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Till :SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCrOBER Q 5, 1844.

stable
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Tow of trighton, a public meeting
n' w THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.
as held in the I
hall, in order to consider the propriety of pea— PROGRAMME OF THE CEREMONIAL OF HER
titeliee
o
ti ',.t, the Queen in Council for a charter of incorras i
MAJESTY'S VISIT TO TIIE CITY ON THE
en for the burette-h.
A notice hae beet -I by order of the Corporatioß OPENING OF THE NEW EXCHANGE.
of the Trinity-house, sert'e)(l; Bushthe projector a the A very inaccurate statement of the ceremonial to
iit,nhitghhet.of all N„tis,ein's°;', on Mr,
Goodwin Sands, respect- I be observed on her Majesty's visit to the City having
Bash,atkne.d tahlel
proposed light. The Corporation claim, under appeared in the public papers, without the sanction of
ii_,
t..., 38th of Elizabeth, the sole right to erect beacons and
the Civic. authorities, we have received permission from
sea, and conclude by giving notice
persons aerie, under hitn,that the exhibit- , t le Right Hon. the Lord Mayor to make public the
!'g such light is unauthorised and illegal, and they are fo flowing programme of the ceremonial, of which her
Warned to desist. This netice, it is understood, is a mere
Zr
~ on of right ; permission, it is added, will be given, 111 ajesty has been pleased to signify her gracious
lal probation. It' was communicated to the Lord
Mr' purposes of carrying the object into effect.
Me. Rook, the composer fsuccessful opera Anulie; ' ',V ttyor by Sir James Graham, accompanied by the
o the
Z:e_Love Test, is now busily engaeed in arranging a new
vi: Herz, tor the purpose of introducing one of his most dis- i
1 fo 1./owing letter :
Zigtri.,:hed pupils. The young lady possesses a remark- '
Y fine soprano voice, with considerable professional
tieciTaplishinents as well as p,rsonal attractions, and
s f'4
13. to he a very successful competitor for public
"our.
the Italia„
the Bth instant Aliss Bassano male her debut on
_,,ltaliatt stage at Vareso, a town within twenty riles
%.1, Milan, the autumn residence of the Milan noblesse.
Tie part she selected was that of Amine, in tellini's
'',u S(mnambutt, and so decided was her success, that
she Was called no less than twelve times before the cur-
In to receive the enthusiastic congratulations of the
audience.
w:.rhhe borough of Wexford is to be incorporated forth-
li,... The Parliamentary boundaries are to be the
4,-,lelts, and the town divided into three wards, with two
zu men and six councillors to each ward.

COURT CIRCULAR.
'WINDSOR TIIURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince.
Albert took their accustomed early exercise, and in
the
course of their morning walk paid a visit to the
Duchess of Kent at Frogmore House. In the after-
noon her Majesty, accompanied by his Royal High-
'wensTsd,heedwiet; tolaonpeolnLopuhvaeertioer.i to the riding-school, at-
Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales
and the Princess Royal were taken for an airing this
morning but the unfavourable state of the weather
prevented the Royal Family from being taken out for
drive in the afternoon.
thThe Earl and Countess of Westmoreland took
1j" departure from the Castle to day.
at The Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse, arrived
hish Castle this morning, and had an audience of
Earl It°Yal Highness Prince Albert. The Noble
a 4,1 afterwards took his departure.
Albelle morning proving so wet preventel Prince
prey,. going to shoot, as had been arranged
previous to the rain.
Ttinis Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured Mr.
Portrait
orburn with a sitting yesterday, for a full-length

arri Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
fro "(I at Cambridge House yesterday morning,
i 4-1 Kew. His Royal Highness returned to Kew
he afternoon,
C - deputation from the Harwich and Eastern
Re'llties Junction Railway, consisting of Mr. James
A.ttwood, Chairman ; Mr. Bagshaw, Deputy-
k u airinan ; Mr. Braithwaite, engineer ; Messrs.
urdillon and Duncan, solicitors; and Mr. George
of
ip secretary, had an interview with the Earl
of alhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board
rale.
1 Earl of Aberdeen left town on Wednesday for
Scoe
t]
and.
The
Chancellorrenancellor of the Exchequer returned to his
afte,de nee) Beechworth House, Surrey, on Wednesday
th deputation on the subject of the London, Cha-
Isarll' and North Kent Railway, consisting of Sir
117 Lyon Goldsmid, Bart., Mr. J. C. Colquhoun,
IL T. Prinsep, Mr. Charles M'Garch, Mr.
s'larn Petero, and Mr. George Winburne, accorn-
fkl by Mr. Vignolles, engineer; Mr. Stephens,
ter ; and Mr. Mackarness, secretary, had an in-
t ter`,
of with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the
Trade.
eard

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
'Plendid
rile
Revolt of the Harem, that most successful and
he, of ballets, was revived at this theatre on Wed-
t,, 'usY for the purpose of introducing Mdlle. Plunkett
17 I! Drury-lane audience, as Zulima. We have frequently
41 OCCa, • speak in praise of the cherocraphic per-
Nlnaneessi°lrolfttohis very talented young lady during the
ehZirse of the two last Italian Opera seasons. Gradually
pas she been rising in her profession, until she now has
;ttined a p?sint.ion which has secured to her an Euro-
But we are much mistaken if Plunkett
iireputatio
eventt., yet reached the height which she is destined to
hit'lk There is a spirit, a neatness, and a precision in
o tilet steps, which proves that she is perfect mistress
a mechanical part of her art; but there is also a grace,
Vet46a,
sdo», and an enthusiasm, an intellectuality about
Ogr:alet which shows that she is fully aware that cher-
/Well-0 is merely another phrase of poetry, and that as
not, most be studied and developed. If we
.mistake
th •
her e tune is fast approaching when she will take
Port last as a premiere danscuse par excellence. lier first
and at its night secured her the favour of the audience,
their Its conclusion she was loudly called for to recei
I%su'iti foer"gratulations. From that moment the ballet
her a succession of triumphs. She was admirably
cpportei, "
Jthe ' Clara Webster and Montessu. At the fall
ut curian all the three were called for. The _Rev? 1
tine lii odour,as been revived with more than its pris,
sPle and no doubt it will have a run.
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rims-

Whitchall, Oct. 21, 1844.

-My Lord,—With reference to your Lordship's note of
the 12th instant, I have the honour to inform your Lord-
ship, that her Majesty has been graciously pleased to
signify her approbation of the ceremonial proposed to be
ob: erved upon her Majesty's visit to the Corporation of
Lo ndun on the occasion of opening the New Exchange.
I have the honour to be, my Lord,
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
J. R. G. GRAHAM.
The Right llon. the Lord Mayor.

ORDER OF PROCESSION

FROM TEMPLE-BAR, ON RECEIVING HER MAJESTY IN

SEER PROGRESS TO THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.
Police-officers on horseback.
The State-carriages of the Sheriffs.
The Lord Mayor's State•coach.
The City Marshals on horseback.
Members of the Court of Common Council, in their
Mazarine Gowns, on horseback, each with an
attendant.
Sheriffs,
in their Scarlet Gowns and Chains, on horseback, each
attended by a Sergeant and a Groom.
Aldermen,
in their Scarlet Gowns (those past the Chair in their
Chains) on horseback, each attended by a Beadle and
a Groom.

The Common Crier, on The Sword-bearer on horse-
horseback carrying the City back, with the Cap of
Mace. Maintenance.
The LORD MAYOR, Three

Three

Footmen in a crimson velvet robe, and Footmen
in collar SS., on horseback, and in
State bearing the City Sword of State
Liveries. State, immediately before Liveries.

