The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-30 00:00:00

TRH SUN, I4O:I4DON, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 18,45

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1.5. OVo'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) EXHIBITION OF THE FINE ARTS;
LONDON, JuxE 30.—Wind this day at noon S,W., strong breeze, IN WESTMINSTER HALL.
and fine. The exhibition of works of art in Westms star-hall '
come JUNE 27.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Arethusa., Card, Windsor,
ned on Saturday for a private view. Our readers
,
Vatted States ; Aspatia, Little, Leghorn ; Stag, Crawford, London was ope
for Cal nitta ; Weimer Castle, Campbell, ditto for ditto ; Alfnid, are aware that the Royal Commission of the Fine Arts
Henning, ditto for Ma.dras. Off port, Rioley, Porto Rico (28 days)• have resolved, with the sanction of the Lords Commis-
Kresaa.e, JUNE 26.—Wind S.S.E.—Arnl. Canning, of Bristol,
Memel and Quebec, lost anchors in the St. Lawrence. sioners of her Majesty's Treasury, that six arched COM-
DROGHEDA, JUNE 28.—Wind N.—Sld. Ann, Lerratt, St. John's, partments in the House of Lords shall be decorated with
New Brunswick, fresco-paintings: that the subjects of such fresco-paint-
WHITZIIAVIN, JUNZ 28.—Wind N.--Sld. Jests Mafia, Quebec. •
HALIFAX, JUNE 28.—Wind S.S.E. to w. .w.—Arid. Albion, be •il •of the f •ofHouse of
lugs shall illustrative
Baker, Quebec. Lords and of the relation in which it stands to the Soya-
MONTROSE, Jraz 27.—L'Irma, fishing vess•Pl, of Boulogne, was reign; that the subjects of three of the said fresco-paint-
in with 23d inst., -,new saved, and landed here,' reporting i ings shall be personifications or abstract representations of
their vessel to have sprung a leak and one down.
Eleanor, Rawsay, of and for religion, justice, and the spirit of chivalry ; and that
Jutiz 28.—The schooner,
Sunderland from ~romarty, drove on shore on Gorwick Sand this the three remaining subjects corresponding with such
morning during a heavy gale, but is expected to come off; crow representations, and expressing the relation of the Soya-
saved, with part of cargo.
PORT TALBOT, JUNE 29.—The Magnet, Davies, from Swansea, in reign to the Church, to the law, and, as the fountain of
running for the Bar, got ashore on the south side of the Channel, and honour, to the State, shall be, the Baptism of Ethelbert;
remains. Prince Henry, afterwards Henry V., acknowledging the
authority of Chief Justice Gascoigne ; and Edward the
Black Prince receiving the Order of the Garter from
Edward 111.
They have commissioned six artists, viz., Richard
Redgrave, A.R.A , William Cave Thomas, Charles West
Cope, A.R.A., John Callcott Horsley, William Dyce,
and Daniel Maclise, R.A., selected by the Commissioners
from among the present exhibitors in Westminster-hall,
to prepare cartoons, coloured sketches, and specimens of
fresco-painting for the subjects above mentioned. But
the Commissioners, not binding themselves to emplcy
such artists on the fresco-paintings in the House of
Lords, and being desirous of giving a further opportunity
to artists, other than the above artists, to exhibit speci-
mens of their ability in cartoon drawing and fresco-
painting, have opened the subjects to general competition,
offering three premiums of 2001. each for the three best
designs.
Each artist was required to send in a cartoon, 9 feet
3 inches wide, by 16 feet high to the point of the
arch ; also, a coloured sketch, not less than 18 inches
in its shortest dimensions, of the entire design repre-
sented. The cartoon and a fresco painting, not less
than three feet—its shortest dimensions, representing a
part of the design in full proportion. These works, 116
in number, were opened for private view on Saturday,
and are opened this morning for public exhibition. The
three prizes have been awarded to J. Noel Paton, jun.,
