolutions of a mere formal
nature were agreed to, the society was formed, a com-
mittee appointed, and several members enrolled. The
chair was not taken until ten o'clock, and the parties, in
consequence of the present system, were not able to ex-
emplify the principle of early closing.
WINTER ASSIZES.—It having been finally decided
to hold an additional gaol delivery at the following places,
the Judges met on Tuesday, and made the following ar-
rangement. The days for holding the assizes have not
been appointed :—Mr. Baron Alderson will preside at
Winchester, Exeter, and Wells; Mr. Justice Patteson,
at Nottingham, Derby, Leicester, and Warwick; Mr.
Baron Gurney, at Liverpool and Chester; Mr. Justice
Williams, at Norwich, Bury, Chelmsford, and Maidstone;
Mr. Justice Coleridge, at York and Durham; Mr. Jus-
tice Coltman, at Stafford, Shrewsbury, Worcester, and
Gloucester.

A. mHE J. RACEY PEERAGE.—NOVEL INQUIRY.-01.1
Monday last an inquiry was held at Castlebrack church-
yard, before Captains Tibeaudo and Warburton, George
Newcombe, J. W. Tarleton, and Samuel Sheane, Esq 9.,
magistrates, relative to the genuineness or the tomb-
stone, by which James Tracey, Esq., proves his title to
this long-disputed Peerage ; and which the House of
Lords decided in his favour, subject to their proving of
this stone. A great number of respectable people at-
tended to give evidence, as well as to hear such a novel
inquiry. Mr. John Rafter, a stone-cutter and builder,
proved that the four pieces of stone produced must have
originally been in one—they all corresponding with the
grain, breaks, and letters, when laid together closely to
form one stone ; and it was his opinion that the said
stone was the original one belonging to the family, placed
tt.ere as a tombstone ; in which other witnesses also con-
curred, and signed declarations to that effect.—Leinster
Express.
HEARTLESS ROBBERY.—On Tuesday night :a. cottage
in the Moat-road, occupied by widow Barter, was entered
by means of a pane of glass being taken out of the win-
dow, and robbed of a quantity of pork amounting to
401 b., a silk shawl, two dishes, bread, cheese, butter—in
fact everything the thieves could lay their hands on, so
that on getting up in the morning the poor woman found
herself completely stripped and pennyless. Some salt
was amongst the booty, droppings of which were traced
some distance, and it is suspected the thieves lived not
far off. The circumstances of the poor woman make the
occurrence still more distressing to her. Her husband,
who was employed at the brewhouse of
.Messrs. Brench-
ley and Co., as a carpenter, recently died prematurely
from the effects of a splinter which ran into his hand and
rapidly produced mortification, since which bereavement
the poor woman has been confined, the expenses attend-
ing which completely absorbed all the little resources she
had by her. To complete her destitution her cottage
was stripped, as we have stated, of its winter's store of
provisions, not leaving her even a crust of bread. The
case is one well deserving the attention of the benevo-
lent, and we trust that the subscription set on foot for
the purpose of providing the bereaved widow with a
mangle to enable her to earn an honest, however humble,
maintenance for her family will be liberally supported.—
Maidstone Journal.

THE STEAM HORSE.—A correspondent of an
American paper gives the following quaint description
of the locomotive :—" I love to see one of those huge
creatures, with sinews of brass and muscles of iron,
strut forth from his smoky stable; and saluting the long
train of cars with a dozen sonorous puffs from his iron
nostrils, fall gently back into his harness. There he
stands, champing and foaming upon the iron track, his
great heart a furnace of glowing coals, his lymphatic
blood is boiling in his veins ; the strength of a thousand
horses is perving his sinews ; he pants to be gone. He
would snake' St. Peter's across the Desert of Sahara if
he could be fairly hitched to it ; but there is a little so-
briety, tobacco-chewing man in the saddle, who holds
him in with one finger, and can take away. his breath in
a moment, should he grow restive and vicious. I am
always deeply interested in this man, for begrimed as he
may be with coal diluted in oil and steam, I regard him
as the genius of the whole machinery, as the physical
mind of that huge steam horse."
" Some days since," says the Gazette des Tram-
days, when
having
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of
naux " a clerk in the employment of M. Delessert, the
banker of Paris, lost a sealed parcel containing 37,000 f.
tappearance sser had
in securities, payable to bearer. The unfortunate loser
made every search to recover the parcel, but in vain.
abandoned all hopes of recovering his property, an
aged After a
an a
p cladse of
i n some
ag s , and
suffering complete destitution, called at his bank, and
ml,
addressed him in the following terms I have heard,
Sir, that you have lost some valuable papers, and I have
found a parcel which perhaps is your's ; but as I have
not mentioned my discovery to any person, I cannot be
certain to whom it belongs. There is the parcel, and if
it be yours I am delighted that it has fallen into my
hands; M. Delessert took the parcel, and found to his
astonishment that the seal had not been broken, which
he remarked. It is quite plain,' said the poor man,
' he who would break a seal would break open a door,
and I am not that man.' He was about to withdraw,
when M. Delessert observed to him, that he did not
appear to have been- favoured by fortune. Alas !' said
the poor man, it is but too true.' You have a right
to a reward,' said M. Delessert ; what do you wish
for ?" I am old, as you see, Sir,' replied the man,
and unable to work ; and if you would use your in-
fluence to obtain admission for me into the charitable
institution of the well-conducted poor, I would be truly
grateful.' M. Delessert, profoundly affected at so much
probity joined with so much misery., gave him sufficient
money to supply his present necessities, and finally esta-
blished him, with his wife, in a comfortable lodging, and
placed his children as apprentices.
In the Court of Bankruptcy on Tuesday Mr.
Commissioner Pane decided that the bringing of an ac-
tion, without ally reasonable prospect of being able to
pay the costs, is a fraudulent contracting of a debt.
His Honour, in consequence, adjourned the final order
sine die. This decision will operate as a warning to a
numerous class of pennyless speculators in actions at law,
who, having nothing to lose in the event of failure, com-
mence actions against respectable parties, in the expec.
tation of being able to extort money from their fears of
being saddled with their own costs, even though they
obtain a verdict. Let it be generally known that the
Court of Bankruptcy holds such groundless actions as a
fraudulent contract of debt, and the fear of imprison..
ment will give a powerful check to such dishonest expe-
riments.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon, a
young man, whose name we have not learned, was killed
on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, in the imme-
diate vicinity of Linlithgow station. It appeared that
lie was an occupant of one of the third-class carriages
by the three o'clock train from Edinburgh, and that after
being more than once warned by the guard, he persisted
in sitting on the top of the front part of the carriage.
While doing so, the unfortnnate man lost his balance,
and fell over, when the train passed over him, crnshing
his head in a manner so dreadful as to cause instant
death. I,Je was accompanied by his father, who had to
perfovni 4he melancholy duty of returning by another
train with the dead bodT of hisson.—G(asyow Courier.

