The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-07 00:00:00

TRES UN, LON DON, THURSDAY VII EN ING, AUGUST 7, Iw,

ment, arising from the additional work required from the
engines. which amounted
For the half-year of June,
1845, to
Against the charge tor 1844, of 32,603

Increase
but the Directors having made provision, as stated in their
last report, for a supply of engines of greater power than
those hitherto employed, and better calculated fir the ex-
tended carrying business of the Company, although disap-
pointed in their delivery as early as was expected, they con-
template a largo prospective reduction of expense under this
head in the course of next year, when these engines will have
been brought into work.
The Directors trust, also, that the charge for maintenance
of way will be progressively reduced under the operation of
new contracts which, owing to the improved state of the
works, they have been enabled to make at lower prices than
those previously subsisting.
The Directors have again to remark on the exorbitant
charges made for parish rates, which amount to 3,910/. more
in the last half-year than in 1844, and they regret that, under
the existing system of appeal, there appears little chance of
redress.

As respects the increase of traffic, the Directors feel that
although the greater portion may be fairly ascribed to the
improved state of the country, aided by the influence of low
charges, and in a small degree by the opening of the Warwick
and Leamington branch line, no inconsiderable share of the
passenger receipts is due to the extraordinary movement
which the numerous railway projects before Parliament have
excited, and they are of opinion that the Proprietors will
act wisely in not dividing more of their profits than is re-
quired for the present rate of dividend, clear of income-tax.
By the accounts which are now before the meeting, it will
be seen that the

Gross receipts for the half-
year are ...
The charges

£452,881 8 1
(including

25,642/. 115.4d.' for rates
and taxes)

Net receipts
From which, deducting the
allowance fur depreciation
of god -
Interest of loans

£318,630 10 6

Rent of Aylesbury line

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE uF LORDS.

Their Lord,,hips met at Five ..'elock.
The Consolidated Fund Appropriation Bill was read a
second time.