NER. TO CHARLES KEMBLE,
CREST En ^
this lc ---,AI Tuesday evening
fit
to
aela dinner was aAsTgi3‘velnANt.o
...nci
ottghlierly-talented gentleman, by a numbewr. of directors
way way to
markin ers of the Atheneum,
their
sh
their respect for him, grati-
ivuenraetadthineggreat intellectual treat which his series of
Lie
menib s of the plays odf Sthnahlcuspnedarreedshas
About fi ers generally, an
lent . ve-and• twenty gentlemen sat down to an excel-
theunder dinner in the new saloon of the Albion Hotel,
of a ff
others.orded
n3Ptrheseitiveixecey.porfesiNdlern. vice-President.
B.
rl:oititeemr ibiMe
it'atos:s right ; and amongst the gentlemen present, were
C.
Lam rs* E• Watkyn, P. Berlyn,
satMparat l ctohlenc hwEaenirsres-
James Edwards,
Ire-
hold Port, C. Duffield, Stern, H. Capes, Alexander.n
_,...
dall ljuhrt Chapman, Matthew Curtis, Benjamin
Afterd
the u'aules Barton, Thomas Ashton, jun.,
healthsuali. loyal toasts, the Chairman proposedBc " the
Tht a. Charles Kemble, Esq.," in appropriate terms.
and .°4st was received with the greatest. enhthieuhsiasinr.,
I{,,n,as responded to in a neat speech, in w
to 4.le avowed his deep love for the drama ; adverted
tio its influence on the mind, and expressed the grati
e.
eiatilh,he had experienced at his reception here, and
sP
Ittle at the great attention p iid him by the intelligentA_e.
ii discriminating audiences of the Manchester th
the
pa tlll. After a few more toasts and sentiments,n-
teiril seParated, highly delighted with an agreeable, i
De...tual, and social evening.
•"'"LT(pst
......T
4 Tr,. - • INCENDTARISM.ATTEMPT TO DESTROY
the -n4EItsYARD BY FIRE.—We have already detailed
w Particulars of a diabolical attempt to destroy the
joiner and timber-yard of Mr. Thomas Graham,
night-er and builder Bride street, in this town, on the
be of Friday, 'the 111th inst. The fact of the fire
e
tes;l,-, the work of incendiaries was clearly proved by the
Reonnle'n,Y of a female servant of Mr. Pendlebnry, su
titn,:'„lvuo saw two men get over the yard wall just
.at the
11, 'One fire broke out. They ran in the direction of
g N'street, from which there is a road into Deans-
waute',and shortly after a sawyer, named Richard Leach,
eati '4M into custody on suspicion of having be
aeaerierned in the crime, he having entered the King's
a .--. Publie-house with three other sawyers, about
loan, ,
No evidence, however, could then be found to warrant
a rnagietrate in sending him for trial, and he was con-
twin discharged. Subsequently, however, cer-f th u facts were discovered, through the activity o
breo Police, and Leach was again apprehended and
ught h e
-c•ore the magistrates, at the Borough Court,
r Saturday last. The additional evidence was that of
',ehara
gist 1-1,-.„ Mason, assistant to Mr. John Scowcroft, drug-
past 7-"usgate who stated that about a quarter or half-
ea -- tune cloCk on the night of the fire, the prisoner
rtirue to their shop and bowrlit a pint of spirits of tur-
ne, Which he put into two pop bottles. He was in
great
sleeves at the time, and appeared to be in
1,
t;'a_at hurry. The same fact was also proved by anbeo.dn thou% named Thomas Marsden, who happened to
c.i. tit, Pop at the time. Mr. Mason could not swear. po-a-f tk °'Y to the bottles, but he gave such a description o
trto, as left no doubt upon the minds of those present
witha they were the same as they found in the timber yard
..,,e,t turpentine in them. It was ten minutes past eleven
" 14( when the two men were seen coming over the
B:wn out of
the yard, and the risoner and three other
tw yers went mto the King's Head, in Deansgate, at
tieintY•five minutes past eleven, just allowing sufficient
triale to go the distance. The prisoner was committed for
at the next assizes.—Manchester Guardian.
SERVANTS' INSTITIITION.—Wednesda", .
j a special
Mateetthineg of the. supporters of the above society was held
take
tut committee-room, Great Marylebone• street, to
White ha
consideration the propriety of granting pen-
such members as, from ill health or old age
reduced to the necessity of receiving relief. Mr.
having taken the chair, resolutions to effect the
!_°,llPnet of the raeeting were carried unanimously, The
13('810irt stated that the receipts lust year amounted to
leavi 2'• S, and the expenditure to 3011. Os. 5d.,
,v,,tt og a balance in favour of the society of 291. 2s. 3id.
4 o nks were voted to the chairman, and the meeting
separated.
A'wp 0
Iroza,ettii.stoee_.ska,nniti SUDDEN
.DEATH.—Yesterday at eleven
Mr, James Bennett, managing clerk to Messrs.
Turner, of 24, Great George-street, West-
a,'Ple,r, came in his usual health and spirits to the office,
f„.l'; whilst in the act of speaking to one of the clerks, he
rl."tvtvo the floor, and an effort being made to raise him
oer_al.found insensible and helpless. A messenger was
;Ip.,o7utt,.ttely sent for medical aid, and Mr. M`Cann sur-
-0" 01 P rliament-street, promptly attended, and' pro-
"ueed him dead.
poirtPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE.—(From a Corres-
n -)-•We feel great pleasure in announcing that
„thole, j4e.rds of her Majesty's Treasury have been pleased to
,ittl'ejtus port from a sixth to a fifth class port, and also to
of `i4eoll an additional number of officers, in consequence
port very great increase in the general trade of the
tr and we have every reason to believe that should
an trade increase as it has of late, we shall soon have to
the"ue that Newport has been raised a class higher in
io
_e_lassification of ports. A new line of railroad is now
tbZuteroplation from this town to Pont-y-pool and
--ee.voa .
Nged IL_ .the surveyors are daily surveying the pro-
wl%

street, Cheapsiu"e (coming over Southwark-bridge),
and Moorgate-s tzeet.
6. That the C I.erk of the City do take proper mea-
sures for stoppini 1. up the side streets throughout the
whole Livery prc cession, under the directions of the
Commissioner of 2olice.

7. That the ba triers for the admission of company
be closed at eleven o'clock, and not opened upon any
pretence for the 'admission of company going to the
Exchange, excetdt the members of the Royal Family,
the Cabinet Ali nisters, and Officers of State, and those
engaged in the procession, who are to precede the
Queen, and that they be not re-opened till after her
Majesty has passed out of the City.
8. The in-habitants of the several houses in the line
of her Majef,ty's procession within the City be re-
quested to take particular care that the parapets of
their houses are made secure, to prevent accidents
occurring to their inmates, or the public, by the falling
in thereof of the copings, or materials therefrom.
9. That the foregoing regulations be put up in the
public streets through which the procession will pass,
and that the same be printed, and a copy delivered by
the police at each house in the line of procession from
Temple-bar to the Exchange.