A NIGGER'S IDEA Or TETE MOON.—" Cuffee, which
do you consider de most useful of de planets—de sun or
de moon?" " Well, Sambo, I tink the moon orter take
the fus rank in dat ar"tickler." " Wha, wha, wha, why
you tink so, Cuffee?" " Well, I tell you—kaze she
shines by night, when we want light, and de sun shines
by day, when we do not!" " Well, Cuffy, you is the
greatest nigger I knose on—dat's a real fac."
EXTRAORDINARY INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF
PROPERTY.—From a recent return made by order of the
vestry of St. Marylebone with respect to assessments in
Oxford-street, it appears that in the year 1777 a house,
situated on the north side of Oxford-street, near Or-
chard-street, was rated in the parish books at 151. per
year. In the present year (1844) the same house lets
at 2201., and is rated in the books of Marylebone at 1201.
DEMOLITION OF GUY IN THE STREETS.—A most
amusing incident occurred on Tuesday in Guildford-
street, near the Foundling Hospital. It was the anni-
versary of gunpowder plot, and, with a laudable wish " to
produce something novel," many of the itinerant fruit-
sellers had, for the nonce, converted their fruit-carts into
a Guy Fawkes vehicle. The carriage was di awn by a
donkey, and upon the " plafond" of the same, sat a living
and highly dressed impersonation of Guido himself, look-
ing as great as Mr. Thompson's King in Hamlet ; the
" steed " was led by his confederate. Now, one of these
luckless pairs of wights happened to meet in Guildford-
street a party of rolicking Irishmen, who " happened "
to be armed with rather stiff shillelaghs ; and some way
or other, also happening to have Popish predilections,
did not feel pleased with the oration, which ended with
" Halloo' boys ! halloo boys, God save the Queen ;"
and without ceremony or intimation set to work and
knocked poor Guy off his peach, nearly demolishing cart,
donkey, and all. The affair, though only the work of a
moment, excited no little amusement.

Yesterday morning, an accident :occurred in the
workhouse garden, which was followed by a fatal result.
The directors and guardians determined, a short time
since, to build some cottages adjoining the workhouse,
for the use of aged married couples who might become
inmates ; and, yesterday morning, some labourers were
employed in removing the garden wall at the back of the
workhouse, for the purpose of clearing the site of the
intended erections. In order to effect this object,
the earth had been cleared away from one side
of the wall to the foundation, a depth of about
three feet ; and one of the labourers, named Sidney
Smith, was stooping to pick up some stones, when
the wall, which from the foundation to the summit was
about six feet high, began to totter. Mr. Bartlett, the
Governor, who had just come up to the spot, observed
the motion, and shouted to the deceased to take care.
One step would have placed him out of danger ; instead
of which he raised himself from his stooping position,
and looked towards the wall, only in time to see a sec-
tion of it, 15 feet long, strike against the lower part of
his body. He was knocked down and crushed by the
falling mass ; as soon as he could be extricated from
which he was taken to the Infirmary. Mr. Rugg, sur-
geon, was sent for, and promptly attended the sufferer ;
who, however, was so severely bruised that he only sur-
vived till ten o'clock. Deceased was between forty and
fifty years of age ; he was a widower, and resided in
Pimlico.—Brighton Gazette.
EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF SAGACITY IN A ii
—A fox, which was kept chained in a kennel of a gen.
tleman in Newark, a few night ago slipped its collar,
and in the morning, though every endeavour was made
to find it, no traces could be discovered for the whole of
that day and the following one ; but on the morning of'
the third day, greatly to the astonishment of the owner,
the animal was found in its kennel, having evidently.tra-
yelled many miles during the time it had been away.
What makes the fact more extraordinary is, that the
animal has been domesticated ever since it has been a
cub, and therefor© could not possibly have the slightest
knowledge of tho surrounding country.