Dunfermline, North Britain, for " The Spirit of Reli-
gion ;" to Edward Armitage, 13, George-street, Adel-
phi, who carried off one of the prizes at the first exhi-
bition of cartoons two years since, for the same subject ;
and to John Tenniel, jun., 22, Gloucester-place, New-
road, for an allegory of Justice. The award is signed
Lansdowne, Robert Peel, Samuel Rogers, Richard West-
maeott, Richard Cook, William Etty.
The following is the description given in the catalogue
of Mr. Paton's prize cartoon :
" The human soul is typified, under the influence of
the Spirit of Religion, fighting the good fight of Faith,'
and • pressing towards the mark for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus.' The Christian
soul is assailed by the three great principles that en-
danger spiritual life—the pride of unhallowed and law-
less domination, the lust of pleasure, and the mysterious
tendency towards ill ; (scripturally) the world,
the flesh, and the devil. Fame, on his right, strives to
allure him from his enterprise, by the phantasmal pa-
geantry of earthly glory—the victory in the battle field
—the triumph in the city—and the apotheosis in the
sacred place ; but he has overcome the spirit of the
world, and tramples him under foot. Pleasure, the in-
sidious parasite, still clings to him, but he spurns her
from his side. The fetters of sensuality are broken ;
his aim is a higher destiny ; his course is upward and
onward, and he is alike regardless of her lures and of the
scenes of revelry and voluptuousness which her at-
tendant Bacchanal presents to him ; his utmost
energies are concentrated to repel the assault of the
Evil One, who interposes between him and the re-
alization of his hope, while The Lamb, slain from the
beginning, the Alpha and Omega,' extends his helping
hands ; the angelic swords are bared—the fiend is
baffled—and the soul is rescued."
Thereis some very beautiful drawing in this cartoon, but
we do not like the manner in which Mr. Paton treats his
subject. It would be impossible to understand the mean-
ing of the picture without the explanation which accom-
panies it. It does not explain itself, and might, but for
the explanation, be taken for a picture of the Ascension.
Mr. Armitage has, to our taste, treated the subject in
a much more artist-like manner. The following is the
description, in the catalogue, of his cartoon No. 46 :
" Religion, unfolding her mantle, reveals herself to man-
kind. The clouds of error recede before the star of truth.
Faith kneels in humble adoration holding the palm
branch, the emblem Of martyrdom. Hope, with one
hand on the Gospel, and the other pointing to the Cross,
bids the captive, the dying, and the broken-hearted look
up to religion, and Charity, uninfluenced by human pre-
judices, extends her protection to the helpless and out-
cast." This is really a very fine design, and is executed
in a most masterly manner. Callcott Horsley's cartoon,
Ne. 35 (Religion exemplified in the faith and hope of the
Cross of Christ, in the subjection of all earthly power and
human distinctions to His will, and in the common depen-
dance of all estates and conditions of men on His word)
which was executed by commission, is also exceedingly
fine, and we scarcely know to which of these two we
ought to award the preference. The other prize cartoon,
No. 85, " An Allegory of Justice," by John Tenniel,
jun., is a production of the highest order of art, and
which is the perfection of allegorical painting—it com-
pletely tells its story. The figure of Justice occupies
the centre of the upper part of the picture ; with her
arms extended, she protects a girl and a boy, who have
clung to her robe, one on each side. The boy has just
escaped from his pursuers, whose countenances bear the
expression of baffled malignity, as they shrink
back to avoid her uplifted arm. The group-