MEREWETHE R.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sia,—Surely the Queen is coming in full state to
open the Royal Exchange, or else what use is the
state carriage and all, those enormously splendid ap-
pointments—if we are to verge down into plain down-
right democracy at once ? Surely the household
troops, and every other means the Government has at
its disposal, should be brought into action on the
present occasion.
lam sure the whole of the people will be much
disappointecr, if this event is to be carried through at
a railroad pace, merely for the sake of getting credit
of it, instead of being a national event in the history
of the first city of the world.
Pray say a word or two on the subject in your
powerful paper.—Yours, &c. CIVIS.
24th October, 1844.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES.
Even on Mr. Irwin's Foig-a-ballagh—take 6 to 5
6 to 1 agst Mr. Salvin's The Cure
15 to 1 agst Mr. Griffith's Newcourt—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Beresford's The Altered One
20 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Evenus
25 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's Golden Rule
30 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Rowena
30 to 1 agst Capt. Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Wesley's Counsellor
30 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot—taken
35 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Worley's Example
The betting on the above event commenced shortly
after the opening of the room, and was kept up with con-
siderable vigour until past six o'clock, at prices and in
sums that materially enhanced its importance. Foigh-a-
ballah has several friends, and one most determined op-
ponent ; the latter investing large sums at 6 to 5, 10 to
9, and evens on the field ; the horse, however, having a
decided call at the break up. The Cure, who was re-
ported to have passed through the town en route for New-
market, accompanied by Winesour, Mickey Free, and
one or two others, was in great force ; 6 and 7 to 1
having been taken to a large amount—no small portion
of it by the Foigh-a-ballagh party ; the last offer was to
take 1,200 to 200. Newcourt was backed at 13, 14, and
15 to 1, but left off with a downward look ; 20 to 1 was
taken about the Altered One in two or three places, and
afterwards offered currently ; 16 to 1 about Evenus, and
20 to 1 offered at the close; 30 to 1 taken about Sir Gil-
bert Heathcote's lot ; and 35 to 1 about Akbar. The
Golden Rule was friendless.
ALICE HAWTHORN AND FOIG-A-BALLAGIL—These
horses are matched to run on Friday next, at New-
market, for 500 sovs. each, 200 ft, D. 1., the mare to
carry 9st, and the horse 7st 71b. Two or three even bets
were laid yesterday.

IRELAND.
SUBSCRIPTION FOR FATHER MATHEW.
DUBLIN, OCT. 22.—A very creditable movement
has commenced to relieve Father Mathew from the
pecuniary embarrassments produced by his sacrifices
in promoting the cause of temperance.
Lord Cluncurry has just forwarded 50/. as his sub-
scription.

The Cork Examiner of yesterday contains a list of
subscriptions, including 1001. from the Earl of Arundel
and Surrey ; 201. from G. S. Kendrick, Esq., West
Bromwich, Birmingham ; Si. ss. from J. S. Buck-
ingham, Esq. ; Si. from Mr. Gore Jones, stipendiary
magistrate, Thurles ; and 10/. from Messrs. J. and E.
Grundy, Bury, Lancashire. Amongst the contri-
butors in this list are two English clergymen of the
Established Church, and an Irish Unitarian clergy-
man, the Rev. J. Vixon Porter, of Carrickfergus.
The Temperance Societies in Cork, and other parts
of the south, are making arrangements to co-operate
in the good work.

DERBY.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm
16 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Kedger—taken
28 to 1 agst Mr. Johnstone's Rebecca colt—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzallen—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Black Prince—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy (Lillah c)—t. f.
40 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse
50 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lycurgus
50 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Collier
66 to 1 agst Mr. Ford's Fuzbos—taken.
The horses most in force were Kedger, the Rebecca
colt (1,000 to 30, 30 and finally 28 to 1 taken), Black
Prince, and Mr. Lintott's Lillah colt, now called Cabin
Boy; we understand he has arrived at Newmarket, from
Hambleton; 40, and, in one bet only, 50 to 1 was laid
agst Young Eclipse.
DEPTFORD INN CHAMPION MEETING.

WEDNESDAY.
First Ties for Great Western Cup of 320 sovs.
Rebecca beat Wave; Feathers beat Dispatch; Linch-
pin beat Shatnbough ; Walberga beat Logic ; Agitation
beat Belvidere; Taglioni beat Egalite; Pirate beat Tran-
sit; Wild Rose beat Top.
First Ties for Fisherten de la Mere Cup.
Floss beat Sandlark; Whirlwind beat Bosthorn; Nell
beat Saffron; Kotzebue beat Humphrey Clinker; Bene-
volence beat Thorn ; Empress beat Vampire; Pioneer
beat Ferrand; Why So beat Traveller.

Before many weeks, a fund amply sufficient to
rescue the Rev. Mr. Mathew from his pecuniary en-
gagements will have been obtained.
SEIZURE FOR MINISTER'S MONEY.
The following notification has been served upon
Mr. Fitzsimons, upon whom a seizure had been made
by the bailiffs of Archdeacon Torrens :
" Take notice—That the following articles dis-
trained for minister's money—viz., six chairs—will be
sold at the public auction-room 14, Dame-street, on
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 1844, for the said tax.

" W. ADAMS, Collector.
" To Mr. Fitzsimons, 17, Rathmines-mall."
Thus Archdeacon Torrens has determined to push
matters to extremities, in the attempt to enforce
tithes in the most obnoxious form, in the rural district
of Rathmines.

When the appeal against the Archdeacon's appoint-
ment had been before the Privy Council, one of the
items disallowed was 18s., the annual tax, demanded
for a house then in progress of building, for the
future residence of the parish priest and his curates!
The house not been roofed at the time, the Privy
Council compelled Archdeacon Torrens to delay his
claim for minister's money, as against the Catholic
clergy, at least until the house should be in tenant-
able order.— Dublin Evening Post.

The Elston Stakes of 80 sous.

Mr. Wightwick's Wizard of the West beat Mr. Et-
wall's Eu; Mr. Fyson's Flash beat Mr. Bowles's Bald-
rich; Mr. Clowes's Cataract beat Capt. Wyndham's Wei-
vanhoe ; Mr. W.Etwall's West-End beat Mr. Foley's Imp;
Mr. Lawrence's Beau Brummel beat Mr. French's Sam
Weller; Mr. Long's Chieftain beat Mr. Rake's Ruby;
Mr. A. Graham's Notatore beat Mr. Agg's Almaviva;
Mr. Fowles's
The Elston Sakes of 801., for 16 bitch puppies of 1843.
Mr. W. Etwall's Wits'-end beat Mr. Smith's So-so ;
Mr. Biggs's Brunette beat Captain Wyndham's Wilhel-
mine; Mr. Meyrick's Hibernia beat Captain Wyndham's
Witchcraft; Mr. Bowles's Blessington beat Mr. Long's
Gipsy; Mr. Fowles's Fancy beat Mr. Rake's Rhoda ;
Mr. Parkinson's Souvenir beat Mr. Ages Allspice ;
Mr. Etwall's Entre-nous beat Mr. Foley's Fawn ; Mr.
Lawrence's Bawbee beat Mr. French's Fanny.

FATHER MATHE W.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Observing the statement in the public papers
relative to the pecuniary circumstances of the Rev.
Theobald. Mathew, I beg to inform you that the
Committee of this Society have instituted the neces-
sary inquiries into the subject ; and, should the re-
ports be correct, and Mr. Mathew be willing to re-
ceive any assistance, the Committee feel assured that
the public will most cheerfully afford such aid as the
case may require.
Mr. Mathew has hitherto refused to allow any so-
cieties or individuals to contribute to his vast expenses,
from a fear of injuring the cause in which he has so
long and so disinterestedly laboured; and if he should
now find it impossible to proceed without such aid, I
trust the English nation will avail themselves of the
opportunity of showing their respect for this real be-
nefactor of Ireland.

