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

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER is, .844,

Hi :R MAJESTY at BLAIR ATHOL.

BLAIR ATHOL, MONDAY, SEPT. 16.
a 'he rain continued to fall without intermission
thee ughout the wh,.)le of yesterday, but the incle-
ment of the weather did not deter her Majesty
from attending Divine service at the village
A dumber of workmen had been engaged
until 5 lote hour on Saturday night in fitting up
th,ci chieftain's pew, which, on this occasion, was
des tiPell for the use of her Majesty. Fresh cushions
were placed on all the seats, and it was lined
thro 'aghout with red velvet,- and every preparation
that the most careful attention could devise was
mad ‘, to render it fit for the reception of its illus-
triou s occupant. With that punctuality for which
every member of the Royal Family has been so emi-
nentl3 distinguished, her Majesty arrived at this
humble place erf worship a few minutes before the
eotimnieocemer
.t of Divine service. Lord and Lady
Gle nlyon, iv, 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
liighlf tnders, who wore stationed at the gate which
has be, in recently erected presented arms as the royal
carriag e drove atong the road ; and Lord Glenlyon,
accompanied by several of his noble relatives and
clansriu :n, including the Master of Strathallan, Sir
David, IDundas, Kier of Kindroggan, Oswald of Dun-
nikie r, Captain Drummond, &c., all of whom were
attic( KI in the national costume, were drawn up out-
side the poach of the village church to receive her
Majesty. His Royal Highness Prince Albert,
Viscountess Canning, and Lady Caroline Cocks, were
also in the royal carriage.
On a lighting her Majesty was conducted by her
noble ha .st to his Lordship's pew, and shortly after the
arrival of her Majesty, another of the royal car-
riages d rew up to the church, containing Lord Aber-
deen, I Liverpool, Lord Charles Wellesley, Mr.
G. E. _Anson, and Sir James Clarke, all of whom
occupied places in the back of the royal pew. Upon
these feudal principles also, which, even upon the pre-
sent o ccasion, were not departed from, places were
assign ed in the back of the pew for Lord Glenlyon's
stewar cl, and some few of the principle members of
his Li irdship'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
Presbytirian form of worship. A psalm was first
sung, in, excellent time and tune. The clergyman,
Mr. Irvine, then delivered an extempore prayer, after
which as other 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
discou tse, devoid of all flourishes of rhetoric, and
was de livered 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 Que en and the Royal Family were mentioned, as
a matte.o 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 Pender 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 tw o o'clock.—
Post.

(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 Brewar, 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 member, of the

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.

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
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 hvnd, 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 stilarter 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 stanks that
were around about the palace, were full of delicate
fishes, as salmonds, trouts, pearches, pikes, eels, and
all other kinds of delicate fishes 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."—Lindsay
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. Beiieve 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 ? There 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."—Barclay'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.

MANNING THE NAVY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—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 right arm of our
country—and its successes, are the legitimateproducts
of its necessary continual exercise. For such power
lodged with us we may be thankful, and of it justly
proud; and our delight, as a people, should be in its
nurture, 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.

We boast, and justly, of our registered seamen.
4'e
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 man, 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
i 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 part 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 cspital 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 theinterior parts 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
i along our whole coast for the trouble of taking t 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.

This 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 bound up in the bonds of one
common interest and brotherhood.
I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
Stirling, Sept. 13, 1844.

CHARGE OF FORGERY.
STOCKPORT, MONDAY NIGHT.
(Before the MAYOR, Sir RALPH PERDLEBURY, Knt.,
CHAS. BALER, Esq., JONATHAN THORNHILL,
EsysTEl
sTERZAs WALMSLEY, Esq., and RICHARD
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
authority purporting to be signed by Mrs. Isherwood
and her three daughters.
Mr. Bush, the solicitor to the Bankers' Association
for the Prosecution of Forgers,' attended on the part
of the Pelican Office ; and Mr. Brandt, barrister, of
Manchester, assisted by Mr. Reddish and Mr. W.
Vaughan, solicitors of this town, was engaged for the
defence
investigation was conducted in the committee-
rooTmheofi the Court-house, to which only the reporters
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 Lifee nisensrust rhmaantrc.
es ffl
tlateieo'n in December, 1839.
Know th
and reside in Man-
chester. 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 5,0001., and
I had received orders from the principal office in
ip prisoner,
so A
London to pay the insurance. Had printed forms
filled up, but do not know where they are. Had had
directions to pay the executrix or administratrix
the sum of 5,000/. Had no conversation with
Mr. Winterbottom and Mrs. Isherwood jointly;
it was entirely with Mr. Winterbottom ; and
had reason to believe he
was the agent to
the executrix of the late Mr. Isherwood. The
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 11-1,.
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 5,0001. 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, lklr. 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 had 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
procuration ; and if he did not obtain the individual