ing of the figures below, personifying the diffe-
rent attributes of Justice, is also very fine, and the
public voice will we deubt not confirm the award of the
Commissioners. The cartoon on the same subject,
No. 38, executed by commission by W. Cane Thomas, is
also a work of a high order of art, but we certainly pre-
fer Mr. Tenniel's treatment of the subject. No. 41,
" The Spirit of Chivalry," executed by commission by
Maclise, is by far the best picture on the subject in the
exhibition. The number of figures in the composition
is very great as may be gathered from the following de-
scription given in the catalogue :—" The Spirit, or per-
sonification' of Chivalry, is surrounded by men of va-
rious pursuits—religious, military, and civil, who repre-
sent, as by an upper court or house, the final acquisition
of her honours and rewards. Beneath, as not having
obtained, though within reach of, the crown, a young
Knight vows himself to chivalric services, attended by
his Page, and invited by his lady's favour. Beside, or
around him, in various grades, other figures are intro-
duced ; to connect the abstract representation' of Chi-
valry with its general recognition of intellectual in-
fluences. Among them the Painter, Sculptor, and Man
of Science ; the Bard, inspiring youth by his recitals ;
the Troubadour and his Mistress ; the Palmer from
the Holy Land; and the Poet-historian, from
whom future ages must derive their know-
ledge of the spirit and the deeds of Chivalry."
But the most artist-like management is shown in tile
grouping. The expression of the features of each figure
is very fine, and perfectly appropriate. It is a design
to study, and it requires to be studied long to tho-
roughly appreciate its beauties. Of the various pictures
of the Baptism of Ethelbert, the best is certainly the one
executed by commission by Mr. Dyce, No. 63. Ile has
avoided the fault into which almost all the other exid-
biters have fallen, of making Ethelbert at the time of
his baptism a young man. Frank Howard's design for
the same subject, No. 72, is also a fine work of art.
The only design on the subject of Edward the Black
Prince receiving the Order of the Garter is No. 57, exe-
cuted by commission by C. W. Cope, who has handled
the subject in a very artist-like manner. On the
subject of Prince Henry, afterwards Henry V., acknow-
ledging the authority of the Chief Justice Gascoigne,
there are numerous designs of very various degrees of
merit. The best, however, is certainly No. 60, executed
by commission by Richard Redgrave. The expression
of dignity which he has infused into the bearing and ex-
pression of the chief justice is very fine. As a whole
this exhibition, as an exhibition of frescos, is superior to
the one of last y ear, but not equal to the cartoon exhi-
bition of two years since. This, however, may be ac-
counted for from the narrow limits in which the artists
were confined by being restricted to so few subjects.
There are also some models of statuary, many of
which, the " Nymph." for instance (135), by John
Ternouth, " Love Triumphant." (139), by P. M'Dowall,
d a girl reading (140), by the same artisr, are
exceedingly beautiful, but which we should imagine
c inaot, by possibility, be used as decorations to the
Houses of Parliament. The statue of Archbishop Cr an-
mer (119), by llenry Shcnton, is a work which may legi-
timately find a place in the Palace of Westminster, as
Alfred the Great (126) by John Henning, jun., and the
Fair Maid of Kent, and Richard the Second at the
shrine of the Virgin (142), by the same artist. There is
also an excellent portrait statue of Shakespeare (127) by
John Bell, and a beautiful design of a monument to Camp-
bell (141) by Patrick Park. The exhibition was visited
during the afternoon by a great number of Peers and
Members of Parliament, and by a crowd of fashionable
tilettanti.

