The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-18 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY at BLAIR ATHOL.

household are as much in the dark upon this point as
the rest of the world ; and it is needless for us to be
throwing out mere conjecture on:The subject.

• MANNING THE NAVY..

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

BLAIR ATHOL, MONDAY, SEPT.I6.
The rain continued to fall without intermission

Sia,—To our insular position may be ascribed,
.per-
haps, through ages, our integrity as a people and em-
pire. Essentially it has had to do with—has indeed
formed us—a maritime people. The sea has not only
been a natural defence for us, but as the necessary
medium of access to other nations, it has invited us
to its bosom, made us familiar with its sportings, and
has formed the basis of our greatness and strength.
To our outgoings upon the seas must be ascribed our
commercial greatness, and our political influence
among the nations. The growth of our marine is the
natural result of our geographical situation ; and the
matchless strength of the naval—the light arm of our
country—and its successes; are the legitimate products
of its necessary continual exercise. • For such power
lodged us we may be thankful, and of it justly
proud; and our delight, as a people, should be in its
nut cure, and the full maintenance of its efficiency and
supremacy. Indeed, the intelligence and the com-
mon sense of the country, if consulted, would with
united voice cry out, " Uphold, increase, at whatever
cost—by all,possible means—the naval power and re-
sources of the kingdom," as at once the secret and
the guarantee of our prosperity and safety. It is
within the province of-sober calculation to conceive
of our superiority at sea being subjected to even more
severe tests than any to which hitherto it has been
exposed.
Attention to the formation and possession of pow-
erful navies, by more than one or two of the most
powerful nations of the earth, and not directly de-
pendent,. as we ourselves are, on this particular "arm
of service," for their political importance, should
suggest to us, very forcibly, in what an enlarged
state of efficiency our navy should always stand, and
that whatever can be made subsidiary to it, should
secure encouragement from the Government and the
nation.

throughout the whole of yesterday, but theinele-

ANCIENT REMINISCENCES OF

ATHOLE.
(From the Perthshire Constitutional.)
History, not of a very remote date, shows us that
Kings and Queens have, ere this, visited these
romantic regions. Lindsay, of Pitscottie, gives some
interesting details of former royal movements on this
remarkable arena. The following quotations will not