SOUTHWARK LITERARY INSTITUTION.—Mr. D. J
Stuart King gave his first entertainment on " National
Melody, Composition, and Song," on Wednesday even-
ing. Among the songs were " The beams which fill
those gentle eyes," " My Sister Dear," " Wilt thou re-
member me;" but " Kathleen O'More" and " Nelson"
told best in favour of the vocalist. The Scottish song
" Cam' ye by Atholl" was rapturously encored. At the
conclusion Mr. King expressed his gratitude for the flat-
tering manner in which he had been received on the oc-
casion of his first public appearance in London, and an-
nounced for next Wednesday's entertainment " The
Beauties of Burns, with Songs," when, doubtless, he will
be quite at home. The house was well filled on the pre-
sent occasion. We have no doubt, from the cordiality of
his reception, that the next evening will produce a
bumper.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-011 Wednesday, at St.
George's, Hanover-square, was solemnised the marriage
of Captain the Honourable Robert Edward Boyle, second
surviving son of the Earl of Cork and Orrery, with Miss
Georgiana Roberts, youngest daughter of Abraham
Roberts, Esq., a well-known banker. The ceremony
was a very gay one, a large number of the friends of
both families attending the happy pair to the altar. The
servicewas performed by the Hon. and Rev. Richard
Boyle, Rector of Marston, Somerset ; and, at its con-
clusion, the parties retired to the vestry, to sign the
register, Lord Fitzroy Somerset being one of the wit-
nesses. The bride, who has not yet attained her twen-
tieth year, was attired very richly, and being exceedingly
beautiful, attracted much attention. After the cere-
mony, a numerous circle of friends partook of a dejeuner
at Mr. Robarts's residence, in Hill-street, Berkeley-
square. The bride and bridegroom left town during the
afternoon. _ _

I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
THEODORE COMPTON, Sec.
The National Temperance Society,
39, Moorgate-street, Oct. 22.

The following letter has been addressed to the
editor of the Times:—

" Perceiving from a letter in your journal of
to-day that the National Temperance Society has ap-
pointed a committee to inquire into the alleged pecu-
niary embarrassments of Father Mathew, arising from
his great expenditure in promotion of temperance,
you will, perhaps, permit me to save the time of such
inquiry, and the consequent delay of the requisite
relief, by giving you the strongest proof of the reality
of the case, in a letter I have this morning received
from Father Mathew himself, as I felt it my duty, on
first hearing of his embarrassments, to write to him
on the subject, enclosing some trifling aid, as the
direct transmission of such assistance as can be given
is generally more acceptable than the dilatory and
expensive process of committees and public meetings,
though both may be useful.
" Your publication of his letter in your extensively
circulated journal will bring his case more speedily
and more effectively before the eyes of thousands than
any other channel of communication; and I can bear
my personal testimony, from intimate acquaintance
and co-operation with this excellent man, as to his
conduct being as pure and disinterested as that of any
philanthropist who can be
.named.--I am, Sir, your
obedient servant,

'"
JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM.
" 13, George-street, Hanover-square, Oct. 23."
" Cork, Oct. 20.
"My dear Mr. Buckingham,—l am fully aware of
the many claims upon your benevolence, and deeply
regret that my embarrassments have added to them.

It was after much importunity and with great
reluctance that I consented to have my pecuniary
difficulties made public by the Rev. Mr. Hincks, the
editor of the Inquirer. It is unnecessary in writing
to you to vindicate myself from the charge of impru-
dence—you well know the unavoidable expenditure
attendant on a great popular movement. With the
exception of 1001. sent to me some
Marquis of Lansdowne, I never received ai by d
from
any one. years ago the

MRS. TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, " YOUNG LOVE."

A report, propagated by the antagonists of tem-
perance, of my having amassed wealth, increased the
calls upon me, and, I must confess, prompted me to
exceed my resources to rebut the calumny.
" I had, it is true, large sums of money offered to
me whilst I was in England, but I wished to actin-
dependently, and refused them.
" Accept, dear Mr. Buckingham, my grateful ac-
knowledgment of your gift, and have the kindness to
ownr
add to the many obligations you have already con-
ferred by explaining to my friends bow free lam
from any imputation of either prodigality or avarice.
" All ni)
private resources have been ex-
hausted. I have drawn to a large amount upon my
brothers, and all this to promote that sacred cause to
whose success I.have devoted my existence.
‘. To your good and amiable lady,
to my dear
Leicester, and every member of your family, I pre-
sent my affectionate remembrance, and with fervent
prayers for your happiness, I am, with profound re-
spect, dear Mr. Buckingham, yours gratefully and
devotedly, " TIIEOBALD MATHEW."

—The manners of a portion of the higher classes of
England have never been delineated with such graphic
force as they are represented in Mrs. Trollope's New
Novel, just published under the title of " Young Love ;''
the clever authoress having been as happy in her pic-
tures of such society as she was in her very popular
work, " The Domestic Manners of the Americans."
She has been particularly successful in her portraits of
celebrated individuals of both sexes, whose ways and
means are far more remarkable for ingenuity than for
honesty. We are inclined to think that some great ori-
ginals who have figured much in the public eye recently
have sat to her for their portraits. The Honourable Miss
Thorwold, the niece to a Peer, bears a striking resem-
blance to a beautiful adventuress connected with a cer-
tain noble house ; and there can be little difficulty in
fixing the identity of the much-admired Lord William
Hammond, on a nobleman well known about town. The
disclosures of the proceedings of ladies in high life,
through the agency of that extremely useful personage,
the dealer in lady's cast-off apparel, in Half-Moon-
street, will be found as extraordinary as they are enter-
taining. As a love story, also, Mrs. Trollope's new
work will be considered by all her readers of the fair
sex as one of her most successful productions.
UTILITY OF CONSTANT STUDY.—In my youth I
was very much devoted to reading ; and even now, old
us I am, I employ in it all the moments of leisure left me
by State affairs. The things of this world are too nu-
merous for a man who lives in the ninth story of his
palace to be able to know them. If he reads books, and
there informs himself of the actions and proceedings of the
ancients, he will find the means not to make many mis-
takes in his administration. For more than fifty years
that I have reigned, I have committed but few errors, and
I owe this advantage to reading.—Cuptain Piddiny's
Chinese Olio.

MORE COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, TUESDAY.
Another explosion of fire-damp--so frequent in this
district—occurred last night at Wallsend. 'the explosion
took place in a drift at the end of a " board," on the
underviewer going in to examine the workings. It ap-
pears the board had been carried forward to a dyke or
trouble, the stratum of coal rising at this part some feet,
and the drift was made by excavating the roof, to reach
and continue the seam of coal. The underviewer going
urnt, be, the
ut
ts
nfioreodt,haenr d
injury 1 antdooaknoptlhaecer
werei tshe severe rcae lnydbl
Wednesday last another accident occurred at Hetton
Colliery, and, indeed, explosions are almost of daily
occurrence, though rarely so fatal as that at Haswell.
CALAMITOUS EXPLOSION AT ROWLEY REGIS.
ELEVEN LIVES LOST.
On Saturday last a most calamitous explosion of fire-
damp took place in a coal-pit belonging to Mr. Darby, at
the Five Ways, Rowley Regis. The number of persons
at work in the pit at the time of the explosion is under-
stood to have been seventeen or eighteen, and of these,
we lament to state, no less than eleven have fallen vic-
tims to this lamentable occurrence. Immediately after
the explosin, the effects of which were perceived for some
distance, the most active measures were takem to afford
assistance to such of the workmen in the pit as might be
alive, and six of them were as 50011 as possible extricated
from their perilous situation. In a short time the bodies
of eight workmen also were got out, those of three others
being left in the pit in consequence of the foulness of the
air. The six poor fellows who were got out alive are all
more or less injured, but not, we are happy to state, to
such a degree as to endanger their lives. The awful
extent of this calamity has occasioned a most mournful
feeling throughout the neighbourhood.—Wolverhampton
Chronicle.