HOUSE of LORDS.—(I HIS DAY•)

The Rouse sat to-day to hear appeals. The Peers present
were the Lord Chancellor, Lord Breugharn, and the Bishop of Ely,
The following judges were also in attendance—The Lord Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas, ➢dr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Colt-
man, Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Williams, Mr. Justice
Wightman, Mr. Justice Cressvrell, Mr. Justice Maule, Mr. Baron
Alderson, Mr. Baron Rolfe, and Mr. Baron Platt.

HATFIELD V. PHILLIPS.
The further arguments in this part-heard writ of error occupied
their Lordships the whole morning.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
His Lordship the Muter of the Rolls, having disposed of the
cases of " Dowden v. Hooke," and " Halcombe v. Antrobus,"
proeeedeo with the hearing of petitions.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DA'it")

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The Vice-Chancellor of England, atter disposing of several short
applications at the sitting of the Court, heard causes, none of which
call for a special report.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT Baum)
His Honour heard bankrupt petitions to.day.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.)
The :part.heard motion of " Lander a. Ingersoll" occupied his
Honour the whole day.

ARCHES' COURT.-(I'HIS DAY.)

i t RE OAKLEY.
Sir H. J. Purr delivered judgment in this case this morning.
He commenced by reading a pamphlet written by Mr. Oakley,
minister of the chapel of St. Margaret's, to the Lord Bishop
of London, in which Mr. Oakley claimed the right of
entertaining the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church,
though not the right of teaching them as a minister of the
Church of England. The Learned Judge having gone through the
greater part of the pamphlet, and commented thereon, stated that
it was quite evident that it was the Roman Church which was
alluded to by Mr. Oakley. The question then for him to consider
was, whether the Church of Rome differed in its doctrines from
the Church of England, and if it did, what was the distinction.
The Court would look at the articles, not going through them all,
but merely touching en the leading articles. They were drawn
up in direct opposition to the Council of Trent. The foundation
of the doctrines of the Church of England mainly rested upon the
Scriptures, but the Roman Catholic Church added traditions to the
Scriptures, and treated them with pari effectu with the Scriptures
themselves. The decree of the first four Councils were received, be-
muse they were consistent with the Scriptures, and the decrees of the
latter were rejected, because they were not ((funded on the Scriptures.
Oakley also seemed to convey that the Council of Nice and the
Council of Trent were entitled to the same authority. Assuming
that new hercsis had sprung up, he would not suppose the Church
to he silent on ouch occasions. The Church which he spoke of
was no doubt the Roman Church. for these were Councils of that
Church, and the doctrines there laid down were recognised by the
Pope of Rome. This was the manner in which he thinks
it consistent with his duty to speak of the Reformers,
by whose assistance the yoke of the Church of Rome
was thrown off. He claimed the right to hold all the Roman doc-
trines laid down by the Councils of Trent and Nice since the sixth
century. That certainly was to be the interpretation of his letter
Then came the question as to what were the doctrines of the
Roman Church which were opposed to those of the Church of Eng-
land. In the first place, he says that he subscribed to the 39 Articles.
Mr. Oakley declared, as part of his belief the whole of the Roman
doctrines; consequently he affirms his belief in the doctrine of
purgatory, which Is in direct contrariety to the belief of the Church
of England, as it was not to be found in the Scriptures. That
belief was quite repugnant to the articles of the Church of Eng-
land. Then as to the sacraments, the Church of England only
recognised two sacraments. There were, however, seven to be
believed by the Romish Church under the penalty of anathema,
as was to be found in the seventh seetion of the Council of
Trent. So early as before the year 1476 were these set
forth by the Council. The next article was the question as to the
Lord's Supper, to which the thirteenth section of the Council
referred. The Church of England affirmed that transubstan-
tiation was not to be proved by the Scriptures, and that
such a belief was repugnant to Holy Writ. The Council
cf Treat contradicted positively that affirmation that it was
not founded on the Scriptures. The sixth canon declared that,
on being consecrated, the bread and wine became con-
verted into the body and blood of Christ. How was Mr Oakley
to show that these were not conflicting doctrines? It was impos-
sible that he could. Consequently he claims the right of affirming
doctrines opposed to those of the Church of England ; and, as a mi-
nister of that Church, he was liable to censure. If, then, in any
case, surely in this case the Court should give a severe sentence.
He would revoke Mr. Oakley's license for preaching in the chapel
of St. Margaret's, and prohibit him from the performance of any
ministerial office in that chapel, or in the diocese of London, or
within the province of the Court, until he shall have repented
himself of his errors, and declared his readiness to
retract, and did retract these errors ; and must, as a
matter of course, also condemn him to the costs occasioned
by the proeeedings, and order his sentence to be publishel on Sun-
day next at the chapel of St. Margaret's.

FLANDERS MAIL.
BRUSSZLII, JUNK 7.0.--Zevezal vuzurnirrres WI The p‘ovince
of
Brabant have lately been desolated by a furious hurricane, which
destroyed the greater part of the standing crops in these districts,
and reduced many families to extreme distress.
Baussims, JUNE 28.—Numbers of German emigrants, in-
tending to go to Brazil, continue to arrive. Last Saturday
several emigrants arrived at Ostend, where they embarked on
board small transports, which convey them to Dunkirk. Three
thousand German emigrants have passed through to Ostend within
these two months.
In the month of March last, the twenty-seven principal railroads
of Germany conveyed 594,391 passengers ; in March, 1844, the
number was 548,543—increase in March, 1845, 45,878. In
the first three months of this year the number of passengers was
1,675,650 ; in the first quarter of 1844 it was I,397,4B6—increase,.
1845, 278,170.
The receipt in the first quarter of 1845 was 1,876,588 dollars;
in the first quarter of 1844 it was 1,186,755 dollars—increace
in 184.5, 189,833 dollars.