mency of the weather did not deter her Majesty
from attending Divine service at the village
church. A number of workmen had been engaged
until, a late hour on Saturday night in fitting up
the chieftain's pew, which, on this occasion, was
destined for the use of her Majesty. Fresh cushions
were placed on all the seats, and it was lined
I hroughout la ith red velret, and every preparation
t hat the most careful attention could devise was
1
x aade, to render it fit for the reception of its illus-
t cious occupant. IVith that punctuality for which
t very member of the Royal Family has been so emi-
nently distinguished, her Majesty arrived at this
humble place of worship a few 'minutes before the
'. commencement of Divine service. Lord and Lady
,Glenlyon, in their britschka, preceded the royal
party, and shortly after the arrival of his Lordship,
one of the royal close carriages, with a pair of horses
and a single outrider, was seen driving rapidly
down the avenue which leads from the prin-
cipal entrance to the castle. The guard of Athol
'..Highlanders, who were stationed' at the gate which
has been recently erected presented arms as the royal
.carriage drove along the road; and Lord Glenlyon,
accompanied by
clansmen, inclu '.everel of his noble relatives and
',Ling the Master of Strathallan, Sir
David Dundr,s,
Kier of Kindroggan, Oswald of Dun-
nikier, Cap
%min Drummond, &c.; all of whom were
attired ir
4 the national costume, were drawn up out-
side fie porch of the village hurch to receive her
Alai-sty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert,
IV. scountess Canning, and Lady Caroline Cocks, were
also in the royal carriage.
On alighting her Majesty was conducted by her
noble host to his Lordship's pew, and shortly after the
arrival of her Majesty, another of the royal car-
riages drew up to the church, containing Lord Aber-
deen, Lord Liverpool, Lord Charles Wellesley, Mr.
G. E. Anson, and Sir James Clarke, all of whom
occupied places in the hack of the royal pew. Upon
these feudal principles also, which, even upon the pre-
sent occasion, were not departed from, places were
assigned in the back of the pew for Lord Glenlyon's
steward, and some few of the principle members of
his Lordship's household. The Highland Chieftain,
with Lady Glenlyon, sat beside Lady Canning in the
front seat with her Majesty.
Divine service then commenced according to the
Presbyterian form of worship. A psalm was first
sung, in excellent time and tune. The clergyman,
Mr. Irvine, then delivered an extempore prayer, after
which another psalm was sung, and the sermon fol-
lowed, Mr. Irvine taking his text from the thirteenth
verse of the fifth chapter of Matthew, " Ye are the
salt of the earth."
Mr. Irvine's sermon was a plain, straightforward
discourse, devoid of all flourishes of rhetoric, and
was delivered in a broad Scotch accent, but Mr, Ir-
vine's enunciation was so clear and distinct, that every
word was perfectly intelligible to the English portion
of the congregation. We were happy to find that
the clergyman had the good taste to abstain from those
pulpit panegyrics and personal allusions, which, on
former occasions of a similar nature, have been so
distasteful to her Majesty. In the short prayer which
followed the sermon, and which concluded the service,
the Queen and the Royal Family were mentioned, as
a matter of course, but beyond this there was no al-
lusion, either directly or indirectly, to the presence of
the Sovereign amongst the congregation.
After the service, according to a custom still exist-
ing in some parts of Scotland, wooden boxes attached
to thin poles, and called " ladles " by the Scotch, were
handed into all the pews, in order that every member
of the congregation might contribute his mite towards
the support of the parochial poor. her Majesty ap-
peared to look with great interest at this method of
collecting alms, and Prince Albert was evidently
anxious to contribute, but a plate being placed at the
kirk door, at the entrance to the chieftain's pew,
enabled her Majesty, the Prince, and the members of
the suite,
,to leave their donations on going out of the
church.
At the conclusion of the service her Majesty was
conducted to her carriage by Lord Glenlyon, an
umbrella being held over her Majesty to protect her
from the rain, which continued to pour in ceaseless
torrents. Her Majesty was fortunately provided with
india-rubber goloshes, or she would have infallibly
caught cold, as the thick muddy newly-laid gravel,
through which her Majesty was compelled to pass, was
but little adapted for lightly-shod ladies. Her Ma-
jesty wore a black silk dress with a mantelet of the
same material, and a white drawn crape bonnet.
Prince Albert wore a white hat with a crape, and all
the members of her Majesty's suite also wore the
Court mourning.
At four o'clock the mists were seen scampering
away from the mountain tops, and the rain suddenly
ceased ; her Majesty availed herself of the propitious
change in the weather, and left the castle in her
garden chair, drawn by two servants in plain liveries ;
her Majesty was accompanied by Prince Albert, and
proceeded through the grounds to view the Falls of
the Tilt and the Fender which had derived additional
grandeur from the recent heavy rain. Her Majesty
returned to the castle shortly before seven. There
was no addition to the royal dinner circle last
evening.
At an early hour this morning her Majesty walked
abroad with the Prince to enjoy the fresh morning air.
The rain had entirely ceased during the night, and as
the day dawned the sun shone forth in all its splen-
dour, and showed the surrounding scenery in all its
beauty. Her Majesty and her illustrious Consort
were accompanied in the morning walk through the
grounds by the Princess Royal, who was mounted on
a Shetland pony, and attended by a groom and
servant.
After breakfast the Prince left the castle with
Lord Glenlyon to shoot grouse on the hills around the
castle, which have been hitherto strictly preserved.
The birds having remained unmolested on their native
moors are far from wild, and will lie like stones, so
that the sportsman may walk over them.
The Prince will return early to the castle to ac-
company her Majesty in her drive this afternoon. The
carriages are ordered to be ready at two o'clock.—
Post.