signatures the bill would not be- paid. He then left
me, taking the bill so drawn, and depositing with me
the policy; it was numbered 11,012. Saw the bill in
the hands of Mr. Lilly, late Secretary to the Pelican
Office, some months afterwards.
Mr. John Jackson—ln December, 1839, and pre-
viously I lived in the borough of Stockport; and was
the Manager of the Bank of Stockport. Knew the
prisoner, Mr. Winterbottom, at that time, being in
the habit of transacting business with him. Re-
member receiving, under cover, and a note, the bill
now in Court ; it was early in January, 1840 ; and
it was addressed to me in the handwriting of Mr.
Winterbottom. I have since looked for that corer,
but have not been able to find it. It is three years
since I left the bank. When I received this bill
there was another bill of 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 drew bills to
a large amount. His account remained open for
eighteen months after the receipt of this bill. This
would be after he absconded. The cover, or note,
was written. The note accompanying the bill in
question requested me to place the 5,000/. to his ac-
count, and to give him drafts for certain amounts.
He drew the whole, or the greater part of this parti-
cular bill of 5,000 i. The bill Iso received with the
note is signed " Elizabeth Isherwood," " Miriam
Isherwood, " Ann Magdalene Isherwood," " Anna
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 the
slightest doubt of it.
Mrs. Elizabeth Isherwood said—l am the widow of
the late John Isherwood. I have examined the bill
authorising the payment of 5,0001. by the Pelican Life
Office. The indorsement, " Eliza Isherwood," is not
mine. I never gave Mr. Winterbottom authority 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 4,0001.
and 5,0001. I think it was 5,0001.
Cross-examined by Mr. Brandt—l am one of the
executrixes. The prisoner has paid 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 consulted by my
daughters as to their legal advisers, or who should
draw out their marriage settlements. They might
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 forgery. She also denied having au-
thorised either directly or indirectly, any person to
sign her name, or receive the money.
In the cross-examination the witness admitted that
Mr. Winterbottom acted as attorney and general
adviser for her and her sisters. He attended her
father's funeral.

Mrs. Magdalene Lloyd (late Miss Isherwood) gave
similar testimony; and was confirmed by Mrs. Bel-
lairs, another daughter, living at Coventry.
Mr. Brandt admitted that the evidence justified the
bench in sending the prisoner for trial; and there-
fore, as his remarks in this painful matter would be
more appropriately and perhaps more effectually ad-
dressed 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 and CITY NEWS.

FROM TEE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 94 per aline,
which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per
ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 2.'
39 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short
being 25 474, it follows that gold is 0.33 per cen'.
dearer in London than in Paris.

By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 4341
per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31.175. 14(1.
per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9:1 ;
and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short
being 13 10i, it follows that gold is 0.35 per cent. dearer
in London than in Hamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London is
1091 per cent, and the par of exchange between Eng-
land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows
that the exchange is 0.18 per cent. in favour of England.
But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills
at 60 days' sight, the interest must be added to the
above difference.