FIRE NEAR THE NEW-ROAD.—Last night (Sun
day), shortly before seven o'clock, a fire broke out in the back
workshop on the basement story of the residence of Mr. Tooke,
cabinet.maker, 13, Judd-street, New-road. The discovery was
made by some of the inmates, who noticed a considerable quantity
of smoke issuing from the lower pdrt of the premises. Buckets
of water were shortly afterwards obtained, and with the assistance
of the police and neighbours, some of the valuable stock was re-
moved, and the flames prevented from extending beyond the room.
The damage, however, is considerable, a quantity of stock in trade
being destroyed or considerably damaged.
THE ABDUCTION CASE IN BRUNS wICKeSQUARE.—
In The Sun of last week there appeared an account of the abduc-
tion of two young ladies from the house of their mother, a boarding
house-keeper, in Millman-street, Brunswick-square. Shure then
inquiries have been made by our informant that have put us Into
possession of the following additional particulars, at the same time
giving a somewhat different complexion to the motives which were
supposed in the first instance to have influenced the abductors.
Up to Tuesday evening last, although every exertion had
been made to trace the young ladies, not the slightest clue was
obtained of them beyond the fact of it being known that the
women Reynoldson was at Vauxhall gardens at the bal masque,
when the mother received a letter in the handwriting of her shiest
daughter Ellen, and bearing the Paris post-mark ; the note simply
stated that she had acted upon her own choice ; that in a few days
she should change her name, becoming the wife of a peer of
France ; that her sister was with her, and in perfect health. In
1843, by the death of an uncle, the eldest daughter. Ellen, at 21,
comes into uncontrolled possession of upwards of 13,0001., she now
wanting but a few months of that period. It is supposed, there-
fore, that the younger sister became her companion at her request.
ARRIVAL AND DErAI3I77TtE or MAILS, SOUTH-
aurrort, JUNB 28.—The Oriental Company's steamer, the Queen,
Captain Russell, arrived in the docks at twelve o'clock last night,
and landed the Peninsular and Mediterranean mails, which were
forwarded to Lennon by the two o'clock train this morning. She
left Gibraltar, June IS ; Cadiz, 19th ; Lisbon, Oporto, and Vigo,
23d; and Corunna, 24th. The Queen had forty-five passengers,
and cargo of fruit, also a very splendid tiger, as a present from the
Queen of Portugal to her Majesty of England. The Pacha steam-
ship, Captain Burney, left the docks yesterday for Gibraltar, &c.,
with the mails and twenty-eight passengers.
These were present at her Majesty's Theatre on
Saturday, June 28, her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, attended by Lady Portman, Honourable Miss Paget, Ho-
ocurable ;lass Hamilton, Lord Rivers, Colonel Bowater, Colonel
Grey, and Mr. Ormsby Gore ; their Majesties the King and Queen
of the Belgians, attended by the Baroness de Horgvorst arid
Major Moerkerke; their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cado.
gan, Baron Koller, and Mr. Edward Mildrnay ; his Royal
Highness Prince George of Cambridge ; the Dukes of Wellington
and Beaufort ; the Duchess of Beaufort ; the Marquises of
Ereadalbane, Clanricarde, Donegal, Douro, Aylesbury, Huntley,
Granby, and Titchfleld ; the Marchionesses of Breadalhane, Douro,
and Aylesbury ; the Earls of Kenmare, Munster, Jersey, Liver-
pool, Torrington, Wilton, Fitzhardinge, Bruce, and Falmouth ; the
Countesses of Jersey, Cardigan, Wilton, and Jarnac; Count Kiel-
mansegge, Count Jarnac, Baron Talleyrand, Baron Brunnow, Baron
Rothschild, Baroness Brunnow ; Lords Ranelagh, William Pow.
lett. De Lisle, Bruce, Foley, Brougham, Granton, Dun-
cannon, Charles Wellesley, Gifford, Cranstown, and DO-
Lou; Ladies Clementine Villiers, Wombwell, Pollington,
Brougham, Torrington, Charles Wellesley, Fitzroy Somerset,
Powlett ; Honourable Frederick Byng, James Macdonald, Spencer
Cowper, Mr. Foley; Honourables Miss Foley, Miss Leveson
Cower, Misa Howard, Mrs. Ryder Buxton ; Sirs Henry Pym, W.
Fremantle, Henry Meux, W. Stanley, George Guest, Ralph How-
ard , Charles Kent ; ladies Meux, Howard, Dymock, Joddrell and
Maas Dymeck, Moleeworth, Pym, Guest, Newport ' • Mr. Bowyer
Smith, Mr. W. Duff, Mr. Mathewson, Major Baring, Captain
Meynell, Captain Ryder Burton; Mrs. Colonel Fitch, Mrs.
duff, Mrs. Dennistoun, Mrs. Mathewson, Mrs. B. Smyth, Mrs.
S. Cooper.
PRESENT OF HORSES FOR MER MAJESTY.—COIB-
mender Booth, of the Herefordshire, East Indiaman, arrived in
the river from Bombay, reports that when he sailed from St. Helena
lie left there the Arab ship Caroline, with several entire Arabian
liorses, &c., on board, intended as a present to her most gracious
majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, from the Imanm of
Muscat. The Caroline was expected to sail in a few days after the
Herefordshire, arid therefore may be daily expected to arrive. She
piece edit to the St. Kathannee Dock This wilt be the second
preeent t her Majesty trour the Imaurn of Muscat.