The Turnpike (Ireland) Bill was read v. third time and
passed.
The Municipal Districts (Ireland) Bill was read a third
time and passed.
The Naval Medical Supplemental Fund Bill was read
a third time and passed.
'1 he Fees (Criminal Proceedings) Bill was read a
third time and passed.
The Commons' amendments to the Lunatics Asylum
(Ireland) Bill were agreed to.
THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO GERMANY. -
Lord CAMPBELL rose to put a quest 'em to the
Noble Lord opposite, the President of the Council,
respecting the apprcaching visit of her Majesty to the
Continent. He was far hem wishing to throw any im-
pediment in the way of her Majesty's journey-
ing for her gratification, and fur the purpose
of contenting the friendly feeling which happily
prevailed between this country and foreign nations, and
which could not call to be promoted by the interchange
of royal visits and friendly intercourse of the sove-
reigns. There formerly existed an Act which pre-
vented the Sovereign of this kingdom from quittmA
it without the consent of Parliament ; but that
law had long passed away, and there was now tie ob-
stacle to the Sovereign's travelling where and when
she pleased. King William the Third exercised that
right. But then the Queen Regnant, his consort, exer-
cised the royal functions in his absence. George I. also
exercised it, but he appointed Lords Justice, of whom the
Archbishop of Canterbury was the head, to act as a
regency.:That took place in the ear 1716, that was, the
second of his reign. It was true that King George 111.
never travelled a hundred mile;; from the place
where ho was born. Perhaps it would be
better if he had done so. Perhaps if he had
done so, and had visited the banks of the
Rhine, where the principles of liberality prevailed in a
great degree, he would not so long have re-
sisted the emancipation of Ills Roman Catholic subjects.
George 1., in a speech Which he delivered at the end of
the session, preceding his going to Germany. said, for
the purpose of promoting the peace and prosperity of the
country during his absence, he intended to constitute
his son, the Prince of Vales, guardian of the
realm. However, there was, subsequently, some misunder-
standing between them, and thirteen Lords Justices
were appointed in his place, of whom the Archbishop
was one. When George IL went abroad he app•u:ted
his Consort Regent. On the 16th of May, 173 e, his
Majesty, in council, was " phased to declare his in-
tention of visiting his domains in Germany, and that he
had appointed his dearest Consort to be Regent in his
absence." George 11. invariably followed the example of
George 1., anti appointed Lords Justices. He was never
absent from London lung. George 111. never left Eng-
land ; George IV. was only absent from this country,
he believed, once. On the 17th September, Ib2l,
Lords Justices were apierieted, consisting of the
Duke of York, the Archbishop of Canterbury,
the Lord Chancellor, and other officers of State, to.the
number of nineteen. Great inconvenience must arise
from not following in this case the precedent which had
been adopted by preceding Sovereigns. Ile did not like to
see the royal authority in abeyance. It ought to be
adopted for the security of the monarchy during her ab-
sence. He therefore wished to know, whether during
the absence of her Majesty it was her intention to ap-
point lords justices to administer the royal functions
during her absence ?
The LORD CHANCELLOR said, in reply to the
question of his Noble and Learned Friend, he had to
make a very short and distinct answer—that it
was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to
advise her Majesty to appoint Lords Justices during her
absence on the short tour she intended to make.
Previous to her visiting France, the opinion of Sir
F. Pollock, the present Chief Baron, and of the late
Attorney-General were taken on the expediency of ap-
pointing a Regent or Lords' Commissioners during
her absence, but after considering the subject, after
giving to it due deliberation, they came to the
decision that it was by no means necessary, in point of
law, that such appointments should be made. He (the
Lord Chancellor) concurred in that opinion. The opinion
of the other law officers of the Crown were taken, and it
was to the same effect. The peaceable state of the
continent and the neighbourhood her Majesty intended
visiting, together with the increased facility of com-
munication rendered both unnecessary and inexpedient
that such a Commission should be appointed. The in-
fluence of the Queen was not less abroad than :at
home; and, besides, the going home would not occupy
more than two days. The precedents to which. his Noble
Friend had referred were caused by circumstances,
In most of the cases to which he had referred, the word

" short," vihich was frequently used, denoted that the re-
sidence of these Sovereigns was likely to be protracted.
Under these circumstances, as the royal residence must
be for a considerable period on the continent, it became
neck ssary, as a matter of convenience, that power should
be given to persons in this country to exercise some of
the functions of royalty, but this power was merely
nominal, by the restrictions which were imposed upon it.
Ou all important occasions it was necessary to have
the aqthority of the Sovereign directly. This royal •
visit was unlike those to which his Noble and Learned
Friend referred to. It was but for a very short time,
and at no great distance from this country. Her Ma-
jesty would be- accompanied by one of her principal
Secretaries of State, and under.tt:ose circumstances it was
unnecessary to have a cumbrous commission appointed,
and it was on this account the Government had not
thought it necessary to recommend the appointment of
such Commission.
Lord CAMPBELL referred to the visit of George
the Third, in whose absence a commission had been ap-
pointed.
The LORD CIIANCELLOR—But that was for five
or six weeks.
Lord CAMPBELL said he did not see why a Com-
mission should not be appointed. His Noble and
Learned Friend on the woolsack had given no good
reason to the contrary, and he believed there was not a
single instance of the Sovereign being absent without the
appointment of such a Commission since the foundation
of the monarchy.
BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. _

The Earl of BESBOROUGH moved that a letter be
sent to each Peer on the first week of the ensuing session
of Parliament, requesting him to say when it would be
convenient to him to attend on Committees on opposed
Bills.

The Duke of WELLINGTON congratulated the
House upon the mode in which their Lordships had dis-
charged the laborious duties imposed on them, and he
felt confident that they would always be ready to dis-
charge the important trusts which devolved upon them.
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

TATTERSALL'S.-THIS EVENING

Six o'CwcK.
A very thin attendance, and nothing done worth a
quotation.

COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Six,—When, in September last, ninety-five human
beings were deprived of existence by an explosion of
fire damp, at Haswell Colliery, county of Durham, a
vast deal was said and wrote about the necessity of Le-
gislative interference, iu order to prevent the recurrence
of such direful events ; and at the earnest solicitation of
the miners solicitor her Majesty's Ministers agreed to
send down two or three professional persons to investi-
gate into that affair, so as to ascertain what could be
done towards efficiently securing the lives of the miners
in future. Messrs. Faraday and Lyell were selected to report
on that subject, and in that report brought before Go-
vernment and the public their views thereon, but stating,
in explicit terms that further examination was necessary,
in order to establish any improvement on a iSermanrnt
foundation.

Shortly after the meeting of Parliament, the miners
petitioned the Legislature on the subject, and pointed
out certain measures necessary ; and which, if adopted,
would prevent any recurrence of such calamities ; at the
same time, urging the closest investigation. Knowing
the more strict the inquiry, the more wholesome and
sound would be the remedy, the petitioners were met
by the Government, assuring them that the subject was
under consideration, and as soon as the report was ready
(Faraday and Lyell) the recommendations of the said
report should have their immediate attention.
The report has now been out a considerable time, and
not a word has been spoken on the matter. No doubt
the excessive railway business has run them close for
time, and no doubt also that the estimable and worthy
M.P.'s, Lord Ashley and T. S. Duncombe, have spared
the Government the infliction of repeating the question
(both gentlemen having been requested to do so a short
time ago) on the above grounds, yet when I perceive in
the Monday edition of The Sun that another of these
dreadful calamities has hurried into eternity thirty-nine
of our fellow-creatures, and seeing also that a few more
days is likely to close the session, I cannot remain silent
any longer, for should we have to wait another year,
certain I am that we shall witness the wholesale and in-
dividual sacrifice of human life to an alarming amount,
and that in the face of the pledged assurance of her Ma- '
jesty's Government that something should be done as
soon as the report of the Learned Commissioners was
published.
Seeing that the serious collisions on railways hare
been, and very justly, brought before the House, and
perceiving that the same promptitude has evinced itself
in Government to make the most searching inquiry into
the nature and cause of such collisions and accidents, I
still indulge the hope that they will ut least issue a com-
mission of inquiry for the purpose of laying the lasting
foundation of a measure that shall (if not perfect for
that purpose) be as near an approximation for the pre-
vention of such dreadful and extensive sacrifice of the
hard toiling and industrious miners of this country as
possible.—l remain, yours, in haste,
MARTIN JUDE.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, August 6.

tish Consulate at Carthagena, during the siege of that city, was
very favourably reported by his commanding officer, who was
himself promoted by the Admiralty for his gallant conduct on
those occa-ions.

The incidental mention of the affair between the Charybdis
and the Colombian squadron leads to a brief account of the
particulars. Although their recital is not requisite as a spur
to the gallantry of British officers or seamen, it may be never-
theless cited as a glorious example of what has been accom-
plished in modern times, as affording a salutary lesson to petty
insolence of what the smallest representative of the English.fleet
can do against even confident odds. We believe the Colombian
squadron had plundered two or three merchant vessels, and had
incarcerated some British subjects. An application was made
to the Government for their release by the British consul, but
failing in his endeavours to procure their liberation, he
communicated the particulars to Lieutenant De Courcy,
commanding the Charybdis, 3, brigantine, in the neigh-
bourhood, on board of which were forty-two officers and
men, ten boys, and eight marines. Lieutenant De Courcy
dispatched an officer with a letter to the Commodore of
the Colombian squadron which was lying at anchor in
the port of Carthagena, consisting of a corvette, a brig, and
three sehooners, demanding the surrender of the British sub-
jects, but that worthy, flushed with conscious superiority of
force, dared to treat both ietter and its bearer with contempt.
The gallant commander of the little brigantine, determined at
all hazards to maintain the honour of the flag, immediately
entered the port, but while proceeding to an anchorage
a shot from the commodore's corvette carried away his
forestay avid precipitated the crisis the results of which
have been before related. The corvette, the brig, and
the three schooners were engaged with the Charybdis,
little estimating the bravery and endurance of the gallant
little band with which they had to deal. A very short space
of time had elapsed when the corvette had struck, the com-
modore and twenty-five of his men being numbered with the
dead. In five minutes after the Charybdis brought her guns
to bear on the brig she had vanished beneath the waters, and
the schooners, discovering their mistake, had surrendered at
discretion. The gallant De Courcy was intmediately pro-
moted, and is now an inspecting commander of the coast gstard ;
and we are glad to find that the services of his second in com-
mand have met with just reward.
PPOI NMI ENT. —Second Master Robert W. Roberts