be devoid of interest at the present time :
" In the summer of the year 1529, King James V.,
accompanied by Queen Margaret and the Pope's
ambassador, went to hunt in. Athole, where he
remained three days most nobly entertained
by the Earl of Athole, and killed thirty score
of hart and hynd, with other small beasts, as roe and
roebuck, wolf and fox, and wild cats. The Earl of
Athole, hearing of the King's coining, made great
provision for him in all things pertaining to a Prince,
so that he was as well served and eased with all things
necessary to his estate as he had been at his own Pa-
lace of Edinburgh. For I heard say, this noble earl
gart make a curious palace to the King, his mother,
and the ambassador, where they were so honourably
lodged, as they had been in England, France, Italy,
or Spain, concerning the time and equivalent
for their
hunting or pastime; which was builded in midst of
a fair meadow, a palace of green timber, wound
with green birks, that were green, both under and
above, which was fashioned in four quarters, and
in every quarter and nuke thereof a great round, as it
had been a block-house, which was lofted and geisted,
the space of three house height; the floors laid with
green scharets and spreats, medwarts and flowers, that
no man knew whereon he zied, bnt as he had been
in a garden. Further, there were two great rounds
on ilk side of the gate, and a great portcullies of tree
falling down with the manner of a barrace, with a
drawbridge, and a great stank of water of sixteen
feet deep, and thirty feet of breadth. And also this
palace within was hung with fine tapestry and eras-
ses of silk, and lighted with fine glass windows in all
airths ; that this palace was as pleasantly decored
with all necessaries pertaining to a prince as it had
been his own royal palace at home. Farther, this
Earl gart make such provision for the King and
his mother, that they had all manner of meats,
drinks, and delicates that were to be gotten, at
that time, in Scotland, either in burgh or land—
viz., all kind of drink, as ale, beer, wine, &c. - of
meals, with fleshes, &c. ; and also the !tanks that
were around about the palace, were full of delicate
fishes, as salmonds, trouts, pearches, pikes, eels, and
all other kinds of delicatefishes that could be gotten
in fresh waters, and all ready for the banquet. Syne
were there proper stewards, &c.; and the halls and
chambers were prepared with costly bedding, vessel
and napry, according for a king ; so that he wanted
none of his orders more than he had been at home.
The King remained in this wilderness at the hunting
the space of three days and three nights, and his com-
pany, as I have shown. I heard men say, that it cost
the Earl of Athole, every day, in expenses a thousand
pounds. All this sumptuous edifice was purposely
consumed by fire on the King's departure."—Lin4ay
of Pitscottie, History of Scotland, p. 225, ed. 1778.
Another old writer thus describes a grand royal
Highland hunting match. It is to be hoped this may
not frighten our own beloved Queen from braving the
dangers of Glentilt :
" In the year 1563, the Earl of Athole, a Prince of
the blood-royal, had, with much trouble and vast ex-
pense, a hunting match for the entertainment of our
most illustrious and most grcious Queen. Our peo-
ple call this a royal hunting. I was then a young man,
and was present on that occasion. Two thousand High-
landers, or wild Scotch, as you call them here, were
employed to drive to the hunting-ground all the deer
from the woods and hills of Athole, Badenoch, Mar,
Murray, and the counties about. As these Highlanders
use a light dress, and are very swift of foot, they went
up and down so nimbly, that in less than two months'
time they brought together 2,000 red deer, besides
roes and fallow deer. The Queen, the great men, and
others, were in a glen, when all the deer were brought
before them. Believe me, the whole body of them
moved forward in something like battle order.
The sight still strikes me, and ever will, for they
had a leader whom they followed close wherever he
moved. This leader was a very fine stag, with a very
high head. The sight delighted the Queen very much,
but she soon had occasion for fear. Upon the Earl's
(who had been accustomed to such sights) addressing
her thus, ' Do you observe that stag who is foremost
in the herd ? _Mere is danger from that stag ; for if
either fear or rage should force him from the ridge of
that hill, let every one look to himself, for none of us will
be out of the way of harm ; for the rest will follow this
one, and, having thrown us under foot, they will open
a passage to this hill behind us.' What happened a
moment after confirmed this opinion—for the Queen
ordered one of the best dogs to be let loose on one of the
deer—this the dog pursues, the leading stag was fright-
ened, he flies by the same way he had come there, the
rest rush after him, and break out where the thickest
body of the Highlanders was. They had nothing for it
but to throw themselves flat on the heath, and to
allow the deer to pass over them. It was told the
Queen that several of the Highlanders were wounded,
and that two or three had been killed outright; and
the whole body had got off, had not the Highlanders,
by their skill in hunting, fallen upon a stratagem to
cut of the rear from the main body. It was of those
that had been separated that the Queen's dogs, and
those of the nobility, made slaughter. There were
killed that day 360 deer, with five wolves and some
roes."—Barelay's Contra Monarchomacus.
In ancient times, the heads of various and remote
clans were accustomed to meet at certain periods, and
'in appointed places, attended by a number of followers,
and commenced a rigorous campaign against all the
inhabitants of the forest, which never failed in pro-
ducing a most abundant slaughter ; but fond as the
Highlanders were of the chace, and useful as it was
to their subsistence, they did not pursue it to the neglect
of more important avocations. ''Though hunting," says
their proverb, " be a good help, yet the chace is but a
poor livelihood." The great hunting matches were the
means of preserving a social intercourse between
tribes who lived far distant from each other. A ge-
neral hunting match has been frequently the method
by which their greatest enterprises have been sug-
gested and matured, without a suspicion being ex-
cited beyond the mountains.
Huntings were often given in compliment to the
visits of friends, and the vassals were summoned in
suitable numbers. The chief could, of course, muster
his clans by hereditary right, and they were, besides
especially bound to hunt with their superior, the
Highland servitudes being hunting, harting, watch-
ing, and warding. The gallantry of the ancient
Caledonians led them to honour a stranger with the
danger of the chace; in other words, he was allowed
to expose himself to the greatest hazard, and hence
have the opportunity of gaining the most renown.