LAND-SLIP. - THREATENED DANGER 07 THE
CUSTOM-ROUSIL—One of the consequences of the storm.
which visited Dublin on this night week, has been a
land-slip between the south front of our beautiful, but
nearly useless, Custom-house, and the river. The first
appearance of the occurrence was noticed on the morn-
ing of Thursday last, when a sinking of the earth was
observed between the carriage-way and the granite wall
with which the quay is faced. Since then a gradual de-
pression and loosening of the earth has been going on ;
but early this morning a rent took place, and the earth
sank in some places, and disappeared in others, to the
extent, in one instance, of full twenty feet. The line of
quay along which the rent has taken place is about 170
yards, and comprises an extent of bank exceeding the
whole area of the south front of the entrance, with its
noble portico and ponderous dome, and the water of the
river is now only some twenty feet from the flagway at
the base of the Custom-house. The wall still stands
out, with the water at both sides of it ; but it is thought
that the subsidence of the very high tide to-day will
sweep it out in the river, although it is strongly propped,
and lighters are busily engaged in emptying stuff against
it, in order to support it against the power of the back-
water.—Pilot.

SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE WIDOWS AND CHILDREN
OF THE HASWELL SUFFERERS.—SUNDERLAND, SUE -
DAY.—Upwards of 3,0001. has now been realised in aid
of this benevolent object.
THE BATTERY AT BRIGHTON.—The commissioners
acting under the Brighton Local Act have for some time
had under their consideration a plan for widening the
King's-road between Ship-street and Cannon-place, and
some months ago they appointed a committee on the
subject. The battery standing in the way of the pro-
jected improvement, a request has been made to the Ad-
miralty to allow of its removal; and a letter has just
been received from the board, giving their assent to the
removal of the battery 53 feet to the southward on the
beach. By this means the only narrow part of the mag-
nificent three-miles drive at Brighton, along the front of
the town, will be got rid of, besides avoiding the cres-
cent round the present battery. The new fortification is
6 to be flanked by two bastions, each mounting two guns,
iu addition to the strength of the present battery.

THE WRECK OF THE SLOOP JANE M'ASKIL OF
BELFAST.—We regret to learn that this vessel, which
was driven ashore at Annalon during the gale of the 9th
ult., has become a total wreck. She was laden with
freestone, flagging, and salt, and was on her way from
Runcorn to Dublin. The master, John Welsh, who was
also the owner, has written a letter to us, expressing the
deep gratitude he feels to Lord Newry and Morne for
the kind interest he evinced in his behalf since the wreck
of his vessel. He mentions that at the auction of the
materials on the 12th ult., a great portion of then? was.
purchased by his Lordship with the view of disposing of
them again to better advantage in behalf of the owner.
He adds that he experienced nothing but sympathy and
kindness in the neighbourhood.—Northern Whig.

LORD STANLEY'S SPEECH
AT LIVERPOOL.
(From the Times.)
The debates of the agricultural societies have been
enlivened by a speech from Lord Stanley. Matters
were certainly getting uncommonly prosaic—flat and
dull indeed were the orations delivered to the best-
prize servant—or over the broadest backed bull, or
the most unnaturally-magnified potato; and the dis-
sertations upon the social causes and conditions of
falling rents and ill-farmed lands were becoming
daily more humdrtim and more monotonous. Into

DREADFUL ACCIDENT in a STONE
QUARRY AT ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.
TWO MEN KILLED.

the -midst of these common -places Lord Stanley has
descended like a living man into a company of
dummies, and has astonished the good people of
Liverpool with a real bona fide extempore harangue.
We publish his Lordship's address in another part
of our impression of this morning.
He has not, indeed, been able to make that which
was old itself new again, or to tell us much on the
worn-out subjects of which he treats, which all the
world did not know before. But he has washed the
faces of all the old musty " association" topics, bur-
nished them all up, and set them all going again with
renewed life and vigour.

On the rather tender question of improvements,
for instance, Lord Stanleyireaks into the following
graphic reproduction of a very well-established though,
like most others, also a double-edged truth :
" Some of the old farmers in this country—l mean
the real old class—(A laugh)—shrug their shoulders
and say, What is the need of all this stir about im-
provement, and making the land grow so much more ?'
By-the-by, it is not so much making it grow more,
as making it grow different crops—making it grow
wheat instead of weeds.—(Hear.) But some say,
'What is the use of all this ? It is not a question for
the farmer. We shall only have our rents increased
the more productive the land is.'"
If the " real old farmer" were to use such an ar-
gument as this with respect to improvements in the
cultivation, or any expenditure for increasing the fer-
tility of the land, made at his landlord's expense, and
the increased annual return of which, for however
short a time it should last, would be manifestly and
palpably pro tardo an advantage to himself; or, even
were the argument used with „respect to " improve-
ments" to be effected by the tenant at Ms own expense,
and were it also used without reference to the proba-
bility, Or improbability, of the capital expended being
again recovered before the anticipated rise in the
rent—then, or in either of these cases, we should cer-
tainly be very much disposed to answer the " real old
farmer" as Lord Stanley does :
" Such an argument, allow me to say, is the climax
of absurdity. To use a very common phrase, it is
cutting off one's own nose to spite one's face. Why
should I undertake an improvement because my land-
lord will benefit by it,' appears to me a very incon-
clusive and absurd argument. lam not here to dis-
pute the fact, that every improvement in value, every
addition by science to the productive power of the
land, everything which adds to its fertility, must in
the long run be an advantage to those in whom the
fee simple is vested.—(Hear.) But the question is,
at the same time that it is an advantage to the land-
lord, is it not also an advantage to the farmer who
occupies the land, and makes his livelihood out of it?
I ask no man to undertake an improvement if his own
good sense does not lead him to do it. I ask no man
to apply any improved mode of cultivation if it does
not appear that his own individual advantage would
be promoted by so doing; but when farmers argue
that because at the expiration of their tenantcy their
rents may be increased, it is not worth while to adopt
improvements, I must say they take a very short-
sighted view of their own interests, and must think
their landlords very great fools and blockheads."
But if the capital laid out is to be wholly the capi-
tal of the tenant, it is, of course, also manifest, not-
withstanding Lord Stanley's undoubtedly just reply
to the opponents of improvement, that it is unfair to
call upon the tenant to begin paying to the owner of
the soil his per tentage on the profits of the invest-
ment, until the capital is first returned. The matter
is, indeed, not very complex, and it is no great task,
perhaps, for the united wisdom of an agricultural
association to discover what is fair and equitable as
between landlord and tenant in the matter of money
expended in improvements ; but-these are things which
it must be admitted, are somehow sometimes for-
gotten. Lord Stanley has, at all events, the merit of
being undeniable. "Give your tenants leases, gentle-
men, if you persist in expecting any great and per-
manent improvement of Tour land' to be undertaken
by them ; but if you wish to have your land really
productive, and well in your own hands, improve it your-
selvest and then you can fairly -let itas:you like." "If
improvements are to add a permanent value to the
land, they ought to be undertaken by the landlord him-
self, charging on the tenant such an amount of inte-
rest as may repay him for the outlay he has made, and
at the same time afford a reasonable profit for the
tenant."