With respect to French Companies competing for
lines of railway, it is understood that the French
Ministry consider that a deposit of so small an
amount as 11 per share would hardly hold the Eng-
lish capitalists in case of national difference. The
adjudication will, therefore, be in a great degree in-
fluenced by the commercial stability and character
of the representatives of the Companies in Paris
independently of the English direction. The nature
of French railways is such, that capitalists are always
eager to embark in them, but the ignorance which
prevails respecting the peculiar laws affecting them is
liable to give opportunity to unscrupulous speculators to
make an excellent harvest of this temporary advantage.
The state of our share market for the last few days fully
demonstrates the truth of this, • for it will be observed
that the stock of the majority of the new lines introduced
stand at a high premium.
An opinion was expressed the other day that the ne-
gotiation of the shares of the Orleans and Bordeaux
Railway in the piiblic market would operate against
them in the forthcoming adjudication. That opinion was
founded on the words of the Bth article of title 3 of the
Act dated the 26th of July lait, which states " that no
company shall issue shares negotiable before they shall
be legally constituted a societe anonyme." A letter re-
ceived from the Company says the Directors have no-
thing to do with the transactions; they hold the ori.
ginal subscribers liable to the extent of three-tenths (or
61. per share), whoever may be holder. The question
is, whether the French Commissioners will be satisfied
with this explanation. A resolution has been adopted
in another company (the Anthouard) of freeing the
shareholders from all liabilities by taking on themselves
the expenses, should they be defeated in the competi-
tion. The atmospheric line between Bourglareine and
Orsay has been adjudicated to the St. Germain Company.
SUN.—The English Securities leave off firmly to-day,
Consols being 992- for Money, and 99i for Account.
Exchequer Bills touched 765. premium, Bank Stock
continued at 204 to 205.

There was not much doing in Spanish Bonds, but
they continued at about previous rates. The Five per
Cents. were 23i to 24; and the Three per Cents., 34/
to Venezuela Bonds were 42 to 4; Chilien Deferred,
50 to ; Buenos Ayres, 35 to 36; and Greek Bonds, 124.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these:—Bristol and Exeter, ex div., were 10 to 9i;
Chester and Holyhead, 1i f; Dublin and Belfast, 3il
Dublin and Cashel, 81; Great Western, Half, 37; Lan-
caster and Carlisle, 1 /; Liverpool and Manchester, 107;
Birmingham Thirds, 34 ; Ditto Quarter, 224 ,to 23;
Croydon, ex div., 3; London and York, 34 Man-
chester and Leeds, Half, 221 to 23; Midland, 6; South
Devon, 41; South-Eastern, 54; Trent Valley, 7; York
and North Midland, 53 to 55; Ditto Half, 27; Paris and
Lons, 7; Paris and Orleans, 181 4; Rouen and Havre,
premium. Brighton have been 24; and Blackwall, 94
discount.

The Shares unissued of the Orleans, Tours, and
Bordeaux (D'Anthouard's) Company, have been sold to-
day at 4 premium.
The Foreign Exchanges generally were very firm this

afternoon.

The following is the official return of the exports of
Bullion from the port of London, for the week ending
Thursday last:—
Silver Bars to Rotterdam

very ridiculous and erroneous idea, because I do not
believe that any person so ill-treating his sensitive
body as to commit suicide, cares one straw how that
body is treated when dead. In the case before you.
I ask, whether it is possible for you, with the
evidence you have, to determine the state of mind the
1 woman was in when she took the poison ? I am of
opinion that it is impossible, and I think it would be
a mark of insanity to come to any determination of
the sort. lam also of opinion that tie proceeding.
of our law courts are tinged with insa ty. Counsel,
in cases of murder, plead that the murderer acted
under uncontrollable impulses, and the plea succeeds,
and the culprit is pronounced insane and provided for
during life; but if a poor lad suffering from hunger,
and I think such privation most likely to produce un-
controllable impulses, steals a loaf of bread, the plea
of insanity will avail him nought, and the House of
Correction will be his lunatic asylum. Think you, if
M'Naughten, instead of murdering the unfortunate
Mr. Drummond, had stolen his horse, or his ox, or
his ass, or anything that was his, would be guilt-
less of the crime on the plea of insanity ? No, gentle-
men. I advise you, then, in cases of this sort to pass
a medium verdict--one neither of sanity or insanity."
The jury instantly acquiesced, and said, " Deceased
had destroyed herself, but the state of her mind when
she did so was not known to them."

PARLIAMEN TARP PAPER.
EMIGRATION.
Return of Ships, their Names and Tonnage, em-
ployed in carrying Emigrants since the passing of
the Colonial Passengers' Act. Ordered by the
house of Commons to be printed, July 17, 1841.
No. 503.
This return does not suggest to us any more
favourable impression of the advantages derived from
the establishment of what is called the "Land and
Emigration Commission" than we have found our-
selves able to announce on former occasions. It is
difficult to perceive why the Colonial Department
should have been relieved at all of a branch of busi-
ne=s so legitimately corning under their cognizance
as the superintendence of free emigration from this
country; and it is not less difficult to discover in
what consists that superior management and energy
of official administration which shall reconcile the
country to the cost of maintaining such a Commission
and its staff. This return comprises--
1. A Return of all Ships, with their Names and
Tonnage, that have been employed in carrying Emi-
grants from the United Kingdom since the passing of
the last Colonial Passengers' Act, as far as the same
can be made up ; together with the number of such
ships of which the Emigration Commissioners have
had information of or noticed.