We boast, and justly, of our registered seamen.
We proudly number them by hundreds of thousands,
as if at the first note of approaching war they were
certainly ours to command. But how widely does
commerce scatter them to other lands. What num-
bers of them are yearly given to add strength to other
navies than ours; and what difficulties are encoun-
tered in moments of peril,.to men, with full comple-
ments, our " wooden walls." It is true we have
our coasting vessels in numbers—particularly in the
coal trade—on which we rely with some confidence
for a considerable supply of brave and seasoned sea-
men ; but, notwithstanding all these, it strikes me
that a school might be formed, of such vast extent
and utility, and possessed of such self-sustaining
power, as well as producing immense current benefit
to the country at large, as would prove of .the last ser-
vice in case the empire should ever be pressed, in its
most vital quarter, by a coalition of powerful foes.
Now, for the formation of such a school as that I
am about to propose, there are many concurring fa-
vourable circumstances, and some urgent reasons be-
yond what I have already stated.
We have a rapidly increasing and necessitous po-
pulation. The demand for, and the consumption of,
food is in an increased corresponding ratio. It is
supposed, perhaps truly, that double the preSent
amount of provisions supplied to our hungry and
teeming masses, could be consumed by them with vast
advantage and. infinite satisfaction. The facilities
and general, intercourse with mankind at large, pro-
mote such supply ; but immediately and among our-
selves, the progressive extension of railroads, the
almost universal intersection of the entire country by
them, present an easy and swift mode of transit to
the interior, and every pert of these islands, of the
products, not only of other lands, but of the neigh-
bouring seas.
Vast attention has been paid to increase the pro-
ductive powers of the soil, and with the aid of science
and capital much has been accomplished ; but how
little attention has been bestowed upon that endless
depository of food for human subsistence, the sea,
where are exhaustless treasures of food to be had
along all our coasts, and to which, by its very abun-
dance, Providence calls upon us to take, eat, and be full.
So scanty is the supply of fish, excepting on our sea-
board, that in many of the interior pat is of the king-
dom the people scarcely know how to prepare it for
the table, yet it constitutes a most acceptable, de-
sirable, and nutritious article; and were it only
taken and supplied in abundance, as easily it might
be, the general comfort would be promoted, and the
means of the community at large very much in-
creased, for, instead of its being offered for sale in
limited quantities, in only some localities, and at high
prices, it might be in every market, in vast abundance,
and at exceeding low prices.
Admitting, then, that such vast supplies of an ex-
cellent and nourishing food are at hand—may be had
along our whole coast for the trouble of taking it up
from our seas—would not the formation of fisheries,
co-extensive with our extended sea-board, be equally
as worthy the attention of scientific societies, of the
wealthy, and of the Government itself, as are agri-
cultural or any other societies whatever? But to re-
?urn to the argument with which I set out—the policy
and necessity of keeping up the full and commanding
efficiency, the naval power and capabilities of our vast
empire—would not this, indeed, prove a nursery of
men, of men not removed at the bidding of commerce
to every quarter of the globe, but of men—
seasoned men, fearless and brave, around our
own homesteads, at our very doors, and pre-
senting such a front of preparedness as any
Government might glory in, and account strength ?
To give efficiency to such a body, its formation being
accomplished by due encouragement, let the idea of
drilling our militia, only, in this case, at sea instead
of on land, be carried out. .Let proper seasons for
the different sections of our coast, the least productive
on such lines of coast be chosen, for taking up all the
enrolled eligible men of the class for ship practice for
a limited period, say one month annually, and within
our own seas. For inducement, let bounties be given.
Let Government sanction be afforded, and a new ele-
ment of national strength will spring into existence,
which, concurrently with those already existing, will
constitute us, at all times, a prepared and increasingly
strong nation.
Thus prepared for every contingency, we shall best
avoid war,
and peacefully and triumphantly march on
to fulfil the high mission which Providence has
assigned us, of advancing and extending civilisation,
commerce, religion,
and good-will to all men, until
all the earth shall be hound up in the bonds of one
common interest and brotherhood.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
Stirling, Sept. 13, 1844.