ROYAL ADELAIDE GALLERY.

as well as amusing, to see the model trans traverse the
miniature railroad in the gallery, with all the bustle,
fume, and speed of a Birmingham express, and ascend,
unretarded, up inclinations of one in seventeen. But
our space would not allow us to detail all the advantages
which, with apparently good reason, are expected from
the invention, and permits no more than to direct atten-
tion to a most curious and pleasing exhibition. The
other lectures and entertainments in the Gallery were
of the usual attractive character. Major Beniewski
continues to lecture with increased popularity upon his
admirable system of phrenotypics, and Mr. Scott's ex-
planations of the electrical eels should be carefully at-
tended to by every admirer of nature's wonders who
visits this Institution. The Infant Sappho, after a long
and prosperous tour in the provinces, will make her re-
appearance here this evening, and her return will gra-
tify her old admirers and all who can appreciate true
melodic genius, unparalleled in precocity and scope since
the infancy of Mozart. There will be no small interest in
observing what change or improvement two or three
1 years have effected in her voice and wonderful faculties.

LITERATURE.

MEMOIRS OF SOPHIA DOROTHEA, COIV-

SORT OF GEORGE I.

This work— is chiefly composed from the secret
archives of Hanover, Brunswick, Berlin, and Vienna,
and contains letters and other documents published from
the originals. The more interesting portions of it re-
late to the death of the Count Konigsmark, and the
treatment of the wife of George I. The general belief
is that this princess was imprisoned in a fortress under
the most mysterious circumstances—that some horrible
crime on her part had led to this severity—and that her
husband, who was Crown Prince of Hanover, and during
her imprisonment, or rather seclusion, mounted the
throne of England, had shown towards her a degree of
cruelty and vindictive vengeance which rendered him
unworthy of the high station to which he was elevated
by the British Parliament. These are all exaggerations,
and the accounts furnished by the author, who leans to
the side of the Princess, leave little doubt on the subject.
The Court of Hanover at that time was the most cor-
rupt in Europe (we know not what it is now). George
the First had many mistresses, but, like George the
Fourth, he would make no allowances for indiscretions
committed by his wife; she was like Queen Caroline in-
discreet; %advantage was taken of her folly, or perhaps
crimes, a " green bag" investigation was instituted, and
the unfortunate culprit was found guilty and confined to
the Castle of Ahlden. Her confinement, however, was
not solitary. She was permitted to invite the civil and
military authorities of the place, and the gentlemen in
the ntighbourhood. She had a large retinue of at-
tendants and servants, as many as fourteen footmen, a
proportionate number of females, three cooks, &c.,
but was closely watched, and allowed little com
manication with her father's family. But even her
father bad cast her off, and a •general belief at the time
prevailed that she was a woman of irregular habits, and
that ber separation from her husband had been brought
on by her own conduct. The author, however, attributes
all her misfortunes to the changeable disposition of her
husband, and the intrigues of his mistresses, and espe-
cially to the Countess Platen, who transmitted to her a
forged letter, as coming from Count Konigsmark, re-
questing her permission to visit her in her private apart-
ments. The requost was granted ; yet, after they both
discovered the letter to be a forgery, they remained
together for some hours, and thereby gave the Countess
the opportunity which she wanted, of adducing this long
interview as a proof of their criminal intercourse. The
part of the palace in which she resided was surrounded
with armed men, for the purpose of seizing the Count ;
he had to make his escape, a scuffle ensued, and he fell
mortally wounded, his last words being " Spare the in-
nocent Princess." This tragic scene is thus described .

" On leaving the Princess, the forged letter bad presented
itself to his mind as a snare that could not have been em-
ployed without a purpose ; that it was the production of an
enemy there could be but little question, and he need not
have hesitated long before he must have been satisfied who
that enemy was. When he ascertained that the doors through
which he had hitherto proceeded out of the palace from the
Princess's apartments were locked, he began to fear he was
enclosed in a trap. He walked cautiously along, and on the
first rush of the trabants his sword was out of its scabbard
before they could lay hold of him.
"Urged on by the Countess, and inflamed by the liquor
they had drunk, the men attacked him furiously with their
weapons. A most desperate conflict ensued, the result of
which might have been doubtful—for the Count had in-
flicted several severe wounds on his assailants—had not the