(1838), of the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, an active and
experienced steam officer, has been appointed acting master
commander of the Fairy, Royal yacht tender, vice Main, pro-
moted.

The Board of Admiralty did not proved to Chatham and
Sheerness on Tuesday, on the annual Admiralty inspection, as
intended. Their Lordships will leave town to inspect the es-
tablishments at those ports on Monday next. The Admiralty
yacht, the Black Eagle, Master Commander Cook, after land-
ing Colonel Wylde and Mr. Hanson at Antwerp, will return
and wait the pleasure of the Board of Admiralty.
THE EXPEKIMENTAL FLEET.—The following report is in
circulation at Portsmouth, but we attach no credit to it. It is
possible, however, that it may have some foundation. No ac-
counts have been received at head-quarters :—" The Queen
had the advantage of all the ships. except the old Canopus,
which vessel had beaten the whole fleet."—Herald.

The Cambrian, 38, Commodore Chads, C. 13., will be paid
off at Portsmouth on Saturday.
The Crocodile, 26, Captain Maxwell, at Sheerness, will be
ready for sea on the 19th inst.
The Ferret, 10, Commander Josiah Oake, will be paid off
at Sheerness this day.
The Scout, 18, Commander the Hon. Henry Drummond,
will be paid off at Chatham to-morrow.
The Rapid, 10, at Devoriport, will not be ready for commis-
sioning before the 30th instant.
The Heroine, 6, at Devonport, will be ready for commis-
sioning on the 18th instant.
The Victoria and Albert, Royal steam-yacht, Captain Lord
A. Fitz darence, left Portsmouth at six, r. m., on Tuesday
evening, and arrived at Woolwich yesterday afternoon.
The Porcupine steam-surveying vessel, Captain Bullock,
has arrived at Woolwich to attend on the Royal yacht on her
voyage to Antwerp.
1 he Fairy, Royal yacht-tender, Commander Crispin, arrived
at Portsmouth on Tuesday evening, after conveying Prince
Albert to Cowes, on the return of his Royal Highness from
accompanying the King of the Netherlands.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT TOULON
(From a Supplement of the Semaphore of Marseilles.)
MARSEILLES, AUGUST 2, 1845.—We have just received,
from our correspondent at Toulon, the news of a disaster
which will plunge the country in consternation. The Mouril-
lon of Toulon, the rich and immense :depot of stores for our
military and navy, has become a prey to the flam-s. It is with
an unspeakable feeling of grief that we lay the following ac-
count of the catastrophe before our readers :
" Tourne, AUGUST 1, 1845.—1 write these lines in pre-
sence of an immense disaster. Our magnificent establish-
ment of the Mourillon is on fire since this morning. At
half-past eleven the alarm-gun was heard, and the alarm-
bell of the arsenal sounded the tocsin. The whole
town was immediately in a state of commotion, and
every one was seen hurrying to the arsenal to inquire
the occasion of the unusual summons, but it soon became evi-
dent of itself. Columns of smoke were seen to proceed from
the Mourillon, and with the least possible delay the fire en.
gines of the Arsenal were brought to that spot, and the greater
portion of the labourers of the Arsenal, and all the disposable
troops of the garrison were sent to work them. The Marine
Prefect, the general commanding the department, the Mayor
of the town, and the other authorities, were also in a very
short time at the scene of the disaster. But, alas, all their
efforts were nearly useless. The fire was hardly discovered,
when it seized upon the principal sheds, under which were
piled almost all the timber for the use of the dockyard. The
flames rose to an immense height. Up to the present moment
the firemen have been able to save the saw mills, an establish-
ment which cost immense sums, and the ships on the stocks.
The loss, however, is calculated at 25 millions of francs. It is
very difficult to explain how the fire in the daytime could have
gained so much head before it was discovered. When the first
alarm was given, it had already created frightful ravages.
Some attribute the fire to the convicts, many of whim contrived
to escape in the midst of the confusion."
The Semaphore adds that travellers who left Toulon at
eight o'clock at night, say that the fire was still raging, and that
a great number of lives had been lost. There was some alarm
for the parts of the town in the neighbourhood of the fire.
( From the Sud de Marseilles.)
TOULON, AUGUST I.—A terrible fire broke out at
half-past eleven o'clock this morning, in the marine
Arsenal at the Alourillon. The tocsin and the alarm-gun
of the admiral's guard-ship immediately announced this
misfortune, and means were adopted to extinguish the fire, but
in vain. The fire broke out simultaneously in several parts of
the great covered wood-yard. Every part soon became a prey
to the flames, which also destroyed all the neighbouring piles of
wood. The offices were also burnt to the ground. Fortunately
the wind, which was from the east-south-east, and blew hard,
though it excited and extended the fire of the wood-yard. pre-
vented it from communicating with the ships on the stocks.
Nevertheless, the loss is immense.