(From the Glasgow Argus.)
Her Majesty, we may state generally, is living in
the most perfect retirement, and it is honourable to the
district, as well as to the strangers who have resorted
to the neighbourhood, that no attempts have as yet
been made to intrude within the precincts of the
Castle grounds. A better locality for securing the
privacy she desires it would be almost impossible to se-
lect, for, without having her path crossed by a solitary
stranger, she may ride miles upon miles amid scenery
of the most pleasant and picturesque description. In-
dependently of the pleasure-grounds, which are of vast
extent, there are numerous beautiful rides. Glentilt
is within a few minutes' walk of the Castle, and here
her Majesty may find ample scope for contemplating
nature in her most sublime and magnificent aspects;
the glen containing some of the finest scenery to be found
even in the Highlands of Scotland. The demesnes
of the Castle present many other attractions; and
beyond them the celebrated pass of Killicrankie, the
falls of Brewer, and other places of note which it is
said her Majesty intends to visit, afford sufficient room
for gratifying the most ardent curiosity. That it is
the wish- of the Queen almost entirely to devote her-
self to the peculiar pleasures which the scenery of the
district affords, is shown by the fact that no company
is to be invited to the Castle during her stay there,
and that she has provided herself with scarcely any
of the ordinary means of amusement. There is not
even a band of music in attendance—all the usual
concomitants of Court life have been abandoned, and
her Majesty lives with as much simplicity as the most
humble gentlewoman in her kingdom.
Prince Albert is the constant companion of the
Queen in every little walk and excursion; but it is
the intention of his Royal Highness to devote a por-
tion of every day, when the weather will permit, to
field sports. The Prince is described as an excellent
shot, having from infancy been accustomed to prac-
tise with his gun, under the direction of his father,
who was one of the most keen and experienced sports-
men on the Continent. On Thursday a large quantity
of powder and shot arrived at Blair for the use of his
Royal Highness; and in order to follow out his fa•
vourite amusement as much as possible in the costume
of the district, he has provided a shooting-jacket, with
a plaid to match, of the Murray tartan. The Prince
appears to be in more robust health than when on his
last visit to Scotland.
The Princess Royal is very frequently seen riding,
or running about the policies, and as the Highland
guard, whenever she approaches them, present arms,
they are much more frequently called upon to dis-
charge the duty towards her than to either of her
royal parents. She is almost constantly attended by
the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, and two servants. Her
Royal Highness is a stout active girl, and appears to
be in the enjoyment of the most perfect health.
Not a single soldier has been retained at Blair
Castle, nor indeed in the district, the guardianship
of the royal party being solely entrusted to the Athol
Highlanders, an exceedingly fine-looking body of men.
There are in all about 160 of them ; but they take duty
in rotations of twenty each. Their dress and accou-
trements, which are of a very superior kind, have
been provided by Lord Glenlyon, but the expense of
their maintenance falls upon her Majesty. They are
accompanied by five or six pipers who, at stated in-
tervals, serenade the inmates of the castle, being the
only kind of instrumental music heard within the
grounds.
As to the future proceedings of her Majesty in
Scotland, we may state that they, are either uncertain,
or kept a profound mystery. The members of the

CHARGE OF FORGERY.
STOCKPORT, MONDAY NIGHT.
(Before the MAYOR, Sir RALPH PERDLEDURY, Knt.,
CHAS. BAKER' ESq., JONATHAN THORNHILL,
Esq., THOMAS WALMSLEY, Esq., and RICHARD
SYKES, Esq.)
Mr. John
Kenyon Winterbottom, who was appre-
hended in Liverpool a few days ago, after having been
absent from this neighbourhood since August, 1840,
was charged with forgery upon the Pelican Life As-
surance Society, for the sum of 5,0001., which was
payable to the family of the late John Isherwood,
Esq., of Marple Hall, upon his death, and which sum
was received by the prisoner on his presentation of an
be signed by Mrs. Isherwood
and her three daughters.
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theStyupshu,rp
rtisnoglicthitor to the Bankers' Association
for the Prosecution of Forgers, attended on the part
of the Pelican Office ; and Mr. Brandt, barrister, of
Manchester, assisted Iv Mr. Reddish and Mr. W.
Vaughan, solicitors of town, was engaged for the
defence.
The investigation was conducted in the committee-
room of the Court-house, to which only the reporters
filledLthoe
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and the parties interested in the case were admitted.
The prisoner seemed extremely dejected, and fre-
quently wept during the inquiry.
Mr. William James Tate said—l am agent to the
Pelican Life Assurance-office, and reside in Man-
chester. I was in that situation in December, 1839.
Know the prisoner, Mr. Winterbottom, and was well
acquainted with him. On the 20th December, 1839,
I had a conversation with him respecting the life as-
surance of the late Mr. John Isherwood, of Marple
Hall, Cheshire. The insurance was for 5,000 L, and
I had received orders from the principal office in
pay the insurance. Had printed forms
do not know where they are. Had had
pay the executrix or administratrix
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and Mrs. Isherwood jointly ;1.
Had no conversation with
it
had reason to believe he was the agent to
the
was
executrixent entirely with
the
eth Mr. Winterbottom
Isherwood. The
Winterbottom ; and
prisoner produced the policy, stating that he was
authorised to receive the money. He applied for the
usual forms ,to be filled up, Mr. Isherwood being
dead. When he announced the death, he did not at
the same time produce the policy.
He returned the
forms to me properly filled up. Saw him several
times before payment. On the 20th December, 1839,
payment was made on his producing the policy to
me, and feeling satisfied, from the evidence he ten-
dered, that he had a right to receive the money
upon the death of Mr. Isherwood. The probate
had already been forwarded to London. I then
gave him a bill for 5,000/. at seven days on
London. I remarked, when Mr. W. called, that I
had no stamp in the office, and having no person
I could send, Mr. Winterbottom went out and pur-
chased the stamp himself, and the bill was drawn out.
I paid him for the stamp afterwards. In drawing the
bill out I bad omitted to insert the words " or order."
The prisoner directed my attention to it, and said
without the words " or order" the bill would be
useless. I interlined the bill with those words. I
explained to him at the conclusion that it was neces-
sary to have the real indorsement of the individuals
to whom the insurance was made payable, and not by
proeuration; and if be did not obtain Vie individual

COURT CIRCULAR.
A deputation from the Direct Portsmouth and
London Railway had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of
Trade.
His Excellency M. Dedel transacted business at
the Foreign-office, yesterday.
Sir James Graham arrived in town on Monday
from the Isle of Wight.
Mr. Chaplin and a deputation from the Portsmouth
and Chichester Railway had an interview yesterday
with the Earl of Dalhousie, at the office of the Board
of Trade.
Dispatches were received yesterday morning at the
Colonial-office from the Governor of the Cape of
Good Hope, from the Governor of the Mauritius,
and from St. Helena. Dispatches were received in
the afternoon at the Colonial-office from the Governor
of New Zealand.