blade of his sword snapped in two. He had endeavoured to
give the alarm, but his cries were soon stopped ; and, when
his weapon became unserviceable, he was easily secured and
carried into the adjoining room. Here the alarmed soldiers
discovered that the person they had thus arrested was so
severely wounded he could not stand upright. He had just
strength to murmur an entreaty to spare the innocent Prin-
ces,' though they murdered him, when he fell into a swoon as
they were placing him on the floor.
"The Countess made her appearance directly the wounded
man had been brought out of the hall, and the first object
that met his eyes on recovering; consciousness, was the face
of his malignant enemy bending over him with triumphant
malice expressed in every feature. He rallied all his re-
maining strength to denounce her as the infamous wretch
she was, but his mouth was stopped by the foot of his as-
sassin, who pretended she had slipped in his blood, barba-
rously trod on his wounded face. Life was ebbing fast—too
fast either to resent or notice the indignity, and in a few
seconds the murdered man breathed his last."
This unfortunate result sealed the fate of the Prin-
cess. She was confined for thirty years as a state pri-
soner, and died in the fortress of Ahlden on the 15th of
November, 1726, George the First did not long survive
her, for he expired at Osnabruck in the month of June
the following year. The work furnishes a sad picture
of the state of morals at the Courts of England and
Hanover during the period of which it treats.

CORPORAL PUNISHMENTS.
A " Return of the Corporal Punishments inflicted in the
Royal Navy in each of the years 1839 to 1843, both in-
clusive ; stating the highest and• lowest Number of Lashes
at each 'rime, and the aggregate Number of Lashes in
each Year.—(ln continuation of Parliamentary Paper,
No. 371, of Session 1838.)"

1839.
Total number of Punishments 2,007
Total number of Lashes ........ 59,341
Highest number inflicted at one time 6O
Lowest number inflicted at one time
1840.

Total number of Punishments 2,026
Total number of Lashes 60,302
Highest number inflicted at one time .. 4B
Lowest number inflicted at one time ....
1841.

Total number of Punishments 2,066
Total number of Lashes 61,669
Highest number inflicted at one time ... 5O
Lowest number inflicted at one time ......
1842.

Total number of Punishments
Total number of Lashes... 71,024
Plighest number inflicted at one time loo*
Lowest number inflicted at one time ...... 1
* By sentence of Court-martial.
1843.

Total number of Punishments
Total number of Lashes
Highest number inflicted at one time 6O
Lowest number inflicted at one time
H. M. AMEDROZ, Chief Clerk.
Admiralty, June 18, 1845.

REPORTED LOSS of the APOLLO

In the brief notice on Saturday of the supposed loss of this
vessel, she is said to have been bound from Quebec, instead of
Halifax. In addition to the particulars already given, the follow-
ing paragraph from the Courier, of St. John's, Newfoundland, of
June 14th, received at Lloyd's, will be perused with interest:—

" LATEST FROM NEWFOUNDLAND.-REPOREED WRECK OW ♦ MAN•

ow. WAR.

" The royal mail steamer North America, Captain Meagher, ar-
rived yesterday from St. John's, Newfoundland, which port she
left on Saturday evening, and stopped at Sydney, Cape Breton, to
land and receive mails. The steam-frigate Vesuvius, with Lieu..
tenant-General the Earl of Cathcart, the reeently.appointed Corn.
mender of the forces in Canada on board, arrived.
" In the illorning Post of the 7th inst., it is stated that a ru-
mour had been abroad the day previous, at St. John's, that a vessel
had been lost at St. Shot's, and sixty men had perished. It was
said to be either the frigate Spartan, or the transport Apollo, but
they have not been able to trace the report to any authentic source."
—HalVas Post.

[The Spartan arrived at Quebec on the 4th of Juno. The Apollo
sailed from Halifax on the Ist inst. for Quebec.]

WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—This afternoon,
between five and six o'clock, a person, in the garb of a sailor, was
discovered suspended (by means of his handkerchief tied round his
neck) to the rails in the Long.walk, about a quarter of a mile from
the Castle, by Mr. Lima, of Brunswick-terrace. His feet were
resting upon the ground, and he appeared to the numerous passers-
by, to be kneeling and looking into the Sheet-street-road. Mr.
Lima, and Mr Tatner, of Adelaide-square, who was on the spot,
lost no time in cutting him down and sending for the aid of the
police, who forthwith conveyed him on a plank to the gaol
when Mr. Holderness and Mr. Eton, surgeons, were immediately,
in attendance. The poor man, who was black in the face, and
for a long time, to all appearance, de .d, was fortunately restored to
life after half an hour's persevering exertions on the part of the
medical men. His name is Jackin, and it appeared, from docu•.
mints found upon him, that he has just been discharged from the
Dreadnought hospital ship by his own request. No money was
found upon him, and, according to his own statement, want and
poverty drove him to attempt self-destruction. He was removed
this evening, by order of the authorities of the borough, to the