The fire still continues at the moment I write (seven o'clock
in the evening ; but with much less intenseness, and we can now
say that it will not extend further. About fifteen wounded per-
sons have been carried to the hospital. The fire can be attri-
buted to nothing but maliciousness. It is attributed to the con-
victs, several of whom have escaped.

THE LONDON A 1414 YORK SELECT
COMMITTEE.
At eleven o'clock yesterday morning the Committee to which
Mr. Bruce's petition was referred by the House assenibled in
Committee-room No. 2, Mr. Hawes in the chair.
The lobby and passages were crowded by the gentlemen
interested in the proceedings, many of whom were in a state
of the highest possible excitement at being, as they termed it,
" dragged before the public in such a shameful way." Indeed,
it would seem from their appearance that many of them had
been annoyed by the allegations of the petitions, and loud and
deep were the threats uttered and oaths sworn that " actions
would be brought against those rascals for defamation." As
Mr. Parkes, Mr. Cfoucher, Mr. Bruce, and other parties in-
terested for the petition passed to and fro, they were greeted
with sardonic " Ha ! has !" and derisive laughter, and even
less pleasant manifestations, by the gentlemen whose character
and position they had assailed. Many of those who knew each
other indulged themselves in bitter mirth,—" Pooh, Sir, don't
speak to me, you're only a man of straw !" and " You've a fic-
titious residence, according to Mr. Bruce." In fact, the out-
of-door proceedings were anything but pleasant; It was under-
stood, for only the parties were admitted inside, that
Mr. PARSES, agent for the petitioner, at the sitting of the
Committee, requested leave to postpone the case, owing to the
sitting of the House of Lords' Committee, before which he
would be required to attend.
Mr. COATES, of the firm of Dyson, Hall, and Coates, Par-
liamentary agents, resisted this application, on the pound that
it would not be fair to yield to it when it had been stated that
the petitioner was ready to prove the allegations reflecting on
the character of so many gentlemen.
The Committee cleared the room to deliberate, and even-
tually decided that the case should go on.
Mr. Bruce was then called, and stated that he drew up his
petition on the information of Mr. Parkes and Mr. Humphrey,
solicitors to the Cambridge and Lincoln and Tottenham Rail-
ways, and knew nothing of the facts personally. He ex-
pressed his regret to find that his petition contained some mis-
statements, which he intended to abandon.
Mr. PARKES then applied for leave to select some cases from
the list, 17 out of 66, to which
Mr. COATES objected with success, as
The Committee decided that the cases were to be taken
seriatim.
Mr. Ince was then called, and stated that he directed his
application from Coombs-hill, the residence of his mother, but
that he really resided in Canonbury-street.
The COMMITTEE decided that the address was good.
Major Griffiths, who expressed himself very warmly at the
reflection and misstatement in the petition, was also called,
and asked a few questions pro formic, as it at once appeared
that he was a most respectable gentleman, and had given
his address from his mother's residence.