BRIGHTON—TUESDAY.
Shortly ofter pine o'clock this morning the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton ordered the carriage, and directed the
attendants to drive to the Pier. The Prince of Wales
and the Princess Alice were in the Royal carriage, but
the weather was too hazy for the royal infants to be
taken out. On arriving at the saloon their Royal
Highnesses were taken out of the carriage,' and the
Prince of Wales and his sister walked to the outer plat-
form of the Pier, where they amused themselves for
above half an hour by running about. On returning to
the carriage the Prince seemed much struck with one
of the towers, and, of his own accord, stopped to look at
it for a few moments. The Dowager Lady Lyttelton
led him to the carriage, and, on seating herself, took him
into her lap. A strong mist was falling at the time, but
it did not prevent them from taking their accustomed
airing on the cliffs. The playfulness exhibited by the
royal children was exceedingly. interesting to a great
number of persons on the cliffs immediately opposite the
Pier, who seemed very desirous of obtaining admission
to the Pier; but during their Royal Highness's prome-
nade no one was allowed to go on. The Prince wore a
black silk velvet pelisse and a leghorn hat and feathers,
and the freshness of the sea breeze imparted additional
bloom to his countenance.
Baron Brunnow and Count Dmitry Nesselrode accom-
panied Count Nesselrode and his daughter to Buckhurst I
yesterday.
Baron Gurney has just taken a house here ; and the
Countess Cadogan has removed from the Albion Hotel
to a house on the Marine Parade.
Braham and his sons sung at a concert here last night,
which was exceedingly well attended. The veteran
English singer was encored in several of his songs. J.
Wallack commenced an engagement at the theatre yes-
terday evening in Rolla.
Mr. Charles Buller was among the passengers for
Dieppe last Friday. M. Rosales, the French Charge
d'Affaires at Chili, left Brighton this afternoon by the
packet for Dieppe.

Braham and his sons are on the point of visiting Ire-
land and Scotland, and it is said they will, on their re-
tura, proceed to Holland- and Germany.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING; SEPTEMBER___IB

signaturea the bill would not be paid. He then left
nie, taking the bill so drawn, rnd ckpositlng with me
the policy; it was numbered 11,012. Saw the bill in
the hands of Mr. Lilly, late Secretary to the Pelicao
Office, some months afterwards. •
Mr. John Jackson—ln Decentber, 18:39, and pre-
viously I lived in the borough of Stockport ; and Ntit"
:the Manager of the Bank (-f Stockport. Knew the
prisoner, Mr. Winterbottom, at that time, being in
the habit of transacting business with him. Re-
member receiving, uncle, cover, and a note, the bill
now in Court; it W(1.3 early in January, 1840; and
it was addre:,sel to me in the handwriting of L.
Wioterbottorn. I have since looked for that cover.
but have not been to find it. It is three years ,
since I left the Lank. WheTi I received this bill I
there Was another bill o' the kind between us.
It was in December or early in January he drew
part of the amount upon this bill; the remainder
went to the credit of his account, which he had
opened with us. Previously,- to that there was
a balance of 300/. due to the bank. He chew bills to
a large amount. His account remained open for
months after the receipt of this hill. This
would be after he absconded. The cover, or note,
was written. The note accornrnying the bill- in
question requested me to place the 5,00im. to his ac-
count, and to . give him drafts 'for certain amounts.
He drew the whole, or the greater part e: this parti-
cular bill of 5,0001. The bill I so. received with file
note is signed " Elizabeth Isherwood,"
._" Miriam
Isherwood,' "Ann Matrdalene Isherwood," "
Maria Bellairs," and '‘ J. K. Winterbottom." I be-
lieve the signature, " J. K. Winterbottom," is in the
prisoner's handwriting. The bill, I believe, was paid
in London, in the course of business. I have not tl,e
slightest doubt of it.
Mrs. Elizabethlsherwood said—l am the widow o(7
the late John Isherwood. I have examined the blil
authorising the payment of 5,000 L. by the Pelicfn Lite
Office. The indorsement, ".Eliza is no";
mine. I never gave Mr. Wintel-hottem authmiry to
sign any:bill or receipt in my name, or to receive the
money. Never gave .him any authority to, sign for
my daughters. Mr. Lilly first showed me this bill.
The bill, I believe; -was for a sum between 4,000/.
and 5,000/. I think it was 5,0001. • •

Cross-examined'by Mr. Brandt--I am one of the
executrixes. The'prisoner has !rid bills on account
of my husband's estate. He paid some wages to the
servants. He also paid a trifle of the funeral ex-
penses ; only about 2s. I was never con .ulted by my
daughters as to their legal advisers, or who sheurd.
draw out their marriage settlements. They mia-ht
have consulted Mr. Winterbottom; believe they did.