2. A Copy of all the Correspondence which has taken
place between the Public Boards and Public Officers,
in the year 1843, respecting the emigrant ships
Catherine and John and Robert, conveying emigrants
to Cape Breton and Canada.
3. A Return of the Number of Emigrants, distin-
guishing men, women, and children, shipped on
board the ship Catherine; and a similar return of
emigrants transhipped on board the ship John and
Robert.

Now, No. 2 regards the case of a party of emigrants
from Tobermorey, one of the poor and overpeopled
estates, if we mistake not, of the Duke of Argyll.
The second letter of Lieut. Stark does appear to us to
disclose facts which called for some very signal repre-
hension on the part of the Government Commission.
But we subjoin both this gentleman's letters, that our
readers may form their own judgment on the matter
" Government Emigration-office, Belfast,
August 24, 1843.
" Sir,—l beg to acquaint you, for the information
of the Board, that the ship Catherine of Belfast has
just put into this port in a very leaky state. She
sailed from Tobermorey for Cape Breton and Quebec
upwards of four weeks ago. A store is provided for
the reception of the poor people, and of course they
will receive the requisite provisions, according to the
Act, until the defects of the ship are either made good,
or another ship prepared for their reception. They
amount to about 220 adult passengers.—l have, &c.
_ (Signed) " PETER STARK.
" Stephen Walcott, Esq."
" Government Emigration-office, Belfast,
August 26, 1843.
" Sir,—l beg to acquaint you that some of the
loor people in. the Catherine (reported by me in my
etter of the 24th instant to have put in here in dis•
tress) having determined to return home, requested I
would endeavour to get their head-money restored to
them. Upon my urging them to proceed, and that
they had always the ship's allowance of a pound of
bread a day to depend upon, a most extraordinary in-
fringement of the Act was disclosed.

"It appears that the bread in the master's charge
was paid for by the passengers themselves, and in
such proportions as their means admitted of. Thus,
the greater number received half a pound per day,
some few the whole pound, and others none. I at
once compelled an issue of the full allowance to all
for three days, and finding I could obtain no other
redress, I consulted with the magistrates as to whe-
ther they would grant me a summons against the
master, with a view to the recovery of the head-
money, as well as to make good the deficiency of the
bread withheld. It being their opinion that they
could not enforce it or assist me to obtain my object,
I then demanded a summons against that individual
for the infringement of the 6th clause of the Act,
which was at once granted, and which had the effect
of such an arrangement being made with the com-
plainants as to render my summons completely null,
as I could not procure any evidence ; the passengers
in a body acknowledging they had no cause of com-
plaint; that they were satisfied, and had been well
treated by the captain in all their trials, &c.
" Many of the poor people embarked from four to
five weeks previous to the ship's departure, during
which period they neither received provisions nor
any other compensation.

Every possible exertion is being made to get a
ship just returned from Quebec ready for the pas-
sengers, and I hope to get them off at the farthe.lt
upon Wednesday next.—l. have, &e.,

(Signed) "PETER STARK.
" Stephen Walcott, Esq., &c., &c.
" P. S. It is almost superfluous to state, that I will
take care the necessary water, provisions, &c., Ace.,
for the full ten weeks is made good, ere the required
certificate is granted for the ship's clearance."
A more diluted affair than the response of Mr.
Walcott, the Secretary to the " Colonial Land and
Emigration Commission," we have not often chanced
upon:— _ _

" Colonial Land and Emigration-office;
9, Park-street, Westminster, Aug. '29, 1843.
" Sir,—l am directed by the Board to acknowledge
the receipt of your letters of the 24th and 26th inst.,
on the subject of the arrival of the Catherine at
Belfast in a leaky state from Tobermorey on her way
to Cape Breton and Quebec.
" With respect to provisions during her detention
at your port, while the Commissioners regret that
your summons against the master failed from want of
evidence, they are glad to perceive that arrangements
have been made in consequence, which are satisfac-
tory to the people ; and they approve of your inten-
tion of requiring that the full allowance of provisions
and water be made good before the ship be permitted
to renew the voyage."
What possible object was to be gained by the
printing of so very satisfactory and remedial a reply
to Lieut. Stark's communication, we cannot divine.
Our admiration, too, at the usefulness of the Commis-
sion itself waxes stronger and stronger on perusing
such important announcements as these. It is grati-
tifying to learn, however, that those of the Tobermorey
intending emigrants who persevered in their original
design, safely reached their Canadian destination.
"Extract of a return from the Chief Government
Immigration Agent at Quebec, on the ship John and
Robert :