We have to record the particulars of a melancholy
accident that occurred near 'this town, occasoned by
the falling in of a portion of a stone quarry, and
which, though serious in itself, -might have been
attended with still more distressing results. We some
time ago noticed the erection of a new barracks in
this neighbourhood, the site of which is on the
Mossley-road, about a mile and a half from Ashton;
the whole is being built with dressed stone, which is
obtained from a delph opened for that purpose, about
200 yards distant. It appears that about eight o'clock
yesterday morning, just as the workmen were about
to leave for breakfast, Mr. Ball, the foreman of the
quarry, along with another man, named James
Smith, went to the top of the quarry for the purpose
of seeing that all was safe. They bad no sooner
reached the top, than the whole mass of earth and
stone which overhangs the place, in which upwards
of forty men were at work, gave way, and came down
with a tremendous crash. The man Smith was pre-
cipitated to the bottom, and buried beneath the ruins;
Mr. Ball fortunately escaped by running on one side.
It appears the men below heard a slight noise at the
time, and, on looking at the " slope," saw the whole
mass in motion. They ran in all directions ; one
unfortunate man, named John Mottram, in running,
fell against a stone, and was also buried in the ruins.
Another workman, Michael Callaghan, was endea-
vouring to get out of the way, but was caught by a
piece of stone, and seriously injured. He was shortly
afterwards carried out, when Mr. Hunt, surgeon, was
sent for, who directed that he should at once be taken
to the Manchester Infirmary : none of his limbs were
broken. Immediately on the first alarm subsiding,
the whole of the men set to work with great vigour
to remove the ruins in search of their fellow-work-
men; and, after removing several tons of stone and
earth, they found the unfortunate man Smith about
ten o'clock ; he was most dreadfully mutilated ; one
leg was severed from the body, and found a short dis-
tance from it. The men set to work again for Mot-
.tram, and, after working hard for upwards of four
hours, found the deceased about the centre of the
delph, about two yards and a half below the surface.
When taken from under the pieces of stone which
had fallen upon him, it was found that the body was
literally crushed to pieces, almost every hone being
broken. The bodies were taken to the Odd Whim
public-house, on the Mottram-road, to await the
coroner's inquest. The unfortunate men, Mottram
and Smith, lived at Herst Nook ; the former has left
a wife and one child, and the latter a wife and seven
children, to lament their untimely end. On making
inquiry on the spot we find that upwards of 1,000
tons of rock and earth fell at the time the accident
took place.--111anchester Guardian of Wednesday.

HE BRAZILIAN TARIFF.
(From the Manchester Guardian.)
The further intelligence from Rio Janeiro respect-
ng the tariff to be adopted in the Brazils, from and
after the 11th of November next, instead of clearing
up the doubts which had previously existed in refe-
rence to the duties proposed to be levied on the
leading articles of British manufacture, leaves the
matter more uncertain than it was before. We have
already stated, that two different pautas, or tariffs,
had been prepared and printed, differing widely from
each other, as well as from that now in existence, not
only in the amount of duties proposed to be levied,
but in the mode of charging them ; and now the
packet has brought a decree, dated the 12th of
August, imposing certain ad valorem duties upon
a number of articles specified, and, along with that
decree, an entirely new pauta, at variance, not only
with the two which preceded it, but also with the
decree which appears to have been issued concurrently
with it. What these continual changes may mean, we
must confess our utter inability to comprehend.
Either the Brazilian Government has some curious
intrigue on foot, or it labours under a very discre-
ditable infirmity of purpose.
According to the decree to which we have alluded ,
the duties on nearly all the textile manufactures ex-
ported from this country—whether of cotton, woollen,
linen, or silk—appear to be fixed at one uniform
rate—namely, thirty per cent. ad valorem ; being an
increase of about five per cent. on the existing duties.
By the pauta which accompanies this decree, how-
ever, instead of this uniform ad valorem duty, a
number of specific duties per square vara are im-
posed, varying greatly in the relation they bear to
the actual value of the goods. The following is a
list of a few of the duties mentioned in the pauta.
The vara, by which they are all to be estimated, is a
measure containing forty Brazilian inches, equal to a
small fraction more than forty-three English inches.
The square vara, therefore, contains about 1,850
square inches English. One thousand rees (a milree)
are equal, at the present rate of exchange, to about
2s. id. English.
Drills, linen and cotton, plain
„ cotton entrancada (twilled)
, cotton and linen ditto
Ordinary jaconet and check muslins 9O „
Entrefinas (middle quality) ditto
Finas, fine ditto
Cassimere shawls
Prints (all kinds)
Quiltings, ordinary 3OO „
„ middle quality
„ fine
Nankeen, striped l5O
Silk handkerchiefs, each
Maddapolams, ordinary 6O „
fine
Jeans, ordinary, white or coloured ..... 165 „
„ fine, ditto ditto 240 „
Shirtings, fine l2O „
6-4 cambrics, ordinary
91 fine

We have no fault to find, as we have already said,
with this sort of advice, and we only wish that more
of this kind of practical inculcation of what is already
a great deal better known than acted upon, would
find its way into the speeches of the agricultural asso-
ciations. Lord Stanley has certainly kept himself
safely within the proper limits of his subject. He has
considered the question before him to be simply what
is the best and fairest mode for all parties of gaining
legitimately the greatest quantity of produce from a
given quantity of land. He has not needlessly
travelled into the ulterior questions of the
social condition of the people, or expatiated upon
the political bearings of the associations over which
he was presiding. He has simply considered
their object to be that of increasing to the
uttermost the available power—and value of land.
Whatever is beyond this, as the political weight, the
position, and the happiness of the agricultural popu-
lation, will of course be influenced by an alteration
or increase in this available power; but Lord Stanley
heaves this influence to the indirect operation of that
change and improvement, which alone he is directly
seeking to make.
This is so far well. As far as it goes, it places
agricultural associations in certainly a less objec-
tionable light than heretofore. It excludes, at any
rate, the high and sacred social duties which are in-
volved in the relations of master and servant—rich
and :poor—lord and labourer—from the bandying
of public meetings, and the machinery of associations.
But we doubt whether Lord Stanley's speech is a
trustworthy index of the real state of the case; in
fine, that it can hardly be said to represent the senti-
ments and principles of one single agricultural asso-
ciation. We shall be truly glad to find that we are
deceived ; but in the meanwhile, and until Lord
Stanley's example has been more generally followed,
we must be allowed to cherish our own misgiv-
ings as to the object and spirit of the meeting " agri-
cultural."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.:—
Sin,—l observe by an advertisement in the Dublin
Evening Mail of the 21st, that the promoters of a rail-
way, called " The Irish Great 'Western from Dublin to
Galway," have discontinued in their new prospectus to
publish, amongst the members of their Provisional Com•
mittee, the names of Andrew H. Lynch, Simon Boileau,
William Newcombe, and George Antride. Now, as I
subscribed to that undertaking partly on the faith of
those names, I should be glad to know whether they
hare, like Sir John Macneil, the celebrated engineer,
disclaimed any connection with that company; as, if so,
it is essential that any persons who, like myself, have
applied for shares upon the faith of those highly re-
spectable individuals, should be informed at once how
the facts are, as otherwise muck mischief and loss may
arise to innocent and misguided parties.
London, Oct. 23, 1844. FAIR PLAY.

CORONER'S INQUEST.-FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT IN
THE WEST INDIA DOCKS.-OR Wednesday, Mr. Baker
held an inquest at the London Hospital, on the body of
John Phillips, aged 17 years. William Tulley deposed
that deceased was a seaman on board the ship Prince
Albert, lying in the West India Export Dock. On
Friday last, deceased went aloft to the main royal mast
head, for the purpose of clearing an ensign which had
become entangled in the haulyards. Ile was in the act
of doing so, when the small flagstaff to which the flag
was attached, suddenly snapped with deceased's weight,
and he fell from the top of the mast to the deck, a height
of upwards of 100 feet. In his fall, he alighted upon
another seaman of the vessel, and the latter was thrown
with great violence on the deck. Both of the unfortu-
nate men were immeditely picked up, completely insensi-
ble, the deceased bleeding profusely from a dreadful
wound on his head, and from a severe fracture of the
right leg, the bone of which was protruding. The other
man had no visible injury. They were promptly con-
veyed to the above hospital, where deceased died on
Monday last. The other man was much injured inter-
nally, but hopes are entertained of his recovery. Ver-
dict-" Accidental death."