Miriam Isherwood, who resides with her mother,
said that the signature, " Miriam Isherwood," behind
the bill was a fergery. She also denied having au-
thorized either directly cr inlireetly, any person to
sign her name, or receive the money.
In the cross-examination the witness adraitted that
Mr. Winterbottom acted as attorney an l genet 1.
adviser for her and her sis;;ers. He atte„dd
father's funeral. .

Mrs. Magdalene Lloyd (late Miss Isherweod) gave
similar testimony; and was confirmed by Mrs. Bel-
lairs, another daughter. living at Coventry.
Mr. Brandt admitted that tha evidence justified the
bench in sending the prisoner for trial ; and there-
fore, as his remarks in this prinful matter would be
more appropriately and perhap more effectually ad-
dregsed to a jury, he should reserve his defence until
he appeared before another tribunal.
Mr. Winterbottom was then fully committed to
Chester Assizes for trial.

MONEY MARKET aid CITY NEWS.

FROM THS DIOHIONG HAPF7f3 01' THIS DAY.
• •7f...GAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on god atroiis is 911
which, at the EngliOr Mint F, ee of V - . 17s. 1C.:,11. per
ounce for strneard *)-( exchange of is
39 ; and. tl7e- e::chnege at 1.3 - "•on Loncl,n at short
being 25 i*.;; follows that se:-1 is 0.53 per ce.a
dearer in L on th,l in _`en's.
By adv:ce'_• l'--n-I)urea the price of fold is 434 k
per mark, -c- attl'eLig*hila ';1)-eiceo7:1!.
per ounce fol. stendard gold, "•,_Veg an eichenv;e of 13 ;
and the eme'tan...,e at iTamJin h on London r.; shot ".
being 13 it •:'eltuivstl---t (-.:;01,.: is 0.35 rar eon- cl.earer
in London tarn in Fambarga.
The course o: exchange at New York on London is
109;1: per cert , and the pa exchange ; e:,ween• Eng •
land and America being 109 2C-i0 ner cer-,;:., it foll"ws
that the er.0,9,1)-).;e is 0.13 Fr cent. •1 P-von- o England.
But the quoi.7a exchange at New Yo± beluT for bilis
at GO (.Isv6 si;ht, the ,nterest must i) eked to the
above di t:rerenee. ; - •
With respect to reench Cnnape-ies coo:mei:rig for
lines of rs'iwar, it is encler•atccil that tie French
Ministry cunsmer that a - denorit so smell fn
amount as 1/. per share woe% he- hold the En7,-
lish capitalists in case of national. dir.larence. The
adjudication sta., therefore, be i a 6.-eat de ;re in-
fluenced by the cogitriercirl. stals'lity • a-id
of the representatives - of the Companies in
independently of the English act Tne tiflue7o
of French railivays is such, that capitalists are always
eager to embark in them; buz the, i.aerence viVeh
prevails respecting the peculiar lrws Afc3i*ng
ithem is
liable to give opporierity to unser aprlous sprn, ,rs to
make en excellent he)-vest of thi.: trnpore!y
The state cf ove.. share marl:et for list few dr.vs Cu
demonstrates the tiath of th;•,,_ for it "Oil Oiverved
that the stock of the majoi;ty of t'ie new1;1108 ':oduced
stand at a high prero;rnr.
An opi-ion was expressed the- other day that 11,e ne-
gotiation of the shares of the Orleans end Bordear-:
Railway in the public market
them in the forthcoming aajturzation. 111,1 t Op;^;011 Wf s
founded on the words of the Bth r-i tele of (We 3 of the.
Act-dated the 26th of July last, which states " that no
company shall issue shares neguilable be. re they (;hill
be leg.oly constituted a so: iete aeon e." A letter rz-
ceived from the Company rays the have nc-
thing to do with the trers2,3t;ons; they hold she
&net subset ibers liable to the extent of t" oe-tenllls (Ur
61. per shave.), -whoever may be holder. lire que.,,i ten
is, whether the French Con-rissioners a7rt ba
with this explaration. A resolution has been a
in 'another company (the Anthoue-,1) of facing - the
shareholders from r'l liabilities by tricirg on themselvc-1
the expenies, shovld they be defeatA ta the comps,;-.
for. The atmosv,heric between Bourglereine end
Orsay has been acijur'icat•A to the St. Gets-nCotiap;ny..
SL N.—The Ern-lich :es leave off f-..r'y toe
Consols bting 99::- for Money,. end 991 : r Arco: +t.
EXchequerßil's touched 76'. premix 0, • 1 --i( S'
continued at '204 to 205.
There was not Tech doing in D:,ne,, Vat,
they continued at at pre-..eus rztls.' -Tao Eve e
Cents. were 2.3 i to 2!; end tl.-e. Tir ae Certe.,
to Venesnela Bonds 42 • Ct
50 to 4; Buenos Ayter, 35 i ) C 6; and Greek Do-(1.!,
The additional 4-anseetions ;n Riilway Shaves have
been these:--Bristol end F :et-r, ex eiv.' were 10 to WI
Chester end Iluiyheae, rnd 2el:.
Dublin and Cast-el, B,'-; Wester : H-1 r, 37; L.-
castar and Carlisle, 141.; rive. icole-n1 lifrnchei;!-,r, 107;
Birmingham Thirds, 34 ; .o 23;
Croydon, ex e'.v., 3; Lundoa enet Yorl:, Msn-
chester and Leeclz, He", 224 *1 23; Irf"1-,(1: 6; Sli:h
Devon, 44; S-uth-Eas:ar, 5;; T 2nt VC'ey, 7; York
and North Micilrnd, 53 to 55; 1";:t;- ) 27; Pce:s rid
Lions, 7; Pr :s rid ) ,rleers zi r „men e--1
91i- premien.. B:::;hton rid Ble 9;
discount.
The $l.:- rr'as-a- cteler's, Tom, r-id
Bordeav-: ( 11.ti2-rhounrdls) C have teen sold to
day at -)rarirr -
:Cho Isc.'i-'3,lFxahelages wen very firm this
after aoor ,
'lnc fo"ov, 'no' is t-lin.c I rat.- of 'he expo. .9 of
Bullion N ",e pch.;i f Lonlor, for the weak ending
Thetaday 17st:—
Be,a to Rotta-rdem