A daily increasing attendance of visitors at this fa- Windsor Union Workhouse, to be taken care of. He ap-
vourite and valuable institution bears testimony to the peered to be between thirty and forty years of age, and an able-
excellence of the new management. On Saturday the bedi ed seaman.
principal objects of att' ntion were the lectur, s upon _FINSBURY SOCIETY SCHOOLS.—Last week the 53d
Fire Annihilator and
anniversary dinner of this popular institution took place at the
Phillip s Koliman's Railway Im-
Canonbury House, Islington, when a highly respectable party of
provements ; both inventions of which the importance
gentlemen partook of a handsome entertainment; William
to society far exceed, the great interest which they
Hunter, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff, in the chair; and was sup-
excite as matters of curious and attractive exhibition.
ported by R. L. Jones, Esq., W. Girdler, Esq , H. Lee, Esq., J. B.
Che nature and the powers of the " Fire Annihilator" Priestman, Esq., J. Dale, Esq., J. Fullerton, Esq., the Rev. Mr.
have already been adequately explained in the columns Gleadall, and the churchwardens of St. Luke's. After the usual
o.' The Sun, and it is painful, in the midst of constantly loyal toasts the Chairman give the health of George Byng, M.P.,
recurring conflagrations and miserable loss of life, to which was received with much respect. Is the course of the
witness the apathy with which this powerful means of evening the children were introduced, amid great applause; and
preventing b th appears to be disregarded. There is no certainly their neat dress and intellectual appearance was highly
pre.,:urnptteu in avicrting thi.t the scientific prii.ciples of calculated to create that feeling. The Rev. Mr. Gleadall, in a
Mr. Phillip's Fire Annihilator are irrefrapiiie in theory, very appropriate speech, addressed
essed
an
dthe o
that the
goodpointed
.onustt r the
many
evannottgersectehie,
:end that their practical application is easy and in..xpen-
yedpownould be earriepilingout by them into after
.vie, and their sticces., as demons•rated in the exp.ri- mt..l°.aenn: Y . .
lit , he also passed a well.merMd encomium upon Mr.
went, c,•inplete and indubitable. If tin. b, n. volent per- Barre, the highly respected master. The health' of the
sons who exert themselves to discover and encourage treasurer, clergy, committee, stewards, churchwardens of St. Luke,
contrivances for saving life from fire would turn their and honorary secretary, were afterwards given and severally re-
attention to the Annihilator, there would soon be sponded to, after which the party brake up, much delighted with
an absolute end to metropolitan " fires," and the the proceedings of the evening.
burning of ships at sea. It is not so easy to FALL FROM A HOUSE-TOP.—On Friday morning,
give a positive and certain opinion as to the soon after two o'clock, Mr. Richard Godfrey, the son of Mrs.
perfection of Mr. Kollman's Railway Locomotive Godfrey, of New.street, Lambeth, fell from the roof of the house
and Carriage Improvements," for daily experience in into the back yard, when in pursuit of two men who were supposed
toe Parliamentary Committees makes it but too evident
tiiiit the highest theoretical ktiowlege may be mistaken, .to be thieves, Mrs. Godfrey had been awakened by a noise on the
roof of the house, and roused her son and an apprentice, and the
and the most exquisite working m, deli may deceive in former got on the roof through the trap-door. He saw two men
of which nothing can be certainly
gnot bee there, who retreated into the next house, which was empty, and in
endeavouring to follow them his foot slipped, and he fell to the
railway
railedo no enthat
e eleasr in
n amply proved upon ft large '
intentima to cast en ground from a height of nearly forty feet. . His arm and right leg
In Making this 4nutionarY oh- 1 were broken, and he was otherwise much injured.
ttitilearle practice.tlo
I)eputations from the tiovt rnurs ef the North Ame-
doubt of inventio swhich ul.questionably
ungenerous I
up-in a series . 4 rican provinces were received on Saturday at the Colo-
ssecaryleat'irf-in7
display great mechanical ingenuity, originality, and 1 nisi Office.
scientific AttaiumeAtib A is Berta' ,Y moat.intevestiux,