In this case, and in those of Mr. Dart, of Mr. Clarke, and
of Mr. Elliot (to whom the Chairman expressed his regret at
the necessity for appearing before them, as he (the Chairman)
would be most ready to give him a character), the decision of
the Committee was, that the allegations in the petition were
untrue.

--.—.
The case of two brothers named Guernsey, who were proved
to be the sons of a person in a very humble rank of life, was
next brought forward. It appeared that one of them was a
clerk to a sharebroker named Mortimer, and the other in a
wine-merchant's office, and that they had been induced to
apply fer and had procured shares to a large amount in the
lime, the deposits on which had been paid for them.
The Committee at seven o'clock adjourned to twelve o'clock
to -morrow.

The Official Gazette of Stockholm announces that
the King of Sweden has nominated the Duke de Glucksberg
and M. de Nion, Commanders, and M. Mauboussin, Knight of
the Order of the Polar Star, and presented each of them with
the decoration in diamonds, as a reward for the diplomatic as-
sistance rendered by them in his negotiations with the Em-
peror of Morocco for the suppression of the tribute which he
had previously paid to that power.
The Wonder steam-packet, on the Southampton
station, since her return from the experimental squadron down
the Channel (where she eclipsed every other vessel in speed)
has become a great favourite with the public both on the Havre
and Channel islands station, and has tarried, notwithstanding
the unfavourable state of the weather during the past week, in
one voyage on the •Havre station, 132 passengers ; and one on
the Channel islands station, 191 ; making a total of 323 pas-
sengers, among whom were several families of distinction.
The average passage of the Wonder has been seven hours and
a half, being only six hours of sea voyage.
NEW ZEALAND.—LIVERPOOI, WEDNESDAY.—An
important petition with regard to the affairs of New Zealand
has been numerously signed in this town to-day, and it will be
immediately dispatched to the House of Commons. It refers
with expressions of dismay to the peril of our fellow-subjects in
that distant land, and prays that as the Government are taking
no measures to remove or alleviate the causes of disorder, the
House will net separate without taking steps to ensure a change
in the policy hitherto pursued towards the colony. This pe-
tition will be forwarded for presentation to Mr. C. Buller.
CHANGE RINGING EXTRAORDINARY.—The London
Society of College Youths had their annual excursion in Kent
last week, and after ringing in the most scientific methods at
several places arrived at Hythe, near Folkstone, and succeeded
in accomplishing a true and complete peal of the Kent varia-
tion of treble-bob-major, consisting of 5,024 changes, in three
hours and ten minutes. 'The peal was conducted by Mr. John
Friend. And on Monday last, the same society met at St.
James's, Bermondsey, and rang a true and complete peal of
Kent treble-bob.royal, containing 5,040 changes, in three hours
and thirty-one minutes, it being the first peal rnng in London
in that method on ten bells. The peal was conducted by Mr.
John Cox.
FlRE.—Between one and two o'clock yesterday
( Wednesday) morning, a fire broke out in the large colour-
factory of the Messrs. Berger, at Homerton, Hackney, which
at its commencement, from the inflammable nature of an ex-
tensive portion of the stock on the premises, threatened the
most disastrous consequences. The building in which the fire
was discovered was filled with colours undergoing the process of
drying by means of a furnace, which maintains a temperature
of the place not lower generally than 150 degrees. This build-
ing was speedily one mass of flame, and the whole of its valua-
ble contents totally destroyed. The parish engine was speedily
on the spot, and was soon afterwards followed by several en-
gines from London. Fortunately the burning building was de-
tached from the long range of warehouses connected with the
manufactory, which the exertions of the fire brigade, aided by
a plentiful supply of water, preserved from any serious damage.
Toe precise cause of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to
have been occasioned by the over-heated state of the furnace.
The loss, which is considerable, will, it is understood, fall upon
the Messrs. Berger, the hazardous nature of their business
having prevented them from effecting an insurance. A large
number of police were on the spot, and rendered efficient