. VERDICTS
.OF INSAA IT Y.
At an 'nquestleld by Mr. N'treley, M.P., on tip
body of a .womeu aged 22,• a :imps; Bess, , who bad
Wien en oe,nce ofoxrlie, raid, end who,- elthough she
continued to stiffer t'-!e most exci the 'bg agony wart
her death, on Satox'ay Inst, did rll. she could to pre-
vent he:. f..ora being saver' end world not
swallow volentooy tea or colic 3: lest some remedy
should be ,v-ith it,' the Coroner r'd, *he de.;
texmination.of some pet Air t ("e iq
Some One since he held, en inquest on a worrrn in
Clarendon-square, who bod sw lowrd the ta'. .vir4est.
preparation of sulphtii...3 , who 11. rvcd r'ne-
teen hours eftet %yards, suffei• ig the direst coti meal
torment—for her Olive, joelat 1, throat end st on-qeb,
must have been seemed as if a red-hot iron b-i
been passed over • them—yet she never f' +now-
ledged what she bad done-=kept the r .I'z a
her medical attendsnts; end it noi; 1111 r r death
that the tuith was .discover 1, " C ntlerren," con-
tinued the Coroner, " the -„Or2scnt is one of +- lose c-res
in which there 51 no evidence of ;rseriti, though
some persons tbly.,l( *'zit the vein aet of td—gr-ison
is an evidence of unsound &id. E.:ch rn op -ion
is very dangerous, for a Larson l•-•vng taken
and laboux (7 under its efects, zeiriht ComiritlMlTder,
and be on such' en 00;";Oti on the pica of
insanity. It w.!11. be tound that pel 'rs who commit
suicide adopt the meens hest crier! for the end
they have in view. I Wnlr it is a very d,13.; fors
practice for coroners' ju,.:es to come b the
conclusion tint persors who des.; Toy • thz;m-
selves are insv'ie. srne 4e,./ Iry be
called to the Old Br"ey, redvefy &;:e:nt
difficulty in tyingfern for mu.7l,er when 7r sf
would be plead-d, becat-71 no rnof' ye for corrn-i.,'ng
the murder could be proved., end (r.ve6
could be shown in the previous rfe of the Inv.:defer.
They might be told *hat' ney bri jest be ore re:.r.ned
a verdict of insanity in a case o. suicide corri.r:.,A
without motive, hr.v...ng tf ken `h rs well FS .ors
eccentricities of cheracter into cons!detallon, end
they might be told that wrnt of motive end eccen-
tricity in case of murder should weigh equally in their
minds, and induce them to record avertr et of
I went to get rid of the dangerot s pi., -2i.tee of re.,a,.n-
when the evidence dcs not
ing verdicts of inner-icy
fully justify them. On '-7.1e other b-nd, we Vt.' told
that there should be a v,r.‘rdlct of self-murder where
there is no evidence of insanity, with the view of pre-
venting suicide by the dread of buri'l at midnight,
with Out funeral rites, and in an unhallowed grave--a