LOUIS PHILIPPE'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.—The
King, in his late visit to England had made extempore
replies to the corporations of Portsmouth and Windsor;
but having learnt that it was customary to communicate
before hand in writing the royal words addressed to the
Lord Mayor of the City of London, he said, laughing,
" This time I shall act as a Constitutional King; let M.
Guizot write my answer." The Minister of Foreign
Affairs set to work, and then gave the answer to M. do
Jarnac to translate. The inoreeau being finished it was
sent to the King, who requested Queen Victoria to
peruse it and give him her opinion of it. Her Majesty
approved of the speech, observing only that there were
She
some words in it that were not quite English. then
took up her pen, and herself corrected it.
from D The King was
sage over to
extremely cheerful during his p
Calais. Covered with a Macintosh,as he hummed a song
of M. Vatout deriding such poor passengers as suffer
from sea sickness. What rendered it piquant was that
M. Guizot was a prey to the miseries which M. Vatout
has ridiculed.—Revue de Paris.
SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—The
Directors of this railway have come to an arrangement
with the Midland Counties Railway Company, and the
Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company, for the
lease of the above line. A meeting of the Proprietors is
to be called immediately to confirm the terms which have
been agreed upon.

75 „
130 „

icoloured cambrics
grey calicoes
„ stout
~ twilled
Coloured twilled (American)
~
White , I
Striped cottons, blue, &c.
Striped cottons (union striped, and other
ordinary striped goods) l2O „
Ditto ditto fine
Cotton ticks lBO „
Blue salampores lll „
White „ ordinary
,f „ fine .

.... 70

According to the preceding rate of duty, a piece of
ordinary print will be subjected to a duty of nearly
two and a quarter milrees, or about 4s. 6d. sterling;
the present duty being about 3s. 3d.
We have given these particulars, not with any idea
that the rates of duty now published are to be de-
pended upon, but in order that our readers may know
what is the nature of the latest announcements on this
much agitated question.

The police authorities of Heidelberg, in the Grand
Duchy of Baden, have, with a view to prevent idleness
and drunkenness amongst the labouring classes, issued
an order, declaring that any workmen who shall be
found in a public-house, except at the hour of meals,
shall be fined a sum equal to three francs French for
the first offence, and, in addition, be imprisoned three
days for a second offence. Public-house keepers are
prohibited, on pain of heavy fines, from supplying the
workmen with wines or liquors, except at meal-time,
and employers who do not report to the authorities the
absence of their workmen from their regular occupation,
are to be fined twelve francs for each omission.

MURDER AT A WEDDING.--MARRIAGE OF THE
DYING BRIDEGROOM.--Mr. IV. IV. Rives, of Wilcox
county, Alabama, having recently, won the affections of
a handsome young lady residing in that vicinity, Miss
Sarah Tait, daughter of Captain J. A. Tait, the neces •
nary arrangements were completed for their union, and
he proceeded to her residence to have the marriage
ceremony performed, and to celebrate their nuptials in a
becoming manner ; but, on arriving at Captain Tait's
dwelling, Mr. Rives and his friends were met near the
door by the captain's son, Dr. Chas. Tait, who took Mr.
Rives aside for a private interview, while the friends of
the latter went into the house. Young Dr. Tait imme-
diately commencel assaulting Mr. Rives with a cane,
and on the latter defending himself, drew a revolving
pistol, and shot Mr. Rives through the lower part of
the stomach. The murderer fled, it is supposed to the
eastern states. The unfortunate man was taken into the
house, and died on the following Monday ; his affianced
bride, showing her love for him by having the marriage
ceremony performed soon after the melancholy occur-
rence related above, soothing him in their deep affliction,
and ministering to him in his dying moments as his
wife !—New York Sun, Oct. 1.
As Mr. 'William Gallon, publican and dealer in ma-
rine stores, Low-street, Sunderland, was engaged, on
Monday last, in boiling pitch in the kitchen of his dwel-
ling house, the composition ignited, and in endeavouring
to take the vessel off the fire, a quantity of it was scat-
tered over his clothes, by which he was enveloped in
flames, and, being afflicted with paralysis, he was unable
to use any effort to extinguish the fire, by which he was
so much injured that he died on Thursday morning.—
Newcastle Journal.
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of
trhAte EaNuTotSm.—eni.tVheoteeSrcslaoyf
se'l3nnEi
the parish of Bearsted, the whole number, amounting to
39, were provided with a substantial Got supper and a
is providedby
annually
Bearsted-green. The supper
plentiful supply of good ale, at the Royal Oak, on
the subscriptions
of the vicinity, whose
bscriptionsofthe landed
health,
proprietors,
accompaniedclergy, andh y
gentry
hearty English cheers, is always drank on these oc-
casions. The allotment system in this parish has now
been in active operation ten years, it having been in-
troduced by Major Wayth in 1834 ; and it is a pleas-
ing reflection to that gentleman, and those who act
with him on the committee, not forgetting their ex-
cellent treasurer, Mr. Streatfleld, that not
totnhdeeo
rfailear
gtnhditnhiges
above
-named
period. The
non-epof
a s).111 ime t
paid
40s. per acre. The average size of the holdings is one
quarter of an acre ; and as there is no cottage,
however humble, which does not from its
washings, &c., produce sufficient manure, isfweepingls'
preserved, to render that quantity of land highly p
propirroy
y
ductive, the system is considered by the occupiers as
I greatly benefiting themselves and families. In fact,
they are fully aware that without manure their labour
I would be au idle waste of time.—illaicidenc Journal.

THE SINKING OF THE SPANISH

SCHOONER.

The following is a full and authentic account of the
late untoward affair of the Rayo :
" Between two and three o'clock in the afternoon
of the Ist of October, two vessels were descriod
by the sentry on duty, about two miles from the
shore, and nearly opposite to the Governor's cottage,
at Europa, bearing towards the fort. One was a
trader, evidently seeking the shelter of our batteries
from the other, which was closely in chase of her
and which fired a shot at her from a swivel-guh, and
then sent an armed boat in pursuit of her, from which
eight or nine more shots were fired in succession. At
this juncture Captain Aymer, of the Royal Artillery,
having seen and heard several shots fired from
the schooner's boat, fired a shot over the boat in
chase, with the view of bringing her to. Instead,
however, of paying any attention to this signal, she
attempted to pull out to sea, not, however, until her
crew had again fired at the vessel of which she had
been in chase, the schooner continuing her course
after the trader. A second shot was then fired at
the boat, when she returned alongside the schooner,
which persisted in continuing to disregard the signal,
keeping onwards to Europa Point. The 18-pounder
under the flag-staff was then manned, and two shots
were successively fired with the same object,
in front of the schooner, as well as over her,
with as little effect. Another shot was directed at
her rigging,which fell astern of her, to which she paid as
little attention, continuing to bold her course for
Algesiras. Other shots were then fired designedly
wide of her. It appears, however, that one of thoe
shots took effect upon her hull, and sunk Oer,
her master and crew having been picked up by a
Portuguese vessel which happened to be at hand.
Meanwhile the trader had been detained close to the
shore under Europa Point, and her master confirmed
the fact that the Rayo and her boat had con-
tinued to fire at his vessel after she had arrived
in the British waters. The catastrophe was per-
fectly accidental, although the circumstances of the
case would fully have authorised the authorities of
Gibraltar in firing at the schooner with the view of
sinking her, agreeably with the well-known regulations
of the port. The trader pursued was not a smuggling
vessel, as was at first supposed. The Rayo was a
Spanish coast guard cruiser, and her fate was entirely
owing to the folly and obstinacy of the person in com-
mand of her, which left the authorities of the garrison
no option in the matter."