" A good vessel, and all well supplied according
to law, and landed in good health. The passengers
by this vessel are a part of the unfortunate emigrants
who embarked from the Western Isles in the ship
Catherine in the month of May, and put into Belfast
in distress, when they were re-embarked on board
this vessel.—l have, &c.,

(Signed)

" ' A. C. BUCHANAN,
" ' Chief Agent.' "

SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
The last flower show of the Royal South London Flo-
ricultural Society for the season was held at this very
attractive place of amusement yesterday, and was both
numerously attended and well calculated to sustain the
character of the establishment, as one combining a
greater diversity of rational entertainment than is to be
found almost at any other place of public resort in the
metropolis. To the ordinary recreations of the gardens
there is added, on the occasion of these flower displays,
an enjoyment of the most elegant kind, and the lovers
of nature have the opportunity of gratifying a refined
taste by the contemplation of some of the most choice
and exquisite productions, brought to the highest per-
fection of which they are susceptible by culture and skill.
The fruit and flower show, the principal feature of the
day, was rich in the most luxuriant and refreshing ,p
e-
cimens that can be raised at this period of the year.-
the rarest flower or the most luscious fruit, but had its Not re-
presentative there, while the presence of the ore un-
pretendingclasses of these productions showed the perfec-
tion,tahne
most industryme meagre
in e
that may be attained by skill
the cultivation of objects even of
promise in their ordinary aspect.
and delicate dahlia to the marigold—from the aristo.•
erotic pine to the homely onion, or the rustic potato—all
was in
apples,
pples
, perfection
apricots,r
eases fuchsias, coxcombs,
grapes,
iaedt
with
dimensions which, if an rtistatt'eetnaephteodthteoreimn
atilnattes,anhd
a he
would be liable to be taxedwith exaggeration. If it be
allowable to individualise where so many objects were
deserving of equal distincoions,honemirhtnoin these
(1 apitiieebe
a blood pine—of real English
(1-s of Nest India importation grovthwas really whichlly refreshing to.
behold. .
The several marquees in which the specimens
were laid out were crowded during the day by throngs ngisoaf
animated spectators.

. _ .
The first prize in the list, that of ilia
rge silver meda I
fur the twelve dahlias, dissimilar blooms,
.was awarded
to Lady Paget. Extra prizes were dins tii2t)tt6d"—
'A
large silver medal, given by Mr. Groom fur the .best h
spe-
cimen of liliutn lancifulium (of which that gentlemuli
himself several splendid examples),
.to Schro.:'erj
The Linnamn medal, given by Mr. Ilifffor the heaillot.''
device, to Mr. llenbrey, jun. A prize of 54, given-'by
Mr. Tyler for the best fifty-eight dahlias, • dlcsinflisr
blooms, to Mr. Thomas Brown ; and a silver cup,:iialtte
51. :;s., fur the hest twenty-four
to Mr. John Cook.
The Directors of this Society judiciously encourage
enterprise and competition amongst all grades of contri-
butors ; for while they stimulate the eniulation of
amateurs with the prospect of silver cups and medals,
they are willing to commute the honorary reward for a
pecuniary premium, which, to many of the professional
exhibitors would no doubt. prove a mere influential in.-
centive. Altogether the arrangements of the day's ex-
hibition were of the most gratifying description. The
day's entertainments were closed with the " Great Fire
of London," represented with appropriate eclat, and with
a startling resemblance to reality. These who have not
yet seen this vivid representation, would do well to
seize an opportunity of visiting it before its final with-
drawal, at the close of the present season, as it seems
that preparations for the ensuing compaign are already
in progress ; and a subject (said to have been suggested
by his loyal Highness Prince Albert, and to be of uni-
versal interest, and treated in a novel and magni-
ficent style) is destined to supersede the present gorgeous
exhibition.