service.
LOVE AND SUICIDE.—Mr. Gell held an inques,
yesterday, at the Prince's Head, Buckingham-street, Strand,
on the body of Phoebe Lawrence, aged 26, servant to Mrs.
Ewens, of James-street, Haymarket. From the evi-
dence of the witnesses, it appeared that for the last two
years deceased had been attached to a young man, named
Philip Juttell, and, from his promises, expected him to
marry her. On Tuesday last, hearing that he had been mar-
ried, she went to the stables where he was employed, and
asked him whether what she had heard was true. He told her
that it war, and at the same time gave her a piece of the
wedding-cake, which she threw on the ground and trampled
on. Juttell's broken promises, and the manner in which she
had been treated, deranged her intellects, and from that day
her mistress said she had been in a state of frenzy.. On the
following Sunday she went to a surgeon's in the neighbour-
hood, and bought two pennyworth of arsenic, saying that it
was for her master to destroy rats, and on the next afternoon
intoxicated herself with spirits, and swallowed it. Her mistress
learning what she had taken, had her conveyed to Chiaing.
cross Hospital, but there was then no hope of her recovery, and
insanity."
Sir Tuesday she died. Verdict—" Temporary
Sir George Hayter, who has beers suffaring from
concussion of the brain arid wounds in the head and legs, occa-
sioned by the accident on the Dover Railroad, on Monday, the
28th ult., is so far recovered that it is hoped he will shortly be
enabled to leave his bedroom, although it must be many days
before he will be enabled to walk, or even stand with ease.
GRI3AT WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the week
ending Aug. 3, 1845 :—Passengers, 60,187, 16,1791. Bs. 10d.;
mails, 4041. 7s. lid. ; parcels, 6201. 4s. 10d.; expresses,
411.65.; merchandise, 3,2771. 16s. I Id.—Total, 20,5231. 4s. 6d
SHARE GAMBLING.—Such is the desperate eager-
ness for gambling in shares at Leeds, that the magistrates are
compelled to employ the police to keep the footpath clear in
the street where the Stock Exchange is situated.—Manchester
Guardian.
THE UNDER-SECRETARYsIIIP FOR IRELAND.—Mr.
Lucas, on retiring, has been made a Member of the Privy
Council. Mr. Pennefather, son of the Baron, advances to the
Under-Secretaryship ; but the place of Chief Clerk in the
Secretary's office, held by that gentleman, has not yet been
disposed of.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF A PAROCHIAL-OFFICER.
—Last evening Mr. Kerslake, relieving officer of the populous
parish of st. George the Martyr, Southwark, while engaged in
parochial business, was robbed in notes to a very enormous
amount. It appears that Mr. Kerslake had with him a pocket-
book, containing 'several notes of 201. and 51. each, and also
many papers of importance, which were safe in his pocket when
near the Victoria Theatre, but a few seconds afterwards, on
proceeding up a street towards Stamford-street, he, to his utter
astonishment, on calling to pay a bill, found that his pocket had
been picked. Notice. was given at Tower-street station-house,
and, fortunately, the numbers of tke notes are known.