'RODUCTION OF BRICKMAKING INTO ENGLAND.
-It is generally admitted that the Romans introduced
the art of brickmaking into this country, for we have no
account of any being used prior to the Roman Conquest.
Nor does it appear that the Romans employed this ma-
terial otherwise than when compelled to do so in the ab-
sence of other material. The Roman walls were gene-
rally built with cement and tiles, or flint stores laid in
courses at convenient distances to bind the parts together,
and at the external and internal angles, to strengthen
them. These bands consisted of three or four courses of
tiles or stones laid through the wall, and were placed at
two or three feet from each other ; the intermediate
spaces being raised by a sort of cement composed of
mortar and pebbles, and sometimes of rag stones, or such
materials as tho country afforded. In this manner the
walls of Verulam, Colchester, Chesterford, and other
places were built. Alberti tells us, on the authority of
Varro, that the Gauls built their houses of baked brick,
but this does not correspond at all with the ancient sim-
plicity of those people, for the use of this material always
implies a certain advance in civilisation ; on the other
hand, in places where other material could not be pro-
cured, it is very probable they had recourse to unburned
brick or mud.—The Builder.

SALE OF AMERICAN HAY, &C.—On Tuesday a
sale by auction of 85 bales and 38 half-bales of Ame-
rican hay, imported per the Westminster, from New
York, took place at the offices of Messrs. Keeling and
Hunt, brokers, Monument-yard ; this being the second
sale of a similar article, but which was of a much su-
perior quality than that previously offered for compe-
tition. There were sixteen lots, which realised from
85s. to 965. a ton, a figure from 10s. to 20s. higher
per ton than the former parcels. A much larger
quantity eould have been disposed of. But for the
high freightage, which will only be taken by measure-
ment and not by weight, a much larger supply would
be imported. There were also offered for sale 10,2941b5.
of Irish salmon in tins, at sixpence and sevenpence
per lb. Thero were 68 lots, the tins containing 21bs ,
31bs., and 4lbs. each, and the article was highly approved
of. In a few days a quantity of preserved milk from
the sister island will be put up to auction, the article
being one that has hitherto been sent to the London
market from Scotland.

MANAGEMENT OF BLISTERS....--Dr. Robertson gives
the following direction for the management of blisters,
as the result of nearly seventeen years' experience:— The
blistering plaster should be spread thinly on paper cr
linen, not sprinkled over with powdered cantharides on
the surface ; but instead thereof, a few drops of oil\ e
oil rubbed on it and allowed to remain. Used in th's
way, he says, the blister acts speedily, and without
causing irritation : with him it never produces strangury,
lle objects to a blister spread upon leather, because
the leather, by the heat of many parts of the body,
becomes dry, partially crisp, and with difficulty ad-
heres to the skin, and thereby prevents it from acting well
and generally over the whole part intended to be blistered.
The blister should be spread thinly, because the outer
surface only is efficient ; and when it is used in a thick
layer, it becomes irregular, and consequently partial in
its operation. The powdered cantharides should not be
sprinkled on it, because they will not add to its efficiency,
as they act but slightly on the skin ; but the active prin-
ciple of the Spanish fly being soluble in olive oil, affords
a reason for the use of the oil on the surface of the blister.
Dr. Robertson concludes by remarking, that every one
can make this blister for himself, of the commonest mate-
rials,' at a very trifling expense, and, if this be any re-
commendation, it will act three, four, or six times, if un-
injured, and the oil gently renewed on its surface.—
Medical Times.

POISONING BY PRUSSIC ACID.—We are cognisant
of an instance, where a dispensary physician prescribed
prussic acid for a patient, a certain numb( r of drops to
be taken during the day. The apothecary, to save him-
self trouble, we presume, gave the patient, an Irishman,
a bottle, containing a quantity of medicinal prussic acid,
unmixed with anything else. The man, calculating that
if five drops would do him good, twenty or thirty would
be much more effectual, took the larger dose, and nearlx,
paid with his life for his rashness. In both these exam-
ples, had the medicine been dispensed for the patients in
the doses proper to be taken, the consequences which we
have described would have been avoided, and in this
consists one of the many advantages possessed by the
general practitioner over the pure, 1% he!her physician or
surgeon, as he can exhibit the medicine ho orders in
properly divided doses, can watch and control its effects„
and increase or diminish the dose as he deems it advis-
able, while it is notoriously the practice with the puive,.
unless when attending in conjunction with a ger.eru/
practitioner, to order medicines to be taken by drops%
and of which a quantity is generally directed, sufficient
to last for several days or weeks.—Medical Times.
THE BELGIAN TARIFF.—The Belgian tariff, which
has just been promulgated, appears to be dictated
chiefly by hostility to English manufactures. Printed
cottons, which hitherto paid 211 francs per 1001
kilogrammes (about 2201 b. English), are now to.
pay 325 francs. On coloured or printed silks, this
duties have been raised from four francs pet
kilogramme to 10 francs. With regard to France, the
old duties on cotton cloths aro to remain for twelve
months. We perceive that some of our Contemporaries
seem to fear, that the effect of these differential duties
will be to substitute the printed cottons of France
and Saxony for those of Manchester ; but we doubt
whether there is much ground for any such ap-
prehensions. The prints of Rouen and Mulhausen are
widely different from those which we export to Bel-
gium ; and, therefore, unless a considerable change
should take place in the fabrics manufactured by our
continental rivals, they will not come into very serious
competition with our merchants in the Belgian market.
—Manchester paper.

REQUISITION TO THE MAYOR roil lIIs RE-ELEC-
TION.—We understand that a requisition, signed by
every member of the council of the borough, was pre-
sented to Alexander Kay, Esq., the mayor, on Monday
morning last, requesting that he would allow himself to
be re-elected to that office, which he had filled so much
to the satisfaction of the council during the past year.
We understand that at first the mayor most emphati-
cally declined the intended honour ; but he was so ur-
gently pressed by various members of the deputation,
that at length he promised to consider the matter ; and
ultimately assented to the request of the corporate body.
Indeed, whatever may have been his own feelings on the
subject, it is obvious that, under the circumstances,
scarcely a choice was left to him, the opinion and wishes
of the entire council being so emphatically and una-
nimously expressed. Indeed, as a
possessing
considerable legal knowledge and experience,being
entirely free from the engross gentleman
anding demands of a private
thus able devote his whole
public functions as chief magistrate of Man-
chester,time to hisno doubt his re- election will give general
business or profession, and
we ve
satisfaction.—Manchester Guardian.
ARGUMENTS TOR THE PATRIOT AND POLITICIAN.
It is stated that the distilleries of New York and its
faubourys manufacture (Sundays excepted) 25,000 gal.
ions of genuine whisky per day. This must be a species
of home manufacture that requires no further protec-
tion. At all events, as the Whigs and Locofocos have
now nearly exhausted all other kind of arguments, here
is a supply of a new species that is very potent at the
polls, and particularly at getting up processions, mass
meetings, riots, fights, and rows, and all such necessary
elements in electing presidents and other public men to
office.—Newcol---
LIEn York Herald.
s,sTRIKE..
Avery
general strike has
taken place amongst the colliers at Oldbury, for a rise
of 6d. per day. On Monday last, at a very early hour,
they congregated in crowds of about 150 persons, and
went to the different pits to prevent those willing to
work from going down. In this way they succeeded in
keeping most of the men at play. On Tuesday morning
their intentions were frustrated by the very active mea-
sures resorted to by Captain Bennitt, of Dudley, who
was on the ground before five o'clock, and continued to
ride through the different works until after seven o'clock,
accompanied by Sir W. Russell, Bart., of the 7th Hus-
sars, stationed at Dudley, and Colonel Hogg, of the
county constabulary. Colonel Hogg had a strong police
force at West Bromwich, and other places in that loca-
lity, to act if necessary; and we understand Sir William
Russell's troop were in readiness to turn out on the
shortest notice, so that we trust the interruption to this
important trade will speedily subside.— Wolverhampton
Chronicle.